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Free Image Editing Software: PicEdit
Batch Rename Multiple Files Easily with Advanced Renamer
Record Screen and Save it as Video File: Desktop2Record
Free Computer Memory Optimization Software: MemReduct
Free File Splitter, File Merger Software: WinMend File Splitter
Free Online 3D Modeling Application: 3DTin
Web Timer Extension For Chrome: Record Time Spent on Various Websites
4 Free Software To Convert Photo To Sketch
Remove Fake Antivirus with Trend Micro’s Fake Antivirus Remover
Free File Sharing Program: Sharetastic

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 06:30 PM PDT

PicEdit is a free image editing software which is easy to use and supports editing variety of graphic styles. The software is powerful even though it looks simple to use, it enables you to edit your images and add various changes to it.

Mentioning some of the graphical styles it supports would include the arrows, shapes (rectangle, pentagon, etc), pencil, written text, etc. Moreover, it also comes with several effects which could be processed like the highlighting option, blur effect, increasing/decreasing brightness of the pictures, and much more. You may even watermark your images, crop them or rotate them along with adding some other changes similar to these.

The software may also be used to repeat editing on more than one image, make changes, and obviously let you restore your original image if you wonder you made too many edits to your pics or want the picture back in its original form.

Downloading and installing PicEdit

Visit the link here and you would find the download option on the right side of your browser. Click on it and the download process would start. It would take few minutes before you have the setup downloaded on your system. You just need to run the setup, follow the step by step process and get started with the application.

Using this free image editing software

For all those of you who love playing around with pictures and find it difficult to use the complex software available then PicEdit is something for you. But you can also think about trying ZoomFX and Vimager if you are not satisfied with PicEdit. In order to demonstrate a basic editing to a pic we carry out a sample editing below. It would give you a clearer view of the options you could use with this software and help you in using it to the best capacity.

The first step is to open the image you wish to edit by clicking on the open file logo at the top left of the main window. Clicking on the folder as shown below would ask you to browse to the image you wish to download and open it for editing.

Once you open the file you are ready to use all the features this image editing software comes with. For example if you would like to sharpen the image, or apply a grayscale effect to your image you can use the options available of the left side. In case you wish to add a text to your image then click on the Text option at the top of your window. It opens up a new pop up on your screen with the option to select the font, color, and size of your text which you wish to use. You may use the pencil tool to write through your mouse or use the eraser to clean up areas you wish to be removed.

In Case you wish to Watermark the picture you can click on the watermark option on the left side and enable it, entering the Watermarking image in the provided space. For this you would need to browse through your computer and select the image you wish to use as a watermark. There are hosts of other features which you may use with this application and the creativity enhances while you experiment with all the features the tool comes with. In the world of complex image editing software PicEdit comes to be a very handy tool indeed.

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Batch Rename Multiple Files Easily with Advanced Renamer

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 05:00 PM PDT

Advanced Renamer is a simple, free program to rename a batch of files or folders. It is free to download and use.

All your files whether they are images, music files, videos or any document if properly organized, can help you locate a particular file easily at a later time. Often images are the worst hit as cameras tend to assign them just numbers.

Using Advanced Renamer, you can easily rename a bunch of such files quickly and eventually organize your files within seconds. If you want to try some more file renaming app, you can try Siren, Batch Rename Utility and Rename Master reviewed by us.

Features of Advanced Renamer

Several renaming methods: Advanced Renamer has 12 renaming methods which are name, case, move, remove, remove pattern, renumber, replace, add, list, trim, attributes and timestamp using which you can find a solution to your various renaming troubles.
Highly customizable: Different files require different sort of renaming! And you can rename all of them by customizing the existing 12 renaming methods to suit the needs of that particular set of files. You can also use multiple renaming methods to rename a single set of files.

