| Kushner speaks after meeting Senate investigators: ‘I did not collude with Russia’ Posted: 24 Jul 2017 10:34 AM PDT  In rare public remarks, President Trump's son-in-law and top White House adviser emerged from a closed door meeting with Senate investigators, saying he did nothing wrong.
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| Mother comes home to find child covered in blood and saying she was sexually abused Posted: 25 Jul 2017 07:10 AM PDT  A North Carolina woman has told authorities she returned home from work recently to find her seven-year-old daughter covered in blood, claiming to have been sexually assaulted. The girl told her mother she had been assaulted by Brentley Jason Breyers, the man she refers to as "father," according to police. The woman told authorities she had left her four children with Mr Bryers on Friday morning while she went to work.
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| New Facts Uncovered About Trump FBI Pick Posted: 24 Jul 2017 11:00 AM PDT  Matt Katz, reporter for WNYC, talks with Rachel Maddow about the sketchy employment by New Jersey Governor Chris Christie of Donald Trump's pick to replace James Comey has director of the FBI, Chris Wray.
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| Timeline of Justine Damond shooting Posted: 24 Jul 2017 09:17 AM PDT  MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A timeline of the July 15 fatal shooting of Justine Damond, an unarmed Australian woman, by a Minneapolis police officer, and ensuing events:
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| China says it wants to 'maintain stability' in disputed South China Sea Posted: 24 Jul 2017 02:03 AM PDT  By Panu Wongcha-um BANGKOK (Reuters) - Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said on Monday Beijing wanted to maintain stability in the South China Sea as it seeks alliances in the region amid tensions in the disputed waters. The United States has criticized China for disregarding international law by the construction and militarization of artificial islands in the South China Sea, undermining regional stability. China claims most of the energy-rich sea through which about $5 trillion in ship-borne trade passes every year.
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| North Korea is Able to Launch a 'Limited Missile Attack,' Warns Top U.S. General Posted: 23 Jul 2017 10:29 PM PDT  Gen. Joe Dunford said it would be best for the U.S. to tackle Pyongyang's nuclear program through diplomatic and economic means
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| Drawing in the customers in Mogadishu Posted: 24 Jul 2017 11:24 AM PDT ![Drawing in the customers in Mogadishu]( "Drawing in the customers in Mogadishu") Somalian mural artist Muawiye Hussein Sidow, also known as 'Shik Shik', is the man responsible for the art that features on more than 100 shops, including barbers, tea shops and supermarkets across Mogadishu. (Reuters)
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| Japan woman dies of tick disease after bitten by sick cat Posted: 25 Jul 2017 01:19 AM PDT  A Japanese woman has died from a tick-borne virus after being bitten by a stray cat in what is possibly the world's first animal-to-human transmission of the disease. Authorities have since confirmed that she developed SFTS, a disease transmitted by bites from a certain group of virus-carrying ticks. Human-to-human infections of the tick virus through blood contact have been reported, but ministry officials believe the Japanese woman's death could be the first case of a human dying from the bite of an infected animal.
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| ‘I did not collude’: Kushner releases 3,700-word statement detailing 4 Russia contacts Posted: 24 Jul 2017 07:06 AM PDT  In a lengthy statement to the congressional committees investigating Russian interference in the 2016 election, President Trump's son-in-law says that he has "nothing to hide."
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| Fake Street Signs Warning of 'Easily Startled Police" Appear After Cop Shoots Minnesota Woman Posted: 24 Jul 2017 05:06 PM PDT  Fake street signs appear after Minnesota cop fatally shot woman who reported hearing screams.
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| Snooty dead: World's oldest known manatee dies aged 69 in 'heartbreaking accident' Posted: 24 Jul 2017 02:42 AM PDT  The world's oldest manatee has died in a "heartbreaking" accident at his Florida home a day after celebrating his 69th birthday. According to the South Florida Museum, a panel door leading out of the underwater tank which is normally bolted shut had been knocked loose.
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| Records: EPA chief jets away for weekends on taxpayer's dime Posted: 24 Jul 2017 01:51 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Records show the head of the Environmental Protection Agency spent weekends in his home state during his first three months in office, frequently flying to and from Oklahoma at taxpayer's expense.
