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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - George Pyle: Whether it’s a vape pen or an oil refinery, for-profit can mean pro-poison

  28-12-2018 23:24 via sportspyder.com
  Understand what a vape pen is for. It exists to infuse a user’s lungs with nicotine, a highly addictive chemical. That is its one and only purpose.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah’s gas tax will go up a bit as the New Year arrives

  28-12-2018 23:09 via sportspyder.com
  Here’s a possible reason to fill up the family car before New Year’s Day: the state gasoline tax is going up.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Travel problems for Allen Americans forces Grizzlies to postpone Friday’s game at the Maverik Center

  28-12-2018 23:09 via sportspyder.com
  Friday night’s Utah Grizzlies-Allen Americans game at the Maverik Center has been postponed because of weather-related travel issues with the Americans.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Free ‘Tipsy Tow’ offered for New Year’s revelers

  28-12-2018 23:01 via sportspyder.com
  AAA is offering free towing home for those who ring in the New Year with too much alcohol.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Government shutdown upends scientific research

  28-12-2018 22:52 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • Kay Behrensmeyer was supposed to be preparing for a three-week expedition to Kenya. Instead, she spent Thursday packing her research permits, her fossil-collecting supplies, and maps she’d spent weeks compiling and annotating by hand...
  
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• Some fresh @NBA2K scans for @daanteee 🎮 Game face on point. https://t.co/Q0SROJaOSi

  28-12-2018 22:43 via twitter.com
  
  Some fresh @NBA2K scans for @daanteee 🎮Game face on point. https://t.co/Q0SROJaOSi
  
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• Travel problems for Allen Americans forces Grizzlies to postpone Friday’s game at the Maverik Center

  28-12-2018 22:41
  Friday night’s Utah Grizzlies-Allen Americans game at the Maverik Center has been postponed because of weather-related travel issues with the Americans.The game will be rescheduled for Sunday at noon at the Maverik Center. The Saturday Grizzlies-Americans game will take place as scheduled, with a 7 p.m. face-off at the Maverik Center. Tickets for the Friday game will be good to use for the Sunday rescheduled game.In the event fans can’t attend the game on Sunday, tickets can be excha
  
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• [NBC Sports: Pro Basketball Talk] - Clint Capela technical for “hanging” on rim has us questioning rule’s enforcement

  28-12-2018 22:38 via sportspyder.com
  Capela did not deserve to get T’d up, and if he did then a lot of NBA players should be getting them as well.
  
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• Utah’s gas tax will go up a bit as the New Year arrives

  28-12-2018 22:31
  Here’s a possible reason to fill up the family car before New Year’s Day: the state gasoline tax is going up.It will rise by six-tenths of a penny per gallon, reaching 30 cents per gallon for gasoline or diesel.That is on top of the federal fuel tax that is 18.4 cents per gallon for gasoline and 24.4 cents for diesel.So the total tax on a gallon of gasoline in Utah will be 48.4 cents.State law requires the Utah Tax Commission to reset the state gas tax once a year on Jan. 1.It is set
  
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• Free ‘Tipsy Tow’ offered for New Year’s revelers

  28-12-2018 22:26
  AAA is offering free towing home for those who ring in the New Year with too much alcohol.It is offering its Tipsy Tow service from 6 p.m. on New Year’s Eve until 6 a.m. on New Year’s Day. It is available by calling 1-800-AAA-HELP.“We urge New Year’s Eve revelers to have a sober ride home lined up before the ball drops. If those plans fall through, AAA’s Tipsy Tow will not only provide a safe ride home for you and a passenger, but we’ll get your vehicle home s
  
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• Government shutdown upends scientific research

  28-12-2018 22:19
  Washington • Kay Behrensmeyer was supposed to be preparing for a three-week expedition to Kenya. Instead, she spent Thursday packing her research permits, her fossil-collecting supplies, and maps she’d spent weeks compiling and annotating by hand into a Fed-Ex box, which she shipped to a junior colleague on the project. Behrensmeyer, curator of vertebrate paleontology at the National Museum of Natural History, wasn’t going anywhere. The federal government was shut down.In resear
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Shutdown to close D.C. museums and galleries by midweek

  28-12-2018 22:11 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • Museums and galleries popular with visitors and locals in the nation’s capital will close starting midweek if the partial shutdown of the federal government drags on.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Court rules mothers’ drug use in pregnancy isn’t child abuse

  28-12-2018 22:11 via sportspyder.com
  Harrisburg, Pa. • Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled Friday that mothers who use illegal drugs while pregnant cannot be considered perpetrators of child abuse against their newly born children under the state’s child protection law.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Wells Fargo pays $575 million to settle state investigations over fake accounts and other shady practices; $10 million will go to Utah

