Metro Halifax - January 14, 2013

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Bringing
water back
into HRM fold
Spitballing. Regional sion to do it in the first place,”
Quoted
he said. “It would be another
councillor suggests
long hard discussion on wheth-
“I think that
it’s time to investigate er council’s ready to increase
making Halifax water it’s import- water bills and take respon-
ant enough, sibility for that.”
commission part of Walker said he’d have to see
as is police,
municipality once again the business case before decid-
as is roads, ing whether he’d support the
as is development, to be change.
Craig said Tuesday’s appear-
under the auspices of an
Days after announcing an ap- ance by water commission offi-
plication to raise water rates in elected body.” cials is not related to the water
HRM, members of the Halifax rate hike announced last week,
Coun. Steve Craig, on Halifax water.
Regional Water Commission which is expected to add about
will appear before regional $200 to the average water bill
council for a turn on the hot Craig. “I haven’t looked into it, over two years.
seat. but I wouldn’t be surprised if Craig said he received the
Coun. Steve Craig (Lower a motion came forward some- HRWC 2011-12 annual report
Sackville) asked for HRWC of- time to have it looked into, before Christmas, and found
ficials to appear to discuss the let’s make this a department it lacked detailed plans to ad-
utility’s latest annual report — of HRM.” dress stormwater management
and suggested that could lead Responsibility for wastew- and the flooding that routinely
GOLDEN GIRL to another discussion, down ater and stormwater manage- plagues parts of his district.
the road, about changing the ment was transferred to the “So I want to ask the ques-
relationship between HRM and water commission in 2006, and tions … what is your process,
the water commission. Coun. Russell Walker — who how do you set your priorities,
“It’s a tremendous cost, a sits on the HRWC board — said what are your budgets, espe-
tremendous thing provided council would have to think cially around stormwater man-
for the citizens of HRM, and carefully about transferring it agement, that’s my focus right
Anne Hathaway poses with the award for best supporting actress backstage at the 70th annual Golden Globe Awards therefore let’s have something back. now,” he said.
in Beverly Hills on Sunday. More coverage on page 9 and at metronews.ca. JORDAN STRAUSS/INVISION/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS a little less arm’s length,” said “It was a long, hard discus- RUTH DAVENPORT/METRO
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metronews.ca NEWS 03
Monday, January 14, 2013
Journey home
HMCS Athabaskan
on its way to city
A navy warship whose
hull was damaged while
being towed from Ontario
to Halifax has resumed its
journey to its home port.
The Department of
National Defence says the
HMCS Athabaskan left N
North Sydney around 8:30
a.m. Sunday and will arrive
in Halifax in two or three
days.
The military says
tethering lines broke as the E
destroyer was being towed
in rough waters off a rocky
shoal near Cape Breton.
THE CANADIAN PRESS
W
Search underway
Police seek help in
locating missing
Halifax woman
S
Police are asking for the
public’s help in finding a Hundreds of people skate on the Emera Oval Sunday afternoon on the Halifax Common. HALEY RYAN/METRO
missing Halifax woman.
Warm weather brings
Robin Armstrong, 31,
has not been seen or heard
from since Friday when she
didn’t return to her home.
Officers are looking for
Armstrong and searched out skating crowd
her apartment on Sunday,
said Staff Sgt. Reid Mc-
Coombs of Halifax Regional
Police.
McCoombs said police
are “really not sure” where
Armstrong could be, and Lace ’em up. Emera dad’s shoulders.
Quoted
her family also has no ideas. “We always wanted to come
Oval is as popular as
Anyone with informa- down and see the oval,” said
tion on Armstrong’s where- ever with another “It’s the perfect place to spend an afternoon.” Ben’s father, Brycen Thomp-
abouts is asked to call police season in full swing Ben Barton, of the Emera Oval son, who came from Truro.
at 490-5020. Samantha Antonio and
HALEY RYAN/METRO Anne Marie Woodgate, both
Her father, Ken Sampson, the popular oval. 19, said they enjoyed coming
HALEY smiled and said the family had The oval, which can allow from Dartmouth to use the
RYAN decided to come over from 1,500 people at a time, is in oval because of its location.
