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We all have that one person in our class, the bully. That bully that goes around picking on every kid that they want to, doing whatever whenever they want during the day. Well I'm one of them. I wouldn't say it's a bad thing. I mean why be nice when no one wants to be nice to you. And why be gentle when in a fight you can really do some damage. That's the way I look at it, and the way everyone else looks at it is that I must just be naturally angry, or just some type of hater of the world. But that's not it, physically I'm normal. But mentally, I'm different.
The name's Mia, a name where usually you think 'oh that's a very nice name' or 'oh she sounds nice' but why would you judge a book by its cover? People are stupid, their IQ levels never seem to match their actually capabilities. If they have an IQ at all that is. I'm 15, a perfect age I say to be who I am. There's not much else about me, apart from that I'm in year 10.
I wake up on the Monday morning, tired and not wanting to get up at all. But getting up on my own is much better than my dad coming through here. Dragging myself out of bed I get changed quickly into the crap school uniform that our school makes us wear, deliberately leaving my collar up turned and the sleeves rolled up. I quickly tie my high up in a ponytail, only glancing in the mirror as I stroll out my overllay messy room. I hear my dad coughing and wheezing in his room as I go by, knowing that that's an effect of years of smoking. I walk quickly down the stairs, making a quick appearance in the bathroom to brush my teeth and give my face a quick wash. As weird as it sounds this is my normal weekday routine, quick and simple. To get out the house as swiftly as possible, I wonder if it's the same for everybody. I grab an apple as I walk past the table, only stopping as I see a full pack of cigarettes on the table. Would another pack really hurt? I think as my feet are slowly edging towards the table. I snatch the packet and swiftly leave the house, kicking on my shoes and flinging the bag on my back on the way. I walk to the back of my house and lean my back against the wall, pulling a lighter out my bag which I keep just in case. I get one of the cigs out of its packet and light it up. Slowly taking in the smoke. Relief. Finally. I'm no smoker, but I'm no hater of it. And what can I say, it's not like anyone is going to stop me. Finishing off the smoke I hide the rest of that packet in a hidden pocket in my bag, which I cut myself for a knife or something like this. Swinging the bag back onto my bag I head round front, just as the bus arrives to take me to the hell hole which most call 'school'. I jump on to the bus, which is painted white. Much like some sort of private hired bus which just had some shabby paint work done by a 6year old. And of course, once again. No empty seats. So I have to sit by some alone loser who probably writes essays for a living. I end up sitting by a new girl, purposefully taking up my entire seat and some of hers. I chuck my bag onto her lap and smirk as I know she won't retaliate in anyway. The journeys long, almost 45mins. Usually I just listen to my IPod full blast and enjoy some kickass screamo and hard rock. But this time I hear the girl sniffling. "What's wrong with you" I say in a casual tone, she deliberately ignores me and looks out of the window, wiping her eyes with the cuff of her jumper. "Oh man up you wimp" I say "Tell me what the hell's wrong with you" She turns and looks into my eyes; I immediately see the fear and regret that seems to swarm her face. Inside I feel sorry for her, knowing her pain of fitting in. This is my third school, my third secondary school I should say. I got kicked out the other two, one was for graffiti and the other was for violence towards staff. But then I have another thought, of how I could take advantage of the situation. "Come hang out with me for the day then" I say in my nicest tone while shuffling over and removing the bag from her lap. "Umm, sure sounds good" She replies in almost a whisper as I hear the fear in her voice. We arrive at school and I storm out the bus, being first one free as always. Forgetting completely about my little companion I've got for the day. Our school is tiny, I see the disappointment in the new girls face as she carefully tip-toes out the bus, like she's trying not to awaken a pack of hungry lions. There's no second floor, it's simply a bungalow with only around 30 rooms to house the 200 students which come every day. Doesn't sound too bad, and it doesn't look awful on the outside with smooth white walls and a roof which points on a deadly angle so no kids can go climbing up. The inside is an entire different story though; as I lead the girl inside we walk past wall after wall covered in graffiti. Some kids make up their own tag and try to spray it around as much as they can but others just say nasty things, not only about teachers but about the loners of the school too. "What's the name then" I say as we're walking along "Lucy" The girl replies shyly.
"Mines Mia. Year?" I ask
"Sames, well welcome to our clan" I say joke fully, as I open the door to the classroom which our class stays in. "There's 32 people in our class, most are normal I guess. But then you've got Roger and Ellis as the two posh twins which no one really pays attention to, then Oliver who's the smart one, no one really likes him he's a complete dork if you ask me and then Betty, ugly, a loser and just stay away from her" Lucy looks around the people in fear, she's lucky she's got me as her mate for the day then. "I think Betty looks quite nice" Lucy says quietly. "You're either daft or bloody stupid" I say sharply, this time not trying to be nice. I slump down in my chair, waiting for Mrs Rose to arrive. She sounds like she would be nice but she's the complete opposite. She is tall with long blonde hair that she never seems to style or straighten, so it just lays there limp and never washed. I see Lucy still standing awkwardly by the door, hugging a book against her chest. She's not ugly I can say that, she probably would look better without this uniform on. She's fairly short, but skinny. And her hair is fairly long; it's blonde with streaks of light orange and ginger going through. Usually that wouldn't look good at all, but it suits her amazing, along with her slim figure and short stature. I hear one of the annoying guys in our class shout "Hey newbie, why don't you go sit by Ollie where you really belong!" I see hurt in her eyes and she looks down like how she did in the bus, all the boys laugh at his joke as Lucy just stands there, shuffling her feet in disgrace. I stand up, marching right over to the boys' desk. I reach over and grab him by the collar, pulling him so half his body is handing over the table. "What was that about, huh?" I snarl staring directly into the boys eyes. "Um i…i…er" The boy says, with a distinctive tone of shock running through his words. "Fine then. Don't talk to her like that you hear?" The boy then says OK as I push my hand towards him letting go so he crashes into his chair, and cries out in pain. The whole room is looking at me, with eyes of terror. School may have just started its new year, but there's no way that I'll be any different than before. On my way back to my chair I pull the guy out of the chair that is next to me. "Sit" I command to Lucy. And she comes shuffling over as told. And that's when Mrs Rose arrives, all smiley and happy. But she takes a second out of her greeting to give me a death stare, like she's about to rip my throat out and feed it to that wretched dog she brings in sometimes. Her eyes then set to Lucy. "Oh hello there and you must be Lucy! How nice to see you arrived safely" Lucy just nods, too shy to speak a word to Mrs Rose. "I took care of it miss" I speak out "Got her here nice and safe no need to worry only 6 guys attacked her on the way" The look in Mrs Rose's eyes strike those of pure horror, as my joke seemed to not get across. The rest of the class laughed but my eyes stayed fixed on Mrs Rose. "Mia, what on earth were you thinking that is not the right thing to say" The rest of the class is silent, but Mrs Rose doesn't stop her shouting "A new girl come into class probably scared out her mind and you think it's right to make a joke about men attacking her. How dare you!" And I get sent out of the class immediately. After 30miniutes at school I'm already being sent off to the headmasters' office.
