Former LAPD officer goes over the edge

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The worst part about the mis- identification is that hes reported to be in a Nissan Titan, not a Toyota Tacoma like they shot up.

Go Go LA cops, typical government corruption at work.

Well, they at least got the colour right so they're probably up for promotion.

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Incompetence not corruption.

No reason it cant be both. Considering the BOLO basically details nothing but that he was escaping a shootout with police, armed and dangerous, and the truck make model and colour. Only more information is accessible by digging for it.

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No reason it cant be both. Considering the BOLO basically details nothing but that he was escaping a shootout with police, armed and dangerous, and the truck make model and colour. Only more information is accessible by digging for it.

The BOLO given said make and model on their laptop inside the squad car. I would say it is more incompetence than corruption and the officers that shot up the wrong truck should be suspended. They either misread the BOLO or the Make/Model of the truck.

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The BOLO given said make and model on their laptop inside the squad car. I would say it is more incompetence than corruption and the officers that shot up the wrong truck should be suspended. They either misread the BOLO or the Make/Model of the truck.

So they miss read the mark and model .. okay fair enough. Then they "don't" acquire visual confirmation BUT know that there are 2 occupants. They start going for headshots from behind for both of the occupants. ... Do you see what I am doing here?

And this isn't the only blue car that got shot up today. There is a kill order out for this guy.

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So they miss read the mark and model .. okay fair enough. Then they acquire visual confirmation BUT know that there are 2 occupants. They start going for headshots from behind for both of the occupants. ... Do you see what I am doing here?

And this isn't the only blue car that got shot up today. There is a kill order out for this guy.

Yes I see but the Police have to be held to higher standards. If there was a Kill order out then I would consider that to be corruption. A cop is not the Judge/jury and executioner. This guy still is entitled to his day in court.

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So they miss read the mark and model .. okay fair enough. Then they "don't" acquire visual confirmation BUT know that there are 2 occupants. They start going for headshots from behind for both of the occupants. ... Do you see what I am doing here?

And this isn't the only blue car that got shot up today. There is a kill order out for this guy.

This guy wont get his day in court, I am willing to bet that if this guy arranges to be brought in by proxy he will still somehow have "complications" that result in his death before anything more can be said.
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Yes I see but the Police have to be held to higher standards. If there was a Kill order out then I would consider that to be corruption. A cop is not the Judge/jury and executioner. This guy still is entitled to his day in court.

You are correct and sadly like SierraSonic mentions it might never happen. It is sad on what he did, but it does seem like he could do a lot more damage being alive and in a court room.

There was a similar case like that not a while ago about some FBI guy who went missing. A search was conducted and after a month his body was found not too far away from his home.

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Scratch my earlier comment - apparently he was driving a grey Nissan. So not only did they get the make and model wrong but the colour too. They should be locked up for attempted murder.

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Scratch my earlier comment - apparently he was driving a grey Nissan. So not only did they get the make and model wrong but the colour too. They should be locked up for attempted murder.

Not a good time to be an LA Cop. I wonder how long it will be before the Chief gets canned? Mark Thurman screwed up less than this.

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Not a good time to be an LA Cop. I wonder how long it will be before the Chief gets canned? Mark Thurman screwed up less than this.

Well, the department needs to be thoroughly investigated - if the assertions about his dismissal are true then the way he was treated was disgusting. However, in absolutely no way does that give him the right to take other people's lives.

American policing is completely out of hand, as demonstrated by the shootings of completely unrelated vehicles. People need to be able to trust in the police and if they commit crimes then they should be dealt with harshly. Obviously some departments are worse than others and the LAPD seems to be one of the worst. But the idea that the police are operating on a shoot-on-sight policy is disturbing, whether it's official or not. No matter the severity of the crimes involved the perpetrator should always be brought in alive and only shot as an absolute last resort.

