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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Excited by the line-up for this falls Ohio University Sustainability Film Series in the historic Athena Cinema. Glad the Voinovich School and Office of Sustainability, two places I'm working, are sponsors. athenacinema.com/sustainabili...

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Sustainability Film Series

Athena Cinema, Office of Sustainability and the Environmental Studies Program are thrilled to present the 14th annual Sustainability Film Series! At the heart of this series are films that present …

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Lucky the Voinovich School is a Project ECHO Hub, enabling us to offer Building Resilience for Older Adults in a Changing Environment. Series starts in Sept and will help unpack the new challenges (and opportunities) in building resilience in an older and warmer world www.ohio.edu/news/2026/08...

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Helping state’s older adults deal with extreme weather the focus of latest free Project ECHO seminars hosted by OHIO’s Voinovich School

How Ohio’s rapidly aging population can better cope with heat waves, flooding and increasingly severe storms is the subject of a new six-part Project ECHO webinar series starting in September.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 17/06/2026

Thrilled to be sharing our work on aging and climate resilience in Age-Friendly Athens County and the Grey Green Alliance at the 3rd World Congress on Age-Friendly Cities and Communities. Great that AF AC colleague Amy Lipka is here to share the practitioners perspective.

Amy Lipka and Geoff Dabelko at 3rd World Congress on Age-Friendly Cities and Communities

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Deeply honored to receive University Professor recognition & doubly so because nomination comes from students. I definitely love the shared learning journey where we are all teachers and students. Works well for sharing those lessons learned from outside the classroom. www.ohio.edu/news/2026/04...

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Really enjoyed talking climate, risk, & resilience with MBAs from all over the country at Ohio University College of Business' annual Leadership Development Conference. I found a number of lessons from decades of bringing together climate and security worlds had resonance in this context as well.

Geoff Dabelko at OU College of Business Leadership Conference

Geoff Dabelko presenting in front of Resilience slide

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

Can't say how delightful it is to teach in our Sustainability, Security & Resilience Masters & Certs Program. The students are often experienced pros from around the country hungry to learn more. They teach each other (& us instructors) so much. Ryan is a shining example www.ohio.edu/news/2025/10...

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OHIO graduate applies MSSR degree to job in power industry

Ryan Stillwell attended classes from Shreveport, Louisiana, 974 miles from OHIO’s Baker University Center. But even while virtual, he was able to make lasting connections with his peers and mentors.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Lakeside art in Finland. Can't remember the location a few hours drive outside Helsinki. Hoping someone can remind me of the location and the artist.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

We brought the Ohio University and Ohio State University Grey Green Alliance teams together at the @agefriendlyoh.bsky.social to talk research and practice, charting an exciting set of ways forward building on some dynamic work from student, faculty, staff & partner efforts!

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Great new resource from our Grey Green Alliance partners at @agefriendlyoh.bsky.social. Practical toolkit for those living in & managing older adult affordable housing in face of increased extreme weather events. Lessons are from Columbus Ohio, not the coasts as typical csw.osu.edu/blog/2025/09...

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Weather and Aging Resilience Model (W.A.R.M.) for Affordable Housing Toolkit - The Ohio State University - College of Social Work

Central Ohio has seen a stark increase in the frequency of severe weather events, including extreme heat, flooding, and tornados.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Sharing the results of applied research takes many forms. Lucky to have skilled colleagues who create storymaps to help share insights visually as well. The peer-reviewed article version as well as lots of engagement with partners on the ground are behind it. storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/85c7...

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Appalachian Bright Spots

Building Resilience to Climate Change Driven Extreme Weather Events in Appalachia

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Thrilled to see new book from buddy @stacydvandeveer.bsky.social available in full for free online from Cambridge UP. Paul Tobin, Matt Paterson & Stacy have assembled a diverse set of contributors/cases to examine Stability & Politicization in Climate Governance www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...

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Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance

Cambridge Core - International Relations and International Organisations - Stability and Politicization in Climate Governance

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

Lucky enough to meet Jane Goodall three times in very different settings. This was the first, hosting her at the Wilson Center in 2003 when she made the case to donors for meeting the diverse needs of communities sharing the same biodiverse ecosystem rather than a species specific approach.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

On this International Day of Older Persons, working to capture synergies & reduce risks presented by twin challenges of an aging & warming world. Thrilled to be part of a Grey Green Alliance partnership between Ohio University's Voinovich School & Ohio State University's @agefriendlyoh.bsky.social

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

Great opportunity Oct 8th 5pm EST to learn more about our work on risk communication and extreme weather in Appalachia. The PI of our NOAA funded grant Dr. Natalie Kruse is presenting an applied, lessons learned for Science Cafe. Live option & recording via YouTube www.ohio.edu/news/2025/09...

