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Becca Dove

@beccadove2.bsky.social
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Doing relational things for London Borough of Camden. Social work doctoral researcher, Universiy of Northampton. Alumni, UNESCO Child & Family Research Centre. Views my own, said with love

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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 11/03/2026
Magic time at matinee of Arcadia at the Old Vic. Perfect casting and top notch performances. The evolution of Septimus and Thomasina's relationship was so good it made my heart smash into tiny pieces. Stoppard at his majestic best share.google/wM8YxYgo5SDb...
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Video: The cast of Arcadia - Old Vic Theatre
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Simon Parker @simonparker.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Loved chatting w @beccadove2.bsky.social and @andrewlaird.bsky.social for the Radical Reformers podcast. We majored on relational public services, digging into the history and asking how to embed real change today. Exciting moment. www.mutualventures.co.uk/post/radical...
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Radical Reformers ep.111: Making Relational Practice the Norm, with Becca Dove, Camden Centre for Relational Practice and Transformation and Simon Parker, Bath and North East Somerset Council
In the latest episode of Radical Reformers, I meet Becca Dove, Head of the Camden Centre for Relational Practice and Transformation and Simon Parker, Executive Director of Resources at Bath and North ...
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Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social · 18/01/2026
New post just out: "Power to the People" Today we have a guest post from @jamestplunkett.bsky.social on how Labour can counter the "Britain is Broken" narrative by investing in civic life and giving people more control over their community. (Free to read) open.substack.com/pub/samf/p/p...
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Power to the People
How Labour can restore civic life and counter the "Britain is broken" narrative
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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
Don't think the #REDJanuary crew are here but day 2 run in the woods was an absolute corker. Have it as a timeline cleanse if nothing else.
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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 25/12/2025
Another cracking year for the utter carnage that is #DuvetKnowItsChristmas. The fundraiser for Centrepoint is well worth it so if you've got a few quid to chuck in, link is in @rhodri.biz's post 👇🏻. Rhodri, as ever you are a true gent🎄
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Simon Parker @simonparker.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Last month @nick80.bsky.social posted on LinkedIn seeking an accessible history of relational public services. I'm pleased to say myself, @beccadove2.bsky.social and @antlerboy.com have tried to rise to the challenge. We know it's incomplete but we hope it's useful. www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
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A Hundred Origin Stories – an Unfinished History of Relational Public Services
Simon Parker, Becca Dove and Benjamin Taylor explore the history of relational public services, ahead of Britian Renewed 2026, a major one-day conference exploring a more place-based approach to public service reform.
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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Fancy reading an unashamedly unfinished history of relational public services? @nick80.bsky.social asked his Linkedin network if such a thing existed. @simonparker.bsky.social, @antlerboy.com and I had a go, drawing on 200 comments on Nicks post. Its a fascinating story www.ucl.ac.uk/policy-lab/n...
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A Hundred Origin Stories – an Unfinished History of Relational Public Services
Simon Parker, Becca Dove and Benjamin Taylor explore the history of relational public services, ahead of Britian Renewed 2026, a major one-day conference exploring a more place-based approach to public service reform.
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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
As ever, this is sobering but nonetheless required reading on where public services find themselves in 2025 (and beyond) and why. Top notch work from the @instituteforgovernment.org.uk team.
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Warren Oates @warrenoates1.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Sure Start is coming back. The Labour government is to open 1000 Best Start Family Hubs covering every local authority. The first will be in place by April 2026 & all by 2028. They will combine existing Family Hubs & the Start for Life programme & also cover areas without these services. 1/2
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Government revives family services, supporting 500,000 more kids
Up to 1,000 Best Start Family Hubs to be rolled out across the country to provide wide-ranging help for families, such as parenting and early development.
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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
When young people design relational practice training in their own words, on their own terms. And a short thread of why community-led participatory design matters a great deal🧵
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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 29/06/2025
I know the world is a bit of a bin fire and everything but for the love of all that is good and pure can someone please tell me how to turn off Copilot in Word.
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ETSC - European Transport Safety Council @etsc.eu · 03/06/2025
Study on London 20 mph limits shows: - collisions ⬇️ 35% - casualties ⬇️ 36% - fatal/serious injuries ⬇️ 34% - child casualties ⬇️ 46% - child deaths ⬇️ 75% - walkers, cyclists, motorcyclists killed/seriously injured ⬇️ 28% etsc.eu/20mph-limits...
