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• Stericyle wins approval of air, waste permits for moving its medical-waste incinerator to Tooele County
  

  01-09-2017 23:52
  Stericycle’s embattled medical waste incinerator in North Salt Lake is one step closer to moving to a larger, more rural facility in Tooele County.Utah’s Department of Environmental Quality on Friday approved air and solid waste permits for the proposed Tooele County facility, allowing the company to dispose of human tissue and fluid, surgical tools, pharmaceuticals and other waste. The permits also set limits on the amount of pollution the incinerator may release at the Tooele site.
  
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• Harvey flooding will lead to ‘massive, massive cleanup process,’ Texas governor says

  01-09-2017 23:50
  Beaumont, Texas • A week after Hurricane Harvey slammed into Texas as a Category 4 monster, millions of people across the Gulf Coast struggled Friday with the unfathomable misery left behind as tens of thousands were left without drinking water, forced from homes or trapped in cities transformed into islands.Federal officials kept up a tense watch at a storm-ravaged chemical plant east of Houston, where some of the volatile organic peroxides stored there had ignited a day earlier. Officials
  
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• Utah Republicans, with help from Democrats, send a semitrailer loaded with relief supplies to hurricane-hit Texas

  01-09-2017 23:25
  Saying they are pushing aside partisanship to help Hurricane Harvey victims, a relief effort spearheaded by Utah Republicans — but attracting plenty of donations by local Democrats — sent a truckload of supplies to Texas on Friday.“It was totally stuffed. And we’re starting to fill up a second semi,” said Jeremy Roberts, relief organizer and co-chairman of the Lincoln Club for the Salt Lake County Republican Party. He adds a small caravan of volunteers also is accom
  
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• Pope Francis, Orthodox Patriarch Bartholomew blame ‘moral decay’ for ecology crisis, urge all to ‘heal our wounded creation’

  01-09-2017 22:58
  Vatican City • Pope Francis and the spiritual leader of the world’s Orthodox Christians issued a joint appeal Friday for political leaders to “support the consensus of the world” that climate change and other environmental ills have created an ecological crisis that is harming the world’s poorest the most.Francis and Patriarch Bartholomew I called for urgent action to “heal our wounded creation,” warning that generations to come will suffer unless concret
  
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• Years ago, Pope Francis saw Jewish psychoanalyst to seek ‘clarity’

  01-09-2017 22:53
  Vatican City • Pope Francis says that when he was 42, he had sessions weekly with a female psychoanalyst, who was Jewish, to “clarify some things.”It wasn’t specified what the future pontiff wanted to explore. The revelation came in a dozen conversations Francis had with French sociologist Dominique Wolton, writing a soon-to-be-published book.La Stampa, an Italian daily, quoting Friday from some of the conversations, said Francis went to the analyst’s home. Francis w
  
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• Mueller examining Trump’s draft letter firing FBI Director Comey

  01-09-2017 22:53
  Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is reviewing a letter drafted by President Donald Trump and a top aide in the days before the firing of FBI Director James Comey laying out in detail why the president wanted to get rid of the country’s top law enforcement official, according to people familiar with the Mueller probe.The multipage letter enumerated Trump’s long-simmering complaints with Comey, according to people familiar with it, including Trump’s frustration that Comey wa
  
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• After his death, Notorious B.I.G.’s mom becomes his No.1 fan

  01-09-2017 22:48
  During the late 1990s when the Notorious B.I.G. emerged as rap’s top performer, detailing street life in Brooklyn on songs and albums that dominated the pop charts, his mother didn’t think much of his music, which she used to call “noise.”Now, she can’t live without that noise.Voletta Wallace says after her son died in 1997, she connected with his music and fell in love with Christopher Wallace, the artist.“I remembered my son said, ‘Don’t listen t
  
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• Trump’s travel ban scares Utah Muslims from participating in a pillar of their faith — going to Mecca

  01-09-2017 22:17
  President Donald Trump says he’s all for religious freedom. He counsels with pastors about it in private. He stumps for it in public. He even signed an executive order to bolster it in a full-blown White House ceremony.But his policies — especially his so-called “travel ban” — and his pronouncements are preventing some U.S. Muslims from practicing their religion. They’re afraid, it turns out, to fulfill one of their faith’s most fundamental obligations:
  
