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• Three arrested after fleeing police

  17-02-2018 23:47 via vancouversun.com
  Three people were arrested in Abbotsford early Saturday morning after a police chase that involved using the RCMP-operated regional police helicopter.
  Abbotsford Police received a call about a stolen vehicle entering Abbotsford at about 12:30 a.m., said Abbotsford Police Sgt. Judy Bird.
  A spike belt used near Fraser Highway and Mt. Lehman Road failed to the stop the car, which continued driving east.
  “We were getting updates from the helicopter about the car’s location,” said B
  
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• Government responds to sasquatch lawsuit

  17-02-2018 23:44 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government has responded to a lawsuit filed by a sasquatch tracker who claims the province has “breached its stewardship responsibility” by failing to recognize and protect the legendary creature.
  In a lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court in October, Todd Standing accused the provincial government of damaging his livelihood and credibility by “non-recognition of sasquatch.” He asked the court to require a government biologist to accompany him into “know
  
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• Tell us how you would use the new Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre. What's important to you? Complete the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-02-2018 23:00 via twitter.com
  Tell us how you would use the new Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre. What's important to you? Complete the… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• REAL SCOOP: IHIT on the scene of Coquitlam murder

  17-02-2018 22:43 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide investigators are on the scene of another murder – this time in Coquitlam. 
  Coquitlam RCMP received several calls of shots fired in the area of Sylvan Place and Riverview Crescent about 10 p.m. Friday. A vehicle was seen speeding away.  
  “When officers arrived, they found a man with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle.  The male victim was transported to hospital but succumbed to his injuries,” Cpl. Frank Jang, of the Integrated Homicide Investigat
  
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• Province to appeal NEB ruling on Burnaby's Trans Mountain bylaws

  17-02-2018 22:13 via vancouversun.com
  The provincial government is appealing a decision that allows Kinder Morgan Canada to ignore Burnaby bylaws in constructing its Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.
  The National Energy Board ruled in December that the company is not required to comply with two sections dealing with land and tree clearing.
  Kinder Morgan had argued the bylaws were unconstitutional because they hindered its ability to go ahead with the federally approved project.
  The provincial government said in a statement Saturday
  
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• Vancouver weather: Brace for arctic air blast tonight in Metro

  17-02-2018 21:04 via vancouversun.com
  Environment Canada has withdrawn its snowfall warning for Metro Vancouver, as a low pressure system brought mixed rain and snow to the south coast in the morning.
  The agency posted a special weather statement for the region, saying an arctic blast will hit the south coast on Saturday night.
  The surge of arctic air will continue through the mainland valleys and inlets on Sunday. The agency  says it will be “the coldest air of the season for the inner South Coast.”  Resi
  
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• Know a young person making a difference in the City? Nominate them for a #YouthAward. Deadline March 16.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-02-2018 20:30 via twitter.com
  Know a young person making a difference in the City? Nominate them for a #YouthAward. Deadline March 16.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• One man dead in targeted Coquitlam shooting Friday night

  17-02-2018 19:37 via vancouversun.com
  Homicide detectives have been called in to investigate after one man was shot dead in Coquitlam Friday night.
  One person is dead after a shooting in Coquitlam Friday night. (Photo: Shane MacKichan)
  Shortly after 10 p.m., the Coquitlam RCMP received several calls of shots fired in the area of Sylvan Place and Riverview Crescent and a vehicle speeding away.  
  IHIT says when officers arrived, they found a man with gunshot wounds inside a vehicle.  The  victim was transporte
  
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• We hear snow and cold temps are coming. Our crews and our equipment are ready. Please be prepared too. ❄️… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-02-2018 18:59 via twitter.com
  We hear snow and cold temps are coming.Our crews and our equipment are ready.Please be prepared too.❄️… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Vancouver weather: Snowfall warning in effect for Metro Vancouver

  17-02-2018 18:57 via vancouversun.com
  A snowfall warning is in effect for Metro Vancouver, with about five centimetres of snow expected Saturday morning.
  Environment Canada also posted a special weather statement for the region, saying an arctic blast will hit the south coast on Saturday night.
  The surge of Arctic air will continue through the mainland valleys and inlets on Sunday. The agency  says it will be “the coldest air of the season for the inner South Coast.”  Residents are also advised to watch for win
  
