TDK ST750

TDK continues to bring quality headphone?options to the world, the latest being the intriguing TDK ST750. Its alluring leather and metallic design houses a unique feature?an internal, battery-driven amplifier that makes the audio performance louder and more bass-heavy when powered-up. The $249.95 (list) headphones also work in passive mode, but in both modes, the audio leans toward a brighter, crisper sound that should appeal to purists more so than bass fiends.

Design
The ST750 sports a refined look, with black leather lining the headband and the edges of the earcups. The heavily cushioned black earpads and underside of the headband make for a very comfortable, lightweight fit, even over longer listening sessions. Each side incorporates the TDK logo on a brushed metallic surface. Inside the circumaural (around-the-ear) earcups, 40mm dynamic drivers bring intense audio when the power switch on the right earcup is on. The right side also houses the battery compartment?the ST750 requires two AAA batteries for powered operation.

Unfortunately, the cable is not detachable. Many current competing models now feature removable cables and often come with two (one is usually armed with an inline remote and microphone). It's not a deal-breaker, but at this price, it would've been a smart design addition. The ST750 has no inline remote or mic to speak of, and the cable itself has a tendency to stay wound and rigid, unlike many of the cloth-bound or flat cables we see on high-end headphones. The headphones themselves look and feel great, but the cable is a weak point of the design.

The ST750 ships with two AAA batteries, a shirt clip, and a black cloth drawstring carrying pouch.

Performance
It should be noted that while the ST750 has an internal amplifier to boost volume and bass response, these headphones sound pretty solid without the power?they just don't get super loud. In passive mode, their sound signature is close to flat, but spiked a bit with bright, crisp highs. The bass response is steady and clean, nothing booming.

With the batteries in and the power on, however, these headphones get very, very loud. They also do not distort at top volumes, even on tracks with intense sub-bass content, like the Knife's "Silent Shout." Some headphones manage not to distort on tracks like this by simply not delivering the very deepest bass frequencies, but the TDK ST750 does indeed deliver deep low-end, it just doesn't boost the lows dramatically.

On Jay-Z and Kanye West's "No Church in the Wild," the star is actually the mid-high and high frequency response?the kick drum loop's attack is crisp and punchy. Sub-bass synth hits that punctuate the beat are robust but not comically intense, while the vocals and other high-mid content take center-stage.

Bill Callahan's vocals on "Drover" are imbued with a nice treble edge that helps them stay in the forefront of the mix. This track can often sound muddy on bass-boosted headphones, but here, Callahan's vocals, as well as the guitars, remain bright and clear. And the low frequencies enhance the drums only subtly?there's not nearly as much thunder to their low end as you hear on the Velodyne vTrue, for instance. Occasionally, however, the vocals sound a bit too sibilant, on both this track and the Jay-Z/Kanye West track.

On classical tracks, like John Adams' "The Chairman Dances," the higher register strings and percussion steal the spotlight, and they also can sound a bit overly bright at times. The lower register strings are graced with a touch of added bass response, but nothing intense. At the end of the piece, large drum hits that can sound unnatural on bass-heavy pairs sound powerful and real here?just enough low-end presence to bring a little thunder, but nothing that sounds unnatural or amplified, as the drums do on heavy-bass options like the aforementioned vTrue headphones.

In the $250 price range, you have a few options that offer different sound signatures. The Yamaha PRO 400 has a clean bass response but focuses more on the midrange content than the highs. The Denon Urban Raver AH-D320, meanwhile, offers a far more intense bass response?not unlike the Velodyne vTrue. If all of these are out of your price range, the Editors' Choice Sennheiser HD 558 is a more affordable gem, with a balanced frequency response and plenty of power.

For the price, the TDK ST750 delivers two different experiences?the quieter, less bass-enhanced passive mode, and the powered-up, louder, bass-heavy active mode. The ST750 is quite unique, in that it's a headphone pair with a powered internal amp but no extra features like Bluetooth streaming or noise cancellation. Forgetting about this factor and focusing on the audio delivered itself, the ST750 still stands out as a powerful audiophile-friendly pair that errs on the side of brightness, not booming low-end, when it errs at all. It's light on accessories or extra features beyond the internal amp, but it offers solid, clean sound.

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Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev Boston Bomber Suspect - Business Insider

AP Photo/Federal Bureau of Investigation

This photo released Friday, April 19, 2013 by the Federal Bureau of Investigation shows a suspect that officials identified as Dzhokhar Tsarnaev.

The surviving bombing suspect has been named as Dzhokhar A. Tsarnaev, 19, of Cambridge, Mass., AP reported.

Dzhokhar is the younger brother of 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev, who was shot and killed in a gun battle with Boston police early Friday morning that also ended in the death of an MIT police officer.

An FBI official told the Los Angeles Times that Dzhokhar may have been wounded in the confrontation before escaping.

The 19-year-old is being referred to by authorities as "Suspect 2" and is identified in FBI-released surveillance footage as the man wearing a white hat at the marathon.

The brothers were "ethnic Chechens with ties to the Russian region," AP reports. Dzhokhar lived in the Russian city of Makhachkala for a brief time before moving to the United States, according to the AP.

Another report from CNN says that the Tsarnaev family lived in Kazakhstan before coming to the U.S., possibly in the early 2000s.

Dzhokhar was a registered student at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, the university confirmed. The campus closed down and the dorm where Dzhokhar lived was evacuated on Friday, SouthCoastToday.com reports.

A biology student at UMass Dartmouth told the paper that Tsarnaev was "quiet," although she did not know him well.

The father of the Tsarnaev brothers spoke to the Associated Press by telephone on Friday from Makhachkala.

"My son is a true angel," Anzor Tsarnaev told the the AP. He said Dzhokhar was a medical student in the United States and described him as an "intelligent boy."

Dzhokhar was a wrestler at the Cambridge Rindge and Latin School in Cambridge, Mass, USA Today's Natalie DiBlasio reports. He was also honored as student athlete of the month.

