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☆ Bronx medical student who suddenly got free tuition after a $1B donation says the school will be a nightmare to get into now
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-28 | by ( Mikhaila Friel | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Albert Einstein College of Medicine received a record-breaking $1 billion donation for free tuition. The donation means all current and future students will receive free tuition. AdvertisementA student at a Bronx medical school that received a $1 billion tuition fee donation said he was elated, but he wouldn't want to be in the shoes of future applicants. "I still have to pinch myself and remind myself that this actually happened," Kohanzadeh told Business Insider. AdvertisementNonetheless, he said he would still encourage future students to apply as it isn't "out of reach for anyone who is extremely passionate."

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☆ Arrest of Migrant in Georgia Killing Turns City Into Latest Battleground on Immigration
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Richard Fausset | Alessandro Marazzi Sassoon | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When a 22-year-old nursing student was found dead on a wooded trail at the University of Georgia in what’s believed to be the first homicide on campus in nearly 30 years, it set off waves of grief and fear that shook the university to its core. But when a 26-year-old migrant from Venezuela was charged on Friday with kidnapping and murdering the student, Laken Riley, it did something else: It transformed Athens and Clarke County, a community of about 130,000 people some 70 miles east of Atlanta, into the latest flashpoint in the political fight over American immigration policy. In a social media post on Monday, former President Donald J. Trump called the suspect, Jose Antonio Ibarra, a “monster,” and blamed President Biden for an “invasion” that is “killing our citizens.” Earlier in the day, at an event at the university, Gov. Brian Kemp of Georgia decried “an unwillingness by this White House to secure the southern border.”A third Republican, Representative Mike Collins, who represents Athens, wrote on social media: “The blood of Laken Riley is on the hands of Joe Biden, Alejandro Mayorkas and the government of Athens-Clarke County,” referring to the unified city-county government.

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☆ Albert Einstein College of Medicine to offer free tuition after billion-dollar gift
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Eva Rothenberg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

New York CNN —Students at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York will receive free tuition after a $1 billion dollar donation from a former faculty member. In 2010, their gift of $25 million to the Albert Einstein College of Medicine went towards creating the school’s Institute for Stem Cell Research and Regenerative Medicine. Professor Emerita of Pediatrics at Albert Einstein College of Medicine and The Lizette H. Sarnoff Award recipient Ruth L. Gottesman, Ed.D. Brent N. Clarke/Getty ImagesDr. Ruth Gottesman joined the medical school in 1968 and developed screening, evaluation and treatments for children with learning disabilities. In 2018, in part due to Langone’s donations, NYU’s School of Medicine became the first medical school in the country to offer free tuition to accepted students.

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☆ Highmark Health says it's combining tech from Google and Epic to give doctors easier access to information
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-26 | by ( Ashley Capoot | In | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +4 min

Highmark Health announced Monday that it's integrating technology from Google Cloud and the health-care software company Epic Systems to try to improve data gathering for providers and payers. Highmark, headquartered in Pittsburgh, is the parent company of a health plan with 7 million members, a provider network of 14 hospitals and several other entities. "Doctors don't need help once they have information; the problem is they don't have it," Farah told CNBC in an interview. Highmark said its new integration will also help it aggregate clinical data from its hospitals that representatives from its health plan need to access. The technology can automatically notify the health plan about upcoming patient visits, for instance.

Persons: Highmark, Dr, Tony Farah, Farah, Richard Clarke, Clarke, Amy Waldron, It's Organizations: Highmark Health, Google, Systems, Consumer, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, American Medical Association, Care, Community Health, CNBC, Health Locations: U.S, Pittsburgh

☆ Laken Riley: Vigil to be held for Augusta University student killed on UGA campus as a suspect remains in custody
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-25 | by ( Elizabeth Wolfe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —A vigil will be held Monday afternoon for Laken Hope Riley, an Augusta University nursing student who was found dead after jogging on the University of Georgia campus last week, as her suspected killer’s immigration status has drawn the scrutiny of Republican leaders. Riley, who was a UGA student until May 2023, was found dead Thursday near a lake on the university’s campus from blunt force trauma, according to UGA Police Chief Jeff Clark. Riley’s killing has left the University of Georgia to grieve two tragic deaths that occurred less than a day apart: Her body was discovered just hours after the death of a UGA student the previous night. The Monday afternoon vigil will be co-hosted by Riley’s Alpha Chi Omega sorority at UGA in remembrance of both of the dead students, the university said. Clark referred to Riley’s killing as a “crime of opportunity,” noting he believes the suspect acted alone.

