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Want to get in space shape? UK is set to open world’s first private astronaut training gym http://ift.tt/2t6vBEj Why it matters to you Private astronaut training facility will give you everything you need to get in space shape, without requiring you to be handpicked by NASA. Want to train as an astronaut, but don’t work for NASA or have SpaceX CEO Elon Musk on speed dial? Then you might want to start saving for a flight to the UK, where the first’s first private astronaut training center is set to open in a couple years time. Called Blue Abyss, it’s a $130 million facility built on an air force base — and boasting exactly the kind of high-end performance equipment necessary to, you know, teach your body to cope with the cold, dark expanses of space. Plans for the new facility were announced at an event attended by representatives of the European Space Agency (ESA), Romanian cosmonaut Dumitru-Dorin Prunariu (who doubles as Blue Abyss’ non-executive director), and various government officials. So far, only illustrations of the site have been released, but it will reportedly include a “human performance center” boasting equipment like a centrifugal base, a hotel, and a 50-meter-deep dive pool — which makes it four times the depth of the pool NASA uses at its Neutral Buoyancy Laboratory in Houston, TX. It is being designed by the same architect responsible for London’s iconic Gherkin tower — which kind of looks like a futuristic rocket ship itself, now that we think about it! The center’s use-cases won’t only concern space travel, though. It will also be useful for anyone hoping to train in extreme environmental conditions, which could include deep sea divers or world-class athletes. “It is aimed at various sectors, from the oil and gas industry, through offshore energy to underwater robotics companies, human physiology in extreme environments, and human spaceflight,” John Vickers, Blue Abyss’ managing director, told Digital Trends. “Increasingly, private companies — especially with regards to space — are demonstrating that they can offer better options to enable governments to continue funding what is appropriate for them, whilst also enabling a wider audience to see how they too can become involved in this area.” According to Vickers, the goal is to “open in mid-2019, give or take a few months.” Details concerning a wide range of experiential “space preparation” packages for groups and individuals will be made public in the coming weeks and months. Hey, it’s more interesting than telling your friends you’ve signed up for a ten-week pilates course, right? Digital Trends via Digital Trends http://ift.tt/2p4eJdC June 29, 2017 at 05:12PM
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Trends with Benefits: The iPhone at 10 and Livestream your life for free internet http://ift.tt/2t659Lc
iPhone at 10 years and the iPhone 8: It’s been 10 years since Apple unleashed the iPhone upon the world and we’ll take a quick look back at where we’ve come and what it’s meant. We’ll also take a look at the latest concept for the iPhone 8 and debate whether Apple is still number one in groundbreaking mobile technology.
Would you Livestream your life for $200?: CamSoda is currently an adult webcam service, but they are looking to branch out into more ordinary live streaming. Their new service will be called LifeStream. They will pay participants $200 a month and cover their internet bill, in exchange for broadcasting their home life 24 hours a day, to anonymous viewers. Would you do it?
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Netflix’s ‘Sense8’ will return from cancellation for a two-hour special http://ift.tt/2smly0S Netflix’s cult favorite, sci-fi drama series Sense8 will do something never done by an original Netflix series: Return from cancellation. Sense8 creator Lana Wachowski announced the beloved series will return for a two-hour special. The series about eight people connected through cosmic ways was canceled by Netflix earlier in June, weeks after its second season premiered. Wachowski credited “the passionate letters, the petitions, the collective voice that rose up” from the legion of die-hard Sense8 fans with the show’s revival, according to the heartfelt letter she shared on the show’s official Facebook page. “Improbably, unforeseeably, your love has brought Sense8 back to life.” This is quite surprising since the show’s official Facebook page informed fans days after the show’s cancellation that their petitions and messages were heard but not enough to bring the show back to Netflix. The letter did not only revive hope of Sense8‘s return to our lives, but also gave the most definitive answer as to why it was canceled in the first place. In the letter, Wachowski stated Netflix did “love the show as much as we do, but the numbers have always been challenging.” She did not clarify if the numbers she was referring to were low viewership data, the expensive production cost, both, or something different altogether. The new two-hour special will be the second of its kind in the series. Two days before Christmas in 2016, Netflix released a two-hour holiday specialHappy F*cking New Year. Sense8 was part of Netflix’s cancellation spree that saw fan-favorites The Get Down, Marco Polo, and the star-studded drama Bloodline canceled within eight months of each other. But this recent revival of a canceled series could set a precedent with Netflix that may bring some of its other defunct shows back to the stream screen. Wachowski did not give any plot details about the upcoming special but did say we can expect it in 2018. After we all binge it, Wachowski would not rule out more Sense8 in the future. “After that … if this experience has taught me anything, you NEVER know,” Wachowski wrote.
