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[Assistant] When you entered the room there was only a candle lighted on the table, was there not? Yes, that was so.


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[Assistant] By its light you saw that some terrible incident had occurred. Exactly. You at once rang for help? Yes. And it arrived very speedily. Within a minute or two. And yet when they arrived,


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[Assistant] They found that the candle was out and that the lamp had been lighted. That seems very remarkable. Again Barker showed some signs of indecision.


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[Assistant] I don't see that it was remarkable, Mr. Holmes," he answered after a pause. The candle threw a very bad light. My first thought was to get a better one. My lamp was on the tables, so I lit it. And blew out the candle? Exactly.


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[Assistant] Holmes asked no further question, and Barker, with a deliberate look from one to the other of us, which had, as it seemed to me, something of defiance in it, turned and left the room.


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[Assistant] Inspector MacDonald had sent up a note to the effect that he would wait upon Mrs. Douglas in her room.


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[Assistant] It is true that her face was pale and drawn, like that of one who had endured a great shock


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[Assistant] But her manner was composed, and the finely moulded hand which she rested upon the edge of the table was as steady as my own.


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[Assistant] Her sad, appealing eyes travelled from one to the other of us with a curiously inquisitive expression.


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[Assistant] That questioning gaze transformed itself suddenly into abrupt speech. Have you found anything out yet? she asked.


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[Assistant] We have taken every possible step, Mrs. Douglas," said the inspector. You may rest assured that nothing will be neglected. Spare no money, she said in a dead, even tone. It is my desire that every possible effort should be made.


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[Assistant] Perhaps you can tell us something which may throw some light upon the matter. I fear not, but all I know is at your service. We've heard from Mr. Cecil Barker that you did not actually see, that you were never in the room where the tragedy occurred. No, he turned me back up on the stairs. He begged me to return to my room. Quite so. You had heard the shot, and yet at once come down. I put on my dressing gown, and then came down.


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[Assistant] How long was it after hearing the shot that you were stopped on the stair by Mr Barker? It may have been a couple of minutes. It is so hard to reckon time at such a moment. He implored me not to go on. He assured me that I could do nothing.


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[Assistant] Then Mrs. Allan, the housekeeper, led me upstairs again. It was all like some dreadful dream.


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[Assistant] Can you give us any idea how long your husband had been downstairs before you heard the shot? No, I cannot say. He went from his dressing room, and I did not hear him go.


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[Assistant] He did the round of the house every night for he was nervous of fire. It is the only thing that I've ever known him nervous of.


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[Assistant] That is just the point which I want to come to, Mrs. Douglas. You have known your husband only in England, have you not? Yes, we have been married five years. Have you heard him speak of anything which occurred in America and might bring some danger upon him? Mrs. Douglas thought earnestly before she answered. Yes, she said at last. I have always felt that there was a danger hanging over him. He refused to discuss it with me,


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[Assistant] But it was out of his desire to keep all alarm away from me. He thought I should brood over it if I knew all. And so he was silent. How did you know it then? Mrs. Douglas' face lit with a quick smile.


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[Assistant] Can a husband ever carry about a secret all his life, and a woman who loves him have no suspicion of it?


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[Assistant] I knew it by the way he looked at unexpected strangers.


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[Assistant] I was perfectly certain that he had some powerful enemies, that he believed they were on his track and that he was always on his guard against them.


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[Assistant] I have been in the valley of fear. I am not out of it yet. Are we never to get out of the valley of fear? I have asked him, when I have seen him more serious than usual. Sometimes I think that we never shall, he has answered.


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[Assistant] Surely you're asking what he meant by the valley of fear? I did, but his face would become very grave, and he would shake his head.


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[Assistant] It is bad enough that one of us should have been in its shadow, he said. Please God, it shall never fall upon you.


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[Assistant] He was delirious with fever once when he had his hunting accident three years ago.


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[Assistant] Then I remember that there was a name that came continually to his lips. He spoke it with anger and a sort of horror. McGinty was the name, Body Master McGinty.


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[Assistant] I asked him when he recovered who Body Master McGinty was, and whose body he was master of. Never of mine, thank God, he answered with a laugh, and that was all I could get from him. But there is a connection between Body Master McGinty and the Valley of Fear.


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[Assistant] There is one other point," said Inspector MacDonald. You met Mr. Douglas in a boarding house in London, did you not, and became engaged in there?


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[Assistant] Was there any romance, anything secret or mysterious about the wedding? There was romance. There is always romance. There was nothing mysterious. He had no rival. No, I was quite free.


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[Assistant] You have heard no doubt that his wedding ring has been taken. Does that suggest anything to you?


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[Assistant] Suppose that some enemy of his old life had tracked him down and committed his crime.


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[Assistant] For an instant I could have sworn that the faintest shadow of a smile flickered over the woman's lips. I really can't tell, she answered. It is certainly a most extraordinary thing. Well, we'll not detain you any longer.


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[Assistant] And we're sorry to have put you to this trouble at such a time," said the inspector. There are some other points, no doubt, but we can refer to you as they arise.


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[Assistant] She arose and I was again conscious of that quick questioning glance with which she had just surveyed us. What impression has my evidence made upon you? The question might as well have been spoken. Then with a bow she swept from the room. She's a beautiful woman.


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[Assistant] A very beautiful woman, said MacDonald thoughtfully, after the door had closed behind her.


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[Assistant] This man Barker has certainly been down here a good deal. He's a man who might be attractive to a woman.


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[Assistant] He admits that the dead man was jealous, and maybe he knew best himself what cause he had for jealousy. Then there's that wedding ring. You can't get past that.


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[Assistant] The man who tears a wedding ring off a dead man's... What do you say to that, Mr. Holmes?


