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Best Websites on the Internet for Movies

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Best Websites on the Internet for Movies

Who wouldn’t want to spend their Friday nights watching greatest movies of all times and still not exhaust their hard earned money? Yes, this is actually possible. I bring to you a set of websites (the ones that I found useful and genuine) which are the best over the internet to watch movies for free. And I also mention a few which can be accessed by paying a nominal monthly or yearly charge.

The Best Websites on the Internet for Movies

1. Netflix for all your Movie Needs

You might be aware of the popularity of Netflix as it is a pretty worthy investment for your entertainment. It offers an astounding number of movies from around the world, best ever TV shows, documentaries to watch on the demand,  and even original series like Orange is The New Black & House of Cards. Currently around a third of all the internet packets sent are Netflix packets. And just for $9.99 a month, you too can add to the number.

Netflix - The Best Websites on the Internet for Movies

2. Hulu

One surprising fact about Hulu TV streaming service is that this isn’t really as appreciated as it should be. Subscribing to the $7.99 per month package, you have an access to its  quality library which is also supported by commercials. The commercial-free access to Hulu costs only $11.99. And if in case you have heard about TV series like Homeland, the original program like Casual and the blockbuster Terminator Genisys then Hulu is the place where you get an access to many such other programs.

Hulu - The Best Websites on the Internet for Movies

3. Rotten Tomatoes

A few days back I went for a movie after which I realized this was the most stupid decision. How convenient would it have been if I would have known about the reviews of that movie in advance! Tickets already are too expensive and on top of that, you get to see such mediocre films spoils the fun. So what if you want to know if a movie is good to watch or not? Rotten Tomatoes comes to the rescue.

Rotten Tomatoes - The Best Websites on the Internet for Movies

It aggregates reviews about the movies, categorizes them into positive or negative, and then finds an average. This results into a simple and unbiased assessment of the odds that you will like the movie or not. Though results are not always perfect and they even give heretically low scores for movies like The Prestige yet they are the best out there!

4. IMDb

IMDb is literally one of the oldest websites over the internet and also the most reliable one. It even it predates the web browser! IMDb is amongst those exhaustive and most accurate collections of movie ratings, trivia and facts. It is a website that would exactly take decades to replicate. And there still is no such other site.

IMDb - The Best Websites on the Internet for Movies

5. Vimeo

There are many people who regard Vimeo as one of the competitors of YouTube. The other few consider it as superior to YouTube. The video sharing website has somehow managed to capture that segment of the movie industry which is actually hard to find anywhere else. Vimeo is a home to an extensive number of filmmakers and is amongst the best places to find refreshing movies on demand.

Vimeo - The Best Websites on the Internet for Movies

And if you want to deeply understand the same then I am talking about films that you would find playing at the Tribeca, Sundance, or SXSW festivals.

6. ScreenRant

ScreenRant is one of those websites that you should religiously visit if you are a movie buff. It is an insightful and well-edited publication which is packed with all the latest movie & TV news and gives you all the information relating to Hollywood. And even during the dry periods of movie news, you will be treated with a constant streaming of opinionated editorials.

ScreenRant - The Best Websites on the Internet for Movies

7. Short of The Week

As the name suggests, Short of The Week offers special content for each one of you. Every week, a new and independent, hand-picked short movies are added for you to watch that too for free. These vary from topics like love, killer zombies etc. Each of the short manages to incorporate an incredible storytelling finesse into the 5-20 minute  timeline. Short of the Week is a perfect way for spending those spare moments every week being a fantastic platform for the same.

Short of the Week - The Best Websites on the Internet for Movies

8. YouTube Movies

Watching YouTube is so much more than watching YouTubers, songs, and HowTos. But one of the best and of course a lesser known feature of YouTube is its ability to rent movies starting at around $3.99 each. YouTube is a video streaming website and offers almost everything from the world. Thanks to its compatibility with the Chromecast that it can easily become a regular part of your movie-watching experience. If it isn’t Netflix then probably its on YouTube.

