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• Ben Kuzma: The ‘code’ kept Saddledome setting from turning into circus

  07-10-2018 23:22 via theprovince.com
  For a fourth-consecutive day, Erik Gudbranson was asked about the hit, the fight and the code.
  The Vancouver Canucks defenceman not only sounded like a spokesman for the code of conduct when he willingly broached the subject Saturday — and how respect has led to a decrease in fighting — he’s not sure where the game would be if players didn’t police themselves.
  Erik Gudbranson got the better of Travis Harmonic in a retribution bout Wednesday.
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• Entire community of Old Fort ordered to evacuate 1 week after nearby landslide

  07-10-2018 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  The large slide cut off the only road in and out of the community.
  
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• Surrey RCMP appeal to public in search for 12-year-old girl missing since Thursday

  07-10-2018 22:29 via globalnews.ca
  No one has heard from Jaylin Hoytema since, and police say her family is concerned about her health and well-being. 
  
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• Fall Fashion Picks

  07-10-2018 21:41 via globalnews.ca
  Erin Cebula shares her fashion picks that will keep you warm and dry yet remain stylish this Fall.
  
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• Surrey RCMP seek missing girl last seen Oct. 4

  07-10-2018 21:38 via vancouversun.com
  Surrey RCMP are searching for a missing girl who was last seen on Oct. 4.
  Jaylin Hoytema, 12, was last seen around 4 p.m. on Oct. 4, 2018 in the 7200-block of King George Boulevard in Surrey. She hasn’t been heard or since since that day.
  Hoytema is described as an aboriginal girl, about 5-foot-5 and weighing 150 pounds. She has short blonde hair and blue eyes. It’s unclear what she was wearing at the time she was last seen.
  Police are asking anyone with information about Hoytema&rsq
  
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• Discovering the Spinosaurus

  07-10-2018 21:38 via globalnews.ca
  It’s a dinosaur thought to be even bigger than a tyrannosaurus rex, the Spinosaurus. We speak to the remarkable paleontologist who is helping us discover more about this prehistoric giant ahead of his talk at National Geographic LIVE! at the Orpheum Theatre.
  
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• NBA, MLB and the World Cup? Vancouver party pledges sports hat trick if elected

  07-10-2018 21:28 via globalnews.ca
  Vancouver 1st says it would oversee the construction of an NBA stadium in South Vancouver, and lobby for MLB and the World Cup.
  
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• Stabbing outside Surrey strip club leaves 2 men in hospital

  07-10-2018 21:22 via globalnews.ca
  The altercation happened outside the Shakerz Show Lounge on Whalley Boulevard around 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
  
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• Recipe: Last minute Thanksgiving pumpkin tart

  07-10-2018 21:20 via globalnews.ca
  This lighter take on a pumpkin pie will ensure you still have room for desert after your Thanksgiving feast.
  
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• Police seek dashcam video in Chilliwack homicide investigation

  07-10-2018 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  Kyle Cromarty was fatally shot in the 46000-block of Yale Road on Thursday afternoon.
  
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• Surrey police seek witnesses in Sunday morning stabbing

  07-10-2018 19:30 via vancouversun.com
  Police are seeking witnesses to an early Sunday morning stabbing in Surrey.
  Just after 1:35 a.m. on Sunday, Surrey RCMP were called to the 10400-block of Whalley Boulevard for the report of a stabbing.
  Officers who responded to the scene found two men who were suffering from stab wounds. Both were rushed to hospital for treatment and their injuries are considered non-life threatening.
  Police are now asking anyone who may have witnessed the incident or who may have information about the stabbing
  
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• Riverdale: Meet Jughead's mom Gladys and sister Jellybean Jones

  07-10-2018 19:16 via vancouversun.com
  Riverdale, prepare to meet Gladys and Jellybean Jones.
  Showrunner Robert Aguirre-Sacasa announced Sunday morning that Gina Gershon and Trinity Rose Likins had been cast as Jughead Jones’ mom and sister. Jughead is played by Cole Sprouse.
  Gina Gershon (left) will play Gladys Jones, while Trinity Rose Likins will play Jellybean Jones on the locally filmed Riverdale.
  The pair will be introduced in an episode this December of the locally shot CW teen drama.
  According to Variety, Gladys is desc
  
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• Daily Poll: What's your favourite dish of Thanksgiving dinner?

