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“Be the change you wish to see in the world.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

The tone, course and pace of human life have changed more dramatically than imagined pos-sible over the past century. We are now living

and working longer than ever before, creating a call to us all to fill the additional years as productive and contributing citizens. Our August issue explores the concept of Transformative Education and the implications it has for local and global progress. We all know that learning is a lifelong process, although some adults are more serious about it than others. Learning that transforms lives seeks to teach people how to be more adaptive, inclusive and autonomous thinkers at any age by seriously questioning the beliefs and biases we’ve acquired. Linda Sechrist’s feature article, “Learning that Transforms Hearts and Minds: Rethinking How We See our World Changes Everything,” is an eye-opener. As Activist Marian Wright Edelman observes, “Education is for improving the lives of others and for leaving your community and world better than when you found it.” It becomes a social process, engaging learners in activities that challenge us to see others’ points of view and come to understand circumstances different from our own. By becoming empathetic to problems outside our per-sonal concerns we have a greater chance to forward real change. Evergreen Holistic Learning Center is a valued local organization dedicated to forwarding lifelong learning opportunities that foster holistic health, environ-mental awareness and personal and professional development for both adults and children. The New School Montessori and The Waldorf School are also active locally in raising children to greater heights academically, socially and emotionally. Discover more about their programs on page 20. Learning has always played a large part in my own life as I’ve pursued degrees and certifications in various fields. Reading is another big source of learning for me, in addition to whatever practicum I am pursuing at the mo-ment. I encourage you to never let up on learning all you can wherever your interests lead you. That’s how we grow to be better than we ever imagined. Who knows what you can accomplish?

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Live Well Chiropractic has RelocatedLive Well Chiropractic is

celebrating relocation to their new office at 6860 Tylersville Road,Suite 1, in Mason, by offering a complimentary gift of health. During the month of August, all new patients will receive a complete case history, examination and findings report. The new office is in the same building. Dr. Kim Muhlenkamp-Wermert also wants to remind all parents that they should be careful in loading up backpacks as their children head back to school. Backpacks should have two straps that are wide and padded, and the weight should not exceed 10 to 15 percent of the child’s bodyweight. Live Well Chiropractic Center offers comprehensive services for all ages and conditions.

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kudosFor the third year in a row, the Great Parks Foundation of Hamilton County has received an REI award to support projects in their parks. This year’s grant will be used for a reforestation project at Sharon Woods. Previous grants have been used to increase forest coverage, mitigate storm water runoff, improve wildlife habitat and repurpose locations into educational and recreational destinations for the community. REI donates millions of dollars each year to organizations in support of work to preserve and maintain natural spaces.

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Guest Appreciation Day at Allure SalonAllure Salon will host a Guest Ap-

preciation Day from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., August 27. All AVEDA products will be on sale on a buy-one-get-one-at-50-percent-off basis. Refreshments will be served. Allure is an AVEDA concept salon, specializing in hair styling and coloring for the whole family.

Location: 5250 Courseview Dr., Mason. For more information or to schedule an appointment, call 513-459-0606 or visit AllureMason.com. See ad page 7.

Sunday Morning Group Meditation A donation-based group meditation

practice is being offered at Grace-tree Yoga and Growth Studio from 10 to 11 a.m. every Sunday. All that wish to practice sitting meditation at the shala (sanctuary), led by Janet Nash, are welcome. Gracetree offers a wide variety of workshops for personal growth and events designed to bring the commu-nity together to celebrate life. Wellness and growth offerings include group and private yoga classes; massage, acu-puncture, Phoenix rising yoga therapy; and mental health therapy for individu-als, couples and families.

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Cycling RxDoctors Order Up a Bike for Patients

The Prescribe-a-Bike program (Tinyurl.com/PrescriptionBikes) allows doctors at Boston Medical Center, in Massachu-setts, to write low-income patients prescriptions for a one-year membership to Hubway, the city’s bike-sharing system, for $5, which is $80 less than the regular charge. A free helmet is part of the deal. According to The Boston Globe, one in four Boston residents is obese, and Kate Walsh, chief executive of Boston Medical Center, believes the program can help. “Regular ex-ercise is key to combating this [obesity] trend, and Prescribe-a-Bike,” she says, “is one important way our caregivers can help patients get the exercise they need to be healthy.”

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Flight ZoneAirports Establish Bee-Friendly AcresThe Common Acre is a nonprofit partnering with the airport serving Seattle, Washington, and the Urban Bee Company (UrbanBee.com) to reclaim 50 acres of vacant land to plant native wildflowers as pollinator habitat for hummingbirds, butterflies and disease-resistant bee colonies. A GMO-free (no ge-netic modification) wildflower seed farm is also in the works. Bees present no threat to air traffic and the hives discourage birds that do pose a danger to planes. Beekeeper Jim Robins, of Robins Apiaries, in St. Louis, Missouri, rents an area with a plentiful supply of white Dutch clover, and Lambert Airport views his enter-prise as part of its sustainability program. O’Hare Airport, in Chicago, the first in the U.S. to install hives, is rebuilding to its full complement of 50 hives after losing about half of them to 2014’s extreme winter. It’s a project that could be a model for airports everywhere—using inaccessible scrubland to do something revolution-ary, like supporting a local food system. One hundred foods make up 90 percent of a human diet, and bees pollinate 71 of them.

Learn more at CommonAcre.org.

