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Bill McAlpine
Duffy Robbins
Marv Penner

Books mentioned or helpful to the conversation:
Sacred Space for the Missional Church: Engaging Culture through the Built Environment by William R. McAlpine

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John Perritt – bio
Reformed Youth Ministries
RYM – Youth Leader Training Conferences
The Local Youth Worker – RYM Podcast hosted by John Perritt
EPISODE 66: “YOUTH, SPORTS, AND MINISTRY” WITH JOHN PERRITT
Insecure: Fighting Our Lesser Fears with a Greater One by John Perritt
ChristianFocus.com
CPYU Reading Group on Facebook
EPISODE 41: “HOW IS YOUR PHONE CHANGING YOU?” WITH TONY REINKE
EPISODE 37: “SOCIAL MEDIA AND HAPPINESS” WITH DONNA FREITAS
I’m 14, and I quit social media after discovering what was posted about me
CPYU Seminars
How to Use Your Head to Guard Your Heart: A 3(D) Guide to Making Wise Media Choices

Books mentioned or helpful to the conversation:
John Perritt books including:
Insecure: Fighting Our Lesser Fears with a Greater One
Time Out! The gift or god of Youth Sports
What Would Judas Do? Understanding faith through the most famous of the faithless
Your Days Are Numbered: A Closer Look at How We Spend Our Time & The Eternity Before Us

12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You by Ton Reinke
iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids are Growing up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy – and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood * and What That Means for the Rest of Us by Jean M. Twenge
The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement by Jean M. Twenge and W. Keith Campbell
When People are Big and God is Small: Overcoming Peer Pressure, Codependency, and the Fear of Man by Edward T. Welch
What Do You Think Of Me? Why Do I Care? Answers to the Big Questions of Life by Edward T. Welch
Running Scared: Fear, Worry, and the God of Rest by Edward T. Welch
Paul Tripp Books
Crosstalk: Where Life & Scripture Meet by Michael R. Emlet

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Peter Lynas (staff page on Evangelical Alliance) (twitter)
Evangelical Alliance
Transformed: A brief biblical and pastoral introduction to understanding transgender in a changing culture
Unbelievable Podcast
How should the Church respond to Transgender? Peter Lynas and Jenny-Anne Bishop (Unbelievable Podcast episode)
Duffy Robbins (facebook)
Traditional Biblical Sexuality in a Changing Youth Culture 2020 (Symposium at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary)
Transformed: Tim’s Story
Transformed: Jeanette’s Story
Parent reports of adolescents and young adults perceived to show signs of a rapid onset of gender dysphoria
Brown criticized for removing article on transgender study
Dr. Zucker Defied Trans Orthodoxy. Now He’s Vindicated.
Sexual Integrity Initiative
Harvest USA

Books mentioned or helpful to the conversation:
Mark Yarhouse books including:
Sexual Identity and Faith: Helping Clients Find Congruence
Understanding Gender Dysphoria: Navigating Transgender Issues in a Changing Culture
Understanding Sexual Identity: A Resource for Youth Ministry
Homosexuality and the Christian: A Guide for Parents, Pastors, and Friends

Listening To Sexual Minorities: A Study of Faith and Sexual Identity On Christian College Campuses by Mark Yarhouse, Janet B. Dean, Stephen P. Stratton, Michael Lastoria
God and the Transgender Debate: What Does the Bible Actually Say About Gender Identity? by Andrew T. Walker

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Heather Zeiger – bio
Jodi Chung – Facebook
Episode 81: “Where Have All The Good Men Gone?” with Chris Walker
Salvo Magazine
Do You Like Me? The Contradictory Worlds of Today’s Teen Girls (article by Heather Zeiger for Salvo Magazine, subscription required)
Why More Teen Girls Are Getting Genital Plastic Surgery
Plastic Surgery Trends for 2018 Are Being Shaped by Social Media
More millennials are getting plastic surgery, driven by social media and jobs
Episode 79: “Life, Sexuality, and a Christian Worldview” with Nancy Pearcey
Episode 24: “Liturgies, Our Loves and Our Habits” with James K. A. Smith
Fatherlessness: Absent Dads & Present Hardships (article by Heather Zeiger for Salvo Magazine, subscription required)
CPYU Seminars

