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Work: ghostwriter/content/socials. Life: family, football, felines, forests. MCFC fan. Trans ally. Cat slave. Wokemonger/wokemerchant. Agent: @RoryScarfe

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Dare to hope… My chipper choons for a new chapter
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Dr Dettol and Mr Hide
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PM Boris Johnson and US President Donald Trump discuss search for coronavirus vaccine
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The UK government are WORLD LEADERS at β€œlooking at”, β€œworking towards” and β€œfocusing on” things
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Pep Guardiola saying β€˜goosebumps’ is my new jam
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Alrite @DominicRaab . Just to let you know that this Stockport lass with working class roots, a state school education and impressively flat vowels is currently mixing herself a margarita and taking in some Wimbledon. That okay with you, posh chops?
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Feel a bit thick asking this, but why is Sunak’s wife so intent on making more money? Why is she not content with her many properties and her family’s Β£billion net worth? Is she a philanthropist? Is she hooked on business deals? Or is she just greedy? Happy to be enlightened
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Watch @BorisJohnson scarper from the Commons when @RhonddaBryant raises a point of order about Roman Abramovic…
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Thanks for the alert, @BBCBreaking . An MP coming third in a reality show is indeed a matter of great national importance. However, I'm searching for your ping about Michelle Mone, MedPro and the missing Β£millions but can't seem to find it πŸ€·β€β™€οΈ Can you check your drafts?
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Former health secretary Matt Hancock finishes third in I'm A Celebrity, after controversial appearance on ITV show
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@matthaig1 Pick a favourite local tree and observe it through the seasons. Take comfort and solace from the cycle of nature: the buds, the leaves, the fruit, the fall. Here's my lovely hornbeam tree, earlier this week
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@21LVA @ManCity My husband played for @mancity , but the only framed shirt he has on our wall is yours. That says it all. Watching you in action has been a pleasure and a privilege, and we wish you and your family nothing but the best πŸ’™
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Not again πŸ€¦πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ Tripped over a shopping basket in my corner shop, grabbed a sheaf of Daily Mails to steady myself and inadvertently hid them all behind a stack of Your Dog magazine Sorry (not sorry) to any neighbours prevented from reading transphobic bile and Johnson’s shit column
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BREAKING NEWS: government to allow Manchester City fans to hug Leicester City fans #Champions #mcfc
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@StormyDaniels @jamieklingler Tweet of the Year right there
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β€œWell, one had to mark Manchester City’s title victory in some way, didn’t one?”
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So heartening to see Boris Johnson back at his Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituency surgery, working tirelessly to help a vulnerable resident through the cost of living crisis
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My son Ed watching the specialist @mancity round on #Mastermind πŸ˜‚πŸ’™ #mcfc ⁦ @Paul_Lake ⁩
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My son’s gutted he's missing the Cup Final, bless his little heart 😒 so I’m trying my best to replicate the Wembley experience. Just charged him Β£30 for a half-time Coke and hotdog #CarabaoCupFinal #MCITOT #mcfc
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Hugely proud of my husband @paul_lake who today qualified as a Level 5 Counsellor & Psychotherapist. He’s worked ridiculously hard over the past three years and now aims to help those suffering with mental health issues, in football and beyond πŸ’™
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My husband's finest goal. Still re-enacts it in the back garden
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May all your Christmas presents give you goozabooms
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So you’ve climbed into bed with them, City, but there’s still time to pull out early and prevent a catastrophe Withdraw NOW @mancity
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Come on you Blues. The Lakes send you good vibes… 🩡 #MCIRMA #mcfc @mancity
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Hi @SkySports . You do indeed have a fault with your sound. When #mcfc attack I have to turn up the volume because, for some reason, the commentary from Martin and Gary goes all faint and quiet. Can you sort? Ta luvs! #ARSMCI
