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• ‘It sends a clear signal’: Pride flag torn at restaurant owned by couple that sued the state to legalize gay marriage in Utah

  13-02-2019 23:59
  The pride flag that hangs over the entryway to Laziz Kitchen in Salt Lake City is an important symbol to Moudi Sbeity, who was among three couples who successfully sued in 2013 to legalize gay marriage in Utah. It sends a message, Sbeity said, that there’s room for everyone there.That’s why it was so upsetting when he came to work Tuesday to find someone had mostly torn down the flag overnight, leaving just a vestige of rainbow cloth swaying in the wind.“For a lot of people who
  
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• No exit: El Chapo likely off to ‘Alcatraz of the Rockies’

  13-02-2019 23:57
  New York • In the world of corrections, there are inmates who pose security risks, and then there’s El Chapo.Drug lord Joaquin Guzman has an unparalleled record of jailbreaks, having escaped two high-security Mexican prisons before his ultimate capture and extradition to the United States.So with Guzman convicted Tuesday of drug trafficking and staring at an expected life sentence, where will the U.S. imprison a larger-than-life kingpin with a Houdini-like tendency to slip away?Expert
  
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• Utah Senate passes affordable-housing bill by 20-9 despite concerns it costs too much and isn’t tough enough on cities

  13-02-2019 23:56
  The Utah Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would encourage cities to plan for affordable housing, even though senators raised worries the measure doesn't do enough and that it spends too much money.After seeing several major revisions, SB34 — the 2019 Legislature’s most significant attempt thus far to address a statewide shortage of moderately priced homes — advanced on a Senate vote of 20-9 and moves to the House.Sponsored by Sen. Jake Anderegg, R-Lehi, the bill would make a
  
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• Blazers sign former Jazz center Enes Kanter

  13-02-2019 23:46
  Portland, Ore. • Center Enes Kanter has joined the Portland Trail Blazers.Kanter was waived by the New York Knicks along with Wesley Matthews following the trade deadline last week. Kanter announced Wednesday on Twitter that he had signed with the Blazers for the rest of the season.Kanter was once a starter for the Knicks but fell out of the rotation altogether when the team — with the worst record in the league — turned its focus to younger players. The Knicks could not find a
  
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• [The Daily Herald] - Grizzlies sign forward Bruno Caboclo to multi-year deal

  13-02-2019 23:43 via sportspyder.com
  San Antonio Spurs forward Rudy Gay (22) handles the ball against Memphis Grizzlies forward Bruno Caboclo (5) during the second half of an NBA basketball game Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2019,
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah Senate passes affordable-housing bill by 20-9 despite concerns it costs too much and isn’t tough enough on cities

  13-02-2019 23:40 via sportspyder.com
  The Utah Senate passed a bill Wednesday that would encourage cities to plan for affordable housing, even though senators raised worries the measure doesn't do enough and that it spends too much money.
  
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• Committee blocks a proposed third Utah tax break for Swiss rail car manufacturer

  13-02-2019 23:40
  A Swiss rail car manufacturer that had already won $10 million in state tax incentives, plus a $9.6 million deal with Salt Lake City to help build roads, utilities, a test track and a rail spur likely won’t get yet a third tax break.A bill proposing to exempt Stadler Rail from paying sales tax on materials it buys to build rail cars stalled on a 3-3 vote earlier this week in the Senate Revenue and Taxation Committee.Sen. Jake Anderegg, R-Lehi, proposed SB153 to benefit Stadler, which was a
  
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  13-02-2019 23:34 via twitter.com
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• Her bullet struck a Utah teen driving with his parents to look at the fall leaves. Now, she’s convicted of negligent homicide and her sentence is rather unique.

