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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

#tinyjoys Archaeology Bookmarks! By Scarlette, Lydia & D’arcy (8-10 yrs) of Stirling Young Carers to accompany their ‘Attainment through Archaeology’ presentation at last weekend’s @scotarchforum.bsky.social conference - supported by @janemiller000.bsky.social, Learning Mgr @archscot.bsky.social 🙌 +

Hand-drawn white bookmark with the word 'Archaeology' written across the top (black text) above a black line drawing of a person wearing belted shorts, t-shirt and boots, standing on a pile of dirt, next to a skull and holding an object.

Hand-drawn white bookmark containing multi-coloured text which reads: "You don't need a time machine to discover history, just curiosity, patience and a trowel!"

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Jane Miller @janemiller000.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Stumbled across St Lolan's burial ground while staying at Blair Drummond campsite🏕️ 📸💀The panel above the entrance to the Muschets burial ground is fabulous! 📸🪦As are some of the gravestones. More info👇 www.trove.scot/place/46070 #MementoMoriMonday #archaeology #Stirling #Scotland

Photograph looking up above the entrance to a small stone building/burial vault. There is a heavily carved stone panel above the doorway and a simple stone cross above that, on top of the roof. Carved onto the panel is a skeleton holding a book with a verse from the Book of Job carved onto it. There is a bright blue sky with white clouds above the building.

A photo of a heavily carved stone gravestone. Symbols include a skull, hour glass and winged soul. Large scroll carvings adorn both side of the gravestone. Blue sky, white clouds and trees can be seen behind the stone.

Photograph of a heavily carved stone panel above the doorway to the Muschets burial ground. Carved onto the panel is a skeleton holding a book with a verse from the Book of Job carved onto it. Below that is a coat of arms, a helmet and some elaborate scrolls.

A close up photo of skeleton holding a book with a verse from the Book of Job carved onto it:
‘Job XIX:26
And though after
my skin worms
destroy this body
yet in my flesh
Shall I see GOD’

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Clyde Valley Archaeological Research Framework @clydevalleyarf.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Registration for our #CVARF symposium on the 7th June is open! You can sign up for this free one day conference on the archaeology of the Clyde here: bit.ly/4j6DVMI - deadline for signing up is the 16th May… don’t delay!

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CVARF Symposium 2025

Join us at the second CVARF Symposium for a day of engaging discussions and talks about the archaeology of the Clyde Valley.

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Jane Miller @janemiller000.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Really interesting exhibition at the Baltic by Lebanese artist Ali Cherri. How I Am Monument looks at history through a material lens - mud-based sculptures take inspiration from archaeological artefacts & the natural world. shorturl.at/ygiEO @balticgateshead.bsky.social #archaeology #art #Newcastle

Screenshot from the Baltic website showing one of Ali Cherri’s sphinx-like mud sculptures. With his name and that of the exhibition along the bottom of the picture - Ali Cherri: How I Am Monument. BALTIC is written across the top of the picture.

Photo of one of Ali Cherri’s mud sculptures - a woman sitting - the head is an artefact, the body roughly shaped from mud.

A photo looking up towards the head and part of the ‘wing’ of a spine-like mud sculpture.

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Scottish Archaeological Forum @scotarchforum.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Testing...testing... ✨Hello Bluesky!✨ If you don't know us, we're Scottish Archaeological Forum. We act as a platform for all spheres of Scottish archaeology, facilitating conversation on the key issues and opportunities in the field today, and exploring advancements in theory and practice.

Ruined remains of Dundrennan Abbey, a medieval abbey, on a sunny day. The upstanding remains are high stone walls, with dramatic arches.

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Jane Miller @janemiller000.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Who says online can’t be interactive?! A great workshop with our @archscot.bsky.social online YAC group today. Deciding what they want to explore and do this year: sites, artefacts, activities. Gathering feedback through games and discussions, including a fun ‘Would You Rather…’ game! #archaeology

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Council for British Archaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

📢 We're hiring! Join the CBA as our Youth Engagement Officer and support the Young Archaeologists’ Club and wider youth programmes. 📍 Remote (occasional travel) 💰 £27,000 FTE ⏳ Full-time, 2-year contract 📅 Apply by 5th March 2025 Find out more 👉 buff.ly/3X2Gbvs

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Sarah May @sarahmay1.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

The Tory MP's reaction, referring to the museum as an 'attraction' is also telling. The belief that the value of culture is to encourage tourism is a real indicator of the corrosive power of neoliberalism.

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Welsh Conservative MS Andrew RT Davies, who also represents South Wales Central, said the closure of the Museum was "deeply concerning". He added: "The Museum brings many people into Cardiff and is an important attraction. Labour Senedd ministers must urgently outline the steps they are taking to ensure it reopens to the public as soon as possible."

