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☆ New Orleans attacker said in videos to his family that he considered killing them before joining ISIS
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Dilanianmug.Jpg | Ken Dilanian | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

“I wanted to record this message for my family,” Shamsud-Din Jabbar said in the videos. Jabbar, 42, drove a rented truck from Houston to New Orleans on New Year’s Eve, authorities said, posting videos online along the way. While it may not have surprised experts, Jabbar’s rampage has bewildered his family, friends and colleagues, who described him as kind and unassuming. “It’s a complete surprise, a shock to everyone,” Jabbar’s half brother, Abdur-Rahim Jabbar IV, 24, said in an interview this week. Jabbar expressed being upset about the situation, calling it “genocide on both sides.”After his most recent divorce, Jabbar seemed to become more devout, though he never discussed ISIS or any radical ideologies.

Persons: “, ” Shamsud, Din Jabbar, ”, Jabbar, Abdur, Rahim Jabbar IV, It’s, Rahim Jabbar, Din Organizations: U.S . Army, ISIS, NBC, The New York Times, NBC News, New Orleans ’ Locations: Texas, Louisiana, New Orleans, Houston, Bourbon, revelers, Gaza

Around 60 million people are under weather alerts from the Plains to the Mid-Atlantic as a winter storm threatens to slam the region with heavy snow and crippling ice. The Rocky Mountains and the Central and Northern Plains will be hit by heavy snow, strong winds and freezing rain. Blizzard-like conditions are possible due to the combination of heavy snow and strong wind gusts. By Sunday morning, the system will shift over the Central Plains, bringing heavy snow and ice from Kansas through the mid-Mississippi Valley. Highs will range from the single digits and teens across the Plains and Midwest, with 20s to 30s expected for the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast.

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LOS ANGELES — LeBron James broke Michael Jordan’s NBA record for 30-point games during the Los Angeles Lakers’ victory over Atlanta on Friday night. Jordan set his record in 1,072 games over 15 seasons, while James surpassed it in his 1,523rd appearance over 22 seasons. But just two masters of their craft putting in work and work and work to the point where it’s kind of become unguardable. It’s work and dedication.”Coincidentally, James also passed Dirk Nowitzki (1,522) for the fourth-most games played in the regular season in NBA history Friday night. But James shows absolutely no signs of slowing in his record-tying 22nd season: He scored 38 points against Portland one night earlier to tie Jordan’s 30-point mark.

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Emmy- and Grammy-nominated stand-up comedian Nikki Glaser will make her debut as Globes emcee. In an interview with the Globes’ official website, Glaser said headlining the show was “scary,” but she was excited about the challenge. The Globes, unlike the Academy Awards, splits the best film prize into two categories: drama and musical/comedy. In the drama series race, Gold Derby gives the best odds to “Shōgun,” a saga set in feudal Japan. The other nominees in the drama series category are “The Day of the Jackal,” “The Diplomat,” “Mr.

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The Summary A report from the U.S. surgeon general suggested that labels on alcoholic drinks should warn about cancer risk. Doctors on Friday applauded a new report from the U.S. surgeon general that highlights links between alcohol consumption and seven types of cancer and suggests that alcoholic drinks should come with cancer warning labels. Alcohol is the third leading preventable cause of cancer in the U.S., behind tobacco and obesity, according to the surgeon general’s report. Compared to smoking, doctors said, there’s less research on how long it takes to see reductions in cancer risk after a person stops drinking. Already, adults under 35 have become less likely to drink alcohol than that group was decades ago, according to a 2023 analysis.

Persons: Doctors, ” Bruce Scott, Vivek Murthy, Murthy, ”, Rotonya Carr, Paul Gilbert, John Rensten, Carr, ” Dr, Frances Lee, William Dahut, ’ ” Lee, it’s, Kenneth Nahum, “, ” Will, Gilbert, Elizabeth Kovacs Organizations: American Medical Association, U.S, NBC News, gastroenterology, University of Washington, World Health Organization, University of Iowa College of Public Health, International Agency for Research, Cancer, Department of Health, Human Services, National Academies of Science, Engineering, Medicine, American Cancer Society, Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Locations: U.S, United States, Mount Sinai, New York, Canada

The ISIS-inspired attack in New Orleans underscores how extremism online and political divisions at home have created “a perfect storm” for radicalization in America, experts say, with law enforcement struggling to track an increasingly fractured threat. And all that is playing into a perfect storm of factors that are leading to an increase in radicalization.”According to the federal government, the main terror threat to the U.S. now is lone actors inspired by extremism ideology. But sometimes, as in the New Orleans attack, the driving ideology is radical Islamism. Berger, an extremism researcher with the Center on Terrorism, Extremism, and Counterterrorism at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, said in an email. That shift had the center’s vice president, Oren Segal, worried even before the New Orleans attack, he said.

