Venera announces Rapid plug-in at IBC 2011, makes automated QC faster and more affordable

New Delhi, India (PRWEB) August 31, 2011

Venera Technologies, a leading provider of video test & measurement solutions, is pleased to announce Rapid, its brand new offering that allows automated rapid checking and sorting of content in file based workflows. With Rapid, broadcasters and content providers can now perform very quick QC and sort at certain stages of their workflow that don't require in-depth content analysis, saving significant time. Rapid comes integrated with "Pulsar - Automated Content Verifier" providing operators a complete, agile QC solution across the workflow. Pulsar is the world?s first Automated QC solution that can perform rapid checking, sorting and in-depth content verification in one solution.

?We are committed to make automated content QC easy and effective for the industry; and Rapid is another step forward in that direction. Pulsar along with the Rapid add-on can significantly reduce human touch points in the workflow?, said Vikas Singhal, Executive Director ? Business Development at Venera.

Venera will also demonstrate latest enhancements to its suite of T&M solutions, ?Pulsar ? Automated Content Verifier? and ?VM Analyzer ? H264 and MPEG-4 bitstream Analyzer? at IBC 2011, Booth# 6A.28.

Pulsar ? Automated Content Verifier: Pulsar is the fastest, most user friendly and comprehensive file-based automated content verification solution. With its extensive feature set, proven performance and reliability, Pulsar is now an integral part of many important broadcast operations worldwide.

VM Analyzer - H264 and MPEG-4 bitstream Analyzer: Venera recently acquired Mindego Analyzer from Mindego Inc. VM Analyzer is a leading in-depth, comprehensive bitstream Analyzer for codec developers and integrators allowing very detailed interactive analysis of media files. Venera will showcase the latest version of Analyzer with important functional enhancements at IBC.

About Venera Technologies

Venera specializes in providing cutting edge solutions in the field of digital media. Since its inception in 2003, the company has been delivering quality, innovative solutions and creating long-lasting relationship with its customers. Simplifying challenges, Venera strives to offer clean and innovative solutions to its customers. The company provides a wide range of solutions, starting from the test and measurement solutions for the broadcast and codec market, to enterprise solutions for corporate training and distance education. Solutions created by Venera are trusted by over one hundred organizations worldwide including companies such as SSVC, Encompass Media, Astral Television, MPC, Hughes, UFO Moviez, Sony, Canon, Motorola, Texas Instruments, Philips, and Nokia.

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Stars, Streamers, and Skyscrapers: NYCTrip.com Announces Discounted New Years Eve NYC Events

New York, NY (PRWEB) December 14, 2011

Stars flounced down the red carpet this weekend in honor of the opening of "New Year?s Eve", a collection of vignettes giving viewers a glimpse of New Yorkers and their interesting lives on one magical night of the year. NYCTrip.com, official site of New York City Vacation Packages, has announced discounted New Year?s Eve NYC Events and NYC hotel packages to help both tourists and NYC residents experience the glitter of New Year?s in NYC.

The stars in "New Year?s Eve" traipse around New York City as the hours countdown to midnight, and as Ken Lombardi in the article ?Stars galore at ?New Year's Eve? NYC premiere? notes, ?Times Square is almost a character in and of itself in the film?? The team at NYCTrip.com created their New Year?s Eve NYC packages to give visitors the chance to explore the character Times Square offers by focusing their NYC hotel packages on Times Square-centric hotels, like the Sheraton New York and Westin New York at Times Square. Guests can add on open bar NYC New Year?s Eve Parties, including the VIP Celebration at Applebee?s or Ripley?s Believe It Or Not! party ? both offering live views of the ball drop.

?Spending New Year?s in New York City is fit for your bucket list and one of those once-in-a-lifetime events that is just so full of life and energy. If you?re planning on making the trip into NYC or live there and want to be closer to the Times Square action, make sure you have solid plans for the evening. It?s a great place to be, but hotels, parties, and restaurants book up fast,? says Barry Tenenbaum, of NYCTrip.com.

