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• Wet weather puts damper on farmers’ markets

  04-06-2017 23:57 via vancouversun.com
  
  The strawberries at Jasbir Mandair’s stand are luminescent on a grey morning.
  The first sweet offerings of a cold spring, it isn’t long before shoppers begin lining up to buy a punnet of berries at the Mandair Farms tent at the Trout Lake farmers’ market.
  It’s been a tough year for farmers, said many at the Saturday market. A harsh winter, below-average spring temperatures and torrential rains harmed overwinter crops and delayed early spring produce and planting. It could
  
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• Historian tells a tale of Canada’s first forensic sleuth

  04-06-2017 23:42
  
  In an age when police departments relied on hunches and witnesses, Vancouver had Inspector Jack Vance, crime scientist extraordinaire.
  
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• 3 ducks allegedly shot dead with pellet gun found in Vancouver park

  04-06-2017 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  There was a disturbing discovery at a Vancouver park on Saturday morning.
  
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• Violent brawl outside of Vernon nightclub caught on video

  04-06-2017 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  A video of a brawl outside of a Vernon nightclub is getting a lot of attention.
  
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• B.C. teen runners shatter 42-year old record

  04-06-2017 23:02 via theprovince.com
  
  Charlie Dannatt and Tyler Dozzi are very, very fast.
  The grade 12 runners pushed the pace at Saturday’s 3000 metre race at the B.C. high school track championships, and finished just .29 seconds apart. Dannatt snatched the win on a late kick after Dozzi lead most of the race.
  Tyler Dozzi of Oak Bay led Charlie Dannatt of Handsworth for most of the boys 3,000 metre race on Saturday at the B.C. High School Track and Field Championships.
  Dannat’s winning time of 18:15.93 was nearly six
  
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• UFC Aftermath: The King is dead; long live The King

  04-06-2017 22:01 via theprovince.com
  
  Perched atop a mountain, surveying the land below, Max Holloway looked into the UFC Embedded camera that followed him throughout fight week in Rio de Janeiro and joked that he wanted to see the territory he was about to inherit.
  “I gotta see my lands, right?” he laughed. “I gotta see what I’m going to take over.”Saturday night at Jeunesse Arena, Holloway dethroned “The King of Rio,” patiently finding his range and timing before unleashing his trademark h
  
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• UFC 212 Aldo vs. Holloway: 10 Things We Learned

  04-06-2017 21:58 via theprovince.com
  
  Undisputed
  Max Holloway is your undisputed UFC featherweight champion.
  Entering the cage on a 10-fight winning streak, the 25-year-old Hawaiian rolled into Rio de Janeiro and dethroned the king, collecting a third-round stoppage victory over Jose Aldo that caused the raucous crowd at Jeunesse Arena to fall into a stunned silence.
  After taking a patient approach over the opening seven minutes, Holloway started to open up midway through the second round, pressing the action a little more while fin
  
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• Ex-NHL enforcer Poeschek missed court date, warrant issued by judge

  04-06-2017 21:52 via vancouversun.com
  
  A warrant has been issued for a former National Hockey League enforcer accused of breaching his probation.
  Rudy Poeschek had been scheduled to stand trial on Friday in Kamloops provincial court on an allegation he missed meetings with his probation officers last summer.
  The 50-year-old failed to appear and Kamloops provincial court Judge Roy Dickey issued a warrant for his arrest just before 11:30 a.m.
  Poeschek had previously told Kamloops This Week that his memory is failing him and he simply f
  
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• Popping In with Dana Gee

  04-06-2017 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sun, Jun 4: This week in Popping In with Dana Gee: Ariana Grande lends support to fans killed or harmed in the bomb attack after her Manchester concert, comedian Kathy Griffin apologizes for a controversial photo and iconic Canadian album ‘Jagged Little Pill’ gets the broadway treatment.
  
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• Cooking 101: Miso glazed fish

  04-06-2017 21:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sun, Jun 4: Cooking expert Caren McSherry from the Gourmet Warehouse in Vancouver explains how to make a miso glaze. The simple marinade can be used on different types of fish from salmon to sable fish.
  