A high school classmate told USA Today that Dzhokhar was a "funny, sweet, goofy kid."

According to a Cambridge government website, a high school senior named Dzhokhar Tsarnaev won a $2,500 scholarship from the city in 2011 to pursue higher education.

An aquatic coordinator at Harvard University told CNN that Dzhokhar was hired as a lifeguard for the university's pool about two and a half years ago.

According to Russian Facebook VKontakte, a page that bears the same name as the surviving suspect lists "career and money" as the account holder's personal priorities, and "Islam" as the member's religion.

The page says an individual named Dzhokhar was born on July 22 and that he speaks English, Russian, and the Chechen language ?Nokhchiin Mott.?

Here are some translations from that page:

Meanwhile, for more on his dead older brother, see here.

Keep following this post for more biographical information.

Source: http://www.businessinsider.com/dzhokhar-tsarnaev-2013-4

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How Long Can the Post-Boston Unity Last?

In the days and weeks after the 9/11 tragedy, virtually every national-security and terrorism expert predicted it was only a matter of weeks or months before another major attack came. They said a terrorist event within six months was a virtual certainty; and that certainly seemed plausible to many of us at the time. As each week, month, and season passed with no attack, most people still instinctively assumed one would come and seemed surprised that year after year went by without some comparable horror. It turned out to be 11 and a half years before another major attack. The bombings on the finish line of the Boston Marathon on Monday were obviously not on the same scale as the 9/11 tragedy?but were horrific nevertheless.

I?ve been spending this semester on a college campus in Boston, and it was interesting to observe the faces of dozens of undergraduates and graduate students in a common room, watching in horror and disbelief as the events unfolded on a giant television screen. It made me realize that this was a new and terrible experience for the freshmen and sophomores, many of whom were only in second or third grade on Sept. 11, 2001. They have few memories of that day, not the vivid recollections of graduate students, faculty members, and other grown-ups who uniformly felt that sick feeling of d?j? vu on Monday.

Of course, many senseless tragedies have occurred since 9/11, most recently the killings in Newtown, Conn. But events such as the attack on Boylston Street in Boston, and the horrors that unfolded in the skies, at the World Trade Center, at the Pentagon, and outside Shanksville, Pa., on 9/11 are profound in their psychological impact. Suddenly, some issues that seemed so pressing and caused such wide divisions a week ago, while still real, appear in a different context.

One thing that happens when there is mass tragedy of this kind is that people come together and cooperate in a collective response. From the race?s finish line, we?ve heard reports of split-second reactions, as both first responders and impromptu ones stepped into action, filling whatever void they found in the chaos and mayhem that surrounded them. As people of every partisan, ideological, religious, regional, and socioeconomic stripe watched from their homes, jobs, or schools, their mouths open in horror, they shared a common emotion. We have once again been brought together by tragedy; for this moment, we are reunited, acting and feeling as one.

I vividly recall watching on television on the evening of 9/11 as hundreds of members of Congress, from both parties and chambers, stood on the Capitol steps, hours after they had been evacuated from the building, singing ?God Bless America.? I wondered (briefly) whether some good might come from such a horrific event that had ended and devastated so many lives.

Maybe the good could have happened. I would like to think it might have happened, that the tone and behavior in Washington could have changed to some degree because of those terrible events. However, the controversy, the heated emotions over whether we should invade Iraq, served to reopen the wounds, tearing Americans, particularly those in Washington and in politics, apart from each other. Soon, relations in D.C. became as bad, and eventually even worse, than before the tragedy. The ?God Bless America? moment turned out to be only a brief respite from the bitter partisan warfare that has become the norm in our nation?s capital. The vituperation returned, the national interest relegated to a subordinate role as partisans and ideologues sought every opportunity to score points on the other side, to further drive wedges to divide the country.

It?s my hope, but sadly not my expectation, that while the most committed political combatants won?t likely be deterred for long, some others on both sides of the aisle?the normally reasonable people who have come to serve as enablers for the most bitter partisans?will pause, take a breath, and take stock of our nation?s challenges. There is a terrible cost to be paid for endless bickering that comes from those who see compromise as a four-letter word. We should once again begin to build bridges rather than tear them down. To a hammer, everything looks like a nail, but every opportunity to attack people on the other side does not create the necessity to do so. It really does not have to be that way.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/long-post-boston-unity-last-213946622--politics.html

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Senators who blocked gun bill represent just 38% of America

The Senate's failure to end a filibuster of stronger gun legislation yesterday prompted the president to lash out against the "continued distortion of Senate rules" that allows 41 senators to block the will of their 59 counterparts. The problem is even more stark when you consider the population those senators could represent: Just over ten percent of Americans can block any federal legislation from moving forward. That's fewer people than live in the state of California alone.

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A Senate filibuster, as it is commonly practiced, allows any senator to speak indefinitely on any bill. If 40 of his or her colleagues vote to end the filibuster (known as "cloture"), the legislation can move forward. If not, it's essentially defunct. We compiled data comparing state population, yesterday's Senate vote, and the 2012 election to put together a portrait of how senators representing only a fraction of the country could ensure that no bill advances.

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States, by population

First, we looked at each state's population, using July 2012 population estimates from Wikipedia. The darker the blue, the higher the population.

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The twenty-one smallest states

Then we isolated the 21 smallest states. If every senator from each of these states were to oppose cloture on any given bill, they could maintain the filibuster indefinitely.

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Those states have a population of about 32 million Americans ? which is just over ten percent of the country. And about six million fewer than live in California.

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In practice, it's not only the smallest states that will support a filibuster. After all, a number of them, particularly in the Northeast, are "blue" states. Here's how the 2012 vote broke down. Blue states voted for Obama; red, for Romney.

And here's how states voted on the Manchin-Toomey compromise. Dark blue states had two senators supporting cloture. Lighter blue states had one.

It may be easier to see how those states compare in this GIF. For the GIF, the map above is reversed: darker colors mean more senators backing cloture.

