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CHANGE IN THE AIR // Natasha Lavoie takes in the autumn splendour before the leaves fall. // VIT SARSE

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Local Vocal You might be surprised to learn that when you go to cast your vote on October 18 there are more issues at stake than simply who will represent your community on municipal council. Two referendums—one on Daylight Savings Time (DST) and another on federal equalization transfer payments— are also part of the ballot this year. There’s also a senate election you can choose to vote on. Taken together, these extra ballot questions are obtuse, inconsequential and even propagandistic, but let’s take them one at a time to flesh out how little respect the provincial government apparently has for the Alberta electorate. As an Albertan living next to Saskatchewan, a province that abolished DST in 2007, I’ve heard the rationale why it makes sense to stick to standard time—essentially, it’s more harmonious with our circadian rhythms and leads to less sleep-deprivation. Although changing the clocks twice a year doesn’t really bother me, I can get behind those arguments. What I can’t get behind is an argument to stay on Daylight Savings Time, which to my knowledge is propped only up by a justification to extend after-work shopping hours and would mean the time of sunrise would be well after 10 a.m. in these parts in the dead of winter. Ridiculously, the Alberta government doesn’t give us the more logical choice of adopting Standard Time. It’s DST or nothing, which is why I encourage you to mark a big X beside No to DST on your special ballot. The second referendum question is regarding federal equalization payments. We’re used to this government politicizing and spinning an issue to curry favour with its conservative base, but here it is right on the ballot. Equalization payments have been stigmatized in Alberta since the 1970s when western oil producers lamented sharing their resource windfalls with the rest of Canada. The transfer strategy is designed to address disparity among provinces who do not have equal ability to generate tax revenues. It’s in the constitution, and it’s based on population. Today, UCP lackeys spout the same vitriolic horse crap that their daddies cried about when Pierre Trudeau was Prime Minister: “Ottawa is taking our money!” Albertans are fortunate to live on top of a geological anomaly, but this doesn’t mean we’re better than the rest of Canada. Never mind that a “referendum” on a provincial ballot can’t change the Canadian constitution or that, thanks to the UCP’s bungling of the COVID pandemic, Ottawa has been spraying help our way as though through a fire hose. Albertans suggesting transfer payments are bleeding Alberta dry so that provinces like Quebec can leech off of our “hard work” need to get off their high horse and accept that we’re all one country. I’m voting No to this divisive question. Fina l ly, t he “senate election” is a not her bit of tricker y w it h which t he prov ince is tr y ing to fool

A lber tans into t hink ing t hey have a legitimate voice. We don’t elect senators in Canada. The Prime Minister appoints them. So on election day, when you vote, you aren’t electing the next senator, you’re just picking who Premier Jason Kenney will write a reference letter for. The fact that this red herring is put forward as a plebiscite is wishful thinking at best; realistically it’s a dog whistle to whip up conservatives so they show up to the polls to elect rightwing councillors, mayors and reeves across the province. The scheme is costing us about $10 million, according to Municipal Affairs Minister Ric McIver. To register a protest vote without spoiling your ballot, I recommend casting a vote for journalist Duncan Kinney, who’s put his name forward for senate with the very intention of disrupting Kenney’s senate election scam. And that’s as far as I’m going to go in terms of advising who to vote for. I hope you’ll read this edition before October 18 and that you’ve appraised yourself of all of Jasper’s municipal candidates for council by checking out our October 1 paper. Remember, you don’t need to vote for six councillors. Please vote. Our community, our province and our country depend on it. BOB COVEY // thejasperlocal@gmail.com

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PREY FOR SKIERS // Tonquin Valley caribou, September 2021. // SIMONE HEINRICH

Access restrictions to Tonquin valley extended Parks Canada has extended seasonal closures in the Tonquin Valley to protect dwindling caribou herds in Jasper National Park.

From November 1 to May 15, the Tonquin Valley will be closed to backcountry travel including hiking, skiing and commercial outfitting. Previous measures kept noaccess points in place until February 15. The extensions create better conditions for caribou’s survival and recovery, the Parks Canada agency has said. “Without our help, the only two caribou herds remaining entirely within Jasper will disappear,” the agency said in a release. Outfitters have operated backcountry lodges in the Tonquin Valley for more than a century. The new measures ensure those businesses will no longer be viable.

