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On #WorldEnvironmentDay2023 sharing my top 5 #Wildlife destinations. A thread with photos by @shranjan

1) Corbett - The #beauty of #Corbett lies in its montane #river valleys, majestic Sal #forests and expansive #grasslands teeming with #wildlife.

@ReserveCorbett #Dhikala ImageImageImageImage
2) Tadoba - It has transformed from a little known forest in the 90’s to Central India’s tiger capital. The only park where tiger sightings in #buffer zone are as good as the core.
@etadoba #tadoba @SvasaraResorts #TigerReserve ImageImageImageImage
3) Kaziranga - Wildlife as far as the #eye can see, the only park in #India that can match the experience of #MasaiMara. You can sight the “Big Five” in a single #safari.

@kaziranga_ #Assam #BigFive @assamforest ImageImageImageImage
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"In March 2023 the #Forest #Conservation Amendment bill was plaed before the LokSabha. Ms Prakriti Srivastava,IFS (PCCF #Kerala) & I jointly wrote a submission to the Joint Parliamentary Committee, link provided at the end of the (long) thread. 1/n
highlighting the imp pts:
Fundamental changes in the proposed bill:
a)Limits the scope & ambit of the original FCA (1980), removing crucial safeguards from a vast majority of India's #biodiverse rich #forests, thereby opens the floodgates for diversion for other uses
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b) Undoes many provisions of the existing #ForestConservationAct; c) dilutes the 202/1996 #SupremeCourt ‘Godavarman’ #judgement, overturns its #conservation gains
(d) facilitates privatisation of forests to create plantations
e) shifts focus from conservation of forests to 3/n
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Projects into considerations:
1. A proposal for a #golf course and resort in the #ecosensitive zone of Keibul Lamjao National Park in #Manipur
2. Denotification of 292.39 ha revenue land from National Chambal Wildlife Sanctuary in #MadhyaPradesh
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hindustantimes.com/india-news/nat…
3. In the Western Ghats region, there is a proposal to divert 7.8991 ha of land from default #ecosensitive zone (ESZ) or 10km radius around #Malabar Wildlife Sanctuary for a stone crushing unit in #Kerala s Kozhikode district at a distance of only 2.56 kms from the sanctuary. 2/5
4. The NBWL is also considering a proposal to divert 4.606 ha from default #ecosensitive zone of Periyar #Tiger Reserve for a stone quarry in Kerala’s Idukki district, about 8.61 km from the boundary of the tiger reserve. 3/5
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A little thread on biodiversity #datasharing #openaccess #openscience. On sharing data on #rainforest birds and habitat that @gundupoo and I collected during 1997-99 in the Kalakad-Mundathurai Tiger Reserve #WesternGhats... a retrospective from a quarter century later 1/n In KMTR, March 1999; Photo by P JeganathanIn KMTR, Dec 2018; Photo by Kalyan Varma
Field biologists need not just collect or hoard biodiversity data for their own use. Sharing under a CC-BY or public domain (CC0) license enables better and wider use and adds value to science and scholarship, students and citizens. 2/n Illustration @dasaptaerwin @WikiCommons
For a start, our doctoral research data from KMTR, used in a couple of papers, is now @datadryad (CC0/Public Domain license). Bird and vegetation/habitat data from 21 transects in rainforests along an elevation gradient and from abandoned plantations. 3/n
datadryad.org/stash/dataset/…
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ಕಬ್ಬೆಕ್ಕುಗಳು - CIVETS

ವಿವೆರಿಡೀ(viverridae) ಕುಟುಂಬದ ಕಬ್ಬೆಕ್ಕುಗಳು ಬೆಕ್ಕುಗಳಿಗೆ ಹೋಲಿಕೆ ಕಂಡು ಬಂದರೂ ಮುಂಗುಸಿಗಳಿಗೆ ಹತ್ತಿರದವು, ಉದ್ದ ಶರೀರ ಗಿಡ್ಡ ಕಾಲು, ಪ್ರತಿ ಕಾಲಿಗೆ ಭಾಗಶಃ ಒಳ ಸೇರುವ ಉಗುರುಳ್ಳ ಐದು ಬೆರಳುಗಳಿವೆ, ನೀಳ ತಲೆ ಚೂಪಾದ ಮುಸುಡಿ ಇದೆ, ಇವು ಮಿಶ್ರಹಾರಿಗಳು.
ನಮ್ಮ ರಾಜ್ಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಮೂರು ಜಾತಿಯ ಕಬ್ಬೆಕ್ಕುಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡಬಹುದು. ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷಲ್ಲಿ ಇವಕ್ಕೆ Civet ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯುತ್ತಾರೆ.

1) ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಕಬ್ಬೆಕ್ಕು:Asian palm civet ಇದು ರಾಜ್ಯದೆಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ಕಂಡುಬರುತ್ತದೆ, ಮರ ಹಾಗು ನೆಲ ವಾಸಿ, ಮಿಶ್ರಹಾರಿ, ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ ಮೈಬಣ್ಣ ಬಿಳಿ ಮಿಶ್ರಿತ ಕಪ್ಪು ರಾತ್ರಿ ಸಂಚರಿಸುವ ಇವು ಪಾಳು ಮನೆ ಮರದ ಪೊಟರೆಯಲ್ಲಿ
ವಾಸಿಸುತ್ತದೆ, ಕೆಲವು ಸಲ ಮನೆಗಳಿಗೂ ನುಗ್ಗಿ ದಾಂಧಲೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತದೆ

2) ಪುನುಗು ಬೆಕ್ಕು Small Indian civet ಇದು ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ಕಾಣುತ್ತದೆ, 3 - 4 ಕಿಲೋ ತೂಗುತ್ತವೆ, ಹಳದಿ ಬೂದು ಅಥವಾ ಬೂದುಗಂದು, ಬೆನ್ನ ಮೇಲೆ 4-5 ಕಪ್ಪು ಪಟ್ಟೆಗಳು ಪಕ್ಕದಲ್ಲಿ ಚುಕ್ಕೆಗಳ ಸಾಲು ಇದೆ, ಬಾಲದುದ್ದಕ್ಕೂ ಕಪ್ಪು ಉಂಗುರಗಳಿವೆ.
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ಇಂದು ದೇಶಾದ್ಯಂತ ಹಾಗೂ ನಮ್ಮ ರಾಜ್ಯಾದ್ಯಂತ ಆಚರಿಸುತ್ತಿರೋ “ವನ್ಯಜೀವಿ ಸಪ್ತಾಹ” ಕ್ಕೆ ನಮ್ಮ ತೀವ್ರ ವಿರೋಧವಿದೆ….!

ರಾಜ್ಯಪಾಲರು, ಅರಣ್ಯಮಂತ್ರಿಗಳು, ಅರಣ್ಯ ಪಡೆಯ ಮುಖ್ಯಸ್ಥರು ಇಂದು ಬೆಂಗಳೂರಿನಲ್ಲಿ ನಡೆದ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮದಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಿದ್ದು: 👇👇👇👇( ದಯವಿಟ್ಟು ಓದಿ )🙏🙏🙏 Retweet ಮಾಡಿ ImageImageImageImage
ನಿಮಗೆ ತಿಳಿದಿರುವಂತೆ ಈ ಎಲ್ಲಾ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳು ನಮ್ಮ ಪಶ್ಚಿಮಘಟ್ಟದೊಳಗಿನ ಅತೀಸೂಕ್ಷ್ಮ ಪರಿಸರ ವಲಯದಲ್ಲಿಯೇ ಬರುತ್ತವೆ. ಹಾವನ್ನು ಕುರಿತಾಗಿ, ಕಪ್ಪೆಗಳ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ಹೀಗೇ ನಾನಾ ರೀತಿಯ ಸಂಶೋಧನೆ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಿರುವ ನೀವುಗಳು ಯಾಕೆ ಇಂತಹ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳನ್ನು ವಿರೋಧಿಸ್ತಿಲ್ಲ? ಮುಂದೆ ಈ ಯೋಜನೆಗಳೆಲ್ಲಾ ನಡೆದುಹೋದರೆ ನಿಮಗೆ ನಮಗೆ ಕುಡಿಯೋಕೇ ನೀರು ಸಿಗಲ್ಲ…!
ಉಸಿರೇ ಇರಲ್ಲ…! ಇನ್ನು ಕಪ್ಪೆ ಹಾವು ಚಿಟ್ಟೆಗಳ ಮಾತೆಲ್ಲಿ ಬಂತು?

