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“Cloyne Court — Silence in an insane world,” wrote famous composer Ernest Bloch in Cloyne Court Hotel’s guestbook in 1944.

With 149 UC Berkeley residents during the school year and a reputation for hosting well-attended parties, the student housing cooperative now commonly referred to simply as “Cloyne” is, for many, no longer thought of as the tranquil oasis Bloch described.

Current house garden manager Ariel Cherbowsky has recently set out to restore what Cherbowsky’s manifesto called Cloyne’s “naturalistic charisma” by calling for residents to become involved in its garden. In his recently released 50-page work, titled “A Guide to Growing Cloyne Court Community Garden: A Hopeful Manifesto,” Cherbowsky makes a history-based critique of a current culture that he sees as being harmful to the land it occupies and outlines an idealistic vision for the cooperative’s future.

Cherbowsky’s manifesto begins 300 years ago with the land use of the Huchiun Ohlone tribe of Native Americans, tracing history through Spanish missions and subsequent European land speculating.

“It is actually a pretty solid piece of scholarship,” said Cherbowsky’s friend and current Cloyne resident Jake Rosen.

In the manifesto, Cherbowsky discusses maps and architectural reports, interprets logos and provides psychological diagnoses, developing a narrative that laments the spiritual loss of a land battered by what the manifesto calls the “trash of the intoxicated and the tossed junk of the inconsiderate.”

Cherbowsky, whose mother is a plant ecologist and father is a psychotherapist, has long been interested in how human relationships and ideas affect local ecology.

When Cherbowsky moved into Cloyne, he was inspired by the expansive space of the property but quickly encountered a major obstacle — the garden he saw potential for cultivating was directly adjacent to the paved courtyard, the primary site of Cloyne’s parties and social events.

As Cherbowsky swept up the broken glass and trash from Cloyne’s courtyard for his weekly co-op work shift, he began to think about the state of the house’s relationship to the land it was built on.

When Cherbowsky became co-manager of Cloyne’s garden in spring 2012, he began to investigate the role the garden played historically in the house’s culture and think of how the garden might reshape it in the future.

Ru Apt, a garden manager at Kingman Hall, a neighboring co-op a block away from Cloyne, reflected on the importance of a cooperative housing garden in maintaining larger groups’ values.

“The garden adds to the house’s image as sustainable, connected to the earth and mindful about food production,” Apt said.

Cherbowsky said that he couldn’t properly approach gardening in Cloyne without understanding the history of the way the land had been shaped in the past. He started to research old maps, journals, photographs and history books, in addition to sources as diverse as a student-created video ethnography from the 1990s “cloynarchy” era and a thesis on pre-Spanish Bay Area ecology.

“I want people to have conversations about how the land has changed so that we can transition to talking about how we want to interact with and influence our present-day landscapes,” Cherbowsky said.

Some house members disagree with Cherbowsky’s view that Cloyne’s parties are destructive to the property. Cloyne’s current social manager, Monica Finc, says that what she called Cloyne’s “party culture” is an integral part of the house, fostering a sense of unity that can be difficult to find in a large residence.

While Cherbowsky’s manifesto is filled with pictures of the trash-covered soil in Cloyne’s garden, it also depicts some of the natural beauty of the trees and plants that are thriving there.

In order to encourage positive additions to Cloyne’s natural landscape, Cherbowsky has passed a request through the house’s council to create funding for a system of land grants. Anyone from the house or surrounding community is invited to submit an application requesting funding, materials and land for gardening projects to take place within the property.

“Ari’s manifesto is a great example of the sort of member involvement that the coops thrive on,” wrote Graham Stanley, the live-in facilities manager at Cloyne, in an email.

Cherbowsky says he hopes that through his project, residents of Cloyne and the surrounding community will be encouraged to try to understand the history of the land they live on and feel empowered to shape it.

“It isn’t the only perspective,” Cherbowsky said, “but I have weaved together these stories in a way I thought would move people to become interested in how this land has come to its current form.”

Contact Micah Fry at mfry@dailycal.org

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After two years of planning, some students are raising concerns about the ASUC-sponsored Berkeley redistricting map because the proposed student district excludes Northside residences, including nine Berkeley student housing cooperatives and three residence halls.