  07-10-2018 18:46 via vancouversun.com
  It’s Thanksgiving. What’s your favourite dish of Thanksgiving dinner?
  Some say it’s the turkey. Others insist it’s the cranberry sauce that pulls the meal together. Still more don’t subscribe to the standard western Thanksgiving meal, opting instead for take-out or other traditional cultural meals.Take Our Poll
  
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• Vancouver weather: Give thanks for the rain

  07-10-2018 18:30 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER, B.C.: Oct. 7, 2018 – It’s a rainy Thanksgiving weekend. Sunday’s weather promises clouds and rain beginning early in the day, continuing into Monday as you nurse your turkey hangover.
  Things get better on Tuesday when everyone conveniently goes back to work.Weather: Vancouver, B.C.
  Today: Cloudy, rain early in the morning. High of 12.
  Tonight: Periods of rain, low of 10.
  Tomorrow: Periods of rain. High of 12.Traffic: Lower Mainland
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• Giants find good old ways, getting off to best start to WHL season in a decade

  07-10-2018 18:25 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Giants had a ready made excuse if they got out to a bad start this WHL season, what with a change in their general manager, head coach and top assistant over the summer.
  The break-in period for the new staff has apparently flown by.
  The Giants beat the host Prince George Cougars 3-2 on Saturday night, improving to 6-1-0-0, which is their best start since they went 6-0-0-1 in 2008-09. Saturday marked their fourth road win in as many tries, which is the first time they’ve pulle
  
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• Scientists trying to save B.C.'s western rattlesnakes from becoming roadkill

  07-10-2018 18:22 via vancouversun.com
  VANCOUVER — British Columbia’s rattlesnakes may not get much respect, but scientists are working to change that — and in the process, save a diminishing species.
  A western rattlesnake is shown in the Okanagan Valley, in British Columbia, in this undated handout photo. British Columbia’s rattlesnakes don’t get much respect but biologists are working to change that while they try to save a diminishing species in an Okanagan Valley nature reserve.
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• The top Instagram fall photo spots in Vancouver

  07-10-2018 18:02
  
  Here's a handy list of the best places to soak in autumn in Vancouver, so you don’t have to waste time!
  
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• VIDEO: Viral drone footage captures mesmerizing fall foliage

  07-10-2018 18:00
  
  This drone video shot over Snowbasin Resort in Utah is going viral, for obvious reasons.
  
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• Both Supreme Court appeal and consultations needed for Trans Mountain clarity: Kenney

  07-10-2018 17:10 via globalnews.ca
  Jason Kenney says appealing to the Supreme Court of Canada would result in clearer rules on the federal government’s duty to consult First Nations.
  
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• Drink this: First Ascent Gose by Fernie Brewing

  07-10-2018 16:00
  
  One of the great things about the craft beer revolution is the many styles of beer that have been saved from obscurity — if not outright extinction — by creative brewers looking for the next “Big Thing.”
  
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• Canucks Post Game: Pettersson was ‘dynamite’, top line was ‘average’, Markstrom was ‘frustrated’

  07-10-2018 08:37 via theprovince.com
  CALGARY —  Points to ponder as Elias Pettersson continued to amaze with his total game, the supposed top line continued to confound the coach and Jacob Markstrom got too many looks at a lethal Flames power play as the Canucks led 4-3 before falling 7-4 Saturday:
  Pettersson’s prime poise, professionalism 
  Elias Pettersson is red hot but the blood cursing through the rookie’s veins is ice cold. He doesn’t get rattled, he points out shortcoming in his game before r
  
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• Flames 7, Canucks 4: Pettersson’s amazing encore, some top-line hope, Markstrom’s moxie

