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• Taiwanese fried-chicken shops to open new locations in Downtown Vancouver and Richmond - Straight.com

  15-02-2019 23:53 via straight.com
  Taiwanese fried-chicken shops to open new locations in Downtown Vancouver and Richmond  Straight.comTwo Taiwanese chains are about to add their takes on fried chicken to the Lower Mainland food scene.
  
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• Public hearing to determine fate of East Vancouver detox/social housing complex

  15-02-2019 23:49
  
  Thirty people have so far signed up to speak at a public hearing next week where council will decide whether to a approve a rezoning application for a detox and social housing complex at Clark and East First Avenue.
  
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• Highway 97 rockslide in Okanagan could cost $1 million

  15-02-2019 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  Ministry of Transportation says still no date when highway will be reopened.
  
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• Fredy Montero returns to the Vancouver Whitecaps

  15-02-2019 23:36 via theprovince.com
  The worst-kept Vancouver Whitecaps secret of the year was confirmed Friday when the team announced the return of striker Fredy Montero.
  Montero was the Caps’ leading scorer in 2017 while on loan from Chinese Super League club Tianjin Teda, scoring 15 goals and six assists in 31 starts and 39 appearances across all competitions. He left for Sporting CP in Portugal’s Primera Liga last year, but returns to Vancouver as a much-needed striker with experience and a proven scoring touch.
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• Classical music review: La Bohème goes big

  15-02-2019 23:20 via vancouversun.com
  Vancouver Opera’s latest staging of Puccini’s La Bohème — the 12th in the company’s history — is a handsome production of a perennial favourite. It’s also a sequel of sorts to last season’s lavish Turnadot by the direction/design team of Renaud Doucet and Andre Barbé, who have updated the story of love in the garrets of Paris to a vaguely 1920s mise en scène.
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• NBA flexes marketing muscle as Canadian teams tone up for NHL playoffs

  15-02-2019 23:16 via vancouversun.com
  Bulls of the Week
  It has been a much more bullish first three-quarters of the NHL regular season than most pundits and fans would have anticipated when the puck dropped last October.Who would have thought that three of the top four teams in the entire NHL, in February, would be Canadian-based?The Tampa Bay Lightning continue to be the class of the 31-team league, 15 points ahead (as of Friday morning) of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Calgary Flames and Winnipeg Jets, each with 75 points. Yet tho
  
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• Report: Former B.C. premier Campbell accused of sexual assault in England

  15-02-2019 23:14 via vancouversun.com
  The London Telegraph is reporting that former B.C. premier Gordon Campbell is the subject of the sexual assault investigation in England.
  The newspaper says Campbell is accused of groping a female London embassy worker in 2013 while he was serving as Canadian High Commissioner to Britain.
  A spokesperson for the 71-year-old Campbell denied the charge, telling the Telegraph that the “complaint was transparently disclosed and became the subject of a full due diligence investigation
  
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• Six fun ways to spend Family Day in Metro Vancouver

  15-02-2019 23:11
  
  If you haven't made plans for Family Day yet, check out these ideas...
  
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• The Vancouver Titans play their first game in franchise history this weekend - Daily Hive

  15-02-2019 23:05 via dailyhive.com
  The Vancouver Titans play their first game in franchise history this weekend  Daily HiveVancouver's new professional esports team will be kicking off their inaugural season this coming weekend with a match against the Shanghai Dragons.
  
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• Man in Vancouver Island hotel shooting pleads guilty to second-degree murder - Alberni Valley News

  15-02-2019 23:03 via albernivalleynews.com
  Man in Vancouver Island hotel shooting pleads guilty to second-degree murder  Alberni Valley NewsBrandon Tyler Woody, from Victoria, to be sentenced in late March in B.C. Supreme Court.
  