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Crime Group Behind 'Petya' Ransomware Resurfaces to Distance Itself From This Week's Global Cyberattacks http://ift.tt/2tuRMqJ Janus Cybercrime Solutions, the author of Petya—the ransomware initially attributed with Tuesday’s global cyberattacks—resurfaced on Twitter late Wednesday, seemingly offering to help those whose files can no longer be recovered. The earliest analysis of this was offered on Tuesday by security researcher the grugq, who wrote: “The superficial resemblance to Petya is only skin deep. Although there is significant code sharing, the real Petya was a criminal enterprise for making money. This is definitely not designed to make money. This is designed to spread fast and cause damage, with a plausibly deniable cover of ‘ransomware.’” In a tweet late Wednesday, the public face of Janus came to life after seven months of silence, suggesting that files locked by NotPetya might be recovered using a Janus private key. At time of writing, they’ve yet to elaborate any further.
Ransomware-as-a-ServiceIn early 2016, Janus launched a darknet website based on a black-market business model called Ransomware-as-a-Service (RaaS). Simply put, they offered other criminals access to a sophisticated ransomware-distribution platform. Its customers, after paying a nominal registration fee, could use the platform and in exchange Janus received a cut of all ransom paid. The customers tracked infection rates via a simple web interface, which also allowed them to adjust the ransom amounts. Janus, which has presented itself as a “professional cybercriminal” organization, even offered technical support, mitigating bug reports and fielding requests for new features to its beta platform. Advertisement Advertisement The revenue model was designed specifically to benefit customers who pulled in the most ransom payments. Those who collected fewer that 5 bitcoin in ransom per week, for example, received only a 25 percent cut, while those collecting more than 125 bitcoin received an 85 percent share. In the past, RaaS dealers mostly limited commercial access to ransomware that exploited well-known and widely-patched vulnerabilities. Janus, however, wasn’t fucking around. The group is fairly unique in that its product was sophisticated and, at the time, still very much effective. Petya, the malware which was not behind Tuesday’s outbreak—despite widespread reports of this in the media—only made up half of Janus’ payload. Advertisement Unlike most ransomware, which leaves the operating system intact while encrypting individual files, Petya encrypts entire portions of its victim’s hard drive. Petya, instead, replaces the computer’s Master Boot Record, locking the user out of the operating system. The Master File Table is then encrypted leaving the computer unable to locate any of the victim’s files. The user is offered a unique code which can be entered into a decryption website in order to submit a payment. The instructions are always offered in clear and concise terms—the more complex the process, the fewer payments will be received. Once Petya is downloaded—in the past, it was distributed by emails with the help of a spambot—the user is prompted to give the malware user account control. If the user clicks “Yes,” Petya initiates and the aforementioned process begins. If they click “No” instead, backup malware, known as Mischa, executes. This malware is of the more typical variety and encrypts individual files before prompting the victim with payment instructions from inside the operating system. If the victim was infected by Mischa and made the payment, they were given a password to decrypt the files. If infected by Petya, the password decrypts the Master File Table and repairs the Master Boot Record. Either way, paying the ransom results in the user