Hilaria Baldwin makes the big announcement everyone has been waiting for but people have a lot to say about the name

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Alec Baldwin and wife Hilaria welcomed baby number seven on September 22, and the proud mom was quick to share the news with her followers.

“She’s here! We are so excited to introduce you to our tiny dream come true,” Hilaria wrote and shared a video which shows the baby’s siblings meeting her for the first time ever.

Along with the happy news, Hilaria also shared the baby’s name, and it caused controversy.

Why, you may ask. Well, Hilaria has been under scrutiny recently as a video of her showed her dropping her Spanish accent. Allegedly, she wasn’t sincere when representing herself as a Spaniard. She claimed she was born and raised in Mallorka, Spain, and only moved to the States at the age of 19 to attend university, which might not be entirely true as people claim she attended school with them in the US way before she reached that age.

“You have to admire Hilaria Baldwin’s commitment to her decade-long grift where she impersonates a Spanish person,” tweeted user @lenirbriscoe, before sharing clips of Hilaria speaking of married life with a marked Spanish accent and apparently forgetting, on a cooking show, the English word for cucumber.

“This woman grew up in Massachusetts,” the user added.

Having said this, people got mad when they learned the youngest Baldwin was given a Spanish name, Ilaria Catalina Irena Baldwin, just like those of her siblings.

“Her blatant trying to be Spanish is really quite irritating, why is it okay? Why does she keep trying? Have they really let it go to their heads that much,” someone wrote. The name Ilaria is actually Italian for “Hilary” and means cheerful.

During her pregnancy, Hilaria shared plenty of photos and updates with her social media followers.

Speaking what it feels like to be a mom of seven, Hilaria shared, “When people ask or comment, we often go to silly and very self-deprecating jokes on my part. I love to laugh at myself—so it’s all good…keeps me sane.”

She then added, “All jokes aside, however, I am grateful for this experience. I know too well the joys and the losses, the beauty and the heartache, that motherhood brings. I have learned to respect and embrace the wonderful, the hard, the uncomfortable, the magical, and the unknown of this incredible process I am so blessed to experience again and again.” 

Alec responded with a comment, “You are a very special person and my hope is that your children are as special as you.”

Congratulations on your bundle of joy.

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Teacher asks the DMV: ‘How does this plate I just saw not violate your guidelines?’

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Getting the right car is the ultimate goal for many people. The truth is that choosing the vehicle that suits your needs best isn’t an easy task. For some people, owning a nice car is a sign of prestige. The same goes for vanity plates, or customized plates that spread certain message. Others, however, are happy with any combination of letters and numbers they randomly get.

However, even if you are ready to pay for such a plate, that doesn’t mean you can have anything written on it.

As per the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV), if someone already owns the plate that you like, your request would be denied. The same thing happens if you ask for a customized license plate with something specific that is considered offensive.

Matt Pacenza, a teacher of English who resides in Salt Lake City, Utah, noticed a vanity license plate that he thought was extremely offensive. 

Speaking to the The Salt Lake Tribune, he said, “It jumped out at me because of how aggressive and confrontational and political the message was. I’m used to personalized plates being whimsical or playful or personal: GOUTES or DOGMAMA or SKILOVE or something. This felt significantly different.”

After snapping a photo of it, Matt posted it on Facebook and Twitter with the caption, “Hey @utahdld, how does this plate I just saw not violate your guidelines?”

Needless to say, reading the word DEPORTM on that person’s plate left many others confused as well. They agreed that what was written there was inappropriate. Among those who reacted on Matt’s photo was Senator Daniel Thatcher who assured everyone that he had contacted DLD and was waiting for a response.

In a follow-up tweet, he further explained why he thought the license plate shouldn’t have been approved.

His then updated the situation and explained that the DMV was reviewing the issue and that based on the DMV’s guidelines for license plates, the plate should be recalled.

Apparently, the vanity was approved back in 2015 and Tammy Kikuchi, a spokesperson for the Utah Tax Commission which oversees the DMV in Utah, they didn’t now why it was approved and how it got through.

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The night before the wedding, Prince Charles gave Diana a secret note which left her upset

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The moment Princess Diana and Prince Charles got engaged back in 1981, they instantly became one of the most famous and most powerful couples. Many women wanted to be in Diana’s place, not knowing that the relationship and the marriage were doomed from the start, and the future King was to be blamed for that.

