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Minds polluted? New film making rounds in Nebraska is filled with falsehoods, education experts say
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LINCOLN, Neb. (Flatwater Free Press) -On a Saturday this March, Stephanie Nantkes walked into the Civic Middle in downtown Seward and located a number of dozen individuals gathered within the assembly room downstairs, heads bowed in prayer. She discovered Kirk Penner, working for re-election to the Nebraska State Board of Training. She discovered Jessie Bremer and Jacob Bierbaum, native college board candidates.
She discovered a desk of fellow lecturers. Some retired, like her. Some nonetheless at it: grading essays, revising lesson plans and organizing area journeys.
Collectively, they waited for a brand new movie referred to as “The Thoughts Polluters” to start – a movie that might finally be publicly screened by Nebraska for Founders’ Values and the Defend Nebraska Youngsters Coalition roughly two dozen instances throughout the state, from Omaha to Gordon.
The lights have been dimmed. The projector turned on.
“Let me ask you a query…,” Mark Archer, the movie’s director and narrator, begins. “What if I informed you that your baby was being not solely sexually harassed, however proven pornography in an effort to groom them for sexual exercise? What in the event that they have been being groomed for gay exercise? What in the event that they have been being groomed for intercourse with pedophiles….”
He speaks slowly, softly. Involved.
“Now right here’s the massive query: What if I informed you all these items have been taking place to your baby of their college classroom?”
Nantkes watched as audio system rifled accusations at “authorities education programs” – at lecturers like herself, she felt.
Months later, Nantkes, mom of former ACLU of Nebraska director Danielle Conrad, struggled to articulate the depths of her bewilderment.
“A horror movie,” she referred to as it.
“How insane is that this?” she requested. “There isn’t one reality behind what they have been saying.”
She hadn’t spent 40 years educating in Nebraska’s public faculties and served two phrases on the Seward college board solely to have her life’s pursuit portrayed because the work of the Antichrist.
“And that’s the correct definition…,” insists writer Alex Newman close to the movie’s finish. “So mother and father, you might have an obligation as a Christian to take away these youngsters from that college.”
When the movie ended and Penner rose to talk, Nantkes snapped.
“Boo!” she yelled. “Boo! Boo!”
She stored at it till the hosts tried – and failed – to usher her from the constructing. She dared them to name the police. They backed down.
“They have been telling individuals lies about what I’ve liked my whole life,” she says. “And I’ll go down preventing for it.”
Leaders of the Nebraskans for Founders’ Values and the Defend Nebraska Youngsters Coalition rejected interview requests for this story, as did Nebraska Board of Training member Penner and state board candidates Elizabeth Tegtmeier, Marni Hodgen and Sherry Jones, who’ve been endorsed by the PNCC and took part in a displaying of the movie.
“Any statements attributed to the PNCC or myself shall be disavowed,” wrote Sue Greenwald, retired pediatrician and Defend Nebraska Youngsters Coalition member. “If you want to speak in regards to the movie, I might recommend you discuss to the producers.”
Mark and Amber Archer, the Indiana-based husband-wife filmmaking duo who produced the movie, additionally declined to remark.
Doug Brady, candidate for the Studying Neighborhood of Douglas and Sarpy Counties’ Coordinating Council, hosted an April viewing of “The Thoughts Polluters” in Bellevue.
“An actual eye opener,” he stated. A film that “tells rather a lot about what’s really occurring in our faculty districts round right here.”
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“The Thoughts Polluters” is the second feature-length movie produced by the Archers. The film alleges that “authorities faculties” are “grooming” youngsters by means of applications like complete sex-ed and social-emotional studying, along with what audio system name pornographic youngsters’s books.
“Overcoming the pure inhibitions that youngsters have is the objective of each the sexual predator and the sexual educator,” Amber Archer says. “Breaking down the God-given boundaries that youngsters have in the direction of sexual content material and conduct is the important thing: the important thing to manipulation and in the end enslavement…”
The movie doesn’t interview any lively public college lecturers, directors, teachers or consultants in public well being or baby psychological improvement.
The Nebraska Division of Training and the Nebraska State Training Affiliation – the lecturers’ union – don’t all the time see eye to eye.