  13-02-2019 23:17
  Randolph • It’s an afternoon Kayleen Richins has relived every day.In a remote aspen forest in the Monte Cristo area, her family had set up a paper target against a cardboard box and planned to do a little target shooting. They had waited about an hour, hearing nothing, so they thought they were alone.But Richins didn’t know that just through the dense forest was another Weber County family enjoying the fall day. The Kempkes were driving a Jeep along a dirt road to take family p
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - States weigh bills addressing Native deaths, disappearances

  13-02-2019 22:50 via sportspyder.com
  Albuquerque, N.M. • Lawmakers in at least seven states have introduced legislation to address the unsolved deaths and disappearances of numerous Native American women and girls.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ‘Mormon Land’: Would yesterday’s pioneers recognize today’s temple ceremonies? How such worship has evolved in church history.

  13-02-2019 22:50 via sportspyder.com
  Latter-day Saint temples have been in the news a lot lately. New temples open. Some older ones close for renovation. And groundbreakings take place around the globe.
  
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• ‘Mormon Land’: Would yesterday’s pioneers recognize today’s temple ceremonies? How such worship has evolved in church history.

  13-02-2019 22:48
  Latter-day Saint temples have been in the news a lot lately. New temples open. Some older ones close for renovation. And groundbreakings take place around the globe.Capturing the most attention were the recent changes that brought more gender equity to the religious rites that take place inside these temples.So how has temple worship evolved throughout the history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? Historian and author Devery Anderson, who edited “The Development of LDS Te
  
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• Utah’s Controlled Substance Database susceptible to hacking, auditors warn

  13-02-2019 22:47
  The database Utah uses to monitor controlled substances needs better cybersecurity, an audit released Wednesday said.The Controlled Substance Database allows many doctors, pharmacists and other professionals with access to the database to log in with just a state-issued ID and a four-digit pin, auditors found. Those who are required to use passwords are often allowed to use and reuse weak ones.That means the Controlled Substance Database “has increased susceptibility to security breaches,&
  
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• States weigh bills addressing Native deaths, disappearances

  13-02-2019 22:47
  Albuquerque, N.M. • Lawmakers in at least seven states have introduced legislation to address the unsolved deaths and disappearances of numerous Native American women and girls.The legislation calls for state-funded task forces and other actions amid deepening concerns that law enforcement agencies lack the data and resources to understand the scope of the crisis .On some reservations, federal studies have shown Native American women are killed at more than 10 times the national average."Th
  
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• ‘Trib Talk’: Utah Gov. Gary Herbert wants a big tax cut, and bigger tax reform

  13-02-2019 22:46
  During his State of the State address, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said his No. 1 priority for the 2019 legislative session would be the development of a more equitable, simple and sustainable tax system.Now, after more than two weeks of debate dominated by Medicaid expansion, legislators say they’re ready to turn their attention toward tax reform and a potential tax cut of more than $200 million. But they’ve also expressed skepticism toward some pieces of the governor’s proposal.On
  
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• The Jazz are off for the next nine days; what will they be doing during the break?

  13-02-2019 22:46
  Remember when the All-Star break was just five days?Before the NBA extended the break in 2015, often teams would play on the Wednesday before the break, then come right back and play the Tuesday after the Sunday game. In other words, the All-Stars would travel Thursday, participate in the NBA’s Day of Caring on Friday, perhaps play in a Skills Challenge or 3-point contest Saturday, and then the actual All-Star game Sunday, before coming back to their home cities on Monday to practice to pl
  
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• Which of Donovan’s dunks was your favorite from the 2018 NBA Slam Dunk Contest? #QualtricsPoll | @Qualtrics

  13-02-2019 22:44 via twitter.com
  Which of Donovan’s dunks was your favorite from the 2018 NBA Slam Dunk Contest?#QualtricsPoll | @Qualtrics
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - The Jazz are off for the next nine days; what will they be doing during the break?

