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<Title>Alex Brown Center Events</Title>
<Tagline>Exciting Alex. Brown Center Events for Entrepreneurs!</Tagline>
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<Title>Important Changes Regarding Criminal Background Checks</Title>
<Tagline>Effective October 3, 2024</Tagline>
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    <h5><strong>Important Changes Regarding Criminal Background Checks</strong></h5>
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    <div>UMBC is phasing in new background check requirements and procedures. We will begin implementing background checks for new hires (which may include rehires and internal transfers) for all staff, contingent II, contingent I, and regular faculty positions. </div>
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    <div><strong>What positions will require a check at this time?</strong></div>
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    <div>● Staff - Nonexempt and Exempt positions in the status of Regular, Grant Funded, Contingent II and Contingent I</div>
    <div>● Faculty - All regular faculty</div>
    <div>● Any staff, faculty, student and/or volunteer working with minors other than UMBC Students</div>
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    <div><strong>What type of background check is required?</strong></div>
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    <div>● Fingerprint – All positions working with minors (children under age 18) require a fingerprint check.</div>
    <div>● Commercial – All other positions will have a commercial background check through our vendor, National Background Investigations, Inc. The commercial check consists of criminal, sex offender, and Social Security Trace.</div>
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    <div><strong>What business process changes are taking effect with the new implementation?</strong></div>
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    <div>1. All job postings for staff (regular, grant funded, Contingent II and Contingent I) and all regular faculty will be updated with a statement that a background check will be required.</div>
    <div>2. Candidates will be sent the background authorization form via PageUp to complete and submit to National Background Investigations.</div>
    <div>3. All new/initial Contingent I contracts will require a background check. Payroll will launch the background authorization form.</div>
    <div>4. All Contingent I contract renewals will require a check if the candidate has not previously completed a check within the past 6 months. Payroll will launch the background authorization form.</div>
    <div>5. HRSTM will approve offer cards after the candidate has successfully completed the background check.</div>
    <div>6. Payroll will approve Contingent I contracts after the candidate has successfully completed the background check.</div>
    <div>7. Departments with positions that require a fingerprint check will coordinate with HRSTM by contacting <a href="mailto:hrbackground@umbc.edu">hrbackground@umbc.edu</a>.</div>
    <div>(Exceptions during initial launch: Shriver/The Choice Program, AOP/TRIO and UMBC Police)</div>
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    <div><strong>When does this change take effect?</strong></div>
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    <div>All offer cards/contracts received on or after October 3, 2024 will require a background check to be completed prior to offer approval.</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>All active job postings (staff and regular faculty) will include the background check statement on or before October 3, 2024. HRSTM will update all active job postings in PageUp. Hiring departments will need to add the background statement to any active Interfolio postings.</div>
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    <div>Please add the statement:</div>
    <div>A background check will be required.</div>
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    <div><strong>Have Questions?</strong></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>Contact <a href="https://hr.umbc.edu/employment-staff/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Talent Acquisition</a>
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    <div>A reference document is attached.  Please share with others in your area. </div>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="144251" important="true" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/posts/144251">
<Title>Free Farmers Market TODAY!</Title>
<Tagline>Indoors @ Apartment Community Center</Tagline>
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    <div>Come into our Free Farmers Market on this rainy day, in the Apartment Community Center - see map below. We will have fresh fruits, vegetables, and food products, thanks to our friends at So What Else!</div>
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    <div>WE WILL BE IN THE MULTIPURPOSE ROOM OF THE APARTMENT COMMUNITY CENTER, NOT THE MAIN ROOM :) <br><div><br></div>
    <div>Time: 2pm to 2:45pm </div>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="false" id="144250" important="true" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/posts/144250">
<Title>Important Changes Regarding Criminal Background Checks</Title>
<Tagline>Effective October 3, 2024</Tagline>
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    <h5><strong>Important Changes Regarding Criminal Background Checks</strong></h5>
    <h6><br></h6>
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    <div>● Staff - Nonexempt and Exempt positions in the status of Regular, Grant Funded, Contingent II and Contingent I</div>
    <div>● Faculty - All regular faculty</div>
    <div>● Any staff, faculty, student and/or volunteer working with minors other than UMBC Students</div>
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    <div><br></div>
    <div>
    <div><strong>What type of background check is required?</strong></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>● Fingerprint – All positions working with minors (children under age 18) require a fingerprint check.</div>
    <div>● Commercial – All other positions will have a commercial background check through our vendor, National Background Investigations, Inc. The commercial check consists of criminal, sex offender, and Social Security Trace.</div>