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• Utah Film Center celebrates 15 years of sharing cinema with a Sundance-savvy audience

  01-09-2017 22:16
  When Geralyn Dreyfous, Nicole Guillemet and Kathryn Toll brought their experience in the film industry together in 2002 to form what would become the Utah Film Center, they had one main story to tell — sharing the art of nonfiction and independent cinema to Utah audiences.In its early days, the center consisted of the three women networking with film industry and local community members to organize screenings and sending off news releases and emails from their laptops in random locations a
  
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• Report finds transgender students' needs aren't being met in K-12 schools

  01-09-2017 22:14
  St. George • It’s the time of year when crosswalks are busy, school zone signs are flashing, and finding a No. 2 pencil at the drugstore may not be so easy.Back-to-school season is obvious, especially in an area like southern Utah where there’s a high concentration of young families.Something perhaps not as apparent, though, are the silent struggles transgender students in Utah’s public school system face.From social rejection to violence to substance abuse, the Centers fo
  
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• Anne Applebaum: What a hurricane tells us about local news

  01-09-2017 22:14
  I am thousands of miles away, but I still turned to Chron.com, a website of the Houston Chronicle, to figure out what was going on in Texas this week. A widely shared video showing water pouring into the studio of KHOU, a Houston television station, was the first clue I had to the severity of the flooding. Even from afar, it was clear that local journalists were leading the effort to inform people on the ground, explaining how to get rescued, where to go and what to do. What if they hadn’t
  
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• Sheep dogs back at work in annual Utah competition

  01-09-2017 22:10
  Here are scenes from the opening Friday of the Supreme Source Soldier Hollow Classic Sheep Dog Trials at in Midway.
  The trials, which continue through Monday at Soldier Hollow, feature many of the world’s top sheep dogs from Scotland, Ireland, South Africa, Canada, Germany and the United States.“Every year more than 23,000 spectators come to Soldier Hollow to cheer on the best sheep dogs and handlers in the world,” Mark Petersen, Soldier Hollow Classic founder, said in a news r
  
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• Woman dies in North Salt Lake crash

  01-09-2017 21:23
  A Friday morning two-vehicle crash in North Salt Lake killed a woman and seriously injured a male driver.
  Public safety dispatchers said the collision between a flat bed truck and a mini-van occurred about 8:45 a.m. at the intersection of 2600 South and Wildcat Way.The driver of the truck was not reported injured, but a 69-year-old female passenger in the van was killed in the accident.North Salt Lake police did not immediately answer calls seeking further details on the condition of the injured
  
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• [CBS Sports] - Utah Jazz, Rodney Hood reportedly begin contract extension discussions - CBSSports.com

  01-09-2017 21:20 via sportspyder.com
  ... ason, the role for the fourth-year veteran will no doubt be increased as the Jazz look to replace Hayward's All-Star level production. Hood, 24, is eligible f ...
  
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• [Yahoo Sports: The Vertical] - Report: Jazz, Hood open contract extension negotiations

  01-09-2017 20:56 via sportspyder.com
  ... o donate $1M to Hurricane Harvey relief nba 2d ago Advertisement nba Report: Jazz, Hood open contract extension negotiations by Patrick Britton 38m ago Kyle T ...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Gordon Hayward, probably inadvertently, tweaks Utah Jazz fans during Boston interview

  01-09-2017 20:56 via sportspyder.com
  ... st knowledgeable in the NBA. At the same time, it’s not difficult to see how Jazz fans could be offended. Like Boston fans, Utah fans are very knowledgeable a ...
  
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• ‘Who doesn’t want to hit a politician?’: Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes is fighting a boxing pro for charity

  01-09-2017 20:50
  Holladay • For Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes there are some strong similarities between politics and what he calls the sweet science of his beloved sport of boxing.Both require tenacity, discipline and a strength of will, because whether stepping into the ring or a squabble on Capitol Hill, the outcomes are always unknown.“My politics matches my fight game,” said Hughes, “I lead with my chin and I’m always getting hit.”That may be literally true later this mon
  
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• Salt Lake City’s mayor, police chief apologize for officer handcuffing nurse who refused blood draw of unconscious patient

