Moxian, Inc. (OTCQB: MOXC) specializes in precision marketing. For six years, the company has fixed its attention on enabling business owners to engage in high-level, targeted marketing. How? Moxian has combined a customer relations management tool with data analysis capabilities to offer a comprehensive solution — an online-to-offline platform — that incorporates social media and business for small- and medium-sized enterprises largely based in China.

Moxian offers social customer relationship management, marketing, event hosting, vouchers and product listings services, in addition to actionable reports. By allowing merchant clients to study consumer behavior, Moxian’s products and services have also been generating repeated interactions between users and merchant clients.

With the company’s User App, users gain access to a social media platform that comes complete with a package of services, including:

• a news center;
• a voice chat service called MO-Talk;
• a game center that enables users to play games and earn Moxian-sponsored MO-Points;
• a variety of merchant stores, which enable users to shop at the company’s merchant clients’ stores via the use of mobile devices; and
• MO-Shake, a service that allows users to shake their phone to win merchant-sponsored vouchers, Moxian-sponsored MO-Coins or MO-Points, as well as coupons, discounts, or admission to other events hosted by merchant clients.

Moxian also has a Business App. This app allows merchants to oversee their presence within the platform. It also allows the company’s merchant clients to open an e-commerce shop, plan a marketing campaign, interact with customers, offer rewards and discounts, manage payments and receive analytics.

Moxian’s innovative platform, plus its corresponding loyalty program, has been driving its significant growth. Last month, Moxian Technologies (Beijing) Co., a subsidiary of Moxian, Inc., revealed that, per a five-year cooperation agreement, it would become the sole reseller of ad space for Xinhua New Media Culture Communication Co. in the gaming industry. It would also become the sole information and operations partner in the gaming platform of the Xinhua New Media App.

This deal shows promise for both companies. It creates a new source of revenue for Moxian, laying a solid foundation for the company’s future growth, and it could help drive the Moxian App into the mainstream. As an exclusive gaming partner for the Xinhua New Media App, which has over 100 million users with 10 million daily active users, Moxian can leverage this opportunity to promote its games on the platform while acquiring a large number of young, active users for the Xinhua App.

The deal will also strengthen Moxian’s partnership with Xinhua New Media Centre. While marketing the Xinhua App, Moxian will assist in ramping up user engagement and getting users to read and click on Xinhua ads for Moxian rewards. Users of the app will be rewarded with Mo-Coins and Mo-Points when they participate and click on any ads. They can then redeem those Mo-Coins and Mo-Points for rewards by simply logging into the Moxian Platform.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.Moxian.com

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Smartphones are attached to everyone’s hip in today’s world. Mobile payment solutions, such as PayPal (NASDAQ: PYPL) and Apple Pay, are being integrated into every new technology that emerges. When you launch an online store, the most important function of the website is the payment option. Today’s world moves at light speed and consumers demand instant gratification to their impulse buying via Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), eBay (NASDAQ: EBAY), Alibaba (NYSE: BABA), Craigslist, etc.

The contactless payments market is expected to have a value of $9.88 billion by 2018. This market includes payments via mobile handsets, smart cards, and key fobs, as well as consultation services, integration services, and value added services. The verticals associated with this market are as follows: banking, financial services and insurance; consumer goods and retail; healthcare; government and public sector; telecom and IT; and transportation and logistics. Alternet Systems, Inc. (OTCQB: ALYI) is in this business dynamic.

Alternet offers payment technology solutions to financial organizations that need a wide range of payment options for their customers. These products can be used across many devices, such as point of sale, cell phones, PCs, tablets, and web applications.

The entry of technology giants such as Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) to the mobile payments market has reignited the debate about the future of mobile payments. While the launch of Apple Pay, Samsung Pay and Android Pay have attracted much of the attention from the media, the real growth in the mobile payments industry in 2015 has come from elsewhere.

New research from Timetric finds that transaction value on the aforementioned mobile payment solutions is still relatively small. “For comparison, the value of Apple Pay transactions in 2015 was lower than the value of transactions on Kenyan M-Pesa,” says Vladimir Vukicevic, lead analyst at Timetric’s Cards & Payments Intelligence Centre.

