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4 years

getting somewhat tired of waking up every day and seeing people in positions of authority not do the straightforward and sensible things to address the problem

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@joelaf

3 years

trying to get into Yellowstone but not really interested in a rich ranching family exerting undue influence. bro I live in Alberta

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@joelaf

3 years

this is the way humans were meant to live

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3 years

94% of Parisians live less than 5 minutes from a bakery.

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why are all the new housing units built new, instead of 20-30 years old which are much more affordable???

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@joelaf

11 months

thank u Joe 🙏

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@SkyNews

11 months

Israel will begin to implement four-hour "humanitarian pauses" in northern Gaza each day to allow people to flee, the White House has said. US President Joe Biden has been speaking about the pause to reporters. 📺 Sky 501, Virgin 602 and YouTube

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@joelaf

1 year

@acoyne ah yes, “20 yards of linen = 1 coat” is as damaging as an antisemitic screed. read a book

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@joelaf

4 years

I started Alberta Advantage in part because I couldn’t stand having Jen Gerson represent Alberta to the podcasting world

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@joelaf

3 years

RIP sweet box. we never knew ye

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@joelaf

4 months

I love the pipeline wizard / civic worker

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@mattscace67

4 months

Quite the shot of Calgary's broken feeder main, by @gyphoto1 @calgaryherald #yyc

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@joelaf

7 months

Since their invention, cars and automobility have killed 60–80 million people and injured at least 2 billion. Currently, 1 in 34 deaths are caused by automobility. Cars have exacerbated social inequities and damaged ecosystems in every global region.

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@joelaf

3 years

car ads should be illegal.

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@joelaf

2 years

@xghostnotesx so if I’m hearing you correctly you’re saying China caused climate change with its balloons?

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@joelaf

3 years

controversial opinion but I would prefer not to get COVID. sorry to offend

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@joelaf

2 years

In Calgary, a ticket for transit fare evasion will cost you $150, but a parking ticket costs merely $40. #yyc

Fare Evasion Far More Costly Than Parking Tickets In Canada

A fare evasion ticket is significantly more expensive than a parking ticket in major cities throughout the country.

www.readthemaple.com

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@joelaf

3 years

things are going great in Calgary

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@joelaf

3 years

google "40% police" to know more

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@joelaf

4 years

oh my god just tax these fuckers and build public transit

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@joelaf

2 years

The corporate tax rate has shrunk from 38% in 1986 to 15% in 2008— and we're still waiting for the miraculous investment and job creation that was "supposed" to result. It's time to tax corporations again, many of which were pandemic profiteers.

If we want Canada to recover economically, it’s time to raise the corporate income tax rate

Liberal and Conservative cuts mean large corporations continue to pay the lowest tax rates in the postwar era. Canada can’t afford to maintain this.

www.thestar.com

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@joelaf

2 years

markets are the most efficient mechanisms for allocating goods and resources

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@WSBChairman

2 years

A meme account tweeted a fake headline that Costco was raising the price of their hot dogs due to inflation, and Costco's stock crashed 13%. You can't make this up.

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@joelaf

3 years

don’t really care for wars, Ukrainian nationalism, NATO, or Russian oligarchs. not a lot of content out there for me rn

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@joelaf

2 years

straws are tiny pipelines if you think about it

Carrie Tait

@CarrieTait

2 years

I don't recall Smith, over the past eight months or so, citing paper straws as reason for needing the sovereignty act. 7/x

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@joelaf

2 years

Calgary is a driving city!! Absolutely everyone needs a car, maybe even two!! Just look at how efficient it is on snowy winter days!! Genius system that we should definitely never change!! #yyc

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@joelaf

3 years

had a nice afternoon of locking arms to prevent cops from crushing (from behind) while facing off emboldened flag-waving fascists

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@joelaf

3 years

the new age yoga-to-fash conspirituality phenomenon is very wild

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@joelaf

2 years

[sips coffee] damn, I wonder why housing is so unaffordable

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@joelaf

3 years

weird how he’s not taking this as a “market signal” to decarbonize our transportation system consumer-end fossil fuel subsidies are absolutely the wrong call

Jason Kenney 🇨🇦🇺🇦🇮🇱

@jkenney

3 years

Higher gas prices & carbon taxes, plus inflation, are making life more difficult for Albertans. Our government will act in the days to come to provide relief to consumers facing higher energy prices. We also need the Trudeau govt to cancel its planned April 1 carbon tax hike.

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@joelaf

4 years

@jengerson opposing fascism is an indicator of a mature political understanding, Jen

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@joelaf

4 years

update: here it is, price caps lol

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@joelaf

4 years

waiting for the NDP to respond to Canada’s telecom cartel with a weak “fee cap” proposal like

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@joelaf

2 years

this is your brain on cars

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@joelaf

3 years

honestly stunning how much the NDP hates their membership. they deserve so much better

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@joelaf

3 years

A lot of people don’t seem to appreciate that causing injury to another (or injuring a dog) does not warrant the death penalty.