“Definitely. We’re done,” said Gilbert Wall, owner of Tonquin Valley Adventures. The Alberta Wilderness Association called the measures overdue. “We welcome Jasper’s backcountry winter closure decisions based upon Parks Canada’s obligations to protect species at risk,” said Carolyn Campbell of the Alberta Wilderness Association. Access restrictions are also imminent in the Brazeau and À La Pêche caribou ranges. In the Maligne Range, where no evidence of caribou has been documented since 2018, all closures have been lifted, however restrictions could be reinstated if caribou are observed there in the future. Jasper trails ambassador and frequent Tonquin Valley adventurer, Loni

Klettl, was mourning the loss of skiing in what she called one of the most beautiful places on earth and pushing back to those who suggest recreational users simply find another place to ski. People forget these measures will slam the door to Portal Creek, Whistlers Creek, the backside of Marmot Basiin and all of the circuits in between, she said, noting the Friday afternoon announcement took the Jasper ski community by surprise. “Talk about getting a stick in the eye,” she said. Pending consultation and completion of an impact assessment, Parks Canada plans to build a caribou breeding facility in Jasper National Park. If built, young animals born in the facility would be released into the wild Tonquin herd. Construction of the $24 million project could begin in 2023.

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LOCAL ELECTION

Mayoral seat challenger has a passion for policy processes and procedures need to be “refreshed,” the perennial issue of negotiating Jasper’s land use and planning autonomy needs to be reanimated, Butler said. His idea, as outlined in the October 4 online Mayoral forum, would be to strike a special committee (the first appointee onto which should be Richard Ireland, he said). “Frankly, we’ve been having he conversation Paul Butler says council’s decision-making since the year we processes need an update. // BOB COVEY attained our municipal autonomy,” Butler said. Whichever way the election “We are exactly where we are today, where we were 20 turns out, Jasper mayoral years ago.” candidate Paul Butler says his The status quo isn’t good single regret will be that he enough right now, Butler said, will no longer will have the opportunity to work alongside and one of his main contentions with the way council operates of fellow 2021 candidate currently is the lack of Richard Ireland. community engagement. His campaign literature declares If Butler wins more votes than residents should expect their Ireland, Jasper will have a new input to be heard, not ignored. mayor for the first time since the municipality was created in “I’ve seen numerous letters come 2001. If Butler receives less votes in asking Mayor and Council to than the six-term incumbent, consider an issue…but some are he’ll be on the outside looking completely ignored.” in after having completed a By The Jasper Local’s count, single term as a councillor. however, an unprecedented 27 Either way, he and Ireland won’t letters came in during the 2020 be across the council table from budget discussions, all of which each other. asked council not to make the “That inevitability is something drastic cuts which Butler (with I’m simply going to have to the help of councillors Damota, accept,” he said. Journault, Kelleher-Empey and McGrath) voted through. Were Why accept that inevitability those letters not ignored? when, as a councillor who was arguably the main discussion “Council at that time made the leader on many issues of impact decisions that were necessary in Jasper, his reelection was with the understanding of the virtually guaranteed? situation we had at the time. Looking back, the community In short, Butler thinks Jasper is in better financial position Municipal Council’s decisiontoday because of the decisions making process needs an that were made,” Butler overhaul. responded. “The mayor, more than anyone That’s one perspective. Another else, guides and officiates the is that two years of zero-per decision-making process,” cent budgets have not put Butler said. “It’s fair to say I adequate resources into Jasper’s think that process needs an decrepit infrastructure. A update.” 2016 asset management study While in his view, council’s recommended town managers

