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VO-NAT
Ahead on News 7 morning, it's Part two of the big storm of 96.
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ANCHOR=Melanie 2 shot
People who barely dug themselves out from the first winter blast have
stripped grocery shore shelves in preparation for more of the white stuff.
wx-head
(patrick live)
SUPER=15-Patrick Evans;
SUPER=05-Roanoke;
live-head
(larry)
V-DOT
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WRITER=bmy
TAPE# 95-104
Doublebox=patrick/beth
LIVE=beth/full
SUPER=@Beth1;
SUPER=11-Roanoke Co.;
SUPER=13-Bill Manning/VDOT Engineer;
(beth ad lib)
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VO-NAT
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LIVE=beth/full
SUPER=11-Roanoke Co.;
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Supermarkets
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=tal
TAPE#95-103
GRAPHIC=Winter Storm
Bare shelves and long lines are what you'll find at most grocery stores.
The stock was already low from last weekend's snowstorm.
Now the essentials are almost impossible to come by.
Tracy Altizer reports.
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SOT
IN Q=Here at Wades
SUPER=03-Blacksburg; 00
SUPER=01-Ricky Hodge/Merita Delivery Driver; :09
SUPER=01-Greg Wade/Wade's Supermarkets; :20
SUPER=01-Rachel Katz/Virginia Tech Student; :46
SUPER=@Tracy1; :52
RUNS=1:04
OUT Q=News 7 Blacksburg.
(( Here at Wade's in the Blacksburg Shopping Center, the Merita Bread
delivery man had a hard time getting his loaves TO the shelves, much less ON
them.
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SOT 15:43:22
((RICKY HODGE/MERITA DELIVERY DRIVER: YOU GET MOBBED ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE
RACK. YOU LOSE ABOUT HALF YOUR LOAD BEFORE YOU GET BACK THERE. ))
RUNS=:05
Deliveries of just about everything are way behind from the first snowstorm,
leaving supermarkets frantic in their efforts to feed the masses.
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SOT 15:15:42
((GREG WADE/WADE'S SUPERMARKETS: THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WE'RE PROBABLY TWO OR
THREE TIMES OVER NORMAL PROJECTIONS, WHICH THROWS US INTO A BIND. AND THEN TO
HAVE THE TRUCKS COMING IN LATE ON TOP OF THAT, WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN TO KEEP
UP.))
RUNS=:11
Essentials such as bread and milk are in especially hot demand, but those
shelves are pretty well cleared out.
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SOT 15:47:55
((QUESTION: ARE YOU FINDING WHAT YOU NEED?
ABOUT HALF. ))
RUNS=:03
It's the same story all over.
Take it from this Virginia Tech student who just returned to Blacksburg from
Northern Virginia.
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SOT 15:53:38
((RACHAEL KATZ/VIRGINIA TECH STUDENT: WE SHOPPED AT GIANT AT HOME AND THEY
WERE OUT OF BREAD AND MEAT. WE'RE JUST HOPING FOR ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. ))
RUNS=:05
Here at Wades it only took that load of bread about 15 minutes to disappear.
A little while later 80 gallons of milk arrived. It was gone almost just as
quickly. Tracy Altizer, News 7 Blacksburg.))
(mel toss to patrick)
One-Larry
ANCHOR=Larry
NEWSCAST=Mornin'
WRITER=ldo
TAPE#M96-2 Red Cross
CHROMAKEY=Live/On Record
GRAPHIC=none
SUPER=15-Larry Dowdy;
(Roll cue:) Hurricanes, tornadoes, & heavy rains aren't the only kind of
disasters that you need a Disaster Kit for.
Are you ready for this winter storm?
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SOT
IN Q=People without power...
SUPER=13-Carol Brown/American Red Cross; :00
SUPER=12-Roanoke; :20
SUPER=13-Bob Lutjen/American Red Cross; 1:40
RUNS=3:25
OUT Q=donor center itself.