ವನ್ಯಜೀವಿ ಕಾಯ್ದೆ ಎಲ್ಲಿದೆ?
ಅರಣ್ಯನೀತಿ ಎಲ್ಲಿದೆ?
ಮಾಧವ್ ಗಾಡ್ಗೀಳ್ ವರದಿಗಳು ಎಲ್ಲಿ ಹೋದವು? ಅವುಗಳನ್ನು ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ಜಾರಿಮಾಡುವುದು ಮತ್ತು ಅದರಂತೆ ಕಾನೂನು ಕಾಪಾಡುವುದು ಯಾರ ಕೆಲಸ? ಸರ್ಕಾರದವರು ಎಡವಿದಾಗ ನಿಮ್ಮಂತವರು ಎಚ್ಚರಿಸಬೇಕಲ್ಲವೇ?
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A #thread on our recent paper in @PLOSNTDs examining ecological #evidence-base for #DiseaseControl management practices for #KyasanurForestDisease #AcademicTwitter #Scicomm #OneHealth; paper led by @SarahBurthe from @MonkeyFever_ consortium
#Diseasecontrol strategies originate through endorsements by Governments/academia/authorities; they're often not field-tested robustly; even when they are, evidence is limited to one sector (cf. #OneHealth #Intersectoral approaches);
#publichealth approaches ought to be contextual & their effectiveness ought to be evaluated, yet strategies for disease control often spread through word of mouth and are sometimes untested;
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Engineering a City #thread
Having spent my entire childhood in #Kochi (#Cochin ), it feels criminal to not know the story of how the city came to be the #metropolis it is today. Putting together a thread to trace the journey of the city which has been so endearingly mine (1)
Part 1: The #Malabar Mud-Banks
The story of Cochin is not just about how an engineering marvel can change social fabric, but also of many tenets of #British #Colonialism in India which is often taken for granted, passed off lazily as exploitation, missing nuance (2)
As with any coastal town, the cultural and economic history of Kochi is intertwined with maritime trade routes since the time of the Early Romans and Arabs. Thanks to the #biennale , most of us would now be familiar with the term #Muzuris (3)
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Climate portals like @Fridays4future India , #LetIndiaBreathe , The Is No Earth B were blocked for several days and issued notices under anti terror law UAPA. #DelhiPolice later withdrew the notices. Websites were subsequently unblocked. But why was this done Thread continues...
These websites have been writing to the Govt against #EIA2020draft & spreading awareness about the problematic clauses in the draft... Action was allegedly taken because they allegedly spammed mailbox of Environment Ministry and Ministry. Thread continues....
The deadline for response to the Draft is till August 10. Govt had set a June deadline but Delhi HC ordered the extension in the light of #Lockdown so that people get enough time to respond, participate, object to any problematic clauses in #EIA2020draft ... Thread continues...
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Large charismatic birds with disproportionately large beaks and distinctive calls, #hornbills are the #farmers of our #forests. Today’s #WildAboutFacts series focuses on these feathered foresters.

Join us & share your hornbill images!

Rufous-necked Hornbills
📷Sarbajit Ghosh
#WildAboutFacts

There are 62 #hornbill species in the world, with 32 in #Asia and 30 in #Africa.

#India is home to 9 of them including the #GreatHornbill, the #MalabarPiedHornbill and the #RufousNeckedHornbill.

Malabar Pied Hornbill
📷 @samyak15
#WildAboutFacts

Several #hornbill species have a distinct #casque on their upper mandible. #GreatHornbills have a prominent #yellow and #black casque.

📷 Keya Das
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ದೇವರ ಮನೆ Devaramane : God's Home, well this place justifies the name as visiting here surely gives you, heavenly & devine feeling!!

Sri Kalabhairaveshwara Temple
#devaramane #Chikmagalur #mudigere #Karnataka ImageImage
ದೇವರ ಮನೆ :
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ಭೂಲೋಕದ ಸ್ವರ್ಗ, ಚಿಕ್ಕಮಗಳೂರು ಜಿಲ್ಲೆಯ ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ ಘಟ್ಟಗಳ ದಟ್ಟ ಕಾಡಿನ ನಡುವೆ ಐತಿಹಾಸಿಕ ಕಾಲಭೈರವೇಶ್ವರ ದೇವಾಲಯ.

