Too Coincidental for Me to believe

Prince William helps bust $80m drug smuggling boat.

Yeah right... I don't believe a bit of it. According to this article Prince William helped the U.S. Coast Guard bust a boat carrying cocaine worth a minimum of $80 million. He supposedly was the one who spotted a speedboat later found to be carrying nearly a ton of cocaine speeding across the Atlantic. Is anyone else not buying this load of malarkey? Isn't this the same guy who was just recently flying a helecopter and landing on his girlfriends front lawn? I think it's all just a P.R. stunt trying to rehab his public image. Either that or they are trying to make the future king look like a real member of the British Armed services like little Brother Harry who actually did fight and was POed off when they pulled him out of Afghanistan. Am I off my rocker or does anyone else think this story is a big P.R. job?

-Doc

Tim McGraw = Good Guy

In addition to being my wife's favorite singer and a Florida State Seminole fan Tim McGraw is apparently a good guy as well. It seems on Tuesday night during his concert in Seattle he helped save a female fan from being attacked by some guy. He was onstage and saw the attack happening. He realizes that security doesn't see it so he acted and helps his road crew pull the guy up onstage. Then (and this is great) "When the heavyset fan moves toward McGraw, the singer threatens him with a cocked fist as he's hauled away." What makes this story even better is that they never quit singing the song they were performing. Ironically the next line of the song was "I ain't lookin' for trouble ..."
You go Tim, you get my good guy hero award today... Hey I wouldn't mess with him. Would you?

-Doc

God Arrested for Selling Cocaine ??

According to this article from ABCActionnews God has been arrested for selling cocaine, and near a church no less. The gentleman you see pictured to the right is none other than God Lucky Howard of Tampa Florida. Besides having an unfortunate name and an even more unfortunate line of work he also seems to now have what is most likely unwanted national attention being called to his drug case.
I have posted about this before but I will now reiterate again for anyone new. Parents THINK before you name your children. Names have consequences. We already know that it's not a good idea to give your child the middle name Wayne do we really have to spell out that it's REALLY not a good idea to give your child the name God ? Especially if you plan on giving him the middle name lucky. You may say why not and I give you this as an example. Would I be writing about the average drug dealing slimeball in Tampa if he hadn't been named God Lucky? Nope.
I say give him the maximum sentence and I bet we read about the outcome of this case after it goes to trial.

-Doc

(post script: this post was actually written Monday 6/23 when this story crossed the news wire but I could not post it until today due to other post's importance...I would never rehash old news for you guys.)

The worst Mascot EVER!

So you think that you have seen it all when it comes to bad mascots? I would say that you are wrong until you have met Petey the Pee Cup. Yes you read that correctly folks, Petey the Pee cup. It seems that HealthPartners inc was having trouble getting their message out to Gen X so they decided to create a mascot to help. A giant 7 foot tall specimen jar of urine. You must see this video to believe me. Petey even has his own website and is on facebook. Next thing you know he will be hanging out on blogger? Hey Jay, do you want Petey as a part of Bastard Nation??

Does anyone else think this is just a bad idea? Oh and if the pee cup wasn't enough pretty soon he is going to be joined by "Pokey the syringe" soon to become the mascot to heroin addicts everywhere.... Yeesh.

-Doc

Hide Your Women and Children

PHOENIX -- A rabid mountain lion like the one pictured attacked a 10-year-old boy north of Phoenix on Saturday, before being shot to death by a family member, said Randy Babb of the Arizona Department Game and Fish.
The boy was lucky to have suffered only minor scratches to his back, said Babb.
The incident occurred in the Tonto National Forest in an area called Sheep Bridge in the extreme southeast corner of Yavapai County.
"One of the adults shot the animal and transported it back to their residence," Babb said.
The mountain lion was then submitted to the Arizona State Health Laboratory for testing. The boy and several others who may have been exposed to the cat will undergo preventative rabies treatment over the next few weeks, Babb said.

Moral of the story is Be careful folks... Mt. Cats are dangerous when they are on the prowl !!

