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PHOTO BY TESSA LIGHTY | STAFFGeography graduate student Marita Murphy reads a book on the wall by Patterson Office Tower on Monday.
Georgia Bulldog footballmakes so much money thatthe University of GeorgiaAthletic Association can’tspend it all.
The association has a sur-plus of $68 million, almostall of which was grown viathe football program.
Georgia football generat-ed $70.8 million in revenuein 2009. UK Athletics’ entirebudget for all 22 programswas $67 million that year.
If UK Athletics, PresidentEli Capilouto and the Boardof Trustees work together tofix UK football, the benefitswould be far-reaching andcampuswide.
“The amount of revenuethat football can generatedwarfs even the greatest bas-ketball programs,” said MarkNagel, associate professor inthe sport and entertainmentmanagement department atthe University of South Car-olina.
Athletics has alreadyshown its willingness to helpthe university financially thisyear by fully funding the Sin-gletary Scholars program byincreasing its contribution to
$3 million this year.“We have been giving
$1.7 million out of our budg-et the last eight years,” UKathletic director Mitch Barn-hart told the Kernel in Au-gust. “So, in total for the 10years we have been here, wehave given about $16 millionin cash to the university. Wewant to be a good friend ofthe university.”
A coordinated approachto upgrading CommonwealthStadium could produce themuch talked about luxuryboxes, which would be aboon for the university, ifproperly utilized.
“Luxury suites are boughtby corporate America. Six orseven times these people willbe in your stadium to whereyou as a president or athleticdirector can walk in and so-cialize with them,” OscarCombs, founder of the Cats’Pause and Kentucky Journal-ism Hall of Fame member,told the Kernel last week.
Access to business andcommunity leaders would bebeneficial in raising funds forboth athletic and academicprojects.
Popular, winning athleticprograms drive campus tours,university website traffic andcorporate donations. Athleticscan serve as a gateway to theuniversity and propel enroll-ment.
Success in football helps university
See JOHNS on page 2
LESJOHNS
Kernelcolumnist
STAFF FILE PHOTOStudents cheer during UK’s 31-28 win over South Carolina in 2010.
STAFF FILE PHOTOFans clear out during UK’s 2011 game against Jacksonville State.
A group of UK gradu-ates will be giving backover the next year as theyenter the classroom as partof the Teach for Americaprogram.
The initiative pays forhigh-level graduates tospend a year teaching disad-vantaged children in inner-city schools and rural com-munities across the U.S.
This year, UK has moregraduates in the programthan ever, with 23 grads tak-ing part.
One of those UK alumniis Megan Day, who graduat-ed this past summer with adegree in family sciencesand was looking at what todo with the next chapter inher life when she applied forthe role.
“I had been trying to fig-ure out what I wanted to dowhen I graduated, and Ihave always been really in-terested in working with
kids and families,” she said.“I never really consideredtoo much being a teacher, Ithought about it at one pointbut didn’t want to changemy major because I’d haveto be in school for anotheryear.”
Once learning moreabout the program and thegood it brings to the lives ofunderprivileged children,Day found it hard to turndown the job once it was of-fered.
“I just started reading upmore about Teach for Amer-ica and about the issues ineducation in America that Inever really knew about.Once I realized how big of aproblem it was, there wasreally no way that I couldturn away from it,” she said.
Day has been stationedat a middle school inHuntsville, Ala., since thestart of the school year andhas been enjoying the expe-rience so far.
“The most exciting thing
23 UK grads inteaching program
By Tom Hurley
See TEACH on page 4
In September 2011, a policy change in UK’s Parking andTransportation Service guidelines caused a decrease in cam-pus towing.
According to the Parking Citations and Impoundment’sannual data chart, in two years, the number of UK campustowing incidents has seen a downward, exponential trend.
In the 2009-10 school year, nearly 2,400 automobileswere towed.
In 2011-12, towing decreased to fewer than 300 vehiclesfor the whole year. Compared with 78 tows in July 2010, thisJuly’s five total tows is lower.
The thousands of previous tows haven’t attracted manycheers from students.
“One time, I remember being exhausted from spendingall day walking to and from classes, and when it was finallytime to go back and relax at my apartment, I was luckyenough to find my car gone and towed,” Tom Craven, a civilengineering junior, said. “I guess it was my fault, though.”