should be putting away nearly $4.5 million each year to ward off infrastructure deficit. COVID happened, yes, but even before the pandemic those savings weren’t being accrued. Butler said he wants to lead the conversation on how those revenues will be raised. It will take creativity, he is assured. “There should be no mistake that [raising revenue] is one of the two primary goals of Paid Parking,” he said. Moreover, Butler said that how the town charges for utilities has to be re-examined. “There’s been broad consensus that was haven’t been doing as good of a job as we should be doing in billing for utilities,” he suggested. In January of 2021, council passed a utility bylaw with minimal increases. Some councillors thought that the municipality should charge more for the provision of water, sewer, solid waste and recycling services, but council heard from the Hotel Association, who through representative (and now 2021 municipal councillor candidate) Ralph Melnyk, asked for leniency when it came to raising utility fees. Whether it was because of that lobbying or not, council decided not to pursue steep hikes. At the time, Butler was instrumental in guiding the conversation. It wouldn’t be the last time in 2021 the Hotel Association lobbied for a break. In the spring, Melnyk, along with board members of the Jasper Park Chamber of Commerce, requested that council look at lowering the commercial/ residential tax rate split. Butler, who said he had argued for three years that council had a responsibility to address the tax ratio, called the Hotel Association’s arguments “very persuasive and passionate.” In the June 1 council meeting, he moved the taxation rates bylaw be amended to ref lect the 5:1 ratio the Hotel Association was asking for. Councillors Damota, Kelleher-Empey and Journault supported the motion.

Butler’s insistence that the tax ratio be addressed as recommended in Jasper’s Community Sustainability Plan exemplifies his attitude toward following proper procedure. A self-described policy enthusiast, Butler says if council doesn’t have a foundation and a framework of policy it’s impossible to make good decisions. His science background (he received a BSc in biology at the UofA) comes to the forefront when preparing for discussion and researching council policy matters, he said. His strong debating skills and attention to detail make him the right candidate to give the MOJ’s policies the proper tuneup, he added. “The point is not that I like policy, the point is it’s just so important,” he said. Perhaps the most important issue facing Jasperites, however, is the issue of affordable housing. Butler, who has been the chairperson of the Jasper Community Housing Corporation since former Jasper CAO Mark Fercho left a year ago, and who has put in a significant amount of time investigating higherlevel government partnerships, facilitating staff and seniors housing planning and generally taken the lead on the portfolio on council’s behalf, said building housing that qualifies as affordable is hard to do. “Affordable housing, by which I mean housing that is rentcontrolled, can really only happen with public funding,” he said. Through the JCHC, Jasper has an application in to the province for an $8 million grant. If obtained, the funding could move forward a proposed $12 million affordable housing project. Butler says that dream being realized outweighs any political ambitions he might have. “If we get that grant, that will be a day of happiness far beyond what potentially being elected as mayor would be.” BOB COVEY // thejasperlocal@gmail.com

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Incumbent mayor prefers to let his service do the talking You won’t see Richard Ireland on the campaign trail. Even though, for the first time in two decades, Ireland is facing a serious threat to his six-term run as Jasper’s only mayor, the incumbent is not canvassing for residents’ votes, handing out fliers nor booking any advertising spots.

Other than to point to the last 19 months of recorded council meetings and agreeing to interviews in local media, Ireland said he is choosing to let his service do the talking. “I’ve always been uncomfortable trying to sell myself,” Ireland explained. “I love the job but I don’t like that brazen political aspect to [campaigning].” This is Ireland’s values-based approach, one based on principles of humanity, humility and honour, he said at the October 4 online Mayoral forum. Fostering a culture of governance, rather than politics, Ireland said, is a way to ensure all residents, not just a certain segment or sector, are being served by its elected officials. “I find often politics gets in the way,” he said. “I don’t think people would choose to have our local government factionalized.” That’s a distinctly different way of doing business than where Ireland spends his noncouncil work hours. As a defence lawyer, where courtroom outcomes are, in the best of cases, expressed in a winner-loser result, Ireland says his collaborative approach at council has been precisely because his chosen profession is decidedly adversarial. “If you can remove yourself from that adversarial system and really focus on collaboration and consensus then you can build winners on all sides,” he said. “There are other things that are warning signs to me, and a reason why I’m not inclined to those sorts of tactics and attitudes in the governance world.” Those warning signs manifested in June during a critical discussion on how council would split the commercial/residential tax ratio. Ireland said he would have preferred to have a discussion of what an equitable tax rate might be, but instead the item was presented as a request for a tax reduction for one group, to be offset by a tax increase to another group (the increase to residential ratepayers was passed, with Ireland and two other councillors opposed). “I think that was put forward as a sectoral issue, which made for a difficult pronouncement to the community generally, one that I wasn’t prepared to make,” he said.

