Texting and driving, he kills a rider and our justice system let's him go free.

<i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am in shock, I feel sick to my stomach - what the HE double Hockey Sticks is wrong with our justice system?</span></i><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">One man dead, 3 others severely injured and the perpetrator? Texting while driving and not guilty of <span style="background-color: white; font-size: 12px; line-height: 15px;"> </span>dangerous driving causing death or the three counts of dangerous driving causing bodily harm he faced.</span></span><br /> <span style="color: #666666;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">All four motorcyclists were/are members of the Barrie Chapter of the Southern Cruisers Riding Club.</span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What is the point of putting a law in the books if it has no teeth?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We have distracted driving laws that have NO TEETH.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If people can get off scott free <a href="http://www.beltdrivebetty.com/ontario/296-motorcycle-television/26466-barrie-man-killed-in-crash-that-also-left-several-friends-with-serious-injuries"><span style="color: red;">AFTER they have admitted to texting an driving - then what is the point to the law?</span></a></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Begin Quote: </b></span><br /> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The officer who worked on the case, OPP Const. Trina Gosse, she she was also disappointed with the verdict.</span></i><br /> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">“It is troubling when you see so many people injured,” Gosse said. “The deceased’s daughter was crying pretty hard.”</span></i><br /> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">She noted that even Rogers admitted he had been using his cellphone while driving that day, however the judge could not find beyond reasonable doubt that he was using it at the time of the crash.</span></i><br /> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Gosse said this was her first case involving an alleged texting while driving causing death.</span></i><br /> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></i> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>“But sadly, it is not all that uncommon," she said.</i> <b>End Quote</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It is my firm hope that there will be an appeal.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The OCC - Ontario Confederation of Clubs does not appear to be on the rampage about this verdict, but from my personal experience with them -they appear to focus more on 1% issues than ALL rider's rights issues.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Regardless I would have thought that they would be outraged and sitting on the steps of their provincial legislature asking for the judge's decision to be reviewed or for a retrial.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I would have thought we'd see a statement or a press release, but nothing anywhere that I could find.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We NEED a national riders rights organization - a watch dog - someone to protect our rights as citizens and human beings.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Just because this happened in Ontario does not mean riders from other provinces can't have an impact.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The more we flood the Attorney General's office with letters of outrage - the more likely a review of the case will take place.  PLEASE - take 5 minutes and DO SOMETHING....</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">So - how can we, Joe Q Citizen have any impact on this particular injustice?</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Write to the Attorney General of Ontario:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Honourable John Gerretsen, Attorney General:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><br /> <div style="border: 0px none; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 315px;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">E-mail</b> at <a class="email" href="mailto:attorneygeneral@ontario.ca?subject=General%20Inquiry" style="background-image: url(http://www.attorneygeneral.jus.gov.on.ca/images/icons/email_icon.png); background-position: 0% 50%; background-repeat: no-repeat no-repeat; border: 0px; color: #453135; line-height: 16px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 0px 20px; vertical-align: baseline;">attorneygeneral@ontario.ca</a></span></div> <div style="border: 0px none; font-size: 14px; line-height: 18px; margin-bottom: 1.5em; margin-right: 20px; margin-top: 1em; outline: 0px none; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline; width: 315px;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Mailing address:</b></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Ministry of the Attorney General</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">McMurtry-Scott Building</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">720 Bay Street, 11th Floor</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Toronto, ON</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">M7A 2S9</span></div> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You could also flood the Crown Council's Telephone Lines in Barrie asking for an appeal:</span></i><br /> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Barrie Crown Attorney’s Office - (705) 739-6188</span></i><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">UPDATE - here is my letter to the Attorney General:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Dear Honourable John Gerretsen, Attorney General of Ontario,</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The Justice system failed motorcyclists and all victims of distracted driving yesterday with the ruling by Justice Cory Gilmore in the case of Michael Rogers, a 24 year old who was, by his own admission texting and driving, crossed the centre line and killed one rider and injured 3 others.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">According to the article in the Barrie Examiner today:</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Crown attorney Dave Russell argued that Rogers was looking at a text message on his cellphone as he swerved out of his lane into the path of the riders.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Defence lawyer Lydia Riva argued Rogers committed no crime, but rather the tragic incident was a “moment of inattention,” and not an act of dangerous driving as defined by the Criminal Code. End Quote</span><br /> <div> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Distracted driving is an offence and according to a Ministry of Transport statement on their website:<a href="http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/safety/distracted-driving/index.shtml"> http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/safety/distracted-driving/index.shtml</a></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There is a ban on hand held cellular device use while driving in Ontario.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Would you please explain how using a hand held cellular device to read a text is not distracted driving, which is also dangerous driving?</span></i><br /> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Why was it is not considered Dangerous Driving causing death and causing bodily harm in this case?</span></i><br /> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If the person had been drinking it would be, would it not?</span></i><br /> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If the person had been stoned it would be would it not?</span></i><br /> <i><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></b></i> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Why is this case any different?</span></i><br /> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></i> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">What can be done to force an appeal?</span></i><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I am a moto journalist who travels by motorcycle in Ontario usually once per year. I will be sharing your response with the riding community of Canada. 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Texting and driving, he kills a rider and our justice system let's him go free.

