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Re: [Air-L] Recommendations (Sarah Ketchley)
by Taylor-Smith, Ella 11 Sep '17

11 Sep '17

Hi Sarah Ferret Scotland (an independent investigative news organisation) have started the Ferret Fact Service (Scotland's first non-partisan fact checking service). https://theferret.scot/ferret-fact-service/ It's funded by Google https://community.theferret.scot/t/google-backs-ferret-fact-check-project/5… I think it might also provide training... (@FerretScot) -Ella Dr Ella Taylor-Smith School of Computing Edinburgh Napier University 10 Colinton Road Edinburgh, EH10 5DT Email: e.taylor-smith(a)napier.ac.uk http://www.iidi.napier.ac.uk/e.taylor-smith http://about.me/EllaTaylorSmith @EllaTasm This message and its attachment(s) are intended for the addressee(s) only and should not be read, copied, disclosed, forwarded or relied upon by any person other than the intended addressee(s) without the permission of the sender. If you are not the intended addressee you must not take any action based on this message and its attachment(s) nor must you copy or show them to anyone. Please respond to the sender and ensure that this message and its attachment(s) are deleted. It is your responsibility to ensure that this message and its attachment(s) are scanned for viruses or other defects. Edinburgh Napier University does not accept liability for any loss or damage which may result from this message or its attachment(s), or for errors or omissions arising after it was sent. Email is not a secure medium. Emails entering Edinburgh Napier University's system are subject to routine monitoring and filtering by Edinburgh Napier University. Edinburgh Napier University is a registered Scottish charity. Registration number SC018373

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Re: [Air-L] Recommendations (Sarah Ketchley)
by Ryan Burns 11 Sep '17

11 Sep '17

Hi Sarah If you're looking for academic articles as well as media texts, then the recent EASST review has some interesting short articles on post-truth specifically related to Trump in the 'STS Live' section - https://easst.net/issue/easst-review-volume-362-july-2017/ These aren't about evaluating facts on the internet specifically, but are more philosophical (and disciplinary) arguments about the status of facts, truth and expertise. Ryan _________________________________ Dr Ryan Burns Senior Lecturer in Media Studies School of Media, University of Brighton, Watts Building, Room 609, Lewes Road, Brighton, BN2 4GJ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2017 00:41:38 +0800 From: Julian Hopkins <julian.hopkins(a)monash.edu> To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org Subject: Re: [Air-L] Recommendations (Sarah Ketchley) Message-ID: <CACKM46ZB1PG-N05tBYTkVtGWns2=wGqK=VE3gkOSrYEyXvJOYw(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" These are interesting reads, if you have not come across them already: https://medium.com/dfrlab/how-the-alt-right-brought-syriahoax-to-america-47… https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/mg9vvn/how-our-likes-helped-trum… This website is tracking Russian bots etc: http://dashboard.securingdemocracy.org/ And an interesting podcast from NPR: http://www.wbur.org/onpoint/2017/08/09/fake-news-bots-are-here Not much help regarding strategies for getting facts though I'm afraid. Regards, Julian --- *DR JULIAN HOPKINS* Lecturer in Communication School of Arts & Social Sciences Building 2, Level 6, Room 16 (2-6-16) Monash University Malaysia Jalan Lagoon Selatan 47500 Bandar Sunway Selangor Darul Ehsan Malaysia T: +60 3 5514 4920 E: julian.hopkins(a)monash.edu W: sass.monash.edu.my <http://www.sass.monash.edu.my/> On 30 August 2017 at 17:44, <air-l-request(a)listserv.aoir.org> wrote: > > > Message: 2 > Date: Tue, 29 Aug 2017 07:54:59 -0700 > From: Sarah Ketchley <ketchley(a)uw.edu> > To: air-l(a)listserv.aoir.org > Subject: [Air-L] Recommendations > Message-ID: <ed62cab7-bdf9-4629-bcc4-7075dd411754@Spark> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi all, > > I?m participating in a seminar called ?History in the Age of Trump? and am > gathering resources (websites, articles, podcasts, online discussions etc) > highlighting the problems we face in securing ?facts? and evidence today, > along with strategies for accessing reliable evidence and sources on the > internet. ?I?d be grateful for any recommendations and thoughts from the > AIR-L community. > > Thanks in advance, > > Sarah Ketchley > ___________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by MessageLabs' Email Security System on behalf of the University of Brighton. For more information see: https://staff.brighton.ac.uk/is/computing/Pages/Email/spam.aspx

