{"id":53,"date":"2023-08-28T21:46:48","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T21:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/labs.cs.queensu.ca\/perklab\/?page_id=53"},"modified":"2024-07-29T16:44:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-29T16:44:15","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.cs.queensu.ca\/perklab\/","title":{"rendered":"Home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-72190d31 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0\"><div id=\"metaslider-id-260\" style=\"width: 100%; margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"ml-slider-3-107-0 metaslider metaslider-flex metaslider-260 ml-slider has-dots-nav ms-theme-blend\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"Homepage Gallery\" data-height=\"800\" data-width=\"1920\">\n    <div id=\"metaslider_container_260\">\n        <div id=\"metaslider_260\">\n            <ul class='slides'>\n                <li style=\"display: block; 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