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• ‘My only hope’: Owner of Ottawa’s Comic Book Shoppe crowdfunding to save business - Global News

  17-01-2019 23:52
  ‘My only hope’: Owner of Ottawa’s Comic Book Shoppe crowdfunding to save business  Global NewsThe owner of a popular trio of comic book and anime stores in Ottawa says he's in danger of having to close them down because of personal financial troubles ...
  
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• Manslaughter charge stayed in gangland homicide after witness recants evidence to police

  17-01-2019 23:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  A man charged with plotting to kidnap Mohamed Najdi and letting a group of attackers use his car for the botched plan that led to Najdi’s fatal shooting has had all charges stayed after the prosecution’s star witness once again hindered a case.
  The witness threatened to “f—“ a prosecutor’s mother, said he wanted to assault the Crown and accused prosecutors of setting him up before the charges were ultimately stayed this week.
  Brian Aikman pleaded not guilty to
  
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• City spends $750K in emergency repairs related to tornado damage - Ottawa Citizen

  17-01-2019 23:22
  City spends $750K in emergency repairs related to tornado damage  Ottawa CitizenThe City of Ottawa has spent about $750000 to repair four of its buildings as “emergency” work needed after the tornadoes last September.The costs could go up ...
  
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• City spends $750K in emergency repairs related to tornado damage

  17-01-2019 23:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  The City of Ottawa has spent about $750,000 to repair four of its buildings as “emergency” work needed after the tornadoes last September.
  The costs could go up as the city continues to assess damage to its assets.
  Infrastructure services director Alain Gonthier told council in a memo Thursday that four buildings have received repairs: the Dunrobin Community Hall had roofing and siding damage, Galetta Community Hall had roof damage, Trend-Arlington Community Building had roof and sit
  
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• Egan: Double-decker buses did poorly in 2007 winter road test

  17-01-2019 23:10 via ottawacitizen.com
  An OC Transpo double-decker performed so poorly during winter testing in 2007 that the driver felt it was unsafe to even continue.
  The alarming conclusion is buried in an 189-page report by the National Research Council as the city was evaluating the fitness of the UK-made buses in cold climates. Over time, OC Transpo would buy 133 of the $1-million buses, now the subject of intense scrutiny after a second disastrous crash last week.
  “This bus has not yet been deployed into a North America
  
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• Wild trade Nino Niederreiter to Hurricanes for Victor Rask - Ottawa Citizen

  17-01-2019 22:44
  Wild trade Nino Niederreiter to Hurricanes for Victor Rask  Ottawa CitizenST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild have acquired centre Victor Rask from the Carolina Hurricanes for left wing Nino Niederreiter, in a swap of ...
  
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• Hogberg headed back from Ottawa - Quinte News

  17-01-2019 22:24
  Hogberg headed back from Ottawa  Quinte NewsThe Belleville Senators are getting a goaltender back from the big club. Marcus Hogberg has been reasigned to ...
  
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• Ottawa comes close on drones – but misses its mark - The Globe and Mail

  17-01-2019 22:23
  Ottawa comes close on drones – but misses its mark  The Globe and MailAccessing potentially dangerous technology shouldn't be quite so easy. We need to test operators' actual skill, instead of an online quiz.
  
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• Mark Elliot (1953-2019): Ottawa DJ legend went from rehab to a new career on People Helping People

  17-01-2019 22:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  If you were an Ottawa high school kid in the 1970s and ’80s, Mark Elliot was your music god, the “Golden Voice” spinning the top hits at CFRA or crosstown rival CFGO.
  He was the city’s pre-eminent DJ in a pre-internet, pre-MTV era when AM radio set the city’s musical taste. But it was what he did live on air the night of July 16, 1986, that cemented his legend.
  “CFRA with Peter Gabriel giving us Sledgehammer,” Elliot told his listeners. “And I
  
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• Three charged with credit card fraud after Gatineau raid - Ottawa Sun

  17-01-2019 22:12
  Three charged with credit card fraud after Gatineau raid  Ottawa SunThree men face a number of credit card fraud charges following an Ottawa police raid on a Gatineau residence earlier this week.
  
