Ontario

When you think of Canadian cuisine, what comes to mind?...is it
Poutine?...thats ok...its the first thing that comes to my mind too,
and its thoroughly delicious. But Canada isnt a one dish country,
although if it was, poutine would have to be my choice.

The fact is that humans cannot survive on french fries, gravy, and
cheese curds. So there must be other delicious foods that Canadians
like to eat. In this spirit, I would like to show you a recipe I found.

Bruce Hanna is the executive chef of the Mizzen Restaurant in Toronto,
and he has cooked up a wonderful recipie:

-Slow Roasted Vine Tomato and Woolwich Goat Cheese Tart

Ingredients:
4 vine-ripened Roma Tomatoes
12-16 baby leeks, split lengthwise and cleaned
6 medium to large shallots, peeled and thinnly sliced
6 farm-fresh free-range chicken eggs
250ml (1 cup) good-quality goat cheese
800ml (3 1/4 cups) 35% cream
60ml (4 tbsp.) unsalted butter
60ml (4 tbsp.) extra-virgin olive oil
1 bunch each of fresh basil, thyme, oregano
1 garlic clove, minced
sea salt and cracked black pepper
4 savoury tart shells, 8.75cm (3.5") wide x 2.5cm (1" deep)
brie cheese fondue with smoked red peppers (OPTIONAL)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 160° C (325° F)

2. Wash the tomatoes and cut into six wedges. Gently toss the
tomatoes with the olive oil, minced garlic, and 1 tsp. of each of the
chopped herbs.

3. Allow to marinate for at least one hour and then arrange skin
side down on a wire rack. Sprinkle with sea salt and cracked black
pepper to taste. Place in the oven and slow roast until surface
moisture has visibly started to evaporate, leaving the tomatoes
slightly dried but still plump with flavour

4. Clean and cut the leeks into 7.5 cm/3" long thin strips and set
aside. Heat a skillet to medium heat, drizzle a small amount of olive
oil into the pan and add the thinly sliced shallots to color. Once the
shallots are browned and caramelized, reduce the heat and add the
sliced leeks and 2 tbsp. butter and gently cook until soft. Remove
from the heat and season

5. Transfer the leek mixture to the tart shells, filling them to
just below the brim and adding crumbled pea-sized chunks of goat
cheese dispersed in the filling as you go.

6. In a small bowl lightly beat the eggs; blend in the cream and season

7. Carefully spoon the egg-cream mixture over the leeks and shallots
to just cover and bind

8. Carefully place the oven roasted tomatoes on top of the tarts

9. Place the tarts in the oven and bake for eight to twelve minutes
until the custard is set and the tomatoes have warmed through

-Brie Cheese fondue with smoked red peppers (OPTIONAL)

Ingredients:
15g (1 tbsp.) butter
15g (1/2 oz.) shallots
30g (1 oz.) smoked red peppers
60g (2 oz,) brie cheese
60ml (1/4 cup) white wine
185ml (6 oz.) 35% cream
salt and pepper to taste

Directions

1. Sweat the shallots in the butter until translucent; deglaze with
the white wine

2. Cook until reduced by half. Add the cream and reduce by about
25%; add the cheese and stir until melted

3. Mix in the finely chopped red pepper and salt and pepper to taste

Now...tarts are all well and good (this one sounds especially good),
but if youre feeling really adventurous, you should try Beaver Tail.
It sounds disgusting, but its actually quite good...it tastes like
asparagous...I cant find a good recipie for it at the moment, but as
soon as i find one, I will post it

For more information on Canadian cuisine and recipies, go to the
Canadian Food Network website at www.foodtv.ca

For more information on Bruce Hanna and the Mizzen Restaurant, visit
www.theworldwidegourmet.com/travel/canada/starwood/harbourcastle.htm

Sources: www.theworldwidegourmet.com/cheeses/goat/harbour-tart.htm

We all know by now how big Ontario is. Whether you're talking about
land area, economic strength, or population size, Ontario is the
simply big. But in such a big province, with lots of people, with lots
of money in their walletts from their lucrative jobs, what is there to
do?

The answer is pretty simple. GO WATCH AN OHL GAME!!!

