Today, 27 November 2011

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    12 1 TODAY on Sunday INCORPORATING INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY November 27, 2011 www.todayonline.com MICA(P) 199/02/2011
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      880 1 TURNOVER FORTHENEW YORK TIMES INTERNATIONAL WEEKLY VACATIONING IN CRAFTED LUXURY the finer life 4 Articles selected for Copyright 2011 The New York Times Sunday, november 27, 2011 A Publication of MediaCorp MICA (P) 041/07/2011 york times China Takes a Loss to Lead Way in Water WINES By MICHAEL Towering over
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    Lock icon Refugee tales
    773 2  -  Somalis fleeing starvation and war are seeking refuge in Ethiopia. We get their stories sundayspecial venessa lee in addis ababa, ethiopia correspondent todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg Twenty-seven years ago, Ethiopia was the scene of the world’s first televised famine. But things have changed since 1984, when close to 1 million Ethiopians
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    Lock icon ‘If you don’t see him, it’s like sponsoring a phantom’
    689 3  -  VENESSA LEE INYAYAGULALE, ETHIOPIA IT WAS an eclectic group of 12 travellers from Singapore which found themselves deep in rural Ethiopia, rapidly getting their preconceived notions turned on their heads. Many were child sponsors who had been paying towards the
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    Lock icon Vacationing in crafted luxury
    846 4  -  Wooing today’s high-end traveller requires attention to architecture, design and customised experiences, says Alila’s CEO thefinerlife chan seet fun todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg Sipping champagne at a posh resort that is perched on a cliff, while gazing out to sea at the sunset, sounds like the stuff that the
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      299 5 Be at Discover urban sophistication in the centre of the bustling Ang Mo Kio town. Centro Residences is located at the doorstep of Ang Mo Kio MRT station•; and next to the vibrant lifestyle hub, AMK Hub, offering a choice address for sophisticated urbanites. Centro Residences is a trendy development
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    Lock icon Living the examined life
    1328 6 One of Asia’s top forensic pathologists, Dr Porntip Rojanasunan is a celebrity in (and even outside) her native Thailand for both her sensational cases and defiance of danger. Crispina Robert tries to keep up with the style maven the perspectives An ordinary day at the office
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    Falling victim to exam fever
    805 8  -  parenttoparent teresa tan todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg Teresa Tan is a wife, part-time tutor and mother of three children aged 12, 15 and 17. She is also a Sense Parenting trainer with Morning Star Community Services. When my first child sat for his first exam, I had huge
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    732 9  -  speakeasy tabitha wang todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg By now, almost everyone in Singapore with access to the Internet must have watched the video of a man dumping a cat into a wheelie bin. It’s almost like watching a snuff video, and the worst part is how casually the guy
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    Lock icon It’s Spidey, it’s Batman, no it’s Grandpa!
    405 10  -  CHEOW XIN YI todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg AT 71, Mr Maswar Sahlan isn’t up to running the full marathons that he used to as a younger man. But he still grabbed attention when he took part in the 5km event at last year’s Standard Chartered Marathon
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    Lock icon ‘I ran marath my first on at 70’
    817 10  -  This Grandparents Day, we celebrate three seniors who are leaving much younger people in their dust faceinthecrowd paul gilfeather paul gilfeather principal correspondent todayonsunday@mediacorp.com.sg They have a combined age of 160 years and have run more than 100 marathons between them. At
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      290 10 Male Pattern Hair Loss (MPHL) Is A Medically Treatable Condition v S K For every 10 Singaporean men, 6 have MPHL. It is a condition that can be inherited from your father, or even your mother, and can be apparent even among teens at age as young as 17 years.
