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Sally Lewis

@sallyel.bsky.social
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Freelance Curator, cross sector collaborator, museums, dance, dance in museums, creative methods, collections #DancingHeritage. Lived experience energy-limiting sleep disorder. Co-producer Active Inclusion: Equity in Employment (find us on Linked-In)

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Barts Health Archives @bharchives.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
If you're new to our service you should know that we are more than just St Bartholomew’s. We hold over 145 collections, including over 35 hospitals as well as NHS authorities, medical & nursing schools, charities, and much more You can find a list of collections we hold here - tinyurl.com/d9ds6nhv
Photograph of two female records clerks at the London Hospital, both wearing work coats; one on a ladder is retrieving or returning an x-ray from the shelf in a wallet which reads "x-ray wallet"; the other appears to be checking files against a paper list. c1970s [RLHLH/P/2/41/6]
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Sally Lewis @sallyel.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
@apac-ssn.bsky.social also this in November ukdishisthub.mystrikingly.com/blog/call-fo...
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Call for Presenters! Collections Uncovered: Disability at the British Library
Collections Uncovered: Disability at the British Library – 27th November 2026 – 10am-4:30pmPresentations in-person and online, via Teams/Zoom.The afternoon session is in-person onl
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Sally Lewis @sallyel.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
@apac-ssn.bsky.social hi there re dates in November there is also this on 18 which a lot of archives go to? exhibitions.london.ac.uk/s/history-da...
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Get Involved · History Day · University of London
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Association of Performing Arts Collections @apac-ssn.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Check out our latest Story post, 'Using Dance and Collections to Promote Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in Museums' by @sallyel.bsky.social. Head over to: performingartscollections.org.uk/stories/p/us...
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Using Dance and Collections to Promote Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in Museums - APAC
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Trish Greenhalgh @trishgreenhalgh.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
Every summer I repost this article on how to spot drowning. Please read it and pass on. In the last few years I’ve had SIX messages from people who saved a kid’s life after clicking on the link from my feed. slate.com/technology/2...
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Drowning Doesn’t Look Like Drowning
Drowning is not the violent, splashing call for help that most people expect.
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mia ridge @miaout.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
At last! The archived British Library blogs are viewable online. Check the index of blogs at blogs-archive.bl.uk and the hundreds of posts on the Digital Scholarship blog going back to 2013 blogs-archive.bl.uk#digital-scho...
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Archived blogs
News and information about the UK Web Archive, provided by the British Library
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Claire Boardman @claireboardman.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
"Benches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban public spaces. When they are removed or made uninviting, we lose more than just a place to rest." placesjournal.org/article/the-...
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The Disappearance of the Public Bench
Benches are microcosms of an expansive debate about who belongs in urban public spaces. When they are removed or made uninviting, we lose more than just a place to rest.
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Pear 🍐 @purelypear.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
If you need to go somewhere and not spend any money, please visit your local library. Library crawls are awesome. Every library is its own little world.
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Eloise Powers @elnopower.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Grandala. The grandala (Grandala coelicolor) is a species of bird in the thrush family Turdidae. It is an arboreal insectivore. It ranges across the northeastern Indian Subcontinent and some adjoining regions, existing primarily in the low-to-mid altitudes of the Himalayas. 📸: @sakthithulir
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Durotriges Dig @durotrigesdig.bsky.social · 01/05/2026
Some Early Bronze Age bling for #FindsFriday The Tarrant Valley lunula (little #moon), a decorated gold foil collar / neck ornament Made between 2200 and 1900 BC Found in 3 pieces in 2014-15 and now on display in Dorset Museum 📷 Sept 2024 #FindsFriday
A crescent-shaped gold foil neck ornament on display in a museum case with a blue background
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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 01/05/2026
⚠️Breaking news: Beaver falls over, tries again despite experiencing this hardship. This adorable accident was spotted on our live camera feed at Holnicote Estate.
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European Movement UK @europeanmovement.co.uk · 01/05/2026
Nicholas Bloom, co-author of the National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper "The Economic Impact of Brexit", which claimed that Brexit has reduced GDP by 6-8%, spoke to Robert Peston about his findings. He argued that we would have "doubled the money on the NHS if we'd not left the EU".