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• Want to save $ on garbage services + reduce your building’s waste? Our #ZeroWaste Coach can help.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-02-2018 18:00 via twitter.com
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• This Week in History: 1960 — A cigar smokin' 102-year-old puffs for a portrait

  17-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  On Feb. 15, 1960, The Vancouver Sun ran a front-page photo of an old lady puffing on a cigar.
  “Definitely unimpressed by Swedish campaign against smoking is 102-year-old Mrs. Matilda Boynton, 4195 Fraser,” read the cutline. “She still smokes four cigars every day, (and) does her own housework.
  ” ‘Cancer?” she says. ‘If I got it I don’t know about it.’ ”
  The photo was taken by Deni Eagland, whose specialty was portraits. His former colle
  
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• Enter Shikari wants The Spark to start fires

  17-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  Enter Shikari
  When: Feb. 16, 8 p.m.
  Where: The Imperial
  Tickets and info: At the doorFor the past 15 years Hertfordshire quartet Enter Shikari has built a solid and passionate fan base in the U.K. Enough of one that, early on, the band was able to sell-out the London Astoria without a record deal.
  Of course, the post-hardcore work ethos of this DIY crew meant that it had formed its own label, the cheekily titled Ambush Reality.
  Jump ahead to September 2017 and the band has released its seventh a
  
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• Book review: Chinese memoir illuminates a time of political madness

  17-02-2018 17:00 via vancouversun.com
  The Unceasing Storm: Memories of the Chinese Cultural Revolution
  Katherine Luo | Douglas & McIntyre
  240 pages, $22.95Do you remember the boy who stopped the tanks? His compelling image was seen around the world in 1989. It showed a slender figure in a white shirt standing in quiet defiance before one of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) tanks sent into Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 4 that year to break up popular demonstrations. (While his identity and fate remain disputed,
  
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• White Rock prize home showcases the contemporary and the traditional

  17-02-2018 15:56 via vancouversun.com
  The latest BC Children’s Hospital Choices Lottery home took a deliberate move away from the all-things-beige colour palette typical of show homes. The results? A West Coast vibe nothing short of stunning.
  Numerous shades of grey, including a soft Benjamin Moore Chelsea Grey hue on the walls, were used to create an atmosphere that works beautifully in the new 3,700-square-foot lottery home on Bishop Road in White Rock. In the living room, a grey stone fireplace is complemented by the taupe
  
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• The Home Front: Tiny home design at the BC Home + Garden Show

  17-02-2018 15:53 via vancouversun.com
  Innovative design is often the result of someone addressing a need and that’s certainly the case with Vancouver’s Mint Tiny House Company, which is exhibiting at the 47th annual BC Home + Garden Show, Feb. 21 to  25 at BC Place Stadium.
  Brian Persse moved to Vancouver from Ireland in 2013, and his Canadian brother-in-law asked him to build him a tiny home. Persse’s background was in construction and his wife Shannon was in real estate; together, they discovered there
  
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• Sold (Bought): Burnaby condo has far-reaching views

  17-02-2018 15:17 via vancouversun.com
  A snapshot of recent residential real estate activity in Metro Vancouver
  508 — 2133 Douglas Road, Burnaby
  Type: Two-bedroom, two-bathroom apartment
  Size: 941 sq. ft.
  B.C. Assessment: $597,000
  Listed for: $699,000
  Sold for: $730,000
  Sold on: Oct. 16
  Days on market: Six
  Listing agent: Keith Roy at ReMax Select Realty
  Buyers agent: Tony Jiang at Homeland Realty
  The big sell: Listing agent Keith Roy reports that this two-bedroom Burnaby condo in Ledingham McAllister’s Perspectives b
  
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• The Last Continent: Microfibres invade even these pristine waters