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| Parents Of Florida Boys Lost At Sea Say Lawsuit Makes Them ‘Relive Nightmare’ Posted: 24 Jul 2017 08:42 AM PDT  "Everyone will be forced to relive this horrible nightmare on a daily basis in order to defend this lawsuit and to prepare for trial."
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| Israeli embassy staff in Jordan returned to Israel Posted: 24 Jul 2017 03:55 PM PDT  By Ori Lewis and Suleiman Al-Khalidi JERUSALEM/AMMAN (Reuters) - The staff of Israel's embassy in Jordan, including a security guard involved in a shooting incident in which two Jordanians were killed, returned to Israel from Amman on Monday, an official from the Israeli prime minister's office said. Sunday's fatal shooting incident tested already tense relations between Israel and Jordan, one of two Arab states with which it has peace treaties. Jordan had wanted to question the guard, who was slightly hurt, but Israel said he had diplomatic immunity and should be repatriated.
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| China to launch unhackable quantum messaging service Posted: 25 Jul 2017 03:55 AM PDT  China is preparing to launch a communications system that would be impossible to hack. The quantum communication system is set to be used by 200 users from government, finance and military personal in the city of Jinan. The Jinan Institute of Quantum Technology said the technology, which was tested earlier this month, is expected to be put into commercial use in August. The network uses quantum key distribution to transmit messages. The connections are far more secure than current internet or telephone cables, which can be tapped and monitored. China is creating a 2000km quantum network from Shanghai to Beijing Credit: Alamy Quantum networks, unlike traditional systems, send messages embedded in particles of light. If any third party attempts to hack the network the quantum nature of the particles will alter the communication and cause it to be aborted, meaning the message is impossible to read or intercept. "We plan to use the network for national defence, finance and other fields, and hope to spread it out as a pilot that if successful, can be used across China and the whole world," said Zhou Fei, assistant director of Jinan Institute of Quantum Technology, the Financial Times reported. The development of the quantum network is the latest demonstration of China's scientific stature. It comes after the Chinese Government earlier this month said it plans to be the global leader in artificial intelligence by 2030. China has been building an impenetrable, "hack-proof" computer network since 2014. Last year it launched a "hack-proof" communications satellite. China's 'impenetrable' computer network explained 01:13 The quantum communications network, which will be the longest in the world, will travel 2,000km from Beijing to Shanghai and pass through a message hub in Jinan. More secure communications are needed as it is thought current encryption systems will be rendered obsolete by the sheer power of advanced quantum computers. The new Jinan network cost £15 million to develop and is capable of encrypting 4,000 pieces of data a second, according to the China Daily. China's obsession with security does not extend to many of its citizens. Last week, WhatsApp users in the country reported they had been blocked from sending videos or pictures. China's block on many internet giants and social networks has been dubbed the Great Firewall. What is quantum computing?
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| Archaeologists Return to Legendary Birthplace of King Arthur Posted: 24 Jul 2017 09:39 AM PDT  Archaeologists are back at the legendary birthplace of King Arthur. Last summer, researchers discovered traces of early medieval life at Tintagel in Cornwall, on England's southwest coast, where the legendary British monarch was said to have been born. It was during this time that King Arthur is said to have fought the invading Saxons.
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| Kellyanne Conway says Trump-Russia investigation is 'not a big story' Posted: 23 Jul 2017 10:27 AM PDT  Senior White House counselor Kellyanne Conway said on Sunday that the ongoing controversy over President Donald Trump and his campaign's possible ties to Russia was "not a big story."
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| Dad of Hawaii boy who vanished in 1997 is sentenced in death Posted: 24 Jul 2017 02:04 PM PDT  HONOLULU (AP) — The father of a 6-year-old Hawaii boy who disappeared two decades ago was sentenced Monday to 20 years in prison for manslaughter, fulfilling a deal with prosecutors that required him to reveal the location of his son's body.
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| Want To Live Longer? Be Neurotic Posted: 24 Jul 2017 09:19 AM PDT  People who worry all the time might live longer than their calmer counterparts, which would be one benefit of having an anxiety disorder.