Preview: Advanced Renamer processes your renaming methods and gives you the preview so that you can have a look at the final name of the file.
Move and copy: Move and copy functions are connected to the rename function! As soon as you rename the files you can also move or copy them to a folder you wish! This helps you save time and keep files more organized!
Undo: All your renaming sessions are continuously tracked and logged! You can revert back to the original name whenever you want!
Picture files: Advanced Renamer can access image tags such as resolution, date, time, camera name and the place and location of photo (if device is GPS enabled) etc., and can use them in renaming the files.
Music files: You can rename music files easily using their ID3 tags. Advanced Renamer can access ID3 tags like album, title, artist, genre, year etc. If ID3 tags are missing, then you can first add ID3 tags automatically.
Video files: Using Advanced Renamer you can access video tags such as video height, width, bitrate, title, author etc., to rename quickly.

4 Step Guide to Rename

Choose the batch name whether you want to rename or move or copy. Then choose rename files/rename folders upon what you are about to rename and add them to Advanced Renamer.
Then from the renaming methods list window choose the various methods and customize them to choose your needs.
Run a test run to make sure there aren't any naming conflicts and check for the correctness of renamed name.
If everything is perfect just click start batch button on the top and Advanced Renamer quickly renames all the files and logs the data for future use or reverting back.

The program has a user friendly interface and a comprehensive online help to help any strangers to get acquainted with Advanced Renamer quickly. The application is compact and it installs within seconds. Advanced Renamer runs without any hiccups in Windows 2000/XP/Vista/7.

Advanced Renamer is really a cool application which must adorn all computers.

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Record Screen and Save it as Video File: Desktop2Record

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 03:30 PM PDT

Desktop2Record is a program that can come in handy at times. It is a program that captures whatever is being done on the computer screen and then saves it as a video file so that it can be viewed later on. This is a feature that can come in quite handy when one wishes to record something that is being done on the computer.

Features of this record screen tool:

The program is quite small and the feature list is obviously not exhaustive. However, the program does have some points that are worth mentioning. They are as follows:

Portable: The program, once installed, can simply be copied to another machine and it would work perfectly as there is only a single executable file. This makes it easy in case someone has multiple computers on which to use the software.
Separate recording regions: The program lets the user choose which region of the computer screen is to be recorded. This is a particularly nifty feature as the user can choose to leave out certain portions from being recorded. The various regions that can be recorded are as follows:

Whole screen – In this case, the program records whatever is being done on the screen
Follow cursor – In this choice, the program follows the cursor and a certain portion around the cursor. This is particularly handy in software tutorial lessons.
Selected Windows – The windows which are selected by the user are the only ones that are recorded. The rest is omitted
Free Hand Selection – The user can define a particular area of the screen which requires to be recorded.
Fixed User Values – The user can specify the top left corner and the number of pixels of the area that needs to be recorded.
Hot Key Support: The program can be controlled through a number of hot keys so that the recording can go on uninterrupted
Audio Recording Support: If the system is playing some audio, that can be recorded as well through this program.

Also check out online Screen recording tool.

Downloading and Installation of this record screen tool:

The file is just under 2 MB in size and can be downloaded here. Installation is quite simple although it tries to install an external program called IncrediBar. This is best avoided. The program works on a Windows platform. As tested, it ran smoothly on a Windows 7 32-bit system.

You can also check out free screen recording software.

Working and Interface

The program's interface is quite eye-catching. Even gaudy wouldn't be an understatement. However, the program works quite well and doesn't have any glitches that can be reported. The output file's format needs to be selected before the recording can start and the software runs quietly in the background. While the recording is on, hitting the 'Esc' key pauses the recording and the 'Alt + Backspace' combination stops it.

Verdict

Desktop2Record is small and works well. It is a nice tool to have in case somebody needs to be given a tutorial about how to use a program or to provide assistance with something similar. This is a recommended program.

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Free Computer Memory Optimization Software: MemReduct

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 02:00 PM PDT

Mem Reduct is a small simple program that allows users to effectively manage computer memory. Memory leaks cause computers to use large amounts of both physical and virtual memory. With Mem Reduct, you can easily cut down on how much memory your computer uses without having to worry about the safety of both your software and data.

Features of Computer Memory Optimization Tool:

Automatic memory reduction: Using this allows the computer to automatically cut down on memory usage without requiring any user input. The program automatically reduces memory after a predetermined period of time and informs the user with a popup.

