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  "id": 1056,
  "title": "Welcome!",
  "url": "/competitions/WhatDoYouKnow/discussion/1056",
  "author_name": "Thomas Lotze",
  "post_date": "2011-11-18T23:28:19.917000",
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  "content": "<p>Hello! &nbsp;This is a quick thanks to everyone who's competing. &nbsp;I'm tremendously excited about the potential for technology to change education, and I think leveraging the data we can collect is a huge part of that. &nbsp;I honestly believe that by improving assessment,\r\n we can improve the way people learn, and I am very grateful to all of you for being a part of that. &nbsp;I'm also grateful to Grockit for making the data available for the competition and putting up the prize money; one of Grockit's core values is to put the learner\r\n first, and I think that's exactly what we're trying to do here.</p>\r\n<p>I'll definitely be watching and responding in the forums, and I encourage everyone to ask any questions or post any thoughts here. &nbsp;I'm excited to see what sort of techniques will work, and looking forward to engaging in discussion with everyone.</p>\r\n<p>Good luck!</p>\r\n<p>Thomas Lotze (on behalf of Grockit and students everywhere)</p>",
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      "content": "<p>Hello! &nbsp;This is a quick thanks to everyone who's competing. &nbsp;I'm tremendously excited about the potential for technology to change education, and I think leveraging the data we can collect is a huge part of that. &nbsp;I honestly believe that by improving assessment,\r\n we can improve the way people learn, and I am very grateful to all of you for being a part of that. &nbsp;I'm also grateful to Grockit for making the data available for the competition and putting up the prize money; one of Grockit's core values is to put the learner\r\n first, and I think that's exactly what we're trying to do here.</p>\r\n<p>I'll definitely be watching and responding in the forums, and I encourage everyone to ask any questions or post any thoughts here. &nbsp;I'm excited to see what sort of techniques will work, and looking forward to engaging in discussion with everyone.</p>\r\n<p>Good luck!</p>\r\n<p>Thomas Lotze (on behalf of Grockit and students everywhere)</p>"
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