According to the PTS official website, a new policy wasmounted September 2011 regarding vehicle citations and im-poundments.
According to the new policy, automobiles are more like-ly to be booted than towed after receiving three unpaid cita-tions.
“With booting, at least you walk up and your car’s stillthere — so you won’t think it’s stolen,” said PTS Marketingand Promotions Specialist Chrissie Tune.
Towing numberssee sharp decline
By Olivia Jones
See TOWING on page 2
Policy change showing results
Wii U, a touchscreen handheld console,will be released Nov. 18 and has alreadysold out.
The console is a mixbetween the original Wiiand a Nintendo DS. TheLCD touch screen is 6.2inches with a 16-to-9 as-pect ratio.
Although it only hasone screen, it is signifi-cantly larger than the 3.8-inch Nintendo DS screen.It can also be connected tothe TV.
One of the most inno-vative parts of the Wii U Ifound interesting is the
TVii feature that allows you to connect theconsole to the television’s DVR system andwatch TV shows on the GamePad.
It’s available to anyone with the broad-cast wireless Internet connection.
The Wii U will be implementing notonly older games, but new games unavail-able to most consoles at the time.
For example, “FIFA Soccer 13,” “Mad-den NFL 13,” “Just Dance 4” and “Call ofDuty: Black Ops II” are all new games beingreleased for the Wii U.
A list for all games being released forthe console can be found at
Calipari has charitable role
See GAMING on page 2
KAYLAPICKRELL
Kernelcolumnist
Wii U has exciting features,but comes with higher price
UK basketball is larger-than-life in the grand schemeof college basketball. As thesingle most recognizablething in the state, millions rig-orously follow the team and
its coach. And this gives JohnCalipari and his student ath-letes an opportunity that mostdon’t have.
Calipari gets it. He under-stands exactly what it meansto be the head coach at UK. Ithas become apparent to Catsfans in the last three years
that it would be difficult tofind someone better suited tolead such a powerful pro-gram.
He also understands theability he has to effect changein the local and state commu-nity. He recently organized analumni game with many pastUK greats playing each otherin an exhibition game at RuppArena. The game raised$350,000 for charities aroundthe state, a number Caliparihopes to far surpass in yearsto come at the event.
“When you’re sitting inthe seat I’m in, you’re thekeeper of tradition,” he said.“By coming together, we canhave an impact on these or-ganizations.”
His players visit local ele-mentary schools. They helpcoach groups of fantasycampers at the John CalipariFantasy Experience. Caliparimakes sure these star recruitsknow that they’re more than
By David Schuh
See CALIPARI on page 2PHOTO BY TESSA LIGHTY | STAFF
John Calipari presents a check to Everfi Financial Literacy on Sept. 15.
Studying in the sun
PHOTO BY GENEVIEVE ADAMS | STAFFStudents Donte Beatty, left, and Thomas Miller-Hughs play “Madden” in the Cats Den on Monday.
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LOS ANGELES — A crew member died onthe set of Walt Disney Studios’ big-budgetfilm “The Lone Ranger,” the Burbank studiosaid Friday.
“We regretfully confirm that a ‘LoneRanger’ crew member has passed away afterbeing taken to a local hospital. Our hearts andthoughts are with his family, friends, and col-leagues at this time, and our full support is be-hind the investigation into the circumstancesof this terrible event,” Disney said in a state-ment.
The incident involved a diver who report-edly drowned while prepping a tank for an un-derwater shooting scene in the Los Angelesarea, and did not occur during filming, the stu-dio said. Disney is investigating the incident,the statement said.
The movie, directed by Gore Verbinski
and starring Johnny Depp, has filmed in NewMexico, Arizona, Colorado and Utah and re-cently moved to Los Angeles.
“The Lone Ranger” has endured other in-cidents since production began earlier thisyear on the $200 million-plus movie, which isset to open next July.
In May, a stuntman was injured on set inNew Mexico, according to local reports.Depp, who plays Tonto, has said he narrowlyavoided injury after being thrown from ahorse on the set and dragged 25 yards on theground.
The Los Angeles County coroner’s officesaid the crew member was a 48-year-old manwho was cleaning a pool in Acton in northernLos Angeles County that was going to be usedin the film. He appeared to have suffered aheart attack.