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2nd CFP: All Things in Moderation: The People, Practices and Politics of Online Content Review – Human and Machine Dec 6-7 2017, UCLA
by Sarah T. Roberts 11 Sep '17

11 Sep '17

[Skip this email and go to CFP: https://atm-ucla2017.net/about/ ] Greetings, colleagues - Registration is now open, and this email serves as our second CFP for an event that may be of interest to many of you. Proposals are due September 15 - in two weeks from today! On December 6-7 2017, UCLA’s Department of Information Studies, part of the UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, welcomes participants to a two-day conference on commercial content moderation (CCM) of user-generated social media material. At All Things in Moderation: The People, Practices and Politics of Online Content Review – Human and Machine we will offer a new forum bringing together those interested in the multiple challenges related to CCM, and to content moderation of all kinds. The goal of this foundational event is to map the current landscape from a number of perspectives. During these two days, scholars, students, journalists, policy makers and CCM workers will share their insights in order to generate a discussion about the challenges, methodologies and frameworks that are necessary to integrate a comprehensive, academic study of commercial content moderation, other kinds of online moderation, and its outcomes and implications into existing paradigms in labor studies, information studies, computing and internet history, public policy, internet governance and media studies, to name but a few. Beyond analyzing the contemporary case of CCM across the social media and other digital industries, we anticipate that ATM will require a look to the past and to other media sectors, as well as a gaze into the future, to anticipate the problems related to CCM and to our social media-reliant world, and to collectively think about solutions. We anticipate a fruitful gathering. Some areas of concentration include (but need not be limited to): • CCM and Policy: human rights; internet governance; transparency and control online; national cases; transnational CCM (e.g., Taylor, 2016) • CCM and/as Labor: workplace practices; internal policies; worker mental health and wellness; workers’ rights; outsourcing, globalization and contract labor; CCM work and identity (race/gender/class/sexual orientation/ability/ethnicity) (e.g., Crawford and Gillespie, 2014) • CCM Automation: algorithmic mechanisms; machine learning and training; computer vision; automated CCM tools and techniques • CCM and the Law: US and international cyberlaw and its applications to CCM; lawsuits; EU and other governmental legislation; CCM as repression and speech restriction (e.g., Klonick, 2017) • Histories of Moderation: online moderation pre-CCM; histories of online communities; comparative moderation studies (e.g., Postigo, 2009) – supported by the Luskin Center for History and Policy • Covering CCM: journalism and reporting on CCM and on tech; doing academic research on CCM Who Should Attend ATM welcomes participants from across academic disciplines and research areas, such as information studies, sociology, legal studies, history, data science, computer vision, media studies, communication, policy studies, globalization studies and others. It also welcomes journalists, policy analysts, lawyers, engineers, programmers and anyone with an interest in CCM work and workers. Proposals can take the form of: • Paper proposals – with preference for emergent work and/or work-in-process • Panel proposals – made up of presentations organized thematically around a particular CCM issue or concern; submit a description of the panel and its component parts • Roundtable proposals: hands-on, interactive sessions devoted to discussion and knowledge-sharing of the current state of affairs regarding CCM and a particular area of concentration (e.g., EU regulations and CCM, 2017) • Lightning talks – short, provocative idea sharing sessions of five minutes (or less) • Other interventions – something that doesn’t adequately fit into these boxes that you would like to share (please describe; to be planned in conversation with organizers) Proposals should not exceed 300 words and should be submitted via the conference registration site. Proposals are due SEPTEMBER 15, 2017. Registration closes OCTOBER 31, 2017. Please join us on the beautiful UCLA campus this December. The conference is _free_ for participants, but space is limited. Register early (https://atm-ucla2017.net/registration/) and visit the call for participation (https://atm-ucla2017.net/about/) to submit your proposals for papers, sessions and other interventions. We look forward to hosting you at UCLA! Sarah T. Roberts, Ph.D., Conference Convener Patricia Ciccone, Conference Coordinator --- S a r a h T. R o b e r t s, P h. D. Assistant Professor University of California, Los Angeles Department of Information Studies Graduate School of Education & Information Studies https://is.gseis.ucla.edu/ Blogging periodically at http://illusionofvolition.com