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For some reason the Sunday Times front page, with the former Post Office Chairman’s allegations against a senior civil servant and Kemi Badenoch, is missing from the BBC News press round-up Just thought I’d rectify this unfortunate oversight
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Newspaper headlines: Starmer 'attacks Trump' and 'No way back for Harry'
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Blues: victimising and verbally abusing our own players, especially when you @ them on Twitter, is not a good look. Would you call a colleague a useless c*nt if they had a bad day at the office? Thought not. Be classy. Be better
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Cheers from the Lakes πŸ₯‚ #mcfc #UCLfinal @mancity
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Hard to explain the pride you feel when you see your husband emblazoned on a wall at Manchester City 🩡 @mancity #mcfc @paul_lake
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This tweet is dedicated to all the Manchester United-supporting classmates at Moss Hey Junior School who, every Monday morning, mercilessly took the piss out of my sky blue satchel and my β€˜Man City Are Magic’ lapel badge
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On 13th May, 2012, one man – and one moment – changed the lives of thousands of Manchester City fans. @aguerosergiokun , I hope you keep that joy in your heart for the rest of your days. I know I will πŸ’™
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When you're booted out of office, @RishiSunak , I shall be utilising whatever energy remains in my midlife, mardarse, menopausal self to do a conga down the A6, all the way from Stockport to Salford #Over50
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The Sun’s Twitter account currently has 1.5 million followers. Wouldn’t it be great if #BoycottTheSun could help reduce that to 1 million. Or less. Hit β€˜em where it hurts. Check your β€˜Following’ list, y’all...
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When you’re sat watching Mastermind, and your dad is an answer...
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My son Ed watching the specialist @mancity round on #Mastermind πŸ˜‚πŸ’™ #mcfc ⁦ @Paul_Lake ⁩
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Hi there @ManCityCouncil . I’d like to formally request that Silver Street is renamed β€˜Silva Street’ at the end of the season, in honour of our midfield maestro. Hope that’s OK with you. Much obliged πŸ’™ @21LVA @ManCity #mcfc
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@carolvorders That figures. But she baffles me. If I had a fraction of her wealth, and held the effective β€˜first lady’ status that she does, I *know* I’d devote my time to good causes rather than chasing more dollar. I’m no paragon of virtue but it would just seem like the human thing to do
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Happy 55th birthday to @Paul_Lake . I love this photo of him, taken recently at the home of the Best Team In The Land And All The Worldℒ️ πŸ˜‰ This dude has helped me through a tough old year and I’m blessed to have him in my corner My Blue rock πŸ’Ž
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My favourite #wedding photo. The moment when my husband gazed lovingly into my eyes, gently squeezed my hand and said β€œI’m tellin’ yer, luv, City will win the League before our 20th anniversary...”
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Occasionally, during a clear-out, I will stumble across these. The last boots that @paul_lake ever wore at Maine Road. Moss Side mud and grass still on the studs πŸ’™ #mcfc
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'I'm Not Really Here' – @paul_lake 's memoir – was published exactly seven years ago today. We wrote it for ourselves (it was so cathartic for Paul) and had no idea that it would become an actual book, and that would chime with so many. Still so proud of it
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As my great-great-grandad used to say, β€˜If you can’t say anything nice, Jo, don’t say anything at all.’ But then my great-great grandma would always pipe up β€˜F**k that for a lark, luv…never forget that banner.’ #MUNWOL
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The lovely @themike_p is speaking on @mrjamesob show right now β€œI don’t want that woman or that party to have anything to do with my music…” β€œBobby Gillespie said β€˜thank god they didn’t use one of ours’…we’re always in fear that these freaks are going to use our music…”
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@carolineplayle This chimes. My Aspie son was excluded from many parties during his school days (was usually the parents’ doing). Broke my heart. Can I offer some hope, though? He’s now 18, working, and spending far too much time in pubs with pals who accept him for who he is. Sending love πŸ’™
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Which toiletry or cosmetic do you most associate with your teenage years?