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• Fourteen 'dream' homes ordered evacuated as sinkholes open in Sechelt

  15-02-2019 23:02 via vancouversun.com
  SECHELT — Greg and Gerry Latham spent Friday morning scrambling to pack up family heirlooms as a series of sinkholes threatened to destroy their dream retirement home on British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast.
  The Lathams are among 14 families in an upscale seaside neighbourhood in Sechelt preparing to obey an evacuation order and they said they didn’t know if they would be allowed to return.
  “I’m standing in my beautiful home that has absolutely no furniture in it, look
  
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• 35-storey tower proposed for Hornby Street in downtown Vancouver - Vancouver Is Awesome

  15-02-2019 22:46 via vancouverisawesome.com
  35-storey tower proposed for Hornby Street in downtown Vancouver  Vancouver Is AwesomeA 35-storey mixed-use residential tower is being considered for 1290 Hornby St. at Drake.
  
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• Vancouver men who pimped 2 women and 15-year-old girl receive prison sentence - Daily Hive

  15-02-2019 22:21 via dailyhive.com
  Vancouver men who pimped 2 women and 15-year-old girl receive prison sentence  Daily HiveThe pair of Vancouver men were found guilty of trafficking and pimping of two young women and a 15- year-old girl in February of last year.
  
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• Billionaire Pattison, funnymen Rogen and Goldberg receive walk of fame stars in Vancouver

  15-02-2019 22:20 via vancouversun.com
  One of Canada’s richest men along with two of its funniest will be honoured Friday afternoon during a Canada’s Walk of Fame presentation at the Vancouver Convention Centre.
  Evan Goldberg, left, and Seth Rogen are walk of famers.
  Businessman Jimmy Pattison and Hollywood comedy hitmakers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg  were officially inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame in Toronto in December, but today the three Vancouverites will be guests of honour at a special&nb
  
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• RCMP in Kamloops say robbery and kidnap victim was found safe

  15-02-2019 22:19 via vancouversun.com
  The Mounties say a woman was found unharmed after she was kidnapped following a robbery in Kamloops on Thursday.
  Police say the woman and two men were robbed by two men carrying firearms before the alleged kidnapping.
  They say the woman was found unharmed on Friday in a vehicle that was taken from one of the robbery victims as it travelled from Kelowna to Kamloops.
  A man and a woman were arrested after the vehicle was stopped by police, who also took a robbery suspect into custody in Kelowna.
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• Whitecaps trade Vancouver snow for California sun with latest training trip - The Province

  15-02-2019 22:18 via theprovince.com
  Whitecaps trade Vancouver snow for California sun with latest training trip  The ProvinceRussell Teibert can't wait to get back to training with his Vancouver Whitecaps teammates — even if the field is covered with snow.A wintry weather system left ...
  
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• Billionaire Pattison, funnymen Rogen and Goldberg receive walk of fame stars in Vancouver - Vancouver Sun

  15-02-2019 22:18 via vancouversun.com
  Billionaire Pattison, funnymen Rogen and Goldberg receive walk of fame stars in Vancouver  Vancouver SunOne of Canada's richest men along with two of its funniest were honoured Friday afternoon during a Canada's Walk of Fame presentation at the Vancouver ...
  
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• Some jobs planned for NYC's Amazon HQ2 will go to Vancouver: report - Daily Hive

  15-02-2019 22:15 via dailyhive.com
  Some jobs planned for NYC's Amazon HQ2 will go to Vancouver: report  Daily HiveEven more Amazon office jobs are planned for Vancouver as a result of the tech giant's surprising decision this week to cancel its New York HQ2 location.
  
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• This Vancouver pub is hosting a Harry Potter trivia night this month - Daily Hive

  15-02-2019 22:14 via dailyhive.com
  This Vancouver pub is hosting a Harry Potter trivia night this month  Daily HiveGrab a team of your favourite pals (no muggles allowed) and head down to The Beaver Taphouse where you can put your Harry Potter trivia skills to the test.
  
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• Will Vancouverites ever get to swim in False Creek?

  15-02-2019 22:12
  
  City abandons idea for floating pool in long-polluted inlet once home to saw mills. Water quality still not good enough to open False Creek to swimmers.
  
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• Driverless shuttle brings glimpse of future to Vancouver - CTV News

  15-02-2019 22:10 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  Driverless shuttle brings glimpse of future to Vancouver  CTV NewsVancouver residents are invited to get a glimpse of the future by riding in an autonomous vehicle.
  
