Below you will find web articles connected in various degrees to the focus of The Skuld Project. Many of these pieces cover conservation, environment, species degradation, climate change, nomadic living and various cultural issues among others. I feel that I shoud say that I do have an agenda in the articles that I am linking to here. I am not interested in ideas that humans have a right to take whatver they want from the land, the people, the other animals. There are lots of places you can find expressions of those ideas. My own readings and research are also focused thus. One friend asked if I shouldn't be researching the benefits of our modern civilisation, modern economies. Rightly asked really. Balance is important. My response was that I have spent the last 50 years being told how our system is the best one, the right one. I don't need to do extensive additional study to understand that perspective. It's around us at all times. It is a lie. |
| Nomadic Bedouins face grim future in the Holy Land |
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CAROLYNNE WHEELER
Special to The Globe and Mail
August 23, 2008 |
Why bees matter
The decline of bees won't just affect honey production – they're as important as the sun and rain in making crops grow |
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Alison Benjamin
guardian.co.uk, Thursday August 14 200 |
| Ocean 'dead zones' proliferating |
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DAVID HUTTON
Globe and Mail Update
August 14, 200 |
Meltdown in the Arctic is speeding up
Scientists warn that the North Pole could be free of ice in just five years' time instead of 60 |
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Robin McKie, science editor
The Observer, Sunday August 10 2008 |
| On a planet 4C hotter, all we can prepare for is extinction There's no 'adaptation' to such steep warming. We must stop pandering to special interests, and try a new, post-Kyoto strategy |
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Oliver Tickell
The Guardian, Monday August 11 2008 |
| Global warming has its own language. For our children's sake, we have to start speaking it |
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Thomas Friedman
The Observer, Sunday August 10 2008 |
| One third of reef-building corals face extinction, study shows |
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Tim Radford in Fort Lauderdale
guardian.co.uk, Thursday July 10, 2008 |
Canadians ponder cost of rush for dirty oil
As oil prices continue to reach record highs, the search for new sources of energy has led the world to Alberta, Canada, and its vast oil sands. Now, John Vidal finds, the country famed for its wilderness and clean living finds itself caught between fuelling the world's oil-hungry economy and the ecological devastation and soaring greenhouse gas emissions that exploiting the tar sands produces |
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John Vidal, environment editor, in Fort McMurray
The Guardian, Saturday July 12, 2008 |
Kept Afloat On A Tide Of Money
Why are governments subsidising the destruction of the marine environment. |
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Posted July 8, 2008
By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 8th July 2008. |
| I've seen the effects of climate change - and if people won't face up to it, governments must make them |
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Tahmima Anam
The Guardian, Thursday July 3, 2008 |
| Wildlife extinction rates 'seriously underestimated |
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Ian Sample
guardian.co.uk, Wednesday July 2, 2008 |
| Australia's quality of life at risk without urgent action on climate change: report |
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Barbara McMahon Sydney
guardian.co.uk, Friday July 4, 2008 |
Secret report: biofuel caused food crisis
Internal World Bank study delivers blow to plant energy drive |
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Aditya Chakrabortty
The Guardian, Friday July 4, 2008 |
Small Is Bountiful
Peasant farmers offer the best chance of feeding the world. So why do we treat them with contempt? |
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By George Monbiot. Published in the Guardian 10th June 2008 |
| Brazil Tribes Fight for Their Land. Members of one of the world’s last uncontacted tribes have recently been photographed in Brazil, during flights over a remote part of the Amazon rainforest. These images have restarted the debate of many decades about how these groups should be protected. There are more than 100 such tribes worldwide, all in danger of being forced off their land and threatened by diseases to which they have no resistance. Human rights campaigner Fiona Watson went to Brazil to meet recently contacted tribespeople and to investigate the way that large-scale mining and farming businesses encroach on their land and lives |
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The Guardian Weekly
Fiona Watson
Friday June 6th 2008 |
| The Burrup Peninsula in western Australia contains the largest concentration of Aboriginal rock art in the world – some of it as old as 30,000 years. Last year the federal government placed 99% of the islands in the Dampier archipelago, of which the Burrup is a part, on the National Heritage list. The remaining 1% is leased to Woodside, Australia‘s second biggest oil and gas producer, which is building a processing plant for its offshore natural gas reserve. The development will mean the destruction or relocation of thousands of the petroglyph-covered rocks. It has sparked the outrage of Wilfred Hicks, an elder of the Wong-Goo-Tt-Oo, Aboriginal custodians of the land |
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The Guardian Weekly
Wilfred Hicks speaking to Carmela Ferraro.