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
Storm winds 🌪️at Barclodiad y Gawres chambered tomb, Ynys Môn/Anglesey, this morning for #TombTuesday
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Ste Lingard @stelingard.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
The stupendous north doorway into the Lady Chapel, #Glastonbury Abbey. 12th century, funded by Henry II. The sculptures show scenes from the Virgin's life (though you would need the eyes of crow to be able to tell that from this snapshot). #AddorableThursday #ChurchCrawling 📷 my own, 2019.
A colour photograph of am arched stone doorway, with ornate sculptures, rather weathered. For more information on the Lady Chapel, visit: https://research.reading.ac.uk/glastonburyabbeyarchaeology/digital/the-lady-chapel-c-1185-1539/building-of-the-lady-chapel/
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Sally Lewis @sallyel.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Dance for creativity and inclusion in person lecture Thurs
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The Choreographic Lens: Widening Creative Horizons and Inclusive Practice
What happens when we view the world through the eyes of a dancer as a powerful tool for personal and social transformation?
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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Hapus! Here's the great Maen Llia menhir, waiting out the millennia high in the Brecon Beacons since the late Neolithic. With a windswept and rainswept human for scale. #StandingStoneSunday
A large diamond shape stone 5m tall standing in wet short grass with a misty moorland beyond. A female figure stands, braced against the elements, to the left of the stone
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
St David's Day Dydd Gŵyl Dewi Artist: H Woolley (1954)
Bright and breezy illustration of three daffodils painted on a simple, grey background
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 28/02/2026
It's really fabulous to wake up to 9k followers 😮🥳. Diolch yn Fawr / thank you everyone 🙏 As a thank you - here is my 1994 Toby the Trowel explainer: 'How Sites Get Buried' 🤔 Surely the most common question ever asked of an archaeologist in a trench..🧐🏺 📷 My own, from younger days
A black - white cartoon explaining the different ways sites get buried
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Sally Lewis @sallyel.bsky.social · 01/03/2026
Survey supporting touring performing arts www.worldpencil.net/touringresea...
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Performing arts touring research | World Pencil
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Sally Lewis @sallyel.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Mapping heritage in danger #DancingHeritage projects.research-and-innovation.ec.europa.eu/en/horizon-m...
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Memory in motion: mapping Europe’s hidden dance heritage
When a dancer leaves the stage for the last time, their art often vanishes with them. Unlike books, paintings or music, contemporary dance has no universal score or lasting archive. Much of Europe’s m...
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Sally Lewis @sallyel.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Last month's dance and museum session at M Shed
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Using Dance and Collections to Promote Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging in Museums - M Shed Bristol - 26 January 2026
Last month was my final networking session as a champion for the South West Growing Together project, a face to face event at Bristol’s M Shed on working with dance, museums and collections for equity...
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Buckinghamshire Archives @bucksarchives.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
We've found this great photo of some of the locals of Hedgerley in the 1920s. This should come as no surprise given their facial expressions, but this photo was taken right outside of the Brickmould pub, where the eight men seem to have been enjoying themselves.
A black and white photo of eight men sat down on a grass verge in the 1920s. There is a wooden fence behind them. Most of them are looking at the camera. Several are smoking with pipes and they all are wearing hats. One man, in the bottom right, is staring off into the distance with half a pint still held in his hand. Their clothing is fairly typical for agricultural labourers, with hard wearing jackets, boots, and trousers. Many of the men are smiling enthusiastically. 

The caption of the photo goes into detail about one of the men. In the bottom right is ''Tanny' Burford, a [mixed race] man who played the bones and sang for beer in the pubs'.
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Dr Toby Driver @drtobydriver.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Feast your eyes on an unusual defended islet on Ynys Môn/Anglesey for #HillfortsWednesday 😮🥰 Ynys y Fydlyn was originally one long headland but a prehistoric collapse isolated the western islet with its several house platforms @rcahmwales.bsky.social survey 2025 Browse in 3D here: skfb.ly/pG6wC
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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Join us for the official launch of dis_place Gallery and the opening of 'I need to be more than a lesson you learned'. The exhibition explores disabled experiences of access and ableist approaches to diversity and inclusion. 25 February Online Free disabilityarts.online/events/dis_p...
