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8,238,238)"><div class="gmail-vjs-current-time-display" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><span class="gmail-vjs-control-text" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:1px;overflow:hidden;width:1px">Current Time</span>0:00</div></div><div class="gmail-vjs-time-control gmail-vjs-time-divider" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.3em;line-height:2.76923em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;display:inline-block;min-width:0px;width:auto;color:rgb(238,238,238)"><div style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit">/</span></div></div><div class="gmail-vjs-duration gmail-vjs-time-control gmail-vjs-control" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 1em 0px 0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.3em;line-height:2.76923em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;outline:0px;height:36px;width:auto;min-width:0px;display:inline-block;color:rgb(238,238,238)"><div class="gmail-vjs-duration-display" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"><span class="gmail-vjs-control-text" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:1px;overflow:hidden;width:1px">Duration Time</span>2:57</div></div><div class="gmail-vjs-progress-control gmail-vjs-control" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;outline:0px;height:1.5em;width:auto;display:flex;min-width:4em;overflow:visible"><div tabindex="0" class="gmail-vjs-progress-holder gmail-vjs-slider gmail-vjs-slider-horizontal" style="margin:0px 1em;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:3px;outline:0px;background-color:rgba(115,133,159,0.5);overflow:visible"><div class="gmail-vjs-load-progress" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;height:3px;width:42.8594px"><span class="gmail-vjs-control-text" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:1px;overflow:hidden;width:42.8438px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit">Loaded</span>: 0%</span></div><div class="gmail-vjs-play-progress gmail-vjs-slider-bar" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;background:rgb(0,183,241);height:3px;width:0px;overflow:visible"><span class="gmail-vjs-control-text" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:1px;overflow:hidden;width:1px"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit">Progress</span>: 0%</span></div><div class="gmail-vjs-slider-padding" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;width:897.25px;height:2em"></div><div class="gmail-vjs-slider-gap-left" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;width:1em;height:3px"></div><div class="gmail-vjs-slider-gap-right" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;width:1em;height:3px"></div></div></div><div class="gmail-vjs-custom-control-spacer gmail-vjs-spacer" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"> </div><button class="gmail-vjs-fullscreen-control gmail-vjs-control gmail-vjs-button" type="button" style="background-image:initial;background-position:0px 0px;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;padding:0px;font-size:inherit;border-width:initial;border-style:none;border-color:initial;box-sizing:inherit;overflow:visible;line-height:inherit;font-family:VideoJS;outline:0px;text-align:left;margin:0px 1em 0px 0px;height:36px;width:auto"><div class="gmail-vjs-button-icon gmail-vjs-fullscreen-icon" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;display:inline-block;box-sizing:content-box;width:3.6em;height:36px;opacity:0.9"></div><span class="gmail-vjs-control-text" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:1px;overflow:hidden;width:1px">Full screen</span></button><div class="gmail-vjs-menu-button gmail-vjs-menu-button-popup gmail-vjs-control gmail-vjs-button gmail-vjs-settings-button" tabindex="0" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;outline:0px;height:36px;width:4em"><div class="gmail-vjs-button-icon" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:content-box;height:36px;width:3.6em;opacity:0.9;display:inline-block"></div><span class="gmail-vjs-control-text" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:1px;overflow:hidden;width:1px">Settings</span></div><div class="gmail-vjs-gradient gmail-vjs-bottom-gradient" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:10em;background:linear-gradient(to top,rgba(0,0,0,0.667) 0px,rgba(0,0,0,0.49) 19%,rgba(0,0,0,0.36) 34%,rgba(0,0,0,0.255) 47%,rgba(0,0,0,0.184) 56.5%,rgba(0,0,0,0.13) 65%,rgba(0,0,0,0.082) 73%,rgba(0,0,0,0.05) 80.2%,rgba(0,0,0,0.027) 86.1%,rgba(0,0,0,0.016) 91%,rgba(0,0,0,0.004) 95.2%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 98.2%,rgba(0,0,0,0) 100%)"></div></div><div class="gmail-vjs-menu gmail-vjs-settings-menu" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;background-color:rgba(28,28,28,0.9);white-space:nowrap;width:auto;overflow:hidden;opacity:0;zoom:1"><div class="gmail-vjs-menu-content gmail-vjs-main-submenu gmail-vjs-active-submenu" style="margin:0px;padding:0.5em 0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;overflow:hidden;width:auto;min-width:18em"><ul class="gmail-vjs-menu-submenu" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none outside;box-sizing:inherit;overflow:auto"><li class="gmail-vjs-menu-item gmail-vjs-menu-item-next" tabindex="-1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 3.6em 0px 1.5em;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:3.3em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;box-sizing:inherit;text-align:left;color:rgb(238,238,238);height:3.3em;clear:both;background-size:3.2em;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial"><span class="gmail-vjs-menu-item-content" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 3em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.2em;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;float:right"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"></span><span class="gmail-vjs-minor-label" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0.2em;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:0.92em;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(204,204,204)"></span></span><span class="gmail-vjs-menu-item-label" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.3em;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"></span><span class="gmail-vjs-control-text" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:1px;overflow:hidden;width:1px"></span></li><li class="gmail-vjs-menu-item gmail-vjs-menu-item-next" tabindex="-1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 3.6em 0px 1.5em;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:3.3em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;box-sizing:inherit;text-align:left;color:rgb(238,238,238);height:3.3em;clear:both;background-size:3.2em;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial"><span class="gmail-vjs-menu-item-content" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 3em;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.2em;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;float:right"><span style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"></span><span class="gmail-vjs-minor-label" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 0px 0px 0.2em;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:0.92em;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;color:rgb(204,204,204)"></span></span><span class="gmail-vjs-menu-item-label" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.3em;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"></span><span class="gmail-vjs-control-text" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:1px;overflow:hidden;width:1px"></span></li></ul></div><div