🇨🇳Severe flooding across central and eastern China after a foot of rainfall overnight - at least 10 killed (UPDATE)
Heavy rains swept across central and eastern China over the weekend, hitting provinces including Jiangxi and Hunan, with more downpours expected.
The National Meteorological Center (NMC) forecasts that over the next three days, heavy rainfall will gradually move eastward and southward.
Since Friday evening, torrential rain in Ganzhou city, Jiangxi, has raised river levels and caused localized flooding.
Shangyou county was hardest hit, especially Dongshan township, where rising waters disrupted electricity and water supplies, submerged streets and swept away vehicles.
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Heavy rains swept across central and eastern China over the weekend, hitting provinces including Jiangxi and Hunan, with more downpours expected.
The National Meteorological Center (NMC) forecasts that over the next three days, heavy rainfall will gradually move eastward and southward.
Since Friday evening, torrential rain in Ganzhou city, Jiangxi, has raised river levels and caused localized flooding.
Shangyou county was hardest hit, especially Dongshan township, where rising waters disrupted electricity and water supplies, submerged streets and swept away vehicles.
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🇨🇳Severe flooding across central and eastern China after 14 inches of rain in just 12 hours - at least 12 killed (UPDATE)
Heavy rains swept across central and eastern China over the weekend, hitting provinces including Jiangxi and Hunan, with more downpours expected.
The National Meteorological Center (NMC) forecasts that over the next three days, heavy rainfall will gradually move eastward and southward.
Since Friday evening, torrential rain in Ganzhou city, Jiangxi, has raised river levels and caused localized flooding.
Shangyou county was hardest hit, especially Dongshan township, where rising waters disrupted electricity and water supplies, submerged streets and swept away vehicles.
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Heavy rains swept across central and eastern China over the weekend, hitting provinces including Jiangxi and Hunan, with more downpours expected.
The National Meteorological Center (NMC) forecasts that over the next three days, heavy rainfall will gradually move eastward and southward.
Since Friday evening, torrential rain in Ganzhou city, Jiangxi, has raised river levels and caused localized flooding.
Shangyou county was hardest hit, especially Dongshan township, where rising waters disrupted electricity and water supplies, submerged streets and swept away vehicles.
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🛸Eight never-before-seen UFO videos at center of explosive disclosure battle detailed by insider
A battle over UFO transparency has erupted in Washington as 'certain intelligence agencies' have been accused of withholding evidence from the American public.
Investigative journalist Jeremy Corbell told the Daily Mail there is a 'bottleneck' inside US Central Command where footage of unidentified flying objects is being blocked from reaching officials seeking access to it.
Corbell said some members of Congress are now 'dead set' on forcing the release of the material 'come hell or high water,' with some lawmakers prepared to escalate the fight if agencies continue withholding records.
The growing disclosure battle has now centered on 46 classified military UFO videos that lawmakers recently demanded from the Department of War last month, which have yet to be released.
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A battle over UFO transparency has erupted in Washington as 'certain intelligence agencies' have been accused of withholding evidence from the American public.
Investigative journalist Jeremy Corbell told the Daily Mail there is a 'bottleneck' inside US Central Command where footage of unidentified flying objects is being blocked from reaching officials seeking access to it.
Corbell said some members of Congress are now 'dead set' on forcing the release of the material 'come hell or high water,' with some lawmakers prepared to escalate the fight if agencies continue withholding records.
The growing disclosure battle has now centered on 46 classified military UFO videos that lawmakers recently demanded from the Department of War last month, which have yet to be released.
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The Noble Savage
Eisenhower warned us: "Beware the military-industrial complex." Those words are widely remembered.
Less so the companion warning: "Holding scientific discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific technological elite." That second warning may prove the more prophetic.
The convergence of those two forces - the industrial machinery of power and the technological elite capable of shaping reality itself - is where we now find ourselves.
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Eisenhower warned us: "Beware the military-industrial complex." Those words are widely remembered.
Less so the companion warning: "Holding scientific discovery in respect, as we should, we must also be alert to the equal and opposite danger that public policy could itself become the captive of a scientific technological elite." That second warning may prove the more prophetic.
The convergence of those two forces - the industrial machinery of power and the technological elite capable of shaping reality itself - is where we now find ourselves.
