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On National Flag Day in Canada, Ottawa police chief resigns, Trudeau threatens to seize truckers’ accounts

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On National Flag Day in Canada, Ottawa police chief resigns, Trudeau threatens to seize truckers’ accounts

Canada celebrated its Flag Day on Tuesday with continued unrest and threats from the government against protesters.

Ottawa’s police chief resigned, a new chief was named, and trucks continued to jam the Canadian capital on Tuesday, after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau had implemented the Emergencies Act a day earlier.

The Emergencies Act, never before enacted, is a sweeping set of autocratic powers that is in effect for 30 days, as the federal government continues to resist the demands of the truckers’ Freedom Convoy workers strike.

“If your truck is used in these blockades, your corporate accounts will be frozen. The insurance on your vehicle will be suspended. Send your rigs home,” Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland announced on Monday, on behalf of Trudeau.

The threat could be expanded under the Emergencies Act to include the freezing of bank accounts of all who are remotely associated with the Freedom Convoy, without a court order. Freeland said the government will enact Canada’s Terrorist Financing laws against the protesters, including crowdfunding sites like GiveSendGo and cryptocurrencies.

Protest organizer Tamara Lich was resolute: “There are no threats that will frighten us. We will hold the line,” she said, according to reports.

Truckers are trying to force Prime Minister Trudeau to end the vaccine mandate for cross-border drivers. Although most are vaccinated, they believe the mandates are a violation of Canadian civil liberties.

Some Canadian provinces are beginning to loosen their Covid restrictions. In Ontario, Premier Doug Ford announced that starting March 1, residents will no longer need to show their vaccine passports to enter restaurants, bars, and gyms. He said the decision was not made because of the truckers’ strike, but ‘despite it.”

Alberta ended its mask requirements for school children and Saskatchewan is ending its proof-of-vaccination or negative Covid test requirements to enter businesses, Premier Scott Moe said. Mask mandates in public spaces will end Feb. 28, he said.

According to the National Post of Canada, the federal government will roll back some of Canada’s entry rules beginning Feb. 28 at 12:01 am.

“Today’s announcement is an important step on our pathway to a safe and prudent reopening,” said Tourism Minister Randy Boissonnault at a press conference in Ottawa, according to the Post. “This is a gradual process that puts science and evidence at the centre of our decision-making.”

Also on Tuesday, truckers at the Coutta border crossing in Alberta unblocked the border after Royal Canadian Mounted Police arrested 11 protesters. Police showed the media a cache of weapons supposedly seized from the truckers, but other claimed the cache was planted by authorities to turn peace-loving Canadians against the protesters.

The Ambassador Bridge in Windsor had been cleared on Sunday after days of being blocked, with 20 arrested and several vehicles seized by police.

With Democrats in charge, Anchorage Assembly narrows redistricting to three main maps, maybe four

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With Democrats in charge, Anchorage Assembly narrows redistricting to three main maps, maybe four

The Democrats in charge of redistricting Anchorage Assembly boundaries are taking pains to protect themselves. The Anchorage Reapportionment Committee is comprised of an Assembly committee led by hard-partisan Chris Constant. The group has narrowed its focus to three draft maps, changing the boundaries for Assembly seats so that they are roughly equal in population.

Maps 6,7, and 11 are under consideration at this point. There’s a fourth map that may be considered, but it’s unlikely.

The maps will be introduced at the Tuesday, Feb. 15 meeting of the Anchorage Assembly, which begins at 5 pm. Public testimony occurs before 6 pm usually, and a public hearing on the maps will be held on Feb. 24. View schedule here.

Map 6 is offered by a hard-left group called Anchorage Action, which says it is nonpartisan. The group’s social media feeds tell a different story. In the Map 6, Version 2 map now being considered, Anchorage Assemblyman Forrest Dunbar’s home has a line drawn around it so that he will be in District 1. If he loses his current race to Stephanie Taylor, which seems likely, he can run for a District 1 seat. If he wins reelection, this would still be his last term, but he would be able to run again in the new district.