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• Missing man located, taken to hospital: Vancouver police - CTV News

  15-02-2019 22:08 via bc.ctvnews.ca
  Missing man located, taken to hospital: Vancouver police  CTV NewsGary McKenzie was last seen Thursday night near East Hastings and Main, Vancouver police say. He was located Friday.
  
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• It’s official — St. Paul’s is on the move in Vancouver

  15-02-2019 21:55 via globalnews.ca
  The B.C. Government has announced the new St. Paul's Hospital will be built near the Vancouver train station for $1.9 billion and the doors will open in 2026.
  
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• Vancouver's most popular cosplays for the 2019 Fan Expo - Daily Hive

  15-02-2019 21:50 via dailyhive.com
  Vancouver's most popular cosplays for the 2019 Fan Expo  Daily HiveTo get you excited for their 2019 event, Fan Expo Vancouver has shared their pick of the most popular cosplay's you'll see at this year's festivities.
  
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• Potato pancakes with house-made sausage gravy

  15-02-2019 21:44 via globalnews.ca
  Make this delicious breakfast this Family Day long weekend!
  
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• Vancouver man convicted in 2017 stabbing spree

  15-02-2019 21:43
  
  Bradley Michael Mazerolle has been found guilty of three counts of aggravated assault
  
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• B.C. home sales continue to slide in 2019, says BCREA

  15-02-2019 21:31 via vancouversun.com
  Home sales in B.C. were down 33 per cent in January, according to the B.C. Real Estate Association, which blames the slump on the federal government’s mortgage stress test.
  The BCREA reported Friday that a total of 3,546 residential sales were recorded by the Multiple Listing Service last month, a decline of 33.2 per cent from the same month last year.
  The average price in the province was $665,590, a decline of 7.7 per cent from January 2018. Total sales was $2.36 billion, a 38.4 per
  
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• 3 Best Day Trips From Vancouver - Condé Nast Traveler

  15-02-2019 21:19 via cntraveler.com
  3 Best Day Trips From Vancouver  Condé Nast TravelerFind recommendations and ideas on the best day trips from Vancouver, B.C., Canada, with pictures, details, and travel tips. See the best places to visit outside ...
  
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• Local state of emergency, evacuation order issued for Seawatch subdivision in Sechelt

  15-02-2019 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  All residents must leave their homes and access to the subdivision is denied.
  
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• Vancouver Canucks call up defenceman Luke Schenn amid injury woes

  15-02-2019 21:01 via theprovince.com
  The Vancouver Canucks have called up veteran defenceman Luke Schenn to fill a void on their injury-plagued roster.
  Vancouver acquired the 29-year-old from the Anaheim Ducks last month in exchange for defenceman Michael Del Zotto.
  Schenn was immediately sent down to the American Hockey League’s Utica Comets, where he’s posted a goal and four assists in seven games.
  The Saskatoon native was picked fifth overall by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 2008 draft, and has amassed 30 goals and
  
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• Province announces plans for new St. Paul’s Hospital

  15-02-2019 20:57 via globalnews.ca
  A new St. Paul’s Hospital will be built in Vancouver by 2026. The provincial government made the announcement today. Neetu Garcha has more details on what to expect.
  
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• It’s official — St. Paul’s is on the move in Vancouver - Global News

  15-02-2019 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  It’s official — St. Paul’s is on the move in Vancouver  Global NewsThe B.C. Government has announced the new St. Paul's Hospital will be built near the Vancouver train station for $1.9 billion and the doors will open in 2026.
  
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• 26 things that made Vancouver AWESOME this week - Vancouver Is Awesome

  15-02-2019 20:37 via vancouverisawesome.com
  26 things that made Vancouver AWESOME this week  Vancouver Is AwesomeTake a break from the news cycle and help us celebrate the things we covered this week that are making Vancouver Awesome with a capital “A.”
  
