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SPECIAL OLYMPIC ATHLETES HIT THE STAGE IN MOTIONBALL IDOL Special Olympic athletes are working out their vocal chords in preparation for the first ever motionball Idol, with the winner going on to perform at the prestigious Special Olympics fundraising gala motionball later this year. Submitted photo FULL STORY: www.insidetoronto.com/citynews
CITY, TENANTS FIGHTING TAX HIKES FOR 401 RICHMOND ART HUB As the area around 401 Richmond has gone from derelict to vibrant, the artists and not-for-profits that have helped spark the turnaround may soon be priced out of business by the resulting property tax assessment increases. Submitted photo l See CITY, pages 12-13
PASSING THE PUCK TO FIRST NATIONS YOUTH Collected as part of Rotary Etobicoke’s Second Annual Hockey Equipment Drive, dozens of volunteers spent countless hours this month sorting 18 tonnes of gently used children and youth’s hockey gear destined for youth in six northern Ontario First Nations reserves. Staff/Metroland FULL STORY: www.insidetoronto.com/citynews
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HUGH’S ROOM PLANNING TO REOPEN ’AS SOON AS POSSIBLE’ Hugh’s Room is planning for an encore. A committee has been formed to look at ways to bring the ’unique’ music venue near Bloor and Dundas streets back to life just days after shutting down. Toronto Star FULL STORY: www.insidetoronto.com/citycentre
TEAMING UP TO HELP VULNERABLE RESIDENTS BEAT THE HEAT Ryerson University architecture students were tasked with coming up with workable cooling centres for vulnerable residents in highrise buildings across the city. Dan Pearce/Metroland FULL STORY: www.insidetoronto.com/citycentre
TOP THINKERS WANTED TO SOLVE ONTARIO’S PROBLEMS Lieutenant Governor of Ontario Elizabeth Dowdeswell and the Walrus Foundation have put out a challenge to innovators and creative thinkers from across Ontario. Ian Burns/Metroland FULL STORY: www.insidetoronto.com/citycentre
COMMITTEE LOOKING AT MAKING EDM EVENTS SAFER Toronto’s Community Development and Recreation Committee, at its Jan. 16 meeting, recommended applying risk management measures to electronic dance music events in the city. Aaron Harris/Toronto Star FULL STORY: www.insidetoronto.com/citycentre
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UNIVERSITY STUDENT WINS $10,000 SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH PRIZE A University of Waterloo chemical engineering student is $10,000 richer after winning this year’s Sunnybrook Research Prize. Submitted photo FULL STORY: www.insidetoronto.com/ northyork
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A fatal house fire on Bathford Crescent on Saturday killed a beloved North York neighbour who just turned 94 and who was termed as a "fiercely independent single woman". Metroland FULL STORY: www.insidetoronto.com/northyork
Baycrest Foundation has a new president and CEO. Josh Cooper, who served as CEO of the Jewish National Fund of Canada since 2012, will begin his new position Feb. 7. Metroland FULL STORY: www.insidetoronto.com/northyork
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ELDERLY WOMAN KILLED IN WEEKEND NORTH YORK HOUSE FIRE
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The dazzling Christmas light display set up by the De Sario family of North York brought in $16,592 for the Hospital for Sick Children. Justin Greaves/Metroland FULL STORY: www.insidetoronto.com/northyork
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MIKE ADLER Edges of Toronto lessens their isolation, improves chances for survival. "They don’t need a Bay Street lawyer. They need a guy like me," he says. "I kept many people from suicide." But since he became a lawyer here in 2006, Dahiya says the Law Society of Upper Canada has held him back from doing what other lawyers won’t. As a street lawyer, he couldn’t afford licence and insurance fees for a practice, so he’s appeared in
summary trials for the homeless as an agent, rather than lawyer. Short of funds, he was told last October he’s now exempt from the lawyer’s annual fee but, as he’s considered retired, he can’t provide legal services. If he returns to practice law, he’d have to pay insurance. Last week, the city announced it will finally begin recording and assessing all the deaths of its homeless, hoping this can lead to their better health. But who will see to their legal rights? Dahiya argues the homeless don’t stand in lines for legal aid. He refuses, after all he’s tried, to join any charity or church who can fund his dream. "That is beneath my dignity," he says, waving his hand. A storefront clinic may not be something Dahiya, for all his passion, can achieve. But that doesn’t mean he’s wrong. The City Law Centre must exist.