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• Strike Out Opiate Addiction

  04-06-2017 21:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sun, Jun 4: Jennifer Palma talks with Interventionist Andy Bhatti and Recovery Specialist Devon McGuire about Strike Out Opiate Addiction event coming up June 10th.
  
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• Ask an Expert: Naturopathic medicine

  04-06-2017 21:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Naturopathic Physician Dr. Ayla Wilson explains ways to prevent allergy symptoms by using natural antihistamines. She also recommends adopting a low histamine diet to help reduce reactions.
  
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• Small Town BC: Barrier

  04-06-2017 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Mon, Sep 19: Global News highlights one of British Columbia’s small towns.
  
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• Potvin, Shamsi crush Ambleside Mile, hundreds launch West Van summer with fun 5K; Dancing Donuts eye Abby police run

  04-06-2017 20:58 via vancouversun.com
  
  Bilal Shamsi, barely sweating and sporting one of the morning’s biggest smiles in West Vancouver on Saturday, tried to replay the Ambleside Mile race to friends moments after finishing second.
  “Could have gone just a bit faster on that one turn,” said the Surrey speedster, who despite clocking an amazing 4:35 on the looping Marine Drive-Bellevue Avenue course, finished 10 seconds behind Joshua Potvin of Vancouver.
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• New West festival ushers in new age of food trucks: Beer

  04-06-2017 20:49
  
  Fridays of Front will feature an entire block of New Westminster licensed for alcohol consumption and a bar truck serving craft beer.
  
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• Man in custody after 4-hour police standoff near Pacific Border Crossing in Surrey

  04-06-2017 20:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  One man is in custody and another is in hospital after a shooting and four-hour stand-off near the Pacific Border Crossing in Surrey. 
  
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• Ed Willes: NFL legend Fred Biletnikoff lends a hand at B.C. Lions’ camp

  04-06-2017 20:00 via theprovince.com
  
  KAMLOOPS — Following a morning practice session at Hillside Stadium this week, members of the B.C. Lions gathered at midfield around a stooped, greying gentleman who spoke for a few minutes.
  It was a jarring juxtaposition — the young bucks in their athletic prime and the aging instructor — but those players also listened intently to the words of encouragement and advice which were being offered. When he was done, the older man chatted amiably and posed for pictures with some of
  
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• Vancouver’s Empty Homes Tax deadline approaches

  04-06-2017 19:55
  
  Empty homes in the city must be rented by July 1 to avoid a massive 1 per cent tax on the property’s value.
  
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• Hurry up: Midday ice cream giveaway in White Rock

  04-06-2017 19:49 via vancouversun.com
  
  Free ice cream!?
  The newly-opened Oceanside Yacht Club & Public House (formerly The Hemingway) at 14995 Marine Drive in White Rock currently includes a pop-up ice cream shop called Sweet Republic.
  Between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. on Sunday, anyone who visits the shop will get a free soft-serve ice cream.
  Top Chef Canada winner Matthew Stowe and MasterChef Canada winner David Jorge will also be on hand to meet and greet customers.
  
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• Vancouver Whitecaps down Atlanta United 3-1

  04-06-2017 19:41 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kendall Waston took a touch with his foot, another with his chest and then cooly fired past the goalkeeper. Not bad for a hulking defender who up until that point had only ever scored with his head in Major League Soccer.
  
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• 'How lucky am I?' Video catches bald eagle swimming in Belcarra

  04-06-2017 19:38 via vancouversun.com
  
  A pair of bald eagles fighting out side your window is one way to wake up.
  “That was an exciting morning,” Cheryl Papove said Sunday. “How lucky am I?”
  Papove’s home sits right on the waterfront in Belcarra.
  Saturday at about 7:30 a.m. Papove and her husband Bill were woken by a commotion outside;  a peek out the window revealed an eagle swimming in the water and another eagle swooping down.
  While she fetched the camera, “my husband said he saw him swoop
  
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• B.C. legislature to face off over Speaker question

  04-06-2017 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  The feigned reluctance of a newly elected Speaker who, following parliamentary tradition, pretends to resist being dragged to the head of the legislative chamber may soon be more than mock theatrics in the British Columbia legislature.
  