The NYCTrip.com team has done their homework to keep hotel package prices low. New Year?s Eve NYC Hotel Package rates start at $ 600 per person for a 3-night stay, with options for several NYC hotels in the Times Square area, at 3, 4, or 5 night stays. Guests can enjoy gratis NYC add-ons, including free admission to the Empire State Building Observatory, Museum of the City of New York, or NY Water Taxi Statue of Liberty Flex Pass. Add some history to New Year?s Eve in NYC with free admission to the American Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum of Art, or Top of the Rock Observation Deck.

?The movie 'New Year?s Eve' captures the magic of New Year?s in NYC ? and every visitor to the city can be a part of it. NYC is a beautiful city, and none other shimmers quite like it on New Year?s,? asserts Tenenbaum.

About NYCTrip.com

The New York City vacation package experts at NYCTrip.com have been providing tried and true travel advice since 1983. As the only major independent tour company devoted exclusively to NYC travel, NYCTrip.com prides itself on offering New York City Hotel Packages, Broadway Show Packages, Tours of New York City, NYC Restaurant Deals, and more. Price your ideal NYC vacation package through their easy-to-use NYC TripQuote online booking engine.

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TrueVision Announces 3D High-Def Visualization, Recording and Editing System for Surgical Education

Santa Barbara, CA (PRWEB) September 21, 2011

TrueVision? 3D Surgical, the leader in 3D visualization and computer-based guidance for microsurgery, announced its new product for recording, editing and presenting 3D surgical video. The product targets surgical education in neurosurgery, ophthalmology, spine, orthopedic, ENT and any other discipline which uses a surgical microscope.

The TrueVision? 3D High Definition Visualization, Recording, and Editing System is a real-time, computer-based, stereoscopic, 3D high-definition system that attaches to microscopes for display of the surgical field on 3D flat panel displays in the operating room.

The advanced technology is also used to record, edit and playback 3D surgical video and to stream live stereoscopic video of the surgical field, making it an unparalleled teaching tool. It plays back stereoscopic surgical video to 3D-equipped conference rooms and theaters for any size audience.

?The benefits of 3D over 2D visualization are well understood within surgical education.? says Forrest Fleming CEO of TrueVision 3D Surgical. ?This is another step towards TrueVision?s goal of supplanting 2D video with 3D HD video that is cost-effective and easy to use.?

The company is offering an aggressive pricing strategy to market the system as competitive with the current 2D HD offerings available today. The system can be easily upgraded to the TrueVision? 3D Visualization and Guidance System to run ?smart? applications as they come available. TrueVision? was awarded ?The Best of 2010? and a ?Top Products of 2010? by Cataract and Refractive Cataract Surgery Today. TrueVision? Visualization, Recording and Editing system is listed with the FDA as a class 1 medical device. The TrueVision? 3D Visualization and Guidance System is listed with the FDA as a class 2 medical device.

Features:

????Retrofits to most surgical microscopes
????Primary or secondary visualization in the operating room
????Easy to use, plug and play with ?one-touch? recording and playback
????Over 4 hours of 3D HD recording
????TrueEdit? click and drag editor, outputs 2D or 3D HD
????Upgrade path to ?smart? surgical applications
????It is the leading 3D system for microsurgery and the standard for 3D surgical education all over the world
????Open architecture for future computer based applications

The System Includes:

TrueZoom? 3D surgical camera

????Resolution up to 1920 x 1080 pixels for each eye (progressive scan)
????Aspect Ratio 16:9 or 4:3
????Instant 2X zoom with panning, no loss in resolution
????Image has up to twice the depth of field compared to oculars
????Wide dynamic range and high color accuracy
????No alignment, focus, or synchronization necessary

TrueIPU? 3D/2D image processing and recording unit

????PC Intel Core i7 processor
????3 TB RAID ARRAY storage
????6 GB RAM memory
????H.264 or MPEG-4 video compression
????2x DVI HD video outputs

3D HD flat panel

????46 inch low-latency
????1920 x 1080p resolution
????Line-by-Line, and Side-by-Side 3D format
????Passive display 3D polarization

TrueWare? 3D Imaging Software OS

????Multiple 3D window panes for surgical view and patient data
????Open software architecture to process, integrate and display any digital stream
????User selectable frame rate for recording, 60, 45 or 30 FPS
????3D video recording and editing file management system