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[Assistant] My friend had sat with his head upon his hands, sunk in the deepest thought. Now he rose and rang the bell. Aims, he said, when the butler entered. Where is Mr. Cecil Barker now? I'll see, sir. He came back in a moment to say that Barker was in the garden.


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[Assistant] Can you remember, Ames, what Mr Barker had on his feet last night when they joined him in the study? Yes, Mr Holmes.


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[Assistant] He had a pair of bedroom slippers. I brought him his boots when he went for the police. Where are the slippers now? They're still under the chair in the hall. Very good Ames.


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[Assistant] It is of course important for us to know which tracks may be Mr. Barker's and which from outside.


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[Assistant] Yes sir, I might say that I noticed that the slippers were stained with blood, so indeed were my own.


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[Assistant] That is natural enough, considering the condition of the room. Very good, Ames. We will ring if we want you. A few minutes later we were in the study. Holmes had brought within the carpet slippers from the hall.


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[Assistant] As Ames had observed, the souls of both were dark with blood.


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[Assistant] Strange, murmured Holmes as he stood in the light of the window and examined them minutely. Very strange indeed. Stooping with one of his quick feline pounces, he placed a slipper upon the blood mark on the sill.


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[Assistant] Aye, what's the game? my friend repeated thoughtfully.


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[Assistant] I'm Quentin Beck, Master Illusionist, and this is Betsy, my business partner and Cole, my technical advisor. And this...


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[Assistant] Is the next generation of entertainment.


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[Assistant] A brave young man, ready to experience the future first hand. Is there anyone else out there with courage in their hearts?


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[Assistant] Come one, come all, and experience the future!


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[Assistant] Are you okay? Yeah. I am very sorry. We will do our best to find out what happened. Until then.


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[Assistant] On my way. Have you heard anything from MJ? You said she's stopping by his house right?


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[Assistant] Okay, we gotta figure out how to get this back onto Harry. How did you give it to me?


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[Assistant] And bring Dr. Connors back from the land of the lizard.


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[Assistant] He's probably already cleared out of that zoo by now.


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[Assistant] Okay, maybe it'll help with finding Craven in his serum.


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[Assistant] I usually try not to. I'll be fine, I promise.


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[Assistant] Sorry I wasn't here to help. Could you tell me about this antique I found? It, uh, almost killed me.


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[Assistant] They're shipping in more luxury goods from Volgograd for this... event?


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[Assistant] You're safe. Now, where's the drop off?


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[Assistant] Hey buddy, how you feeling? I'm fine. What's happening? Craven, or Cravenoff, is hosting some party at 718 Kent. Could I stop by?


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[Assistant] He was looking up at that room. Gotta find the elevator.


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[Assistant] Sleepy time for Dima, snooping time for Peter.


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[Assistant] I thought I left this behind on Volgograd. The flames have been lit. This is his jungle now.


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[Assistant] McMurdo, who had already been appointed inner deacon with every prospect of some day succeeding McGinty as body-master, was now so necessary to the councils of his comrades that nothing was done without his help and advice.


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[Assistant] The more popular he became, however, with the freemen, the blacker were the scowls which greeted him as he passed along the streets of Vermissa.


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[Assistant] In spite of their terror, the citizens were taking heart to band themselves together against their oppressors.


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[Assistant] Rumors had reached a lodge of secret gatherings in the Herald Office, and of distribution of firearms among the law-abiding people.


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[Assistant] But McGinty and his men were undisturbed by such reports. They were numerous, resolute, and well armed. Their opponents were scattered and powerless.


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[Assistant] It would all end, as it had done in the past, in aimless talk and possibly in impotent arrests. So said McGinty, McMurdo, and all the boulder spirits.


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[Assistant] It was a Saturday evening in May. Saturday was always the lodge night, and McMurdo was leaving his house to attend it when Morris, the weaker brother of the order, came to see him.


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[Assistant] But you are the one that I can speak to, and be safe. I've a secret here," he put his hand to his breast.


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[Assistant] And it is just burning the life out of me. I wish it had come to any one of you but me. If I tell it, it will mean murder for sure. If I don't, it may bring the end of us all. God help me, but I am near out of my wits over it.


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[Assistant] McMurdo looked at the man earnestly. He was trembling in every limb. He poured some whisky into a glass and handed it to him. "'That's the physics for the likes of you,' said he.


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[Assistant] Morris drank and his white face took a tinge of colour.


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[Assistant] I can tell it to you all in one sentence," said he. There's a detective on our trail. Murdo stared at him in astonishment. Why, man, you're crazy, he said.


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[Assistant] Isn't the place full of police and detectives, and what harm did they ever do us?


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[Assistant] No, no, it's no man of the district. As you say, we know them, and it is little that they can do. But you've heard of Pinkertons? I've read some a fork of that name.


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[Assistant] Well, you can take it from me, you've no show when they are on your trail. It's not a take it or miss it government concern.


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[Assistant] It's a dead earnest business proposition that's out for results and keeps out till by hook or crook it gets them. If a Pinkerton man is deep in this business, we're all destroyed. We must kill him.


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[Assistant] Ah, it's the first thought that came to you, so it will be up at the lodge. Didn't I say to you that it would end in murder? Sure, what is murder? Isn't it common enough in these parts?


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[Assistant] It is indeed, but it's not for me to point out the man that is to be murdered. I'd never rest easy again. And yet it's our own necks that may be at stake. In God's name, what shall I do?" He rocked to and fro in his agony of indecision.


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[Assistant] But his words had moved McMurdo deeply. It was easy to see that he shared the other's opinion as to the danger and the need for meeting it.


