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“Location, location, location!” It’s a real estate maxim that proves itself over and over again. Where you set down roots is important. But what are roots if not to grow something? Many interesting and visionary people have planted themselves in Kawartha and in this issue we are delighted to profile them and some of the great things they are growing. On the shores of Pigeon Lake, Mieke Schipper bought an abandoned farm and is turning it into an eco-oasis. An immigrant to Canada, she saw beauty, opportunity, and a chance to create a legacy for future generations. Up the road a bit, James Barrett and Sarah Quick are about to open their tenth season of Globus Theatre. The Lakeview Arts Barn (or LAB) is the home of Globus, where they concoct a season of entertaining professional theatre in Bobcaygeon. A concoction of a different sort has been brewing for forty years in Victoria Road. You can read about mixed media artist Michael Poulton’s artistic explorations in this issue. Remember the Ontario’s tourism song from the 1960’s, “Give us a Place Stand”? The first verse included lyrics like this: “a place to live, for you and me, with hopes as high as the tallest tree”. The writer was Richard Morris. Welcome to Kawartha, where we invite you to plant and grow your own hopes and dreams.
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KAWARTHA POTTERS’ GUILD
GAMIING NATURE CENTRE
New Digs
Back To The Future
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KAWARTHA ANTIQUE POWER SHOW
PONTYPOOL
Fired Up For Some Family Fun
Art In The Fields
Birgitta MacLeod..................................................8 MAP
Regional and Trent Severn Waterway ..................................................................................12 MICHAEL POULTON
Documenting The Paradox Birgitta MacLeod................................................14
..................................................................................16 CARDEN PLAIN
Ontario’s Birding Paradise Birgitta MacLeod................................................17 RECIPE
Bring On The Rhubarb Foodland Ontario...............................................20
KAWARTHA POTTERS’ GUILD
New Digs Birgitta MacLeod
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The gallery is in the shallow end and the glazing room is in the deep end.
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hat’s the new layout of the Kawartha Potters’ Guild new gallery and studio space. In May the guild threw open the doors on their new space, a former community pool on Talwood Drive in Peterborough. Rest assured you don’t have to climb down a ladder to view the pottery. The whole place has been renovated to accommodate the guild’s many activities. If you ever wanted to try your hand at throwing pots on the wheel or crafting with clay, the new space offers plenty of opportunity. It’s a multi-function space with gallery sales at the front, studios and workshop space at one side, a glazing ‘alley’
and kiln room in the back. Formed about fifteen years ago, the Kawartha Potters’ Guild has some fifty members, with about a dozen currently selling their work in the gallery. Some play with clay as a hobby and others are professional artisans. George Stewart is a well-established potter and instrumental in setting up the new space. He’s been a potter for forty years and has set up his studio in the newly refurbished building. In addition to the handmade pottery in the gallery there are pieces by members of the local spinners and weavers group as well as woodturners. Eventually these three groups hope to join forces, leave their rented digs and find a permanent home in what they’ll call The Artisan Centre. But that’s a few years and a few grants away. The bright, airy space serves them well for now. There’s a schedule of classes and workshops and potters can rent studio space or pay a fee to use the kilns. With proper
ventilation and easy clean up (there are still drains in the floor), it’s a great place to make a mess as well as something functional and beautiful. In the summer members will offer a day camp for kids called “Mud and Motion”. For more information about the Kawartha Potters Guild, visit the website www.kawarthapottersguild.com or call 705742-4979. The new gallery is located at 993 Talwood Drive, near the intersection of Sherbrooke Street and Goodfellow Road. There’s a handy map on the website as the location may be hard to find if you aren’t familiar with Peterborough. &
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KAWARTHA ANTIQUE POWER SHOW
Fired Up For Some Family Fun Birgitta MacLeod