Wednesday June 4th 2008 |
| Oil producers urged to boost output as prices soar |
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JOSEPH COLEMAN
The Globe and Mail/Associated Press
June 7, 200 |
'I'd lost the strength to carry on'
Last week, with the resignation of Marina Silva as Brazil's environment minister, the Amazon lost its greatest champion. But how did a poor orphan rise to such power, only to walk away from it? And what is the future for her beloved rainforest? |
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Tom Phillips
The Guardian, Thursday May 22 2008 |
| Earlier spring in Arctic could hit caribou diet |
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Ian Sample, science correspondent
The Guardian, Wednesday May 21 2008 |
| Shell 'selling suicide' by preferring tar sands to wind |
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Terry Macalister
The Guardian, Wednesday May 21 2008 |
| U.S. to protect polar bears |
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MARTIN MITTELSTAEDT
Globe and Mail, May 14, 2008 |
Floor plans
The rich concentrations of gold, silver and copper on the seabed have until now been out of reach. But what effect will mining have? editorial note: it's ideas like this that make me think, 'we ar SO fucked!' ct |
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Owen Bowcott
The Guardian, Wednesday May 14 2008 |
How the world's oceans are running out of fish
The future of our seas has never been more precarious. Ninety years of industrial-scale overfishing has brought us to the brink of an ecological catastrophe and deprived millions of their livelihoods. As scientific guidelines are ignored and catches become ever bigger, Alex Renton tells why the international community has failed to act |
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Alex Renton
The Observer, Sunday May 11 2008 |
World carbon dioxide levels highest for 650,000 years, says US report
· Rise in chief greenhouse gas worse than feared
· Earth may be losing ability to absorb CO2, say scientists |
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David Adam, environment correspondent
The Guardian, Tuesday May 13 2008 |
| Orangutan population plummets |
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The Globe and Mail/The Associated Press
May 7, 2008 |
Breeding toxins from dead PCs
Children are dying to clear up the developed world's discarded computers |
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Richard Wray, communications editor
The Guardian, Tuesday May 6 2008 |
Bad reactions
The figures just don't stack up for the argument that new nuclear power stations will ensure a secure and sustainable energy source |
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Michael Meacher
The Guardian, Wednesday May 7 2008 |
| Bears could halt Shell Arctic plan |
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Nick Mathiason
The Observer, Sunday May 4 2008 |
Rainforest seeds revive lost paradise
Endangered wildlife returns to tropical wasteland as conservationists work a natural 'miracle |
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Juliette Jowit, environment editor
The Observer, Sunday May 4 2008 |
Travelling Light
Is the airship a viable alternative to jet travel? |
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George Monbiot at monbiot.com
May 6, 2008 |
| Oil sands giant says ‘sorry' for dead ducks |
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LISA ARROWSMITH
The Globe & Mail/The Canadian Press
May 3, 2008 |
| Hundreds of ducks trapped on toxic Alberta oilsands pond |
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CBC News, April 29, 2008 |
| Hundreds of ducks die after landing in oil sands in Canada |
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Thu, May. 01, 2008
Kansas City News
The Associated Press |
The Most Destructive Project on Earth: Alberta’s Tar Sands
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Celcias.com, March 4, 2008 |
| Biofuels starving our people, leaders tell UN |
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Allegra Stratton and agencies
The Guardian, Tuesday April 22 2008 |
| The Coming Food Catastrophe |
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25 March 2008 Gwynne Dyer. gwynnedyer.com |
The Pleasures Of The Flesh
If you care about hunger, eat less meat. |
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By George Monbiot. Guardian 15th April 2008 |
Why costs are climbing
As food prices surge, starvation looms for millions. Experts call for emergency action but admit there's no quick fix |
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ERIC REGULY
Globe and Mail
April 12, 2008 |
Food riots fear after rice price hits a high
Shortages of the staple crop of half the world's people could bring unrest across Asia and Africa, reports foreign affairs editor Peter Beaumont |
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foreign affairs editor Peter Beaumont
The Guardian |
CO2 map zooms in on emissions
Scientists have high hopes for a new system of mapping carbon dioxide emissions in the United Stat |
