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• Utah Jazz: Pundits still sleeping on Gobert as an All-Star are crazy

  21-01-2019 23:18
  Although Utah Jazz star Rudy Gobert continues to win hoops pundits over daily, some are still sleeping on the 2018 NBA DPOY. When his pro career quietly began with the 27th pick in the 2013 NBA Draft, Utah Jazz big man Rudy Gobert wasn’t an obvious star in the making. Sure, he had crazy size […]
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Commentary: Shutdown does great harm to STEM education in Utah

  21-01-2019 23:11 via sportspyder.com
  The National Science Foundation is one of the federal agencies that has been closed by the federal shutdown. Many people do not know what the NSF is. The NSF is a major federal agency that supports research in all areas of science and engineering...
  
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• Major snowstorm strikes Utah, closing canyons and canceling MLK Jr. Day celebrations. And an avalanche strands skiers at Alta and Snowbird.

  21-01-2019 23:00
  Utah didn’t altogether grind to a halt Monday, but it certainly slowed down as a major snowstorm struck. Winter warnings were in effect from Logan to Cedar City as heavy snow was dumped in the valleys — and heavier snow still in the mountains.At about 1:30 p.m., a natural avalanche hit Little Cottonwood Canyon, which had already been closed for the day because of avalanche control. People at the ski resorts trying to drive down the canyon were instructed to return to parking lots at
  
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• Commentary: Shutdown does great harm to STEM education in Utah

  21-01-2019 23:00
  The National Science Foundation is one of the federal agencies that has been closed by the federal shutdown. Many people do not know what the NSF is. The NSF is a major federal agency that supports research in all areas of science and engineering except the medical sciences. In FY 2018, Utah universities and companies received $69 million in grants from the NSF. On a per capita basis, Utah receives almost as much from the NSF as California or New York and far more than most states. This funding
  
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• The Jazz made 36 threes in the course of three wins against the Pistons, Clippers and Cavaliers this week, and have… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-01-2019 22:44 via twitter.com
  The Jazz made 36 threes in the course of three wins against the Pistons, Clippers and Cavaliers this week, and have… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Threes of the Week — 1.21.2018

  21-01-2019 22:32 via sportspyder.com
  The Jazz made 36 threes in the course of three wins against the Pistons, Clippers and Cavaliers this week, raising a total of $29,650 for the Huntsman Cancer...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Politicians, including Trump, mark MLK Jr. holiday with appeals to black voters and commemoration of the civil rights leader

  21-01-2019 21:53 via sportspyder.com
  Democratic presidential aspirants fanned out across the country Monday to praise the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and offer direct appeals to black voters who will play a major role in deciding on a nominee to challenge President Donald...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Paul Waldman: Trump’s corruption keeps getting more obvious

  21-01-2019 21:30 via sportspyder.com
  Whenever Rudy Giuliani gives a round of interviews to defend President Donald Trump in the Russia scandal, there’s a good chance he’ll blurt out something that implicates his client in new wrongdoing or admit that Trump has been repeatedly lying...
  
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - Salt City Seven: Gobert’s Silly Week, Mitchell’s Scoring Streak & More

  21-01-2019 21:26 via sportspyder.com
  Check in every Monday for the quotes, stats, plays and performances that tell the stories from the last 168 hours in the world of the Jazz. He wants the paint. I got this. Just.
  
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• How Ikon and Epic passes are changing the game for ski resorts in Utah and elsewhere

  21-01-2019 21:17
  Park City • Colorado skier Sarah Mytych wanted to try the slopes in Utah and Canada. New Utahn Phillip Melfi wanted to get to know the state’s resorts better.Both bought a new Ikon Pass for this season, the first competitor to approach the breadth and depth of offerings of Vail Resorts' industry-changing Epic Pass. It launched 10 years ago, giving holders unlimited skiing across resorts within the Vail umbrella.Alterra Mountain’s Ikon Pass launched last spring at a number of res
  
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• Politicians, including Trump, mark MLK Jr. holiday with appeals to black voters and commemoration of the civil rights leader

  21-01-2019 21:16
  Democratic presidential aspirants fanned out across the country Monday to praise the legacy of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and offer direct appeals to black voters who will play a major role in deciding on a nominee to challenge President Donald Trump.Former Vice President Joe Biden and former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg called for more racial justice and poverty reduction Monday. Two other potential candidates, Sens. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., sat side by side in t
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - BYU’s TJ Haws carries the banner for the ‘Lone Peak Three’ while his former prep teammates have moved on or faltered

  21-01-2019 21:07 via sportspyder.com
  Provo • As BYU’s season plods through January, it is becoming more evident that this is not one of coach Dave Rose’s better teams.
  