A film still showing a a diorama featuring a model of a mobility scooter meeting a raised step. Blue text overlaid reads: I need to be more than a lesson you learned. Exhibition Opening, 25 Feb at 4pm, Online, Free.
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Sally Lewis @sallyel.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
Check out this for #SW #Museums on #Dance and #EDI #Collections in Jan southwestmuseums.org.uk/what-we-do/p...
Dancer in flamenco costume in shades of blue and red with a shawl
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Association of Performing Arts Collections @apac-ssn.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
DanceMap are mapping Europe’s dance heritage to shape cultural policy, support practice & broaden public engagement. If you work within 🇪🇺Dance Heritage as an artist or organisation, they are looking for you to take part in a survey. Visit dancemap.eu for more info
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
disability history @lselibrary.bsky.social exploring Rosa May Billinghurst wheelchair user, militant suffragette blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsehistory/2... padlet links padlet.com/h_dawson/dis... @lsegender.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social #disabilityhistorymonth
rosa may billinghurst suffragette in wheelchair surrounded by police
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 02/12/2025
Just for fun advent calendar – favourite sites of the year for women’s womens history app.myadvent.net/calendar?id=... 1st window well-loved site with amazing manuscripts @lselibrary.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @lsegender.bsky.social @lsesu.bsky.social
advent calendar
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Heather Dawson @socialscience2.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
disability history @lselibrary.bsky.social Rosa May Billinghurst – wheelchair user shocking forced feeding while on hunger strike in prison for suffragette activities ee digital.library.lse.ac.uk/Documents/De... @lsegender.bsky.social @scotsuffragette.bsky.social @womenshistnet.bsky.social
handwritten letter 1913
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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Last Chance to apply! Vital Xposure are looking for Deaf, disabled, or neurodivergent playwrights with leadership ambitions to join them as Literary Associate. Closing - 06 Nov Location - London ££ - £29K-£32K FTE disabilityarts.online/opportunity-...
Company logo. The words ‘Vital Xposure’ are handwritten in ink on a white background. The ink fades from red to orange across the image.
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Sally Lewis @sallyel.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
Session for SW #Museums on #Disability #Employment #Barriers @swfed.bsky.social @museumsassociation.org from #MDSW @artscouncilengland.bsky.social last chance to book this week!
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Growing Together Peer Networking Opportunities - Museum Development South West
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Helen Day @lbflyawayhome.bsky.social · 19/10/2025
The modern world in old Ladybird books. “A small digital computer designed for the businessman” (1971) Artist: BH Robinson
A ‘businessman’ is pictured seated in front of a computer which fills most to the room
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Kay on the Prairie @kayontheprairie.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
Goldfinches have been enjoying the Rattlesnake Master that has gone to seed in the garden 🪶 #gardening #nativeplants #birds
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Margot Finn @eicathomefinn.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
'While it is hard to quantify the prevalence of the AI-generated images, Alenichev and others say their use is on the rise, driven by concerns over consent and cost. Arnold said that US funding cuts to NGO budgets had made matters worse.' 1/2
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AI-generated ‘poverty porn’ fake images being used by aid agencies
Exclusive: Pictures depicting the most vulnerable and poorest people are being used in social media campaigns in the sector, driven by concerns over consent and cost
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Phil Watson @frenchmegaliths.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
The menhir of La Pellionnaie in Gomené (Côtes-d’Armor) is 5.7m tall and made from granite. This card c.1916 by Le Mouel in Plémet in a series titled Le Pays Breton Illustré.
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Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
This year’s UK theme is: Building Belonging: Celebrating the power of our social connections. want to take part? Find out more and download free resources to tailor your own day on our website here: buff.ly/fnNsDSU #IDOP2025 #Ageing #CelebratingAgeing #PositiveAgeing #AgeFriendlyUK
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International Day of Older People – 1 October 2025
Join the UK Network of Age-friendly Communities in celebrating the power that social connections have in shaping our lives and communities, this International Day of Older People
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Cormac MacFhionnlaoich @cormacscoast.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
A beautiful stormbeach Goniatite fossil, polished by Atlantic waves. County Clare, Ireland.
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Bridget McKenzie @bridgetmck.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Earth Talk is a community of practice, a series of courses and gatherings, a playbook and more offering a rich set of tools to hold effective conversations and creative activities about the Earth Crisis. There are now 50+ members of the community and 135+ creative tools shared.