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You clearly are for innocent people being killed, as you stated that "something has to be done", that the only thing that makes a difference is the "loss of life" and that the "only way" is by going "outside the law". I've read plenty of ridiculous statements in my time but that is certainly one of the worst offenders. That's the sort of insanity promoted by gun advocates, with the notion that the government has to be overthrown if it is considered to have stepped out of line. The answer to society's problems is not to go around killing people.

Me understanding the harsh reality of life and being "Okay with murdering innocents" is 2 totally different areas. I'm not for killing anything, but I still want and eat meat. Doesn't mean I want the animals dead. There is a huge difference. Just because sometimes bad things must be done, doesn't mean that people want them done. But in reality, the line between right and wrong, is only drawn depending on the situation at hand. It can easily change depending on what is happening. If you don't understand that, you are blinding yourself to life.

The fix to a corrupt government isn't through the corrupt governments laws and rules. That is why there is always a revolution when a country gets bad enough. If most governmental problems could be fixed with talking.... we wouldn't have wars. The harsh reality through life, that you will/should learn, is that sometimes, bad things must happen for the greater good. Doesn't make it right, doesn't make it wrong. It's called life. We make arbitrary rights and wrongs, depending on the times and society. Those change ever so often. Murder is bad, but OK during war.... Murder is bad, except against criminals.... Murder is bad, unless the person is already in severe pain and it's their wish to die..... There are many times when the bad choice is the "right" choice.

If we use your ideology... If you ever thought 1 country in a war was fighting for the right thing, then you must also be for the death of innocents. Because in every war, innocents die. Silly when put like that huh?

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Well, the department needs to be thoroughly investigated - if the assertions about his dismissal are true then the way he was treated was disgusting. However, in absolutely no way does that give him the right to take other people's lives.

American policing is completely out of hand, as demonstrated by the shootings of completely unrelated vehicles. People need to be able to trust in the police and if they commit crimes then they should be dealt with harshly. Obviously some departments are worse than others and the LAPD seems to be one of the worst. But the idea that the police are operating on a shoot-on-sight policy is disturbing, whether it's official or not. No matter the severity of the crimes involved the perpetrator should always be brought in alive and only shot as an absolute last resort.

If you think this is out of hand, The Obama Admin is starting to use Drones on US Citizens.

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If you think this is out of hand, The Obama Admin is starting to use Drones on US Citizens.

They've already done that. Anwar al-Aulaqi.

Thought I'm not sure why it's a big deal that they're being used on US citizens. They've been used on many nationalities for a while now and they didn't have to clarify why they're allowed to.

Isn't as though US lives are worth more.

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Me understanding the harsh reality of life and being "Okay with murdering innocents" is 2 totally different areas. I'm not for killing anything, but I still want and eat meat. Doesn't mean I want the animals dead. There is a huge difference. Just because sometimes bad things must be done, doesn't mean that people want them done. But in reality, the line between right and wrong, is only drawn depending on the situation at hand. It can easily change depending on what is happening. If you don't understand that, you are blinding yourself to life.

As I highlighted previously, your statement shows that you condone his actions. To think that murdering people is necessary to expose his unfair dismissal is ridiculous.

If you think this is out of hand, The Obama Admin is starting to use Drones on US Citizens.

Obama is as bad as Bush, there is no doubt about that. He might not have officially started any wars but the drone programme operates in countries without any legal authority and without any proper scrutiny. I mean, why declare war when you can simply kill anybody you want without have to do so? Through the CIA he supplied arms to the Libyan rebels, which overthrew a government - those arms then flooded into Mali, which turned the country into a terrorist hotspot. Military action is taking place there (though it's not called a war) and is likely to continue for a while. And the CIA has done a similar thing with Syria, except now they're starting to realise that the rebels might not actually be any better than the existing government.

Obama promised change but he's just Bush 2.0 - he basically has the same policies but he's a bit smarter about implementing them. He has continued the United States' appalling foreign policy, which is one of the reasons the country is so widely despised. And now it looks like Iraq is flaring up again and Afghanistan could follow with the withdrawal of troops.