What Ireland is prepared to make is a promise to apply himself diligently and to do so honestly and openly. But voters looking to the mayoral candidates to articulate their hopes and dreams for Jasper’s future—what projects they want to bring to fruition, for Richard Ireland (with wife Bonnie) says he wants to lead with a collaborative example—could approach. // MATT QUIRING be forgiven for not having a an issue or process that initially wasn’t agreed clear picture of Ireland’s vision. That’s because he’s driven by upon, such as when council recently passed speed limit reductions, for example, Ireland the intangibles of governance, he said. makes no bones about feeling satisfaction from “You can have a vision for something like a playing a role in it. skatepark or a bicycle skills park, and I think “I like to see healthy discussion leading to those things will be wonderful,” he said. “But positive results,” he said. my role is to figure out a way to support those who have those specific visions. My goal is to That healthy discussion isn’t possible, however, get the community governed in a way where we if council hasn’t studied up on the material at collectively understand what we can achieve issue. Ireland says his preparation routine is to together.” read council’s agenda package when it comes out on Friday afternoon, then “perhaps sadly, Coming to a collective understanding around spend most of my weekend runs thinking the table was made more difficult this past term when, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, about council,” then on Monday evening peruse the document more carefully, crafting council was suddenly forced to meet online questions for staff, concerning himself with via Zoom. But although it’s harder to get a read of the room, distractions are more readily procedure, considering what the motions might look like and generally getting to a point where available and there is a significant liability in he’s comfortable facilitating discussion. not having administrative staff in council’s field of view, Ireland said there are more positives to online meeting than he initially expected. The main benefit, he said, is that more of the public are watching their elected representatives in action.

“I think that has to be a better thing,” he said. Voters who do watch Ireland “in action,” might notice a reserved, perhaps even detached style, a leader who doesn’t go out of his way to make light, glad-hand or kibitz, one who shuns social media completely and one whose passions about the role aren’t always obvious. But what attracts Ireland most to the role of mayor, he said, is in fact the process. Consensusdeveloping, discussion-generating, fact-finding, the facilitation of idea-sharing and thoughtcollecting—all of which takes place before an issue ever comes up to vote—is gratifying to him. When consensus can be developed on

“There’s an awful lot of work,” he admits.

But after decades of preparing for council meetings, plus all of the extra duties involved— representing the community as its chief spokesperson, liaising with other municipal leaders, lobbying other levels of government— Ireland says he’s still interested in the work. He believes there is a fresh opportunity on the horizon to readdress the elimination of land rent and to transfer the jurisdiction of land use and planning from Parks Canada to the municipality. Mostly, however, Ireland wants to continue to help foster a culture of unified governance. Experience and attitude matter, he said. “It seems to me the world right now is accepting that inclusion is a necessary aspect of everything and I hope that I have been an inclusive leader all these years.” BOB COVEY // thejasperlocal@gmail.com

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PHOTOS BY MATT QUIRING

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On the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation the whitewashed walls of a church building, with everything those walls represent, became the place to see and listen to the story of the Indigenous families who were forced out of what we know today as Jasper National Park.

Sigrist was both “generous and progressive” in his response, Covey said. Sigrist, for his part explained that he is interested in using church assets in new ways. “People have stopped coming to church not because they want less, but because they are looking for more,” Sigrist said. “Working for truth and towards reconciliation is that more.” Covey said he hoped the AWN also viewed the community film-screening as an opportunity to learn and grow together. “They were our honoured guests,” he says. “Thanks to generous partners we could host them in a local hotel, take them out to dinner and shuttle them to the screening in SunDog Tours’ vintage 1939 van.” Before the screening, on the afternoon of September 30, children gathered around the church to watch and celebrate the raising of an orange flag up the flagpole atop the church tower. Imprinted on the flag are the words “Every Child Matters”