True GritWhy Persistence CountsSome educators believe that improve-ments in instruction, curriculum and school environments are not enough to raise the achievement levels of all stu-dents, especially disadvantaged children. Also necessary is a quality called “grit”, loosely defined as persistence over time to overcome challenges and accomplish big goals. Grit comprises a suite of traits and behaviors that include goal-direct-edness (knowing where to go and how to get there); motivation (having a strong will to achieve identified goals); self-con-trol (avoiding distractions and focusing on the task at hand); and a positive mind-set (embracing challenges and viewing failure as a learning opportunity). A meta-study of 25 years of research by John Hattie and Helen Timperley, professors at the University of Aukland, New Zealand, has shown that giving students challenging goals encourages greater effort and per-sistence than providing vague or no direction. Students aren’t hardwired for these qualities, but grit can be devel-oped through an emerging battery of evidence-based techniques that give educators a powerful new set of tools to support student success. A famous example of the power of self-regulation was observed when pre-schoolers that were able to withstand the temptation of eating a marshmallow for 15 minutes to receive a second one were more successful in high school and scored about 210 points higher on their SATs later in life than those with less willpower (Tinyurl.com/StanfordMarshallowStudy).

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New School Rules Eco Strategies for Back-to-School PrepFamilies preparing for the coming school year will welcome easy ways to stretch the budget while protecting the envi-ronment our kids are growing up in.

■ Buying new clothes can be expensive, and most of today’s synthetic fibers are petroleum-based, while toxic pesticides are commonly used to grow cotton. For healthier alternatives, check labels for clothes made from organic, low-impact or recycled materials such as organic cotton, hemp, bamboo or recycled fibers. Inexpensive options are found in Salvation Army and other thrift store locations, as well as repurposing hand-me-downs among siblings.

■ Avoid buying all new school supplies. Gently used binders and book bags can last years. Sturdy, simple backpacks skip the cost of faddish brand-name and celebrity products. For supplies that must be replenished, like paper, seek out post-consumer-recycled options.

■ For lunch boxes, food containers and utensils, look for retro metal, a cloth bag and other alternatives to plastic (which can contain harmful chemicals) and glass (which can break). Beth Terry, in her book, Plastic-Free: How I Kicked the Plastic Habit and How You Can Too (MyPlasticFreeLife.com), suggests searching MightyNest.com and LifeWithoutPlastic.com, makers of stainless steel, naturally lacquered wood and other non-plastic, durable children’s bowls, cups, plates and utensils.

■ Healthy afterschool extracurricular activities today typically require driving commutes. Look into carpooling with nearby families to save time and gas, cut vehicle emissions and expand friendships.

■ Check the school’s eco-practices. Encourage local administrators to conduct re-cycling programs and to email documents to parents instead of using regular mail.

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Dirty WatersTrenton to Chicago via Eco-Outrigger Margo Pellegrino, a homemaker, moth-er of two and healthy oceans advocate from Medford Lakes, New Jersey, will begin a 1,600-mile journey from nearby Trenton to Chicago, Illinois, by outrigger canoe on August 13 as part of Blue Frontier Campaign’s ocean explor-ers project. During her two-month trip, she’ll meet with local environmental groups and the media to raise awareness of the urgent need to clean America’s waterways. “All water and everything in it ends up in the ocean,” Pellegrino says. “Plastics and chemicals are particular problems, but soil runoff during floods and heavy rains also impact the ocean and marine life.” During previous paddles, Pellegrino saw firsthand the effects of dumped industrial waste in the waterways she traversed. She notes that nationally, oil rig operators have federal permits to dump 9 billion gallons of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, waste into the ocean each year. On Pellegrino’s first trip in 2007, she paddled nearly 2,000 miles up the Atlantic Coast, from Miami, Florida, to Maine. In 2009, she partnered with the Natural Resources Defense Coun-cil to go from Miami to New Orleans, Louisiana, to build support for a Healthy Oceans Act (OnEarth.org/author/healthy-oceanspaddle). In 2010, she canoed along the Pacific coastline from Seattle, Washington, to San Diego, California. Next summer, Pellegrino plans to paddle down the Mississippi River.

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Pine Bark Extract Reduces Perimenopausal Symptoms

Research published in the Journal of Reproduc-tive Medicine confirms that pine bark extract can

significantly reduce symptoms of menopause and perimenopause, including restless legs syndrome and hot flashes. For three months, 170 perimenopausal women were given 30 milligrams of Pycnogenol patented pine bark extract or a placebo twice a day.

Although a placebo effect was noted, the supplement significantly improved all but two symptoms and was especially effective in improving vasomotor and insomnia/sleep patterns. The severity of symptoms among the Pycnogenol group, as measured by the Kupperman Index, decreased 56 percent more than for the placebo group. In another study, scientists from Italy’s Pescara University gave 70 perimeno-pausal women a placebo or 100 milligrams of Pycnogenol daily for two months. The supplement group experienced fewer menopausal symptoms and showed improvements with symptoms that include fatigue, insomnia, reduced concentra-tion, memory problems, dizziness, depression and irritability.

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Listen Up: Natural Ways to Treat Summer EarachesWater-based fun for children this time of year can

sometimes lead to infections in young ears, which have smaller Eustachian tubes for draining moisture from the ear canal. Combined with summer’s heat and humid-ity, plus frequent immersions in aquatic settings, a child’s moist, warm inner ear environment is ideal for symbiotic growth of fungus and bacteria, according to Dr. Neil K. Kaneshiro, a clinical assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine, in Seattle. Together, these factors can result in blockages and earaches. Gently cleaning the ears during the summer with a wax-dissolving solution, followed by a careful rinsing, is excellent preventative action. If an oral antibiotic is taken for an existing infection, note that it will only kill the bacteria, possibly leaving fungus to foster a recurrence. Dr. K.O. Paulose, a world-class expert in ear, nose and throat procedures at the Jubilee Memorial Hospital, in India, advises that the proper treatment of an earache requires killing both fungus and bacteria. Un-like oral antibiotics, it is administered only into the affected ear so it doesn’t upset the entire body and im-munity system. An easy, natural way to wholly treat the condition is by administering a cou-ple of drops of an enhanced aqueous silver colloid such as Super Neti Juice, from Nature’s Rite, into the ear and then remaining still to let it settle for 10 minutes; this will kill both the fungal and bacterial pathogens. In Book of Silver Testing, co-authors S.R. Frank, G. Clark and A. Cornelious concur that this treatment may be repeated every hour and can eliminate the infection within one day with no adverse consequences to the child.