“Two Chinese payment solutions, Alipay and Tenpay, dominate the global mobile payments market in terms of value of transactions. PayPal is, however, the leader in mobile payments in markets outside China,” continued Vukicevic.

The latest research from Timetric finds, however, that Apple Pay and Android Pay are in a good position to become the market leaders for in-store mobile payments. On the other hand, Alipay and PayPal are likely to remain leaders in remote mobile payments moving forward. They are also expected to become serious contenders for in-store payments.

Alternet Systems is well positioned in a rapidly growing space and has more than a century of experience in its management team, which will be invaluable as the company continues to adapt and grow in the months to come.

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Lithium ion batteries are more widely used than ever before. To illustrate this fact, consider the recent rise in production by Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA), the automotive company behind a line of luxury electric cars, electric vehicle powertrain components and other battery products. Following the launch of its $5 billion Gigafactory focused on improving traditional lithium ion batteries, Tesla expects to have the ability to produce more lithium ion batteries each year than were manufactured worldwide in 2013, according to a report from Fox Business.

This sharp increase in production capacity will likely be met with an equally strong rise in demand. Leading global research firm Research and Markets forecasts the industry sustaining a compound annual growth rate of 14.4 percent in the seven year period ending 2019, leading to a global market value in excess of $33.1 billion. While major industry players such as Tesla are making advances toward bringing the benefits of this growth back to the United States, a large majority of currently-available lithium ion batteries and related products are imported from factories in China and Southeast Asia.

The dangers of substandard lithium ion batteries are well documented. Despite the fact that roughly 30 percent of the 5.5 billion cell phone batteries produced each year are shipped by air, according to a report by the Insurance Journal, an increasing number of passenger and freight airlines – including both United Airlines (NYSE: UAL) and Delta (NYSE: DAL) – have taken steps to ban bulk shipments of lithium ion batteries following reports that these storage solutions contributed to fires that destroyed two Boeing (NYSE: BA) 787 cargo planes in 2014. While the exact cause of these fires has yet to be identified, the National Transportation Safety Board openly criticized Boeing and its battery manufacturer for the faults.

In a 2013 article (http://dtn.fm/mR9i1) published by Forbes, contributor Steve Denning summarized one potential issue observed in the manufacturing process of the Boeing 787.

“Some degree of outsourcing in other countries—i.e. offshoring—is an inevitable aspect of manufacturing a complex product like an airplane, because some expertise exists only in foreign countries. For example, the capacity to manufacture Lithium-ion batteries lies outside the U.S.,” Denning stated in the article. “While there is nothing in principle wrong with necessary offshoring, the cultural and language differences and the physical distances involved in a lengthy supply chain create additional risks. Mitigating them requires substantial and continuing communications with the suppliers and on-site involvement, thereby generating additional cost.”

This practice of offshoring lithium ion battery manufacturing has led to additional quality and safety concerns in recent months. During the final months of 2015, hoverboards were established as the go-to gift for the holiday season. However, improperly manufactured lithium ion batteries and substandard quality control transformed this futuristic gift into a nightmare for dozens of families around the globe (http://dtn.fm/RLEf0).

Oakridge Global Energy Solutions, Inc. (OTCQB: OGES) is taking a proactive approach to combatting the dangers of some internationally-produced stored energy products by commercializing a full line of ‘Made in the USA’ lithium ion battery solutions. The company’s products – including its Pro Series, Patriot Series, Freedom Series and Liberty Series – are designed, manufactured and tested to strict standards directly from its state-of-the-art manufacturing facilities in Brevard Country, Florida. In the coming months, Oakridge expects to install more than 2.6 gigawatt-hours of production capacity for U.S.-manufactured electrodes, cells and batteries, creating an affordable, competitive product that gives families and businesses an opportunity to support the local economy.

With an experienced management team in place and a detailed company roadmap outlining plans to increase its presence in the rapidly expanding lithium ion battery market, Oakridge is well-positioned to usher in a new era in battery manufacturing as a leader in the ongoing ‘on-shoring’ movement. Look for the company to continue expanding upon its product line in the coming months in an effort to promote strong, sustainable returns for shareholders.