YouTube Movies - The Best Websites on the Internet for Movies

9. Amazon Prime Instant Video

Amazon’s video streaming service is not that elegant as Netflix’s. Yet if you have access to the Amazon Prime then the video streaming service comes as part of your package. It provides you with an absolute ton of great stuff including several critically acclaimed original shows from their catalog. The company is also seeing to signing exclusive deals with the other companies like HBO and the BBC. This right away means that Amazon Prime Instant Video library of shows is getting better & bigger.

Amazon Prime Instant Video - The Best Websites on the Internet for Movies

Facebook accidentally declares Mark Zuckerberg dead including million others

Karishma Khanna
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Facebook accidentally declares Mark Zuckerberg dead including million others

It was on Friday, 11th November 2016, that Facebook accidentally declared many of its live users (including Mark Zuckerberg) dead after which it fixed the problem and acknowledged for committing such a “terrible error.”

A Facebook spokesperson told the AFP,

“For a brief period today, a message meant for memorialized profiles was mistakenly posted to other accounts. This was a terrible error that we have now fixed.”

People around the world took it over to Twitter (social networking site) for reporting about this uncanny error. And in fact, more surprisingly the very-much-alive Facebook co-founder & chief executive “Mark Zuckerberg” too was memorialized in a message at his facebook profile page expressing hope to those people who loved him. The ones who were spared of the error ridiculed facebook for making them as the exceptions.
Facebook accidentally declares Mark Zuckerberg dead including million others
Facebook accidentally declares Mark Zuckerberg dead including million others Facebook accidentally declares Mark Zuckerberg dead including million others Facebook accidentally declares Mark Zuckerberg dead including million others
The media reports intimated that around two million errant memorials were posted on the facebook profile pages. The network has apologized after all the nuisance and said that it would work as quickly as possible to correct the dilemma.
Danny Sullivan, Search Engine Land editor said in a message on Twitter
“Damn. I should have used Facebook Live to show how I was Facebook Dead.”
Facebook Live is a feature that lets people broadcast videos in the real-time at the leading social networking website.
Notices of the mistakenly posted memorial contained the links to the forms that can be submitted to have the facebook accounts modified into online memorials after they die. And part of the process is displaying the proof of death. Some people even joked about the error moving the confidence of people from Facebook’s feature of checking safety after disasters, or about its claim that deceptive stories are not a worry at the social networking website.
A not-dead-yet Mark Zuckerberg maintain the integrity of News Feed stories during an on-stage converse at a Techonomy conference in California a night before being memorialized on his facebook profile page. Mark straight away refused the idea that false stories shared on the social networking website paved a path of success for the President-elect Trump.

Mark Zuckerberg said during an on-stage talk at the conference,

“The idea that fake news on Facebook, which is a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way I think is a pretty crazy idea,”

CEO Mark Zuckerberg refutes all the claims calling them ‘crazy’.
He also added at the Technonomy conference that,
“Personally I think the idea that fake news on Facebook, which is a very small amount of the content, influenced the election in any way — I think is a pretty crazy idea. Voters make decisions based on their lived experience.”

The #FacebookDead hashtag went viral after the error took place. It was a deadly plague that had wiped out a larger portion of the population altogether. And the ones who were memorialized by the Facebook (social networking website) had the following message written on top of their Facebook profiles:

“Remembering ( Name ). We hope people who love ( Name ) will find comfort in the things others share to remember and celebrate her life”.

Enable these Lock Screen Widget on iOS 10 for Better Convenience

Karishma Khanna
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Enable these Lock Screen Widget on iOS 10 for Better Convenience

iOS 10 has gained a lot of popularity fundamentally in two particular areas. First being all of its brand-new enhancements to the iMessage and emojis. And second being how the slide-to-unlock mechanism has just disappeared and been replaced by pressing the home button to open the device. The second modification was done to support another unique feature called the lock screen widgets. But I don’t think this feature received enough praise. Lock screen widget feature lets you swipe over & glance at almost everything that is happening on your phone without even letting you unlock the device or open an application. This provides the advantage of a quick access to shortcuts and for other useful tasks. And if in case you didn’t know about this, here’s a look at the five most helpful shortcuts for your iPhone’s lock screen widget.