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Pain-Free Natural Remedy for Skin InfectionMolluscum contagiosum is a viral infection

of the skin that affects roughly 8 percent of children and 20 percent of AIDS patients. It is a member of the smallpox family, and while relatively benign, can be a persistent and troublesome condi-tion lasting up to 18 months. A pediatrician usually diagnoses the infected child and refers the family to a dermatologist. To date, there is no known antiviral treatment for the condition. A dermatologist will then either scrape, laser or burn the lesions off the skin, or apply a compress that causes the lesions to blister and burn long af-ter the child arrives home. The result in most cases is an unhappy parent that has now been shuttled

to a second physician, an unhappy pediatrician that has had to let their patient walk out without a remedy, and an unhappy child. Recently, the resin of the croton lechleri tree, found in the Amazon rainforest, was tested as a treatment for molluscum contagiosum. In two abstracts published in the Journal of the American Academy of Dermatology, the naturally occur-ring product, named Flavokine by the authors, demonstrated a high success rate for eliminating the virus and restoring the skin to its natural appearance. Within six to eight weeks of applying Flavokine to the lesions twice daily, most patients saw complete or significant clearing of their skin. The treatment is considered to be gentle and safe, with no burning or scarring. The product appears to work by attacking the virus and simultaneously stimulating the skin’s natural repair mecha-nisms. “This is a significant breakthrough for families who are dealing with this troublesome disease”, says Dr. Gary Pekoe, one of the authors of the two abstracts. “As pediatricians become more aware of this product, they no longer have to send parents to a specialist, where their child will undergo one of the traumatic treat-ments currently used.”

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HEELLESS SHOES MAY HELP PREVENT RUNNERS’ INJURIESA British study published in Footwear

Science analyzed the effects of run-ning in experimental heelless footwear compared with conventional running shoes with reinforced heels. The objective was to see if the heelless footwear would reduce the risk of chronic injury related to the habitual rear-foot strike pattern as-sociated with conventional heeled shoes. Using eight cameras with opto-electric running motion capture tech-nology,12 male runners were tracked at four meters per second. The heelless running shoe resulted in less impact, greater plantar flexion and greater ankle eversion (rolling outward). The researchers concluded that the heelless shoes decreased the risk of chronic running foot injuries linked to exces-sive impact forces, but concede they may increase injury potential associated with excessive ankle eversion.

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Flaxseed Lowers Blood PressureEating flaxseed reduces blood pressure, according

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Medicinal Mushrooms Boost Athletic Performance

Research from Italy’s Pavia University found two medicinal mushroom species—cordyceps

(Cordyceps sinensis) and reishi (Ganoderma lu-cidum)—significantly improve race performances and recovery times among competitive cyclists. The researchers studied seven male cyclists that had competitively raced for more than 10 years. For

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researchers analyzed data from a representative sample of 40 African-American boys enrolled in the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study that followed children born in major U.S. cities between 1998 and 2000, they determined that those that lived through 9 years of age with less-stable families, such as parents with multiple partners and harsh or hostile parent-ing styles, had a higher probability of having shorter telomeres compared with other children. Telomeres were, on average, 40 percent longer among children from stable families. Telomeres are the segments of DNA at either end of a chromosome that protect the ends from deterioration or fusion with neighboring chromo-somes. Shorter telomeres can de-crease life expectancy by reducing the number of times our cells can divide, and scientists are discovering that a person’s living environment may lead to the condition. Using large cohort (age group) study data from the Netherlands Study of Depression and Anxiety, another group of researchers from Amsterdam’s Vrije University found significantly shorter telomere length among those with higher stress markers; the shorter length was also associated with aging approximately 10 years faster. In ad-dition, the scientists observed signifi-cantly shorter telomere length among people with depressive symptoms lasting longer than four years; the shorter length correlated with both longer and more severe depression.


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nati, located in the Rookwood Commons shopping center in the heart of the Norwood shopping district, provides a unique sensory es-cape from the heat of summer that cannot be found anywhere else. Established in the fall of 2010, it is one of 36 locations in the U.S. that include Florida, Connecticut, Rhode Island, California, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Texas, Oregon, Louisiana, Washington, D.C., and Georgia. Entering the shop is an experience that resembles stepping into a street bazaar tucked away in a small Middle-Eastern city. Hand-blown apothecary jars containing fresh spices and herbs are displayed along the walls, enhanc-ing the experience that one’s senses have just been transported to a new and exotic area. Julia Van Arsdale, owner of the Cincinnati location, explains that what makes the Spice and Tea Exchange unique is the atmosphere and sensory interaction, along with the wide assort-ment of spices, herbs, blends, sugars and teas. “Customers are thrilled when invited to open the jars and experience the culinary fragrances for themselves. It’s great to watch the excitement—and the aromatherapy is free,” relates Van Arsdale. Her commitment and passion for creating the ultimate sensory and shopping experience goes beyond her extensive experience in marketing and sales. She inherited her love for the business from her grandfather, George Uhe, who founded the George Uhe Company. Uhe’s company, located in New

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Jersey, was once known as the top importer of spices into the United States, and supplied spice shops and restaurants such as McCormick and Spice Island with ingredients from all over the world.