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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Tidal swimming pools around the coast of Scotland have long been in decline, but recent interest in wild swimming has led communities to see the benefits and value of these historic pools. Thanks to groups in places like Cellardyke and Pittenweem in Fife, many pools have been revitalised. #CoatArch

Opened in May 1936 the Portobello Lido had the first open air wave machine, and its water was heated from the adjacent power station. It was closed in 1979 and demolished in 1988.
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Cellardyke pool or “the Bathie” as it was known locally was opened in June 1933. In 2019 a group of local people formed the Cellardyke Tidal Pool Ltd so that they could restore and regenerate the pool, which was completed in 2024.

The remains of the base of the diving board can still be seen at the pool at Cellardyke. The board and a chute were installed in 1934. Part of the pool had to be deepened to accommodate them - achieved by blasting the bedrock with dynamite!

The Pittenweem tidal swimming pool has a rich history, with references dating back to 1895. However, the pool took its current shape during its 1950s heyday. After a period of decline, the pool was revitalized and reopened in 2021 as part of the West Braes Project, a community-led initiative aimed at rejuvenating the area.

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Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Zuckerberg's 'masculine energy' got its first big win with Trump declaring there are only two genders. This is an agenda that will see laws passed to push gays back into the closet and women back into the kitchen. Our trans siblings are in the front line of this fight, so now more than ever

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Learning for Sustainability Scotland @lfsscotland.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

PLEASE SHARE! We're #hiring! Could you be our next Development Manager? Closing date is Monday 03 February. Click here to find out more: tinyurl.com/s23etedp #ThisisLfS

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Learning for Sustainability Scotland @lfsscotland.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Please share! Teachers - join us & The General Teaching Council for Scotland online this Thursday @ 16:00 for the first 'LfS Connect' session of 2025. We'll have a focus on 'LfS and the Curriculum Improvement Cycle'. Book your free place here: tinyurl.com/4jynbzdy #ThisisLfS

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Jane Miller @janemiller000.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

First visit to Jorvik Viking Centre since it reopened. The artefacts are just incredible. Favourite object… the Viking sock. The only Viking age sock found in England, probably from Scandinavia. Need to up my nalbinding game! @jorvikviking.bsky.social #Viking #Archaeology #York #nalbinding

Photo of a Viking age sock in a museum case. The sock is dark brown in colour. There are patches missing. The textile has been made using a technique called nalbinding. This photo is taken from the front of the sock.

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Kenny Brophy @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

If you missed my Society of Antiqs of Scotland lecture last week on The archaeology of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival, fear not! @glasgowgardenfestival.org @glasgowheritage.bsky.social You can now watch it here: youtu.be/_V3EGcS-Ilw

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The archaeology of the 1988 Glasgow Garden Festival

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GEM (Group for Education in Museums) @gem.org.uk · 13/01/2025

We are on BlueSky! Follow @gem-heritage to stay updated about GEM's new training, opportunities and news! We look forward to building a welcoming online community here!

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Chiara Bonacchi @chiara-bonacchi.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

📣💥 Grant news! We are delighted to share that the research project *Weaponised Pasts: The Evolution of Heritage-based Hostility on Social media*, was funded by @leverhulme.bsky.social! The project is co-led by myself as PI (@edinburgharchaeo.bsky.social), by CI @acerbialberto.com & CI Zach Horne 📣💥

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Jane Miller @janemiller000.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Another frosty morning in the Scottish Borders. Time to get to grips with nålbinding. Again! Thanks to a lovely work colleague for the beautiful Shetland wool. And to all the amazing craftspeople on #bluesky #CraftSky for inspiration! #nalbinding #textiles #HeritageCrafts #archaeology

Photo of two dark red flowers on a stags horn tree. The flowers are covered in frost and ice particles.

Photo of a multicoloured nalbinding shawl made using the Oslo stitch with the ball of wool and a bone nalbinding needle on top.

Photo of a skein of blue wool with a label saying ‘The Croft 100% Shetland Wool’. On top of the wool is a single row of nalbinding, Finnish 2+2 stitch with the wool threaded through a bone nalbinding needle. To the right side of this are three small balls of hand spun wool with brown paper labels. The top one is purpley brown in colour, dyed using elderberries. The next one down is pale orange, dyed with madder root. The bottom ball is a pale blue, dyed using nettles.