-Doc

Be careful where you gesture

I read this news story and just had to share it because I want to save my friends from getting tossed in the slammer. It seems that a poor old lawyer got sent to jail for 90 days because he showed his annoyance at an argument that was being made with a simple but effective gesture that we all have made at one time or another:

AUSTIN, Texas - A flick of the wrist has landed an Austin lawyer in jail for contempt of court. A judge sentenced defense attorney Adam Reposa to 90 days in jail on Tuesday for making a lewd gesture and simulating masturbation while standing before a County Court-at-Law judge in March.
At a contempt hearing Monday, Judge Jan Breland said Reposa, 33, rolled his eyes and looked at her while motioning with his right hand. Reposa said the gesture came from near his hip and was aimed at a prosecutor while discussing plea negotiations in a drunken driving case.

Now who among us can say that we aren't guilty of the same crime as Mr. Reposa? Just a word to the wise to watch out where you make this fabulous gesture because you to could spend the next three months in jail for this horrendous crime.

I can hear the jailhouse conversation now,
"Uhh, what are you in for?"
"Murder, you?"
"Rolling my eyes and fake whacking off in front of the judge"
"DAAAAYUM you ARE a hard core gangsta, now get over here and toss my salad"

Have fun in jail Mr. Reposa. Now I am just doing my job and trying to help out my friends but how freaking crazy is that story?

-Doc

Jennifer Wilbanks oh how I have missed you

Oh yes ladies and gents she is back in the news and I couldn't be happier! It's been too long since we heard from our favorite "Runaway Bride" Ms. Jennifer Wilbanks. From the original news stories where fear was that she was kidnapped and that "the possibility that ...Wilbanks developed "cold feet" before her wedding this Saturday had mostly been ruled out." Through the harrowing but false (and quite graphic) tale she tried to sell about being kidnapped and sexually assaulted by a couple in the back of a van. Concluding with the confession, charges, and punishment of America's favorite "crazy eyed" bride we all watched spellbound, including me. This was always one of my favorite odd news stories. I loved it, so it was no surprise that when almost three years later I perked up when fresh Jennifer Wilbanks showed up in the news this week not once but twice.

How on earth could she still rate being in the news after all this time? Well it seems that the town of Duluth, Ga is in a way getting her back for all the crap she put them through by presenting a play about the whole incident called Runaway Bride The Musical . "This play is a celebration of the people of Duluth's efforts during the whole event," Red Clay Theater managing partner Shelly Howard told the Gwinnett Herald. "Theater is all about reproducing life on stage and it is the rare case of a missing person gone good. It presents a real tongue in cheek look at how the media portrayed the whole event. Oh my gosh I bet this thing is hysterical. I wish I could see it.

The other article that popped up this week was about the luckiest guy in the world. Ms. Wilbanks' former groom to be got married to someone else recently.

I think that it's very funny that years later the news is still filled with stories about her. She fascinated the public because the entire story is just over the top. I was always fascinated with her because of the crazy eyed look that she had. Back when the story was unfolding I remember saying to my wife that something wasn't right with the story about her missing simply because she "has a crazy eyed look about her." Well it turned out that I was right, she was just crazy. However I celebrate Ms. Wilbanks for a different reason. My first ever effort into blogging was putting my spin on this odd news story three years ago. I was so moved by this crazy story that I decided to join the blogosphere (albeit on a different site) because of her. So for what it's worth Jennifer Wilbanks is somewhat responsible for this silly stuff that I write about for you all to read and comment on. I give her partial credit.

I am not sure if you all should thank her or be p.o. ed at her.... that is for you to decide.

-Doc

What's In A Name ?

You guys know that one of the things I love to do is read through and sometimes blog about odd stories in the news. I think that it's true what they say that truth is stranger than fiction. With that in mind I give you not one but two separate examples to prove my point that you just can't make this stuff up. Both of these stories are a bit odd just by themselves but what makes them even more special are the names involved. I couldn't have made up better names if I tried.

The first story is odd an sad at the same time. It involves a woman who refused to leave her boyfriend's bathroom for two years. Here is a little bit of the article:

WICHITA, Kansas (AP) -- A 35-year-old woman who sat on her boyfriend's toilet for so long that her body was stuck to the seat had a phobia about leaving the bathroom, the boyfriend said. The case drew nationwide attention after Ness County Sheriff Bryan Whipple said it appeared the Ness City woman's skin had grown around the seat in the two years she apparently was in the bathroom.
"We pried the toilet seat off with a pry bar and the seat went with her to the hospital," Whipple said. "The hospital removed it."

