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• Three arrested after Leeds OPP pull over stolen U-Haul truck

  23-08-2018 23:44 via ottawacitizen.com
  Police arrested three people in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville this week after officers stopped a stolen U-Haul truck.
  On Aug. 21, Leeds OPP received a report of a rented U-Haul truck that had not been returned to the business owner in Elizabethtown-Kitley Township. Two days, later while on patrol, an officer stopped the stolen vehicle on Lake Street, and arrested and charged three people.
  Brittany McIlvenna, 19, of Brockville, Alexander Ubdegrove, 23, of Kingston, and Jaso
  
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• ICYMI: Campaign election signs popping up on lawns across Ottawa ottawamatters.com/local-news/cam…

  23-08-2018 23:05 via twitter.com
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• Antiques: Thrift store auction yields fine cameo glass bowl

  23-08-2018 23:02 via ottawacitizen.com
  Q:  I recently acquired this piece at a thrift store auction for $75. It is a large fruit bowl, 12.7 cm tall (5 inches) with a diameter of 33.5 cm (13.25 inches). It has a floral pattern of carved glass overlay over frosted glass— possibly called Cameo Art Glass. It has no markings that I can find. I would be interested to find out when it was made, by whom and what value it may have.  It is a very beautiful bowl. Thank you.
  Trish, Kitchener
   
  A:  Indeed, you do ha
  
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• New chief operating officer comes aboard Bombardier's aerospace wing ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  23-08-2018 22:35 via twitter.com
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• Sessions hits Trump back: Won't be 'improperly influenced' ottawamatters.com/world-news/ses…

  23-08-2018 22:05 via twitter.com
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• The saying goes, "Good fences make good neighbours." ...Maybe "quieter toilets" should be added to that list.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-08-2018 21:41 via twitter.com
  The saying goes, "Good fences make good neighbours."...Maybe "quieter toilets" should be added to that list.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Toronto Maple Leafs hire Hayley Wickenheiser for front-office role ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  23-08-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
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• Quebec leaders out on the hustings on Day 1 of 39-day campaign ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  23-08-2018 21:35 via twitter.com
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• Departure of uOttawa's Saudi medical trainees delayed

  23-08-2018 21:27 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa hospitals have been given a bit of breathing room as they tackle the problem of departing Saudi doctors.
  The deadline for Saudi students to leave Canada — including 67 physicians training with the University of Ottawa Medical School — has been extended until Sept. 22. Originally, the Saudis had been ordered to leave the country by Aug. 31 as part of the kingdom’s angry response to a tweet from Global Affairs that criticized the Saudis’ human rights record.
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• A 36-year-old man is facing drug-related charges, as well as criminal negligence causing bodily harm. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  23-08-2018 21:23 via twitter.com
  A 36-year-old man is facing drug-related charges, as well as criminal negligence causing bodily harm. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Man injured, another arrested after explosion at Prescott grow-op

  23-08-2018 21:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  One man was taken to hospital and another man arrested after emergency crews in Prescott responded to an explosion at an unlicensed marijuana grow-op.
  The explosion was reported at around 5:30 p. Monday at 205 Churchill Rd. W. A 30-year-old man from Rear Yonge-Escott Township suffered head and facial injuries in the blast, provincial police said.
  On Tuesday, Ontario Provincial Police returned to the address, which is in an industrial area, with a search warrant and seized marijuana plants, canna
  
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• No sanction for judge who repeatedly failed to give reasons for decisions. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  23-08-2018 21:05 via twitter.com
  No sanction for judge who repeatedly failed to give reasons for decisions.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Homeowner struck by log while aboard tractor in rural west end

  23-08-2018 20:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man was taken to hospital Thursday afternoon after being struck with a log as he rode a tractor in the Galetta area.
  It appears that a felled log being carried in the tractor’s bucket became dislodged and hit him while he worked on his property near the intersection of Loggers Way and Dewolfe Street in the city’s rural west end.
  The extent of his injuries was not immediately available.
   
  UPDATE:Clarification – not a collision. Person struck by log while on their tractor.
  
