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• Île-Bizard residents on edge as water levels rise

  03-11-2017 23:54 via globalnews.ca
  In the wake of heavy rains over the last few days, the water level in area has been rising.
  
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• Concordia and McGill react to Quebec’s new campus sexual assault bill

  03-11-2017 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  Will McGill and Concordia make changes as a result of Quebec's new bill legislating sexual assault on campuses?
  
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• Daughter of 92-year-old Montreal resident speaking out after mother’s fall

  03-11-2017 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  The daughter of a 92-year-old Montreal resident is speaking out after her mother fell on a sidewalk.
  
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• Preparations underway for McCord Museum’s annual toy exhibit

  03-11-2017 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Nov 3: Microscopes, X-rays and ultraviolet radiation are only some of the tools being used to restore antique toys at Montreal’s McCord Museum. As Global’s Amanda Jelowicki reports, the museum is getting ready for its annual toy exhibit Nov. 19.
  
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• Louise Penny on Order of Canada, friendship with Hillary Clinton

  03-11-2017 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Nov 3: Quebec crime fiction writer Louise Penny was the keynote speaker at a literary festival in Quebec City where she opened up her writing career, as well as her unlikely friendship with Hillary Clinton. Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports.
  
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• Elderly woman injured on repaired sidewalk outside seniors’ residence

  03-11-2017 23:25 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Nov 3: A Montreal-area woman is upset after her mother was injured when she fell on recently redone sidewalk in front of the Manoir Gouin — a seniors’ residence on Marcel-Laurin Boulevard. As Global’s Matt Grillo reports, residents have been complaining the sidewalk is too high.
  
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• Global News at 5:30: Nov 3

  03-11-2017 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, November 3, 2017 edition of Global News at 5:30 on Global Montreal.
  
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• Fighting sexual assault on campus

  03-11-2017 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Nov 3: The National Assembly tabled Bill 151 earlier this week which will require universities to create codes of conducts regarding sexual violence on campus. Global’s Dan Spector reports on what it means for Montreal’s major English universities.
  
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• Montreal Canadiens like having AHL affiliate Laval Rocket close at hand - Montreal Gazette

  03-11-2017 23:15 via montrealgazette.com
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  Montreal Canadiens like having AHL affiliate Laval Rocket close at hand
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  Having their top farm club close at hand appears to be popular with the Canadiens' brass, their top farmhands and the fans. The Canadian Press More from The Canadian Press. Published on: November 3, 2017 | Last Updated: November 3, 2017 6:15 PM ...
  Montreal Canadiens: Byron Froese Named Captain of the Laval RocketA Winning Habitall 9 news articles »
  
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• Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac community in disbelief over discovery of dead newborns

  03-11-2017 23:06 via cbc.ca
  The community of Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-Lac, Que., is in disbelief after a local mother was arrested this week and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the deaths of three of her newborn babies.
  
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• Former Revenue Canada employee was used by RCMP to get secret recordings

  03-11-2017 22:56 via montrealgazette.com
  The RCMP used a retired Canada Revenue Agency employee to get his former colleagues talking during an investigation of alleged widespread corruption within the federal taxman’s offices in Montreal. 
  During a hearing held at the Montreal courthouse on Friday, federal prosecutor François Blanchette informed Quebec Court Judge Lori Renée Weitzman that the investigative technique was used in just one of the many cases to come out of Project Coche, a lengthy and complicated i
  
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• Georges St-Pierre on UFC 217: 'There's no other place I want to be'

  03-11-2017 22:22 via montrealgazette.com
  NEW YORK — Georges St-Pierre waved his hands as a conductor would to a chorus of “G-S-P” chanted by fans wrapped in Rising Sun headbands inside Madison Square Garden.
  “These are your people? These are your people, Georges?” fighter Michael Bisping chirped as he dismissed the rising cheers with a wave.
  GSP is back for his people and on top of a UFC card one more time.
  But is it for the final time?
  St-Pierre (25-2) was one of the UFC’s biggest stars and pay-per-
  
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• Montreal election: Three-way races in Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

  03-11-2017 22:18 via montrealgazette.com
  No matter who wins the election in Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, residents like Leigh Adams have a long list of concerns they’d like to see addressed once the dust settles.
  Adams is thinking about snow clearing, traffic-calming measures, support for community organizations and the gridlock spurred by road construction as she heads to the voting booth on Sunday, but her 18-month-old son is her top priority.
  “N.D.G. has always been a very family-centric neighbo
  
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• Allison Hanes: Services for families and ePrix hot topics in Ville-Marie

  03-11-2017 22:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Faisal Alazem has been a resident of downtown Montreal since he started his undergrad at McGill University in 2002.
  He has loved living in the thick of it all, where he and his wife walk wherever they go: to work, to the gym, to the grocery store, to their chid’s daycare, or to go out for dinner.
  That’s why he was distressed to learn they will not be able to walk his son Fares, now two, to school when he starts kindergarten in a few years.
  Alazem discovered the closest school to the
  