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As I highlighted previously, your statement shows that you condone his actions. To think that murdering people is necessary to expose his unfair dismissal is ridiculous.

It's not just about his unfair dismissal though. It's about the corruption within the law and how it needs to stop. It can't be stopped by trying to use the law. He already tried that. What he is doing, is what every nation has had done when the law is corrupt and no longer works. It isn't good, it isn't right, but it is something that sometimes must be done. The murdering he is doing, is bad, but it is the only thing that will wake this nation up and spur it into action. Whether that action leads towards the corruption ending, or towards more cover ups, is up to history. But when the government has failed, all legal options have no effect, and the abuse continues to happen, the only options left are those that will most likely put you in the worst of light. But sometimes, it takes a sacrifice to make something happen.

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It's not just about his unfair dismissal though. It's about the corruption within the law and how it needs to stop. It can't be stopped by trying to use the law. He already tried that. What he is doing, is what every nation has had done when the law is corrupt and no longer works.

He is not a nation; he is an individual and individuals can't go around murdering people when things don't work out how they want. If you can't accept that what he's doing is absolutely unacceptable - not just in my opinion but according to society and the laws that govern it - then I have no interest in discussing this any further with you.

It scares me that you think exactly like Anders Breivik. :|

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As I highlighted previously, your statement shows that you condone his actions. To think that murdering people is necessary to expose his unfair dismissal is ridiculous.

Obama is as bad as Bush, there is no doubt about that. He might not have officially started any wars but the drone programme operates in countries without any legal authority and without any proper scrutiny. I mean, why declare war when you can simply kill anybody you want without have to do so? Through the CIA he supplied arms to the Libyan rebels, which overthrew a government - those arms then flooded into Mali, which turned the country into a terrorist hotspot. Military action is taking place there (though it's not called a war) and is likely to continue for a while. And the CIA has done a similar thing with Syria, except now they're starting to realise that the rebels might not actually be any better than the existing government.

Obama promised change but he's just Bush 2.0 - he basically has the same policies but he's a bit smarter about implementing them. He has continued the United States' appalling foreign policy, which is one of the reasons the country is so widely despised. And now it looks like Iraq is flaring up again and Afghanistan could follow with the withdrawal of troops.

Well lets not turn this into another Bush Bashing Thread. Bush did not start any wars, if you recall the US was attacked on 9.11.2001. The Intel that the Congress had was the same as Bush. The Congress OK'd the invasion of Iraq. Now back to the OP, it seems that every law enforcement person is looking for this nut job. They found his burned out truck. This guy is really over the edge. California should ask for help from the National Guard.

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Well lets not turn this into another Bush Bashing Thread. Bush did not start any wars, if you recall the US was attacked on 9.11.2001. The Intel that the Congress had was the same as Bush. The Congress OK'd the invasion of Iraq. Now back to the OP, it seems that every law enforcement person is looking for this nut job. They found his burned out truck. This guy is really over the edge. California should ask for help from the National Guard.

'But history will look back, and I'm fully prepared to accept any mistakes that history judges to my administration because the president makes the decisions, the president has to take the responsibility.' -Bush; The Second Bush-Kerry Presidential Debate, October 8, 2004.

QUESTION: What did Iraq have to do with it?

BUSH: What did Iraq have to do with what?

QUESTION: The attack on the World Trade Center.

BUSH: Nothing. Except it's part of and nobody has suggested in this administration that Saddam Hussein ordered the attack. Iraq was a Iraq the lesson of September 11th is take threats before they fully materialize, Ken. Nobody's ever suggested that the attacks of September the 11th were ordered by Iraq.

Presidential news conference, August 21, 2006.

I guess Chris Dorner is taking a play out of the foreign policy war-book. Armed intervention and preemptive attacks on threats before they materialize.