‘Lone Ranger’ crew member dies on set of film
Horoscope
A competitive footballprogram could be a hugeadvertising vehicle for theuniversity and would in-crease merchandising rev-enue, which is shared equal-ly between athletics and theuniversity.
Although it clearlycould not plug all the holescreated by state budget cuts,
a thriving football programcould replace some of thatlost revenue with increasedfan interest, student enroll-ment, merchandising rev-enue, creative fundraisingand Athletic Associationrevenue sharing.
It will take a team ap-proach to combat the “newnormal” of UK football sub-mediocrity, but doing sowill benefit not just collegefootball fans, but the entireuniversity.
JOHNSContinued from page 1
Tune explained that boot-ing is when a yellow block isplaced around a tire, disablingthe vehicle’s ability to drive.
Under the EnforcementChange FAQ tab on its web-site, PTS made the policychange to enact more evidentparking regulation enforce-ments that warn onlookers aswell as owners.
With seven bus routes andfour offices, PTS has expandedits services since it began to fitthe needs of thousands of stu-dents. Students, teachers andUK guests now have wide ac-cess to transportation all overcampus.
In addition to acting as areliable means of mobility, theservice must also remove cer-tain barriers, like vehicles,without proper parking per-mits.
Bluegrass Towing iscalled to perform the towingservice if needed.
“We just come when theycall,” said Andy Alphin, presi-dent of Bluegrass Towing.
TOWINGContinued from page 1
www.nintendo.com/wiiu/games.
Nintendo is also releas-ing a Wii Fit for theGamePad that complementsthe original Wii.
Nintendo also is provid-ing a sampling tour soon;however, tour dates have notbeen released. People will beable to test the new Wii U,play the games and learnmore about the console it-self.
The console will beavailable in two colors de-pending on if it is the deluxeversion or not. The basic WiiU is white and eight gigob-
ytes — which is $299.99.The deluxe is black with 32GB — set at $349.99.
One of the major differ-ences between the NintendoWii and the new Wii U isthe game prices. Wii gameshave traditionally sat at$39.99, but the Wii U gameswill start at $59.99.
Nintendo is saying thereasoning behind the pricejump is from the fact thatother consoles are chargingthe higher pricing for theirgames and are successful.
In my opinion, the WiiU may look like a great con-sole to have based upon thefeatures, but it looks tempo-rary. I have not personallytried the console myself, butit seems like a mix of con-soles we already have and
comfortably own. The Nintendo DS has
been out since 2004, and theWii since 2006.
This feels like merely aconfiguration of both, andif you are a Nintendo fan,you probably already ownboth.
However, do take myopinion with a grain of salt.It may be perfect for thosewho want to have somethingsmaller but have neverowned the DS.
Or if you have beenmeaning to buy one of thetwo, opting for the Wii Umay be the best option.
It truly depends onsomeone’s budget andwhether they are able todeal with the new pricejumps.
GAMINGContinued from page 1
just basketball players. But it’s not just the
charities. Again this year,Calipari and the entire UKteam spent hours Thursdaynight with Big Blue Mad-ness campers, taking pic-tures, signing autographs,playing cornhole and mak-ing those dedicated fansfeel like part of the pro-gram.
“I hope you enjoyedyourself here,” Calipari saidto the campers. “Thank youall for doing this and beingpart of what we do and be-ing a part of what we re-cruit.”
It’s those little things thatseparate UK from programswith a lesser platform. Thoseplayers can do so much for
the community by just beingwho they are.
That’s the culture he hascreated. Calipari has usedthe immense resources at hisdisposal to build a basketballprogram predicated on fami-ly. He makes everyone witha blue shirt on feel likethey’re his best friends.
His design for the pro-gram is to make it the “goldstandard” of college basket-ball: to have the biggest andthe best fan base, facilitiesand, of course, champi-onship pedigree.
That is what it takes tobe the coach at UK. Caliparirealized that from the begin-ning and will continue to el-evate it as long as he’s inLexington.
CALIPARIContinued from page 1
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gary hermann | opinions editor | [email protected]
Go Green. Recycle this Kernel.
The Republican Party isofficially drowning in its owndelusions.