  17-02-2018 15:00 via vancouversun.com
  Postmedia columnist Daphne Bramham crosses the notoriously rough Drake Passage from the Falkland Islands to South Georgia — known as the Serengeti of the Southern Ocean — to Antarctica. Her daily reports from the 18-day expedition cover issues from climate change and micro plastics in the ocean to Japan’s continuing whale hunt, the antics of penguins and the world’s wild race to tour, and exploit, this last frontier.In the ocean’s rich subsurface layer where many ma
  
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• Living large at Hillcrest at Sullivan Ridge

  17-02-2018 14:48 via vancouversun.com
  There’s something about a newly built home. Everything is shiny and untarnished, the stylings are modern, the appliances are efficient and – if you’ve picked a good homebuilder – the construction is solid.
  For Dean Scott, who with his wife has bought a home at Hillcrest at Sullivan Ridge, it’s that new-home feel he’s most looking forward to when they take possession in March.
  Hillcrest is the third and final development by Marathon Homes in the Sullivan area o
  
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• B.C. budget: The NDP's first fiscal plan will likely not live up to voters' many expectations

  17-02-2018 12:30 via vancouversun.com
  Finance Minister Carole James leaves the legislative assembly after delivering a budget update in Victoria on Sept. 11, 2017. She will deliver her party’s first full budget on Tuesday.
  Finance Minister Carole James will deliver Tuesday’s budget with the weight of 16 years of NDP expectations on her shoulders, and not enough money in the public purse to make good on them all.It’s a problem James has freely acknowledged since Premier John Horgan assumed power last July — th
  
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• REAL SCOOP: VPD investigating fatal shooting in Kerrisdale – UPDATED

  17-02-2018 08:46 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Police confirmed Friday that a Surrey realtor named Kaminder Rai was the victim of the targeted Kerrisdale shooting the day before.  
  Realtor Kaminder Rai
  Rai, 32, was rushed to hospital in critical condition after the shooting near Marguerite Street and West 49th Avenue about 1 p.m.
  But he died later in the day,
  “This is Vancouver’s sixth homicide of 2018 and it’s only the middle of February,” VPD Const. Jason Doucette said. “Crime does tend to
  
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• Five things we learned from Vancouver’s Amazon HQ2 proposal

  17-02-2018 06:58 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver will not be home to Amazon’s HQ2, but it’s not for lack of effort. 
  The Vancouver Economic Commission has released its bid to become “Amazon’s home away from home,” as the proposal states, and though the bid failed — Vancouver was not one of the 20 cities shortlisted for the online retailer’s second headquarters — it’s hard to blame the co-ordinating agency. They delivered a strong pitch.
  It wasn’t without its quirks, how
  
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• Opinion: Gender politics — no rules or new rules?

  17-02-2018 05:25 via vancouversun.com
  My home is in South False Creek and I teach at a university downtown. I often walk over the Cambie Bridge on my way to class. On my route I pass by the display windows of department stores. Recently, one window had a large poster of a young, beautiful woman with tattooed script on her forearm: “forget the rules.” 
  The posture of the times, I thought. “Yes, use the appeal of anarchy to sell our brand.” Going further I concluded that without rules there can be no game.
  
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• Go Canada! 🇨🇦 #Olympics #NorthVan https://t.co/MO0s9icGDt

  17-02-2018 05:03 via twitter.com
  
  Go Canada! 🇨🇦 #Olympics#NorthVan https://t.co/MO0s9icGDt
  
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• Opinion: Driving — compete or cooperate?

  17-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  I’ve spent most of my 40-plus years of driving in Metro Vancouver, but have also had the opportunity to drive in major cities in England, Greece, Egypt and France. When I return from these trips, I’m always amazed at the level of hostility on our local roads. With the traffic density in these foreign cities much higher than in most North American cities, I expected to see a lot more hostility among drivers. What I’ve found, though, is the opposite. Here’s an example:
  I re
  
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• Editorial: Child care, housing dominate throne speech

  17-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  This week’s throne speech set out an ambitious agenda for the government in the new legislative session. It covered everything from raising the minimum wage to forest-industry renewal, from labour-code reform to funding class-size-and-composition requirements, from reducing surgical wait times to increasing the carbon tax, from reviewing the coastal ferry service to addressing the opioid crisis, from replacing the Pattullo Bridge to creating a playground capital fund and from investing in
  
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• Alex Hemingway: B.C. needs bold, transformative change. Will Budget 2018 bring it?