Enable these Lock Screen Widget on iOS 10 for Better Convenience

1. Philips Hue Lights Widget

If in case you do not have a smart home hub setup at your house, you would want to skip this part. But if you do, then this widget becomes really convenient. The easy-to-use and free Philips Hue application has an iPhone lock screen widget that controls the lights & scenes in your home. So all you need to do is just swipe over from the left side and tap to switch the lights on or off. You can easily do this from the Control Center in iOS 10. And if that’s not the case the application comes more in sync with your preferences. If you have already installed the scenes in the Philips Hue app rather than your Home, using the app’s widget is much comfortable.

Philips Hue Lights for iOS 10

2. Shazam Widget

Step One: You hear a song and become too curious about it.

Next Step: You struggle to unlock your iPhone, search for the Shazam app from the menu, then open the app, and finally tap the same so that Shazam starts listening to the song to figure out what it is before the song ends.

And Step Three: There’s nothing like the third step, because by now, I am already annoyed.

Shazam widget for iOS 10

But this somewhat long process will hopefully get some relief with the new “Shazam widget” for the iOS 10 users. You can perfectly add the widget to your lock screen so it is directly accessible. And when the next time you hear a song, the process will become much simpler. Swipe towards the left on your lock screen & tap on the “Touch to Shazam” option. Done!

3. Trello Widget

You can efficiently use Trello to pitch your concepts. Simply brainstorm anytime you feel and submit the bunch all at once. But in the other times, when something strucks you instantly, the Trello widget comes handy. It provides you with quick shortcuts from the lock screen. You can effortlessly add new cards, take photographs and import pictures or from your clipboard on your iOS 10. Adding a new card gives you a blank canvas for your notes. The rest three automatically create new cards. Thanks to the Trello widget that the whole process of taking down notes and ideas becomes simple and encouraging.

Trello widget for iOS 10

4. Foursquare

For some of you, foursquare is nothing new. But if not let me put it this way. If someday you enter at a new location & are confused about what that particular area has to offer the “Foursquare” comes to your rescue. So instead of opening the Foursquare app from the menu and then browsing the categories, the application widget puts convenient shortcuts on your iPhone’s lock screen on iOS 10. It’s available for you at all the times. There are four options available at the lock screen Foursquare’s widget – Coffee & Tea, Food, Nightlife, and Things-to-do. Tap any of those categories and you will directly be taken inside of the Foursquare application. After this, you will be shown the relevant results based on the current location and no further questions.

Foursquare widget fir iOS 10

5. Launcher

Launcher is an application that is dedicated towards making use of several widgets on iOS 10. This app lets you launch into your most common tasks and is completely customizable to an insane level. Launcher app can add up to seven tasks to the widget. But in the paid upgrade you get to add even more. Tasks can be anything from a call to a specific message  or opening an application, playing an artist or your playlist to navigate me home and much more. There are literally hundreds of options and they are real time savers to possess right on the lock screen of your iPhone. For unlocking all the features of Launcher App, you need to spend a minimal cost of around $4.98.And the upgraded features are which is highly recommendable.

4 Geeky Gifts Perfect For This Holiday Season

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4 Geeky Gifts Perfect For This Holiday Season

The holidays are quickly approaching, and with them comes the inevitable gift-giving that occurs every year. Like many other people, you will likely be frantically searching the shelves for things for your loved ones, and your local shopping centers may not have what you’re looking for this year. In this day and age, we have the good graces of the internet at our disposal (for better or worse), which makes finding gifts simultaneously easier and much harder. You have a wealth of gifts at your fingertips, only a credit-card number away, but with so many available, which do you choose? Do you go for the rubber Horrifying Horse Head Mask, or the Levitating Death Star Speaker? We have you covered, with our list of 4 geeky gifts that are perfect for this holiday season.

Levitating Death Star Speaker

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If you can imagine what it might be like to listen to your favourite music or movie soundtracks wirelessly, you can begin to understand the excitement behind this Levitating Death Star speaker, but the hype doesn’t stop there. With 360 degree sound amplification, and a magnetic base to cause the death star itself to actually levitate, the atmosphere of quiet foreboding put forth by Darth Vader’s original destroyer of worlds is once again palpable.