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awesome opening :) i think i have sides with Mia in a way i agree with some of her opinions but i also dont like the fact she's a bully but this is a really good story :) i will try to finish reading the rest of the chapters
i like it, it's really interesting. it's good you have decided to write from Mias perspective there is enough out there about the victims.
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Galaxy S3 LTE Stuck Downloading... Do not turn off target!!
I was attempting to change the firmware of my Galaxy s3 to CarbonRom however at some stage I made a mistake and as a result my phone is stuck on a "Downloading... Do not turn off target!!" screen. It is not in odin mode as there is no writing on the top left of the screen and no matter what i try it keeps returning to this same screen. I have tried flashing back to stock using odin however that is not working as when the phone resets it goes straight back to the same screen. I also can't get into recovery mode, so i can't reset the phone that way. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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You can try using the Kies software on your PC to reload the stock firmware - here's an overview of what to do:
- if you don't already have the Kies software installed on your PC, download it (just search Google) and install it. The first time it runs it'll update itself to the latest version so make sure you run it once before proceeding.
- put your phone in Download mode: with the phone completely off, press and hold the Volume Down and Home and Power buttons simultaneously, and release them all when you see the Samsung splash screen
- connect the phone to your PC with the USB cable that came with the phone
-- if you've never had the phone connected to your Windows-based computer before, you'll see messages about installing drivers, etc - just wait until this is done (may take 5 or 10 minutes) [I don't know what happens if you have a Mac - it probably just works]
- in the Kies software, select the second item in the Tools menu and just follow the prompts to enter the model number (in CAPS) and IMEI/Serial Number (both found under the battery - it's ok to remove the battery at this point)
- the Kies software should start downloading the correct firmware for your phone from the Internet; once that's done (depending on your Internet connection speed) it'll begin downloading that to the phone (this probably takes 10 minutes or so)
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thank god i managed to rescue my phone
followed the belwo process.
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I've NEVER seen DH (dear husband) cry and when he walks in at 3am and is crying it freaked the hell out of me.
It's finally hit him that he's going to be a daddy. He walked him woke me up and all he says is "babe, I'm not sure I'm ready to do this"
At 3am I had no idea what he was talking about so my response obviously was....."do what"
We talked for about an hour. He said he wasn't sure he was ready and that he wasn't sure he could do it. He was afraid he wouldn't be able to support all of us.
My response to all of it was obviously first telling him he could do it and that he'd be fine. And that he has been raising Triston (DS) for a year. I told him he would be able to support us the only way he wouldn't would be if he lost his job and if that did happen I would continue to work and he would look for another and take care of the boys during the day.
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We've been missing Raymond Blanc in our house since his recent cookery series came off the menu, so it was good to see him back on screen for the last episode of Out of the Frying Pan, in which James and Ali, recent graduates of The Restaurant, have been demonstrating their ability to get flustered and ratty in a wide variety of social settings.
Monsieur Blanc was notionally the "mystery guest" at a tasting James and Ali were running for two potential clients, an enigma briefly strung out by one of those Question of Sport shots that carefully exclude the face, though you'd have to have been born on Wednesday to actually be surprised by the reveal. Challenged to come up with something innovative in just 30 minutes, James had unwisely decided to deliver a top-end version of surf and turf, serving scallops and venison on a plate dotted rather haphazardly with risotto and caviar. Raymond was on hand to give his verdict. "Ah see no criminess," he protested, pointing accusingly at the grittily unmelted rice. "Ah know you are mush better thzan thzat." Had this been the real world the potential clients would presumably have coughed politely and said "We'll get back to you".
As it was television they naturally persisted, giving James and Ali a budget of £1,500 for a 20-head dinner intended to thank sponsors and friends of a Henley food festival. Surprise us with the nibbles, the clients said – but let's not have conventional canapés. The surprise they got was that there weren't any nibbles at all, James and Ali having encountered another of the "crossed wires" that have been a worryingly consistent feature of their operation. James also proposed to ignore a specific request for an intermediate course, including river fish, on the grounds that he was scared to cook it. Fortunately, a mentoring chef tactfully hinted that doing what the customer actually wanted was something of a business basic.
Terrifyingly, James had also decided to be adventurous with his dessert – producing a tarte tatin made with apples and parsnips, which was to have blue cheese crumbled over the top just before serving. A daring taste combination under any circumstances, the challenge of the dish for the cautious diner was further enhanced by the fact that semi-melted Stilton looks oddly like gangrenous flesh. Wisely he did a test-run first. Unwisely he listened to Ali after he'd done it. "It's bizarre... but in a good way," said his partner, whose dread of offending people is sweet but perhaps not always helpful in a business setting. He very nearly fainted when he had to tell the musician he'd hired to provide entertainment that he'd changed his mind about the style implications of a rack of electronic keyboards. In fact, I suspect that Ali isn't really psychologically suited to the job at all: "I feel the same stress coming to me that's come on the last couple," he muttered, "and I can't stand it." It's a bit as if a chronic claustrophobic had set his heart on making it big in the world of potholing.