Stefan Elgstrand, a UC Berkeley senior and an intern for Councilmember Kriss Worthington since June, has introduced the United Student District Amendment, a proposal that includes Northside residences.

While both the ASUC map and the USDA aim to create a student-majority district to help elect a student representative to Berkeley City Council, proponents of each disagree on how to best represent interests of students and city residents.

Currently, Elgstrand is rallying support for his amendment prior to the City Council meeting on Sept. 10, when the council will continue discussing redistricting.

The ASUC-sponsored Berkeley Student District Campaign map started as a campaign platform for 2011-12 ASUC external affairs vice president Joey Freeman, a Student Action candidate.

The BSDC map creates a student district that encompasses Southside housing, the Greek community and the residence halls, with a 90 percent student population. The map is detailed in ASUC Senate Bill 65, which passed unanimously in the spring of 2013.

“The fact that this (amendment) was introduced so late is really difficult to deal with,” said ASUC External Affairs Vice President Safeena Mecklai of the proposed amendment, which she said the ASUC team has not agreed to. “I wouldn’t be comfortable with it going forward unless the senate endorses it.”

After the BSDC map was submitted in mid-March, Worthington questioned its inclusivity and motivated Elgstrand to draft an amendment.

“The BSDC people mostly live in the fraternities and sororities, so there’s a bit of a bias in that,” Elgstrand said. “From my perspective, since I’m not connected to any of those groups, I can make it more inclusive.”

Proponents say the BSDC map has received support from the Greek community, Cal Berkeley Democrats, Berkeley College Republicans, all 20 ASUC 2012-13 senators and some leaders of the Berkeley Student Cooperative, including ASUC Senator Jorge Pacheco, who is endorsed by the co-ops.

Now, other leaders in the BSC are reconsidering their stances, saying that the BSDC map underrepresents Northside housing. They are giving preference to the USDA proposal, which Elgstrand says includes 87.4 percent of the cooperative population, while the BSDC map only includes 38.1 percent.

“If the intention is to create a unified student district, then not including Northside dorms and co-ops seems to leave out an important population of students,” said Michelle Nacouzi, the 2013-14 president of the BSC.

Nacouzi and other members of the BSC said they were told that it was not feasible to include Northside co-ops in a student-majority district.

Noah Efron, the ASUC redistricting director and local affairs deputy, said the BSDC made several efforts to include the input of student groups by inviting leaders from the BSC, the Greek community and the residence halls to participate in public forums about the plan.

Despite their differences, both Elgstrand and Mecklai said they would prefer to maintain a unified student voice in demanding a student district. However, the ASUC will continue to support the BSDC map without changes to include Northside residences, while Elgstrand plans to push forward his amended plan.

Contact Saachi Makkar at smakkar@dailycal.org.

Correction(s):
A previous version of this article stated that the district proposed by the ASUC represents 90 percent of the student population, defined as residents between ages 18 to 29. In fact, it represents 86 percent of the student population.

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In an email sent on March 1 to cooperative members, BSC President Brenna Fallon outlined the BSC’s goals, stating that it desires to align employee benefits with those at comparable nonprofits.

“We have rigorously analyzed surveys of data from non-profits both nationwide and in Northern California, and strived to set generous benefits at a level that we can clearly justify with respect to our mission statement,” Fallon said in the email. “The ‘Fair Pay for Northern California Nonprofits: the Compensation and Benefits Survey’ data the BSC has been using is available to any member upon request.”

Betsy Putnam, housing supervisor and a negotiating team member of the Employee Association, counters, however, claiming that the study does not carry out fair comparisons.

“The board compared us to various nonprofits, but few were housing organizations,” Putnam said. “And many of the organizations are not like BSC, because they are transitional housing — they’re shelters.”

The BSC’s main concern is the “costly” benefits offered to the Employee Association under the current contract. The cooperative states that its “new offer to the Employee Association is still much more generous than the average offered by comparable organizations,” in Fallon’s email.

“If I’ve worked here for 32 years, and my benefit compensation package is cut by approximately $16,000, is that generous?” asked Putnam.