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• Mark Elliot (1953-2019): Ottawa DJ legend went from rehab to a new career on People Helping People - Ottawa Citizen

  17-01-2019 22:11
  Mark Elliot (1953-2019): Ottawa DJ legend went from rehab to a new career on People Helping People  Ottawa CitizenIf you were an Ottawa high school kid in the 1970s and '80s, Mark Elliot was your music god, the “Golden Voice” spinning the top hits at CFRA or crosstown rival ...
  
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• Home daycare provider in Ottawa charged in alleged assaults of two children - CTV News

  17-01-2019 21:59
  Home daycare provider in Ottawa charged in alleged assaults of two children  CTV NewsOttawa police say a home daycare provider is facing 10 charges relating to alleged assaults involving two young children.
  
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• Ottawa students disappointed OSAP interest grace period will be cut - OttawaMatters.com

  17-01-2019 21:46
  Ottawa students disappointed OSAP interest grace period will be cut  OttawaMatters.comThe Ontario government's plan to cut tuition fees and slash the six-month interest-free grace period is being met with some backlash. When the President of the ...
  
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• Chinese envoy to Canada warns of 'repercussions ' if Ottawa bans Huawei from 5G mobile phone network - CBC.ca

  17-01-2019 21:45
  Chinese envoy to Canada warns of 'repercussions ' if Ottawa bans Huawei from 5G mobile phone network  CBC.caChina's envoy to Canada on Thursday warned Ottawa of possible repercussions if it banned technology firm Huawei Technologies from supplying equipment to ...
  
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• Ottawa police seeking witness to Burger King shooting - OttawaMatters.com

  17-01-2019 21:25
  Ottawa police seeking witness to Burger King shooting  OttawaMatters.comOttawa police are seeking the public's help in identifying a witness to a shooting on Montreal Road on Wednesday. Police say the male, who they believe is in ...
  
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• Small Ottawa town worried of health risks, pushing Rogers to not build tower - MobileSyrup

  17-01-2019 21:17
  Small Ottawa town worried of health risks, pushing Rogers to not build tower  MobileSyrupA few residents from a town in southwest Ottawa are pushing national telecommunications giant Rogers to reconsider building a cell tower near their community ...
  
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• Ottawa's tourism takes a hit in 2018, but staves off fear of 2017 'hangover' - OttawaMatters.com

  17-01-2019 20:43
  Ottawa's tourism takes a hit in 2018, but staves off fear of 2017 'hangover'  OttawaMatters.comLast year was a bit of quieter year in Ottawa compared to the event-and celebration-packed 2017, and the city saw a slight decline in tourism compared to the ...
  
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• Ottawa Senators and Mark Stone Have Tough Choices To Make - Last Word on Hockey

  17-01-2019 20:43
  Ottawa Senators and Mark Stone Have Tough Choices To Make  Last Word on HockeyThe Ottawa Senators have tough decisions to make with all three big pending unrestricted free agents, however, no tougher than Mark Stone.
  
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• Daycare operator charged in historic assault cases

  17-01-2019 20:42 via ottawacitizen.com
  A 30-year-old Ottawa woman has been charged with serious assault charges in connection with alleged assaults on two young children at her home daycare operation in mid-2012.
  Police said they received the complaints at the end of 2018.
  The alleged victims were under the age of 10.
  They have charged Luzia Arruda with two counts of aggravated assault, one count each of assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon, as well as six charges of simple assault.
  Investigators are concerned t
  
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• STORY: @OttawaPolice charge daycare provider with assault involving two children ottawamatters.com/police-beat/ot… #ottnews

  17-01-2019 20:07 via twitter.com
  STORY: @OttawaPolice charge daycare provider with assault involving two childrenottawamatters.com/police-beat/ot… #ottnews
  
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• Ottawa home daycare provider charged with aggravated assault on children - OttawaMatters.com

  17-01-2019 20:03
  Ottawa home daycare provider charged with aggravated assault on children  OttawaMatters.comThe Ottawa Police *Service* Sexual Assault and Child Abuse Unit has arrested and charged a child home daycare provider for a number of assaults involving two ...
  