For more information, visit www.oakridgeglobalenergy.com

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Content Checked Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: CNCK) continued to make progress toward increasing awareness of its innovative suite of mobile apps last week when it was named in an article published on Z Living, a leading network for health and wellness programming. In the article, titled “Foods That Sneak Sugar Into Your Weight-Loss Meal Plan,” author Menaka Warrier examines the effects of cutting out sugar when attempting to shed a few pounds. Victoria Brodsky, head of nutrition for Content Checked, contributed helpful advice regarding the true benefits of sugar-free and low-fat foods.

In the article, Brodsky warns that “sugar-free foods lure us with the prospect of eating sweets and maintaining that waistline, but over-indulging in them can be counterproductive… Their unnatural makeup of delivering sugar without the calories promotes metabolic dysfunction which causes you to store fat and leads to an increase in appetite.” Along with this advice, the article features a link to a selection of posts on the Content Checked website which provides additional information about limiting sugar intake and promoting a healthier lifestyle.

To view the full article, visit http://dtn.fm/UG3gk

Z Living is dedicated to showcasing the best of healthy lifestyle and wellness entertainment across multiple mediums – including television, the internet and on-demand streaming networks. The network’s website attracts an audience of more than 36,000 unique month visitors with a regularly updated selection of articles focusing on beauty, fitness, food and healthy lifestyle inspiration.

In recent weeks, Content Checked has leveraged the marketability of its suite of nutrition-based mobile apps – including ContentChecked, MigraineChecked and SugarChecked – to secure coverage in an assortment of popular blogs and news sites. Through these efforts, in addition to a planned rebranding of its products to be unveiled in the coming weeks, the company aims to increase its market share while continuing to improve the lives of individuals with specific dietary preferences or food-related allergies.

For more information, visit www.contentchecked.com

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OncBioMune Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (OTCQB: OBMP) is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of novel cancer immunotherapy products. The company’s lead product candidate, ProscaVax™, is a novel prostate cancer vaccine that’s scheduled to commence a phase II clinical trial in the coming weeks after recording promising results in its phase I clinical trial, which was completed late last year.

Unlike many leading treatment options, ProscaVax is being developed to treat prostate cancer in its early stages, allowing patients to build up an immunity that helps their bodies combat the disease with little or no toxicity. OncBioMune’s revolutionary technology introduces molecules known as antigens into the body in order to stimulate an aggressive immune response before the cancer becomes too advanced. In its phase I clinical trial of ProscaVax, an impressive 70 percent of patients who received three vaccines demonstrated increased immune response to prostate-specific antigen (PSA), a protein produced by cells of the prostate gland that can aid in the early detection of prostate cancer. This result, in addition to the candidate’s exemplary safety profile, bodes well for ProscaVax moving forward.

Leveraging a proprietary vaccine technology designed to boost the immune system’s natural ability to protect the body, ProscaVax is expected to be marketable and extremely profitable upon FDA approval, potentially becoming the standard of care for prostate cancer treatment. According to data from the American Cancer Society, about 220,800 new cases of prostate cancer were diagnosed in the United States last year. In total, the disease accounts for more than 27,500 deaths each year, making it the second leading cause of cancer death in American men.

Despite its prevalence, prostate cancer remains one of the most survivable forms of cancer, with a 10-year survival rate of roughly 98 percent in cases discovered in the local or regional stages. However, survivability is greatly impacted if the disease goes undetected into an advanced stage. In cases where prostate cancer has spread to bones, organs or distant lymph nodes, the five-year survival rate drops from nearly 100 percent to just 28 percent, according to ZERO. This statistic further highlights the potential benefit of ProscaVax, particularly in early stage prostate cancer cases.

Leading market research firm BCC Research valued the global market for the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer at $26.1 billion in 2011, and the firm forecasts the market to surpass $50 billion by next year. This growth will be led by the drug therapeutics sector, which is expected to sustain an 18 percent compound annual growth rate through 2017. As OncBioMune prepares to commence its phase II clinical trial of ProscaVax, this market performance could foreshadow an opportunity for the company to achieve strong financial growth following FDA approval and commercialization of its innovative treatment option.