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ScARF @scarf-scot.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

There's still time to register for the SESARF Symposium! The medieval to modern chapters of SESARF are well under way. Join us for a free event on 25th Jan in Edinburgh and have your say in the final three chapters of the framework! More info and booking: bit.ly/4ibkC4N #HESSupported

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Museum of Homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social · 10/01/2025

Don't forget, your friendly neighbourhood Museum of Homelessness is hiring for 2025! Come join our crew! museumofhomelessness.org/news/mohjobs

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We’re recruiting! — Museum of Homelessness

Jobs and freelance contracts for 2025 at Museum of Homelessness

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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 07/01/2025

News | Cultural engagement brings health and wellbeing benefits worth £8bn – research uses new methodology to show monetary value of cultural investment

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Cultural engagement brings health and wellbeing benefits worth £8bn - Museums Association

Research uses new methodology to show monetary value of cultural investment

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Helen Spencer @helspencer.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I’m a trustee at Tarbat Discovery centre and this event held in Edinburgh is to help raise money for our building repairs project. We’ve received funding to make repairs to our belfry and exterior walls but need to find that last little bit of match funding! Donate: www.tarbat-discovery.co.uk

A small whitewashed church with a stone belfry sat in a graveyard

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Visit Berwick-Upon-Tweed @visitberwick.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Our first post on Bluesky, we're excited to be here and promote our wonderful town and borough! 😆🌱 Please help us grow and give us a follow! Photo: Northumberland Aerial Views #visitberwick #berwickupontweed #northeast #northnorthumberland #countryside #seasidetown

Aerial view of Berwick-Upon-Tweed's Royal Border Bridge and surrounding urban area.

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Tayside & Fife Archaeological Committee @tafacarchaeology.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

Hello! TAFAC has migrated to Bluesky. We'd like to announce our new journal for 2024 (TAFAJ 30) was published in December and you can read it online for free, along with loads of other journals from past years. Please enjoy - for free www.tafac.org.uk/category/pub...

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Jane Miller @janemiller000.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Wild seascape🌊 Incredible light. Berwick pier today. #BerwickUponTweed #Northumberland

Photo taken from the beach, looking out to see with Berwick pier and lighthouse to the right of the image. The sky looks very dramatic with a yellow grey light. The sea is rough and wavy.

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SCAPE @coastarch.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

The award-winning SCAPE Trust is a Registered Charity and a Company established in 2001. We work with the public on the archaeology, history and past environments of the coastal zone of Scotland. scapetrust.org/who-we-are/

A 19th-century hand-cranked crane at Rodel Harbour on Harris.

Volunteers take a brake on a sunny day on Harris in September 2024.

Volunteers recording a landing place on the western coast of Kintyre in July 2024.

An aerial photograph of an 18th-century quay recorded on the western coast of Kintyre.

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Council for British Archaeology @archaeologyuk.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

🚨 Our new Research Bulletin explores grassroots archaeology in the UK Key findings: ➡️ Memberships are steady or falling ➡️ Activities, though impactful, are scaling back ➡️ Challenges include lack of training, funding, and equipment Read the full report here👉 www.archaeologyuk.org/resource/tak...

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Jane Miller @janemiller000.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

For one of our projects the young people are looking for evidence of the bandstand that once stood in their local park. Ended up down a bandstand rabbit hole! The late 19thC Illustrated Catalogue of Macfarlane's Castings is incredible. archive.org/details/walt... #IndustrialArchaeology #Archives

Photo of two pages from an illustrated 19th century catalogue from Macfarlane & Co, Saracen Foundry in Glasgow. The left hand page has a detailed illustration of a bandstand while the right hand page has an illustration of an arbour. The illustrations are black and white and very detailed, showing all the intricate cast iron work.

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Scottish Council on Archives @scotsarchives.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Not long left to book you space at our conference! We hope to welcome people from across the heritage sector to hear insightful talks and understand the critical role archives and records play in supporting Scotland's historic environment. Book via Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/sca-annual...

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Jane Miller @janemiller000.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

At @archscot.bsky.social we run the Scotland Online Young Archaeologists’ Club and this Saturday we have a St Andrew’s Day special! 🎉🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Exploring Saints and Pilgrimage in Early Medieval Scotland - quizzes, activities and lots of interesting info for 8-16 year olds. membermojo.co.uk/scotland_onl...

Screenshot of a small brown shield shaped object from sketchfab. This object is a cast of a medieval stone mould for a pilgrim’s medal, which was most likely used for making medals for pilgrims on their way to St. Andrews in Fife. It was found in St. Andrews Kirk in North Berwick, which would have been a stop for pilgrims continuing north. It is made of stained brown plaster and features a cross and a saint side by side.

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Jane Miller @janemiller000.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

🎉Huge congratulations to my Archaeology Scotland colleague Kieran Manchip who was joint winner in the Early Career Archaeologist category at the @archaeologyuk.bsky.social Archaeological Achievement Awards last night. So well deserved!👏 🎬 See film link in next post.

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Museum of Homelessness @ourmoh.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

What can you do? If you are worried about people contact your council to see what they have in provision. Dont report people to streetlink without permission. Ask if the person wants that option. Our Winter Appeal for lifesaving work this winter is here: www.justgiving.com/campaign/moh...