“This may have been the most important thing our church has ever done,” said Nancy Addison, people’s warden at St. Mary’s and St. George’s Anglican Church, following a community screening of the Indigenous documentary Resilient: The Aseniwuche Winewak Story. “My mind was blown by this amazing film that has so many local connections,” said Bob Covey, president of the Jasper Film Club. Covey had seen the film when it debuted in Grande Cache on June 21, National Indigenous Peoples Day. Covey met with Aseniwuche Winewak Nation (AWN) members to ask if he could screen the film in Jasper on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, as an opportunity for members of the community to learn about the Indigenous history of the area. “They were really excited,” he says. But showing the film to a large audience in an indoor venue was out of the question due to COVID-19 restrictions. While mountain biking with the Rev. Andreas Sigrist, Covey wondered if a solution might be to project the film on the Edith Cavell Approximately 130 people braved the chilly weather on Septemb Memorial Tower of St. Mary’s and Nation, whose predecessors practiced a traditional lifestyle in w St. George’s church.

“This is a land acknowledgement” TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION EVENT OFFERS A WARM WELCOME ON A COLD NIGHT Story by Margaret Glidden, Edmonton Editor, The Messenger

In the evening, although it was overcast and cool, approximately 130 people gathered with warm blankets and lawn chairs. “Right around 6:45 p.m., the clouds parted,” Covey said. While offering opening remarks, Joe Urie, a Jasperite and a member of the Métis Nation, suggested the screening of Resilient: The Aseniwuche Winewak Story itself is a land acknowledgment. “I would like to say to the AWN, Tawåw (welcome),” Urie said. “There is room. There always was room. And I am sorry this room was taken from you when you had been prepared to share it. Welcome home.”

ber 30, Canada’s National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, to learn about the story of the Aseniwuche Winewak what’s now known as Jasper National Park. // MATT QUIRING

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LOCAL DARK SKY FESTIVAL

Dark Sky Festival an entry-level portal to science In 2010, when Jasper National Park was first designated as a “Dark Sky Preserve,” few people could have imagined what that status could mean for the community and its visitors.

More than a decade later, there is greater recognition of the importance (and the scarcity) of places devoid of ambient, manmade light. That awareness, at least in the 780 area code, is due in no small part to the fact that Tourism Jasper’s f lagship festival is celebrating its 11th year. “People were becoming aware of light pollution but certainly the designation didn’t have the gravitas it has now,” said Jasperbased science communicator and Dark Sky Festival host, Niki Wilson. Jasper’s Dark Sky Festival is a keystone event not just in this community, but across the province. 2021’s nine-day festival combines a star-studded line-up of presenters, keynote speakers and entertainment with self-led, family-friendly, locally-accessible itineraries. “It’s been really fun to have a lot of celebrities at the festival, but there’s also an awareness that one of the charms of Jasper is it’s a small town and people here make visitors feel welcome,” Wilson said. As it’s evolved, the Dark Sky Festival has grown to include more Indigenous Peoples’ perspectives. Wilson said it’s critical, and enlightening, to learn from those whose ancestors have been looking at the night sky for much, much longer than their settler counterparts. “Science is one way of knowing the world, but we have to have science walking alongside these other perspectives,” she said. “We’re richer for it.” And better nourished. The popular Science

Jasper’s Niki Wilson is returning as festival host for the 11th annual Jasper Dark Sky Festival. // ASHLEY KENNEDY

For Breakfast panel will this year include a discussion with Dr. Hilding Neilson, a Mi’kmaq Astrophysicist. Neilson’s talk will centre on how Indigenous teachings inform scientific tools such as the Drake equation—a famous math theory use to search for alien life. “I think that will be fascinating,” Wilson said.