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Jessica Aldred, Guardian blog |
River delta's rise puts Arctic's future in flux
Climate change in Arctic seas is driving summer water levels at the Mackenzie's mouth to three times normal, B.C. researchers find |
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MARK HUME
Globe and Mail
April 4, 2008 |
Burnt Out
The government’s plans for clean coal are another great green scam. |
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George Monbiot at monbiot.com
March 18, 2008 |
| Thickest, oldest Arctic ice melting, NASA finds |
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DEBORAH ZABARENKO
Reuters
March 19, 2008 |
| Why carbon capture is an illusion |
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BRUCE COX
Special to Globe and Mail Update
March 18, 2008 |
| Shell wants to produce five times more oil from tar sands |
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Terry Macalister
The Guardian, Tuesday March 18 2008 |
| Glaciers melt 'at fastest rate in past 5,000 years - The world's glaciers are melting faster than at any time since records began, threatening catastrophe for hundreds of millions of people and their eco-systems. |
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Juliette Jowit and Robin McKie
The Observer, Sunday March 16 2008 |
Blind date with disaster
We are constantly warned by scientists that our planet is in big trouble, so why can't we change direction? David Suzuki, one of the world's leading ecologists, on how humans have lost the vital skill of foresight |
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David Suzuki
The Guardian, Wednesday March 12 2008 |
| Deforestation: The hidden cause of global warming: In the next 24 hours, deforestation will release as much CO2 into the atmosphere as 8 million people flying from London to New York. Stopping the loggers is the fastest and cheapest solution to climate change. So why are global leaders turning a blind eye to this crisis? |
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By Daniel Howden, The Independant
Monday, 14 May 2007 |
| Airsick: Industrial devolution |
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Twenty days. Twenty thousand still images. A single message. Toronto Star photographer Lucas Oleniuk captures the issue of global warming in a video created entirely by using still images. |
On the last battle
Beth Powning and her husband have fought environmental degradation from their New Brunswick farm since the 1970s. Only recently has she realized how one-sided the war has been |
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Jan 29, 2008
Beth Powning
Special to the Toronto Star |
Profile: Rebecca Hosking
'She has changed the national perspective about plastic bags in a few months. She should be prime minister'. Happiest behind the lens, the campaigner is now having to endure the spotlight |
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John Vidal, environment editor
The Guardian, Friday November 23 2007 |
| Is farmed fish the new battery chicken?With natural food supplies under threat from climate change, we could soon be relying on farmed fish to feed the world. But that's only part of the problem. Alex Renton reports on the fishing industry's latest can of worms |
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Alex Renton
The Observer, Sunday February 24 2008 |
| 2.5 million lack water in China |
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Tania Branigan in Beijing
The Guardian, Tuesday February 26 2008 |
Feed the world? We are fighting a losing battle, UN admits
Huge budget deficit means millions more face starvation |
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Julian Borger, diplomatic editor
The Guardian, Tuesday February 26 2008 |
An Exchange Of Souls
As government documents show, Sir Nicholas Stern accidentally launched a trade in human lives. |
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George Monbiot at monbiot.com
February 19 2008 |
| Huge study gives wake-up call on state of world's oceans |
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Alok Jha, The Guardian
February 15 2008 |
| Shipping boom fuels rising tide of global CO2 emissions |
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John Vidal, environment editor
February 13, 2008
The Guardian |
The Last Straw
A new generation of biofuels turns out to be another environmental disaster |
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George Monbiot
February 12, 2008
The Guardian |
| It's just water, right? Wrong. Bottled water is set to be the latest battleground in the eco war |
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Lucy Siegle, The Observer
February 10, 2008 |
| Looking at America |
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Editorial, New York Times
December 31, 2007 |
Bali Outcome
Do not be downhearted about the outcome of the Bali talks. |
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Gwynne Dyer
gwynnedyer.net
December 15, 2007 |
Hurray! We’re Going Backwards!