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    <div>4. All Contingent I contract renewals will require a check if the candidate has not previously completed a check within the past 6 months. Payroll will launch the background authorization form.</div>
    <div>5. HRSTM will approve offer cards after the candidate has successfully completed the background check.</div>
    <div>6. Payroll will approve Contingent I contracts after the candidate has successfully completed the background check.</div>
    <div>7. Departments with positions that require a fingerprint check will coordinate with HRSTM by contacting <a href="mailto:hrbackground@umbc.edu">hrbackground@umbc.edu</a>.</div>
    <div>(Exceptions during initial launch: Shriver/The Choice Program, AOP/TRIO and UMBC Police)</div>
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    <div>
    <div><strong>When does this change take effect?</strong></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>All offer cards/contracts received on or after October 3, 2024 will require a background check to be completed prior to offer approval.</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>All active job postings (staff and regular faculty) will include the background check statement on or before October 3, 2024. HRSTM will update all active job postings in PageUp. Hiring departments will need to add the background statement to any active Interfolio postings.</div>
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    <div>Please add the statement:</div>
    <div>A background check will be required.</div>
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    <div>
    <div><strong>Have Questions?</strong></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>Contact <a href="https://hr.umbc.edu/employment-staff/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">Talent Acquisition</a>
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    <div>A reference document is attached.  Please share with others in your area. </div>
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<NewsItem contentIssues="true" id="144246" important="false" status="posted" url="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/posts/144246">
<Title>UMBC reaches 99.6% Ultra adoption for Fall 2024 term</Title>
<Tagline>Reminder: DoIT support of Original ends 12/31/24</Tagline>
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    <p>After five years of a phased migration, more than 99% of all available Blackboard courses for the fall semester are now using Ultra. This marks a significant milestone in our transition from Blackboard Original with only seven courses still using the legacy system until December 31, 2024.</p>
    <p>“I want to thank the Deans, all faculty and students, and especially DoIT’s instructional technology team, for their collaboration, patience and hard work,” says <strong>John Fritz</strong>, Associate Vice President for Instructional Technology. “I know this was a lot of work over a long period, including the pandemic, but I’m thrilled we’ll all be able to focus on supporting one version of Blackboard and helping the campus community make the best use of it.”</p>
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    <p><em>Image 1: Rate of Ultra adoption since Spring 2020</em></p>
    <p>UMBC began using Blackboard Ultra in 2018 <a href="https://doit.umbc.edu/news/post/72870/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">with a small pilot</a> involving four faculty members. Since then, adoption grew slowly, but steadily. By Spring 2024, <a href="https://doit.umbc.edu/news/post/139602/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">nearly 70% of available courses</a> were delivered in Ultra. DoIT announced that <a href="https://doit.umbc.edu/news/post/141745/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">all courses for the fall term would be created in Ultra</a> with a one-time rollback option for COEIT and CNMS (CAHSS had agreed to do so a year ago). More than 125 faculty attended Ultra training in August to prepare for or refresh their Ultra courses.</p>
    <p>Instructional Technology continues to work closely with faculty and departments to ensure a smooth transition before the end of Original deadline. For more information about Ultra, please visit <a href="https://my3.my.umbc.edu/groups/instructional-technology" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">the Instructional Technology group</a> on myUMBC or <a href="http://umbc.edu/go/ultra" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">umbc.edu/go/ultra</a>.</p>
    <p><span><strong>Connect with Instructional Technology</strong></span></p>
    <p><span>As always, if you have any questions about teaching, learning, and technology at UMBC, please consider the following options:</span></p>
    <ul>
    <li>
    <a href="http://www.umbc.edu/faq" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Check our extensive FAQ collection</span></a><span> </span>
    </li>
    <ul><li>
    <a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/x/LohnB" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>What's new in Ultra?</span></a><span> | </span><a href="https://wiki.umbc.edu/x/bwrSAQ" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Known Issues</span></a><span> </span>
    </li></ul>
    <li><a href="http://my.umbc.edu/go/request-help" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Open a ticket via RT</span></a></li>
    <li>
    <span>Follow the </span><a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/instructional-technology" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Instructional Technology</span></a><span> &amp; </span><a href="http://my.umbc.edu/groups/doit" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>DoIT</span></a><span> myUMBC groups</span>
    </li>
    <li>
    <a href="http://doit.umbc.edu/itnm/staff/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Request a consult</span></a><span> with </span><a href="http://doit.umbc.edu/itnm/staff" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>instructional technology staff</span></a>
    </li>
    <li>