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• We loved your artistic entries for the #JinglesKiss contest. Check out some of our favorites! 😘 »… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-01-2019 21:04 via twitter.com
  We loved your artistic entries for the #JinglesKiss contest.Check out some of our favorites! 😘»… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Paul Waldman: Trump’s corruption keeps getting more obvious

  21-01-2019 21:00
  Whenever Rudy Giuliani gives a round of interviews to defend President Donald Trump in the Russia scandal, there’s a good chance he’ll blurt out something that implicates his client in new wrongdoing or admit that Trump has been repeatedly lying about some element of the case. Sunday he was at it again. The New York Times reports:"President Trump was involved in discussions to build a skyscraper in Moscow throughout the entire 2016 presidential campaign, his personal lawyer said on S
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - The Utah Jazz look to keep their blazing hot win streak alive against the Portland Trail Blazers

  21-01-2019 20:39 via sportspyder.com
  Can the Jazz keep on their longest win streak of the season and continue their dominance over the Trail Blazers?
  
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• [Fansided: Hoops Habit] - Utah Jazz: Evaluating Grayson Allen’s rookie season so far

  21-01-2019 20:33 via sportspyder.com
  With the 2018-19 NBA regular season over the halfway mark, let's take a look and evaluate the rookie campaign of Utah Jazz guard Grayson Allen thus far. On...
  
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• Utah women’s basketball team jumps into the Top 25 for the first time in 11 years

  21-01-2019 20:32
  The Utah women’s basketball team received the program’s first Top 25 ranking since 2008, just in time for a demanding portion of the Pac-12 schedule.The Utes became the AP Top 25's biggest story Monday. They not only earned a long-awaited ranking, but debuted at No. 21 as one of four new teams in the Top 25. That was part of the fallout of a week when 13 ranked teams lost. Florida State (No. 22), Texas A&M (No. 24) and Missouri (No. 25) also moved in, while Tennessee, Minnesota,
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah women’s basketball team jumps into the Top 25 for the first time in 11 years

  21-01-2019 20:30 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah women’s basketball team received the program’s first Top 25 ranking since 2008, just in time for a demanding portion of the Pac-12 schedule.
  
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• BYU’s TJ Haws carries the banner for the ‘Lone Peak Three’ while his former prep teammates have moved on or faltered

  21-01-2019 20:27
  Provo • As BYU’s season plods through January, it is becoming more evident that this is not one of coach Dave Rose’s better teams.In fact, it might be one of the worst. The Cougars fell to 12-9 overall, 4-2 in West Coast Conference play, after getting thumped 82-63 by San Francisco on Saturday night and wouldn’t even make the National Invitation Tournament (NIT) if the season ended today.Seven of the nine losses have been by nine points or more and three have been by 19 po
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Alexandra Petri: Liked the wedding ring story? Here are further feel-good tales.

  21-01-2019 19:52 via sportspyder.com
  If you liked the heartwarming story of the furloughed federal employee who pawned her wedding ring, only to have her family buy it back for her, don’t worry! There are plenty more stories where that came from!
  
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• [NBA] - #JinglesKiss: Fans enter ticket giveaway with epic art

  21-01-2019 19:44 via sportspyder.com
  After burying a dagger three-pointer in the fourth quarter of the team's matchup against the Detroit Pistons, Joe Ingles blew a kiss into the crowd. Such a memeable moment seemed too good to let die,
  
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• Today is the FINAL day to cast your All-Star votes and every vote counts DOUBLE 🗳 You know what to do:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-01-2019 19:25 via twitter.com
  Today is the FINAL day to cast your All-Star votes and every vote counts DOUBLE 🗳You know what to do:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Major snowstorm strikes Utah, closing canyons and canceling MLK Jr. Day celebration

  21-01-2019 19:14 via sportspyder.com
  Utah didn’t altogether grind to a halt on Monday morning, but it certainly slowed down as a major snowstorm struck. Winter warnings were in effect from Logan to Cedar City as heavy snow was dumped in the valleys — and heavier snow still in the...
  
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• Alexandra Petri: Liked the wedding ring story? Here are further feel-good tales.