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• Inside the CFL: A look at why the Alouettes' season went off the rails

  03-11-2017 22:04 via montrealgazette.com
  HAMILTON — As good as things were for the Alouettes when they reached the Grey Cup an improbable eight times during an 11-year period, this season will be remembered as the bleakest in team history.
  Heading into Friday night’s regular-season finale at Hamilton, the Als had a team-record 10 consecutive losses. They had yet to win a game on the road and will miss the Canadian Football League playoffs for a third straight year. That’s quite a feat in a nine-team league, where six
  
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• Forensics used to restore toys at McCord Museum

  03-11-2017 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  The McCord Museum is about to launch a new exhibit called Topsy-turvy Storyland, showcasing 150 antique toys. The museum's conservation department used all sorts of forensic techniques to restore the toys.
  
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• Sherbrooke mayoral candidates have competing visions for revamping downtown core

  03-11-2017 21:43 via cbc.ca
  The five candidates running for mayor in Sherbrooke are each trying to persuade voters they have what it takes to revitalize the city centre and attract new business to the region.
  
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• Quebec crime fiction writer Louise Penny on Order of Canada, friendship with Hillary Clinton

  03-11-2017 21:25 via globalnews.ca
  Global's Raquel Fletcher sat down with best-selling crime fiction writer Louise Penny to discuss how her late husband encouraged her to pursue a writing career and her unlikely friendship with Hillary Clinton.
  
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• Severe weather warning: Expect heavy rain on Sunday and Monday

  03-11-2017 21:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement warning of possible heavy rainfalls in Montreal on Sunday and Monday.
  The warning also applies to the Laval, Longueuil and Châteauguay areas. 
  The weather system that will affect Quebec is currently developing over the middle of North America.
  It is also expected to bring strong winds to the affected regions and Environment Canada is urging people to avoid wooded areas “so as not to be injured by falling tree branche
  
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• Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price down with 'minor' lower body injury

  03-11-2017 20:49 via montrealgazette.com
  WINNIPEG — Canadiens goaltender Carey Price missed practice here Friday because of what Claude Julien described as a “minor” lower-body injury.
  “I came in this morning and (the training staff) told me he had a minor injury,” said Julien. He said he didn’t know when Price was injured or whether it was related to his shaky performance Thursday night when the Canadiens dropped a 6-3 decision in Minnesota. 
  Julien said Al Montoya would start Saturday against
  
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• New Montreal residence for asylum seekers helps build bridges to those in need

  03-11-2017 20:45 via cbc.ca
  Montreal's Catholic diocese has converted an east-end presbytery into a temporary home for asylum seekers, especially expectant women and single mothers with young children.
  
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• Carey Price out for at least 1 game with injury

  03-11-2017 20:24 via cbc.ca
  Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price will miss Saturday night's game due to a minor lower-body injury.
  
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• Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price down with "lower body injury"

  03-11-2017 19:44 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Canadiens early season struggles have just gone from bad to worse. 
  Star goalie Carey Price — who’s had a rough start to the campaign — is contending with a minor “lower body injury,” according to the Canadiens. Al Montoya will be in nets Saturday when the Habs take on the Jets in Winnipeg.
  A backup goalie has been recalled from the Laval Rockets.
  Price has a minor lower-body injury and as a preventative measure, a goalie will be recalled. Montoya
  
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• Don Macpherson: Too high, too soon for the Coalition Avenir Québec?

  03-11-2017 19:41 via montrealgazette.com
  The higher the monkey climbs, the more he shows his tail.— Jamaican proverb
  One is an isolated event. Two may be a coincidence. But three starts to look like a trend.
  The trend, in this case, is the emergence of the Coalition Avenir Québec party as not only the leading alternative to Premier Philippe Couillard’s Liberal government in the next general election, but as the leading party, period.
  The first possible sign of a trend was the CAQ’s triumph over the Liberals in
  
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• Murder victim's loved ones tell her side of story

  03-11-2017 19:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Catherine de Boucherville was killed at the hands of her husband, Ahmad Nehme, but very little was said about the victim’s background during the murder trial. 
  That is why several of de Boucherville’s loved ones turned out at the Montreal courthouse on Friday to get into the court record who the victim was before Nehme, who was convicted of first-degree murder on Sunday, officially receives a life sentence. He will be eligible for parole after 25 years. As Superior Court Justice
  
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• Criminologist-turned-baker serves up criminally delicious sweets

  03-11-2017 19:20 via globalnews.ca
  A Montreal woman went from criminology to being an upscale doughnut chef -- setting up shop along Decarie Boulevard. A popular variety is named for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  
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• Gentrification puts pressure on Saint-Henri schools to adapt to new social mix

  03-11-2017 19:02 via cbc.ca
  Community organizations say middle-class families have higher expectations and are putting new pressures on the historically working-class neighbourhood’s schools to provide the kinds of programs and activities they expect for their children.
  
