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Cosmic Education at the Elementary Level and the Role of the Materials

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materials and equipment which are, or ought to be, found in any Montessori elementary environment. Each group representative…
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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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11 IN MY SERVICE Is PERFECT FREEDOM!" Some advanced Montessori training courses do not include the sixth great story…
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Each individual, each one of us, has a body made up of billions of cells (50 thousand billion, to be ex- act) and, from the…
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beings, the exploration of this aspect of human society, we usually identify as economic geography in our courses. Montessori…

La Dottoressa Montessori at Durham

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materials and equipment which are, or ought to be, found in any Montessori elementary environment. Each group representative…
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istry or physics, and you cannot study life without its environ- ment, which brings us to geography. But then again, you…
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11 IN MY SERVICE Is PERFECT FREEDOM!" Some advanced Montessori training courses do not include the sixth great story…
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Each individual, each one of us, has a body made up of billions of cells (50 thousand billion, to be ex- act) and, from the…
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beings, the exploration of this aspect of human society, we usually identify as economic geography in our courses. Montessori…

NAMTA Journal 12/2 01 Montessori, Poverty and the Special Child

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MONTESSORI, POVERTY, AND THE SPECIAL CHILD by Jon R. Osterkorn, Ph.D. With wit and substance, Dr. Osterkorn exposes the…

NAMTA Journal 12/2 10 Research: The Montessori Research: A Review of the Literature

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tions differed depending upon whether or not she was present when the behavior ocurred. Turner (1978) designed a test for…
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Boehnlein, Mary. (1984). A study of college/uruversity accredited Montessori teacher training programs. NAMTA Quarterly, 9, 49…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 11 The Nature and Theory of Silence Activities in the Children's House

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Culturally too, silence has many interpretations. Within our society silence can be construed as inferring compliance or…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 12 Muriel Dwyer: On the Way to the Airport (Interview conducted by David Kahn)

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MURIEL DWYER: ON THE WAY TO THE AIRPORT by David Kahn Although Ms. Dwyer has written a short pamphlet entitled Key to…
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Dwye1·: Well, yes of course it does relate to being able to decode; some call that reading, although it is only a small part…
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is fundamentally outgoing. Then he must have the experiences, suffi- ciently wide experiences, and the language that goes with…

NAMTA Journal 13/1 14 AMI Montessori: Back to the Future

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tofight mediocrity, and renew our own fires by returning to the first flames, the sources of Montessori. These sources are,…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 03 Interview: The Kodaikanal Experience (Kahn-Montessori Interview)

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THE KODAIKANAL EXPERIENCE Kahn-Montessori Interveiw From late 1942 to March, 1944, Maria Montessori was interned against her…
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was taking the RAFers through enemy territory to a place near Bel- gium where they could cross to go back home. And my two…
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Montessori: You had to construct the environment in order for the animal to live. For each animal there was a special…
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depend on sunshine, water, earth, men and animals. This is a real aspect of the world's functioning. We saw purpose in…
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Kahn: Another part of Cosmic Education are the charts and the time- lines. Doesn't your original work in Kodaikanal run…
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child can experience in nature that there is something eternal, present everywhere and always, which seems to have organized…

NAMTA Journal 13/2 07 Cosmic Education and the Physical Sciences

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This idea of presenting the whole universe to the child is explained by Maria Montessori's grandson, Mario M. Montessori…
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With this last statement she relates to a concept that later educators have called "exemplary learning."…
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placement is that all these experiments provide fundamental impres- sions, sensorial experiences or understanding of phenomena…

NAMTA Journal 13/3 01 Introduction

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Preface Montessori Research and Montessori Public Education This comprehensive volume of Montessori commentary and research…
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research, if properly guided, will establish once and for all the features which make Montessori unique. Defining Montessori…

NAMTA Journal 13/3 08 Conclusions and Needs

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included not studying children who had the complete three year cycle of Montessori experience and not studying a Montessori…

NAMTA Journal 14/2 12 Interview: Introducing Luciano Mazzetti

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INTRODUCING LUCIANO MAZZETTI Luciano Mazzetti Dr. uuciano Mazzetti is the president of the International Montes- sori Center…
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that Montessori used science behind her metaphors. For instance, "Child the worker" refers to the child who…

NAMTA Journal 15/1 06 Class Discussion: A Scenario for The Trivium

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CLASS DISCUSSION A Scenario For The Trivium by Journet Kahn Dr. Kahn looks at the liberal arts of logic, grammm; and…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 02 Albert M. Joosten—A Biography

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ALBER!' M. JOOSTEN - A BIOGRAPHY Albert M. Joosten was born in the Nether lands on November 21, 1914. His formal…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 04 The Social Question of the Child (1966)

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THE SOCIAL QUESTION OF THE CIDLD a966) by A.M. Joosten Hiswrically, children have been regarded as pe-adults without rights…
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millennia not inside, but rather outside human society. It will be admit- ted as a full member and be granted its social…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 10 Observation (1958)