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• Discovering the desert playground of Las Vegas

  04-06-2017 18:56 via theprovince.com
  
  I’ve been to the Grand Canyon before – but I’ve never seen it like this.
  We’re hovering above the canyon in a helicopter that makes me think of Wonder Woman’s invisible plane – wrap around windows give us 180-degree views. From above the canyon is jaw-droppingly beautiful in its depth and immenseness.
  See the Grand Canyon with Papillion Grand Canyon Helicopters. Alexey Stiop
  I try to take it all in, but can’t: I’m still wrapping my mind around
  
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• B.C. politics in 'uncharted territory' as legislature poised to tussle over Speaker appointment

  04-06-2017 18:26 via vancouversun.com
  
  The feigned reluctance of a newly elected Speaker who, following parliamentary tradition, pretends to resist being dragged to the head of the legislative chamber may soon be more than mock theatrics in the B.C. legislature.
  The narrow results of last month’s provincial election mean none of the three parties are eager to give up one of their voting members to take on the role of impartial arbiter of the house, and experts say an impasse could send voters back to the polls.
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• B.C. government should resist the urge to be ‘obstructionist’ on pipelines: Nenshi

  04-06-2017 18:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Calgary mayor Naheed Nenshi says that British Columbia's provincial government will need to accept that the Trans Mountain pipeline project is moving ahead, regardless of who holds the balance of power.
  
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• For B.C.’s Greens and NDP, next test will be establishing ‘stability’

  04-06-2017 17:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  NDP leader John Horgan, who could become B.C.'s new premier as early as this month, says he's confident his minority will hold steady with help from the Greens.
  
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• Five Things to Know: Granville Island sinkhole, foreign dogs, super-smart teen

  04-06-2017 14:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  A sinkhole closed down the road into Granville Island, a 19-year-old just graduated with a master’s from Columbia, and the new thing is adopting foreign dogs. Here are five things you need to know:
  Sinkhole on Granville Island 
  A pipe that carries sewage from Granville Island burst Saturday, creating a sinkhole that forced the closure of the only road into and out of the island. (Or, as some wiseguys on Twitter called it, a “stinkhole”, y’know, because of the se
  
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• 'Basically, you have no parliament': Concern grows over lack of Speaker in B.C. legislature

  04-06-2017 13:00
  
  Gary Levy, former editor of the Canadian Parliamentary Review, warns that the absence of a Speaker could provoke a constitutional crisis.
  
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• Mike Smyth: Will Clark take defeat with dignity or try a last-minute trick?

  04-06-2017 12:30 via theprovince.com
  
  John Horgan is raring to go.
  The NDP leader says he’s ready to be sworn as British Columbia’s 36th premier and he’s anxious to start governing.
  “My objective is to get a government in place as quickly as possible,” Horgan told me in an interview, after he and Green party Leader Andrew Weaver signed their historic power-sharing agreement last week.
  Horgan may have finished second in the May 9 election, but his New Democrats and Weaver’s third-place Greens won 4
  
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• Finding spirituality at the movies, in Vancouver

  04-06-2017 09:46 via vancouversun.com
  
  One of North America’s leading progressive philosopher-theologians – who also happens to be an internationally renowned film specialist – will be in Vancouver in July.
  Marjorie Suchocki ­– author of a dozen books and jury member at film festivals from Berlin to Montreal – will be showing a variety of movies and reflecting on their philosophical, human and spiritual significance.
  Before describing more of her work with films, it’s of note that Suchocki will
  
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• Beyond good intentions: Will Feds’ impact assessment expert panel make a difference?