The Ontario Hockey League was created in 1980 as one of 3 Major Junior
"A" Tier ice hockey leagues, the others being the Quebec Major Junior
Hockey League(QMJHL) and the Western Hockey League (WHL). The league
is for players in the 15-20 age grouping. Of the 21 teams in the OHL,
18 are spread out through Ontario, and 3 are in the United States
(Plymouth Whalers and Saginaw Spirit in Michigan, Erie Otters in Erie,
Pennsylvania)

There are 10 teams in the Eastern Conference: Barrie Colts, Bellville
Bulls, Brampton Battalion, Kingston Frontenacs, Mississauga Ice Dogs,
Peterborough Petes, Oshawa Generals, Ottawa 67's, Sudbury Wolves,
Toronto St. Michael's Majors

There are 11 teams in the Western Conference: Erie Otters, Guelph
Storm, Kitchener Rangers, London Knights, Owen Sound Attack, Plymouth
Whalers, Sarnia Sting, Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, Windsor Spitfires

There are 68 games in the regular season, and the top 16 teams advance
to the playoffs.

Here's the latest on what's happening in the OHL

*Teams

-The Barrie Colts are running away with the Eastern Conference, with
24 wins and 7 losses through 32 games. The Colts have scored 140 goals
and only allowed 98, and have won 8 out of their last 10 games

-Our beloved Ottawa 67's, whom we saw crush the Kingston Frontenacs
6-3 during our visit to Ottawa, currently reside in the basement of
the Eastern Conference, with only 12 wins through 29 games. The 67's
have won 5, and lost 4 in regulation / 1 in OT over the last 10 games

-The perennial powerhouse of the OHL shows no signs of spoiling
tradition. The London Knights, winners of the 2004-2005 J. Ross
Robertson Cup, lead the western conference with 22 wins in 31 games.
The Knights, coached by former Washington Capital Dale Hunter, have 7
wins, 2 regulation / 1 OT loss in their last 10 games

*Players

-The top 2 scorers in the 2006-2007 OHL season are rookies for the
London Knights. 18 year old Patrick Kane leads the OHL with 26 goals
and 41 assists for 67 points through 31 games. Hot on his trail, 17
year old rookie Sam Gagner has 17 goals and 46 assists through 29
games thus far.
-19 year old Bryan Little, drafted by the Atlanta Thrashers in the
1st round of the 2006 NHL Draft, is the workhorse of the Eastern
Conference leading Barrie Colts with 24 goals and 38 assists for 62
points in 30 games this season.

-Ryan Wilson of the Sarnia Sting currently leads the defensemen in
scoring, with 10 goals and 33 assists for 43 points in 31 games.
Trailing him is Oshawa General's 16 year rookie Michael Del Zotto,
with 6 goals and 29 assists for 35 points in 30 games.

-Logan Couture of the Ottawa 67's is a potential 1st overall pick
for the 2007 NHL Draft, but his production this season has been
limited due to mononucleosis that kept him out of the first few weeks
of the season. Couture is bouncing back, with 25 points in 19 games
this season.

-2009 is a long way off, but the OHL is showcasing the current
projected #1 overall pick for the 2009 NHL Draft. 16 year old John
Tavares has been turning heads throughout the hockey world,
accumulating 77 points in the last OHL season at the age of 15.
Tavares will have a chance to show his talents on the international
level if he earns a spot with the 2007 Canadian World Junior
Championship squad. Even if he doesn't make the cut, the future is
still bright. Tavares has 29 goals and 26 assists for 55 points in 29
games for the Oshawa General's this season.

-19 year old John Murray has been brilliant in goal for the Kitchener
Rangers this season. Murray has won 20 games in 20 starts, boasts a
league leading 2.38 Goals Against Average (GAA) and and .920 save
percentage.

-Winning games isnt so hard when you have a good offense, but dont
tell that to Andrew Perugini of the Barrie Colts. The 18 year old has
won 22 games in 28 starts, with a .916 save percentage and a GAA of
2.83. He will be instrumental in Barrie's playoff run.

The NHL isnt the only show in town when it comes to hockey in Canada,
so if youre ever stranded for a night in lonely Sudbury or stopping
through London on your way to or from Toronto, see if there's an OHL
game nearby. With affordable seating, nice atmosphere, and wonderful
refreshments, its hard to beat an OHL game for a good time.