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[Assistant] He gripped Morris's shoulders and shook him in his earnestness.


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[Assistant] See here, man," he cried, and he almost screeched the words in his excitement. You won't gain anything by sitting keening like an old wife at a week. Let's have the facts. Who is the fellow? Where is he? How did you hear of him? Why did you come to me?


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[Assistant] I told you that I had a store in the east before I came here. I left good friends behind me, and one of them is in the telegraph service. Here's a letter that I had from him yesterday


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[Assistant] It's this part from the top of the page. You can read it yourself. This was what McMurdo read.


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[Assistant] How are the scourers getting on in your parts? We read plenty of them in the papers. Between you and me I expect to hear news from you before long.


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[Assistant] Five big corporations and the two railroads have taken the thing up in dead earnest.


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[Assistant] They mean it. And you can bet they'll get there. They are right deep down into it.


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[Assistant] Of course, what I give you is what I learned in business. So it goes no further.


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[Assistant] It's a queer cipher that you handle by the yard every day and can get no meaning from.


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[Assistant] McMurdo sat in silence for some time with a letter in his listless hands.


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[Assistant] The mist had lifted for a moment, and there was the abyss before him. Does anyone else know of this? he asked. I have told no one else. But this man, your friend, has he any other person that we would likely write to?


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[Assistant] I was asking because it is likely that he may have given some description of this fellow, Birdie Edwards, then we could get on his trail.


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[Assistant] Well, it's possible, but I shouldn't think he knew him.


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[Assistant] What a fool I was not to know it. Lord, but we're in luck. We'll fix him before he can do any harm. See here, Morris, will you leave this thing in my hands? Sure, if you will only take it off mine. I'll do that. You can stand right back and let me run it. Even your name need not be mentioned.


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[Assistant] I'll take it all on myself, as if it were to me that this letter has come. Will that content you? It's just what I would ask. Then leave it at that, and keep your head shut.


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[Assistant] Now, I'll get down to the lodge and will soon make old man Pinkerton sorry for himself. You wouldn't kill this man?


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[Assistant] The less you know, friend Morris, the easier your conscience, and the better you'll sleep


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[Assistant] Ask no questions and let these things settle themselves. I have hold of it now.


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[Assistant] Morris shook his head sadly as he left.


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[Assistant] I feel that his blood is on my hands," he groaned.


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[Assistant] Self-protection is no murder anyhow," said McMurdo, smiling grimly. It's him or us.


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[Assistant] I guess this man would destroy us all if we left him long in the valley.


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[Assistant] Why, Brother Morris, we'll have to elect you Bodymaster yet, for you've surely saved the lodge.


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[Assistant] And yet it was clear from his actions that he thought more seriously of this new intrusion than his words would show. It may have been his guilty conscience.


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[Assistant] It may have been the reputation of the Pinkerton Organisation.


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[Assistant] It may have been the knowledge that great, rich corporations had set themselves the task of clearing out the scourers.


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[Assistant] But whatever his reason, his actions were those of a man who was preparing for the worst.


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[Assistant] Every paper which would incriminate him was destroyed before he left the house.


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[Assistant] After that he gave a long sigh of satisfaction, for it seemed to him that he was safe.


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[Assistant] And yet the danger must still have pressed somewhat upon him.


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[Assistant] For on his way to the lodge he stopped at old man's shafters. The house was forbidden him, but when he tapped at the window, Etty came out to him. The dancing Irish devilry had gone from her lover's eyes. She read his danger in his earnest face.


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[Assistant] Something has happened, she cried. Oh, Jack, you are in danger. Sure, it is not very bad, my sweetheart.


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[Assistant] And yet it may be wise that we make a move before it's worse. Make a move? I promised you once that I'd go some day.


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[Assistant] I think the time is coming. I had news tonight, bad news, and I see trouble coming. The police?


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[Assistant] Well, a Pinkerton. But sure, you wouldn't know what that is, a Kushler. Know what it would mean to the likes of me. I'm too deep in this thing, and I may have to get out of it quick. You said you'd come with me if I went. Oh, Jack, it would be the saving of you. I'm an honest man in some things, Etty.


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[Assistant] I wouldn't hurt a hair of your bonny head, for all the world can give, nor ever pull you down one inch from the golden throne above the clouds where I always see you. Would you trust me?" She put her hand in his without a word. Well then, listen to what I say.


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[Assistant] There may be many of us that will have to look out for ourselves. I'm one anyhow.


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[Assistant] If I go, by day or night, it's you that must come with me. I'd come after you, Jack. No, no, you should come with me.


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[Assistant] If this valley is close to me, and I can never come back, how can I leave you behind?


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[Assistant] And me, perhaps in hiding from the police, with never a chance of a message. It's with me you must come. I know a good woman in the place I come from, and it's there I'd leave you till when we get married. Will you come? Yes, Jack, I will come. God bless you for your trust in me.


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[Assistant] It's a fiend out of hell that I should be if I abused it.


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[Assistant] Now mark you, Eddie. It'll just be a word to you, and when it reaches you, you'll drop everything and come right down to the waiting room at the depot and stay there till I come for you. Day or night, I'll come at the word, Jack.


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[Assistant] Somewhat eased in mind, now that his own preparations for escape had been begun, McMurdo went on to the lodge.


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[Assistant] It had already assembled, and only by complicated signs and counter-signs could he pass through the outer guard and inner guard who close-tiled it.


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[Assistant] A buzz of pleasure and welcome greeted him as he entered.


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[Assistant] The long room was crowded, and through the haze of tobacco smoke he saw the tangled black mane of the body-master, the cruel, unfriendly features of Baldwin, the vulture face of Haraway, the secretary, and a dozen more who were among the leaders of the lodge.


