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	<title>Aaron McGowan &#187; General</title>
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		<title>A much needed update with more news to come soon</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/a-much-needed-updated-with-more-news-to-come-soon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/a-much-needed-updated-with-more-news-to-come-soon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Apr 2011 11:38:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[makewebnotwar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speaking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[update]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Once again I am on the road again, currently sitting at the kitchen table of a friends house where I have taken over for the past couple of days to work. It has been quite a busy few months, from being in Lloydminster, AB/SK, for Christmas to Santa Monica in mid February and now back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you eligible to vote? Not sure? Here&#8217;s how to check!</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/are-you-eligible-to-vote-not-sure-heres-how-to-check/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/are-you-eligible-to-vote-not-sure-heres-how-to-check/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elections 2010]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[London Ontario]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On October 25, 2010, is the day to vote for your municipal candidates in Ontario. Some will say that voting is a joke and that they do not care. Others will tell you that it will not matter and their vote does not count. Perhaps some will say that my one vote will not make [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re: An open letter to London Transit Commission&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/re-an-open-letter-to-london-transit-commission/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/re-an-open-letter-to-london-transit-commission/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Sep 2010 21:10:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy & Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London Transit Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As some of you may know, last week on Wednesday September 01, 2010, I mailed a letter to Councillor David Winninger at the London Transit Commission. Councillor Winninger is the Chair of the London Transit Commission along with the current Councillor of Ward 11 (which I currently reside). Today, I have received a response regarding [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An open letter to London Transit Commission expressing concerns</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/an-open-letter-to-london-transit-commission-expressing-concerns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/an-open-letter-to-london-transit-commission-expressing-concerns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:35:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Letter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[London Transit Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend, I finally said that it was enough of this &#8220;downtime&#8221; and unavailability of London Transit Commission&#8217;s WebWatch application. Thousands, if not millions, of dollars have been spent on the London Transit Commission&#8217;s new vehicle technology which includes equipping each transportation vehicle with Global Positioning Systems (GPS). I have written a letter which [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scammers using the number: 416-777-7775</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/internet-scamming-and-transparency/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/internet-scamming-and-transparency/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 23:25:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just got off the telephone just short of 15 minutes ago with my Grandfather. He was wondering how my trip was in Montreal. I had asked him to explain what he was talking about as I was not in Montreal. He had explained to me that he had received a call yesterday saying that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Data at Ignite London</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/open-data-at-ignite-london/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/open-data-at-ignite-london/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 14:24:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open & Initiatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[npo]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Open Data]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public speaking]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last night I gave my first public talk at Ignite London&#8217;s first event. Throughout the evening I was very enlightened by the number of excellent speakers and the topics which they talked about. One thing stood out the most though, and that is what Michelle Baldwin of Pillar Nonprofit Network said, &#8220;There are approximately 1200 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Four individuals who have inspired me</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/four-individuals-who-have-inspired-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/four-individuals-who-have-inspired-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 09:57:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout lives of many we all eventually are inspired. As a little kid, many want to grow up and become an Astronaut, The President or even a CIA Spy. Many individuals will not exceed at becoming what our parents believed as just childish dreams. However, for myself &#8211; I dreamed about becoming a Information Technology [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Re: Twitter away, but are real voters&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/re-twitter-away-but-are-real-voters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/re-twitter-away-but-are-real-voters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 11:08:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy & Politics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last week in the morning on my way to the office I read an article in Joe Belanger&#8216;s column on the London Free Press website. The article titled Twitted away, but are real voters actually tweeting? back? not only grabbed my attention but also others here in the community as well. Jeff and Lindsay also [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Version 2 of amcgowan.ca &amp; updates</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/version-2-of-amcgowan-ca-updates-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/version-2-of-amcgowan-ca-updates-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 11:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.amcgowan.ca/?p=898</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the second version of amcgowan.ca. With this new site, you can see that there are numerous updates from content and page structure to the design itself. This new site also has the previously written articles on the blog itself. However, please note that previous articles are now all within the &#8220;General&#8221; category. So [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I second that! Re: Parliament &#8211; Invite me to audit your books</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/i-second-that-re-parliament-invite-me-to-audit-your-books/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/i-second-that-re-parliament-invite-me-to-audit-your-books/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 13:43:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning David Eaves posted a new article on his blog titled Parliament: Invite me to audit your books (i&#8217;m not really asking). Shortly after the article was published a couple of tweets directed at Canadian Politics and CTV Ottawa were sent. These tweets will hopefully push this forward and receive a response sooner then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Open Everything &#8211; Sticky Note</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/open-everything-sticky-note/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/open-everything-sticky-note/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 23:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This photo was taken by a local Londoner, Jodi Simpson. The photo was mentioned this morning by a few on Twitter. This is worth noting because not only would I like to see &#8220;everything open&#8221;, but many others do also. The photo was taken at a ChangeCamp Toronto event. Are you a Londoner and want [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oil &#8220;Spill&#8221; &#8211; saddening and frightening</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/oil-spill-saddening-and-frightening/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/oil-spill-saddening-and-frightening/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 16:59:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning some photos of the recent oil spill located in the Gulf of Mexico were brought to my attention. I was saddened and frightened by the images I was looking at and responded with &#8220;How can I help get this resolved?