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R Hunter

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Retired- living the dream- Cheering on all our Grands from the sidelines; fan of Canadian Tennis and Soccer; Progressive Politics. she/her

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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
Hey Alberta! Please mail your buttons or town’s stickers to this address to be a part of the history of The Unity Bus! 16815-117 Ave NW, Edmonton, AB T5M 3V6 Thank you for being #ForeverCanadian!!! #alberta #canada #unity #ableg
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Andrew Leach @aleach.ca · 08/10/2026
I wrote a piece in question 9 of the upcoming Alberta referendum. Is Premier Smith trying to Hamstring the Pacific Link Pipeline? leach.substack.com/p/is-daniell...
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Is Danielle Smith looking to hamstring the Pacific Link pipeline?
The constitutional amendment contemplated in Question 9 would do just that
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Orlagh O’Kelly @orlaghokelly.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
“A Globe and Mail investigation has found that Republican political operatives were on the ground in Alberta this year to assist the separatist campaign in its bid to leave Canada…” Can we stop both siding this yet? www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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The elephant in the room
Alberta separatists have gone to D.C. offering fresh water and oil in exchange for American support – and Republican operatives have provided tactical assistance inside the province
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Matthew Black @matthewblack.ca · 03/10/2026
"The federal government has been quietly studying the impact of a possible $18-billion fiscal shock, corporate head office flight and a mass exodus of Albertans to neighbouring provinces if Alberta exits the federation" Great ATI work by my old Donaldson pal @davidthurton.bsky.social #ableg #abpoli
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Internal documents detail Ottawa's economic worries over Alberta referendum | CBC News
Internal federal documents offer insights into how Ottawa is assessing the economic fallout from the possibility of Alberta separating from Canada and becoming an independent state.
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Max Fawcett @maxfawcett.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
This is a good bluff call by @jeromyyyc.bsky.social -- and an excellent investment for the federal government to make in Calgary. Dare Danielle Smith and the UCP to say no. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Calgary mayor to bring forward plan for Green Line path through downtown, across river | CBC News
Calgary's mayor says he plans to pitch his vision for the Green Line's path through downtown in the near future. He believes the city can partner with Ottawa on an underground portion for the project,...
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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
A perfect pretext for impeachment does not exis—
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Rory Hawes @zeke28.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
We know that the same shadowy bunch that funded the goober convoy is throwing money at any shit-disturbing group of crackpots they can find. Alberta doesn't have a monopoly on gooberites, it just seems that way sometimes.
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Bryan Based International Order 🇨🇦 @bryanpeeler.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
Pete Hoekstra must be expelled immediately.
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OneSoccer @onesoccer.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
HT | Canada lead Peru 2-0 thanks to a Jacob Shaffelburg brace 🇨🇦 Thoughts on the first half? 👀 🔴 Watch #CanMNT on OneSoccer
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Paul Fairie @paulisci.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
MORE MAR-A-LAGO LESS OTTAWA
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 03/10/2026
The failed effort to kill Christa Pike in Tennessee has placed a harsh spotlight on the practice of capital punishment in the U.S., as well as the regularity with which those executions go awry.
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‘How Does That Happen?’: America’s Execution System Is Long Flawed
The failed execution of Christa Pike, which left her clinging to life in Tennessee, was the latest grisly error to take place in an American execution chamber.
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Charles Rusnell @charlesrusnell.bsky.social · 03/10/2026
@thebreakdownab.bsky.social linked Wilson to Rise of Alberta on Jan. 18 because the website at one point listed a St. Albert address that is the same as Wilson's law office. They also disclosed that Wilson's law office address is actually a UPS store. www.youtube.com/watch?v=x8er...
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Episode 8.04 - January 18, 2026 Alberta Politics Update!
YouTube video by The Breakdown AB
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Arrête Mark Carney ⚜️ @lalegault.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
There will be another protest against the Edmonton Oilers 🏒 September 29th 7-8pm across from the statue @ Rogers place.