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20mph limits in London linked to sharp fall in road injuries and deaths, new report finds
A new study published by Transport for London (TfL) has shown that the introduction of 20mph speed limits and zones on local authority-managed roads in London between 1989 and 2013 led to significant…
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Luke Billingham @lbilli91.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
"I don't want to rise 'above' my community. I want to rise *with* it." This sentiment is often expressed to me by young people. They want individual success *and* to see improved conditions for all in their communities. This is a theme I explore in this blog: mabdallah.substack.com/p/mattering-...
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Mattering is not just inside people’s heads: Mattering, inequality, schools and solidarity
Luke Billingham is a youth worker for Hackney Quest and a Research Associate for the Open University.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 31/05/2025
This year London is the place to see a stellar line up of women’s sport. Top athletes from across the world are competing in the capital and inspiring the next generation across the city and the globe.
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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Enjoying this by Mark Furlong. Packed with practice ideas for folk working in public services to intensify their efforts to strengthen formal and informal social connections of the people they support (with good reason, not just 'coz').
A front cover of a book titled Building the Clients Relational Base: A Multidisciplinary Handbook by Mark Furlong. There is an image of Duplo blocks in red, blue, green and yellow in three rows on the diagonal.
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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
This from @pollymackenzie.bsky.social is so worth a read. "The future of the State is not just a technical project. It’s an emotional one. A politics that wants to build relational, preventative, participatory services must start by creating the emotional climate" www.linkedin.com/pulse/mobili...
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Mobilising the people to remake the state
A short essay to mark the relaunch of the think tank Reform as "Re:State". Read the full collection by following the link at the end.
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Stephen Frost @sfrost.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
More of this please. Co-designing play spaces with children and young people near their homes led to “what researchers say is the highest increase in children’s physical activity ever recorded by an intervention of its kind”
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Bradford project produces ‘outstanding’ rise in children’s physical activity
JU:MP programme included co-design of play spaces, exercise in faith settings and interventions in schools
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James Plunkett @jamestplunkett.bsky.social · 09/05/2025
Some thoughts sparked by a great event in Leeds yesterday on neighbourhood health and the UK government's Test, Learn and Grow intiative. How do we make neighbourhoods engines of change? medium.com/@jamestplunk...
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Neighbourhoods as engines of change
On the need for bridges from the edges to the centre
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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
I wish we talked more about social infrastructure in childrens services. Plus this from Geoff Mulgan & co re the effect of declining birthrates on social support networks. If we want strong social support for children, we'll need social infrastructure to enable it tial.org/news/designi...
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Designing institutions for a new demographic reality – TIAL
Sitra, the Finnish Innovation Fund, and the Institutional Architecture Lab (TIAL) have partnered to explore how institutional innovation can help Finland navigate the challenges of demographic transit...
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Hannah Cornish @hannahcornish.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
I thought my first post on Bluesky should be something positive and motivational
Cross stitch embroidery of beetles and the words: But I am very poorly today and very stupid and hate everybody and everything. C Darwin to C Lyell 1861
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Dr Autumn Roesch-Marsh 🚲 🌳🗻🎨✍️ @aroeschmarsh.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
This work is so inspiring ❤️
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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Turning national reform into an opportunity for local participatory design - a short story🧵 Today in Camden was the final session of our Design Group (frontline childrens services staff) and our Families Sounding Board (parents, carers and family members) working together on Family Help reform.
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Power to Change @powertochange.org.uk · 17/04/2025
Join us for the launch of our upcoming report 'Closing the void' for a discussion on rebuilding trust in democracy from the ground up. With 💠 Charlotte Hollins @right-here.org 💠 Deborah Mattinson, political consultant 💠 @mds49.bsky.social @uclpolicylab.bsky.social Book your spot: bit.ly/44BsV5g
Closing the void: How we reconnect politics with associational life. 8 May. 12:30-1:30pm.
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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 17/04/2025
This from James is well worth a read if the current political climate is wearing you down (*puts hand up). There's some magic stuff happening to reimagine institutions so they have cooperative practices at their core. "Ways we can make our lives better together". Yes please.