Simple and easy to use: The user interface and program controls are designed in such a way that the users can easily manage memory without any special skills or expert knowledge on computer systems.

Multilingual: Mem Reduct is available in three languages, English, Russian and Brazilian Portuguese.

How to optimize computer memory

Downloading the program might pose a problem for several users as the program's homepage is in Russian. However, the program can be easily downloaded from popular software repositories like Softpedia. From then on, everything else goes very smoothly. The user interface is intuitive and couldn't be simpler. On launching the program, it opens a tray icon displaying the percentage of RAM currently in use while the interface displays all computer memory statistics including virtual memory.

To manually reduce the amount of memory in use, click Memory Reduction. The program opens another interface with a few options to choose from and memory statistics before and after reduction. Check the Working set and System working set options to reduce system and RAM memory in use. The Modified pagelists and Standby pagelists should only be checked when you want to reduce the paging file or virtual memory . Click Start to begin the process. The program prompts for confirmation and when issued, the program reduces computer memory and updates the memory statistics.

To access program settings, select Settings from the File menu.You can allow the program to launch on windows start up by checking the Launch on system start up option and check for updates at the same time by checking the Check updates at start up option. Memory can be measured in either megabytes or kilobytes by selecting the preferred option. You can also choose from a list of three languages in the Language dropdown. For those who find the cleaning confirmation dialog box a bit annoying, you can disable it by unchecking the Ask before start cleaning option or allow the program to carry out cleaning automatically by checking the Auto Reduct option. You can choose a time period after which the tray icon is refreshed or change the colour of the tray icon depending on the amount of memory in use by entering appropriate values in their respective combo boxes. Mem Reduct uses balloons to capture the attention of the user when memory usage reaches certain levels. You can configure when these balloons are displayed and also set an interval after which they are displayed on the Balloon tips tab.

All procedures described above can be easily accessed from the Mem Reduct's tray icon context menu.

You can also check out memory cleaner to free up RAM.

Pros

Simple and easy to use
Considerably reduces memory usage
automated memory reduction

Cons

Some of the reduction processes are not available on Window XP and earlier
No help is provided

Conclusion

Mem Reduct offers computer users a simple, fast, convenient and safe way of cutting down on computer memory usage.

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Free File Splitter, File Merger Software: WinMend File Splitter

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 12:30 PM PDT

WinMend File Splitter is a free file splitting and merging application. You can download and use WinMend File Splitter absolutely free. This program can split large files into small files of the size you specify, and later merge those files to create the original file again.

The most frequently encountered problem while attaching a file with your mail can be it size. There is a maximum limit to the size of the file which you can attach, which it becomes difficult to send large files (unless you use some third party solutions to send large file in email). The easy solution to this problem is WinMend File Splitter.

Where WinMend File Splitter comes in?

While you have to attach a big sized file to your mail, you can split it into several small sized files and then attach all the split files!
While you have to burn a big sized file into a CD/DVD, you can split and then burn the split files. For example if you have to burn into a CD of capacity 700MB, a single file of size 1.4GB, then using WinMend File Splitter you can split the file into two small 700Mb files and then burn them to two CDs!

People not satisfied with this free file splitter can also try GSplit, Junko and Adolix Split Merge

How to use WinMend File Splitter?

For splitting a big file: Browse and add the file you want to split. Then choose the output folder. Output folder is the one to which the split files will be saved. You can split the chosen file into a specific number of small files or split them to specific sized small files. WinMend File Splitter quickly and accurately splits the file and completes the task!
For merging split files: Browse and add all the split files. If all the split files are in the same directory then its enough if you add the first split file. Else you have to make sure that you have add all the split files from corresponding directories. Then choose the output folder. Once done WinMend File Splitter quickly merges the split files to produce a new file identical to the original file.

WinMend File Splitter is a simple, easy to use, compact application which with its advanced algorithm, quickly and securely splits and merges files. The application has a cool and hassle free user interface which is capable of changing colours. WinMend File Splitter installs smoothly and works efficiently without any crashes. WinMend File Splitter is recommended for all users! Try it for free.