Diana didn’t have it easy. She was constantly followed by the press who were paying huge money for grainy photos of her. Eventually, her sons, especially Harry, blamed the tabloids for his mother’s death. On the night of the accident in which Diana was killed, she was reportedly running away from the paparazzi. Speaking of the negative impact the press had on Diana, Harry confessed recently that he himself considered leaving his family in his 20s.

“Look what it did to my mum, how am I ever going to settle down and have a wife and a family when I know that it’s going to happen again,” Harry said on the podcast Armchair Expert. “I don’t want to be part of this.”

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People close to the late Princess, among which Diana’s astrologer, Penny Thornton, claim that the problems between Diana and Charles didn’t start when she learned he was having an affair with Camilla, who later became his wife, but way before that.

According to Thornton, Charles sent a secret note to Diana the night before the wedding, which took place on 29 July, 1981 at St Paul’s Cathedral in London and was watched by 750 million people worldwide. Allegedly, the note read: “I’m so proud of you and when you come up I’ll be there at the altar for you tomorrow. Just look ’em in the eye and knock ’em dead’”, as reported by the Express.

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Thompson said that Diana was left devastated. “One of the most shocking things that Diana told me was that the night before the wedding Charles told her that he didn’t love her,” she said on the ITV documentary The Diana Interview: Revenge Of A Princess, as per the Mirror.

“I think Charles didn’t want to go into the wedding on a false premise. He wanted to square it with her and it was devastating for Diana.

“She didn’t want to go through with the wedding at that point, she thought about not attending the wedding.”

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Royal author Penny Junior also claimed that Charles was aware he wasn’t in love with his future wife, but it was already too late for him to call off the wedding.

“Charles was not convinced he was doing the right thing in marrying Diana but there was no way out and, bolstered by the hope that things would be different once they were married, he put a brave face on it,” she wrote, as reported by the Mirror.

Shortly after they tied the knot, Diana and Charles welcomed their firstborn son William into the world. Sadly, during those first years of their marriage, Charles started his affair with his now current wife Camilla. Diana was perfectly aware of everything that was going on between her husband and this other woman. Camilla herself spoke of the time Diana confronted her back in 1989.

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“I know what’s going on between you and Charles and I just want you to know that,” Camilla recalled Diana saying in a tape released by The Telegraph, as quoted by Town & Country. “[Diana] said to me: ‘You’ve got everything you ever wanted. You’ve got all the men in the world falling in love with you and you’ve got two beautiful children, what more do you want?’”

“So I said, ‘I want my husband.’ And I said, ‘I’m sorry I’m in the way and it must be hell for both of you. But I do know what’s going on. Don’t treat me like an idiot,’” Camilla explained.

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Despite the turbulence in her marriage, Diana was depicted by the entire world as the perfect mother to the young Princess. Letters that she wrote about her boys in March of 1985 emerged recently. One of them says: “William adores his little brother and spends the entire time swamping Harry with an endless supply of hugs and kisses, hardly letting the parents near!” as per The Sun.

Unfortunately, the much loved and adored Princess didn’t receive the affection of that one person who should have loved her the most, the father of her children.

Diana tragically passed away in 1997. According to the doctor who tried saving her life, nothing could be done.

Following her passing, Charles allegedly confessed he still loved her as she was the first woman who showed him real life, as per Diana’s friend and healer, Simone Simmons.

“Charles only realised he loved her after she died. I don’t think he realised how much he loved Diana until she was gone,” Simmons said.

“She was the first person who showed him real love.”

Rest in peace, Diana. You will never be forgotten.

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Prince George warned his classmates: ‘My dad is King so you better watch out’

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Losing a grandparent can be a huge blow for children, especially if the relationship between them was a close one, just like the one between late Queen Elizabeth and her great-grandchildren.

Besides being the ruler of the country for 70 years, the longest in the history of Britain, Her Majesty was also a wife, a mother, a grandmother, and a great-grandmother; roles she executed to perfection, just like her reigning which helped the country go through significant changes over the years.

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The media reported that it was Kate Middleton who told her children about the Queen’s passing before they could hear it from someone else.

“She gently told George, Charlotte, and Louis about Elizabeth’s passing at Windsor prior to the official announcement. She wanted them to hear the tragic news directly from her to ease the blow,” a royal insider reported, as per Closer Weekly.

“Kate said that Elizabeth is in heaven with Prince Philip. There were lots of tears and hugs, naturally. The children are upset.”