Each agree that “The Thoughts Polluters” has no foundation in actuality.
“This film is pure propaganda,” wrote NSEA President Jenni Benson in an e-mail.
“I believe it’s detrimental to the faculties,” stated David Jespersen, the Nebraska Division of Training’s public info officer. “I believe it’s detrimental to the lecturers. And I believe it’s really detrimental to society to be making these broad, baseless claims.”
Not like the couple’s first movie – about disgraced Indiana physician and abortion supplier George Klopfer – “The Thoughts Polluters” was prohibited from launch on Amazon. (Amazon couldn’t be reached for remark). It prices $24.99 to lease on Vimeo.
The Nebraskans for Founders’ Values (whose director, Mark Bonkiewicz, additionally stars within the movie) and the Defend Nebraska Youngsters Coalition started collectively screening “The Thoughts Polluters” in church buildings, libraries and group facilities this spring, shortly after the Nebraska Board of Training voted to indefinitely postpone the state’s first-ever well being schooling requirements.
State and native college board candidates endorsed by the teams appeared as visitor audio system at these occasions.
Phrase of the “The Thoughts Polluters” rapidly unfold on social media and bled into native college board conferences.
Amanda Ripley, a Lincoln nurse and mom of two, streamed the film on-line. She then publicly addressed the Lincoln Board of Training, sure the state’s proposed well being requirements would quickly inch their means again into consideration.
“It could virtually be negligent for anybody to vote sure or no on the proposed well being requirements with out seeing this very complete and well-sourced documentary,” she informed the college board in February.
In a follow-up interview, Ripley stated she hasn’t personally seen any of the grooming actions alleged in “Thoughts Polluters.” She referred to as the lecturers at her youngsters’ public college “beautiful individuals” and stated she hasn’t hosted a screening of the movie “as a result of this does appear tremendous excessive for Lincoln, Nebraska.”
“It does appear…to color lecturers in a nasty gentle,” she stated. “So if I have been a trainer, would I be proud of that? No. However then show your self. Show that you just’re higher and may be trusted with our youngsters…”
Jespersen, on the Nebraska Division of Training, stated there’s no proof to help the movie’s accusations. He stated Nebraska lately made headlines when comparable “baseless claims” have been aired within the Legislature.
Repeating a rumor that unfold from the PNCC Fb web page, Sen. Bruce Bostelman of Brainard claimed public faculties have been offering litter containers to “furries,” or youngsters figuring out as cats. A number of college districts discredited the rumor. Bostelman apologized.
“If mother and father actually consider one thing’s occurring, it needs to be investigated.,. And in case you assume the administration is pushing it, then the Division of Training ought to get entangled,” Jespersen stated. “However we don’t have these claims.”
Lecturers are the only largest reporters of kid abuse annually in Nebraska, he stated.
If mother and father are morally against a part of the curriculum, they’ll usually choose their baby out, he stated. In the event that they consider materials is inappropriate, they’ll file discover with the college board and district for evaluate.
“However we’re simply not conscious of any of these items taking place,” he stated.
Even because it misleads, the movie could have energy as a result of, in some ways, the US has remodeled. In accordance with a current Gallup ballot, 7.1% of American adults who now determine as LGBT, almost twice as many as a decade in the past. The variety of LGBT youngsters is rising sharply. The nation’s multiracial inhabitants is rising at an unprecedented fee. The proportion of white Individuals is shrinking and so, too, is the proportion of self-identifying Christians.
“The world is turning into a daunting place to many as a result of it’s altering,” stated Rita Bennett, former Lincoln Training Affiliation president, who opposes the documentary.
Brady, candidate for the Studying Neighborhood’s Coordinating Council, agrees that issues are altering. He stated faculties are pushing that change.
He stated classes about gender and sexuality taught in faculties are sometimes inappropriate. Any information about intercourse needs to be taught by mother and father, he stated.
Citing “The Thoughts Polluters” as proof, he stated faculties are educating youngsters that it’s acceptable to have intercourse with adults.
“The massive factor they all the time say is ‘No means no and sure means sure,’” Brady stated. “They’re telling a younger baby that’s is O.Okay. for them to provide permission to have intercourse, even to older individuals.”