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| Microsoft is killing legendary Paint after 32 years Posted: 24 Jul 2017 04:43 AM PDT  Microsoft is finally killing off its legendary Paint program after more than three decades. The software giant announced it will drop support for the popular drawing app in its upcoming Windows 10 update. It marked Paint as "deprecated" in a list of apps and features that may be removed from the software, meaning the app is "not in active development and might be removed in future releases". Microsoft Paint has been a staple of the Windows operating system for 32 years and has been installed with every version since 1985. The tool lets users easily copy and paste, crop and colour images, or simply doodle and create drawings. As of last year, Paint was still used by 100 million people a month, according to Microsoft. Oi @Microsoft! #paintpic.twitter.com/XSmeLn2V5n— Mark Reel (@markreel) July 24, 2017 Microsoft is stopping making Microsoft Paint, goodbye to all our childhood years— King Boo(b) (@NlNTENDHO) 24 July 2017 RIP Microsoft Paint. ��— Jamie Gilbey (@Poddddddd) 24 July 2017 The death of Paint comes as part of Microsoft's Windows 10 Fall Creators Update, announced in May. The update will bring tools that make it easier to switch between tablets, laptop and phones and augmented reality video and photo editing tools in StoryMix. The Fall Creators update is expected to be released in the Autumn, although Microsoft has not confirmed a release date. Microsoft Paint has come a long way. With Paint 3D, it's easy to create in the third dimension. See how: https://t.co/hNhuYCF2iK#Windows10pic.twitter.com/O6992ZtqoH— Windows (@Windows) July 19, 2017 Microsoft is sidelining Paint following the release of its next generation Paint 3D in April. Paint 3D contains tools for 3D image making and, although it is inspired by the original, is not a direct update. While Paint is not useful for complicated photo editing or design, its simplicity made it popular with early users of Windows and it has remained a feature of the operating system. The best art made using Microsoft Paint The updated Paint 3D is designed for use with Microsoft's Surface Pen, which lets users draw more natural and detailed pictures than were ordinarily possible in classic Paint. Despite its simplicity, many users were still able to create detailed drawings and sketches using the simple tools in Paint. Windows through the ages
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| Tesla Model S Tops Consumer Reports' Ratings After Getting Key Safety Feature Posted: 25 Jul 2017 03:00 AM PDT  The Tesla Model S is again Consumer Reports' top-rated ultra-luxury sedan after the automaker updated its software to include automatic emergency braking at highway speeds. Earlier this month, C...
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| China to 'step up' troop deployment in India border row Posted: 24 Jul 2017 12:07 AM PDT  China warned on Monday that it will step up its troop deployment in a border dispute with India, vowing to defend its sovereignty at "whatever cost". The standoff started more than a month ago after Chinese troops started building a road on a remote plateau, which is disputed by China and Bhutan. Indian troops moved in to the flashpoint zone to halt the work, with China accusing them of violating its territorial sovereignty and calling for their immediate withdrawal.
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| Putin 'told Trump that Russian hackers are too good to get caught' Posted: 25 Jul 2017 07:05 AM PDT  Vladimir Putin reportedly told Donald Trump that if Russian hackers had infiltrated Democratic groups, they would have been too good to have been caught. According to the New York Times, Mr Putin told Mr Trump during their G20 meeting that "Moscow's cyber-operators are so good at covert computer-network operations that if they had dipped into the computer systems, there is no way they could have been detected". Since then Trump has shared this claim with his team, his communications director Anthony Scaramucci has said.
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| Driver in Texas denies he knew immigrants were in stifling truck Posted: 24 Jul 2017 04:46 PM PDT  By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - The man accused of smuggling at least 100 illegal immigrants inside a sweltering tractor-trailer, 10 of whom died, has said he was unaware of the human cargo he was hauling until he took a rest stop in Texas, court papers showed on Monday. James Bradley Jr., 60, was arrested on Sunday after police said they discovered dozens of undocumented Mexican and Guatemalan nationals, some unconscious in the back of the truck, others staggering around the vehicle in the parking lot of a Walmart store in San Antonio. Authorities called to the scene found the bodies of eight illegal immigrants, along with 30 to 40 others who survived the ordeal but were suffering from dehydration and heat stroke, some of them as young as 15.
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| The Top 10 Places To Celebrate Christmas In July Across The Country Posted: 24 Jul 2017 12:38 PM PDT |
| Teenage driver livestreams crash that killed sister Posted: 24 Jul 2017 09:40 PM PDT  FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A teenage driver lost control of her car while she was livestreaming on Instagram and recorded part of the crash that authorities said Monday killed her younger sister in California.
