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• Want a lucky phone number? It could cost you

  26-08-2017 23:52 via vancouversun.com
  In a society where people and their phones are rarely parted, the market for desirable digits appears to be growing.
  On Craigslist Vancouver, a recent search brought up more than a dozen ads for unique phone numbers, ranging from combinations of lucky 7s and 8s, to memorable strings of zeros that roll easily off the tongue. A seller from Richmond was asking $900 for a coveted number containing 8s, while another was accepting offers for a series of six 7s.
  But compared to the amounts paid in othe
  
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• Man who assaulted three Vernon prostitutes missing from halfway house

  26-08-2017 23:23 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver police are hunting for a missing sex offender who once assaulted three Vernon prostitutes.
  A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for Michael Hans Bopfinger, 42, after he didn’t return to a Vancouver-area halfway house by curfew on Friday.
  Bopfinger was out on statutory release after serving part of an 11-year sentence for a string of violent sexual assaults.
  In 2011, the Lumby man pleaded guilty to aggravated sexual assault, unlawful confinement and uttering threats in relat
  
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• Drive-by egging that hurt North Vancouver boy not isolated incident ... - Times Colonist

  26-08-2017 22:23 via timescolonist.com
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  Drive-by egging that hurt North Vancouver boy not isolated incident ...
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  VANCOUVER — A drive-by egging that put a North Vancouver teen in hospital may have been the work of a serial egger or eggers. Matthys van Bylandt, 13, ...and more »
  
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• Drive-by egging that hurt North Vancouver boy not isolated incident: police - Times Colonist

  26-08-2017 22:23 via timescolonist.com
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  Drive-by egging that hurt North Vancouver boy not isolated incident: police
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  North Vancouver teen Matthys van Bylandt suffered a serious eye injury on Monday night when he was pelted in the face by an egg. Photograph By RCMP handout. VANCOUVER — A drive-by egging that put a North Vancouver teen in hospital may have ...and more »
  
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• #WalkCNV @ #SummerSessions tonight 5-7pm. Come share ideas on making the City more walkable.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-08-2017 22:00 via twitter.com
  #WalkCNV @ #SummerSessions tonight 5-7pm. Come share ideas onmaking the City more walkable.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Final party of the season tonight. Mostly Marley hits the stage and closes out #SummerSessions.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-08-2017 20:01 via twitter.com
  Final party of the season tonight. Mostly Marley hits the stage and closes out #SummerSessions.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 🐶 Celebrate #NationalDogDay at one of our doggy friendly parks 🐾 . cnv.org/DogsInCityParks #NorthVan https://t.co/peOizNcPfe

  26-08-2017 18:01 via twitter.com
  
  🐶 Celebrate #NationalDogDay at one of our doggy friendly parks 🐾 . cnv.org/DogsInCityParks #NorthVan https://t.co/peOizNcPfe
  
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• Oil and gas industry needs to be part of B.C.’s climate-change efforts

  26-08-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Drip. Drip. Drip. Can you hear it? It’s the sound of economic opportunities going down the drain, a drop at a time. It’s the feel of job prospects dissolving. It’s a young family that can’t afford decent housing or small luxuries for the kids.
  Is this the future we’re headed for? Surely we hope not. But, with all the best intentions, those who oppose any expansion of the oil and gas industry in B.C. could deprive many in the province’s present and future workf
  
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• Lush reveals new look on Robson Street

  26-08-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Lush is one of those stores that you can find by smell.
  The company, which specializes in colourful bath, beauty and body products, boasts a cheery scent that’s as much a benchmark of the brand as its black-and-white packaging and quirky product names.
  Lush recently marked the 20th anniversary of its Robson Street location by reopening the shop. At 2,340 square feet, the renovated store, which was among the brand’s original 10 shops to open in North America, is double the size of the
  
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• Gurjinder Basran delivers new novel, Someone You Love is Gone