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• Trudeau pledges to close gaps between municipalities, First Nations on wildfires. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  23-08-2018 20:35 via twitter.com
  Trudeau pledges to close gaps between municipalities, First Nations on wildfires.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Troubled Cape Sharp Tidal turbine in the Bay of Fundy is not in compliance with its environmental assessment approv… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-08-2018 20:05 via twitter.com
  Troubled Cape Sharp Tidal turbine in the Bay of Fundy is not in compliance with its environmental assessment approv… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Boaters rescue children from smoking boat on Ottawa River

  23-08-2018 19:39 via ottawacitizen.com
  Alert boaters rescued two children from a smoking boat on the Ottawa River Thursday near Baskin’s Beach in the Dunrobin/Constance Bay area.
  Other water craft operators, after some difficulty in locating the craft, were towing it to shore, along with a male passenger.
  Firefighters were first dispatched to the marina on Vances Side Road in Dunrobin just after 1 p.m. when the smoke was spotted on the water.
  People on the boat confirmed via cellphone that they were safe and calm and that there
  
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• STORY: MP Maxime Bernier unleashes savage criticism of CPC in announcing his departure. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  23-08-2018 19:35 via twitter.com
  STORY: MP Maxime Bernier unleashes savage criticism of CPC in announcing his departure.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Downtown road closures for Pride events this weekend

  23-08-2018 19:28 via ottawacitizen.com
  A reminder to Ottawa residents: We’re feeling the pride this weekend.
  The City of Ottawa reminds motorists that the Bank Street Fair and Capital Pride Parade on Saturday and Sunday will mean the following road closures from Saturday at 7 a.m. to Sunday at 11 p.m.Somerset Street, between Bank Street and O’Connor Street, and;
  Bank Street between Somerset Street and Gladstone Avenue.
  
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• BREAKING: MP @MaximeBernier announces he's leaving the Conservative Party of Canada saying the party is "too intel… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-08-2018 19:18 via twitter.com
  BREAKING: MP @MaximeBernierannounces he's leaving the Conservative Party of Canada saying the party is "too intel… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Watson surrounds himself with Alfredsson, other athletes for campaign sign-hammering

  23-08-2018 18:46 via ottawacitizen.com
  Jim Watson on Thursday surrounded himself with athletes during a ceremonial sign-hammering event, including Daniel Alfredsson, who has made at least two campaign appearances for the mayoral incumbent this year.
  They were at the Island Park Drive home of philanthropist Dave Smith to install Watson’s first lawn sign, although the sign was already hammered in for the photo opportunity and Watson’s signs were seen on the lawns of other nearby homes.
  Team Homan curler Lisa Weagle and form
  
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• Coming up at 12:30: #Astrophysics Prof @DrRob_Thacker w/ @_MarkSutcliffe for his weekly #science segment 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-08-2018 18:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 12:30: #Astrophysics Prof @DrRob_Thacker w/ @_MarkSutcliffe for his weekly #science segment 📻: 1310… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• TRAFFIC: westbound Queensway backed up due to crash near Metcalfe. #ottnews #otttraffic https://t.co/GWbT5EJ9HZ

  23-08-2018 18:27 via twitter.com
  
  TRAFFIC: westbound Queensway backed up due to crash near Metcalfe. #ottnews #otttraffic https://t.co/GWbT5EJ9HZ
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for 8/23/2018 w/ @MarkDayNews: 1:08: @FoodAllergyCAN 1:17: @DavidLepofsky 1:30:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-08-2018 18:04 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for 8/23/2018 w/ @MarkDayNews: 1:08: @FoodAllergyCAN 1:17: @DavidLepofsky 1:30:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up on the Power Lunch: @ChelbyDaigle and @peter_tilley join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-08-2018 17:58 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the Power Lunch: @ChelbyDaigle and @peter_tilley join @_MarkSutcliffe live in studio. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• SPCA of Western Quebec in 'temporary' digs after devastating fire

  23-08-2018 17:56 via ottawacitizen.com
  An Aylmer animal shelter has moved around the corner from its former home which was destroyed in a fire that killed more than 70 animals last month.
  Carole Wright of the SPCA of Western Quebec confirmed via e-mail Thursday that the organization was in the process of setting up at 1658 Pink Rd. as a “temporary” shelter. She gave no further details.
  The shelter on Auguste Mondoux Street was destroyed in the July 2 blaze. Firefighters were able to save six dogs who were in the care of t
  
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• Neighbours rejoice at arrests in east-end drug bust: Police

  23-08-2018 17:14 via ottawacitizen.com
  Residents of an east-end apartment building were so grateful to police for tackling drug-dealing at a “problem address” that one left a thank you note on a detective’s car, police said Thursday.
  “Numerous” neighbours approached police to thank them after five men were arrested in the bust on Lafontaine Avenue, south of Montreal Road, on Wednesday. A substance police believe is the deadly opiate fentanyl was seized and is still being tested.
  Police credit complaints
  
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• Watson: City needs to get ready for Ontario's private pot stores

