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• [The Daily Herald] - Bowen remains in NBA draft amid ongoing federal probe

  30-05-2018 23:48 via sportspyder.com
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• [The Daily Herald] - 76ers exec accused of trashing others anonymously on Twitter

  30-05-2018 23:48 via sportspyder.com
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• Sixers GM Bryan Colangelo is accused of trashing others, including his players, anonymously on Twitter

  30-05-2018 23:35
  Philadelphia • The Philadelphia 76ers are investigating whether team president Bryan Colangelo used a variety of Twitter accounts to anonymously trash some of his own players and fellow executives and defend himself against criticism from fans and the sports media.The allegations, reported Tuesday by the sports website The Ringer, raised questions about Colangelo’s future and that of the NBA team itself, a rising franchise heading into perhaps its most important summer ever as it trie
  
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• [Standard-Examiner] - Ryan Richardson works out for Utah Jazz, describes Weber State’s raised profile

  30-05-2018 23:22 via sportspyder.com
  ...don’t know about it. It’s definitely changed.” Walt Perrin, who coordinates Jazz workouts as vice president of player personnel, admitted the players in the...
  
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• Sixers GM Bryan Colangelo’s accused of trashing others, including his players, anonymously on Twitter

  30-05-2018 23:22
  Philadelphia • The Philadelphia 76ers are investigating whether team president Bryan Colangelo used a variety of Twitter accounts to anonymously trash some of his own players and fellow executives and defend himself against criticism from fans and the sports media.The allegations, reported Tuesday by the sports website The Ringer , raised questions about Colangelo’s future and that of the NBA team itself, a rising franchise heading into perhaps its most important summer ever as it tri
  
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• 12-time champion Novak Djokovic admits lack of confidence after French Open win

  30-05-2018 23:21
  Paris • Despite all of Novak Djokovic’s success over the years — the 12 major championships, the career Grand Slam, the time ranked No. 1 — he still finds himself searching for self-confidence these days.That’s what an elbow injury and forced absence from the ATP tour can do to a player.Djokovic was reflective and revealing Wednesday after moving into the third round at the French Open by virtue of a self-described up-and-down performance in a 7-6 (1), 6-4, 6-4 victo
  
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• A familiar look in the NBA Finals will yield a familiar result: Warriors should win fourth straight meeting with Cavs handily

  30-05-2018 23:18
  So. We have a fourth edition of the Golden State Warriors and Cleveland Cavaliers meeting in the NBA Finals, with Game 1 looming Thursday night at Oracle Arena.But, the big question is, do we want this? In large part, we have a good idea how this is going to go. Since the Warriors added Kevin Durant to a team that won 73 regular-season games in 2016, Golden State has been mostly unstoppable. Not even a Houston Rockets team that added Chris Paul and seemingly all of the great wing defenders in th
  
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• Former bishop creates support group, explains how to be a good Mormon and still embrace the LGBTQ community

  30-05-2018 23:05
  Richard Ostler served three years as the bishop of a Mormon congregation for young single adults.His Magna congregation was primarily heterosexual men and women, but there were a handful of lesbians and gays among the flock. That demographic breakdown was hardly unique, but it marked a turning point for the father of six.“My whole life, straight people have told me how to feel about LGBTQ people and I wondered how much homophobia was inside of me because I let them define that,” he s
  
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• New Utah Valley Express previews future Wasatch Front transit: $1 million buses designed to act like trains in exclusive highway lanes

  30-05-2018 23:04
  The sleek $1 million electric hybrid Utah Valley Express bus is designed to look and act more like a rail car. Its station platforms are even elevated like a train’s, so passengers will not walk up bus stairs. It has its own exclusive highway lanes — akin to a train using unshared tracks — for half of its 10.5-mile route through Provo and Orem, and will have priority control at traffic signals to speed it along.It is 60 feet long instead of 40 like most buses, with an accordion
  
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• Just days before the big parade, an open letter pushes the Utah Pride Center to drop national banks as sponsors