  26-08-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Someone You Love is Gone
  By Gurjinder Basran
  Viking Canada
  In order to write her new novel, Someone You Love is Gone, Gurjinder Basran had to put the project aside for a few years.
  The novel focuses on a middle-aged Indo-Canadian woman named Simran as she deals with the death of her mother, her dying marriage, her complicated siblings and a distant daughter.
  Sadly for Basran, the death of a mother was something she became very familiar with.
  “Because of the circumstances of my mother&rsquo
  
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• B.C.'s 1st poverty-reduction minister: how he'll improve affordability

  26-08-2017 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  While toiling on the opposition benches for 12 years, Vancouver-Hastings NDP MLA Shane Simpson frequently criticized the former Liberal government over its treatment of society’s most-vulnerable people.
  Now, as the new NDP government’s minister for social development and poverty reduction, the longtime East Vancouver resident and community activist has the opportunity to help the very people he accused the Liberals of underserving.
  A Vancouver Sun investigation earlier this year foun
  
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• The Home Front: Stylish storage

  26-08-2017 15:51 via vancouversun.com
  The demand for furniture that fits small spaces and serves multiple purposes is growing in North America, says Antoine Roset, executive vice-president of Roset USA, the North American arm of high-end French furniture brand Ligne Roset.
  It’s something in which Roset and his family are specialists, having designed for the European market for over 150 years.
  “What people are buying is really different from what they were buying before,” he says. “People are a bit more cautio
  
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• Sold (Bought): Vancouver home has designer touches, far-reaching views

  26-08-2017 15:29 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  3455 Triumph Street, Vancouver
  Type: Five-bedroom, five-bathroom detached
  Size: 2,732 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $2,028,000
  Listed for: $2,358,000
  Sold for: $2,288,000
  Sold on: May 30
  Days on market: 12
  Listing agent: Doug Williams at RE/MAX Crest Realty Westside
  Buyers agent: Alex Wong at Engel & Volkers Vancouver
  This home at 3455 Triomph Street in Vancouver sold for $2,288,000. 
  The big sell: This West Coast modern-style home
  
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• Sussex to be a standout in Burnaby

  26-08-2017 15:09 via vancouversun.com
  A range of signature amenities combined with a location on the quieter, north side of Kingsway in the Metrotown neighbourhood distinguishes the Sussex tower in the booming condo market in Burnaby.
  “Sussex is a short walk to the Metrotown SkyTrain station, you’ve got the mall (Metropolis) right there, universities are close by – so is BCIT and schools – yet it’s in a residential enclave,” says Chris Colbeck, vice-president, sales and marketing for developer Tow
  
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• Opinion: B.C. needs to harness the power of education

  26-08-2017 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  One of the challenges facing a new administration is to find the time and focus to seize upon great opportunities while contending with the day-to-day pressures of governing. Fortunately for B.C.’s new government, this province’s advanced education system provides just such an opportunity, which, if nurtured and deployed, can form the basis of a potent economic strategy to drive sustainable growth and prosperity for the benefit of all British Columbians.
  This opportunity is founded u
  
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• Five Things to Know: Bell tolls for bridge tolls, Uber ice cream fail

  26-08-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  Bridge tolls are no more, Uber Ice Cream didn’t go so well, and Fraser Health has issued a public warning after 17 overdose deaths in a week. Here are five things you need to know.
  Bell tolls for bridge tolls
  Good news for commuters: beginning Sept. 1, the Port Mann Bridge and the Golden Ears Bridge will no longer be tolled.
  B.C. Premier John Horgan announced the policy change at a press conference Friday, calling the tolls “unfair” to people south of the Fraser.
  Forgetting the
  
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• How a murky company with ties to the People's Liberation Army set up shop in B.C.