  17-02-2018 05:00 via vancouversun.com
  On Tuesday, the B.C. government presents its first full budget and it’s an opportunity to tackle significant crises of affordability, inequality, poverty and environmental degradation.
  To do so in a meaningful way, the government must think big and be bold.
  After 16 years of underfunding key programs and services, B.C. needs major new public investments to create a universal high-quality child care system, build tens of thousands of affordable homes, undertake ambitious action on climate c
  
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• Hedley hammered as social media accusers take aim at music industry

  17-02-2018 02:51 via vancouversun.com
  In less than a week, Abbotsford recording artists Hedley went from touring Canada with two supporting acts and a popular new album to pariahs ensnared in allegations of sexual misconduct.
  On Monday, accusations that band members Jacob Hoggard, Dave Rosin, Tommy Mac and Jay Benison had engaged in sexual behaviour with teenage girls surfaced on Twitter under the hashtag #outHedley2k18.  No one in the band has been charged with a crime.
  But by Friday evening, the rockers had been dumped b
  
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• Second-degree murder conviction in 2011 Christmas Eve homicide

  17-02-2018 02:46 via vancouversun.com
  Police said Friday that they had secured a conviction in the 2011 shooting death of a 27-year-old killed on Christmas Eve in Surrey.   
  Russell Atma Bidesi, 26, was found guilty of second-degree murder on Friday, after a trial that began in B.C. Supreme Court in September, the Integrated Homicide Investigation Team said in a news release.
  Bradley McPherson, was shot and killed on Dec. 24, 2011 while at a late-night house party. 
  “This is a very positive outcome for IHIT
  
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• Vaughn Palmer: Did Weaver's byelection messaging fail due to NDP ties?

  17-02-2018 02:39 via vancouversun.com
  VICTORIA — The Green party and leader Andrew Weaver mounted a vigorous campaign in the recent byelection in Kelowna West, seeking to add to their three-seat breakthrough last spring.
  Weaver boasted of spending 10 days in the riding, going back to last fall when the Greens nominated professional engineer Robert Stupka, partner in a Kelowna-based home design firm.
  Weaver presided over two town hall meetings with Stupka, as well as several sessions of door-knocking. Local news media also note
  
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• Vancouver Weather: Rain and snow for Metro Vancouver as Arctic cold front approaches

  17-02-2018 02:24 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER – Friday’s weather in Metro Vancouver saw highs of 7 C. That might seem chilly, but it’s going to be warm compared with the next few days when the temperature is expected to plunge to zero on the weekend.
  On Friday afternoon, Environment Canada issued a special weather statement for the city of Vancouver, including Burnaby and New Westminster, as well as the surrounding areas, as an arctic blast makes its way to the South Coast.
  Expected to arrive Saturday morning, th
  
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• ❄️ If you like it cold, here's another 'special' weather statement for you. ❄️ ow.ly/TECx30islWJ #NorthVan https://t.co/FTP1D3uN2W

  17-02-2018 02:05 via twitter.com
  
  ❄️ If you like it cold, here's another 'special' weather statement for you. ❄️ ow.ly/TECx30islWJ #NorthVan https://t.co/FTP1D3uN2W
  
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• City Council has a Child Care Strategy underway and would like to hear from you. Join us for a community conversati… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-02-2018 01:30 via twitter.com
  City Council has a Child Care Strategy underway and would like to hear from you. Join us for a community conversati… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Man convicted of family assaults should get 2 years less a day: Crown

  17-02-2018 01:23 via vancouversun.com
  A B.C. man who was convicted of assaulting his wife and two of his children should spend two years less a day in jail, a prosecutor argued Friday.
  The man, who cannot be identified because of a publication ban imposed in order to protect the victims, was found guilty in November of 12 criminal counts for attacks on his family over a 14-year period.
  In sentencing submissions, Crown counsel Joseph Marin said that the aggravating factors in the case included that some of the attacks on the man&rsqu
  
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• Douglas Todd: Are B.C. health officials waking to gender factor in the opioid crisis?