There was, fortunately, quite a lot of charitable leeway around when it came to summing up, the tone being set by Raymond Blanc. "Don't think you are regressing," he reassured them, after a bit of a cock-up with serving the rib of beef (James carved as if he was about to feed a husky pack). "You are PRO-gressing." I think I might have taken that as a kindly way of telling me that I still hadn't got to my destination, but James and Ali (for all their fluster) are glass-half-full types and beamed with pleasure. Would you really have wanted to hire them to feed your own guests, though, on the basis of the last six weeks of mishaps and eleventh-hour saves? I doubt it, frankly, however diverting it might be to watch them serve other people.
Damages finally concluded with an episode so complicated that I'm still not sure I can work out who did what to whom. Part of the problem is that the flashbacks and flash-forwards are now so densely interwoven that you need time-codes on individual scenes as a way of establishing that what you're looking at is a consequence and not a cause (or vice versa). Add to that their tendency to have dead characters suddenly crop up and talk to live ones, and a plot that, even in its proper order, is as tangled as a bag of charger cables, and the chances of full comprehension are minimal. The bullet points – if you've been clinging on for revelation – were these. Patty was sideswiped by her own son, just a little miffed that the woman he loves (and who is carrying his child) is facing several years in jail on a child abuse charge. Patty's remorse and grief can be traced back to the miscarriage she deliberately induced back in her youth, when a baby would have put a crimp in her burgeoning legal career. And Tom Shayes was killed by Louis Tobin's son, who arrived to find him already thoroughly pinked through the abdomen by another heavy and finished him off by holding his head in the toilet bowl. Oh, and Lily Tomlin's character took a long drop into the West River in a nicely understated long-shot, which you initially took to be just a bit of television landscape, until you noticed the plummeting dot and the big white splash. Large mysteries remained, including the unsolved crime of how we'd all been persuaded that these factitious enigmas required our weekly attendance.
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About two weeks ago, Daryl Oster and five people from his company ET3 made the trip to 1 Rocket Road in Hawthorne, California, the headquarters of SpaceX. Its CEO and Chief Designer Elon Musk had invited the engineer and former stockbroker over for a chat. Musk was interested in Oster's idea for an Evacuated Tube Transport (ETT) system that he said would let people travel from New York to L.A. in 45 minutes.
Oster lives in Longmont, Colorado (population 85,000) but he says he had business in Las Vegas and a meeting in L.A. with "another licensee." (More on that in a bit.) "So we made a road trip out of it," he says. He arrived at SpaceX at about 1:30 p.m., and for three and a half hours, he talked with Musk, one of SpaceX's engineers, and three people from Tesla Motors, Musk's other company, who had teleconferenced in, Oster says.
Oster's design, powered by his ETT system, is called the ET3. Capsules weighing about 400 pounds would could carry up to six people at speeds (in the initial design) of 370 mph. But the capsules could eventually get up to 4,000 mph (that's Mach 5) in straight, unpopulated areas. That's faster than any known aircraft (hence the ET3's trademarked tagline "Space Travel On Earth"). The capsules would ride on a cushion of air and be propelled by a system of coordinated acceleration devices. Oster won his first patent for ETT in 1999. His associates and licensees have won several related patents for his ET3 system since. The most recent in 2007 was for a vehicle control system. Many press outlets have featured ET3 over the years, but most have been skeptical if not dismissive. In April 2012, design site Core77 featured pictures, a video, and a writeup of ET3, saying it made "outright incredible claims."
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Fast forward to this week. On Monday, Musk released an "alpha" design document of his own. It outlined what he called the Hyperloop, an idea he'd first mentioned at a PandoDaily "fireside chat" in Santa Monica in July 2012. Hyperloop would transport several people in a capsule through a metal tube on skis that glided across a cushion of air, much like ET3. They'd whisk from San Francisco to L.A. in 30 minutes—at speeds of up to 760 mph. It would maintain speed with a series of acceleration devices, like ET3. And it would all run on solar and other reusable power, generating more than it actually used. The whole thing would cost a fraction of the price of a proposed high-speed rail system along the same corridor.
Businessweek, which had featured Elon Musk on its July 18 cover with the headline "Why Everybody Loves Tesla," got an interview with Musk in advance of his Hyperloop announcement in which he shared new details. The renderings of the system looked a lot like ET3—Musk even mentioned the older system in the document he released, without elaborating extensively. In her writing about "Musk's vision," Businessweek's Ashlee Vance wrote that Hyperloop "immediately poses a challenge to the status quo." The Wall Street Journal said Musk is "often called Silicon Valley's real-life version of superhero inventor Tony Stark." Core77 wrote, "It is staggering how much of this he has thought through." ABCNews ran a story under the headline: "Hyperloop Designed for a Quick, Convenient Commute Like No Other."
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But in fact, plenty of people had already speculated that Hyperloop was similar to ET3. In one of the oldest on September 8, 2012, two months after Musk appeared on Kevin Rose's Foundation show and talked about Hyperloop, a writer identified as Daniel Chmielewski wrote a blog post asking, "Is Elon Musk's Hyperloop the ET3?" Asked this week in Businessweek whether he had looked at the ET3 concept or an even older, less similar vacuum train concept, Musk said, "I wasn't familiar with either of those before, but I have learned about them now."
Oster isn't bothered by the similarity between the Hyperloop and the idea he patented years earlier. Quite the contrary. "We're really thankful that he's brought this to people's attention," he says. Oster actually licenses his ETT design under what he calls an open consortium model. Anyone can buy a license from him—it's like a software license.
So is Musk's Hyperloop a licensed version of Oster's design? Oster won't say directly. Licensees "are in direct control of the release of their information on their projects. We leave all that to the licensee," Oster says when pressed.
Doesn't that imply Musk is a licensee?
"Like I said, the licensees that want their info to be public are in control of the release," Oster says. He would neither confirm nor deny whether Musk or his designees licensed ET3's design. But later, in describing his visit with Musk at SpaceX, Oster mentions combining the trip with a visit to "another licensee." A little slip of the tongue?
SpaceX has not responded to questions sent via email on Tuesday to a media address about when or if Musk licensed ET3's design. A representative for Musk's other company, Tesla Motors, has not responded to questions sent via email on Tuesday evening, either.