Connecting via bluetooth, the speaker has up to 5 hours of play time, and can be connected to any bluetooth enabled device. This is also the first levitating Death Star speaker to receive Disney’s stamp of approval, making it a part of the official merchandise for Star Wars – and a valuable addition to any collection.

Available on Amazon.

Pop Vinyls

Pop Vinyls are skyrocketing to the top of the wanted list for many pop-culture collectors all around the world, and the characters available for purchase are very, very extensive. From all your favourite pop-culture or cult classic TV shows and movies, the characters are created into bobble-headed, stylized versions of themselves, and their small size makes them easy to set up as decoration around a house or apartment. There are special, limited edition Pop Vinyl figurines that cost a bit more, but are only given a limited run. These usually coincide with the release of a movie or event on a TV show, and are even more collectable. Pop Vinyls make great gifts, and are a must-have for many collectors everywhere.

  • Also read: 4 Coolest Tech Products for Your Next Outdoor Adventure

RC Droids

Remote-controlled (or RC) cars have been around for decades.

Originally set up on tracks and plugged into power points to be raced, and eventually moving to trackless, battery powered vehicles, RCs have been a very popular gift choice around the holiday season for a long, long time. Now, with new technology, vehicles or characters can be even smaller and differently shaped, leading to the release of RC Droids. Droids, such as R2D2 and BB8 from the Star Wars franchise, are robotic characters with different styles of locomotion, which have now been compressed down into hand- held, or larger sized, remote controlled droids. These can create hours of entertainment for the gift-receiver, and to add them to a collection is a great way of helping someone enjoy the holiday season.

  • Also read: Top 5 E-Commerce Websites For Online Shopping in India

DVDs

Lastly, we have a gift that has been around for only 15 years or so, but has become more and more refined and powerful as time has gone on. DVD collections are formidable, and often take up room, but are beloved by their collectors for the physical feeling of owning a TV show or movie that someone loves. With new remastered box sets of classic film franchises coming out throughout the year, or the new Star Wars DVD or Blu-Ray, the hassle of finding gifts to give can be done away with entirely, and that special someone in your life can have exactly the movie or TV show collection that they always wanted.

Buying gifts for people has been difficult for so long, but there’s no reason it needs to remain that way. With our list, you can be sure that their holidays will be full of spirit and cheer.

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Rs. 2000 Note Has No GPS Tracking Chip, Arun Jaitley Confirms

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Rs. 2000 Note Has No GPS Tracking Chip, Arun Jaitley Confirms

A WhatsApp forward message started making the rounds soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement that the Rs. 500 and Rs. 1000 notes will discontinue from 9th November onwards and they won’t be considered as a legal tender. Following to which, PM also announced that the government will be issuing new Rs. 500 and Rs. 2000 notes. The forward message stated that the new Rs. 2000 note would use an embedded NGC technology that would enable tracking for these notes.

So to clear this information, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley confirmed on Wednesday that RBI’s new Rs. 2000 note actually has “no GPS tracking chip”. It does not have an embedded nano-GPS chip aka NGC which would let the Income Tax Department of India track the location of the hard-earned cash (each Rs. 2000 note) in real time.

Rs. 2000 Note Has No GPS Tracking Chip, Arun Jaitley Confirms

The same forward message also had claimed that the Rs. 2000 note contains a chip that was passive which means it wouldn’t need any power source. The chip would act as a signal reflector.

This message viral to such an extent that RBI Officials had to publish an official statement and also deny the existence of this chip at a “press conference”.

The following image is the message that has been going viral and stirring too much trouble and miscommunication. People are requested to please delete this forward text anytime they receive it. Everyone is requested to tell their friends and family members that they should not believe any such information via WhatsApp or any other medium.

No, the new Rs 2000 notes don’t have a “nano-GPS” chip embedded in them

And just to remind our readers again that nearly everything mentioned in the above image is simply the WhatsApp message that has been going viral and  is false. There are rumors circulating that new Rs. 2000 note has GPS tracking chip. But, there is absolutely no GPS tracking chip of any kind in the new Rs. 2000 note.