Breaking out the population of the states that backed the filibuster (and splitting it in half if only one senator backed cloture), we see that 37.7 percent of America, represented by 46 senators, blocked the background check compromise.

It's also worth comparing that to the Washington Post's recent poll on the topic. The poll asked: "Would you support or oppose a law requiring background checks on people buying guns at gun shows or online?" Yielding the following responses:

Eighty-six percent of Americans backed background check reform. Senators representing 38 percent of America blocked it. But it only takes senators representing ten percent of America to block any federal policy whatsoever.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/broken-senate-gun-bill-blockers-only-represent-38-151836480.html

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Rush jams into Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

LOS ANGELES (AP) ? Rush fans can relax. The band is now officially in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

The Canadian rockers were welcomed into the musical fraternity at Thursday's 28th annual induction ceremony by the Foo Fighters' Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins. At the beginning of the Nokia Theatre event, the audience was already administering a standing ovation to the group.

"We've been saying for a long time that this wasn't a big deal," drummer-lyricist Neil Peart told the crowd, most of whom came out to specifically support the band. "It turns out, it kind of is."

Rush gained entry following its first appearance on the ballot after repeatedly being left off the list since gaining eligibility in 1998, to the great consternation of the legion of Rush fans who cried bias against progressive rock. The long wait didn't seem to matter at Thursday's star-studded concert event, which ran over five hours. Peart, lead singer Geddy Lee and guitarist Alex Lifeson made up for lost time by launching into a rambunctious rendition of "Tom Sawyer" in front of the more than 7,000 attendees.

Rush was among this year's eight eclectic inductees, which also included fellow classic rockers Heart, singer-songwriter Randy Newman, rap group Public Enemy, disco queen Donna Summer, bluesman Albert King, and producers Quincy Jones and Lou Adler.

For Heart, entering the hall of fame isn't just about music.

"Our long and winding road has always been about the magical power of love and the enduring strength of family," said Nancy Wilson. "We came from an era when women normally did not rock and women were not expected to be leaders."

Wilson, her sister, Ann, and their band mates celebrated their induction with lively performances of "Crazy for You," ''Dreamboat Annie" and "Barracuda."

Adler was inducted by comedy duo Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong before being serenaded by Carole King with "So Far Away." Jack Nicholson was among Adler's fans in the audience who lavished the producer-mogul a standing ovation.

With his guitar around his neck, John Mayer inducted the late King before joining Gary Clark Jr. for King-tinged jam session.

"Albert King is why guitar-face was invented," joked Mayer.

Newman ? joined by Jackson Browne, John Fogerty and Tom Petty ? kicked off the Los Angeles ceremony with a performance of his classic "I Love L.A." It was an appropriate song choice given the fact this year's event marks the first time since 1993 that the Cleveland institution has held its induction ceremony on the West Coast. Backstage, Newman was matter-of-fact about his inclusion.

"I didn't think it would happen until I died or something," he said.

Oprah Winfrey was on hand to welcome Jones into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Usher lauded the producer-mogul with a rendition of the Michael Jackson tune "Rock with You."

Jennifer Hudson paid tribute to Summer with a medley of her hits, much to the delight of Flava Flav. The Public Enemy rapper, clad in an all-white tux, was the only person in the crowd who remained on his feet throughout her performance. He later commanded the microphone for a long-winded acceptance speech when Public Enemy was recognized. His colleague, Chuck D, was more succinct in his remarks.

"Let us all not forget, we all come from the damn blues," he told detractors.

Thursday's event concluded with all-star jam session featuring Rush, Heart, Chuck D, Grohl, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello and others riffing together on stage.

The induction ceremony will be broadcast May 18 on HBO.

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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/rush-jams-rock-roll-hall-fame-102344043.html

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7 Income Tax Filing Tips For College And University Students ...

The month of April is tax season and all working? individuals are required to file an income tax return ? even you!

April 30 is the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) 2012 personal income tax filing deadline.

Did you know that even if you didn?t work or earn any income this tax year, it could still benefit you to file your taxes?

Here are seven special tax tips just for students to help you get the most out of your next tax return:

1. Tuition and textbooks

If you go to a post-secondary institution in Canada, or outside of Canada for a period of at least three weeks, you can get the tuition tax credit. And those darn ancillary and examination fees can also be included in this cost. This credit adds up to 15% of the total eligible fees paid to the institution, as stated in the T2202A tax slip that you get from your school. Educational institutions use this form to certify a student?s eligibility for tuition, education and textbook amounts.

The credit simply reduces the amount of tax you owe to the government. Tax credits for education and textbook fees are also available to all students that attend qualifying programs, and are fixed values as predetermined by the CRA every year.

Even if you don?t have enough income to apply these credits, you can still transfer up to $5,000 to a parent or grandparent, but only amounts in excess of taxable income less the personal credit, Canada Pension Plan (CPP) and Employment Insurance (EI) credits are eligible. If you have an excess amount leftover after transferring, you can carry it forward indefinitely to your benefit in future tax years.

Where to find your T2202A:?Your T2202A receipts will not be mailed to you ? you simply have to login to your school?s web portal and download the file (usually a PDF) to your computer. You should also print a copy and keep it safe for your records. T2202A receipts are generally available by the end of February each year.

2. No income to report?

Even if you don?t have any income to report, you should still file an income tax return. Why? Because you are likely eligible for the GST/HST credit and you can only get this benefit if you file your tax return every year.

Did you know??Any scholarships or bursaries you received and used toward your education won?t be taxed by the government.

3. Student loans

You can claim a non-refundable tax credit? for your student loan interest ? even if someone else paid it for you.? Unused interest amounts can be carried forward for five years as long as you received the loan from the Canada Student Loans Act, the Canada Student Financial Assistance Act, or a similar provincial or territorial government law for post-secondary education.

4. Public transit

Do you take public transit to school using monthly passes, weekly passes or electronic payment cards? You can get a public transit tax credit adding up to 15% of total costs relating to these transit passes.