  28-12-2018 22:10 via sportspyder.com
  New York • Wells Fargo will pay $575 million in a settlement with attorneys general from all 50 states and the District of Columbia that are investigating fake accounts opened without the knowledge of customers and a string of other dodgy practices.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah and Northwestern have much in common, as they prepare to meet in Monday’s Holiday Bowl

  28-12-2018 22:10 via sportspyder.com
  Calling plays in the Holiday Bowl, Mick McCall will conclude his 11th season as Northwestern's offensive coordinator.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Shutdown could block federal aid to farmers hit by trade war

  28-12-2018 22:10 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • The end of 2018 seemed to signal good things to come for America’s farmers. Fresh off the passage of the farm bill, which reauthorized agriculture, conservation and safety net programs, the USDA last week announced a second round of...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Robert Gebelhoff: We are living in a new gilded age. 2018 proves it.

  28-12-2018 22:10 via sportspyder.com
  Boy, 2018 has been a tough year for the United States.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Investigations started on CenturyLink outage, 911 failures

  28-12-2018 22:10 via sportspyder.com
  Boise, Idaho • Federal officials and at least one state say they’ve started an investigation into a nationwide CenturyLink internet outage that has caused 911 service disruptions.
  
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• Wells Fargo pays $575 million to settle state investigations over fake accounts and other shady practices; $10 million will go to Utah

  28-12-2018 22:08
  New York • Wells Fargo will pay $575 million in a settlement with attorneys general from all 50 states and the District of Columbia that are investigating fake accounts opened without the knowledge of customers and a string of other dodgy practices.Under the agreement announced Friday, the bank will also create teams to review and respond to customer complaints about its banking and sales practices.The state of Utah will receive $10 million in the settlement, paid to the Utah Division of Co
  
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• Tomorrow’s injury report: Jae Crowder is OUT (left thumb contusion) Grayson Allen is OUT (right ankle sprain) Ric… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-12-2018 22:05 via twitter.com
  Tomorrow’s injury report: Jae Crowder is OUT (left thumb contusion) Grayson Allen is OUT (right ankle sprain) Ric… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - Exum is showing his potential again, will it last?

  28-12-2018 22:05 via sportspyder.com
  The 23-year old Aussie has scored 15 points in back-to-back games for the first time in his career and looked good doing it.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Pope Francis’ early blind spot on sex abuse threatens his legacy

  28-12-2018 22:05 via sportspyder.com
  Vatican City • It has been a wretched year for Pope Francis, whose blind spot on clergy sex abuse conspired with events beyond his control to threaten his legacy and throw the Catholic hierarchy into a credibility crisis not seen in modern times.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Eugene Robinson: Trump’s reckoning is well underway

  28-12-2018 22:05 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • For the new year, critics of President Trump should resolve not to be intimidated by the potential wrath of his vaunted political base. The only one who should cower before the Make America Great Again legions is Trump himself.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: Utah men can do exceptional unpaid care work, too

  28-12-2018 22:05 via sportspyder.com
  About six weeks ago, my father passed away peacefully at his home in American Fork, having survived nearly a decade with cancer. He was an amazing man who taught me to love learning, growth and service.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - 8 Salt Lake City restaurants that closed for good in 2018

  28-12-2018 22:05 via sportspyder.com
  While Utah’s dining scene has seen plenty of new restaurants and food trucks open, some of our favorite eateries, unfortunately, closed their doors during the past 12 months.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Vatican hears testimony from alleged McCarrick abuse victim

  28-12-2018 22:04 via sportspyder.com
  Vatican City • The Vatican has taken testimony from a man who says ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick sexually abused him for years starting when he was 11, evidence that the initial case against the retired archbishop has expanded to include serious...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - NYC utility probes electric flash that lit sky in eerie blue

  28-12-2018 22:04 via sportspyder.com
  New York • Electric utility Con Edison was working Friday to figure out what caused a high-voltage equipment failure that unleashed an otherworldly flash of bright blue light in the night sky over New York City.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - BYU scheduled No. 19 Miss State to bolster its NCAA tourney credentials, but Cougars could be in over their heads in Starkville

  28-12-2018 22:04 via sportspyder.com
  Provo • There are probably better ways to get ready for the West Coast Conference race and restore confidence to a basketball team plagued by inconsistency and defensive letdowns than to travel more than halfway across the country and play one of...
  
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• We guess Don can answer that second question now 👟🤐 #LookItUp | @Xfinity https://t.co/7WxxjyYSsl

  28-12-2018 21:51 via twitter.com
  
  We guess Don can answer that second question now 👟🤐#LookItUp | @Xfinity https://t.co/7WxxjyYSsl
  
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• Investigations started on CenturyLink outage, 911 failures

  28-12-2018 21:43
  Boise, Idaho • Federal officials and at least one state say they’ve started an investigation into a nationwide CenturyLink internet outage that has caused 911 service disruptions.Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai made the announcement Friday, saying the outage that started Thursday is "completely unacceptable" because people who need help couldn't use the 911 emergency number.CenturyLink spokeswoman Debra Peterson said the outage is not related to hacking, She declin
  
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• Robert Gebelhoff: We are living in a new gilded age. 2018 proves it.