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Involve @involveuk.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
⬆️ Are you ready to take your skills in public engagement to the next level? 👀 Take a look at our upcoming training! 👇 👥 Public Engagement Training 📆 Thurs July 3 📆 Thurs Nov 6 🗣️ Facilitating Public Engagement Training 📆 Thurs April 10 📆 Thurs Nov 13 www.involve.org.uk/news-opinion...
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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Biased I may be given this is the topic of my doctorate, but this free webinar on the role of community and social support in child welfare really does look terrific. Registration link in Cormacs post 👇🏻
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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 09/03/2025
My mum sent me this for COVID day of reflection. First lockdown, my folks were shielding so the kids would bike to their house during their allotted exercise outdoors and write messages on their front path. My mum and stepdad are waving from the window. Surreal then and now.
A path and pavement with chalk drawing of Easter images (Easter eggs and rabbits) and the words happy Easter grandma and grandad
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Rebekah Pierre @bekahpierre.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
Like many care-experienced people, I am ambiguous about #careday25 - it mostly feels like a day for big orgs to gain PR opportunities/fish for likes. That being said, it would be remiss not to mention Free Loaves on Fridays, written by 100 care experienced children & adults.
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Free Loaves on Fridays: The Care System As Told By People Who Actually Get It
Buy Free Loaves on Fridays: The Care System As Told By People Who Actually Get It by Rebekah Pierre, Pierre, Rebekah (ISBN: 9781800183001) from Amazon's Book Store. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.
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Dr Mark Gregory @swkresearcher.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
🚨New publication klaxon🚨 My latest paper with colleagues from UEA is out now in advance access in the British Journal of Social Work. It's a scoping review of reflective group interventions with social workers & is available open access academic.oup.com/bjsw/advance... #AcademicSky #SocialWorkSky
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Reflective group interventions with social workers: A scoping review
This article reviews research on different forms of reflective group interventions (RGIs) with social workers. The authors were interested in how RGIs—stru
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Aidan Worsley @aidanworsley.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
We're live! The call for abstracts is now open for the JUSWA conference June 26-27 2025 at UCLan in Preston, UK. For everyone interested in social work research. Its titled: Shaping Our Future: Proactive messages from social work practice, education and research
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Dez Holmes @dezholmes1.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I’m really looking forward to this FREE online event - all about the transition to adulthood. Managers and leaders across the children’s and adults sector - book your place now!
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Chaminda Jayanetti @cjayanetti.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
NEW: One in four children in England need social care services by the age of 18, either for health-related services or child protection The findings of a new study have sparked warnings over the impact of poverty and austerity on children By me, for the Observer www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
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One in four children in England need social care services by 18, study reveals
New research shows scale of crisis, sparking fears over impact of poverty and funding cuts on young people
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Dez Holmes @dezholmes1.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
So much of great practice leadership is about addressing siloes & creating connection across system boundaries. We’re now offering a leadership development programme for colleagues *across both* children’s & adults services. We are always #BetterTogether www.researchinpractice.org.uk/all/news-vie...
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Leading across boundaries – purchase individual places on a dedicated leadership development programme | Research in PracticeFacebook_SimpleTwitter_SimpleLinkedInMailShare_Outline
A Developing Practice Leaders programme offers opportunities for professional growth. Aimed at those who lead practice - purchase one or more individual places.
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Byline Times @bylinetimes.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
🔴Twenty Government Reforms the Media Hasn’t Been Telling You About You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks bylinetimes.com/2025/01/24/w...
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Twenty More Government Reforms the Media Hasn't Been Telling You About
You probably won’t have read much about these announcements over the past few weeks
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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I didn't think David Runciman could top the original History of Ideas podcast but every series coming out of @ppfideas.bsky.social so far has been majestic. Can't recommend highly enough.
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CELCIS @celcis.org · 19/01/2025
The recording of our webinar Growing Up in Kinship Care, where our speakers shared research and reflections on the experiences and challenges faced by kinship families and the implications of these for policy and practice, is now available: buff.ly/4fpr4SS
A graphic for the recorded webinar Growing Up in Kinship Care, which appears on the CELCIS website.