See entire Anchorage Action Map 6, version 2 at this link.

Submit a comment to the Anchorage Reapportionment Committee here.

Anchorage Action’s map carves out Reka Drive, where Assemblyman Forrest Dunbar lives in the 400 block.

Map 7 is offered by Robert Hockema, a Democrat affiliated with Assemblywoman Meg Zalatel’s reelection campaign. The Hockema map has maintains what is basically the existing boundary near Zaletel’s home address. She is, along with Dunbar, a member of the “Marxist Nine.” Both Zaletel and Dunbar are at the bright edges of their proposed districts, the result of careful planning by the mapmakers.

See the entire Hockema-Zaletel Map 7, version 2 at this link.

Submit a comment to the Anchorage Reapportionment Committee here.

Assemblywoman Meg Zaletel lives on boundary of her district in Map 7, designed by her surrogate.

Map 11 is offered by Assemblyman John Weddleton of South Anchorage. Of the three to be presented on Tuesday, it appears to be the least gerrymandered. It cuts up Spenard and downtown Anchorage in a messy way, and it keeps Dunbar and Zaletel in their districts.

See the entire Weddleton map at this link.

Submit a comment to the Anchorage Reapportionment Committee here.

Map 12 isn’t yet under consideration by the Assembly, because Assemblyman Constant refused to accept it at first, and later did accept it as a draft. It is being offered by Jamie Allard, Assemblywoman from Eagle River, and Mayor Bronson’s Administration. It follows natural boundaries better than any of the other maps, does not create special carve-outs, and also protects the conservative stronghold of Eagle River, while Maps 6 and 7 weaken Eagle River’s already marginal influence. It is also being labeled by the Assembly as Map 11b.

See the entire Map 12 at this link.

Submit a comment to the Anchorage Reapportionment Committee here.

Breaking: New York Times wins as jury goes against Palin

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Breaking: New York Times wins as jury goes against Palin

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, in Manhattan for her defamation lawsuit against the New York Times, took a loss Tuesday, when a federal jury said the New York Times was not liable for defaming her in an editorial in 2017.

Palin’s attorneys had argued that the Times editorial had recklessly linked her to a mass shooting that happened in 2011 in Arizona, and had done so with malice against her, a Second Amendment-defending conservative.

The verdict was unanimous a day after federal Judge Jed Rakoff said he would be throwing out the case if the jury voted in favor of Palin because he did not believe there was malice.

NY judge says he’ll set aside any jury decision that goes against the NY Times in defamation lawsuit by Sarah Palin

Les Gara picks former teachers’ union official as his Democrat running mate

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Les Gara picks former teachers’ union official as his Democrat running mate

Democrat gubernatorial candidate Les Gara announced Monday in Anchorage that a former vice president of the Anchorage Education Association and the Alaska chapter of the National Education Association is his lieutenant governor running mate.

The news release naming Jessica Cook took pains to avoid mentioning her longtime association with NEA, which is considered one of the more radical leftist unions in America.

Cook is a lifelong Alaskan who lives in Palmer and teaches Eagle River students. She is married to an Air Force veteran. She will not campaign until the end of the school year, the two politicos said.

Cook said, “I’m running because I want a better future, with good jobs and good schools, so our children and grandchildren can stay here.” 

She also said, “People are leaving [the state] because they see no commitment to public education. They see an economy that’s lost jobs since before the pandemic.”

In fact, Alaska spends more on education per student than nearly all states, $17,984 per pupil for a total of $2.36 billion annually.

Like Gara, Cook grew up with hardship. While Gara grew up in foster homes, Cook was raised by an adoptive home and by her grandparents after her mother died. Like Gara, her early childhood trauma shapes her perspective on equity, saying everyone has a right to a good-paying job, regardless of their effort, education, or interest: “People have a right to a good education, and a good-paying job with a living wage, regardless of their background, hardship, or whether they’re born rich or poor.”

Cook has three children, five grandchildren, and has two master’s degrees in education.

“Jessica brings energy, intelligence, and a needed perspective to a state where people see little commitment to public education,” said Gara, who has known Cook for more than 10 years.

