Welcome to Sail Bunaken 2009

Come and join in the international event Sail Bunaken 2009 for sharing new experience and exploring the marine beauty along with the marine lovers from all over the world in a spirit of adventure, graced by the marine paradise of Bunaken Sea.

Sail Bunaken 2009 is jointly organized by the Ministry of Marine and Fishery Affairs, Provincial Administration of North Sulawesi, Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and Navy Force of Indonesia, supported by the the Directorate General of Immigration and other government institutions.

Sail Bunaken 2009 is the largest event of the year 2009 offers strategic business opportunities for various products and services.

Bunaken National Marine Park

The natural beauty and marine diversity of Bunaken Sea Park in North Sulawesi Utara have long been admired by marine lovers from all over the world, including divers, surfers, tourists through to marine biodiversity researchers!

Make your marine move and join in the international event at the so-called Land of Palm Trees. Your company participation is a significant contribution to the living up of marine love and spirit to show "Jalesveva Jayamahae" (On the Sea We’re Victorious).

Golden opportunities are wide open for you and your esteemed company to take an active part, as well as exploring effective business support and networking.
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SocialSafe: Get Your Facebook Data Out of Facebook

Quick Pitch: SocialSafe is an effective, fun new application enabling Facebook users to manage their Facebook data offline on their home computer.

Genius Idea: Who owns your Facebook data? It’s a question that seems to make its way around the blogosphere every time Facebook changes their Terms of Service or someone’s account is deleted (with or without cause).

Regardless of who owns it (Facebook says you do), from a user experience, it’s almost impossible to get everything you put in to Facebook back out. SocialSafe, however, is a utility that helps you back up your Facebook account on your computer, keeping your data in your hands at all times.



After you pay the $2.99 fee via PayPal (I paid for it to test it out), SocialSafe will send you a license key and info on how to download and install the Adobe AIR desktop application. Once installed, you’ll be prompted to use Facebook Connect to access your account, after which you can opt to download your profile, friends, photo albums, and photos you’re tagged in. Once you’ve adjusted your settings, click to download and SocialSafe will grab your Facebook data in about five minutes or less (it took 2:06 for me).



After the download, you can use SocialSafe to get a desktop view of everything you selected to download. Content is organized by photos in their appropriate albums, friends in an address book of sorts, and your profile information as it appears online. The only thing that seems to be missing is your Facebook activity, and we hope to see SocialSafe find a way to give us the ability to download our status updates, comments, and the like.

The really nice thing about SocialSafe is that it works as a really cheap way to backup your Facebook account. Should you ever want to leave Facebook (if you can get past the guilt trap), or your account is deleted without warning, you have access to your friends, your photos, and the meat of your Facebook profile on your computer. It’s a small price to pay for relationships and photos that you’ve spent years building and acquiring through Facebook

Google Voice Thoroughly Banned From the iPhone; So Much for an Open Platform

We’ve seen Apple ban applications from the App Store for all sorts of ridiculous reasons. This time, it’s different; all Google Voice related apps were banned from the app store, and this time Apple – or, more likely, AT&T – has a very good reason to ban them: it’s scared of them.

Google Voice lets you do a lot of stuff for free that the AT&T charges for; you can place free calls in the US, you can send and receive free SMS messages. The application is still in beta, invite only stage, but several cool applications that use the service already exist for the iPhone. Sean Kovacs, the developer of GV Mobile, has said on his site that Apple has rejected the application. From his site:

“Richard Chipman from Apple just called – he told me they’re removing GV Mobile from the App Store due to it duplicating features that the iPhone comes with (Dialer, SMS, etc). He didn’t actually specify which features, although I assume the whole app in general.”

Other similar applications, such as VoiceCentral and GVDialer, have also been banned. And Google only has an official Google Voice app for the Android and BlackBerry; now, they’ve admitted that they don’t have an iPhone app because Apple said “no”.

The reason? The application(s) is too similar to iPhone’s own functionality. Like so many other Apple’s app rejection reasons, this one rings phony as well. If nothing that’s similar to functions and features iPhone already has can get approval, then no VoIP apps should be allowed. Also no camera-related apps, like Pro Camera. Fring? It lets you place calls, and send free messages, which is similar to SMS, right? Why is that OK, then?

Let’s call a spade a spade here. There can only be one reason for thoroughly banning Google Voice from the iPhone: AT&T, like every mobile operator, is scared of apps that replicate their own services. But by banning an app such as Google Voice from the iPhone, Apple and its partner are setting a dangerous precedent. If the developers cannot be certain that Apple will provide them a fair, free marketplace, they will move elsewhere: to Android and Pre. After all, why create for a locked-down platform where the owners take the cake and all you’re allowed to get is leftovers?

Apple and AT&T need to make a decision: is the iPhone their playground, or everyone’s playground? If it’s the former, that’s OK, but they shouldn’t get upset if no one wants to play with them.

Zenni Optical On Google Search Engine

How easy for you when you need eyeglass since it can be purchased online and is able to be gotten with cheap price. Is Zenni Optical that easy to be found based on cheap eyeglasses keyword on google search engine. We can purchase and ask it to ship to our address with flat fee for $4,95 don’t care hoe many you purchase.

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This is not only set as keyword but cheap eyeglasses are really available in Zenni Optical included $ 8 Rx eyeglasses and the others. There are many type of frame and lens you can find there, so it will make full f choices and discover the most suitable eyeglasses for you.

Not only well known online but it also well known in TV about the cheap price of eyeglasses offered by Zenni Optical. As what we can see on Zenni Optical on TV!!! that people are easy to find zenni optical online. Although it offer eyeglasses with cheap prices but it still keep customer satisfy. That is why one f its customers gave High Five to Zenni Optical. So if you are looking for cheap eyeglass, check out first at Zenni Optical.

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Top 10 Best Newspaper Websites

As a follow-up to our research on newspaper websites that we published recently, we decided to break out a list of the best examples of “good” newspaper websites. Steve, Todd and I collaborated on the following list, judging sites not only on their web features but also on the design, aesthetics and general usability of the site [Note: this list only covers the top 100 US newspapers in terms of circulation, which is what our study looked at. We're sure that we missed some great smaller papers.].