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entleman, ladies and kids, start your engines… the Kawartha Antique Power Show is back at the Lindsay Exhibition this month, June 22 and 23. This year marks the 35th year for the event, which gets bigger and more popular every year. The show features antique tractors, steam engines and other fun-towatch farm equipment, as well as entertainment and contests. In the spotlight this year are Hart, Parr, Cockshutt and Oliver tractors. There are demonstrations of timber sawing, shingle making, threshing, and rope making. A perennial highlight is the threshing machine in action. Outfitted with plexi-glass side panels, you can see the inner workings as it removes the grain from the stalk. Once a fixture during harvest time, threshing machines were replaced by combines, saving many hours of labour. 8
The old farm equipment, including hit and miss engines, steam engines, old shingle and saw mills, antique tractors and vintage pumps are a visual treat. But it’s also a great opportunity for families to see how farm work was done fifty to a hundred years ago. Collectors and aficionados can compare notes and talk to like-minded enthusiasts. Competitors can enter the obstacle courses and tractor pulls. The junior tractor events are especially popular. There’s even a pedal pull for the little ones. When you’re not examining the equipment or competing, there’s entertainment, food booths, a silent auction, children’s centre and more. “I think one of the most important things about our club and show is how it brings families together. Many threegeneration families participate in our show,” said Gail Jordan, secretary of Kawartha Antique Power. Gail became involved via her husband and his father. They’ve been taking
part for about thirty years. There are more than 200 full-time members and fifty junior members in the club. While it’s true that most of the collectors and competitors are men, the ladies of the club are very much involved in the event. Just for them there’s a fun event called the Powder Puff Pull. This is the second year that the show has taken place in Lindsay. The show moved from Fenelon Falls because it was getting bigger and bigger. “We’ve doubled our attendance since moving to Lindsay,” said Gail. The show opens daily with a parade of tractors at 10:00 a.m. and continues until 5 pm, rain or shine. Admission is $8, children under 12 admitted free with an adult. The Lindsay Exhibition is located at 354 Angeline St. South in Lindsay. For more information, visit the club’s website www.kawarthaantiquepower.com. &
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GLOBUS THEATRE
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he dogs are howling, the tunes are a-rockin’, Shirley’s getting her groove on and the sexy laundry is on the line in Bobcaygeon this summer. It’s all part of the show at the Lakeview Arts Barn as Globus Theatre presents its tenth season. The creative brainchild of James Barrett and Sarah Quick, Globus Theatre offers an entertaining season of summer theatre, chock a block full of music, laughter, romance and this year, sex. Globus is a professional company, bringing professional actors to Kawartha to entertain and delight audiences of all ages. Besides adult theatre, improv and comedies, the company also presents children’s performances on three Saturday mornings. The season begins with the first Canadian production of The Hound of the Baskervilles. “It’s a very, very funny adaptation of the Sherlock Holmes story, a fast-paced spoof where three actors play all the parts,” said James. With more than twenty roles to play, it’s sure to be an energetic, eccentric and fun evening. The Hound of the Baskervilles plays June 26 to July 6. From July 9 to 20th, Back in ’59 hits the stage. This touring show has played to sell-out crowds across Ontario and tells the story of four friends who look back during their 1973 high school reunion to all the great music of their youth. With over seventy hits from 1959 to 1963, it’s a night of harmonies, melodies and dancing. In the next production, Sarah Quick stars in the one-woman show, Shirley Valentine. The play is a favourite of Ontario summer theatre, perhaps because so many can relate to Shirley’s desire to get more out of life and have an adventure. Shirley’s life-changing adventure takes her to Greece and a love affair that sure beats talking to the walls. The Globus crew are particularly excited about the next show. On a First Name Basis 10