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sidewalkbobyyc.bsky.social @sidewalkbobyyc.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
Alberta premier Dimwit Dani prepares to offer royalty concessions to her Oil bosses. She needs them to double oil production to fill taxpayer funded pipelines. Did you know Alberta Oil Marketing Commission LOST over $2.2B over past 2 yrs? AOMC was created by AB gvnt to keep losses off its books.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Go Greece Go! (Canada, step up to the plate) send your provinical utilities minister a nudge. Check our our advocacy website: pluginpower.ca
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Greece clears way for balcony PV systems up to 800 W - pv magazine Global
Greece has overhauled its self-consumption rules, permitting plug-in balcony solar systems up to 800 W and standalone batteries for the first time. The framework also simplifies installation procedure...
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 17/09/2026
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Trump Made 29,000 Securities Trades, More Than All of Congress
Donald Trump made nearly 29,000 securities trades in 17 months — more than every member of Congress combined. The stock-purchasing ban he’s pushing would leave him exempt
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Please come join me, @ricacuna.bsky.social, @funkeolokude.bsky.social and Matt Wildcat for a vital conversation tonight. #ableg #abpoli #cdnpoli #notothenine @ualberta.bsky.social
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ctvnewsedmonton.bsky.social @ctvnewsedmonton.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Saddle Lake Cree Nation says Alberta trans health-care laws violate Treaty rights, announces plan to skirt the ban
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Saddle Lake Cree Nation says Alberta trans health-care laws violate Treaty rights, announces plan to skirt the ban
A First Nation north of Edmonton wants to be a safe haven for anyone seeking gender-affirming care.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
TOday's essential read for all budding medical professionals (nurses too!!!) Thanks @jillianhortonmd.bsky.social for articulating in words what many of us feel in our hearts.
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Opinion: A message to Canada’s new medical students: These are hard times, but not hopeless times
Why emphasizing meaning in health care work can be a protective factor against burnout, despair and complacency
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Alt CDC (they/them) @altcdc.altgov.info · 08/09/2026
Ebola update: The outbreak in the DRC continues to grow. More than 6,600 confirmed cases. More than 3,100 deaths. At least 60 health zones across 6 provinces affected. This outbreak is far from over. While Ebola may be out of the headlines, it is not gone. www.who.int/emergencies/...
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Alert and Response
Emergencies: Alert and Response
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Canadian In Alberta @canadianinalberta.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
I would like to remind everyone that Smith & the UCP asked the feds for more immigrants & now they are denying immigrant children an education Absolutely appalling #ableg #abpoli www.alberta.ca/system/files...
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hope50.bsky.social @hope50.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
#abpoli
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Amanda Hu @amandalhu.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Parents of girls over 12 all over Alberta are now receiving “permission forms” requiring their birth sex as female in order to participate in sports as a result of the Government of Alberta’s “Fairness and Safety in Sport Act”. The more parents who file a challenge in response, the better.
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 06/09/2026
Are you skeptical of the Smith government's claims that immigrants are to blame for their own mismanagement of our social, health, and education systems? You should be. Check out this website to educate and equip yourself to fight back in this fall's referendum. ouralbertaadvantage.ca
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Stop Premier Smith’s Scapegoating of Immigrants
Premier Danielle Smith is scapegoating immigrants to hide her own failures. Vote NO on her racist referendum.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
From a confirmed source within the Calgary Board of Education... Over 1000 kids across Calgary are being denied an education. Because of UCP changes to the Education Act, over 1000 kids are being denied an education because of delays in immigration processing. Over 1000.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
There seems to be a bit of misinformation circulating on social media about my latest @albertaviews.bsky.social column and what it actually says. So perhaps you’d like to read it for yourself and draw your own conclusions. (Feel free to share, it you are so moved.) #ableg #abpoli #Canada #cdnpoli
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Alberta's Referendum Questions - The Noxious Nine - Alberta Views
Nine disingenuous, malicious referendum questions, push-polls, designed to incite social division and undermine confidence in the country.