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☆ Laken Riley: Suspect in University of Georgia killing didn’t know victim and is not a student on the campus, police say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-24 | by ( Jamiel Lynch | Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The suspect in the killing of an Augusta University College of Nursing student on the University of Georgia campus in Athens did not attend school at the campus and did not know the victim, authorities said Friday. The Athens-Clarke County Coroner identified the 22-year-old nursing student on Friday morning. All classes on the University of Georgia’s Athens campus were canceled Friday and will resume Monday, the school said. I will miss and love you forever Laken.”Before her enrollment at Augusta University, Riley was a student at the University of Georgia until 2023, UGA spokesperson Cole Sosebee said. Riley’s body was discovered mere hours after the death of a University of Georgia student the previous night.

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Riley was an Augusta University College of Nursing student at its campus in Athens, which is also home to the University of Georgia. She was a junior on the dean’s list, Augusta University said. “The victim was an undergraduate student at the University of Georgia until the spring of 2023, and then she became a nursing student at the Augusta University nursing program in Athens,” UGA spokesperson Cole Sosebee said. Obtained by CNNAll classes on the University of Georgia’s Athens campus are canceled Friday and will resume Monday, the school said. Augusta University has canceled Friday classes at the College of Nursing campus in Athens, which is about 2.5 miles from the University of Georgia’s intramural fields.

Persons: Hope Riley, “, Greg Trevor, Riley, Sonny Wilson, Jeffrey L, Clark, Cole Sosebee, Laken Hope Riley, Augusta University’s, Brooks A, Keel, Joshua L, Jones Organizations: CNN — University of Georgia Police, UGA, Augusta University College of Nursing, University of Georgia, Augusta University, CNN, University of Georgia Police, Police, ” UGA, University of Georgia’s, College of Nursing, University of, ” Augusta University, UGA Police Department, USA, Brumby Hall Locations: Athens, Clarke, ”, University of Georgia’s Athens, Clarke County

☆ A United flight was diverted after passengers spotted that parts of the plane wing were chipped
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-21 | by ( Marielle Descalsota | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A United flight from San Francisco to Boston was diverted to Denver due to a damaged wing. AdvertisementA United Airlines flight departing from San Francisco and bound for Boston was diverted to Denver after passengers spotted that parts of the plane's wing were chipped, Boston's WHDH 7News first reported on Tuesday. Clarke's video shows a plane wing with a dark blue tip descending onto a runway. In November, a United flight bound for Vancouver was diverted to San Francisco after a passenger made a bomb threat on board. And in July, a United flight diverted to Chicago after a business-class passenger was upset that his choice meal was unavailable.

Persons: —, WHDH 7News, Kevin Clarke, Clarke Organizations: Passengers, Service, United Airlines, WHDH, Associated Press, AP, Federal Aviation Administration, FAA Locations: San Francisco, Boston, Denver, Maine, Vancouver, Chicago

☆ Who was Kate Harrington, Truman Capote's protégé featured in 'Feud' season 2, and what happened to her?
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-19 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

"Feud" season two shows a softer side to Truman Capote through an unconventional relationship. In reality, however, Capote and O'Shea — whom Capote remodeled into Katy Harrington — began their relationship under slightly different circumstances. AdvertisementTruman Capote treated Katy Harrington as his adoptive daughter and protégéKate Harrington and Truman Capote in 1977. AdvertisementKate Harrington talking to Gloria Swanson at a Studio 54 party in 1978, while Truman Capote rests in between them. After Capote's death, Harrington named her daughter after the authorFollowing Capote's death in 1984, Harrington moved away from modeling and established herself as a stylist and producer.

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BOSTON (AP) — Brandt Clarke scored on a breakaway with 27 seconds left in overtime for his first career goal and the Los Angeles Kings rallied to beat the slumping Boston Bruins 5-4 on Saturday. Photos You Should See View All 33 ImagesJames van Riemsdyk scored twice and added an assist for the Bruins, and Ullmark finished with 30 saves. Van Riemsdyk scored first-period goals on rebounds and Richard scored 13:04 in the second to put Boston up 3-1. Van Riemsdyk had an assist for his third point of the game. It was the second two-goal game for van Riemsdyk since he signed with the Bruins as a free agent last summer.