regaining complete access to their files without suffering permanent damage. Ransomware-as-a-DisguiseConversely, what motivated the malicious actor behind the NotPetya infections was not money. The grugq’s assessment was confirmed on Wednesday by Kaspersky Lab malware analysts Anton Ivanov and Orkhan Mamedov, who wrote that the victims of the NotPetya malware were unable to recover their files, even if the ransom was paid. Advertisement Advertisement The grugq’s report was also confirmed hours earlier by hacker Matthieu Suiche, founder of Comaelo Technologies. These assessments indicate that NotPetya is a “wiper” designed specifically to destroy data—not generate revenue. “We believe the ransomware was, in fact, a lure to control the media narrative, especially after the WannaCry incidents, to attract the attention on some mysterious hacker group rather than a national state attacker like we have seen in the past in cases that involved wipers such as Shamoon,” wrote Suiche. In other words, his assessment is that NotPetya is the work of government hackers who used “ransomware” as a disguise to conduct a sophisticated cyberattack for the purpose of inflicting maximum damage. Suiche writes that, in his opinion, the purpose of this ruse was to “control the narrative of the attack,” meaning the hackers behind it sought to mislead the press. Advertisement As to whom may be responsible, attribution, as always, remains problematic. It appears, however, that patient zero may be a Ukrainian software firm called MeDoc—though the company has refuted this allegation in a Facebook post on Tuesday. According to several experts, the outbreak began after MeDoc was breached and NotPetya was pushed out to its customers via a software update. Attacks of this kind, designed to damage a company’s reputation by inflicting damage on its clients, are what’s known as a “supply chain attack.” Some have fingered Russia, which has intervened militarily in Ukraine since 2014, pointing to NotPetya infections in the Russia oil sector mitigated with suspicious ease. “It’s a miracle!” the grugq declared (sarcastically) in his Tuesday post. Advertisement Advertisement Since the media was tricked into helping cover the tracks of those responsible—at least for a time—the question now is whether security reporters will ever learn to defend themselves (and their readers) from nation-states employing this unique type of manipulation. In any case, it’s easy to see why the criminal organization Janus doesn’t seek to bolster its reputation by assuming credit for one. This is cyberwar and it’s not good for business. Digital Trends via Gizmodo http://gizmodo.com June 29, 2017 at 04:54PM
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Guy Who Worked on the iPhone Shows Off Some Clunky Prototypes http://ift.tt/2sWtVix In case you didn’t see one of the endless internet posts on the subject—it’s the 10th anniversary of the iPhone’s release. Hurray! Amongst the painful wankery about how the iPhone “changed everything” emerged one actually interesting bit: A look at some clumsy early prototypes of thecombination iPod, phone, and internet communicator. Ken Kocienda, the creator of the iPhone’s software keyboard, posted a photo of two early iPhone prototypes to commemorate the smartphone’s anniversary. But aside from it’s cereal box toy look, the prototypes also had funky names. Kocienda said Apple’s Project Purple Team, responsible for early iPhone development, called them “Wallabies.”
Why was the iPhone named after a small kangaroo? Kocienda doesn’t really know, but those are the prototypes he used to create the popular on-screen keyboard. Advertisement Advertisement “Hardware and software projects at Apple usually get code names,” Kocienda told Gizmodo over Twitter. “I never knew why these iPhone prototypes were called Wallabies.”