Through an agreement with Lincoln Park Capital Fund, OncBioMune has secured $10 million in funding with which to help finance the upcoming phase II clinical study of ProscaVax. This strong cash position, along with the early promise of the company’s cancer vaccine technologies, makes OncBioMune an attractive play in the rapidly evolving oncology space.

For more information, visit www.oncbiomune.com

Content Checked Holdings, Inc. (OTCQB: CNCK), the company behind the innovative ContentChecked, MigraineChecked and SugarChecked mobile applications, has made tremendous strides toward increasing its brand awareness in recent months by contributing helpful tidbits for living a healthier life in articles on some of the web’s top nutrition- and technology-focused news sites. Earlier this week, the company built on this progress when SugarChecked, an app that identifies four main types of sugars in products with a quick and easy barcode scan, was featured in an in-depth review article by social media and technology news site #LatinaGeeks.

In the review, Tanya M. Salcido, a #LatinaGeeks contributor, takes a closer look at the benefits of using the SugarChecked app, which she refers to as “having your own team of specialists in the palm of your hands.” After quickly discussing some of the biggest advantages of using Content Checked’s convenient shopping assistant – including the option to set personalized dietary suggestions, receive multiple healthy alternatives to sugary products and search through a database of nutritional recipes – Salcido added an impressive list of standout features offered in SugarChecked, including the fact that it is now free to download in both Google Play and the App Store.

To view the full article, visit http://dtn.fm/jTK83

Founded in 2013, #LatinaGeeks is an influential site within the Hispanic community. Its target audience is made up primarily of early adopters, social media enthusiasts, entrepreneurs, influencers, branding experts, marketing pros, Web 2.0 aficionados and technology addicts. The site has a strong social media presence – including thousands of likes and followers on Facebook and Twitter.

By continuing to secure coverage in popular media outlets, Content Checked is progressing toward its goal of uplisting to the NASDAQ or NYSE in the coming months. In a letter to shareholders, Kris Finstad, chairman and chief executive officer of Content Checked, highlighted uplisting to a major exchange as a primary goal for the company in 2016. As part of this effort, Content Checked plans to unveil a relaunch and rebrand of its products in March, introducing a new, subscription-based revenue model designed to meet the evolving preferences of its growing user base.

For more information, visit www.contentchecked.com

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Lightlake Therapeutics, Inc. (OTCQB: LLTP) is a specialty pharmaceutical company engaged in the development of pharmacological treatments for substance abuse, addiction and eating disorders. In December 2014, the company entered into a global licensing deal with a subsidiary of Adapt Pharma Limited to develop and commercialize Lightlake’s innovative intranasal naloxone opioid overdose reversal treatment, NARCAN® Nasal Spray. As per the terms of this deal, Lightlake could receive potential development and sales milestone payments totaling more than $55 million – including a $2 million milestone payment following FDA approval and a $2.5 million milestone payment following the first commercial sale of NARCAN in the U.S. – in addition to double-digit royalty fees.

In November 2015, NARCAN was approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the emergency treatment of known or suspected opioid overdose. This approval marked the first time that naloxone –the trusted choice of healthcare providers to reverse the effects of opioid overdose for more than 40 years – was approved for distribution in the U.S. in a non-injection delivery method. Since its approval, momentum to increase access to naloxone has been on the rise. Late last year, President Obama included a call to make naloxone more readily available as part of a major initiative to address the nation’s opioid epidemic.

The commercial potential of NARCAN, to be marketed by Adapt, is expansive. In 2013, opioid overdose related deaths claimed nearly 24,500 lives in the U.S., accounting for roughly 52 percent of all drug overdose deaths, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In total, prescription opioid abuse costs accounted for approximately $55.7 billion in 2007, with about 45 percent of all spending attributed to healthcare expenses.

