Public Programs Schedule - May – June 2007
The following public programs and special events are scheduled for galleries and public spaces at the Bishop Museum and Hawai‘i Maritime Center in Honolulu, and Amy B. H. Greenwell Ethnobotanical Gardens in Captain Cook, Hawai‘i from May through June 2007. More detailed information will be available at www.bishopmuseum.org or in Ka’Elele, the journal of Bishop Museum. Visit the press room online for more information. This information is subject to change.
Ongoing Daily Programs at Bishop Museum
(Ongoing Daily Programs at Bishop Museum are FREE with Admission)
10:00 a.m.
Nā Mea Makamae Tour
Hawaiian Hall stairs, Kāhili Room, & Vestibule Gallery 25 minutes
Listen to the story of the creation of the museum and learn more about the treasures of the Hawaiian people.
10:30 a.m.
Pauahi: A Legacy for Hawai‘i Tour
2 nd Floor Castle Memorial Building Gallery 25 minutes
Join us for a in depth tour of the collections of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop and treasures from other ali‘i that have been entrusted to Bishop Museum .
11:00 a.m.
Music & Dance of Hawai‘i (Live Music & Hula)
Front Gallery Lawn 25 minutes
See, hear, and learn more about one of Hawai‘i’s most treasured art forms, the hula, through colorful presentations.
The Science of Paradise! – Science on a Sphere
Planetarium Lobby 20 Minutes
This live demonstration uses Science on a Sphere to explore Hawai‘i’s wonderful climate—from our tropical location to the cooling effect of the trade winds.
11:30 a.m.
Plants of Paradise Garden Tour
Please meet at the entrance of the Hawaiian Hall 25 minutes
Learn more about the beautiful plants of Hawai‘i with a guided tour of the
Bishop Museum gardens.
The Sky Tonight Planetarium Show (no late seating)
Planetarium 25 minutes
Discover the skies and stories of our Hawaiian skies and learn about current events in space.
12:00 noon
Meet me at the Hot Spot – Lava Melting Demo
Science Adventure Center – Hot Spot Theatre 20 minutes
An exciting lava melting demonstration, learn more about volcanoes and see rock and cinder melted to create lava.
12:30 p.m.
Nā Mea Makamae Tour
Hawaiian Hall stairs, Kāhili Room, & Vestibule Gallery 25 minutes
1:00 p.m.
Ola Nā Mo‘olelo – “Living Stories” Storytelling program
2 nd floor Castle Memorial Building – Demo area 25 minutes
Hawai‘i’s stories come alive through a multi sensory presentation. Hear the story of Bernice Pauahi Bishop and Charles Reed Bishop, celebrate her life, their remarkable love story, and his founding of Bishop Museum in her honor.
1:30 p.m.
Explorers of Mauna Kea Planetarium Show (no late seating)
Planetarium 25 minutes
Find out why astronomers consider Mauna Kea , on the Big Island of Hawai‘i one of the best research sites and learn how they explore the universe.
2:00 p.m.
Music & Dance of Hawai‘i (Live Music & Hula)
Front Gallery Lawn 25 minutes
2:30 p.m.
Meet me at the Hot Spot – Lava Melting Demo
Science Adventure Center – Hot Spot Theatre 20 minutes
Solar Viewing – Observatory (near the café)
Come to the Museum’s on-campus observatory to view the sun in a special solar telescope; depending on the level of solar activity, you might be able to spot a sun spot. (This is “live” solar viewing so we can’t promise solar views when clouds are in the way.)
3:00 p.m.
Pauahi: A Legacy for Hawai‘i
2 nd Floor Castle Memorial Building Gallery 25 minutes
Join us for an in depth tour of the collections of Princess Bernice Pauahi Bishop and treasures from other ali‘i that survived because of the founding of Bishop Museum.
Too Hot to Handle! – Science on a Sphere
What will the earth look like in 2100? Come explore the effects of global warming on the Science on a Sphere exhibit.
Planetarium Lobby 20 minutes
3:30 p.m.
Explorers of Polynesia Planetarium Show (no late seating)
Planetarium 45 minutes
Learn how the Polynesians navigated through the Pacific thousands of years ago using their knowledge of the night sky and nature.
Special Events, Workshops, Lectures, Fieldtrips
MAY 2007
indigen(us): a native collective
The ARTS at Marks Garage
May 4, 2007; 5:30 to 9 p.m.; Chinatown Arts District First Friday
Maoli Arts Month (MAMo) Event.
Organized by Bishop Museum , indigen(us): a native collective features contemporary art by native Hawaiian artists and will be on view during First Friday in the Chinatown Arts District. (This exhibition at The ARTS at Marks debuts to the public at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, May 1; Admission is free.)