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Even if he did license Oster's ETT idea as the basis for the Hyperloop, Musk didn't do anything wrong.
He's precisely the kind of messenger that could make the idea take off, whether it's fundamentally his or not.
"There are two things going on here," says Jonah Berger, a Wharton professor and author of the New York Times bestselling book Contagious: Why Things Catch On. "The first has a lot to do not with just what's being said, but who's saying it. If [Elon Musk] says 'I'm going to build a high speed train from San Francisco to L.A., people are willing to listen not only because he's an entrepreneur but because he's disrupted a number of transportation related industries. Second, this is not an incremental change or innovation. It's a remarkable extremely large innovation."
"He's the right person to get attention of this idea right now, whether or not the idea will survive," Berger says.
If anything, the story drives home the importance of a narrative in the innovation equation. Musk knows how to tell a tale: about a beautifully designed car that needs no gas and asks you give up nothing in the way of luxury or power; about a fantastic space ship that not only lifts off but lands; about a people mover that is cheap, incredibly fast, produces more energy than it uses, and looks like something out of The Jetsons. And the world at large, and Silicon Valley VCs in particular, love a narrative.
Narrative is how Spotify garners tens of millions in venture capital and a $3 billion valuation—not by positioning itself as a streaming music service but a movement to make music free. It's how entrepreneurs like Leah Busque transformed her little idea for a business that would connect neighbors into TaskRabbit, a solution for employing the middle class. Facebook's not an ad platform; it's a tool for making the world a more "open and connected" place.
Plus, as New York magazine writer Kevin Roose put it, Musk is making a political statement by positing Hyperloop as a cheaper, smarter, private business-lead alternative to the California High-Speed Rail Authority's plan to build a 520-mile high speed train network linking San Francisco and Los Angeles. "I'm also very impressed that he's had the courage to make a politically charged comment that there is a boondoggle," Oster says of Musk. Part of his narrative involves playing the role of a "Libertarian Lite" agitator, as Roose writes, part of a Silicon Valley cabal tackling seemingly unsolvable problems with technology and innovation. Who is Elon Musk, if not John Galt?
Oster might have pioneered the future of travel, but without someone like Musk to champion it, it's just a big idea in a vacuum.
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Oster's design and Musk's Hyperloop aren't precisely the same. Ironically, Oster's idea is more ambitious. He wants to connect the whole world via ETT, not just L.A. and San Francisco. He says five dozen people in five countries have licensed ETT for their own versions of the system. A dozen are in China, Oster says.
"Our vision and our mission is global transportation taking place with one optimally designed diameter evacuated tube system that can move people and cargo," he says. If Musk has a similar vision, "that's very helpful, because it's bringing awareness to what our consortium has been focused on for many, many years."
A day after Musk announced details of Hyperloop, Oster says he has 2,267 unanswered emails in his Priority Inbox. "Our growth has occurred invisibly," he says, "but now it's emerging."
It would be interesting to know whether Musk stumbled upon his Hyperloop idea after arriving at his own concept independently or whether he saw ET3 years ago, iterated on the idea, then sought to do right by Oster and avoid a dispute by licensing the similar design. What's baffling is why Musk would say he only recently learned about ET3. However the Hyperloop idea materialized, though, Musk clearly thought it was important to have Oster in for a visit a couple of weeks ago, if Oster's story is accurate.
Buying the license wouldn't have been a tough negotiation for Musk, either. Oster requires licensees to pay a one time-fee, and then a 6% royalty, but only if they use his design to make money. Until the Hyperloop was built, running, and charging people its $20 tickets, all Musk would need to do to start working would be to make the one-time payment for the license itself.
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The quality of Britain's coastline has fallen for the first time in eight years, an annual study warned today.
Researchers compiling this year's Good Beach Guide said the number of beaches failing European water quality tests has doubled since 2003.
The Marine Conservation Society (MSC) said 52 beaches failed tests last summer – up from 26 in the previous year – and confirmed the number of beaches it recommends as safe has also dropped.
Spokesman Thomas Bell said increased pollution was the result of wet weather last summer, which washed more detritus into the sea.
"The Met Office issued 100 flash weather warnings in August alone, and big storms produce poor water quality," said Mr Bell.
His findings come a day after the European Commission praised the UK for meeting EU standards for clean bathing water – with pass rates of 97.7 per cent for coastal water and 100 per cent for the 11 freshwater lakes tested.
However, the MSC said it "wouldn't advise" swimming at beaches which have failed water quality tests and claimed swimmers who do put themselves at risk of infections such as gastroenteritis.
The guide recommends a total of 427 stretches of sand from the 800 across the UK monitored for water quality, down from 453 last year.
A spokesman confirmed it is the first time the number of recommended beaches has fallen since 1997.
The guide reveals quality differences across the regions of the UK – with a total of 75 per cent of monitored beaches in the South West recommended – the highest for the region.
However, Scotland has seen its recommended beaches fall from 56 to 50.
The results of the EU standards tests published yesterday found that only 13 out of 562 seaside resort beaches failed to meet safety requirements.
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The chicks and chavs of American Idol wailed two jams this week: one post-2000 anthem and one "soul" song in the tradition of Soul Train, the most phenomenal music series of all time. (Sorry, Dick Clark! I still watch $25,000 Pyramid reruns every day, so no disrespect.) Though it was awkward when Don Cornelius' son Tony appeared in the audience not two months after his father's self-destruction, much of the night was a splendid musical spectacular. Hot. And a couple of beleaguered contestants rebirthed and came alive for the first time in weeks. Wee!
Now, if I were performing this week, I'd have chosen "Work It" by Missy Elliott (I love inventive vagina slang!) and "Ease on Down the Road" from The Wiz. Both would feature Timbaland in a scarecrow costume, if that helps you to understand my vision. Onward to our rankings!