In addition to its efforts to address the domestic opioid crisis, Lightlake has also completed a phase II clinical trial for its naloxone nasal spray to treat binge eating disorder (BED), a condition resulting in a lack of control when eating foods that are high in sugar, fat or salt. According to clinical data, the company’s nasal spray is well-suited to treating BED because it remains in the brain for two hours – the duration of a typical binge – without inducing negative side effects, such as a loss of interest in exercise, which are common with long-lasting opioid antagonists like naltrexone and nalmefene. Lightlake has also announced plans to conduct a Cocaine Use Disorder study in collaboration with the National Institute of Drug Abuse in the future.

With President Obama allocating $133 million toward the opioid epidemic in 2016 and guidelines from the Department of Health suggesting that naloxone could eventually become a standard script accompanying the more than 240 million opioid prescriptions written every year in the U.S., Lightlake, through its licensing deal with Adapt, is well positioned to record strong financial growth in the months to come. Look for the company to benefit from royalties stemming from this licensing agreement as it continues to advance its promising clinical pipeline targeting the treatment of BED and cocaine use disorder.

For more information, visit www.lightlaketherapeutics.com

Aligned with its business model to acquire and roll-up sales, marketing, and manufacturing companies, Halitron, Inc. (OTC: HAON) this morning announced its fourth and fifth acquisitions since 2015: PRD Holdings, Inc., a U.S. holding company for a Mexico-based factory; and PiecesInPlaces, a leading direct marketing brand.

PRD Holdings owns several factory investments in Mexico. These factories produce a wide array of products utilizing base materials in the print industry, as well as plastic-based product lines. The 12,000-square-foot main factory is located just a few miles over the border from San Diego, California, where 20 employees and a diverse line of equipment are capable of producing over $20 million in annual sales at full capacity.

In the $150,000 stock acquisition of PRD Holdings, Halitron purchased the corporation, equipment, raw material, finished goods and the know-how within a “very talented management team and employee base to produce goods with high quality at low costs.”

“PRD Holdings Inc. improves gross profits by over 35% with the acquisition,” Halitron CEO Bernard Findley stated in the news release. “We are now vertically integrated and can operate at very attractive margins due to a number of key factors including low labor rates, NAFTA, and distribution costs.”

Halitron also acquired the PiecesInPlaces brand in an asset sale from Plastic Retail Displays, LLC for an additional $27,895 and 4,016,469 in restricted common stock. PiecesInPlaces primarily sells vinyl file folders, pages and pouches to medical, dental and manufacturing businesses looking for ways to efficiently and safely transport important documents throughout an operational process.

In this transaction, Halitron acquired assets including a customer list totaling over 40,657 customers, the www.piecesinplaces.com website, and digital artwork files utilized for print and email blast campaigns. Halitron said it expects the acquisition to add an additional 35% gross profit margin by manufacturing the products it sells to the end user.

“NDG Holdings Inc., a digital marketing acquisition from January 2015, will be able to grow the brand dramatically over the coming years. NDG Holdings maintains a strong analytical focus specifically on digital marketing which has a solid synergy with PiecesInPlaces,” Findley stated.

With these new acquisitions, Halitron said it is on pace to generate over $10 million in sales over the next three years, including its current pipeline of acquisitions.

For more information, visit the company’s website at www.halitroninc.com.

The controlled environment agricultural (CEA) landscape is looking greener as attitudes warm toward cannabis use in the United States. A recent survey (http://dtn.fm/aLZP0) by the PewResearchCenter found that 53 percent of Americans would like to see cannabis legalized. CEA systems can range from simple, low-tech devices such as row covers to high-tech greenhouses that are controlled by computers. Typically, CEA facilities are employed in growing vegetables and flowers, and, according to a TechNewsWorld article (http://dtn.fm/qMa78), the four main CEA crops are cucumber, lettuce, peppers and tomato. Even astronauts floating around on the International Space Station have tried their hands at CEA, growing ‘leafy greens both to eat and to advance scientific knowledge.’ Now, cannabis growers are embracing CEA methods with open arms.

The big advantage of CEA is, of course, that the grower can escape the vagaries of weather, but one other salient feature of CEA is security, particularly with a crop such as cannabis. Although praedial larceny is not as prevalent as it was in the days of the Wild West, it’s very likely that cannabis crops may pose a temptation to today’s ‘rustlers’. A recent NPR story (http://dtn.fm/CcF1A) reports that cattle rustling is making a comeback in certain parts of the country, driven by the high price of beef and the spread of substance abuse. These are factors that, undoubtedly, will bear on cannabis farming.