[email protected] Dartmouth because of the its second winter season since “It’s nice that its down-
mild weather. Halifax regional council decid- town, so you can do other stuff
Melanie and Mackenzie “It looks like its going to be ed to make the facility perma- too,” said Woodgate, adding
Sampson wore matching pur- fun,” Sampson said. “(My son) nent in March 2011. the one drawback is a lack of
ple tuques for their first-ever Matthew is out there already. “It’s nice to know we have parking space.
Emera Oval visit on Sunday He couldn’t wait.” it and they decided to main-
afternoon. Hundreds of people joined tain it,” said Sampson. On the web
“I’m pretending to skate, the Sampsons on Sunday Four-year-old Ben Thomp-
daddy,” said six-year-old Mel- afternoon, when clear skies son was also learning how to
Robin Armstrong anie as she slid her feet along and temperatures of around skate. For more local news
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Monday, January 14, 2013
Small things, big impact: Public Good
Society helps out in meaningful ways
Community at work. cold I’d be crying on the way
home,” Suzanne Vachon
North-end Dartmouth
said. “So praise the Lord for
non-profit — run by a this van.”
board of volunteers — Five north-end commun-
ity groups use the van, and
finds tangible ways to in the past year, MacKenzie
improve the lives said it has transported more
than 2,050 people — people
of residents who get to meet neighbours
they might otherwise never
have spoken to.
RUTH “What program could
DAVENPORT you ever get that could help
[email protected] that many people?” MacKen-
zie said. “It’s an absolutely
For anyone who owns wonderful service, a service
a vehicle, the prospect that people need.”
of a ride home probably Finding small ways to
wouldn’t seem like such a make a big impact is kind of
big deal. the raison d’être of the Pub-
But for the clients of a lic Good Society, outreach
north-end Dartmouth food facilitator Kevin Little said.
bank, it’s a veritable luxury Little runs the society’s
— one less thing to worry Connections That Work
about for people often fa- program. He spends four
cing a mountain of difficul- mornings every week be-
ties. ing “friendly, not creepy”
The Dartmouth North to food-bank users, help-
Community Van is the ing them find employment,
brainchild of former coun- housing or health care.
cillor Jim Smith, and made “I hang out with people
a reality by the members of and they tell me their
the non-profit Public Good story,” he said. “The people
Society of Dartmouth. in those food banks have a
“People that are coming lot of needs that go well be-
to food banks aren’t coming yond finding work.”
in cars or taxis. They can’t The Connections pro- Ralph MacKenzie, left, loads groceries into the Dartmouth North Community Van with the help of Doug Glenn before giving clients at a Dartmouth food bank
afford that,” said Ralph gram is funded by a Depart- a ride home. The van is one of two major projects initiated by the non-profit Public Good Society of Dartmouth. JEFF HARPER/METRO
MacKenzie, a retired teach- ment of Community Servi-
er who drives clients home ces grant that’s contingent live — you should ask him New venture Your Community
in the van on Wednesdays. on getting people into jobs, about getting a job.’” At Work
“So we provide a lift home but Little said he often has Little sets boundaries — Society to
for them.” to help clients breach other meeting in public places, no program.
As MacKenzie zips around barriers first. financial handouts — and assist housing HHH works to address Your Community At
the north-end streets, the “Doing the soft stuff said he’s helped more than urgent housing crises and Work is a new regu-
passengers express fervent gets you a reputation as the 650 people in the past four project provides support to people
gratitude for the ride. guy who can help,” he said. years. to overcome the barriers lar feature that will
“I’ve seen myself go back “That reputation will lead “There’s lots of issues I’d keeping them from main- appear on Mondays
and forth, walking in the to, often, somebody saying, love to solve that I can’t,” The Public Good Society is taining housing. highlighting people
freezing dead of winter, so ‘That guy got me a place to he said. “But in this difficult launching its third major Although HHH would
world, we can make some endeavour, focused on handle the day-to-day and groups working
practical steps that make housing in Dartmouth operation of the Dartmouth to make a difference
Quoted
things a little better. And Centre. office, the Public Good So- in their community.
that’s what the Pub- The society is working ciety will find and establish
“It’s the satisfaction of knowing you’re making a lic Good Society in collaboration with Metro an office and provide sup- Send suggestions
difference There’s lots of downsides. But I think the does.” Non-Profit Housing to open port for program develop- to ruth.davenport@
happy stories make those stories balance.” a Dartmouth office of the ment. metronews.ca.