To find out more, visit www.ontariohockeyleague.com
for information on NHL draftees playing in the OHL, visit
www.hockeysfuture.com

Sources: Ontario Hockey League, Hockeysfuture.com

pictures:

Logan Couture
http://photoblog.ohlphotos.com/images/20060118222149_couture-goal.jpg

What is Ontario? Geography of Canada's (Perhaps North America's future) Heartland

According to Thomas Courchene, one of Canada's foremost economists, Ontario has evolved into one of North America's leading economic regions, and may become the new heartland of North America.

So what makes Ontario so special? Geography, beit Physical, Political, or Economic, is perhaps the primary rationale behind this bold statement, and so is the focus of this week's post.

-Ontario: The Alpha Province

As of 2000, Ontario accounted for
*38% of Canada's total population
*10.8& of Canada's territoral area
*41% of Canada's Gross-Domestic Product (GDP)

-Physical Geography

*Ontario, a name derived from the native word "Ontariio" or "Kanadario" (roughly translated as "beautiful" or "sparkling" water) is bigger
than most countries, stretchin over 1 million square kilometers.

*Ontario has 3 main physiographic regions
-Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands-->flat and rolling landscapes, reflects the underlying sedimentary rock. The St. Lawrence Lowlands subregion shaped by the Champlain Sea, which receded 10,000 years ago, leaving behind mineral deposits that make the land very fertile and agrable.The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Lowlands region form Ontario's southern boundary with the United States, Manitoba lies to the West, Hudson/James Bays lie to the north, and Quebec to the east

-Canadian Shield--> result of solidification of molten rock 3 billion years ago. Landscape altered by the glacial erosion caused by the movement of ice sheets during an ice age 18,000 years ago. Since it is essentially solid rock, is not desirable in terms of agriculture. Climate, soils, and physiography combine to limit agriculture. However, the region does have a vast forest, superb scenery(hello, tourists), and vast mineral wealth. Encompasses most of Ontario between the Great Lakes and Hudson Bay.

-Hudson Bay Lowlands-->formed when the Laurentide Ice Shield no longer blocked the Atlantic Ocean from entering what is now Hudson Bay. much of the ground's surface is wet peatland that, because of the level surface, drains poorly. Insufficient resources and harsh winter climate leave little to support human activitites, so population of region is very small (about 8% of Ontarians live in this part of the province.

-Physical Geography and its affect on Population and Economic demographics

*Population--> Ontario is the most highly urbanized province in Canada,of an estimated 12 million people living in Ontario, over 80% live in towns or cities, most of them located in Southern Ontario. Toronto, Canada's largest city has a population of around 5 million, but, if you include the surrounding cities of Toronto (Kitchener-Waterloo, Mississauga, etc.) the population of the Toronto Metropolitan Area is roughly 6 million. Other major cities in Ontario include Ottawa, London, St. Catherines/Niagara, Windsor, and Oshawa, with Sudbury and Thunder Bay(home of the First Family of Hockey, the Staal's) the most populated cities in Northern Ontario.

*Economy--> Ontario accounts for roughly 40% of Canada's total output (GDP). Ontario has relatively high employment in manufacturing, financial, and business services, and relatively less employment in agriculture, mining, and forestry.

-Manufacturing--> Manufacturing contributes to 94% of the provinces total good's exports, and 58% of Canada's total manufacturing exports. Ontario's manufacturing sector employs 1.2 million workers, the 2nd highest level in North America after California. Ontario is North America's 2nd largest vehicle assembler after Michigan, employing over 30,000 General Motors workers.

-Agriculture-->Ontario has the majority of high quality agrable land in Canada. 56,000 farms in Ontario contribute more than $8.3 billion, accounting for almost a quarter of Canada's total agricultural revenue

-Forestry--> Ontario's forest industry is the lifeblood of Northern Ontario, employing almost 90,000 people, with sales of over $15 billion and exports exceeding $9 billion. Ontario's forests represent about 17% of Canada's forests, and 2% of forests worldwide.

-Mining--> Ontario has a wealth of nickel and copper deposits, primarily in the Canadian Shield. Gold mining contributes roughly $1 billion annually to Canada's GDP.