  13-02-2019 22:28 via sportspyder.com
  Remember when the All-Star break was just five days?
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - NASA rover finally bites the dust on Mars after 15 years

  13-02-2019 22:28 via sportspyder.com
  Cape Canaberal, Fla. • NASA’s Opportunity, the Mars rover that was built to operate just three months but kept going and going, was pronounced dead Wednesday, 15 years after it landed on the red planet.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Utah’s Controlled Substance Database susceptible to hacking, auditors warn

  13-02-2019 22:27 via sportspyder.com
  The database Utah uses to monitor controlled substances needs better cybersecurity, an audit released Wednesday said.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Funeral Saturday for mom of man freed from Venezuela jail

  13-02-2019 22:19 via sportspyder.com
  A public funeral is scheduled Saturday to remember the life of a Utah woman who spent nearly two years pushing to get her son freed from a Venezuelan jail.
  
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• [YouTube: Utah Jazz Videos] - Jazz Bear goes to Charlotte

  13-02-2019 22:12 via sportspyder.com
  After getting an invite to the 2019 All-Star game, Jazz Bear made some (interesting) preparations ahead of his trip to Charlotte.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ’It sends a clear signal’: Pride flag torn at restaurant owned by couple that sued the state to legalize gay marriage in Utah

  13-02-2019 22:12 via sportspyder.com
  The pride flag that hangs over the entryway to Laziz Kitchen in Salt Lake City is an important symbol to Moudi Sbeity, who was among three couples who successfully sued in 2013 to legalize gay marriage in Utah. It sends a message that there’s room...
  
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• Trump still coy on border deal - but expected to sign

  13-02-2019 22:07
  Washington • President Donald Trump isn’t showing his hand yet. But with little Washington appetite for another shutdown, he’s expected to grudgingly accept an agreement that would keep the government open but provide just a fraction of the money he’s been demanding for his Mexican border wall.Addressing the deal at the White House Wednesday, Trump said he would be taking “a very serious look” at the text when the White House receives it from Congress. Lawmaker
  
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• NASA rover finally bites the dust on Mars after 15 years

  13-02-2019 22:00
  Cape Canaberal, Fla. • NASA’s Opportunity, the Mars rover that was built to operate just three months but kept going and going, was pronounced dead Wednesday, 15 years after it landed on the red planet.The six-wheeled vehicle that helped gather critical evidence that ancient Mars might have been hospitable to life was remarkably spry up until eight months ago, when it was finally doomed by a ferocious dust storm.Flight controllers tried numerous times to make contact and sent one fina
  
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• Funeral Saturday for mom of man freed from Venezuela jail

  13-02-2019 21:55
  A public funeral is scheduled Saturday to remember the life of a Utah woman who spent nearly two years pushing to get her son freed from a Venezuelan jail.Anderson and Goff Mortuary owner Chad Anderson said Wednesday Laurie Holt's funeral is Saturday at 12 p.m. at a Mormon church in the Salt Lake City suburb of Riverton. A viewing is scheduled Friday night at the mortuary in Draper.The 50-year-old Laurie Holt died unexpectedly Sunday at her Riverton home, less than one year after her son Josh Ho
  
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• Head of FEMA resigning, questioned over use of vehicles

  13-02-2019 21:54
  Washington • The head of the Federal Emergency Management Agency is resigning, months after an investigation found he misused government vehicles to travel to his home in North Carolina.Brock Long said in a letter Wednesday to agency employees that he was resigning to spend more time with his family.Long was under investigation by the Homeland Security Department's watchdog, and word of it leaked just as Hurricane Florence struck last fall. Officials found he misused vehicles, but Long was
  
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• 🐻 @utahjazzbear is off to @NBAAllStar ⭐️ twitter.com/utahjazzbear/s…

  13-02-2019 21:44 via twitter.com
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• [True Hoop: Salt City Hoops] - The Warriors’ Late Push Proves Too Much for the Jazz

  13-02-2019 21:36 via sportspyder.com
  The loss overall shouldnt be too discouraging. Nevertheless, the Jazz had a chance to win, leading by as many as seven points early in the final quarter. The Jazz fought back.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - ‘Trib Talk’: Utah Gov. Gary Herbert wants a big tax cut, and bigger tax reform

  13-02-2019 21:29 via sportspyder.com
  During his State of the State address, Utah Gov. Gary Herbert said his No. 1 priority for the 2019 legislative session would be the development of a more equitable, simple and sustainable tax system.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Heavy snowfall, rain forecast for parts of Utah