    <a href="http://pivot.umbc.edu/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>PIVOT</span></a><span> | </span><a href="https://doit.umbc.edu/itnm/academic-continuity/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Academic Continuity</span></a><span> | </span><a href="https://fdc.umbc.edu/teaching/keep-on-teaching/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Keep On Teaching</span></a><span> | </span><a href="https://doit.umbc.edu/students" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>Student Technology Resources</span></a>
    </li>
    </ul>
    <p><span>---</span></p>
    <p><span>UMBC is committed to providing a consistent learning experience for everyone. The </span><a href="https://doit.umbc.edu/news/post/130227/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo"><span>last day we will support Blackboard Original</span></a><span> is December 31, 2024. Please check out our training and support: </span><span><a href="http://umbc.edu/go/ultra" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">umbc.edu/go/ultra</a></span></p>
    <p>Thumbnail-image: Ultra news update</p>
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<Title>New Maryland Wage Range Transparency Law</Title>
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    <div><strong>Staff Jobs </strong></div>
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    <div>The minimum and maximum starting salary range must be included on the job posting/ad. Human Resources Talent Acquisition will work on updating all active job requisitions and job postings on UMBC Jobs, HERC and higheredjobs.com. Departments will need to update any advertisements placed in other sources. </div>
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    <div><strong>Faculty Jobs </strong></div>
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    <div>Benefit information must also be included in all postings/ads. A link to the appropriate <a href="https://hr.umbc.edu/benefits/benefits-summaries/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">benefits summary</a> is acceptable. </div>
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    <div>All current job postings and advertisements (including PageUp and Interfolio) will need to be updated with the salary range and benefits information. Please contact Human Resources Talent Acquisition at <a href="mailto:hrtalent@umbc.edu">hrtalent@umbc.edu</a> to coordinate having the postings updated. All postings/ads must be updated prior to October 1, 2024. </div>
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    <div>The law requires all job postings to be in compliance. This will include adjunct faculty ads placed on departmental websites or in any other source.</div>
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    <div><strong>Contingent I Job Postings </strong></div>
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    <div>Contingent I job postings will need to list the minimum and maximum hourly rate offered for the position. If you have a current active Contingent I job posting in PageUp, please contact <a href="mailto:hrtalent@umbc.edu">hrtalent@umbc.edu</a> to have the job updated. </div>
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    <div><strong>Student Job Postings </strong></div>
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    <div>Any advertised student job postings for graduate or undergraduate students must also include the minimum and maximum salary range. If benefits are offered, this information must also be included in the posting/ad. Departments will need to update any active job postings on Handshake or any other source. </div>
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    <div><strong>Have Questions? </strong></div>
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    <div>Talent Acquisition can help with questions about updating the job posting/ad. <br><a href="mailto:hrtalent@umbc.edu">hrtalent@umbc.edu</a>
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    <div>Class/Comp can help with questions regarding the salary range for a position.</div>
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    <div>Document attached can be downloaded as a reference.  Please share with others in your area. </div>
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<Title>New Maryland Wage Range Transparency Law</Title>
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    employers to provide information on job postings and advertisements to include the pay range
    and general description of benefits and other compensation elements offered for the position.
    The requirement applies to all postings and advertisements on websites (internal and external),
    newspaper advertisements, printed ads, social media posts, electronic mailing lists, emails to
    more than one applicant and any other ads published through any other medium. <div><br></div>
    <div>Human Resources and Strategic Talent Management is working on reviewing all current active
    jobs and developing a strategy for implementing the new requirements. </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div><strong>Staff Jobs </strong></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>The minimum and maximum starting salary range must be included on the job posting/ad.
    Human Resources Talent Acquisition will work on updating all active job requisitions and job
    postings on UMBC Jobs, HERC and higheredjobs.com. Departments will need to update any
    advertisements placed in other sources. </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div><strong>Faculty Jobs </strong></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>The minimum and maximum starting salary range must be included on the job posting/ad. If
    the position will be posted as open rank, the salary range for each level will need to be
    included. </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>Benefit information must also be included in all postings/ads. A link to the appropriate <a href="https://hr.umbc.edu/benefits/benefits-summaries/" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">benefits
    summary</a> is acceptable. </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>All current job postings and advertisements (including PageUp and Interfolio) will need to be
    updated with the salary range and benefits information. Please contact Human Resources
    Talent Acquisition at <a href="mailto:hrtalent@umbc.edu">hrtalent@umbc.edu</a> to coordinate having the postings updated.