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[Assistant] He rejoiced that they should all be there to take counsel over his news.


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[Assistant] Indeed, it's glad we are to see you, brother," cried the chairman.


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[Assistant] It's Lander and Egan, explained his neighbour as he took his seat.


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[Assistant] They both claim the head-money given by the lodge for the shooting of old man Crabb over at Stilestown. And who's to say which fire the bullet?


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[Assistant] McMurdo rose in his place and raised his hand.


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[Assistant] The expression of his face froze the attention of the audience. There was a dead hush of expectation.


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[Assistant] Eminent body-master, he said in solemn voice, I claim urgency.


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[Assistant] Brother McMurdo claims urgency, said McGinty.


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[Assistant] But it is better that it should be known and discussed than that a blow should fall upon us without warning, which would destroy us all.


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[Assistant] I have information that the most powerful and richest organizations in this state have bound themselves together for our destruction.


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[Assistant] That is the situation for the discussion of which I've made a claim of urgency.


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[Assistant] There was a dead silence in the room. It was broken by the chairman.


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[Assistant] What is your evidence for this, Brother McMurdo?" he asked. It is in this letter which has come into my hands, said McMurdo. He read the passage aloud.


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[Assistant] It is a matter of honour with me that I can give no further particulars about the letter, nor put it into your hands, but I assure you


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[Assistant] That there is nothing else in it which can affect the interests of the lodge.


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[Assistant] I put the case before you as it has reached me.


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[Assistant] "'Let me say, Mr. Chairman,' said one of the older brethren, "'at I have heard of Birdie


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[Assistant] I believe we hold him in the hollow of our hands." He continued with an exulting smile upon his face.


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[Assistant] You might say so, if all were as staunch as you, counselor.


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[Assistant] But this man has all the millions of the capitalists at his back.


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[Assistant] Do you think there is no weaker brother among all our lodges that could not be bought? He will get at our secrets. Maybe he has got them already. There's only one sure cure." "'That he never leaves the valley,' said Baldwin." MacMurdoin nodded.


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[Assistant] Good for you, Brother Baldwin," he said. You and I have had our differences, but you've said the true word to-night. Where is he, then? Where shall we know him? Eminent body-master," said McMurdo earnestly.


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[Assistant] I put it to you that this is too vital a thing for us to discuss in open lodge. God forbid that I should throw a doubt on anyone here.


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[Assistant] But if so much as a word of gossip got to the ears of this man, there would be an end of any chance of our getting him.


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[Assistant] I would ask the lodge to choose a trusty committee, Mr. Chairman. Yourself, if I might suggest it. And Brother Baldwin here. And five more. Then I can talk freely of what I know and of what I advise should be done.


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[Assistant] The proposition was at once adopted, and the committee chosen.


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[Assistant] Besides the Chairman and Baldwin, there were the vulture-faced Secretary, Haraway, Tiger Cormack, the brutal young assassin, Carter, the treasurer, and the brothers Willoughby, fearless and desperate men who would stick at nothing.


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[Assistant] The usual revelry of the lodge was short and subdued, for there was a cloud upon the men's spirits, and many there for the first time began to see the cloud of avenging lore drifting up in that serene sky under which they had dwelt so long.


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[Assistant] And so seemed the more startling now that it came so closely upon them.


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[Assistant] They broke up early and left their leaders to their council. Now McMurdo! said McGinty when they were all alone. The seven men sat frozen in their seats.


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[Assistant] I said just now that I knew Birdie Edwards," McMurdo explained. I need not tell you that he is not here under that name. He's a brave man, but not a crazy one. He passes under the name of Steve Wilson, and he's lodging at Hobson's Patch. How do you know this? Because I fell in to talk with him. I thought little of it at the time,


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[Assistant] No one would have given it a second thought, but for this letter. But now I'm sure it's the man.


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[Assistant] I met him on the cars when I went down the line on Wednesday. A hard case if ever there was one. He said he was a reporter. I believed it for the moment.


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[Assistant] Wanted to know all he could about the scourers and what he called the Outrages for a New York paper. Asked me every kind of question so as to get something. You bet I was giving nothing away. I'd pay for it and pay well, said he, if I could get some stuff that would suit my editor.


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[Assistant] I said what I thought would please him best, and he handed me a twenty dollar bill for


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[Assistant] There's ten times that for you," said he, if you can find me all that I want. What did you tell him then? Any stuff I could make up. How do you know he wasn't a newspaper man? I'll tell you. He got out at Hobson's Patch, and so did I.


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[Assistant] I chanced into the telegraph bureau, and he was leaving it.


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[Assistant] See here," said the operator after he'd gone out. I guess we could charge double rates for this. I guess you should, said I.


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[Assistant] He'd filled the form with stuff that might have been Chinese for all we could make of it.


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[Assistant] He fires a sheet of this off every day, said the clerk.


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[Assistant] Yes," said I, it's special news for his paper, and he's scared that others should tap it.


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[Assistant] That was what the operator thought, and what I thought at the time, but I think differently now.


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[Assistant] By gar, I believe you're right," said McGinty. But what do you allow that we should do about it?


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[Assistant] Why not go right down now and fix him, someone suggested. Aye, the sooner the better.


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[Assistant] I'd start this next minute if I knew where I could find him," said McMurdo. He's in Hobson's Patch, but I don't know the house.


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[Assistant] I've got a plan though, if you'll only take my advice. Well, what is it? I'll go to the patch tomorrow morning. I'll find him through the operator. He can locate him, I guess.


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[Assistant] Well, then I'll tell him that I'm a free man myself. I'll offer him all the secrets of the lodge for a price. He bet he'll tumble to it.