Books mentioned or helpful to the conversation:
American Girls: Social Media and the Secret Lives of Teenagers by Nancy Jo Sales
Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about life and Sexuality by Nancy R. Pearcey
iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids are Growing up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy – and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood* and What That means for the Rest of Us by Jean M. Twenge
The Narcissism Epidemic: Living in the Age of Entitlement by Jean M. Twenge and W. Keith Campbell
Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other by Sherry Turkle
Reclaiming Conversation: The Power of Talk in a Digital Age by Sherry Turkle
The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups by Leonard Sax
Glittering Vices: A New Look at the Seven Deadly Sins and Their Remedies by Rebecca Konyndyk DeYoung
You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit by James K. A. Smith
Spiritual Friendship: Finding Love in the Church as a Celibate Gay Christian by Wesley Hill
Worldview: The History of a Concept by David K. Naugle
The Road to Character by David Brooks
The Second Mountain: The Quest for a Moral Life by David Brooks
Creation Regained: Biblical Basics for a Reformational Worldview by Albert M. Wolters
The Universe Next Door: A Basic Worldview Catalog by James W. Sire

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Chris Walker
Westminster Presbyterian Church
Veritas Academy
Westminster Theological Seminary
Five Lies Our Culture Tells – David Brooks article
The Briefing with Albert Mohler
The Research on What Creates Satisfied and Successful Kids – Tim Elmore blog that mentions the importance of chores as found in a Harvard study
Episode 24: “Liturgies, Our Loves and Our Habits” with James K. A. Smith
Christian Service Brigade
How to Use Your Head to Guard Your Heart: A 3(D) Guide to Making Wise Media Choices
Just Add Parents: Ready-To-Use Parent Meeting – “Raising Marketing-Savvy Kids”

Books mentioned or helpful to the conversation:
Spiritual Formation in Emerging Adulthood: A Practical Theology for College and Young Adult Ministry by David P. Setran and Chris A. Kiesling
Hurt 2.0: Inside the World of Today’s Teenagers by Chap Clark
The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups by Leonard Sax
Parenting: 14 Gospel Principles That Can Radically Change Your Family by Paul David Tripp
Men to Boys: The Making of Modern Immaturity by Gary Cross
The Rise and Fall of the American Teenager: A New History of the American Adolescent Experience by Thomas Hine
Do Hard Things: A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations by Alex & Brett Harris
The Man in the Mirror: Solving the 24 Problems Men Face by Patrick M. Morley
The Masculine Mandate: God’s Calling to Men by Richard Phillips
God’s Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs by Timothy and Kathy Keller
Wise Up: 10-Minute Family Devotions in Proverbs by Marty Machowski
You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit by James K. A. Smith
The New City Catechism
Everyone’s A Theologian: An Introduction to Systematic Theology by R.C. Sproul
The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name by Sally Lloyd-Jones

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David Kinnaman
Barna Group
Almost Half of Practicing Christian Millennials Say Evangelism Is Wrong
Who is Responsible for Children’s Faith Formation?
What Makes for a Spiritually Vibrant Household?
Spiritual Conversations in the Digital Age
More research from Barna
Alpha USA
Lutheran Hour Ministries

Good Faith: Being a Christian When Society Thinks You’re Irrelevant and Extreme by David Kinnaman & Gabe Lyons
You Lost Me: Why Young Christians Are Leaving Church… And Rethinking Faith by David Kinnaman
unChristian: What a New Generation Really Thinks About Christianity… and Why It Matters by David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons
Faith for Exiles: 5 Ways a New Generation Can Follow Jesus in Modern Babylon by David Kinnaman & Mark Matlock
You Are What You Love: The Spiritual Power of Habit by James K. A. Smith

CPYU Parent Page
CPYU Seminars

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Jason Mangrum
CPYU Reading Group on Facebook
Nancy Pearcey – bio
NancyPearcey.com
Houston Baptist University
The Pearcey Report
National Study of Youth and Religion
Bioethicist argues children’s ‘right’ to change sex trumps right of parents who object
Canadian Supreme Court Rules 14-Year-Old Can Have Hormone Injections without Parental Permission
Transgender Children and the Right to Transition: Medical Ethics When Parents Mean Well but Cause Harm
Paula Johnson Ted Talk: His and hers … health care
So what if abortion ends life?
It’s not conversion therapy to learn to love your body: A teen desister tells her story
Tales From the Millennials’ Sexual Revolution

Books mentioned or helpful to the conversation:
Love Thy Body: Answering Hard Questions about Life and Sexuality by Nancy Pearcey
Total Truth: Liberating Christianity from Its Cultural Captivity by Nancy Pearcey
Saving Leonardo: A Call To Resist The Secular Assault On Mind, Morals, & Meaning by Nancy Pearcey
The Benedict Option: A Strategy For Christians In A Post-Christian Nation by Rod Dreher
The God Who Is There: The Book That Makes Sense Out of Your World  by Francis Schaeffer
Escape from Reason by Francis Schaeffer
The Mark of the Christian by Francis Schaeffer