Don?t forget: Keep your passes and receipts just in case they are requested by the CRA.

5. Moving expenses

If you?re a full-time student at a post-secondary institution and you moved at least 40 km within Canada for work (such as a summer job, internship or co-op work term), you can claim your moving expenses the year the move took place or the following year ? including the year after you graduate.

What to include:

• The cost of canceling utilities, such as water, hydro, cable, phone line, etc., at your previous residence, or connecting them at your new one
• Fees incurred by cancelling a lease
• Up to 15 days of temporary board and lodging neither either your previous or new residence
• The cost of storing your belongings as a result of the move
• Travel costs, including meals and?accommodations

Don?t forget: Save all of the receipts related to your move and keep them in a safe place.

6. RRSP withdrawals

Need extra help paying your tuition? Well, under the Lifetime Learning Plan (LLP), you can withdraw money tax-free from your RRSP to help pay your education (or even the education of your spouse or common-law partner).

7. Childcare expenses

Do you have to put your child in daycare so that you can go to school? You may be eligible to deduct this childcare expense.

Happy tax filing!

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This article was written by Shaheerah Kayani

Shaheerah Kayani is an ambitious finance student at the University of Guelph-Humber. Born on January 1st, she starts every New Year with her birthday celebrations. She plans to begin 2014 as a fresh graduate keen on jump-starting an exciting career in financial services. Aside from her studies, she works as an office assistant, a writer, a peer tutor and a volunteer. She is an enthusiast for rom-coms, computer chess, travel and poetry.

Source: http://talentegg.ca/incubator/2013/04/18/special-tips-for-filing-your-income-tax-student-edition/

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Mommy Matters: Triad Baby Shower | MyFOX8.com - WGHP-TV 8

In Thursday?s edition of Mommy Matters, Shannon Smith spoke with Alicia Nicholson from Absolute Affairs about a public baby shower the group is hosting.

The Triad Baby Shower, which is free for expecting mothers, is set to be held from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday.

For more information about the event, visit triadmomsonmain.com.

Source: http://myfox8.com/2013/04/18/mommy-matters-triad-baby-shower/

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Computer tool may not boost mammograms' accuracy

By Genevra Pittman

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Using a computer tool to help doctors analyze mammography images increases the number of early, non-invasive breast cancers that are caught, but also means more women without cancer have to undergo follow-up ultrasounds and biopsies, according to a new study.

Researchers found use of so-called computer-aided detection, or CAD, has spiked in recent years. CAD was used in more than 60 percent of screening mammograms performed among women on Medicare in 2006.

But it's unclear whether the tool - which alerts doctors to possible cancers on digitized images - ends up doing more good than harm, said the study's lead author, Dr. Joshua Fenton.

For one, he said, it's unclear whether identifying very early cancers, known as ductal carcinoma in situ (DCIS) and treating them aggressively is even beneficial - especially among women in their late 60s and older.

Women with DCIS are generally advised to have surgery, sometimes with radiation and anticancer drugs.

"At this time we just don't know whether detecting these cancers reduces a woman's chance of dying of breast cancer," Fenton, from the University of California, Davis, told Reuters Health.

And over-testing women who turn out not to have cancer provides no added benefit - only possible harms.

"CAD has been broadly adopted, largely due to Medicare coverage that began in 2001, and after 12 years and over a billion dollars spent on CAD it's still unclear if any benefits of CAD outweigh its risks," Fenton said.

CAD can be used both on digital mammograms and on digitized versions of conventional x-ray mammogram films, according to two doctors' groups, the American College of Radiology and the Radiological Society of North America.

The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, a government-backed panel, recommends women age 50 to 74 be screened for breast cancer every other year.

Fenton and his colleagues analyzed data from a nationwide study of 163,000 women, age 67 to 89, who had an average of two or three mammograms each between 2001 and 2006.

The proportion of those mammograms that used a computer detection tool increased from 3.6 percent at the start of the study to 60.5 percent by the final year, Fenton's team reported in the Annals of Internal Medicine.

The researchers found using CAD increased the number of DCIS cancers identified by 17 percent.

There was no change in the number of invasive cancers detected using the computer tool. The study team saw a slight shift toward more early- and fewer late-stage cancers diagnosed in the year following a mammogram - though it's unclear what would explain that, Fenton said.

Women without breast cancer who were screened using CAD were 7 percent more likely to have a breast ultrasound and 10 percent more likely to have a biopsy after a so-called false positive.

CAD is still useful for picking up tiny calcifications in the breast, according to University of Pittsburgh radiology researcher Bin Zheng - but it over-diagnoses the larger masses.

"The consequence is, you need more recall, more additional imaging tests, more biopsies, and this is a problem that hurts individually the patient and society, as medical care costs will be high," Zheng, who wasn't involved in the new study, told Reuters Health.

"Even in studies that have included younger women, (CAD) has been associated with a higher rate of false positives and more biopsies," Fenton said.

Given that consistent risk of harm, and a "dubious benefit," he suggested women be given the choice to have their mammograms done using CAD, or analyzed by doctors alone.

Rather than phase out CAD altogether, Zheng said he is in favor of looking into strategies to reduce the rate of false positives with the technology - since doctors are still prone to over-diagnosing breast cancer on their own.

SOURCE: http://bit.ly/14tHOnB Annals of Internal Medicine, online April 15, 2013.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/computer-tool-may-not-boost-mammograms-accuracy-194333968.html

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Reddit and 4Chan Are on the Boston Bomber Case

The Boston?Marathon?bombing is easily becoming the most crowd-sourced terror investigation on American soil, with the FBI soliciting videos, cell phone pictures, and anything that could lead to the capture of whoever set off those pressure cooker bombs. The FBI's plea has more or less turned the interested and the Internet into amateur investigators armed with what we know the remains of the bag and the bomb look like. On Reddit that's spurned the "Find Boston Bombers" subreddit, with all kinds of analysis, but here's the find they're most excited about: They've found a photo of a man with a backpack that has straps which resemble what federal officials believe is the detonated backpack.?