  07-10-2018 07:21 via theprovince.com
  CALGARY — And a child shall lead them.
  It wasn’t supposed to be like this. Not yet. Not this quick.
  The Calgary Flames already had a good idea on how they could corral Elias Pettersson after the Swedish sensation scored on them in his first NHL game Wednesday with a laser wrister. The problem is nothing seems to faze the 19-year-old magician.
  Tell him it’s tough to sweep an opponent. Tell him he’s going to face tougher matchups on the road and that time and space will be
  
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• Mike Smyth: The NDP’s conversion to LNG on the road to China

  07-10-2018 06:33 via theprovince.com
  The NDP’s new love affair with liquefied natural gas is quite the change of heart from their earlier contempt for the Liberals’ hot pursuit of the industry.
  Back then, John Horgan ridiculed then-premier Christy Clark for spending so much time trying to develop LNG, insisting he would give the industry a much lower priority because it was “going nowhere.”
  George Heyman, now the NDP environment minister, mocked Clark’s “pixie dust” LNG dreams. Carole James
  
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• Vancouver 1st party pledges to bring NBA back to the city - Vancouver Sun

  07-10-2018 05:53
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  Vancouver 1st party pledges to bring NBA back to the city
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  The party stopped short of promising to negotiate the Grizzlies' return, but did announce plans to build a world-class NBA stadium in south Vancouver. Harrison Mooney. Updated: October 6, 2018. Fred Harding, a former West Vancouver police officer, is ...
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• Vancouver 1st party pledges to bring NBA back to the city

  07-10-2018 05:52 via vancouversun.com
  Upstart political party Vancouver 1st released their platform Saturday, and it’s sure to make diehard fans of local sports very happy.
  “Vancouver 1st is bringing back the NBA,” the party said in a news release.
  The party stopped short of promising to negotiate the Grizzlies’ return from Memphis. But they did announce plans to build a world-class NBA stadium in south Vancouver, if elected, which it said “will start a surge of strategic building aimed at establis
  
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• Ed Willes: Relentless Lions defence picks Argos apart in 26-23 win

  07-10-2018 05:01 via theprovince.com
  The quarterback doesn’t have the full confidence of the general manager and Jonathon Jennings’ overall performance on Saturday didn’t exactly lay those concerns to rest.
  But, whatever else they are, the B.C. Lions are 7-7 with four games left on their regular-season schedule and still in the CFL playoff mix.
  Here’s what we learned from the Leos’ 26-23 win over the Toronto Argos before 18,535 fans at B.C. Place Stadium:
  Defence ‘picks’ Argos apart
  Jenning
  
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• Development could block view of East Vancouver landmark. - Globalnews.ca

  07-10-2018 04:43
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  Development could block view of East Vancouver landmark.
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  Future development near Clark Drive could obstruct the view of the iconic East Vancouver Cross. Kristen Robinson reports. more. <iframe src="https://globalnews.ca/video/embed/4524206/" width="670" height="372" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen ...
  
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• Tina Turner Kidney Transplant

  07-10-2018 04:21 via globalnews.ca
  Today’s Global News Hour at 6 Health Matters is brought to you by Pharmasave.
  
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• Man arrested after setting fire to couches in Delta police building

  07-10-2018 04:21 via theprovince.com
  A man is under arrest after Delta police say a suspect walked into one of the department’s buildings and set fire to couches in the lobby.
  The suspect walked into the Delta Police Public Safety Building in north Delta at about 1:30 p.m. Saturday.
  “He proceeded to start a fire on the couches in the lobby, which caused the building sprinkler to go off,” said Delta police spokeswoman Cris Leykauf in a release.
  The building had to be evacuated.
  “Fortunately there were no inju
  
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• Voter fraud allegations in Surrey investigation.

  07-10-2018 04:19 via globalnews.ca
  Two people who say they were approached to participate in alleged voter fraud in Surrey speak with Global’s Paul Johnson.
  
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• Vancity investigates online banking outage.

  07-10-2018 04:18 via globalnews.ca
  Tens of thousands of Vancity customers have been without access to their online banking because of a three day outage. Jill Bennett reports.
  
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• Police move in to remove school squatters in Nanaimo.

