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• At The Cult of Hockey: First Training Camp shinnys project Edmonton Oilers Opening Night lineup

  16-09-2017 22:29 via edmontonjournal.com
  The physicals are done. The initial Day 1 work-out, broken into groups, is over. Now, we get to the first really interesting part of any training camp. The scrimmages.
  It is always dangerous to read too much into training camp, especially this early on.  Many variables are just not reflective of the realities of in-season action. For one thing, all players are facing competition inferior to what they will see from Game 1 of the regular NHL season on. The 3rd lines and pairings at these scri
  
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• Northlands Coliseum's neighbours worry about what comes next

  16-09-2017 20:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  The city’s announcement that Northlands Coliseum will close its doors in 2017 is bittersweet for surrounding communities.
  Those neighbourhoods around the former home of the Edmonton Oilers are directly affected by people coming, or not coming, to the grounds. But the city’s announcement has raised awareness among the area’s community leagues, said Brian Finley, Bellevue Community League president.
  Finley said the surrounding community leagues plan to create a more united front
  
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• Dozens gather to say goodbye to historic Garneau tree

  16-09-2017 19:37 via edmontonjournal.com
  About one hundred people attended a ceremony at the University of Alberta on Friday September 15, 2017 to say farewell to one of Edmonton’s oldest trees and to celebrate the history of the Metis people in the region.
  The tree is over 140 years old and will be cut down on Sunday September 17, 2017 for safety reasons because it is in an advanced state of declining health.
  
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• Julia Lipscombe: Leave it to parents to decide when children can take public transit to school

  16-09-2017 18:13 via edmontonjournal.com
  Let them take transit.
  Recently, Adrian Crook, a father of five and author of the popular Vancouver blog 5 Kids 1 Condo, made headlines across the country after the ministry of children and family development in British Columbia ordered him to stop allowing his oldest four children ages seven, eight, nine and 11 to commute to and from school on the city bus, unsupervised.
  Crook splits custody of his children 50-50 with his ex-wife. He doesn’t have a car, he raises his children in a shiny d
  
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• Fitness column: Easier and more affordable than ever to set up home gym

  16-09-2017 18:06 via edmontonjournal.com
  Not everyone has the time or desire to join a fitness centre. Luckily, outfitting a home gym has become easier with more affordable equipment and the advent of functional training.
  If you’re thinking about making better use of a bedroom, basement or condo social area, consider outfitting your space with some of the pieces below.
  Keep in mind, you get what you pay for. Avoid going too cheap — unless you’re looking for something to hang clothes, in which case, buy a chair.
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• Paula Simons: Investigation into Serenity's death stalled in limbo

  16-09-2017 17:02 via edmontonjournal.com
  When the RCMP called her this past June, Serenity’s mother was surprised.
  After all, it had been almost three years since her four-year-old daughter died at the Stollery Children’s Hospital.
  It was Sept. 18, 2014, when Serenity was airlifted to Edmonton with catastrophic head injuries and severe hypothermia. She died nine days later, after being removed from life support.
  No one has ever been charged in the little girl’s death, nor in relation to the physical and sexual abuse s
  
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• Saturday's letters: Amazon, have we got a deal for you

  16-09-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  City council has announced that the Northlands Coliseum is to be permanently closed.
  City taxpayers will be paying annually some $2 million for maintenance and security. Then most likely $8 million-plus will be spent for eventual demolition. No profit will be gained from the building site. It is a burden, but a neat solution is available.
  Amazon is looking for a second headquarters and wants a good deal to choose a location. Edmonton would like to be the city selected. The problem is solved. Edm
  
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• Opinion: Backcountry hunters and anglers group prefers walking to OHVs

  16-09-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Each fall as days grow short, nights grow frosty and foliage changes colour, hunters return to the field.
  While farmers harvest crops and wildlife fattens for the long winter ahead, we who hunt reap our own rewards of the season. Those include not just healthy food from creatures who have never been held in captivity or hauled to a meat-packing facility, but also the chance to range freely across wild landscapes, connecting with nature in one of the most ancient of ways: as predators.
  Some anthr
  
