With 400 million uniques in 2012, reddit is one of the most popular websites in the world.

The news and entertainment site lets users submit links or text, which get voted up or down by other users. We at Business Insider can attest to the value of getting a link in a prominent place on reddit (aka the front page of the Internet).

The craziest thing about this online superpower is that it's powered mostly by anonymous users.

The whole thing depends on "karma." Popular posts and comments are upvoted and receive karma, while unpopular ones are downvoted and lose karma. Users with the most karma (especially comment karma) are the superstars of this online community and exert significant power in driving the conversation.

We've pulled a popular comment and information when available from the top comment karma holders. Please email Walt and Gus with suggestions and corrections.

#17 ImNotJesus

ImNotJesus has been a redditor for almost two years and accumulated 363,453 comment karma. He claims to have been employed a suicide hotline.

TOP COMMENT:

In a thread that asked what movie you could turn around and say the good guy was really the bad guy, ImNotJesus said:

Any guy from a romantic comedy that basically stalks the girl and then steals her from her current boyfriend.

He then added:

#16 pseudolobster

A member since October 2010, pseudolobster has accumulated 377,327 comment karma.

TOP COMMENT:

In a thread featuring this scary photo, pseudolobster commented:

#15 se7en_sinner

A member since November 2011, se7en_sinner has accumulated 378,028 comment karma.

CLASSIC COMMENT:

In a thread about a raccoon that a guy mistook for a cat, se7en_sinner posted this image and commented:

I found your cat.

Karma measured on 3/13/13.

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Activist investor manager Bill Ackman, the CEO of $12 billion Pershing Square Capital Management, has released a new presentation taking on Herbalife. 

Late last year, Ackman publicly announced that he's shorting more than a 20 million shares of Herbalife, a multi-level marketing firm that sell nutrition products.

The premise of his short thesis is that he believes the company is a pyramid scheme and that the government will be induced to investigate the company. Ackman has a price target of zero on his short.  In other words, he thinks the company will fail.

Taking the other side, a number of hedge fund managers have snapped up big long positions in Herbalife, most notably Daniel Loeb of Third Point and Ackman's long-time rival Carl Icahn. 

Ackman's latest presentation compares Herbalife to Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing, a multi-level marketing company that was accused of operating as a pyramid scheme by the Federal Trade Commission and Attorneys General from Kentucky, North Carolina and Illinois.

We've included his new slide deck "Side-by-Side: A Comparison of Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing and Herbalife" in the slides that follow.  

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By its very nature, the tech industry is full of creative people working on amazing new things.

Even so there are some people that stand out above and beyond.

These are the people who change the game. They create mind-blowing technology and startups that alter the industry.

Sometimes they do this over and over again.

Jony Ive, Senior Vice President of Industrial Design, Apple

Jony Ive is the star designer responsible for many of Apple's biggest, most important products including the MacBook Pro, iMac, MacBook Air, iPod, iPod Touch, iPhone, iPad and iPad Mini.

Word is, he's in charge of Apple's rumored upcoming iWatch, too.

Gabe Newell, cofounder, Valve

Don't call billionaire Gabe Newell the boss of Valve Software, the uber-successful gaming company he cofounded in 1996.

The company says it has "no bosses, no middle management, no bureaucracy. Just highly motivated peers coming together to make cool stuff."

But Gabe is clearly Valve's creative heart and soul. Valve became famous for its video games (like Half-Life and Portal). Then Newell launched Steam, an online social gaming site that serves nearly 2,000 titles to over 50 million gamers.

Valve’s Source engine is also a wildly popular game development tool.

Julie Uhrman, founder, CEO Ouya

Julie Uhrman has been a game industry exec for a long time, at Vivendi Universal, IGN, GameFly, and other places. 

Ouya is a new Android-based video game console running its own version of the Android operating system that Uhrman dreamed up last year, designd by legend Yves Behar.

She put Ouya on Kickstarter to gage interest and the project went crazy, raising $8.6 million from more than 63,000 people. It's due out in June.