According to exhibition coordinator Noelle Kahanu, “this exhibit explores what connects us as Native Hawaiian artists, be it to our ancestors, our environment, or our community.” The exhibition will be a featured art opening during First Friday activities from 5:30 to 9 p.m. in the Chinatown Arts District on May 4, 2007. The popular arts event attracts thousands with gallery openings, entertainment, and street vendors with food, drink, crafts, and other products and services to buy. Area restaurants and most shops are also open.
Coordinated by Bishop Museum and hosted by Arts at Marks Garage, the exhibition remains on display through May 26. Related events at the May 4 First Friday opening include poetry and prose readings led by Imaikalani Kalahele from 6 to 9 p.m. There will also be demonstrations on Saturday, May 12, as part of the Native Hawaiian Street Festival, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; and a third-Thursday Artists’ Walk-Through on May 17 from 7 to 8 p.m. for this exhibition at the Arts at Marks Garage.
Participating artists include Bernice Akamine, Kawai Aona-Ueoka, Alani Apio, Sol Apio, Meala Bishop, Kauanoe Chang, Bob Frietas, Imaikalani Kalahele, Mahi La Pierre, Lufi Lutero, Ipo Nihipali, Joseph Hauoli Dowson, Sr., Natalie Mahina Jensen-OOmittuk, Jo-Anne Kahanamoku-Sterling, and Kunana Wooten.
Other MAMo events include a contemporary art exhibition at Bishop Museum, MAMo Awards 2007: Celebrating our Masters, May 4, 2006 through August 26, 2007 ; A Second Saturday Native Hawaiian Street Fair with demonstrations in the Chinatown Arts District from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 12; A Keiki Arts Fest at Hawai‘i State Art Museum on Saturday, May 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; a Wearable Art Show on Saturday May 13 at Hawai‘i State Art Museum; and the 2 nd Annual Native Hawaiian Arts Market and Festival at Bishop Museum on Saturday and Sunday, May 26 and 27, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information about MAMo or participating in Bishop Museum ’s Native Hawaiian Arts Market and Festival, call (808) 847-3511; Visit www.bishopmuseum.org or www.maoliartsmonth.org.For more information about indigen(us), call (808) 847-3511 or visit www.bishopmuseum.org . The ARTS at Marks gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Admission is free.
MUSEUM RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Unlocking the Treasures of the Library & Archives: The Process and Efforts in Digitization.
Paki Conference Hall, Bishop Museum
May 10, 2007; 4 p.m.; Free Admission
‘Ano’ilani Aga, Leah Caldeira, Kim Okahara; Bishop Museum Library and Archives
Bishop Museum ’s current digitization projects will be discussed, including problems encountered and plans for the future. The Archives are a tremendous research resource and digitization is making the materials even more accessible.
NATIVE HAWAIIAN STREET FAIR
Downtown Chinatown Arts District
May 12, 2007; 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Free Admission
Maoli Arts Month (MAMo) Event.
Bring the kids for the Native Hawaiian Street Fair, another MAMo community event featuring over 20 native Hawaiian artists, crafters, and producers selling and demonstrating their work. Create something special for mother with keiki-friendly crafts and activities. For the complete MAMo event schedule, visit www.maoliartsmonth.org.
AMY GREENWELL GARDEN FREE GARDEN TOUR
May 12; 10 to 11:30 a.m.; Free Event
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden; Captain Cook, HI
Learn the value of various native hardwoods from garden educator Noa Lincoln on the free tour of this month. For more information call (808) 323-3318, or email agg@bishopmuseum.org. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is Bishop Museum’s native plant arboretum located in Captain Cook on Hawai‘i Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
PROJECT WATER EDUCATION (WET) WORKSHOP FOR TEACHERS
May 12, 2007; 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Paki 1
Pamela Coruz-Lahne and Thomas Cummings will present this workshop for educators using the WET Curriculum Guide. To register or for more information, call Thomas Cummings at (808) 848-4128 or email cummings@bishopmuseum.org.
THE SCIENCE CAFÉ
Changing Climate and Weather Extremes: Managing the Risks
with Eileen Shea, Director; NOAA IDEA CENTER
Presentation: Cooke Rotunda, NOAA’s Science on a
Sphere;
Social Mixer follows in Atherton Hālau;
May 15, 2007 ; 6 to 8 p.m.