When her grandfather retired, the busi-ness was taken over by Van Arsdale’s father. Some of her earliest childhood memories were of experiencing the exotic spices, herbs and aromas in his office. Tonya Tate, owner of Nature’s Bath Soap, provides a firsthand account of the expanse of Julia’s knowledge of the business. “The first time I walked into her store—I was in awe! She does a beautiful job in her displays, and the entire layout she has developed makes the customer just want to immerse themselves in spices, salts, rubs and other exotic items.” Tate notes, “Her handmade rubs are the perfect comple-ment to my family’s weekend dinners—whether it is fish, poultry, steak or fun party dips.” Van Arsdale’s Spice and Tea Ex-change features more than 60 custom

spice blends that are hand-mixed in the store to ensure freshness and flavor. For those simply looking for an idea to bring new life to typical summertime dishes, Van Arsdale and her friendly staff are happy to help. Being able to directly discuss which blend would be best for any cooking need is another perk of visiting the store. Customers can top homemade ice cream with lemon and strawberry sugars, add smoked BBQ rub and chile lime sea salt to corn on the cob or add zest to a summer steak by soaking it overnight in a Jamai-can jerk/Cajun rub. The possibilities are endless and affordable. Most products are packaged in small bags and reasonably priced. Accessories such as tea infusers and spice grinders are also available, and many of the products are sold at local community farmers’ markets and craft shows. Judy Hearn, manager of a local investment company, explains that the Spice and Tea Exchange experience and the price is unbeatable. “Each time I enter the store, the staff is prepar-ing fresh blends and working hard to provide quality products; teas, herbs, sugars, salts and much more. I have attended the cooking sessions and find that many people enjoy learning which spices to use and how to prepare delicious and exciting dishes from Van Arsdale and her staff. When looking for a gift or just something to add to my pantry, the Spice and Tea Exchange always has what I need.”

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Open Space Technol-ogy (OST), it has been used hundreds of thousands of times by three-quarters of the world’s countries. Whether a few people gather in a circle to share ideas and brainstorm personal issues or thou-sands discuss a bulletin board of topics around tables, OST is a safe, informal venue for transformative learning. Guided by purpose-based, shared leadership, it allows individuals focused on a specific task to freely speak their thoughts and be heard. It also encour-ages breakout groups to mine for more information—learning individually, as well as collectively, and self-organizing in order to concentrate on more com-plex topics. “Boeing engineers used OST to learn how to redesign airplane doors and young Egyptians used it to strategize for their Arab Spring,” as examples, comments Owen.

Circle PrincipleFor Owen, like Jack Mezirow, author of the paper, “Core Principles of Transfor-mative Learning Theory,” 20th-century Brazilian educator Paulo Freire and Juanita Brown, co-founder of The World

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education. “The circle principle con-tains the predictability of fresh, emerg-ing thoughts and learning that never occurred previously,” explains Owen. He points to an experiment regard-ing children’s capacity for self-learning initiated by Sugata Mitra, Ph.D., the former science director of an educa-tional technology firm in India. On the outside wall of the building where he worked, Mitra installed a computer fac-ing a New Delhi slum where most chil-dren were unschooled and illiterate and had never seen a computer. He turned it on and told children they could play with it. Via a noninvasive video camera, he watched 7-to-13-year-olds discover how to use the computer and teach each other how to play music and games and draw using Microsoft’s Paint program. Repetition of the experiment in other impoverished sections of India yielded similar results. Wherever he established an Internet connection, children that could not read English, the Internet’s default language, taught themselves how to use the Web to ob-

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Dangerous Influx Gas Pipeline Pumps Radioactive Radon into HomesIn New York City, the Spectra gas pipeline that went online in 2013 is delivering more than just energy-efficient, clean-burning natural gas from Pennsylvania’s Marcellus Shale. It’s also piping radioactive radon gas that’s contaminating commercial and residential boil-ers, ovens, stoves, dryers and water heaters at 30 to 80 times baseline levels—well above the U.S. Envi-ronmental Protection Agency safe level for radiation exposure. According to Dr. Sheila Bushkin-Bedient, with the Univer-sity of Albany, New York, “While it may be possible to remove other components of raw natural gas such as ethane, propane, butane and pentanes at natural gas processing centers, it’s not possible to remove radioactive substances such as radon. Radon is the leading cause of lung cancer among nonsmok-ers and the second-leading cause among smokers and indirect (sec-ondhand) smokers.” The Spectra conduit is one of hundreds of pipelines and fossil fuel infrastructure projects across the country being quickly approved by the Federal Energy and Regulato-ry Commission. Citizens should de-mand that elected officials connect the dots and halt the uncontrolled rush to drill new sites regardless of safety concerns and let them know people are alarmed by the possibil-ity of radioactive gas entering their communities.

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tain information through their interac-tions with each other and the computer. “I agree with what Mitra surmised from his experiment—learning is emer-gent, which is another word for self-organizing,” remarks Owen. Like Freire, Owen likens traditional education to the “banking” method of learning, whereby the teacher passes information to students that become dependent on someone else rather than learning how to think on their own. Suzanne Daigle, a Sarasota, Florida-based consultant with a Cana-dian multidisciplinary consulting firm, explains how the OST learning environ-ment changed her life: “My personal transformation began in 2009. Even though I was a leader in my corporate career, I doubted myself and often be-lieved that what others had to say was more significant and interesting than what I could express.” Now she says she has shed her people-pleasing tendencies and former attempts to control other people’s agen-das and discovered the freedom and courage of her own voice. “As an OST facilitator, my life work now occurs in the moments I am collaboratively learning and listening for opportunities to enter into meaningful conversations that can lead to actions,” says Daigle. “I invite others to do the same.”

Co-LearningIn a compulsory two-year Theory of Learning class for an International Bac-calaureate degree at California’s Grana-das Hill Charter High School, math and science educator Anais Arteaga helps students apply two major elements of transformative learning: self-reflection to critique one’s own assumptions and discourse through which they question or validate their judgments. She focuses on the roles that perception, language, reason and emotion play in a student’s learning and decision-making abilities. “Questions and lively discussions are the basis of the class,” Arteaga says. “We begin with a question and explore what we know, how we know it and any conclusions drawn from the process.” Using a democratic model in which the teacher welcomes critical discussion, Arteaga and her students have mutually discovered that knowl-

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health, environmental awareness and personal/professional development. Its primary mission is to help advance the urban agricultural movement and aid in increased democratization of food. Last year, Evergreen partnered with the Cincinnati Health Department and the Detroit-based nonprofit Urban Farming to become an urban food produc-tion site that provides free, fresh organic produce to disadvantaged families. This project enabled Evergreen to actively engage more than 300 youth and community members, providing hands-on skills and training with their Seed-to-Table program. This year, Evergreen plans to expand its efforts by growing and donating at least 3,000 pounds of organic produce and engaging at least 400 youths in educational outreach programs. Evergreen’s Seed-to-Table Nutrition and Edible Urban Garden Project is a unique, hands-on outreach program designed to actively help students develop an understanding of where food comes from and how it is produced, as well as to learn individual actions needed to create a more sustainable food system. To date, the project has helped grow and distribute more than one ton of fresh, organic food back to the community.