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Like everyone else on the Street, we watch financial television non-stop. 

What's amazing is how much the reporters have changed their appearance over the years. 

We have put together a "then and now" of several top financial TV reporters from CNBC, Fox Biz, and Bloomberg TV. 

Some of them we found embarrassing hairstyles from the 80s and 90s and others adorable childhood shots.  Some of them really haven't changed all that much.  

THEN: Recognize this adorable child actress? It's Melissa Francis as Cassandra Ingalls on the TV show 'Little House On The Prairie.'

NOW: Francis, who previously worked as an anchor for CNBC, is on Fox Business these days.

THEN: Recognize this guy? It's Bill Griffeth anchoring FNN during the stock market crash of 1987. We love that mustache.

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Google Reader users across the Internet are upset after the search giant announced yesterday the end of it's news feed service.

Google offered two simple reasons to retiring the reader service: a decline in usage, and a company-wide effort to pour energy into fewer products.

Luckily, some apps have already emerged as clear alternatives that will still work even after Google Reader ceases to exist July 1.

Our favorite alternative to Google Reader right now is, Feedly.

We like Feedly so much because it is easy to use, simple, and looks great. And Feedly gives us something we've wanted forever: a great Google Reader app.

We made the switch to Feedly today and couldn't be happier, check out our walkthrough of the web and mobile apps.

Feedly is a great way to digest news on the web. It is a web browser app but also available for iOS, Android, and Kindle. To get started head to Feedly.com.

Since we're using Google Chrome we were redirected to the Chrome Store. Simply click "add to Chrome". If you use a different browser the steps will be slightly different.

Clicking "Add" is the final step of the installation.

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North Korea is threatening Seoul again, this time over a disputed island.

If you've watched the news at all in the past decade or so — ever since Pyongyang tested nuclear weapons — this may sound like a broken record.

But you may not realize just how far back the North's histrionics extend.

We went back and pulled news headlines from more than 50 years of North Korean bluster against the South.

In some ways we shouldn't be surprised: the war never officially ended. An armistice was signed when the U.N. withdrew troops in 1953.

But the five decades of mostly empty threats we've put together should show you that the latest flare-ups are nothing new.

Hostilities had ended by 1954. But just four years later it seemed like there'd barely been any progress.

And by '66, skirmishes had begun breaking out again.

Kim Il Sung, who ran the country during this time, can be credited with starting the trend of periodic bluster, which was mostly came from frustration over American forces' ongoing presence in the South. He ended up ruling until his death in 1994.

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The cast and crew of "Big Bang Theory" opened up immensely about the series at PaleyFest. 

The annual series follows panel discussions of current TV series for one week in Los Angeles. 

The stars and producers of CBS' hit comedy took the opportunity to reveal secrets from the set during its panel Wednesday evening. 

The Hollywood Reporter compiled a list of 15 items the cast and crew shared. 

From the origins of Sheldon's get well "Soft Kitty" song to catchphrase "Bazinga!", see the top five things the stars of the show revealed. 

5. Bernadette's voice is based on her own mother.

Actress Melissa Rauch said her snappy and boisterous, yet sweet character Bernadette is inspired by her mom.  

"Only without the Jersey! Tonally, it's very similar,"said Rauch. 

(Source: THR)

4. The cast really plays instruments on set.

Amy (Mayim Bialik) and Sheldon (Jim Parsons) are actually playing the harp and theremin on the show. Both learned how to play the instruments after it was decided a harp would be Amy's favorite instrument.

(Source: THR)

3. The real mind behind the "Big Bang Theory" flash mob was Kaley Cuoco's sister, Briana.

Last October, Kaley Cuoco led the cast and crew in a giant flash mob set to Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe." Cuoco's sister, Brianna choreographed the entire thing. 

As a result, Briana landed a cameo spot on the Valentine's Day episode of "Big Bang Theory." She also choreographed another big scene on co-creator Chuck Lorre's other show, "Two and a Half Men."