Persons: ”, Seamus Hughes, Christopher Wray, John Horgan, “, ” Horgan, Din Jabbar, Jabbar, —, Christopher O’Leary, Arie Kruglanski, J.M, Berger, Horgan, Shamsud, Oren Segal, it’s, ” Berger, ” Donald Trump’s, Ryan Routh, Trump Organizations: FBI, National Counterterrorism Innovation, Technology, Education Center, University of Nebraska, Buffalo, Trump, Extremism, Georgia State University, Islamic State, Soufan, National Center for, Terrorism, University of Maryland, Center, Counterterrorism, Middlebury Institute of International Studies, New, YouTube, ISIS, The, Defamation League’s Center for Extremism, Justice, “ Locations: New Orleans, America, University of Nebraska Omaha, U.S, Washington, Trump, Florida, Shamsud, Las Vegas, The New Orleans, Orlando , Florida, Israel, Middlebury, Orleans, Iran, Ukraine

The list of 19 Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients includes former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and billionaire donor George Soros. The recipients are scheduled to receive the awards at a White House ceremony Saturday. Biden himself received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2017 during the final days of the Obama administration. Earlier this week, Biden awarded the Presidential Citizens Medal to 20 recipients, including Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., and former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo. The Presidential Citizens Medal is the second-highest civilian honor, behind the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Persons: Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton, George Soros, ” Clinton, Donald Trump, Clinton, Trump . Soros, José Andrés, Jane Goodall, Bill Nye, Science Guy, Bono, Michael J, Lionel Messi, Earvin, ” Johnson, Anna Wintour, Ralph Lauren, Biden, Robert F, Kennedy, John F, Ashton Carter, Obama, George Romney, Sen, Mitt Romney, Barack Obama, Cecile Richards, Bennie Thompson, Liz Cheney, Cheney Organizations: WASHINGTON, White, Trump ., Open Society, Science, Fox, Denzel, United, Islamic Locations: United States, Denzel Washington, New York, Islamic State, Michigan, R, Utah, Thompson

WASHINGTON — A judge rejected a request from a Jan. 6 defendant to attend President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration after the man was invited by a former member of Congress, according to a court document released Friday. The defendant, Russell Taylor, was accused of organizing a group of "fighters" to travel to D.C. on Jan. 6, 2021. "To attend the Presidential Inauguration, which celebrates and honors the peaceful transfer of power, is an immense privilege," Lamberth said. Huish filed a request on Dec. 11 asking Lamberth to allow Taylor to travel to Washington for the inauguration. Taylor is not the only Jan. 6 defendant to seek permission to travel to the inauguration.

Persons: WASHINGTON —, Donald Trump's, Russell Taylor, Royce Lamberth, Taylor’s, Lamberth, Dyke, Huish, Chris Stewart, Taylor, Stewart, Russ ’, Christopher Belliveau, Eric Peterson, William Pope Organizations: Three, U.S, District, Capitol Riots, Attorney's, D.C, Capitol Locations: United States, Utah, Washington, California

NEW ORLEANS — Vehicle attacks are a rising global terror threat that can be difficult to prevent — but the deadly assault on New Year’s revelers in New Orleans shows how a city’s efforts to protect a heavily crowded and vulnerable area can fall short, experts said. “New Orleans does have mobile vehicle barriers that are designed to block streets and sidewalks,” Don Aviv, CEO of Interfor International, told NBC News on Friday. Asked hours later whether the police had considered the possibility of a driver mounting the sidewalk on Bourbon Street, Capt. The sense of betrayal was echoed by Bourbon Street workers as they returned to their jobs this week. “It seems worse than poor planning,” said Rory Windhorst, who works at a business on Bourbon Street near the site of the attack.

