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Unit 1: Globalization Flashcards

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Define Globalization

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The process of becoming increasingly interconnected and interdependent

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What is Environmental Globalization?

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Borderless effects of environmental destruction and effort to maintain our environment

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What are examples of Environmental Globalization?

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Natural Disasters
Climate Change
Sharing Resources
Sharing ideas for maintaining the environment

Specific examples are: Kyoto protocol and Rio Declaration

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What is cultural globalization?

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The sharing & interconnectedness of beliefs, language, values, traditions, heritages and etiquettes (polite behavior)

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What is an example of Cultural Globalization?

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Social media, cultural festivals, food, spread of language, religion

Specific examples: Religious places, Canada’s bilingualism, World Youth Day

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What is economic globalization?

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The integration (intermixing) of economics around the world

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What are examples of economic globalization?

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Trade, Manufacturing in different countries, multi-national corporation, foreign investment, global stock markets

Specific examples: EU; Free trade agreements (NAFTA, TPP)

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What is military globalization?

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The use of force to defend, attack or provide security for one’s own nation or for other nations

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What are examples of military globalization?

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Allies, peacekeeping, defense against terrorist groups

Specific examples: NATO, Warsaw pact, WW1 & WW2 allies

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What is knowledge globalization?

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The international sharing of research and ideas

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What are examples of knowledge globalization?

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Social media, education, technology, architecture, design, fashion, news, history

Specific examples: Nobel Prize, The polio vaccine (developed in U.S, used worldwide)

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What is political globalization?

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When governmental action takes place on an international level concerning people in all/most countries; welfare of citizens decided by international political body

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What are examples of political globalization?

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Establishing global policies, inter-governmental agencies, and negotiating agreements

Specific Ex: United Nations, EU, The international court of justice

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What does cultural hybridization mean?

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The blending of cultures

Ex. Spanish + Indigenous = Tagalog

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What are the opportunities of Globalization?

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  • Acculturation
  • Cultural Revitalization
  • Affirmation of Identity
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What are the challenges of Globalization?

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  • Assimilation
  • Marginalization
  • Homogenization
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What could be a challenge and opportunity of globalization?

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Accommodation & Integration

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What does acculturation mean and is it a challenge or opportunity?

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Acculturation is when individuals and groups of individuals from different cultures come into continuous contact which leads to changes in the culture of either or both groups; Its an opportunity

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What does Cultural Revitalization mean and is it a challenge or opportunity?

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Efforts to grow or restore a culture; it’s an opportunity

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What does affirmation of identity mean and is it a challenge or opportunity?

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Working to celebrate and protect an identity; opportunity

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What does assimilation mean and is it a challenge or opportunity?

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The process of one culture being absorbed and/or erased into another culture; Challenge

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What does marginalization mean and is it a challenge or opportunity?

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When a culture is treated as less important or less powerful than an other culture; challenge

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What does homogenization mean?

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When different cultures are blended into one single culture; challenge

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What does accommodation mean and is it a challenge or opportunity?

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When individuals take on values & beliefs of a culture & accommodate (adapt to) them in the public sphere while maintaining their own culture in the private sphere; Its both a challenge & opportunity

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What does integration mean and is it a challenge or opportunity?

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Mixing multiple cultures together; Both it’s a challenge and opportunity

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Cultural Homogenization: What did globalization do that was a bad thing?

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They put Europeans in contact with Indigenous groups in Canada and then residential schools were created to assimilate & homogenize aboriginals into European culture

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What are residential schools now referred to as?

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Cultural Genocide (killing off an ethnic group deliberately)

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What has Environmental globalization lead to a concern of?

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That increased interaction between producers in the global economic market can be attributed to growing environmental issues

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What has Environmental globalization lead to a concern of? #2

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Globalization can also increase access to global markets which can lead to global pollution issues

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What are 3 cons of environmental globalization that increased access and interaction has lead to?

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  • Increased competition which can motivate people to cut costs (Can be expensive to protect the environment)
  • Moving production to areas with weak environmental laws (which increases production, which increases pollution, which increases environmental impacts)
  • Increased trade leading to increased pollution which is caused by consumer demand for goods
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What are 3 pros of environmental globalization?

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Increased interaction can lead to “higher” levels of interconnectedness that can foster new ideas and change.

  • Increased levels of intergovernmental initiative to combat global pollution
  • Increased knowledge and shared resources can help countries deal with global environmental issues
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What is a pro of cultural globalization?

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Increased interconnectedness can lead to preservation of languages

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What is an example of cultural strengthening

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UN DESA & it’s work on protecting indigenous languages is an example of cultural strengthening

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What is one of the main components of globalization & economics?

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Trade liberalization

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Economic Globalization: As the world becomes more intertwined______________

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our economies will become more closely tied together

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What does trade liberalization do?

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It removes barriers (tariffs) that restrain trade between countries

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What is an example of trade liberalization and what does it do?

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NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) aka. USMCA is a trade agreement that spurred (urged/made) massive levels of imports and exports which lead to $1.2 trillion of trade between USMCA

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Military Globalization: What is NATO?

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North Atlantic Treaty Organization; Formed April 14 1949

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What was NATO’s purpose?