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LIVE=Larry/Full
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Snow
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#95-114
GRAPHIC=sequel 96
Round two of the Big storm of '96 didn't sock Virginia as hard as expected.
The snow came late, is expected to leave early, and isn't mixed with any
ice.
Original snow total predictions of up to a foot ended up being about half of
that, and it's a dry snow.
Len Besthoff was out tracking the snow in the New River Valley this morning
and files this report.
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SOT
IN Q=(opens with a quick bite)
SUPER=03-Montgomery Co.; :06
SUPER=01-Carolyn Swecker/Pulaski Motorist; :18
SUPER=01-Jay Fredericks/Truck Driver; :34
SUPER=@Len1; :48
RUNS=1:07
OUT Q=besthoff, news 7
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=hold
U-S Air says it's still going to try to get the 7am shuttle from Roanoke
Regional Airport to Charlotte off on schedule.
Airline officials are hoping that runways will stay clear long enough to
keep their regular schedule of flights.
General-Assembly
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# edit of 95-105 (xgr)
GRAPHIC=general assembly
Democrats and Republicans have reached a landmark deal on how to share power
in the deadlocked state Senate.
And Republicans say the deal favors them.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond/Yesterday;
Under an arrangement hammered out early this morning, Republicans will:
-- get outright control of three of eleven committees in the Senate -- a
first in Virginia,
-- chair a Democrat- majority committee,
-- and share the chairmanship of the powerful Finance Committee, which gains
two new members in the shuffle.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=hold
Norfolk Senator Yvonne Miller also becomes the first woman to chair a Senate
Committee in state history.
Democrats lost their stranglehold on the Senate for the first time this
century when the November elections left the chamber with 20 Democrats and 20
Republicans.
Allen
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=allen
Governor Allen has fired the director of the Virginia Employment Commission.
The "Richmond Times-Dispatch" reports today that Kenneth Bolles was fired
because he opposed Allen's proposal to merge the V-E-C into a new Department of
Business Assistance.
A source close to the Administration says Bolles was fired because he was
quote "a horrible manager."
SS=bell, brandon
Former Roanoke Senator Brandon Bell had applied for the ABC Commissioner
position but was NOT appointed.
Buster-Brown
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=layoffs
Buster Brown Apparel will close a Smyth County sewing plant this spring,
laying off more than 200 employees.
The Tennessee-based children's clothing manufacturer says the decision
to close the plant was based on poor back-to-school and Christmas
sales.
Officials in Smyth County are talking with the Virginia Employment
Commission and other agencies about retraining and job placement programs for
employees at the facility.
2-scores
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# none
GRAPHIC=nba logo
In sports --
Detroit ended a four-year drought in Charlotte and topped the Hornets last
night.
For that score and more, let's go to the scoreboards.
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SUPER=#C-200;
SUPER=96-Detroit/=95/Charlotte/=93//Phoenix/111/Golden State/106;
SUPER=96-Atlanta/=87/Toronto/=79//Indiana/=96/Milwaukee/=88;
SUPER=96-LA Clippers/109/Minnesota/=89;
SUPER=103-Boston/==7/Anaheim/==2//NY Islanders/==4/Toronto/==3;
SUPER=103-Washington/==6/Ottawa/==1//San Jose/==2/New Jersey/==1;
SUPER=103-St. Louis/==4/Philadelphia/==4;
SUPER=97-Kansas/=69/Florida/=54//Cincinnati/=75/S. Mississippi/=70;
SUPER=97-Memphis/=74/DePaul/=55//UCLA/=64/Stanford/=56;
SUPER=97-Penn State/=76/Minnesota/=61;
(mel toss to patrick)
Two-Larry
ANCHOR=Larry
NEWSCAST=Mornin'
WRITER=ldo
TAPE#M96-2 Winter Tires
CHROMAKEY=Live/On Record
GRAPHIC=none
SUPER=15-Larry Dowdy;
(Roll cue:) When you hit the road in winter time, you need good tires with
tread.
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SOT
IN Q=You need to think...