So what is the point of the previous geology lessons, population breakdowns, and economic summaries?...To explain Ontario's importance, not only to Canada, but to North America. Ontario is the backbone of Canada's future advancement in global trade. Who knows...Maybe Courchene was right. Ontario could be the arterial heart of a new economic and political order in North America.

(Written by Keith Leonard, October 6, 2006)

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Mike Schmidt a 52 year old immigrant farmer from Southern Germany has been on a hunger strike drinking nothing but raw milk and water for about a week. About a week ago his farm was raided by Ministry of National Resource inspectors after hearing that he had been selling raw (unpasteurized/treated) milk. During the raid some of his equipment was confiscated and he intends to continue the strike until the law is changed or his equipment is returned. Today he drove his bus to a parking lot north of Toronto where he sells organic food and milk. Soon after arriving he was surrounded by police and health inspectors, when he refused entry to his bus without a warrant the police left.

Raw milk has been banned since the 1930's in all of Canada. Those who disagree with the law say that pasteurization not only removes taste but also removes essential nutrients from the milk. There is a loophole in the law which allows farmers to drink the milk of their own cows. In 1994 Schmidt had people buy "shares" in his cows for 300$ a cow people can buy a litre (1/4 gallon) of milk for 2$ from their cow. People that are current "shareholders" include members of Ontario finance minister Greg Sobara's family.

Many view the extreme use of force (20 officers were deployed on the raid) as an invasion of privacy and an abuse of power on the governments part. Farmers and those who support organic foods and a rural lifestyle have rallied to the side of Schmidt, as well as those who believe that the government has too much control over food and it's production such as the Ontario Landowner's Association.

Source: http://www.canada.com/topics/news/national/story.html?id=2829cd5c-b0b3-44a7-8bc3-19e579afd265&k=92299&p=2

Canada has a reputation of being a very low-key, politically stable, and quiet country. But every country has it's problems and upsets and Canada is no different.

In 1914 at the outbreak of WWI Canada implemented the War Measures Act; an emergency declaration that gave the government the power to imprison and detain people without reason or trial. It was used primarily on Ukranian immigrants but German and Italians were also affected. Those who were arrested were taken to internment camps where they were forced to perform manual labor. They were either put to work in Steel mills or on public work projects such as Banff National Park. the interment continued until June of 1920, two years after the end of the war. The reasons for this interment are a mixture of wartime xenophobia and anti-immigrant sentiments. As of 2005 The Ukrainian Canadian Restitution Act has passed 2nd reading and has support from the NDP, Conservative and the Bloc Quebecois. This act demands financial restitution for the internment as well as a public apology

The War Measures act has been used twice since, once during WWII on Japanese Canadians, in a manner very similar to the American Japanese interment and once during the October Crisis. A scandal in which a Quebec cabinet minister was kidnapped and murdered by a radical Quebec seperatist organization known as the FLQ. At the behest of the mayor of Montreal, the act was put into effect so that the Government could more efficiently eliminate the FLQ. A parallel to the patriot act and Guantanamo bay that are occurring today.

Sources: http://www.infoukes.com/history/internment/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Measures_Act

Sudbury may sound like the name of a place with very little going on, but if you take a closer look, underground lets say, you will find a world full of different discoveries and observations. Sudbury is the home of one of the most highly regarded solar neutrino detectors in the world. It is stored at SNO, Sudbury Neutrino Obervatory. The neutrino detector is 6800ft under the earth's surface and is used to capture specific neutrinos that come from fusion reactions in the sun.

image from: http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/

This is a diagram showing what the neutrino detector looks like. The detector must be located undergroung to help filter all other substances coming from fusion reations on the sun. Neutrinos are everywhere and cannot be seen, thus the purpose of the detectors. Neutrinos are the only substance coming from fusion on the sun that can make it through the gound, the others get captured in our atmosphere such as hydrogen, argon, and carbon.

image from: Credit: A. B. McDonald (Queen's University) et al., The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Institute http://antwrp.gsfc.nasa.gov/apod/ap010225.html

This is a more formal image of what the solar neutrino detector in Sudbury, Ontario looks like.