  04-06-2017 07:00 via vancouversun.com
  
  The expert panel report on federal environmental assessment processes, mandated by the Minister of Environment and Climate Change, was released earlier this spring. In 100-plus pages, the four-person panel sets out a “new vision” for federal reviews of large projects that can affect the environment.  This is a big deal for B.C. and for Canada because the scope of the report covers fossil-fuel production, fisheries, forestry, mining, and a host of other key resource sectors that
  
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• Agency a catalyst for more unaffordable housing

  04-06-2017 07:00 via theprovince.com
  
  On May 25, the City of Vancouver announced it had allocated eight more city-owned properties to Vancouver’s Affordable Housing Agency (VAHA) to enable the “development of new affordable rental housing.” According to the announcement, the properties have a combined value of $72 million. The announcement also states the agency will be issuing a request for proposal (RFP) for a number of the sites to “select partners to design, build, fund and operate affordable rental homes
  
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• Sunshine Coast group aims to build tiny homes park for homeless

  04-06-2017 06:43 via vancouversun.com
  
  A Sunshine Coast group is making plans to build a tiny homes park to help house the area’s growing homeless population.
  An 4.45-hectare (11 acres) site just five minutes from the Town of Gibsons could hold up to 46 tiny homes or recreational vehicles, according to organizer Pamela Robertson, a safety services contractor.
  “It is undeniable — we have a housing crisis on the Sunshine Coast,” she said. “We have successfully built a tiny house and plan to build many
  
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• PHOTOS, VIDEO: Shock, panic follows London 'terrorist attacks'

  04-06-2017 05:28 via vancouversun.com
  
  Attacks described by London’s Metropolitan Police as “terrorist incidents” set off scenes of panic in the heart of London Saturday night.
  Members of the public are led away from the scene near London Bridge after a suspected terrorist attack on June 4, 2017 in London, England. Police responded to what they are calling terrorist attacks on London Bridge and Borough Market where at least 20 people were injured and one person was killed.
  Members of the public are led away from the
  
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• Fred Lee’s Social Network: Saluting Heroes of Ability, driving forces help First Tee, Crofton House

  04-06-2017 05:00 via theprovince.com
  
  A NIGHT TO DREAM
  In 2001, Ladner resident Christina Basi suffered a blood vessel rupture in her brain that caused her left side to be paralyzed.
  Working with a rehabilitation team she started walking again three months later. A promising future ahead, the UBC nursing student would suffer a rare re-bleed putting her back at square one with paralysis once again on her left side.
  Despite suffering two life-threatening brain injuries, and having to withdraw from the nursing program, Basi maintained
  
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• Global News Hour at 6: Jun 3

  04-06-2017 04:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Watch Global News Hour at 6 for Saturday, June 3, 2017. For the latest news and video, go to globalnews.ca/bc.
  
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• Cassidy Funeral

  04-06-2017 04:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sat, Jun 3: Hundreds attend the funeral of Chief Clayton Cassidy, who died after presumably being swept away by floodwaters.
  
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• Strathcona Hoopathon

  04-06-2017 04:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sat, Jun 3: Putting hoop skills to the test Global’s Chris Gailus puts his free throw skills to the test in support of the Strathcona Hoopathon
  
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• St. Paul’s ICU Garden

  04-06-2017 04:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sat, Jun 3: Patients at St. Paul’s Hospital intensive care unit now have something to brighten up their days The ICU garden at St. Paul’s Hospital is getting replanted thanks to a generous donation.
  
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• Hundreds gather to mourn B.C. fire chief killed in flooding creek

  04-06-2017 04:07
  
  Firefighters from across B.C. joined hundreds of others in jamming Cache Creek Park arena to take part in the memorial service Saturday.
  
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• BC Evening Weather Forecast: Jun 3

  04-06-2017 03:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Saturday, June 3, 2017 evening weather forecast for Vancouver, British Columbia and the surrounding area.
  
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• Granville Island sinkhole

  04-06-2017 03:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sat, Jun 3: A three metre sinkhole caused by a ruptured sewer line caused traffic chaos on Granville Island Saturday. Aaron McArthur reports.
  