“Alaskans are losing jobs and educational opportunities because of a lack of leadership. Giving away $1.3 billion in oil company ‘tax credit’ subsidies makes us poor. That prevents us from building the future of good schools, good jobs, and funding a stronger dividend than we’ve seen under this Governor. It’s wrong to give away the value of Alaska’s resources and then pit Alaskans against each other to fight between schools, a strong University, police in dozens of communities that have none, a PFD, and the things that can build a stronger state,” said Gara.

The two are the candidates running for the Executive Branch under the Democratic Party banner, with former Gov. Bill Walker still declaring himself to be undeclared as a candidate, and his running mate Heidi Drygas, a union lawyer, by his side. The Gara-Cook campaign and the Walker-Drygas campaign are treating each other with kid gloves as they head toward the ranked choice general election ballot, hoping to share voters in the number 1 and number 2 places.

According to EducationData.org:

Alaska spends the most on K-12 education in terms of percentage of taxpayer income and ranks 7th overall in the most spending per pupil. Alaska’s schools rank 6th in funding and are the most dependent schools in the nation on federal funding.

  • Alaskan K-12 public schools spend $17,984 per pupil for a total of $2.36 billion annually.
  • Expenditures are equivalent to 5.09% of taxpayer income.
  • Alaska K-12 schools receive $401.2 million, or $3,064 per pupil, from the federal government.
  • State funding totals $1.58 billion or $12,061 per pupil.
  • Local funding totals $548.8 million or $4,191 per pupil.
  • State and local funding is equivalent to 4.60% of Alaska’s taxpayer income.
  • Alaska’s federal education funding is equivalent to 0.87% of the state’s taxpayer income.
  • Funding for K-12 education in Alaska totals $2.53 billion or $19,315 per pupil.
  • The difference between spending and funding is $174.3 million or $1,079 per pupil.
  • At the postsecondary level, colleges and universities spend $32,630 per pupil, 31.10% of which goes toward instruction.
  • Federal funding for postsecondary education averages $4,980 per student.
  • State funding and local funding average $13,197 per student and $567 per student, respectively.
  • Tuition accounts for 15.80% of all funding.
  • 4.59% of all postsecondary funding in Alaska comes from sales and services of auxiliary enterprises.

Stranger stabbing at library sends woman to hospital

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Stranger stabbing at library sends woman to hospital

Pornography for teens is a bad look for libraries, and so are people shooting up drugs and overdosing in the elevators. Now, you may want to be armed — at least with a taser — if you go to the Anchorage Loussac Library.

According to Anchorage police, 32-year-old Corey L. Ahkivgak, was sitting at a table in the lobby on Sunday afternoon, when he stood up and ran toward a man and woman who were returning books. Ahkivgak stabbed the woman in the back and fled the building on foot. The woman was taken to the hospital by ambulance and is expected to survive.

Ahkivgak had been in the area for two or three hours, when the woman and man approached the book return kiosk to handle their library business. That’s when the attacker suddenly ran over and stabbed the woman.

It’s the kind of thing that happens on buses in Anchorage — a stabbing happened on a city bus about six weeks ago — and in other places where homeless mentally ill gather.

Listen as Assemblyman John Weddleton defends the rights of vagrants to occupy the library.

A description of Ahkivgak was aired over the police radio, and officers formed a perimeter near the library. They brought in a K-9, but did not track down the suspect immediately. Just before 5 pm, a swing shift officer saw a man matching Ahkivgak’s description walking near 36th Avenue and Cottonwood Street (Locarno Drive), and took the man into custody. He was identified as Ahkivgak.

The knife was said to be a small knife, like a Swiss Army knife, according to Must Read Alaska sources.

Then, while being transported to the police department for questioning, Ahkivgak slipped his handcuffs, from the back of his body.

The officer pulled his vehicle over, removed Ahkivgak, re-cuffed his hands behind him, and then placed hobbles onto Ahkivgak’s legs to keep him from slipping the cuffs again.