The two prototypes seem very blocky (and are probably heavy) and have giant bezels. Appropriate for a model more than a decade old. The design obviously took several leaps before reaching the final version. Maybe that’s why it was called a wallaby? Advertisement Digital Trends via Gizmodo http://gizmodo.com June 29, 2017 at 04:48PM
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macOS High Sierra’s best features are the ones you don’t see http://ift.tt/2smppuH If it wasn’t free, High Sierra might be a hard sell for casual users. The most meaningful updates are mostly below the surface — the first full macOS upgrade to do so since 2009’s Snow Leopard. The first public beta of the OS arrives today, and while I’ve been playing around with a build of the software on one of those new 13-inch MacBooks, I keep finding myself referring back to Apple’s product page to remind me of what’s new. But Apple doesn’t seem to have any doubts about adoption. High Sierra’s visible upgrades are relatively few and far between, but as the company would likely point out, that didn’t stop people from buying Snow Leopard — and that was back when you still had to pay for upgrades. The new operating system isn’t rife with shiny new features, but it brings enhancements under the hood designed to speed up devices. More importantly, they help future-proof Apple’s technology, from its first new file system since the early days of the Mac, to graphical and processing enhancements designed to usher in virtual reality content creation. Like a number of the company’s recent hardware upgrades, it’s tough to do a full preview of the new OS that isn’t just a list of benchmarks — and performance upgrades are hard to qualify for most use cases. But there are some visible changes worth noting here, like new search in Safari and an overhaul for the Photos app. It’s also worth discussing what Apple’s trying to accomplish with tweaks to the Mac’s underlying technologies. For the sake of immediacy, let’s start with some of the features you’ll actually see. PhotosPhotos gets the most meaningful visual overhaul in High Sierra. The changes are mostly organizational, which is good news for users who have a lot of images to comb through. The toolbar has been revamped and is now persistent while using the application, and users can customize it by reordering sections. Media is organized by content type, including Bursts, Live Photos, Panoramas, Selfies and the newly supported Animated GIFs, for all of your meme-related needs. Apple’s also brought a bunch of new editing tools to the table. I’ve got a Photoshop account, so I’ve never given much thought about using Photos for editing, but the toolset is pretty robust for a free offering. In addition to a bunch of new filters, Photos now also sports features like Curves, a color adjusting tool that offers much more subtle refinement than standard color sliders. Selective Color is also pretty sophisticated for a free photo app. You choose a color with the dropper tool and can subtly refine it by hue, saturation, luminance, range and the like. Of course, none of this is new for those who have been using paid photo-editing apps, but the added features are nice enhancements for amateur photographers or people just looking to step up their iPhone photography game. And for those who do use apps like Photoshop and Pixelmator, you can now access those programs for a given image directly through Photos, which will save a lot of the back and forth over importing images directly. High Sierra also brings editing tools to the iPhone’s Live Photo feature, so you can filter, crop and adjust the color of the animated images on a small timeline in the toolbar. SafariApple is definitely going to raise the ire of ad companies with one of Safari’s best new features, Intelligent Tracking Prevention, which relies on machine learning to remove cross-site tracking. It’s designed to eliminate things like advertising cookies, so stuff you shopped for doesn’t follow you to every site you visited, but useful contextual information is saved for pages you actually visit. The feature is on by default, but it can be disabled in the settings, if you’re a cookie monster. Like Photos, Safari also brings more content refinement than previous versions. Settings now features a Websites pane, which lets you customize the way you interact with individual sites. From there, you can make site always appear in Reader Mode (a bare-bones layout that emphasizes text), apply content blockers, shut off autoplay and kill notifications, location tracking and mic and camera access. Adding them individually is a bit of a chore, but that level of customization is great for sites with annoying tracking tendencies. That fancy new file systemThe name High Sierra is more than just an excuse for Craig Federighi to crack some dad jokes about smokin’ doobies onstage at WWDC (“they assured us this name is fully baked”). It’s a reference to Apple’s attempt to build upon and perfect the latest version of the OS. The biggest piece of that puzzle is APFS (short for Apple File System), a system Apple has been talking up since the last WWDC. It replaces (the even more boringly named) HFS+, which has been the Mac’s main file system since the late 90s, and was, in turn, based on HFS, a system that goes all the way back to 1985 — the year Marty McFly first went back to the future. In other words, it was more or less a 30-year-old system that was well overdue for a change. APFS represents a new system designed from the ground up and built for 2017 technology. So, what does the new file system actually mean for users? For starters, this will likely be a longer installation, so maybe take the dog for a walk or go grab a cup of coffee from the fancy new cafe you’ve been meaning to check out. This is due to the fact that the High Sierra