Other quick picks that Wilson would curate for a Jasper family include “Lunacy,” wherein science writer-cum-rockstar Jay Ingram and his five-piece band, Beakerhead, take to the stage to explore humankind’s relationship with the moon. Orbiting alongside the performance will be a Drone Light Show, the festival’s newest signature event, featuring a kaleidoscope of moving lights that tell an Indigenous origin story about the skies and narrated by Jasper’s own Matricia Bauer. Lunacy and the Drone Light Show are free events, as is Wilson’s other don’t-miss family event, pahkisimon (Cree for sunset). The ceremonial tipi raising followed by teachings, hand-drumming and songs by Warrior Women will be held on the shores of Lake Annette (reserve a parking spot!). While some festival goers will be blasting off to discussions by interstellar thought leaders and PhD-laden spacecraft designers, the beauty of the Dark Sky Festival is it can be as science-lite as participants wish. The festival is meant to be for everyone. “Science communication, when done right, should just be easy and fun,” said Wilson, who co-hosts the Anthropomania podcast with a similar objective. “This is a chance to enjoy astronomy in the way you go for a walk in the woods. You don’t need to know every plant you’re passing, but if you’re travelling with an interpreter they can point out some cool things and you can still really enjoy your experience.” The Jasper Dark Sky Festival runs from October 15-24. Visit jasperdarksky.travel for a full schedule of events. BOB COVEY // thejasperlocal@gmail.com

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LOCAL REMEMBRANCE

Community ambassador was sweeter than a batch of buttertarts Shirley Dorin didn’t have any children, but she had hundreds of kids. The longtime community ambassador, staple of concessionary care and kindness, giver of treats, baker of butter tarts and rememberer of young people’s names passed away October 6. She was 70-years-old. Shirley had an uncanny knack for remembering kids’ names, but the longtime owner of Shirley’s Place in the Jasper Activity Centre (she operated it from 1994 until her retirement four years ago) claimed she didn’t have the same skill when it came to adults. “I’m not good at remembering adults’ names,” she said in 2017. There was one adult’s name, however, that in 1968, a 17-year-old Shirley Dorin would never forget. The name

was Mr. Bill Ruddy and Dorin had learned it from a girl who had just spent the summer working for Mr. Ruddy at the Columbia Icefields. She told Dorin, who was herself returning home from a trip to Jasper after a weekend with her girl guides group, about her summer spent on the glacier. Dorin thought it sounded like a dream. “It sounded just like summer camp,” Dorin recalled. Although the Icefields job was no longer available (Ruddy had just sold to the Brewster family), Shirley was invited to the fledging Rainbow Tours operation at Maligne Lake. The wage was $1.65/hour and room and board was $60/month. As Shirley had hoped, it was just like summer camp. “Nobody in the world had more fun than us kids at Maligne Lake,” she said.

Those Jasperites who grew up with few parents who have not relied on Shirley as their surrogate aunt (and her for relief from cooking a meal. eventually, surrogate grandmother) Seniors love her. And I expect that all might disagree. Generations of over this province and beyond, when kids in Jasper have grown up kids, parents, eating at her concessions—after Maligne Lake at the Jasper Tramway, Shirley had a long stint as the owner of Scoops and Loops, then she got talked into running the concession at the new Jasper Rex Plex. Thirty five years, dozens of sports camps, hundreds of hockey tournaments, thousands of kids and tens of thousands of butter tarts later, on August 28, 2017 Shirley packed up her kitchen and called it a career. Jasper’s Lesleigh Campbell remembers that day well because she was afraid she and her kids would no longer have their weekly visits with Shirley. Her boys don’t have grandparents in Jasper and Shirley added that element to their lives, Lesleigh said. “For us, she was a family member,” Lesleigh said. That’s the same way many Shirley Dorin was beloved by Jasperites, Jasperites felt towards especially the town’s children. // FILE Shirley, and that’s the way Shirley felt about Jasper. Shirley was the recipient of the Mayor’s coaches, chaperones, instructors, Recognition Award for Community teachers, swimmers, gymnasts, hockey Ambassadorship in 2010. Presenting players, wrestlers, volleyball players, the award, Mayor Richard Ireland basketball players, curlers and remarked: visitors recall a visit to Jasper, they think firstly and fondly of Jasper’s “This ambassador seems to never rest. premier ambassador, Shirley Dorin.” There are likely few children in town who have not pestered their parents Rest in Peace sweet Shirley. to stop by for a treat; there are likely BOB COVEY // thejasperlocal@gmail.com

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