  26-08-2017 12:00 via vancouversun.com
  One evening in downtown Vancouver last November, some of B.C.’s political and business elite rubbed elbows with executives of one of China’s largest state-owned corporations, China Poly Group.
  They were celebrating the launch of a boutique art gallery by one of China Poly’s many subsidiaries, Poly Culture Group, which operates the third-largest auction house in the world.
  Under the watchful eye of Vancouver police in tactical gear, attendees admired four rare bronze zodiac head
  
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• Vancouver woman named bartender of the year in Mexico City

  26-08-2017 07:18 via vancouversun.com
  Kaitlyn Stewart from Canada, who won the title of ‘World’s Best Bartender’ at the final of the World Class Bartender of the Year competition in Mexico City on Thursday, Aug. 24, 2017. World Class is the world’s biggest bartending competition.
  A Vancouver woman has been named the world’s best bartender, adding more evidence that Vancouver is becoming one of the planet’s top cocktail cities.
  Kaitlyn Stewart, the bar manager at Royal Dinette on Dunsmuir Street, t
  
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• This Week in History: Bobby Orr becomes first NHL 'millionaire'

  26-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  In 1971, at 23 years of age, Bobby Orr signed what was described as the first million-dollar contract in the National Hockey League.
  Orr, a defenceman for the Boston Bruins, had just finished second in league scoring with 139 points, behind teammate Phil Esposito. It’s a record that still stands for defencemen. Orr had also won his fourth Norris Trophy.
  At a news conference, Orr was asked whether the five-year deal made him the highest paid in NHL history.
  “You can assume whatever yo
  
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• Theatre review: Showbiz isn't so glamorous in A Chorus Line

  26-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  A Chorus Line
  To Sept. 2 | Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island
  Tickets & Info: $35-$40 at http://www.fightingchanceproductions.ca 
  God, I hope I get it! God, I really blew it! Oh God, I need a job!
  The opening number of one of the great American musicals doesn’t waste any time getting to the point. Twenty-one dancers are auditioning for eight available spots in the chorus. Their desperation is palpable. Long before reality TV gave us Survivor, American Idol, The Apprentice an
  
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• Revitalized Guns N’ Roses to test Vancouver's appetite at B.C. Place

  26-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  Guns N’ Roses
  Sept. 1 at 7 p.m. | B.C. Place Stadium
  Tickets and info: $35 to $350; ticketmaster.ca
  Appetite for Destruction changed everything about rock in the ’80s.
  Released 30 years ago this summer, Guns N’ Roses’ first major-label album came out at a time when Bon Jovi was at the top of the charts, Ronald Reagan was president and glam metal was going strong, thanks to the heavy makeup and slick riffs of bands such as Twisted Sister, Whitesnake and Mötley Crü
  
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• Opinion: NDP will offer 'sustainable, strong and properly resourced education system'

  26-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  As a parent with young children, I know first-hand the important role our schools play in the lives of kids, families, and communities. I see my kids’ growing excitement as a new school year approaches and ask, will the year ahead help them grow as caring human beings and develop the skills they need for the future? As the new minister of education, I’ll do everything I can to make sure it does for all children and families.
  No investment is more important than a quality education. W
  
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• Editorial: B.C. NDP government's challenge? Avoid tax hikes

  26-08-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  You won’t hear the new NDP provincial government say much nice about the former Liberal administration leaving it a $2.7-billion budget surplus, although perhaps that’s for the best.
  First, it’s not like the NDP can use the cash for any of the expensive goodies it promised voters. Under the Budget Transparency and Accountability Act, the surplus must be used to pay down the provincial debt, which is expected to hit $69.8 billion by the end of this fiscal year. That’s more
  
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• Beer on the Beach: Vancouverites plan to protest liquor laws by drinking at English Bay

  26-08-2017 05:05 via vancouversun.com
  You should be able to drink at the beach.
  That’s what Vancouverites will argue this Sunday when they gather for Beer on the Beach: A Picnic Protest, openly — but responsibly — flouting the province’s liquor policies by cracking a few cold ones in the sand.
  The event, which runs from noon to 2 p.m., is being organized by The Campaign for Real Ale Society of British Columbia or CAMRA B.C., a group that advocates on behalf of the province’s ever-growing contingent of c
  