Edges of Toronto is a column about how people see life in Toronto differently, depending on where they live. Reach Mike Adler at madler@insidetoronto.com
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Mukhtiar (Mark) Dahiya brings free legal help to homeless people in Toronto. Tall and fierce, Dahiya, a lawyer from Northern India, has made pro bono street law in his adopted city his mission, and works at it despite being unable to do so officially, as a lawyer of record. It has cost him. The Beach resident has seen people decline into drugs and mental illness, and knows many who died. He’s attracted unwanted attention from police. He contracted tuberculosis. Dahiya’s now 65, but won’t give up his dream: to open the City Law Centre, an office where people without homes or money can get a will, or deal with tickets police hand them for throwing cigarettes in the street. It’s unacceptable, "un-Canadian," for the homeless to lack legal representation, says Dahiya, who believes just talking to a lawyer
Those single family homeowners are also bearing the burden of infrastructure and service demands that other, smaller municipalities don’t have to contemplate: an aging public transit system and a vast inventory of public housing. It confounds reason to think that the city has managed to give its residents such a deal on their taxes for so long. And yet this year, Mayor John Tory and budget chief Gary Crawford are sticking to a pledge to raise property taxes only by two per cent. This won’t close a budget gap of $91 million in total, so it is likely in the coming month that Toronto’s budget committee and City Council will have to disappoint some or maybe all of the people who came forward asking that services and subsidies be maintained - and cut. As well, council will have to dig into reserves and defer important investments, to the tune of $100 million. Politically, it is easy to understand why Mayor Tory doesn’t want to waver on property tax rates. He did promise inflationary tax increases, and might lose support in some quarters if he goes back on that promise. But what is politically expedient is not financially, or societally sustainable. Council needs to move beyond expedience, and raise taxes to an appropriate level.
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LAWYER’S LONELY MISSION TAKES HIM TO THE STREETS
Toronto’s budget committee has heard from 230 members of the public concerned about the city’s operating and capital budget for 2017. And if the committee were seriously listening to those deputations, the course forward on the year’s budget would be obvious. First, preserve services that impact Torontonians: services that include but are not limited to subsidized daycare, shelter services, library hours, public housing, transit, and to at least one Toronto Olympian, swimming pools. And following from that, finance it all adequately; which is to say, Toronto Council should raise property taxes appropriately for the many tasks at hand. There were some, such as representatives of the real estate sector, who worried about changes to collect more revenue from the municipal land transfer tax and urged status quo. But there were only a handful if that, who suggested that Toronto’s property tax rates were too high and needed to be reigned in. That, of course, is because property taxes in Toronto aren’t too high. Indeed, single family homeowners pay lower property rates than anywhere in the Greater Toronto Area, and have since Toronto was amalgamated nearly 20 years ago.
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tions School houses a little over 130 students - to a huge school where students could more easily get lost in the crowd. "The Grade Eights we currently have are really excited that they’ll be able to stay here," Kakegamic said. The school sticks to the Ontario curriculum, but places a heightened emphasis on First Nations traditions, culture and language. Students are taught First Nations languages to go along with English, and Fridays include traditional drumming, singing and the sharing of cultural traditions. "We teach the curriculum, but with an Anish (Anishnawbe, or First Nations) flavour," Kakegamic said.
As an example, he noted that "if you go to most schools, there’s one paragraph in the textbooks about residential schools, but we look more at that because that’s an important part of our history we don’t want to forget. We also teach our students about taking care of the land and other traditions." In addition to classes, the school offers a hockey academy with equipment provided, mentorship programs, direct connections to First Nations communities and other specialized programs. Teacher Sam Jardine noted the students take to the programs at the First Nations School well - a far cry from the stories she has heard from graduates who have struggled to integrate into "mainstream"
high schools. "It’s a tough transition for a lot of them, going from a small environment to a school where there are 2,000 students," she said. "This school differs mostly in that it gives students an opportunity to learn their heritage, which is being lost today." Grade 6 student Scarlett Rose relishes the chance to learn more about her culture, and loves the new facility. "It’s huge and the field’s gigantic," she said. "The old school was pretty rundown, so this is amazing here." For more information on the First Nations School of Toronto, visit www.tdsb.on.ca/Community/AboriginalEducation/Schools.aspx or phone 416-393-0555.