  17-02-2018 01:20 via vancouversun.com
  Are public health officials finally facing up to the fact that the overdose epidemic in Canada and the U.S. is mostly devastating boys and men?
  There are small signs some health officials are slowly, awkwardly, hesitatingly beginning to acknowledge the obvious: The overdose crisis is predominantly an issue of men’s health.
  Public officials have much denial to make up for. It was just a year ago that former B.C. Liberal health minister Terry Lake pulled out the public relations stops to ope
  
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• Ian Mulgrew: As population ages, 'predator spouses' come calling

  17-02-2018 00:41 via vancouversun.com
  The Real Housewives of Vancouver is one thing, but predator spouses?
  Trevor Todd, a Vancouver lawyer who specializes in wills, estates and inheritance, says the phenomenon is disturbing and increasingly common as people live longer and accumulate more wealth.
  “In simple terms,predatory spouses take advantage of elderly victims and assume control of their financial affairs and often culminate in a secret marriage,” he explained, pointing to two cases in Ontario and a B.C. decision.
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• Man killed in Kerrisdale shooting identified as Surrey realtor

  17-02-2018 00:37 via vancouversun.com
  A 32-year-old man from Surrey is dead following a targeted shooting in Kerrisdale on Thursday afternoon.
  Police say the victim, who has been identified online as real estate agent Kaminder Rai, was found suffering from a gunshot wound on Marguerite Street near West 49th Avenue just before 1 p.m. He was rushed to hospital, where he later died.
  Rai was listed as a real estate consultant with Surrey’s Planet Group Realty on the company’s website.
  Realtor Kam Rai is the latest
  
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• Have you submitted your Youth Award nomination yet? Help us celebrate a young person who is working to make life be… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-02-2018 00:36 via twitter.com
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• Douglas Todd: Are health officials waking to the gender factor in the overdose crisis?

  17-02-2018 00:28 via vancouversun.com
  Are public health officials facing up to the fact that the overdose epidemic in Canada and the U.S. is mostly devastating boys and men?
  There are small signs some health officials are slowly, awkwardly, hesitatingly beginning to acknowledge the obvious: The overdose crisis is predominantly an issue of men’s health.
  Public officials have much denial to make up for. It was just a year ago that former B.C. Liberal health minister Terry Lake pulled out the public relations stops to open a 38-b
  
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• Pattullo Bridge to be replaced with province-owned $1.4 billion bridge

  17-02-2018 00:26 via vancouversun.com
  The B.C. government says it will go ahead with the replacement of the aging Pattullo Bridge and construct a new $1.4-billion bridge.
  The new four-lane bridge will be owned and operated by the provincial government, while TransLink will continue to operate the old Pattullo Bridge until the new one is complete in 2023.
  Related
  Pattullo Bridge: B.C. premier to make major announcement todayPattullo Bridge history: Built in 1937, the span was expected to last 50 years
  Premier John Horgan made the ann
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: Meet K-J wine master Randy Ullom at Vancouver International Wine Festival

  17-02-2018 00:15 via vancouversun.com
  There will be a lot of winemakers in Vancouver later this month for the 40th Vancouver International Wine Festival but few if any come with the knowledge and experience of U.S. label Kendall-Jackson’s wine master Randy Ullom.The 65-year-old Ullom is a senior vice-president and chief winemaker responsible for the entire Kendall-Jackson portfolio, as well as the company’s Chilean operations.
  Ullom oversees 12,800 acres of estate vineyards in California — all coastal and all cool
  
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• Dharm Makwana: Why I'm not quitting the 2018 Vancouver Sun Run journey

  17-02-2018 00:12 via vancouversun.com
  Let’s be clear: I’m a quitter.
  I quit lots of things. Lots.
  My decision to watch all seven seasons of Star Trek: Voyager? I quit after two seasons and 13 episodes.
  Wearing dress pants and a collared shirt to work? I quit that one hard and am now on a jeans-and-sneaky-clean-sweatshirt streak that’s run for at least four months. Being a full-on no-exceptions vegetarian? I quit after a year.
  Quitting sugar? It took about three hours for me to break on that one. How about yoga for
  
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