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☆ Ruben Gallego hopes his unusual path to the Senate will ‘nudge’ Democrats — and the chamber
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

So there’s like nothing really shocks or surprises me anymore when things happen,” Gallego told CNN as he walked back from his ceremonial swearing-in in the old Senate chamber on Friday. “I’m just very lucky to experience a lot of good stuff, at least.”Intense ambition and drive are what make Gallego like any other member of the Senate. He recorded an ad for Gallego in the Senate campaign. Gallego will be different from many in the Senate, but Kelly said that it comes down to being able to “nudge the thing in a certain direction. “So I think the future of this country is more in the line of what Ruben represents.

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☆ Chinese dams to be discussed in India visit of U.S. national security adviser
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan's visit to New Delhi from Jan. 5-6 is expected to include discussions with Indian counterparts about the impact of Chinese dams, a senior U.S. official said late on Friday. Washington and its Western allies have long viewed India as a counter to China's rising influence in Asia and beyond. The official added that Washington will discuss New Delhi's concerns in the visit. Chinese officials say that hydropower projects in Tibet will not have a major impact on the environment or on downstream water supplies. American officials will not be meeting the Dalai Lama during the visit, another U.S. official said.

Persons: Jake Sullivan's, We've, Dalai Lama Organizations: Indian, Washington, U.S, Sikh Locations: New Delhi, Jan, U.S, India, Asia, Washington, Beijing, Tibet, Dalai, Washington and New Delhi, New, Russia, Ukraine

☆ From Georgia to Washington, Memorials Trace Jimmy Carter’s Life
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon | Rick Rojas | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In a few days, Jimmy Carter will be celebrated in a towering cathedral in Washington by fellow American presidents, noted humanitarians and other world leaders. But before all of that, a hearse carrying the remains of Mr. Carter, the nation’s 39th president, paused on Saturday outside a farmhouse in Georgia. It was the first stop in a valedictory trek tracing the scope of a lengthy and varied life. The trek, like his life, began and will end in a patch of rural Georgia, where he was born and raised and where he died on Dec. 29 at 100. In the days ahead, the series of memorial events will incorporate a discussion of the impression that Mr. Carter made on the world, including the legacy he left after a single term in the White House and a post-presidential life that also came to define him.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, Carter Organizations: White Locations: Washington, Georgia, Plains , Ga

☆ Biden to recognize Hillary Clinton, Bono and more with Presidential Medal of Freedom
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( Donald Judd | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Biden himself is a recipient, having been presented with the medal by then-President Barack Obama in the closing days of his administration. “President Biden believes great leaders keep the faith, give everyone a fair shot, and put decency above all else,” the White House said in the statement. The president’s decision to honor Clinton caps off a long history of mutual admiration between the two Democratic leaders and comes after Bill and Hillary Clinton honored Biden with the Clinton Global Citizen Award in a surprise New York Ceremony last September. In the field of science, Biden will recognize Planetary Society CEO and climate advocate Bill Nye and world-famous conservationist Jane Goodall. Nye has partnered with the administration in the past to further the Biden White House’s climate initiatives, recording a 2021 interview with Biden at the White House to push the president’s “Build Back Better” plan.

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☆ Photos: Remembering Jimmy Carter
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( Rebecca Wright | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

The official state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter will be held Thursday in Washington, DC, but the public will have a chance to say goodbye in the days leading up to it. After that, the motorcade heads to the Georgia State Capitol and then to the Carter Center in Atlanta, where the former president will lie in repose through Tuesday morning. On Tuesday, Carter will be taken to Washington, where he will lie in state at the Capitol Rotunda before his funeral service at the Washington National Cathedral. The Capitol will be open to the public so that people can pay their respects before the funeral. Carter will then be laid to rest in Plains at the same location where his wife, Rosalynn, was buried last year.

Persons: Jimmy Carter, Carter, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Rosalynn Organizations: Services, Georgia State Capitol, Carter Center, Washington National Cathedral, of Locations: Washington ,, Georgia, Plains, Atlanta, Washington

☆ A Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist said she quit The Washington Post after her Jeff Bezos cartoon was killed
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( Rebecca Rommen | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Ann Telnaes, a longtime Washington Post cartoonist, has announced she is quitting her position. She said the move came after a cartoon featuring the Post's owner, Jeff Bezos, was rejected. ADThe cartoon in question depicted Amazon founder and Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos and other billionaires kneeling in front of a statue of President-elect Donald Trump. Jeff Stein, a White House economics reporter at the Post, reshared the cartoon and a link to Telnaes' Substack post on X. ADJeff Bezos has owned The Washington Post since 2013, when his holding company, Nash Holdings, bought the newspaper for $250 million.