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CfP: International Conference on Smart Learning Environments (ICSLE 2018)
by Elvira Popescu 11 Sep '17

11 Sep '17

CALL FOR PAPERS International Conference on Smart Learning Environments (ICSLE 2018) March 18-20, 2018, Beijing, China http://iasle.net/icsle2018 * Workshop/Panel proposal submission: September 22, 2017 * Main conference paper submission: October 1, 2017 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ The International Conference on Smart Learning Environments (ICSLE 2018) aims to bring together researchers, practitioners, and policy makers to discuss issues related to the optimization of learning environments to enhance learning. The focus is on the interplay of pedagogy, technology and their fusion towards the advancement of smart learning environments. ~ Conference Outcomes: * Proceedings in Springer's Lecture Notes in Educational Technology series. * Extended versions of selected papers will be invited for Springer's Smart Learning Environments journal (Open access journal with no author processing charge) ~ Important dates: Workshop/Panel proposal submission: September 22, 2017 Main conference paper submission: October 1, 2017 Acceptance/Rejection notification: November 29, 2017 Camera ready papers: December 15, 2017 Author registration: December 15, 2017 ~ Submissions: * Full and Short Experience Reports * Full and Short Research Studies * Work-in-progress Papers * Reflection papers * Posters * Workshop proposals * Panel proposals ~ Honorary Chairs: Larry Johnson, EdFutures.org, USA Diana Laurillard, Institute of Education, United Kingdom Demetrios G. Sampson, Curtin University, Australia ~ General Chairs: Kinshuk, The University of North Texas, USA Nian-Shing Chen, National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan Mohamed Jemni, University of Tunis, Tunisia ~ Conference Chairs: Dong Qi, President, Beijing Normal University, China Neal Smatresk, President, University of North Texas, USA ~ Program Chairs: Maiga Chang, Athabasca University, Canada Elvira Popescu, University of Craiova, Romania ~ Local Chairs: Ronghuai Huang, Beijing Normal University, China J. Michael Spector, The University of North Texas, USA ~ Workshop/Panel Chairs: Vive Kumar, Athabasca University, Canada Ting-Wen Chang, Beijing Normal University, China ~ Publicity Chairs: Guang Chen, Beijing Normal University, China Michail Giannakos, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway Isabelle Guillot, Athabasca University, Canada ~ Technical Operations Chairs: Rébecca Guillot, Athabasca University, Canada Richard Tortorella, University of Eastern Finland, Finland Marc Denojean-Mairet, ByteForce Media, Canada Junfeng Yang, Hangzhou Normal University, China ~ Further details: http://www.iasle.net/index.php/icsle2018

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quick research question re social media news feeds
by Julie Cohen 11 Sep '17

11 Sep '17

Dear all - I have a vague memory of seeing some work that had been done on whether/how the news feed shapes/flattens communicative and/or epistemological hierarchies. E.g., updates from news sources of record are mixed in with other updates and there is less of the contextual information that would distinguish one set of updates as being more factual, more authoritative, etc. I can't remember much else about this, but if this rings any bells, I'd very much appreciate a pointer in the right direction. Many thanks. Julie Julie E. Cohen Mark Claster Mamolen Professor of Law and Technology Georgetown Law http://www.juliecohen.com/