install is effectively converting your boot drive to the new file system. The actual time of install depends on a number of factors, including hardware speed and storage size. Apple seems confident that the maneuver will keep users’ files in tact — after all, millions of iOS devices already made the jump in 10.3 earlier this year. But it’s still recommended that users do a full system backup before installing — probably a good idea any time you’re set to install a new operating system. AFPS is more secure than its predecessors, with FileVault encryption built in. The one place you’re really going to see an instantaneous change is when duplicating a file. In fact, it was one of the few features Federighi demonstrated onstage as the company moved through announcements at a record pace, copying and pasting a group of large video files all at once, without having to sit through the usual progress bar. Also of note
Between a new file system and enhanced developer tools, High Sierra is an attempt to future-proof the operating system. The visible features are relatively few and far between and are mostly about refining existing products. For most users, it won’t be the most exciting upgrade, but it’s ultimately going to be an important one. The new OS is out now as a public beta, with final version is due out in the fall. Digital Trends via TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com June 29, 2017 at 04:12PM
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Free choice must be free http://ift.tt/2tuTo40 It’s hard to know at this point whether Facebook did or did not offer a manipulative targeting product to its advertisers. What matters, however, is that it could. Facebook has all the required capabilities to turn such a dystopian scenario into an entirely plausible reality. With more than two billion monthly users, a comprehensive data collection scheme, first-rate data analytics and aspirations to, literally, read our minds, Facebook can not only make inferences about personal details we did not disclose, but also become better familiar with us than we are with ourselves. The manipulation scenario also sounds plausible because we’ve seen other companies use their massive data repositories and the users’ profiles they generated to subtly encourage a certain course of action. This is how Netflix, by automatically starting to play the next episode, nudges us to indulge in binge-watching, even when we should prioritize other tasks. The same applies to Amazon’s customized recommendations, which attempt to prompt users into buying more stuff that they, more often than not, do not need. Similarly, Uber was incentivizing drivers to take on more rides by showing them their next fare opportunity while still at a current ride, and sending reminders as to drivers’ pre-set income goals. Facebook was also able to boost voter turnout by showing users a “go vote” message, and Google prides itself on redirecting potential ISIS recruits toward content that counters and undermines ISIS’ messages. In a way, there is nothing new about such attempts to architect individual choices through subtle changes to their environment. As Richard Thaler and Cass Sunstein showed in their book and articles, people have always used design models to impact consumer decision-making through the presentation of choices. Think about the way your local supermarket is organized. It makes sense that goods located at your eye level are more likely to be consumed and that the bakery should be placed at the far end of the store — because nothing will bring you there better than the smell of freshly baked pastries. Realizing the power of choice architecture, some have advocated for nudging individuals toward choices that are in their best interest, and some governments have followed suit by employing nudging methods. It is time to have a serious conversation about the limits of choice architecture online.
Indeed, nudges have been used since the dawn of humanity. Moreover, because any given choice must be presented, and because the presentation is likely to influence the ultimate choice, nudges are practically unavoidable. Yet, something feels profoundly different in data-driven nudges. The limitless amount of data turns the scale of online nudges to something that we have yet to encounter. The ability to map humanity into particularized boxes based on an ever-growing list of interests, personalities, opinions and, even undisclosed thoughts and emotions with a relatively high level of accuracy is unprecedented. And while in some mediums we expect a certain degree of nudges, like in the context of online shopping, targeted nudges in other mediums catch us completely off guard. This is why the possibility that Facebook offers to capitalize on teenagers’ mental state invokes so much rage — when teenagers interact with their friends on Facebook, they are unlikely to recognize nudges as such. Similarly, the power of Google’s search algorithm to surreptitiously shift voting preferences of undecided voters by 20-80 percent is highly troubling — and not only because it could potentially threaten the basic principles of democracy. The power to interfere with political views is immensely alarming and so effective for the same reason — because it can be used when and where we least expect it. In a way, nudges have been so appealing to policy makers and corporate players alike because they provide a perfect mechanism for directing behavior while respecting individual’s autonomy: they left room for real individual choice. But in the move from traditional nudges to data-driven nudges in fully controlled digital platforms, the autonomy-respecting aspect seems to be wearing away. It is time to have a serious conversation about the limits of choice architecture online. We should acknowledge legitimate business interests