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Oct. 8 Science Café to focus on preparing for, responding to extreme weather in Appalachia

Ohio University Professor Natalie Kruse Daniels will lead the next Science Café presentation on Wednesday, Oct. 8.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

Working with a great new group of students this fall! Having fun at a Teas of the World event, part of the launch of Ohio University's new School of International Studies & Languages. Interesting research in the works: aging & climate resilience, climate & mobility, and environmental peacebuilding.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 27/09/2025

More on extreme weather events and risk communication in Central Appalachia. Challenging new realities on many fronts not making it easier despite better understanding. Great team of researchers & students engaging with public health & emergency response partners www.ohio.edu/news/2025/09...

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

On this International Day of Peace, questions persist on peace and conflict connections to climate. Unfortunately the stakes will grow as more impacts felt and more responses (good, bad & ugly) play out. Ken Conca & I make case for wider lens than typical journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Sage Journals: Discover world-class research

Subscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Big news the state of Ohio officially becomes an Age-Friendly state. Joining 36 Age-Friendly Communities already here in Ohio. Opportunity for our Grey-Green Alliance focus on aging, sustainability & resilience as we have done in Athens, Columbus & Cleveland aging.ohio.gov/see-news-and...

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Ohio Designated as 13th AARP Age-Friendly State

Governor DeWine and AGE Director Ursel J. McElroy received proclamations designating Ohio as AARP's 13th Age-Friendly state.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 13/09/2025

Fantastic to see both the MS Environmental Studies and Voinovich Scholars together! Love learning together with students in both these programs! Terrific to have all the students in the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service at Ohio University connect. www.ohio.edu/news/2025/09...

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Voinovich School celebrates arrival of new scholars and graduate students

OHIO's Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service hosted its annual welcome reception on Sept. 4, greeting students with a warm sense of community and purpose.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Conducting research or working on the ground bringing together environment, climate, peace, conflict & security? Then you should be signed up for the ECCP biweekly. Content draw from all quarters, not just the usual suspects (and I say that as one of the usual suspects). eccp.substack.com

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Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peace (ECCP) Bi-weekly | Annika Erickson-Pearson | Substack

A bi-weekly round-up of the community of practice on ECCP issues. Click to read Environment, Climate, Conflict, and Peace (ECCP) Bi-weekly, by Annika Erickson-Pearson, a Substack publication with hund...

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Well done @schwartzstein.bsky.social for unpacking the many implications of climate change including changing boundaries and borders in potentially lethal ways. AND he included ways shared environmental interdependence can be utilized for environmental peacebuilding www.nytimes.com/2025/09/02/o...

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Opinion | When Climate Change Blurs Borders

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 27/08/2025

Nice landing page for our Grey Green Alliance work on the dual trends of aging and warming. Looking to capture synergies in what makes communities more livable for older adults and more sustainable & climate resilient. Turns out lots of untapped opportunity. www.ohio.edu/voinovich-sc...

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The Grey Green Alliance | Ohio University

The Grey Green Alliance is an applied research and practice collaboration between the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service and OSU's College of Social Work and Age-Friendly Innovation Cen...

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

Lots were displaced. Most stayed in the South. Data on Hurricane Katrina making me think the hypothesized decisions to move to "climate havens" will likely stay close to home www.axios.com/local/new-or...

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First-of-its-kind data shows where displaced New Orleanians landed after Katrina

Nearly 1/3 of New Orleanians remained elsewhere by 2019.

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Island Press @islandpress.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Did you know Island Press has a free monthly book club? Join us in August for a conversation with THREAT MULTIPLIER author Sherri Goodman, moderated by NYT's Lisa Friedman. RSVP and ask your Qs on the evolving security landscape of the US and abroad. give.islandpress.org/ThreatMultip...

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

Congrats to Teslima Jallow for his successful defense of his MS Environmental Studies thesis on climate adaption and older adults in Banjul, The Gambia. Great contribution to our Grey Green Alliance research agenda and loads of helpful takeaways for practitioners.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

Terrific to see @newsecuritybeat.bsky.social and @lauren-risi.bsky.social landing at @stimsoncenter.bsky.social after Wilson Center shutdown. Stimson great partner to us at ECSP for decades & regular contributor in environment, peacebuilding, climate & security space. www.stimson.org/2025/new-sec...

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New Security Beat Finds a New Home • Stimson Center

A trusted platform on environmental security finds a new institutional home amid rising global climate and security risks.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Thrilled to see this new article capturing some of the insights from a collaborative research effort to better understand how county level health and emergency response officials in Central Appalachia grapple with extreme weather events and risk communication. doi.org/10.1111/1468...

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Extreme Weather Events and Risk Communication Challenges in Central Appalachia: A Qualitative Inquiry

This study inventories and identifies communication challenges faced by emergency management agencies in Central Appalachia as they engage communities in preparation, response and recovery efforts fo....

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

Super excited to get Sadie's @sadiebabits.bsky.social new book Hot Takes from @islandpress.bsky.social. So much experience to feed into a guide for covering climate change. I know it will be a great resource for our students learning the ins and outs of science communication as well!

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 05/07/2025

Great fun catching up with alums and friends of Environmental Studies at Ohio University as we mark our 50th anniversary. Thanks Art Oestrike and Jackie O's for hosting us in Columbus and partnering on a circular economy project of turning brewery waste into energy! www.ohio.edu/news/2025/07...