While Ahkivgak was sitting in the interview room at APD Headquarters, he flipped over the table, causing it to break. At the conclusion of the interview, Ahkivgak was remanded at the Anchorage Jail on the charges of Assault III, Violate Conditions of Release, Criminal Mischief IV (for the damage to the interview room), and Assault I.

Police said this was a random attack, as there was no indication that Ahkivgak and the victim knew one another. The motive for the attack is still under investigation.

In 2018, Ahkivgak was charged with felony assault for beating his mother with a frying pan after she told him to leave her house.

The current policies put in place by the most recent librarian for the Anchorage Library led to the unsafe conditions in the library, where the library has become a day shelter for seriously mentally ill people, drug addicts, and porn addicts. Under the past library leadership, it has become a social service agency, and day camp for homeless people. The past policies created Drag Queen Story Hour, and social services provided.

Although Mayor Dave Bronson has made it a priority to make the library safer, the leftist Assembly has bucked him at every turn in terms of putting safety first.

Amy Demboski, the municipal manager, said she is considering doing a safety stand-down to train staff in situational awareness and deescalation techniques with an expert. Demboski is currently in charge of the libraries, with Judy Eledge as her deputy library director, since the Anchorage Assembly refused to confirm either of Mayor Bronson’s library director choices. The Mayor’s Office is in the process of interviewing candidates for the position.

Sexy, steamy books in Anchorage library’s teen section raises questions about who’s vetting them

Breaking: Trudeau suspends civil liberties in Canada to end truckers protest

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Breaking: Trudeau suspends civil liberties in Canada to end truckers protest

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau suspended civil liberties in his country on Monday in order to end the trucker convoy and occupation of that nation’s capital, which is now in its third week. He said truckers have no right to blockade borders or prevent people from living their lives in peace, apparently unaware of the irony that his government has shut down the Canadian economy and oppressed Canadians for two years.

Trudeau’s emergency order means the government may use any means necessary, without approval from Parliament, to unblock the streets of the capital, where hundreds of trucks are parked in protest of his universal vaccine mandate that requires all truckers to provide proof of a Covid vaccine to re-enter their own nation from the United States. However, Trudeau said he will not call in the military, but his Emergencies Act will grant more power to police.

The Emergencies Act, which is Canada’s version of martial law, is effective for 30 days and allows Trudeau’s government to ban public assembly, ban travel, and outlaw the use of certain property, such as trucks.

“We cannot and will not allow illegal, dangerous activities to continue,” Trudeau said. “The police will be given more tools to restore order in places where public assemblies can constitute illegal and dangerous activities, such as blockades and occupations as seen in Ottawa, the Ambassador Bridge and elsewhere. These tools include strengthening their ability to impose fines or imprisonment.”

Trudeau’s father, former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, invoked a similar measure when he used the War Measures Act for the first time in Canadian history. In what was called the “October Crisis,” which started when members of the Front de libération du Québec kidnapped the provincial Deputy Premier Pierre Laporte and British diplomat James Cross.

Canadian judge orders truckers to unblock border bridge, but they don’t; judge orders Christian fundraising site to freeze aid to truckers, but it says it won’t

NY judge says he’ll set aside any jury decision that goes against the NY Times in defamation lawsuit by Sarah Palin

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NY judge says he’ll set aside any jury decision that goes against the NY Times in defamation lawsuit by Sarah Palin

A Manhattan judge has said he’ll toss any verdict against the New York Times by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin today. The Palin case was brought after the Times editorial department tied mass shootings in Virginia and Arizona to a Sarah PAC ad that showed targets on certain congressional districts, and indicated that she was responsible for mass shootings.

Manhattan Federal Judge Jed Rakoff, who had already smeared Palin by announcing before the trial that Alaska’s former governor was “of course, unvaccinated,” said the newspaper’s 2017 editorial, “America’s Lethal Politics,” was a case of “unfortunate editorializing,” but that Palin’s lawyers did not prove that the editorial page editor acted with malice.

The jury, however is still deliberating the case, even while the judge has made a decision to toss it.