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• Edmonton Oilers' Leon Draisaitl not feeling any contract pressure

  16-09-2017 14:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  For some young players, the weight of their first big, fat, blockbuster contract turns out to be more than their legs and heads can carry.
  The added pressure, both internal and external, compels them to step outside their normal game and be something they’re not in order to justify that staggering money.
  And that’s where it usually goes wrong.
  We’ve seen it a hundred times.
  That’s why fans in most cities would be nervous if their team just doled out $168 million to a coup
  
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• Vicky's Homes wins four awards at CHBA-Alberta Awards of Excellence

  16-09-2017 10:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton’s top home builders keep racking up accolades. Standouts in the province’s residential construction industry were recognized by the Building Industry and Land Development Alberta Association (BILD Alberta) at the 2017 CHBA–Alberta Awards of Excellence in Housing on Friday, Sept. 15 in Jasper. The awards were presented on at BILD Alberta’s Fall Conference, held at the Fairmont Jasper Park Lodge.
  Vicky’s Homes continued its recent winning streak with four aw
  
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• The 22 biggest questions about the Edmonton Oilers heading into the 2017-18 regular season?

  16-09-2017 09:19 via edmontonjournal.com
  We Oilers sometimes like to pretend that we’ve got all the answers. But we don’t, of course.
  No matter how much hockey knowledge a fan has, or how many fine metrics a fan believes give him or her insight, I’ve yet to see any Oilers commentator, fan, blogger who doesn’t often get things wrong — and I’m included in that number. 
  No one has a crystal ball. No one has a magic formula, or even a marvellously predictive scientific formula. 
  We’re all
  
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• Trustees Haroun, Jewell, Kohle, Crockett want your votes - St. Albert Gazette

  16-09-2017 08:09
  Trustees Haroun, Jewell, Kohle, Crockett want your votes
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  A founding member of St. Albert's affordable housing society is making a bid to become St. Albert Public's newest trustee. And three other incumbent trustees have also made public their intent to run again. St. Albert resident Stanley Haroun announced ...
  
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• The One Called Jesus comes to St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  16-09-2017 08:09
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  The One Called Jesus comes to St. Albert
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  J.J. Nearing Catholic Elementary School students were among the first in Western Canada to get an up-close look at the last works of a talented Ontario farmer this week. Scores of J.J. Nearing students learned about the life of Christ this week after ...
  
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• Stitching for charity to mark Canada's 150 - St. Albert Gazette

  16-09-2017 08:09
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  Stitching for charity to mark Canada's 150
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  In a year replete with celebratory programs and events to mark Canada's 150th birthday, there are perhaps few projects that capture the Canadian spirit more than the undertaking the St. Albert Quilters' Guild decided to throw their needles behind this ...and more »
  
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• Less is more - St. Albert Gazette

  16-09-2017 08:09
  Less is more
  St. Albert Gazette
  In the age of Amazon Prime, it's easier than ever to fill a home with belongings. With those cool new purchases comes the inevitable question: where am I going to put this? The need to store possessions has given rise to a robust home organization ...
  
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• Eggen vetoes St. Albert Public bus fee - St. Albert Gazette

  16-09-2017 08:09
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  Eggen vetoes St. Albert Public bus fee
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  Education Minister David Eggen has vetoed one of St. Albert Public's bus fees and ordered the board to issue refunds – a move that will cost the board some $35,000. St. Albert Public Schools board members debated a letter sent by Eggen on their ...
  
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• Condo sales slump while single family sales go up - St. Albert Gazette

  16-09-2017 08:09
  Condo sales slump while single family sales go up
  St. Albert Gazette
  Condo sales are slowing down according to the latest report released by the Realtors Association of Edmonton. The sales have slumped by 10 per cent year over year since 2015 in terms of sales volume. James Mabey, chairman of the Realtors Association of ...
  
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• Soccer and football updates in Sports Extra - St. Albert Gazette

  16-09-2017 07:56
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  Soccer and football updates in Sports Extra
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  Mavericks 09 and the Devils will defend their playoff cups Sunday in the St. Albert Women's Soccer League. Kickoff times are 5 p.m. at Forest Park field between Mavericks 09 (13-0) and the Morinville Ladies (7-5-1) in division one and the Devils (9-4 ...
  