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To create a military alliance during the cold war to combat the spread of communism (USSR). If a member was attacked, there was an obligation of member nations to come to the aid of the nation military

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Where is NATO most active right now?

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Most active in Turkey and Afghanistan

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What are 2 examples of knowledge globalization?

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The silk road and International Space Station (ISS)

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What was the silk road and what was shared?

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The silk road was a number of interconnected trade routes that linked Europe to Eastern China; Silk was traded but so was ideas, knowledge, weapons, spiced etc.

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What was the ISS and what was it’s purpose?

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The ISS is the international space station and it’s purpose was research. It was a collaboration between Canada, U.S, Japan, Russia & Europe

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What research did they do on the ISS?

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Astrobiology, Astronomy, Human research which included space medicine & life sciences, physical sciences, materials sciences, space weather & weather on earth

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What is an example of political globalization?

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The united nations

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When was the United Nations founded & why?

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Founded in 1945 after ww2 to promote peace; was build in the remains of the league of nations which failed to stop ww2

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How many member states does the United Nations have?

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193 but some are not recognized by members in the UN

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Where is the United nations headquarters and what do people think of it?

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It’s headquarters is in NYC and some people think it led to peace while others believe it is corrupt & ineffective

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What are the 3 cons of Political Globalization?

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Cons:

  • Loss of sovereignty (Power & authority)
  • Failure & corruption of supra-national organizations
  • Hard to harmonize goals of international organizations
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What are the 3 pros of Political Globalization?

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Pros:

  • Global problems are shared
  • International Non Government Organizations
  • Supra national organizations dedicated to peace
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What are the 3 cons of Environmental Globalization?

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Cons:

  • overconsumption
  • population growth
  • climate change
  • Weak international promises to environmentalism
  • Can be dangerous & expensive to be obligated (militarily) to other nations
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What are the 3 pros of Environmental Globalization?

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Pros:

  • International commitment to fighting climate change
  • Shared research to produce environmental friendly technologies & energy
  • Collective Security
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What is the con of military globalization?

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  • The international arms trade, they irresponsibly transport those weapons which can destabilize security in a region and enable the violation of security council arms prohibition & it contributes to human rights abuses
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What is the pro of military globalization?

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They use force to promote peace around the world

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What is a con of cultural globalization?

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Cultural Homogenization (loss of languages) & Cultural Marginalization (slave trade) or Assimilation
(residential schools)
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What are the 2 pros of cultural globalization?

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Cultural revitalization (protecting and preserving endangered languages & Cultural diversification (travel, food, religion, language etc.)

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What are the 2 cons of knowledge globalization?

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Not equally sharing information and the spread of non-useful or incorrect information

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What are the 2 pros of knowledge globalization?

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  • Spread of useful inventions (wheel, internet) & international collaboration (ISS)
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What are 3 cons of economic globalization?

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  • Increased difference between south and north
  • Loss of economic sovereignty (power & authority)
  • Decrease in jobs
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What are 3 pros of economic globalization?

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  • Increased wealth
  • Increased Jobs
  • Increased product and service diversity
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What is diversification?

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Producing a variety of something (languages, cultures)

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What are Language laws?

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Laws to determine how languages are used, develop language skills needed to meet national
priorities, or to establish the rights of individuals or groups to use and maintain languages.

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What are linguistic rights?

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Legal rights to choose the language or languages for communication in a private or public atmosphere.

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What is Cultural content legislation?

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Laws stating that a certain amount of content presented in media must be of a specific culture.

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Linguistic revitalization:

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Efforts to promote and increase the use of a language.

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What is identity?

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The traits, characteristics, social relations, roles, and social group memberships that define who a person is

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What are master identities?

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Those aspects of self that are relatively stable (gender, age, ethnicity, national and regional origins)

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What are international identities?

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Those aspects of self that are situationally defined (a
person may be a friend, employee, student, son, or
boyfriend, depending on who he is with)

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What are personal identities?

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Those aspects of self that are related to personality

serious, fun-loving, timid, aggressive, etc.

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What are the 9 ways to express identity?

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The arts
religion
spirituality
traditions
Ideological beliefs (myths, legends, folklore)
Religion
Relationship to land
Role modelling
Language
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What are the 5 language laws in Canada?

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Official Languages act- French & English official languages

Canadian Charter of Rights & Freedoms: Equal rights, privileges, protection of minority languages

Bill 101: Made French the official public language in Quebec

Indian Act: Made residential schools compulsory

Indigenous languages act: Recognizes & supports indigenous languages

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What does CRTC stand for?

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Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission

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So, while globalization may threaten identities……

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It also pushes people to want to strengthen their

identities

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What does CRTC do?

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It’s an independent public authority in charge of regulating & supervising Canadian broadcasting/telecommunications

75
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What is one of CRTC’s goals?

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to ensure that Canadian radio and broadcasting content meets the needs & interests of Canadians by delivering entertaining, high-quality Canadian-made creative content from diverse sources on a
variety of platforms.

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How does CRTC make sure it’s goals are reached?

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CRTC has created rules that all Tv & radio stations must follow

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Identity: As cultural homogenization increases_______

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so do people’s motivation to maintain,
defend, and expand their local, master
identities

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