TrueEdit? 3D video editing software

????Edits 3D video from TrueVision? (raw or compressed)
????Multiple file formats; mix and match images, AVI, MOV and MPEG-2 files
????Convert between file formats and into 2D
????Intuitive graphical user interface; click and drag video and images
????Video transitions; fade, dissolve
????Text overlay
????Fast rendering
????One-Click assemble editing
????Final preview (know how long the video is before rendering the edits)

About TrueVision? 3D Surgical

TrueVision? 3D Surgical is the leader in digital 3D visualization and guidance for microsurgery. Santa Barbara, California-based TrueVision? has developed and patented an intelligent, real-time, 3D surgical visualization and computer-aided guidance platform. The company is focused on developing a suite of 3D guidance applications for microsurgery to improve surgical efficiencies and patient outcomes. The first smart application is the Refractive Cataract Toolset?, a guidance tool for astigmatic correction and advanced IOL placement. Visit http://www.truevisionsys.com for more information.

CONTACT:

Robert Reali

TrueVision 3D Surgical

805-963-9700

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Tom Sawyer Software Announces Support for Oracle Fusion Middleware MapViewer

Oakland, CA (PRWEB) December 15, 2011

Tom Sawyer Software, the premier provider of software for building high-performance data visualization and social network analysis applications, announces the company?s product roadmap for supporting online geospatial data services. The first of these services to be provided is the Oracle Fusion Middleware MapViewer.

Tom Sawyer Software's support of web-based geospatial services is in response to the growing need for visual analysis applications that integrate geospatial data with business data. With the added support for Oracle MapViewer, Tom Sawyer Software customers can now more quickly integrate complex data from disparate sources with different geospatial data services in their visual analysis applications.

The ability to easily integrate geospatial data with business data extends the already powerful capabilities of the data integration architecture and rule-based filtering technology found in Tom Sawyer Perspectives. Visual analysis application developers use advanced filtering technology to selectively build and evaluate integrated insights from multiple data sources in the context of time, certainty, and geospatial location. Geospatial data integration capabilities further enhance their ability to build multiple views of relational graphs for sophisticated social and dynamic network visual analysis in fields such as defense and intelligence, law enforcement, financial forensics, and cyber warfare.

Tom Sawyer Perspectives is graphics-based software for developing production data-oriented visual analysis applications. It is a complete Software Development Kit with a rule-based design methodology that enables software developers to focus on visualization and analysis rather than the data details. Tom Sawyer Perspectives enables teams to quickly create and deploy a wide range of sophisticated and flexible visualization and social network analysis applications.

About Tom Sawyer Software

Tom Sawyer Software is the leading provider of enterprise software and services that enable organizations to build highly scalable and flexible data visualization and social network analysis applications. These applications are used to discover hidden patterns, complex relationships, and key trends in large and diverse data sets. Tom Sawyer Software products are used by enterprises and governments, as well as organizations in Telecommunications, Financial Services, Defense and Intelligence, Life Sciences, and Manufacturing to maximize their data assets in order to make more informed and timely decisions.

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Kitchens Designers, Cambridge Kitchens Announces the Launch of New Website

(PRWEB) December 16, 2011

At Cambridge Kitchens they are dedicated in providing the best quality work and products according to their clients specifications. Kitchen Remodeling Company has taking their same signature detailed approach with designing their new website. The hired Long Island Web Design Company, Benjamin Marc to design it. Benjamin Marc CEO Anthony Savino worked hand in hand with Cambridge Kitchens CEO Nick Vassi to launch a website that would give Cambridge Kitchens clients the best experience possible. They started off with the most important part, the photo gallery, using the latest technology, Savino designed an easy to use photo gallery that gives clients a slideshow of Vassi's work. Vassi wanted a photo gallery that he could update himself and display he latest works of art. Next Benjamin Marc implemented a testimonial page that can new and past clients can write there experience with Cambridge Kitchens. Whether its a good review or constructive criticism, Cambridge Kitchens is always looking to please their clients. With an interactive map to get to Cambridge Kitchens 40,000 square foot showroom they also added a request a quote form where potential clients can leave information regarding their upcoming project. Viewers are also able to browse through other services Cambridge Kitchens provides such as bathrooms, cabinets, crown moldings and more. The website was launched last month as is receiving great reviews from clients. In a recent press release, Benjamin Marc CEO Anthony Savino stated that working with Nick Vassi was a pleasure and he hopes to work with him for a long time.