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  • HOT NEWS
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      It's a new phase in S'pore politics: Khaw
      361 12  -  SAIFULBAHRI ISMAIL SINGAPORE The ruling People’s Action Party (PAP) has entered a new phase in Singapore’s political landscape, where the key political challenge will be one of more intense competition in a more challenging domestic environment. This is the consensus among party
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      Govt concerned about structural unemployment
      179 12  -  HOE YEEN NIE SINGAPORE Labour chief Lim Swee Say has identified structural unemployment as an issue the Government is concerned about, a problem he expects to get worse given the economic outlook. Speaking at a forum organised by the Young Sikh Association yesterday, Mr Lim
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      Lock icon YAACOB COMMENDS COMMUNITY'S RESPONSE TO RACIST REMARKS ONLINE
      143 14 CHANNEL NEWSASIA Minister-in-Charge of Muslim Affairs DrYaacob Ibrahim has commended the way the community responded to recent incidents of racist remarks made online. Speaking on the sidelines of a community event yesterday, he said: “The voices that came out from the Internet
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      WORK ON THIRD PHASE OF DOWNTOWN LINE TO BEGIN
      136 14 Construction of the third phase of Singapore’s Downtown Line (DTL) will kick off tomorrow. The 42km Downtown Line is being constructed in three phases DTL 1, DTL 2 and DTL 3. The Land Transport Authority told Channel NewsAsia that DTL 1
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      Lock icon EGYPTIAN PROTESTERS CLASH WITH POLICE; ONE DEAD
      152 14 AP Egyptian security forces clashed with protesters camped outside the Cabinet building yesterday, leaving one man dead, as tensions rose ahead of parliamentary elections being held despite demonstrations against military rule. The violence occurred as a wave of protests against military rule was
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      Lock icon 24 dead in NATO attack: Pakistan
      324 14 AP PESHAWAR Pakistan yesterday accused North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) helicopters and fighter jets of firing on two army checkpoints in the country’s northwest and killing 24 soldiers. Islamabad retaliated by closing the border crossings used by the international coalition to supply its troops
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      Lock icon BRIDGE COLLAPSES IN INDONESIA
      98 14 A busy bridge collapsed yesterday in central Indonesia, killing at least three people and injuring 17 others as a bus, cars and motorcycles crashed into the river below, the police and witnesses said. The 700m bridge built to resemble the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco
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      Lock icon NZ LEADER WINS SECOND TERM
      186 14 AP Prime Minister John Key won a second term as New Zealand’s leader in elections yesterday that open the door for the sale of billions of dollars worth of government assets as part of a plan to reduce the country’s debt. Mr Key’s National Party
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      Lock icon Iceland rejects Chinese billionaire's land purchase plan
      252 15 BLOOMBERG LONDON Iceland’s government has denied Chinese billionaire investor Huang Nubo permission to purchase land in the island’s north, saying such a transfer of property would be “incompatible” with the country’s laws. The government will not let Mr Huang, through his company Beijing
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      Lock icon China sentences 113 in tainted pork scandal
      240 15 AP BEIJING More than 100 people, including 17 Chinese government employees, have been sentenced over chemical-laced pork that caused a food safety scandal earlier this year, state media said yesterday. One person was given the death penalty with a reprieve. An investigation into
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      Lock icon Violence mars Black Friday shopping in US
      281 15 AP SAN LEANDRO (California) Black Friday’s typical jostling and jockeying took a more ominous turn during this year’s bargain-hunting ritual, with a shooting, pepper spraying and other episodes of violence that left several people injured. In the most serious case, a robber shot
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  • SPORTS
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      Lock icon Man United hurt and angry
      464 16 Controversial penalty hands Magpies a point as champions fail to reel in City AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Man United 1 Newcastle 1 MANCHESTER Reigning champions Manchester United missed the chance to make inroads into Manchester City’s lead at the top of the Barclays Premier League after
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      Singapore's Gao marches on
      262 16  -  PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE He beat China’s former Olympic champion Ma Lin 4-3 in a stunning comeback on Thursday to reach the last eight in the ITTF Pro Tour Grand Finals at London’s ExCel Arena. And Singapore men’s table tennis No 1 and world No 18,
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      Lock icon Relief for Villas-Boas as Chelsea return to winning ways
      316 16 AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Chelsea 3 Wolves 0 LONDON Chelsea eased the pressure on manager Andre Villas-Boas yesterday by sweeping to a 3-0 victory over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Stamford Bridge. Captain John Terry settled the home team’s nerves by heading home Juan
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      Lock icon Off to Anfield with a spring in his step
      608 17 Mancini believes City can bounce back as Reds look for elusive win at home AGENCIES ENGLISH PREMIERSHIP Liverpool vs Man City LIVERPOOL Six matches have been played at Anfield this season, yet only two have resulted in victory for the hosts.