  30-05-2018 23:04
  Members of the state’s LGBT community have sent an open letter requesting that the Utah Pride Center drop Chase Bank and Wells Fargo as sponsors of the center and the annual parade taking place this Sunday, saying these banks have a “history of discrimination against the most at-risk in [the LGBT] communities.”The letter also asked for the center to re-examine its own board of directors seeking more diversity and new ways to select members.The letter, sent Tuesday morning, had
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Trump is no patriot — and we all should say so

  30-05-2018 23:00
  It was once unseemly to question the patriotism of political opponents. These days, though, our tribal politics seem based on the noxious idea that those who disagree with us do not love our country. But hurling accusations that one’s political views render one unpatriotic or un-American is a far different thing than calling out a politician who disdains our democracy, its institutions and its citizens. To avoid labeling such actions as anti-American or unpatriotic would be akin to giving
  
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• Commentary: Ex-polygamist details his flight from half-brother Warren Jeffs and the FLDS to his new home in mainstream Mormonism

  30-05-2018 23:00
  When Wallace Jeffs left the polygamous Fundamentalist Church of Jesus of Latter Day Saints led by his older half-brother, the infamous prophet Warren Jeffs, he lost his family of two wives and 20 children. The worst had happened. For years, Wallace Jeffs had suppressed any misgivings about the church because of his fear that its leaders would hold his family hostage.So he began helping the FBI amass a case against his half-brother and sued the church for custody of his children. As he recounts i
  
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• Sen. Flake opposes controversial Utahn nominated to head refugee program and could sink Trump’s pick

  30-05-2018 22:46
  Washington • Sen. Jeff Flake said this week he would oppose the nomination of Utahn Ronald Mortensen for a top State Department job overseeing refugees because of his past rhetoric against immigrants, becoming the first Republican senator to publicly balk at President Donald Trump’s pick. Flake, an Arizona Mormon who is not seeking re-election, tweeted Tuesday night that, “This nominee will not have my support.” His office didn’t immediately respond to a question ab
  
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• ...where Jazz players roast each other ☕️ twitter.com/TwitterSports/…

  30-05-2018 22:33 via twitter.com
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• Congratulations to @spidadmitchell on receiving the Leader of the New School Award from the @TheNBPA! These awards… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  30-05-2018 22:26 via twitter.com
  Congratulations to @spidadmitchell on receiving the Leader of the New School Award from the @TheNBPA!These awards… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [Clutchpoints] - Jazz rumors: Donovan Mitchell likes burner account tweet about Ben Simmons’ potential injury lie

  30-05-2018 22:09 via sportspyder.com
  ... tial injury lie Connect with us ClutchPoints Jazz rumors: Donovan Mitchell likes burner account tweet about Ben Simmons’ poten ...
  
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• Facebook to build a massive data center in Eagle Mountain, gets a $150 million tax incentive

  30-05-2018 22:08
  Eagle Mountain • Social media giant Facebook is set to bring its next data center here. Utah government leaders revealed the company’s identity Wednesday after months of closed-door negotiations.The project, publicly known only as “Steeplechase” before Thursday’s announcement, includes roughly $150 million in property tax incentives for Facebook, which in turn will invest $100 million in road and utility enhancements for Utah County’s west side.Facebook will al
  
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• Letter: I pray that justice fought and died for will become justice for all

  30-05-2018 22:00
  I don’t believe our anthem or flag are disrespected as much by kneeling as by greedy politicians who for decades have maliciously played with black lives, veterans’ lives and countless other lives in order to stuff wallets and further dirty careers. We pay our athletes ridiculously to wear helmets and beat the hell out of each other for our amusement — and then we’re outraged when some of them take the brain-bashing spotlight and kneel intelligently to shine it on somethi
  
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• Kardashian West headed to the White House to talk pardon

  30-05-2018 21:25
  Washington • Reality TV star Kim Kardashian West is heading to the White House Wednesday to make a star-powered case for prison reform and advocate on behalf of a great-grandmother serving a life sentence.Kardashian West has urged the president to pardon Alice Marie Johnson, 63, who is serving a life sentence without parole for a non-violent drug offense.In an interview with Mic, Kardashian West said she’d been moved by Johnson’s story after seeing a video by the news outlet.&ld
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Andre Iguodala out for Golden State in Game 1 of NBA Finals