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• Gazette wins several CCNA awards - St. Albert Gazette

  16-09-2017 07:56
  Gazette wins several CCNA awards
  St. Albert Gazette
  The St. Albert Gazette was the recipient of 10 awards at the Canadian Community Newspaper Awards. The Gazette won first place in Best All-Round Newspaper and third place for Best Editorial Page among newspapers of a circulation of 25,000 and over.
  
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• Alberta Together makes a stop in St. Albert - St. Albert Gazette

  16-09-2017 07:56
  Alberta Together makes a stop in St. Albert
  St. Albert Gazette
  Alberta Together, a political action committee, made a stop in St. Albert this week to discuss its new initiative to foster a conversation around centrist politics. The political action group is hoping get Albertans talking through an open ended survey ...
  
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• Terry Jones: Canada in tough against India

  16-09-2017 07:04 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game. Set. Match on, too.
  If the idea of many might have been that India would be a walkover against Canada in this weekend’s David Cup tie that disappeared from the git go.
  It has to be a come-from-behind show.
  Due to injury to Vasek Pospisil, Canada sent two Canadian tennis players, aged 18 and 22 into the fire — two kids who had never won a Davis Cup match before.
  On their young shoulders was the pressure of extending Canada’s streak of consecutive appearances of qualifying
  
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• Terry Jones: Canada drops opener against India

  16-09-2017 05:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Game. Set. Match on, too.
  If the idea of many might have been that India would be a walkover against Canada in this weekend’s David Cup tie that disappeared from the git go.
  It has to be a come-from-behind show.
  Due to injury to Vasek Pospisil, Canada sent two Canadian tennis players, aged 18 and 22 into the fire — two kids who had never won a Davis Cup match before.
  On their young shoulders was the pressure of extending Canada’s streak of consecutive appearances of qualifying
  
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• Parking stalls transformed to temporary parks

  16-09-2017 05:55 via edmontonjournal.com
  Edmonton parking stalls transformed into temporary parks, creative installations, interactive projects and workshops during PARK(ing) Day on Sept. 15, 2017.
  Video by David Bloom
  
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• Press Gallery #197: The One Filde Rule Them All edition

  16-09-2017 05:38 via edmontonjournal.com
  This week on the Press Gallery podcast, the team talks rules — the so-called Fildebrandt Rule passed this week, who’ll be ruler of the United Conservative Party, and a cabinet meeting that was ruley, ruley far away. 
  Join host Emma Graney with guests Dave Breakenridge, Paula Simons and Graham Thomson as they take their weekly look back at all things Alberta politics. You’ll also find out which Edmonton building Paula loves and Graham’s MLA housing solution. 
  Goo
  
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• Amber Alert cancelled, three-year-old girl found safe west of Rocky Mountain House

  16-09-2017 05:33 via edmontonjournal.com
  Mounties cancelled an Amber Alert for a missing three-year-old girl Friday evening after she was safely located.
  Police were called to the Bighorn Reserve — about 110 km west of Rocky Mountain House — at 5 p.m., said the Alberta RCMP alert.
  Rocklyn Abraham had been reported missing. 
  The alert was issued at 8 p.m. and cancelled just over an hour later.
  Rocky Mountain House is about 95 km west of Red Deer. 
  
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• McDavid planning for an even better season

  16-09-2017 05:20 via edmontonjournal.com
  Connor McDavid expects to be even better than he was last season.
  Let’s just let that sink in for a moment.
  The Art Ross, Hart and Ted Lindsay winner, the only player in the NHL to get 100 points last year, thinks he has even more to bring to the table this winter.
  And he’s probably right, given that he’s another year older, wiser and stronger, with two rounds of playoff hockey under his belt now.
  “I think I had a good summer of training,” said the Oilers captain, w
  
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• Police dogs vie for Top Dog at skills competition in Edmonton