7. Colton Dixon, Lady Gaga's "Bad Romance" and Earth, Wind and Fire's "September"
More like "Blah-dee-ahhh," am I right, Earth, Wind and Fire?! It took my exhausted aunt Steven Tyler all night — literally, up to the very last seconds of the telecast — to announce his first truthful observation: It's all about song choice at this stage of the competition, and Colton's selections felt as inappropriate as a Soul Train montage on the day of Dick Clark's death. The svelte Mr. Dixon usually scores in the top half of my rankings because he's that rare Idol fit, a belter who remains sincere while acting the part of a "package artist," but last night his tiny-panted blandness robbed his song choices of any power.
"Bad Romance"? I have news for you, Colty. "Bad Romance" was a sensation in 2009 because Lady Gaga is actually weird, and she commits to kooky melodrama like no one since The B-52s, John Waters, or the cast of Cold Mountain. The faith-touting Colton can't approach that level of bizarreness with his safe-ass "rocker avatar" getup from The Sims, and so his rendition was cleverly arranged, but ultimately flavorless. "September" was a more obvious failure, as Colton stripped it of its dance beat and driving melody. The late Don Cornelius would've purred in despair, then forced Shalamar to take the stage and wake up the room. I notice that Colton wore a pink/red streak in his blond 'do this week, much like Erika Van Pelt. Death knell, anyone?
6. Elise Testone, Alicia Keys' "No One" and Marvin Gaye's "Let's Get It On"
Last week I declared that Elise Testone is my favorite singer left in the game, but I have a dastardly confession to make: I'd prefer she just lose now. The crouchy, boppy, vaguely crestfallen chanteuse isn't "connecting," as they say, and the American Idol viewership isn't about to appreciate a classy rock/jazz vocalist in the vein of Rickie Lee Jones, Toby Lightman, and latter-day Joni Mitchell. Not going to happen, particularly if her astounding forebears Allison Iraheta (4th place) and the fabulous Carly Smithson (6th place, dear God) are any indication. Simply put, she's the one contender with no shot of winning, and I'd rather see a tight race than an uneven, uncomfortable one where a talented dame like Elise has to hold on for dear life every Thursday.
Anyway: "No One"? Fine enough. Awful, tangelo-colored dress and Emancipation of Mimi wind machine, but the vocal was serviceable. And "Let's Get It On"? Crazily, I thought she started off on the right foot. Very controlled and effortless. But then the chorus hit, and Elise summoned the sexuality of a bored geometry tutor. Where was the Soul Train fire this week? Hit me with Aretha Franklin's "Rock Steady" or something, child. Twirl and jive, thanks.
5. Joshua Ledet, Fantasia's "I Believe" and Sam Cooke's "A Change is Gonna Come"
What Joshua has: a voice. What Joshua doesn't have: the chops to outdo Fantasia Barrino or the maturity to make "an anthem about social change" (quoth Ryan Seacrest, my own personal Marcus Garvey) a watershed Idol moment. There's simply no doubt that Joshua's spunk is better suited to uptempo, be-boppity, house-riling anthems than ballads, even if he can holler like a sassy old vulture. But I have terrible news: "I Believe" is a forgettable retread of "A Moment Like This," and "A Change is Gonna Come" only works when I believe the "change" is something other than "a new, less-ugly vest." If Joshua didn't conclude the show this week, I'd be positive he was destined for the bottom three, but as such, it appears he'll rack up more votes than my surprise choice for Most Improved Periwinkle Princess. Nope, not Steven Tyler. See #4.
4. Hollie Cavanagh, Adele's "Rolling in the Deep" and Dusty Springfield's "Son of a Preacher Man"
I can't front: Periwinkle brought it this week! Yes, "Rolling in the Deep" is as novel a song choice as Whitney's "I Have Nothing" or Heart's "Alone." Yes, Dusty Springfield's "Son of a Preacher Man" is an expected "soul" pick for, um, a white British chick vocalist. But I found Ms. Cavanagh's thumping grit believable and fun. I'm always down for some Dusty in Memphis crooning on the Idol stage, especially if it's from a little lady who roars the final notes like the choir loft is aflame. Hollie demanded attention for the first time in weeks on that stage, and I'm in no mood to neglect her. How about THAT? Periwinkle Princess be sangin' with the sorcerers last night.
3. Phillip Phillips, Usher's "U Got It Bad" and Wilson Pickett's "In the Midnight Hour"
Fascinating dichotomy offered up by Philly Phillz: The Wilson Pickett situation wasn't his strongest performance, even if he gave us the Bill-Cosby-fell-down-the-stairs-and-landed-on-his-larynx blues we so cherish from him. Could we have gotten a little "Land of a Thousand Dances" up in here? Soul Train, guys. Come on. Though it's hard not to concur with the horrrrrnayyy Jennifer Lopez, who noted Phil's sexiness and swagger yet again. The man is having fun, confidently selling his brand of musicianship, making those Sling Blade noises, and getting away with it. He seems kind of funny too. Like a person you and I might even tolerate in person. American Idol, you surprise me sometimes.
But now, let us have a moment to understand the "U Got It Bad" story. I can't stand that song. Usher's slow/contemplative jams are so hammy and phony, and I'd rather he trill a dancefloor-tickler like "U Don't Have to Call" 'til the end of time. But here's where Phillip did a fine thing: He went the Kris Allen route, drummed up a new MTV Unplugged version in the vein of Kris' "She Works Hard for the Money"/"Heartless" performances, and sold the damn thing. I got it completely. I must have it bad.
2. Skylar Laine, Lady Gaga's "Born This Way [Country Version]" and Marvin Gaye's "I Heard It Through the Grapevine"
For a split second I thought Skylar Laine had chosen a non-country song for her post-2000 selection, but she qualified "Born This Way" with the hasty disclaimer "IT'S THE COUNTRY VERSION, THOUGH" or whatever. Settle down, Reba Jr. We know you like saddles and Velveeta. But even if I gripe about Skylar's aggressively one-dimensional persona, the woman flails and fights onstage like a firebird, shooting sparks at every preteen in the house.