  23-08-2018 17:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  The city needs to begin consultations on the new province’s new pot store scheme this fall to prepare the next council for decisions on the future of cannabis retail in Ottawa, Mayor Jim Watson said Thursday.
  Watson, speaking to reporters at a re-election campaign event on Island Park Drive, said he has been working on a proposal for council to consider during a meeting Wednesday.
  “We’ll have something at the next council meeting that will give direction to staff to come back w
  
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• Bruce: Help retirement homes keep their clients out of hospital

  23-08-2018 17:00 via ottawacitizen.com
  Retirement homes are the equivalent of “dark matter” for the health care system.  Although these homes are not recognized as health care institutions by Ontario’s Ministry of Health and Long Term Care, data obtained from one large acute-care hospital shows that retirement home residents could occupy 10 per cent of all hospital beds at a given time. That’s enormous in terms of impact and dollars – about $ 2 billion a year for Ontario.
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• Adam: Why Bruce McConville thinks he can be Ottawa's next mayor

  23-08-2018 16:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  Bruce McConville has lost two consecutive municipal races in Vanier, and you’d think a man who couldn’t win a race for city council after two tries would have no business running for mayor, especially against an incumbent as formidable as Jim Watson. Some might even go so far as to wonder why McConville, a Vanier garage owner, is even qualified to be mayor of the $3-billion corporation that is the city of Ottawa. The bigger question then is: If Vanier residents didn’t vote for
  
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• Coming up at 11:05: @EvanGandS joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss asylum seekers coming to Canada. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-08-2018 16:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 11:05: @EvanGandS joins @_MarkSutcliffe to discuss asylum seekers coming to Canada. 📻: 1310 💻:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Coming up at 10:30: @powerstim of @abacusdataca joins @_MarkSutcliffe with the latest on Maxime Bernier and other… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-08-2018 16:28 via twitter.com
  Coming up at 10:30: @powerstim of @abacusdataca joins @_MarkSutcliffe with the latest on Maxime Bernier and other… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Canadian military recruits reluctant to seek help during outbreak of streptococcal infections

  23-08-2018 16:16 via ottawacitizen.com
  Canadian military recruits at a military facility in Quebec were reluctant to seek medical care or use antibiotics during an outbreak of streptococcal infections earlier this year, according to a military medical journal.
  Six recruits from the Saint-Jean Garrison were hospitalized, the Canadian military confirmed in early April. Of those there was one confirmed invasive Group A Streptococcal (GAS) case and one probable invasive GAS case, according to the Department of National Defence.
  But a new
  
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• Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @David_Moscrop, @LMartinWashDC and @1310glennis join @_MarkSutcliffe 📻: 1310 💻… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-08-2018 15:57 via twitter.com
  Coming up on the 10 O'Clock Talk: @David_Moscrop, @LMartinWashDC and @1310glennis join @_MarkSutcliffe📻: 1310 💻… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Cornwall police standoff with man in house ends safely

  23-08-2018 15:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Cornwall police have “concluded” a standoff involving a man barricaded in a house.
  Police had issued a warning just before 9 a.m. Thursday, saying the house was surrounded as a result of an “incident” early in the morning.
  The perimeter covered by the city’s emergency response team is on Carleton Street between First and Walton streets.
  “The incident has been concluded safely. There is no further danger to the public and the area has been re-opened,&rdquo
  
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• Antiques: Demand for charming Dutch paintings has dipped

  23-08-2018 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Q: This painting has been in the family for at least 60 years. It is on canvas that measures 49 x 59 cm (19 x 23 inches). The original frame has a plaque with the artist’s name of ‘H.A. Dievenbach.’ The scene is of a mother with two daughters— one sitting at a table with blocks and the other watching with a pull-toy behind her. There’s also a coffee grinder on a cupboard and a weight-driven wall clock. Can you enlighten us about the age, artist and value. We appreci
  
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• Mosquitoes in Perth found to be infected with West Nile virus

  23-08-2018 15:09 via ottawacitizen.com
  Public health officials in Perth warn that mosquitoes have tested positive for the West Nile virus this season.
  There have been no reported human cases in the area.
  The Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit noted the virus spreads via mosquito bites, but the risk of West Nile infection is low.
  About 20 per cent of those who are infected may experience flu-like symptoms including fever, headache, muscle ache and rash. Less than one per cent of infected individuals will develo
  
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• Cars 2, buildings 0 after latest vehicle mishap