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This will be my last post about Bush, Both he and his Father's private stuff was hacked today BTW. I said that Congress authorized The War in Iraq. You want to Blame Bush go right ahead but keep some of that Blame for The Congress/

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This will be my last post about Bush, Both he and his Father's private stuff was hacked today BTW. I said that Congress authorized The War in Iraq. You want to Blame Bush go right ahead but keep some of that Blame for The Congress/

I just quoted the man.

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The setup process is pretty straightforward, through a wizard, and in full below: TOS 7 Initialization As you can see, TOS 7 received a new coat of paint, and the initialization requires fewer interactions. Happily, TOS no longer decides to throw all disks into the same Storage Pool; 2.5-inch HDDs are allocated into Storage Pool 1. This is because two of the HDDs are allocated to hold system files. Previously (with TOS 5 and 6), if you pre-installed HDDs and SSDs, they were all placed into Storage Pool 1, even if you did not select the SSDs for inclusion during the onboarding. TOS 7 Setup On first boot, there is a tutorial and some steps to take to harden the TNAS (or not), which includes an immediate update from TOS 7.0.0616 to 7.0.0706, of which the changelog screenshot is also included in the above gallery. It must be noted that the Security Advisor still contains (in my opinion) a pretty major bug in that if you enable SPC and then do the required rebooting, the Security Advisor still says that SPC is disabled. TerraMaster provided the following statement about it: It is disappointing that TOS 7 has been in beta since December, and this OOBE issue is still there. Shutdown option has moved Instead of a Taskbar option to manage the NAS, all of these options have been moved to a "Start panel", initially I didn't see it and my contact had to show me how to power off the F4-425 Pro. To logout, reboot or power off you can find those controls at the top right of the Panel. It is also possible to power off through the TNAS mobile app beta. Storage setup Above, you can see the steps I took to create the Storage Pools and Volumes. I made a second Storage Pool using TRAID on two 4TB MP44Q SSDs (which, in this instance, is similar to RAID 5), and finally, I added the 250GB 970 Evo Plus drive as Hyper Cache on Storage Pool 1 in Balanced mode. Registering If you decide not to lock down the F4-425 Pro in Security Isolation Mode (blocking all external connections), then you could set up a TNAS device ID through the Remote Access setting in the Control Panel (which must be unique). This works in combination with an online TerraMaster account. TOS 7 TNAS Online Creating a TerraMaster account and linking the device online activates the warranty when you provide proof of purchase and the serial number, but it also gives you access through the TNAS mobile app, which allows you to complete certain operationsб including powering off and restarting the NAS remotely. A TNAS mobile update is required to gain access through TOS 7, and this is provided on the TerraMaster website, as it is not yet on Google Play. The app is evolving all the time and has made leaps and bounds since I first started reviewing TerraMaster devices almost three years ago. It is not quite there yet if you are comparing the likes of Synology, which, sadly, a lot of users online do all the time. OpenClaw setup One of the main selling points of the new F4-425 Pro is the inclusion of OpenClaw, with TerraMaster claiming that it is "powered by the world's first AI-native TOS 7 OS, supporting local-first smart workflows and independent data control." However, I immediately ran into problems trying to enable OpenClaw. After waiting 20 minutes at the "Enabling" message of the OpenClaw app following installation, I decided to do some searching online and discovered that it couldn't complete the installation process due to SPC being enabled, which is something TOS 7 immediately recommends to be enabled on first boot. SPC for NAS (TOS 7) is basically the same principle as UAC in Windows; it blocks executables from being launched by non-Super Users. After reaching out to my contact about these issues, I received the following response: Anyway, this only became clear when I closed the OpenClaw app screen and clicked on the OpenClaw icon in the taskbar; that is when I saw the message about disabling SPC. I think, due to the fact that this is a requirement, this should be a prompt during the installation process, not when closing the App Market and then trying to launch OpenClaw. There's