Here's a little information about Cambridge Kitchens

Cambridge Kitchens draws from 25 years of providing quality service in order to give clients the kitchen of your dreams. Whether homeowners project is large or small Cambridge Kitchens will handle all of the details leaving clients nothing to worry about. Clients make all the choices,

Cambridge Kitchens design team will walk clients through the process of building a custom kitchen. If any questions or concerns come up they are right there to resolve things quickly to clients satisfaction. Cambridge wants customers to be completely happy with the new kitchen. Here are the steps, Customers simply provide the room specifications and let Cambridge designers get to work. It's easier and more cost effective than ever to get the kitchen of homeowners dreams. For more information you can visit Cambridge Kitchens showroom:

280 Duffy Ave

Hickville, New York

United States 11801

Voice: 516-935-5100

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EarthCam Announces the ?25 Most Interesting Webcams of 2011?

New York (PRWEB) December 16, 2011

EarthCam.com, the world's favorite webcam network, announced its 13th annual list of the ?25 Most Interesting Webcams? from around the world.

The 2011 honors were awarded to a variety of webcams, featuring everything from Schnauzer puppies to a space station to a snow leopard to volcanoes to a natural wonder of the world. Whether viewers are interested in seeing something that is weird and bizarre or a relaxation-inducing scenic landscape, there is sure to be a webcam for everyone. Notable winners include the TorchCam, which offers unprecedented panoramic and HD streaming video views of NYC from the torch of the Statue of Liberty, and Everest Live Web Cam that views Mount Everest in Nepal from the highest mountain making it the world?s highest webcam. In addition, a Tokyo webcam delivers views of the tsunami aftermath at the Fukushima Nuclear Facility, site of one of the largest nuclear disasters that dominated the headlines earlier this year.

Daredevils will enjoy riding along to watch as a team of tornado chasers hunt for a twister or jumping on a virtual open air jeep to join an African wildlife safari. Voyeurs interested in peeking in on someone can tune in every day at 4:20pm PT as Bong Rip hosts his 'highly' entertaining webshow from California. And a don't miss webcam is the incredibly mundane Hallway Wait Cam, capturing the suspense as people count the minutes until they can finally meet with the Shawnee County Treasurer. To see the complete list of the 25 Most Interesting Webcams, visit http://www.earthcam.com/top25.

The 2011 judging panel was led by Barry Josephson, Executive Producer of TV Series, ?Bones?, and Producer of the feature film ?Enchanted?. Other judges include newcomers Bob Van Dillen, meteorologist for HLN's ?Morning Express with Robin Meade?; Eric Shiner, Director of The Andy Warhol Museum; Vanessa DeLeon, interior designer and reality television celebrity featured on HGTV and Food Network; George M. Cleveland, Executive Director of the Gibson Center for Senior Services, Inc. and grandson of President Grover Cleveland; and 2010 honoree Kerin McDonald, Head of Brand & Marketing for Abbey Road Studios.

?EarthCam is pleased to honor this year's winners for their creativity, use of webcam technology and their ability to entertain people all over the world with this unique webcam medium?, said Brian Cury, CEO and Founder of EarthCam. ?The judges picked a fantastic list and it's great to see more and more webcams with higher quality streams every year.?

The EarthCam producers pored over thousands of webcam sites and compiled a list of 100 semi-finalists. Then a panel of judges reviewed the selections and voted which webcams should make the final top 25 list based on quality of the image, uniqueness of the content and overall technical achievements in webcam technology.

ABOUT EARTHCAM

EarthCam is the global leader in webcam content, technology and software. EarthCam.com offers a complete searchable database of interesting places and views from around the world. The company?s expertise includes developing technology to manage camera networks and delivering millions of images daily to over 192 countries. EarthCam provides people with the innovative webcam technology and tools to be able to view, create and share webcam content on a diverse forum. Hosting such a broad range of fascinating views is what has propelled EarthCam.com to the forefront and has made the website widely popular among its international fan base.