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• Montreal's real estate market is about to eclipse Vancouver's - BNNBloomberg.ca

  15-02-2019 20:33 via bnnbloomberg.ca
  Montreal's real estate market is about to eclipse Vancouver's  BNNBloomberg.caVancouver is on pace to lose its status as Canada's second largest housing market to Montreal. While still Canada's most expensive city for housing, a recent ...
  
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• TransLink mayors' council votes "yes" on SkyTrain to UBC

  15-02-2019 20:29 via vancouversun.com
  The TransLink Mayors’ Council has endorsed SkyTrain as the technology for the transit extension to the University of British Columbia.
  At a meeting Friday morning, the Mayors’ Council on Regional Transportation voted in favour of moving ahead with SkyTrain planning as opposed to another form of transit. The decision was in line with a recommendation made by TransLink staff in late January.
  Ahead of the decision, Vancouver Mayor Kennedy Stewart said that in the interest of acting
  
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• Rat spotted on table at long-serving downtown Vancouver eatery (VIDEO) - Daily Hive

  15-02-2019 20:29 via dailyhive.com
  Rat spotted on table at long-serving downtown Vancouver eatery (VIDEO)  Daily HiveA downtown Vancouver restaurant says it's ramping up its pest control efforts in the wake of a video showing a rat in their eatery after hours.
  
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• 'Several' measles cases confirmed at Vancouver schools

  15-02-2019 20:28 via vancouversun.com
  Health officials confirmed Friday there are “several” cases of measles detected in Vancouver school children.
  Vancouver Coastal Health says they have identified several cases of measles at three French language schools: Two cases at École Jules‐Verne; One case at École Anna‐Hébert, and one suspected case at École Rose-Des-Vents.
  Of those, two cases were announced earlier this week, and the third confirmed and fourth suspected were discove
  
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• New St. Paul's Hospital gets green light from B.C. government

  15-02-2019 20:21 via vancouversun.com
  The provincial government announced this morning that a new St. Paul’s Hospital will open for patients by 2026.
  Premier John Horgan said the new hospital will have 548 beds, 115 more than the hospital on Burrard Street, which was founded 125 years ago.
  The new hospital will cost $1.9 billion. It will be located at 1002 Station Street on the False Creek Flats.
  Horgan says the plan for the new hospital had stalled for 12 years, but the wait is over with the approval of a business plan for co
  
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• Theatre review: Comic theft and food for thought in The Shoplifters

  15-02-2019 20:14 via vancouversun.com
  The Shoplifters
  When: To March 9
  Where: Granville Island Stage
  Tickets and Info: From $29 at artsclub.com
  First, a clarification: Morris Panych’s play The Shoplifters and the Oscar-nominated Japanese film Shoplifters are completely different works, although both take a psychological and sociological lens to the netherworld of small-time theft.
  Playwright/director Panych’s comedy is also rich in the kinds of existential implication he has been exploring on stage for decades.
  
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• Amid earthquake swarm, fifth significant quake strikes west of northern Vancouver Island - Straight.com

  15-02-2019 20:12 via straight.com
  Amid earthquake swarm, fifth significant quake strikes west of northern Vancouver Island  Straight.comAn offshore region west of Vancouver Island has been especially active with several seismic events this week, and now a fifth significant earthquake has struck.
  
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• Scenes from RCMP raid on Bernard Avenue apartment

  15-02-2019 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  A woman who was kidnapped in Kamloops on Thursday following an armed robbery was linked to police raiding an apartment unit in Kelowna later in the day. One of the two robbery suspects was arrested in the Kelowna raid.
  
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• Top chefs compete in the Chowder Chowdown

  15-02-2019 20:06 via globalnews.ca
  Some of BC’s best chefs are preparing their favourite seafood chowder recipes ahead of the annual Chowder Chowdown at the Vancouver Aquarium. Ocean Wise Executive Chef Ned Bell and his Sous Chef Stacy Johnson are among the competitors.
  