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  03-11-2017 18:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Centre Byron Froese was named captain of the Laval Rocket, after a vote by the players, while forward Chris Terry and defenceman Matt Taormina will be his assistants, the American Hockey League team announced Friday.
  Froese is in his seventh season of professional hockey and signed a two-year contract with the Montreal Canadiens last summer. He was selected in the fourth round, 119th overall, by the Chicago Blackhawks in the 2009 NHL Entry Draft. The 26-year-old forward played 62 games in the NH
  
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• 5 Montreal stories you must read this week: November 3

  03-11-2017 18:06 via globalnews.ca
  From the latest political scandal involving UPAC and a provincial MNA to billboards creating a negative buzz, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal this week.
  
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• Crunch time for Denis Coderre and Valérie Plante btmontreal.ca/videos/crunch-…

  03-11-2017 18:05
  Crunch time for Denis Coderre and Valérie Plante btmontreal.ca/videos/crunch-…
  
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• Teens charged with brutal beating in Quebec City rearrested

  03-11-2017 18:01 via montrealgazette.com
  A pair of teens arrested in connection with a brutal beating of another adolescent on Oct. 20 in Quebec City have been rearrested and detained after violating their release conditions, police announced Friday.
   
  The first 13-year-old suspect, who cannot be identified because of her age, was arrested Oct. 23 after a video of a 15-year-old being viciously attacked in front of a grocery store in the Quebec City neighbourhood of Limoilou went viral.
   
  The second suspect, also a minor, was
  
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• NDG’s DoughNats making its mark

  03-11-2017 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Nov 3: An upscale doughnut shop in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is celebrating one year in business and as Global’s Billy Shields reports it all started as a leap of faith by a working mom.
  
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• Sexual assault hotline set up for Quebec construction workers

  03-11-2017 17:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Reacting to the growing number of complaints linked to sexual misconduct, Quebec’s Commission de la construction du Québec (CCQ) has launched a hotline providing support to victims within its ranks.
  The Ligne relais-construction will be staffed by a multi-disciplinary team that will counsel callers on how to get help. The number is 1-844-374-4149.
  The CCQ is launching the hotline with the co-operation of the province’s construction companies and unions.
  CCQ president
  
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• Montreal election: Where and when do I vote — and what should I bring? - Montreal Gazette

  03-11-2017 17:37 via montrealgazette.com
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  Montreal election: Where and when do I vote — and what should I bring?
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  For ongoing coverage of the vote on election night, including a live blog, visit montrealgazette.com. [email protected] · twitter.com/andyriga · Cogeco fires Quebec City radio host over harassment accusations · Coderre team warns Projet Montréal ...
  
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• Montreal election: Where and when do I vote — and what should I bring?

  03-11-2017 17:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Sunday, Nov. 5, is election day in Montreal and other Quebec cities.
  Here’s what you need to know to cast your ballot.
  What are the opening hours of polling stations?
  10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Don’t forget Sunday is the day clocks are turned back one hour because daylight saving time ends.
  Where do I vote?
  You should have received a voter reminder card in the mail. It features the address of your polling station. 
  If you don’t have your card, check with your local municipalit
  
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• Weekend closures and a new look for the Turcot Interchange come Monday

  03-11-2017 17:20 via cbc.ca
  Drivers, take note — starting Monday, the configuration of Highway 20 East in the Turcot Interchange is going to look a little different.
  
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• .@AFGoldwater makes the case for Valérie Plante btmontreal.ca/videos/anne-fr… https://t.co/eYKOCta3nm

  03-11-2017 17:08
  
  .@AFGoldwater makes the case for Valérie Plante btmontreal.ca/videos/anne-fr… https://t.co/eYKOCta3nm
  
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• Looking for a fun & new dining experience this weekend? @MissWattson tells us her top picks for @MTLaTABLE here: ow.ly/SnWv30gkBX7

  03-11-2017 17:01
  Looking for a fun & new dining experience this weekend? @MissWattson tells us her top picks for @MTLaTABLE here: ow.ly/SnWv30gkBX7
  
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• Tax rate, media glare work against Canadiens | HI/O Bonus

  03-11-2017 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Our panel examines why some players don’t want to play in Montreal.
  Missed this week’s show? You can find it here and watch as our panel tries to figure out just who the Canadiens really are. 
  Related
  Jekyll and Hyde Canadiens tough to figure out | HI/O Show
  
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• McGillis: Leonard Cohen at the MAC — a show of devotion