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Jobs in Berlin: social science internet research
by Lena Ulbricht 11 Sep '17

11 Sep '17

Dear colleagues, the WZB Berlin Social Science Center is hiring social science scholars for the BMBF-funded collaborative project "German Internet Institute for the Networked Society" (doctoral and postdoc-level): https://vernetzung-und-gesellschaft.de/ Applications are due on 10.09.2017. Kind regards, Lena Ulbricht -- Dr. Lena Ulbricht Research fellow Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung(WZB)/ WZB Berlin Social Science Center Politikfeld Internet / Internet Policy Reichpietschufer 50 10785 Berlin / Germany Office: +49-(0)30-25491-276 Email: lena.ulbricht(a)wzb.eu

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1st Symposium on Societal Challenges in Computational Social Science: Inequality and Imbalance, London, Nov 15-17
by Weller, Katrin 11 Sep '17

11 Sep '17

Hi everyone, apologies for cross-posting but I wanted to point out this event I'm co-organizing (chaired by Luca Aiello / Nokia Bell Labs together with Helen Margetts / Oxford Internet Institute, and in association with Alan Turing Institute). It is the first of three symposia on "societal challenges in computational social science" (2017: Inequality and Imbalance, 2018: Bias and Discrimination, 2019: Polarization and Radicalization). I thought that maybe this will be of interest to some of you. Deadline for workshops/tutorials is this Friday Sep 8 (see all below), deadline for research submissions (talks/posters) is Sep 30. Submissions are based on extended abstracts and may also refer to work that has already been published. There's some funding for travel grants available as well (thanks to the VolkswagenFoundation). See http://symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu/ for details. Cheers Katrin --- Dr. Katrin Weller GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Dept. Computational Social Science Unter Sachsenhausen 6-8 D-50667 Köln Germany E-Mail: katrin.weller(a)gesis.org<mailto:katrin.weller@gesis.org> Twitter: @kwelle Web: http://katrinweller.net<http://katrinweller.net/> Von: sna-de-bounces(a)dlist.server.uni-frankfurt.de [mailto:sna-de-bounces@dlist.server.uni-frankfurt.de] Im Auftrag von Ho, Miu Ting Gesendet: Donnerstag, 31. August 2017 13:59 Betreff: [SNA-DE] [Friendly Reminder] Call for Workshops & Tutorials: 1st Symposium on Societal Challenges in Computational Social Science The 1st Symposium on Societal Challenges in Computational Social Science Inequality and Imbalance ----------------------------- CALL FOR WORKSHOPS AND TUTORIALS ----------------------------- November 15-17, 2017 London, United Kingdom Website: symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu<http://symposium.computationalsocialscience.eu/> For inquiries: css.eurosymposium(a)gmail.com<mailto:css.eurosymposium@gmail.com> ORGANIZERS General Chairs: Luca Maria Aiello, Nokia Bell Labs Helen Margetts, Oxford Internet Institute Organizing committee: Katrin Weller, GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Markus Strohmaier, RWTH Aachen & GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences David Garcia, ETH Zurich Frank Schweitzer, ETH Zurich IMPORTANT DATES Workshops and tutorials proposal submission deadline: September 8, 2017 Workshops and tutorials acceptance notification: September 12, 2017 Workshops and tutorials: November 15, 2017 Main conference: November 16-17, 2017 SCOPE The Symposium is an interdisciplinary venue that brings together researchers from a diverse range of disciplines to contribute to the definition and exploration of the societal challenges in Computational Social Science, especially around the topics o inequality and imbalance. This is the first in a series of three symposia that discuss societal challenges in computational social sciences. Future events will be focused on "Bias and Discrimination" (Cologne, 2018) and "Polarization and Radicalization" (Zurich, 2019). We welcome submissions for workshops and tutorials proposals on any emerging topic at the intersection of the social sciences and the computer sciences. Members of all segments of the social media research community are encouraged to submit proposals. Workshops will give the opportunity to meet and discuss issues with a selected focus, providing an excellent forum for exploring emerging approaches and task areas and bridging the gaps between the social science and technology fields. Tutorials will be an opportunity for cross-disciplinary engagement and a deeper understanding of new tools, techniques, and research methodologies. Tutorials should provide either an in-depth look at an emerging technique or software package or a broad summary of an important direction in the field. Example topics include (but are not limited to): * Inequality, imbalance, bias, discrimination * Digital health * Urban informatics * Web mining for social good * Algorithmic regulations * Impact of online phenomena on the offline world * Credibility of online content * Impact of AI on the social life * Rich representations of social ties SUBMISSION GUIDELINES Authors are kindly requested to send a PDF with their proposal at the following email address with the subject "Workshop/Tutorial proposal": css.eurosymposium(a)gmail.com<mailto:css.eurosymposium@gmail.com> Proposals for workshops and tutorials should be no more than three (3) pages in length (10pt, single column, with reasonable margins), written in English, and should contain: * A concise title * The names, affiliations, and contacts of the organizing committee * Duration of the event (half-day or full-day meeting) * A short abstract describing the scope and main objective of the event * A short description of the main topic and themes (2 paragraphs maximum) * A description of the event format and a list of proposed activities * An approximate timeline of the activities * Historical information about the event, when available * [Workshops only] A description of how workshop submissions will be evaluated (invited contributions, peer review, etc.) Workshops and tutorials will be selected based on the following criteria: * Timeliness of the topic * Potential to attract the interest a diverse set of attendees * Activities that are different from the classic mini-conference format * Involvement people of different backgrounds in the organizing committee * Addressing topics at the intersection of different disciplines TRAVEL GRANTS Due to the generous funding by Volkswagen Foundation we are able to offer up to 40 travel grants to early career researchers whose talks are accepted for the symposium. Both plenary talk presenters and workshop/ tutorial presenters are eligible for the travel grants. The travel grant consists of 500 EUR for authors from non-European countries or 250 EUR for authors from Europe and also covers the registration fee for the symposium. Travel grant recipients will be selected by a committee of experts based on their academic excellence, financial needs and diversity (e.g. gender, geographical and disciplinary diversity). Please indicate in your submission 1) if you wish to apply for a travel grant, 2) your motivation for the grant application and 3) whether you will still attend the symposium without a travel grant. The grants aim to especially support attendees with limited travel resources and attendees from countries where Computational Social Science is not yet well established.