Persons: Ann Telnaes, Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump, Telnaes, Mark Zuckerberg, Patrick Soon, Walt Disney, Mickey Mouse, I've, David Shipley, Jeff Stein Organizations: Washington Post, The Washington Post, Trump, Disney, LA Times, Geneva, Cartoonists Foundation, Cartoonists Rights, Nash Holdings Locations: Shipley

☆ MicroStrategy trades like a meme stock these days. What investors need to know
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( Tanaya Macheel | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Fueled by its five-year-old strategy of loading up on crypto, MicroStrategy, based in suburban Virginia outside Washington, soared 58% in November alone. MSTR 1Y mountain MicroStrategy, 1 year The combination of a sky-high stock price, surging popularity and a crypto-native cheering section on social media is leading some to question if MicroStrategy might really go the way of a meme stock —popular among retail investors on social media but risky and vulnerable to sharp downdrafts. Church of bitcoin Saylor, today the company's executive chairman, is a staunch bitcoin advocate and educator. But MicroStrategy has already lived through a bitcoin bear market – it dropped 74% in 2022 alongside bitcoin's 64% slump – and Saylor's bitcoin buying strategy survived it. Saylor has likened buying bitcoin to investing in Manhattan real estate, saying his company will "keep buying the top forever."

Persons: Michael Saylor, Invesco, Mark Palmer, Palmer, Michael Saylor's, bitcoin, –, MicroStrategy, there's, Alex Miller, Hiro, Benchmark's Palmer, Wainwright, That's, Saylor Organizations: Nasdaq, Benchmark Co, CNBC, bitcoin, bitcoin's, H.C, MicroStrategy Locations: bitcoin, Virginia, Washington, Bitcoin, Manhattan

☆ I let my kids choose trips for their 13th birthdays instead of traditional gifts. They get independence and I enjoy time with them.
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( Kristina Wright | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

During the pandemic, when we couldn't travel, I told my sons they could pick a trip for their birthdays. I made them a promise: when they each turned 13, we'd take a trip anywhere they wanted to go in the United States. It felt different than a regular vacationI was charmed by the things my son found interesting and the details he noticed. I'm grateful for the time I get with themNow, I'm gearing up for my younger son's birthday trip. What I hope they someday realize is that sharing these birthday trips with them is a gift for me, too.

Persons: We're, I'm, we'd, —, he's, We'll, it's, I've Organizations: Seattle, Disney, Orlando, Pike, EPCOT, Magic Kingdom Locations: United States, Texas, Virginia, Washington, Seattle, Emerald City, Florida, Australia, Paris

☆ Jimmy Carter's funeral begins by tracing 100 years from rural Georgia to the world stage
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +6 min

The procession stopped at the farm where the future president toiled alongside the Black sharecroppers who worked for his father. The motorcade continued to Atlanta, stopping in front of the Georgia Capitol where Carter served as a state senator and reformist governor. Grandson Jason Carter, who now chairs the center's governing board, said, "It's amazing what you can cram into a hundred years." Jimmy Carter will lie in repose at the Carter Presidential Center from 7 p.m. Saturday through 6 a.m. Tuesday, with the public able to pay respects around the clock. Indeed, Carter helped plan his own funeral to emphasize that his remarkable rise to the world stage was because of — not despite — his deep rural roots.

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☆ Trump has raised hundreds of millions since his reelection
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Trump has raised millions from CEOs and businesses for his inauguration and presidential library. The Times reported that Trump has raised over $200 million since winning a second term. Apple CEO Tim Cook is the latest to contribute $1 million of his own money to Trump's inaugural committee, according to Axios. At least $150 million of that will go toward his inaugural, far more than the $107 million he raised for the event in 2017. President Joe Biden's inaugural committee raised $63.8 million for his 2021 inauguration, according to FEC filings.

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☆ How Trump is banking on 18th Century laws for his border and citizenship promises
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( John Fritze | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

“Think of that: We had to go back to 1798,” Trump told a conservative gathering in Georgia days before the November election. Truman had sought to remove a German national and the appeal arrived at the Supreme Court three years after the end of World War II. Trump told CBS News in August that he would — “generally speaking” — not use the act to ban the mailing of abortion drugs. The Supreme Court dodged the issue in a related opinion in June that dealt with the Food and Drug Administration’s decades-old approval of the abortion pill mifepristone. The Supreme Court has generally deferred to the president’s judgment to invoke the law.