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• Body found buried and wrapped in tarp is missing Vancouver Island woman

  26-08-2017 05:01 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Euarchol Wanichpan, a 25-year-old Vancouver Island woman who has been missing since late July, has been identified as the person found buried and wrapped in a tarp at S.J. Willis Educational Centre.
  Major crime investigators suspect foul play and are asking for the public’s help in trying to piece together Wanichpan’s movements between the time she was last seen and when her body was discovered.
  Wanichpan was last seen in the Lansdowne area of Saanich on July 30. She
  
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• Muji: Metrotown gets Lower Mainland's first store from Japanese retail giant

  26-08-2017 04:29 via vancouversun.com
  Opening-day festivities were attended by special guests as Japanese minimalist housewares and fashion retailer Muji gets set to open its first Metro Vancouver store in Burnaby this weekend.
  Here’s a sneak peek inside the store in Metropolis at Metrotown, which opens to the public Saturday, Aug. 26, at 10 a.m.
   
  All photos by Francis Georgian, PNG.
    
  
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• Uber leaves Vancouver cold, Earnest Ice Cream admits 'mistake'

  26-08-2017 03:39 via vancouversun.com
  If the point of Uber Ice Cream was to get Vancouverites talking about the ride-hailing company, you can consider Friday’s promotional stunt, which saw Uber delivering free ice cream sandwiches all over the city, a success.
  But if the point was to get people talking positively about Uber, maybe not.
  On Thursday, Uber announced that their 25 mapping cars would be deployed throughout the city, delivering ice cream and other swag to anyone who requested it through the Uber app.
  Vancouverites w
  
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• #MovieNight fun in the Plaza starts now! Bike rodeo, face painting + more! The Secret Life of Pets on the big scree… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-08-2017 03:30 via twitter.com
  #MovieNight fun in the Plaza starts now! Bike rodeo, face painting + more! The Secret Life of Pets on the big scree… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Homicide cops identify Mission murder victim as Chelsey Gauthier

  26-08-2017 02:30 via vancouversun.com
  The Integrated Homicide Investigation Team says the body of a murdered woman found in Mission has been identified as missing Abbotsford resident Chelsey Gauthier.Gauthier, 22, was reported missing to Abbotsford police on July 27.
  The body was found by APD investigators on Aug. 16 in an area of Mission near Sylvester Road and Dale Road. On Thursday, IHIT investigators said the identity of the dead woman was confirmed by DNA testing. According to missing person reports, Gauthier was last seen
  
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• Canadian fishing closures challenge search for U.S. Atlantic salmon escape

  26-08-2017 02:22 via vancouversun.com
  Commercial fishing closures on Fraser River salmon will make it more challenging to discover whether Atlantic salmon escaped from a wrecked fish farm in Washington state’s San Juan Islands, fishers say.
  In the meantime, American officials are reporting catches of escaped fish in a close-to-100-kilometre radius south and west of the facility as of Friday, said Ron Warren, assistant director of fish programs for the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
  “The westerly migrati
  
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• Cost of debt on Metro Vancouver bridges to be shared by all B.C. taxpayers

  26-08-2017 02:09 via vancouversun.com
  All B.C. taxpayers will share the burden of paying off billions in debt for the Port Mann Bridge and subsidizing the Golden Ears Bridge once tolls are removed from the two structures on Sept. 1.
  The elimination of tolls, a move that was quickly criticized by Green party Leader Andrew Weaver and the Liberal opposition, was a high-profile campaign promise of Premier John Horgan’s and will see daily bridge commuters save hundreds of dollars per year.
  Standing next to the Fraser River with the
  
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• Help #CityParkStewards pull invasive plants SAT 9-12 @ #GreenwoodPark + eat some at Blackberry Bake-off.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  26-08-2017 02:00 via twitter.com
  Help #CityParkStewards pull invasive plants SAT 9-12 @ #GreenwoodPark + eat some at Blackberry Bake-off.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Fraser Health issues public warning following 17 overdose deaths in a week