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• Ottawa, Quebec to discuss Legault's plan for immigration cuts as province deals with labour shortages - CBC News

  17-01-2019 19:03
  Ottawa, Quebec to discuss Legault's plan for immigration cuts as province deals with labour shortages  CBC NewsFederal and Quebec officials will meet in two weeks to hammer out an immigration plan for the province that Premier François Legault says must include cuts to ...
  
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• Three arrested for credit card fraud

  17-01-2019 18:52 via ottawacitizen.com
  Three men face a number of credit card fraud charges following an Ottawa police raid on a Gatineau residence earlier this week.
  The Ottawa police fraud unit began an investigation in November in the case and, on Wednesday morning, raided a residence on Amsterdam Boulevard in Gatineau’s Deschênes district.
  Gatineau police assisted in the raid and arrests.
  On the scene, police seized a large number of items that had been ordered online using stolen credit card numbers.
  Salaheddine Oudm
  
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• Carver: A moment to speak out against gender violence

  17-01-2019 18:41 via ottawacitizen.com
  When you are small, a lot doesn’t make sense. But then, time and education pull back the lens, bring things into focus, and mysteries are suddenly made clear.
  When I was young, my mom put up with things that didn’t make sense. She tolerated things that I couldn’t comprehend, including physical assault. Fights that started over dirty dishes culminated in fists.
  My sister and I breathed shallowly when voices were raised. We would slip into the same bunk, cuddling instead of sleep
  
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• Carver: A moment to speak out against gender violence - Ottawa Citizen

  17-01-2019 18:35
  Carver: A moment to speak out against gender violence  Ottawa CitizenWhen you are small, a lot doesn't make sense. But then, time and education pull back the lens, bring things into focus, and mysteries are suddenly made clear.
  
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• The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, January 17th w/ @MarkDayNews: 1:07: @ottawahealth 1:17: @mspratt 1:30:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  17-01-2019 18:01 via twitter.com
  The @rick_gibbons Show for Thursday, January 17th w/ @MarkDayNews: 1:07: @ottawahealth 1:17: @mspratt 1:30:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Ice shack goes up in flames on the Ottawa River - www.insideottawavalley.com/

  17-01-2019 18:00
  Ice shack goes up in flames on the Ottawa River  www.insideottawavalley.com/No one was injured when an ice shack on the Ottawa River was destroyed by fire Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 16.
  
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• HMCS Toronto to head out on NATO operation

  17-01-2019 17:43 via ottawacitizen.com
  Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship Toronto will leave Saturday morning to join Op REASSURANCE in the Mediterranean Sea. The operation is part of Canada’s support to NATO assurance measures in Europe.
  The ship had previously faced some technical issues the navy hopes have now been resolved. Last year the frigate was taking part in operations off the coast of the United Kingdom when on Oct. 29 the ship experienced an electrical issue causing a loss of power, the Royal Canadian Navy said. At t
  
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• Companies fined more than $300K for acid spill in fatal 401 crash

  17-01-2019 17:36 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Toronto-area trucking firm and a chemical company have been fined $250,000, plus a victim surcharge of $62,500, in connection with a 2017 crash on Highway 401 that spilled thousands of litres of dangerous acid, killing the driver who was doused in the material.
  More than 30 vehicles were involved in a chain reaction series of mid-afternoon crashes on March 14 which occurred in near-whiteout conditions. Environment Canada had issued an advisory for non-essential travel to be reconsidered.
  A tra
  
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• Brawn: Let's support our local classical talent as well - Ottawa Citizen

  17-01-2019 17:32
  Brawn: Let's support our local classical talent as well  Ottawa CitizenThe following was written in response to Kevin Bourne's Jan. 14 article, The Launch – It's time for Ottawa to boost its own talent:As a local professional classical ...
  