Following the RepublicanConvention and the release ofa video of Mitt Romneyspeaking disparagingly about47 percent of Americans thatwas released last Monday,Sept. 17, the polls indicatePresident Barack Obama ispulling ahead.
Even though PresidentBill Clinton’s speech at theDemocratic Convention wasa turning point for Democ-rats, it has not helped Obamaas much as Romney has.
Romney was videotapedthis week telling a group ofhis elitist cronies:
“There are 47% who arewith him, who are dependenton government, who believethat, that they are victims,who believe that governmenthas the responsibility to carefor them. Who believe thatthey are entitled to healthcare, to food, to housing.”
Romney is completelyout of touch with reality.
He has already pro-claimed, “Corporations arepeople, my friend,” that he is“not concerned about thevery poor,” and told a crowdin the struggling city of De-troit that his wife “drives acouple of Cadillacs.”
I’m sure he was taken outof context in each of theseinstances because that ap-pears to be the argument hispublic-relations team useswhenever he comes off aselitist, which apparently hap-pens quite frequently.
A man so out of touch
with the realities strugglingAmericans face on a dailybasis has no business repre-senting them.
Romney also said hewould have a better chanceof winning if his father (whowas born in Mexico) wasethnically Mexican.
A man who in the pres-ence of his rich cronies belit-tles both Latinos and thepoor has nowhere else to turnbut to the super-wealthy andnarrow-minded.
Luckily for Romney, heunderstands his base of sup-porters that demean minori-ties and have Cayman bankaccounts, because he is oneof them.
Luckily for Obama, thereare a lot more people in thiscountry who are tolerant andcare more about the poorthan corporations.
Romney is not the onlydelusional Republican pavingObama’s path to re-election.
Republican Conventionspecial celebrity guest ClintEastwood is now infamousfor the fierce debate hewaged with an empty chair,which may have been wonby the chair.
Kentucky Sen. Rand Paulhas declared Obamacare un-constitutional since theSupreme Court upheld itsconstitutionality 5-4 to any-one who will listen to him.
He may want Obamacareto be unconstitutional butsince constitutionality is notdetermined in Paul’s head butby the court. He is eithermistaken on how the U.S.government works or is avery sore loser.
The delusions includeKentucky’s other senator,Mitch McConnell, who re-cently lectured at UK aboutthe great respect he has forHenry Clay.
I guess The Great Ob-structionist likes to show hisincredible respect for The
Great Compromiser by creat-ing an environment in Wash-ington where compromise isalmost impossible and hisparty’s objective is to makeObama a one-term president.
The only thing Clay andMcConnell have in commonis their need to be a thorn inthe side of the presidents thatwere in office during theirlegislative careers.
The difference is AndrewJackson was a power-ob-sessed and committed humanrights abuses against NativeAmericans while Obamawants to give Americans af-fordable health care, makebillionaires pay more taxes,and make student loans moreaffordable.
Many of us at UK willhave student loans to pay offand will enter a job marketwith few opportunities withour parents helping us anyway they can.
Most students here do nothave parents with the meansto loan them money to start abusiness when they graduate,which Romney told studentswould be a good idea.
I agree with many Ameri-cans that Obama has notlived up to expectations. Ialso believe a more compe-tent candidate would be beat-ing him. But judging by thisyear’s Republican candidates,I’m not sure if the GOP hasany competent candidates.
At this point, it’s begin-ning to seem that every timeRomney speaks, Obamapicks up more percentagepoints and pulls ahead in keyswing states.
So when Americans go tothe polls they will most likelycast a vote to keep Obama inoffice—or at least they willvote to keep Romney out.
Gary Hermann is theKernel opinions editor. [email protected].
Romney’s helping his opponentGARY
HERMANN
Kernelcolumnist
As Americans, we have many rightsand freedoms.
They allow us to live out our lives thatare the envy of the majority of people
across the globe. Of those liberties
granted to Americans,the one giving UnitedStates citizens the rightto vote is the most im-portant.
It allows us to havea voice to limit or ex-tend our freedoms aswe see fit.
On Tuesday, Nov. 6,you have the obligationand responsibility to goout to vote.
My father once said, “Excuses are toolsof the incompetent. They build monumentsof nothing, and those that specialize inthem do seldom good in anything else.”