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is a Norm Foster play about a novelist who realizes that after 28 years he knows nothing about his maid. He sets out to get to know her better, with surprising, moving and hilarious results. James and Sarah are excited about this play because Norm Foster will be starring. “We contacted him to get a copy of the play and he said maybe he could come out and do the play himself,” said James. “He’s a really great guy. This is his thirtieth anniversary of being a playwright.” Regular theatre goers will be well familiar with Norm Foster, who has more than fifty plays to his name. He is the most produced playwright in Canada. But he loves to act as well and from August 6 to 17 you can see him on stage in Bobcaygeon. The adult season wraps up with Sexy June 2013
Laundry, August 21 to 31. In this romantic comedy, a couple wanting to jump start their marriage check into a sexy spa hotel with a copy of Sex for Dummies. You’ll have to see the play to find out what ensues. For kids, Globus presents Tom’s Amazing Cats, just the right kind of show for kids age three to eight, on July 13, and a musical morning of Terri and Rick’s Greatest Hits on August 3. The kids will be rolling with laughter on August 24 during The Dog Pound, an interactive and hilarious improv show for kids six to twelve. Globus makes its home in the Lakeview Arts Barn, one of rare the venues in Ontario where the black-box theatre can be completely removed from the building. James and Sarah invested more than $1 million to renovate the structure, a barn
turned dance hall that has been a Kawartha diversion for generations. There’s a bar and dining room on-site for pre-show dinner or drinks and the facility can host weddings, conferences and parties when the theatre seating is removed. The theatre attracts busloads of tourists to Bobcaygeon and with more than thirty seasonal and year-round staff, is a boost to the local economy. “It’s a huge undertaking but we love it. The whole idea is to offer a wide variety so that anyone can feel comfortable coming here. It’s a very intimate theatre and great experience,” said James. For more information or to purchase tickets, including season tickets and dinner theatre packages, call 705-738-2037 or visit the website www.lakeviewartsbarn.com. & 11
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MICHAEL POULTON
Documenting The Paradox Birgitta MacLeod
Some people think it’s an antique shop and it’s not. It’s not a museum. It’s not quite an art gallery. — Michael Poulton
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ichael Poulton’s words might sound vague but it’s not in his careful, exploratory nature to tack a definition on something that defies defining. It is a sort of art installation forty years in the making. It is Michael Poulton’s Museum of Temporary Art. The irony, or paradox, is that many of the assemblages and objects in the former general store turned art project are carefully labeled and catalogued. The main floor of the old building is fully stocked with a beguiling assortment of found and altered objects, original paintings by Michael, and sculptures made by piecing or placing together seemingly random things. The total effect is intriguing, captivating. You feel like a time traveller from the future gone back to the past. You see things from a different point of view. Within the ordered chaos of the Museum of Temporary Art there is the work of art that is the whole, and many, many pieces that stand on their own strength, apart from the assemblage. The Museum of Temporary Art is located in Victoria Road, a once bustling town just east of Kirkfield. “I found this place in a book about Ontario ghost towns. It was 1971 and the building was really rough. It had been abandoned for twenty years. As a young artist it was a building I could afford to buy.” Michael lived in the former store for the first ten years without running water or electricity. 14
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He had a varied and peripatetic career. After graduating from art college in England, Michael worked in the North West Territories for a while, he was a photographer, he worked in Ethiopia in refugee camps during the famine, helping to establish a craft centre. He worked as a graphic designer; he has taught at Sheridan, Georgian and Fleming colleges. As an artist, Michael is an explorer, a sleuth, a maker of maps. He loves language and words, puns and conundrums. Like many artists he creates works in series. A recent body of work incorporates old antique prints and collages with arrows. “The arrow is like the first word or mark in all cultures. In some of them I’ve painted on valuable old prints and now any commercial value [of the June 2013