I am in shock, I feel sick to my stomach - what the HE double Hockey Sticks is wrong with our justice system? One man dead, 3 others sever...

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QFormat="true" Name="TOC Heading"/> </w:LatentStyles> </xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 10]> <style> /* Style Definitions */ table.MsoNormalTable {mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-priority:99; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:12.0pt; font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-font-family:Cambria; mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family:Cambria; mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;} </style> <![endif]--><!--StartFragment--> <br /> <div class="MsoNormal"> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The results are in on our 6th Annual Beat the PMS Blues Online Show ‘n’ Shine. <o:p></o:p></span></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <i><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>We will announce the winners in the newsletter that your newspaper comes in, tomorrow morning.</i><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I will be contacting the winners and organizing for their prizes to go out.  <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>I have some things to say, they are hard to say but they must be said.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There are a few people who made this, our sixth annual - <b>FREE Show 'n' Shine</b> hard to deal with - they took all of the fun out of it for me.  </span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="color: #e69138;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><span style="color: #e69138;">You see I truly love seeing all of the entries and knowing what my friends and other community members ride. I get a kick out of it and it really does ease up some of the dreadful PMS that I suffer with - Parked Motorcycle Syndrome, for those not in the know.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When we do it again next year there will be some measures put in place just for those who think they need to win at all cost.  Or they think someone is cheating so they should too, to win.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">People do not seem to understand the power of social media and if one person has lots of friends voting for them, their tallies go up - fast.  <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">There is a right way and a wrong way to win. This is the right way, getting your FRIENDS to vote for you.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Everyone was encouraged to contact us if they had any issues. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Many people did, their problems or challenges resolved, one rider had friends that Sasktel was blocking from accessing our site for some unknown reason, he emailed us, we verified the problem and worked through friends, to get the issue with Sasktel resolved, and he gave us the names and phone numbers of people who were having trouble voting for him and he was given the appropriate number of votes.<o:p></o:p></span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We verified that their IP's had been showing up consistently and then all of a sudden all 5 stopped.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We do everything in our power to keep it fair and real.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We can tell you if some one is cheating or not by the IP addresses that they use and the time stamp.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">When someone has 50 or 60 friends voting for them and they all have different IP addresses – there is no cheating. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">However when you see the same IP on the show 'n'shine page 25 and 30 times a day.... </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We remove those votes, we email the offender and tell them they were removed – so there really was no point to the effort. And this of course, would therefore be, the wrong way to try to win.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The reason I no longer do calendar contests is for a similar sort of reason.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Back biting, name calling, horrid, horrid behavior from people who are supposed to be adults and of course the attempts at cheating.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>I hold contests for FREE</b> – the prizes, we spend hours and days gathering, the labor it takes to host a contest is mind numbing - we do it because we want to have some fun, lighten things up – we have enough grief and enough challenges to deal with every day as riders and people. </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>Does it help our business – yes, but my primary purpose, especially with this contest, is to have some FUN.</b><o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">BUT - there comes a time when one really has to look at the whole thing and ask yourself – is it worth it?<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Our community is based on the fundamental principles of life – being respectful is one of them and another is standing up for what you believe in.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Well I believe in fair play. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I believe that if I don’t like what someone has to say, I don’t need to take it in to my soul and then lash out hatefully.  <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I believe that if someone is a jerk, you don’t keep poking them – you walk away and give them no energy.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Soon enough, they go away.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">These are but a few of the core and fundamental values of being a good human being, I believe.<o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I have never pussyfooted around an issue that was important to me, much in my life.  </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">I listen to other people’s opinions, I decide what if anything they have to say resonates with my core values, makes sense to me on any level and look to understand their point of view, but understanding their point of view and adopting it or taking it into my soul are two different things. Understanding lets me hopefully find a better way of working towards a resolution to a challenge but I do not have to take that person's viewpoint on as mine in order to work to a resolution.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">AND I am not pussyfooting around this issue either.</span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">RESPECT is one word that I believe in and the disrespect shown to Ali who busts her hump, our sponsors who supply the prizes blows my mind.  </span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">As the idiot who does all of the legwork; the obtaining sponsors, the emails and letters, the promoting – I am just discouraged.  <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Next year will be far, far different. <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">We will be putting in every safe guard we can find <b>to ensure a FRIENDLY AND FUN contest</b>.  <o:p></o:p></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>And if we can’t find a way to prevent the nastiness – then we won’t be doing it again. </b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>I do not get paid enough to put up with some of the situations I have been put in over this.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>This was supposed to be a fun thing. </b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b><br /></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>But there were some people who took the fun out of it for me.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><b>That won’t happen again – I do not do things like this unless they make people feel good. PERIOD.<o:p></o:p></b></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <i><b><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Belt Drive Betty,<o:p></o:p></span></b></i></div> <div class="MsoNormal"> <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><b>Editor & Rider</b></i><o:p></o:p></span></div> <!--EndFragment-->

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