  03-11-2017 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  “He’s in the air. Maybe it’s the moment we’re living, culturally and historically and politically, but he’s this figure who can offer solace.”
  John Zeppetelli is talking about the subject of Leonard Cohen: A Crack in Everything, Musée d’art contemporain’s mammoth 123-day exposition devoted to the life and work of Montreal’s preeminent musician and writer.  As MAC director and the upcoming show’s co-curator along with Victor
  
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• Leonard Cohen tribute: A guide to the stars

  03-11-2017 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Has it been a year already?
  It seems like only yesterday Montreal was mourning the loss of its prodigal son, Leonard Cohen. If the past 12 months have been a chance for our city to celebrate and commemorate the life of the inimitable singer, songwriter, poet and quintessential gentleman, en famille, on Monday fans will get an opportunity to share that love with the world.
  Some very big names can be found amid the international, intergenerational and interdisciplinary roster of talent descending
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw's Wines of the Week: Nov. 3, 2017

  03-11-2017 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Under $16
  Vin de Pays d’Oc 2016, Grenache de Grenache, Jean-Claude Mas, France white, $11.55, SAQ # 12990742. Already one of my favourite inexpensive whites; the 2016 might be even better than the last vintage. Delicate aromatics of orchard fruit and spice, textured mid-palate and a good mineral finish. Substantial but nuanced. Residual sugar: 1.7 g/L. Grape varieties: grenache blanc, grenache gris. Serve at: 8-12 C. Drink now. Food pairing idea: seafood pasta in cream sauce, col
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw: Bardolino is back in the pink with Chiaretto

  03-11-2017 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  “At the end of the 19th century, Bardolino was sold in the great hotels in Switzerland alongside the finest Burgundy,” was how Italian wine writer Angelo Peretti described the reputation of the wines of Bardolino.
  Surrounding Lake Garda in Italy’s Veneto region, the Bardolino of today is much lesser-known than its neighbour, Valpolicella. Despite growing the same grapes, the appellation’s fortunes started to decline in the 1980s.
  “During the 1970s, one litre of Bard
  
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• .@mitchgarber makes the case for Denis Coderre btmontreal.ca/videos/mitch-g… https://t.co/L1zrQAjgg7

  03-11-2017 16:56
  
  .@mitchgarber makes the case for Denis Coderre btmontreal.ca/videos/mitch-g… https://t.co/L1zrQAjgg7
  
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• Update: Mobster's family fears for safety of missing brother

  03-11-2017 16:42 via montrealgazette.com
  The brother of influential crime figure Raynald Desjardins has disappeared and his family has concerns for his safety. 
  The Laval police reported Jacques Desjardins, 68, as missing Friday morning. They said he hasn’t been seen since leaving his home at 8 a.m. Oct. 30.
  If he is the victim of wrongdoing it would be the latest in a series of events that have transpired since Raynald Desjardins was released from prison more than a decade ago and completely shook up Montreal’s organi
  
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• Quebec fears traffic chaos if government engineers continue to strike

  03-11-2017 16:37 via montrealgazette.com
  The Couillard government is urging its striking engineers to return to the bargaining table and warns traffic chaos could descend on Montreal and Quebec City as early as Nov. 13 if the impasse continues.
  On a limited strike since the start of September, the 1,400 members of the Association professionnelle des ingénieurs du gouvernement (APIGQ) are refusing to work outside business hours.
  Quebec Transport Minister André Fortin told reporters on Friday that means nearly 40 inspe
  
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• The Right Chemistry: Evaluating concerns about fast-food packaging

  03-11-2017 16:30 via montrealgazette.com
  We feel a little guilt every time we bite into that hamburger, sub, pizza or hotdog. They may comfort the taste buds, but the fat, salt, cholesterol and sugar they contain are not welcomed by the rest of the body.
  There is yet another issue that arises. It involves the packaging in which these fast foods are delivered. The hamburger is wrapped in some sort of paper, fries come in a cardboard container and that pizza may be delivered in a box. Since all these items are greasy and moist, ordinary
  
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• Messy Church

  03-11-2017 16:16 via globalnews.ca
  On the fourth (4th) Wednesday of every month at 5:00 PM we welcome people of all ages to come together in community, to socialize or perhaps share creatively in an easy craft, to celebrate God’s love for all and to enjoy a light supper together at 6 PM. All this happens in an informal atmosphere...
  
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• Parked car set on fire in Montreal’s Plateau borough

  03-11-2017 16:06 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal police investigate a stolen car that was set on fire in Montreal's Plateau early Friday morning
  
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• Heavy rains spark flooding in Quebec City region

  03-11-2017 15:56 via cbc.ca
  Rain over the past 48 hours has caused some rivers on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River to overflow their banks.
  
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