While Prince George and Princess Charlotte attended the funeral, Prince Louis is way too young to understand everything that has been going on.

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Mere days before the tragic event of the Queen’s passing, the children started attending Labrook School, a prestigious prep school. William and Kate made sure the siblings keep up with their normality during the sad days for the family, which included attending school normally.

School teacher Elaine Gee from Woking, England, recalled her conversation with Prince William on how he and Kate handled the situation.

“I told him how I work at a school and how it’s been a strange year celebrating the Jubilee and now it’s all changed and we are talking about this,” Gee shared with People.

“He spoke about George, Charlotte and Louis, saying that they were trying to keep some sense of continuity for them at school and keep things as normal as possible.”

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The new school has a tradition of royal pupils and aims to create “happy and thoughtful young adults who are global citizens.” There are also animals on its grounds such as chickens, bees, and pigs for the students to look after.

“We are delighted that Prince George, Princess Charlotte, and Prince Louis will be joining us this coming September and very much look forward to welcoming the family, as we all as all of our new pupils, to our school community,” Jonathan Perry, headmaster at Lambrook, said.

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Prince George is old enough to be completely aware that his father would become King one day and it looks like he’s taking advantage of his position in the line of succession.

According to the book The New Royals, author and Vanity fair royal correspondent Katie Nichol writes that Prince George has already warned some of his schoolmates to ‘watch out,’ as his father would become King one day.

“They are raising their children, particularly Prince George, with an awareness of who he is and the role he will inherit, but they are keen not to weigh them down with a sense of duty,” Nichol wrote, per Express.

“George understands he will one day be king and as a little boy sparred with friends at school, outdoing his peers with the killer line: ‘My dad will be king so you better watch out.’”

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Prince Harry gave Camilla ‘long, cold glances’ that she found unnerving: Inside their rocky relationship

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The relationship between certain members of the royal family remains a rocky one despite experts’ claims that there would be reconciliation following Queen Elizabeth’s passing.

The Sussexes’ decision to step down from their royal duties and leave Britain isn’t the first time controversy to arise regarding a decision made by members of the royal family. Accusations, affairs, and infidelity have been part of The Firm for a number of years, and the one which caused stir and shook the royalty to the core was the leaked affair between then-Prince Charles and now-Queen Consort Camilla.

The two got involved into an alleged relationship while they were still married to other people and Camilla was regarded as ‘the other woman’ for a number of years. Loving Lady Di meant not being able to love Camilla for a huge number of Britons. However, over the years, the public accepted both her and her role within the family.

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When she and Charles tied the knot back in 2005, Camilla was awarded the title of Duchess of Cornwall. It was announced by the Palace at the time that when Charles becomes King, she would be regarded Princess Consort. That, however, changed following the celebration of late Queen Elizabeth’s Platinum Jubilee, which marked her 70 years of reign, when Her Majesty made a decision Camilla to become Queen Consort instead.

“And when, in the fullness of time, my son Charles becomes King, I know you will give him and his wife Camilla the same support that you have given me, and it is my sincere wish that, when that time comes, Camilla will be known as Queen Consort as she continues her own loyal service,” Queen Elizabeth said.

Just years before this decision which came as a surprise to many, Queen Elizabeth was reported to have called Camilla ‘that wicked woman,’ when Charles asked her to soften her antagonism so he could live openly with Camilla.

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When William and Harry met Camilla fro the first time, William reportedly described the meeting as “awkward and tense.”

“I think the relationship between them all is warm now but if I’m honest, it wasn’t then. I think they found it hard,” a palace source told royal biographer Penny Junor, author of Prince William: Born to be King. “To be fair to Camilla, she never tried to be mummy but she was the ‘other woman’ and she was there and taking daddy’s time.”

Other experts claimed that initially, Harry wasn’t fond of Camilla either.

In her book The Palace Papers, royal author Tina Brown wrote that Harry “unnerved” Camilla.

“When the younger boy was eventually prevailed upon to be in the presence of Mrs Parker Bowles, he unnerved her with long silences and smouldering, resentful stares,” she quoted a courtier saying.

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The relationship between them seemed to be a normal one over the years, but as it turns out, Harry isn’t happy with her receiving the title of Queen Consort.

“William has accepted Camilla in terms of what she means to his father. He’s been grown-up about it. “My father loves this woman, I can’t fight it, so I won’t,” the Telegraph reported Brown saying.