As sad as this story is the part that had me was the irony that the Sheriff who handled this case was named Whipple...as in Mr. Whipple who was also famous for bathroom related reasons. You just can't make this stuff up !!

The second story is kind of creepy too. It involves the police discovering a woman's body preserved on dry ice while they were conducting a drug raid. Here is a little bit of the story. See if you can spot the ironic name:

NEWPORT BEACH, Calif. --Police thought they were handling a routine drug bust at a ritzy hotel until they opened a large container and found a woman's body preserved on a bed of dry ice. In the days since the macabre discovery, the tale has only gotten more bizarre.
Acquaintances said Monique Trepp, a 33-year-old aspiring model, died a year ago and that her boyfriend, a convicted drug dealer, held a wake for her at the hotel where he lived for three years. Authorities said she had been dead "a while," but released few other details.
The person who likely knows more, Trepp's 46-year-old boyfriend, Stephen David Royds, made a cryptic statement from jail, where he's being held on $1 million bail on felony drug charges. Police had been tailing Royds for some time when they arrested him last week. An informant said he was selling cocaine on the beach, Sgt. Evan Sailor said.
Trepp's body was found stuffed in a giant Rubbermaid container packed with dry ice in Royds' executive suite, which goes for up to $400 per night.

Ok so besides being incredibly creepy my point is that the name of the boyfriend is terribly ironic ... Who would have figured that someone whose last name is Royds would end up being a drug dealer? Go figure right? LOL!

What's in a name? Apparently the answer is irony.

-Doc

Hitting the High Notes 3/8

Here is this weeks smorgasbord of odd stuff:

-A million nerds are in mourning after the death this week of Gary Gygax, who co-created the fantasy game Dungeons & Dragons and is widely seen as the father of the role-playing games. How much you wanna bet they make some kind of a creepy shrine or dungeon dedicated to him in his home town of Milwaukee?

-If you have ever worried that you are a bad parent, or thought that you had the worst parents in the world fear not! All you need to do is meet "The Worst Mommy in the World" from Orlando Florida. This disgrace to humanity decided because her 2 year old daughter was throwing a temper tantrum that she would punish her by spraying her with a high-pressure water hose at an Orlando car wash....Yeah you read that right, one of those car wash hoses. Thank goodness the security cameras caught her so there is proof... The video showed the child trying to hide her face while the woman pinned her to a wall and sprayed her at close range. The Sheriff's Office Child Abuse detectives are still investigating the criminal portion of this case. I say let me do the investigation on this one this woman doesn't deserve to be a parent.

-From the "Uh No thank You" department: The Seattle Biomedical Research Institute will pay volunteers as much as $4,000 to be bitten by mosquitoes infected with malaria. Ummmm I prefer my tropical diseases to stay where they are, in the tropics so I think I will have to pass.

-Whoever came up with this list of the worst nude scenes in cinematic history obviously never saw the movie "Borat". I dare anyone to disagree with me.

-This dude is braver than me: The divorce of Anton Popazov and his wife, Nataliya, is about to go through, but the couple are still contractually committed to the Moscow State Circus, where their act includes Nataliya's shooting an apple off of Anton's head with a crossbow. The Times of London asked Anton during a show in Sheffield, England, in February whether he was afraid. "I still trust her because Nataliya is very professional," he said. "(T)he show must go on." [The Times (London), 2-12-08]

Here is this week's "Motivational Poster of the Week:


Ya'll have a great weekend and don't forget to move your clocks forward tonight !

-Doc

Hitting the High Notes 3/1

From time to time I come across stuff that I want to blog about but have no real place to put it... they aren't random thoughts and usually aren't big enough for a single blog post so I save them up and post sort of a smorgasbord of interesting stuff and I call it "hitting the high notes"... Here goes:

-Maxim Magazine is pretty embarrassed after admitting that they gave the Black Crowes a lukewarm review on their new album - Without even listening to the whole thing... Uhh Maxim I know your goal in life is to be Playboy lite but come on at least have some shred of legitimacy.

-Boy George denies imprisoning Norwegian man at his London home - I am sorry but I just find that headline funny as heck.