print] is gone. I’ve marked it like graffiti”. The arrow changes the image and raises questions rather than providing direction. He likes to play with words, meaning and ideas, to question, to monkey with juxtaposition. It’s an art form that can be hard to sell commercially. “I’m still waiting to be discovered. I’m bad at self-promoting,” he admits. “I keep doing my stuff and hoping for the best.” At 64 years, Michael is still creating, still painting, still assembling. He generally participates in two shows a year, most recently at Jet Fuel in Toronto. “When I was younger I had my work in galleries across Toronto and in the states. I participated in some major shows. I don’t travel so much anymore.” He continues to add to his Museum of
Temporary Art. “I do everything over the top. I’m not taking it too seriously but taking it seriously enough to do a good job. You can’t put you ego into it,” he says. The Museum of Temporary Art is also Michael’s home, which he shares with his partner of 30 years, Marg, and a rabbit named Fido. Their son, Priam, is a photographer living and working in Toronto. You can see more of Michael’s art at www.behance.net/museumoftemporaryart. During the summer the Museum of Temporary Art is open on Fridays and Saturdays from 12 noon to 5 pm, by chance or appointment during the rest of the week. Admission is by donation. The community of Victoria Road is located just east of Kirkfield. To contact Michael Poulton, call 705-438-3032. & 15
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aintings displayed in a refurbished century-old barn. Sculptures nestled into a meadow. Textile hangings fluttering in the breeze and whimsical ornaments peeking from gardens. Art in the Fields at South Pond Farms will bring together an enticing range of art and artists in a beautiful rural setting July 1 to July 7, 2013. “I am inspired every day by the everchanging natural world around me,” says South Pond’s owner Danielle French. “Ever since moving here, it’s been a dream of mine to use the meadows, pond and woods as a backdrop for artists to display their work.” The week-long exhibition opens with a reception on Sunday, June 30 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m., which will feature homemade tapas, flatbreads and other fare from South Pond’s outdoor stone oven, as well as live music and a chance to meet some of the artists and see Zimbabwean sculptor Simon Chidharara in action. Art in the Fields will be open from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily, except for Saturday, July 6 when it closes at 1:00 p.m. Danielle has worked with textile artist Dale Sutton to ensure a wide variety of art will be featured, including photography; painting; weaving; stone, glass and wire sculpture; jewellery; furniture; quilted pieces and much more. “It was easy to select the artists,” says Danielle. “We simply pictured their work displayed against barn boards or against a backdrop of waving grasses and wildflowers. I really think the results will be stunning.” There is no admission to Art in the Fields. Artworks will be available for purchase on site. South Pond Farms is located at 1020 Gray Road in Pontypool. For more information, call: 705-772-0609 or visit the website www.southpondfarms.ca. & Painting: Amanda Hill
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CARDEN PLAIN
Ontario’s Birding Paradise Birgitta MacLeod
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earson Airport isn’t the only international flight destination in Ontario. Here in Kawartha the Cardin Plain has been welcoming flyers from across the continent and beyond for millennia. The grasslands around Carden are a paradise for a wide variety of bird species, so much so that the Carden Plain is designated as an Important Bird Area (IBA). The endangered eastern loggerhead shrike, for example, finds this area enticing and safe. Birdwatchers from around the world travel to Carden to catch a glimpse of this and hundreds of other species. So what makes the area so special? For starters, it’s not very populated. But it is the expanse of grassland, with the occasional area of shrubs and savannah that creates welcoming conditions. A combination of shallow limestone bedrock and a relatively thin soil covering makes it hard for trees to thrive but ideal for prairie grasses. The Carden Plain is an alvar, a rare ecosystem found only in parts of northern Europe and in the Great Lakes region on Ontario. In 1998, Birdlife International designated the Carden Plain as an IBA because of the
concentration of grassland birds and because it was one of the last remaining habitats of the eastern loggerhead shrike.