  23-08-2018 14:13 via ottawacitizen.com
  A sport utility vehicle smashed into a Gloucester meat market Thursday, hours after another vehicle plowed into a coffee shop in the city’s west end.
  First responders were called to 4000 Bridle Path Dr. when the white SUV jumped the curb outside the Al-Sham Food and Meat Market, plunged through the front window and came to rest teetering on the sill.
  Why it happened was still under investigation, police said Thursday morning.
  An occupant of the car suffered reportedly minor injuries; no on
  
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• Traffic note for your morning commute #ottnews #otttraffic twitter.com/JennnPritchard…

  23-08-2018 13:49 via twitter.com
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• Ontario's Progressive Conservative government has asked the province's Superior Court to throw out a petition from… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-08-2018 13:48 via twitter.com
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• Traffic, buses detoured on Cobourg Street as crews repair water main break

  23-08-2018 13:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  Downtown traffic was snarled Thursday when a water main burst on Cobourg Street just north of Rideau Street.
  The pavement around the break cracked and filled with water shortly after 6 a.m.
  OC Transpo announced that routes 7, 17 and 19 are detoured between Rideau and Heney due to the problem.
  City crews are on the scene but there was no estimate when the street would reopen.
  Cobourg reduced to 1 lane with alternating traffic from Beausoleil to Tormey – broken watermain. Duration unknown. #
  
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• Here comes the sun, just in time for the weekend

  23-08-2018 13:32 via ottawacitizen.com
  Mainly-sunny skies and summery highs are back for Thursday and stick around through the weekend even if a few showers threaten.
  Thursday’s forecast is for a high of 25 C that will feel like 28, westerly winds at 20 km/h in the afternoon becoming light by late evening and another autumnal night dipping to 11 C.
  Friday looks sunny with a high of 29 C and low of 16 C.
  Saturday’s forecast is sunny and 26 C becoming cloudy with a 30 per cent chance of showers and low of 17 C overnight.
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• Today's letters: Dealing with abuse in the Catholic Church

  23-08-2018 13:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  A suggestion for the Catholic Church
  Re: ‘We abandoned them’: Pope Francis says no effort will be spared to tackle the Catholic Church’s abuses, Aug. 20.
  I don’t think any attempt at amends for past sexual abuse will help. However, my question is: Is it not time to allow women to become priests and priests to be allowed to marry?
  Pauline Patterson, Carleton Place
  Why fund Catholic education?
  For years, there has been a torrent of evidence from around the world that the Ro
  
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• Do you agree with the Ontario government creating a website at which parents can report concerns about teachers' co… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  23-08-2018 13:24 via twitter.com
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• No injuries after SUV drives into the window of a local food market. #ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  23-08-2018 10:35 via twitter.com
  No injuries after SUV drives into the window of a local food market.#ottnews twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Ontario announces education consultations, portal to submit concerns about teachers

  23-08-2018 04:50 via ottawacitizen.com
  Following a major educational announcement by the Ontario government Tuesday, teachers in Ottawa and across the province will head back into classrooms this fall under a directive that they teach a 20-year-old version of the sex-ed curriculum — or else.
  Premier Doug Ford vowed to take action if teachers are found bucking the sex-ed curriculum rollback and has enlisted parents in the crackdown.
  The province’s largest teachers’ unions had previously vowed to defend educators who
  
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• WestJet cancelling service between Montreal and Quebec City in fall. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  23-08-2018 03:05 via twitter.com
  WestJet cancelling service between Montreal and Quebec City in fall.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Woman, 70, fatally shot in Home Depot parking lot in Peterborough. ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…

  23-08-2018 02:35 via twitter.com
  Woman, 70, fatally shot in Home Depot parking lot in Peterborough.ottawamatters.com/around-ontario…
  
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• Energy helps lift Toronto stock market, loonie edges higher. ottawamatters.com/national-busin…

  23-08-2018 02:05 via twitter.com
  Energy helps lift Toronto stock market, loonie edges higher.ottawamatters.com/national-busin…
  
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• Protesters accuse Trudeau of fiddling on pipeline while climate change burns B.C. ottawamatters.com/national-news/…

  23-08-2018 01:35 via twitter.com
  Protesters accuse Trudeau of fiddling on pipeline while climate change burns B.C.ottawamatters.com/national-news/…
  
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• Ottawa firefighters rescue man from tipped sailboat near Shirley's Bay - Ottawa Citizen

  23-08-2018 01:29 via ottawacitizen.com
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  Ottawa firefighters rescue man from tipped sailboat near Shirley's Bay
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  Ottawa firefighters had to rescue a man from the water near the Kanata Sailing Club on Wednesday afternoon after his sailboat tipped. A 911 call came in just after 4:45 p.m. describing “a white sailboat in distress,” near Shirley's Bay, Ottawa fire ...and more »
  
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