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After moving from its old home on Dundas Street East to its new digs in the former Eastern Commerce Collegiate, the First Nations School of Toronto is set to expand and reach new heights. The First Nations School of Toronto started out as the Wandering Spirit Survival School when it was founded in the 1970s with a mission of bringing the Ontario curriculum to aboriginal students. Students from across the city
began attending classes at its new location after the winter break. While it has always catered to elementary school students. With a new, much larger home, the school is set to offer high school classes starting next school year. "At the old site, we wouldn’t have been able to add high school to our existing school," said principal Jonathan Kakegamic. "We realized that a lot of our students would get into high school and they weren’t as successful as we want them to be." The sheer size difference between the First Nations School and the typical high school has been a huge factor in that regard. Students would go from a cozy, almost familial environment - the First Na-
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tions into other deaths or passing information on homeless deaths along to the city. Calling homeless deaths a "very significant public health issue," Yaffe noted the initiative "aims to address the limited data that’s been collected on individuals who died while homeless and were not living in city shelters." Street nurse Cathy Crowe, who has worked with Toronto’s homeless population for many years, said the new initiative is more than welcome, adding that the information will be eye-opening to many. "The deaths we know of are traumatic and they’re violent and they’re never natural," she said. "After all these years, we’re finally going to get hard data on
these atrocities." Crowe is hopeful the data collected through the new initiative will spark action in bringing about positive change in affordable housing policies in Toronto. "There was a time when homeless deaths did not happen so often, and when they did happen, we were outraged as a city and we would take action." Ward 43 Councillor Paul Ainslie (Scarborough East) concurred, noting the city would take a hard look at the data. He noted the information collected would provide needed guidance in building up the proper support system for the city’s homeless. "It’s the tool we need to begin influencing decisionmaking at all levels of gov-
ernment to bring purposeful policies and legislation together to help the homeless and sick who live here on the streets of Toronto," he said. Donna Oakes, who was homeless for more than a decade, saw many friends die as they struggled on Toronto’s streets. She said the new initiative was long overdue. "It will help people realize just how much need there really is out there," she said. "Instead of just saying ’that’s so sad,’ people will actually step forward and put together a plan." Michael Mallard, who lost a friend who was living on the streets recently, concurred. "It’s about time people knew the names of the ones who we lose," he said.
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According to City of Toronto numbers, there were 30 homeless deaths in 2016, though the city itself acknowledges that figure vastly understates the prevalence of such fatalities. To help get a more accurate count of deaths and collect data that can be used to create a more comprehensive plan for combatting homelessness, Toronto has announced a new plan to track homeless deaths in Toronto.
The city will work with roughly 200 shelters, community outreach programs, hospitals and other service agencies to collect data, including the names, ages, possible cause of death and other key details about those who die on Toronto’s streets. "When you can’t measure a problem, it makes it very difficult to address it," said Dr. Barbara Yaffe, Toronto’s acting Medical Officer of Health at the Church of the Holy Trinity, at a news conference last week. Up until this year, Toronto has only collected data on homeless deaths of those living in city shelters. That leaves a large number of deaths unreported, with police and the coroner’s office not always conducting full investiga-
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401 Richmond Building tenants pose for a photo inside the Open Studio printmaking centre last week. Tenants of the building are facing increased costs as a result of a major rise in the building’s tax assessment.
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JUSTIN SKINNER jskinner@insidetoronto.com Ensuring tax assessments for commercial buildings reflect the buildings’ "highest and best use" is a means to ensure Ontario brings in enough tax dollars to keep the province running smoothly.
In some cases, however, that "highest and best use" criterion can speed along gentrification and cast people out as neighbourhoods are revitalized. The issue is particularly difficult for buildings like 401 Richmond, a large space near Richmond Street and Spadina. Avenue. Margie Zeidler, president and founder of the Urbanspace Property Group, which owns and operates the heritage building, noted rising property taxes in the area have led to a situation where current costs are rapidly becoming un-
tenable. Taxes on the 200,000 square foot building have increased 119.5 per cent over the past four years. "Because property taxes always get passed on to tenants, it’s hugely impactful on them," Zeidler said. "Our tenants don’t pay market rents in this building. They’re small entrepreneurs, not-for-profits, artists ... they can’t afford that kind of increase." Zeidler noted that "highest and best use" would suggest Urbanspace l See CITY page 13
parking lot. As the area has undergone change, demand for space near Richmond and Spadina has skyrocketed. "MPAC (Municipal Property Assessment Corporation) has rules under which they operate that are mandated by the government, but if every building is ’highest and best use,’ we won’t have a diverse and vibrant city," she said. Jennifer Bhogal of Open
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stability for artists and notfor-profits who usually get pushed around from pillar to post." In a cruel twist, 401 Richmond was one of the first buildings to steer the revitalization in the area. When Urbanspace first purchased it, it was only 30 per cent rented out. Zeidler recalled the only competing bid to buy the building called for it to be demolished and turned into a
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should be collecting $19.80 per square foot in rent, nearly triple the $7 net per square foot charged. While Urbanspace has taken the hit on tax increases to date, Zeidler noted the larger costs have to be passed down eventually. "We’ve eaten the taxes for the past four years because we believe in this building and the work being done here," she said. "It’s been a great place of
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tilation," she said. Ward 20 councillor Joe Cressy (Trinity-Spadina) is working to find an answer. He has enlisted various city agencies to lobby for changes to the tax code for heritage buildings and/or buildings that emphasize arts, culture and innovation. "Best use is a disincentive to heritage, and it assumes everyone should just put up a condo or have a bunch of (high-end retailers) in their space," he said. The city has helped support 401 Richmond’s appeal with MPAC, and the results of that appeal could be felt far and wide, with arts organizations, community hubs and not-for-profits across the city hopefully benefiting from a tax reassessment. Both Cressy and Zeidler pointed to Artscape as a large, city-wide arts organization that will face a similar cash crunch if tax assessments are done on a "highest and best use" basis. Tenants have formed working groups to find ways to deal with the issue, and Cressy has vowed to keep fighting to keep taxes at 401 Richmond affordable. "The City of Toronto will not let 401 Richmond die," he said. "We need spaces like this to make sure our city works for Torontonians." That comes as welcome news for the building’s tenants. "There seems to be a lot of political will to help us," Bhogal said. "But if they can’t, what is plan B?"