SNO started operation in 1999, collecting data from the sun. Some may wonder what the neutrinos do, and why they matter; the reality is they are are one reason why we are alove here on earth. The nuclear fusion reactions in the core of the sun release neutrinos that in turn produce the radiant heat and light that the sun admits. After 40 years of data collection at SNO there were very few neutrinos detected for the amount of neutrinos there a suppose to be. This was a problem, astrophysicist first thought that this must be related to some 'glitch' in the creation of the detector. They later found that it is because neutrinos change flavors in the atmosphere.
http://cerncourier.com/main/article/41/7/1 Copyright © IOP Publishing Ltd 1998-2006.

Neutrinos come in three flavors, and all flavors are are different types, electron, muon, and tau. As the neutrinos come towards the earth they change their flavors; unfortunately for the designers of the detector they only made it to capture electron neutrinos. Thus when they change flavors in the atmosphere the detector is loosing out on all the previous electron neutrinos because they are now either muon or tau.

The neutrino detector is 1000 tons, due to the fact that it is stocked with water, and covered with 10,000 photomultiplier to collect the neutrinos.

image from: http://www.physicscentral.com/pictures/2000/neutrinos.html
© 2006 American Physical Society

Just think about how amazing it is to have this information, thus everyone should take a moment and commend Sudbury Ontario for housing this amazing creation.

Canada’s National Museum in Ottawa holds various cultural exhibits, the museum is full artifacts prevalent to both Canadian and American History. The anthropological facts hidden in Canada are immense from the medicine-men on the north pacific coast, to Haida carver in Argillite, to the ends with the volcano woman.

The north pacific coast in Canada was littered with Medicine-Men. Medicine-men are ancient healers who are believed to have the ability to heal diseases brought on by evil. Their practice is that of a spiritual nature. They used different methods in ridding the sick of their diseases such as rituals, one such ritual which different emblems are used, or other rituals where ceremonial dances are performed. At the National Museum of Canada in Ottawa is home to some of the songs sung during such ceremonies. These songs became part of Canada’s historical record in the 1920s. Medicine-Men are believed to be the starting point for the Haida carvings of argillite and soft wood.

Barbeau, M. (1958). Medicine-Men on the Pacific Coast. Series No. 42 Bulletin No. 152
Queen’s Printer and Controller of Stationery. Ottawa. Pp.1-6

What exactly is Haida Carving?

Haida carving is the spiritual carving of wood by the first nations people in Canada. Many of the carving were done for spiritual reasons, so that the pieces made could be used in ceremonies to heal the sick. Flutes were carved many times with animals or symbols to represent animals, and then used to play music for the dancing at healing ceremonies. Haida carving was also used to keep a historical pictorial record. The natives had mostly oral records and very few written records until white settlers inhabited different regions of Canada. Thus, to keep a record for those not as skilled in oral story telling totem poles were erected.

Barbeau, M. (1957). Medicine-Men on the Pacific Coast. Series No. 38
Bulletin No. 139 Queen’s Printer and Controller of Stationery. Ottawa. Pp.1, 6-7

Image from:
Wrathall, W. (2006). Haida totem pole. ID#10063 Canadian Heritage Museum
National Archives of Canada.
http://canadianheritage.org/reproductions/10090.htm

Image from:
Canadian Heritage Gallery. (2006). Haida Carvings in argillite. ID#10090
National Archives of Canada.
http://canadianheritage.org/reproductions/10090.htm

All of these artifacts can be found at the National Museum of Canada in Ontario, near Ottawa. These artifacts play a role in the developement of Canadian culture, and the emergence of the first Canadian historical and anthropological record. Having these artifacts in Canadian culture is what seperates a history about animals to a history of humans, it shows the firsts signs of human culture. Art work is the first sign of human culture all over the world, before there were homo sapiens, there were homo neanderatalensis and one of the best ways to distinguish between the two is the ability to develope a human culture, to create artwork. Haida carvings are just one aspect of artwork that forms the early human developement in Canada, there are many other forms, all which can be found in the National museum of Canada.

For more information on Haida Art a terrific website to visit is:
http://www.angelfire.com/realm/shades/nativeamericans/haidaart.htm

Recently I picked up I Mother Earth's The Quicksilver Meat Dream, having heard all their previous albums I was glad to have found their most recent. For those of you that don't know I Mother Earth is a canadian alternative rock band born out of Toronto in the early 90s. They started off as a semi pop-grunge band, similar to Nirvana but more prone to have extensive instrumentals.