    All postings/ads must be updated prior to October 1, 2024. </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>The law requires all job postings to be in compliance. This will include adjunct faculty ads
    placed on departmental websites or in any other source.</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div><strong>Contingent I Job Postings </strong></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>Contingent I job postings will need to list the minimum and maximum hourly rate offered for
    the position. If you have a current active Contingent I job posting in PageUp, please contact
    <a href="mailto:hrtalent@umbc.edu">hrtalent@umbc.edu</a> to have the job updated. </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div><strong>Student Job Postings </strong></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>Any advertised student job postings for graduate or undergraduate students must also include
    the minimum and maximum salary range. If benefits are offered, this information must also be
    included in the posting/ad. Departments will need to update any active job postings on
    Handshake or any other source. </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div><strong>Have Questions? </strong></div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>Talent Acquisition can help with questions about updating the job posting/ad. <br><a href="mailto:hrtalent@umbc.edu">hrtalent@umbc.edu</a>
    </div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>Class/Comp can help with questions regarding the salary range for a position.</div>
    <div><a href="mailto:hrclasscomp@umbc.edu">hrclasscomp@umbc.edu</a></div>
    <div><br></div>
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<Title>JOURNALISM ETHICS AND DEMOCRACY (WITH DR. NANCE!)</Title>
<Tagline>IN THE FINE ARTS RECITAL HALL TONIGHT!!!!!!</Tagline>
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    <div>Just writing to remind you of a super cool event happening in the Fine Arts Recital hall tonight from 7-8:30!!</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>This will be the first Public Forum event from the Center for Ethics and values! </div>
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    <div>I hope to see y'all there!!!</div>
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    <div>Best,</div>
    <div><br></div>
    <div>Chloe </div>
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<Title>Today at NOON! Pre-Health Orientation Part 3: The "What Now"</Title>
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<Title>Important Notice: Google Quotas Established</Title>
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    <div>The UMBC Division of Information Technology team is taking key steps to continue providing secure accounts and workspaces and ensure your information is protected. Several cloud service providers are phasing out unlimited cloud storage, including Google, Box, and Microsoft.</div>
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    <div>Google storage has been unlimited for all UMBC accounts for many years, and the amount of data some users have in their accounts has increased drastically. Google no longer provides unlimited cloud storage for higher education users. We must take action to reduce the amount of data we are storing as an institution in Google, and to this end, quotas have been established in Google for all UMBC accounts.</div>
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    <strong>Please note that every effort is being made to ensure existing users in our campus community are not adversely affected by the storage quotas. Your data is important. Existing users have been provided additional space based on their current Google storage use. </strong>New UMBC accounts will be given the default quotas below to ensure we remain under our storage limits. To assess your stored data and check your storage usage, <a href="https://drive.google.com/settings/storage" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">visit your Drive storage page</a>.</div>
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    <h6>Key Takeaways</h6>
    <div><strong>Storage Quotas for Existing Users:</strong></div>
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    <li><strong>Existing users have a cap that allows them 5GB+ headroom.</strong></li>
    <li>If you are a student with less than 3GB, you are in the 5GB quota group. Faculty and staff are provided a minimum of 25GB.</li>
    <li>If you currently have 3 - 15 GB, you are in a 25GB quota group.</li>
    <li>If you have 15 - 90 GB = 100GB quota.</li>
    <li>If you have 90 - 900GB = 1TB quota.</li>
    <li>If you have over 900GB = 100TB quota.</li>
    <li>If you are a member of the 100TB group, you may be contacted by DoIT to determine if Google is the best place to store your data.</li>
    <li>To assess your stored data and check your storage usage, visit <a href="https://drive.google.com/settings/storage" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">your Drive storage page</a>.</li>
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    <div><strong>Storage Quotas for New Users:</strong></div>
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    <li>New faculty and staff members will receive a default of 25GB.</li>
    <li>New students will receive a default of 5GB.</li>
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    <div><strong>Where does my storage number come from? </strong></div>
    <div><ul><li>Storage is comprised of data in Google Drive, Gmail, and Google Photos.</li></ul></div>
    <div>If you have questions or concerns, please reach out to the Technology Support Center at 410-455-3838 or <a href="https://rtforms.umbc.edu/rt_myumbcHelpPage/computingTechnology/computingTechnology-requestHelp.php?r=SSdtIG5vdCBzdXJlIC8gT3RoZXI=" rel="nofollow external" class="bo">submit a ticket</a>.</div>
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