  21-01-2019 19:10
  If you liked the heartwarming story of the furloughed federal employee who pawned her wedding ring, only to have her family buy it back for her, don’t worry! There are plenty more stories where that came from!One of the more depressing angles of being alive in this wonderful corner of time is our relentless tendency to try to put a positive spin on horrifying situations: This isn't a horrifying story about someone without access to the medication they need to live; it's a heartwarming tale
  
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• 🏀: #PORatUTA 🎟: bit.ly/2S2MQoY 📍: @vivintarena 📺: @ATTSportsNetRM (Xfinity: 693, DirectTV: 683-1, Dish:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-01-2019 18:44 via twitter.com
  🏀: #PORatUTA🎟: bit.ly/2S2MQoY📍: @vivintarena 📺: @ATTSportsNetRM (Xfinity: 693, DirectTV: 683-1, Dish:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Jennifer Rubin: Kamala Harris is in, and she’ll be a formidable challenger

  21-01-2019 18:38 via sportspyder.com
  Nearly five decades after Shirley Chisholm announced her run as the first African American woman to seek the Democratic nomination for president, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., declared her run for president with an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning...
  
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• Major snowstorm strikes Utah, closing canyons and canceling MLK Jr. Day celebration

  21-01-2019 18:33
  Utah didn’t altogether grind to a halt on Monday morning, but it certainly slowed down as a major snowstorm struck. Winter warnings were in effect from Logan to Cedar City as heavy snow was dumped in the valleys — and heavier snow still in the mountains.The Utah Highway Patrol — dealing with dozens of accidents across the state — advised motorists to stay off the roads unless absolutely necessary. Eastbound I-80 at Parley’s Canyon was closed because UDOT crews were
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utes in review: In the wide-open Pac-12, Utah has climbed to fourth place. Can this team keep it going?

  21-01-2019 18:00 via sportspyder.com
  By taking leads of 60-30 against Washington State and 51-23 vs. Colorado, Utah briefly resembled the 2014-15 basketball team that ransacked opponents at the Huntsman Center.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Dana Milbank: The government that goes wrong

  21-01-2019 18:00 via sportspyder.com
  “The Play That Goes Wrong,” a British slapstick comedy, finished a short run at the Kennedy Center this month, so most Washingtonians didn’t get to see its characters stepping on each other, getting struck by falling objects and stymied by stuck...
  
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• Jennifer Rubin: Kamala Harris is in, and she’ll be a formidable challenger

  21-01-2019 18:00
  Nearly five decades after Shirley Chisholm announced her run as the first African American woman to seek the Democratic nomination for president, Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., declared her run for president with an appearance on ABC’s “Good Morning America” and a slick video:The Democratic presidential field is already crowded with two female senators (Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts), former San Antonio mayor Julián Castro and two le
  
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• 📓| “It’s gotten a whole lot better, but we’ve got a long ways to go … But it continues to give me hope. I think it… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-01-2019 17:55 via twitter.com
  📓| “It’s gotten a whole lot better, but we’ve got a long ways to go … But it continues to give me hope. I think it… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Thurl Bailey: Remembering Martin Luther King Jr

  21-01-2019 17:43 via sportspyder.com
  Former Jazz player and current TV analyst Thurl Bailey reflects on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy and his family's personal connection to MLK.
  
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• [NBA] - Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy is lasting and personal for Jazz assistant coach Antonio Lang

  21-01-2019 17:41 via sportspyder.com
  The images will spark different memories. At some point today, he will look down on his phone and see a photo of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. A clip from one of King’s speeches will play on his
  
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• Utes in review: In the wide-open Pac-12, Utah has climbed to fourth place. Can this team keep it going?

  21-01-2019 17:34
  By taking leads of 60-30 against Washington State and 51-23 vs. Colorado, Utah briefly resembled the 2014-15 basketball team that ransacked opponents at the Huntsman Center.The comparison ends there, because the current Utes lack the finishing power of that team, and they’re not good enough to make the Sweet 16 or even the NCAA Tournament field. Merely finishing .500 overall and in Pac-12 play remains an ambitious goal.After his team allowed Colorado to come back, Ute senior guard Sedrick
  
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• Dana Milbank: The government that goes wrong

  21-01-2019 17:30
  “The Play That Goes Wrong,” a British slapstick comedy, finished a short run at the Kennedy Center this month, so most Washingtonians didn’t get to see its characters stepping on each other, getting struck by falling objects and stymied by stuck doors, forgetting their lines, missing their cues, and eventually having the whole set fall down around them.But that's okay. Here in the capital, we see a similar performance every day. Our version is The Government That Goes Wrong. Pr
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Margaret Sullivan: The I-word leaps from margins to mainstream

  21-01-2019 17:13 via sportspyder.com
  Video: According to Congress, a president can obstruct justice. Just as long as that president is a member of the opposite political party. (JM Rieger/The Washington Post)
  
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• “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  21-01-2019 17:05 via twitter.com
  “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Huge winter storm hits northern Utah; 4-8 inches of snow expected in Salt Lake City area

  21-01-2019 16:56
  Snow began blanketing Utah on Monday morning, with winter storm warnings all the way the state’s border with Idaho through Cedar City and major accumulations expected.This storm “will impact a large portion of the state” Monday through early Tuesday, said a spokesperson for the National Weather Service, and is expected to drop four to eight inches of snow in the Salt Lake City area, 15 to 25 inches in the Wasatch Mountains, and 10 to 20 inches in the state’s other northwe
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Deeda Seed: A recipe for cleaning up Utah’s filthy skies

  21-01-2019 16:46 via sportspyder.com
  For those of us who make our homes here, winter means filthy, dangerously unhealthy air.
  