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☆ Women in Iceland want you to know it's not a gender equality utopia, despite what the statistics say
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +22 min

AdvertisementBoth Icelandic and foreign-born women told BI that though they largely feel safe in Iceland, it's no feminist paradise. "That was like a wake up call for many women," Thorgerdur J. Einarsdóttir, professor of gender studies at the University of Iceland, told BI. Some groups of women are more vulnerable to violence and low wages, including foreign-born women, women with disabilities, and trans women, the interviewees said. Older generations fight so younger ones can flourishBut despite these concerns, the women BI spoke to said that they largely felt safe living in Iceland. Women BI spoke to largely said they felt optimistic about the changes that future generations would bring.

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☆ Jack Harlow, Palaye Royale, and other music artists are using blockchain to connect with fans — and build profitable online communities
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-16 | by ( Diana Umana | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +11 min

Jack Harlow, Mac Ayres, Palaye Royale, and Disclosure are among the artists leaning into blockchain. To make blockchain more accessible to and approachable for artists and fans, Mith and Medallion have adopted a hybrid model, blending elements of Web2 and Web3 . “So with Medallion, artists have a space for their fans to gather. The choice of blockchain tech, its alignment with specific requirements, and the overall impact on user experience are crucial aspects. Mith's and Medallion's success lies in using blockchain tech that’s seamless and engaging for the end user.

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The case heads to court separately from another federal lawsuit filed in October by LGBTQ+ and civil rights advocates over the aggravated prostitution law. The Republican-carried legislation would only remove the requirement that those convicted of aggravated prostitution must register as a violent sex offender. Court documents in the other federal lawsuit say that more than 80 people are registered for aggravated prostitution in Tennessee. Because she had to register as a sex offender, the woman has experienced periods of homelessness while struggling to find safe housing compliant with sex-registry requirements. Tennessee law also bars her from changing her legal name to match her gender identity, the lawsuit states.

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MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Multimillionaire Republican businessman Eric Hovde is planning to launch a bid for U.S. Senate against Democratic incumbent Sen. Tammy Baldwin next week. Hovde campaign spokesperson Ben Voelkel said Thursday that Hovde, 59, will get into the race next week after months of preparation. Hovde previously ran for Senate in 2012, describing himself then as a free-market conservative, losing in the Republican primary to former Gov. Photos You Should See View All 22 ImagesIn that race, Hovde ran as a supporter of overturning the Affordable Care Act, the national health care law signed by former President Barack Obama. Baldwin has already said she plans to highlight abortion rights in this year's Senate race.

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☆ Everyone needs an editor. Lyft just learned it the hard way
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Allison Morrow | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

That goes for MBAs as much as MFAs, and it’s a lesson Lyft executives learned the hard way on Tuesday, when an errant zero sent its stock (briefly) to the stratosphere. The Lyft typo came in an earnings report that stated, incorrectly, that the company’s estimated gross margin would expand by 500 basis points, which would amount to a stunning five-percentage-point bump. The stock shot up more than 60% before Lyft’s CFO corrected the error on a call with analysts, bringing the stock back to Earth. With the error in the rear view, Lyft shares were up up 30% Wednesday, bolstered by stronger-than-expected earnings and a rosy outlook for future cash flows. “Look, it was a bad error, and that’s on me,” Lyft CEO David Risher told CNBC on Wednesday.

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☆ Apple is losing a design titan — the latest turnover in its post-Jony Ive era
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Geoff Weiss | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Apple designer Bart Andre, who came up with former design chief Jony Ive, is retiring. The design team is crucial to Apple's high-profile launches, including its latest Vision Pro. Andre was one of the last remaining members of Ive’s former team, Bloomberg reported. AdvertisementIve’s departure in 2019 precipitated an exodus, Bloomberg reported, with many of the iPhone company's designers subsequently joining his design firm venture LoveFrom. AdvertisementApple's design team under Ive numbered roughly two dozen staffers, Bloomberg reported, obsessively crafting products like the AirPods and Apple Watch for years before they hit shelves.

Persons: Bart Andre, Jony, There's, —, Andre, Evans Hankey, Colin Burns, Shota Aoyagi, Peter Russell, Clarke, Richard Howarth, Molly Anderson, Duncan Kerr, Jeff Williams, Tim Cook, Steve Jobs Organizations: Apple, Bloomberg, Service, Apple Vision, Journal, Apple Watch

UBS hiked its price target on Nvidia , citing an attractive valuation and strong demand for its chips. The firm upgraded shares to overweight from neutral and upped its target price by $17 to $68, which implies 24.3% potential upside. He upgraded shares to buy from neutral and increased his price target from £17 to £21. — Pia Singh 5:47 a.m.: UBS hikes Nvidia price target UBS is getting even more bullish on Nvidia ahead of the chipmaker's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report. Despite the price target increase, Nvidia shares were down 1% in the premarket.