Admission: Free; No-Host Refreshments by Da Spot
Reservations Requested: lgeschwind@bishopmuseum.org or (808) 847-8203
Eileen Shea is the Director of the NOAA Integrated Data and Environmental Applications (NOAA IDEA) Center. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association is a federal agency charged with the stewardship of the Earth’s environment. It is now widely recognized that humans are influencing the natural processes of our planet. The NOAA IDEA Center is one of the resources established to react and plan for the consequences of climate change.
A critical part planning intelligently is to educate society to be more aware of the risks and consequences of climate variability and the need for integrating that knowledge in our decision-making policies. Hawai‘i and the rest of the Pacific Island community are especially vulnerable and interrelated in many ways. Ms. Shea will discuss current examples of climate effects and programs around the Pacific and the areas that need additional levels of readiness prepare for extreme events such as drought, floods, and hurricanes. Space is limited; Reservations requested, call (808) 847-8203 for more information.
TRADITIONS OF THE PACIFIC – Lecture with Dr. Isabella A. Abbott
Canoe Plants: The Early Immigrants
Lecture: Atherton Hālau; 6:30 to 8 p.m., May 17, 2007;
Admission: $5 and Free to Members
Supported in Part by Outrigger Reef on the Beach
Join Dr. Isabella A. Abbott, internationally known ethnobotanist, as she presents a collection of early immigrant plants, such as kalo (taro),‘uala (sweet potato),‘ulu (breadfruit), and uhi (yam) –plant species that were introduced by the first Polynesian settlers. Find out the origins of these plant species that were introduced to Hawai‘i hundreds of years ago.
Discover how these early settlers used their plants as a resource to maintain their lifestyles according to elaborate, religious systems of prohibitions and ranks. Also learn how they used these plants as basic survival necessities -- the various uses of each plant, its purpose and what each represented.
TRADITIONS OF THE PACIFIC – Workshop – “Hau” to Make Cordage
Workshop: Bowman Hālau Wa‘a ~ 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.; May 19, 2007
Admission Fee: $25 Members/$40 Non-Members -- Includes Materials
Supported in Part by Outrigger Reef on the Beach
First among the Hawaiians’ cordage resources was an endemic forest plant, olonā, which Hawaiians discovered would furnish a cordage that was strong, light, durable and had great resistance to water. Olonā was a highly valued item and was considered the cordage of choice.
Hawaiians classed all cordage made from the husk of niu (coconut) as ‘aha. The thickness of its fibers gives ‘aha an elasticity that enables it to withstand sudden stresses. Like the olonā, it is similarly water resistant but was more easily manufactured.
Hau is found and used throughout tropical and subtropical Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia and is held in high regard for its usefulness to the traditional life of oceanic people. Hau cordage provided ropes for hauling and many other needs: slings, canoe lashing, strings for bows, net bags, carrying handles for water-gourds, fasteners for lauhala baskets, and strands for lei making to name a few. Unlike ‘aha or olonā cordage, ili hau could be made with little or no training.
Join Gordon Umi Kai and Ken Keola Ching, Hawaiian Cultural Practitioners, as they lead this “Hau” to Make Cordage Workshop, which will focus on the process of creating Hau into ‘ili hau (hau cordage). You will get a basic, hands-on experience of forming hau into simple tying material.
AMY GREENWELL GARDEN PLANT GRAFTING WORKSHOP
May 19; 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.; $20; $5 Bishop Museum Members
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden; Captain Cook, HI
Plant Grafting is a three-hour workshop lead by horticultural master Sunao Kadooka. Participants will learn the intricate art of grafting and the many subtle techniques that will lead to successful grafting. Highlights will be given to fruit trees and Hibiscus species. For registration or more information call (808) 323-3318 or email agg@bishopmuseum.org.
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is Bishop Museum’s native plant arboretum located in Captain Cook on Hawai‘i Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
AMY GREENWELL GARDEN - MEDICINAL PLANTS WORKSHOP
Medicinal Plants of Hawai‘i Workshop with David Bruce
May 19; 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.; $20; $5 Bishop Museum Members
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden; Captain Cook, HI
Medicinal Plants of Hawai‘i is a three-hour workshop lead by local ethnobotanist David Bruce Leonard. David will share some of his expertise in medicinal herbs to show you what treasures may be lurking in your own backyard. With knowledge of Chinese, Hawaiian, and other medicinal plants, David will share some of the commonly found herbs in Hawai‘i that can be used for healthy living and home remedies.