Follow Ruth Davenport on Halifax Housing Help (HHH) RUTH DAVENPORT/METRO
Kevin Little, outreach worker, Public Good Society of Dartmouth Twitter @ncnvenientruth
metronews.ca NEWS 05
Monday, January 14, 2013
Crown unhappy after woman
gets two years for starving child
Susan Elizabeth defence’s recommended sen-
Healthy
MacDonnell. Crown tence, which includes a three- 4
year probation period after her
wanted Dartmouth
prison term is completed. The
woman behind bars Crown recommended a five-
year prison term.
for five years The child, now four-years-old, is report-
Crown attorney Catherine
edly healthy with her adopted family.
Cogswell disagreed with the
sentence, citing a psychiatric
ANDREW assessment produced in the term, including that MacDon-
RANKIN case that she said proved Mac- nell had been considered a
[email protected] Donnell suffers from a per- “super mom” in the foster
sonality disorder, which she family world, had no previous
A Dartmouth woman who ad- argued is not a mental illness. criminal record and she had
mitted to nearly starving her “She used her façade as been making progress with
child to death was handed a a super mom to almost kill her rehabilitation.
two-year prison sentence on a child,” said an emotional “I’m not suggesting that she
Friday. Cogswell. “Compassion is im- not be held accountable, but
After Supreme Court Justice portant for everybody. The vast people would see this as a spe-
Kevin Coady read his decision, majority of the public would cial case and a carefully crafted
Susan Elizabeth MacDonnell, like to see the compassion for sentence and while they would
44, dropped her head and the child.” like to see the book thrown at
dabbed her eye with a tissue. Rachel had been admit- truly violent and dangerous of-
MacDonnell had already ted to the IWK Health Centre fenders, I do not feel like they
pleaded guilty to aggravated in March 2010 suffering from would feel the same way for
assault and failing to provide dehydration and malnutrition. Mrs. MacDonnell,” said Coady.
the necessities of life for her MacDonnell admitted to dis- Cogswell disagreed.
then 22-month-old daughter, connecting the child’s feeding “People are outraged,” she
Rachel, in 2010. tube in the hospital and to di- said. “I have had foster parents
“Either way you cut it, luting a high glucose formula call me, I’ve had parents call
Mrs. MacDonnell is a very sick at least six times. me and strangers stop me on
woman,” said Coady. Coady cited several reasons the street. Everybody’s abso- Crown attorney Catherine Cogswell talks to reporters after Susan Elizabeth MacDonnell was sentenced to two years
Coady opted to go with the why he chose a shorter prison lutely shocked.” in prison for starving her child. ANDREW RANKIN/METRO
Search called off KFC/Taco Bell
crews made the difficult de-
‘No chance’ of E. coli outbreak
cision around 9 a.m. Sunday
finding fisherman after scouring the waters for linked to lettuce
more than 14 hours.
alive: Official He says it’s standard pro- Lettuce used at KFC and
cedure, noting at this point, Taco Bell outlets is the
Officials have called off the “there’s no chance to find likely source of a recent
search for a fisherman who him alive anymore.” outbreak of gastro-intestin-
went overboard Saturday Tremblay says the Joint al illness caused by E. coli
southwest of Yarmouth. Rescue Co-ordination Centre bacteria in Nova Scotia,
Lt.-Cmdr. Bruno Trem- was called Saturday with New Brunswick and On-
blay, a spokesman for the reports of a fisherman going tario, a health official said
navy in Halifax, says rescue overboard. THE CANADIAN PRESS Friday. THE CANADIAN PRESS
06 NEWS metronews.ca
Monday, January 14, 2013
Sanctuary claims Ikea
Aaron Swartz. Family of
Reddit co-creator blames
monkey was abused
prosecutors for suicide
The family of a Reddit co-
founder who committed sui-
cide weeks before he was to Custody battle. Court Semantics?