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      Lock icon Irish on top, but danger lurks just behind McIlroy and McDowell
      339 17 AP HAINAN (China) Rory McIlroy and Graeme McDowell will head into today’s final round of the World Cup with a two-stroke lead after a convincing performance for Ireland in the fourballs yesterday. The Irish golf stars hit eight birdies
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      Lock icon NBA season to kick start on Christmas Day
      222 17 REUTERS NEW YORK The National Basketball Association (NBA) and its players have reached a tentative deal on a new collective bargaining agreement which paves the way for a 66-game season starting on Christmas Day. Financial details of the plan were not released
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      Lock icon Weightlifting legend Alekseyev dies
      181 18 AP MOSCOW Super heavyweight lifter Vasily Alekseyev (picture), who dominated the sport throughout the ’70s and set 80 world records for what was then the Soviet Union, has died. He was 69. The Russian weightlifting federation confirmed the death of Alekseyev on Friday, describing him as
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      Lock icon Small step to a sporting nation
      731 18  -  National Games to bond community, develop S’poreans’ passion for sports PHILIP GOH philipgoh@mediacorp.com.sg SINGAPORE Organisers of the inaugural Singapore National Games 2012 aim to unite and ignite people’s passion for the country. The goal is also to use the Games as a tool to
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      Lock icon India just fall short of a whitewash
      229 19 REUTERS MUMBAI West Indies snatched a thrilling draw with the scores level, after India failed to score the three runs they needed for victory in the last over on a riveting final day of the third and final test yesterday. Needing two runs
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      1140 21 SUNDAY TV SEX AND THE CITY (PG13-Mature Themes) (TV Premiere) Channel 5,10.30pm The New York columnist is finally going to walk down the aisle with her Mr Big. But her three best girlfriends must console her after one of them inadvertently leads Mr Big to jilt her. Starring Sarah Jessica
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      1909 22 TV LISTINGS MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY CHANNEL CHANNEL CHANNEL 6.00AM Seriously Funny Kids 6.30 AM Live! 9.00 The Ellen DeGeneres Show IX 10.00 The Dr Oz Show 11.00 Films Stars Asia 11.30 Great Ideas From JML 12.30PM Parental Guidance 1.00 First Touch 2.00 The Two Of Us 3.00
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  • SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon New Biometric Software Never Forgets a Face
      601 16  -  By NATASHA SINGER EIk Jfctot Jlcrk ehncs Techniques like facial detection and facial recognition are poised to become the next big thing for personalized marketing and smart phones. That is great news for companies that want to tailor services to customers, and not
      EIk Jfctot Jlcrk ehncs; IMMERSIVE LABS  -  601 words
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      Lock icon U.S. May Ban Research on Chimps
      715 16  -  By JAMES GORMAN EIk JCcUt Jlcrk ehncs NEW IBERIA, Louisiana In a dome-shaped outdoor cage, a dozen chimpanzees are hooting. The hair on their shoulders sticks straight up. “That’s piloerection,” a sign of emotional arousal, says Dr. Dana Hasselschwert, head of veterinary sciences at
      EIk JCcUt Jlcrk ehncs; TIM MUELLER LOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  715 words
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  • ARTS & STYLES
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      Lock icon The Changing Alchemy Behind Alluring Scents
      764 15  -  By LIESL SCHILLINGER el)c JsVut jjork Sinter Have you ever found a perfume that seemed to have been made for you, a perfume that mingled with your skin in such an arresting way that a stranger in an elevator might turn and ask: “Excuse
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      Lock icon Hip-Hop’s Moody Center of Gravity
      755 15  -  By JON CARAMANICA el)c JsVtu jj ork Sinter In a sea of tough new-money triumphalism Drake is a splash of the gothic. Surrounded by more self-congratulatory peers, the 25-year-old Canadian, who both raps and sings, is eager to show off his corroded insides. To fully
      el)c JsVtu jj ork Sinter; CHANG W, LEE/THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  755 words
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      Lock icon Disney Decides to Let The Muppets Be Themselves
      802 14  -  By BROOKS BROOKS BARNES Sljc Jfctu JJork Ehncs LOS ANGELES David Hoberman, one of the producers of Disney’s new film “The Muppets,” could easily envision the company delivering a truckload of market research with conclusions like: must be cute and fuzzy (to
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      Lock icon Revisiting a Legend of Jazz, Through a Latin Prism
      477 14  -  By LARRY ROHTER Sljc JfcUt JJork Elmcs After playing on more than 150 albums, the jazz saxophonist David Murray has finally turned his sights to the Nat King Cole repertory. But Mr. Murray’s taste can be quirky, which is why his
      Sljc JfcUt JJork Elmcs; ERIC MICHAEL JOHNSON FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  477 words
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  • PERSONALITIES
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      Lock icon Social Media’s King Of Connectedness
      665 13  -  reid g. hoffman By EVELYN M. RUSLI EljciXhu Jlork Elmcs MOUNTAIN VIEW, California Everyone wants a piece of Reid G. Hoffman. Mr. Hoffman made his name and fortune as the co-founder of LinkedIn, the professional social network. But he has also emerged as the man