-Students at Chapel Hill high School were recently busted in a HUGE cheating scandal. Now I know you say this kind of thing happens all the time but the ironic thing is that this particular high school is supposed to be the toughest most academically prestigious high school in the entire state of North Carolina. They are a public high school who thinks of themselves as a private school. If you get a chance read the article these kids were apparently passing a master key to the school around for years and getting tests ahead of time. It's a big mess and couldn't happen to a nicer bunch of stuck up elitists.

-Did you guys know that the states of Georgia and Tennessee are apparently about to go to war with one another? Apparently somebody in the 1800s messed up and part of Tennessee is actually Georgia's and they want to annex a good portion of the Tennessee river... It may turn into a mini civil war... what do you think about that MickyT ??

-You have got to be kidding me. It's a doggone chartbuster -- a song audible only to dogs has topped New Zealand record charts, and is looking to go global. A Very Silent Night, recorded at a frequency only dogs can hear, was so popular among owners it hit number one at Christmas I don't make these things up folks I just report them. And please don't tell me that you would actually pay money to download this song that only your dog can hear... Yeesh

-I hate to say I told you so but... remember that guy who got mauled at the San Fran zoo by the tiger. I blogged about it here. Well sure enough I was right and the "victim" was drinking an taunted the tiger... Once again I say this is just nothing more than Darwin's natural selection at it's finest.

-And finally there was an incident in Arlington Oregon recently where the Mayor Carmen Kontur-Gronquist was forced from office because there was a racy picture of her posing in bra an panties on a firetruck. Where was this picture found? You guessed it On her Myspace page. Now granted I guess the residents of Arlington Oregon (all 500 of them) have the right to recall their Mayor for whatever reason they want to but I will show the picture here so you can decide for yourself how "racy" it is. But the moral of this story is this... ADULTS SHOULDN'T USE MYSPACE - NOTHING GOOD CAN COME OUT OF IT. The only exception is if you are just checking up on your kids...because not much good can come from them using it either. Here is the picture:

From Myspace

From a town council meeting

Your thoughts?

-Doc

This was too good not to share....

Wienermobile wipes out
Famed vehicle spins, crashes on snow-covered Pa. highway; 'hotdoggers' OK.
February 11, 2008
By George Osgood
Star-Gazette Wellsboro Bureau

(Give this article a good read... all credit goes to the writer George Osgood... he writes this story EXACTLY the way I would)

MANSFIELD -- Let's be frank: motor vehicle accidents aren't much fun for anyone.But when a 27-foot-long tube-steak spins out on a snow-covered highway, it's bound to generate some grins.That's what happened Sunday to an Oscar Mayer Wienermobile on Route 15 about two miles south of Mansfield (at least it didn't roll over).The growler contained two "hotdoggers" -- driver Emily Volpini, 22, of Lexington, Ky., and Caylen Goudie, 22, of Hinsdale, Ill. Although they didn't relish the experience, they weren't hurt, investigating state Trooper Rex Johnson said."Hotdoggers" are goodwill ambassadors for Kraft Foods and Oscar Mayer. There are 12 of them in the country -- two for each of the six Wienermobiles. They spend a year on the job traveling around the country. Part of their job is to recruit their replacements.

On Friday and Saturday, Volpini and Goudie and the iconic frankfurter were at Syracuse University, fulfilling the promise to the winner of "A Weekend with the Wienermobile" contest. Sunday morning, the women and the wiener on wheels headed south toward Penn State, where they will try to recruit candidates for the 2008-09 hotdoggers from a stable of Nittany Lion hopefuls.Mother Nature intervened, though briefly, at 12:20 p.m., putting the plastic porksicle on the median and out of service.

"We thought we had come out of the blizzard," Goudie said. "We thought we were through it. Then we hit a patch of ice. The Wienermobile weighs 7,000 pounds, so usually ice and snow isn't much of a problem. It was this time."Stuck, Volpini called 911 dispatchers in Wellsboro. Though skeptical at first, they notified state police at Mansfield. As passersby called in the crash on cell phones, the dispatchers became convinced that the barkburger was indeed in hot water.Police contacted Dave Kurzejewski of Costy's Truck and Auto Mart, and he showed up in short order with a heavy four-wheel-drive vehicle and some chains. Johnson, the trooper, grilled the women briefly and concluded that a routine and sober spinout was all he had on his plate.Kurzejewski hooked up and Emily fired up the highway hot dog, and a few well-timed tugs later, the Wienermobile was back on the highway.For Kurzejewski, veteran of hundreds of tows over the years, Sunday's experience was a new one."I've pulled out a lot of vehicles," he said. "But that's the first wiener I've ever pulled out."It was a first for the women, too. They left none the wurst for wear."Usually we try to keep from scratching our buns," Goudie said. "But sometimes, things go wrong."