  26-08-2017 01:58 via vancouversun.com
  A total of 17 suspected overdose deaths in the past week has Fraser Health warning people who use street drugs to take precautions.
  The toll comes from the B.C. Coroners Service, which reported overdose deaths in Fraser Health communities from Surrey to Hope.
  Most of the deaths have occurred in private homes, followed by hotels and motels.
  “There is a hidden epidemic, with nearly 70 per cent of overdose deaths in Fraser Health occurring at home,” said Fraser Health chief medical
  
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• Crews make progress on wildfire east of Kelowna, but evacuations remain in effect

  26-08-2017 01:55 via vancouversun.com
  KELOWNA — Officials say they were making progress Friday on a wildfire that was burning out of control east of Kelowna.
  The Central Okanagan Regional District says the fire charred just under four kilometres of grass, bush and timber after it broke out Thursday afternoon about 25 kilometres east of the city. Officials said no homes or other structures had been damaged.
  Kevin Skrepnek with the B.C. Wildfire Service said it’s unclear what percentage of the fire was contained on Friday
  
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• B.C. backyard chicken keepers cautioned after U.S. salmonella warning

  26-08-2017 01:47 via vancouversun.com
  Local food safety experts are warning people who keep backyard chickens to exercise caution after a U.S. report found nearly 1,000 people were sickened by salmonella this year.
  “(People) need to be careful with birds in domestic situations,” said UBC food microbiologist Kevin Allen. “Birds harbour salmonella and Campylobacter — that is not disputable. People get sick from them all the time, whether it’s via food-borne transmission or … direct contact.”
  
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• Fast rise for North Vancouver pitcher - North Shore News

  26-08-2017 01:40 via nsnews.com
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  Fast rise for North Vancouver pitcher
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  North Vancouver's Izzy Dino fires a practice pitch. The six-foot-two 17-year-old recently returned from Lloydminster where her dominant pitching helped her club team, the Richmond Islanders, win the consolation final. Dino put up a 5-1 record in the ...
  
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• Priority is cleaning up contaminated Shawnigan Lake site, says Green MLA

  26-08-2017 01:33 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — Former B.C. environment minister Mary Polak, who is being sued by the owner of a Shawnigan Lake quarry, says she has always tried not to break the rules.
  “In my role as minister of environment, I endeavoured at all times to act in accordance with all relevant statutes and regulations,” she said in a statement. “As this matter is now before the courts, I will not be making any additional comments.”
  Cobble Hill Holdings Ltd. has filed suit in B.C. Supr
  
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• What a North Vancouver teen's eye looked like after an egg hit his face - Globalnews.ca

  26-08-2017 00:07 via globalnews.ca
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  What a North Vancouver teen's eye looked like after an egg hit his face
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  North Vancouver teen Matthys van Bylandt, after he was hit in the face with an egg on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Global News. What is this? Sponsored content is written by Global News' editorial staff without any editorial influence by the sponsor. If you ...
  Person of interest ID'd in egging that injured North Vancouver teenNorth Shore News
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• What a North Vancouver teen's eye looked like after an egg hit his ... - Globalnews.ca

  26-08-2017 00:04 via globalnews.ca
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  What a North Vancouver teen's eye looked like after an egg hit his ...
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  "There's a serial egger on the loose on the North Shore."
  Person of interest ID'd in egging that injured North Vancouver teenNorth Shore News
  Egging that injured North Vancouver boy not isolated incident ...Vancouver Sun
  Five egging attacks in North Vancouver this monthNews1130all 7 news articles »
  
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• Know an organization making life in the City better? We've got a grant for that. cnv.org/CommunityGrants #NorthVan https://t.co/lzc3L8oLeN

  26-08-2017 00:01 via twitter.com
  
  Know an organization making life in the City better? We've got a grant for that. cnv.org/CommunityGrants #NorthVan https://t.co/lzc3L8oLeN
  
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