  16-09-2017 05:15 via edmontonjournal.com
  Police dogs from across the country are in Edmonton this weekend to compete for the title of Top Dog.
  The Edmonton Police Service is hosting the 2017 National Championship Canine Trials, which began Friday.
  “There are some senior dogs here and some of the searches today have been challenging,” said EPS Const. Murray Burke. “It’s a tight competition.”
  Burke and Maverick, a German shepherd, won top honours at the 2015 championship in Medicine Hat. While they
  
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• Memorial planned for man killed in motorcycle collision

  16-09-2017 04:58 via edmontonjournal.com
  A man killed in a motorcycle accident Sunday night is being mourned by friends and members of Edmonton’s motorcycle community. 
  Ziade Haddad, 29, died around 11 p.m., Sept. 10, on Parsons Road after a collision with another vehicle south of Anthony Henday Drive, said his friend, Sam Cruz.
  “To lose him in this manner was actually really shocking not only for me but his family and other friends as well,” Cruz said. “There’s no words to describe how floored I
  
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• Terry Jones: Pospisil has own travelling fan section

  16-09-2017 04:43 via edmontonjournal.com
  Vasek Pospisil was forced into the role of spectator as the Davis Cup tie opened against India instead of in his usual role of Canada No. 1, playing every day either in singles or doubles.
  But right behind him, on the Canadian bench, his brother Petr of Vancouver was in action as usual.
  Canadian soccer has the Voyageurs and curling has the Sociables but Edmonton, which hasn’t played host to a Davis Cup in 21 years, had it’s first look at Canada’s touring fan supporters group Fr
  
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• Graham Thomson: We need a little more drama in UCP's political theatre, please

  16-09-2017 04:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  Three of the four candidates for the leadership of the United Conservative Party are so teeth-gnashingly fed up with Alberta’s carbon tax that they signed a pledge this week to repeal it.
  Brian Jean, Jason Kenney and Doug Schweitzer took part in an event organized Thursday by the Canadian Taxpayers Federation where they put pen to paper. The fourth candidate, Jeff Callaway, had a scheduling conflict, but would have gladly signed the carbon tax’s death warrant.
  It was all, of course,
  
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• Oilers prospect Lagesson ultimate defensive defenceman

  16-09-2017 03:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  Connor McDavid, in blue, battles against William Lagesson during the Edmonton Oilers training camp at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Friday, Sept. 15, 2017.
  Defenceman William Lagesson, 21, on loan to Djurgardens in the Swedish Hockey League rather than to Bakersfield after the Swede played two years at UMass Amherst, had a very good Young Stars tournament and was rewarded with a spot in the ‘A’ group for the first day of camp.
  He’s the ultimate defensive defenceman and opened the
  
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• Gridiron guru: Marc Trestman's finger prints all over Eskimos offence

  16-09-2017 02:21 via edmontonjournal.com
  TORONTO — Facing the Edmonton Eskimos on Saturday might feel a little like playing chess in a mirror for Marc Trestman.
  The Toronto Argonauts head coach is, after all, the originator of the offensive philosophy behind the powerhouse Montreal Alouettes of years past that saw Anthony Calvillo become the most prolific passer in all of professional football.
  And as the last head coach to win back-to-back championships in 2009-10, Trestman’s offensive model has been often imitated by his
  
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• Eskimos look to end four-game losing skid in Toronto Saturday

  16-09-2017 02:18 via edmontonjournal.com
  TORONTO — A visit to BMO Field might be just what the doctor ordered to cure what’s ailing an Edmonton Eskimos team looking to end a four-game losing streak.
  After all, the last time they went on the road to face the Toronto Argonauts, the Eskimos posted a 46-23 win on Aug. 20, 2016, for their highest point producing game under head coach Jason Maas. It was one of four times the Eskimos hit 40 on the scoreboard last season, while this current stretch is their longest losing skid sinc
  
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• 76-year-old man shot through door had no enemies, roommate says