also no 'Getting started' guide for people like me who have never used OpenClaw. I tried to add an LLM and discovered the tutorial led nowhere. That's when I started looking around the official TerraMaster forums, and I found a guide that helpfully explains that you won't get anywhere with OpenClaw unless you have a paid plan, which is disappointing because I imagined there would be an option to use a local LLM as I do in SubtitleEdit with Whisper-XXL. In addition, with the marketing imagery on the official site, it says that the OpenClaw feature is "all processed 100% locally for absolute privacy." which led me to believe that I could install a local LLM, not one that required paid tokens. In any case, TerraMaster does not provide guidance for this new feature, which was also a selling point of the F4-425 Pro! My contact also provided clarification about the above points I raised with TerraMaster Since it is not in the scope of the review to add paid services, I'll leave that to the people who are more qualified with OpenClaw. F4-425 Pro Surveillance App TOS also comes with a Surveillance app, which is not installed by default; it can be found in the App Market recommended section. In addition, after installing, it doesn't drop a shortcut on the Desktop or top taskbar, but you can "Send to Desktop" from the App Market listing for the app for a quick way to open it. Adding my Reolink POE doorbell camera was painless. TerraMaster doesn't appear to have a repository of preconfigured cameras; instead, the camera must be added using ONVIF or RTSP. No mobile Surveillance app TerraMaster still doesn't have a dedicated Surveillance app, although from searching online, Surveillance can be used and managed through the TNAS mobile app. I tried this with the updated TNAS mobile app beta in combination with TOS 7 and got a message that Surveillance was "Only accessible through web browser," so I reckon this must be limited to the stable versions of TOS 6 and the mobile app. More quirks In addition, whenever I minimized the Live View window in the browser Surveillance app, the feed appeared to switch to the Low-bandwidth stream, and there was no way to get the High-quality stream back. To get the High-quality stream back, I had to close Live View and then reopen it. Benchmarking A pretty cool feature of the TOS 7 is that it allows you to install directly to the NVMe M.2 SSD. In order to do that, you would have to leave out any HDDs during initialization, and even then, the system partitions are always written to two HDDs when they are eventually added. With three NVMe slots, this also gives an interesting scenario where you could build a TRAID storage Pool for installing all your apps and Docker on, and keep the third for SSD cache on the HDD pool. Limitless options! SATA PCIe 3.0 X1 A CrystalDiskMark test on a mapped network drive from within a Windows 11 25H2 PC (image above) connected over a 5 GbE hub was well within acceptable ranges. Although the read result on SATA was a little less than with the F4-425 Plus, for some reason, while writes were generally better. SATA PCIe 3.0 X1 I also ran the NAS Performance tester, which tests the link speed performance. As you can see, it pretty much maxes out the 5GbE connection. Of course, you can also opt to bond the two 5 GbE connections for a bit more umph, but I didn't do that. TOS 7, which, as of testing, is still in Beta, comes with an App Center that has a bunch of handy programs you can install right off the bat, such as Emby, Plex, Docker, as well as in-house Backup and Surveillance solutions. As you can imagine, any media streaming services you would want to host off the F4-425 Pro will work great, thanks to the Intel Core N350 CPU and its 16 GB of DDR5 memory. Accessing from mobile is only possible if Security Isolation Mode is disabled, which can put your NAS at risk from external sources, so there was no way to access it from the TNAS Mobile app. It's also quiet. I had this sat next to my computer on my work desk for the past week, and I did wonder if the noise I was accustomed to with NAS devices would annoy me, but all I could hear was a soft whirring of the rear fan (which was a little annoying) when the disks were not actively copying or reading data. Conclusion So what have I learned? Unfortunately, this release raises a few important questions and concerns that I feel haven't been adequately addressed. What I didn't like Our variant shipped with TOS 7 beta, and it's advised not to use it in a production environment. I feel that's a bit limiting on an $800 device. The mobile app is also still in beta and does not support some of the first-party apps, like Surveillance, and it still has quite a few