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Timothy Caulfield @caulfieldtim.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Bad policies = bad outcomes. "These findings suggest that multiple types of abortion policies—and not only total abortion bans—are relevant for infant health." "...associated with multiple increased adverse infant health outcomes..." jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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State-Level Abortion Policies and Infant Health Outcomes
This cohort study examines associations between multiple state-level abortion policies and infant health.
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Save the CBC 🇨🇦✌️ @savethecbc.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
⚖️ CBC reports an Alberta sheriff won’t face criminal charges after admitting he used AI to make sexualized images of women, including co-workers, without consent. ASIRT says the conduct was serious and harmed workplace safety. When criminal law falls short, what should public officers face?
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Elections Alberta has quietly moved up the deadline to get you special ballot (mail in ballot) for the referendum up by TWO WEEKS! Get yours now and make sure you tell your friends and family to do the same to avoid disastourously long lines! specialballot.elections.ab.ca/index/8400 #abpoli
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NigelBankes @nigelb.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
I thought that Elections Alberta was getting its act together, but Jody's substack demonstrates otherwise; #ablg #abpoli #cdnpoli How to completely mess up a referendum, while blaming people on social media
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How to completely mess up a referendum, while blaming people on social media
A Special Edition with the latest updates on the snafus from Elections Alberta
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Jared Wesley @jaredwesley.ca · 30/08/2026
And a pony for every child and a chicken in every pot. Separatists will try to convince you that there's gold at the end of their rainbow. Don't be fooled. Here's what to expect in the weeks ahead. 🔗 open.substack.com/pub/theline/...
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Reuters @reuters.com · 30/08/2026
Before flood catastrophe, Nepal asked China for early warnings as risks mounted reut.rs/4ybP4Tr
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Before flood catastrophe, Nepal asked China for early warnings as risks mounted
Three months before a wall of water, mud and rock killed hundreds when it hurtled down a Himalayan valley bordering Nepal and China, experts and officials from both countries met in Kathmandu to discuss the risk of such disasters.
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The Breakdown AB @thebreakdownab.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The Pembina institute has released a report demonstrating that under the UCP's current program for data centres, Albertans could see their electricity bills going up hundreds of dollars a year. /1 #abpoli #ableg #cdnpoli
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Marcello Di Cintio @marcellodicintio.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Danielle Smith will not contribute to any Canadian efforts in this trade war, nor will she campaign for the "stay" side in the fall referendum. Her fealty isn't to Canadians, or even Albertans, but to the bigot fringe she needs to appease in order to keep her job.
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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · 27/08/2026
The name Ontario was derived from the lake and it was used to refer neighbouring land over a century before both the confederation of Canada and the independence of the United States.
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Toronto City Skyline Time-Lapse: Day to Night
Alt: Toronto City Skyline Time-Lapse: Day to Night
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Parksy @pfparks.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
www.readtheorchard.o... Hey AB. This is the new norm in our major EDs... Not getting better... only getting worse. Meanwhile UCP govt focus: not wanting rich people to travel out of AB for day surgery!
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What I Learned on My 20-Hour Odyssey at an Edmonton ER
The hospital staff were incredible, doing the best they could in a trying situation, but one cannot escape the reality that our health-care system is fundamentally broken.
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Separatists released their Constitution for the ”Republic of Alberta”. I’m glad they showed us who they really are. This document should be on every coffee table, warning us all of what will happen to Canada if we don’t vote, speak out, protect our democracy and our way of life.
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
I wrote this essay a year and a half ago. Tonight feels a good time to share it again. Canadians need each other and we need to stand united. This is no time for separatist self sabotage. We need to show the world that we are a safe and stable place to invest and a reliable trading partner.
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Trump and 51st State Jokes - Quibbling with Quislings - Alberta Views
When Donald Trump first started making “jokes” calling Canada the 51st state and Justin Trudeau, governor, I rolled my eyes.
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David Cochrane @davidwcochrane.bsky.social · 22/08/2026
21 days before the 25th anniversary of September 11th, the United States imposes 50% tariffs on the country that gave its citizens refuge during the worst terrorist attack in US history.