5 Women Fashion Apps to Find the Perfect Outfit

Karishma Khanna
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5 Women Fashion Apps to Find the Perfect Outfit

Your life may not be perfect but your outfit can definitely be! So one should leave a sparkle wherever they go because the right dress can make a world of differences. But finding that perfect outfit can be really painful. Though certain people or I should say, women, are born with that innate sense of style, but for many, it’s too stressful to look at their wardrobes every morning. Even shopping for those comfortable yet suitable clothes becomes a task.

5 Women Fashion Apps to Find the Perfect Outfit

So if you are amongst those women who really cannot decide on what to wear every morning or how to choose the best outfit from the pile at the mall, take help from these women-centric mobile applications and know what you should be doing. All the mentioned applications will surely guide you to make the smart choice.

Find the perfect outfit by trying one of these:

1. Body Shape Calculator (Web-based) : Find Your Body Type

This is not exactly an application, but a browser based website that helps you to determine your exact body shape. And I believe, before even hoping on to purchasing that glittery short dress, one should clearly understand and learn about their body type so as to not select the wrong outfit. Though there is nothing called as the “right body shape” as every person is beautiful but clothing is a form of self-expression that perfectly gives hints about who you are, hence you shouldn’t underestimate it.

All you need to do here is simply enter in the calculator (refer to the image below) all the measurements of your shoulder, waist, and hips and easily figure out your body shape. Yes, that’s all. Most experts consider that there are basically five body types in women: hourglass, pear, apple, inverted triangle, and rectangle. Don’t just keep self-examining and wondering about your body type but try this Body Shape Calculator by a Fashion blog called Styled 24/7.

Body Shape Calculator to Find the Perfect Outfit

Not just the shape but it also guides on what you should and shouldn’t be wearing. It further offers advice on what colors you should wear, your wardrobe essentials, and more such things.

Check it out here!

2. #OOTD (Web/ Instagram) : Styling Inspiration

So, now that you are aware of your body shape, OOTD might interest you. It’s kind of another fashion learning exercise. Just look at the photographs of other people and decide what can suit you as well. And to let you know, OOTD or Outfit of the Day is actually a hashtag used for Instagram. Now it sounds relatable, right?

#OOTD can be about what you are or will be wearing on a regular or maybe on a special day. You get to observe the street style, the fashionistas, and many such fashions & people. So, the best way is to look at what people are wearing and understand the trends. Once you know your body type, start following the #OOTD hashtag regularly.

Instagram's #OOTD to Find The Perfect Outfit

Every day, fashion loving women show off what they are wearing by tagging #OOTD. Instagram is a huge photo-sharing network so you will always be inspired. Bonus points if you find people living in the same city or country as this would help you match outfits by climate too.

Check it out here!

3. Worn On TV (Web-based) : A pretty dress from that awesome show

Not just social media, but another major source of inspiration for those eye catching and perfect outfits are the people we see on the television. You may well identify with Sarah Hyland of Modern Family who is a fashion-forward actor or Zooey Deschanel from New Girl. Whatever you like, just find it on “Worn On TV”.

The website exhibits a wide variety of popular English television shows, focusing essentially on the women fashion of those shows. It is very neatly organized and categorizes outfits by the particular show, its character, and specific episode. Hence it becomes easy to choose what you saw on television.

Worn On TV to Find Your Perfect Outfit

Worn On TV gives out all the necessary information about where to buy the outfit or a particular top & jean or that stylish bag. It also provides recommendations for similar styles. Remember, a “celebrity” just wore that perfect outfit on TV, therefore you need to move fast! However, discover a little more so you get the trendiest clothes at best prices.

4. The Hunt (Android, iOS & Web) : Click a picture to find an item

Wondering where you can buy those attractive winter boots which a girl was wearing the other day while you were traveling for work? But you didn’t forget to click a picture of the same to hunt for in the market or online. Well, that is something you did right. And this is wat The Hunt is all about. Simply snap a photograph with your smartphone’s camera and upload it to The Hunt.