#ದೇವರಮನೆ #ಮೂಡಿಗೆರೆ Vc: SDM #ಚಿಕ್ಕಮಗಳೂರು #ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ #westernghats #devaramane
@CTRavi_BJP
Devaramane :
11th century built Kalabhairava temple amids evergreen western ghats landscapes near Mudigere, Chikkamagaluru Karnataka, was an unexplored place few years back
The ‘Punarpratishthapane’ was held in the temple only in 2019.
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The Earth has Music for those who Listen..
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Nature sounds!! 💚

#WorldMusicDay #nature #birds
Beauty of #nature language!!
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Animals make sound alaram to save 🦌 from Tiger/ leopard.
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Langur 🐒 s are on high alart for any sign of Predators! 🐅🐆

#wildlife #westernghats #deer
Vc Karthik @ParveenKaswan
Nothing better than the sound of birds chirping early in the morning and the evening. 🐦

Nature is the best therapy. 💚
#NationalWildlifeDay #birds
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Charmadi Ghat ಚಾರ್ಮಾಡಿ ಘಾಟ್ - ಮಳೆಯಲಿ ಜೊತೆಯಲಿ..💚
One of the spectacular roads connects Dakshina kannada with #Chikmagalur, an experience beyond words! a Heavenly spot blessed with lush green #westernghats & waterfalls is indeed the Pride of Karnataka.

#Monsoon2020 #Karnataka
Agumbe : The land of waterfalls and
Forests is one of the most off-beat hillstations in the #westernghats #karnataka
Koodlu Theertha :
a stream of water that drops 300 ft. into a shallow pool, an Isolated waterfall near hebri ಆಗುಂಬೆ ಘಾಟಿ

#Udupi #agumbe #thirthahalli #shimoga
Jhari falls - A jewel of Chikmagalur 💚 the Chandra Drona Mountains on the way to Dattapitha, Mullayanagiri.
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ಮೋಹಕ ಝರಿ ಜಲಪಾತ
ಪರಿಸರ ಮತ್ತು ವನ್ಯಜೀವಿ ಸಂರಕ್ಷಣೆ ನಮ್ಮೆಲ್ಲರ ಹೊಣೆ.🌱

#karnataka #chikkamagaluru
#IncredibleIndia #waterfalls #nature #karnatakarains
Vc:Jayachandra
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Enchanting Kavaledurga Fort I
Amazing 9th C.Hystoric fort nestled in Forest I ಕವಲೇದುರ್ಗ

ಶ್ರೀಮಂತ ಸಾಹಿತ್ಯ ಸಂಸ್ಕೃತಿ ಪ್ರಕೃತಿ ಸೌಂದರ್ಯ ಸ್ಥಳಗಳನ್ನು ಹೊಂದಿರುವ ರಾಜ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಕನ್ನಡ ನಾಡು ಮೋದಲ ಸ್ಥಾನದಲ್ಲಿದೆ Govt must protect it.

#Karnataka #westernghats #nature #Thirthahalli #shivamogga
Kavualedurga Fort Bhuvanagiri (9th C) the 4th and last capital of Keladi kingdom in karnataka was a stronghold of the ಕೆಳದಿ Nayakas.

These dilapidated structures all that is left of Venkatappa Nayaka's palace, once bustling fort city now stands as a silent witness to a lost era! ImageImageImageImage
ದೇವಾಗಂಗೆ ಕೊಳ Devangange Pond :

This place is located near Nagara was belongs to Keladi kingdom. There are 7 ponds of different sizes have been constructed in a large courtyard were once the sporting ground of Keladi Royal family I Vc :SDM Bengaluru
#Malnad #Devagange #Karnataka ImageImageImageImage
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Breathtaking beauty of the Mighty Jog Falls, one of the longest waterfalls in India I
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ಮಲೆನಾಡು I ಜೋಗ I ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ
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#westerghats #Karnataka #jogfalls
#IncredibleIndia
Some beautiful paths can't be discovered without getting lost. ಮಲೆನಾಡು I
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#westerghats #Karnataka #mansoon
ಕೆಲವೊಂದು ಸಲ ನಾವು ಹೋಗೊ ಜಾಗಕ್ಕಿಂತ... ಹೋಗ್ತಿರೊ ದಾರಿನೇ ಇಷ್ಟ ಆಗತ್ತೆ....💚
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Happiness is a way of travel, not a destination - Malshej Ghat I

