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SMILE FOR THE CAMERA: Ayaz Zafar takes a selfie with Ward 31 Beaches-East York Councillor Janet Davis and Toronto District School Board Trustee Sheila Cary-Meagher during the East York New Year’s Levee Sunday at the East York Civic Centre.

Nomination deadline Jan. 29 for Agnes Macphail award Nominations are now being accepted for the East York Agnes Macphail Award.

The Agnes Macphail Recognition Committee is asking residents to nominate an outstanding East York citizen for

the 2015 award which honours Macphail (1890-1954) who was Canada’s first woman MP. The ceremony will be held on the birthday of Macphail, March 24, at 7 p.m. at the East York Civic Centre.

Last year’s recipient was Sheila Lacroix, honoured for her volunteer worth with both the Canadian Federation of University Women and Leaside United Church.

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award is available at www. toronto.ca in the Living in Toronto, Awards section.

The deadline for nominations is Jan. 29 at midnight. Please email your nominations to councillor_davis@toronto.ca

Leaside Library is running a month-long exhibit of a renowned East York artist.

The oil paintings and watercolours of Jack Pepper (19051979) are on display at the Toronto Public Library branch until Saturday, Jan. 31.

The East York Foundation keeps a collection of art from noted Canadian artists. Pepper’s work is among them after former East York mayor True Davidson donated a collection to the foundation.

Pepper, a longtime East York resident, was born in Prescott, Ont. and grew up near Ottawa. After studying at the Ontario College of Art (OCAD University), he settled in East York and taught arts and crafts at Jarvis Junior Vocational School (now City Adult Learning Centre).

The Don Valley was a source of inspiration for Pepper, as many of his paintings reflect scenes of the valley and river.

Pepper was part of the Don Valley Art Club, where meetings were held in Charles Sauriol’s cabin, which he later made subject of some paintings.

The exhibit runs through the month of January and is at the Leaside branch library at 165 McRae Dr. For more information, call the Leaside library at 416-3963835.

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Streetscaping among organization’s priorities JOANNA LAVOIE

jlavoie@insidetoronto.com A new neighbourhood association is taking shape in the community.

T h e E a s t To r o n t o Neighbourhood Association, as it’s presently known, encompasses an area roughly bounded by the rail line to the north, Glen Oak Drive, Belamond Avenue, Gerrard Street East and Kingston Road to the south, Kildonan and Glenmount Park roads and Main Street to the west, and Malvern and Victoria Park avenues to the east.

The goal of the new association is to be a social event coordinator, to improve streetscaping in the area – especially along Main and Gerrard streets – and to ensure that development in the area is done with the residents’ views in mind.

Jason Balgopal, an eightyear Norwood Park resident who founded the Friends of Norwood Park stewardship group, is working with a seven-member steering committee to form the new neighbourhood association.

“What we’re trying to do is

get a neighbourhood association built up on both sides of Main Street,” Balgopal said during a recent interview.

Focal point “It’s for the recognition of Main Street as a focal point of the community.”

The team has met informally on several occasions since September.

Recently, they consulted with Kate Tennier, the founder of the successful Beach Hill Neighbourhood Association for advice and ideas for their group.

Aaron Bradley of the neighbouring Kingston Road Village Residents Association was also invited to share his thoughts and insights at a meeting.

“We’re in the very early stages of seeing what people would like,” said Balgopal, who also serves as the chair of the board at Community Centre 55.

“I think it’s going to be quite exciting.”

Balgopal said the new neighbourhood group, which he said would probably hold a naming contest in the near future, covers an area that

doesn’t have many residents groups and is a chance for all in the community to work together on making it better.

Family Day event On Tuesday, Jan. 13, community members, including residents, retailers, charitable organizations and service providers, are invited to attend the inaugural meeting of the new East Toronto Neighbourhood Association.

The gathering will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. at Community Centre 55, 97 Main St. at Swanwick Avenue.

