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l Saturday, November 11 Remembrance Day in the Beach WHEN: 10:30 a.m WHERE: Kew Gardens, 2075 Queen St. E., Toronto CONTACT: 416-465-0120 Annual Remembrance Day Ceremony at the Kew Gardens Cenotaph.Parade starts at 10:30 a.m. from Corpus Christi Catholic Church, Lockwood Rd.Service starts at 11 a.m. A reception to follow after the service at the Baron Byng Royal Canadian

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over dinner and discussion. l Saturday, November 18 Toronto Silent Film Festival’s A Buster Keaton Celebration WHEN: 4:30 p.m - 6:00 p.m WHERE: Fox Theatre, 2236 Queen Street East, Toronto CONTACT: torontosilentfilm@gmail.com COST: $13-$15 A Keaton Centenary on Film highlighted by his favourite film and masterpiece The General.

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Remembrance Day Event WHEN: 2:00 p.m WHERE: Naval Club of Canada, 1910 Gerrard St. E., Toronto CONTACT: https:// www.navalcluboftoronto.com All welcome. l Tuesday, November 14 Anger Management WHEN: 2:30 p.m - 4:30 p.m WHERE: East End Community Health Centre, 1619 Queen Street East, Toronto CONTACT: 416778-5805 Intensive 6-week workshop aimed at helping you understand and deal with anger. Registration is required.

l Tuesday, November 21 Wonderful Wreaths and AGM WHEN: 7:00 p.m - 9:00 p.m WHERE: Adam Beck Community Centre, 79 Lawlor Ave., Toronto CONTACT: Marilyn Walsh, marilyn_walsh@rogers.com, http:// www.facebook.com/BeachGardenSociety COST: Beach Garden Society AGM to elect board members, discuss future plans and enjoy treats.

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JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com An investigation is underway after more than two dozen dead birds washed up on Woodbine Beach Sunday morning.

On Monday, Tammy Robbinson of Toronto Animal Services told The Beach Mirror approximately 30 ducks and one heron were located.

All of the animals have since been removed by the city’s Parks, Forestry and Recreation division.

Testing is now being done to determine how they died. The dead birds were found near an offleash area at Woodbine Beach Park. Several dogs were seen near the ducks.

Robbinson said anyone who owns a dog should keep it on a leash in that area until a cause of death is determined.

The city is also advising anyone who visited the park with their dog yesterday to contact their veterinarian if their pet develops

any symptoms of illness.

Long-time Beach resident Joanne Ingrassia is a volunteer with the Toronto Wildlife Centre (TWC) and was one of the first people at the scene Sunday morning.

She first heard about the calamity through a local Facebook group and headed down to Woodbine Beach right away. En route, she contacted the TWC to advise them of the situation.

"I wanted to see if any ducks were still alive to help save them," she told The Mirror during a phone interview.

"Unfortunately, when I got there no ducks were alive. It was certainly awfully sad to see so many dead ducks at the shoreline. I had hoped there would be something there that could be saved."

Ingrassia, who has lived in the neighbourhood for 30 years and hasn’t seen anything like this before, said the dead fowl she observed along hundreds of yards of

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More than two dozen dead ducks and one heron washed up on the shore of Woodbine Beach Sunday. shoreline were mostly migratory arctic ducks. She also saw one dead common loon as well as a several more dead ducks floating in the waves.

"Whatever happened, it seemed to me it was something happening in the wa-

ter," she said, adding what made matters worse was that the carcasses of several dead birds were already quickly being consumed by invasive yellow-coloured Asian beetles.

Ingrassia also reached out to the Ashbridges Bay

Scorpion found in package of berries bought at No Frills JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com

Loblaw Companies Limited, urged Buchanan to return the item to the store where she bought it or call Loblaws customer service line at 1-866987-6453.

"We definitely want to know about it," Gumbs said last week.

"We do have a process in place (for situations like this.) We do have a team that will definitely start an investigation."

Gumbs said anyone who encounters any kind of foreign species in their produce should try to save the food items as well as the creature so they can test it and try to determine how it got there.

Earlier this week, Loblaws provided further comment on the matter.

In an email to The Beach Mirror, Gumbs confirmed that a "detailed process" is in place to address customer concerns.

"Once the product is returned by the customer our internal team, along with our vendor, will investigate," she wrote, adding all of their vendors are audited regularly and uphold exceptionally high quality standards.

"We apologize for this customer’s experience as it is not reflective of those standards."

Water Treatment Plant to advise them of the problem, but said she received no clear response.

At this point, no one knows exactly what happened.