Check out the flash mob here.

(Source: THR)

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The Marina Bay Sands hotel in Singapore opened its doors in 2010, to the tune of a whopping $5.7 billion.

That amount paid for the massive 2,561-room hotel, a museum, casino, restaurants, bars, a swanky shopping mall, and the pièce de résistance: the SkyPark, an insane rooftop pleasure dome with a 150-meter (492 ft.) infinity pool.

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Located on the 57th floor, this pool offers stunning views of Singapore's financial district, Marina Bay, and beyond. It's the largest and highest infinity pool in the world, according to the hotel, and if you swim up to the pool's edge, it feels like you're about to fall off the top of the world.

The SkyPark is only open to hotel guests, which provides some exclusivity. Rooms at the Marina Bay Sands start at S$399 per night for a double.

We recently had the chance to visit the Marina Bay Sands, and were amazed by the SkyPark and pool. Here's what we saw.

Disclosure: Our trip to Singapore, including travel and lodging expenses, was sponsored by the Singapore Tourism Board.

For context, here's what Marina Bay Sands looks like from the outside. The SkyPark, which connects the hotel's three towers, looks a bit like a cruise ship perched in the air.

From the edge of the SkyPark, you can see how the entire pool curves.

The pool is just as stunning as you might think.

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Startups are known for their T-shirts.

Which ones rocked the best designs at the ultimate startup conference, South by Southwest?

We collected our favorites from all over Austin. GroupMe takes the cake.

Dropbox offered its iconic shirts in multiple colors.

Grand Street, a New York-based startup that sells a few awesome gadgets per week, repped its brand with this shirt and hat.

Fox promoted its show New Girl with a quote from one of its characters: "Can't we just take a moment to celebrate me?" Although, seeing as SXSW is a tech conference, it'd be funnier if Eric Schmidt had said it.

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Curbed reports that "Chateau Aromois", a beautiful East Hampton home built by late value investor Christopher Browne, is on sale for $22.9 million. 

The five-bedroom, five and half bathroom home listed by Brown Harris Stevens was originally put on the market for $28.5 million. 

Browne, a famous value investor and the co-founder of mutual fund company Tweedy Browne, did much of the lush landscaping on the property himself, according to Curbed. He died three years ago of a heart attack. He was 62.

It's definitely a dream home and now we're going to take a photo tour. 

Here's an aerial shot of the property.

Source: Brown Harris

The home was built in 1998.

Source: Brown Harris

The house features a stucco exterior.

Source: Brown Harris

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As much as we like to be assured that our money is sitting safely inside a bank vault, there’s something about the audaciousness of a bank heist that captures the imagination.

Why else would there be so many successful films depicting them?

Spectators generally like to focus on superlatives: either the most massive robberies or the most fruitless ones. But the actual heist is only the beginning of the story. What happens afterward is just as important, which is why we rounded up some foreign bank robbers who were caught — or at least identified — but still managed to turn things around for themselves.

Georgia: Vladimir Lenin & Joseph Stalin

Known as the 1907 Tiflis bank robbery, this heist was organized by a group of Bolsheviks that included Vladimir Lenin and Joesph Stalin.

These revolutionaries supported using robbery and other militant activities as a means to their end, and they stole approximately 341,000 rubles ($3.4 million in today's terms) from a bank stagecoach in Tiflis—now the capital of Georgia—as funds to purchase more weaponry. Sources dispute where exactly Stalin was at the time of the attack, but there's no doubt that both men went on to achieve great political success without having to answer for the crime.

Ireland: Kenneth Littlejohn

British-born Kenneth Littlejohn had quite a colorful career: After two Birmingham robberies and a brief stint in jail, he moved to Dublin in 1970 to start his own company and became a popular guy in town, even learning to fly and winning the affections of a local billionaire heiress.