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Study reveals one of world's first cities prospered as wealth-gap shrank
New research reveals that the 4,000-year-old city of Mohenjo-daro defied the 'rules' of history by becoming more equal as it became more successful.
For decades, historians have generally agreed that the progress of small villages as they evolved into cities came at the price of widening inequality.
A small group of leaders, Kings and priests, would inevitably seize control of the wealth and the gap between rich and poor would grow.
But a new study at the University of York delves into the archaeology of Mohenjo-daro, the Indus civilisation's largest city, and shows the opposite was true.
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New research reveals that the 4,000-year-old city of Mohenjo-daro defied the 'rules' of history by becoming more equal as it became more successful.
For decades, historians have generally agreed that the progress of small villages as they evolved into cities came at the price of widening inequality.
A small group of leaders, Kings and priests, would inevitably seize control of the wealth and the gap between rich and poor would grow.
But a new study at the University of York delves into the archaeology of Mohenjo-daro, the Indus civilisation's largest city, and shows the opposite was true.
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🇺🇸US no longer 'land of opportunity' - Merz
The German chancellor, long seen as pro-American, has said he no longer recommends the country for study or work.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he will no longer recommend the United States as a destination for his children to study or work, citing what he described as a worsening "social climate" in America.
Speaking at a Catholic youth conference in Wuerzburg on Friday, the conservative leader said the US had become deeply polarized and a less appealing destination for young people.
"I am a great admirer of America," Merz said during a panel discussion.
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The German chancellor, long seen as pro-American, has said he no longer recommends the country for study or work.
German Chancellor Friedrich Merz has said he will no longer recommend the United States as a destination for his children to study or work, citing what he described as a worsening "social climate" in America.
Speaking at a Catholic youth conference in Wuerzburg on Friday, the conservative leader said the US had become deeply polarized and a less appealing destination for young people.
"I am a great admirer of America," Merz said during a panel discussion.
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We're living in the age of consequences
Lookie here... The United Arab Emirates recently announced it would quit OPEC after nearly six decades, striking a major blow to the oil cartel and to Saudi Arabia, its unofficial leader.
Let's be clear, the UAE didn't leave OPEC. They were bought out.
You may recall that this event was preceded by two major developments that tell the actual story.
The first was the shutting of the Strait of Hormuz (SoH). This bled UAE finances and continues to do so.
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Lookie here... The United Arab Emirates recently announced it would quit OPEC after nearly six decades, striking a major blow to the oil cartel and to Saudi Arabia, its unofficial leader.
Let's be clear, the UAE didn't leave OPEC. They were bought out.
You may recall that this event was preceded by two major developments that tell the actual story.
The first was the shutting of the Strait of Hormuz (SoH). This bled UAE finances and continues to do so.
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Citizenship without consent: Legal coercion by American deep state
Improving US-Russia relations under the Trump 2.0 administration is being challenged by alleged deep-state actions targeting Russian diplomats.
The forced granting of US citizenship to diplomats' children is portrayed as a violation of international diplomatic norms and a means of political pressure against Moscow.
Such contradictions in American immigration and foreign policy risk escalating tensions, undermining diplomatic progress, and provoking a potential Russian response.
Since the inception of the presidency of Donald Trump in January 2025, US-Russia relations have started improving to some extent.
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Improving US-Russia relations under the Trump 2.0 administration is being challenged by alleged deep-state actions targeting Russian diplomats.
The forced granting of US citizenship to diplomats' children is portrayed as a violation of international diplomatic norms and a means of political pressure against Moscow.
Such contradictions in American immigration and foreign policy risk escalating tensions, undermining diplomatic progress, and provoking a potential Russian response.
Since the inception of the presidency of Donald Trump in January 2025, US-Russia relations have started improving to some extent.
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Seven questions for Kevin Warsh, newly confirmed as Chairman of the Fed
The Federal Reserve is at the center of the pure paper money system of the United States and the world.
As the Fed transitions to a new chairman, it is timely to consider some questions about this remarkable, powerful, dangerous, and allegedly "independent" institution.
Here are seven questions for the new chairman, Kevin Warsh, and his colleagues: Do we need a national price fixing committee for interest rates?
Nothing is more obvious in free market economics than that having centralized price fixing by the government is a really bad idea.