In a release, the city said it could take approximately

Council funds RH Armstrong Pool through the winter DAVID NICKLE dnickle@insidetoronto.com

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A small scorpion was found in a package of blackberries purchased last week at the No Frills on Carlaw Avenue in Leslieville.

two weeks for test results to come back.

Anyone who locates dead birds at Woodbine Beach should call 311.

Visit http://www.toronto.ca/wildlife for more details about wildlife in Toronto.

Toronto council has approved funding to see programming continue through the winter months at SH Armstrong Pool at Duke of Connaught Public School.

Council approved the $43,000 interim funding early in its Nov. 7 meeting.

The Leslieville school pool had narrowly avoided shut-down last summer, after council restored temporary funding. The pool had been shut down after its budget was cut in the 2017 budget debate, with a tie at council. On Nov. 7,

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council voted overwhelmingly to extend that funding with a vote of 35-7. The vote will let programs operate in the pool until March, when the full funding for the pool will be recommended to council for the 2018 budget.

The short-term funding will let the citizen/staff working group put in charge of the pool advertise programs over the winter.

In an interview with The Beach Mirror, working group co-chair Sara Ehrhardt said that the group will be promoting the pool to both young families and youth.

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A Leslieville resident got an unexpected surprise in a package of blackberries she recently purchased from an east-end grocery store.

Denise Buchanan bought two packs of berries grown in Mexico from the No Frills at Carlaw Avenue and Gerrard Street East last week.

When she opened the clear plastic packages to wash them the following afternoon the mother of two was "shocked" to find a dead scorpion at the bottom one of the containers. The reddish brown creature measured just over an inch long.

During a Facebook interview, Buchanan said she was "grossed out" but also a little "fascinated" to find the venomous invertebrate in her children’s after-school snack.

She immediately threw out the berries, but kept the packages and the scorpion.

Buchanan said she doesn’t typically buy berries out of season, but thought it was a good deal and her kids "love them."

She planned to return the items along with the arachnid to her local supermarket today.

Karen Gumbs, a spokesperson for

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Canada’s soldiers continue to pay the price Jeff Sandney, a master warrant officer who works at Denison Armoury in Downsview, calms his dog down when the garbage truck rumbles by.

As he relates in a story by one of our reporters, the golden retriever more than returns the favour: calming Sandney down when he is stricken with anxiety.

Now 52, Sandney joined the Canadian Armed Forces at 17, and served in Bosnia, Cyprus, Egypt and the Golan Heights. In Sarajevo, Bosnia he recalled "seeing people shot all the time".

"Now I get high anxiety out of the blue. You just start sweating, and you don’t like to be around people or crowds," he told our reporter.

His story, on the heels of the inspirational Invictus Games hosted in Toronto this past summer, reminds us of the price still being paid by our soldiers.

His story is a part of our extensive coverage that can be found on our www.insidetoronto.com website and in our eight Toronto print editions this Thursday, leading up to Remembrance Day this Saturday.

Other stories delve into the Royal Canadian Legion’s only Jewish branch in Ontario; an East York Legion branch that is recognizing our soldiers who have taken their own lives; an east-end woman, now 99, who was on one of the first ships of nurses in the days following D-Day; one Toronto high school – Central Tech – that has been indelibly shaped by wartime service; and the dilemma of dwindling membership faced by many Legion branches.

Another of our reporters attended a Toronto District School Board school in Etobicoke where about 50 students in an adult class – many of them immigrants – gathered to hear an active member of the Canadian Armed Forces. An immigrant from Pakistan, himself, Capt. Adeel Zafar, explained that some soldiers are still paying the ultimate price. The emotion rose in his voice as he remembered one Canadian soldier, a young man in his 20s, killed in Afghanistan.

Zafar acted as liaison officer, and escorted the soldier’s body 200 kilometres along the Highway of Heroes from CFB Trenton to the Ontario coroner’s office in downtown Toronto.

"There was not a single kilometre not filled with Canadians. Every overpass, every bridge, people were waving, saluting, holding banners and Canadian flags," Zafar told the assembled, including our reporter.

"A girl about six or seven was holding a placard that said, ’thank you, Larry.’ Tears started coming down. For 10 minutes, I couldn’t see. That’s how emotional I was."

That was the day, Zafar said, "it became real" to him what he and Canadian Forces members do.

Canadians should hopefully often think about, and be thankful for, the sacrifice of our men and women in service – and Nov. 11 remains an essential commemoration of that remembrance.

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Time to stop appointing caretakers It is time to end the practice of appointing caretaker councillors to public offices left vacant between elections.