He then moved back to England, and through the connections of his brother Keith, whose prison rehabilitation had become the pet project of Lady Pamela Onslow, Kenneth managed to convince MI6 to hire him as an agent to infiltrate the Official Irish Republican Army.

The two brothers subsequently robbed a Dublin bank of  £67,000 in 1972—apparently at the behest of the British government, who of course denied the claims. The siblings managed to return to England, where they were caught two years later, but escaped two years after that. While on the run, Kenneth brazenly gave press interviews; he was inevitably imprisoned again but was let out early on the

England: Derek “Bertie” Smalls

By his mid-30s, Derek Creighton "Bertie" Smalls had already become a career criminal as well as a respected figure in the London underworld.

In 1970, he led a gang of thieves in robbing a Barclays Bank of a record £237,000. After he was caught, the clever robber offered to give up the name of every criminal he had worked with in exchange for full immunity, which was granted to him for the first and only time in British history.

Smalls' underworld cohorts were so inflamed by his snitching that they put a £1 million price on his head, forcing him to live under police protection until he died of natural causes in 2008 at the age of 73.

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There are more than 2 million street signs in New York City, there to keep pedestrians, cars, buses, cyclists, and everyone else informed and safe.

To keep all of them up to date and in solid shape, the city's Department of Transportation makes between 9,000 and 12,000 new signs each month, produced by a team of just 22 people.

The process starts at the DOT Maspeth Sign Shop in Queens, where the signs are designed, cut, and printed, and it ends all around the city.

To show off how it's done, the DOT produced a short video of how it manufactures the signs at such an astounding rate.

Watch the full video, or click through to see.

The DOT Sign Shop makes 9,000 to 12,000 new signs a month, in all shapes and sizes.

That's around 110,000 signs each year. The shop is also responsible for refurbishing or recycling old signs.

A 22-person staff does all the work.

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JCPenney's new partnership with affordable Canadian brand Joe Fresh has been hailed as a potential lifeline for the struggling retailer. But others aren't so sure.

The new Joe Fresh line will put JCPenney's new boutique idea for "branded sales space" to the test, featuring a line of bright, colorful clothing, and for a steal. Everything in the collection is under $70.

The designs will be featured in about 700 JCPenney retail stores across the country, and the two companies have a four-year deal.

The line is bound to attract bargain-savvy consumers. But one analyst quoted in Businessweek said the Joe Fresh partnership will be the true test of whether JCPenney can work its way out of the hole its dug itself into.

“If Joe Fresh doesn’t work, this could be the worst Ides of March since Brutus greeted Caesaron the floor of the Senate,” Maxim analyst Rick Snyder told Bloomberg Businessweek. "[Joe Fresh] is kind of a microcosm of what they’re trying to do, and if it doesn’t work, I think it’s going to get really ugly.”

Joe Fresh was launched by designer Joe Mimran in 2006.

Mimran grew up in Toronto and had been enthralled by fashion since he was a kid.

He first joined the fashion business in 1976. His brother owned a factory that aimed to recreate their mother's dress designs for a mass audience. They called it "Ms. Originals."

Mimran founded Joe Fresh as a more affordable brand that would be sold in Canadian supermarkets.

It was formed under Loblaw Companies Limited as a way to compete with Wal-Mart's increasing Canadian presence. And essentially, Joe Fresh was selling its frocks next to food.

Within a few years, Joe Fresh had multiplied into 330 locations throughout Canada and featured men's and women's clothing items from pants to purses. 

The brand is named after the designer himself. And the Fresh is "a nod to groceries."

Mimran was also behind the launch of the Club Monaco brand.

Mimran, who was born in Monaco, was inspired to develop the line after he could not find a plain white t-shirt he liked.

The brand, known for providing "affordable luxury with a modern sensibility," is headquartered in New York City and has more than 140 worldwide locations, including stores in Belgium, Singapore and the UK.

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Cheryl Tiegs, who claims to be America's first supermodel, has listed her gated Bel Air home for $12 million, according to celebrity real estate blog The Real Estalker.