SUPER=13-Gerard Mitchell/Brad Ragan Tire; :00
SUPER=12-Roanoke; :18
RUNS=1:57
OUT Q=on rear wheel drive.
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LIVE=Larry/Full
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2HEADLINES
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=NOON
WRITER=MEL
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Here's a look at today's top stories.
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VO-NAT
For the second time in less than a week another winter storm is bearing down
on Virginia.
The storm has dumped several inches of snow on the region but isn't packing
quite the punch of storm number one.
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VO-NAT
Folks who barely dug themselves out from the first winter blast ventured
out long enough yesterday to strip grocery shore shelves.
But some found already empty shelves, making essentials hard to come by.
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VO-NAT
And while the snow is falling in Richmond, the ice is melting in the
General Assembly.
Democrats and Republicans have reached an agreement on how to share power
in the deadlocked Senate.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
And that's what's making news on this Friday, January 12th.
Stick around News 7 Mornin will be right back.
V-DOT
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE# 95-104
Doublebox=patrick/beth
LIVE=beth/full
SUPER=@Beth1;
SUPER=11-Roanoke Co.;
SUPER=13-Bill Manning/VDOT Engineer;
(beth ad lib)
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VO-NAT
RUNS=1:00
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LIVE=beth/full
SUPER=11-Roanoke Co.;
(beth toss to mel)
Markets
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=tal
TAPE#95-103
GRAPHIC=Winter Storm
If you plan on running out for some last minute supplies this morning, good
luck.
Shelves are bare at most grocery stores.
Tracy Altizer has that story.
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SOT
IN Q=Here at Wades
SUPER=03-Blacksburg; 00
SUPER=01-Ricky Hodge/Merita Delivery Driver; :09
SUPER=01-Greg Wade/Wade's Supermarkets; :20
SUPER=01-Rachel Katz/Virginia Tech Student; :46
SUPER=@Tracy1; :52
RUNS=1:04
OUT Q=News 7 Blacksburg.
(( Here at Wade's in the Blacksburg Shopping Center, the Merita Bread
delivery man had a hard time getting his loaves TO the shelves, much less ON
them.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 15:43:22
((RICKY HODGE/MERITA DELIVERY DRIVER: YOU GET MOBBED ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE
RACK. YOU LOSE ABOUT HALF YOUR LOAD BEFORE YOU GET BACK THERE. ))
RUNS=:05
Deliveries of just about everything are way behind from the first snowstorm,
leaving supermarkets frantic in their efforts to feed the masses.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 15:15:42
((GREG WADE/WADE'S SUPERMARKETS: THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WE'RE PROBABLY TWO OR
THREE TIMES OVER NORMAL PROJECTIONS, WHICH THROWS US INTO A BIND. AND THEN TO
HAVE THE TRUCKS COMING IN LATE ON TOP OF THAT, WE'RE DOING ALL WE CAN TO KEEP
UP.))
RUNS=:11
Essentials such as bread and milk are in especially hot demand, but those
shelves are pretty well cleared out.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 15:47:55
((QUESTION: ARE YOU FINDING WHAT YOU NEED?
ABOUT HALF. ))
RUNS=:03
It's the same story all over.
Take it from this Virginia Tech student who just returned to Blacksburg from
Northern Virginia.
(/////SOT/////)
SOT 15:53:38
((RACHAEL KATZ/VIRGINIA TECH STUDENT: WE SHOPPED AT GIANT AT HOME AND THEY
WERE OUT OF BREAD AND MEAT. WE'RE JUST HOPING FOR ANYTHING RIGHT NOW. ))
RUNS=:05
Here at Wades it only took that load of bread about 15 minutes to disappear.
A little while later 80 gallons of milk arrived. It was gone almost just as
quickly. Tracy Altizer, News 7 Blacksburg.))
(mel toss to patrick)
Birthdays
TALENT=Larry
SS=none
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SOT
IN Q=(nat sot music)
RUNS=1:41
Three-Larry
ANCHOR=Larry
NEWSCAST=Mornin'
WRITER=ldo
TAPE#M96-2 Sports Utility
CHROMAKEY=Live/On Record
GRAPHIC=none
SUPER=15-Larry Dowdy;
(Roll cue:) Since we're stuck with winter, many drivers DON'T want to be stuck
in the snow.