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Brandon Day: Our Youth Sports Culture Is Broken
Richmond Community Schools
Richmond Blue Devil Athletics
David Fraze – Lubbock Christian University
Inside Out Initiative – Inspiring & Catalyzing Communities to Transform Sports Culture
Fellowship of Christian Athletes
NCAA: Estimated Probability of Competing In Professional Athletics
John Smoltz Issues Warning to Parents Of Young Baseball Players (during Hall of Fame induction speech)

Books mentioned or helpful to the conversation:
InSideOut Coaching: How Sports Can Transform Lives by Joe Ehrmann
Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, a Journey to Manhood by Jeffrey Marx
The Matheny Manifesto: A Young Manager’s Old-School Views On Success In Sports and Life by Mike Matheny
The Reason for Sports: A Christian Manifesto by Ted Kluck
Time Out! The Gift or God of Youth Sports by John Perritt
The Hurried Child: Growing Up Too Fast Too Soon by David Elkind
All Grown Up and No Place to Go: Teenagers in Crisis by David Elkind

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Engaging Disability With The Gospel
Ashley Belknap
Engaging Disability With The Gospel Facebook Page
Email Ashley
Email Engaging Disability With The Gospel
Same Lake, Different Boat: Coming Alongside People Touched by Disability by Stephanie O. Hubach
Joni and Friends

Upcoming Training events available from Engaging Disability With The Gospel:
Youth Ministry: Enfolding and Discipling Teens with Disabilities – February 28, 2019
Noon/Morning Session: https://engagingdisability.org/event/youth-ministry-enfolding-discipling-teens-disabilities-noon-morning-session/
The entire training schedule can be found here.

Mount Hermon Camp – Kelsey Paterson
Christian Camping and Conference Association

Nappanee Missionary Church
Derry Prenkert
My Third Decade Podcast

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Greg Stier
Dare 2 Share
Dare 2 Share Live
Gospelize Your Youth Ministry: A Spicy “New” Philosphy of Ministry (That’s 2,000 Years Old) by Greg Stier
Text GOSPELIZE to 27126 to get a free digital copy!
Winter Jam 2019

How to Use Your Head to Guard Your Heart: A 3(D) Guide to Making Wise Media Choices – CPYU Media Discernment Resource

Other Books Mentioned or Recommended:
Basic Theology: A Popular Systematic Guide to Understanding Biblical Truth by Charles Ryrie
Lectures to My Students by Charles Spurgeon
Knowing God by J.I. Packer

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Stressed Out – Teens and Anxiety handout
Stressed Out: Pushing Back on the Epidemic of Teen Anxiety (CPYU Seminar by Walt Mueller)
Various Lists of Phobias (here, here, here or here)
Christian Counseling and Education Foundation
CCEF Anxiety Conference Audio Set
Depression & Anxiety: How Can Churches Help? – CCEF Video
So Much Fear and Anxiety by Ed Welch
American College Health Association
Higher Education Research Institute Freshman Survey
Other CPYU resources, links, radio shows, etc. related to Anxiety

CPYU Seminars – seminar request form found here.
Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller radio show

Books Mentioned or Recommended:
iGen: Why Today’s Super-Connected Kids Are Growing Up Less Rebellious, More Tolerant, Less Happy–and Completely Unprepared for Adulthood* and What That Means for the Rest of Us by Jean Twenge
The Christian and Anxiety by Hans Urs von Balthasar

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Steve Turner – bio
Turn, Turn, Turn: Popular Songs and Music Inspired by the Bible

More books mentioned written by Steve Turner:
Beatles ’66: The Revolutionary Year
The Gospel According to The Beatles
A Hard Day’s Write: The Stories Behind Every Beatles’ Song
Popcultured: Thinking Christianly About Style, Media and Entertainment
Imagine: A Vision for Christians in the Arts
The Man Called Cash: The Life, Love, and Faith of an American Legend
Trouble Man: The Life and Death of Marvin Gaye
Van Morrison: Too Late to Stop Now
An Illustrated History of Gospel: Gospel Music From Early Spirituals to Modern Gospel
The Day I Fell Down the Toilet and Other Poems

Other Books and Resources:
Too Christian, Too Pagan: How to Love the World Without Falling For It by Dick Staub
How to Use Your Head to Guard Your Heart: A 3(D) Guide to Making Wise Media Choices by Walt Mueller