Aside from learning more about what the new association is all about, those in attendance at the meeting can also find out more about the activities the new group is planning for Family Day on Monday, Feb. 16 as well as an upcoming meet-n-greet set for this spring.

All are welcome to attend Tuesday night’s meeting.

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HAPPY NEW YEAR: Faisal Bhaiyat’s as yet unnamed daughter is the first baby born on New Year’s Day at Toronto East General Hospital. She arrived at 12:21 a.m. weighing 2.89 kgs.

Nellie’s shelter seeking two new board members Nellie’s, a 36-bed emergency shelter for women and children seeking shelter and/or fleeing violence, is looking to fill two vacancies on its 10-member board of directors.

The community-based feminist organization, which also operates a community support and outreach program for low-income and socially isolated women and children in the city’s east end, is seeking women-identified persons who are interested in fighting racism and oppression, committed to social change through education and advocacy, and achieving social justice for all women and children.

Nellie’s, which is aiming to have its board membership

reflect the city’s population and the clients it serves, will be considering the following criteria when considering nominations for its board of directors: Criteria • Individuals who bring a perspective that encompasses the general experience of visible minority groups in Toronto; • Individuals from diverse ethnic identities and cultural traditions and backgrounds; • Individuals who understand from their personal experience, work and/or volunteer activities, issues important to vulnerable or marginalized community

members (e.g. disability, sexual orientation, low income, homelessness, youth, seniors).

Applicants are needed with experience in board policy governance, working from an anti-racist/anti-oppression framework, feminist pedagogy and practice, communitybased skills, including service delivery and/or as a service user, human resources, fundraising, finance, and risk management.

Monthly meetings Successful applicants will be required to prepare for and attend monthly board meetings and the annual general meeting in September; join one board committee,

participate in the annual board retreat in October/ November, and participate in the ongoing development and implementation of a longterm vision and strategic plan for Nellie’s.

Jan. 30 deadline Board members must make a two-year commitment with a maximum of three two-year terms.

Anyone interested in applying should submit a cover letter outlining their interest to serve on the board and how their experiences align with Nellie’s mission as well as a résumé, if possible, to Janna Cheng-Brown at janna@nellies.org or via fax to 416-461-0907.

The deadline for board members applications is Friday, Jan. 30.

Further, all interested persons are invited and encouraged to attend a board information session on Wednesday, Feb. 11 from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Nellie’s Administrative Office, 754 Queen St. E., just east of Broadview Avenue.

The gathering will be an informal opportunity for applicants to meet with current board members and talk with them about their experiences on Nellie’s board as well as learn more about the organization.

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Pocket Tree Project starts Residents of The Pocket neighbourhood near Danforth and Jones avenues are encouraged to do their part to help the local tree canopy.

The Pocket Tree Project, which supports neighbours in re-greening the neighbourhood, is inviting residents to sign up for a free front yard tree from the City of Toronto, which is offering this program as part of its goal to double the city’s tree canopy by 2050.

Anyone with enough space in their front yard can get a free tree. Depending on when you sign up, trees will be planted either in the spring or fall.

Email treeproject@thepocket.ca to get involved.

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Art exhibit offers glimpse into East York’s past Paintings by Jack Pepper on display at Leaside library One of the treasures of East York is the collection of art held in trust by the East York Foundation for the benefit of local citizens.

Founded by former mayor True Davidson, the collection features a variety of oil paintings and watercolours by East York citizens and donated artists.

One of the artists in the collection is Jack Pepper (1905-1979), who was a resident of Four Oaks Gate Road in East York.

During the month of January a selection of his art will be shown at Leaside Public Library.

Pepper was originally born in Prescott, Ontario, and was the son of Edward Pepper, of Ottawa.

The senior Pepper was a designer-engraver who

joe cooper watchdog died when Jack was still a baby.

Jack Pepper had an artistic bent even at a young age and took Saturday morning art classes from a local watercolour artist.