Jill Brown, Creighton College professor who teaches “The Psychology of Gender,” testified earlier than the Legislature’s Training Committee supporting the proposed well being requirements in February.
She stated “Thoughts Polluters” does a disservice to “the true work” of stopping sexual abuse, which many research have proven may be considerably lowered when complete sexual schooling is taught in faculties.
Many claims made within the movie are disproven by present analysis.
The movie says “each cell in your physique testifies to the truth that you’re both male or feminine.” In accordance with a United Nations report, as much as 1.7-percent of the world’s inhabitants is born with intersex traits.
The movie says transgenderism is the results of trauma, confusion or whimsy. However quite a few research have proven in any other case.
The movie says youngsters’s “pure aversion” to intercourse will stop abuse. However the U.S. authorities stories almost one in 4 ladies and one in 13 boys expertise sexual abuse yearly.
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After the “Thoughts Polluters” program in Seward was completed, Nantkes and different lecturers from her desk reconvened exterior the Civic Middle. They have been shocked. Indignant. One among them later in contrast it to stepping off a curler coaster. “Your again is up in opposition to the wall, and so they have you ever get out, and also you’re simply wobbling round like, What simply occurred right here?”
However they have been additionally stuffed with conviction. All of them, Nantkes stated, are “hellbent” on damning the move of disinformation.
It’s a frustration shared by the Nebraska Division of Training.
“Individuals see movies like this and so they marvel why lecturers are having a tough time proper now. This undoubtedly contributes,” Jespersen stated. “With every part that we’re asking of lecturers, we needs to be celebrating them, not utilizing baseless claims to convey them down.”
FFP reporter Natalia Alamdari contributed to this story.
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Well… how about that?
Just when you think you know the 2024 Huskers, they go and do something to completely flip the script.
There have been so many different narratives about this team and their deficiencies. They’re “snakebit” and cursed. The offense stinks. Quarterback Dylan Raiola has regressed. Bad attitudes and the “here we go again” mindset are a cancer. The upperclassmen are holding this team back. Matt Rhule will start 2025 on the hot seat.
And on and on.
This was a narrative-busting game. On a feel-good Saturday afternoon, the Huskers dispatched Big Ten nemesis Wisconsin with surprising ease. Rhule, who has clearly been carrying the weight of our collective expectations (as well as our shared PTSD for the 118 losses that occurred between 62-36 and his hiring), can finally exhale. The eight-year* bowl drought monkey is finally off this program’s back.
*A quick pause to point out that had the Huskers sought and accepted a likely bowl bid after the 2020 season, the bowl-less streak would “only” have been at three seasons. Thankfully, this is now a moot point.
That’s the beauty of a three-score win on Senior Day – it has the ability to wash a lot of the season’s sins away. We can take a deep breath, smile, and start to realize that maybe things weren’t as bad as we thought they were. Celebrate the past and focus on the future. That’s needed because one 19-point victory – or even a much-needed set of bowl practices – won’t fix all of Nebraska’s issues.
There are still assistants who would be best utilized in different roles (or at other programs). The special teams have only improved from “liability” to “sub-par”. The defense is clearly in “bend, but don’t break” mode.
Senior Days stir up nostalgia, but also fears about who will replace the contributors who are not coming back. The coming roster purge down to 105 adds a new layer of complexity. Nebraska can no longer attempt to solve a lack of depth by hoping one of the 11 other guys in the room can step up.
Which players without extensive game tape should be prioritized, and who should be thanked for their time and sacrifice? Fortunately, an extra month of practice can help answer some of these questions. Arguably, that extra development and evaluation will matter more in the long run than a trip to Detroit, New York City, or elsewhere to play another 6-6 or 7-5 team.
Speaking of 7-5, it’s kind of hard to believe that Nebraska has a chance to reach the record that so many fans (including myself) predicted back in August, especially after all of the angst we’ve gone through.
That was a fun environment. The last time we gathered at Memorial Stadium, Nebraska lost a frustrating game to UCLA.
Former Husker Collin Miller ruffled a lot of feathers after the UCLA game when he called out the crowd for being “asleep in their seats” in an environment that – by many accounts, and for many reasons – was flat.