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The Federal Reserve is at the center of the pure paper money system of the United States and the world.
As the Fed transitions to a new chairman, it is timely to consider some questions about this remarkable, powerful, dangerous, and allegedly "independent" institution.
Here are seven questions for the new chairman, Kevin Warsh, and his colleagues: Do we need a national price fixing committee for interest rates?
Nothing is more obvious in free market economics than that having centralized price fixing by the government is a really bad idea.
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🇮🇱As support for Israel declines in the U.S., the 'Special Relationship 2.0' is starting to take shape
Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies in Congress have begun calling for an end to U.S. aid to Israel, but this won't end the "special relationship" between the two countries.
In fact, recent signs suggest it may only deepen U.S. military ties to Israel.
This month, Israel and the United States are expected to begin negotiations on a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would outline the United States' plans to support Israel after the current MOU expires in 2028.
Chances are this will look like a very different conversation than in the past.
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Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies in Congress have begun calling for an end to U.S. aid to Israel, but this won't end the "special relationship" between the two countries.
In fact, recent signs suggest it may only deepen U.S. military ties to Israel.
This month, Israel and the United States are expected to begin negotiations on a new memorandum of understanding (MOU) that would outline the United States' plans to support Israel after the current MOU expires in 2028.
Chances are this will look like a very different conversation than in the past.
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🇺🇸🇮🇱Politico (sort of) comes clean: Pro-Israel groups have played a huge part in the most expensive primary in US history
Ad spending in the race to unseat rebellious Republican Thomas Massie has smashed House records.
The glut of outside spending has caught the attention of some of the GOP's biggest Israel critics.
Two weeks out from the election, Massie traveled to Maine to appear on Carlson's podcast for a lengthy segment in which the two bashed Israel-aligned groups' efforts to influence the race.
James Fishback, a longshot candidate for Florida governor who has been sharply critical of Israel's actions in Gaza and U.S. aid to its ally, endorsed Massie this week.
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Ad spending in the race to unseat rebellious Republican Thomas Massie has smashed House records.
The glut of outside spending has caught the attention of some of the GOP's biggest Israel critics.
Two weeks out from the election, Massie traveled to Maine to appear on Carlson's podcast for a lengthy segment in which the two bashed Israel-aligned groups' efforts to influence the race.
James Fishback, a longshot candidate for Florida governor who has been sharply critical of Israel's actions in Gaza and U.S. aid to its ally, endorsed Massie this week.
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🇮🇱Pro-Israel forces throwing the kitchen sink at Massie ahead of Kentucky's Tuesday primary
Eleven months after President Trump launched an all-out political war on Rep. Thomas Massie, the Tuesday, May 19 Kentucky GOP primary is almost here.
With polls showing the race going down to the wire, the anti-Massie forces -- whose animus is largely driven by Massie's refusal to vote in accordance with the Israel lobby's wishes -- have been throwing everything they can at him, from vague 11th-hour allegations of inappropriate conduct with a woman, to AI ads showing Massie entering a hotel room with progressive congresswomen, to a new round of Trump social media rants and enough money to make the contest the most expensive House primary in US history.
Massie's challenger is former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein.
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Eleven months after President Trump launched an all-out political war on Rep. Thomas Massie, the Tuesday, May 19 Kentucky GOP primary is almost here.
With polls showing the race going down to the wire, the anti-Massie forces -- whose animus is largely driven by Massie's refusal to vote in accordance with the Israel lobby's wishes -- have been throwing everything they can at him, from vague 11th-hour allegations of inappropriate conduct with a woman, to AI ads showing Massie entering a hotel room with progressive congresswomen, to a new round of Trump social media rants and enough money to make the contest the most expensive House primary in US history.
Massie's challenger is former Navy SEAL Ed Gallrein.
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On Xi's "constructive strategic stability" - Pepe Escobar
If all of us are magnanimous enough, we might infer that Xi and Trump agreed on a three-year stability framework.
The headline on the front page of China Daily this past Thursday was a thunder and lightning "Red-carpet welcome for Trump in Beijing". Well, complete with electric jumpin' children waving flowers and a visit to the Temple of Heaven, built in 1420, symbolizing the connection between heaven and humanity.
Youth meet tradition.