The hunt to find your perfect outfit

The vast community at The Hunt exists to help each other by finding out sought-after items, or something adequately similar. While you upload the photograph, you can also set the ideal price too. The users look around & send you links when they find a good match. It has a more active community and The Hunt brilliantly guides you to even learn how to dress better.

Install: Android | iOS

Check it out here!

5. Stylebook (iOS) : Digitize & Organize Your Closet

As the name suggests, Stylebook is clearly a gorgeous style-book. It is an application to digitize & organize your closet along with tracking what you wear. Stylebook is amongst the best fashion & style apps that involves cataloging of your wardrobe. Though the process is a little time-consuming, but spend some time over the weekend and you’ll find it worthy.

Stylebook to find the perfect outfit

Start off by laying every item one by one from your wardrobe on a white backdrop. Photograph it clearly. And this way you’ll build a digital representation of all your outfits. Keep adding your outfits to the application which eventually turns into a calendar of which clothes you are repeating and which you are not.

It’s actually a smart closet!

Install: iOS

Check it out here!

5 Technologies Affecting Business Processes

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5 Technologies Affecting Business Processes

In recent years, the world of doing business has changed and improved significantly thanks to digital technologies. Today, business owners can replace outdated methods with the latest technologies that can increase efficiency in a short time.

Moreover, such companies as Grid Dynamics help business owners implement the most efficient digital technologies without much effort.

In this article, we’ll share 5 digital technologies you can implement today.

Digital assistants

This category includes all technologies that can be trained so that they can communicate with customers through correspondence. Today these include chatbots, voice assistants, and robotics. The value of such assistants lies in the fact that they can process more requests at the same time, and they can also perform their functions 24 hours a day.

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Their advantage is that they can free real employees from performing routine, simple work and devote more time to performing complex tasks for which these assistants are not yet suitable.

According to statistics, in the coming years, such assistants will be able to control more than 90% of conversations with customers.

Internet of Things (IoT)

The essence of this technology lies in the fact that various electronic devices and sensors can interact with each other and transmit various data to each other. This requires only the Internet and cloud storage.

business processes

Often, this technology is used when arranging a smart home so that applications can transfer information to each other and ensure the usefulness of functional processes. Their advantage is that applications can self-regulate and manage many processes. It is expected that in a few years more than half of the processes for businesses will be transferred to the IoT.

Artificial Intelligence

AI is the ability of a program to self-learn and analyze data to achieve a specific goal. The fields of application of this technology are extensive. The main thing is to provide a large amount of data for the system and set up algorithms for training. After analyzing the provided data, the trained system will be able to independently make a decision for further actions.

To achieve maximum results and effectively implement this technology, it is worthwhile to draw up a clear plan and set specific goals that must be achieved. This way, you can get effective solutions for your workflows.

Internet of Things (IoT)

Virtual and Augmented Reality

Combined with each other, the two types of technologies can significantly improve communication with customers and buyers, improve the experience of working with your company, and also provide fast processing of business processes.

Virtual and Augmented Reality

These digital technologies are already ubiquitous in many areas of activity. In business processes, owners selling cars, houses, plots of land, and various furniture are already using these technologies to show customers how everything can be produced even before the time of manufacture. In the video game industry, virtual reality helps immerse users completely in the game world, where the players are one hundred percent involved in the process.

Blockchain

Blockchain means that both parties have complete information about all payments and transactions. The advantage is that all owners are aware of everything and no party has the right to change any information. Participants can fully trust the information and not give it to other persons for verification.

It is not yet clear when blockchains will be used in various fields of activity, but today they have successfully entered the world of cryptocurrency. Perhaps, in the near future, they can be used in such areas as the sale of real estate, transportation of goods, medical care, and insurance. Most companies are already more than 80% confident that the blockchain provides security and minimizes risks.

Virtual and Augmented Reality

Conclusion

The presented technologies can take your business process experience to a new level. Although the functionality of such technologies is capable of solving monotonous and simple tasks, your employees will be able to take on more complex tasks that trained systems are not yet able to cope with. Already today, a huge number of companies are using these technologies and are convinced of the increase in efficiency from their experience.

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