Naturally, she didn't get to the verse in "Born This Way" about "gay, straight, or bi / lesbian, transgendered life," but I can't expect a social revolution from a woman as committed to chunky belts as Skylar. I can expect an application to Wet Seal, maybe. Ferocious vocal on the Gaga anthem, and enough back-alley rasp to alarm Miranda Lambert's PR squad. Great work there. "I Heard It Through the Grapevine" struck me as an uninspired song selection, but I feel like it passed so quickly and with so little problem that it was arguably a success. Congrats on attempting another genre for once in your rifle-rifling life, Skylar. You pass.
1. Jessica Sanchez, Alicia Keys' "Fallin'" and Otis Redding's "Try a Little Tenderness"
Our happenin' baby girl almost died last week when America forgot to vote her over to May, but I think she solidified her status as a reigning critical darling with both her performances. "Fallin'" is about the most odious song of all time — up there with "Macarena" and the little-known Adolf Hitler ballad "Wind Beneath Mein Kampf" — but Jessica managed to play with the melody, inject some novel sauciness, and illuminate those underwritten lyrics. Fabulous.
Here's my most controversial opinon of the evening, girls: I thought Jessica's cover of "Try a Little Tenderness" was breathtakingly sensational. Started off a little slow, but morphed into a hard-strutting, soul-flinging, insanely powerful homage to the genius of Otis Redding. Best compliment of the season: I imagine that Jessica's performance would've blown away the Soul Train audience. They'd have been blasted off their platform shoes and into the walls, like the bullies in Carrie. For now, I'm banking on Jessica's survival. She has too much soul and too much train to die off right now. Too much train. Interpret as you will.


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I can say without a moment's hesitation that it was the best £65 I've ever spent. Less than 70 quid bought six years of affection and fun, even if it also paid for fur balls and countless fatalities among the local mouse population. My cat Mitten, who my husband and I adopted as (you've guessed it) a kitten from Battersea Dogs and Cats Home, died last week after being hit by a car.
Mourning a pet is a new experience for me – I remember being sad, aged eight, when my hamster died after the dog got hold of it. I was sad 10 years later when the dog passed away (but less sad than I would have been if he hadn't slain my hamster, I reckon). But Mitten was my buddy, my companion and a member of the family, and now that he's gone I don't quite know what to do with myself. Compared to the injustices and tragedies of the world, one small cat snuffing it doesn't add up to much, but it's made me realise the importance of two things. The first is empathy. Before I had Mitten, I remember reading columns that Tracey Emin had written about her beloved cat Docket and thinking she was a bit of a mad cat lady. A couple of years after becoming a cat owner – all right, a mad cat lady – myself, I wept at her account of Docket becoming seriously ill. Having my own pet has made me understand what I had previously dismissed as soppy anthropomorphism can often be the central relationship in someone's life.
The second thing that's been revealed to me in the past week is how small acts of kindness can make an enormous difference. A neighbour who I'd never met before spent hours trying to find the owners of the black and white cat that had been killed outside her house in the middle of the night so that we knew why Mitten hadn't come home and at least knew what had happened. The elderly couple who live upstairs appearing with a bunch of flowers. The freeholders to our flat sending a short email telling us how much they'd miss Mitten lolling about the place. Gruff work colleagues who usually tune out my wittering about my cat saying they were sorry for my loss.
Of course, over the years, Mitten ended up costing a hell of a lot more than Battersea's very reasonable fee. The little toad would only eat the most expensive cat food, was constantly getting into scraps with other cats and urban foxes which meant costly vet bills and endless collars that would last all of 36 hours before he managed to wriggle out of them. I didn't mind any of it. The only thing I wish I'd never had to pay for was getting him cremated.Follow @RebeccaJ
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Rear unit in 20-unit building. 2-car Subterranean parking. Open house: Sat Apr 16 Sat Apr 23 11am-2pm. Come see this Brand Newly-Renovated 2BR1BA for rent in a controlled-access elevator building. Unit is on upper floor and hasGated Subterranean ParkingNear 405 & 10 FreewaysLocation has High Walkability Score, Close to Culver CityModern Rustic Gray Kitchen Cabinets, 9" Deep Stainless Steel Sink, Grohe Faucet and Granite CountertopsSpacious Balcony New Stainless Steel Microwave, Range, Refrigerator and DishwasherDining Area with Modern Pendant ChandelierState of the Art LED Recessed Lighting ThroughoutCustom Built-in California Closets in BedroomNew HVACNew Ceramic Tile in BathroomsModern Gray Hardwood FlooringNew Bathroom Vanities, Faucets and MirrorsNew Cadet ToiletsLaundry in BuildingOne Month Security DepositAvailable Immediately $2350 (6 Month to 12 Month Lease)Sorry no Pets
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Listeners come to jazz from many directions. They may have a natural attraction to it. Jazz may have been the predominant music playing on their parents' home stereo (though that kind of situation has been known to drive a person in the opposite direction.) They may even have played an instrument at a young age and gone on to stay with the music they were immersed in while learning their charts.
Then, there's the "gateway record." This is the album-equivalent of a gateway drug, but without the illicit substances and contentious debate.
Famous gateway records? Mahavishnu Orchestra's Inner Mounting Flame. John McLaughlin had the jazz pedigree (Miles Davis is all you need at the top of your resume). He also had chops to burn … and burn they did on this record. Casino by Al DiMeola. Honestly, almost any early DiMeola record will do. A sort-of cousin to McLaughlin in the smoking fretboard department, DiMeola dragged many a guitar fan toward the downbeat. Feels So Good by Chuck Mangione. In the late 1970s, flugelhorn player and bandleader Mangione had a huge crossover hit with this album's title track. So many people owned and loved that record that it surely planted more than a few jazz seeds (it was my first 'jazz' record.) Forest Flower by Charles Lloyd. Maybe not quite as high profile as some of those other artists, Forest Flower was one of those recordings that rock fans felt comfortable owning due to extended and spacey/ambient textures layed forth by some decidedly high-profile (though not at the time) players including Keith Jarrett and Jack DeJohnette.
Many years (and stylistic shifts) later, Lloyd has combined his early modes (more or less 'straight ahead' jazz) with the more expansive structures that followed to carve out his own jazz niche. Somehow he manages to put together song suites that are both forward-looking and reverent of his past … but without excessive sentiment.