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edge is not static, but has a history and changes over time. “When we first started the class, it was challenging to accept that in many situ-ations there is no right or wrong, just relativity and a matter of percep-tion. We don’t really know anything for certain,” she remarks.

Worldview ExplorationsKatia Petersen, Ph.D., is the executive director of education at the Institute of Noetic Sciences (IONS), headquar-tered in Petaluma, California. She co-developed the tools, practices and 22 lessons in the pioneering organization’s Worldview Explorations (WE) project. Founded on 40 years of IONS research, WE engages everyone in age-appropri-ate ways in reflecting upon long-held assumptions and how beliefs create the lens they see through, ultimately improving how they understand and respond to the world. “When individuals understand the power of offering their story and are open to the worldview stories of others, they no longer focus at-tention on differences and limita-tions,” says Petersen. “They realize that everyone has their own truth. “WE’s transformative learn-ing experiences draw from the heart and soul of individuals, rather than stuffing heads with ideas and perspectives, which serves them well as they embody and apply these tools and practices in their daily lives.” She cites a particularly powerful moment for a group of young people she worked with. “A student was killed in a drive-by shooting two weeks before their certification. The transformative moment came when they said that their new awareness and capacity for com-passion and understanding would not allow them to seek revenge. Instead, they chose to save lives in their com-munities using their new skills.”

World Café Like OST, the World Café, co-created by Brown and David Isaacs, of Burns-

ville, North Carolina, creates a transformative learning environment for individu-als of all ages. Its primary principles are: set the con-

text, create hospitable space, explore questions that matter, encourage everyone’s con-tributions, connect diverse

perspectives, listen together for patterns and insights and share

collective discoveries. Webs of conver-sation created around actual or occa-sionally virtual tables resemble those found in coffeehouses. “Conversation is a core meaning-making process, and people get to ex-perience how the collective intelligence of a small or large group can become apparent,” says Brown. After several rounds of conversation on one or more topics, participants offer their harvest of key insights, learning and opportunities for action with the full group gathered to reflect together on their discoveries. “World Café provides an environ-ment in which you are comfortably drawn forward by the questions you are asking together. When enough diversity is present, varied perspectives are offered and people feel listened to and free to make their contribution,” observes Brown. What participants learn in this

setting creates the climate of condi-tions that support the kinds of transforma-

tions that can changes lives. Brown remarks,

“When it happens to me, I feel like my brain cells have

been rearranged. I know something in the collective, as well as the individual, has been evoked, so that something never before imagined becomes present and available.” Transformative learning has been compared to a sea journey without landmarks. Adventurous individuals that are open to traversing its highly engaging processes can emerge as au-tonomous thinkers, capable of contrib-uting fresh, new ideas that just might transform the world we live in.

Linda Sechrist is a senior staff writer for Natural Awakenings. Visit ItsAllAboutWe.com for the recorded interviews.


Montessori At age 3, kids at the Baltimore Montes-sori Public Charter School, in Maryland, are gaining early math and motor skills, plus an appreciation for healthy foods, in unique and innovative ways. “The chil-dren roll out a long mat containing 1,000 beads that they use to learn to count by twos, fours and 10s,” says Jenny Smolen, development coordinator and grant writer for the school. “When it’s time for multi-plication and division, they’re prepared.” The school is located in a food desert—fresh, unprocessed food isn’t readily available—so the kids plant seeds to grow in pots until it’s time to transplant them to the garden. “Before

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the seed-to-table program, the kids didn’t know what fresh tasted like. Now they go home and ask for vegetables for dinner,” says Smolen. The school also has six chickens that supply fresh eggs, and two bee-hives produced 100 pounds of honey last year that was sold to raise funds. The school is free of charge to Baltimore city students chosen by lottery. Currently, 330 students from diverse backgrounds ages 3 through 13 attend, with 1,000 names on the waiting list.

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Creative educational initiatives offer more flexible programs of study than traditional institutions. First introduced into the United States in the latter part of the 20th century, today there are thousands of such facilities operating according to their own lights. Yet many share certain distinguishing characteristics including emphasis on close student-teacher relationships, diverse experiential learning and development of student decision-making skills aided by peer and parental support. All aim to prepare and equip students for future success both inside

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tions, drives 45 minutes from Newbury-port, Massachusetts, to take her three children to The Waldorf School at Mo-raine Farms., in Beverly. “On bad weather days, I wonder why I make the drive, but the smiles when we arrive are worth it,” she says. There, her children spend time outdoors regardless of the weather. Indoors, they draw illustrations to bolster lessons on history and geography. Second-graders work in three-hour blocks of time, rather than the traditional 45 minutes. Fifth-grade students re-cently spent three weeks studying Greek mythology. Older students play in an or-chestra and learn German and Spanish. They also knit; the craft builds manual dexterity and helps children learn to plan, correct mistakes, be creative, visu-alize the finished product and mindfully create something useful or decorative. Middle school and high school students at the Waldorf School of Gar-den City, in New York, universally par-ticipate in seasonal sports—baseball, softball, basketball and soccer. The emphasis on the values of teamwork and sportsmanship complement devel-opment of skills. The school’s policy is, “You don’t have to be a superstar to get playing time,” noting that the quality of athletic teams is consistently strong. The school also brings some green into the city with a horticultural program that fully cultivates a quarter-acre field. Its steady harvest of fruits, vegetables, herbs and grains includes lettuce, beans, spinach, broccoli, kale, corn, oregano, thyme, rosemary, strawberries, blueberries and raspber-ries. A new greenhouse keeps produce