When he was older, Pepper studied at the Ottawa Teacher’s College where he concentrated on arts and crafts. During this time he also attended commercial art courses in Chicago.

Later he studied applied design at the Ontario College of Art (now known as OCAD or the Ontario College of Art and Design).

Pepper taught arts and crafts for 40 years at Jarvis Junior Vocational School, now known as the City Adult Learning Centre at Danforth and Broadview.

His art has been exhibited at the Royal Canadian

Academy, the Ontario Society of Artists and the Montreal Art Association.

Pepper was an early member of the Don Valley Art Club.

Many of the paintings that are on display at the Leaside branch focus on this period of his life. You will see captured in oil and watercolour scenes that were once part of the idyllic Don River before the parkway was built.

There is the old swimming hole as well as Charles Sauriol’s cabin in the woods, now both gone.

There is also a foretaste of what was to come to the valley in the form of a watercolour of a construction crew working on a sewer.

Likewise, railway signal lights at the foot of the valley show the slow intrusion of industrialization into the woodland.

However, you can catch a feeling for what the Don Valley once was in the 1940s before moderniza-

tion turned it into what it is today. It truly was a small green paradise that separated East York from the city of Toronto and gave the area a little bit of wilderness.

Thankfully, people like Jack Pepper were able to capture that feeling before it was lost so future generations of East Yorkers could experience their heritage.

We need to be grateful to Davidson, who collected the works of Pepper and donated the proceeds to the East York Foundation.

A further thanks needs to be extended to the foundation for continuing to maintain this collection and others.

Hopefully other local artists in the collection will be put on display in the near future.

Joe Cooper is a long-time East York resident and community activist. His column appears every Thursday. Contact him at eym@insidetoronto.com

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Jack Pepper Exhibit WHEN: Continues until Jan. 31 WHERE: Leaside Library, 165 McRae Dr. CONTACT: 416-396-3835 COST: Free Oil paintings and watercolours

by Jack Pepper are on display this month in an exhibit provided by East York Foundation. Many of Pepper’s paintings and watercolours featured in this exhibit are scenes in the Don Valley.

Jane Austen Dance Classes WHEN: 7 to 8:20 p.m. WHERE: St. Barnabas Anglican Church, 361 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: Karen Millyard, 416-578-1031, www.JaneAustenDancing.ca COST: $65, $50 for youth, students, seniors (four-lesson course) Learn to dance like Lizzy and Darcy – no partner or dance experience needed. Learn basic English Country Dance skills, building on those each week, dancing to fantastic traditional music. Dress code: old, worn running shoes; only flat-soled shoes will be allowed on the dance floor.

Leaside Garden Society WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Leaside Public Library, 165 McRae Dr. CONTACT: leaside@gardenontario.org

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Robbie Burns Supper WHEN: 6 p.m. to 1 a.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 10, 1083 Pape Ave. CONTACT: Moira, 416-425-3070, rclbr10@ inbox.com COST: $25 Steak pie, neeps and tatties (turnips and potatoes) and haggis.

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COST: Free Guest speaker Paul Zammit will talk about container gardening for four seasons. Zammit is the Nancy Eaton director of horticulture at the Toronto Botanical Garden.

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Live Music at the Branch WHEN: 7:30 to 11:30 p.m. WHERE: Royal Canadian Legion Branch 22, 1240 Woodbine Ave. CONTACT: Jim Farrell, 416-425-1714, rcl22.com, jimb.farrell@yahoo.ca COST: Free An evening of live music featuring David Wildsmith in performance at the Legion.

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WHEN: 7:30 p.m. WHERE: Northlea United Church, 125 Brentcliffe Rd. CONTACT: Pat Price, 416-385-1055 COST: Free Topic: Jan McQuay, author of ‘Scenic Manitoulin through the Seasons’.