For registration or more information call (808) 323-3318 or email agg@bishopmuseum.org. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is Bishop Museum’s native plant arboretum located in Captain Cook on Hawai‘i Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
2 nd Annual NATIVE HAWAIIAN ARTS MARKET AND FESTIVAL
May 26 and 27, 2007; $3 per person; Members Free
Great Lawn; Bishop Museum
Bishop Museum will be the site of both the kick-off and the culmination of the second annual Maoli Arts Month (MAMo), a month-long celebration of Native Hawaiian arts, artists, and cultural practitioners. Bishop Museum is also hosting the culminating event, a two-day Native Hawaiian Arts Market and Festival, which will feature the stellar work of dozens of native artists, on May 26 and 27 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. A reduced admission rate of $3 per person will be offered. Museum members and children 3 and under are free.
MAMo organizers include Bishop Museum, PA‘I Foundation, Keomailanai Hanapi Foundation, Hale Naua III, Maoli Arts Alliance, as well as other Native Hawaiian artists and organizations, and the City and County of Honolulu, Mayor’s Office for Culture and the Arts.
According to organizer Noelle Kahanu, the Market is fashioned after the Heard Museum Indian Fair and Market, one of the most popular, successful, and longest running Native Indian arts events in America. A wide variety of quality arts and crafts created by Native Hawaiians will be available for sale in addition to Native Hawaiian performing arts and food booths featuring island favorites.
“We hope this festival becomes THE hallmark event in the islands for experiencing and purchasing Native Hawaiian arts,” say Kahanu. “It is the best place to see the depth and vibrancy of the Native Hawaiian visual arts community and to meet and engage with these artists. Hawaiian art is not about a photographed hula dance—it is about featherwork, wood carving and sculpture, weaving, ceramics, stonework, painting, and works on paper. It is both contemporary and traditional, founded upon a Hawaiian esthetic that speaks to the present and future as much as the past.”
Among the market artists featured last year were master woodcarver Solomon Apio; fiber artists Maile Andrade; painters Ipo Nihipali, Joe Dowson, Kau‘i Chun, Sol Enos, Lufi Luteru, and Meala Bishop; feather artists Auntie Mary Lou Kekeuwa, Paulette Kahalepuna, JoAnne Kahanamoku Sterling, and Audrey Wagner; stonework artists Henry Hopfe and Kunane Wooton; and mixed media artists Imaikalani Kalahele, Bob Frietas, and Puni Kukahiko, and many, many others. Many of these same artists will participate again this year.
Demonstrations, workshops, and performances will take place throughout the day. Those interested in learning more about the Native Hawaiian Arts Market and Festival, should contact Kahanu at (808) 848-4190, or by email at noelle.kahanu@bishopmuseum.org.
Other MAMo events include a Chinatown Arts District First Friday Gallery Opening dedicated to Hawaiian artists on May 4 from 5:30 to 9 p.m.; A Second Saturday Street Fair in the Chinatown Arts District from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, May 12; A Keiki Arts Fest at Hawai‘i State Art Museum on Saturday, May 12 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; a Wearable Art Show on Saturday May 13 at Hawai‘i State Art Museum; and the 2 nd Annual Native Hawaiian Arts Market and Festival at Bishop Museum on Saturday and Sunday, May 26 and 27, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information about MAMo or participating in Bishop Museum’s Native Hawaiian Arts Market and Festival, call (808) 847-3511; Visit www.bishopmuseum.org or www.maoliartsmonth.org.
JUNE 2007
AMY GREENWELL GARDEN FREE GARDEN TOUR
June 9; 10 to 11:30 a.m.; Free Event
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden; Captain Cook, HI
Learn the value of various native hardwoods from garden educator Noa Lincoln on the free tour of this month. For more information call (808) 323-3318, or email agg@bishopmuseum.org. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is Bishop Museum’s native plant arboretum located in Captain Cook on Hawai‘i Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
AMY GREENWELL GARDEN LAUHALA WEAVING WORKSHOP
June 9; 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; $15; Members Free
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden; Captain Cook, HI
Learn the art of Lauhala weaving from local weaving masters Jim Skibby, Lehua Domingo, and Shirley Kauhaihao. Beginners will learn the essential aspects of weaving, but even the more advanced weavers will have something to learn from our panel of experts. For registration or more information call (808) 323-3318 or email agg@bishopmuseum.org.
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is Bishop Museum’s native plant arboretum located in Captain Cook on Hawai‘i Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
BISHOP MUSEUM FAMILY SUNDAY – SPEED!
June 10, 2007; $3 per person
Great Lawn
Bishop Museum’s Family Sundays provide a day of fun on the Great Lawn with special reduced rates of only $3 per person. Entertainment, games and activities for the children, and food booths are featured. Enjoy gallery tours and access to daily programs in the Planetarium, Science on a Sphere, and the Richard T. Mamiya Science Adventure Center.