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• This Week in History: 1889: A blueblood sues after a newspaper links him to the demi-monde

  15-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  A blueblood’s alleged visit to a brothel had tongues wagging in Victoria in 1889.
  “An English lord has (gotten) into an ugly entanglement with his wife through an amour with a captivating member of the demi-monde, who styles herself ‘The Countess,’” the Vancouver World reported on Feb. 16, 1889.
  “The Colonist says the climax was reached the other night, when the person in question, while at the courtesan’s rooms, was suddenly made aware of the fact that
  
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• Science fiction series invokes coming of age and quest themes

  15-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  World of Dawn Arise and World of Dawn Reveal
  Shawn Gale | XlibrisBeing an adolescent is hard enough, even if your only challenges are social media bullies and the mysterious tides and tumults of hormonal change. But for the gang of young people at the centre of local author Shawn Gale’s series of science fiction novels, that’s just the beginning. They are swept onto a new planet, the World of Dawn, where they have to cope with giant scorpions, huge flying predators, ravening wolf pac
  
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• International: 20 bestselling books of the week of Feb. 9

  15-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  HARDCOVER FICTION
  1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Della Owens
  2. Liar Liar by James Patterson and Candace Fox
  3. The Reckoning by John Grisham
  4. Crucible by James Rollins
  5. Turning Point by Danielle Steel
  6. Fire & Blood by George R.R. Martin
  7. Every Breath by Nicholas Sparks
  8. Long Road to Mercy by David Baldacci
  9. An Anonymous Girl by Greer Hendricks and Sarah Pekkanen
  10. Past Tense: A Jack Reacher Novel by Lee ChildHARDCOVER NON-FICTION
  1. Becoming b
  
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• Brian Minter: Inspiration, innovation to be found at Northwest Flower and Garden Festival

  15-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  Northwest Flower and Garden Festival
  When: February 20 to 24
  Where: Washington State Convention Center
  Tickets and info: From $10, at gardenshow.comGot a touch of the mid-winter blues? Make the relatively short drive south of the border to Seattle, where the 31st Annual Northwest Flower and Garden Festival is being held.
  It is a must-see for any garden and plant enthusiast, or for anyone who enjoys a radiance of colour, breathtaking perfume, top-notch design and stunning lifestyle feat
  
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• Anthony Gismondi: 2016 a great year for B.C. red blends

  15-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  I can’t say enough about how impressed I am with the 2016 vintage in British Columbia, and especially with the quality of fruit we are tasting in many of the red blends.
  The notion of keeping track of the quality of vintages has been marginalized over the years by retailers and wineries who would suggest there is the knowledge and tools to make every year a great year.
  It’s true that a lot can be done to mitigate Mother Nature, but in the end there are still those special vintages th
  
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• All hail, The Dumpling King! Vancouver chef Matthew Murtagh-Wu crowns tradition one tasty bite at a time

  15-02-2019 20:00 via vancouversun.com
  BC Home + Garden Show
  When: Feb. 20-24
  Where: B.C. Place Stadium
  Tickets and info: $14 in advance, $16 at the door ($10 in advance, $12 at the door for seniors); bchomeandgardenshow.comFor some people, dumplings are simply a source of sustenance. For others, the pillowy pockets of dough and filling are about honouring tradition.
  For Matthew Murtagh-Wu, dumplings are about these things, sure — but, for the Vancouver-based chef, they’re also about self-acceptance.
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• Concern over student vaping grows in Vancouver Island schools - Campbell River Mirror

  15-02-2019 19:55 via campbellrivermirror.com
  Concern over student vaping grows in Vancouver Island schools  Campbell River MirrorIsland Health officer says parents and educators have ample reason to be concerned.
  
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• Whitecaps trade Vancouver snow for California sun with latest training trip

  15-02-2019 19:52 via theprovince.com
  Russell Teibert can’t wait to get back to training with his Vancouver Whitecaps teammates — even if the field is covered with snow.
  A wintry weather system left the Caps turf covered in a thick blanket of white this week, but the sight is nothing new for the 26-year-old midfielder.
  Teibert grew up in Niagara Falls, Ont., where warm ups at winter practices involved grabbing shovels out of a shed and clearing off the field.
  “That looked all too familiar and I’m happy that I
  
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