“Harry, on the other hand, can’t stand Camilla, he doesn’t want Camilla to be Queen, he’s very angry that it’s happening. He has not made his peace with it and he probably never will.”

Other royal experts have claimed the same.

“I don’t think Harry has a great deal of warmth for her; he waxes and wanes with her,” Ingrid Seward said on the podcast Pod Save the Queen earlier this year.

“I don’t know about the recent trip, but certainly I think Harry was quite happy to accept Camilla in the beginning but then went off the boil about her and I don’t think he holds her in great respect.”

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According to royal expert Angela Levin, Camilla feels the same and she isn’t much interested in a relationship with Harry either.

“The Duchess always felt quite wary of Harry and used to see him out of the corner of her eye looking at her in a long and cold way. She found it rather unnerving. Otherwise, they got on quite well,” Levin writes in her new book Camilla: From Outcast to Queen Consort.

Further, sources close to the family say that Harry is trying to find someone to blame for his own mistakes which led to the rocky relationship between him and his brother and father, and it’s likely he would point his finger towards Camilla.

“What has happened and how [Prince Harry] has behaved has been very upsetting for her. There have been a lot of hurt feelings all round, but like all families you have to embrace it all and hope it will improve,” Levin adds.

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As they allegedly tried to sort things out, Harry and Meghan asked for a mediator at the meeting they requested with King Charles. Camilla, however, found that ridiculous and said that they were a family and needed to sort things out between themselves.

With a lot of things happening withing the royal family, we are yet to see what the new ear in the monarchy would bring for the Sussexes.

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Husband says he would be at his wife’s side till the end, and he plans to keep that promise

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True love is hard to find, so when you do, make sure you never let go.

That is exactly what a man named Fred Gilland did when he met his soulmate, his wife of many years, Janice.

The two had been married for 51 years before Janice passed away.

Losing his wife crashed Fred’s world. He simply couldn’t imagine spending his days without his love by his side. But he made a promise that he would never leave her side, not until the day he dies. Today, 10 years after losing her, Fred still visits Janice’s grave every single day.

He spends certain amount of time there, and he does it through the sun, severe winters, and heavy rains. Nothing can stop this man from honoring the memory of his beloved late wife, not even the fact that he is 78 years old.

He says that each visit brings sweet memories of the times Janice was still around, and those memories are the most precious thing for this man.

“I’ve adored her since I saw her, she was extraordinarily gorgeous,” Fred said, adding that his wife was a woman who always put her family first and prioritized being around him. Missing her has been extremely hard for Fred, but the daily visits give him the strength he needs to move on.

What Fred and Janice had is truly wonderful. Many people who have seen Fred sitting in a chair right next to her grave agree that this form of commitment is the rarest of all. Fred, however, does it in the name of his love for Janice and we believe that’s beyond adorable.

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This is the story of how Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg became best friends

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We can’t choose our family, but we can certainly choose our friends. That said, we should pay a lot of thought about who we surround ourselves with, because friends are those people we share our lives with. We tell them our secrets, our fears, and what makes us happy.

Friends aren’t always peers or people we went to college with, and what makes friendship beautiful is that it comes in all shapes and sizes.

Speaking of “unusual” friendships, we can’t help but mention that of Martha Stewart and Snoop Dogg. These two BFF’s break barriers and show us that when it comes to true friendship, age is just a number.

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Martha, who is the first female self-made billionaire, has tried herself in different careers before becoming a well-known TV personality, and she was very successful in each of them.

As a teenager, she signed with Ford Models and was featured in shows, magazines, and commercials. According to her, she was “the all American girl.”

Later, she attended Barnard College and pursued a career as a stockbroker at an all-male firm.

“I lasted in that business for about eight years, working in a firm of all men. Only one woman owned a seat on the New York Stock Exchange at that time. I’m not intimidated by men; I never was,” Martha Stewart told People. “But men actually welcomed me to their offices. We wore hot pants to work. I still have my pale, peachy-pink ones and my chocolate-brown ones. I wore them with either high heels, bare legs, or tights. Elegant but also crazy. Like, how can you go to work in short-shorts? But I didn’t think twice about it. I was totally respected.”

Eventually, after years of working as a stockbroker, Martha felt she should spend more time with her family; her now ex-husband Andrew Steward and her only child, daughter Alexis.

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While Alexis attended school in Westport, Connecticut, Martha came up with the idea of starting an at-home catering business. A decade later, she launched her company Martha Stewart Inc. which turned into a million dollar business.