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Eighth Grade film
Eighth Grade film discussion questions from CPYU
Dan Istvanik – Middle School Student Pastor at Victory Church, Lancaster, PA
Tony Villafane – Director of Students and Leadership Development, Gateway Church, Parkesburg, PA
Jacob Marino – Youth Pastor, Millersville Community United Methodist Church, Millersville, PA
Lancaster (PA) Area Youth Workers Network Facebook Group
National Network of Youth Ministries
The Middle Years – 5th-9th Grade Ministry
Ministry to Parents
Download Youth Ministry
Lancaster Bible College
CPYU Seminars
How To Use Your Head To Guard Your Heart: A 3(D) Guide To Making Wise Media Choices (media discernment resource from CPYU)

Books:
Face Time: Your Identity in a Selfie World by Kristen Hatton
12 Ways Your Phone Is Changing You by Tony Reinke
Identity: Who You Are in Christ by Eric Geiger
Controlled Chaos: Making Sense of Junior High Ministry by Kurt Johnston and Justin Herman
52 Ways to Connect with Your Smartphone Obsessed Kid: How to Engage with Kids Who Can’t Seem to Pry Their Eyes from Their Devices! by Jonathan McKee
Adoptive Youth Ministry: Integrating Emerging Generations into the Family of Faith by Chap Clark
Practical Theology by Richard Osmer

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Jon Nielson – bio
Why Youth Stay in Church When They Grow Up
College Transition Initiative
Digital Kids Initiative
Sexual Integrity Initiative

Books:
Faith That Lasts: Raising Kids That Don’t Leave The Church by Jon Nielson
Gospel-Centered Youth Ministry: A Practical Guide by Cameron Cole and Jon Nielson
Make College Count: A Faithful Guide to Life + Learning by Derek Melleby
Learning for the Love of God: A Student’s Guide to Academic Faithfulness by Don Opitz and Derek Melleby
The Signs of True Conversion by Mark Talbot
Turning to God: Reclaiming Christian Conversion as Unique, Necessary, and Supernatural by David Wells
Beginning Well: Christian Conversion & Authentic Transformation by Gordon Smith
Counterfeit Gods: The Empty Promises of Money, Sex, and Power, and the Only Hope that Matters by Timothy Keller
Mere Christianity by C.S. Lewis
New Morning Mercies: A Daily Gospel Devotional by Paul David Tripp
More books by Paul Tripp
Books from Kevin DeYoung

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The Simple Seven
Just Add Parents: Ready-to-Use Parent Meeting – “Raising Marketing-Savvy Kids”
CPYU Seminars
Adweek
Ad Age
Ads of the World
Marketing Land

Marketing blog posts and radio shows from CPYU:
Marketing as Map and Mirror… Three Ads to Deconstruct Christianly… (blog from Walt Mueller)
Marketing Tricks… An Infographic that Might Make You a Savvy Christmas Shopper… (blog from Walt Mueller)
Managing Marketing Madness… (blog from Walt Mueller)
Teen Targeted Marketing (Youth Culture Today radio program)
Marketing Cool (Youth Culture Today radio program)
Marketing and the Hole in the Soul (Youth Culture Today radio program)

Marketing Related Articles:
Genius Ways Companies Get Kids to Do Their Marketing for Them
Gen Z ‘More Receptive’ To Advertising Than Older Generations
In The US, Kids Play a Central Role in Household Purchases

Books:
Youth Culture 101 by Walt Mueller
On Earth as It Is in Advertising? Moving from Commercial Hype to Gospel Hope by Sam Van Eman
The Pitch: A Simple 1-2-3-4-5 Way to Understand the Basic Pattern of Persuasion in Advertising by Hugh Rank
The Great Tween Buying Machine: Capturing Your Share of the Multi-Billion-Dollar Tween Market by David Siegel, Timothy Coffey, Gregory Livingston

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Dr. Marv Penner
The Coalition for Youth Ministry Excellence
Marv Penner seminars
Download Youth Ministry
How to Break Away From the Gender Binary (Teen Vogue article mentioned)
The Keepers (Docuseries on Netflix)
PA Attorney General Report on Child Sex Abuse in the Catholic Church
National Youth Workers Convention
What it is. What it means. Pop Culture & Youth Ministry Podcast

Books:
Help! My Kids Are Hurting: A Survival Guide to Working With Students In Pain by Marv Penner
Better Safe than Sued: Keeping Your Students and Ministry Alive by Jack Crabtree
Youth Ministry Management Tools 2.0: Everything You Need to Successfully Manage Your Ministry by Mike Work and Ginny Olson

