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+__________________________________________________________________________
+    _     _
+    |    /                /    Welcome to Y'sul, a Nasqueron server.
+----|---/----__----------/-
+    |  /    (_ ` /   /  /      Development | Staging area | Salt master
+____|_/____(__)_(___(__/__________________________________________________
+     /
+ (_ /      “Any theory which causes solipsism to seem just as likely an
+            explanation for the phenomena it seeks to describe ought to
+            be held in the utmost suspicion.” -- The Algebraist.
+ NEWS:
+ 2017-10-20: Server has been reprovisionned.  You can check the current
+ state & comment what you need @ https://devcentral.nasqueron.org/T1268
+__________________________________________________________________________
+