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Free Online 3D Modeling Application: 3DTin

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 11:00 AM PDT

3DTin is quite an unusual plugin that you can install in your Google Chrome browser which will allow you to design 3D models from within the browser. Even though this 3D modeling app is available as a plugin for Chrome, it is also possible to run it in other browsers, which we realized after we installed the plugin and ran it in Chrome, which only opened up a website of 3DTin, where the main modeling interface loaded up.

As you can see from the image above, the 3DTin website is opened and the interface of this online 3D modeling application is loaded in the browser window. From this image you can also see how feature rich this application really is, so much so that it can even compete with some of the more serious desktop 3D modeling applications like Wings3D, CatStd, Post3D. Since this is an online app, users can search through already existing models and are even offered some on the right so that we can see what others have made with 3DTin.

Online 3D modeling with 3DTin

The way that creating 3D models with 3DTin works is that you visit the website where 3DTin application is installed, and then you either open up an existing model which one of the users have decided to share with other, or you can work on your own, from scratch. To be able to save your work, you’re gonna have to register on the website, which is free, but you’re gonna need to have either Facebook, Twitter or Google+ account to connect with them. Object manipulation is possible in several different ways, but the starting point of which would be to add shapes to the main workplace. Types of shapes that can be added would be:

Cylinders
Spheres
Rectangles
Cones
Torodials
Texts

Each one of these has several different choices, for example if you open up the Spheres button, you’ll see something like this:

After you add a shape, you can edit it by extruding it’s surface and manipulating it any way you wish. The Extruding tool is pretty much the standard when it comes to 3D modeling applications. If you are using shapes with sharp corners they can be edited by smoothing their edges:

Shape colors can also be changed, the Text shape addition tool can be used to add whatever text you want, but sadly only up to 10 characters, it would be better if more text could be added. To find out what kind of other cool tools 3DTin has, open up the website and give it a try and discover them yourself.

Creating models from existing projects

All those who are not interested in doing everything from scratch can open up one of the existing creations, that other users have offered on the website.

Here we have a formula opened, each one of these parts is an object which had to be manipulated in order to fit together as a formula. You can click and disassemble the model and make changes that you see fit. If you are interested in 3D modeling, but not interested in installing a 3D modeling app, then 3DTin is the thing for you.

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Web Timer Extension For Chrome: Record Time Spent on Various Websites

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 09:30 AM PDT

Web Timer is a free Chrome extension to record the time of web usage on Google Chrome browser. This Web Timer extension works nicely on Google Chrome browser.

The extension is simple and easy to use. You just have to access web pages on different tabs and windows. Now, click on the Web Timer extension icon from the extension bar of Chrome browser. You will see the exact time you spent on each tab. The extension also displays a pie chart with the percentage of time spent on each tab. The percentage varies according to the time recorded by the extension on Google Chrome browser.

Along with time spent on each domain, the extension also calculates the total time spent and then shows the total time spent on all the domains. Web Timer is truly a useful extension for those who have the pressure to send the report of time spend on each website on daily basis. They can share the stats directly from the extension. To share the stats, just click on "share" button at the top of the extension window. Now, you will see the image of your Web Timer stats. Click on share button to get the link of the image from your Chrome browser. You can then easily copy the link of the image and share it.

You can also setup multiple timers to track time spent on multiple tasks.

What I Like About Web Timer Extension:

Tells the exact time spent on each website or webpage accessed on each Chrome tab.
Automatically starts.
Displays the stats in exact time spent and calculates percentage according to the time spent.
Share the stats by creating the image and link of the image.
You can list some selected websites, if you want the extension to ignore the recording of time on those websites.
Set the limit of number of websites to record in the list.
View stats according for today, total average time, and all time.
Pie chart is displayed with different colors so as to identify each website separately.

Also, check out KitchenTimer to create multiple kitchen timers.

What I Didn't Like About The Extension:

Nothing!

Install Web Timer:

Click here to get the download link of Web Timer extension. Click on "Add To Chrome" button and install the extension on your Google Chrome browser. Now click on "Web Timer" extension button to launch the extension.

