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• Iron-rich rocks from Minnesota could hold key to explaining liquid water on Mars

  09-02-2023 23:14
  Scientists have been thinking a lot about the history of water on Mars and whether the fourth rock from the sun was ever habitable. There are many signs of liquid water on its surface but for some reason, it all dried up 3.5 billion years ago. Mars is known as the red planet and that’s because its surface contains a lot of iron. Benjamin Tutolo is an associate professor at the University of Calgary who is looking at rocks on Earth with a similar iron content. "It turns out, you can't just
  
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• Woman wanted in connection to road rage shooting turns herself in: police

  09-02-2023 22:54
  A woman wanted in connection to a November road rage shooting turned herself in and has been charged with assault, Calgary police said Sunday evening. Three days after police asked for the public's assistance in locating Karma Singh, investigators said in an update that the 20-year-old turned herself in. She has been charged with one count of discharging a firearm with intent to endanger life and one count of assault with a weapon. According to the Calgary Police Service, on Nov. 11, around 5:30
  
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• Police trying to locate woman in relation to November road rage shooting

  09-02-2023 22:54
  Calgary police are seeking public assistance to help locate a woman believed to have fired a gun in a November road rage incident. Friday, Nov. 11, at around 5:30 p.m., the victim was driving east on McKnight Boulevard N.E., as they approached the ramp for southbound Deerfoot Trail. A white, 2010 Chevrolet Impala pulled in front of the victim's vehicle and applied the brakes as both vehicles continued to drive on the merge lanes for Deerfoot. The victim then tried to pass the Impala on the left-
  
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• 'Armed and dangerous': Police trying to locate woman in relation to November road rage shooting

  09-02-2023 22:54
  Calgary police are seeking public assistance to help locate a woman believed to have fired a gun in a November road rage incident. Friday, Nov. 11, at around 5:30 p.m., the victim was driving east on McKnight Boulevard N.E., as they approached the ramp for southbound Deerfoot Trail. A white, 2010 Chevrolet Impala pulled in front of the victim's vehicle and applied the brakes as both vehicles continued to drive on the merge lanes for Deerfoot. The victim then tried to pass the Impala on the left-
  
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• Lethbridge College gets $2-million for ag research facility - Alberta Farmer Express

  09-02-2023 22:43
  
  Lethbridge College gets $2-million for ag research facility  Alberta Farmer Express
  
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• Purple Carrot: creating a healthier community - Lethbridge News Now

  09-02-2023 22:21
  
  Purple Carrot: creating a healthier community  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Volunteer Coach Development Initiative to launch in Lethbridge - Lethbridge News Now

  09-02-2023 21:40
  
  Volunteer Coach Development Initiative to launch in Lethbridge  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Loaded shotguns, handguns and cocaine seized from Canmore home

  09-02-2023 21:25
  
  A 26-year-old Canmore man faces multiple charges after weapons and drugs were found during the search of a Silvertip home. Officers launched an investigation into Austin Clark Desylva in December 2022, following an undisclosed incident that purportedly involved a firearm. RCMP members searched the home on Feb. 4 and seized:Two loaded shotguns; Two loaded handguns; An empty shotgun; Several rounds of ammunition; 260 grams of cocaine; and $800 in cash.Desylva was apprehended and subsequently charg
  
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• Independent MLA criticizes Alberta’s plan to give royalty credits for well cleanup

  09-02-2023 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The provincial government is planning a pilot project that would give $100 million in royalty breaks to companies that fulfil their legal obligations to restore old oil wells.
  
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• ‘Government boondoggle’: Opposition mounting for plan to clean up Alberta oil wells

  09-02-2023 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  The provincial government is planning a pilot project that would give $100 million in royalty breaks to companies that fulfil their legal obligations to restore old oil wells.
  