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Come on you Blues. The Lakes send you good vibes… 🩡 #MCIRMA #mcfc @mancity
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My dad (a.k.a Eric the Blue) died exactly a year ago. City beat West Ham 5-0 that same night. This afternoon my sister, brother and I were at the Etihad to toast his memory, and witnessed another top victory. Pep, your boys are doing my old fella proud πŸ’™ @PepTeam @mancity #mcfc
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The love of my life turns 50 today. Happy half-century @Paul_Lake πŸ’™
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Have a great weekend, y’all… Photo ©️ @KCMANC
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This tweet and accompanying gif is dedicated to all the Manchester United-supporting classmates at Moss Hey Junior School who mercilessly took the piss out of my sky blue satchel and my β€˜Man City Are Magic’ lapel badge for four long years
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@sportbible My husband’s. Glittering career ruined by club penny-pinching and mismanagement. Other top players suffered same ACL injury but received correct treatment and resumed their careers. He’s just undergone his second knee replacement, the latest of many operations. A tragedy, really
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HANDS. FACE. CAKE.
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Everyone who wants a general election say Aye
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Such a proud moment for the Lake family 😒 Our son’s first legal trip to Bargain Booze for his mum’s Thursday night 2-for-Β£12 #Happy18thEdward πŸ’™
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Was going to make a joke about Liverpool's points tally but then decided it just wasn't-ton
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Hi @ManCity πŸ‘‹πŸΌ Just to confirm that @paul_lake and I are available for mascot duties on Saturday 15th September 2068, and shall very much look forward to shaking hands with #mcfc manager Phil Foden
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Ten years ago today, @Paul_Lake ’s memoir, I’m Not Really Here, was published. A love story to @mancity – and to Manchester – it also highlighted the mental and physical anguish suffered by a brilliant young footballer with a career-ending injury 1/3
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BREAKING: Cristiano Ronaldo sends coded message that he’s returning to Manchester
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Dom Estos
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If Trump had a Mafia name, What would it be?
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A nice celeb-related story. When the late, great Eddie Large heard that @paul_lake was having a really bad time post-injury, back in the 1990s, he sent him some photos (from a holiday in the Lake District) to cheer him up I unearthed the pics today during a clear-out Legend
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When your team’s captain, fresh from achieving his Master of Business Administration, appears on @BBCBreakfast to advocate learning, study and aspiration to young people. @VincentKompany , you are truly a gentleman and a scholar. Congratulations #mcfc @mancity πŸŽ“βš½οΈ
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Happy 18th anniversary to me and Lakey. We're celebrating by putting the central heating on for an hour
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Could any Manchester City β€˜fans’ who purchase a half-and-half scarf tonight please report to me after full-time for a damned good ticking off 😑 #MCILIV #mcfc
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I have an App that can identify *everyone* who’s deleting their Mahrez tweets #BRIMCI
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β€œFerking families?” πŸ˜† Proof that there’s no end to this man’s contempt #pmqs
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@hattie_soper @PaulLomax I give you my late grandad’s 😳
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It’s official: we have a qualified counsellor/psychotherapist in the household. As @Paul_Lake ’s willing guinea pig for the last three years (plenty of material for him there) I’d like to think I’ve played my partβ€¦πŸ˜‰ The lad done well, as they say in football πŸ’™
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Sun-In for me. From mousey to blondie with a few squirts of a nozzle and a blast of a hairdryer. Never mind that your hair snapped off a fortnight later
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Lakey got me a cakey πŸ’™
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4.50pm, Saturday 13 May, 2012. One of the Top Ten Most Ecstatic Moments of our 20-year marriage #HappyAgueroDay #YoullNeverSeeAnythingLikeThis #SoWatchIt #DrinkItIn #mcfc
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@RussInCheshire Maybe it’s just me, but I’m coming to the conclusion that he’s a bit of a thicko