Their first album Dig won a Juno award for best hard rock album in 1994. Their second harder and more instrumentalist album Scenery and Fish was nomianted for best rock album at the Juno Awards and went double platinum in Canada. After this they changed lead singers and released 2 more albums the most recent of which, is The Quicksilver Meat Dream. What makes them so incredible is that they manage to mix the guitar prowess and lengthy instrumentals of Jimi Hendrix, the grungy sound of Nirvana, The hard rock of Foo Fighters, and original emotional sometimes depressing & furious vocals.

What is also interesting about them is that both they and Our Lady Peace have never made it big in the United States despite their superstardom across the border. Ever since the Five Man Electrical Band sung "Signs" in 1972 there have been countless canadian singers and bands that have influenced US music. But recently it seems as though that influx has stopped and the US is more in-tune with its own music. Maybe its because Canada is starting to develop and become a more international and well known area, not just as Homer Simpson so aptly put it, " America Jr.", as Canada matures and begins to really define itself musically, it begins to seperate from the United States and to leave their music scene.

For those of you interested in modern canadian rock, I recommend starting with The Barenaked Ladies or Our Lady Peace,and for those of you who want a more in-depth experience try I Mother Earth.

Newspapers of Canada at first sounds like a boring topic, but just wait until you find a newspaper like this one; Ontario's very own Barrie Examiner. This paper is filled with endless tragic headlines such as "Ontario Fridge Retirement Program ends soon" (Barrie Examiner, 2006), but is off set with the local excitement of, "2006 Christmas cheer team welcomes new members," (Barrie Examiner 2006), true community news! (http://thebarriexaminer.com/webapp/sitepages/)

The Barrie Examiner is owned by Osprey Media Group Inc., one of Canada's leading publishing companies. They publish daily as well as non-daily news, along with popular magazines, and specialty publications. Osprey publishes 21 daily newspaper, The Barrie Examiner encluded, and 37 non-daily newspapers, all which are in high circulation throughout Ontario, as well as the rest of Canada. Osprey media group is considered a trusted local news source, that has been publishing daily newspapers for over 100 years. The man to thank for this intellectual source of local news would be president and CEO, Michail Sifton

Mr. Sifton has helped to boost the circulation on the Barrie Examiner to the point where circulation rating are as follows:

Monday - 9067 Tuesday - 9067 Wednesday - 48,732 Thursday - 9067

Friday - 56,240 Saturday - 9067 Sunday - 0

These numbers represent the amount of newspapers distributed on that given day, throughout Canada. (http://ospreymedialp.com/corporate/Default.asp?section=home).

The Barrie Examiner covers a variety of topics from community and local news to international news. They also print a large amount of local individual'f feedback on articles they may have read. One such response came from a Barrie man by the name of Shawn T. his response reads as follows:

Dear Pauline A Landfill could be next? A needed water reservoir on a very tiny part of a 140 acre park will DESTROY it? Could you be a little more dramatic? I think we can agree ALL Barrie residents pay too much in taxes. I am happy to hear you take pride in your community and I am sure Barrie taxpayers outside of Sunnidale appreciate you allowing them to use your Park. But just in case the other 120,000 people in the greater Barrie area that you are protecting feel they have earned the right to object to picking up this tab, maybe you and a few of your friends would like to take up a collection for the extra $2 million plus needed to purchase the privately owned Coulter Street site. So what if it is prime high-density residential land. So what if the Province in their Places to Grow directive has instructed Municipalities to develop existing lands and stop paving over farm land. So what if Council and City Staff spend our money like teenagers with their parents credit card. As long as you are happy, that is all that matters. Maybe you can get the whole issue thrown out with the bath water. Just dont come crying to me when you open up your tap someday and nothing comes out.

This response gives outside readers of the Barrie Examiner a better feel for the concerns that lie within Barrie, Ontario. It also draws a relation between Ontario, Canada and Vermont, United States in the sense that both are struggling with the push to develope more land in certain regions, yet face the hardship of destroying valuable agricultural land. For more in depth articles check out the Barrie Examiner homepage :
http://www.thebarriexaminer.com/

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