-Doc

This will make you mad

This is one of those stories that makes you mad just reading it:

ST. AUGUSTINE, Fla. - Police have arrested a motorist they say had a 24-pack of beer strapped in with a seat belt but had a 16-month-old girl unrestrained in the back seat with the toddler's mother.

Tina D. Williams was pulled over in St. Augustine on Sunday for allegedly running a red light.
A 24-pack of Busch beer was strapped in with the passenger-side seat belt, according to an arrest report. The girl was in the back seat with 20-year-old Amber Tedrick, who is the toddler's mother.

Williams, 46, said she didn't know why the child wasn't restrained.

The article goes on to state that the driver was arrested on DUI and drug charges BUT the mother whose child was un restrained was not only NOT arrested but the child was released into her care... Shameful. There is no reason whatsoever that a child shouldn't be in a child safety seat.

Sorry but I just had to post this and call these losers out. Maybe I can sic Absolutgator on them, they live the same county.

-Doc

Weekly Odd News Roundup 1/18

Hitting the high notes:
-First some sad news, The founder of the company that brought us the hula-hoop and the Frisbee passed away this week.
-According to this article you now know who to blame if you get Syphilis. Blame Christopher Columbus, it's all his fault. But you better not try and tell that to Tony Soprano's gang, they don't like ole Chris' reputation tarnished.
-NORRISTOWN, Pa. - A man who mailed a bloody cow's head to his wife's lover has been sentenced to probation and community service. Jason Michael Fife "understands that in a civilized society a person cannot send a severed cow's head to anybody," said his defense lawyer, Henry Hilles. "My client did step over the line here, but one can certainly understand his frustration, given that the victim was carrying on an affair with my client's wife," Hilles said.Well that pretty much sums it up. I feel safer don't you? YIKES !!
-This story will scare the hell out of you. A construction worker claimed that when he went to a hospital after being hit on the forehead by a falling wooden beam, emergency room staffers forcibly gave him a rectal examination. And this was NY Presbyterian hospital. It appears that this guy REALLY didn't want the exam and ended up assaulting the doctor. It's going to court as a lawsuit. How would you like to be on that jury? If there is something worse than a "forced rectal examination" I certainly can't think of what it is.

-Doc

If you want the job at least spell it write... err right

I find this hilarious. Charlotte, NC mayor Pat McCrory announced that he was running for North Carolina Governor on Tuesday and then promptly sent out news releases that had this on them:

Now call me on this if I am wrong but if you are running for an elected office like governor wouldn't you want to make sure you could at least spell it? Now of course "Mayor Pat"as we call him around here wasn't the one in charge of spelling however those who were responsible then decided to get wacky.

The fun began when the mistake was pointed out. It seems the campaign manager said "a hacker had accessed the campaign's computer to alter the word". Then they said no it was a graphic design error. When asked to comment again later in the day they said there was a second hacker attack, then finally at the end of the day McCrory said No it was just a spelling error. Wheew could you follow all that?

Let's hope that if these are indeed lies that McCrory's staff can keep them better under wraps or at least make sure everyone knows which lie is being told so there is less confusion.

Good grief. Not a good way to start out the first day of a campaign. This campaign may prove fun for watching!

-Doc

(In the interest of full disclosure I did vote for McCrory, a Republican twice for mayor of Charlotte despite being a Democrat myself and I think he has done a good job running Charlotte even though he should be a full time mayor and not a Duke Energy employee)

The Meanest Mom on the Planet

I simply love when parents find interesting and unique ways to get their point across to their kids in punishment. There is this mom in St. Augustine Florida whose 13 year old daughter apparently stole her car. She had to wear a sandwich board sign that read: "I am 13 years old. I stole my mother's car without her permission and endangered my two younger brothers' lives as well as others on the road," and stand downtown for hours. It seems to have gotten the point across. And the picture is priceless.