  28-12-2018 21:38
  Boy, 2018 has been a tough year for the United States.No, I’m not talking about the onslaught of news detailing Russia’s interference in our democracy (though that should make anyone sick). I’m talking about something deeper — the wellness of America. Because, if you take a step back a look at the totality of trends facing our country, it’s clear something isn’t right.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, for example, reported in November that life e
  
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• In the last two years, @natewadesubaru has funded more than 10 wishes for local children involved in Make-A-Wish Ut… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-12-2018 21:31 via twitter.com
  In the last two years, @natewadesubaru has funded more than 10 wishes for local children involved in Make-A-Wish Ut… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Shutdown could block federal aid to farmers hit by trade war

  28-12-2018 21:27
  Washington • The end of 2018 seemed to signal good things to come for America’s farmers. Fresh off the passage of the farm bill, which reauthorized agriculture, conservation and safety net programs, the USDA last week announced a second round of direct payments to growers hardest hit by President Donald Trump’s trade war with China.Then the government shut down.The USDA in a statement issued last week assured farmers that checks would continue to go out during the first week of
  
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• 📹| "Schedule hard or not, every team's an NBA team with a mentality to win every night so we need to start winning… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-12-2018 21:16 via twitter.com
  📹| "Schedule hard or not, every team's an NBA team with a mentality to win every night so we need to start winning… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Court rules mothers’ drug use in pregnancy isn’t child abuse

  28-12-2018 20:42
  Harrisburg, Pa. • Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled Friday that mothers who use illegal drugs while pregnant cannot be considered perpetrators of child abuse against their newly born children under the state’s child protection law.The Supreme Court's main opinion said the law's definition of a child does not include fetuses or unborn children, and victims of perpetrators must be children under the Child Protective Services Law."The fact that the actor, at a later date, becomes
  
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• Eugene Robinson: Trump’s reckoning is well underway

  28-12-2018 20:41
  Washington • For the new year, critics of President Trump should resolve not to be intimidated by the potential wrath of his vaunted political base. The only one who should cower before the Make America Great Again legions is Trump himself.And he does fear them, bigly. The latest illustration is the way he chickened out on a bipartisan agreement to keep the government fully funded, instead forcing a partial shutdown over chump change for “the wall.” I use quotation marks because
  
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• Here are the 117 movies set to screen at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival

  28-12-2018 20:40
  Here are the 117 movies, announced Nov. 28 by the Sundance Institute (and updated Dec. 20) that will screen at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival. The festival runs Jan. 24-Feb. 3 in Park City and at venues in Salt Lake City and the Sundance resort.Some passes are still on sale at sundance.org. So are 10-ticket packages for the festival’s second half (Jan. 30-Feb. 3), for Salt Lake City screenings, and for Utah students. The schedule of when and where movies will screen will be posted soon on
  
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• Utah and Northwestern have much in common, as they prepare to meet in Monday’s Holiday Bowl

  28-12-2018 20:35
  Calling plays in the Holiday Bowl, Mick McCall will conclude his 11th season as Northwestern's offensive coordinator.McCall’s tenure is by far the biggest distinction between the Utah and Northwestern football programs. Yet even that contrast creates another common thread for Ute coach Kyle Whittingham and the Wildcats' Pat Fitzgerald. Some percentage of fans on each side will find a flaw in this sentence: Nine play-callers have worked for Utah during McCall’s time at Northwestern, w
  
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• Shutdown to close D.C. museums and galleries by midweek

  28-12-2018 20:34
  Washington • Museums and galleries popular with visitors and locals in the nation’s capital will close starting midweek if the partial shutdown of the federal government drags on.So will the National Zoo and a lively ice rink near the National Mall.The attractions have stayed open by using unspent funds, but they are about to run out of that money.Museums and galleries under the Smithsonian Institution umbrella will close starting Jan. 2, the Smithsonian said on its website.That inclu
  
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• Donovan Mitchell's emergence and nine more of Utah's top sports stories in 2018

  28-12-2018 20:18
  SALT LAKE CITY — Mentioning "45" might be controversial to some, but it isn't in Utah — at least not if you're referring to the person who wears the No. 45 jersey for the Utah Jazz.Considering how many men, women and children now sport Jazz gear with No. 45 on it, we'd better narrow that down.While President No. 45 (Donald Trump) is a conversational lightning rod, Player No. 45 (Donovan Mitchell) is the sports equivalent of a summer lightning storm rolling over the Wasatch Front.Beca
  