Ecological conservation and support isn’t the only goal of the program. Promoting bird watching and all the public, educational, recreational and economic benefits that go with it are also part of the mission. In the Carden Plain, thirty bird species have been identified as important. The list includes the golden-wing warbler, eastern bluebird, black tern, short-eared owl, and eastern towhee. Bobolinks are on the list too; this species has declined more than 35 percent in the last 25 years. The grasshopper sparrow has fared worse, with a decline of almost 70 percent. The biggest threat to bird species is loss of habitat and the chief causes of this are
quarrying and changing agricultural practices. Grassland birds benefit from pasture-raised livestock. Grazing livestock disturb the ground enough to promote new and diverse growth of grass and wildflowers, along with keeping a lid on shrub and tree growth. When hay was cut just one at the end of the season, grassland birds could nest and raise their young undisturbed but when growers cut hay earlier or more frequently, the nests can be disturbed. Some other factors are the suppression of wildfires, which clear the land of shrubs and trees but help create ideal grassland conditions, invasive non-native species and, unfortunately, ill-behaved birders. The rules of birdwatching are pretty simple: don’t trespass on private property, don’t disturb your feathered friends, don’t go hunting for nests and keep your distance when taking photographs. As a matter of local etiquette, park your car so it’s not in anyone’s way when you stop, keeping in mind that many farm vehicles are extrawide and need more space. For more information about the Carden Plain, visit the website www.cardenplainimportantbirdarea.com. &
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GAMIING NATURE CENTRE
Back To The Future Birgitta MacLeod
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ettlers in the mid 1800’s must have looked out over the Kawartha landscape and sighed with pleasure at the richness and diversity. Such a grand place to clear the forest and bury their new seeds in the ground, to hunt game and raise livestock. Unfortunately, the land wasn’t as well suited as they’d hoped. In areas of glacial till, where the topsoil is thin and sandy, it only took two or three generations to strip the land of its richness. Farms were abandoned as useless once the wind and water had eroded the arable land. What is now the Gamiing Nature Centre was once one of these “refuse farms”, but thanks to Mieke Schipper and hundreds of volunteers, the land is being restored to its natural state. Mieke purchased the 100 acre parcel on the shores of Pigeon Lake in 1984 and slowly, tree by tree, began returning it to its ancient state, when aboriginal people 18
inhabited the land. Today the Gamiing Nature Centre is a part of a conservation agreement with the Kawartha Heritage Conservancy, a regional Land Trust, and is open to the public. Gamiing (pronounced gah-minj) is an Ojibwa word meaning “at the shore”. Today the nature centre is an eco-paradise, with 10 kilometres of trails and 30 acres of ANSI (Area of Natural and Scientific Interest) and provincially significant wetland. The wildlife has returned and native plant species are reestablished. There are programs for school children and families, and active partnerships with local colleges and environmental groups. But it’s not fancy. As you drive into Gamiing there’s a small parking area, a discovery centre and office in trailer and straw bale house to greet you. It’s not flashy or commercial. It’s modest and natural. Thanks to some environmental grants, the Gamiing Nature Centre is able to employ
some professional staff for specific projects. Katie Clapham and Stephen MacDonald are two Fleming College grads who currently manage the programming at Gamiing. Katie and Stephen both believe in the “no child left inside” philosophy of getting kids outdoors and connecting them with nature. They’ve designed some curriculum based school programs that can accommodate as many as fifty students for a visit. The programs give kids a chance to put into practice what they just hear about in the classroom. Taking and studying actual water or soil samples, for example, or seeing what biodiversity and sustainability really look, feel, sound and smell like. “We really want to be able to help kids connect with nature, to respect it, to feel more comfortable in nature, and to want to protect it for the future,” says Katie. The programs are utterly affordable, at only $5 per student for a half day program or $10 for a full-day experience. June 2013
Katie and Stephen’s Top Five Reasons for Visiting Gamiing Nature Centre: n Recreation. It’s a great place to get away from your daily routine and to be physically active, even just by going for a walk. n Wildlife. It’s a wonderful place to view all kinds of birds, animals and reptiles. n Learning. There’s good interpretive signage on the trails. You’ll learn a lot. n Peace. It’s a tranquil place to be. n Geocaching. Now that’s fun for the whole family.