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☆ A guide to all the confirmed 'Game of Thrones' spinoffs, prequels, and sequels in development at HBO
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-10 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +13 min

Following on from "House of the Dragon," there are lots more "Game of Thrones" spinoffs in the works. So here's everything we know about all the "Game of Thrones"-related projects that are in development, are rumored to be in development, or returning. "A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight""A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms: The Hedge Knight" is in development. I don't want to repeat what happened with GAME OF THRONES itself, where the show gets ahead of the books," he continued. "House of the Dragon" season twoEmma D’Arcy as Rhaenyra Targaryen in "House of the Dragon."

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☆ Ford says it has a ‘Skunk Works’ team trying to make lower-cost EVs
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-09 | by ( Peter Valdes-Dapena | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Ford says it has a top-secret, high-powered team working to design its future electric vehicles. Electric vehicle sales increased by 40% in the fourth quarter of 2023 compared to the same period in 2022, according to Cox Automotive. In a study released late last year by S&P Global Mobility, almost half of people surveyed globally thought EV prices were too high. “We developed a super-talented ‘Skunk Works’ team to create a low-cost EV platform,” Farley said. By dubbing its own operation as a “Skunk Works” team, Ford is seeking to put the scale of the matter front-and-center.

Persons: CNN — Ford, ”, Yanina Mills, Ford, Jim Farley, ” Farley, Tesla Farley, Tesla, Farley, Alan Clarke, EVs Farley Organizations: CNN, Tesla, Audi, Mercedes, Ford, Cox Automotive, P Global Mobility, United Auto Workers, Skunk, Lockheed, Skunk Works, Reuters, Works, Hyundai, Ford Pro, EV, EVS Locations: China, Asia, Europe

“What we’ve seen with the Taylor Swift tour is something that we’ve not really seen before,” said Richard Clarke, an analyst at investment firm Bernstein. Taylor Swift performs at the Staples Center in Los Angeles in 2015. From Taylor Swift On her birthday in 2019, Swift shared this photo of herself as a child. From Taylor Swift A 13-year-old Swift sings the National Anthem before an NBA game in Philadelphia in 2002. John Mabangalo/Pool/Getty Images Swift performs during a sold-out show at New York's Madison Square Garden in 2009.

Persons: Tokyo CNN —, Taylor, Travis Kelce, Taylor Swift, we’ve, ”, Richard Clarke, Bernstein, “ It’s, TikTok she’d, curating, Kane Ishiyone, Swift, –, Ishiyone, Richard A, Brooks, Clarke, “, that’s, Christopher Polk, Scott, Andrea Swift, Jesse D, Tim McGraw, Kevin Winter, John Mabangalo, Chad Batka, Bryan Bedder, Larry Busacca, Miley Cyrus, Lucas Till, Hannah Montana, Sam Emerson, Everett, Jonas, Frank Masi, I'm, West, Beyoncé, Jeff Kravitz, Lucy Nicholson, Christopher Morris, Josh Haner, Kevin Mazur, James Taylor, Charles Sykes, Matt Sayles, Mark J, Terrill, Invision, Jimmy Fallon, Douglas Gorenstein, Nicholas Harvey, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Laraine Newman, Bill Hader, Taran Killam, Kristen Wiig, Keenan Thompson, Fred Armisen, Kerry Washington, Betty White, Bradley Cooper, Dana Edelson, Andrea, Ethan Miller, Tim Boyles, Selena Gomez, Jordan Strauss, Mike Coppola, John Shearer, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Brandon Urie, Katy Perry, Republic Records Jack Antonoff, Aaron Dessner, Will Heath, Seth Wenig, Terence Rushin, David Eulitt, Mitsumasa Etou, Akazawa, haven’t, It’s, Michele Bullock Organizations: Tokyo CNN, People, Kansas City Chiefs, Taylor, Getty, Super Bowl, Chicago Bears, dateline, Vegas, Staples Center, NBA, of Country, Garden, New York Times, New York's Rockefeller Center, Walt Disney Co, Kanye, Madison, MTV, NBC, ACM, Academy of Country, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art, Universal Pictures, Coachella, Republic Records, New York University, Arrowhead, Chiefs, NET, Tokyo City University, Fuji, Tokyo, Reserve Bank of Australia, Reuters Locations: Tokyo, Las Vegas, Philippines, Fukuoka, Japan, Germany, Austria, Netherlands, Shibuya, AFP, Asia, Washington, Las Vagas, Los Angeles, West Reading , Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, New York, Auburn Hills , Michigan, Newark , New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Frankfurt, London, Arlington , Texas, Tampa, Chicago, Atlanta, Kansas City , Missouri, Asia Pacific, Singapore, Australia, East Coast