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| The Latest: Hamas leader praises 'heroic' knife attacker Posted: 23 Jul 2017 09:47 AM PDT  JERUSALEM (AP) — The Latest on developments in Israel and the Palestinian territories (all times local):
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| Facebook workers are demanding higher wages because they literally can't afford rent anymore Posted: 24 Jul 2017 10:24 AM PDT  Over 500 cafeteria workers at Facebook's Menlo Park, California headquarters have unionized and are demanding higher wages because they can't afford to live in Silicon Valley.
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| Chipotle Norovirus Is Back: 135 Sick After Eating At Fast Food Chain Posted: 24 Jul 2017 04:44 PM PDT  More than 135 people reported falling sick between July 13 and July 16 after visiting a Chipotle restaurant in Virginia.
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| Donald Trump tells reporter 'be quiet' when she asks him about healthcare Posted: 24 Jul 2017 09:37 AM PDT  Donald Trump has derided reporters in front of a group of White House interns, after facing questions on Attorney General Jeff Sessions and healthcare. During a photo opportunity with the White House's latest group of interns, he was asked by a reporter if he had anything to say about the current healthcare battle in the Senate. The President had tweeted earlier that Mr Sessions was "beleaguered" and asking why he was not looking into 2016 election opponent Hillary Clinton's alleged financial ties to Russia.
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| Death toll in suspected Texas human smuggling case rises to nine Posted: 23 Jul 2017 02:43 PM PDT  By Jim Forsyth SAN ANTONIO, Texas (Reuters) - At least nine men were found dead on Sunday alongside dozens of people discovered inside a sweltering tractor trailer parked at a Walmart store in San Antonio, Texas, in what authorities called a case of "ruthless" human trafficking. Thirty people, many in critical condition and suffering from heat stoke and exhaustion, were removed from the trailer, which lacked air conditioning or a water supply, San Antonio Fire Chief Charles Hood said. Temperatures outside the vehicle topped 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 Celsius).
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| Richard Dawkins hits back at cancellation of Berkeley event for 'abusive speech against Islam' Posted: 24 Jul 2017 04:29 PM PDT  Richard Dawkinswants "a public apology" from a California radio station that cancelled an event with the scientist because of his "abusive speech against Islam". The influential academic and writer was scheduled to speak about his memoir A Brief Candle in the Dark at an event organised by Berkeley's KPFA Radio next month. But KPFA has now cancelled the talk, citing his "hurtful speech" against Islam. "We had booked this event based entirely on his excellent new book on science, when we didn't know he had offended and hurt – in his tweets and other comments on Islam – so many people," KPFA wrote in an email to ticket buyers. KPFA exercises its free speech right not to participate with anyone who uses hateful language against a community already under attack. https://t.co/nTC1LYQKiG— KPFA Radio (@kpfa) July 21, 2017 "KPFA does not endorse hurtful speech. While KPFA emphatically supports serious free speech, we do not support abusive speech. We apologise for not having had broader knowledge of Dawkins's views much earlier. We also apologise to all those inconvenienced by this cancellation." Residents had reportedly highlighted statements made by the evolutionary biologist and confirmed atheist, including a 2013 tweet saying "Islam is the greatest force for evil in the world today". @ToddKincannon I think Islam is the greatest force for evil in the world today. I've said so, often and loudly.What are you talking about?— Richard Dawkins (@RichardDawkins) March 1, 2013 Professor Dawkins responded to the radio station in an open letter published on his website, saying he had lived in Berkeley for two years and had appreciated KPFA's "objective reporting and humane commentary". "It was therefore a matter of personal sorrow to me to receive this morning your truly astonishing 'justification' for de-platforming me," he wrote. "You conspicuously did not quote a source when accusing me of 'abusive speech'. Why didn't you check your facts – or at least have the common courtesy to alert me – before summarily cancelling my event?" This is so stupid. Oh and by the way, my entire family is Muslim. Oh and Muslims aren't weak little children. They can hear other views.— Fouad (@fouadalnoor) July 22, 2017 Professor Dawkins said that he had "never used abusive speech against Islam", explaining that while he had previously called Islamism "vile", Islamism is not the same as Islam. "I have criticised the appalling misogyny and homophobia of Islam, I have criticised the murdering of apostates for no crime other than their disbelief. Far from attacking Muslims, I understand – as perhaps you do not – that Muslims themselves are the prime victims of the oppressive cruelties of Islamism, especially Muslim women," the author wrote. Dawkins 'not certain' God does not exist 01:31 Urging the radio station to find examples of the abusive speech, he added: "When you fail to discover any, I presume you will issue a public apology." Professor Dawkins' bestselling book about the study of evolution, The Selfish Gene, was named the most influential science book of all time last week by the Royal Society. Berkeley, historically known as the home of the Free Speech moment in the 1960s, has hit the headlines in recent months over the cancellations of other controversial speakers. An event for alt-right figure Milo Yiannopoulos was cancelled in February by the University of California after clashes involving far-left protesters, as was a speech by conservative pundit Ann Coulter.