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• Brawn: Let's support our local classical talent as well

  17-01-2019 17:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  The following was written in response to Kevin Bourne’s Jan. 14 article, The Launch – It’s time for Ottawa to boost its own talent:
  As a local professional classical player, I was interested in Kevin Bourne’s exposure of the holes in getting airplay for local pop local artists. With the siren of another federal election cycle grinding to life, the timing of his article is excellent.
  My first local radio exposure as a young classical flutist came from commercial radio
  
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• Adam: Westboro bus crash – back off and let the police do their work

  17-01-2019 17:25 via ottawacitizen.com
  The OC Transpo double-decker bus crash at Westboro Station that left three dead and 23 injured has traumatized the city. And coming five years after another double-decker was involved in a Via train collision that took six lives, it is easy to see why people are demanding quick answers. You should not leave work to go home on public transit and end up dead or injured. It shouldn’t happen.
  But the growing demands for an independent investigation into the crash, especially from politicians,
  
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• Assent Compliance joins Ottawa companies on 2019 Narwhal List of high-potential firms - Ottawa Business Journal

  17-01-2019 17:24
  Assent Compliance joins Ottawa companies on 2019 Narwhal List of high-potential firms  Ottawa Business JournalAn annual ranking of Canada's highest-potential private firms welcomes Ottawa's Assent Compliance to the list in 2019 alongside a couple of familiar faces in ...
  
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• Today's letters: What we can learn from the Westboro bus crash

  17-01-2019 17:21 via ottawacitizen.com
  Focus on bus shelter roof structure
  Re: Why city chose to use double-decker buses, Jan. 14.
  Your history of deliberations by the city on introducing the use of double-decker buses from 2007 to 2011 lacked reference to one important consideration: the projecting roof structure of the Westboro bus shelter.
  This is one of the originally designed shelters remaining on the Transitway since its inauguration, but it appears that no thought was given to the possibility of double-decker bus impacts to su
  
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• Ottawa working with Africa to arrest those involved in Canadian death; Food waste in Canada is worse than thought - My Yellowknife Now

  17-01-2019 17:12
  Ottawa working with Africa to arrest those involved in Canadian death; Food waste in Canada is worse than thought  My Yellowknife NowOttawa working with African authorities after body of abducted Canadian found. Ottawa is working with African authorities to arrest men involved in the death of a ...
  
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• Missing teen from Sudbury, last seen in Ottawa - OttawaMatters.com

  17-01-2019 17:08
  Missing teen from Sudbury, last seen in Ottawa  OttawaMatters.comThe Ottawa Police *Service* is helping Sudbury's police force in their search for a 15-year-old. Police say Shawn Julian was last seen at 6 p.m., on Friday, January ...
  
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• UW's Strickland to give lecture in Ottawa - KitchenerToday.com

  17-01-2019 16:52
  UW's Strickland to give lecture in Ottawa  KitchenerToday.comUniversity of Waterloo professor and 2018 Physics Nobel Prize laureate Donna Strickland will be in Ottawa on Friday to give a lecture on her work. That will ...
  
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• Four charged with drug, weapons offences after refusing to leave Gatineau hotel

  17-01-2019 16:51 via ottawacitizen.com
  Four people who stubbornly refused to leave their Gatineau hotel room have been arrested and charged with a variety of drug and weapons charges.
  Police say they were called to the unidentified hotel in Old Hull Sunday afternoon after the quartet refused repeated demands from the hotel to leave.
  Police eventually stormed the room, discovering a quantity of drugs and weapons including methamphetamine tablets, powder and crystal form, 10 grams of cocaine, prescription drugs and some unidentified su
  
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• Missing woman last seen a week ago

  17-01-2019 16:31 via ottawacitizen.com
  Ottawa police are asking for public help in finding an Ottawa woman who was last seen by her family last Friday, Jan. 11.
  Susan Kuplu, 37, is an Inuit woman who often spends time downtown and in the Market area.
  Her family is concerned for her safety.
  She is four feet, 11 inches tall, with a stocky build, long black hair and brown eyes, and weighs 115 pounds. Police don’t know what clothing she is wearing.
  Police originally confirmed both she and her adult daughter Lennese were missing, bu
  
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• A chemical spill resulted in the closure of Highway 401 in both directions for almost 24 hours. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…

  17-01-2019 16:29 via twitter.com
  A chemical spill resulted in the closure of Highway 401 in both directions for almost 24 hours. twitter.com/OttawaMatters/…
  
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• Missing woman last seen a week ago - Ottawa Citizen

  17-01-2019 16:23
  Missing woman last seen a week ago  Ottawa CitizenOttawa police are asking for public help in finding an Ottawa woman who was last seen by her family last Friday, Jan. 11.
  