Tiegs purchased the home back in 1996 for an unknown sum, and had the home redesigned in a Balinese style by Martyn Lawrence Bullard, a designer on Bravo's Million Dollar Decorator.

The listing through Rodeo Realty says the model's mansion is 4,770 square feet, and has five bedrooms, a wine cellar, eat-in kitchen, and views of downtown LA from the backyard.

In fact, the only thing that would be missing if you bought this home is the perpetually-gorgeous supermodel herself.

The home is in East Gate Bel Air and sits on 1.43 acres of property.

Source: Joe Babajian

It has long driveway with a large motor court for multiple cars.

Source: Joe Babajian

The one-story home was designed by Martyn Lawrence Bullard.

Source: Joe Babajian

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The "Dream Hub" in Seoul was supposed to be a "city within a city" — home to a dozen skyscrapers, waterfront parks, and business and residential facilities.

But the $28 billion project, officially called the Yongsan International Business District, is on the line after developers defaulted on a major loan repayment amid a real estate slump, AFP reports.

We won't know whether the project will go bankrupt until June, when another round of loans matures.

While ground has been broken on the project, it's still a far way from the gleaming city pictured in the Dream Hub's promotional materials.

The ambitious 'Dream Hub' development plan is conveniently located near the airport. Promotional materials go so far as to call it "Center of the World."

The $28 billion development will be situated by the Han River, one of the most important in Korea.

The layout of the buildings is supposed to resemble the Golden Crown of Shilla, an ancient treasure of South Korea.

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Samsung just released the official details of its new flagship phone, the Galaxy S4.

We have all the features and initial impressions right here, but check out the gallery below for some hands-on photos and a walkthrough of how the GS4 works.

The Galaxy S4 has a 5-inch HD display. The screen is slightly larger than the one on the Galaxy S III. Here's a look at the lock screen.

The home screen is nearly identical to the one on the Galaxy S III. It runs the same Android software, after all.

But Samsung added a lot of exclusive features to the Galaxy S4. Here's the control panel that lets you toggle each feature on and off. We'll go over the most important ones here.

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The upcoming U.N. vote to ratify the declaration titled "End Violence against Women"has rankled Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood, so much so that they released an official statement on their English language website.

They call the declaration "euphemistically" named.

They say it's misleading. They say it's deceptive. They say that it will unravel the very fabric of the civilized world ... a fabric where control, particularly over women, lies firmly in the hands of men.

The rights they don't want to see include:

1. Granting girls full sexual freedom, as well as the freedom to decide their own gender and the gender of their partners (ie, choose to have normal or homo- sexual relationships), while raising the age of marriage.

2. Providing contraceptives for adolescent girls and training them to use those, while legalizing abortion to get rid of unwanted pregnancies, in the name of sexual and reproductive rights.

3. Granting equal rights to adulterous wives and illegitimate sons resulting from adulterous relationships.

4. Granting equal rights to homosexuals, and providing protection and respect for prostitutes.

5. Giving wives full rights to file legal complaints against husbands accusing them of rape or sexual harassment, obliging competent authorities to deal husbands punishments similar to those prescribed for raping or sexually harassing a stranger.

6. Equal inheritance (between men and women).

7. Replacing guardianship with partnership, and full sharing of roles within the family between men and women such as: spending, child care and home chores.

8. Full equality in marriage legislation such as: allowing Muslim women to marry non-Muslim men, and abolition of polygamy, dowry, men taking charge of family spending, etc.

9. Removing the authority of divorce from husbands and placing it in the hands of judges, and sharing all property after divorce.

10. Cancelling the need for a husband’s consent in matters like: travel, work, or use of contraception.

As if this set of rules isn't scary enough, there's a decent swath of America who would agree with these reasons.

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In the near-term, investors are having a tough time deciding how to position themselves with stocks near their all-time highs.

But those thinking longer-term are probably more concerned about which stocks they should be in.