A university degree is not a prerequisite for membership. Visit www. leaside.org/cfu

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At Home Alone WHEN: 2 to 4 p.m. WHERE: PapeDanforth Public Library, 701 Pape Ave. CONTACT: 416-393-7727 COST: Free A workshop to help families prepare their children to be home alone safely. For 10- to 14-year-old children with a parent. Presented by Toronto Public Health. Call to register.

Prelude to a Fantasia

WHEN: 8 to 10 p.m. WHERE: Eastminster United Church, 310 Danforth Ave. CONTACT: Chris MacLean, www.academyconcertseries.com, admin@academyconcertseries.ca COST: Free Each musician will perform a solo prelude (by Bach or Telemann) before each of the main works as a way of demonstrating the Baroque practice of ‘improvising’ a short piece of music as a way of warming up and checking the tuning of the instrument.

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Crowded crease TOURNAMENT ACTION: Taylor Jackson and Emma Langlois of the Etobicoke Dolphins crash into Toronto Leaside Wildcats goalie Danielle Toland and defenceman Valerie Castandeda during girls midget AA division action at the Scarborough Sharks New Year’s Classic Tournament Saturday at Canlan Ice Sports. Leaside lost this round-robin game 1-0 but went on to win the tourney championship game 2-0 over Durham West Lightning.

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Don Valley West PC association set to host provincial leadership candidates The five declared Ontario PC leadership candidates will individually be presenting their ideas for the party and the province at five breakfast meetings.

Hosted by the Don Valley West Provincial PC Association, the GTA Ontario PC Leadership Candidate Breakfast Series will begin Jan. 10 at Corks in The Loft at Longo’s, 93 Laird Dr. The forum is meant to assist members in their voting decision for electing the next party leader in May. The dates, and candidates presenting at each date are: • Saturday, Jan. 10: Christine Elliott • Saturday, Jan. 17: Patrick Brown • S a t u r d a y, Ja n . 2 4 : L i s a MacLeod • Saturday, Jan. 31: Vic Fedeli • Sa t u rd a y, Fe b. 7 : Mo n t e McNaughton All events run from 10 a.m. to noon. Space is limited. Register by calling 416-271-3486 or email steve. rotz@bell.net Skate Day planned wCommunity

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Jenny Young stars in Waiting Room JOANNA LAVOIE jlavoie@insidetoronto.com East-end actor Jenny Young was bit by the acting bug at a very early age.

With a father who’s passionate about community theatre, Young spent countless hours of her childhood in community theatres in her hometown of Vernon, British Columbia.

“I used to go see my dad’s shows and watch his rehearsals when I was just four years old,” said Young, who has lived near Dundas Street East and Logan Avenue since 2008. “By the time I was six or seven, I was performing in the shows at the community theatre.”

Young’s brothers Jonathan, who is also an actor, and Chris, who now works as a chef, also took to the stage growing up.

“We were all interested and exposed to the theatre from an early age,” she said.

“Obviously the creative bug runs through my family.”

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“It’s just a really beautifully written play. It’s a very moving play,” said Young, whose next major role is becoming a second-time mom this May. “My character is torn between the worlds of ethics and medicine. She’s dealing with a baby with brain cancer and another character with Alzheimer’s disease.”

Waiting Room, the story of a doctor who embarks on a ground-breaking medical experiment despite the objections of his colleagues, also stars east-end residents Michelle Monteith and Ari Cohen.

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Award-winning actor Monteith, who calls the Beach home, has performed in Tarragon’s Little One, The Valley and The Little Years; Soulpepper’s Of Human Bondage and Angels in America; Modern Times’ The Lesson; as well as Stratford Festival’s Romeo and Juliet, Love’s Labour Lost, and Caesar and Cleopatra.

Leslieville resident Cohen, also an acclaimed actor, has appeared in Tarragon’s This is War, The Little Years and Generous; Soulpepper’s Tue West, Awake and Sing, Death of a Salesman; CanStage’s Sunday Father and Frost/ Nixon; and Vancouver Playhouse’s Noises Off. He was also in David Cronenberg’s film Maps to the Stars.