      EljciXhu Jlork Elmcs; PETER DaSILVA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  665 words
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      Lock icon Actress Charms With a Lack of Fuss
      729 13  -  charlotte gainsbourg By TIM MURPHY Eljc Jfhu Jlork Elmcs Charlotte Gainsbourg, who stars in “Melancholia,” the new Lars von Trier film, is perhaps just as well known for her fashion sense, which has thoroughly charmed a generation of stylish young women. Her clean-scrubbed,
      Eljc Jfhu Jlork Elmcs; BEATRICE de GEA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  729 words
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      Lock icon America’s Regular-Guy Ambassador, Annoying China’s Elite
      704 12  -  gary locke By SHARON LaFRANIERE el)c JscUt Jjork Shncs GUANGZHOU, China As the powerful Communist Party chief of Guangdong Province waited in early November for the arrival of the new American ambassador, Gary Locke, talk turned to Mr. Locke’s Chinese roots. Mr. Locke had
      el)c JscUt Jjork Shncs; KIN CHEUNG/ASSOCIATED PRESS  -  704 words
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      Lock icon A Tunis Blogger Mirrors Genesis of Arab Spring
      685 12  -  lina ben mhenni By KRISTEN McTIGHE el)c JscUt Jjork Shncs TUNIS She felt the stinging fumes of tear gas billowing through the streets here 10 months ago and saw police officers firing live ammunition at protesters. She watched families weeping in grief
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  • BUSINESS OF GREEN
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      Lock icon U.S.-China Solar Energy War Intensifies
      757 11  -  By KEITH BRADSHER eljc iNVut jlork Ehncs HONG KONG The United States and China are gearing up for a trade war over solar energy. On November 9 the United States Commerce Department opened an investigation sought by American manufacturers who accuse the Chinese of “dumping”
      eljc iNVut jlork Ehncs; MATTHEW CAVANAUGH FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  757 words
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      Lock icon Clean Tech Investors Prefer Problem Solvers
      655 11  -  By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER eljc iNVut jlork ehncs SAN FRANCISCO Shelby Clark, the founder of a start-up called RelayRides, was recently honored as a rising star in clean technology. But as he took the stage alongside companies creating new kinds of energy, he felt
      eljc iNVut jlork ehncs; ANNIE TRITT FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  655 words
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      Lock icon Stone-Washed Jeans, Without the Washed
      747 10  -  By LESLIE KAUFMAN el)c?u'UT JJork elmcs SAN FRANCISCO From the cotton field in rural India to the local rag bin, a typical pair of blue jeans consumes 3,478 liters of water during its life cycle, Levi Strauss Company says. That includes the water that goes
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      Lock icon In Malaysia, a Giant Farming Project to Transform Algae Into Biofuel
      550 10  -  By SONYA KOLESNIKOV-JESSOP £l)c ;NcUt JJork elmcs SINGAPORE Pahang State in central Malaysia is about to become home to the world’s largest commercial farm project producing microalgae for biofuel. The farm will start to take shape in the first
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  • WORLD TRENDS
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      Lock icon In Malaysia, an Islamic Reality Show With a Feminist Bent
      752 8  -  By LIZ GOOCH Sl)c Jfctu Jlork Ehncs KUALA LUMPUR Meet the latest in reality television, Malaystyle: 10 young contestants stride confidently onto a set, ready to face a studio audience and viewers across the country. But this is no trial
      Sl)c Jfctu Jlork Ehncs; RAHMAN ROSLAN FOR THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE  -  752 words
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      Lock icon India’s Fractious Politics, Played Out on Two Roads
      649 8  -  By LYDIA POLGREEN Sl)c Jfctu Jlork Ehncs IMPHAL, India India’s remote northeast is attached to the rest of the country by a slender thread of territory that arcs over the northern border of Bangladesh. It lies at the crossroads of India, Myanmar,
      Sl)c Jfctu Jlork Ehncs; MANPREET ROMANA FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  649 words
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      Lock icon Let’s Talk About Sex
      580 7  -  LENS TOM BRADY el)c iNrtir Jlork ehncs Sex gets us all talking, and thinking (mostly about sex). How different cultures react is what sets us apart. Aliaa Magda Elmahdy said she was promoting sexual equality and free expression in Egypt when in October she posted nude
      el)c iNrtir Jlork ehncs; DUSTIN FRANZ FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  580 words
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      Lock icon Data on Afghanis Is Collected in an Anti-terrorism Effort
      817 6  -  By ROD NORDLAND EIk Jfctu Jlork Elmcs KABUL, Afghanistan Afghanistan has many dubious distinctions on the international-rankings front: 10th-poorest, third-most corrupt, worst place to be a child, longest at war. To that may soon be added: most heavily fingerprinted. Since September,
      EIk Jfctu Jlork Elmcs; MIKHAIL GALUSTOV FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES  -  817 words
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      Lock icon Satirizing Russia’s Elite, With Boldly Poetic Flair
      792 4  -  By ELLEN BARRY EljcJu'Ut JSork Ehncs MOSCOW An elegant crowd packed into the Estrada Theater in November, having paid as much as $250 for an evening devoted to laughing at Vladimir V. Putin. It was clear as soon as the stage lights went
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