(1) New York Times: We love the general feeling of the NYT site, which is pleasing to the eye and easy to navigate. The site is loaded with great features, and the website is rumored to be dropping its annoying pay wall, TimesSelect, in the coming months.

(2) Washington Post: Not only do we like the design and the navigability of the Post’s website, but we really love its database applications, which provide interesting tidbits of information difficult to find elsewhere. The Post’s website has been a huge success, and is one of the best examples of newspapers creating an online product that is significantly different from its print product.

(3) USA Today: Social networking. Social networking. Social networking. Did I mention that this site has the most robust social networking features out of any of the newspaper websites we researched? Oh yeah. And this site has social networking.

(4) Houston Chronicle: We like the non-newspaperish feeling that this homepage exudes. It’s significantly different from any other newspaper site. Chron.com offers its users interactive features such as comments and blogs, has a great RSS system made available right on the homepage, and looks good while doing it.

(5) Denver Post: The homepage of this site isn’t much to write home about, but registering with the site automatically gives you your own blog and your own photo gallery for uploading and sharing photos. When you add in some interesting political features, including a voter’s guide and a poll for picking candidates and combine that with alternative content views, internal and external bookmarking features, as well as links from stories to relevant materials, you’ve got all the ingredients necessary to build a great website.

(6) Knoxville News Sentinel: I’m not sure a newspaper website could look any better than this one. When we talk about de-cluttering sites and making them look “clean”, this is what we mean.

(7) Fresno Bee: Great homepage, interesting CrimeMap feature, and overall just a solid site with lots of technology and an easy-to-use format.

(8) Austin American Statesman: We really like the unique layout and coloring of this site’s homepage. We’re also giving this site points for allowing anyone to blog and for linking to many of the site’s blogs directly from the homepage.

(9) Tennessean: The blog-like feel of this site’s homepage helped it make our list. We also like the strong presence of multimedia on the homepage.

(10) San Jose Mercury News: On this homepage, we like the simple layout of the article headlines and descriptions. I also like the inclusion of the box with blog headlines, user photos, forum titles, and podcasts toward the top of the homepage. The site loads a bit slowly and is a little light on the features, but it does have all the core elements of a good site.

What are your favorite newspaper websites? Share them below in the comments or on the Bivings Report Wiki.

Update: We edited the info about the Times dropping Times Select for clarification. It was reported on August 7th that they would be dropping it. They did not drop Times Select on August 7th.

Wordpress vs Drupal

At this point, nearly all of the websites we build at The Bivings Group are either in Wordpress or Drupal. Sure, we build custom applications on occasion and sometimes do Flash work that really doesn’t fit in a Content Management System. But mostly we use Wordpress and Drupal.

Both are fantastic open source blogging platforms/content management systems with robust user communities. Both systems have their strengths and weaknesses. They are great alternatives to closed, paid platforms and much more cost effective than custom builds. As a web development shop, using Drupal and/or Wordpress allows us to focus our energies on design and strategy as opposed to reinventing the content management wheel.

After implementing a variety sites using both Wordpress and Drupal over the years, we’ve sort of developed our own unwritten rules as to when to use each platform.

Single Person / Group Blog (Use Wordpress)

If you are building a straight on single person or group blog, I think Wordpress is the way to go. It has all the base functionality you need built in and a robust set of plug-ins if you need to add on. The admin interface is dead simple - anyone with basic computer knowledge can master it in a few minutes. The install of the software is also simple and the templating system is not difficult to master.

Anything you want to do in Wordpress, you can also do in Drupal. But Drupal is more complicated from a design/install perspective, and has tons of features you’d end up turning off/not using for something simple like this.

A good example of a blog like built using Wordpress is our modest blog, The Bivings Report.

Blog Community (Use Drupal)

At a certain point your simple blog sort of crosses a line and becomes a blog community. Here are the things I look for:

* In some cases you are going to want people to navigate directly to an authors blog instead of the main page of the overall blog.
* Your blog has 10+ authors.
* There is the possibility that your commenters may themselves become contributors.

You can accomplish these goals by extending Wordpress. You can also use Wordpress Mu, which a community-version of Wordpress that we don’t think is quite ready for prime time. However, these kinds of sites are pretty much the reason Drupal exists. All the community-based features you need are available right away upon setup with little tinkering required.

A good example of a blog community is TechPresident, which we had nothing to do with building.

Blog Driven Website (Use Wordpress)

With its pages section and various plugins, Wordpress can be used as a full on Content Management System for blog-based websites. Lots of companies (including us) long ago abandoned the old fashioned press release and use blogs as their primary content delivery mechanism. Assuming your overall templating system on the site is pretty straight forward and you don’t have hundreds of pages, Wordpress works perfectly well for these types of sites.

Once again, Drupal can accomplish the same thing but it is a little more complicated to deal with and the admin interface is a little more complicated. It is sort of like driving a Ferrari in bumper to bumper traffic - you will get from point A to point B but you’d ultimately be better off weaving through traffic on a motorcycle.

The Washington Area Women’s Foundation is a good example of a Wordpress-based site that we built. In addition to having all the content editable through Wordpress, we also built a few databases as custom plug-ins.

Full Featured Website (Use Drupal)

At certain points, a site simply becomes too big for it to be sufficiently managed using Wordpress. If you find yourself bumping against any of the following scenarios, you should probably be using Drupal:

* If you have multiple dynamic content types (press releases, news articles, blog posts, etc.). Drupal is great at allowing you to create this stuff on the fly, with Wordpress you are hacking things together.
* If your site has more than a two template design structure (homepage and second levels).
* If you have numerous content blocks on the homepage or in sidebars that you will be editing frequently. Drupal’s block system is great at this kind of stuff.
* If you are trying to start small and expect your site to add tons of features/content moving forward.

We built a site for Monsanto Spain that uses Drupal as a full on Content Management System. This is a good example of this kind of website.

More info : http://www.bivingsreport.com/2007/wordpress-vs-drupal

Does Facebook Drive as much Traffic as Twitter?

I participated in a panel discussion put on by NextGenWeb last week on building communities online. Over the course of the discussion, I mentioned that on the sites I manage Twitter generally drives more traffic than Facebook. Adam Conner from Facebook was also on the panel, and quickly rattled off a few sites for which Facebook is a significant traffic referrer as a way of countering my argument.