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• Margaret Sullivan: The I-word leaps from margins to mainstream

  21-01-2019 16:42
  Video: According to Congress, a president can obstruct justice. Just as long as that president is a member of the opposite political party. (JM Rieger/The Washington Post)
  Not too long ago, Jeffrey Goldberg, the top editor of the Atlantic, thought that beginning an impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump would be “a formula for chaos — the sort of chaos no fractured nation needs.”But last Wednesday night, the magazine published an issue whose cover was dominated by
  
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• Deeda Seed: A recipe for cleaning up Utah’s filthy skies

  21-01-2019 16:10
  For those of us who make our homes here, winter means filthy, dangerously unhealthy air.It’s been that way for decades.So when Gov. Gary Herbert announced he was earmarking $100 million in his proposed budget to spur initiatives to clean up our filthy air, it was encouraging, but it hardly made any of us breathe any easier.Utahns have heard those kinds of promises before. Yet state leaders have struggled to take even the most basic, legally required steps to ensure our air meets minimum sa
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Stare-down between white teen and Native American on National Mall comes into focus

  21-01-2019 16:09 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • The three groups that met Friday in the cold shadow of the Lincoln Memorial could hardly have been more different. They were indigenous-rights activists from Michigan, Catholic schoolboys from Kentucky — some wearing Make America Great...
  
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• Stare-down between white teen and Native American on National Mall comes into focus

  21-01-2019 15:48
  Washington • The three groups that met Friday in the cold shadow of the Lincoln Memorial could hardly have been more different. They were indigenous-rights activists from Michigan, Catholic schoolboys from Kentucky — some wearing Make America Great Again hats — and Hebrew Israelites from the nation’s capital.They were Native American, white and black; old, young and middle age.And there, beneath the fallen president's promise to work "with malice toward none, with charity
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: How can we deny sanctuary to today’s refugees?

  21-01-2019 15:33 via sportspyder.com
  Many years ago, in my junior history class at East High in Salt Lake City, my teacher Mr. Archbold described to us the horrific mistreatment of the Jews in Germany and the countries it occupied in the 1930s and ’40s.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Federal workers should stay home Jan. 23

  21-01-2019 15:33 via sportspyder.com
  I am pleading to every one of the approximately 800,000 U.S. government workers who are either furloughed or working for nothing.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Don’t pay members of Congress during shutdowns

  21-01-2019 15:33 via sportspyder.com
  Just read the article about Sen. Mike Lee's plan to stop government shutdowns. Wouldn't it be a better plan to dock the pay of the Congress when they don't do their job and pass the budgets? In the real world, people who don't do their jobs get fired.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Letter: Donald Trump is no Teddy Roosevelt

  21-01-2019 15:33 via sportspyder.com
  When Donald Trump was elected president, sportsmen had high hopes that the president and his cabinet would commit to, in Trump's words, “honoring the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt.”
  
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• [SB Nation: SLC Dunk] - 2019 NBA Trade Deadline: Utah Jazz Trade Rumors Tracker

  21-01-2019 15:23 via sportspyder.com
  If the Utah Jazz are rumored, linked, or are mentioned with a trade ... it’ll be here.
  
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• Letter: Federal workers should stay home Jan. 23

  21-01-2019 15:17
  I am pleading to every one of the approximately 800,000 U.S. government workers who are either furloughed or working for nothing.Unite and make the legislative and executive branches of the United States of America wake up, get off their hind-ends and do their jobs. They can (at least) perform their essential tasks. Pass a spending bill that will end this national debacle and relieve the collective global embarrassment of "we the people."Washington, D.C., just doesn't seem to get the message.Do
  
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• Letter: Donald Trump is no Teddy Roosevelt

  21-01-2019 15:16
  When Donald Trump was elected president, sportsmen had high hopes that the president and his cabinet would commit to, in Trump's words, “honoring the legacy of Theodore Roosevelt.”As our 26th president, Roosevelt worked tirelessly to stop special interests from developing and privatizing our public lands and waters, conserving more than 230 million acres by establishing 150 national forests, 51 federal bird reserves, four national game preserves, five national parks and 18 national m
  
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