  01-09-2017 20:44
  Salt Lake City’s mayor and police chief apologized Friday for an officer handcuffing a hospital nurse for refusing a blood draw from an unconscious patient.Police Chief Mike Brown said in a statement, “I was alarmed by what I saw in the video with our officer and Ms. [Alex] Wubbles. I am sad at the rift this has caused between law-enforcement and the nurses we work so closely with. I want to be clear, we take this very seriously.”Brown added: “We’ve looked at the ac
  
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• Gordon Hayward, probably inadvertently, tweaks Utah Jazz fans during Boston interview

  01-09-2017 20:42
  Gordon Hayward was likely trying to endear himself to his new fan base.But he may have infuriated his old one in doing so.In a Friday press conference held for Hayward and Kyrie Irving — who the Boston Celtics officially traded for this week — Hayward was asked what he liked about his new team and new town.His answer?“What’s special about here is it seems they are especially educated sports fans. They know a little more here.”One should give Hayward, who played for
  
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• [The Score] - Report: Jazz, Hood open contract extension negotiations

  01-09-2017 20:41 via sportspyder.com
  ... shooting 40.8 percent from the field and 37.1 percent from distance with the Jazz last season. Advertisement Related Articles Advertisement The ultimate, pers ...
  
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• Salt Lake City police trying to contain armed man near 500 South and 500 East

  01-09-2017 20:41
  Salt Lake City police on Friday were trying to “contain” an armed man in the area of 500 South and 500 East.
  SLCPD Detective Richard Chipping said the reportedly suicidal man had been “moving all around” on the street in that area.
  At about 12:40 p.m., the man was sitting with a phone to his ear and a handgun to his chin, according to Tribune photographer Trent Nelson.
  Chipping said police were initially called at 11:37 a.m.
  Police had closed streets in the area and were
  
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• Sen. Orrin Hatch tells Trump to save DACA program for young immigrants

  01-09-2017 20:35
  Utah Sen. Orrin Hatch called President Donald Trump on Thursday and urged him not to dissolve an Obama-era program protecting young immigrants from deportation.“Like the president, I’ve long advocated for tougher enforcement of our existing immigration laws,” the Republican senator said in a statement. “But we also need a workable, permanent solution for individuals who entered our country unlawfully as children through no fault of their own and who have built their lives
  
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• BYU football: Cougars will be big underdogs in the Big Easy against almost-home LSU

  01-09-2017 20:34
  New Orleans • It seemed like a good idea at the time.Having mostly held their own in several college football games at NFL stadiums against Power Five schools since going independent in 2011, the BYU Cougars agreed in January of 2015 to meet SEC power LSU in Houston, a four-hour drive from Baton Rouge but also a city with a large number of BYU fans.Then Hurricane Harvey happened, creating massive flooding in South Texas and forcing the AdvoCare Texas Kickoff to be moved out of Houston to Ne
  
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• [Deseret Morning News] - Hayward happy to be reunited with Stevens, praises 'educated' Celtics fans in press conference with Irving

  01-09-2017 20:33 via sportspyder.com
  ... ayward also praised educated Celtics fans, something that is sure upset some Jazz fans. Hayward: "What's special about here is it seems they are especially ed ...
  
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• Trial date set for Cliven Bundy, 6 others in Nevada standoff

  01-09-2017 20:32
  Las Vegas • An October date was set on Thursday for the trial of Nevada cattleman and state’s rights figure Cliven Bundy and six other defendants in an armed standoff that stopped government agents from rounding up Bundy cattle near Bunkerville in 2014.Jury selection will start Oct. 10 in Las Vegas for Bundy, two of his sons and four other men, Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro decided. The trial will include two defendants who were released to home detention after their recent
  
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• Digital 2nd opinion: Utah hospitals picked to develop new algorithms for cancer screening

  01-09-2017 20:32
  Dana Lombardi’s life changed with one phone call from her mother’s cousin four years ago.The relative recounted how she, all of her female cousins and her 32-year-old pregnant daughter had diagnosed with breast cancer at some point. Given that Lombardi’s mother also had the disease, her mom’s cousin urged Lombardi to get tested soon as well.
  The 39-year-old Salt Lake City resident immediately made appointments for herself and her sister. She tested positive
  
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• John McCain: A charge to my fellow members of Congress