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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
I get to spend a lot of time with residents with lived experience of public services. Right now it's on codesigning Camden's version of the government family help reforms. Those residents make me think differently every single time. Collaborate - there is always more to know than you know.
Light blue sticky notes in a pyramid. Each sticky note has writing on it describing something important about how a group of parents likes to give and receive feedback.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 12/01/2025
🏉 Rugby 🏏 Cricket ⚽ Football 🤾🏽‍♀️ Athletics And much more to come in 2025. London is the undisputable global capital of women’s sport.
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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
This is well worth a read for folk thinking about building relational cultures in organisations. I'll say it again - educational psychologists are a precious (and often underappreciated) source of relational wisdom in local authorities.
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Dr Mark Gregory @swkresearcher.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
My article on supervisory spaces and the dispersal of supervision functions in social work has hit 1000 views in early view. Great that open access enables a wider audience to read and engage with research. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #AcademicSky #SocialWorkSky
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Supervision as a Dispersed Practice: Exploring the Creation of Supervisory Spaces in Day‐to‐Day Social Work Practice
Supervision is integral to social work practice; however, how it operates in day-to-day practice remains poorly understood. Existing research mainly comprises quantitative and qualitative accounts of...
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Alicia Ault @aliciaault.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
Departing thoughts from Surgeon General Murthy: "I have come to see there are three essential elements that fuel our fulfillment and well-being: relationships, service, and purpose." #loneliness #publichealth #VivekMurthy #Medsky #mentalhealth #Psychsky
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Surgeon General Urges Americans to 'Rethink How We're Living Our Lives' in Closing Letter to the Country (Exclusive)
"This is my parting prescription for the country I love," U.S. Surgeon General Vivek H. Murthy writes in a letter shared exclusively with PEOPLE
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Research in Practice @researchip.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
Recent rises in living costs are putting incredible pressure on both services and families. We are looking for professionals to take part in research about families facing persistent financial challenge and the impact this has on children’s social care. ow.ly/uYxT50UAoLE
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Take part in research on the impact of financial pressures on children’s social care
Take part in a study designed to inform the development of evidenced-informed policies and support that improves families’ financial circumstances and outcomes for children.
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Richard Pope @richardpope.org · 05/01/2025
Everyone once in a while you stumble across an idea that you can't unsee. Current one is Peter Fonagy's work on mentalisation and epistemic trust.
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Daniel Rolph Author @danielrolphauthor.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Buying another book even though the four I bought last week are still sitting untouched. It’s called self-care, look it up.
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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
Doctorate reading day, and getting a lot from this report on children's relational health. Makes you think about the informal social connections professionals can help make and 'braid' for children to create a buffering effect www.gse.harvard.edu/sites/defaul...
Three images in one. The image on the left is of five straight vertical lines in different shades of blue. Each line has a different sentence written on it in white. The five sentences are 'trust parents', 'focus on simple everyday interactions', 'it takes a village to raise a child', 'meet families where they are', and 'build parallel relationships'. The image in the middle shows the five threads starting to overlap loosely in a braid. The image on the right shows the five threads in a tightly woven braid
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Becca Dove @beccadove2.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Now an annual tradition in our house to start the year with #REDJanuary. For us it's to walk or run a minimum of a mile outside each day. Less enjoyable in a new years day howling gale. Worth it though. Just. join.redjanuary.com
A piece of paper with a calendar for January printed on it in red squares. The Red January logo is in the top left hand corner (like a red sun with the words Red January inside it). Across the top of the calendar it says "I'm rising every day to boost my mood this January". There is a QR code at the bottom to scan and join the Red community.
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Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan @london.gov.uk · 01/01/2025
“In London, everyone is different. But that means anyone can fit in.” Beautifully put. Thank you, Paddington. ❤️
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Rob Mitchell @robmitch92.bsky.social · 01/01/2025
Any unwanted Christmas gifts (toys, clothes etc) in the Yorkshire region - please DM. Our Adult Social Workers in Bradford are continuing to support people, inc children, in local hotels who are seeking asylum/refuge here. Happy to collect. Thank you #RefugeesWelcomeHere ❤️💚💜💛💙🧡🩵
Collection of donated toys.
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