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[Assistant] I'll tell him the papers are at my house, and that it's as much as my life would be worth to let him come while my folk were about.


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[Assistant] He'll see that that's horse sense. Let him come at ten o'clock at night, and he shall see everything. That will fetch him, for sure. Well, you can plan the rest for yourselves. Widow MacMunar is a lonely house.


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[Assistant] She's as true as steel and as deaf as a post. There's only Scanlan and me in the house.


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[Assistant] If I get his promise, and I'll let you know if I do, out of the whole seven of you come to me by nine o'clock, we'll get him in.


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[Assistant] If ever he gets out alive, well, he can talk of Birdy Edward's luck for the rest of his days.


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[Assistant] There's going to be a vacancy at Pinkerton's, or I'm mistaken. Leave it at that, McMurdo. At nine tomorrow we'll be with you. You once get the door shut behind him, and you can leave the rest with us.


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[Assistant] I cannot stress enough the importance of fit, so that is something I'm going to focus on with you now.


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[Assistant] Now I want to show you how to get the basics down, which is how to dress your body to elongate your body and to balance out your proportions. Balancing out your proportions means balancing your top and your bottom to highlight exactly as it truly is.


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[Assistant] The rules around fit and proportion are universal. It doesn't matter what age you are, what gender you identify as, they are universal. It doesn't matter if you are size 2, 4, 6, 16 or 26. As long as you are balancing out your proportions, you are going to flatter your body the very best.


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[Assistant] The most common thing I hear when people are looking to dress a certain way is that they are struggling to find clothes that fit them because they have a long torso.


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[Assistant] That is actually not a thing. What you're doing is you're currently shopping for the wrong length of shirt. You're currently shopping for the wrong length of pant. You don't have a problematic body type. You just need to learn how to dress for it.


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[Assistant] I want to talk you through fit of trousers, fit of jeans, whatever you're wearing at the bottom, I want to fit you perfectly. That is the foundation of great style, proportion, knowing your proportion. That's where we're going to start.


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[Assistant] I know comfort is paramount for most people, but there is a way of achieving comfort and style. However, this style of jean is not it. It's the least flattering


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[Assistant] Like this is just not going to do you any favors. You want to avoid that. As you can see, this fit of jean is a lot more flattering. It's simply a slim cut jean. It highlights his legs way better than the wider pair of jeans. It's a lot more flattering for his frame.


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[Assistant] I'm going to show you a side by side so you can see very clearly what this wider gene does to your body and then what a more tapered gene does to your body.


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[Assistant] This is a wider leg pant on somebody of 5'3". If you are on the shorter side, you don't have the real estate to be able to facilitate a much wider pant. I'm going to show you what happens when we put her into a much skinnier pant.


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[Assistant] This balances out your proportions, you now look like your proportions are even. Your legs look longer, your torso looks the correct length. This is the most flattering silhouette for you. Again, you do not have to go for a super skinny, you can go for a tapered, you can go for a slim, just not a wide leg.


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[Assistant] Many would say that a taller person can get away with a wider cot pant. That is true to a certain extent. However, the most flattering lock will always be a more tapered lock.


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[Assistant] This is the visual you achieve when you put a more tapered jean on. It elongates your legs. It is a much more flattering silhouette.


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[Assistant] There is a common misconception that skinny jeans are only for terribly tiny people. That couldn't be further from the truth. Skinny jeans are scaled down and up, regardless of what size you wear. They are just going to be a more fitted gene that is appropriate for your body type.


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[Assistant] The thing that I want you to learn from this is that proportion does matter. Width does matter on your legs. You want to do yourself every favor possible. Wear a similar leg. It's going to flatter your legs in the best way.


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[Assistant] Another thing I want to talk to you about is pant length. It is very important to make sure you're wearing the correct length of pants.


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[Assistant] It does not matter what your body type is, whether you're a curvier person, a fuller figured person, a much taller person, a much slimmer person. If you want to get the illusion of a longer leg, you should go for a longer pant. It's all a visual illusion.


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[Assistant] When you choose to go for a capri length or a very much cropped leg pant, what you're doing is you're cutting yourself off in a very tough area. This is creating a visual illusion that you definitely don't want. It's making your legs look disproportionately short.


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[Assistant] Taller people can absolutely get away with wearing a cropped or a capri pant, but you are making a choice to shorten your body if you choose to wear those shorter lengths.


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[Assistant] It's a style choice you might choose to make, but I wouldn't make that your go-to. If you're throwing that into the mix every now and then when you've really become comfortable with your style, fantastic, but don't make that your go-to. You're doing your body no favors.


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[Assistant] All the information I'm giving you is so that you can make an informed decision. If you do choose to go for something like this, you are making the conscious choice to instill some of your own ideas, which is great. Maybe just consider what you truly want for your overall look and whether that goal has been achieved.


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[Assistant] If you're wanting to look as tall as possible, you want to make sure that the length of your shirt is appropriate for the length of your body. So this is an extra long t-shirt. I also want to show you the back.


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[Assistant] It's extra long at the back. It is incredibly unflattering. It makes him look like he's got a super, super long torso and tiny little legs. He does not. What I want you to do is focus on getting a length of t-shirt or shirt or top in general that hits your natural hip. Anything further, it's going to make your legs look shorter.


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[Assistant] This rule absolutely applies to people who are shorter than our model here. Actually, it's even more important for you. If you want to give the illusion of being taller, having longer legs, having a well proportioned torso, what you need to do is make sure that your shirt, your top is hitting just the natural hip.


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[Assistant] Don't go any longer, it's going to make your legs look shorter and your upper body disproportionately longer.