The fact that Twitter drives traffic is not news, but I figured I would do some quick research and share my experience as to how Twitter and Facebook compare as traffic drivers. I looked at the May statistics for five sites Bivings’ manages that maintain active presences on both Facebook and Twitter. On Facebook, in all cases the organization’s primary presence on Facebook was a Fan Page. Here is what I found:

* On average, Twitter was the fourth biggest referrer for the sites. It ranged from the third to fifth most popular referrer.
* On average, Facebook was the tenth biggest referrer for the sites. It ranged from sixth to fifteenth most popular referrer.
* Twitter drove more traffic than Facebook on all the sites I looked at, despite the fact that on two of the sites the number of Facebook fans was far greater than the number of Twitter followers (a ratio of three to one).
* Overall, Twitter was responsible for driving two times more traffic than Facebook.

Note that these stats probably underestimate the traffic driven by Twitter, as it doesn’t take into account traffic coming from third party tools like Twhirl and Tweetdeck.

Obviously, this is not a scientific study and the results are anecdotal. Things may also change quickly. But I’m not going to let that stop me from speculating as to why Twitter is driving more traffic on the sites we manage.

Twitter is all about links. Facebook, less so. While my personal Facebook stream is slowly being taken over by people cross publishing their Twitter feeds, the status updates of my friends on Facebook typically don’t include links. And if they do, I typically don’t click on them. On Facebook, I’m much more interested in looking at pictures and engaging in discussions with people than clicking on links to third party sites. Finding and clicking on links is the thing I do most on Twitter.

The level of engagement people have with the pages they are fans of on Facebook is pretty low. Facebook redesigned their pages feature a few months back, and the change definitely made pages more valuable by inserting page updates into users Facebook news feed. But I think users still tend to tune these updates out, and are also pretty good at ignoring the mass messages page administrators can send out through Facebook.

Indeed, last night Patrick Ruffini tweeted that for the projects he is working on he is seeing three times better results from regular Facebook profile pages as compared to fan pages. I’ve seen similar results. Despite Facebook attempts to blur the distinction between pages and profiles, I think users can tell the difference and are much more engaged with their friends on the network than the brands they are fans of.

Ultimately, I think Facebook is still primarily about your friends, while Twitter is more about content discovery (and, increasingly, brands and celebrities). I have no doubt this will change as Facebook continues to grow and tweaks its model further. But for now the nature of Twitter makes it a better driver of traffic than Facebook, at least in my experience.

What has your experience been?

Bing (search engine)

Bing (formerly Live Search, Windows Live Search, and MSN Search) is a web search engine (advertised as a "decision" engine [1]), Microsoft's current incarnation of its search technology. Unveiled by Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on May 28, 2009 at the All Things Digital conference in San Diego, Bing is a replacement for Live Search. It went fully online on June 3, 2009,[2] with a preview version released on June 1, 2009. In its first few weeks Bing has been successful in gaining some marketshare.

Notable changes include the listing of search suggestions in real time as queries are entered, and a list of related searches (called "Explorer pane" on the left side of search results), based on semantic technology from PowerSet[4] which Microsoft purchased in 2008.[5] Bing also includes the ability to Save & Share search histories via Windows Live SkyDrive, Facebook, and email.
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8 Secrets to Fill Your Business in 60 Days

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Recently I was asked in an interview to imagine that I was starting all over again, and as a newbie, how I would fill my business in 60 days. Things have changed tremendously since I began my online business in 1999, mostly for the better. Most of the steps, however remain the same. Best of all, the strategies I recommend to fill your business are the same ones that can be applied to any business, and then applied again and again to other online ventures. Here are 8 secrets to filling the prospect funnel in your business in 60 days:

1. Success mind set. Don't gloss over this strategy -- it may be the most important of all. If you truly want to succeed in your business and are passionate about what you do, nothing will hold you back. This often means that you have to step out in faith that you'll succeed, and most importantly, believe in yourself as a success. Sure, you may stumble, or even fall, but you must be willing to pick yourself back up and persevere -- even without a safety net hanging under you.
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2. Target market. The biggest mistake that business owners make is wanting to sell to everyone. If you've tried this, you have no doubt discovered that casting your net around everyone is a very difficult task. Narrowing that group to a more manageable number will actually serve you much better, believe it or not. If you can identify a smaller group of hungry prospects who are willing to pay for the solutions to the problems that keep them awake at night (or those who are willing to pay for more information about a hobby or interest that occupies much of their free time) AND who are reachable in groups (associations, membership sites, magazines, newsletters, discussion forums or lists, social networking groups, etc.), then you have made a key discovery that will catapult your business forward.

3. Client Attraction Device. You've heard it said time and time again that "the money is in the list." This still holds true today, as well. Without a list of interested prospects to whom you can market, you don't have a business. The quickest way to begin to develop a list is to give something away. Yes, you heard me correctly. If you have content you have already created, dig through that to see if you have something appropriate for your chosen target market.

If not, identify a problem of your target market, and create some content that answers one of those problems. Perhaps it's a checklist, a Top 10 list, an ebook or special report, an audio interview, a pod cast, a video -- do whatever is easiest for you. Just ensure that it is in a plug and play format, i.e. don't make your prospect download some weird software that's not commonplace to read and view this material.

Make sure that your Client Attraction Device has some valuable content in it. Nothing is more frustrating to me than to read a free giveway that only serves to remind me that I have a problem and offers no solution unless I pay for it. Don't be afraid to demonstrate your expertise by giving "how to" information away. Trust me, if you are truly good at what you do, there's no way that you can share everything you know on a topic in one short information product. Your Client Attraction Device starts your prospects on the like, know, and trust road that is imperative for them to travel before they will decide to buy something from you.

4. Email marketing system. You must have some way to collect your prospect's information and a system by which you can stay in contact with them. The best way to do this is by purchasing email marketíng services. Do not use a free service for this, nor try to send emails out of your Outlook program. If you want to be a serous online business owner, invest in the most important asset in your business -- your email marketíng system.
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5. Blogsite. A blogsite, which is a web site/blog hybrid, is the quickest way to build an online presence. The two most popular blogging platforms, the fee-based Typepad and open source software Wordpress, can be used to create a blogsite very quickly. If you want either of them customized with a particular look or feel, that may take a bit longer and require a greater investment. However, either will work well to get you started, and both will permit you to enter your email marketíng system's signup code onto a page so that you can immediately begin to collect contact information from prospects who have requested your Client Attraction Device.