HAWAII ISLAND SEED EXCHANGE FESTIVAL
June 16; 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Free Event
Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden; Captain Cook, HI
The 5th annual Seed Exchange has grown to feature dozens of local farmers and horticulturalists. Come to find and share seeds for your favorite fruits and vegetables as well as many popular and rare native plants for landscaping. For advance registration or more information call (808) 323-3318. Amy Greenwell Ethnobotanical Garden is Bishop Museum’s native plant arboretum located in Captain Cook on Hawai‘i Island. The Garden is located twelve miles south of Kailua-Kona on Highway 11, just south of mile marker 110. The garden welcomes all visitors from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. on weekdays. Admission to the garden is by donation, suggested at $4.
The SCIENCE CAFÉ
Meltdown! Understanding abrupt Climate Changes in the Last Ice Ages
with Dr. Axel Timmermann, International Pacific Research Center
Presentation: Cooke Rotunda, NOAA’s Science on a
Sphere
Social Mixer follows in Atherton Hālau
June 19, 2007 ; 6 to 8 p.m.
Admission: Free; No-Host Refreshments by Da Spot
Reservations Requested: Carolyn Kaichi, ckaichi@bishopmuseum.org; (808) 847-8203
Dr. Axel Timmermann is an associate professor of oceanography at the University of Hawai‘i and the co-leader of the research group “Impacts of Global Environmental Change” at the International Pacific research Center (IPRC). The lecture will provide an overview of the main ideas that are presently being discussed by the paleo-climate research community and discuss possible scenarios of abrupt climate changes triggered by global warming.
The climate of the last glacial period, 80,000 -11,000 years ago, is of particular interest for climate research because it furnishes a testing ground for scientific hypotheses about how climate changes. The large continental glacial ice sheets that covered North America and Europe affected climate greatly. Being 2,000-4,000 meters high, they acted as topographic barrier for the atmospheric circulation.
They also changed Earth’ albedo. Insulation from the sun, fluctuating with Earth’s orbital paths around the sun on periods of 21,000, 41,000, and 100,000 was also different. Although the North American ice sheet accumulated snow gradually, it was very unstable, melting and surging into the North Atlantic every 7,000 to 10,000 years.
Our understanding of the nature of these surges, their abruptness and their effects on global climate is pivotal in assessing the risk of future abrupt climate changes. The quest for the mechanisms that cause such global climate swings in now on. Reservations requested: Call Carolyn Kaichi at (808) 847-8203.
KUPUNA SERIES – ON BEING KAHU
Panel moderated by Jalna Ke’ala, Ahahui Siwila o Kap ō lei (Kap ōlei Hawaiian Civic Club)
Lecture: June 21, 2007 ; Atherton Hālau; 6 to 9 p.m.
Admission: $5 and Free to Members
On Being Kahu explores the culture stewardship of specific kuleana, from traditional practices—fishing, water, to wahi pana, special places like Mauna Ala. The panelists will attempt to define kahu for today’s world bringing forward experiences as kahu in genealogical succession and or as modern stewards. On Being Kahu also takes a look at the Museum’s kahu role.
BANK OF HAWAI’I PRESENTS MOONLIGHT MELE
THE BROTHERS CAZIMERO
June 28, 2007
Advance Tickets: $17.50 per person; $12.50 Members & Military; $10 Bank of Hawai‘i Customers or Employees; $5 Youth 6-18; 5 and under free; Advance Tickets are available at Bishop Museum or Honolulu Box Office www.honoluluboxoffice.com or (808) 550-TIKS (8457); or at the Bishop Museum Admission Desk from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily
Admission at the Door: $20 per person; $12.50 Members & Military; $10 Bank of Hawai‘i Customers or Employees; $5 Youth 6-18; Children 5 and under free.
Gates open at 5:30 pm for Members; 6 p.m. for General Public
Concert begins at 7 p.m.
Great Lawn, Bishop Museum
Bank of Hawai‘i presents Moonlight Mele at Bishop Museum. The concert series is a staple of Honolulu’s summertime fun. Pack your low-height sand chairs or bring a blanket or a beach mat and enjoy Hawaiian music under the stars. Local eateries will provide a variety of food and beverages for purchase. Only sand chairs under 12-inches high are allowed. Hand-held umbrellas are encouraged for the occasional mauka showers. Buy a three-concert ticket package for only $45 general; $30 members and military; $15 children 6-18; $30 Bank of Hawai‘i employees or customers. Participating sponsors include Aloha Airlines, The Honolulu Advertiser, Better Brands, and Hawaiian 105 KINE. Pre-concert activities include ola (storytelling) presentations by Bishop Museum cultural educators, prize giveaways including free air trips by Aloha Airlines, and other surprises. This is a family-friendly event—Bring the kids!
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