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We have obscured the man's face because, well, the only suggestion of a connection to the bombings comes from people on Reddit who have been looking at photographs:?

And one more angle, showing extreme close up of the straps.?

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Again, we can only vouch for the image of the detonated bag, which the FBI says contained one of the pressure cooker bombs. There are no details on where the image of the man in the blue jacket came from, or at what time it was taken during the marathon, or the location? the only reference we have is that it trickled down from social media and Flickr, and down to sites like 4chan and Reddit.?Redditors, to their credit, haven't been shy in voicing the skepticism and concern with pinning this terror attack on an innocent man:

That isn't the only other photo popping up however, like this one who one poster believes could be smuggling a pressure cooker bomb because of the shape of his backpack:

And this, one, which we sorta have no idea why things are being circled:

Reading through the amateur forensics feels like an intense and puzzling game of Where's Waldo.??But it's a byproduct of what you get when the FBI asks the public for help. Jittery nerves lead to things like the?New Yorkers who reported 77 suspicious packages in the wake of the Boston bombings, and multiple incorrect Chris Dorner sightings in February. And the blue robe man, along with the pressure cooker backpack man, are all tips?tips that part of the thousand the FBI receives.?As The Washington Post reported:?

[Richard] DesLauriers said cooperation from the community will play a key role in the investigation. He said the range of suspects remained wide open, but by midday Tuesday more than 2,000 tips had been received.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/reddit-4chan-boston-bomber-case-143826837.html

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How To Manage The Online Reputation Of A Business Effectively

Today, businesses have to invest a lot of time and money in online reputation management simply because the majority of consumers use the Internet to find information about products and services. According to a study carried out by GroupM, 58% of consumers rely on information gathered online to make purchase decisions. As a result, any negative information on a business that consumers come across on the Internet is likely to lead to loss of sales leads. Consequently,?by managing the reputation of your business, you would avoid losing loyal consumers. Tips that you can use to achieve this goal include:

Diversify your Online Presence

Granted, no matter how hard you work to please your consumers, some of them will always feel that your products or?services are substandard. In today?s digital world, ?disgruntled? customers often vent on the Internet, mostly be writing negative reviews on brands that they do not like. One way of countering such customers is by diversifying your web presence. Start by creating positive articles using keywords that consumers use to search for your business and publish them on your website as well as on your blog. This will ensure that web users come across a lot of positive information, too. In addition, create accounts on popular social media sites such as Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, YouTube, and Google+.

Monitor Search Results Related to your Business Regularly

Besides diversifying your web presence, you should also monitor search results related to your business. To start with, browse the web regularly to see the kind of information users see when they search for your business. However, do not just look at the first page of search engine results and then stop there. Instead, go up to the third or fourth page. What?s more, make use of free but very important tools such as Google Alerts that will alert if any new information related to your business appears online. Keep record of this information and the sentiment it elicits from web users.

Do not get into Arguments Online

Obviously, never get into arguments with disaffected consumers online because comments generated in such a confrontation will show up in search engine results for a long period of time. Instead, try to contact the unhappy consumers and settle their problems amicably.

Promote Consumer Reviews

While blowing your own horn is something that you might not be able to resist, you should encourage your customers to submit their reviews and testimonials submitted to various forums as well as social media sites. If your customers agree to do it, your business is likely to benefit dramatically.

Leverage the Power of Anchor Text to Link to Other Sites

Anchor text consists of phrases or words that are hyperlinked. For example, you could use the title of a blog post to direct site visitors to another web page. It is important to note that search engines also use anchor text when determining the relevancy of web pages that use the link. To achieve the best results, link your web pages to authoritative sites. This will improve the visibility of that web page on search engine results. Never use link farms as this approach will only harm your online reputation.

Running a business involves more than generating stellar results every quarter. One has to take into consideration the perception consumers may have about the business. This is where reputation management comes in handy. Since most businesses have a web presence, this is where managing the business brand should start. Some of the tips that you can use to succeed on this front include using anchor text to link to authoritative sites, promoting consumer reviews, diversifying your online presence, and monitoring relevant search results regularly.

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Apr 15 (Reuters) - Leading money winners on the 2013 PGATour on Monday (U.S. unless stated): 1. Tiger Woods $4,139,600 2. Brandt Snedeker $3,137,920 3. Matt Kuchar $2,442,389 4. Adam Scott (Australia) $2,100,469 5. Steve Stricker $1,935,340 6. Phil Mickelson $1,764,680 7. Dustin Johnson $1,748,907 8. Jason Day $1,659,565 9. Hunter Mahan $1,553,965 10. Keegan Bradley $1,430,347 11. Charles Howell III $1,393,806 12. John Merrick $1,375,757 13. Russell Henley $1,331,434 14. Michael Thompson $1,310,709 15. Kevin Streelman $1,310,343 16. Bill Haas $1,271,553 17. Billy Horschel $1,254,224 18. ...

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How Bitcoin Sales Of Guns Could Undermine New Rules

Even as Congress debates gun safety legislation, a flourishing new virtual currency could provide a way around new restrictions by enabling people to buy guns online almost anonymously.

Bitcoin, the currency that exists only on the Internet and is backed by the confidence of its users, rather than a government or bank, makes it easier for people to buy weapons online without detailed records of those transactions, potentially bypassing new rules put in place by lawmakers to track firearms sales.

"Because the sales are anonymous, it's certainly a challenge to the idea of universal background checks for gun purchases," said Robert J. Spitzer, a professor of political science at SUNY Cortland and the author of four books on gun policy.

Bitcoin has captured mainstream attention after its value soared from as little as $25 two months ago to as much as $260 this week, before falling to $54 on Friday. Some analysts have attributed its rising value to the banking crisis in Cyprus.

People buy bitcoins with cash and use them to trade goods online. Bitcoin transactions are nearly untraceable, making them the preferred currency of some online gun dealers.