The current contract officially expired at the end of 2012 and has been temporarily extended as negotiations continue.

There will be an event Tuesday at 2415 Prospect St. at 7 p.m., at which the Employee Association and the BSC workers’ union will be hosting a discussion on this topic.

Contact Matt Trejo at mtrejo@dailycal.org.

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Student leaders of the Berkeley Student Cooperative have pushed for cuts to employee benefits in ongoing contract negotiations with employees, according to a statement released Thursday.

The BSC Employee Association, a collective bargaining committee composed of BSC staff members, detailed in its press release that the BSC Board of Directors has proposed halving retirement benefits and medical contributions to dependents, increasing the 35-hour workweek to 40 hours and eliminating benefits for part-time employees.

The board of directors, made up of students elected by BSC members, has been engaged in negotiations with the Employee Association since October to develop a new labor contract. According to Kevin Cleek, a member of the Employee Association’s negotiation team, the board’s push for austerity measures comes as a surprise from a group that voted to support the Occupy movement last year.

“It’s pretty ironic,” Cleek said in the statement. “The employees are here because we support the values of the BSC.”

Representatives from the board of directors declined to comment.

According to Caitlyn Kelly-Kilgore, president of the Employee Association and a member of its negotiating committee, the board of directors seeks to minimize variable costs such as dependent health care.

However, the press release highlighted that the BSC operated under the same contract for the past 10 years until it expired at the end of December and has run surpluses averaging more than $800,000 per year on $10 million in revenues.

Betsy Putnam, housing supervisor and a member of the negotiating team, also noted that the employees are not demanding increased benefits but are rather only asking to maintain the employee benefits of the previous contract.

“I would like to see the current contract renewed,” Putnam said. “I know our contract has generous benefits, but I know our employees work really hard and are worth it.”

If the board’s proposals succeed, the Employee Association reports that medical costs for midcareer employees are expected to rise by $500 per month and that employees will also lose retirement benefits worth more than $300 per month.

While the increased savings are expected to help the BSC minimize costs, Putnam, who has been working for the BSC for 32 years, voiced concern about the implications of the new contract for the cooperative’s 22 staff members.

“I actually made a decision to work for something I believe in, and I’ve been proud to work for an organization whose mission I fully support,” Putnam said. “I believe in the cooperative, especially the Berkeley Student Cooperative. But I’m terrified that the new contract will go into effect, and I don’t know what I’m going to do.”

Contact Matt Trejo at mtrejo@dailycal.org.

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UC Berkeley sophomore Cody Johnson, who died on Thanksgiving, was known for his genuine smile. He was 20 years old.

Despite coming from a difficult background, Johnson soared above challenges and devoted himself to learning. He had a range of talents, with interests including video games and Japanese culture. He loved to act, play guitar, dance and write poetry.

“He was special talent — a really brilliant young man, especially in the humanities,” said former high school teacher Terry Henderson, who added that Johnson was not just a student but a friend. “When we were together in class, it was teacher-to-student. But when you’re talking about literature and ideas, you become equals.”

Johnson emancipated himself when he was a junior at University Senior High School in Los Angeles and, as a foster care youth, lived with faculty members he had grown close to before moving to Berkeley. After overcoming family issues and personal struggles, he graduated at the top of his class and spoke at his high school graduation.

On Thanksgiving morning, Johnson could not be woken up by his roommate and housemates, who then alerted authorities. The Alameda County Coroner’s Bureau said it is waiting for toxicology results from the labs before announcing the cause of death, a process that could take two months.

He hoped to become an English teacher and was always reading, Henderson said.

Another of his passions was Japanese art and music. Johnson shared his passion by preparing Japanese food for housemates at his co-op, Stebbins Hall.

Johnson is remembered most fondly for his act in a talent show last month, where he lip-synced and danced to one of his favorite Japanese songs, shedding his shyness for the night.

“You could see the music video playing on the computer screen in the corner, and he had the dance routine down perfectly,” said Torey Kocsik, Stebbins’ house manager and a UC Berkeley senior. “He was grinning the entire time.”