  13-02-2019 21:23 via sportspyder.com
  Forecasters have issued a winter storm warning and other advisories about snow and rain expected to fall on parts of Utah into Thursday night and Friday morning.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - World Cup biathlon hits Soldier Hollow this weekend, where surging American Clare Egan has high hopes

  13-02-2019 20:55 via sportspyder.com
  She’ll never forget the experience, because the Olympics exist for those moments. For athletes to get to those two-plus weeks with the world watching, a lifetime of work so often put in behind the scenes until the brightest lights of network TV...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Holding on to second place in the WCC race is ‘a pretty big deal’ to the BYU Cougars as they embark on tough two-game road trip this week

  13-02-2019 20:55 via sportspyder.com
  Provo • Take No. 3-ranked and league-leading Gonzaga out of the equation, and a case could be made that the 2018-19 West Coast Conference men’s basketball race is as intriguing — and important — as it has ever been.
  
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  13-02-2019 20:50 via twitter.com
  
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• Heavy snowfall, rain forecast for parts of Utah

  13-02-2019 20:50
  Forecasters have issued a winter storm warning and other advisories about snow and rain expected to fall on parts of Utah into Thursday night and Friday morning.A winter storm warning issued Wednesday by the National Weather Service says heavy snow with accumulations ranging from 8 inches to 18 inches is expected in the Wasatch and Uintah mountains.Total snow accumulations of up to 4 inches in areas that include the cities of Logan and Brigham City.
  
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• Millcreek and Salt Lake City restart negotiations over Brickyard Plaza, and threatened legislation is put on hold

  13-02-2019 20:47
  A looming boundary dispute between Millcreek and Salt Lake City over Brickyard Plaza shopping center is on hold after leaders agreed to negotiate instead of fight the issue out on Utah’s Capitol Hill.Rep. Val Potter, R-North Logan, confirmed Wednesday that he has agreed to abandon HB262, which would have altered state laws on annexation to give Millcreek a chance to absorb the 23-acre retail center without Salt Lake City’s consent.Potter said he’d met with leaders from both cit
  
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• Killing of cougar in Utah mountain town prompts debate

  13-02-2019 20:47
  Eden • The recent killing of a cougar near homes in a small Utah mountain town has spurred debate among residents about how to live in the same habitat as the predators.The big cat was killed last month by a hunter after it had been lurking around neighborhoods in Eden, the Standard-Examiner reported Tuesday.The hunter with the help of a guide tracked the animal to a wooded ravine, and fired his gun within 600 feet of homes, violating state law, said Trevor Doman, a conservation officer wit
  
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• Trump expected to sign border deal to avert shutdown

  13-02-2019 20:46
  Washington • With little Washington appetite for another shutdown, President Donald Trump is expected to grudgingly accept an agreement that would keep the government open but provide just a fraction of the money he’s been demanding for his Mexican border wall.White House officials cautioned on Wednesday that they have yet to receive full legislative language. And Trump has a history of suddenly balking at deals after signaling he would sign them. But barring any major changes, he is
  
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• Holding on to second place in the WCC race is ‘a pretty big deal’ to the BYU Cougars as they embark on tough two-game road trip this week

  13-02-2019 20:46
  Provo • Take No. 3-ranked and league-leading Gonzaga out of the equation, and a case could be made that the 2018-19 West Coast Conference men’s basketball race is as intriguing — and important — as it has ever been.Second place has never looked so good.Getting the runner-up spot in the regular-season chase is uber-important, after the WCC made a significant change to its conference tournament format last March in an attempt to keep the nationally prominent Zags from boltin
  
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• BYUtv unveils new logo and slogan as it tries to reach a wider audience

  13-02-2019 20:46
  Pasadena, Calif. •BYUtv wants the world to know that it’s not just for Latter-day Saints — it’s for everyone looking for family entertainment.And it's putting on a new face with a new logo, a new slogan — “Together” — and a new attitude. Executives at the Brigham Young University owned-and-operated channel took their campaign to raise BYUtv's profile to members of the Television Critics Association on Wednesday, unveiling their new media push.&ldquo
  