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Local Education TransformersThe New School MontessoriIn an age-diverse learning environment, The New School Montessori, in North Avondale, is designed to support the complete child—academically, socially and emotionally. Instructors create an atmosphere conducive to learning; the teacher is not the all-knowing and sole dispenser of knowledge. The children’s work progresses autonomously toward

proficiency. Director Eric Dustman says, “Our older pupils impart the rou-tines and expectations to the younger ones and they all learn by teaching and observing.” Classes are arranged in three age groups: 3-to-6-year-olds, 6-to-9-year-olds and 9-to-12-year-olds, with a focus on role modeling and leadership skill development. Dustman adds, “Traditional forms of education are heavily driven by test scores, often to the detriment of social and emotional development. This tends to thwart creativity and children’s natural curiosity for learning.” New School Montessori is chartered by the Ohio State Board of Educa-tion and is the only Montessori school in Cincinnati with dual accreditation distinctions from Independent Schools Association of the Central States (ISACS) and the American Montessori Society (AMS).

Cincinnati Waldorf SchoolThe state-chartered private Cincinnati Wal-dorf School, in Mariemont, serves preschool-ers through eighth grade as one of only three Waldorf schools in Ohio. A primary tenet of the Waldorf learning approach is allowing a child to be a child and nurturing all aspects of develop-ment.

With traditional schools cutting out play and outdoor time to meet fed-eral mandates, more parents are considering Waldorf as a rational response. Christine Masur, the school’s administrative team leader, says, “It’s a time-less approach to education that’s both classic and rigorous. We enable our pupils to blossom and thrive.” She shares that the school “meets students where they are developmen-tally and ensures that they are not just fed academics.” Instead, the instruc-tors focus on educating to children’s developing capacities by engaging their creativity and imagination. Masur adds, “We rely on parents and the whole community to actively participate in supporting the children toward self-reliance and responsibility.” Cincinnati Waldorf School is accredited through the state of Ohio and is a full member school of the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America.

Locations: The New School Montessori, 3 Burton Woods Ln., North Avondale, OH. For more information, call 513-281-7999 or visit NewSchoolMontessori.com. Cincinnati Wal-dorf School, 6743 Chestnut St., Mariemont, OH. For more information, call 513-541-0220 or visit CinciWaldorf.org.


growing through winter months. Students at Conservatory Prep High School, in Davie, Florida, were tasked with finding a way to walk on water in order to explore principles of flotation and buoyancy. After research-ing and experimenting with each of a series of materials, they analyzed what went wrong, worked to fix it and then tried again. “We did the testing at our onsite pool,” says Wendy Weiner, Ed.D., the school’s founder and principal and a Waldorf alumna. “We saw some pretty funny results, but they eventually invented a pair of shoes that worked. Of course, they were pretty big shoes.”

HomeschoolingHomeschooling provides another op-tion. Parents don’t need to know all about a subject with organizations like Bridgeway Academy’s homeschool curricula at hand. This Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania, institution provides easy access to tools and support for families nationwide. “We’re a kindergarten-to-12th-grade provider,” says Jessica Parnell, academy president. “Teachers in a school setting have to teach stan-

dardized subjects, in certain ways, to the whole class. We use customized learning to inspire and excite children individually. We help parents discover their child’s learning style, personality and ideal learning environment.” Materials provided include instruc-tor guides, user-friendly websites and interactive games and other activities. “It gives kids the freedom to explore, learn and discover,” Parnell adds. “This is how you grow a lifelong learner.”

Un-SchoolingUn-schooling, another pioneering ap-proach, is a method of homeschooling in which children pursue areas that interest them, eat foods they enjoy, rest when needed, choose friends of all ages or none at all and engage their world in unique, powerful and self-directed ways. Suzanne Strisower, a life and career coach in Oroville, California, has written a common-core, standards-based curriculum for un-schoolers. “It’s a yearlong program for ages 15 and up designed to enable a student to realize his career path and life’s purpose,” she says.

Online Tutorials“There’s an explosion in online learn-ing, too,” observes Bob Bowdon, executive director of nonprofit Choice Media, an education news service at ChoiceMedia.tv, produced in New York City. School kids in some states are able to opt out of a class at school if they feel the teaching style is holding them back, instead tapping online teachers available in a virtual school setting. Louisiana’s Department of Educa-tion’s Jump Start program partners high schools and local companies to offer students one-day-a-week internships apprenticing in trades. “It’s real-world, on-the-job training,” says Bowdon. Thanks to such innovative approach-es to school curricula and technology, parents and children have more options than ever before for learning. Instead of memorizing information until the next test and then forgetting it, more learning is customized and hands-on, because children that learn by doing, remember.

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Shore Up with SupplementsProbiotics can enhance immune func-tion in children by stimulating white blood cells and reducing inflammation, says Gary B. Huffnagle, Ph.D., a Univer-sity of Michigan Medical School im-munology research professor and author of The Probiotics Revolution. They are especially protective against allergies, diarrhea and respiratory tract infection. Start with yogurt: Serve with cereal; mix with mashed bananas and freeze in ice cube trays for a cool treat; or make smoothies with unsweetened, non-dairy yogurt and frozen berries. Or consider a Lactobacillus acidophilus supplement; aim for 5 billion CFUs per day of Lactobacillus or bifidobacterium. Ashwagandha (Withania som-nifera), an ayurvedic herb, boosts immunity by supporting and balanc-ing adrenal function, says Dr. John Douillard, Ph.D., a Boulder, Colorado, chiropractor, ayurvedic physician and author of Perfect Health for Kids. The adrenal glands produce cortisol, and overproduction of this “fight-or-flight” hormone can dampen immunity. Ashwagandha is particularly helpful for preventing colds and can also be used when kids are stressed or tired. For children ages 6 to 12, give 500 mil-ligrams per day with breakfast; children over 12 can take 1,000 mg a day.