Visit EarthCam at http://www.earthcam.com

The 2011 ?25 Most Interesting Webcams? are:

Statue of Liberty TorchCam ? New York, NY

International Space Station ? Cape Canaveral, FL

Mount Everest ? Kala Patthar, Nepal

Antarctica Research Stations ? Kingston, Australia

Grand Canyon National Park ? Grand Canyon, AZ

Aquarium of the Pacific ? Longbeach, CA

Canda-France-Hawaii Telescope ? Kamuela, HI

Chattanooga Zoo Snow Leopard ? Chattanooga, TN

Myrtle Beach Cam ? Myrtle Beach, SC

St. Barts Cam ? St. Barthelemy, French West Indies

Jokulsarlon Volcano ? Jokulsarlon, Iceland

Turrialba Volcano ? Turrialba, Costa Rica

TVN24 Studio Panorama Cam ? Warsaw, Poland

Wildlife of SANParks ? Pretoria, South Africa

Chinchilla House ? Moscow, Russia

Coastal Watch Surf Cams ? Queensland, Australia

Hallway Wait Cam ? Topeka, KS

Maximilian Schnauzers ? Sanford, FL

MicroscopeCam ? New York, NY

Tornado Chase ? Topeka, KS

Wroclaw Rynek Marketplace ? Wroclaw, Poland

Akihabara Radio Kaikan ? Tokyo, Japan

BONGtvLIVE ? Huntington Beach, CA

City of Amsterdam ? Amsterdam, Netherlands

Fukushima Nuclear Facility ? Fukushima, Japan

To view the complete list of the 25 Most Interesting Webcams, visit: http://www.earthcam.com/top25

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VIVOTEK Announces Complete Series of Outdoor PTZ Cameras

San Jose, California (PRWEB) October 29, 2011

VIVOTEK, Inc., an industry leader in megapixel and HD IP camera technology, today announced the availability of the SD8311E, SD8312E, SD8313E, and SD8362E speed dome cameras, bringing to the market a full line of outdoor PTZ solutions. These cameras replace VIVOTEK?s previous offerings, the SD7151 and SD7313.

Aimed at providing a full suite of features and options for challenging outdoor applications, all of the outdoor PTZs feature 360? continuous pan and 90? tilt which are controllable via joystick and can have up to 128 preset positions for automatic patrol. The cameras adopt H.264 compression as well as the option for MPEG4 and MJPEG encoding; by providing a variety of choices in the compression scheme, users can tailor the camera streams to their individual needs for maximum flexibility. The addition of Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) Pro on the cameras means that video detail can be fully captured under challenging lighting conditions. As the cameras also feature up to 60 fps frame rate, the WDR Pro can utilize this feature to combine dual images exposed at different settings for video that is lighted properly and still runs at a smooth 30 fps on the final output.

Another key feature available on these outdoor models is IP66 weatherproofing and an extended temperature range, allowing the cameras to be used in environments from -40? to 55?C (-40? to 131?F), which may include snow or desert environments. With Power-over-Ethernet (POE) being the preferred method for powering most IP surveillance installations, 802.3at POE Plus support allows the cameras to be powered with a single network cable without the need for additional power. Additionally, the cameras have a removable IR-cut filter for true day/night functionality, while data can be stored locally on the SD/SDHC card slot.

The models are differentiated chiefly by their resolution and optical zoom capabilities: the SD8311E/8312E/8313E provide 18x/28x/36x optical zoom respectively at 720x480 D1 resolution, while the SD8362E provides for 20x zoom at 1080p full HD resolution. With the increased image clarity and detail of the SD8362E, lettering on buildings, containers, or vehicles can be viewed from as far as over 1 mile (1.6 km) away. The SD8311E/8312E/8313E also includes Electronic Image Stabilization (EIS) to minimize vibration from the camera being mounted in high locations, while the SD8362E also includes an audio alert feature to detect changes in volume in the surrounding environment.