Fellow housemate and UC Berkeley junior Rigoberto Chavez, who remembered the routine as his favorite memory of his close friend, said Johnson’s “reassuring smile” was infectious.

“Independent of whatever personal problems he was encountering, he never projected any negative emotions and always maintained his composure — something I truly admire,” Chavez said.

Berkeley Student Cooperative President and UC Berkeley senior Brenna Fallon said members of Stebbins will determine the most appropriate way to remember Johnson and notify the co-op community if there is a memorial service.

“Johnson was one of the most genuinely sweet people I’ve had the pleasure of getting to know,” Kocsik said. “I got to watch him break out of his shell and become a part of our family.”

Contact Virgie Hoban at vhoban@dailycal.org.

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Approved by the Berkeley City Council last week, the $28,000 fee per unit applies to developers who do not make 10 percent of their units affordable. Money from the fee would support the city’s Housing Trust Fund, which in turn finances affordable housing projects. The policy will keep developers in line with Berkeley values and facilitate the construction of affordable housing throughout the city.

While most new housing projects will need to pay if they don’t create such units, the council made the right decision to exempt the Berkeley Student Cooperative from the fee. Since the cooperative already provides affordable housing to hundreds of students in the Berkeley area, a costly fee shouldn’t prevent it from expanding its reach.

The fee’s high cost might hinder its success in other areas, however.  A few members of the local development community told The Daily Californian that the $28,000 fee is far too high and that most developers will probably choose to create affordable units rather than pay it. This means the fee could backfire if no one pays into the housing fund, thereby potentially diminishing the caliber of affordable housing projects it supports. Arguably, housing provided through the fund offers better services to residents because of the fund’s very specific affordability requirements.

Developers raise a concerning point. A lack of support for the housing fund could detract from the quality of and access to affordable housing, which is likely not the intent of creating the fee. Once implemented, the council must revisit the fee at a later point to determine its effectiveness. The fee should be re-evaluated if the city finds that the housing fund is failing to live up to its potential as a result of little support from the mitigation fee.

But even if no developers pay the fee, its very existence will still mean that Berkeley is providing more housing for low-income residents; the city’s goal will be accomplished either way. Because of the fee, Berkeley is set to see an increase in affordable housing units — a valuable asset for the city — no matter what.

The new affordable housing mitigation fee is founded on an admirable principle: the city should help ensure that its poorest residents can afford to live here. As students, we understand how expensive the cost of living is in Berkeley and the need for housing where very low-income residents can live. This fee will not bring people out of poverty, but it should at least help some residents keep a roof over their heads.

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Homecoming had special meaning for some alumni who had not seen their former student cooperative since it shut down 35 years ago.

The reunion was for students who lived at Oxford Hall, a student-run cooperative that opened in 1933 and closed in 1977. The building is now the site of Saturn Restaurant at Allston Way and Oxford Street.

Many of the students have gone on to distinguished careers as lawyers, lobbyists, teachers and business owners, but they still share the bond of having lived at Oxford Hall, which at the time was the largest student cooperative, with 106 rooms.

In 1977, the Berkeley Student Cooperative sold Oxford Hall for $252,000 because the students could not afford a costly earthquake retrofit. Oxford Hall was replaced with the three houses now known as Hillegass-Parker House on Southside. The necessary retrofit was a strain to the BSC’s budget, so it had to look at alternatives.

“At the time, it was more economical for us to buy several large houses than a retrofit,” states Nancy Blattel, a member of the BSC Alumni Association.

The Cal Marching Band played a special tribute on the front steps of Hillegass-Parker on Southside. The three Victorians, formerly known as Chateau, replaced Oxford Hall in the 1970s. They are now home to 60 graduate, re-entry, international and first-generation college students.

“I would not have been able to afford college had it not been for the co-ops,” said Victor Garlin, a former student of UC Berkeley School of Law from the class of 1957.

Currently, 20 properties make up the student-housing cooperative. The buildings provide homes for 1,260 university students who share in the mission of providing high-quality, low-cost cooperative housing for many who would otherwise be unable to afford a university education.