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Cameron and Lauren Cole’s story
Therefore I Have Hope: 12 Truths That Comfort, Sustain, and Redeem in Tragedy by Cameron Cole
Cameron Cole
Rooted Ministry
Rooted Conference
Cathedral Church of the Advent
Dare 2 Share
Just Add Parents: Ready-to-Use Parent Meetings – “Raising Marketing-Savvy Kids”
Youth Culture Today with Walt Mueller

Books:
Therefore I Have Hope: 12 Truths That Comfort, Sustain, and Redeem in Tragedy by Cameron Cole
Why Gender Matters: What Parents and Teachers Need to Know about the Emerging Science of Sex Differences by Leonard Sax
The Collapse of Parenting: How We Hurt Our Kids When We Treat Them Like Grown-Ups by Leonard Sax
Dynamics of Spiritual Life: An Evangelical Theology of Renewal by Richard Lovelace
Pure: Inside the Evangelical Movement That Shamed a Generation of Young Women and How I Broke Free by Linda Kay Klein
Breaking the Marriage Idol: Reconstructing Our Cultural and Spiritual Norms by Kutter Callaway
Everyday Prayers: 365 Days to a Gospel-Centered Faith by Scotty Smith
Precious Remedies Against Satan’s Devices by Thomas Brooks

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Dr. Pepper Fansville commercial
The Simple Seven (Ad Filtering Questions)
Project Six19
Sexual Integrity Initiative
Rapid-onset gender dysphoria in adolescents and young adults: A study of parental reports (Research Article by Lisa Littman)
Jazz Jennings Is ‘Doing Super Well’ Nearly 3 Months After Undergoing Gender Confirmation Surgery
For Trans People Seeking Passports, State Department Abruptly Changes Language
Ensuring Comprehensive Care and Support for Transgender and Gender-Diverse Children and Adolescents (Policy Statement from the American Academy of Pediatrics)
ELCA Hits Bottom (by Robert Benne for First Things)
Thoughts on Revoice (blog post from Tim Geiger)
HarvestUSA

Books:
Symptoms of Being Human by Jeff Garvin
Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate by Justin Lee
The Trans Generation: How Trans Kids (and Their Parents) are Creating a Gender Revolution by Ann Travers
Adoptive Youth Ministry: Integrating Emerging Generations into the Family of Faith by Chap Clark
Adoptive Church: Creating an Environment Where Emerging Generations Belong by Chap Clark

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Resources, links, other helpful tools mentioned in the podcast:
Youth Ministry and Winging It… (blog from Walt Mueller)
Chelsea Erickson (First Congregational Church of Hamilton)
Kyle Kauffman (Keystone Church)
Kerry Trunfio (Our Savior Lutheran Church)
Kevin Yi (bio on Rooted)
Rooted Youth Ministry
Casket Empty

Books:
God’s Word For You Commentary Series by The Good Book Company
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge by R.A. Torrey
How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon D. Fee and Douglas Stuart
The Jesus Storybook Bible: Every Story Whispers His Name by Sally Lloyd-Jones
Institutes of the Christian Religion by John Calvin
Teaching the Faith, Forming the Faithful: A Biblical Vision for Education in the Church by Gary A. Parrett and S. Steve Kang
God’s Wisdom for Navigating Life: A Year of Daily Devotions in the Book of Proverbs by Timothy and Kathy Keller

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John Perritt – bio
Reformed Youth Ministries
RYM – Youth Leader Training Conferences
The Local Youth Worker – RYM Podcast hosted by John Perritt

Books:
Time Out: The Gift or God of Youth Sports by John Perritt
Don’t Waste Your Sports by C.J. Maheney

Media:
Organized Sports and Fun
Parents and Sports
Sports Specialization
Parents and Sports Pressure
Decline in Sports Participation
Episode 22: “Sports, Parenting, Compassion, Faith and Fandom” with Jeremy Affeldt

Blogs from Walt Mueller:
Kids and Sports… Lessons Learned From the Land of Losing…
A Little Letter to Parents on Youth Sports…
Some Thoughts on Parents, Kids, and Youth Sports Craziness…
Parents, Kids, and Sports Pressure…
Only a Game? … Thoughts on what Spectating Tells Me about Me…

Articles:
Families Who Relocate for Sports Prodigies
Survey Shows Youth Sports Specialization Accelerating
Study Finds More Girls Leaving Sports During Adolescence
Specialization In Youth Sports Has Dangers
Stop the Sports Parenting Madness

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