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Stay in the Sun“The sun is our primary source of vitamin D, which has broad effects on the immune system,” Fuhrman says. “Depending on your skin tone and the local climate, about 15 minutes of full sun exposure a day will lead to natural production of sufficient amounts of vita-min D.” If kids have dark skin or live in a cloudy region, they may need vitamin D supplements—at least 200 IU per day.

Laugh Out Loud“You can give your kids the best food and nutrition, but if they have underlying sadness, their immune system will suffer,” remarks Sheppard. “When you’re happy and when you laugh, your brain releases chemicals that increase immunity.”

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Choices Good for UsTo help make choosing easier, Seafood Watch has now joined with the Harvard School of Public Health to also advise what’s currently safe to eat. Entries on their list of “green” fish, which can shift annually, are low in mercury, good sources of long-chain omega-3 fatty acids and caught or farmed responsibly. If the top-listed fish and shellfish aren’t locally available, look for the Seafood Safe label, started by EcoFish company founder and President Henry Lovejoy, which furnishes at-a-glance consumption recommendations based upon tests for contaminants. Labels display a number that indicates how many four-ounce servings of the species a woman of childbearing age can safely

eat per month. (Find consumption rec-ommendations for other demographics at SeafoodSafe.com.) Expert-reviewed independent testing of random samples of the fish currently monitors mercury and PCB levels. Lovejoy advises that other toxins will be added to the testing platform in the future. “My dream is to have all seafood sold in the U.S. qualify to bear the Seafood Safe label, because consumers deserve to know what they’re eating,” says Lovejoy. “We need to be a lot more careful in how we use toxic chemicals and where we put them.”

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adherence strengthens when there is accountability and social support,” remarks Englewood, New Jersey, sports psychologist Greg Chertok, citing a meta-analysis of data in Sport & Exer-cise Psychology Review that backs his notion. For example, such social exercise events inspire happiness. “If you are physically close to someone that is happy, eager and optimistic, you are naturally going to share those feelings,” explains Chertok, who is also a spokes-man for the American College of Sports Medicine. “Just through social con-nectedness alone, you’ll gain boosted performance and mood.” As a finisher of two Tough Mud-ders (an intense obstacle course chal-lenge), Chertok can personally testify to the benefits of camaraderie. “It’s just like if a married couple got stuck in a storm and had to brave the elements; the act of doing something challenging together is very bonding.” Simply joining a recreational run-ning group—also increasingly popular and often social media-driven—can bolster success. “When a bunch of indi-viduals work together to pursue a com-mon goal, they are incentivized by the group,” Chertok remarks. “You’ll run at a faster clip or go a longer distance if you are with a group, because each runner values the group and doesn’t want to let members down.”

Brings BalanceMixing things up can also improve run-ning performance and decrease risks of injury, enhancing long-term staying power. One study found that eight weeks of simple strength-training exercises by conditioned runners boosted their running performances over their condi-tioned, but non-strength-training peers, as noted in the Health & Fitness Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine. As for injury prevention, every-body, regardless of sport, needs to cross-train, advises Mindy Caplan, a wellness coach in Albuquerque, New Mexico. “In any sport that you engage in, you end up working certain muscles the same way all the time. Then those tighter muscles start to pull on the joints and without stretching, you end up with problems.” Moving the body in different ways helps, and working on

stretching and flexibility can elongate muscles and protect tendons and joints. “The new runner of this second running boom has much more informa-tion about training, health and fitness, and injury prevention,” says Lamppa, who occasionally cross-trains by biking and includes some yoga-related stretch-ing as part of his regular routine. “You

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What are the consequences if we don’t attack the problem of poor diet now?The costs of a poor diet are staggering: At the present rate, by 2040, 100 percent of the nation’s federal budget will go for Medicare and Medicaid. The federal debt soars as our unhealthy kids fall heir to an achievement gap that limits America’s capacity to compete in the global mar-ketplace. At the same time, having 70 percent of young people unfit for military service weakens national security. In a detailed scientific analysis published in The New England Jour-nal of Medicine, a group of respected scientists reviewing all the data affect-ing projected life spans concluded that today’s children are the first generation of Americans ever that will live sicker and die younger than their parents. Health issues due to poor diet comprise a national crisis. They threat-en our future, not just for those fat and sick among us, but all of us.

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Singer-songwriter Pharrell Williams, whose infectious hit song, “Happy,” has spread joy worldwide, seems to

know the secret to happiness. More than 1,500 people from 140-plus countries have posted their own happy video spi-noffs at WeAreHappyFrom.com, inspired by his daylong music video featuring Los Angeles residents from all walks of life dancing and lip-syncing to the tune. Can happiness really be just a finger snap away? It depends on our unit of measurement—a moment versus a lifetime. Research by such authorities as Psychologist Martin Seligman, Ph.D., director of the University of Pennsylva-nia Positive Psychology Center, suggests that several basic ingredients are keys to long-term happiness, including a sense of purpose, engaging activities, quality relationships and achievable goals. Ul-timately, happiness is a subjective state, gauged only by personal perception. Still, there are quick, simple things we can do to shift our mood into a higher gear, according to Jonathan Robinson, author of Find Happiness Now: 50 Short-cuts for Bringing More Love, Balance, and Joy Into Your Life. “Broadly, happiness shortcuts fall into two categories—those that help in letting go of negative emo-tions and those that help in tuning into or expanding positive feelings,” says Robinson. “The end result is the same.”