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• Here’s where you can sign the book of condolences for the Ottawa bus crash victims - Global News

  17-01-2019 15:56
  Here’s where you can sign the book of condolences for the Ottawa bus crash victims  Global NewsThe City of Ottawa has made both a physical and online book of condolences available to residents wanting to pay their respects in the Westboro double-decker ...
  
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• Update: BC fund expects long-term tenant in Amazon after Ottawa warehouse purchase - Ottawa Business Journal

  17-01-2019 15:45
  Update: BC fund expects long-term tenant in Amazon after Ottawa warehouse purchase  Ottawa Business JournalThe chief executive of a Vancouver real estate firm says Amazon's long-term lease on its new distribution facility in Ottawa was a deciding factor in his fund's ...
  
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• Antiques: With Group of Seven influence, artist's work is rarely seen

  17-01-2019 15:30 via ottawacitizen.com
  Q:  Years ago my father gave me this painting done by the artist Herbert Joshua Ariss. My father received it from his uncle who had known Joshua in the late 1930s early 1940s while serving in the RCAF.
  The painting is an oil in the original frame 37.5 by 42 cm (14.75 x 16.5 inches), signed and dated 1944.
  I would love to know more about the artist and the estimated value of this painting.
  Renée, Ottawa, Ontario
   
  A:  Born in Guelph, Herbert Ariss (1916-2009) was a memb
  
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• ​Yellow Vest convoy to Ottawa says it's full steam ahead for February | Oil & Gas - JWN

  17-01-2019 15:27
  ​Yellow Vest convoy to Ottawa says it's full steam ahead for February | Oil & Gas  JWNWhile one of two planned convoys to Ottawa to support the oil and gas industry has been scrapped, organizers of the other say it is full steam ahead. The two ...
  
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• Book of Condolence for Westboro crash victims to move to Kanata

  17-01-2019 15:22 via ottawacitizen.com
  The book of condolences for the victims of the Westboro Transitway station bus crash will move to Kanata on Monday.
  People can convey their sympathies to neighbours and commuters on route 269 at the Eva James Memorial Community Centre starting at noon, Jan. 21.
  The book will remain at the centre until end of day Sunday, Jan. 27.
  In the meantime, residents can sign the book at Ottawa City Hall until end of day Sunday, Jan. 20.
  An online version of the Book of Condolences is also available on otta
  
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• #ottnews twitter.com/AllanHubley_23…

  17-01-2019 15:19 via twitter.com
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• Canadian found dead in Burkina Faso ottawamatters.com/national-news/… via @ottawamatters twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…

  17-01-2019 15:14 via twitter.com
  Canadian found dead in Burkina Faso ottawamatters.com/national-news/… via @ottawamatters twitter.com/1310NEWS/statu…
  
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• Trucking firm fined more than $300K for acid spill in fatal 401 crash

  17-01-2019 14:54 via ottawacitizen.com
  A Toronto-area truck firm has been fined $250,000, plus a victim surcharge of $62,500, in connection with a 2017 crash on Highway 401 that spilled thousands of litres of dangerous acid, killing the driver who was doused in the material.
  More than 30 vehicles were involved in the mid-afternoon crash on March 14 which occurred in near-whiteout conditions. Environment Canada had issued an advisory for non-essential travel to be reconsidered.
  A tractor-trailer operated by Titanium Trucking Services
  
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• 1310 NEWS Question of the Day: Would you be willing to change your diet for the good of the planet?

  17-01-2019 14:53 via twitter.com
  1310 NEWS Question of the Day:Would you be willing to change your diet for the good of the planet?
  
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