  30-05-2018 21:15 via sportspyder.com
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• [The Daily Herald] - Mother of G League player who died sues NBA, Pistons

  30-05-2018 21:02 via sportspyder.com
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• Conor Sen: Abrams’ victory in Georgia sharpens Democrats’ debate about how to win

  30-05-2018 21:00
  There is a growing debate within the Democratic Party about the kind of candidate who would be best positioned to beat President Donald Trump in 2020. Would it be one with a working-class message like Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont? Or would it be a more establishment figure with a similar appeal like former Vice President Joe Biden?The victory of Stacey Abrams, an African-American woman, in the Georgia Democratic gubernatorial primary on May 22 is a reminder that nothing matters unless you firs
  
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• Warriors’ Andre Iguodala out for Game 1 of the NBA Finals

  30-05-2018 20:58
  Oakland, Calif. • Golden State forward Andre Iguodala will be out for Game 1 of the NBA Finals on Thursday night as he recovers from a bone bruise in his left knee that cost him the final four games of the Western Conference finals.The Warriors said Iguodala, who was injured in Game 3 against the Rockets on May 20, was evaluated Tuesday and is making progress but still has the bruise and inflammation of the nerve surrounding his knee. Coach Steve Kerr has said Iguodala wouldn’t play u
  
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• Facebook to bring data center to Eagle Mountain

  30-05-2018 20:40
  Eagle Mountain • Social media giant Facebook is set to bring its next data center here. Utah government leaders revealed the company’s identity Wednesday after months of closed-door negotiations.The project, publicly known only as “Steeplechase” before Thursday’s announcement, includes roughly $150 million in property tax incentives for Facebook, which in turn will invest $100 million in road and utility enhancements for Utah County’s west side.Facebook will al
  
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  30-05-2018 20:36 via twitter.com
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2018 Utah Jazz Team Grades: Georges Niang

  30-05-2018 20:31 via sportspyder.com
  ...70% (not a typo) while playing with the Salt Lake City Stars. With the Utah Jazz, however, there wasn’t a place for a developing wing on a team trying to dev ...
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Position-by-position matchups for the NBA Finals

  30-05-2018 20:23 via sportspyder.com
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• Barr blames Ambien for tweet; drug maker replies

  30-05-2018 20:14
  New York • The maker of Ambien said Wednesday that “racism is not a known side effect” after Roseanne Barr cited the insomnia drug in explaining the tweet that led ABC to cancel her show.Hours after ABC pulled the plug on “Roseanne” because of her offensive tweet about former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett — and quickly breaking a promise to stay off Twitter — the comedian was busy posting on the social media platform.Barr tweeted that what she did was unf
  
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• Because this league never sleeps... #WallpaperWednesday https://t.co/CnAXb3scsm

  30-05-2018 20:07 via twitter.com
  
  Because this league never sleeps...#WallpaperWednesday https://t.co/CnAXb3scsm
  
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• Letter: Cuts to The Tribune are punishing me — the reader

  30-05-2018 20:00
  Going … going … almost gone.I realize that times for print news are tough and The Salt Lake Tribune needs to find ways to cut costs to operate the paper. Is a constant shrinking of the size of the product, and allowing the loss of beloved writers like Paul Rolly and Paul Krugman, really the way to go here?If McDonald’s were to regularly cut out ingredients like lettuce one day, and cheese the next, how long do you think I’d continue to order Big Macs?You’re pushin
  
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• Kelsey Chugg is the third Utahn to play in the U.S. Women’s Open in this century

  30-05-2018 20:00
  Kelsey Chugg initially was so excited about earning a berth in the U.S. Women’s Open that she told her friends she wouldn’t even care if she finished last. That’s not exactly true. Chugg, a Salt Lake City resident and former Weber State golfer, remains thrilled to be playing this week at Shoal Creek in Alabama, but she clearly is hoping for a decent showing. Teeing off Thursday morning, the Utah Golf Association staff member will become the first golfer with Utah ties to compet
  