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[Assistant] Breaking the rules isn't necessary, but if you are wanting to push your style further and further and further, you are going to have to break some rules along the way. The two main rules that we have, the easiest for me to break is proportion. Because


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[Assistant] The other rule which is, does it feel like me? I never want to feel like somebody else. That's a bad rule to break in my opinion.


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[Assistant] Definitely not what somebody would ordinarily see as proportionate for me. I am slight a frame. I am a shorter height.


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[Assistant] But I will go for a super strong shoulder with two or three shoulder pads.


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[Assistant] And I will make that work because the rest of my proportions are still spot on. I will make sure that my jacket isn't so long. I will make sure that my trousers are nice and slim. I will make sure that I haven't gone crazy with my proportions. If I'm going for a super baggy pan, I will go much tighter up top. I rarely focus on those proportions still.


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[Assistant] So you're breaking a rule, but you already know what the rules are. So you have every right to break them, but it should be intentional. That's what I call a fashion moment. It's not your everyday style.


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[Assistant] There is this wild common misconception, I think it's some kind of dodgy propaganda, that tailors cost a lot, that it costs a darn fortune to get things tailored. It doesn't. It's actually really well priced. If you're going somewhere normal, like if you're going somewhere


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[Assistant] Once when I was going for a job at a different company that was a much higher pay grade than what I was probably capable for and I knew I could get it.


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[Assistant] Because I'm a great salesman first and foremost, but I was going to wear the right outfit that was going to get me the job. I wore a very cheap suit. It was so inexpensive. It was all I could afford, but I went to the interview in my newly tailored, very inexpensive suit and people assumed that I was the one interviewing for the job.


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[Assistant] By interviewing them for the job. People were sat in the waiting room waiting for their interview and they assumed I was the interviewer.


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[Assistant] One of my favorite things to do is going sale shopping. Sale shopping can be rough, I know. It can be daunting, I know. However, I will go through and think, yeah, that's not my size. They sold out of my size, but that is wicked and it's on major discount. I will buy that thing knowing that I'm saving.


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[Assistant] And it makes me look taller than I am. Or if I have a jacket that's a longer length sleeve or a shirt that's long length sleeve, I will make it much shorter, like a bracelet length or a short sleeve. So you're changing a kind of almost designing your own product.


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[Assistant] If you are somebody who wants to play with gender and fluidity and how you present yourself to the world based on your clothing, you can buy clothing from either department, men or women, take it to a tailor and have it reworked so it fits you appropriately. There are times when you will find.


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[Assistant] If you're a woman, but you want to present more masculine, or you are non-binary, but you have certain body parts that need to be catered to, but you are wanting to buy the shirt from menswear.


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[Assistant] You can have that altered to make sure that it's, even if it's a larger size, you will accommodate your hips, but have it reduced on the shoulder, have it reduced on the arm, so it will fit you the way it would the gender you want to present as.


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[Assistant] I wanna give an example of Wesley. He's a hero that I helped on Queer Eye. He's in a wheelchair and he was never able to wear outwear because that outwear would hit his wheels.


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[Assistant] And so I worked with our show tailor and he was able to crop every one of Wessie's jackets so that it hit just above the wheel. So Wessie was not inhibited at all in his style by the wheelchair. He could still wear a wonderfully styled look. It was just tailored to perfection for him.


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[Assistant] Food's almost ready. Why don't you go show her your essay? He worked so hard on it.


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[Assistant] Hi. Miles, Hailey, this is Albert.


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[Assistant] Let's talk about color and why it's so important to have in your arsenal when it comes to great style. The biggest mistake I see people make with color is that they don't incorporate it enough. They think, well I'm not the kind of person that wears color, I wear black.


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[Assistant] However, is that black really making you feel what you want to feel that day? Is it making you stand out from the crowd? Is it conveying what you want it to convey? That I'm a strong, positive person, I feel perfectly confident in who I am. If the answer is no with that black wardrobe, it's time to start to incorporate colour.


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[Assistant] If you don't feel comfortable with color right now, ease in. Start with colors that you're familiar with and build on that as opposed to going from something very much subdued to I'm gonna wear a pink pant with a green shirt, a yellow shoe, a purple scarf,


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[Assistant] That's a lot of luck. That's gone from you being a version of you to you being somebody completely different.


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[Assistant] Find colors that work for you, find colors that feel like you, and embrace those as opposed to creating a character with color. The way you find your color is by experimenting with color.


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[Assistant] Experiment in the fitting room. Experiment before you purchase. Try on as much color as possible and see what really feels like you. For example, if you know you've always liked blue,


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[Assistant] Try different shades of blue. If you always wear a yellow, find different shades within that family. More yellows, dark yellows, oranges. There are other options for you. You may not have considered them.


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[Assistant] I would like you to do something for me. I would like you to Google a color wheel.


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[Assistant] Next to blue, you will find the next color along that moves past blue. That is the closest match to the color you are already wearing.


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[Assistant] So, if you think, well, I already like blue, I know I like blue, the net scroll along on that color wheel will also work for you. You'll have to find the right shade that works for you, maybe it's not super bright, it may be a muted version of it, but that is the easiest way to see what color you can move onto next that's not going to be jarring for you.


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[Assistant] As far as color is concerned, don't be fooled by what you hear that your skin color dictates what colors you can wear.


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[Assistant] In my opinion, that is so archaic and completely unnecessary. Just because you're white doesn't mean you can't wear cream. Just because you've got red hair does not mean you can't wear red. The old saying of real men wear pink.


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[Assistant] Everyone can wear pink. It doesn't matter what you identify as. Pink is a wonderful color. Maybe bright pink isn't for you, but there may be a version of pink that's right for you. You can wear every color that's available. Just find the right hue that works for you.