go on trial on federal charges
that he stole millions of schol- documents allege the
“She holds him by the neck to keep him still or
arly articles is blaming pros- family beat the animal,
ecutors for his death. above water.... The defence calls this strangulation.”
wanted its teeth pulled
Aaron Swartz hanged him-
Lawyer Ted Charney, alleging that the sanctuary considers normal pet handling “abuse.”
self in his Brooklyn apartment
Friday night, his family and
authorities said. The 26-year- The battle over a macaque Primate Sanctuary in Sunder- Nakhuda tried to return
old had fought to make online known as the Ikea monkey land, Ont., since he was found Darwin after a few days but
content free to the public and is heating up, with a primate in December wandering in the decided to keep him after the
as a teenager helped create sanctuary alleging his owners parking lot of a Toronto Ikea, dealer showed her how to
The monkey, Darwin
RSS, a family of web feed for- strangled the animal, hit him wearing a little shearling coat. abuse the monkey so he be-
mats used to gather updates with a spoon and planned to The sanctuary is trying to haved, the sanctuary alleges. HANDOUT/THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE
from blogs, news, audio and have his teeth removed. block efforts by Yasmin Nak- The whole family, including
video. But a lawyer representing huda, Darwin’s owner, to get Nakhuda’s husband and young make plans to have his teeth
In 2011, he was charged Aaron Swartz THE ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE the woman, who is trying to him back, and it’s now alleging sons, have abused Darwin since removed, the primate sanctu-
with stealing millions of sci- get her pet back, dismisses the in court documents filed Friday then, the sanctuary alleges. ary alleges.
entific journals from a JSTOR product of a criminal justice claims, saying they’re an at- that she abused him. They have hit him in the “There are many YouTube
computer archive at the Mas- system rife with intimidation tempt to discredit his client. Nakhuda has said that an head and face, forced him to videos which show Darwin
sachusetts Institute of Tech- and prosecutorial overreach. Anything can be claimed unidentified breeder gave Dar- live in a small dog crate and with the family looking just
nology in an attempt to make Decisions made by officials in such court documents, “no win to her as a gift. But the failed to change his diaper for fine and reveal a loving rela-
them freely available. in the Massachusetts U.S. At- matter how ridiculous,” Ted sanctuary alleges Nakhuda, a days, the sanctuary alleges. tionship,” Charney said. “Not
He had pleaded not guilty, torney’s office and at MIT con- Charney said in a statement. real-estate lawyer, was intro- Darwin was biting the one person has come forward
and his federal trial was to tributed to his death,” they The monkey named Darwin duced to an illegal exotic-ani- family to protect himself, to say they witnessed abuse.”
begin next month. If con- said. has resided at Story Book Farm mal dealer by a client. which prompted them to THE CANADIAN PRESS
victed, he faced decades in JSTOR didn’t press charges
prison and a fortune in fines. once it reclaimed the articles
In a statement released from Swartz, and some legal
Saturday, Swartz’s family in experts considered the case
Chicago expressed bitterness unfounded. JSTOR’s attorney
toward federal prosecutors even asked prosecutors not to
pursuing the case against him. pursue the case, according to
“Aaron’s death is not sim- Elliot Peters, Swartz’s defence
ply a personal tragedy. It is the attorney. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Attawapiskat. Mulcair
seeks hunger strike’s end
NDP Leader Tom Mulcair is that there has been a step in
calling on Attawapiskat Chief the right direction,” he said.