6. Stay in touch. Whether you do this by submitting regular blog posts or publishing an email newsletter (or both), you need to reach out and touch your prospects at least weekly (or several times a week if you are blogging). Give them some insights about what's happening with you personally as well as sharing some aspect of your expertise with them by creating a content-rich article or answering their questions. And, don't forget to sell -- provide some product or service in each email newsletter, or submit regular blog posts that remind your readers about what you are selling.

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7. Social networking. Never before have we had the opportuníty to connect with others online easily and inexpensively as we do now with social networking. Create profiles on the social networks) used by your target market, do research to add friends/followers in your target market, and use the status updates to be useful to your followers, i.e. by sharing resources, asking questions, and updating them about how you help clients/customers.

8. Drive traffic to your site. There are a number of ways to accomplish this, but my favorite starts with writing an article. Once it's written, I publish it in my ezine, my blog, and to my web site and syndicate it on article directories all over the Web. Then I have the option of making a pod cast with the content; creating a screencast video or "talking head" video from it; writing and submitting a press release; creating a teleclass; create a Q&A radio show interview opportuníty; breaking up the points as separate Twitter posts, or Tweets, and tweeting them to my followers; or sharing it on my Squidoo lens or other information-sharing portals. The point here is to work once and profit, profit, profit. Repurpose one article as many ways as you can to drive traffic back to your blogsite and thus get more and more prospects to sign up on your list and ultimately convert them to customers.

The advent of the Internet makes it easier than ever to create and promote an online business with very little startup capital. And, if done correctly, the strategies will results in you filling your business in 60 days with eager and willing prospects ready to buy what you are offering.

About The Author
Online Business Manager and Online Business Coach Donna Gunter helps independent service professionals learn how to automate their businesses, leverage their expertise on the Internet, and get more clients online. To claim your Free gift, TurboCharge Your Online Marketíng Toolkit, visit her site at OnlineBizU.com. Ask Donna an Internet Marketing question at AskDonnaGunter.com.

Michael Jackson Facebook Page Surges On News of Death, Turns Into Memorial

Michael Jackson’s Facebook Page experienced a surge in fans after news of his death spread around the web. Currently the page appears to be attracting around 20 fans a second with a good chance that the page will become one of the top Pages is a short amount of time. The page wall has turned into a virtual memorial for the pop legend who’s life impacted much of the world and who’s music transformed an industry. While he may be a controversial figure, one thing is certain: until today he was the world’s largest pop icon. Not surprising considering that he defined pop.

The world will move on but it there’s no doubt his Facebook Page will become one of the top Facebook Pages after news of his death revives peoples’ memories of the idol. My entire Facebook news feed has become a stream of messages about Jackson’s death and filled with peoples’ memories of the legend. It’s impressive to watch the amount of conversation currently taking place around the web all about Michael Jackson.

For those that use blip.fm, the site is filled with songs from Michael Jackson. All around the web there is Michael Jackson memorials sprouting up which is an interesting thing to watch and with the web becoming increasingly social, it’s mostly conversations about people’s memories of the man. It seems like people have practically ended business for the day to memorialize him and are blaring their favorite Michael Jackson songs.

If you are a fan of Michael Jackson and wish to memorialize him, go become his fan on Facebook.

How Twitter is Teaching Business the Lost Art of Conversation

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twitterSo it’s happened. Twitter has gone mainstream. As Twitter users, we knew instantly when Mumbai came under terrorist attack. We laughed at the photo of Stephen Fry stuck in an elevator when he tweeted his predicament, we were there when Ashton Kutcher beat CNN to 1 million followers, we caught the first glimpse of passengers being evacuated from the ditched plane on the Hudson River and we all suffered the lag time when Oprah Winfrey sent her first ever tweet on live TV.

Industry pundits and bitter journalists regularly diss Twitter as a time-wasting, “look at me” fad, destined for Forgottensville in 2 years. In fact New York Times reporter Maureen Dowd is quoted as saying to Twitter founders Evan Williams and Biz Stone:

“I would rather be tied up to stakes in the Kalahari Desert, have honey poured over me and red ants eat out my eyes than open a Twitter account.”

So is Twitter really just an emergency beacon and “a toy for bored celebrities and high-school girls” as Dowd gleefully claims?

Thankfully, no. The latest wave of Twitter users are business executives. They range from home business owners, SME’s, middle and upper management, marketing executives, brand evangelists and CEOs. Take a look at ExecuTweets and you’ll see some well-known names with very active Twitter accounts: Richard Branson of Virgin, Lisa Stone Co-founder of BlogHer, Tony Hsieh CEO of Zappos and Steve Case Co-founder of AOL, to name a few.

It’s not just individuals either. Some of the world’s most recognized brands are Twittering. I found a number of super brands on Twitter and asked my followers which of these they were following:

POLL QUESTION: Which of the following US companies do you follow on Twitter?

* Amazon 19%
* BestBuy 2%
* Dell 7%
* DunkinDonuts 2%
* Etsy 4%
* Motorola 0%
* Overstock 5%
* Starbucks 12%
* Threadless 16%
* UrbanOutfitters 2%
* WholeFoods14%
* Zappos 18%]

Other major brands with Twitter accounts include:

* JetBlue
* ComCast
* Vodafone
* TheHomeDepot
* H&R Block
* Qantas
* Virgin
* Forrester Research
* Ford
* Samsung
* Kodak

Twitter as a Business Tool

So why would companies be interested in Twitter? Because they know that conversation is a powerful, persuasive business tool and right now, Twitter is where the conversation is happening.

Here are some recent stats about the micro-blogging site from Nielsen:

* Twitter is fastest growing community site on web
* Twitter experienced 1,382% growth in the 12 months to Feb 09
* The largest user group on Twitter is 35-49 year olds

As the Internet morphs from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0, conversation has quietly ousted content and taken the throne as King. The Web has always enabled businesses to reach new markets. But Twitter allows them to engage directly with customers and potential customers in real time in front of an impressionable public. The opportunity this provides is unparalleled. As an effective advertising tool, the dusty old Yellow Pages seems positively prehistoric in comparison.