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Discover Earth Talk
Join us to explore the Earth Talk community of practice as a taster before the Autumn series of online workshops
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Sally Lewis @sallyel.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
#AHRC Communty Innovation Practitioner Awards response to By All for All report. #DCDC2025
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Sally Lewis @sallyel.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Learning about #AHRC from Katy Shaw innovation on cocreated projects, innovation & devolution #DCDC2025
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Sally Lewis @sallyel.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
Here online at #DCDC2025 for 3rd day
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Museums Association @museumsassociation.org · 17/06/2025
News | Largest collection of filmed HIV/Aids testimonies opens to public – three-year project was led by the National HIV Story Trust @thelondonarchives.bsky.social #HIVStory #NationalHIVStoryTrust
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Largest collection of filmed HIV/Aids testimonies opens to public - Museums Association
Three-year project was led by the National HIV Story Trust
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Arts Council England @artscouncilengland.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
New report: Leading the Crowd 📣 How public investment in England's arts and cultural sector attracts further income from private investors and earned sources – AKA ‘Crowding In’. Read more 👇 #LetsCreate buff.ly/xOoc2le
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Leading the Crowd: creativity and culture attracts private investment
Today we've published a new report called 'Leading the Crowd' – showing the important role that public investment in England's arts and cultural sector plays in attracting further income from private ...
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Tara Theatre @taratheatre.com · 23/05/2025
From Our Friends ⚡️ Enjoy dynamic South Asian performances and workshops exploring the most popular forms like Bhangra, Garba, Goomar, Kooth and others. Come for the moves, stay for the live music, food and unforgettable spirit 🎭 Stanley Arts 🗓️ 24 May, 12pm-7pm 🎟️ stanleyarts.org/event/common...
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Disability Arts Online @disabilityarts.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
🎉 Netflix has announced a two year funding commitment for the 'Performance Making diploma' led by @aaaprods.bsky.social‬ and co-delivered with Royal Central School of Speech & Drama. disabilityarts.online/magazine/new...
A white woman wearing a gold dress stands onstage with her arms outstretched. White text above reads Performance Making Diploma 2025-2027. Below are the logos for Access All Areas, Royal Central School of Speech and Drama and Netflix.
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Sally Lewis @sallyel.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
Great new resource from @coprocollective.bsky.social www.coproductioncollective.co.uk/news/launchi...
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Celebrating the launch of the Measuring Success in Co-production: Learning by Doing programme | Co-Production Collective
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Bancyreithin Hideaways, Pembrokeshire @bancyreithin.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
Peek-a-boo...I have so many #puffin pics from my 5th visit to #SkomerIsland earlier this month, but this is one of my faves ❤️ See alt text for info about visiting #Skomer. #StunDay #thephotohour #puffins #nature #birds #naturephotography #photography #pembrokeshire #birdwatching #birdinguk #wales
This is a close-up photo of one of over 40,000 puffins peeping out of its burrow on Skomer Island, Pembrokeshire, Wales in May 2025. Puffins typically arrive on Skomer in late April to establish their breeding grounds and the first ones begin to leave around mid-July, with the last usually leaving by the end of the month. See https://www.pembrokeshire-islands.co.uk/boat-trips/ for information about trips to Skomer, and you need to book months in advance if you want to land on the island. Booking usually opens in December.
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Kath Page @orkat3.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
#StandingStoneSunday A different view of the Stones of Stenness and the Watch Stone. From the Ness of Brodgar, you can see the interconnectedness of the #Orkney #Neolithic sites. Out of shot to the left are Maeshowe and Barnhouse village, the Ring of Brodgar directly behind, Unstan tomb to the R.
A landscape showing water from Stenness Loch, a causeway with a huge monolith, the Watch Stone at its end. Three huge monoliths to the right of this are what remains of the stone circle of Stenness, and hills behind.
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Centre for Ageing Better @ageingbetter.bsky.social · 18/05/2025
On Wednesday 11 June, let’s celebrate our ages together! We are all ageing, all the time. When we proudly celebrate our ages, we help challenge the ageism that limits us all. Join us in creating big change with small celebrations this @agewithoutlimits.bsky.social Day. Get involved buff.ly/6zl2jtg
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