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Dr. Kristopher Wells @drkristopherwells.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Today, the Thunderhead Monument was launched to the world. A moving and extraordinary tribute to 2SLGBTQI+ Purge survivors, both past and present, and a commitment for Canada to continue to protect, defend, and celebrate 2SLGBTQI+ communities.
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Edmonton Journal @edmontonjournal.com · 22/08/2026
Man arrested in double stabbing at Edmonton Sikh temple recently released from federal prison edmontonjournal.com/news/crime/d...
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One arrested after double stabbing at Edmonton Sikh temple
A man is in police custody after two people stabbed at the at Nanaksar Sikh Temple in Edmonton, Alberta early Friday.
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 21/08/2026
Ex-Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland coming out and saying the plain reality: Signing a deal to bake in tariffs is very very bad. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
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Trade Deal to Leave ‘Bad Outcome’ for Canada and US, Ex-Minister Says
Mark Carney is doing what no previous Canadian leader has done by accepting that President Donald Trump can impose tariffs despite the terms of the North American trade pact, the country’s former depu...
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Canada Healthwatch 🍁 @canadahealthwatch.ca · 20/08/2026
Opinion: Alberta now allows private-pay testing that lets the wealthy jump the line, Andrew Longhurst reports. Read more at canadahealthwatch.ca #CdnHealth
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CTV News Calgary @ctvnewscalgary.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Calgary man wanted by police on fraud, money laundering warrants www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
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Calgary man wanted by police on fraud, money laundering warrants
Local law enforcement needs your help in their hunt for a fraud and money laundering suspect.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 19/08/2026
Under these recent changes, “Albertans who can afford expensive private health insurance premiums or pay thousands of dollars out of pocket, will receive their treatment faster,” Andrew Longhurst writes. thetyee.ca/Opinion/2026...
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Alberta’s Stealth Plan to Bring in Two-Tier Health Care | The Tyee
The province now allows private-pay testing that lets the wealthy jump the line.
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
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🇨🇦Joe Vipond🇨🇦 @jvipondmd.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
"Vipond said there has only been an active conversation in Canada around plug-in solar for under a year. “People need to give this time.We do need to have legislators and the utilities catch up to where the popular sentiment is…. But I can tell you that people are really excited.”
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Yukon Conservation Society wants to bring 'guerilla solar' movement north | CBC News
The Yukon Conservation Society recently took to social media to encourage people to use plug-in solar panels, a technology rapidly growing in popularity in the face of rising energy costs. The Yukon g...
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Senator Paula Simons 🇨🇦 @senatorpaulasimons.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Today I took a day off from Fringe, and went on a agriculture tour of Westlock County. Let me take you with me! First, we visited the ranch of cow-calf farmer Mike Hittinger, who is also the board chair of the Gateway Research Organization. He is an early adopter of regenerative grazing techniques.
Rancher Mike Hittinger, in blue jeans,  blue button down shirt and a brown baseball cap chats with Jon Kramer, mayor of the town of Westlock, wearing a light denim shirt, dark jeans and aviator sun glasses, in front of a rich green grazing paddock.
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Justin Ling @justinling.ca · 14/08/2026
Iran has financed a terror campaign against Jews in Europe, it has paid for the bombing of synagogues in the United States, and yet nobody seems willing to acknowledge that the same thing is likely happening in Canada. www.thestar.com/opinion/star...
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Justin Ling: Hired gunmen are attacking Canadians. The government should tell us what it knows about who’s paying them
There's mounting evidence that foreign adversaries are paying homegrown criminals to commit violence in Canada.
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Hon. Thomas A. Lukaszuk @lukaszukab.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
NORTH EDMONTON, tomorrow (Saturday) from 10 AM to 4 PM, come to the CASTLE DOWNS PARK (beside the recreation center), check out the Unity Bus and claim your free #ForeverCanadian lawn sign. I am looking forward to seeing some of my former constituents. #Yeg #AbLeg #CdnPoli
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