It can probably be said that each musician's release provides at least a partial summation of the artist's body of work. Charles Lloyd seems to give a complete summation with every new record – but with each album sounding fresh.
Lloyd's most recent entry (released today) in this unofficial series is Jumping The Creek. Lloyd has assembled a killer lineup that most definitely suits his muscular style of sax play. Geri Allen's angular reactions to Lloyd's lines (check out her solo/response on "Ken Katta Ma Om") seem right at home here. Robert Hurst (Pharoah Sanders, Tony Williams, Branford Marsalis) takes up the low end with a lot of melodic flair, reminding me of Ornettte-era Charlie Haden. I've never heard of drummer Eric Harland but the man can lay claim to a mountain of technique (especially on the snare) as well as sensitivity.
And then there's Lloyd himself, weaving all of this together with saxes (tenor and Paul Desmond-ish alto) and the taragato (Turkish Pipe). The word "weaved" was used here because, unlike some jazz groups, Lloyd seems more like an equal band member rather than the lead instrument needing support from the rest of the cast. On some tunes (the closing "Song of the Inuit", for one) Lloyd presents a mere thematic fragment that is expanded upon and endlessly morphed by the entire ensemble.
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IRVING, Texas – Phil Costa's MRI conducted Thursday revealed nothing new, according to source, but the Cowboys are not sure he will be able to play Sept. 16 at Seattle.
When Costa first suffered his low back strain in training camp, he missed two-plus weeks of on-field work and three preseason games.
If Costa cannot play, then Ryan Cook would start and the team would likely activate David Arkin for the first time. Arkin played center in Costa's absence during training camp and in the preseason but was inactive for Wednesday's win against the New York Giants.
Arkin was inactive for every game as a rookie as well.
"Arkin made great strides in this off-season and throughout training camp and the preseason," coach Jason Garrett said. "For him to come in and play center after not playing center really throughout this whole career was really impressive. But at the end of the day, we felt like the more veteran player (Cook) was going to help us more in a game like this, and sure enough, he came in and played."


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In November 1999, the U.K.'s NME reported "A London Metro Police spokesman confirmed that ex-Pogues singer Shane McGowan (sic. NME should have spelled it "Mac") was arrested on suspicion of a controlled substance or so called 'Class A drug' after officers found him unconscious in his flat. And according to a report in The Sun, they were tipped off by Sinead O'Connor. The report in the paper quotes 'a source' as saying that Sinead did what she did out of genuine concern for the well being of her friend."
In the life of Shane MacGowan, at least what we see in "If I Should Fall From Grace," this debacle is typical. For those who only know him as the ugliest guy in music, Shane MacGowan is a genius torch songwriter. He played Irish music in London clubs at a time when London vehemently hated the Irish for IRA bombings. MacGowan wrote one of the best Christmas tunes of all time "Fairy Tale of New York," with one of the best opening lines ever written. Pogues frontman and founder outlasted the breakup of his band in 1991, and he survives today in spite of his self destructive habits.
Charles Bukowski said what matters is how well you walk through fire. As the other most public artist cum alcoholic, Bukowski would know. But how well can you walk through fire when you can't hardly stand up? What's astonishing about this film is there is not a single sober moment with the subject. It is possible that Shane did some sober interviews during the year of filming, but I don't know if they appear in the final edit. Yet, in spite of this train wreck in front of us, the narrative stucture is absent judgement and moralizing. What you take away, primarily is a sense of the director's affection for him.
At first, Sarah Share does seem to be a little under the spell of MacGowan's personality. By the time we see MacGowan's mockery of Johnny Rotten snarling "No Future" (interlaced skillfully with live footage of Rotten's own rendition) you can see for yourself that he's charming.
But Share sat with him for hours, watching him floating out to sea with his demon alcohol. Is it really plausible that she did nothing about it except film him and talk to him? You know this director lost some sleep over the classic question documentarians face: To intervene or not to intervene?
Imagine it's your quandary. If your friend had failing health, seemed frail for his age, fingers stained orange from nicotine, and sat in a London flat awash in empty Bombay gin bottles, would you be able to do nothing but film it? Everyone around him, including this director, seemed to learn that MacGowan will always be faithful to his muse, and as long as he thinks booze is tied up in it, no one can dissuade him of this.
MacGowan was situationally disturbed, as he puts it, well before he started using those Class A drugs that made Sinead snitch. From the film, we learn the move from MacGowan's Irish town near Borrisokane North Tipperary to central London set his life spinning off axis, never to regain balance. The move turned him into a "degenerate, a drunk and a thief," he slurs in an interview. It's unclear which move MacGowan meant: away from North Tipperary or back to North Tipperary?
Someone off camera, asks him what makes MacGowan happy. On the verge of alcoholic oblivion, his face is comically stricken as he struggles to focus on the question. Just as you think he won't speak, he says that he can't put his answer into words. Then, with disarming candor, MacGowan adds that his native tongue has a larger vocabulary and would make a question like that easier to answer.
People say a lot of things about MacGowan. Fellow songwriter Nick Cave said MacGowan was the "master of opening lines," MacGowan's girlfriend Victoria said he "doesn't think like other people do. He's not logical. He allows the music to come through." Of himself, MacGowan says, "All I did was play old fashioned Irish music…Jigs, reels….lyrics about drinking, fuckin, fighting," snigger, snigger. "Romantic lyrics like 'I met a damsel both fair and handsome/She took my breath away/' I mean, it's not exactly that," snigger, snigger. It's a hilarious contradiction to what people seem to believe about him.
My favorite moment is when MacGowan goes from one impulse (altruism) to another (criminalism) in just one city block. Outside a bar, MacGowan hands bills to a homeless guy. A few steps later, he rattles a bike locked to a yard gate. All he needs is a hacksaw to steal it, he says. "This would get a 13£ bag for a junkie," he says with that slurry snigger that's totally degenerate and endearing.
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Arsenal could be the best side in England for a calendar year, Jose Mourinho is setting ugly records and Tottenham fans may well be craving a return to the UK charts for Sinead O'Connor.
BBC Sport takes a look at some of the most interesting statistics from the weekend's Premier League action.