Miller’s critiques were largely met with more passion and noise than was displayed during the UCLA game. The former Blackshirt was roundly shouted down, including by yours truly.
While I have no interest in going after my fellow season ticket holders and neighbors in the stadium, I did feel some of the backlash swung too far in the opposite direction.
Nobody should ever take the passion, dedication, and financial support of Nebraska fans (especially season ticket holders) for granted. Period. Thankfully, no fan has ever been asked to make a tackle, block the weakside linebacker on 3rd down, or draw up a play for 4th & 8. Those things are best left to the coaches and players.
But home field advantage is still a thing that exists. Especially in college football.
Fans have the opportunity* to impact a game with their passion, pride, and vocal chords.
*You’ll note that I said “opportunity”, not “obligation”. I have no desire to tell people how to fan. If you want to sit in quiet solitude in row 58, that’s your right.
With Nebraska needing one more game for bowl eligibility, their options were win at home or in Iowa City at night. I know which one I would pick: being in front 87,000 loyal fans at home.
And the fans delivered. The pregame energy was noticeably better than UCLA. The crowd was into the game from the start and stayed locked in until the end.
For our efforts, my fellow fans and I were rewarded with a great atmosphere, a great win, and some tremendous video content from the HuskerVision crew. It was one of the most enjoyable games I’ve experienced in a long time.
I’m not suggesting that fans need to bring this level of energy every time Nebraska takes the field for the Huskers to win. I do not want to be the fan police, plus I expect Rhule to get the team to a point where they can win in any environment.
But wasn’t it fun to cheer loud, will the team to victory, and celebrate with 86,922 of your friends? I can’t wait to do it again.
Dana Holgorsen was in his bag. In his second game as Nebraska’s offensive coordinator, Holgorsen opened his cookbook and found a recipe for success.
I’m not sure what I liked the best about Nebraska’s offense against Wisconsin. The nearly 50-50 run pass ratio (36 runs, 38 passes). That beautifully simplistic run fake followed by a quick slant pass. Using formations (Emmett Johnson and Dante Dowdell lined up next to Raiola like a motorcycle with two sidecars), personnel groupings (two tight ends), and motion to create favorable matchups.
Maybe it was the mix of power running, misdirection, and short, simple throws. I know I loved how Nebraska scored all seven times they entered the red zone.
But I think my favorite thing happened late in the third quarter. Nebraska is up 27-10 and has a big 3rd & 4 from the Badger 29. Before the snap, Raiola motions a receiver over to his left. At the snap, the receiver on the right runs a route to the left, leaving the west side of the field empty. Suddenly, Johnson comes streaking out of the backfield. Raiola hits him in stride and EJ gains 26 yards to the three-yard line. Simple, yet elegant.
And I’m excited to see what he’ll do against Iowa.
Players making plays (or they don’t play). An important thing to note from the pass play I described above: when presented with an opportunity to make a play, the guys took advantage of it. That was a common theme on Saturday.
Nobody personified the “players making plays” mantra better than Emmett Johnson, who looked like a video game animation spinning, juking, and dancing the Badger secondary looking for extra yardage. His red and white uniform was moving so quickly, he sometimes looked like a pink blur.
Luke Lindenmeyer and Nate Boerkircher both took advantage of some extended playing time by making some excellent blocks and being active options in the passing game.
On the flip side, it appeared Lindenmeyer and Boerkircher’s opportunities came at Thomas Fidone’s expense. Fidone was called for a false start with eight minutes to go in the first quarter. He went out after the penalty, and I do not recall seeing him on the field again. I do not believe his absence to be injury related. Hopefully, he (and others) will maximize their opportunities against Iowa.
Is this what happens when you don’t spend the afternoon shooting yourself in the foot? Once again, Nebraska fans got to watch a team in red and white making stupid mental errors all day long. But for one glorious day, it wasn’t Nebraska
Here is an incomplete list of boneheaded things the Badgers did on Saturday:
That list is a botched onside kick away from being a greatest hits of how Nebraska has lost games in the last five years. It was so refreshing to finally be on the receiving end of another team’s sloppiness.
Best of all? Nebraska made the Badgers pay for their mistakes.