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• Colorectal cancer screening should start at age 45, not 50, American Cancer Society says

  30-05-2018 20:00
  The American Cancer Society, responding to a rise in colorectal cancer rates among younger people, is now recommending that adults undergo screening for the disease beginning at age 45 rather than 50.The organization, which announced the change in its guidelines Wednesday, said extensive analysis showed that lowering the starting age for screening would save lives. The recommendations apply to adults who are at average risk of the disease; this includes most people in the United States.George Ch
  
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• Letter: Separating mothers from their children is cruel and inhumane

  30-05-2018 19:55
  Separating mothers from their children does not represent the values we teach our children or aspire to as a nation. The Trump administration’s anti-immigration and anti-refugee actions harm our families, communities, economy and country.I had a friend who had a lady who helped her take care of her elderly father and it slipped out she was here illegally. She came here to have a better life for her son, away from the violence and the corruption. She panicked when the information came out a
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Is Virtual Reality the future for NBA Broadcasts?

  30-05-2018 19:45 via sportspyder.com
  ... imagine seeing live in 3D?! Here is the 2D highlight footage from one of the Jazz broadcasts to give an example. But there’s really no way to truly experience ...
  
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• [KSL] - Patrick Kinahan: Mitchell chips away at Jazz stereotypes

  30-05-2018 19:20 via sportspyder.com
  ... ive prospects from Utah, UVU, Weber State and Westminster worked out for the Jazz. The ghost of Derek Harper finally has been buried. In 1997, during a season ...
  
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• Commentary: How many students must die before Congress passes stricter gun policies?

  30-05-2018 19:00
  As students at Rowland Hall, school is not frightening. We are sheltered in an environment where we know everyone. However, considering the recent school shootings, including the most recent incident at Santa Fe High School in Texas, we should be scared.Given that the majority of high school students cannot vote, it is the responsibility of voting adults to keep us safe. Yet despite another — and another — mass school shooting, nothing has changed. Students around the country continu
  
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• Kragthorpe: Jazz alumni among ‘The Other Cavs’ face a tough task in the NBA Finals

  30-05-2018 18:57
  The former Jazzmen who are part of the group known as The Other Cavaliers have something going for them in the NBA Finals: The standards are incredibly low. George Hill, Kyle Korver and Rodney Hood either were not famous enough or failed to sufficiently resemble any “Saturday Night Live” performers for them to be portrayed in a sketch about the roles of LeBron James’ Cleveland teammates. Even so, the ex-Jazzmen are in the real-life cast of characters surrounding LeBron and will
  
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• Applications for Navajo president’s race due Wednesday

  30-05-2018 18:39
  Window Rock, Ariz. • Navajos hoping to become the next tribal president have until the close of business Wednesday to submit applications.Nearly a dozen people so far have filed paperwork and paid the $1,500 fee to enter the race.The applicants include the current tribal president, a former chief justice, a former vice president, political newcomers and others who have held elected office on the Navajo Nation.Election officials will spend the next two weeks vetting the applications. Candida
  
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• [Fansided: Purple and Blues] - Utah Jazz: Frequent trade partner Denver Nuggets willing to move No. 14 pick

  30-05-2018 18:16 via sportspyder.com
  ...in 2019. However, both Favors and the Jazz have expressed interest in remaining together. If the Jazz keep Favors, ther ...
  
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• [Give Me Sport] - Donovan Mitchell promises Utah Jazz fans "this is the start of something special" | GiveMeSport

  30-05-2018 18:14 via sportspyder.com
  ...to be a masterstroke. Mitchell enjoyed a phenomenal rookie year and led the Jazz to the postseason after they finished with a 48-32 record. The 21-year-old t ...
  