Last week’s decision by Toronto council to appoint former parks bureaucrat Lucy Troisi to fill in the seat that Pam McConnell held before her death is maybe a stark example: councillors voted against a candidate who had significant endorsements from community leaders, a nod from the late councillor’s family, and instead supported one whose main endorsement came from two councillors in Scarborough.

It’s not to say that Troisi’s a bad choice for councillor, but she’s not the community’s choice, and Toronto council showed it-

DAVID NICKLE The City self in majority to not be terribly interested in matching the community’s choice. In the past, council has been better at it. When Scarborough East Coun.

Ron Moeser passed away earlier this year, they chose another former bureaucrat, Jim Hart, who’d also worked with Moeser and so would mirror his style.

But council could have

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picked David Soknacki, the former budget chief under Mayor David Miller. A good choice, but hardly a carbon copy of the late Moeser in style and politics.

And who knows how good a choice Hart or anyone is to represent a ward?

In an appointment, the people are notably silent.

That’s why it might make sense to look at ending the practice of appointing politicians to office, period. Currently, council has the choice of a byelection or an appointment. Generally, earlier in a term council will hold a byelection and later it will appoint. But provincial law only requires an appointment if a vacancy occurs after March 31 of an election year.

This is a process unique

to municipalities. At the federal and provincial levels of government, a vacancy must be filled by a byelection.

There is no provision for appointments and if a seat is vacated close to a general election then it sits vacant.

The same holds true provincially.

That’s a good system to emulate.

Constituents shouldn’t have to rely on their elected representative’s political opponents to provide them with fair representation, in Toronto or anywhere.

David Nickle is a reporter and columnist covering Toronto City Hall for Metroland Media Toronto. He can be reached at dnickle@insidetoronto.com. Follow him on Twitter at @davidnickle

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Left, Marie Moyes, 99, served with the (British) Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service, landing in France just days after D-Day, with many other women pictured in the photo on the right.

Marie Moyes helped set up field hospitals in imminent danger, Moyes didn’t sugar-coat it.

"We were always in danger, but there was no time to think about it."

Born in Newcastle, England on Aug. 28, 1918 to Robert and Maude Steerment, Moyes was the second of six children. Her father served with the King’s Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and Moyes lived in India from ages eight to 15 while her father was stationed there.

"I can still count in Hindustani," she said, counting out loud with lightning speed from her

FANNIE SUNSHINE fsunshine@insidetoronto.com daughter Rowena’s home near Pape and Danforth avenues, where she has lived for the past eight years.

She knew at age 14 she wanted to become a nurse, and at 18 began four years of study toward that goal. When the opportunity came to help soldiers on the front line, she didn’t hesitate to sign up.

"I had seen some of the terrible damage that had been done to the troops and I wanted to help," said Moyes, adding her

unit travelled through France, Belgium, Holland, and into Germany.

She got a taste of what was to come while training at Lambeth Hospital.

She was walking with a fellow nursing student and close friend when a bomb dropped on the site.

Her friend was killed, but Moyes was unscathed.

"I was up on the third floor walking across a skywalk to the next block," she recalled. "(The blast) blew my apron off. A police officer was there and he said

’don’t open your eyes, please.’ He was holding me and told me to take small steps. When I opened my eyes, there was a hole in front of me.

If he hadn’t have grabbed me I would have gone down with the skywalk."

But the war did have one bright spot for Moyes: meeting her future husband, Philip.

They were both married at the time, and met up again several years later in 1949 through a mutual friend following their divorces. They were married Dec. 21, 1949 "the longest night of the year," their family would

joke.

The couple moved to Toronto in 1957, settling near Don Mills and Lawrence Avenue. Moyes worked as a nurse at a doctor’s office and retired from the profession at 65, and her husband was an editor at communications company Maclean Hunter.

Philip died in 2001 at age 84.

When it comes to Remembrance Day, Moyes said while she prefers to forget, she does acknowledge its importance.

"History should be there to learn it and learn from it."

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Marie Moyes was just 25 when she landed in the beaches of Arromanches one week after D-Day to tend to the wounded.

She was part of a small (British) Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service unit that volunteered to head into battle to set up field hospitals, following closely behind the troops.

"I was on the first ship of nurses after D-Day," said Moyes, now aged 99.

"They didn’t have a full hospital before D-Day, so we came and set one up.

We moved as the troops moved forward."

Asked if she was ever

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REMEMBRANCE DAY 2017 Re-enactors add special touch to Remembrance Day

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JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com Those who attend the long-running Beach Remembrance Day parade and Kew Gardens ceremony can get a real-life taste of what it was like to serve in the military during the Second World War. For more than 15 years, a small group of Canadian military re-enactors have taken part in the annual event, donning uniforms worn by those who served in the Canadian military during that historic conflict.