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We are raising £10,000 in our first ever winter appeal. Can you help? Rough sleeping and all forms of homelessness are at record highs in London. We are raising money for essential supplies and emerge...

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Jane Miller @janemiller000.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Exploring Victoria Park in #Leith today with young people on our latest @archscot.bsky.social Attainment through Archaeology course. Trying to locate the site of the bandstand after an intro to historic maps using ‘Mapping History’ online resource. Freely accessible👇 digital.nls.uk/mapping-hist...

Photo taken in an autumnal park with bare trees and yellow and brown leaves on the ground. A young person’s hands can be seen in the foreground, the right hand holding a black and white historic photograph of the park, the left hand holding up an A6 sized frame.

A screenshot of the home page of the Mapping History website. The page has an illustration of a map, an area of coastline, which has a bird flying over it with a worm in its mouth. The map has buildings drawn in the top left corner and a red vintage car towards the bottom. The web page menu bar can be seen along the top of the screenshot.

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Raksha Dave @rakshadigs.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Congratulations to all the nominees for the #ArchaeologicalAchievementAwards 🏺check out all of their wonderful work and projects happening around the UK & Ireland #Archaeology

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Jane Miller @janemiller000.bsky.social · 21/11/2024

Wow! What an exciting opportunity in a fantastic museum in the most incredible place!😃👇 #HeritageLearning #MuseumLearning #HeritageEducation

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Jane Miller @janemiller000.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Final prep today for an inclusive, accessible #archaeology workshop. Excited to see what engages the young people and what they want to find out about archaeology, their place, their past. @archscot.bsky.social 🎬 Here’s a similar project from a couple of years ago👇 www.youtube.com/watch?v=8PMI...

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Attainment through Archaeology Case Study - Robert Burns Academy 2022

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David Connolly BAJR @bajr-badger.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

www.bajrfed.co.uk/bajrpress/ar... Today we release the BAJR Poverty Impact Report 2024, continuing the work begun with the first Report in 2022. Contained within are the voices of 644 colleagues. Read, absorb and act. Discussions on BAJR Facebook [ this time with Image ]

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Archaeologists in Financial Crisis – Poverty Impact Report 2024

This 2024 Poverty Impact Report is based on the responses of 644 individuals in UK archaeology. The statistics that have been collected, analysed and collated by Lu Stanton-Greenwood. The concept w…

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Glasgow Women's Library @womenslibrary.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

This Trans Day of Remembrance, we remember and honour those who have lost their lives to transphobic violence. All trans people deserve to live their lives safely with dignity and with joy. 🏳️‍⚧️ #TransRightsAreHumanRights #TransDayOfRememberance

Cardboard placard from the Glasgow Women’s Library collection covered in adhesive cellophane, bearing the colours of the trans flag (blue, pink and white). It features the slogan 'PROTECT TRANS LIVES' in cut-out black text.

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Kenny Brophy @urbanprehistorian.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

Since I’m new on here, I thought I would start to share some of my favourite #UrbanPrehistory blog posts. I started blogging about prehistoric sites in urban places in 2012. I’ve now written 180 posts. To start with, here’s the link to my blog. theurbanprehistorian.wordpress.com

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the urban prehistorian

the contemporary archaeology of prehistory

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Prof Hannah Cobb @archaeocobb.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

I made an #Archaeology🏺#EDI starter pack but it needs a lot of adding to so please do feel free to make suggestions! go.bsky.app/UXHPGDn

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Dr Claire Harris @drclaireharris.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

One day left to see this exhibition in London (gallery@oxo). Extinction is a collection of artworks highlighting climate change through time, including works featuring fossils, artefacts, & materials from Happisburgh in Norfolk.

Carved stone face with embedded Lower Palaeolithic handaxe.

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ScARF @scarf-scot.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

It's here! 🌳 We're delighted to launch the brand new Dendrochronology Research Framework for Scotland at ELBAC 2024! This collaborative framework offers an insight into the significance and scope of this intricate discipline. Read #ScotDendro here: scarf.scot/thematic/dendr…

Four people stood in front of a ScARF banner holding the dendrochronology framework booklet and smiling

A woman giving a talk at the front of a lecture theatre with a large slide of the cover of the dendrochronology framework booklet and logos of all the project partners

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Jane Miller @janemiller000.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

And for my first post… A few pics from our recent Archaeology Scotland Learning Team trip to Shetland. #Archaeology #Shetland

Photo of the coastline of Shetland, looking into a low winter sun.

Panoramic photo of the Ness of Burgi, Iron Age blockhouse fort on Shetland.

Photo of the view along the coast from the Ness of Burgi on Shetland.

Photo of a yellow and orange foam triceratops toy on top of a fence post.

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