Waiting Room opens Wednesday, Jan. 14 and runs until Feb. 15.

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Garbage contracting review concerns local councillor Beaches-East York Councillor Davis calls last-minute request for review ‘anti-democratic’ DAVID NICKLE

dnickle@insidetoronto.com Toronto council could be making a call on whether to contract out garbage collection east of Yonge Street by the beginning of summer.

But what council ends up deciding is an open question, according to Mayor John Tory and his Public Works and Infrastructure Committee Chair Jaye Robinson.

“Well, I stand in favour of saying to the people of Toronto that we have examined all the facts and made sure that garbage is being collected in a way that gives people the best service for the least amount of money possible,” said Tory on Tuesday.

“We’ll gather the facts first.”

Tory made the comments outside the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee meeting as councillors there

were preparing to deal with a walked-on item by Chair Robinson, asking for a thirdparty review of the pros and cons of contracting out garbage collection currently being done by unionized city workers.

Tory had promised in last year’s election to contract out garbage east of Yonge Street.

In 2011, Toronto moved under Mayor Rob Ford to contract out garbage collection for households west of Yonge Street — a move that saved taxpayers $11 million in 2013.

11th hour The report request appeared on the agenda at the 11th hour, which meant there was no opportunity to publicize the item for deputations.

Janet Davis, who represents

Ward 31 (Beaches-East York), argued the last-minute move was anti-democratic.

“I think it’s skirting the democratic process,” said Davis, who opposes moves to contract out garbage collection. “I don’t believe that a mayor’s mandate becomes the automatic policy of the City of Toronto.”

The report asks city staff to look at various service delivery options, analyzing the cost per household of waste collection in all of the city and analyze the city’s current fleet of trucks.

The review would also look at the rate of diversion of recyclables and organics across the city and also look at services in comparable jurisdictions. As well, an independent review would be conducted of all that analysis.

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York) Councillor MaryMargaret McMahon, both dismissed Davis’ criticism.

“I think it’s a ridiculous comment,” Robinson said.

“It’s completely unfounded.

This is the process that we follow. We had a unanimous vote today from the Public Works and Infrastructure Committee.”

Seeking information McMahon pointed out the report wasn’t making a definitive decision on whether to contract out garbage — simply seeking information.

“We’re asking for a report.

The sky is not falling,” McMahon said.

After the meeting, Robinson said while her constituents favoured contracting out, it was entirely possible that council would decide not to do so.

“We may not, no. We may not,” Robinson said.

Different factors She said the report was necessary because there are different factors east of Yonge Street than west of Yonge that might impact collection — notably, housing in the downtown core and more late-night collections.

The union representing city garbage workers, meanwhile, was officially pleased the report was going forward.

Acting President of CUPE Local 416 Dave Hewitt said he hoped for a fair report.

“We welcome the report, we look forward to seeing the report when it’s done,” Hewitt said.

‘True and accurate’ “We just feel it should be a true and accurate report. In the past there’s been reports put out that haven’t been accurate and we haven’t had a say in it.”

Hewitt said he was confident an honest report would find savings in maintaining garbage collection in the public sector.

“I think public saves the taxpayers more money,” he said.

“More control of the trucks, more control of the workers, more control of who picks up.”

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Our hurry up and wait culture My, did Toronto councillors and the mayor get off to a running start this week.

Mayor John Tory and councillors looked at all sorts of ways to speed cars and trucks on their way with traffic management as police got busy towing illegally stopped vehicles during rush hour. The Public Works and Infrastructure Committee wasted no time putting staff to work studying whether or not to contract out garbage collection. Tory was so excited to get going that he nearly fell over on an icy Toronto sidewalk.

And that was just by Tuesday.

In all this hustle-and-bustle, it was good to be reminded that not everything in Toronto is an around-the-clock project, and there are still some parts of the city where people know how to slow down and smell the roses.