  16-09-2017 02:08 via edmontonjournal.com
  A neighbour of a 76-year-old man fatally shot through the door of an Alberta Avenue rooming house says no one had anything against the victim. 
  “Nobody had no reason to shoot him,” Paula Piche, who lived in the same house as Nexhmi (Nick) Nuhi, said Friday. “He was a very nice gentleman. He never did anybody no harm; he never did anybody wrong.”
  Nuhi was killed after someone fired a round Wednesday through the outside basement door of the house at 11119 94 St. w
  
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• Oilers GM long had tryout Chris Kelly in his NHL stable of players

  16-09-2017 02:01 via edmontonjournal.com
  When asked if it was humbling to take a training camp invite after more than 800 National Hockey League games, and a Stanley Cup ring with the Boston Bruins six years ago, Chris Kelly looked at the questioner like he had two heads.
  “Humbling? Nah, my ego’s not too big,” said the 36-year-old centre/winger who played 5 -1/2 years with the Ottawa Senators to start his career, got traded to the Bruins — with whom he won the Stanley Cup with current Edmonton Oilers general man
  
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• Wine column: Step out of your comfort zone and venture to try some new wines

  16-09-2017 01:48 via edmontonjournal.com
  Who hasn’t faced a wall of wines and felt a little overwhelmed? What a wonderful time to be a wine lover, with so many from which to choose. It’s easier to grab a familiar bottle, the old standbys with labels that we recognize than trying something new.
  Time to step out of the comfort zone. Just as taking the same route to work day after day becomes mundane, you can break up the routine and explore new avenues. You don’t have to get crazy and move from rich red wines straight t
  
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• Ground breaking singer-collaborator Clayton-Thomas still thriving at 76

  16-09-2017 01:46 via edmontonjournal.com
  A recent call to a Toronto living room found one of Canada’s most successful stars “still making music old school” with a couple of his favourite players.
  At least that’s how it feels for David Clayton-Thomas, who was marking the week of his 76th birthday with “a little jam session” to sort out some new songs. Responsible for selling more than 40 million records in his five decade-plus career, the singer-songwriter best known for fronting the American band Blo
  
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• Veteran goaltender brings experience to young Edmonton Oil Kings

  16-09-2017 01:28 via edmontonjournal.com
  The Edmonton Oil Kings knew their roster was going to feature a number of young defencemen as they continue down Rebuilding Road this season.
  And to take pressure off a blueline featuring more 16- and 17 -year-olds than the average Western Hockey League club, the Oil Kings decided to acquire a veteran goaltender.
  Heading into their final pre-season game Saturday at the Downtown Community Arena (7 p.m.) against the Saskatoon Blades, the Oil Kings’ decision to trade for Travis Child, 20, app
  
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• Playing with Edmonton Oilers' Connor McDavid chance for Ryan Strome

  16-09-2017 01:03 via edmontonjournal.com
  The book on Ryan Strome is he would rather pass than shoot.
  That’s probably not a good thing if he’s going to play right-wing with Connor McDavid unless the Edmonton Oilers captain has decided he’s going to try to score 50 because people have been carping that the National Hockey league’s reigning most valuable player doesn’t shoot enough.
  Then McDavid would need someone to feed him, not the other way around.
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• Mayor says LRT grant from province is 'lessening the burden' on Edmonton's property taxpayers

  16-09-2017 01:00 via edmontonjournal.com
  The province’s move to forgive a $176-million loan for construction on the first phase of the southeast Valley Line LRT will help correct an “over-contribution” of municipal funds pledged for the project while allowing the city more flexibility in the LRT’s design down the line, Mayor Don Iveson says.
  “This project went ahead … on the basis of what I thought at the time was an over-contribution from municipal government, but it was a way of getting the p
  
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• Alberta's first licensed on-reserve daycare opens at Kapawe’no First Nation

  16-09-2017 00:05 via edmontonjournal.com
  Last July, Kapawe’no First Nation contacted the provincial government with a unique proposal.
  The community in Grouard, northern Alberta, had a daycare centre since 2014, but Chief Frank Halcrow wanted it to become provincially licensed.
  Within a week, government was working with the First Nation to make that happen.
  Licensing a daycare is a lengthy process — specific conditions need to be met, paperwork must be completed and often improvements are required.
  It took around one year,
  
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