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Voinovich School celebrates 50 years of Environmental Studies with alumni, industry partners at Jackie O's on Fourth

More than 70 alumni, past and present faculty, and staff attended, enjoying an evening of networking and reconnecting with friends old and new.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

Important reminder from @katiesurma.bsky.social that environmental defenders face violence or the threat of, sanctioned & otherwise, so often. Long neglected focus of #environmentalsecurity work. Our IR & conflict studies biases blinded us to these key dynamics. insideclimatenews.org/news/2005202...

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Defending Human Rights Is Dangerous. Defending Nature Makes It Even Riskier - Inside Climate News

Over the past decade, there have been more than 6,400 attacks on human rights defenders, with three-fourths carried out against environmental defenders.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Good quick account of the many decades of assessing environment and climate links with security no matter which party controlled the White House.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Great to catch up with Environmental Studies Voinovich School alums! Thuy Ho and Sharif Wahab doing great research in the Geography PhD program at IU Bloomington!

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

“One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss.” “Which means that Copenhagen, a city of 1.2 million people, saves $357 million a year on health costs because something like 80% of its population commutes by bike.” Via @grist.org grist.org/biking/one-m...

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One mile on a bike is a $.42 economic gain to society, one mile driving is a $.20 loss

Copenhagen, the bicycle-friendliest place on the planet, publishes a biannual Bicycle Account, and buried in its pages is a rather astonishing fact.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Love those smiling faces at graduation. Lots of hard work goes into both our Masters of Sustainability, Security & Resilience and our Masters of Science in Environmental Studies at the Voinovich School.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Serious food for thought at the end of another semester.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

A thrill (and challenge) to keynote Ohio University's Earth Day program. Talked of 2025 losses in personal terms with the Wilson Center & U.S. Global Change Research Program, but spent most of my time on sources of inspiration from students, faculty, staff & community partners near and far.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Congrats @circleofblue.bsky.social on the great new look online. Go source for storytelling with a purpose on all things water. www.circleofblue.org

Screenshot of Circle of Blue website with pictures

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Latest installment of learning & making a difference through partnership at the Voinovich School. Four student teams tackled community challenges identified by four Mayors in the Mayors' Partnership for Progress. Presented & shared practical resource portfolios www.ohio.edu/news/2025/04...

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Voinovich School students collaborate with regional mayors to tackle community challenges

The Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service continues to foster community-academic collaboration through real-world experiences, exemplified by Professor Geoff Dabelko’s class.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Thrill to have Peter @schwartzstein.bsky.social beam in to discuss his new book The Heat and the Fury with Environmental Studies students at the Voinovich School of Leadership and Public Service at Ohio University.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Consider supporting the Environmental Studies Program in our 50th year for more hands-on learning & making public service impacts in communities. Find us (& a match opportunity) under the Voinovich School of Leadership & Public Service on this Giving Day! www.givecampus.com/schools/Ohio...

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OHIO Giving Day 2025

Join me and make a gift on OHIO Giving Day 2025. We can ensure OHIO’s next era is the best one yet.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

Terrific to have Danielle Arigoni, author of Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation, beam in to talk about practical responses to the twin trends of aging and warming. Great opportunity for students to ask questions about a neglected area so ripe for collaboration. Advancing our Grey Green Alliance!

Photo of Danielle Arigoni on TV screen speaking with graduate students at Ohio University

Cover of Island Press book Climate Resilience for an Aging Nation

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Great piece Emily Votaw @woubnews.bsky.social on this weekend's opening of Social Connectedness and Extreme Weather in Athens County: A Community Photo Exhibition at the Nelsonville Public Library. Fiona Doherty OSU's @agefriendlyoh.bsky.social will make remarks Sat 10:30am woub.org/2025/03/12/c...

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Photo exhibit explores Athens County's 'deep culture of caring'

"Social Connectedness and Extreme Weather in Athens County" explores social isolation and extreme weather response.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Excited to see results of Fiona Doherty's photo elicitation research on preparedness for extreme weather among younger and older adults here in Athens County Ohio. Fiona is a key member of the Grey Green Alliance collaboration between OSU & OU. Event March 15 events.myacpl.org/event/social...

Photo of Dow Lake Dam in Athens Ohio with blue sky, white clouds, and a structure extending out into the lake

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Florian Krampe @floriankrampe.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

It was great fun speaking with @stefandoring.bsky.social about the link between science and policy and share some personal reflections on some of the work we have been doing on Climate, Peace and Security at @sipri.org over the years.

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Geoff Dabelko @geoffdabelko.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

More waste to asset applied research frm colleagues at the Voinovich School at Ohio University. Looking forward to seeing how these strategies reduce waste burdens on Appalachian Ohio's waterways while reducing imported synthetic fertilizers & the emissions from producing them lnkd.in/g3393fAw

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From waste to worth: Using septic sewage as fertilizer – Athens County Independent

Failing septic systems and fertilizer runoff are major contributors to the dead zone in the Gulf of Mexico, but an Ohio University researcher proposes a process to reduce both while boosting the local...

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