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[Assistant] There's no hard and fast rule when it comes to color. It doesn't matter what age you are, what skin tone you are, what gender you are, what gender you identify as. Find a color that speaks to you.


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[Assistant] When it comes to color, I know that many people have said to me, well you suggested I go for color, so I did, I went all in. Sometimes it's a lot.


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[Assistant] Pair down. There is an easy way to start to build in color into your wardrobe. Let's say, for example, you are the kind of person that likes a suit. You go for a dark suit. Wonderful. It's navy.


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[Assistant] You want to incorporate color but you don't want to go from always wearing neutral colors to a neon. That feels too extreme for you? Fine. For some of you that might work. Great. But if that's not your story,


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[Assistant] Don't wear the neon. Go for a color within the same family that you're already wearing, blue. Just go for a different shade.


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[Assistant] And then if you want to add on another layer of color that makes you feel like, I really know what I'm doing with color. Go with the same shade of blue as your tie if you're going to wear a tie. Or if you want to go with a sock.


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[Assistant] Go with a sock that has another pop of color that contrasts with this. Let's say, for example, a darker blue, a purple, something that lives within the same family of color.


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[Assistant] Gone are the days where it's seen as a little bit off if you're wearing a pink and red. There was a whole collection done by Valentino that showed red and pink together. It's actually a beautiful combination. Gone are the days when yellow and orange couldn't have been worn together. They absolutely can. If it's done it in the right way, it can actually be done. Let's say for example, I wouldn't put this together, but if you had


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[Assistant] Matching colors is the only thing that drives me insane. It's not a rule, it's just a general opinion, and most of the people that work in my field, style or design, will say the same thing.


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[Assistant] There was a thing many years ago where your mom would say, you always have to match your belt to your bag and to your shoes.


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[Assistant] Therefore, do not match those things. Mix them up. The amount of times I've received the question, can I wear brown with my black outfit? Can I wear navy with my black outfit? The answer is yes. Neutrals mix. You can wear any of those neutrals together and it's going to be perfectly acceptable and probably really chic. Take that risk.


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[Assistant] If you're wondering how you can wear other colors with denim, for example a blue top with a blue denim,


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[Assistant] Go, please go ahead and do that. Treat your denim as if it's a neutral. Pretend it were black even though it's blue. You can wear whatever color you want with that denim. If you're wanting to mix denims, great too. The easiest way to do it is to not go for a really stark contrast. So for example, if you had a lighter denim shirt,


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[Assistant] Don't go for a super dark denim. It's gonna contrast too much. Go for shades that really complement each other. So go for more of a mid-wash. You want there to be a little bit of separation, but not too much. A Canadian tuxedo is a term I heard when I moved to the States. Uhm, it means that you are wearing denim at the bottom and on top.


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[Assistant] There is no shame in that. It looks wonderful, but it's actually super, super chic. And it's been around for many, many years. The reason why I include a pair of jeans and usually a denim shirt or a denim jacket in my closet for my capsule wardrobe is because that look has been around since the 60s and 70s and 80s and 90s. It makes its way back around pretty much every decade.


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[Assistant] If somebody says you're wearing a Canadian tuxedo and they make fun, just smile and say, yeah I am, and I look great. Thanks.


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[Assistant] I would definitely suggest that you color coordinate your wardrobe. The reason is, I want to know when I get ready in the morning that it's very easy to find the thing that I'm looking for. So let's say for example, I've chosen my pair of pants that I'm going to wear for the day. Let's say for example, they are camel.


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[Assistant] I know the kind of colors that will work well with that camel, so let's say for example I'm looking for a beige.


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[Assistant] I wanna be able to find it within a heartbeat. Style shouldn't be difficult. Style shouldn't be laborious. I wanna be able to look at my closet and think, I'm wearing those pants so I know exactly where that top is that's gonna go with that. I know exactly where that jacket is that's gonna go with that look also. So it just means that you are giving yourself


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[Assistant] I've opened this document called style types and my navigation pane is open on the left hand side. Yours may or may not be because that's not driven by this document.


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[Assistant] Whether the navigation pane is displayed or not depends on whether it was opened the last time you used Microsoft Word.


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[Assistant] You can also drive its behavior from the view tab.


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[Assistant] In the show group where you can turn the nav pane on or off. Same thing is true for the ruler.


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[Assistant] If your screen looks a little different than mine, perhaps you'll want to turn your ruler on or turn it off. Totally up to you. Now let's move forward with styles.


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[Assistant] There are five types of styles in Word and you'll want to know about them because how we work with styles depends on what type of styles they are.


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[Assistant] Character styles are applied to selected text. So if I want, for example, to have some text that's formatted using the strong style, the first thing I'll do is select that text, then apply the style.


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[Assistant] Paragraph styles are applied either to a selected paragraph or, if I simply click in a paragraph,


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[Assistant] And apply the style, it's automatically applied to the paragraph.


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[Assistant] So I don't need necessarily to select some text before applying a paragraph style.


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[Assistant] There's another significant difference between character styles and paragraph styles. Character styles are things that we will find in the font group on the ribbon. Bold. Italics.


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[Assistant] Font size, font type, paragraph styles include those but also include all of the attributes of a paragraph.


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[Assistant] Is there space before and after the paragraph? What does the line spacing look like? What's the alignment?


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[Assistant] The third type of style is called a linked style, and a linked style does both.


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[Assistant] If we have text selected, it acts like a character style. If we don't, it acts like a paragraph style.


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[Assistant] And most of the body text that you'll create in a document and most of the headings will be formatted using styles that are either character, paragraph or linked styles. Then there are two special styles, easy enough to figure out their use. One is list styles used for lists.