Arsenal, Spurs, Liverpool or… Scunthorpe
Arsene Wenger's side won 25 of their 38 games in all of 2015, an average of 2.13 points a game which was the best return in England's top four leagues.
And they are digging in to retain their place as the best side in the country for 2016, averaging 1.88 points per game. Scunthorpe United and Brighton may have something to say on the matter though.
A number of stats seem to be pointing towards Arsenal prosperity. The Gunners have some serious momentum as they are unbeaten in 19 games, their longest stretch without defeat since 2007.
And after Sunday's win over Bournemouth, they now have November – traditionally their worst month in the league by some margin – behind them.
The north-London outfit historically take 1.59 points in November, before moving up to an average return of 1.99 in December.
Mourinho breaking all the wrong records
Jose Mourinho may well boot a water bottle. In fact, the Manchester United boss may need more outlets for his anger.
After Sunday's home draw with West Ham, this is now United's worst start to a league season since 1989-90 and no wonder Jose is so unhappy on the touchline. Four games at Old Trafford without a win means he has overseen the Red Devils worst home run in 26 years.
Mourinho has a 38.5% win percentage from 13 matches. But be confident if you're from the red half of Manchester. Sir Alex Ferguson's mark after as many games was also 38.5%. Things turned out OK for him.
Who has the ultimate away-day hoodoo?
Every football fan has looked at their club's next fixture and thought 'we never do well there.'
In the case of Tottenham fans considering a trip to Chelsea, such a feeling is fully justified. They lost there again on Saturday and put simply, Spurs are rubbish at Stamford Bridge.
It's now 30 games without a win at the Bridge for Spurs. What is strange is that Mauricio Pochettino's side have done well against Londoners in recent years. Since the start of last season, Spurs have picked up 20 points in London derby games – the most of any side involved.
The last time they won at Chelsea though was in February 1990, when Sinead O'Connor was top of the charts with 'Nothing compares 2 U'.
But in terms of the worst current away-day hoodoo, nothing compares to Queens Park Rangers' visits to Nottingham Forest.
Rangers first made the 254-mile round trip in 1934 and have never, ever produced a win in 33 visits. Now that is a proper hoodoo.
Why Liverpool may not miss Coutinho
We hear what you're all saying. "What? Philippe Coutinho is magic."
But Liverpool's players enjoy sharing. Take goals scored – Jurgen Klopp's side have 11 different scorers in the league.
That's a league high and two more than Arsenal and Spurs. Sunderland (more on them later) have just three scorers.
The Reds have 10 players who have created a goal, with Adam Lallana and Coutinho leading the way on five each, though the likes of Jordan Henderson and Roberto Firmino have three assists.
If we look at the players in the league who have been involved in the most goals, no Liverpool player makes the top 10. This suggests they are not relying on Coutinho, or anyone other individual for that matter.
Klopp may do well to start playing James Milner up front though as a goal from the converted left-back is something of a lucky charm. In his 15 seasons in the Premier League Milner has never been on the losing side in any of the 45 matches he has scored in.
The league's most important player?
The cliche of a player who can grab a goal from out of nothing lives on strongly in Sunderland's Jermain Defoe.
At Liverpool on Saturday he had just 20 touches – two were to take kick-offs.
Of the players in the league to have scored five times this season, no one has seen less of the ball than Defoe's 272 touches. He finds the net every 39 touches on average.
It's a good job he's Mr Efficient. On Saturday, Jason Denayer in Sunderland's midfield played 95 minutes and contributed just seven passes, hardly music to the ears of a striker.
Remarkably, Denayer's almost non-existent contribution in possession does not top the great dismal offerings from players over the years. Blackburn's Gael Givet got through 90 minutes having played just two passes in 2011.
Defoe has been involved in a higher percentage of goals for his team than any other player in the league. All of this prompts questions.
How would Sunderland – dubbed "the most defensive team" Klopp says he has seen in his life – benefit from being more positive and getting more support to their talisman? And, crucially, what would happen if the league's bottom club lost him for a spell? Surely the towel might as well be thrown in.
He still has an England flag etched on his boots. The stats show the 34-year-old perhaps has a chance of adding to his 55 caps for his country. They also show he may not get much help in achieving this dream from his Sunderland team-mates.
'Riyad, it's Jamie. Any chance you could pass to me?'
Leicester's fall from grace becomes more emphatic with every passing week and each damning statistic. But why? Look away now Foxes fans.
Their heroic duo of Riyad Mahrez and Jamie Vardy are doing little to aid the situation. The pair formed a dynamic partnership to fire Leicester to the Premier League title last season but this term, Mahrez has only completed 10 passes to his team-mate.
After 13 games, Claudio Ranieri's side have now delivered the worst start to a league season as reigning champions since Ipswich in 1962-63.
The stats perhaps tell us Leicester's demise is because of a new-found respect from opponents.
Leicester have played 750 more passes this season and made 213 tackles compared to 299 after 13 games of their title-winning campaign. The number of interceptions they have made has also dropped significantly.
Such stats imply teams are nullifying last season's deadly counter-attacking style by letting Leicester have more of the ball.
Answers are needed. And by the way Leicester fans, Ipswich were relegated two years after winning the title.
Pardew's place in 'crazy' history
Crystal Palace boss Alan Pardew described it as "madness", Swansea manager Bob Bradley opted for "crazy".
As five goals arrived after the 75th minute in Swansea's 5-4 win over Crystal Palace, the fixture took its place in Premier League history.
Only once before have five goals been scored after the same stage in a fixture in the competition – Portsmouth's 7-4 win over Reading in 2007.
Pardew has not seen his side keep a clean sheet in the league for 18 matches. Swansea perhaps showed him he's not likely to see one any time soon in the most emphatic and punishing of manners.
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Almost as an aside an options paper for new rail links to Sydney's 2nd airport makes a startling proposal for fixing the problems with the trains that stop at its current single airport
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Passenger jets seldom have cause to land at Richmond RAAF base which is NOT really near Sydney, but today has been 'different' for a Qantas A330
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Child molest trial begins in Vigo Co.
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One Parke County man is in jail this Thanksgiving.
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