?VIVOTEK?s new series of outdoor PTZ cameras represents a complete line of outdoor surveillance solutions,? said Harry Hu, Director of Sales at VIVOTEK USA. ?From the SD8311E for smaller applications to the SD8362E for demanding surveillance, customers will find this line of outdoor PTZs easy to use, highly reliable, and endlessly flexible.?

The SD8311E/8312E/8313E and SD8362E join the PZ7131, PZ7132, PZ8111, PZ8111W, and SD8111 indoor family of PTZ offerings. The cameras are supported on VIVOTEK?s software recording solutions ST7501 and VAST and are also compatible with a host of third-party VMS platforms. For more details on the new outdoor PTZ cameras, please visit the specific product pages at:

http://www.vivotek.com/products/model.php?network_camera=sd83x1e

http://www.vivotek.com/products/model.php?network_camera=sd83x2e

http://www.vivotek.com/products/model.php?network_camera=sd83x3e

http://www.vivotek.com/products/model.php?network_camera=sd8362e

About VIVOTEK

VIVOTEK Inc., established in 2000 and publicly listed on the Taiwan Stock Exchange, has quickly taken its place as a technology leader and total solution providers in the IP video surveillance industry. VIVOTEK is known for excellence, delivering total IP video surveillance solutions that embody the complete integration of video codecs, optoelectronics and networking technologies. VIVOTEK's innovative R&D teams are dedicated to developing highly reliable IP surveillance products, including network cameras, video servers, video receivers, NVR, and central management software to deliver practical, state-of-the-art solutions to the security market. VIVOTEK Inc. offers a broad line IP video surveillance solutions to over 80 countries worldwide. VIVOTEK USA adds to the company?s global reach as a subsidiary of VIVOTEK Inc. For more information, please visit http://www.vivotek.com.

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Mahkoo Announces Call for Beta Testers: Independent Musicians, Labels and Music Video Producers

Washington DC (PRWEB) January 05, 2012

Music video startup Mahkoo.com, aims to establish itself as the high quality platform for professionally produced music videos by independent musicians. Imagine the VEVO of independent artists and you have half the understanding of Mahkoo and its goal to bring some of the best independent artists into a single space.

Music videos on Mahkoo are uploaded by independent musicians, record labels or music video producers. The uploaded videos are reviewed internally by the Mahkoo team prior to approving the video to be on the Mahkoo platform. This is the startups method of controlling the quality of content it hosts. Artists also have the ability to create profiles that can house all their music videos grouped by selected categories and promote upcoming events (concerts, appearances, live meetings, etc).

The greatest advantage of Mahkoo is that all music videos are reviewed to ensure that only high quality videos from top emerging artists are approved to be on the platform. This method ensures that fans and viewers are presented with the best in class of emerging artist entertainment.

Mahkoo?s ?Direct Connect? feature allows artists to upload music videos and directly connect it with videos of their peers to be displayed and tracked together; an exciting opportunity for artists to track their video progress against their peers. The platform ranks musician videos and provides a snapshot of the top performing musicians. The rankings are currently based on the company?s own algorithm to determine the popularity of a video; this goes beyond the simple count of views.

Mahkoo is currently running its beta. Emerging musicians and labels can sign up at http://beta.mahkoo.com.

The Co-Founders of Mahkoo said this is the beginning of a multi-year plan set out to bring independent music and music videos to the forefront of technology, integrated in a way that has yet to be seen. There are several platforms aimed at independent musicians; however, none are integrated in the fashion that speaks to the full spectrum of the core work produced by these artists.

The team also manages a blog at http://blog.mahkoo.com that profiles emerging artist issues in the independent music world, available tools, and other related topics.

About Mahkoo

Mahkoo is an exclusive music video entertainment platform powered by today?s emerging artists to showcase a new class of high-quality professionally produced music videos. Exclusivity of the site is managed through the review and approval of all content; the best way to bring top emerging artists into a single space for great musical entertainment.

The Mahkoo community consists of emerging artists, music lovers and industry professionals that have a desire to see artists get the exposure they deserve. Mahkoo serves its community by promoting music videos and providing an addictive entertainment experience.

Mahkoo has had more than 2,000 unique visitors from more than 60 countries since the launch of their beta phase onDecember 20, 2011 and are excited to see these numbers grow as they continue their marketing efforts.

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