Theresa Spence to end her “It has been a year where
liquid-only diet. nothing was done after a very
Mulcair told CTV’s Ques- formal meeting. But finally
tion Period he’s always con- the government seems to be
cerned when someone seems moving.”
willing to end their own life. Spence has vowed to con-
He says Spence ought tinue her protest until First
to end her protest now fol- Nations leaders can get Harp-
lowing last week’s meeting er and Gov. Gen. David John- Un père, une mère! Hordes protest gay marriage in France
between Prime Minister Ste- ston in the same room.
phen Harper and First Na- Spence says she has been Women shout during a demonstration in Paris on Sunday. Many thousands of protesters are mobilizing against the French president’s plan to legalize
tions leaders. consuming nothing more gay marriage. The opposition to Francois Hollande’s plan has underscored divisions among the secular-but-Catholic French. But while polls show the
“I would sincerely call than fish broth and tea since majority still support legalizing gay marriage, that backing gets weaker when it comes to the raising of children. MICHEL EULER/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
upon Chief Spence to realize Dec. 11. THE CANADIAN PRESS
India sees another bus-based
Building
Weather
gang rape, 6 suspects arrested
Managers
Needed your cold.
Police said Sunday they have conductor took her to a build- ago in Ahmednagar district in
arrested six suspects in an- ing where they and another western India, the Press Trust
other gang rape of a bus pas- five friends took turns raping of India news agency reported.
To oversee daily senger in India, four weeks her overnight, Singh said. Her decomposed body was
operations of after a brutal attack on a stu- The driver dropped the found Friday.
dent on a bus in the capital woman off at her village early Police officer Sunita
assigned building.
outraged Indians and led to Saturday, he said. Thakare said the suspect com-
calls for tougher law. Singh said police arrested mitted the crime seven months
Please send resumes to Police officer Raj Jeet Singh six suspects on Saturday and after his release from prison,
[email protected] said a 29-year-old woman was were searching for another. having served nine years for
the only passenger on a bus as Gurmej Singh, deputy raping and murdering a girl in
and quote job BMNS
she was travelling to her vil- superintendent of police, said 2003, PTI reported.
lage in northern Punjab state all six admitted involvement The deadly rape of a
on Friday night. The driver in the rape. He said the victim 23-year-old student on a New
refused to stop at her village was recovering at home. Delhi bus in December set off
despite her repeated pleas and Also on Saturday, police ar- an impassioned debate about
drove her to a desolate loca- rested a 32-year-old man for what India needs to do to pre-
We’ll all feel better. tion, he said. allegedly raping and killing a vent such tragedies.
There, the driver and the nine-year-old girl two weeks THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
metronews.ca BUSINESS 07
Monday, January 14, 2013
Nortel verdict will send
message, observer says
Let your savings
Monday ruling. Former By the numbers
$9B
executives, accused of
cooking books, each face have a happy
up to 10 years in prison
The verdict will come on the same day that
mediation talks on the distribution of nearly
$9 billion in assets from the now-bankrupt
Three former Nortel execu- Nortel begin in Toronto. The weeklong
tives accused of orchestrating proceedings are part of an effort to settle the new year too.
a widespread multimillion- company’s creditor claims in Canada, the U.S.
dollar fraud will learn their fate and around the world.
Monday, nearly a year after one
of the largest criminal trials Ex-Nortel CEO Frank Dunn leaves a
in Canada’s corporate history Toronto court in this Jan. 16, 2012, signing off on financial state-
began. photo. On Monday, a judge will rule ments.
Ontario Superior Court Jus- on fraud charges against Dunn and Despite this, Canada is still
tice Frank Marrocco is set to two colleagues. THE CANADIAN PRESS FILE seen as soft on white-collar
rule on whether ex-CEO Frank crimes, especially when com-
Dunn, ex-CFO Douglas Beatty ecutor in the Bre-X Securities pared to the stiff sentences
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Protesters shout slogans during a demonstration, Sunday, against plans to restructure and partly privatize
the health-care sector in Madrid. The area’s regional government proposes selling off the management
of six of 20 large public hospitals and 27 of 268 health centres, and says the reforms are needed to secure
health services during the country’s economic crisis. Spain’s regions are struggling with a combined debt
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Monday, January 14, 2013
PRIVATE SECTOR
Anniversary picks up steam
ALSO A FISCAL
PLAYGROUND
London Tube
Restored-train
One of the enduring myths
URBAN among those who bow down trip marks 150th
COMPASS
Stephen Kimber to the gods of the marketplace
[email protected] is that someone who screws Metropolitan 1, a restored
up in the private sector — un- steam train built in 1898,
like the cosseted public sphere passes through Farring-
— will suffer inevitably dire consequences for failure. don Tube station on its
While there may be truth to that at the lower rungs of journey between Olympia
the corporate ladder, those at the top seem well insulated Tube station in the west to
from the rigors of marketplace discipline. Moorgate station in London
Case in point: Rob Bennett, until last week the on Sunday.