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• Articles by Dexter Lethbridge - Grainews

  09-02-2023 20:44
  
  Articles by Dexter Lethbridge  Grainews
  
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• Shazam! star Zachary Levi returning to Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo

  09-02-2023 20:25
  
  Calgary fans of Shazam! have a lot to look forward to in the coming weeks. Not only is a sequel, called Shazam! Fury of the Gods being released in mid-March, but a little over a month later, star Zachary Levi will be at the Calgary Comic and Entertainment Expo, which is set for April 27-30. Fury of the Gods comes out in theatres only on March 17. It will be Levi's second Calgary Expo appearance. He previously appeared at the 2019 event. Other confirmed guests coming to Calgary include Vincent D'
  
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• 1 person killed in highway crash south of Calgary

  09-02-2023 20:16
  
  Calgary EMS say one person was killed in a crash south of Calgary near Okotoks on Thursday. The collision happened on northbound Highway 2 near 370 Avenue S.E. shortly after 11 a.m., according to 511 Alberta. Northbound Highway 2 is closed north of Highway 547 near Aldersyde as police investigate. Drivers are asked to use an alternate route as the closure could be in place for some time. This is a developing story and will be updated with more details as they become available… 
  
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• Southern Alberta ER shut down again over physician shortage

  09-02-2023 20:15
  
  Once again, the emergency department that serves residents in and around a small southern Alberta community will be unable to provide care. Alberta Health Services (AHS) says Milk River's ER will be closed from Thursday until 8 a.m. Monday. Nurses will still be at the site to attend to long-term care patients, but EMS calls will need to be rerouted to Lethbridge or Raymond, Alta. Raymond is 61 kilometres northwest of the community while Lethbridge is located 86 kilometres northwest. Including a
  
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• B.C. fines Teck Coal more than $16M over Elk Valley infractions

  09-02-2023 19:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  The B.C. government has fined Teck Coal Limited for exceeding pollution thresholds as well as failing to build an active water treatment facility on time at one of its operations.
  
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• Combination of factors caused Keystone pipeline’s Kansas leak: TC Energy

  09-02-2023 19:18 via globalnews.ca
  
  TC Energy Corp. has pegged the cost of cleanup and remediation of December's oil spill from its Keystone pipeline at an estimated US$480 million.
  
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• 'Wonderful surprise': Calgary man wins $1M from lottery ticket

  09-02-2023 19:06
  
  Calgarian Sinisa Blajojevic says he hopes to pay off his mortgage, replace his car and take a trip with his lottery winnings. Blajojevic won $1 million on the Dec. 16 Western Max draw. He bought his ticket from a Petro Canada in the community of Rutland Park on the afternoon of the draw, then discovered his win the next day. “I went into the store to check some tickets. When I checked this ticket, boy, I sure was shocked," Blagojevic saidin a statement. At first, Blagojevic thought he had
  
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• Fire in Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise parking garage destroys multiple vehicles

  09-02-2023 18:45
  
  An investigation is underway into a Wednesday night fire at the Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise parking garage that destroyed multiple vehicles. RCMP officials confirm multiple vehicles were damaged in the parking facility blaze, including several that were burnt to charred frames, near the world-renowned luxury hotel in Banff National Park. The cause of the fire remains under investigation and Mounties say it is too early to determine whether the circumstances were suspicious or not. This is a dev
  
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• Calgary energy company invests $150K to conserve burrowing owl habitat

  09-02-2023 18:22
  
  An Alberta species-at-risk is being given a helping hand from a Calgary energy company. Tamarack Valley Energy has announced a partnership with the Wilder Institute/Calgary Zoo to help conserve the habitats of burrowing owls, which overlap in many areas where the company works in the province. The agreement will include a $150,000 investment to the Wilder Institute's programs devoted to conserving populations of the subterranean bird. The company calls the step "a major step forward." "We believ
  
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• Precision Drilling reports $3.5M Q4 profit, revenue up more than 70 per cent

  09-02-2023 18:14
  
  Precision Drilling Corp. reported a fourth-quarter profit of $3.5 million compared with a loss of $27.3 million a year ago as its revenue rose more than 70 per cent. The company says the profit amounted to 27 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Dec. 31 compared with a loss of $2.05 per diluted share in the last three months of 2021. Revenue totalled $510.5 million, up from $295.2 million a year earlier. Precision says the increase in revenue was due to increased North American drilling
  