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• Disturbing discovery in East Vancouver park

  04-06-2017 03:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sat, Jun 3: A group of dog walkers in East Vancouver’s John Hendry park discovered three dead ducks that appeared to have been shot at close range. Julia Foy reports.
  
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• Newest Giant Morrison likes idea of playing alongside Benson, Ronning

  04-06-2017 02:58 via theprovince.com
  
  The prospect of a forward trio featuring Tyler Benson, Ty Ronning and Brad Morrison is undoubtedly appealing to Vancouver Giants’ fans.
  Morrison sounds keen on the concept, too.
  “That could be a pretty serious line,” said the 20-year-old, who was picked up by the Giants Friday in a trade with the Prince George Cougars.
  Vancouver general manager Glen Hanlon presented Morrison with the idea of playing with Ronning and Benson when he spoke to him about the deal.
  Vancouver sent a c
  
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• Man charged in Calgary attack has long B.C. record

  04-06-2017 02:56 via vancouversun.com
  
  The man charged in a deadly “unprovoked” stabbing at a Calgary light rapid transit station on Friday night once walked away from a Fraser Valley prison.
  Keeton Michel Gagnon, 39, faces a second-degree murder charge in relation to the attack that claimed the life of a 46-year-old man.
  Police identified the victim as Nicholas Nwonye. He was taken to hospital where he later died of his injuries.
  Insp. Don Coleman of the Calgary Police Service’s Major Crimes Section said the attack
  
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• Burst sewer pipe opens up sinkhole at entrance to Vancouver's Granville Island

  04-06-2017 02:44 via vancouversun.com
  
  A burst sewer pipe opened up a sinkhole at the entrance to Granville Island on Saturday, forcing the closure of the only road into Vancouver’s popular tourist hotspot.
  For much of the day, vehicle access into Granville Island was closed, but by the late afternoon, crews had opened up the far outbound lane for alternating one-way traffic. Those headed to Granville Island on Saturday were still advised to access the island through alternative means, such as walking, cycling or taking a ferry
  
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• Whitecaps 3, Atlanta United 1: Waston's brace wakes up Caps' offence

  04-06-2017 02:30 via vancouversun.com
  
  Kendall Waston scored twice in the first half to erase an early deficit before Fredy Montero snapped a five-game goal drought as the Vancouver Whitecaps defeated Atlanta United 3-1 on Saturday afternoon.
  Waston, who was up the field for a corner kick, cancelled out Greg Garza’s seventh-minute opener after collecting a cheeky chip over the top from Andrew Jacobson and controlling the ball on his chest before patiently beating Atlanta goalkeeper Alec Kann in the 31st minute.
  The hulking
  
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• City addresses Granville Island sinkhole

  04-06-2017 02:07 via globalnews.ca
  
  Sat, Jun 3: Daniel Roberge, director of Water and Sewer Green Infrastructure with the City of Vancouver, talks about the sinkhole that severely disrupted traffic in and out of Granville Island throughout the day.
  
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• Abbotsford orphans search for a new 'place to call home'

  04-06-2017 02:07 via vancouversun.com
  
  The knocks keep coming for five Abbotsford siblings who are struggling to stay together after their parents suddenly died.
  After telling their story to Postmedia last week, the Saint-Ange family received an outpouring of public support and donations, while a judge granted conditional guardianship of the three youngest children — Chelsy, 17, Wade, 16, and Kelsy, 15 — to the two oldest, Nadine, 22, and Nina, 21.
  But just as the future seemed a little brighter, the orphaned sibling
  
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• B.C. dog lovers looking abroad for rescue pets

  04-06-2017 01:39 via vancouversun.com
  
  Eva Sereda went to Costa Rica on vacation and came back with abandoned puppies Daisy and Molly.
  When he was found outside a convenience store in a seaside village in Hua Hin, Thailand, the dog was a pitiful, mangy bag of fur and bones with a rusted collar around his neck. He had two mangled front legs and his days on the streets were numbered. 
  Today, Bones, as named by his rescuers, is a healthy, inquisitive, tummy-rub-obsessed, beloved pet, thanks to the work of Rescue Paws, a non-pr
  
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