“I’m not altogether happy to have to make this decision on behalf of the defendant. I’m troubled by the fact that the erroneous edits made by Mr. Bennet reasonably could be read by many readers as an accusation that Ms. Palin’s PAC’s distribution of the cross hairs map was clearly and directly linked to the Loughner shooting … ” Rakeoff said, according to the Times.

If the jury decides to award Palin a win, the judge says he will simply set aside the verdict, but he expects the case to be appealed. The jury is due back in the courtroom on Tuesday.

Honest mistake? Jury will decide if New York Times defamed former Gov. Sarah Palin
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Sexy, steamy books in Anchorage library’s teen section raises questions about who’s vetting them

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Sexy, steamy books in Anchorage library’s teen section raises questions about who’s vetting them

Love — and lust — is in the air at the Anchorage library’s “Teen Underground.” The Loussac Library’s teen retreat room has all kinds of graphic porn for teens, some of it depicting — in detail — gay sex:

“…hot imaginary boy lowers me down onto it … sweat glistening on his hairless muscled chest … but he wouldn’t just screw me … no, my future husband … makes love to me slow and gentle in that hayloft. With my ankles locked around his neck … I … hold on for dear life as he expertly brings us to the most mind-blowing simultaneous climax in the history of gay sex,” is on Page 3 of a book on the shelf for teens ages 12-18.

“… the first time is going to hurt like a motherfucker … I’ll probably shoot my load within the first thirty seconds of penetration,” is in “Social Intercourse,” a novel in the teen section.

That book is a debut gay novel marketed for young adults by the publisher. (The author’s second book for even younger kids is “Middle School’s A Drag: You Better Werk!” about a middle schooler who starts a talent agency that features a 13-year-old drag queen. It’s located in the Sitka Public Library’s juvenile section.)

Denali Tshibaka, a teen member of the Library Advisory Board, has done a complete tour of books being offered to teens in the Teen Underground, and gave a report to the board in December, in which she concluded the library could do better.

Denali read the graphic passages aloud at the December meeting of the Library Advisory Board, and had some suggestions for improving selection and availability of soft and/or hard porn in the library. She suggested that the library consider including actual literature for teens, such as abridged versions of the classics. She suggested moving the LGBTQ books into their own section, so that young teens, such as 12-year-olds, would not be encountering graphic sex in novels throughout the stacks. She alternately suggested the teen section could be limited to 15- or 16-year-olds and above, and creating a pre-teen section aimed at younger readers.

Denali, who explained that she is sensitive to censorship and the First Amendment, offered that the LGBTQ literature could be separately shelved. She also challenged the library to provide balance:

“Currently, most Teen Underground Displays represent one perspective,” she said. She argued for equal perspectives; in other words, if there are LGBTQ books on display, then heterosexual books should also be on display, and if there are socialist books on display, capitalist books should also be on display.

Denali Tshibaka’s presentation is at this link.

Denali also recommended the display cart on the second floor of the library be moved away from where children can see it as they go to the youth section of the library, because books of all types — including graphic sexual novels — are waiting at eye level for children. The library could stand to be a bit more sensitive to protecting young children and assuring parents that the library is a safe place, she said.

Her presentation raised the ire of the LGBTQ community, with Assemblyman Chris Constant working to foment opposition to her recommendations, using his close ties with a leftist gay-identity-obsessed blog to oppose the idea that there needs to be better oversight for books placed in front of children in a publicly funded library. Some on the library board pushed back, saying there is already a vetting process in place.

“In today’s high speed and over scheduled world, teens in particular find themselves in need of space which allows them the freedom to socialize with their peers in a non-judgmental environment. Since opening its doors in 2011, the Teen Underground has served as a refuge for teens 12-18, acting as a safe place to work on homework, attend teen programs, utilize Chromebooks , access free Wi-fi, use board games, read, and socialize with friends in a safe environment. Teens from all over Anchorage utilize the space and benefit from its existence,” the Loussac Library says in its description, adding that the teen services librarian is responsible for managing the space.