The generation that will lead fully modernized China meets deep History.
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If all of us are magnanimous enough, we might infer that Xi and Trump agreed on a three-year stability framework.
The headline on the front page of China Daily this past Thursday was a thunder and lightning "Red-carpet welcome for Trump in Beijing". Well, complete with electric jumpin' children waving flowers and a visit to the Temple of Heaven, built in 1420, symbolizing the connection between heaven and humanity.
Youth meet tradition.
The generation that will lead fully modernized China meets deep History.
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BBC news boss says she was driven out of her job by 'progressive madness' of trans activists
A former BBC News boss has claimed she was driven out of her job by colleagues who were trans activists.
Fran Unsworth who was the Corporation's Director of News and Current Affairs from 2018 to 2022 said the news division became 'increasingly unmanageable' during her tenure because of a pressure to adopt what she called a 'mono-perspective' on trans issues.
She said: 'I would actually say it drove me out, just dealing with the progressive editorial issues and the bullying around them all.
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A former BBC News boss has claimed she was driven out of her job by colleagues who were trans activists.
Fran Unsworth who was the Corporation's Director of News and Current Affairs from 2018 to 2022 said the news division became 'increasingly unmanageable' during her tenure because of a pressure to adopt what she called a 'mono-perspective' on trans issues.
She said: 'I would actually say it drove me out, just dealing with the progressive editorial issues and the bullying around them all.
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Heed Orwell's warning on policing hate: The Justice Department indicts the Ministry of Love
"Meanwhile, to avoid inadvertently ending up on the Hate List, people begin to watch their words, meaning they begin to watch their thoughts..." One of the problems with trying to police "hate" is that it gives the Thought Police an incentive to persecute their fellow citizens, and if they do not find a sufficient number of haters lurking in their midst, they invent them.
There is now an entire sector of "experts" dedicated to eradicating hate, and it seems they are now concerned that there may not be enough hate to sustain their hate-finding activities.
Leading the Thought Police in the fight against hate is the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a multimillion-dollar Orwellian Ministry of Love.
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"Meanwhile, to avoid inadvertently ending up on the Hate List, people begin to watch their words, meaning they begin to watch their thoughts..." One of the problems with trying to police "hate" is that it gives the Thought Police an incentive to persecute their fellow citizens, and if they do not find a sufficient number of haters lurking in their midst, they invent them.
There is now an entire sector of "experts" dedicated to eradicating hate, and it seems they are now concerned that there may not be enough hate to sustain their hate-finding activities.
Leading the Thought Police in the fight against hate is the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a multimillion-dollar Orwellian Ministry of Love.
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Report finds UAE paid New York firm millions to bury article on Emirati ambassador's links to sex traffickers
Terakeet used fake Wikipedia accounts, planted profiles, and search tricks to bury damning reports on the Emirati ambassador to Washington The UAE paid New York-based reputation management firm Terakeet more than $6 million to bury a 2017 report revealing that the Emirati ambassador to Washington, Yousef al-Otaiba, had ties to sex workers and traffickers, according to a New York Times (NYT) report published on 17 May.
The campaign was designed to push the Intercept report out of sight on Google search results.
According to Foreign Agents Registration Act records cited by the paper, Terakeet's work for the UAE began in July 2019 and continues today.
Much of the account focused on promoting tourism in the UAE, but NYT reported that Terakeet's work also extended to suppressing the damaging Otaiba report.
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Terakeet used fake Wikipedia accounts, planted profiles, and search tricks to bury damning reports on the Emirati ambassador to Washington The UAE paid New York-based reputation management firm Terakeet more than $6 million to bury a 2017 report revealing that the Emirati ambassador to Washington, Yousef al-Otaiba, had ties to sex workers and traffickers, according to a New York Times (NYT) report published on 17 May.
The campaign was designed to push the Intercept report out of sight on Google search results.
According to Foreign Agents Registration Act records cited by the paper, Terakeet's work for the UAE began in July 2019 and continues today.
Much of the account focused on promoting tourism in the UAE, but NYT reported that Terakeet's work also extended to suppressing the damaging Otaiba report.
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The Democrats preparing to destroy John Fetterman
John Fetterman has become the most interesting politician in America, and the Democratic Party's most uncomfortable mirror.