Bush trashed the climate talks. But look what Gore did. |
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George Monbiot at monbiot.com
December 17, 2007 |
Rigged
The climate talks are a stitch-up, as no one is talking about supply. |
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George Monbiot at monbiot.com
December 11, 2007 |
| This guy was the green prime minister?Looking at Canada's stance at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Bali |
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David Suzuki
The Toronto Star
December 9 2007 |
| Riots and hunger feared as demand for grain sends food costs soaring |
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Jonathan Watts in Beijing
The Guardian
December 4 2007 |
Mud, sweat and tears
Aida Edemariam reports on the dark side of a boom town |
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Aida Edemariam
The Guardian
October 30 2007 |
Shifting tar sands
BP is making a return to the Canadian province of Alberta, which deserves better than to be abused by oil companies |
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Heather Mallick
The Guardian
December 6 2007 |
| The edge of oblivion: conservationists name 25 primates about to disappear – Biofuel plantations, logging and hunting are stealing habitats from our closest relatives, says report |
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James Randerson, science correspondent
The Guardian
Friday October 26 2007 |
Environmental failures 'put humanity at risk'– UN report bemoans lack of urgency by government. Five-year study involved more than 1,400 scientists |
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Martin Hodgson
The Guardian
Friday October 26 2007 |
| African deluge brings misery to 1.5m people |
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John Vidal in Soroti, Uganda
Thursday September 20, 2007
The Guardian |
Retreat of the penguins
These bellwethers of climate change face a grave future |
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Leigh Dayton
The Australian
September 05, 2007 |
Loss of Arctic ice leaves experts stunned
The Arctic ice cap has collapsed at an unprecedented rate this summer and levels of sea ice in the region now stand at record lows, scientists have announced.
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David Adam, environment correspondent
Guardian Unlimited
Tuesday September 4 2007 |
Eco-junk
Green consumerism will not save the biosphere |
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George Monbiot at monbiot.com, July 24, 2007 |
The End of Cheap Food
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Gwynne Dyer, July 6 2007 |
| William Kamkwamba's Malawi Windmill Blog – Willaiam has designed and built a windmill from mostly found materials to create electric power. Very cool, inspirational and visionary if you ask me. Forget about waiting for the big corps to get their act together, we can create the connections ourselves! |
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williamkamkwamba.typepad.com |
Citizens arrest – Tackling climate change is now a worldwide crusade - so what's stopping campaigners driving its simplest solution? |
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David Nicholson-Lord
Wednesday July 11, 2007
The Guardian |
Factory may destroy natural wonder– Rift Valley plan threatens to wipe out flamingos
· 'Bonkers' soda-ash plant will ruin fragile ecosystem |
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Xan Rice in Nairobi
Thursday July 12, 2007
The Guardian |
| Endgame |
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Edward Hoagland essay for Harper's Magazine |
| Seeds of debt sow suicide in India |
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The Globe & Mail |
| Why rock won't save the planet |
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The Guardian |
| A Sudden Change of State |
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George Monbiot |
| James Lovelock: The Earth is about to catch a morbid fever that may last as long as 100,000 years. |
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James Lovelock for The Independan
January 16, 2006
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| Environmental degradation in Somalia (1997) |
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Feysal Ahmed Yusuf – Tiempo |
| B.C. natives mourn missing eulachon |
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The Globe & Mail |
| Biofuel demand to push up food prices |
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The Guardian |
| China passes US as world's biggest CO2 emitter |
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The Guardian |
| Early springs bring problems for the creatures of the high Arctic |
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The Guardian |
| Don't Mention the Warming |
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Gwynne Dyer |
| China to lift ban on sale of tiger bones |
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The Guardian |
| Weather plays havoc with U.S. south, west |
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The Globe & Mail |
| What if the Oil Runs Out? |
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George Monbiot |
| Ecocide in the Oceans |
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Gwynne Dyer |
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