On the drives following the two missed field goals, the fumble, and a turnover on downs, the Huskers scored a total of 24 points. They won the game by 19.
When was the last time Nebraska had a weekend this good? Let’s recap the weekend in the three biggest Husker sports for posterity:
Friday night: Nebrasketball goes to Omaha and absolutely suffocates the #14 Creighton Bluejays, winning by 11, in a game that wasn’t as close as the final score suggests. The Huskers held All-Everything center Ryan Kalkbrenner to four points, on 0-1 shooting. The three-time reigning Big East Defensive Player of the Year looked mortal as numerous Huskers scored layups at the rim.
The upset launched an avalanche of delicious trolling by Husker fans (and NU’s social media folks), most of it directed at the Nebraskans with ala carte cheering preferences.
Saturday afternoon: The football team earns a bowl bid with a convincing win over a team they haven’t beaten in 4,438 days. In addition to the bowl bid, NU also received a rather ugly trophy.
Saturday night: The remarkable juggernaut that is Nebraska Volleyball easily swept #6 Wisconsin (again), ending the Badgers’ hopes of a conference title, and putting NU squarely in the driver’s seat for a championship.
It’s just an absolute joy to watch Nebraska play volleyball. They play at such a high level and look like they’re having the time of their lives. If you weren’t alive for the mid-90s run of NU football, this is what it looked and felt like.
So, as my favorite band (The Nadas) sang, was this the “best weekend ever”?
I didn’t do the research, but my guess is probably not, considering football and volleyball have combined for ten national championships and over 80 conference championships. The historic bar for success is pretty high.
But for a fan base that has grown all too accustomed to painful groin kick losses against rivals, three straight big wins were memorable moments to celebrate and savor.
Was this Nebraska’s most complete win of the season? Admittedly, there are not a lot of contenders for the title, especially against P4 competition. But I think it’s possible that Nebraska played their best 60 minutes of football against the Badgers.
I think it’s indisputable that Colorado remains Nebraska’s best win of the season. The first half of that game is probably the best the Huskers have looked this season. But the second half was a little anticlimactic. At the time, I wrote that NU “got a little bored in the second half.”
But on Saturday, the Huskers did some of their best work after halftime. Nebraska scored 20 points, answering both Badger scores with points of their own. There was no letting off the gas, no attempt to coast across the finish line. With a bowl berth on the line, the Huskers went for the throat.
All three phases weren’t in peak form, but the defense and special teams did what they had to do. Overall, it was a complete team victory. Arguably the best of the year.
A “Huskerigami” is a final score combination (win or lose) that has never happened in the 130+ year history of Nebraska football.
Final score: 44-25
Is that a Huskerigami? YES! This is the 579th unique score combination in Nebraska history, and the first since the 35-11 win over Northern Illinois in 2023 (the week before Huskerigami started).
This was the eighth Nebraska-Wisconsin game to end in a Huskerigami score (out of 18 total games).
- Emmett Johnson. 198 total yards, with a large chunk of those coming after contact. EJ ran with a purpose, vision, and burst that has been largely absent from NU’s running backs for several years. Be sure to give credit to the offensive line for another strong performance, but Johnson made the most of the opportunities he was given.
- Dylan Raiola. Feel free to fact-check me on this, but I think NU is 4-0 when Raiola throws a sidearm pass. I don’t know if those throws are him feeling comfortable in the offense, a reflection on his health, or completely unrelated. Regardless, Raiola looked as confident and in control as he has since September, coming just seven yards shy of his first 300-yard game.
- Ty Robinson. He made his college debut against Wisconsin in 2019, a raw kid in a redshirt season holding his own against the (then) #15 Badgers. Five years later in his home finale, Robinson showed the finished product he has become. A mountain of a man who uses his instincts and brute force to disrupt offenses. Robinson made himself some good money by coming back for his senior season. And he absolutely trucked some poor Badger as a goal line fullback.
- Jacory Barney Jr. The freshman phenom sparked the game from the opening kick, recording NU’s longest return of the season, and 45 of his 150 all-purpose yards. He’s quietly become Raiola’s favorite receiver – a combination I hope to see for years to come (a not-so-subtle hint to the fine folks at 1890).