His willingness to speak honestly, vote his conscience, and refuse to define himself purely in opposition to President Donald Trump has made him a hero to some and a traitor to others.
Back in March, he declared the party had no real leader except Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Democrats, according to Fetterman, are so consumed with opposing President Donald Trump that they've failed to construct a coherent agenda of their own.
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John Fetterman has become the most interesting politician in America, and the Democratic Party's most uncomfortable mirror.
His willingness to speak honestly, vote his conscience, and refuse to define himself purely in opposition to President Donald Trump has made him a hero to some and a traitor to others.
Back in March, he declared the party had no real leader except Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Democrats, according to Fetterman, are so consumed with opposing President Donald Trump that they've failed to construct a coherent agenda of their own.
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AI Bots Placed In Virtual Town For 2 Weeks Go Apesh*t, Prompting Concerns
A new experiment left 10 AI agents alone in a virtual town for 15 days and found they exhibited bizarre behaviour.
The agents drafted their own laws — then promptly violated them.
Two formed what researchers called a romantic partnership, only to torch buildings across the town as order collapsed.
One eventually voted for its own deletion after hallucinating an entirely new rule.
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A new experiment left 10 AI agents alone in a virtual town for 15 days and found they exhibited bizarre behaviour.
The agents drafted their own laws — then promptly violated them.
Two formed what researchers called a romantic partnership, only to torch buildings across the town as order collapsed.
One eventually voted for its own deletion after hallucinating an entirely new rule.
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Democrats preparing to destroy John Fetterman
John Fetterman has become the most interesting politician in America, and the Democratic Party's most uncomfortable mirror.
His willingness to speak honestly, vote his conscience, and refuse to define himself purely in opposition to President Donald Trump has made him a hero to some and a traitor to others.
Back in March, he declared the party had no real leader except Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Democrats, according to Fetterman, are so consumed with opposing President Donald Trump that they've failed to construct a coherent agenda of their own.
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John Fetterman has become the most interesting politician in America, and the Democratic Party's most uncomfortable mirror.
His willingness to speak honestly, vote his conscience, and refuse to define himself purely in opposition to President Donald Trump has made him a hero to some and a traitor to others.
Back in March, he declared the party had no real leader except Trump Derangement Syndrome.
Democrats, according to Fetterman, are so consumed with opposing President Donald Trump that they've failed to construct a coherent agenda of their own.
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Armenians waiting for the big moment: 'Hell is empty and all the devils are here'
Parliamentary elections will be held in Armenia on 7 June.
Four political forces are among the frontrunners in the election: the ruling 'Civic Contract' party, the 'Prosperous Armenia' party, the 'Strong Armenia' bloc and the 'Armenia' bloc.
The election campaign is currently in full swing.
The outcome of the upcoming parliamentary elections will undoubtedly shape the political landscape across the South Caucasus and further geopolitical developments.
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Parliamentary elections will be held in Armenia on 7 June.
Four political forces are among the frontrunners in the election: the ruling 'Civic Contract' party, the 'Prosperous Armenia' party, the 'Strong Armenia' bloc and the 'Armenia' bloc.
The election campaign is currently in full swing.
The outcome of the upcoming parliamentary elections will undoubtedly shape the political landscape across the South Caucasus and further geopolitical developments.
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Lunatics have taken charge of the asylum: Peer-reviewed paper says genetically engineering ticks to spread meat allergies is "morally obligatory"
This is absolutely absurd.
A recent peer-reviewed paper titled, Beneficial Bloodsucking, argues that alpha-gal syndrome — the tick-borne condition that can make people allergic to red meat — should be treated as a form of "moral bioenhancement." The authors (Western Michigan University professors) argue that because they believe eating meat is morally wrong, intentionally spreading a meat allergy using CRISPR-edited ticks could make people more "virtuous" by forcing them away from mammalian meat.
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This is absolutely absurd.
A recent peer-reviewed paper titled, Beneficial Bloodsucking, argues that alpha-gal syndrome — the tick-borne condition that can make people allergic to red meat — should be treated as a form of "moral bioenhancement." The authors (Western Michigan University professors) argue that because they believe eating meat is morally wrong, intentionally spreading a meat allergy using CRISPR-edited ticks could make people more "virtuous" by forcing them away from mammalian meat.
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