Several websites that sell firearms only accept payment in bitcoins, but they are not easy to find. Most reside on what is called the "Deep Web," or sites that can only be accessed via Tor, a special browser that shields the identities of users.

Nicolas Christin, who has studied online black markets, said buying guns with bitcoins is the online equivalent of purchasing weapons on the street because there's no digital paper trail left behind.

"It's a lot easier to maintain some level of anonymity with bitcoins," said Christin, the associate director of Carnegie Mellon?s Information Networking Institute. "It makes it more difficult for someone looking into this to identify the participants of a transaction."

"What you're dealing with are people practicing an extreme form of libertarianism who believe in completely unregulated sales of everything, and that's including guns," he added.

The Armory, one online firearms dealer that sold guns, ammo and explosives, described itself as ?an anonymous marketplace where you can buy and sell guns without revealing who you are," according to Gizmodo.

"We protect your identity through every step of the process, from connecting to this site, to purchasing your items, to finally receiving them," the site said.

Last August, The Armory shut down because it didn't generate enough business, according to the site's administrator. But several other online gun dealers are still operating.

One such site, Black Market Reloaded, listed 291 weapons for sale on Friday, from fireworks to guns to explosives. A semi-automatic pistol with a silencer was on sale for the bitcoin value of about $2,500, even though federal law restricts the sale of silencers.

An email to the site's administrator was not returned.

Another site, Executive Outcomes, featured a Barett M82, which was on sale for $5,500 in bitcoins and was described as "one of the most powerful guns in the world."

"We make sure that your firearm is not serialized (we remove the serial and refill with metal), the paperwork is not tracable OR suspicious, and that the firearm is new and unused for optimum performance," the site says.

Executive Outcomes, which says it is based in Texas, only accepts payment in bitcoins "because only bitcoins guarantee full anonymity," the site's administrator said in an email.

"In general, we are trading illicit goods and [bitcoin] is enough to remain anonymous," said the administrator, who did not reveal his name and said he did not conduct background checks on buyers. "I assume that it is impossible to track the transaction in bitcoins."

BitcoinGunParts.com says it was founded last year "to supply the American firearms market with items for sale in bitcoins." The site sells gun triggers, barrels, magazines and other gun parts and deletes all customer records after 30 days.

"We only offer the bitcoin community the opportunity to pay for items in a more convenient and evolved online payment processing system," the site says.

An email to the site's administrator was not returned.

To be sure, someone with a criminal record could acquire a gun through other means, like asking "straw purchasers" who can pass background checks to buy weapons for them.

But Bitcoin adds another layer of anonymity to the online gun market, potentially making it more difficult to identify the buyer of a gun linked to a crime, Christin said.

If Congress enacts new regulations on gun purchases, "you would definitely see an increase in demand for these kind of sites," he said.

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GOP mega-donor Bob Perry, who helped finance 'Swift Boat' ads, dead at 80

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Houston homebuilder Bob Perry, seen here posing at the sales center at one of his Houston developments in 2002, died on Saturday. He was 80.

By Paul J. Weber and Will Weissert, The Associated Press

AUSTIN, Texas -- Republican mega-donor Bob Perry never cared for the spotlight. But writing big checks and financing one of the most famous television ads ever in a presidential campaign made the Texas millionaire famous nonetheless.

A wealthy Houston homebuilder who shunned publicity while generously bankrolling GOP candidates ? and becoming a force in a new era of lavish spending in American politics ? Perry died over the weekend, said former Texas state Rep. Neal Jones, a close family friend.

Jones said late Sunday that Perry died "peacefully in his sleep" Saturday night. He did not offer further details.

"Mr. Perry was a wonderful friend to many all around the United States," Jones said. "With his passing we've lost a great patriot who has made a great difference in the lives of people all across the land. He will be sorely missed."

Perry was a fixture of GOP fundraising in Texas ? and nationally ? dating back to former President George W. Bush's Texas gubernatorial races in the mid-1990s. His largesse included giving $4.4 million in 2004 to the Swift Boat Veterans campaign that sought to discredit then-Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry.

Perry spent prolifically on politics but did so from a distance. He rarely gave interviews, skipped fancy fundraisers and was a mystery to even many of his benefactors.

Yet Perry couldn't avoid attention following his financing of the Swift Boat ads, which challenged Kerry's wartime service in Vietnam for which he received five medals. Some Democrats blamed Kerry's slow response to the criticism for sinking his candidacy.

Perry donated money to help start the veterans group at the urging of his friend John O'Neill, a Houston attorney who co-wrote "Unfit for Command," a book that questions Kerry's military service.

Bill Miller, an Austin lobbyist who Perry hired as a spokesman when scrutiny surrounding the ads erupted, said in 2004 that Perry's donation to the Swift Boat Veterans reflected his belief in the group's message.

"In my conversations with Bob, he just said, 'John contacted me, told me what he was trying to do, and it sounded good to me.' That's really the way he does it," Miller said in 2004. "People call him and pitch him, and if he likes what he hears, he'll write a check."

Perry was also a prominent financial supporter of Texas Gov. Rick Perry, but was not related. He was the founder of Houston-based Perry Homes, one of the largest homebuilders in Texas.

Last year alone, Bob Perry gave more than $18 million to Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and organizations that backed his candidacy. That ranked him third among all Romney donors, behind only Las Vegas casino mogul Sheldon Adelson and Dallas billionaire Harold Simmons.

Perry was also involved in state politics. Late last year, he gave $45,000 to George P. Bush, the 36-year-old nephew of former President George W. Bush who is now running for Texas Land Commissioner in his first bid for public office.

Perry's generosity extended to other statehouses, included in Wisconsin last year as Republican Gov. Scott Walker fought efforts for a recall. Perry donated at least $250,000 to help Walker keep his job, making Perry among the largest out-of-state donors.

Raised by a father who was a teacher and later became dean of students at Baylor University, Perry started his career as a high school teacher after college. But he switched professions in 1968 and established Perry Homes, where he made his fortune.