president and chief operat- The trip was part of
ing officer of Nova Scotia celebrations for the 150th
CEO of Nova Scotia Power Power, 2011 salary circa anniversary of the Lon-
$1.15 million, up 23 per don Underground Tube
Last week, Emera, NSP’s
cent from the year before. system. The first stretch of
parent company, Last month, the Nova the world-famous network
announced Bennett Scotia Utilities Review opened to the public on
Board issued its decision on Jan. 10, 1863.
would become its
NSP’s latest rate increase re- THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
executive vice-president quest. While granting three
and chief operating per cent increases in 2013 Underground
and 2014, the board tore a
officer, a job that didn’t
strip off Nova Scotia Power
exist before it was management, which is to Onlookers catch
created, coincidentally, say Bennett. glimpse of history
It disallowed $4.5 million
just in time for Bennett’s
in fuel costs the company Tourists waiting for the
soft landing. had claimed in 2010 and morning subway train to
2011, arguing NSP could Madame Tussauds were
have purchased fuel more cheaply. treated to the unusual
And it expressed its “dismay and concern” over the sight. Hundreds of train
company’s “unreasonable … inappropriate … inexplicable fans, costume-wearing
… inexcusable” conduct during the hearings. enthusiasts, and curious
After spending $2 million to hire 10 experts and filing onlookers gathered at plat-
over 1,000 pages of evidence to attack an independent forms and bridges across
auditor’s conclusions, the company — on the very last day the city to watch as the
of the hearings — revealed important information about locomotive transported pas-
its fuel market dealings, which, the board noted, added sengers on the iconic trip.
“significant time, cost and rancor, unnecessarily” to the THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
proceedings.
The URB fined NSP $2 million for bad behaviour. Chugging along
Let’s see … two-million to unsuccessfully contest the
audit, $2 million for conduct unbecoming and $4.5 million
Mayor calls
more to cover disallowed fuel costs. That’s $8.5 million.
And don’t forget during Bennett’s four-year watch, a ride ‘romantic’
$93-million heat recovery project went 40 per cent over
budget and the company had to swallow more costs be- London Mayor Boris
cause of delays in moving into its new corporate head- Johnson was among the
quarters. invited passengers aboard
Did Bennett walk the plank for his transgressions? Fall the historic black-and-red
on his sword in shame? locomotive. He said the trip
Not exactly. Last week, Emera, NSP’s parent company, was “romantic,” describ-
announced Bennett would become its executive vice- ing “thick clouds of white
president and chief operating officer, a job that didn’t steam going past and then
exist before it was created, coincidentally, just in time for bits of soot coming through
Bennett’s soft landing. from the engine.”
Ah, yes, the private sector. Where the consequences of ALASTAIR GRANT/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
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People refused to venture metre. in shape in 2013? @_kales: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)
outdoors and buildings The centre recom- Not 1, not 2, but 3 people pulled
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murky skyline on Sunday the elderly stay indoors. 22% For the love of god someone get work. Watch your speed #dart-
as the air quality in China’s The U.S. Environmental 67% TAKE UP the @MSVU_Halifax Internet mouth & #halifax
notoriously polluted capital Protection Agency’s air qual- GET OUTSIDE DASANLCSINA G fixed!!!! #MacProblems #Tonsof-
went off the index. ity index goes up to only homework #frustrated
The Beijing Municipal 500, and the agency advises @jamiekyte: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:3)
Environmental Monitor- that anything greater than Radio stations in between from
ing Center said the density 300 would trigger a health 0% 11% @ptracz: (cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580)(cid:580) Sydney to Halifax absolutely
of PM2.5 particulates had warning of “emergency HIT THE GYM HIDE THE #sailing in #Halifax Harbour on a suck..... Oh my sweet lord my
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