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At the meeting, the council heard from more than a dozen members of the Berkeley Student Cooperative, who advocated that the cooperative be exempt from the Affordable Housing Mitigation Fee due to established low housing costs. The council then voted to amend certain aspects of the resolution and establish the amount of the fee for developers.

“Co-ops are unique situations,” said Mayor Tom Bates at the meeting. “When you go to a UC, it costs so much money that being able to have affordable rent is really special and unique … we should be encouraging this kind of development.”

In June 2011, the council approved the creation of an affordable housing mitigation fee ordinance but did not determine the fee at the time because city regulations prohibit the council from imposing a fee without a public hearing.

In 1986, the city adopted an inclusionary housing ordinance, which requires that developers make 20 percent of their housing units affordable in new projects. However, a 2009 state court ruling prohibiting the city of Los Angeles from mandating that developers provide affordable housing struck down Berkeley’s inclusionary housing ordinance.

Berkeley’s new ordinance requires developers to pay the $28,000 mitigation fee unless they make at least 10 percent of the market rate units in new rental housing accessible to low-income citizens, in which case the fee would be waived.

The fee revenue generated will go toward the city’s Housing Trust Fund, which provides funds for the construction of affordable housing.

To be exempt from the fee, documentation of low-income status of tenants must also be provided, which the student cooperatives do not do, according to Abby Simons, vice president of external affairs for the cooperative.

The cooperative does give priority to students who are part of the Educational Opportunity Program — a program that serves low-income Californians who are first-generation college students — through which the financial aid office verifies their income, Simons said.

“Expansion is crucial to fulfilling our mission,” said Phoebe Schmidt, vice president of capital affairs for the cooperative, at the meeting. “This fee would inhibit our ability to expand and be counterproductive to the spirit of the resolution.”

While the majority of the council supported exempting the student cooperative from the fees, they also recommended establishing a general criteria to clarify which groups would be exempted in the future.

Daphne Chen covers city government. Contact her at daphnechen@dailycal.org.

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Among the new business for the senate is a bill in support of Proposition 36, a ballot measure seeking to change California’s “Three Strikes” Law, and another bill in support of exempting campus student cooperative houses from the city of Berkeley’s affordable housing mitigation fees. A bill that would create an ASUC SURGE Advisory committee to oversee the progress of planned renovations Lower Sproul Plaza, the Martin Luther King Jr. Student Union and the Cesar Chavez Student Center will also be introduced to the senate.

All the bills introduced will be sent for further discussion to senate committees next week. After the bills have been vetted, some will be sent back to the senate floor for a vote.

View the full agenda below.

Contact Shannon Carroll at scarroll@dailycal.org.

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Anyone who has gone for a stroll in Downtown Berkeley on a summer Saturday has invariably come across the Farmers’ Market that draws droves of locals every week.

The stalls, laden with the season’s ripest tomatoes, sweetest strawberries and other bounties of the season, offer almost entirely organic fare, and that’s just how Berkeley residents like it.

In fact, over the past 30 years, the city has grown into a local hub for organic, sustainable, locally grown foods, with three farmers’ markets a week throughout the city, one of which offers all organic foodstuffs.

But not all food in Berkeley is the same. As much as local agriculture is a part of the city, so are corporate supermarkets and fast food.

So what does that mean for the residents of a city that is lauded as one of the most progressive food cities in the country?

At the very least, it means that everyone has a choice, from the farm, to the table and everywhere in between.

What is local?

The journey of an organic white peach destined to end up in a bag lunch or dessert dish in Berkeley begins about 80 miles away in Yolo County.

In the middle of a verdant green valley, off a country road aptly named “County Road 22A,” Guru Ram Das Orchards produces some of the finest peaches and plums around.

Owner Didar Khalsa planted an orchard on his hillside plot of land in 1980, during which time he would trek from his then-home in Reno, Nev., on weekends to tend the trees.

As local, organic and sustainable produce has become more sought after, Khalsa’s operation has expanded, and he eventually built a home on the flat top of the hill. Khalsa attributes much of his success to selling in Berkeley.

“I have such great loyal customers in Berkeley, having gone to the same markets for 22 years,” Khalsa said on a sunny afternoon this spring. “The percentage of people who buy in Marin is about one-fifth of what it is in Berkeley, so you just feel more loved and appreciated in Berkeley.”