Each year, the re-enactors, who are all members of the Canadian Army Overseas Living History Association (CAOLHS), also join veterans and community members afterwards at the Baron Byng Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 1/42, 243 Coxwell Ave. "It’s a bit of an annual tradition for us. For the Beach parade, there’s a group of about six of us who connect each year," said Matthew Noel, who has participated in Remembrance Day events in the Beach on and off for 15 years.

Noel, who is from Durham Region and initially started taking part in the local Remembrance Day events at the invitation of his good friend Graham Robertson, said he really enjoys interacting with both the community and local vets every Nov. 11.

"It’s fascinating to hear the stories first hand, things you wouldn’t necessarily hear about in a history book," he shared. "(Us being there) not only jogs people’s memories, but it makes them much more willing to tell stories."

Eden, who is also from Durham Region, has participated in Remembrance Day in the Beach for 15 years.

"I enjoy keeping the memories of the vets alive. I do this to show them we re-

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Canadian Army Overseas Living History Association members Erika Palakovic (centre), Matthew Noel (left) and Colin Eden will take part in the Beach Remembrance Day parade and ceremony on Nov. 11. member," said Eden, who said he really likes the smaller and more intimate feel of the Beach Remembrance Day event.

Erika Palakovic, who has taken part in the local Remembrance Day obser-

vance for about five years, said for her it’s a way to keep the stories of the vets alive.

A familiar presence in the Beach every Remembrance Day, she said it’s a great feeling to spend time in the Beach year after year

on this important occasion.

Gerry Morgan, Baron Byng Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 1/42’s president, said both the legion as well as the community are thrilled to welcome the reenactors to the local obser-

vance year after year.

"We’re very fortunate to have them every year. It’s a great addition to our parade," he said, adding the reenactors bring a "little sense of reality" to the event, one that is both "honourable

and respectful" and not seen every day.

"They’re there to help all of us participate in the act of remembrance and for the older vets, it takes them back and they can reflect on the days they wore those uniforms," he added.

Across the GTA, there are a few hundred military re-enactors, all of whom work to preserve and celebrate those who served from the 1750s to the Korean War to other recent conflicts and peacekeeping missions.

Noel said military re-enactors tend to be history buffs that have a keen interest in chatting with those who experienced the horrors of war as well as younger people endeavouring to better understand the experiences of their loved ones.

He also said wearing the old uniforms brings history alive.

"The whole concept (of a living history association) is to bring some of the artifacts out from behind the display cases and use them and wear them as the soldiers would have. The idea is to help people learn better in context," said Noel, who like most living history association members, is also an avid military uniform collector. He has about four closets full of vintage Canadian Army uniforms, most of which are from the Second World War. Palakovic, on the other hand, has only been able to acquire one complete Second World War service dress uniform as the number of women who served in the Canadian military back then was much scarcer.

"My uniform took three years to piece together. It’s all original," she smiled.

"It was a real labour of love." Throughout the year, the 18 or so members of the group participate in five or six events at the Royal Canadian Legion and various regimental organizations.

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Archived photos offer glimpse into life on home front From wounded warriors and mourning mothers to curious kids and celebratory civilians, the First and Second World Wars touched the lives of all Canadian citizens - and Toronto residents were no exception.

This Remembrance Day, Metroland Media Toronto dug into the Toronto Archives’ vast collection of First and Second World War-era photographs to select a handful of images that offer a glimpse into life on the wartime home front.

The photos chosen depict those among the scores of injured Canadian soldiers who recuperated from their battlefield wounds within refuge of Toronto’s hospitals, as well as some of the families left behind by their less fortunate comrades.

They also showcase the innocence of youth against the backdrop of war overseas, and the jubilant celebrations upon war’s long-awaited end – Cynthia Reason

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John H. Boyd-Toronto Archives/Photo

(Clockwise from top left) In this First-World War-era photo, General Sir Arthur William Currie - a Second World War commander of the Canadian Corps is pictured visiting with wounded soldiers at the Christie Street Veterans’ Hospital/Toronto Military Orthopaedic Hospital. Opened in 1919, the factory-turned-hospital treated the legions of veterans wounded in the war, as well as those injured in the Boer War and the Fenian Raids of 1866; Snapped during the V-E (Victory in Europe) Day celebrations on Bay Street in downtown Toronto, this photo from May 7, 1945 captures the jubilance experienced by the whole city upon the announcement that the war ended. Taken on June 26, 1941 at Toronto’s Sunnyside Beach, this photo depicts a pair of bren gun carriers from Borden Camp rolling past a flock of bathing-suited youth during the "Toronto Invasion" – an army training exercise in which troops had to "defend" Toronto from an enemy plot to seize the city.