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invitation to a second pedagogy survey related to connectivism & teaching
by Simona Lohan 11 Sep '17

11 Sep '17

Dear all, We kindly invite you to participate to our teaching & learning related survey (second iteration), found at the link below. We estimate that the survey completion takes about 15-30 minutes (there are 14 questions) and anyone with experiences in (recent) teaching or stydying is qualified to answer, no matter on the topic, background or country. The participation is completely on a volunteer basis and the answers are stored and processed anonymously: https://www.webropolsurveys.com/S/1B9315258C6A751B.par Many thanks for those who already answered our first iteration of this survey, which helped us to improve and clarify the survey questions, Best regards Simona Lohan on a behalf of a team of researchers in Tampere &Turku organizing this survey -- Associate Professor, Dr. Tech. Laboratory of Electronics and Comm. Engineering Tampere University of Technology P.O. Box 553, FIN-33101 Tampere http://www.cs.tut.fi/tlt/pos

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Re: [Air-L] Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation?
by Galen Panger 11 Sep '17

11 Sep '17

I actually thought the article was hyperbolic, and I felt disappointed to see it get so much attention. I think there is reason for some concern, but I would have liked to see the evidence presented less selectively and one-sidedly. ------------------------------ > > Message: 7 > Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 07:16:45 -0400 > From: Joly MacFie <joly(a)punkcast.com> > To: aoir list <air-l(a)aoir.org> > Subject: [Air-L] Have Smartphones Destroyed a Generation? > Message-ID: > <CAM9VJk3vtFXefnyG_hFjF+TbPCGt-2s9K3aapaTuZJZ5cP4t4w@ > mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Good story on the effects of smartphone and social media use by the "iGen" > - born between 1995 and 2012 > ?. Includes some charts. > > ? > https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2017/09/has- > the-smartphone-destroyed-a-generation/534198/ > > -- > --------------------------------------------------------------- > Joly MacFie 218 565 9365 Skype:punkcast > -------------------------------------------------------------- >