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• Utah Jazz: Frequent trade partner Denver Nuggets willing to move No. 14 pick

  30-05-2018 17:54
  The Denver Nuggets, who have conducted some interesting business with the Utah Jazz in the past, are reportedly once again open to dealing their first-round draft pick. Due to the events of recent drafts, it’s almost become folk lore among Utah Jazz fans – if the Denver Nuggets want to make a trade, you pick […]
  Utah Jazz: Frequent trade partner Denver Nuggets willing to move No. 14 pick - The J-Notes - The J-Notes - A Utah Jazz Fan Site - News, Blogs, Opinion and More
  
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• Fact-checking immigration spin on separating families and 1,500 ‘lost’ children

  30-05-2018 17:45
  “We have to break up families. The Democrats gave us that law. It’s a horrible thing where you have to break up families. The Democrats gave us that law and they don’t want to do anything about it.”<br>— President Donald Trump, in a round table on sanctuary cities in California, May 16, 2018“Yet this administration is separating kids from their parents and unable to account for 1,500 lost children! Shame.”<br>— Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., on
  
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• Commentary: Utah students deserve real sex education

  30-05-2018 17:00
  Schools have the responsibility to prepare students for the future, yet one crucial aspect of our education continues to be neglected. All Utah teens should have knowledge of how they can keep themselves and others safe if they choose to have sex. With proper sex education, teens will be empowered to make informed decisions on preventing unintended pregnancy and STIs.In particular, Utah public high schools have the duty to teach contraception, because teens who do not have the full truth are at
  
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• Book chronicles legendary Utah family — ‘the Mannings of rodeo’ — and how it’s adapted to a changing American West

  30-05-2018 17:00
  St. George • A Utah family that has produced several generations of rodeo champions is chronicled in a new book called “The Last Cowboys.”The Wrights family book written by New York Times’ Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter John Branch was released May 15. Branch spent more than three years with the Wrights to put it together, The Spectrum reported."They’re like the Mannings of rodeo,” Branch said. “As long as the Mannings had five or six more quarterbacks i
  
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• Doug Robinson: Why the 3-point shot has become too much of a good thing

  30-05-2018 16:53
  SALT LAKE CITY — Nobody can dispute that it pays to shoot 3-point shots in the NBA. Do the math: They're worth 50 percent more points than regular field goals.Three of the four teams that qualified for the conference championships — Rockets, Cavaliers, Celtics — ranked 1-2-3 in 3-point attempts this season; the fourth team, the Warriors, was sixth.If you want to win, you must shoot threes.But it's taken over the game. It's ruining basketball. It's become too much of what was on
  
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• Salt Lake City concert series may have to go without booze as Utah liquor panel questions its ties to Park City promoter

  30-05-2018 16:34
  A June concert series at downtown Salt Lake City’s Gallivan Center may become a booze-free event unless organizers convince the Utah Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control that they are not trying to skirt state liquor laws.The Salt City Sounds, a three-night concert series that takes place June 6, 20 and 27, is being sponsored by Broadway Media and Park City Live.But the two Utah concert promoters were denied a special event permit from the DABC earlier this month. The permit would allo
  
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• A televangelist wants his followers to pay for a $54 million private jet. It’s his fourth plane.

  30-05-2018 16:30
  If Jesus was to descend from heaven and physically set foot on 21st century earth, prosperity gospel televangelist Jesse Duplantis told his followers, the Redeemer would probably pass on riding on the back of a donkey: “He’d be on an airplane preaching the Gospel all over the world.”And Duplantis believes Jesus wouldn’t exactly settle for 30 inches of legroom or getting patted down by TSA.Why would He choose anything less than the Falcon 7X, a private jet that nears the s
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2018 NBA Draft Player Profile: Grayson Allen

  30-05-2018 16:23 via sportspyder.com
  ... elihood of Jazz drafting him Allen has snuck into the end of the first round in a couple of...
  
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• A doctor removed her ovaries because they were ‘in the way.’ Her family says it led to her death.

  30-05-2018 16:09
  The removal of her ovaries never came up during her surgery consultations.Lucinda Methuen-Campbell was considering treatment for a bowel disorder at the Spire Hospital in Bristol, England, in 2016. A surgeon there, Anthony Dixon, had gained international recognition for fixing patients’ bowel problems with vaginal mesh implants. Methuen-Campbell went ahead with the surgery — and was shocked to learn afterward that Dixon had removed her ovaries.She asked him why.“He said he thou
  
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