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Above, visitors enjoy Zahra Saleki’s ’Girl Talk’ installation at 401 Richmond during Nuit Blanche 2016 in October. Right, the Esmeralda Enrique Spanish Dance Company and Academy of Spanish Dance performs in the 401 Richmond front lounge.
Studio, a long-standing tenant at 401 Richmond, said her organization has long kept costs down for customers. The printmaking centre offers classes, affordable print services for artists, scholarships, fellowships, three gallery spaces and more. "Because we’re one of the largest (tenants) in terms of square footage, we got hit with an additional $900 a month in costs we weren’t anticipating in the middle of our fiscal year," she said. "We’ve really had to look at increasing the fees and rates we charge across the board." Bhogal noted that all clients have understood the reasons for increased user fees, but some have expressed that increases will price them out. "We always try to go on a case-by-case basis and find solutions for everyone, but a couple of artists have told me they just won’t be able to bear (cost increases.)" If MPAC does not come up with a solution for buildings like 401 Richmond, organizations such as Open Studio will be hard-pressed to meet rents. Bhogal said moving to a new location would be incredibly difficult as it would not only force her organization out of the high-traffic downtown area, but it would also likely run up a massive tab to move equipment and ensure the new site met its needs. "It cost us $200,000 just to move in here with the costs of moving heavy equipment and making sure there was proper ven-
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What digital divide? Seniors, youth embrace technology Centenarian comfortable with computer HILARY CATON hcaton@insidetoronto.com At 101 years old, Bessie Stallworthy has a cellphone, can send emails, use Facebook, blog and search the web from her laptop or iPad. "I have to admit, it’s pretty awesome and I started tinkering with the computer with no purpose at all. I just wanted to learn something different," said the centenarian who has lived in the Upper Beach neighbourhood for 65 years. She first dabbled in technology at the age of 79 as a New Year’s resolution. One of her friends gave her an old laptop and printer and she began her foray into technology. She’s never taken a computer course, but instead has either learned on her own or had a little help from her friends. She uses her computer to send emails and her iPad to go on Facebook and look at pictures from her recliner. She still continues to explore the world through the Internet, when many seniors, 20 years her junior, feel overwhelmed by the concept of technology. "I have an interesting life thanks to computers and technology because I have so much at my fingertips now," she said. Stallworthy is one of the many seniors across Canada who are choosing to not be left behind on the "shoulder" of the information highway. According to Statistics Canada, seniors have the fastest growing rate of Internet usage in the country. The number of Canadians 75 and older who choose to go online spiked from five per cent to 27 per cent from 2000 to 2012. It’s a trend the Canadian Association of Retired Persons (CARP), a nonprofit organization that advocates for financial security and improved health care for Canadians over 50, is noticing more and more, said chair of the
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Bessie Stallworthy, a 101-year-old Toronto woman who isn’t afraid to embrace technology, checks her blogs inside her home. Stallworthy got her first computer at 79 and hasn’t stopped surfing the web since. Toronto chapter Adina Lebo. "Seniors are using technology rather socially for Skyping with grandchildren and keeping in touch with family. It keeps them connected, it keeps them actively engaged rather than looking at four walls," said Lebo. CARP encourages their membership to keep up with technology as a part of active living after retirement, which is where seniors begin their decline and disinterest in technology; when they leave the workforce. "We are in an increasingly digital world and if you’re not digitally connected you’re not part of the world. You’re left behind," Lebo added. But it’s all about the right motivation for the majority of seniors to adopt the technology in the first place, according to University of Toronto professor and co-director of the Aging Gracefully Lab Dr. Cosmin Munteanu. Society is pushing more toward intergenerational technology use with generations coming together in digital spaces like Facebook and Skype. "It gives them the option to be more a part of the
family life as family life becomes more digital, it forces them to adopt technology," said Munteanu, who also works on creating apps to bridge the digital divide between seniors and youth. Youth make up a large portion of tech users today having grown up with technology right at their fingertips from infancy. From using touch screen technology on phones and tablets to using Snapchat, kids are consuming technology faster and earlier than previous generations and have access to the Internet like never before. According to MediaSmarts, a nonprofit organization focusing on digital and media literacy, 99 per cent of the 5,436 Canadian students they surveyed in 2012 from grades 4 to 11 have access to the Internet outside of school. "It’s always shocked me at how fast this generation has picked up technology. It’s just second nature to them," said Penny Staznik, a mother of two boys, who already has one of them asking to create a YouTube channel with friends. "I think it’s the mentality that they’re not afraid of it. It’s always been there so they just go for it."