class="gmail-vjs-menu-content gmail-vjs-speed-submenu" style="margin:0px;padding:0.5em 0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;overflow:hidden;width:auto;min-width:9em"><li class="gmail-vjs-menu-item gmail-vjs-submenu-title" tabindex="-1" style="margin:0px 0px 0.2em;padding:0px 2.1em 0px 3.6em;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:4.5em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;box-sizing:inherit;text-align:left;color:rgb(238,238,238);height:4.5em;clear:both;background-size:3.2em;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial"><span class="gmail-vjs-menu-item-label" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.3em;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"></span><span class="gmail-vjs-control-text" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:1px;overflow:hidden;width:1px"></span></li><ul class="gmail-vjs-menu-submenu" style="margin:4em 0px 0px;padding:0px;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.3);border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none outside;box-sizing:inherit;overflow:auto"><li class="gmail-vjs-menu-item" tabindex="-1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 2.1em 0px 3.6em;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:3.3em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;box-sizing:inherit;text-align:left;color:rgb(238,238,238);height:3.3em;clear:both"><span class="gmail-vjs-menu-item-label" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.3em;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"></span><span class="gmail-vjs-control-text" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:1px;overflow:hidden;width:1px"></span></li><li class="gmail-vjs-menu-item" tabindex="-1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 2.1em 0px 3.6em;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:3.3em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;box-sizing:inherit;text-align:left;color:rgb(238,238,238);height:3.3em;clear:both"><span class="gmail-vjs-menu-item-label" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.3em;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"></span><span class="gmail-vjs-control-text" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:1px;overflow:hidden;width:1px"></span></li><li class="gmail-vjs-menu-item" tabindex="-1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 2.1em 0px 3.6em;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:3.3em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;box-sizing:inherit;text-align:left;color:rgb(238,238,238);height:3.3em;clear:both"><span class="gmail-vjs-menu-item-label" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.3em;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"></span><span class="gmail-vjs-control-text" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:1px;overflow:hidden;width:1px"></span></li><li class="gmail-vjs-menu-item gmail-vjs-selected" tabindex="-1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 2.1em 0px 3.6em;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:3.3em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;box-sizing:inherit;text-align:left;background-position:0.8em 50%;background-size:1.5em;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial;color:rgb(238,238,238);height:3.3em;clear:both"><span class="gmail-vjs-menu-item-label" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.3em;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"></span><span class="gmail-vjs-control-text" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:1px;overflow:hidden;width:1px"></span></li><li class="gmail-vjs-menu-item" tabindex="-1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 2.1em 0px 3.6em;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:3.3em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;box-sizing:inherit;text-align:left;color:rgb(238,238,238);height:3.3em;clear:both"><span class="gmail-vjs-menu-item-label" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.3em;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"></span><span class="gmail-vjs-control-text" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:1px;overflow:hidden;width:1px"></span></li><li class="gmail-vjs-menu-item" tabindex="-1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 2.1em 0px 3.6em;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:3.3em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;box-sizing:inherit;text-align:left;color:rgb(238,238,238);height:3.3em;clear:both"><span class="gmail-vjs-menu-item-label" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.3em;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"></span><span class="gmail-vjs-control-text" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:1px;overflow:hidden;width:1px"></span></li><li class="gmail-vjs-menu-item" tabindex="-1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 2.1em 0px 3.6em;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:3.3em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;box-sizing:inherit;text-align:left;color:rgb(238,238,238);height:3.3em;clear:both"><span class="gmail-vjs-menu-item-label" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.3em;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"></span><span class="gmail-vjs-control-text" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:1px;overflow:hidden;width:1px"></span></li></ul></div><div class="gmail-vjs-menu-content gmail-vjs-select-value-submenu" style="margin:0px;padding:0.5em 0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;overflow:hidden;width:auto;min-width:9em"><ul class="gmail-vjs-menu-submenu" style="margin:4em 0px 0px;padding:0px;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.3);border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none outside;box-sizing:inherit;overflow:auto"></ul></div><div class="gmail-vjs-menu-content gmail-vjs-captions-options-submenu" style="margin:0px;padding:0.5em 0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;overflow:hidden;width:auto;min-width:28em"><li class="gmail-vjs-menu-item gmail-vjs-submenu-title" tabindex="-1" style="margin:0px 0px 0.2em;padding:0px 2.1em 0px 3.6em;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:4.5em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;box-sizing:inherit;text-align:left;color:rgb(238,238,238);height:4.5em;clear:both;background-size:3.2em;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial"><span class="gmail-vjs-menu-item-label" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1.3em;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit"></span><span class="gmail-vjs-control-text" style="padding:0px;border:0px;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;box-sizing:inherit;height:1px;overflow:hidden;width:1px"></span></li><ul class="gmail-vjs-menu-submenu" style="margin:4em 0px 0px;padding:0px;border-width:1px 0px 0px;border-top-style:solid;border-right-style:initial;border-bottom-style:initial;border-left-style:initial;border-top-color:rgba(255,255,255,0.3);border-right-color:initial;border-bottom-color:initial;border-left-color:initial;font:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none outside;box-sizing:inherit;overflow:auto"><li class="gmail-vjs-menu-item gmail-vjs-menu-item-next" tabindex="-1" style="margin:0px;padding:0px 3.6em 0px 1.5em;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:1em;line-height:3.3em;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;list-style:none;box-sizing:inherit;text-align:left;color:rgb(238,238,238);height:3.3em;clear:both;background-size:3.2em;background-repeat:no-repeat;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;background-color:initial"><span 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