  01-09-2017 20:31
  Americans recoiled from the repugnant spectacle of white supremacists marching in Charlottesville to promote their un-American “blood and soil” ideology. There is nothing in their hate-driven racism that can match the strength of a nation conceived in liberty and comprising 323 million souls of different origins and opinions who are equal under the law.Most of us share Heather Heyer’s values, not the depravity of the man who took her life. We are the country that led the free w
  
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• Video shows Utah nurse screaming, being handcuffed after refusing to take blood from unconscious victim

  01-09-2017 20:29
  A nurse says she was assaulted and illegally arrested by a Salt Lake City police detective for following a hospital policy that does not allow blood draws from unconscious patients.Footage from University Hospital and officer body cameras shows Detective Jeff Payne and nurse Alex Wubbels in a standoff over whether the policeman should be allowed to get a blood sample from a patient who had been injured in a July 26 collision in northern Utah that left another driver dead.Wubbels says blood canno
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Derrick Favors is a Sleeping Giant

  01-09-2017 20:21 via sportspyder.com
  ... lly good. From the looks of it, this has been his best offseason so far. The Jazz are investing in him this summer and I’m pretty confident this will pay off. ...
  
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• [Hoops Rumors] - Jazz, Rodney Hood Begin Discussing Extension

  01-09-2017 20:21 via sportspyder.com
  ... ency, says Jones. [RELATED: ] However, the Jazz are interested in getting something done with Hood before the 2017/18 regula ...
  
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• Hayward happy to be reunited with Stevens, praises 'educated' Celtics fans in press conference with Irving

  01-09-2017 20:19
  BOSTON — Kyrie Irving says his decision to ask the Cavaliers to trade him was not about LeBron James but a desire to maximize his potential.Irving and Gordon Hayward were introduced as members the Boston Celtics on Friday, two days after the blockbuster trade was completed. Boston sent Isaiah Thomas, Jae Crowder, Ante Zizic and two draft picks to Cleveland for Irving. Hayward signed as a free agent in July.Hayward says he's happy to be reunited with his college coach, Brad Stevens. Hayward
  
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• Brewvies celebrates liquor lawsuit win with festival pairing beer and once-banned movies

  01-09-2017 20:10
  Brewvies Cinema Pub will hold a free film festival to celebrate Thursday’s federal court decision, one that allows the Salt Lake City business to serve alcohol during R-rated movies without fear of reprisal from the state.
  The Freedom Film Series will include all the R-rated movies that the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (DABC) claimed violated state law. The lineup will be announced today during a 2 p.m. news conference at the theater, 677 S. 200 West, but will likely inclu
  
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• Cedar Breaks celebrates new trail as part of 84th anniversary

  01-09-2017 20:09
  Cedar Breaks National Monument recently celebrated its 84th anniversary by dedicating a new paved all-access trail.Franklin Roosevelt used the Antiquities Act to designate the Cedar City-area park as a national monument on Aug. 22, 1933.To celebrate, park officials dedicated a 2-mile round-trip paved ADA-ABA-accessible trail.The new trail leads visitors past the Point Supreme picnic area and campground and ends at the Sunset Overlook.It offers all ages and abilities a chance to enjoy a walk in t
  
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• Spoon serves up a big portion of ‘creative freedom’ with ‘Hot Thoughts’

  01-09-2017 19:58
  Review-aggregate website Metacritic dubbed Austin-based indie-rockers Spoon the most critically acclaimed band of the aughts.Story after story refers to the group as “one of the most consistent bands out there,” whatever that means.Given that the group’s latest offering, “Hot Thoughts,” sees the guitars turned way down and the synths way up, it certainly isn’t some misguided testament to album-to-album sonic fidelity.Keyboardist/guitarist Alex Fischel wouldn&r
  
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• New arena adds entertainment options at Utah State Fair

  01-09-2017 19:58
  Rodeo is back at the Utah State Fair, thanks to a new 10,000-seat outdoor arena on the Fairpark grounds.The new Days of ’47 Arena “opens up the door for a lot of opportunities, for a lot of different events,” said Jeff Kooring, director of sales and marketing for the Utah State Fair Corporation, which runs the Fairpark and the fair, whose 162nd edition opens Thursday and runs through Sept. 17.The Utah’s Own PRCA Rodeo, running Sept. 8-10, is one of five events slated for
  