So just how are companies using Twitter as a business tool? To find out, I set up a poll and tweeted the question:

POLL QUESTION: If you represent a business using Twitter, what is your/their *main* reason for doing so?

The results were quite interesting:

* Branding 7%
* Driving traffic 23%
* Reputation management 7%
* SEO 0%
* Internal communications 0%
* News / product announcements 11%
* Service status updates 2%
* Customer interaction 37%
* Fun 5%
* Other 9%

A couple of things stood out for me here. Firstly, the majority of companies who took this poll are using Twitter primarily to interact with their customers and drive traffic. That’s understandable. But very few are using it for reputation management and none of them are yet using it for Search Engine Optimization (SEO) reasons. It was also interesting to see that a few businesses are using Twitter purely for fun.

Asked why he thinks Twitter is a good fit for business, Overstock’s Social Media Manager Josh Austin says:

“Twitter allows for a personal, real-life brand presence, while fostering better communication, engagement and attention to our customers.”

Customer Interaction on Twitter

So just how do customers interact with businesses on Twitter? I wanted to find out, so I launched another poll:

POLL QUESTION: Have you ever communicated directly with a company using Twitter? What was your main reason for doing so?

* Yes to resolve an issue 25%
* Yes to give positive feedback 18%
* Yes to give negative feedback 6%
* Yes for another reason 16%
* No 35%

It was encouraging to see that 65% of poll respondents have conversed with a company using Twitter. When you consider that nearly half of those people had an issue to resolve with the company they communicated with, the potential for customer loss and retention is lit up like the proverbial Christmas tree. Then there’s the number of respondents giving companies direct feedback via tweets. That’s enough to get any PR Department salivating!

Meg Geddes, a Search Marketing expert and power Twitter user related her recent positive experience with a business on the micro-blogging site:

“At the end of December, there was a special one-day only promotion through Intuit and Staples (an office supply) for buying Quickbooks Pro where you’d get a full rebate. I ordered it and filled in my rebate paperwork but it was illegible and had to be refaxed. The date on the revised paperwork sent by Intuit didn’t match my order date (and I didn’t notice) so my rebate was denied. I was bitching about it on Twitter and within half an hour, someone from Intuit sent me a tweet asking if she could help. I laid it all out for her, and she got it approved; I got my rebate very shortly after that. I was very happy, as I had been expecting to have to sit on the phone for hours with Intuit and/or Staples.”

But they’re not all positive experiences. Below is an exchange I witnessed on Twitter between a company representative (V) and an unhappy customer (J) who was Twittering while on hold with a Call Center.

J - What the hell is happening with our countries [industry removed]? Are they actually all run by turkeys?

V - Can I help?

J - I officially ban the V Twitterati from this conversation.

V - You seem to be having a problem with a V product. As I’ve said, can I help? If not, why are you bringing it up?

J - This is Twitter. I can bring up whatever I want. If you don’t like the rants and discussions, feel welcome to party elsewhere

V - Oooh, sensitive! Well, good luck with it. I’m sure it’ll be just fine.

J - No you cannot help. I am already dealing with V muppets.

J - [@somebody else] I’m polite to customers. I never harass them. But this discussion is about frustration with V - and all justified.

V - I really don’t understand what it is you hope to achieve. you say you have a problem but refuse to accept any help.

J - Pull the cottonballs out of your ears. Please join another discussion.

V - then you say you wish more companies use Twitter while refusing to accept my help, through Twitter.

J - I’m not rejecting help. Only help from you. As mentioned 5 times now!! I’m already talking to V to resolve

V - J, if you want some help with your problem, if you ACTUALLY WANT TO SORT IT OUT, let me know

J - Ok (non listener) for the 6th time today. I’m already resolving it with V. So I don’t need YOUR help.

V - so you’re resolving the problem. Good. So why are you whinging about it?

J - DO NOT try to tell me what I am and am not allowed to talk about. I can discuss whatever I want.

V - I saw you asking for help on Twitter, so I responded on Twitter. How is that a bad thing? Seriously, I’m keen to know.

V - If Twitter can’t be used for support then I guess I should stop trying to help anyone who wants help via Twitter.

J - As you have the right to hijack conversations, I have the right to vent. That’s Twitter…

V - Sorry everyone, I just wanted to know… I guess I really can’t help

Clearly, this issue could have had a positive outcome, but mistakes were made on both sides. The customer shouldn’t have been so quick to reject help when it was offered and the company representative should have let the issue go instead of pushing it and trying to publicly humiliate the customer into accepting help. But the exchange gives you an idea of the opportunities there are for customer communication and retention.

Open a Dialogue, Silly

Kaila Colbin runs the Social Marketing agency Missing Link in Christchurch New Zealand. She says that businesses can be transformed by simply opening a dialogue with their customers using blogs, emails and Twitter.

“For businesses looking to build a direct connection with their customers, Twitter can’t be beat, but it only works if you’ve got the right mindset and are prepared to invest in relationships”, she says.

“Unlike traditional advertising, a Twitter presence requires constant two-way communication to be effective. It also requires a level of transparency and selflessness that most companies aren’t used to employing in their marketing efforts. You can’t pretend to be perfect, and you can’t talk only about yourself.”

Colbin can generally convince companies to hire her by asking a single question: “Would you like to be the one having that conversation with your customers, or would you rather your competition do it?”

The Pizza Meal Win

It’s not just super brands that can benefit from using Twitter. Small businesses can gain from it too. Take Silicon Valley pizza chain Tony & Alba. By using keyword tracking and the Twitter Search tool, they monitored conversations on Twitter involving the keyword *pizza*.

Seeing a tweet from local man Ryan Kuder to his buddy suggesting a rival pizza place as their venue for dinner that night, Tony & Alba tweeted Ryan directly suggesting their pizza restaurant instead. It was further away for Ryan and his family, but a quick offer by Tony & Alba to reserve a table and throw in free soft drinks clinched the deal. A positive meal experience and a single tweet won the respect and future business from 3 happy families.