The hottest roadshow, right now, on any car dealers lot is the sport utility
vehicle.
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SOT
IN Q=Well, we sell about....
SUPER=13-Robert Harper/General Manager, Berglund; :00
SUPER=12-Roanoke; :10
SUPER=13-Les Smallwood/Brambleton Imports; 1:10
SUPER=12-Roanoke Co.; 1:22
SUPER=24-File Tape; 1:40
RUNS=1:51
OUT Q=thousand next year.
((ROBERT HARPER/GENERAL MANAGER, BERGLUND: WELL, WE SELL ABOUT FIFTY JEEPS A
MONTH. THERE ARE THREE DIFFERENT MODELS THAT MAKE THAT UP. THE BLAZER, AROUND
TWENTY OR TWENTY-FIVE A MONTH. THE TAHOE IS THE GREATEST DEMAND AT THIS POINT
AND TIME.))
Some call them the replacement to the station wagon. But when the snow
piles up, there are a number of road advantages.
((I THINK FIRST OFF, IT HAS SOME STATION WAGON VALUES, YOU CAN GO ON VACATION,
AND HAVE ADDITIONAL STORAGE ROOM, RIDES NICE AS CARS HAVE, PLUS THE LOOKS ARE
JUST GREAT.))
Each sport utility vehicle comes with its own rugged name and competitive
price.
((THE TRACKER WOULD START AS LOW AS THIRTEEN OR FOURTEEN THOUSAND. IF YOU
WANTED TO GO TO THE NICEST VEHICLES MADE YOU COULD SPEND AS MUCH AS THIRTY TO
THIRTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS. WE HAVE A VARIETY OF VEHICLES ANYWHERE IN
BETWEEN.))
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Crash Test ranks the
Montero, Jeep Cherokee, and Ford Explorer as popular favorites. With the Ford
Bronco leading the way in the driver and passenger ratings.
But, the used car business benefits from the four by four too.
((LES SMALLWOOD/BRAMBLETON IMPORTS: THE YOUNGER GO FOR THE SPORTIER LOOK. THE
OLDER FOR THE MORE CONSERVATIVE. THE SOFTER RIDE. ALL OF THEM WANT SEOMTHING
THEY CAN PUT IN FOUR WHEEL DRIVE.))
Not only are they rugged, but they hold their value on the used car lot.
((IF YOU WANT TO GET IT AS A SECOND, WHICH YOU CAN GO BACK FIVE OR SIX YEARS,
BUT IF ITS YOUR PRIMARY VEHICLE, PROBABLY TWO OR THREE YEARS OLD.))
Whether its the Jeep, Toyota, Chevrolet, Ford or other four by fours on the
road, you may be holding out for the ultimate in luxury.
Mercedes-Benz just unveiled its AAV--All activity vehicle.
It will have a price tag of about thirty-five thousand next year.))
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LIVE=Larry/Full
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2Snow
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=Mornin'
WRITER=lbe
TAPE#=95-107
GRAPHIC=Sequel 96
The latest winter storm to hit the region may not have dumped as much snow
as was predicted, but it has still created some hazardous driving conditions
this morning.
Len Besthoff has the story.
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SOT
IN Q=I'm calling
SUPER=03-Christiansburg; :06
SUPER=01-Carolyn Swecker/Pulaski Resident; :18
SUPER=01-Jay Fredricks/Truck Driver; :34
SUPER=@Len1; :48
RUNS=1:07
OUT Q=LB, News-7, Christiansburg.
((
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SOT
IN Q=I'm calling it
((JAY FREDRICKS/TRUCK DRIVER: I'M CALLING IT QUITES HERE. I'LLJUST WAIT TIL
THEY GET THE ROAD WORKING AND TAKE OFF.))