#monsoon #ride #westernghats #nature #mountain #waterfalls
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ಮಲೆನಾಡಿನ ಒಂದು ಮುಂಜಾನೆ. #jogfalls 💕
ಆಹಾ ಜೋಗ ಜಲಪಾತ.
ನೀರು ಧುಮ್ಮಿಕ್ಕುವ ಝೇಂಕಾರ
ಹಾಲು ಕಡಲಿನ ಭುವಿಯ ಸ್ವರ್ಗ ಈ ಜಲಧಾರೆ.
ಹಕ್ಕಿಗಳ ಕಲರವ ಹಸಿರು ವನಗಳ
ಮಲೆನಾಡಿನ ಹೆಮ್ಮೆ ಈ ಜಲಧಾರೆ.
ನಿಸರ್ಗದ ಮಡಲಲ್ಲಿರುವ ಸೌಂದರ್ಯದ ಸಿರಿ
ಈ ಜಲಧಾರೆ.

Jog Falls - A Real Beauty of Nature! Shimoga, Karnataka #NammaKarnataka Image
"ಹಸುರತ್ತಲ್! ಹಸುರಿತ್ತಲ್! ಹಸುರೆತ್ತಲ್ ಕಡಲಿನಲಿ ಹಸುರ್ಗಟ್ಟಿತೊ ಕವಿಯಾತ್ಮಮ್ ಹಸುರ್ನೆತ್ತರ್ ಒಡಲಿನಲಿ.." ಕವಿಯೊಬ್ಬನ ನರನಾಡಿಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹರಿವ ರಕ್ತದ ಬಣ್ಣವೂ ಹಸಿರು ಎಂದು ತಮ್ಮ ಕವಿತೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ವರ್ಣಿಸಿದ ರಾಷ್ಟ್ರಕವಿ ಕುವೆಂಪು ರವರ ಕುಪ್ಪಳ್ಳಿ, ಏಕ ಶಿಲಾ ಬೆಟ್ಟ - ಕುಂದಾದ್ರಿ

- ಆಗುಂಬೆ ಘಾಟ್ ಸೂರ್ಯಾಸ್ತ❤️
#Karnataka #ತೀರ್ಥಹಳ್ಳಿ ImageImageImage
ಸೀತಾ ನದಿ | Flow of Sitha river through Agumbe Forest, which further joins Suvarna river in Udupi district! (ಹೆಬ್ರಿ ಉಡುಪಿ)

ಆಗುಂಬೆ, ಶಿವಮೊಗ್ಗ, ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ

Credit : incredible Karnataka instagram pics. Image
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#KeralaFloods might hv an astral connection, as it is believed #Kerala d land of #vamana celebrates every yr #Onam around this time, Onam falls on d birth #constellation of vamana i.e #Shravana nakshtra in which we had d longest total lunar eclipse of this century on 27/28 July
Like at a personal level for one who is born or associated with shravana constellation or Nakshtra d #Eclipse affects individually similarly it affects a region in this case #kerala at a mundane level astrally on human affairs that runs across d southern belt of #westernghats
Also #Kerala is a land blessed by d #serpents & d reason for its fertility is directly related to d blessings bestowed by #Nagas on #Parasurama in a barren land infested with sea salt, hence not respecting d blessings by cutting down forests on large scale in d name of developmnt
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Bookworms of the world, listen up! On a recent family trip to Mahabaleshwar, I had the fortune of visiting Bhilar, India's first village of books. Sounds fascinating, doesn't it? So I am going to do a bilingual Twitter thread to show what is a books village after all.
Hi! Today, May 4, marks completion of an year since Bhilar, India's first books village was thrown up to public in Mahabaleshwar, Satara district.

नमस्कार. आज, ४ मे. एका वर्षा पूर्वी, भारतातील पहिले पुस्तकांचे गाँव, भिलार, (ता. महाबळेश्वर, जि.सातारा), याचे लोकार्पण झाले.
Located in #WesternGhats between Maharashtra's top hill stations #Mahabaleshwar and #Panchgani in Satara district, it was conceptualised by Marathi language department.

भिलार हे महाबळेश्वर आणि पाचगणी च्या मधे वसलेले गाव. प्रकल्पाची संकल्पना मराठी भाषा विभागाची होती.
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Matangalila, ancient text on elephant behaviour & mgt refers to Capture of wild elephants, as a conflict mitigation strategy #NoElephantBan
#Matangalila describes that grievances of villagers over crop loss prompted King Romapada of Anga to order capture of elephants & tame them
80% of wild Asian elephants in India roam outside the conventional Wildlife Sanctuaries & National Parks - increasing Man-Animal conflict
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