The Free Burrito Fail

But if you’re going to use Twitter to promote your products, make sure you’re prepared for the potential rush of business. In February this year, Utah-based Mexican restaurant chain Costa Vida sent a one-day-only offer for a free sweet pork burrito to its 80 followers on Twitter. As part of the promotion, Costa Vida required customers to have an electronic coupon on their mobile phone.

The Sweet Pork Burrito promotion was designed to test the effectiveness of leveraging social media Web sites like Twitter and Facebook in brand building and in driving restaurant traffic. However Costa Vida customers tweeted about the promotion and forwarded the offer to friends via mobile phone. Their followers told THEIR followers and so on, until more than 2,500 people inundated one of Costa Vida’s stores looking for their free burrito.

Costa Vida had to send multiple Twitter updates with instructions for how new Costa Vida Fans could redeem their coupon on a future date for the (now sold-out) burritos.

Reputation management

Savvy companies already understand the power of Twitter. Companies with shareholders monitoring their every move can’t afford to have their brand sullied at the virtual water cooler. These companies have employed staff whose only job is to send out short bursts of 140 characters every hour or so.

Handbooks on Twettiquette are being distributed to their marketing teams. They’ve created TweetBeep accounts to monitor how their brand is being talked about by Twitter users and they’re actively engaging with those people. They’re already at the water cooler and they’re handing out the cups.

Think your business can be a Twitter success story? Then here’s one last piece of advice, courtesy of Michael Martine:

“If you’re on twitter to market your business, the best thing you can do is shut up about your business and help people.”

Article by Kalena Jordan who writes a daily Search Engine Advice Column, and is Co-Founder of Search Engine College - an online training institution offering online instructor-led and self-study courses in Search Engine Optimization and other Search Engine Marketing subjects. Follow Kalena on Twitter.

THE GREAT SINGAPORE SALE

THE GREAT SINGAPORE SALE
29 May - 26 July 2009

Whether you are in the main shopping belts of Orchard Road and Marina Bay or at the suburban malls, look out for discounts of up to 70% off the usual prices. That goes for just about anything, from designer apparel to jewellery, watches and more!

And whether you are pampering your loved ones or just rewarding yourself, MasterCard gives you more reasons to shop, so use your MasterCard for exclusive privileges this Great Singapore Sale.

On top of that, visitors to the island city during the Great Singapore Sale are entitled to exclusive promotions on selected retail and lifestyle purchases. So take advantage of the season’s tourist privileges and rewards to enjoy even bigger bargains! What’s more, there will also be attractive dining offers islandwide during the season to keep you and your companions thoroughly contented even when you’re not shopping.

For more information, please call the Touristline (8am to 9pm):
1800 736 2000 (toll free in Singapore) or
(65) 6736 2000 (outside Singapore)

3gp Video Pelecehan Mahasiswi oleh Polisi

Tiga Polisi Makassar Diusut Terkait Pelecehan Mahasiswi

Selasa, 19 Mei 2009 | 13:58 WIB

TEMPO Interaktif, Makassar: Kepolisian Daerah Sulawesi Selatan telah menindaklanjuti laporan keluarga korban pelecehan yang dilakukan aparat kepolisian. Terkait kasus ini sudah tiga anggota Polwiltabes Makassar diperiksa, masing-masing AF, AZ, dan YP.

Kepala Kepolisian Daerah Sulawesi Selatan, Inspektur Jenderal Mathius Salempang, yang ditemui usai acara tatap muka dan pengarahan di Gedung Juang 45 Makassar, Selasa (19/5), mengatakan kasus ini sudah ditangani Divisi Propam Polda Sulsel.

"Kalau memang ada anggota saya terlibat, percayakan kepada saya, pasti akan saya lanjuti, saya pasti tindak. Saya kira kalau kita bisa buktikan, kita tidak akan biarkan, saya akan tegakkan aturan," katanya.

Menurut Mathius, saat ini sudah ada tiga anggota Polwiltabes Makassar berpangkat Brigadir yang telah menjalani proses pemeriksaan, masing-masing AF, AZ, dan YP. Satu lagi akan menjalani proses pemeriksaan, yakni FR, dan kemungkinan masih akan berkembang. "Saya kira keluarga dan masyarakat percaya sama kita. Yakinlah bahwa kita tidak akan membiarkan," tegasnya.

Kasus ini terungkap setelah beredar rekaman seorang mahasiswi yang diminta melucuti seluruh pakaiannya hingga betul-betul telanjang oleh beberapa orang berpakaian polisi. Korban, seorang mahasiswi, melaporkan tindakan aparat tersebut.

Tidak puas melaporkan kasus ini ke Polda, korban dan keluarganya melapor ke Lembaga Bantuan Hukum (LBH) Makassar, kemarin. Atas laporan ini maka pihak LBH Makassar, akan menyurat ke Kompolnas, Kapolri dan Komnas Perempuan.

Berdasarkan keterangan korban, LBH merilis kronologis kejadian pada Oktober 2008 sekitar pukul 15.00 WITA itu. Saat itu korban dan teman prianya berjalan-jalan di Tanjung Bunga. Tiba-tiba korban didatangi lima aparat yang berpakaian perintis. Mereka langsung membuka pintu mobil dan salah satunya menuduh pasangan ini berbuat asusila. Korban mencoba melakukan pembelaan, tetapi oknum kepolisian ini tidak mengedepankan asas praduga tak bersalah.

Mereka malah memaksa korban untuk membuka pakaian dalamnya, sambil merekam peristiwa itu dengan ponsel secara paksa. Rekaman tersebut memperlihatkan kemaluan korban untuk membuktikan apakah ada sperma yang tertinggal.

Kemudian lima aparat itu menyerahkan korban ke pos satpam dekat pantai Akarena. Di sana ada Wadanru, anggota kepolisian, yang kemudian menyandera HP korban dan menyuruh membayar Rp 500 ribu dengan kesepakatan akan menghapus rekaman korban. Untuk pembayaran tersebut, korban menjual HP di MTC seharga Rp 400.

Malamnya korban menemui salah seorang polisi yang sedang tugas di bawah jembatan SD Sudirman. Sebelum uang diserahkan, korban dibawa ke tol untuk membawa rompi dan dalam perjalanan itu korban menyerahkan uang ke seorang satpam. Saat itu satpam itu berkata jika rekaman itu sisa satu yang belum terhapus dan berjanji akan menghapusnya jika temannya yang lain sudah datang.