U.S. pulls personnel from Ukraine; DHS increases warnings of Russian cyberattacks on U.S. power, communication grid

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U.S. pulls personnel from Ukraine; DHS increases warnings of Russian cyberattacks on U.S. power, communication grid

U.S. officials warn that a Russian attack on Ukraine is likely just days away, and has withdrawn all U.S. personnel from the country. Canada has withdrawn all of its military trainers from the area and urged Canadian families to depart immediately, leaving Ukraine now vulnerable. Most of these remaining allies are now in Poland.

The evacuation spells the end of “Operation Unifier,” a large allied training mission in Ukraine, involving both the United Kingdom and the United States. The Ukrainians are once again on their own, as 100,000 Russian troops surround Ukraine along the vast border, and Ukrainians say that portions of their country are already under Russian control.

But the battle ahead may be untraditional and may take place through noncombat means — especially cyberattacks, economic attacks, and terroristic bomb threats, especially since the United States has warned Russia of economic sanctions should President Vladimir Putin attack Ukraine.

With the United States now under the leadership of a frail president, whose mental capacities are demonstrably diminished, Putin may have plans for cyberattacks against the U.S., should our nation retaliate economically against Russia, as President Joe Biden has vowed.

It may be too late for America’s power plants, electric grids, internet, water treatment, and other infrastructure to harden the security of those economic cornerstones, if such an attack is launched.

“We assess that Russia would consider initiating a cyber attack against the Homeland if it perceived a US or NATO response to a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine threatened its long-term national security,” according to a DHS Intelligence and Analysis bulletin sent to law enforcement agencies on Jan. 23.

The DHS bulletin also said a “range of offensive cyber tools that it could employ against US networks” are available to the Russians. According to CNET.com, “In recent weeks, the Russian government is believed to have initiated a handful of cyberattacks against Ukraine. Last month, hacker groups linked to Russia’s intelligence services were blamed for a cyberattack that defaced dozens of Ukrainian government sites with a message warning the country to ‘be afraid and expect the worst.'”

Such a similar attack on U.S. infrastructure would be seen as an act of war, and would have to be sweeping and done with an element of surprise, otherwise the retaliation by Americans would be crippling to Russia’s own infrastructure.

The threat has been growing: In December, the Department of Homeland Security Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) issued an urgent bulletin: An internet “vulnerability, which is being widely exploited by a growing set of threat actors, presents an urgent challenge to network defenders given its broad use,” according to CISA Director Jen Easterly. “To be clear, this vulnerability poses a severe risk.”

Easterly was referring to a component of software called “Log4j,” a utility that operates in the background of the vast majority of software applications in the United States. Even the Department of Defense uses Log4j.

What does this mean for Alaska? Alaskans may expect to see more activity around its military bases in coming days, more sorties and exercises, as well as more base security.

For a far-flung state like Alaska, the threat of being wholly dependent of shipping for fuel and food over long distances in difficult conditions, makes the threat of a cyberattack more serious concern, especially for rural Alaska, where there are no roads. A cut to the communications system, such as if the cellular network went down, or the jamming of computers that operate the Trans Alaska Pipeline System would necessitate a state disaster declaration or state of emergency. A governor might need to call up the National Guard in such an emergency.

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has already focused on increasing security, requesting $25 million from the Legislature to increase food security in the state, and another $23 million to migrate all state servers to “the cloud,” in the anticipation of major disruptions, such as the one that could occur with Russia and possibly North Korea.

But it would take years to effect the change toward greater food security in Alaska, as well as to harden the state’s servers from being taken down by foreign hackers, even if Dunleavy could get the Legislature to agree.

Whether the Legislature has the clarity to work on this issue is a question. For as much as a cyberattack on the United States is a threat of some magnitude to Alaska, the House Committee on Military and Veterans Affairs on Tuesday will continue its inquisition into the veterans’ group known as the Oath Keepers, with a presentation from Sam Jackson, author of “Oath Keepers: Patriotism and the Edge of Violence in a Right-Wing Antigovernment Group,” and Matthew Kriner, senior research scholar at the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism, at Middlebury Institute of International Studies.

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