bugs. I am a bit confused about the OpenClaw marketing along with the F4-425 Pro. I feel like that if it's going to be a main selling point, then offer official guidance on how to get started with it. TerraMaster recommends enabling SPC, but then markets the NAS for use with OpenClaw, which requires disabling SPC to be able to use it, opening up genuine security concerns for the NAS; and that's before you get into the security concerns of OpenClaw itself. Of course, the above issues won't be a problem if you decide to install something else on it, or even go back to the stable TOS 6. I wish TerraMaster had just given TOS 7 as opt-in rather than shipping with it. TOS 7 has been available as a preview since December 2025 (so well before my last TerraMaster review), and according to a thread on Reddit where a user shared a screenshot from the TerraMaster Facebook page, it is scheduled to launch today, June 23, but there's nothing about that in the TerraMaster news blog. My contact confirmed over email that TOS 7 exits beta today. The rubber feet also deserve a mention as they continue to be a problem, with them coming unstuck the moment you shift the F4-425 Pro anywhere on your desk. What I liked What it comes down to, though, aside from what I already mentioned, you are still getting a quality, affordable device here, so recommending it will depend on the individual's use case. If you're just looking for a relatively small NAS device to manage virtual machines on, backup your files, and take care of your home theater streaming, then it is a great device that will certainly futureproof you for some time. It provides good performance, takes up little space, and is, on the whole, very quiet. Four bays afford proper redundancy using TRAID or RAID 5, and you can even expand on storage capacity by adding the 2-bay D5, or 4-bay D8 Hybrid DAS over a USB 3.2 (10Gbps) link. Considering the 2024 releases were more about power, with the likes of an Intel Core i5-1235U high-end laptop CPU under the hood, I asked my contact last time if we could expect more of the same in higher-end models and was told: It makes a lot of sense to use Intel's N350 chip inside a NAS; it is more than capable of doing what the F4-425 Pro is intended for, media streaming and backup. The only downside is still the clear lack of community and even staff support on the official forums. In the past, I have had topics go unanswered for days, or there would be generic-type "we've noted this and passed it onto our developer team" type responses. Along with the other things I mentioned, it all ends up costing it a couple of points. If you are comfortable with the command line, Docker, and setting up TrueNAS or Unraid, you'll be fine. You can do great things with this hardware. In TOS, the apps are a bit lacking, and things don't always work as expected.\ AI NAS?! What has become clear to me this year is that we are going to start seeing all kinds of "AI NAS" come to market, and while that might be good for us consumers, be diligent and research these claims. Although the F4-425 Pro technically comes with AI, it is really using a cloud service that is externally sourced off-device through the third party OpenClaw app. My colleague did review a newcomer to the NAS space earlier this year, and it includes a local AI assistant inside the Zettlab D4 NAS, and they do not even use AI in the product name, check out Chris' review here. Where to buy and a discount coupon However, it does not change the fact that this is truly a great entry-level home media-class NAS that you can buy right now. TerraMaster is having a 20% off launch discount, plus you can also still apply our unique 10% off coupon on checkout, which only works on the official website. So here is a breakdown of the pricing that is only valid on the official TerraMaster website. TerraMaster F4-425 Pro (N350) + 20% discount + 10% coupon = $575.99 TerraMaster F4-425 Pro (N305) + 20% discount + 10% coupon = $503.99 TerraMaster F4-425 Pro (N350) + 20% discount + 10% coupon = £525.59 TerraMaster F4-425 Pro (N305) + 20% discount + 10% coupon = £460.79 Use NEOWIN coupon code during checkout for 10% discount Over on Amazon US and UK, the F4-425 Pro also gets a 20% launch discount, but here, the above 10% coupon cannot be applied. TerraMaster F4-425 Pro (N350) for $639.99 at Amazon US (was $799.99) TerraMaster F4-425 Pro (N305) for $559.99 at Amazon US (was $699.99) TerraMaster F4-425 Pro (N350) for £583.99 at Amazon UK (was £729.99) TerraMaster F4-425 Pro (N305) for £511.99 at Amazon UK (was £639.99) As an Amazon Associate, when you purchase through links on our site, we earn from qualifying purchases.
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