  07-10-2018 04:18 via globalnews.ca
  Police in Nanaimo moved quickly to shut down a “schoolhouse squat” set up by homeless advocates at a vacant school. Nadia Stewart reports.
  
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• Disturbing confrontation on board a transit bus caught on video.

  07-10-2018 04:18 via globalnews.ca
  Alarming video of a scuffle between a verbally abusive man and a female passenger on board a bus in Vancouver is raising concerns of transit safety. Paul Haysom explains what happened.
  
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• Development could block view of East Vancouver landmark.

  07-10-2018 04:18 via globalnews.ca
  Future development near Clark Drive could obstruct the view of the iconic East Vancouver Cross. Kristen Robinson reports
  
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• Homeless campers arrested after invading vacant Nanaimo school

  07-10-2018 03:53 via vancouversun.com
  Nanaimo RCMP were in the process of removing protesters from the roof of Rutherford Elementary Saturday with the help of a fire department ladder truck after they broke into the vacant school a day earlier.
  All of the protesters were being arrested for break-and-enter and mischief, said Nanaimo RCMP Const. Gary O’Brien.
  The school will be boarded back up.
  Homeless advocates occupied the empty school for a “schoolhouse squat” just hours after the province announced it would prov
  
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• Delta Police Department station closed after couch in lobby set on fire

  07-10-2018 03:28 via globalnews.ca
  Police said no one was hurt, and firefighters — who share the lobby of the same building — were able to quickly knock the flames down. 
  
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• Whitecaps 2, Toronto 1: No Reds October as Caps snuff out TFC’s season

  07-10-2018 03:00 via theprovince.com
  A sweet start for the Vancouver Whitecaps. A sour end for Toronto FC.
  Russell Teibert’s fourth-minute goal gave the Caps the perfect beginning to the game, and they held on to get past Toronto 2-1 at BMO Field Saturday afternoon, keeping their Major League Soccer playoff hopes alive and snuffing the Reds’ out completely.
  The Caps (12-12-7), who return home to host Sporting Kansas City in 10 days, snapped a three-game losing streak. Kei Kamara’s 78th-minute strike was the game w
  
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• Jamie Liew: Stripping Canadian citizenship from Aung San Suu Kyi should be applauded

  07-10-2018 03:00 via theprovince.com
  The House of Commons recently voted unanimously to call the killings, persecution, rape, abuse, destruction of homes and forced displacement of Rohingya from Myanmar as genocide. More than 900,000 Rohingya have fled Myanmar since 2017.
  Last week, the House also voted unanimously to revoke Aung San Suu Kyi’s honorary Canadian citizenship, which she received in 2007. These two actions should be applauded.
  Revoking the coveted status of citizenship is appropriate in this case given the fact t
  
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• Are we watching a real-time extinction of southern resident killer whales?

  07-10-2018 03:00 via vancouversun.com
  Images of the orca J35 Tahlequah carrying her dead newborn for a heartbreaking 17 days over 1,600 kilometres were seen around the world.
  Canadian and American veterinarians and biologists then joined forces in dramatic fashion to diagnose and treat the ailing three-year-old J50 Scarlet from the same pod, but failed to save her life.
  Three deaths this summer — including the young male L92 Crewser, which disappeared in June — have focused the world’s attention on the difficulties
  
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• Union Gospel Mission set to serve 3,000 special Thanksgiving dinners

  07-10-2018 02:56 via vancouversun.com
  Volunteers have been working tirelessly to prepare for the Union Gospel Mission’s Thanksgiving dinner.
  The Downtown Eastside charity’s annual feast is scheduled for Monday from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., as UGM will serve up 3,000 dinners with all the trimmings — turkey, mashed potatoes, stuffing, gravy, cranberry sauce, dinner rolls — and even pumpkin pie á la mode for dessert.
  The amount of food is staggering, which means the food prep is intensive.
  “It&rsquo
  
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• Abbotsford Police 'Rich-er' after decade of retiring chief's direction