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• Medical waste burning plant Stericycle, Inc. will move to a more rural area of Utah

  01-09-2017 19:49
  Utah air quality regulators have approved plans from a medical waste burning plant cited for toxic emissions in a neighborhood to relocate to a more rural part of the state.Utah’s Division of Air Quality on Friday approved a plan from Illinois-based Stericycle, Inc. to relocate its incinerator from North Salt Lake City to Tooele County and burn two and half times more medical waste each year.The waste includes human tissue and fluid, surgical tools, needles, vaccines and pharmaceuticals.St
  
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• Gordon Hayward, Colts fan, received 'welcome' text from Tom Brady

  01-09-2017 19:47
  The Boston Celtics introduced Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward in a press conference. But Hayward will now live in NFL enemy territory.
  Lets go colts
  — Gordon Hayward (@gordonhayward) January 11, 2015Hayward, who is originally from Indiana, grew up a fan of the Indianapolis Colts. Indianapolis has had a rivalry with the New England Patriots as folks who root for the Colts supported quarterback Peyton Manning, who often competed against Tom Brady of the Patriots during his NFL care
  
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• Off-duty police officer finds body on Riverton trail

  01-09-2017 19:26
  An off-duty Murray police officer found a body on a trail in Riverton on Friday morning. Investigators don’t believe the 60-year-old male’s death is suspicious, said Unified Police Detective Ken Hansen. The man’s identity has not been released pending family notification. The Salt Lake Tribune will update this story as more information becomes available.
  
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• Crews making slow, steady progress on Utah wildfires

  01-09-2017 19:15
  Crews were making slow, steady progress in containing several active wildfires in northern and central Utah heading into the Labor Day weekend.
  The largest, the lightning-sparked Tank Hollow Fire, had scorched 4,710 acres of timber, grass and brush in Spanish Fork Canyon as of Friday. Ignited during thunderstorms that rolled through the region on Aug. 11, the blaze was 40 percent contained, said Fire Information Officer Jason Curry.
  Full containment was not expected until Oct. 15. Crews were let
  
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• Scott D. Pierce: Trump is now part of FX’s ‘American Horror Story’

  01-09-2017 19:09
  After six seasons filled with ghosts, demons, witches, mutants, aliens and vampires, “American Horror Story” is going in a different direction. Season 6, subtitled “Cult,” has no supernatural elements. “We don’t have any of that this year,” said Ryan Murphy, the show‘s executive producer. “It really is about the cultive personality, and the scares come from that.” The horror centers on Kai Anderson (Evan Peters), a big supporter of Don
  
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• McDonald's offers free back-to-school breakfast on Wednesday, Sept. 6

  01-09-2017 19:08
  McDonald’s restaurants in Utah, western Wyoming and eastern Nevada will give free “Back-to-School” breakfasts to elementary and middle-grade students on Wednesday, Sept. 6.The free breakfast is available at participating restaurants from 6:30 to 8:30 a.m. and includes a free Egg McMuffin or Egg White Delight McMuffin, apple slices and choice of milk or apple juice.The offer is available to students in kindergarten through eighth grade who are accompanied by a parent or adult. O
  
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• Police respond to fatal crash in Woods Cross

  01-09-2017 18:51
  North Salt Lake police are investigating a fatal crash in Woods Cross Friday morning. The crash happened near 2600 South Wildcat Way, confirmed North Salt Lake Sgt. Mitch Gwilliam.The Salt Lake Tribune will update this story as information becomes available.  Traffic accident blocking 2600 south and wildcat way, pls avoid the area. Use alt routes.— SOUTHDAVISMETROFIRE (@SDMFA) September 1, 2017
  
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• BYU student Nadia Khristean using her (singing) voice to make a difference

  01-09-2017 18:34
  One Christmastime just after the start of the new millennium, a young Nadia Khristean was sitting on the kitchen counter of her South Jordan home having her father try to explain the war in Iraq to her.It proved a formative moment.“I just remember sitting there thinking, ‘Man, what if there’s another girl out there my age and her dad wasn’t going to come home for Christmas?’ ” the now-22-year-old Khristean said. “And from there, it just inspired me to wr
  
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