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@joelaf

6 months

this is kind of controversial but I think the best place to build more homes is inside the city

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@joelaf

2 years

Had to say goodbye to my cat Gandalf on Thursday. He had a wrinkled ear, was extraordinarily affectionate, and would trill every time I entered the room. He will be deeply missed.

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@joelaf

3 years

"In almost every way imaginable, the car, as it is deployed and used today, is insane."

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@joelaf

3 years

leaf blowers should be illegal. just leave the leaves in the ground. it’s fine. maybe buy a rake if you really need it

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@joelaf

2 years

@trekonomics more and more people are saying this

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@joelaf

4 years

I wish Amazon would let you order an Amazon Union with free 1-day shipping #amazonunion #amazonunions

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@joelaf

3 years

I am going to become the Joker

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@joelaf

2 years

Athabasca University has been a distance-learning university since 1972, but now @demetriosnAB wants all 500 staff to move to Athabasca, a small town with a population of 2,805. This would increase the town's population by 18%. #ableg #abed

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@CBCCalgary

2 years

Alberta will help pay to relocate 500 Athabasca University staff: Advanced Education minister

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@joelaf

2 years

kinda messed up that housing is a human right but our laws and building codes dictate that every home needs to have at least one bedroom for a car

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@joelaf

1 year

Housing Strategy has been passed.

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@joelaf

1 year

good morning, housing morning. going to livetweet today's #yyccc Community Development Committee. no guarantees about how long I last.

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@joelaf

11 months

would it be bad for me to suggest that the Canada Student Loans office is hamas. also my credit card company, they’re hamas too. in fact all the major Canadian banks are hamas, it’s crazy

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"Many @UNRWA workers in Gaza are themselves members of Hamas. The time has come to bust the myth of UN supplied facts" The Israeli representative at the United Nations launches a tirade against the UN, UN agencies, UN workers and UN officials

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@joelaf

1 year

@StamatakisCPA embarrassing yourself by posting this

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@joelaf

3 years

Calgary needs to stop mass dosing the population with suburbs, freeways and automobiles

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@joelaf

5 months

it costs $500 to launch a recall petition but it costs the city $30,000+ to process and verify it. good use of our resources, very happy the province made this possible

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@joelaf

3 years

can’t say I like this

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@joelaf

3 years

@djkelly "a judicial recount is illegal wherever a municipality chooses to use voting machines rather than a traditional ballot count" thanks I hate it. sorry to hear this, DJ.

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@joelaf

3 years

joining the RCMP to shift it left

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@joelaf

2 years

On lots marked in orange, people can only build detached homes without a City Council-approved land use change. #yyccc

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@joelaf

2 years

I think we should make Calgary’s roads a closed system to prevent road rage, drug use and impaired driving. Crime on Calgary’s roads needs to stop. Mandatory breathalyzer to start your vehicle, tolls, photoradar and checkstops everywhere. Motorists need to feel safe.

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@joelaf

4 years

wrote this pre-covid but I still think it was good advice

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@joelaf

5 months

do you ever have days where you just feel extremely tired like

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@joelaf

3 months

another very nice @criticalmassyyc

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@joelaf

4 years

finding joy by treasuring the little things

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@joelaf

2 years

just one more lane bro

Devin Dreeshen

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2 years

Huge announcement to improve Calgary's Deerfoot Trail! Seven new bridges, additional lanes, and new interchanges between Glenmore and Anderson Road/Bow Bottom Trail. #ableg #yyc #abpoli

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@joelaf

3 years

mood

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@joelaf

3 years

parking: a part of our heritage

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Calgary 1973 Centre St looking N from Husky Tower

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@joelaf

1 year

a lot of smart people have followed me recently. please know that in addition to housing policy, most if not all of my tweets are jokes and please don’t contact my employer

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@joelaf

8 months

I had to slurp Coca-Cola™ out of my bare cupped hands in the McDonalds drive-thru this morning 😤😤😤

Terry Wong

@YYCTKW

8 months

People shouldn't have to eat cold fries, or a burger off the floor, or drink a pop without worrying about spillage becuz they won't pay for a bag or not be given a straw. Some fear what they will hear from kids if they can't buy Happy Meals cuz if there is a single-use box fee.