- John Hohl. Remember the days when we didn’t think NU would even attempt another field goal this year? Three more makes on Saturday, and (knocks on wood) no misses in almost two months. Johnny Hohl is one of the feel-good stories on this team.
Honorable mention: The seniors (and others who played their last game for NU), Nebraska fans, Jahmal Banks, Dante Dowdell, field storms, Brian Buschini, Greg Sharpe, the return of “Chasing 3”, and 55 degree Saturdays in late November.
- Tackling. Nebraska’s tackling – both on defense and kick coverage – could have been better. The Huskers gave up a lot of free yards by not wrapping them up initially. Iowa is a team that makes you pay for missed tackles.
- Sacks. The Blackshirts generated decent pressure against Braedyn Locke (three hurries and a couple of knockdowns), but they never got there in time to sack him. A little more pressure up front will help a defensive secondary that has not been very sharp.
- Timeout management. I’m okay with Rhule challenging Wisconsin’s first touchdown. The replays shown in the stadium gave the impression that it was worth the risk. But otherwise, Rhule spends his timeouts like my kids spend their birthday money: as quickly as possible, and often on worthless things that get thrown away.
- Celebration penalties. I’m torn on the unsportsmanlike penalty that Micah Mazzccua received for spiking the ball after Dowdell’s first touchdown. On one hand, it was a dumb penalty that accelerated a Wisconsin scoring drive. But as a former offensive lineman, I’m not sure I would have been able to pass up the opportunity. As long as the celebrations don’t cross into taunting, let the kids have fun.
- Freedom Trophy. Be honest: did you know the Freedom Trophy existed prior to Nebraska carrying it off the field? Look, I’m thrilled that Nebraska finally beat Wisconsin. But that trophy – generically ugly with a moralistic trope theme with no direct tie to either program – is a loser. I’d much rather the two teams play for something fun and unique.
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A chilly pattern of temperatures with a chance of snow showers on Wednesday coming up across Greater Nebraska
NORTH PLATTE, Neb. (KNOP) – We are in the middle of another dry weather pattern, as we have had only spotty rain chances through the last couple of weeks. It looks like that pattern will continue for at least another week. Expect some mild temperatures over the next few days, but it will really start to feel like late fall as cooler air works in as we approach the Thanksgiving holiday. We should have no major travel difficulties for the holiday, but we are watching a system that could give us some rain/snow showers for next Wednesday, but the moisture amounts should be light. Then for the following weekend, we will dry out even further, and really cool down with highs falling into the 30s with a brisk northerly wind.
It was partly cloudy and breezy for Sunday with highs near 42.
Monday sunny skies, and it will be cooler still with highs in the lower 40s. Tuesday partly cloudy skies and we will continue to be dry with highs in the upper 40s.
Then for Wednesday, we will have our moisture chance this week; under partly cloudy skies and there is a 20% chance of rain/snow showers, with highs near 39.
For Thanksgiving on Thursday, we are back to mostly sunny skies; much cooler with highs in the mid-upper 30s. Friday is mostly sunny and highs near 33. Saturday mostly sunny skies and highs near 32. Next Sunday mostly sunny skies and highs near 32.
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Nebraska is now a leader to land Aiden Manutai. Here is the latest.
The Nebraska Cornhuskers aren’t exactly done in the 2025 cycle as they have been searching for some flip targets. After actively searching, the Huskers may have found another one.
That guy is Aiden Manutai. Manutai is a Kahuku High School defensive back from Kahuku, Hawaii. He plays safety and is a listed four-star from ESPN. Manutai is committed to the California Golden Bears.
Manutai has been a target for the Cornhuskers for a bit of time and started to trend towards the Cornhuskers earlier this month. Manutai was originally interested in Nebraska along with five other schools before committing to the Bears.
Manutai did not make a trip to Lincoln this weekend, which is a good sign for the Golden Bears. However, the Cornhuskers are in a good spot despite this visit not happening. The Huskers made their first bowl game in years which is a positive sign for any recruit.
Manutai is also one of many recruits who were influenced by the addition of Dawson Merritt, who recently flipped from Alabama to Nebraska. Will Manutai be the next flip for the Big Red?
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