Web Timer extension is a useful extension to record the time spent on each website on a daily basis with ease. Create reports or stats and then share it with anyone on your Google Chrome browser.

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4 Free Software To Convert Photo To Sketch

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 08:00 AM PDT

Here, are 4 free software to convert photo to sketch. With the help of these software, you can easily select a photo from your computer and convert that particular photo into a sketch.

For converting a photo to sketch you need to simply upload a photo to any of these software and adjust the sketch settings according to your preference. Leave the rest to these software, as these software would automatically convert photo to sketch. Try these software to convert photo to sketch for free.

Instant Photo Sketch

Instant Photo Sketch is a free photo to sketch converter using which you can easily convert your photos to sketches. It converts your photo into a sketch which looks similar to a sketch drawn using a pencil. This software is easy to use, so even the beginners or non-technical users won't face an issue in converting photo to sketch. For converting a photo to sketch, you need to simply upload your photo, and this free software would automatically convert photo to sketch. Instant Photo Sketch saves the converted file in PNG or JPEG file. Zoom feature present in this software, allows you to view the picture closely.

Read more about Instant Photo Sketch or try it here.

FotoSketcher

FotoSketcher is a free image editing software that lets you convert photo to sketch like a breeze. This free software lets you convert photo to different types of sketches like pen sketch, pencil sketch and ink drawing. For using FotoSketcher, you need to choose a photo which you wish to convert, then select the sketch type and adjust few settings, that's all you need to do and leave the rest to this software. FotoSketcher will immediately convert your photo into the selected sketch type. The interface shows you both, the original photo and the new sketched photo side by side, and this helps you to compare and check the results. Unlike Instant Photo Sketch mentioned above, this software lets you chose among various drawing styles and also lets you make color sketches.

Read more about FotoSketcher or try it here.

Photo To Sketch

Photo To Sketch is another free photo to sketch converter that helps you to convert photo to sketch with a single click. This software is small in size and comes with a very basic and straight-forward interface. Photo To Sketch supports JPEG, JPG and BMP format, so you can upload images in any of these formats to this software for conversion. For using this software, you need to open your photo in this software, then select the sketch type among pen, pencil, and pastel sketch. And adjust the precision and line using their respective sliders, now you need to click the "Convert" button. That’s all you need to do for converting a photo to sketch. If you are satisfied with the output, then you can save the output in BMP, JPG or WMF format to your computer.

Read more about Photo To Sketch or try it here.

Paint.Net

Paint.Net is a free image editing software which even allows you to convert photo to sketch in no time. With the help of this image editing software, you can perform Ink sketch, pencil sketch, and oil painting as well. For converting photo to sketch, you need to open the Paint.net, and open an image file in this software. Now, go to effects and choose the Artistic effect and select any of the sketch type among ink sketch or pencil sketch. If you select ink sketch, it opens up a small window in which you can adjust ink outline and coloring. And if you select pencil sketch, a small window in opens up which you can adjust pencil tip size and range for the sketch. The best part is that it shows all the changes in real time. So, if you already have Paint.Net installed on your computer, you don’t need to install any other specialized software. Paint.net would easily create all sort of sketches for you.

Read more about Paint.Net or try it here.

Try out these software to create some nice looking sketches, and share your experience with us in comments below.

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Remove Fake Antivirus with Trend Micro’s Fake Antivirus Remover

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 06:30 AM PDT

Trend Micro’s Fake Antivirus (FakeAV for short) Tool is a security utility that you can use if you’ve become infected with one of the hundreds of fake antivirus programs that exist out there. People who are not very knowledgeable about computers often fall prey to malicious individuals who create fake antivirus software which then infects their victims or scares them out their money for fake detection fixes, or both, which is more common. With Trend Micro’s Fake Antivirus Tool, you can combat such infections and clean your PC from malware.

Another term under which fake antivirus programs are known would be rouge AV, and they can be very hard to get rid of. The usual behavior of a fake rouge antivirus program would be:

Unwanted installation, either via autorun or via browser attack.
Shutting down the actual AV that is installed.
Blocking access to system areas where we might delete it.
Constant infection notifications, fake ones or even those caused by the AV itself.
Payment for the full version of the software so that viruses can be deleted.