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OBSERVATION (1958) by A.M. Joosten Observai:ion is the source of the p<YWer of Dr. Mont.essoris work. Here Mr. Joost,…

NAMTA Journal 16/1 11 Interview: Keeping in Touch with Montessori Roots (An Interview with Mildred Gunawardena)

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KEEPING IN TOUCH WITH MONTESSORI ROOTS An Interview with Mildred Gunawardena In an interview with Damd Kahn, Mildred Guna:…
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Dr. Montessori lectured from 9 A.M. until 12 noon and 3 P.M. to 6 P.M. every day. Saturdays_ were ow· practical days, our…
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Kahn: So you prepared your albums during that second period. Gunawardena: No, we did that with Dr. Montessori. I had to make…
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where he sees only the sky. This is the difference between Montessori and normal education. I don't think Montessori will…
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Kahn: When you took the course in England, with Mario Montessori, how did cosmic education become evident to you? Gunawardena…
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are able to visualize any given lrnowledge. By 18 you have envisioned the whole universe. Then at 18 you decide what your…
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with Montessori. As you made what Montessori calls the levels of ascent as you go and work through the years, what discovery…
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observations. There was a book that was prepared for her coming. At first I didn't know what she had written. At a…
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cannot produce children because first you have to reach maturity. If you attempt to do something that a mature person does,…
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Kahn: That's very interesting. Who are some of the people you tell stories about besides George Washington? Gunawardena…

NAMTA Journal 16/2 01 The Montessori Contribution to Educational Reform—A Prologue

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THE MONTFS.SORI CoNfRIBUTION TO EDUCATIONAL REFORM APROWGUE by David Kahn Washington, D.C., March 1, 1991. Operation Desert…

NAMTA Journal 16/2 06 Montessori: Answers to Problems of Educational Reform

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MONfFSSORI: ANSWERS 10 PROBLEMS OF EDUCA11ONAL REFORM by Mary Maher Boehnlein Mary Boehnkin posits Montessori's view of…
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What makes the Montessori curriculwn work are: its long history of implementation, its focus on giving the keys (process) to…

NAMTA Journal 16/2 13 What is Essential to Educational Reform?

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everything else that's imponanc in the schools, and that everything that is imponanc in the school is affected by the…

NAMTA Journal 16/3 01 The Experiment for the Experiment

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THE ExPERIMENT FOR THE ExPERIMENT by David Kahn From the dual perspective of Montessori educator and father of two chilaren…

NAMTA Journal 16/3 06 Order in Consciousness

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seems to matter; the experience itself is so enjoyable that people will do it even at great cost, for the sheer sake of doing…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 01 The Contribution of Maria Montessori

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be something unusual about this one. It is certainly not that it can offer empirical evidence of success in all those fields…
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10. Jerome S. Bruner, Toward a Theory of Instruction (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard Universiry Press, 1966). I l. Alexis Carrel,…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 04 The Child and the World of Nature

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References Eisley, Loren. (1964). The unexpected universe. New York. Harcou re, Brace, and World, Inc. Lorenz, Konrad. (1990…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 08 The Montessori Adolescent: Frameworks for Invention

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THE MONTESSORI ADOLESCENT: FRAMEWORKS FOR INVENTION by David Kahn Extrapolating from the primary and elementary curriculum…

NAMTA Journal 17/1 10 Educational Administration and the Montessori Model: A Comprehensive, Interdependent Approach

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During the 1970s, the continued enthusiasm for the Montessori method led many private Montessori schools to expand their…
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nizational structure and administrative practice which is consistent with their educational goals and their guiding philosophy…
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(AMI), established by Dr. Montessori in 1929, provides the most com- prehensive approach to teacher training. Other training…
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viduals and social organizations to deal with complexity and change in ways which are both adaptive and creative. The emerging…
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Kahn, David. (1990). Implementing Montessori education in the public sector. Cleveland Heights, Ohio. North American…

NAMTA Journal 17/2 07 Production and Management

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Key Personnel • David Kahn, Project Director David Kahn holds a B.A. in fine arts with a minor in classics from the…

NAMTA Journal 17/2 08 Selected Appendices (introduction)

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Key Personnel • David Kahn, Project Director David Kahn holds a B.A. in fine arts with a minor in classics from the…

NAMTA Journal 18/1 05 The Development of Autonomy in Children: An Examination of the Montessori Educational Model

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Montessori views personal autonomy as intercon- nected with social respon- sibility and the evolution of human societies.…
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Bruner, Jerome S. ( 1971 ). The relevance of education. New York, NY: W.W. Norton & Company. Chadwick, Bruce A; Bahr…

NAMTA Journal 18/3 03 Montessori Adolescent Education: Toward an Emerging Framework

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MONTESSORI AooLESCENT EDUCATION: TOWARD AN EMERGING FRAMEWORK by David Kahn Mr. Kahn summarizes his understanding of major…

NAMTA Journal 19/1 05 The Keepers of Alexandria: A Missing Link for Montessori History? An Introduction.