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• NYC utility probes electric flash that lit sky in eerie blue

  28-12-2018 20:16
  New York • Electric utility Con Edison was working Friday to figure out what caused a high-voltage equipment failure that unleashed an otherworldly flash of bright blue light in the night sky over New York City.The event Thursday caused power outages, briefly grounded flights at LaGuardia airport and filled social media feeds with eerie photos, questions and jokes, to the point that even the New York Police Department tweeted there was "no evidence of extraterrestrial activity."While Con Ed
  
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• Vatican hears testimony from alleged McCarrick abuse victim

  28-12-2018 19:56
  Vatican City • The Vatican has taken testimony from a man who says ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick sexually abused him for years starting when he was 11, evidence that the initial case against the retired archbishop has expanded to include serious allegations of misconduct.James Grein testified Thursday in New York before the judicial vicar for the New York City archdiocese, who was asked by the Holy See to take his statement, said Grein’s civil attorney Patrick Noaker.The testimony, w
  
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• BYU scheduled No. 19 Miss State to bolster its NCAA tourney credentials, but Cougars could be in over their heads in Starkville

  28-12-2018 19:56
  Provo • There are probably better ways to get ready for the West Coast Conference race and restore confidence to a basketball team plagued by inconsistency and defensive letdowns than to travel more than halfway across the country and play one of the best teams in the nation on its home floor.But that’s what the 8-6 BYU Cougars are doing in their final non-conference game of the year.Having lost two straight games and five of its last eight, BYU will test No. 19 Mississippi State (11-
  
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• Pope Francis’ early blind spot on sex abuse threatens his legacy

  28-12-2018 19:53
  Vatican City • It has been a wretched year for Pope Francis, whose blind spot on clergy sex abuse conspired with events beyond his control to threaten his legacy and throw the Catholic hierarchy into a credibility crisis not seen in modern times.The latest development — a high-profile verdict in a far-away country — cements the impression that Francis simply didn’t “get it” when he first became pope in 2013 and began leading the church.Early missteps included a
  
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• 📱Use the Utah Jazz app to scan your tickets upon entering tomorrow night's game against the Knicks and you'll be en… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  28-12-2018 19:23 via twitter.com
  📱Use the Utah Jazz app to scan your tickets upon entering tomorrow night's game against the Knicks and you'll be en… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• 8 Salt Lake City restaurants that closed for good in 2018

  28-12-2018 19:09
  While Utah’s dining scene has seen plenty of new restaurants and food trucks open, some of our favorite eateries, unfortunately, closed their doors during the past 12 months.The reasons are almost always financial, caused by an array of things — from disagreements with landlords and business partners to mechanical issues and even changing consumer tastes.So as the new year approaches, let’s take one last culinary trip and remember these eight Salt Lake City restaurants that bid
  
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• Catherine Rampell: Trump did what he always does and changed his mind. Why was Congress surprised?

  28-12-2018 19:04
  The only way to deal with Donald Trump is to not do deals with Donald Trump. The private sector has learned this; when will Congress?For his entire career, our dealmaker in chief has relied on a not-so-secret technique for extracting supposedly good deals: He agrees to a given set of terms and then, at the last minute, reneges on them.He has done this to small businesses around the country, refusing to pay for cabinetry, catering, real estate commissions, and other goods and services after they'
  
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• Morning links: Jamaal Williams gets praise from Aaron Rodgers; Did BYU TE coach mimic James Harden?

  28-12-2018 19:03
  It hasn't been the best season for the Green Bay Packers as they're just 6-8 with two games remaining, but legendary quarterback Aaron Rodgers recently had some very positive things to say about teammate and former BYU running back Jamaal Williams.In a story by Jason Wilde of the Wisconsin State Journal, Rodgers praised Williams' attitude despite the fact that he's had an inconsistent role."It's his personality," Rodgers said in part. "I think he's a fantastic young player from an approach stand
  
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• Ben Simmons Keeps Dunking On Jazz Fans Over His Rookie Of The Year Win

  28-12-2018 18:58 via deadspin.com
  Ben Simmons might not be able to shoot basketballs into hoops with any sort of consistency, but the Sixers point guard can still make life a living hell for his opponents. Just ask the hostile Utah crowd that attended Thursday night’s Sixers-Jazz game, which spent the majority of the game booing Simmons, only for the…Read more...
  
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• Commentary: Utah men can do exceptional unpaid care work, too

  28-12-2018 18:55
  About six weeks ago, my father passed away peacefully at his home in American Fork, having survived nearly a decade with cancer. He was an amazing man who taught me to love learning, growth and service.Fortunately, he and my mother were able to care for themselves until the last three months of his life, and then, suddenly, from one day to the next, my dad needed elder care beyond what my mother could offer. Although my parents were well prepared for this decline, I’ve recently learned tha
  
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