And while produce growing 80 miles may sound like too great a distance for it to be considered local, Khalsa said farming in the East Bay is impossible because of high land prices and the Bay Area climate, which is why “local” can’t exactly mean the food was grown in your backyard.

Forty-one of the vendors at the Berkeley Farmers’ Markets are located within 100 miles of the city. Similarly, the Berkeley Student Food Collective — a co-operative store across the street from campus on Bancroft Way offering “local, organic, fair trade and humane” foods — only sells products grown or made within 150 miles.

Trini Campbell, who owns Berkeley Farmers’ Market staple Riverdog Farms with her husband, Tim Mueller, attributes the growing interest in local, organic and sustainable foods to both the economy and people’s health concerns.

“People don’t eat out as much,” Campbell said. “They want to eat at home more, so they’re buying their own food to eat at home. People are also concerned about pesticides and their possible effects. (Organic) is just better for individual health and community health because it supports local farms like ours.”

Organic options on a student budget

The UC Berkeley community has countless choices when it comes to eating, many of which are organic, despite the perception that organic is always too pricey for a student budget.

Although Cal Dining, which runs food service in the residence halls and in most locations on campus, serves conventional favorites like pizza and chicken fingers, it also offers locally sourced organic products as well as the biggest all-organic salad bar in the country.

Cal Dining features between 27 and 33 percent organic foods, according to Cal Dining Executive Director Shawn LaPean. As a result, along with a whole host of other awards, Cal Dining was named a Real Food Pioneer by the Real Food Challenge, an organization that aims to build a healthy, fair and green food economy at universities nationwide.

“We try to bring as many organic options as we can to our students while being financially responsible,” said Ida Shen, assistant culinary director for Cal Dining. “But it’s a balance, so we also have Tyson breaded chicken tenders because we can afford it, and we couldn’t bread that many chicken tenders for our students.”

Student organizations like the Berkeley Student Food Collective and the Berkeley Student Cooperative seek to make it easy for students to find local, organic and sustainable meals without having to break the bank.

“I got a salad (from the collective) for $2 yesterday,” said Kate Kaplan, a UC Berkeley sophomore and outreach coordinator for the collective. “But the mindset that people have is that fast food is so much cheaper and easier.”

All of the Berkeley Student Cooperative houses provide food for their residents during the fall and spring semesters — paid for as part of residents’ rent — and the options provided to the students are largely organic.

According to cooperative Food Service Coordinator Andrew Kearns, buying local, organic and sustainable food fulfills three of the co-op’s main priorities — supporting local businesses, equitable nutrition and equitable distribution of food.

“Supporting what’s environmentally conscientious is the backbone of co-op living,” Kearns said.

Expanding the future of organic food

In the spring, the farmers’ markets in Berkeley became battlegrounds in the fight against genetically modified foods as food activists fought to place Proposition 37 — the California Right to Know Genetically Engineered Food Act — on the November ballot.

The act would force food producers to label products that include genetically modified ingredients, and Rachel Pachivas, a regional coordinator for the Label GMOs campaign and a Berkeley resident, said the farmers’ markets were among the places the campaign received the most signatures to secure the act’s place on the ballot.

“People at the farmers’ markets were very willing to sign,” she said. “At one point, we had a line of people at our table, which was really nice.”

The campaign received almost a million signatures, nearly double what it needed.

However, Pachivas said Berkeley has room to grow in terms of fully committing to local, organic and sustainable foods and, as part of the campaign, said she hopes to raise awareness about the merits of choosing those foods over faster or “easier” options that may not be healthful.

The campaign has reached out for endorsements from the members of Berkeley City Council, and it remains to be seen where the city’s representatives will weigh in on the matter.

Regardless of politics and distance, organic continues to grow as an option in Berkeley markets and restaurants, which is perhaps the most telling indicator of how the city wants to eat. Everybody eats, everybody makes a choice about what they eat, and those decisions continue to shape Berkeley’s ever-changing food identity.

Christopher Yee is an assistant news editor.

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