Kepala Divisi Perempuan dan Anak di Lembaga Bantuan Hukum (LBH) Makassar, Fajriani Langeng, menilai rekaman dari ponsel itu menunjukkan adanya pemaksaan oleh aparat. Saat ini kondisi korban cukup terguncang akibat peristiwa ini. Wajah korban nyaris tak pernah kering dari air mata.

"Perilaku oknum aparat dalam rekaman itu sudah melanggar kode etik kepolisian. Ini sudah sangat kelewatan, jadi kita minta pelaku dipecat dan Kapolda meminta maaf atas tindakan anggotanya," kata Fajriani.

Kapolda menambahkan, bahwa jika ada aparat yang curiga terhadap sesuatu dan melakukan pemeriksaan identitas warga, kegiatan ini dilindungi Undang-Undang No 2 Tahun 2002 tentang Kepolisian Negara RI. Tetapi jika tindakan aparat kepolisian sudah tidak sesuai aturan atau di luar UU, seperti menyuruh buka baju dan merekam, itu sudah bukan wewenangnya.

Polisi Tahan Pelaku Pelecehan Mahasiswi
“Hukumannya akan dikenakan sanksi berat hingga pemecatan dari satuan polisi."
Selasa, 19 Mei 2009, 21:00 WIB
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Helikopter polisi (VIVAnews/Nicolaus Tomy Kurniawan)
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VIVAnews - Kepolisian Daerah Sulawesi Selatan dan Barat menetapkan empat polisi yang diduga terlibat melakukan pelecehan seksual terhadap seorang mahasiswi di Makassar .

Kepala Bidang Hubungan Masyarakat Kepolisian Daerah Sulselbar, Kombes Polisi Hery Subiansauri, mengatakan keempat tersangka berinisial Bripka AN, Briptu MA, Briptu FY dan Briptu YN. Keempat prajurit tersebut bertugas sebagao patroli perintis di Kepolisian Wilayah Kota Besar Makassar .

“Dari bukti video yang mereka rekam sendiri, keempatnya memang diduga menjadi pelaku pelecehan. Untuk pengembangan selanjutnya, mereka masih akan menjalani pemeriksaan sebagai tersangka,” kata Hery kepada VIVAnews, Selasa 19 Mei 2009.

Hery menambahkan keempatnya langsung ditahan di tahanan Polda Sulselbar pasca penetapan menjadi tersangka. Keempatnya diancam pasal tentang pelecehan seksual, karena memaksa Anti (nama samaran), seorang mahasiswi di perguruan tinggi swasta di Makassar untuk membuka pakaian luar dan dalam yang dikenakannya.

Terkait dengan kasus itu, Hery berjanji akan menuntaskan kasus tersebut. Menurutnya, mereka akan dikenai tindakan disiplin dank ode etik jika ternyata mereka benar-benar melakukan tindakan itu. Selain itu, mereka juga terancam pasal-pasal pidana, jika terbukti ada pelanggaran pidana.

“Hukumannya akan dikenakan sanksi berat hingga pemecatan dari satuan polisi. Perbuatan itu dianggap diluar dari kewenangan,” kata Hery.

Dari informasi yang dihimpun VIVAnews, peristiwa pelecehan seksual terjadi pada oktober 2008. Saat itu Anti bersama teman laki-lakinya sedang menuju ke salah satu tempat wisata di Makassar . Tiba-tiba, lima polisi menyergap pasangan tersebut dengan alasan untuk memeriksa.

Kelima polisi itu kemudian memaksa membuka pakaian luar dan dalam yang dikenakan Anti. Bahkan, polisi berseragam tersebut memaksa untuk memperlihatkan bagian terlarang Anti, untuk membuktikan apakah ada cairan sperma.

Polisi mengabadikan peristiwa itu, termasuk merekam bagian kemaluan Anti lewat video handphone. Rekaman itulah yang beredar luas dalam sepekan terakhir.

Anti juga melaporkan kasus tersebut ke Lembaga Bantuan Hukum (LBH) Makassar , untuk mendapatkan perlindungan hukum.

Pelecehan Seks Polisi
Mahasiswa STIEM Bongaya Geruduk Mapolwiltabes Makassar
Muhammad Nur Abdurrahman - detikNews
Makassar - Kasus pelecehan seksual yang dilakukan polisi terhadap Mawar, mahasiswi Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi dan Manajemen (STIEM) Bongaya membuat geram teman-temannya. Tidak kurang dari seratus mahasiswa STIEM Bongaya berunjuk rasa di Mapolwiltabes Makassar, di jalan Ahmad Yani, Makassar, Sabtu (23/5/2009).

Kedatangan mahasiswa STIEM yang berkonvoi dari kampusnya, di jalan Mappaoddang, Makassar, itu untuk menuntut Kapolwiltabes memecat anggotanya yang menjadi pelaku pencabulan dan pemerasan.

Koordinator aksi mahasiswa STIEM, Muhammad Ikbal, dalam orasinya meminta Polri memecat anggotanya yang terlibat dalam kasus pencabulan. Mereka juga meminta Kapolda Sulselbar, Irjen Pol Mathius Salempang, meminta maaf lewat media massa kepada korban dan civitas akademika STIEM Bongaya.

"Penistaan ini tidak bisa dibiarkan begitu saja. Kasus ini harus tuntas dan menjadi pelajaran bagi polisi ketika bertugas," ungkap Ikbal.

Sementara itu, Kapolwitabes Makassar, Kombes Burhanuddin Andi yang menemui pengunjuk rasa, menegaskan pihaknya sudah serius mengurus kasus yang mencemarkan institusinya itu. "Mahasiswa dan polisi, keduanya dipermalukan atas kasus ini. Saat ini kita tinggal menunggu keputusan pengadilan, dipecat atau tidak terserah pengadilan," pungkas Andi.

Saat Kapolwiltabes bicara, salah seorang mahasiswa berceletuk, meminta alat kelamin pelaku pelecehan dipotong saja atau disiram air keras agar derajatnya setimpal dengan apa yang dirasakan Mawar.