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| The Surprising Breakfast That Keeps Giada De Laurentiis Looking So Fit Posted: 24 Jul 2017 12:56 PM PDT  She skips protein and goes straight for the starch.
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| Burr-Hamilton? Angry lawmaker singles out 'female senators' Posted: 24 Jul 2017 04:07 PM PDT  WASHINGTON (AP) — Passions are running high on Capitol Hill — but pistols at 10 paces over health care?
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| Slain girl's father, sister denied visas, miss her funeral Posted: 24 Jul 2017 02:13 PM PDT ![Slain girl's father, sister denied visas, miss her funeral]( "Slain girl's father, sister denied visas, miss her funeral") KEANSBURG, N.J. (AP) — A Jamaican man who was denied a temporary visa to attend the funeral of his slain 11-year-old daughter in New Jersey says his heart is "torn apart."
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| Baby In Critical Condition After Father Abandons Him In Parking Lot Posted: 25 Jul 2017 02:42 AM PDT  Daniel Stephen Mitchell, 18, was arrested after he abandoned his 16-day-old baby in a parking lot at a Suisun City strip mall in California. The baby was taken to a hospital after the mall officials noticed abnormalities in his eyes.
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| I Bought a Portable Air Conditioner. Should You? Posted: 24 Jul 2017 01:01 PM PDT  The alternative to a window unit, explained.
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| Trump mocks Republicans for repeal and replace promise Posted: 24 Jul 2017 01:28 PM PDT  On Monday, President Trump urged Republicans to take action on repealing and replacing Obamacare. He also mocked them for continuing to promise to repeal and replace the law, but not acting on that promise.
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| Jared Kushner details Russia contacts, denies collusion Posted: 24 Jul 2017 04:37 PM PDT  By Jeff Mason and Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Donald Trump's son-in-law, Jared Kushner, emerged from behind the scenes on Monday to tell Senate investigators he had no part in any Kremlin attempt to meddle in the U.S. election despite having met Russians four times last year. "All of my actions were proper and occurred in the normal course of events of a very unique campaign," Kushner later told reporters outside the White House. "I did not collude with Russia, nor do I know of anyone else in the campaign who did." Kushner, 36, a senior White House adviser, met Senate Intelligence Committee staff behind closed doors for about two hours.
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| This massive fish species was somehow only just discovered Posted: 24 Jul 2017 05:00 PM PDT 
Researchers regularly remind us that the world's oceans are still hiding some truly remarkable secrets, but when we imagine new species of ocean life it's usually tucked away in the crushing depths, or so tiny that we somehow didn't notice it up until now. An all-new species of ocean sunfish was just discovered that throws those expectations completely out of the window, weighing in at over two tons and making regular trips near the surface in order to keep warm, but it's a remarkable find nonetheless.
Researchers led by Marianne Nyegaard of Australia's Murdoch University discovered the new sunfish species after looking closely at over 150 DNA samples from various sunfish. After matching three of the DNA samples with known species, the team realized that the fourth was completely new and undocumented. They subsequently nicknamed it the "hoodwinker sunfish" thanks to its ability to remain hidden for so long. 
But despite having DNA samples that proved the presence of an unknown species, nobody knew exactly what it looked like. After hunting for a specimen that matched the DNA for a year, Nyegaard got a tip that four sunfish had washed up on a beach in New Zealand, and it was at that point that she finally found what she had been searching for. Like the other members of the ocean sunfish family, the new species — officially named Mola tecta — is absolutely huge. Its massive, disc-shaped body is punctuated by large fins on its top and bottom, and its bony structure pushes its weight over the two ton mark. The hoodwinker sunfish has since been spotted in several different places, including the waters off South Africa, Chile, Australia and New Zealand.
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