This year, I’ve noticed an unusuallyhigh number of people have come up witha variety excuses to stay at home instead ofgoing to the polls.
None of the excuses I’ve heard aregood enough to justify why someoneshould stay home and vote — and there is-n’t anyone who can come up with one ei-ther.
Every election Americans get into deepdebates pertaining to what is wrong withAmerica, but way more than a justifiablenumber of those Americans choose to stayhome.
They press the mute button on them-selves when it comes to voicing their opin-ions at the polls.
Many believe their vote doesn’t matter,or that the next person elected to a positionwon’t do anything they promised duringthe course of their campaign.
Those are all excuses, and if you’vebought into them then you’re just making iteasier for the candidates whose agenda youoppose to get in office.
In that case, you may lose one or moreof the freedoms that sometimes we asAmericans take for granted every day, be-cause you did not take 10 minutes out ofone day that comes only every four years to
vote. Now that’s just lazy. Be informed (not ignorant), search for
what candidates support what you believeis morally important and vote for that per-son.
There are many reasons we shouldvote, but one of the utmost importance isthat our country has fought since the begin-nings of its inception for its government toreport to the people, and not the other wayaround.
When it comes down to it, it is as sim-ple as this: Too many people fought, died,and dedicated their lives for the sole pur-pose of allowing you to vote.
These people consist of true Americans,who were from every background creedand of every color.
They not only fought in wars, but theyalso protested for women’s suffrage rights,LGBT rights, and minorities’ rights acrossthe board (among others).
In fact, soldiers today in Afghanistan,Iraq and many other countries across theglobe are putting their lives on the line soAmericans can be safe and live in a societywhere their voices can be heard in elec-tions.
The least you can do is honor theseAmerican heroes and their predecessors fortheir service by going out and voting.
You can make a difference, not just forthe next four years, but for future genera-tions if you fulfill this hallowed responsi-bility.
The little sibling who sees you go outto vote, the kid who sees you turn in a vot-ing slip at the voting center or your childwho hears you talk about the time youwere in college at UK and voted in yourfirst or second presidential election will oneday hold the future of American democracyin their hands.
Voting ensures the democratic republicthat we call America lives on in name andattains its true purpose — to serve the com-mon good as the American people see fit.
Vote in this election.Uphold what it truly means to be an
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Fresh off a national cham-pionship season, UK headcoach John Calipari is alreadyfocusing on the future of hisprogram. He has been per-haps the busiest man on theplanet over these past coupleof weeks.
The contact period withrecruits has him flying allover the U.S. to make hispitch to sway his top targetsto attend UK. He has madestops from California toNorth Carolina and just abouteverywhere in between.
Coach Cal and his staffhave visited players rangingfrom the 2013 to the 2015classes. His priority rightnow, though, is molding the
class of 2013 into yet anothertop-ranked class.
It seems as though theUK staff has narrowed theirwish list to just a select groupof talented players: Aaron andAndrew Harrison, Julius Ran-dle, James Young, Aaron Gor-don, Kennedy Meeks, TylerRoberson and Marcus Lee.
All eight of these recruitshave received in-home visitsand scholarship offers fromthe UK staff. It is expectedthat any number of themcould wind up joining DerekWillis — Calipari’s lone com-mitment — on UK’s campusnext fall.
The one recruit whoseems to have slipped off theradar for the Cats as of late istop-ranked player JabariParker. The 6-foot-8 smallforward still has a scholarshipoffer from UK, but an in-home visit with Calipari hasnot yet been in the works.
Cats fans should have
nothing to worry about if theChicago native cuts UK fromhis list. Parker is an elite tal-ent, but there are other op-tions at the small forward po-sition that appear to be morelikely to end up in Lexington.
The play of Andrew Wig-gins this past summer has al-lowed him to emerge as thetop overall player regardlessof class. Wiggins would be-come the top priority at thewing position for UK if hemakes the decision to reclas-sify to the 2013 class.
With that decision seem-ingly just around the corner,and with the Harrison Twins’commitment date set for Oct.29, it will become much moreclear as to how the 2013 classwill shape up for UK.
One thing is for sure: UKcan’t go wrong with any com-bination of these players andthe class of 2013 has the po-tential to be the best class yetfor Calipari.