Tuntutan mahasiswa agar Kapolda meminta maaf lewat publikasi media massa juga dirasakan berat oleh Kapowiltabes. Karena merasa tidak dihargai oleh mahasiswa, Kapolwiltabes pun meninggalkan kerumunan mahasiswa.

Sebelum menghentikan aksinya, mahasiswa berjanji akan menurunkan jumlah pengunjuk rasa yang lebih besar jika tuntutan mereka tidak dikabulkan.

Cara Mencuri Bandwidth Hospot

Trick Curi Bandwidth di Hospot

Cari dulu dasar teorinya…heeee.

Hotspot (Wi-Fi) adalah salah satu bentuk pemanfaatan teknologi Wireless LAN pada lokasi-lokasi publik seperti taman, perpustakaan, restoran ataupun bandara. Pertama kali digagas tahun 1993 oleh Brett Steward. Dengan pemanfaatan teknologi ini, individu dapat mengakses jaringan seperti internet melalui komputer atau laptop yang mereka miliki di lokasi-lokasi dimana hotspot disediakan.

Pada umumnya, hotspot menggunakan standarisasi WLAN IEEE 802.11b atau IEEE 802.11g. Teknologi WLAN ini mampu memberikan kecepatan akses yang tinggi hingga 11 Mbps (IEEE 802.11 b) dan 54 Mbps (IEEE 802.11 g) dalam jarak hingga 100 meter.

sedangkan Bandidth itu apa?

Bandwidth adalah luas atau lebar cakupan frekuensi yang digunakan oleh sinyal dalam medium transmisi. Dalam kerangka ini, Bandwidth dapat diartikan sebagai perbedaan antara komponen sinyal frekuensi tinggi dan sinyal frekuensi rendah. frekuensi sinyal diukur dalam satuan Hertz. sinyal suara tipikal mempunyai Bandwidth sekitar 3 kHz, analog TV broadcast (TV) mempunyai Bandwidth sekitar 6 MHz. Bandwidth diartikan juga sebagai takaran jarak frekuensi. Dalam bahasa mudahnya, adalah sebuah takaran lalu lintas data yang masuk dan yang keluar. Dalam dunia hosting, kita di berikan jatah Bandwidth setiap bulan tergantung seberapa dalam kita merogoh kocek. Habisnya Bandwidth ditentukan seberapa banyak kita mengupload atau mendownload. Makin banyak anda melakukan aktivitas upload, ditambah makin banyaknya pengunjung yang mengakses, maka makin berkurang jatah Bandwidth yang diberikan. Misalkan, www.namasitus.com diberi jatah Bandwidth sebesar 1,5 Giga dalam sebulan. Dan sudah sejak bulan Desember rasanya jatah Bandwidth yang diberikan kurang. Pada bulan Desember, jatah Bandwidth habis sehari sebelum tahun baru. Dan berturut-turut bulan Januari, Februari, Maret dan April habis dalam 3 minggu. Otomatis, dalam seminggu terakhir didats.net tidak bisa diakses.

Nach dapaet ilmukan meski dikit-dikit.Pertanyaannya sekarang bisakah kita mencuru bandwidth?jawabannya insyaalah tiidak. Badwidth hanya bisa dialihkan atau dibagi kepaha pihak lain. Artikel ini sebenarnya juga hanya mengalihkan badwidth yang ada kepada kita sebagai pengguna otoritas. Sehingga pihak lain yang akan menggunakan hospot tidak dapat menggunakan bandwidth, atau bandwidth yang seharusnya dia dapatkan dialihkan kepada kita.

Untuk mendownloadnya via IDM http://www.indowebster.com/NetCut_berguna_untuk_memutuskan_koneksi_internet_USERClient_dari_server_secara_software_tanpa_perlu_menginstall_di_sisi_client.html

Instalasi Program netcut

1. Extrax file yang barusan didownload
2. Kemudian Double click netcut.exe
3. Ikutilah prosedure selanjutnya, sama halnya menginstall program pada umumnya
4. Selanjutnya Restart komputermu.
5. Setelah itu jalankan program netcutnya
6. Tinggal pilih IP target terus klik cut off. Voila ikan bakar pun jadi! ngga deng, Ip target tsb bakalan RTO ampe mampus atau sampe anda meresume nya lagi ato program ini di close
8. Klo udah di matiin smua IPnya [kecuali IP anda sndiri dan Gateway] brati smua koneksi hotspot menjadi milih anda!!!!!
MWUAAHAHAHAH silahkan tersenyum sinis memandang orang2 lain yang bingung [kok internet gw mati ya apa gara2 gw tadi kentut? emangnya sampe sebau itu]. Nah yang harus diinget liat deh di kolom kanan kan ada bahasa ilmiah ga jelas yang bacanya Gateway IP, nah kalo menurut hipotesis gw itu tuh gateway menuju server jadi kalo itu lo cut off yaudah brati semua orang di list kolom kiri bakalan mati [wong ip gateway dimatiin yaealaaa..]

Oh iya kalo ga salah, netcut juga bisa dipakai di LAN juga, jadi silahkan dicoba.

Alnect Computer: FlashDisk 32GB Corsair

Kalau mengingat tempo dulu kayaknya perkembangan teknologi digital cepat sekali.

Dulu USB Flashdisk paling besar hanya 128MB dan harganya pun cukup mahal. Adapun sekarang yang saya tahu ukuran terbesar kapasitas FD mencapai 128GB (1000 kali).

Dan sepertinya teknologi penyimpanan data akan bergeser dari data piringan ke bentuk memori FD. Mengapa? karena jenis memori yang dipakai didalam FD lebih tahan terhadap goncangan sehingga relatif lebih awet.


Nah ini dia USB FD favorit saya dan juga FD pertama saya bermerek CorsAir.

Kelebihan FD ini menurut saya:

* Tahan lama, garansi seumur hidup
* Ukurannya kecil
* Desain yang khas (dari awal keluar sampai sekarang sama)
* Tahan air (terbuat dari karet yang kedap)
* Tahan banting (case dari karet sehingga elastis)

Screen shoot:



http://www.alnect.net/kategori.php?/8/35/Storage_Media/USB_FlashDisk_32GB

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Hanya dengan memberikan sebuah review terhadap produk-produk yang tersedia di Alnect dan menyertakan tiket/banner.

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