As you can see from the image above, from the default interface of Fake Antivirus Remover, using the program is very easy, and it doesn’t take long for the program to find problems and fix them. That’s not the problem, the problem would be to actually run it on a machine where fake AV has taken control, that’s why there are several different ways to run Fake Antivirus Remover on a PC.

Similar software: Norton Power, Rootkit Revealer

Delete rouge antivirus with Fake Antivirus Remover

Now before you start thinking that this antivirus remover is actually a rouge antivirus, you can be rest assured, it’s not. Trend Micro is a famous security company which can be trusted. To go around the various blockages that fake security programs put on the computer, once they’re nested, Fake Antivirus can be downloaded with 4 different run methods:

svchost.exe – to fool the fake AV into thinking that it’s not here to help, that it’s just a system process
svchhost.exe.zip – if you can’t run archives on the infected machine
FakeAntivirusRemoval.exe – if there are no blockages by the Fake AV
FakeAntivirusRemoval.exe.zip, if zip works, but .exe does not

Once you have downloaded the method of starting this fake antivirus removal tool and ran it, you’ll be presented with the screen that you see above, by selecting the scan all processes:

The program will search through the list of currently active processes and look for any signs of rouge AV programs. Upon detection, the located files can be terminated, quarantined or deleted. Single process scan is also possible, for when you suspect that a process could be bad, but can’t be sure.

There is also an option to start a scan by dragging and dropping the scan icon, it’s the button that’s located all the way down at the bottom of the program window. This is again for those situation when fake AV blocks normal starting options of just pressing the Start or Go button. Even though it’s beta, Trend Micro’s Fake AV Remover is very useful, use it if you have problems with fake antivirus infection.

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Free File Sharing Program: Sharetastic

Posted: 26 Jun 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Sharetastic is a powerful file sharing program which comes with exceptional features that is smart enough to know what exactly the user wants. It comes packed in with great features whereby the ghost ratings and the complete user managed queue area deserves a mention. Moreover you would not face issues while sharing large files with Sharetastic. The added advantage to the software is the ability to store big files where you need no big servers for uploading and storing all your important files. Sharetastic comes powered with the technology of the popular Torrents where the files are broken in small pieces which then gets hosted on a PC of different individuals who belong to the P2P network.

With Sharetastic it is possible for you to find and download the shared files. The added feature which Sharetastic comes with is the ability to help you search files or contents that suits your tastes. This is configured through the initial wizard, which is run at the time you start the application on your system.

Installing this file sharing program

The installation takes about a few seconds when you are ready to use this free file sharing program on your computer. However being a file of around 13 MB it might take you sometime before the setup would have been downloaded on your computer. After the program completes its initial installation on your computer you need to process and select a few options in a step by step customization of the software. It involves setting up your internet connection and the speed of it. Further it would ask you to register add or delete a particular folder which you wish to be shared on your system. Moving ahead you are asked to put in your credentials i.e. your name and place where you belong to. The wizard asks you few more options to check or uncheck and completes in a 7 step window before the actual window of the software appears on your screen. You can also try Sharest, eMule and iSendr reviewed by us.

Using Sharetastic

The main window of the software gives you every option where you can search your own system, manage your media files, share them, or even download the other torrents online. In the search option type the file you are looking for and click search. You would be redirected to the Search Window of the application with all the possible related results.

Right click on the file which you were searching for and if it is there in the search results then click on download to download it on your system. Depending on the size of your file it would download on your computer.

You can click on the Library tab where you would find all the files which you have in your library. In the Media Tab you could open the media files which you may have downloaded from this software. The Transfers tab shows the current transfers or downloads which you may have initiated for the files you want. You can add channels to chat with the other users as well.

After you enter a channel click on connect at the bottom and you would see several users who are already connected to the respective channels. So you can actually communicate with other users, discuss or may even ask for files which you had been looking for. Great way to share isn't it? Download Sharetastic free.

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