Practice gratitude. When the day’s affronts seem excessive, we can reframe them by counting our blessings mental-ly or in a journal. Review the day with an eye to everything that went right. “Soon, you’ll start to see everything as a gift,” observes Robinson. Pencil it in. Take a few moments at the start of each week to block out a little time every day for happy activities. Pay it forward. It doesn’t take much to make someone’s day, advises Robinson. Give someone a compliment or a piece of chocolate and watch their attitude instantly change, which in turn lifts you into their happy cloud. Sing and dance. Williams applies this secret: Moving our bodies and vibrating our vocal chords helps shake us out of our mental cages. “It’s hard to feel bad when you sing. It’s a choice: You can stay angry for four hours or sing for 15 seconds,” Robinson notes. Don’t underestimate the power of a simple jumpstart to happiness. Research from the University of Arizona shows that as little as a forced smile not only releases stress-fighting neuropep-tides and mood-lifting serotonin in the brain, it activates a chain reaction of happiness around us.

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Most people think of vitamin E as a single entity, but it is actually a family of eight slightly differ-

ent molecules divided into two groups, tocopherols and tocotrienols. Each group contains four forms of vitamin E named alpha, beta, gamma and delta. Most older published studies used only the alpha-tocopherol fraction of vitamin E, but recent data suggests the other frac-tions are equally, if not more, important. Vitamin E comes in natural and synthetic forms, but the human body poorly absorbs the synthetic version. Products containing synthetic vitamin E are prefixed by dl, rather than simply d. Many multivitamin products and vitamin E supplements contain only the alpha-tocopherol fraction in synthetic form (dl-alpha-tocopherol), but high-quality products typically supply all eight fractions in natural form. Accept-able supplements contain at least the four tocopherol components in natural form, and the better ones also have all four tocotrienol fractions. Unfortunately, the latter are more expensive. Palm oil is exceptionally high in tocotrienols and is the preferred source. It is also an excellent general purpose oil that is stable and provides good

texture and flavor. In our society though, when cost issues are weighed against health issues in food processing, cost issues usually win. Veg-etable oils are consider-ably cheaper than palm, coconut or olive oils, and thus they are the primary oils used by both manufacturers and consumers. The different fractions of vitamin E appear to work together synergistically to provide maximum benefit, and foods known to be high in natural vitamin E such as nuts, seeds and oils contain all eight fractions of vitamin E and are protective against many diseases. Both alpha-tocopherol and gamma-tocoph-erol may be effective in controlling the growth of prostate and breast cancer. A study that compared the effects of alpha-tocopherol to gamma-tocopherol found that the latter inhibited prostate cancer growth at concentrations 1,000 times lower. Recent research on the effects of the tocotrienol fractions of vitamin E also indicates that they may be consider-ably helpful. Studies have suggested that tocotrienols help clear blockages in the

carotid arteries (the main suppliers of blood to the brain), potentially reduc-ing the risk of stroke, as well as helping lower the level of low-density lipopro-teins, the bad form of cholesterol in the blood. A recent study concluded: “The physiological activities of tocotrienol suggest it to be superior to tocopherol in many situations. Hence, the role of tocotrienol in the prevention of cardio-vascular disease and cancer may have significant clinical implications.” The Prostate Cancer Research In-stitute recommends a dose of 400 IU of natural vitamin E as d-alpha-tocopherol, along with 210 mg of d-gamma-tocoph-erol as part of its basic preventative measures. In light of the recent research, it seems prudent to take a vitamin E supplement that contains all eight of the vitamin E fractions, along with the above. Again, a supplement should contain only natural forms of vitamin E, with palm oil being the preferred source for the tocotrienols. While it is best to obtain vitamin E directly from food, that is sometimes dif-ficult, and supplements can be used to make up the difference. Natural vitamin E, in all eight forms, seems to be essen-tial for maintenance of good health.

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in another. To prevent pos-sible squabbles, company policy allows only same-household dogs to swim in the same pool. “Max is a fetching maniac in the water,” remarks Yue. “He doesn’t like to dive, but if his ball sinks, he’ll go after it. It’s low-impact, high-exercise playtime and the only thing

I know that will wear out a 2-year-old German shepherd pup.” The skill of directed retrieval can be described as advanced fetching. Several toys or dumbbells are placed on the bottom of the pool and the handler tells the dog which item to retrieve. Nautical nosework is the most challenging—five floating objects like tennis balls or dum-mies are launched into the water by another person. The dog must then find, indicate and retrieve the one ball his person has handled.

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First, check if area community pools allow dogs for special sessions. Many offer canine swims as fundrais-

ers during off-season periods. Make sure the pet is sociable and wears a life jacket. The best swimmers include breeds used in water rescue or retrieval, such as the Newfoundland, Labrador retriever, Portuguese water dog, poodle and spaniel, as opposed to those with shorter snouts and airways. The stocky bodies and shorter legs of Scotties and dachshunds are also less conducive to water play. Dr. Jules Benson, vice president of Veterinary Services at Petplan Pet Insur-ance, in Newtown Square, Pennsylva-nia, gives three key safety tips: Be alert for signs of tiredness, like trouble stay-ing afloat or struggling to catch their breath; watch for vomiting, diarrhea or fever due to harmful bacteria in some waterways; and don’t let dogs drink from the ocean. Ingested salt water can unbalance electrolytes and lead to de-hydration, brain damage, kidney failure and even death.

Pet expert Eileen Proctor recom-mends dabbing sunscreen on pet noses and ears before swimming and putting on the dog’s life jacket before going into, on or near the water. Always en-sure that dogs are well-trained to come when called and leave found items and to take a break to rehydrate and rest. Supervise swimming dogs closely and make sure they aren’t drinking the water. If a dog hesitates to enter the water, leave his non-retractable leash on to reassure him he has assistance if needed, and stay in the pool with him. Establish a cue for entering and leav-ing the pool and use it before the dog overtires. Don’t allow a pet to climb the pool’s ladder to exit because a paw could slip, causing injury or panic. When boating, pull into a secluded area with no running propellers, active paddling or underwater snags, and keep the pet on a non-retractable lead or trained to swim close by. Rinse fur im-mediately after every swim to remove chlorine, bacteria, dirt or salt, and then dry the dog’s inner and outer ears.

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