  07-10-2018 01:52 via vancouversun.com
  Bob Rich has faced darkness — a gang war, the stabbing of two students at a high school, an officer killed in the line of duty.
  In response, he’s wielded a spotlight.
  After 10 years as chief of the Abbotsford Police Department, Rich retired Monday, ending a career characterized by his willingness to bring difficult issues to light — and meet challenges head-on.
  Arriving in Abbotsford in 2008, at the height of the gang war between the UN Gang and the Red Scorpions, Rich art
  
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• Exclusive, invite-only dating app The League launches in Vancouver Tuesday

  07-10-2018 01:50 via vancouversun.com
  There are two glaring problems with swipe-based, online dating apps like Tinder and Bumble: first, there’s no way of knowing your matches are the elite singles in your area. Second, there’s no way of knowing for certain you’re one of the elite singles in your area.
  Exclusive, invite-only dating app The League aims to address both issues.
  Already live in 34 American cities, as well as three international hotspots (London, Paris and Toronto), The League launches in Vancouver
  
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• Police arrest squatters at Nanaimo school

  07-10-2018 01:49 via globalnews.ca
  Police used a fire truck ladder on Saturday to arrest nearly two dozen squatters that had occuped an elementary school. The squatters say they are protesting homelessness.
  
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• Whitecaps 2, Toronto 1: No Reds October as Caps snuff out their season

  07-10-2018 01:26 via theprovince.com
  A great start for the Vancouver Whitecaps. A sour end for Toronto FC.
  Russell Teibert’s fourth-minute goal and a 78th-minute strike from Kei Kamara was enough to send the Caps past Toronto 2-1 at BMO Field Saturday afternoon, keeping their Major League Soccer playoff hopes alive and snuffing the Reds’ out completely.
  The Caps (12-12-7), who return home to host Sporting Kansas City in 10 days, snapped a three-game losing streak.
  Toronto (9-16-6), now mathematically eliminated, got a g
  
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• Vancity says issues 'fixed' after online banking system offline for three days

  07-10-2018 01:15 via vancouversun.com
  Vancity said Saturday that the problems with their online banking system, offline for three days, have finally been solved.
  “We have fixed the issues with our banking system and are now beginning to bring the various elements back online,” the credit union announced in a tweet. “We will be doing so gradually throughout the afternoon.”
  Vancity has yet to explain what those issues, which kept the credit union’s core banking system, online platforms, mobile apps a
  
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• Vancouver-based humanitarian technology organization helping to bring peace

  07-10-2018 00:58 via globalnews.ca
  What would you give you up for peace? That’s a campaign set up by a Vancouver based organization known as Peace Geeks. They use technology to better the lives of those affected by war. Mohammed Al-Saleh from Peacegeeks joined Jennifer Palma to talk about the campaign and about his journey from Syria to Canada.
  
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• Ben Kuzma: Can Roussel play hard-hitting, scrappy game after concussion?

  07-10-2018 00:56 via theprovince.com
  CALGARY — Antoine Roussel is wired to play one way.
  He’ll get under your skin, get in your face and get you to hate the feisty forward.
  “That’s not bad — I’ve heard better,” the Vancouver Canucks left winger chuckled Saturday. “It works for me. You just develop a habit of having success and when I play like that, I have it. It’s a habit you learn very young and it’s all I ever knew.”
  What Roussel knows now is that he’ll play
  
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• Toronto bioscience firm determined to corner the cannabis-drink market

  07-10-2018 00:54 via vancouversun.com
  When the next phase of legalization arrives one year from now, Canadian cannabis users might celebrate by raising a toast rather than getting baked.
  Edibles won’t be available on Canada’s recreational market until a year after the Oct. 17 legalization of dried and oils and until then, a race will be underway to corner the market for edibles, which Deloitte estimates will be consumed by 60 per cent of cannabis users.
  But Toronto’s Trait Biosciences claims it has already created
  
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• Cannabis Amnesty seeking signatures in Okanagan

  07-10-2018 00:54 via globalnews.ca
  A signature drive is taking place in Kelowna this weekend to petition the government to erase 'minor' pot offences from people's criminal records.
  
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