Morgan Stanley just published a massive 32-page report for its "20 For 2016," a list of 20 stock picks.

"The main criterion is sustainability — of competitive advantages, business model, pricing power, cost efficiency, and growth," the analysts wrote.

"We are taking a long term view," they continued. "There was no prerequisite in our analysis that they be rated Overweight, nor specific assumptions about where we are in the economic cycle or any other valuation considerations. Our driving principle was to create a list of companies whose business models and market positions would be increasingly differentiated by 2016."

We pulled the 20 stocks and highlighted the 5 year revenue and earnings growth rates. We also included one of the many reasons why the analysts picked each stock.

Amazon.com

Ticker: AMZN

Revenue Growth: 22%

EPS Growth: 41%

Sector: Consumer Discretionary

"Amazon.com has the largest scale in fulfillment assets of any retailer, online or offline."

Source: Morgan Stanley

American Tower

Ticker: AMT

Revenue Growth: 10%

EPS Growth: 29%

Sector: Telecom Services

"We believe that LTE rollouts should continue to drive domestic lease volumes, as growth from overseas markets with more attractive lease-up opportunities provides upside."

Source: Morgan Stanley

BlackRock

Ticker: BLK

Revenue Growth: 8%

EPS Growth: 14%

Sector: Financials

"We view BLK as a long-term winner in asset management due to its industry-leading ETF platform and strength in alternative and multi-asset classes."

Source: Morgan Stanley

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So you don't want to shell out for the latest smart TV with all its internet-connectedness and integrated streaming media apps.

That's fine. There's a much more affordable way to trick out your boob tube.

Use one of a number of peripherals that plug into your TV to help it come alive with the same internet functionality and then some.

Roku is a go-to solution for streaming content

Stream Netflix or load it up with your own movie files. You can even play games. Roku has made excellent smart TV peripherals for a while now, and the Roku 2 XD is no exception.

Price: starting at $49.99

Apple TV is a great accessory if you already have lots of Apple gear

Mac users might want to take a look at the Apple TV, the company's own smart TV box. It runs all the apps you'd expect, like Netflix and Hulu, and can even wirelessly mirror your computer's or iPad's display for turning your television into a giant monitor.

Price: $99.00

The PlayStation 3 obviously plays games, but it's also a great streaming machine

The Playstation 3 offers a great selection of video games and apps to turn your television into a full-fledged entertainment center. It offers an integrated movie store, the ability to play your own digital files, and of course run your Netflix and Hulu apps.

Price: $269

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We recently did a report on where some of Wall Street's top hedge fund managers went to college.

While there's a belief that in order to get a Wall Street job you need to graduate from an Ivy League with a 3.5 GPA, we learned that a bunch of the most successful hedge funders went to non-Ivy League schools. 

So we were curious where some of Wall Street's biggest names went to high school.

We decided to comb through alumni lists of prep schools to find ones with big name Wall Street alums. 

Of course, you don't have to go to one to be successful on the Street just like you don't have to graduate from an Ivy League either. 

We've included our round up in the slides that follow. 

Episcopal High School

Notable Wall Street Alum(s): Julian Robertson (Tiger Management), Lee Ainslie III ("Tiger Cub"/Maverick) and Louis Bacon (Moore Capital)

Location: Alexandria, Virginia 

Enrollment: ~435

Fun Fact:"Tiger Cub" Lee Ainslie III's father was the headmaster of EHS. 

Deerfield Academy

Notable Wall Street Alum:Chase Coleman (Tiger Global), John Weinberg (former Goldman Sachs chairman)

Location: Deerfield, Massachusetts 

Enrollment: ~600

The Browning School

Notable Wall Street Alum(s): Jamie Dimon (JPMorgan Chase CEO) 

Location: 52 East 62nd Street, New York, NY

Enrollment: ~375 (all boys) 

Fun Fact: Famed short-seller Jim Chanos (Kynikos Associates) is the president of the school's board of trustees. His three sons graduated from Browning. 

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