The BudCube Cultivation System will obviate such theft since it operates in a protected indoor environment. A single BudCube Unit is around 800 sq. ft. and will produce two crops of 20 plants per crop within six months. The first crop can be harvested at 14 weeks, with the second following after an additional 12 weeks. Cherubim Interests, Inc. (OTC: CHIT) estimates that one plant will yield an average of one pound of product with a market price of $1,700 a pound, providing gross revenues of $68,000. Another great advantage of the BudCube Cultivation System is that it will generate revenues in just over three months’ time.

As the social and political environment eases its hostility to the use of cannabis, Cherubim is set to strike while the iron is hot. A Reuters report (http://dtn.fm/q64TN) last year stated that Georgia had enacted a law legalizing the use of marijuana for medical purposes. To date, according to ProCon.org, 23 states and the District of Columbia have legalized cannabis for medical use. Georgia will soon bring that number to 24. Additionally, four states – including Alaska, Colorado, Oregon and Washington – and the District of Columbia also allow the recreational use of cannabis.

According to Leafly, the online information resource devoted to news on the cannabis industry, ‘Legislators in Georgia, Illinois, Wyoming, and Virginia are all seeking to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of cannabis, and… New Mexico is trying to join four other states (and one district) by legalizing cannabis in 2016’. Missouri has also passed a decriminalization law which is due to take effect on January 1, 2017. Decriminalization is not the same thing as legalization. Decriminalization means that possession and use of cannabis will not be treated as criminal offenses but may still carry penalties.

Cherubim, which, through subsidiary BudCube Cultivation Systems USA, is developing and marketing the BudCube units, invests in undervalued real estate assets in order to create safer living environments and promote more desirable lifestyles for future generations. The company specializes in a full array of development activities – including due diligence, acquisition, planning, construction, renovation and property management – allowing it to upgrade assets to their full market potential while providing a substantial return to investors.

For more information, visit www.cherubiminterests.com

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A pioneer in children’s play spaces, the Giggles N’ Hugs, Inc. (OTCQB: GIGL) restaurants promise organic food and tons of fun for everyone. This innovative restaurant concept was created by Joey and Dorsa Parsi in 2008 after realizing there weren’t any kid-friendly eateries around that offered healthy foods. Eight years later, Giggles N’ Hugs has expanded to three California locations in Century City, Woodland Hills, and Glendale. Each location is housed inside a shopping mall, which guarantees plenty of foot traffic. The company hopes to expand its reach across the United States through marketing, branded merchandise, and happy customers.

This past January, Giggles N’ Hugs was featured on KTLA 5 Morning News, a Los Angeles news program. The program showcased three of the most popular party themes that the restaurant offers: disco, superheroes, and the classic luau. Reporter Wendy Birch danced her way through a disco-themed party for a one year old to the hip tunes of Disco Joe. KTLA promoted Giggles N’ Hugs by demonstrating how much fun these parties can be for children while promising a stress-free planning process for parents.

Giggles N’ Hugs offers a hassle-free way of celebrating a child’s birthday by having themed party options, healthy foods, and a variety of entertainment at an affordable price point. Parents have the power to customize every facet of the day, including the size of the party with options such as VIP, Private, or Semi-Private. Then the child has his or her choice of a fantastic theme like superheroes, princess, dinosaurs, jungle, and more. Parents can also rest easy knowing that their children are getting fresh and healthy meals that use local ingredients without antibiotics or hormones. For added fun, the 2,000 square foot play area comes alive with entertainment such as concerts, magic shows, puppets, crafts, face painting, and karaoke.

With its fan base continuously growing, Giggles N’ Hugs will likely launch itself across the nation in the near future. Westfield Corp. (OTC: WEFIF), one of the nation’s largest mall operators, has even made its entire portfolio available for future restaurant locations. At this rate, parents everywhere will soon be able to enjoy a wholesome birthday party for their youngster without the headache.

Learn more by visiting www.gigglesnhugs.com

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