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• Lethbridge sewer repair closes blocks of 23rd Street | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  09-02-2023 17:32
  Lethbridge sewer repair closes blocks of 23rd Street | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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• TC Energy says combination of factors caused Keystone pipeline leak

  09-02-2023 17:21
  
  TC Energy Corp. says cleanup and remediation of the Keystone pipeline leak in December will cost an estimated US$480 million. The Keystone pipeline system suffered the worst oil spill in its history on Dec. 7, when oil leaked into a creek in Washington County, Kansas. The Calgary-based pipeline operator says the leak was due to a combination of factors, including bending stress on the pipe and a welding flaw. It says the weld flaw led to a crack that grew over time as a result of bending stress
  
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• Flames defenceman Andersson hurt after being struck by vehicle while riding scooter in Detroit

  09-02-2023 17:13
  
  Calgary Flames defenceman Rasmus Andersson was sent to hospital Wednesday night after being struck by a vehicle while riding a scooter in Detroit. The team said Thursday that the incident occurred around 6 p.m. while Andersson was riding a scooter to dinner. The 26-year-old Andersson was released from hospital later Wednesday night after undergoing a "battery of tests," the Flames said in Twitter post. Calgary was in Detroit for a Thursday night game with the Red Wings. The team says Andersson i
  
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• 3 alleged Calgary drug dealers charged, loaded handgun seized

  09-02-2023 17:05
  
  Three Calgarians were arrested and charged following a drug trafficking investigation that was launched last summer following a tip from the public. Investigators say a tip to Crime Stoppers submitted in July 2022 helped identify suspected drug dealers. Following weeks of evidence gathering, officers searched two vehicles as well as a home in the 900 block of 16th Avenue S.W. and another in the 800 block of Fourth Avenue S.W. The searches resulted in the seizure of:A loaded Taurus 9mm handgun wi
  
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• Calgary and Edmonton's low-income rental units disappearing: report

  09-02-2023 16:39
  
  A new report suggests the number of low-income rentals available in both Calgary and Edmonton has sharply dropped over the past 30 years, highlighting another challenge facing Albertans seeking affordable housing. The University of Calgary's School of Public Policy released the data in its Social Policy Trends report on Thursday. In it, the U of C says between 1990 and 2018, the number of low-income rental homes dropped by four per cent (669 units) in Edmonton and by 26 per cent (3,155 units) in
  
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• ‘We kind of missed the landing’: Alberta premier on awkward handshake with prime minister

  09-02-2023 15:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, weighing in on her limp hand clasp with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that went viral, says she wasn't expecting the handshake.
  
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• Calgary's 5-day forecast: well above seasonal this week

  09-02-2023 15:03
  
  I was having a math-y morning. If you average out our high temperatures and compare them to something akin to seasonal normal, we are presently more aligned with late March than mid-February. We have a ridge of high pressure cycling over us, which will push temperatures up more and more the farther we go. Yesterday I called a high of 4 C on Thursday; there were a few models that still kicked tires on 1 C. Today is now looking closer to 6 C. Why? Earlier this week, the ridge of high pressure that
  
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• Smith returns from 'productive' meetings in Ottawa, discusses 'significant' health-care funding

  09-02-2023 14:10
  
  Premier Danielle Smith says her trip to Ottawa for the federal government's health-care meeting with premiers this week was both "constructive" and "productive." Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday the federal government will spend $196.1 billion to address Canada's troubled health-care systems over the next 10 years, pledging $46.2 billion in new funding. This new cross-Canada offer includes both increases to the amount budgeted to flow through the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) as well as federal p
  
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• Smith returns from 'productive' meetings in Ottawa, discusses ‘significant' health-care funding