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Michael Walham, 11, (left), Hudson Affluck, 9, R.J. Bras, 8, and Kenton Pickard, 9, focus on their laptops during a winter break camp at MakerKids. Staznik’s oldest son, Goran, is nine years old and loves computer programming. He’s working on creating his own video game with the help of MakerKids, an after school program in Bloor West Village. It focuses on teaching kids ages eight to 12 about robotics, coding and Minecraft. The company’s lead instructor Graham Steele sees first-hand the amount of technological knowledge kids already have when they walk through the doors of the program. "They know about the concepts we teach, but they’re missing the application portion, like what can you actually do with
that knowledge. Now if they have ideas, they know the first step in where to go to pursue that idea," Steele said. Kids are building video games, hot water heater switches and more. That thirst for technology is a gateway to creating a more technologically literate society that will hopefully also include more tech-savvy seniors. "There’s no dearth of opportunity for you as a new person to tech, young or old," Lebo said. "The connectedness we have is less of a burden and becomes more like a need for many of us no matter what your age."
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Here’s how hypnosis solved my weight pr Hi, My name is Candace Richter. I live with my husband. I lost 58 pounds total with hypnotism. 40 pounds in five short months. I went from a bulky size 16 to a size 4 and it feels great.* MY CHOICE I was unhappy when I had weight on. Just look at my before picture and you get some idea of the suffering. Even my big clothes were too tight. Wow, did I feel sorry for myself. Maybe you’re there too. If you are overweight my hope is to inspire you to get the help you need. Look at me now. It really is possible. I really used to think it was hopeless. FINALLY, THE FRUSTRATION ENDED Hypnosis ended my struggle with weight. I had been to gym programs. I tried dieting. I even ordered videos. Nothing lasted. Now I am in a size 4 and this program is completely the reason why. My search stopped here. I saw the ad for hypnosis and called to make the appointment for the free screening. I figured what have I got to lose. I actually was so excited to get the help that I walked up to one of the hypnotists on the street before my appointment. I asked about the program. He visited with me and told me everything would be covered at the screening.
“After” weight loss
I knew it was the right place immediately when I got there. They showed me other people like me who had succeeded on the program. It was fun and I learned a lot. They taught me that all hypnosis is really self hypnosis. Motivation is possible. I understood how this would work for me.
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BETTER LIFE THE FIRST WEEK I saw results right away. First I was more calm and in control of my eating choices. I stopped watching the scale and started choosing the activities that could really help me. I quit feeling sorry for myself.You could say the program simply adjusted my attitude and motivation. I always knew what to do but I needed help to consistently make the choices. This program gave me just that kind of help.
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We have kids so our grocery bill is up there. I saved hundreds of dollars on junk food alone. It’s nice to know that you’re not wasting money eating junk that is bad for your health. Of course the kids still raid the kitchen. THE COUNTRY IS DISCOVERING HYPNOSIS Lately, I have read articles in Newsweek ® and Fitness ® with information on the effectiveness of hypnosis.You may have even seen supportive information on network TV. Since I have used this method it’s amazing how many sources I see that know about the effectiveness of hypnosis. If only I had called the first time I thought about it I would have been thin a year sooner.*
Natalie dropped 6 sizes “I went from size 16 to a size 4 and it feels amazing! Hypnosis put a stop to my struggle with weight.*” Natalie Hight
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Helene 55 pounds lighter “Hypnosis helped me stop sabotaging myself. Now I am finally in control.*” Helene Berthiaume, Community Worker
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