&#8221; I will admit that I have not been following the news, tweets (hash [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NextStop &#8211; London Transit Guide</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/nextstop-london-transit-guide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/nextstop-london-transit-guide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 14 May 2010 09:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[NextStop &#8211; London Transit Guide provides you with the ability to receive London Transit Commission data on your hand held device. Imagine &#8220;Google Maps&#8221; but instead for the LTC and on your mobile smart phone devices. Riders of the London Transit are now capable of opening the application while standing at a bus stop and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>High school students left me being appalled</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/high-school-students-left-me-being-appalled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/high-school-students-left-me-being-appalled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 11:10:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Critical Thinking should start in elementary school as post secondary education is too late! For the past two days I attended the Canada 3.0 conference in Stratford Ontario. For a good portion of my time there, I was at the Fanshawe College booth in where I spoke to countless high school students who were looking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 2 of Canada 3.0</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/day-2-of-canada-3-0/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/day-2-of-canada-3-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 May 2010 10:41:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[All good things must come to an closing. Canada 3.0&#8242;s was on Tuesday (yesterday) May 12, 2010. Both days of the conference were very exciting, informative and inspiring to say the least. There were many very interesting conversations, ideas and actions brewing amongst the attendees. Yesterday I had a chance to meeting David Eaves one [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Day 1 of Canada 3.0</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/day-1-of-canada-3-0/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/day-1-of-canada-3-0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 11 May 2010 11:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.amcgowan.ca/?p=513</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was the kickoff for the two day conference &#8211; Canada 3.0. The conference officially kicked off by some very inspiring words from the federal Industry Minister Tony Clement and Tony Chapman of Capital C. In the key note kickoff talks yesterday by Tony Clement, he had said something that really hit home to me. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woah! A quick update from busy me!</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/woah-a-quick-update-from-busy-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/woah-a-quick-update-from-busy-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 May 2010 09:10:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Hi everyone! I hope everyone is doing well. I just wanted to post a quick blog article to let everyone know that I am still alive and I apologize for no new posts lately. I promise they are coming very soon. So what have I been up to lately that is keeping me very busy? [...]]]></description>
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		<title>First post with my new MacBook Pro</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/first-post-with-my-new-macbook-pro/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/first-post-with-my-new-macbook-pro/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Apr 2010 11:01:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Monday afternoon I received my MacBook Pro from Apple (delivered by UPS) which I ordered just less then two weeks ago. I am sure that some of you are probably thinking &#8220;Haha sucker! You ordered an old MacBook Pro since last week they launched there new MacBook Pro family.&#8221; Well if you are thinking this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My First Geek Dinner</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/my-first-geek-dinner/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/my-first-geek-dinner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Apr 2010 14:45:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Geek Dinner&#8230; What the heck is that? Well, Geek Dinner is the gathering of the local creatives, developers, bloggers, podcasters, new media enthusiasts, etc. from the local area, Kitchener and as far as Toronto here in London Ontario. The meet up is open who anyone who lives in the world of Internets and the group [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are Ontario Drivers the Worst?</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/are-ontario-drivers-the-worst/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/are-ontario-drivers-the-worst/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Apr 2010 01:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yet again, this morning at roughly 10:30 AM in broad day light, I was approximately four feet away from getting hit by an older driver in her 60s. This was the second time this week that I have been almost hit by incompetent drivers in this city and province. The biggest scare though was on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Space Shuttle Discovery Launch a Success! STS-131</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/space-shuttle-discovery-launch-a-success-mission-sts-131/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/space-shuttle-discovery-launch-a-success-mission-sts-131/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Apr 2010 11:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This morning at 6:21 a.m. EST, space shuttle Discovery and its crew embarked on their mission together; Mission STS-131. I woke up early this morning shortly after 5:30 AM to watch live via NASA TV the launch of Discovery and I must say that it was fascinating. Too be honest, I became a little teary [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Are you open to learning from others?</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/are-you-open-to-learning-from-others/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 03:30:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently a blog post made by another &#8220;programmer&#8221; had caught the eye of another Brampton area developer as well as mine once it was shared. The post was absolutely horrible and contained some misdirected information specifically for a blog which focus is on helping you become a better programmer. Let me first denote that this [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Five things I wish PHP would implement (or had) &amp; would change</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/five-things-i-wish-php-would-implement-or-had-would-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/five-things-i-wish-php-would-implement-or-had-would-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 03:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For most who know me know, PHP is one of my favorite web development technologies. The problem though simply lies in the advancement and growth of this technology. Recently I have been hard at work trying to finish up a few major source packages and one application &#8211; but I have recently found myself thinking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rogers inconsistency leads to the use of Google&#8217;s DNS</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/rogers-inconsistency-leads-to-the-use-of-googles-dns/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/rogers-inconsistency-leads-to-the-use-of-googles-dns/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Mar 2010 08:48:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lately I have found that my Internet Service provided by Rogers has been very inconsistent and a lot of down time. Unfortunately, there is not a lot that can be done on the consumer end except to switch to another provider such as Bell. However, in saying that &#8211; I have recently decided to switch [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why I support Open Data &amp; OpenCourseWare Initiatives</title>
		<link>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/why-i-support-open-data-open-course-ware-initiatives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.amcgowan.ca/blog/general/why-i-support-open-data-open-course-ware-initiatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Mar 2010 19:03:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Aaron McGowan</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just to make this clear, I support Open Data and OpenCourseWare Initiatives! Some of you may wonder what Open Data and OpenCourseWare initiatives are. Well, before I continue on providing you with why I support these and why you should also, I will first explain what they are. Open Data is a philosophy and practice [...]]]></description>
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