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• World Cup biathlon hits Soldier Hollow this weekend, where surging American Clare Egan has high hopes

  13-02-2019 20:45
  She’ll never forget the experience, because the Olympics exist for those moments. For athletes to get to those two-plus weeks with the world watching, a lifetime of work so often put in behind the scenes until the brightest lights of network TV flick on and suddenly you’re there, an Olympian, representing your country. Last February, in the bitter cold of a South Korean winter, Clare Egan competed in her first Olympics with USA Biathlon. She competed with the letters “USA&rdquo
  
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• Weekly Run newsletter: Jazz lament missed opportunities against Warriors, but feel like they can compete with them

  13-02-2019 20:45
  The Weekly Run is a Salt Lake Tribune newsletter on the Utah Jazz. Subscribe here.Oakland, Calif. • For all of the second and third quarters, and parts of the first and fourth, on Tuesday night at Oracle Arena, the Jazz were having tremendous success against the two-time defending champion Golden State Warriors.Trouble is, as they all acknowledged afterward, that isn’t enough against that team.“They played their game plan longer than we played ours. And that was the outcome of t
  
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• UTA driver honored for stopping suicidal teen from jumping off bridge on Interstate 15

  13-02-2019 20:45
  Two weeks ago, Utah Transit Authority bus driver Shelly Monson was late returning to Ogden after delivering a bus to Salt Lake City. But she had a good excuse: she was busy stopping a suicidal teenager from jumping off a bridge.The UTA Board honored her Wednesday as a hero, and she jokingly thanked board members for not being upset that she was delayed that day or that she took some chances in traffic.“Out of the corner of my eye, I see someone walking on I-15” near a bridge in Kaysv
  
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• [NBA] - The Good, Bad, and Ugly

  13-02-2019 20:34 via sportspyder.com
  With all the talk about cholesterol, both healthy and high, good and bad, you may wonder exactly what it is. Given the answer—waxy, fat-like molecules made in the liver—it sounds undesirable in any
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - BYUtv unveils new logo and slogan as it tries to reach a wider audience

  13-02-2019 20:31 via sportspyder.com
  Pasadena, Calif. • BYUtv wants the world to know that it’s not just for Latter-day Saints — it’s for everyone looking for family entertainment.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Weekly Run newsletter: Jazz lament missed opportunities against Warriors, but feel like they can compete with them

  13-02-2019 19:37 via sportspyder.com
  The Weekly Run is a Salt Lake Tribune newsletter on the Utah Jazz. Subscribe here.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Trump expected to sign border deal to avert shutdown

  13-02-2019 19:37 via sportspyder.com
  Washington • With little Washington appetite for another shutdown, President Donald Trump is expected to grudgingly accept an agreement that would keep the government open but provide just a fraction of the money he’s been demanding for his Mexican...
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - UTA driver honored for stopping suicidal teen from jumping off bridge on I-15

  13-02-2019 19:22 via sportspyder.com
  Two weeks ago, Utah Transit Authority bus driver Shelly Monson was late returning to Ogden after delivering a bus to Salt Lake City. But she had a good excuse: she was busy stopping a suicidal teenager from jumping off a bridge.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Killing of cougar in Utah mountain town prompts debate

  13-02-2019 19:22 via sportspyder.com
  Eden • The recent killing of a cougar near homes in a small Utah mountain town has spurred debate among residents about how to live in the same habitat as the predators.
  
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• [Salt Lake Tribune] - Diocese probe finds no evidence of ‘racist or offensive statements’ by Covington Catholic students during Mall incident

  13-02-2019 19:22 via sportspyder.com
  An investigation released Wednesday into an encounter between Covington Catholic High School students and Native American activists at the Lincoln Memorial last month largely supports the students’ accounts of the incident, which prompted immediate...
  
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