In 1990, she and her husband divorced, and she had a hard time accepting the fact she and Andrew were no longer together.

“Getting divorced was a terrible thing for me because we were the first to divorce in my family,” she told the Daily Mail. “And that we haven’t spoken since the divorce is even more painful.”

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In 2008, rapper Snoop Dogg was a guest on Martha Stewart Show and she found the way he spoke fun. In fact, she commented that they made a “weird couple.” This show was the start of something big and meaningful.

Snoop Dogg said at the time, “Martha kind of, like, pioneered this. As far as letting rappers become a part of daytime television.”

A year later, he returned to the show and their friendship only grew bigger. Speaking of what the two share, Snoop Dogg descried it as “a natural combination of love, peace, and harmony.”

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In 2016, they decided to do a show together, Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party. It was a huge hit loved by many and received an Emmy Nomination for Outstanding Host for a Reality or Reality-Competition Program in 2017.

“It’s not fake, it’s not put on,” SallyAnn Salsano, the producer of Martha & Snoop’s Potluck Dinner Party told Inc.. “It’s just what it is. That’s why I think it feels so good because you have two people that genuinely love each other and respect each other, for real.”

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Watching them spend a bunch of time together led some to believe that there is possibly something more than just a friendship between Martha and Snoop Dogg, but that’s far from true. Speaking on Good Day New York, Martha, who is 30 years older than Snoop Dogg, said that what they have is just a genuine friendship, nothing more.

“Snoop is younger than my daughter. We have to have a professional relationship, don’t we Snoop?” she said, and added, “He is very attractive, I must say, he really is an attractive human being. Everybody likes him. It’s so nice that he’s popular, and the guests really adore him and respond to him nicely. And he has a great sense of humor.” 

Being around Martha made Snoop Dogg a much better chef in the kitchen. In 2018, he published his cookbook From Crook to Cook: Platinum Recipes from Tha Boss Dogg’s Kitchen and his friend Martha wrote the foreword.

“Snoop and I have a special bond that dates back to when he first appeared on the Martha Stewart Show in 2008. Our relationship was born from our connection to food as we whipped up some cognac mashed potatoes and green brownies,” Martha Stewart wrote.

“Working with Snoop in the kitchen has been a remarkable experience for me. Not only has he taught me new lingo and cultural references, he surprised me with his unique cooking techniques and recipes.” 

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We are glad that despite their age difference, these two make such good friends.

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Prince Harry is about to get a heavy hit from King Charles III

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Long before the passing of Queen Elizabeth II, the media reported that people close to then-Prince Charles claimed he was planning on slimming down the monarchy once he becomes King of England. Now that the time has come for him to ascend to the throne, many are convinced he would carry on with his plan.

“Charles has never made any secret of the fact that he wants a slimmed-down Monarchy when he becomes King. He realizes that the public don’t want to pay for a huge Monarchy and, as he said, the balcony at Buckingham Palace would probably collapse,” he was reported to have said.

As it turns out, the King is determined to protect both the Crown and his people, and one way to do that, according to a source close to the Royal Family, is by keeping Harry and Meghan away from The Firm.

In order to do so, he would probably use Edward VIII’s abdication as a model. When he married his wife, who was a divorcee, Edward was perceived as a foolish and disloyal, and it looks like history is repeating itself with Harry who stepped down from his royal duties and left Britain for America.

Under King Charles’ supervision, “the same thing is now happening with Harry and Meghan, and it will only intensify over the coming years.”

Reports are that the Sussexes will be invited to King Charles’ coronation, but they will be seated next to Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie, just as they were during the funeral.

King Charles will likely be ruthless and will do all in his power to keep his younger son and his wife as far away from the focus of attention as possible.

It looks like that despite the opinion of a number of royal experts that the Queen’s passing will lead to reconciliation between the Sussexes and the rest of the family, the relationship between them continues to be a rocky one.

Christopher Andersen, a representative of the royal family, stated that “Harry and a Meghan still seem uncomfortable. We’ve seen that in a recent interview Meghan gave. It’s all really depressing, and I believe it will take a lot to restore things to their previous state.”

One thing that Meghan opened about was the Royal Rota, a system established more than 40 years ago as a way of giving UK print and broadcast media exclusive inside access to the official engagements of members of the Royal Family. She said she wasn’t happy sharing photos of her child with the media before showing them to the people who truly love her children.

With the new era in the British royalty, we are yet to see what future holds for Harry, Meghan, and their children.

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