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@joelaf

2 years

who could’ve foreseen that this large overbuilt highway would have this effect

Southwest Calgary homeowners call for relief from ring road traffic noise - Calgary | Globalnews.ca

Residents in Cedarbrae have reported complaints about speeding motorcycles and cars late at night along Tsuut'ina Trail in southwest Calgary.

globalnews.ca

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@joelaf

3 years

the extent to which already-thin social solidarity has been cynically exploited, exhausted and sabotaged in this pandemic is truly heartbreaking

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@joelaf

5 months

something very energizing about a CEO telling me that if I scrimp and save and deny myself all earthly pleasures I too might one day be able to afford housing

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@joelaf

1 year

personally I think cities should be places to live and not museums owned by wealthy people

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@joelaf

3 years

@CBCPitchbot whoever it is running this account, bless your heart

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3 years

I would simply free Palestine

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@joelaf

1 year

@DevinDVote bro are you familiar with tailings ponds or orphaned wells

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@joelaf

1 year

if you liked "this affordable housing project doesn't fit in our community" you're going to love "this housing proposal isn't affordable enough to fit in our community"

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@joelaf

1 year

lots of bad opinions on this website these days, like “the sudden violence is worse than the slow violence. and the organized state violence? much better than the non-state violence.” shut the fuck up

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@joelaf

2 years

what do you see here? I see a vibrant community

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@joelaf

4 months

if I need to do this for another 5 weeks to save the city, so be it

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@joelaf

4 months

have a huge headache from not drinking any water all day. but nothing will stop me from doing whatever I can to save the city.

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@joelaf

3 years

@JeremyAppel1025 not true we are now protected by a chief firearms officer that, I assume, will be shooting COVID

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@joelaf

3 years

men will literally go to Inglewood instead of going to

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@joelaf

3 years

surely a sign that all is well

Calgary Herald

@calgaryherald

3 years

Housing markets in Canada continue to defy gravity and the pandemic

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@joelaf

3 years

pedal pubs should be illegal.

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@joelaf

3 months

incredible solidarity from the folks in Quebec City

CTV News Calgary

@CTVCalgary

3 months

Some Quebec City residents told to limit water consumption after water main break

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@joelaf

2 years

I love to travel between Calgary and Alberta

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@joelaf

1 year

Parking is housing for vehicles. Vehicles are parked 95% of the time. Storage costs should be a major consideration when purchasing a vehicle. Streets are public property. Street parking involves storing private property on public land.

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@joelaf

5 months

wow the public input portion of the public hearing is over. what am I even gonna do with myself

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@joelaf

2 years

thinking about becoming a small business tyrant that calls anything that’s not a subsidy to my business “red tape”

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@joelaf

3 years

a thing that’s disappointing about Anglo Canada is that they do April Fools but not Poisson d’Avril. Gluing paper fish on your friends’ backs, or sneaking seafood into inappropriate places: now that’s comedy

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@joelaf

5 months

if ever there were a thing to regulate, it would be the internal distractions, height, and mass of these things. my ebike has a speed limiter but these things don't.

Calgary Herald

@calgaryherald

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Collisions in Calgary reach five-year high as worries mount over road safety

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@joelaf

3 years

@JustinTrudeau give me a free house please

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@joelaf

2 years

the view from ⁦ @cold_garden ⁩ this evening

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@joelaf

3 years

huge subsidy to car dealers and suburban developers. build a fucking train instead, dipshits

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@joelaf

4 years

a great story about a university president who tried to bust the union and instead had to resign early and run away from the province 😊

Alberta Advantage 🌾

@BertaAdvantage

4 years

NEW EP: Workers Fighting and Winning in Post-Secondary Education w/ @AUFacultyAssoc #abpse

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@joelaf

5 months

characterizing “enabling a variety of housing types” as “a one-size-fits-all approach” has got to be one of the dumbest repetitive talking points I have heard

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@joelaf

3 years

posting some of my Beliefs

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@joelaf

3 years

couldn't sleep last night thinking about how Kenney blew $1.3 billion on the fucking Keystone XL pipeline but can't be bothered to buy HEPA filters and masks for kids and teachers in schools

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@joelaf

3 years

2473 new cases in Alberta. lmao

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@joelaf

1 year

the idea that free parking is some sort of poverty-reduction program ... when average vehicle ownership costs $13,000 a year ... hurts my brain

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@joelaf

1 year

we should have mandatory bus minimums. every home should have at least 1.5 bus stops attached to it. that way we know there will always be enough bus capacity

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@joelaf

3 years

“the car is one of the most expensive household consumer goods, yet there is a limited understanding of its private and social cost per vehicle-km, year, or lifetime of driving.”

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@joelaf

4 years

finding a growing portion of my days involve Trying To Be Functional And Not Depressed

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@joelaf

5 months

@DavidStaplesYEG wasn’t it mostly produced under the PCs? how are you so torqued all the time, lmao

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@joelaf

3 years

the post-political opting-out of voting entirely should be understood as as large a threat as the opposing parties. disengagement and depoliticization can sink an election. poll-chasing and focus-grouped market-based messaging doesn't seem to understand this

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5 months

does anyone ever feel like firing themselves into the sun

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4 years

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@joelaf

1 year

Good morning, housing morning. I am continuing to tweet about the #yyccc Community Development Committee meeting on the Housing Strategy. It is Friday Sept 15 at 9:30am.

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@joelaf

1 year

@ABDanielleSmith omg please stop with this weird scaremongering, let wind and solar projects proceed, and start addressing the fossil fuel industry’s $60+ billion in environmental liabilities

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