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Still laughing after all these years… Sharing the past two decades with this dude has been a JOY Happy 20th anniversary @Paul_Lake πŸ’™
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I may be a lifelong Blue but I’m quite fond of Sir Alex Ferguson. He was very kind to me when I worked with him in the 1990s and he also showed more compassion to @paul_lake in his hour of need than many #mcfc β€˜officials' ever did. Wishing Sir Alex a very happy 80th birthday πŸŽ‚
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Here comes Kev, with his Paul Lake hairdo… 😍
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Paul Lake Manchester City 1986-1996 Gifted player who would have been a key player for Manchester City and possibly England in the 90s if it wasnt for an ACL injury sustained in 1990 @Paul_Lake #MCFC
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Good morning from THE NORTH
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My other half played for @mancity but the only framed shirt he has on our wall is David Silva’s. That says it all, I think. Watching @21LVA in action for #mcfc was a pleasure and a privilege for @Paul_Lake and I. Wishing El Mago nothing but the best, post-retirement πŸ’™
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@OfficialTM_3 I was going to have a night off the vino after a mad old weekend, but I now find myself raising a glass to toast you, your team-mates, your manager...and this brave, brilliant tweet. Cheers, TyroneπŸ₯‚
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Silva Junior β€œgetting stronger”. BEST. NEWS. EVER
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Live scenes from the Lake gaff #mcfc #champs #uptheblues @mancity
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Celebrating 54 not-out with beer in hand and cat in lap #HappyPlace
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Merry Christmas, y’all, from me and Paul xxx ⁦ @Paul_Lake ⁩
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Night night, Blues... #mcfc #UCLfinal
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I swear, you’ll never see anything like him ever again... #GoodbyeSergio πŸ‘‹πŸΌπŸ˜­ πŸ’™πŸ‘• #SergioAguero #Aguero #mcfc
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@Luiseach Bring me Italy’s tiniest Stradivarius
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@mikegalsworthy @joelycett @trussliz The best right-winger on Twitter
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@danhollandnews This government is WORLD LEADING at β€˜looking into’, working towards’, β€˜learning from’ and β€˜focusing on’ things
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Always lovely to catch up with my ol’ pal Mike Summerbee… Great night at the @mancity Supporters Club 75th anniversary β€˜do #mcfc πŸ’™
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Jack Grealish isn’t the first City player to do good hair and trendy fashion #mcfc @Paul_Lake @JackGrealish
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1991-92 tracksuit being modelled by @Paul_Lake Looking good @Joanne_Lake
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Hello @SamsungUK . I’d like a report a fault with my TV. There seems to be something wrong with the volume. Whenever Manchester City score the commentator is barely audible, but when Copenhagen score, it’s eardrum-burstingly loud. Can you send out an engineer? #mcfc #UCL
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Hey @SamsungUK . There’s something wrong with my new telly. Was watching #MUNSOU today and could only hear noise from the away end. Stereo surround-sound clearly faulty #MonoUnited
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C’MON MANLEICESTER CITY #MUNLEI
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Spare a thought for us gluten intolerants who spend #GBBO hour rocking in a darkened room while binge-eating rice cakes
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Out with @paul_lake on a school night!!! Having a top time at the North West Football Awards… #nwfa2021 ⁦ @NWFAwards ⁩
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Just changed my Twitter news alert notification from @bbcbreaking to @carolvorders
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@PippaCrerar Enough bad apples in Sunak's cabinet to make a vat of cider vinegar
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Wishing the hubster a very happy birthday πŸ’™
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Hi @trussliz . Lazy, workshy northerner here. I’m taking your comments on board and am planning to be highly productive in London next week. Sadly, I can’t yet purchase a rail ticket via @AvantiWestCoast in order to be highly productive. Can you give your pal @grantshapps a nudge?
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Hands up if you’re ancient enough to remember the 1976 drought πŸ™‹πŸΌβ€β™€οΈ
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