“I stopped counting how many neighborhoods I’ve erased,” the caption reads on the video posted to his personal TikTok, accompanied by a militaristic anthem. Since Israel’s invasion in October, soldiers have shared videos from Gaza on social media, offering a rare, unsanctioned look at operations on the ground. The New York Times reviewed hundreds of these videos. Some show unremarkable parts of a soldier’s life — eating, hanging out or sending messages to loved ones back home. Others capture soldiers vandalizing local shops and school classrooms, making derogatory comments about Palestinians, bulldozing what appear to be civilian areas and calling for the building of Israeli settlements in Gaza, an inflammatory idea that is promoted by some far-right Israeli politicians.

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☆ 5 expats who relocated to Iceland break down the biggest challenges they faced after moving
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-04 | by ( Grace Dean | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Five expats to Iceland told Business Insider about the biggest challenges they faced. "I used to be afraid of winter coming," Jewells Chambers, who relocated from Brooklyn seven years ago and makes the podcast All Things Iceland, said. Public transport is 'terrible'"Driving is the standard in Iceland," Chambers said. "I think tourism has been wonderful for Iceland," Basappa said. And the main street in Reykjavik used to be Icelandic boutiques, but "everything got swept up and turned into puffin shops," she said.

Persons: You've, Shruthi Basappa, Jewells Chambers, Grace Dean, Chambers, Sonia Nicolson, Jeannie Riley, Nicolson, Riley, you've, Basappa, Alice Olivia Clarke, She'd, expats, Chambers doesn't, They're, they'd, It's, Soeren, Clarke, Airbnb, Brooklyn . Nicolson Organizations: Statistics, Business, SEI, Hallmark, Toyota, Facebook, Tourism, Getty Locations: Iceland, Statistics Iceland, India, Barcelona, Brooklyn, Texas, Canada, Reykjavik, puffin, expats, Brooklyn .

☆ The real story behind the suicide of American socialite Ann Woodward in 'Feud: Capote vs. The Swans'
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-01 | by ( Eve Crosbie | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Woodward's suicide is depicted in the first episode of "Feud: Capote vs. Ann Woodward had a run with Truman Capote where she reportedly called him a homophobic slurTom Hollander plays Truman Capote in "Feud: Capote vs. Ann Woodward and William Woodward Jr. at the Embassy Club in the Ambassador Hotel in New York in 1975. According to Montillo, Capote recognized Woodward and approached her table; after a brief conversation, she reportedly called Capote a homophobic slur. Despite the two decades since her husband's death, Woodward's reputation was still in tatters among those who remembered the headline-making incident.

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NEW YORK (AP) — Pornographic deepfake images of Taylor Swift are circulating online, making the singer the most famous victim of a scourge that tech platforms and anti-abuse groups have struggled to fix. Sexually explicit and abusive fake images of Swift began circulating widely this week on the social media platform X. The deepfake-detecting group Reality Defender said it tracked a deluge of nonconsensual pornographic material depicting Swift, particularly on X. Some images also made their way to Meta-owned Facebook and other social media platforms. “The images may be fake, but their impacts are very real," Morelle said in a statement.

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☆ Fake explicit Taylor Swift photos have politicians sounding off. But will AI laws actually change?
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Sexually explicit AI-created images of Taylor Swift went viral on X this week. Posting on X on Thursday, he wrote: "The spread of AI-generated explicit images of Taylor Swift is appalling — and sadly, it's happening to women everywhere, every day." The spread of AI-generated explicit images of Taylor Swift is appalling—and sadly, it's happening to women everywhere, every day. What’s happened to Taylor Swift is nothing new. (The Daily Mail has reported that her team is considering legal action against the site that created the AI-generated images.)

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