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Plans are now in the works to transform a historic building at 1300 Gerrard St. E. into a community arts hub.

roll out slowly, piece by piece, as we do need to have some revenue to keep going and pay the bills."

The goal is to relaunch the venue with a New Year’s Eve celebration.

Karam said she’d also like to reopen the building’s now-shuttered café soon.

In a Sept. 22 Facebook post, Chornenki and his partner Svava Stefanson announced their decision to retire and cease operations at 1300 Gerrard St. E. by the end of the year. The Circus Academy they’ve run there for several years will soon be folding, and Zero Gravity Circus, their circus production company, will be handed over to Jeff Kearns, who has been involved with the company since its inception.

The future of the longrunning, monthly Lunacy Cabaret is a bit unclear at this time.

Chornenki, who was out of town until Thursday night, was not available for comment by press time.

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Despite a period of uncertainty, the future of 1300 Gerrard St. E., a circa-1914 vaudeville theatre in the Little India neighbourhood, looks to be a bright one.

In recent months, there has been a lot of speculation about would happen to the building formerly known as the Centre of Gravity. Many in the community wondered on social media if the unique edifice would be sold to a developer or if it would be leased to a major corporate tenant.

After discussions with lawyers, an agreement has now been reached for longtime area residents Robert Indrigo and his partner Maria Karam to buy out coowner Eli Chornenki for $2 million and assume sole ownership of the historic property.

"It’s official. As of November 1st, the deal has closed," Karam, who along with In-

drigo has co-owned 1300 Gerrard St. E. for almost 10 years, told The Mirror.

Karam, a scientist, inventor and entrepreneur who develops innovative sensory systems for the body, said the plan is to start afresh, while remaining focused on their goal of creating a community arts hub.

"We’re going to take over and basically rebuild from where we started back in 2008," she said.

"What we’re coming out with next is going to be incredible."

Karam said there has been a lot of interest from members of the arts community in being involved in rejuvenating the space.

They’re now in the process of figuring out who will do what and how it will be done.

"We’re bringing back a lot of the original people who started the circus. Many of the initial players are now back in the picture," she said.

Karam said they envision

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For the 14th year, hundreds of enthusiastic people gathered at a dozen designated cheering sections/ entertainment centres along the marathon route to cheer on runners, while supporting important causes.

The top five cheering sections/entertainment centres competed to receive cash prizes, which will be donated to organizers’ charity of choice. Celebrity judges selected the winners based on the most people, most noise, best costumes, and best entertainment.

This time around, the Leslieville/South Riverdale section at Coxwell Avenue and Lake Shore Boulevard East came in first place.

This section, which was presented by the Leslieville Business Improvement Area and local residents associations and benefited the South River-

Have your say on future of Maple Leaf Forever Park Ward 32 Coun. MaryMargaret McMahon and City of Toronto staff are hosting an open house on Maple Leaf Forever Park on Monday, Nov. 13.

The gathering, which will look at a new plan for the park near Queen and Leslie streets, will run from 7 to 9 p.m. at Maple Leaf Cottage, 62 Laing St., just south of Queen Street East.

All are welcome to attend, and share their opinions and give feedback on revitalizing the local green space. For more information, email councillor_mcmahon@toronto.ca or call 416-392-1376.

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Kenya’s Philemon Rono breaks the tape to repeat as Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon champion Oct. 22. Those who helped cheered him on also came away winners. dale Community Health Centre (Healthy Kids program), will be receiving a $6,000 prize.

Pegasus Community Project, which is behind The Beach cheering section at Queen Street East and Kew Gardens, and The Greek Community of Toronto, which organized the Greektown section at Broadview and Eastern avenues, both earned honourable mentions and

will be receiving $1,000 each.

The St. Lawrence Market section came in second place, while the Liberty Village/King West section finished third. The Swansea/Bloor West/High Park section also received an honourable mention.

The awards will be handed out on Thursday, Nov. 23 at the marathon’s annual Scotiabank Charity Challenge Awards Night.

MP to host human rights town hall Beaches-East York MP Nathaniel Erskine-Smith is inviting the community to attend a Human Rights Town Hall on Tuesday, Nov. 14.

The event, which will feature special guest Alex Neve, secretary general of Amnesty International Canada, will run from 6 to 8 p.m. at Hope United Church, 2550 Danforth Ave. at Main Street.

Some of the evening’s topics of discussion will include the role Canada can and should play on the world stage, especially when it comes to the current ethnic cleansing of the Rohingya, arms deals and the Arms Trade Treaty, and protecting Canadians from rights violations in other countries.

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