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THE KEEPERS OF ALEXANDRIA: A MlsSJNG LINK FOR MONI'ESSORI IIIsTORY? introduction by David Kahn story by John Wyatt, PhD…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 02 The Ecology of the Mind

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physiology. In the past, teeth were strong instruments meant for ripping and cutting. This little technological discovery, the…
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When Maria Montessori speaks of man, she often uses ::i c::ipit::il "M.'. What does this capital letter…
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a less visible prince but perhaps more dangerous than the ruling princes and kings of the past. Each of us here must achieve…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 08 Commentary on "Seeking a Rightful Place"

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In an earlier chapter of "A Good Enough Parent," Bettelheim describes studies which compare Japanese…

NAMTA Journal 19/2 11 Revisiting the Natural Institution of the Family for the Nineties: An Interview with Dr. Herbert Ratner

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REvlsITING THE NATIJRAL INSTITUTION OF THE FAMILY FOR THE NINETIES: AN INTERVIEW WITH DR. HERBERT RATNER by David Kahn Kahn…
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only achieve the "eternal" through reproduction. This powerful inner drive is found in all living things…
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came from healthy animals and plants. Appetite is a great guide to good health unless perverted. Cuisines vary, but the basic…
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Ratner: These are aberrations, not nature's norms. Nature, because of the intersection of causes, only works for the most…
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Clinton, "If you promote breastfeeding you'll promote good health and also save a lot of money in health care.…
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for their young than the mother who may be inadequate. But they are still basically the second team. Many times the mother is…
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Ratner: The family is nor- mally based on the parents' decision to have a baby in terms of their desire, their wants,…

NAMTA Journal 19/3 01 Survey of Montessori Adolescent Programs: Interpretive Commentary

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Kahn, David U980, Winter). Extending the elementary: McNamara- Kahn imerview. The /\~\ffA Quarter(v. ~2), 13-20. The…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 06 The Place of Reading Recovery in Montessori Schools

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A good reader anticipates a possible sentence or discourse pattern and/or uses repetition to confirm the sentence or…

NAMTA Journal 20/1 14 In Memoriam: Nancy McCormick Rambusch 1927-1994

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Clay, M. (1991). Becoming literate: The construction of inner control. Portsmouth, NH: Heinemann. Clay, M. (1993). Reading…
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A good reader anticipates a possible sentence or discourse pattern and/or uses repetition to confirm the sentence or…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 02 Linking the Family and the School: The Importance of Parental Choice in Admissions

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for the most part, dependent upon the opinions and decisions of teachers and school administrators in determining the…
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Once a decision has been made to enroll a child, additional steps are taken to firmly initiate this partnership with parents…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 09 Claude Claremont's Contribution to the History of Science and Engineering

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CLAUDE CLAREMONT' S CONTRIBUTION TO THE HISTORY OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING by Harvey R. Hallenberg Claude A. Claremont…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 10 Montessori Head Start Implementation Brief

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Delegate Agency: An organization designated by a Grantee to operate a Head Start program, using funds channeled through the…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 11 Montessori and Assessment: Some Issues of Assessment and Curriculum Reform

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MONTESSORI AND ASSESSMENT: SOME ISSUES OF ASSESSMENT AND CURRICULUM REFORM by Annette M. Haines INTRODUCTION This study…
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Assessment (1992, p. 7), and the future of testing in America depends on issues of equity and the improvement of opportunities…

NAMTA Journal 20/2 14 Universality of the Special Child

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regular classrooms are deprived of the opportunity of helping them- sharing space with them, learning to nurture and to assume…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 01 World Montessori: Renewal through Cooperation

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WORLD MONTESSORI: RENEWAL THROUGH COOPERATION by David Kahn What is the task confronting education? It is above all the task…
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Chinese experience, a Russian experience, a Mexican experience, and so on. There is instead the universal child, the child…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 02 Maria Montessori and the "Glass House"

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lecture extensively to wider audiences, including a combined session of the 53rd annual convention of the National Education…
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cation was perhaps best summarized by Anna Freud, daughter of the founder of modern psychiatry, when she wrote: In a Casadei…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 04 The Organization of Intellectual Work in School

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THE ORGANIZATION OF INTELLECTUAL WORK IN SCHOOL by Maria Montessori, MD Very closely related to the seminal writings o/The…

NAMTA Journal 20/3 10 Maria Montessori: World Peace through the Child

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MARIA MONTESSORI: w ORLD PEACE THROUGH THE CHILD by E. Mortimer Standing E. Mortimer Standing's remarks concerning…

NAMTA Journal 21/1 03 Slide Show to Introduce What is Montessori Preschool?

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Because of their constant interaction, the children learn to take responsibility for themselves and for each other. They also…

NAMTA Journal 21/2 10 Why Not Consider Erdkinder?

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WHY NoT CONSIDER ERDKINDER? by Peter Gebhardt-Seele Answering possible objections and citing his own personal experiences,…
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to revolt. If self-construction is obstructed, deviation may occur, which can lead to an inferiority complex, maladjustment,…
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rewarded. We did trust her with our 6- to 12-year-olds. That was more of a challenge, because there is a competing model, the…

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