alongside the long-established practice of choice architecture. At the same time, we should put restrictions in place to prohibit the use of nudges when they act as mere exploitation of weaknesses for the sake of profit-making. Rules should detail who can be part of the choosing game, and who is off-limits. Children, the elderly and people with mental and cognitive disabilities must be protected against manipulative nudges. Additional classifications, such as individuals who have recently experienced the loss of a loved one, should also be considered. Data-driven nudges, and especially interactive nudges that correspond to changes in individuals’ mental state, must be curbed to reflect the original quality of the nudge — guiding behavior while safeguarding individual autonomy. Whenever the latter is lost, the former should not be pursued. Digital Trends via TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com June 29, 2017 at 04:06PM
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‘Mario Kart 8 Deluxe’ patch fixes online bugs and balancing issues http://ift.tt/2sWjATJ When Mario Kart 8 Deluxe released on the Nintendo Switch, it quickly became one of the series’ most popular entries. Yet, many players have experienced issues while playing online. With Nintendo’s latest Mario Kart 8 Deluxe update, multiplayer has been rebalanced and some bugs have been fixed within the game’s online mode. Just like other entries, Mario Kart 8 Deluxe offers certain advantages to players who fall behind in a race. Slower racers typically receive more offensive items like the blue shell while racers at the front of the pack receive defensive items like banana peels. One of the updates increases the rate of items meant for catching up. Other balance adjustments have also been made. From now on, no more than two piranha plants will be distributed at any given time. Aside from balancing issues, Nintendo also fixed some of the bugs that crept up online. When a player collects an item, the item wheel will no longer spin continuously. Communication errors while spectating should also occur less frequently. This is the second update to be released for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe since Nintendo removed an offensive gesture a few weeks ago. Much like the update released for Arms earlier this week, Nintendo has been committed to supporting their games after release. Full patch notes for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Version 1.2 were given by Nintendo and are included below:
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A ‘Game of Thrones’ fan has made the ultimate season 7 trailer http://ift.tt/2t5US1o HBO’s marketing team can take a break, because one enthusiastic Game of Thrones fan is helping them do their job. Recycling the season 7 footage released so far, YouTube user Sebastian Hughes has created the “ultimate trailer” — a preview that absolutely lives up to its name. Hughes had great source material to work with, thanks to HBO, but there is no arguing that the trailer is compelling in its own right. By combining footage from multiple previews, it is able to offer a more comprehensive look at the upcoming season than any of the previous ones have. The mashup is done very logically, too, with each individual character’s scenes cut together in a way that, in most cases, lays out their season 7 goals and/or motivations. That is helpful, considering how many key players are involved and the fact that a year has now passed since the season 6 finale aired. Another interesting element of Hughes’ trailer is that it reorganizes the content, which means we see it from a different perspective. For example, the most recent trailer had a quote from Sansa (Sophie Turner) in voiceover about the “lone wolf” dying. The line coincided with footage of Jon (Kit Harington), so it seemed to possibly foreshadow his death, as the wolf is a symbol of the Stark family. However, Hughes chose to use that particular line with Arya (Maisie Williams) instead, reminding us that it could just as easily refer to another Stark. While there aren’t necessarily any new insights to draw from the unofficial trailer and we could be reading way too much into it, analyzing the video is interesting nonetheless. Fans do have a knack for uncovering the truth from time to time, and considering different theories could well pay off. That said, Hughes describes the trailer as being made “just for fun,” so the intent may not actually have been to inspire so much obsessing. Whatever the case, official season 7 news isn’t enough to satisfy our appetite, so we’ll enjoy any Game of Thrones developments and tidbits that come our way. Game of Thrones (finally!) returns July 16 on HBO, kicking off the penultimate season.
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Music Festival Confetti Cannons Might Be Our Only Surefire Defense Against Drones http://ift.tt/2u3WatY As if random asteroids and vengeful hawks weren’t enough of a reason to keep a wary eye on the skies, drones have gone from being harmless RC toys to genuine weapons. Until now, the only way to stay safe was to only go outside on windy days, but it looks like there’s a new weapon for the war on drones: confetti cannons. The pilot in this video was trying to capture footage of an over-energized man pushing buttons on a record player at a music festival, but his drone accidentally drifted into the path of a confetti cannon as it was blasting excited fans with litter. For a brief moment, it looks like the drone survived the blast of air and paper, but as the debris gets caught up in two of its rotors, it eventually comes crashing down. It’s a small victory for humanity. [YouTube via Geekologie] Digital Trends via Gizmodo http://gizmodo.com June 29, 2017 at 03:48PM |
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