  09-02-2023 14:10
  
  Premier Danielle Smith says her trip to Ottawa for the federal government's health-care meeting with premiers this week was both "constructive" and "productive." Justin Trudeau announced Tuesday the federal government will spend $196.1 billion to address Canada's troubled health-care systems over the next 10 years, pledging $46.2 billion in new funding. This new cross-Canada offer includes both increases to the amount budgeted to flow through the Canada Health Transfer (CHT) as well as federal p
  
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• Premier Smith to deliver update on Just Transition talks, federal health deal

  09-02-2023 14:10
  
  Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is set to meet with reporters for the first time in a month today, with questions expected on health care, Crown prosecutors and perhaps her now-viral limp handshake with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Smith is set to update reporters in Calgary on her meeting with Trudeau in Ottawa and her concerns over the so-called federal Just Transition plan to help Canadian workers adapt to the global shift to more renewable energy. Those meetings were overshadowed Tuesday by
  
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• Carbon capture too expensive, takes too long to build: Report

  09-02-2023 13:53
  
  By betting it can solve its emissions problem with carbon capture and storage, Canada's oil and gas industry risks saddling itself with expensive stranded assets, a new report argues. The report, released Thursday by the International Institute for Sustainable Development -- a Winnipeg-based think-tank that focuses on climate and sustainable resource development -- concludes carbon capture and storage technology costs too much and takes too long to build to have any hope of helping industry meet
  
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• AMAC swim club competes in Lethbridge over weekend - Medicine Hat News

  09-02-2023 12:27
  
  AMAC swim club competes in Lethbridge over weekend  Medicine Hat News
  
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• UPDATE: Highway 2 near Okotoks re-opened following serious ... - Lethbridge News Now

  09-02-2023 09:00
  
  UPDATE: Highway 2 near Okotoks re-opened following serious ...  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Lethbridge firefighters extinguish afternoon blaze at south side home - Lethbridge News Now

  09-02-2023 09:00
  
  Lethbridge firefighters extinguish afternoon blaze at south side home  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Woman, children injured in northwest Calgary crash

  09-02-2023 05:29
  
  A woman sustained critical injuries and two children were also hurt in a crash at a northwest Calgary intersection Wednesday evening. It happened just before 6 p.m. at Nose Hill Drive and Scenic Acres Boulevard N.W. Two vehicles were involved and one hit a light pole. EMS says a woman was taken to the Foothills Medical Centre in critical condition. Two youths were taken to the Alberta Children's Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Their ages and genders are not available. Traffic was ba
  
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• 'Almost a spiritual connection': Dozens gather in Kananaskis for blind and visually impaired ski event

  09-02-2023 03:41
  
  When Dave Wilkinson clips into his cross-country skis and takes his first strides, he's right where he wants to be. "It's almost a spiritual connection for me. I love the feeling of my body in space, the movement as you're gliding across the snow. There's just nothing that competes with it," Wilkinson said Wednesday, right before an afternoon of several kilometres of skiing. He's come from Kentucky to Kananaskis this week for the annual Ski for Light event, a week-long program for blind and visu
  
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• Strathmore RCMP seize meth, cash, weapons from vehicle stuck in snow

  09-02-2023 03:24
  
  Two men from northern Alberta face charges in relation to an incident that took place last week in Wheatland County, Alta. Last Friday, around 9:30 a.m., Strathmore RCMP responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle stuck in the snow around Range Road 234 and Township road 244. Responding officers checked out the occupants of the vehicle, who were wanted on Canada-wide parole warrants. Both men were arrested, and a search yielded a quantity of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $1
  
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• Strathmore RCMP seize meth and more from vehicles stuck in snow

  09-02-2023 03:24
  
  Two men from northern Alberta face charges in relation to an incident that took place last week in Wheatland County, Alta. Last Friday, around 9:30 a.m., Strathmore RCMP responded to a report of a suspicious vehicle stuck in the snow around Range Road 234 and Township Road 244. Responding officers checked out the occupants of the vehicle, who were wanted on Canada-wide parole warrants. Both men were arrested, and a search yielded a quantity of methamphetamine with an estimated street value of $1
  