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Fwd: IEEE BigData2017 Workshop for Computational Social Science
by Scott Hale 10 Sep '17

10 Sep '17

With apologies for cross-posting.... === CALL FOR PAPERS IEEE BigData2017 Workshop The 2nd International Workshop on Application of Big Data for Computational Social Science 2017 Dec. 11-14, 2017 Boston, MA, USA ***************************************** SUBMISSIONS DUE: Sep. 30, 2017 ***************************************** Contemporary social sciences are facing a serious paradigm shift because of the developments in computer and Internet technologies, though traditional social sciences are still very important. Big data, such as digital traces of online activities and mobility records, allows us to quantify human behavior and social phenomena at a fine-grained level, yet it is global in scale, thereby complementing experimental data and theoretical and computational simulation results. In some cases, we can even employ the methods of natural sciences, including physics, chemistry or biology, in order to analyze big data. From this perspective, we will organize the workshop of “applications of big data for computational social science.” RESEARCH TOPICS - Application of sociology/sociophysics using big data - Application of econometric/econophysics using big data - Social media data analyses from economic/political/social perspective - Informatics using social big data - Marketing science using social big data - Business analytics using big data on consumer behavior - Culturomics and art management - Analysis of reputation of entertainment using big data IMPORTANT DAYS - Sep. 30, 2017: Due date for workshop papers submission - Nov.1, 2017: Notification of paper acceptance to authors - Nov.15, 2017: Camera-ready of accepted papers - Dec. 11-14, 2017: Workshops SUBMISSION We accept full papers (up to 10 pages, 6 to 8 pages are recommended) and extended abstracts (2-4 pages). Papers should be formatted to IEEE Computer Society Proceedings Manuscript Formatting Guidelines. See link to formatting instructions below: https://wi-lab.com/cyberchair/2017/bigdata17/scripts/submit.php?subarea=BigD Please submit your paper here: http://bit.ly/bdcss2017submission CO-CHAIRS Akira Ishii, Tottori University Kazutoshi Sasahara, Nagoya University Hiroki Takikawa, Tohoku University Fujio Toriumi, The University of Tokyo PROGRAM COMMITTEE MEMBERS Kimitaka Asatani, The University of Tokyo Pete Burnap, Cardiff University Xiaojie Chen, University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia, Indiana University Network Science Institute Kaoru Endo, Gakushuin University Dirk Helbing, ETH Zurich Takashi Kamihigashi, Kobe University Yasuko Kawahata, The University of Tokyo Masashi Komori, Osaka Electro-communication University Asako Miura, Kwansei Gakuin University Makoto Mizuno, Meiji University Takayuki Mizuno, National Institute of Informatics Isamu Okada, Soka University Yuki Ogawa, Ritsumeikan University Takeshi Sakaki, Hottolink Co. Ltd. Takuto Sakamoto, The University of Tokyo Akihiro Sato, Kyoto University Satoru Shibuya, Gakushuin University Naoki Sudo, Gakushuin University Yoshihiko Suhara, Recruit Institute of Technology Masanori Takano, Cyberagent Onur Varol, Northeastern University Networks Science Institute Matthew L. Williams, Cardiff University Shinichi Yamaguchi, International University of Japan Mitsuo Yoshida, Toyohashi University of Technology Jonathan Zhu, City University of Hong Kong -- Dr Scott Hale Senior Data Scientist Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford Turing Fellow, Alan Turing Institute http://www.scotthale.net/ scott.hale(a)oii.ox.ac.uk

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