RUNS=:04
OUT Q=and take off.
You don't have to ask a trucker to know that the driving conditions are
pretty treacherous along Interstate 81 right now.
At best you can go about 35 miles an hour, with visibility as low as an
eighth of a mile in some spots.
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SOT
IN Q=I can remember
((CAROLYN SWECKER/PULASKI RESIDENT: I CAN REMEMBER SNOWS ALMOST AS BAD WHEN I
WAS GROWING UP BUT NOT ALL THIS MUCH AT ONE TIME.))
RUNS=:08
OUT Q=this much at one time.
Needless to say, nearly every motorist has become sick of all this snow.
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SOT
IN Q=I've been stuck
((JAY FREDRICKS/TRUCK DRIVER: I'VE BEEN STUCK IN JERSEY UP THERE FOR DAYS,
THEY GOT TWO AND A HALF FEET OVER THERE WHERE I WAS STUCK, SO I'VE SEEN MY
SHARE OF IT, I'M FROM TEXAS AND I DON'T CARE NOTHIN' ABOUT THIS STUFF, Y'ALL
HAVE A GOOD ONE, Y'HEAR?))
RUNS=:17
OUT Q=y'all have a good one, you hear?
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SOT
IN Q=But believe
((But believe it or not, there is some good news for drivers. If the forecast
is correct, this will be the last run in with Mother Nature for at least three
or four days, and the temperatures are supposed to go up so maybe some of this
white stuff we've become so fond of on our roadways will finally begin to melt.
Len Besthoff, News-7, Christiansburg.))
RUNS=:00
OUT Q=LB, News-7, Christiansburg.
))
ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=hold
U-S Air says it's still going to try to get the 7am shuttle from Roanoke
Regional Airport to Charlotte off on schedule.
Airline officials are hoping that runways will stay clear long enough to
keep their regular schedule of flights.
And Valley Metro is running on snow routes and hourly schedules this
morning.
2V-DOT
doublebox=mel/beth
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=bmy
TAPE# 95-104
LIVE=beth/full
SUPER=@Beth1;
SUPER=11-Roanoke Co.;
(beth ad lib)
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VO-NAT
RUNS=1:00
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LIVE=beth/full
SUPER=11-Roanoke Co.;
(beth toss to mel)
Assembly
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=cro
TAPE# edit of 95-105 (xgr)
GRAPHIC=general assembly
In other news this morning --
Democrats who had a century-long dynasty in the Virginia Senate have entered
an unprecedented power-sharing arrangement that puts the G-O-P on nearly equal
ground.
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VO-NAT
SUPER=03-Richmond/Yesterday;
Under an arrangement hammered out early this morning, Republicans will:
-- get outright control of three of eleven committees in the Senate -- a
first in Virginia,
-- chair a Democrat- majority committee,
-- and share the chairmanship of the powerful Finance Committee, which gains
two new members in the shuffle.
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=hold
Norfolk Senator Yvonne Miller also becomes the first woman to chair a Senate
Committee in state history.
Democrats lost their stranglehold on the Senate for the first time this
century when the November elections left the chamber with 20 Democrats and 20
Republicans.
Saul
ANCHOR=Melanie
NEWSCAST=morn
WRITER=KHu
TAPE#96-03
GRAPHIC=Murder
The man accused of killing a Roanoke garage mechanic alledgedly told a
police informant he needed the victim's car because his own was in the shop.
The car was found two days later- -100 yards from the suspect's home.
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VO-NAT
Christopher James Saul is charged with capital murder and robbery.
According to a search warrant affidavit, Saul says Chris Wilson picked him
up, hitchhiking
SUPER=03-Roanoke Co./January 2;
He says they went to General Imports on Brambleton Avenue where Saul
allegedly admits he struck Wilson in the head with "some type of bar."
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ANCHOR=Melanie
SS=HOLD
The affidavit says Saul tried to use Wilson's A-T-M card. The bank's
security camera caught Saul and the informant at the A-T-M machine at 1:09 A-M,
the affidavit says.
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