Several top players stillavailable for 2013
UK celebrates HispanicHeritage Month with eventsin September and October.
The university has al-ready hosted three events —Talk on Maya Languages,Music from Latin Americaand Latino Arts Blend — lastweek.
On Thursday, studentsand faculty will have a meetand greet at the Latino/His-panic Student and FacultyMixer at the MLK Center inthe Student Center from 5 to7 p.m.
“Sin Pais (Without Coun-try)” Documentary and Dia-logue, portraying the life andstruggle of one immigrantfamily, will be shown at theConsolidated Baptist Churchon Friday at 6 p.m.
While most events takeplace at UK and focus oncampus population, “SinPais” aims at a larger crowd,attempting to reach the entirecommunity with a family-
friendly event. Popcorn and drinks will
be served, and there will besitters to watch the kidswhose parents want to at-tend.
Marisol Valles, coordina-tor at the Kentucky HEP Ini-tiative Program, said theshowing is more than a docu-mentary.
“(‘Sin Pais’) shows latrayectoria, the journey of thepeople who come to thiscountry for a better life,” shesaid.
The HEP Initiative Pro-gram offers GED classes forseasonal and migrant workersand their qualifying familymembers in 10 Kentuckycounties.
Valles said the idea ofshowing “Sin Pais” camefrom co-worker VincentRivera and the efforts of theHEP Initiative program tolink their students to culture.
“It’s an event for thewhole family, and we are al-ways trying to have culturalactivities for our students to
be involved in,” she said.“And this is something theycan relate to.”
Valles believes everyonewill be able to learn some-thing from the documentary.
“It’s a chance for every-one to understand the sacri-fices immigrants make fortheir families, even the sec-ond generations, even thosewho see it from a differentperspective,” she said.
The celebration will con-tinue Oct. 4 with the Hispanicand Latino Heritage CampusCelebration in the StudentCenter Small Ballroom from6 to 9 p.m.
Food and prizes will beoffered to those in atten-dance.
On Oct. 12, professorDavid Cook-Martin fromGrinnell College and profes-sor Christian Zlolniski fromthe University of Texas willbe discussing immigrationpolitics at the Politics of LatinAmerican Migration in theStudent Center room 231from 2 to 3 p.m.
UK honors Latin heritage By Jennifer [email protected]
Events offered through September, October
for me has been to be in-volved with the kids outsideof school and to see them andget to know them as people,”Day said. “To understandtheir struggles and their suc-cess and to be a part of theircommunity at the school.”
Being part of school spiritin Lexington is one thing, butbeing in an authority role inthe lives of middle schoolersin Alabama also excites theUK alumnus.
“Going to football games,going to volleyball games andstaying after school and see-ing my kids and getting toknow their parents, that’s re-ally been the most excitingpart about my job so far,” shesaid.
Students from all back-grounds are included in theprogram, with UK’s partici-pating alumni holding de-
grees from a variety of de-partments, including lan-guages, sciences and journal-ism.
This year more than10,000 university graduateswill serve Teach for America,with every student receiving afull teacher’s salary in addi-tion to receiving full healthbenefits given to other teach-ers in the precinct in whichthey work.
There are 46 regionsaround the country whichhave locations engaging inthe Teach for America pro-gram, with the organizationkeen to help those who signup with additional funding forrelocation.
Participants are alsoawarded an education grant topay off student loans or puttoward further tuition aftercompleting the program.
The educational grants,provided by AmeriCorps,can be worth as much as$11,100 to each graduatewho signs up to the initia-
tive, depending on federalappropriations.
Another UK alumnus tak-ing part in this year’s class is2011 political science gradu-ate Justin Buren, who hadbeen toying with the idea ofapplying to be a teacher forsome time.
“One of my roommatesapplied and was accepted. I’dthought about it but he wasjust the motivation to finallyapply,” he said.
Before discovering thathe would become a teacher inHouston, Buren only had arough idea of the challengethat lay ahead of him.
Now that he’s in Houston,Buren is looking forward toseeing the effects his and oth-er’s presences as teachershave on the children in theirclassrooms.
“There’s such a largegroup of us that are trying tomake such a big differenceand I’m looking forward toseeing the difference slowlystart to be visible,” he said.
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NICKJONES
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