The article also gives examples of others who have had to wear sandwich board signs. My favorite is: The family of Jamal Wooten, 16, of Portage, Ind., made him wear a sign downtown after he got into trouble at school. The sign said, "I got suspended for using foul language. Look at me now. Don't be like me." It's great when parents are creative and get the point across without simply beating their kids. The lessons learned probably last a lot longer too.

Those other stories are good however none compare with "The Meanest Mom on the Planet" Jane Hambleton of Iowa who became semi-famous earlier this week. This mom just got her son a car around Thanksgiving and gave him only 2 rules. Keep the car locked and No booze. Should be easy enough to follow don't you think? NOT for young Steven Hambleton. Mom finds a bottle of booze in the car and decides to levy the greatest punishment EVER! She placed the following classified ad in the DesMoine register:

Yep she sold his car. Something tells me he got the point. In my opinion the punishment fits the crime and no punishment is too strong to deter a teenager from drinking and driving.

Does anyone else have a unique parent punishment story that you either used or had used on you that got the point across? We would love to hear them.

-Doc

And the senior citizen of the week award goes to...

Martha Smith of Fairburn South Dakota. Vince you better steer clear of this 80 year old Annie Oakley wanna be. She shot and killed a mountain lion that was going after her dog with a .22 rifle !! Forget her age for a second I think it's impressive enough that she got the job done with a puny little 22. She has to be a pretty good shot soVince you better stick to Manhattan and stay away from South Dakota.

-Shane (doc)

(And of course she wants to have it stuffed and mounted as a trophy.)

Polar Bears or lemmings ?

Please tell me that I am not the only one who thinks these Polar Bear Club lemmings are one sandwich short of a picnic. Swimming in the Atlantic Ocean in January off Coney Island may not be the dumbest thing on earth but it's close.

Check this out Here are the "rules"... and of course I have a few comments. - I do love their website "http://www.freezinforareason.com/" but that animal on there looks more like a moose than a polar bear to me

-Participants must raise a minimum of $100 in pledges. - At least they are raising money for charity in this case a kids camp Camp Sunshine
-No Pushing! All participants must enter the water of their own volition. Please do not enter the water until asked to do so. - As if we didn't all learn this in kindergarten
-Participants will plunge their willing bodies into the water. The entire body must be submerged. - Well I guess in for a penny in for a pound
-No dry or wetsuits. Participants may smear their bodies with a liberal coating of bear fat. Note: This may negatively impact your social standing. - This has to be my favorite - Bear fat? are you freaking kidding me? I guess it would have a negative impact on your social standing. And just how do you get this bear fat in the first place in a very bear infested place like New York City? Something tells me I don't want to know. THIS is the rule that shows these folks have lost total touch with reality wetsuits are bad but bear fat well that's just fine... YIKES!

-No 'endurance' contests will be permitted. Participants must jump in and out. Yelling is optional. - I think this would be more fun if yelling was forbidden... Let's see how many of these lemmings would do this if they couldn't holler about it.
-Prizes will be awarded to the top fundraisers and costume contest winners. - How come none of the pictures I have seen show these "costumes"? They must have all been covering themselves with that bear fat. (YUCK) That actually might be mildly amusing.

So is anyone else with me or am I the one losing it? I think this is simply a case of people acting like lemmings. One dude did this a long time ago and others followed along. They don't really like doing this. NO ONE enjoys swimming in near frigid water. And just like lemmings this could lead to big trouble for the participants. (I refer you back to rule #2) If you don't believe me just remember back to George Costanza from Seinfeld in the "shrinkage" episode.

-Shane (doc)

Santa may have had one to many....

According to THIS ARTICLE someone dressed as Santa may have had a bit too much Christmas cheer. It seems the right merry old elf got himself arrested for DUI wearing a camisole and a g-string outside of Grumman's Chinese Theater in Hollywood - It also says our Jolly ole Kris Kringle was 6 feet 4 inches tall and topped the scales at 280 pounds - Yikes !!

Lets hope it didn't look too much like this:




Let that be a lesson for all of us!

MERRY CHRISTMAS -Shane (doc)

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I think that's John Goodman! - Vince

From time to time I love to point out oddities in the news, funny or offbeat news stories or just plain insane things... I came across this news headline today and figured that I would have to share... Classic!

I think that headline writer deserves a raise.


Doc

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The Mountain Cat