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• Alberta COVID-19 hospitalizations below 700, 24 deaths added

  09-02-2023 03:21
  
  Alberta now has 683 people in hospital with COVID-19, 22 of whom are receiving care in ICUs. That is a decrease of 19 hospitalizations and three ICU admissions compared to last week's update. The last time Alberta's hospitalization numbers were this low was at the end of July, when 654 people were admitted. Alberta Health data is routinely updated for accuracy and to account for reporting delays. Last week’s hospital numbers were retroactively increased from 702 to 726. According to the pr
  
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• Premier Smith taking her time to consider federal health funding proposal despite pressures

  09-02-2023 02:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Premier Smith says she needs time to consider the federal government's proposed health-care funding following meetings with the premiers and Justin Trudeau this week.
  
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• Sleep-deprived Calgarian still waiting for CPAP machine following massive recall

  09-02-2023 02:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Calgary woman suffering from sleep apnea is calling on Philips to get her replacement CPAP machine following a massive worldwide recall.
  
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• Bail set for ‘Dances With Wolves’ actor as police in Canada apply for more charges

  09-02-2023 02:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Bail has been set for a former actor in the movie "Dances With Wolves" who is facing eight sex-related charges in Nevada. Police in Canada say more complainants have come forward.
  
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• Airdrie RCMP investigating noon-hour pharmacy robbery

  09-02-2023 02:24
  
  Airdrie RCMP are investigating after a pharmacy robbery that took place Wednesday over lunch hour. At around 12:30 p.m., officers were dispatched to a pharmacy around Main Street. Two male suspects, wearing dark clothing, entered the store and asked for narcotics and cash, then fled the scene with an undisclosed amount of money and drugs. No one was injured. Suspect 1 is described as a dark complexion man with a slim build, between 190 and 195 centimetres (6'3" and 6'5") tall. He wore dark cloth
  
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• Milk River emergency department closing again after brief re-opening - Lethbridge News Now

  09-02-2023 01:49
  
  Milk River emergency department closing again after brief re-opening  Lethbridge News Now
  
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• Alberta survivor champions STARS after service saved her life

  09-02-2023 01:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alberta has three STARS bases so it takes roughly $30 million annually to run the service in the province.
  
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• Calgary soccer star survives earthquake – but worried for teammates

  09-02-2023 01:35
  
  Calgary soccer star Sam Adekugbe is working with the Red Cross, urging Canadians to donate to quake relief.Adekugbe plays professionally in Turkiye, for Hatayspor, in the devastated city of Antakya. He survived the disaster, but is worried for his community and teammates “I thought I was having a panic attack,” Adekugbe told TSN. “And then the shakes just kind of progressed more and more. I started hearing things getting thrown around the kitchen. Plates, cups and all sorts, ju
  
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• Lethbridge high school senior makes history on road to national award - Global News

  09-02-2023 01:28
  Lethbridge high school senior makes history on road to national award  Global News
  
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• Lethbridge high school senior makes history on road to national award

  09-02-2023 01:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Lethbridge student has found himself amongst the top 1.9 per cent of applicants for a prestigious nationwide award.
  
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• Lethbridge curlers sweeping away at annual 50+ Green Acres Foundation Bonspiel

  09-02-2023 01:19
  
  Members of Lethbridge's 50+ Curling Club are taking to the sheets this week for the annual Green Acres Foundation Bonspiel. Sixteen teams are participating in the event, which kicked off Tuesday at the Lethbridge Curling Club. "They curl during our leagues during the week and sign up for our bonspiels should they so choose to do so," said Wayne Skrypnyk, president of the 50+ Curling Club. "We have 64 curlers curling in this particular bonspiel." The curlers range in age from 50 all the way up to
  
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• More affordable housing coming to Lethbridge | CTV News - CTV News Calgary

  09-02-2023 00:48
  More affordable housing coming to Lethbridge | CTV News  CTV News Calgary
  
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