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Venezuela's choice: Chavez heir or fresh start

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) ? Voters who kept Hugo Chavez in office for 14 years were deciding Sunday whether to elect the devoted lieutenant he chose to carry on the revolution that endeared him to the poor but that many Venezuelans believe is ruining the nation.

Across Caracas, trucks blaring bugle calls awoke Venezuelans long before dawn in the ruling socialists' traditional election day get-out-the-vote tactic. This time, they also boomed Chavez's voice singing the national anthem.

Nicolas Maduro was riding on Chavez's endorsement with a campaign largely silent on the issues but freighted with personal attacks that was otherwise little more than an unflagging tribute to the polarizing leader who died of cancer March 5.

Chavez's longtime Chavez foreign minister pinned his hopes on the immense loyalty for his boss among millions of poor beneficiaries of a socialist government's largesse and the heft of a state apparatus that Chavez skillfully consolidated.

The governing United Socialist Party of Venezuela deployed a well-worn get-out-the-vote machine spearheaded by loyal state employees. It also enjoyed a pervasive state media apparatus as part of a near monopoly on institutional power.

Challenger Henrique Capriles' aides accused Chavista loyalists in the judiciary of putting them at glaring disadvantage by impoverishing the campaign and opposition broadcast media by targeting them with unwarranted fines and prosecutions.

Capriles' main campaign weapon was simply to point out "the incompetence of the state," as he put it to reporters Saturday night.

Maduro, 50, was still favored, but his early big lead in opinion polls halved over the past two weeks in a country struggling with the legacy of Chavez's management of the world's largest oil reserves. Millions of Venezuelans were lifted out of poverty under Chavez, but many also believe that his confederates not only squandered but also plundered much of the $1 trillion in oil revenues during his time in office.

People are fed up with chronic power outages, crumbling infrastructure, unfinished public works projects, double-digit inflation, food and medicine shortages and rampant crime that has given Venezuela among the world's highest homicide and kidnapping rates.

"We can't continue to believe in messiahs," said Jose Romero, a 48-year-old industrial engineer who voted for Capriles in the central city of Valencia. "This country has learned a lot and today we know that one person can't fix everything."

In Caracas, 59-year-old street vendor Jose Alzualde said he believed, however, that "Chavez's legacy should continue." He said Venezuela "needs a united country in order to advance. There are political divisions that should end."

Capriles is a 40-year-old state governor who lost to Chavez in October's presidential election by a nearly 11-point margin, the best showing ever by a challenger to the longtime president.

He showed Maduro none of the respect he had accorded Chavez. Maduro hit back hard, at one point calling Capriles' backers "heirs of Hitler." It was an odd accusation considering that Capriles is the grandson of Holocaust survivors from Poland.

"Capriles ran a remarkable campaign that shows he has creativity, tenacity and disposition to play political hardball," said David Smilde, an analyst with the Washington Office on Latin America think tank.

At his campaign rallies, Capriles would read out a list of unfinished road, bridge and rail projects. Then he asked people what goods were scarce on store shelves. The opposition contends Chavez looted the treasury last year to buy re-election with government largesse. It also complains about the steady flow of cut-rate oil to Cuba, which Capriles says will end if he is elected.

Venezuela's $30 billion fiscal deficit accounts for about 10 percent of gross domestic product.

Maduro, a former union activist and bus driver with close ties to Cuba's leaders, constantly alleged that Capriles was conspiring with U.S. putschists to destabilize Venezuela and even suggested Washington had infected Chavez with the cancer that killed him.

He focused his campaign message on his mentor: "I am Chavez. We are all Chavez" and promised to expand anti-poverty programs.

Michael Shifter of the Inter-American Dialogue think tank said Maduro campaigned "ineptly," trying too hard to "replay the Chavez script" and alienating moderate Chavistas.

Whoever wins Sunday will face no end of hard choices.

Many factories operate at half capacity because strict currency controls make it hard for them to pay for imported parts and materials. Business leaders say some companies are on verging on bankruptcy because they are unable to extend lines of credit with foreign suppliers.

Chavez imposed currency controls a decade ago trying to stem capital flight as his government expropriated large land parcels and dozens of businesses. Now, dollars sell on the black market at three times the official exchange rate and Maduro has had to devalue Venezuela's currency, the bolivar, twice this year.

Meanwhile, consumers grumble that stores are short of milk, butter, corn flour and other staples. The government blames hoarding, while the opposition points at the price controls imposed by Chavez in an attempt to bring down double-digit inflation.

A 40-year-old lawyer who sometimes works with the government said as he walked with his wife and two small children to the polls in central Caracas that he was fed up and voting for Capriles.

"But I can't say that openly because I could lose work," said the man, who would only give his first name, Marcelino.

"But we can't have fear," his wife, Lisette Ruiz, told him. "If Maduro wins everything is going to get worse."

Capriles said he will reverse land expropriations, which he says have ruined many farms and forced Venezuela to import food after previously being a net exporter of beef, rice, coffee and other foods. But even Capriles said currency and price controls cannot be immediately scrapped without triggering a disastrous run on the bolivar.

High international oil prices remain a boon for Venezuela, underpinning its economy. Chavez spent $500 billion to bolster social programs, trimming the poverty rate from 50 percent to about 30 percent.

But critics say the government has misused the oil industry, ordering the state oil company PDVSA into food distribution and financing of social programs while neglecting needed investment, causing production and refining to drop.

Venezuela's oil revenue is down from $5.6 billion five years ago to $3.8 billion in 2012, and PDVSA's debt climbed to $40 billion last year. The country even imports 100,000 barrels a day of gasoline from the United States.

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Associated Press writers Fabiola Sanchez in Caracas and Vivian Sequera in Valencia, Venezuela contributed to this report.