And where better to do that than in Nathan Phillips Square.

On Monday, the city’s Government Management Committee kicked off the term

david nickle the city hearing from the team that’s managing the nine-year, $60 million project to spruce up the square outside Toronto City Hall.

The project got its start under the David Miller administration in 2007, with a design

by PLANT Architect and a budget of $40 million. The cost of that project has ballooned to about $60 million, with elements added and removed through the years as political whims shifted. This week staff recommended adding back many of the elements of that revitalization that had been removed — which would add $11 million to the project.

If everything is added back — which is up to council — the $70 million project to improve Toronto’s civic square will be finished in 2016. If a repair of the ceremonial ramp going to the roof of city hall is included, that will be 2019.

If the city can find a res-

taurateur with $4 million to spend on building a restaurant there, we’ll have one of those too. Although after the failure of city hall’s own Café on the Square restaurant, it’s unlikely they’ll find anyone.

Until then, Nathan Phillips Square will be some flavour of the way it is now: partially open, dotted with hoardings, kind of arid: all for a project that in the end was intended to – let’s be honest – marginally improve the political and cultural centre of our city.

It’s this example — along with the decades-long rehabilitation of the Gardiner Expressway and the continuing mirage of subways in Scarborough — that reveals Toronto’s true political cult heritage, and against which the hurry-up culture of the Tory administration finds itself.

Council can hurry up as much as it wants now. Before too long, we all get down to the regular business, of waiting.

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In the central core, it's the property owner's responsibility to clear all of the snow from the sidewalk within 12 hours of a storm.

Outside the core, the City ofToronto clears snow and ice from the sidewalks. In December and March, the City plows the sidewalk after eight cm of snow has fallen. In January and February, the city plows after five cm has fallen.

If the snowfall is less than eight cm (in December and March), or five cm (in January and February), it's your responsibility to clear the sidewalk in these areas.

If you aren't sure if the city clears the sidewalk in your area, please call 311.

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If Toronto Council goes along with the recommendations, it would mean the revitalization of Toronto City Hall’s public square would be complete in 2016, nine years after the city embarked on the plan originally slated to cost $40 million.

City staff in charge of the project blame the dramatic increase in the cost on several factors.

Council had tinkered with the plan since 2007 when it was approved, and also workers found the aging infrastructure of the public square at Bay Street and Queen Street West needed more work than originally thought.

As well, early plans to raise $27 million through a fund-

raising effort fell flat. ”We’ve come back to council quite a few times,” said Toronto’s Chief Corporate Officer Josie Sciloi, who has been overseeing the project since 2012. “Council has approved every single item that’s come to council.”

Later this month, council will be asked to approve $10 million in items removed during the Rob Ford administration: the upgrade of the underground PATH, the demolition of the Sheraton pedestrian bridge (which is the responsibility of the Sheraton hotel on the south side of Queen Street); the rehabilitation of the ceremonial ramp; repair of elevated walkways; and upgrades at Hagerman Street and Bay Street. If council approves that plan, it will add another $10 million onto the project, with all but the ceremonial ramp complete by 2016. The ramp would be finished under a separate tender in 2019.

Some members of the committee expressed frustration

in the amount of time the city had taken on the square.

“We’ve been discussing this it feels like it’s been 20 years,” said York SouthWeston Councillor Frances Nunziata. “We can build a city in the time we build Nathan Phillips Square.”

The committee also asked staff to look again into the possibility of bringing a “highend” restaurant to Nathan Phillips Square. Such a plan would be financed entirely by the restaurateur with the city leasing the land.

Toronto-Danforth Councillor Paula Fletcher cautioned against going forward on that matter without an “integrated approach,” arguing there are issues “financially even in maintaining a restaurant in city hall.”

“An empty building on Nathan Phillips Square — I don’t want to be a part of making this decision,” she said.

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