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☆ Hillary Clinton, George Soros and Denzel Washington will receive the highest U.S. civilian honor
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

US President Joe Biden and former secretary of state Hillary Clinton look on as former president Bill Clinton (not pictured) speaks during the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York on September 23, 2024. Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Democratic philanthropist George Soros and actor-director Denzel Washington will be awarded the nation's highest civilian honor on Saturday in a White House ceremony. President Joe Biden will bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 of the most famous names in politics, sports, entertainment, civil rights, LGBTQ+ advocacy and science. Kennedy is father to Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for health and human services secretary. Romney is the father of former Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney, one of Trump's strongest conservative critics.

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☆ Washington Post cartoonist quits after drawing of Bezos, other billionaires with Trump rejected
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( Jesse Pound | In Jesse-Pound | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

Ann Telnaes, a Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist, said in a blog post Friday that she quit the paper after a drawing was rejected. A Washington Post cartoonist has quit her role at the paper, saying that her bosses blocked publication of a satirical cartoon that depicted billionaires, including one resembling Post owner Jeff Bezos, kneeling before President-elect Donald Trump . The drawing was rejected by the paper outright, with no suggestions for potential changes, Telnaes told CNBC in an email. David Shipley, Washington Post editorial page editor, said in a statement that the cartoon was rejected because of its similarity to columns at the paper, not because of who it targeted. The Washington Post reported that Bezos spiked a planned endorsement of Trump opponent Kamala Harris by the paper ahead of the presidential election.

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☆ Washington Post cartoonist resigns over paper’s refusal to publish satirical cartoon of Bezos and Trump
▼ + stars: | 2025-01-04 | by ( Jon Passantino | Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Ann Telnaes announced Friday she had resigned from The Washington Post after the newspaper refused to publish a satirical cartoon depicting billionaire Post owner Jeff Bezos on bended knee in front of President-elect Donald Trump. Bezos’ controversial decision led to a tidal wave of reader backlash, with The Post reporting more than 250,000 readers canceling their subscriptions. Last month, Bezos dined with Trump at his Mar-a-Lago club in Florida and Amazon announced it would donate $1 million to Trump’s inauguration. Disney, the parent company of ABC, settled a defamation suit brought by Trump for $15 million in a highly scrutinized decision. And Facebook and Instagram parent Meta said that it was donating $1 million to Trump’s inaugural fund after Zuckerberg met with Trump privately.

Persons: Ann Telnaes, Jeff Bezos, Donald Trump, Talnaes, “, I’ve, Mark Zuckerberg, Sam Altman, Trump, Patrick Soon, Mickey, ” David Shipley, Telnaes, ”, Bezos, Kamala Harris, Meta, Zuckerberg, Harris Organizations: New, New York CNN, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Amazon, Disney, ABC, Trump Locations: New York, Lago, Florida

“It shows the best and quickest approach to deliver for President Trump is one beautiful, big package,” Smith told CNN last month. A massive bill will take far more time to negotiate and will represent a huge challenge for a party that has so little room for error. A bill of this magnitude will need to go through several committees of jurisdiction and is likely to take far longer than a more constrained border and energy bill would. GOP Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia told CNN on Friday that Johnson and the Trump team’s promise to push one single bill helped get him to vote in favor of the speaker. And Republican Rep. Keith Self of Texas, who flipped his vote and backed Johnson at the last minute, also told CNN on Friday that he looked forward to doing one “big, beautiful” bill now that the race for speaker was over.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Donald Trump, John Thune, Jason Smith, Trump, ” Smith, Thune, Johnson, Rich McCormick, Keith Self, Self, ”, Mr, ’, CNN’s Kaanita Iyer Organizations: CNN —, Republicans, Republican, CNN, GOP, Trump —, Louisiana Republican, Trump Locations: Washington, Georgia, Texas

Until Friday, those AI accounts never attracted much attention. On Dec. 27, the Financial Times published a story about Meta’s plans to further integrate user-generated AI profiles — AI profiles that people can create and customize to their liking — into its social media platforms. The noncelebrity AI characters Meta created in 2023 stayed up, but 404 Media reported that most of them stopped posting content. These were managed by humans and were part of an early experiment we did with AI characters,” the statement read. Despite pulling the company’s own AI characters, there are still many AI chatbots available on Meta platforms that are generated by users.

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