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For families and individuals the selfguided trails can be contemplative, fun or even competitive. You can watch birds, deer and other wildlife from the several viewing areas. You can go geocaching. Geocaching is an outdoor recreation, a sort of orienteering scavenger hunt played around the world. Using GPS coordinates, participants locate containers or geocaches. The containers are weather proof and contain a logbook to record your visit. Sometimes there are treasures or tokens to exchange inside the container. There are six geocaches on the Gamiing property so far. Katie set up three of them and other enthusiasts were responsible for the other three. “We’d welcome even more,” says Katie. Waterproof boxes are the only treasures hiding at Gamiing. Several endangered species have found a safe haven as well. The Least Bittern, the Blandings Turtle, the Hognosed Snake, Five-lined Skink and Black Tern have found the grounds to be welcoming and hospitable. In Ontario their numbers have dwindled because of loss of habitat, invasive species, an overabundance of predators or simply a fear of snakes that compels people to kill snakes simply for being snakes. A watchful visitor may be able to take home photographs of some of these creatures, or the many other animals and reptiles that make their home at Gamiing. You can also take home a tree or native plant from the on-site nursery. Homeowners and cottagers will appreciate that local species such as white pine, tamarack, elderberry, highbush cranberry, sumac, aspen or poplar make the best choices. These local species are suited to our climate and landscape. The Gamiing Nature Centre is an evolving, growing, living treasure. It’s an easy destination if you want to get yourself or your kids off the couch and away from the screen for a pleasant walk, some fishing, a game of nature bingo, some bird or wildlife watching. You can even bring the dog. The Gamiing Nature Centre is located at 1884 Pigeon Lake Road, between Bobcaygeon and Lindsay. For more information, visit the website www.gamiing.org or call 705-799-7083. & 19
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spring tonic like no other, rhubarb offers a sharp but pleasant taste that’s perfectly suited to baked desserts, drinks and even savoury dishes. Its bright pink colour heralds the summer harvest yet to come.
Rhubarb is readily available in local farm markets in June or, if you’re lucky, in your own garden or over the neighbour’s fence. When buying rhubarb, look for firm, crisp stalks, and remember, the reddest stalks may not be the most flavourful. You can easily freeze rhubarb to use later in the year. Wash and cut the pieces and store in freezer bags or containers. But do avoid the leaves, which contain a potential toxin called oxalic acid. Rhubarb is a decent source of calcium and fibre. One cup (250 mL) of raw, diced rhubarb contains only 27 calories. Since you generally add sugar to rhubarb, though, let’s forget the calorie count and enjoy the tangy moment. Mmmmm. &
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www.justforthehalibut.ca | 705-738-4545
We offer the use of Green products Ingredients: n 1 cup (250 mL) all-purpose flour n 3/4 cup (175 mL) large-flake rolled oats n 1/2 cup (125 mL) packed light brown sugar n 1/3 cup (75 mL) unsalted butter, melted
Filling: n 2 Ontario Eggs n 1/2 cup (125 mL) granulated sugar n 1/4 cup (50 mL) all-purpose flour n 1/4 tsp (1 mL) nutmeg n 2-1/2 cups (625 mL) chopped (1/4-inch/5 mm pieces) Ontario Rhubarb
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Preparation Instructions: In large bowl, combine flour, oats and brown sugar; stir in butter until blended. Set aside 3/4 cup (175 mL) for topping. Press remaining mixture into greased 9-inch (2 L) square cake pan, pressing firmly. Bake in 350˚F (180˚C) oven for 10 minutes. Filling: In bowl, beat together eggs, sugar, flour and nutmeg until smooth. Stir in rhubarb. Spread over warm base. Sprinkle with reserved oat mixture, using fingers and pressing down gently. Bake for 45 minutes or until lightly browned. Let cool completely before cutting into squares. Store refrigerated.
Nutritional Information: n 1 Serving; n Protein: 2 grams; n Fat: 4 grams; n Carbohydrates: 20 grams; n Calories: 121; n Fibre: 1 gram; n Sodium: 10 mg June 2013
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