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Woods story, predictably, dominates CBS broadcast

Spectators walk past a leader board displaying Tiger Woods' two first two rounds scores before the third round of the Masters golf tournament Saturday, April 13, 2013, in Augusta, Ga. The score board reflects the 2-stroke penalty assessed to Woods for a drop in 2nd round of the Masters. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Spectators walk past a leader board displaying Tiger Woods' two first two rounds scores before the third round of the Masters golf tournament Saturday, April 13, 2013, in Augusta, Ga. The score board reflects the 2-stroke penalty assessed to Woods for a drop in 2nd round of the Masters. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

CBS announcer Jim Nantz led off the network's Masters coverage Saturday by describing what Tiger Woods did the day before on the 15th hole as an "innocent" and "absent-minded" mistake.

CBS devoted the first 12 minutes of its broadcast from the Masters entirely to Woods, who was given a two-stroke penalty earlier in the day for a bad drop that led to his signing an incorrect scorecard after his second round.

Woods' shot on the 15th hole of the second round hit the flag stick and bounced back into the water. He took his penalty drop 2 yards behind where he hit the original shot, a rules violation.

Woods was tied for 17th when the third-round broadcast started at 3 p.m. EDT, five shots off the lead. His story dominated the early coverage, and CBS didn't mention another player until 3:12 p.m., when it showed the leaderboard for the first time.

"A day of high drama at Augusta National Golf Club before a single shot was struck." was how Nantz described the scene.

The broadcast started with a live shot of Woods at the sixth hole and being applauded by the gallery.

From there, the network displayed the ruling that cost Woods two strokes but allowed him to remain in the tournament. It broke down what his three options were after his shot on the 15th hole on Friday ended up in the water, then aired a lengthy interview by Nantz of Fred Ridley, chairman of the Masters' competition committees.

Augusta National said it was Nantz who alerted Masters officials Friday that Woods' post-rounds comments were causing some doubts, leading to another review.

Woods had said after his round, "I went back to where I played it from, but went two yards further back and I tried to take two yards off the shot of what I felt I hit. And that should land me short of the flag and not have it either hit the flag or skip over the back. I felt that was going to be the right decision to take off four (yards) right there. And I did. It worked out perfectly."

"It was an innocent mistake," Nantz said, referring to Woods' actions.

Once CBS got through the initial wave of Woods coverage, it was largely business-as-usual, with cameras trained on an array of players over roughly the next 35 minutes. Then CBS again revisited the Woods matter, with analyst Nick Faldo ? a three-time Masters champion ? saying the way Friday's events transpired ultimately saved Woods.

Augusta National reviewed the matter Friday even before Woods' second round was complete and found no breach of rules. But when Woods said after the round that he chose to play his drop slightly farther back from where he played his original shot, Augusta National decided to review the matter once again.

"If this had all happened later at night, if somebody had called in late at night and then had gone back and reviewed everything, then in fact Tiger would be disqualified," Faldo said. "He would have signed for the wrong score. In a way, that helped him. They reviewed the situation, they decided from what they saw there was no infringement, but it was only after Tiger then said, 'Hey, I intentionally came back a couple of yards.'"

Faldo said he was surprised Woods did not know the rule, but added that he gave the world's No. 1 player "the benefit of doubt."

Earlier in the day, the Golf Channel's Brandel Chamblee said:

"The integrity of this sport is bigger than the desire to see Tiger Woods play golf today," Chamblee said. "I want to see Tiger Woods play golf. I have never seen anybody play golf like him. I want to see him make a run at Jack Nicklaus' majors record. I want to see that. But I don't want to see it this week; I don't want to see it under these circumstances. The right thing to do here, for Tiger and for the game, is for Tiger to disqualify himself."

Faldo agreed with Chamblee and didn't back down during the CBS broadcast.

"There was absolutely no intention to try to drop that as close to the divot, absolutely none at all," Faldo said. "So, in black and white, and that is the greatest thing about our game, our rules are very much black and white. You know, that's a breach of the rules. Simple as that."

Later in the telecast, Faldo's tone seemed more conciliatory.

Faldo reiterated that in his era, he thought most players ? when presented with a situation like the one Woods was in ? would either be disqualified or withdraw. But he stopped short of calling again for that to happen.

"We're in a new era now under new rules and even if they bring some controversy, Tiger is playing rightly under the new rules," Faldo said. "And myself and some of my old pros, we have to accept that now."

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Korean Peninsula tense as anniversary of North?s founder nears

>>> last leg of his tour in asia as he continues to look for support to curbing north korea's nuclear program . chief foreign correspondent richard engel is live in seoul, south korea , with the very latest for us. richard, good morning.

>> reporter: good morning, lester. we are still here in seoul, and we are still waiting for north korea to test-fire at least one missile. we've been waiting now for days. is it hype? will it actually happen? tomorrow is a possibility. tomorrow is the anniversary of the birth of north korea 's founder. it is a time when there are traditionally military parades , military displays of power. it might happen then. the region remains on alert. so much so that one japanese official yesterday accidentally issued a warning to airports saying that the missile had already been fired, causing at least one airline delay. what you mentioned, however, on the diplomatic front, with secretary kerry in the region, could be the most significant development so far. the u.s. and china appear to be getting on the same page regarding north korea . both sides saying that there should be a resumption of negotiations, there should be work to denuclearize north korea . but north korea saying it will never give up its nuclear weapons . lester?

>> richard, thank you.

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Verizon confirms 12-month Device Payment Plan for phones is launching April 21st

Look: we know many on Verizon aren't happy that the carrier has revealed plans to lengthen its upgrade intervals right as smartphone update season is hitting full stride. However, there may be a consolation prize. As of April 21st, "some devices" in its smartphone range, not just the existing tablets, will qualify for a Device Payment Plan that spreads out the full costs over the course of a year, letting those who crave the latest mobile hardware (presumably, you) upgrade without either having to sign a contract or pay everything up front. Sounds like a very UnCarrier thing to do, doesn't it? Not quite, unfortunately. The carrier tells us that these payments sit on top of existing service plans, not inside them -- the base service rate won't go down in year two. T-Mobile will remain the better bargain for anyone constantly replacing handsets, then, but those on Verizon will at least have a degree of freedom.

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