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[Assistant] And the second, table styles used for tables. This is the full lid. This is every type of style that is available to us in Microsoft Word. Let us go learn a little bit more about them.


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[Assistant] Here in my document, if I point to a style, I can get information about it. It's name. If I right click and I modify it, I can find out more information about it. I can read the information that's on the dropdowns. I can read the description down below.


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[Assistant] And if I want them to see information about a different style, I can click on that style and repeat these actions. But the easiest way to get great information about styles, including whether they are character, paragraph, or linked styles,


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[Assistant] Is to click the dialog box launcher in the lower right hand corner of the styles group. It's that little arrow. And open up the styles task pane right here.


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[Assistant] If I look at a style, for example, if I have selected this particular heading, it's a heading one, notice that at the right hand side there's an icon. It's a paragraph icon and the letter A.


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[Assistant] A style is a paragraph style. For example, look at normal.


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[Assistant] And the A is used to show it's a character style. For example, subtle emphasis is a character style. When we see both as we do with heading one, then what we know is that this is a linked style.


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[Assistant] When I do that, then only the selected text is formatted with the new style. Let's undo that.


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[Assistant] But I also have attributes that are paragraph formatting, specifically alignment. Let's undo this change.


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[Assistant] It's helpful to remember that there are many styles that behave differently based on whether or not text is selected and all of those are called our linked styles.


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[Assistant] And it will save you time to remember that you don't have to select a paragraph to apply a paragraph style. If I click anywhere in this paragraph and I choose no spacing, notice that it tightened up the paragraph right away.


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[Assistant] I don't have to select it. It's a paragraph style with nothing selected or with anything selected. It knows how to behave because the behavior is the same.


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[Assistant] This isn't a linked style, it's just a paragraph style. The behavior is the same, whether I select or whether I don't.


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[Assistant] To see a list style, let's simply open a new document and create a list.


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[Assistant] And if I look, for example, at the different lists that are available, remember I have different types of bullet points that I can use, these are list styles, numbering, even multi-level lists. And if I create a table, let me delete this and turn off the list style, and if I insert a table now,


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[Assistant] Notice that I have all of these table styles available to me because I'm in a table. If I don't have a table, I don't have access to table styles.


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[Assistant] If I don't have a list in my document, I don't have access to list styles. But I always have access to my character.


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[Assistant] Paragraph and link styles that are used for body text and heading.


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[Assistant] Regardless of what's in my document, because if I begin this document again and simply start typing new text,


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[Assistant] It will automatically be formatted using the normal paragraph style that is the default in Word 2016.


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[Assistant] In the last few lessons, we looked at implementing source control locally using the command line and also remotely using GitHub.


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[Assistant] So now I want to take you a little bit further and I want to talk about collaboration using remote repositories and GitHub.


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[Assistant] Because this is one of the best ways to start working in a team of programmers and to contribute your skills to open source projects.


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[Assistant] So we've seen all of these four areas, the working directory, the staging area, the local repository, as well as the remote repository. And you should be pretty familiar with all four of these areas by now.


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[Assistant] Now in the next scenario, let's shift over to just look at the local and remote repository that you own. Let's say that Angela, so myself, I own this repository. I created it locally and then I pushed it to my remote repository on GitHub.


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[Assistant] Now let's say that I have an evil twin who's called, I don't know, Bangela.


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[Assistant] That's a terrible name. Uhm, let's say that she also wanted to make changes to my repository. She's looking at my code base and, you know, she wants to add some features or fix some bugs or do something.


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[Assistant] Because I own this remote repository over here, in order for her to work on it, she could make a copy of it that exists on her GitHub account. Remember, this is different from git clone. Git clone is just grabbing the entirety of the repository.


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[Assistant] And then cloning it to your local work environment. Now in this case, we're basically just copying a repository that's hosted on GitHub and we're keeping the copy under our own GitHub account where we can make changes to it.


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[Assistant] So this in terms of GitHub lingo is called forking. Now, once you forked a remote repository, then you now own it. You have full permissions.


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[Assistant] To do whatever it is that you like with this copy of the repository. Because as you can imagine, it would be pretty crazy if everybody could modify your source code on all of your open source repositories.


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[Assistant] Because, you know, it would lead to maybe amateurs changing all sorts of things that you don't want them to or, you know, people making


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[Assistant] Basically, you would only give people who you have a trusting relationship with


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[Assistant] So say if you worked within a team and you're all working on a product, then everybody in the team probably has both read and write permissions on a single remote repository and that way they can


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[Assistant] But you don't want anybody on the internet having those kinds of permissions. So how do you implement this kind of open source collaboration then? Well, it's through forking and making pull requests.


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[Assistant] So now let's say that evil Angela, Angela has forked my repository. So on her GitHub account, she now owns a copy of my repository. And from this point, she can then


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[Assistant] Then after she's happy with that and she's committed those changes, then she can push it to her remote repository.


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[Assistant] And then if she wants me or good Angela to incorporate those changes that she made, then her only option is to make a pull request.


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[Assistant] If she is not within that trusted pool of people who all have read and write access to my remote repository. So say if she only has read access, then she would have to make a pull request. And it's almost like making a suggestion. Here are some suggested changes that I've been working on. What do you think about it?


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[Assistant] If you okay it, then please, you know, merge it to your remote repository.


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[Assistant] The reason why it's called a pull request and not a push request is because the person who has the right permission to the repository. So I have right permission to my own remote repository, which has been forked and duplicated by, you know, my evil twin.


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[Assistant] If she wants to incorporate those changes, then I have the deciding vote. So I can review those changes and I can...


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[Assistant] Pull the changes over. So it's not a push because you don't own the rights to the remote repository that you're trying to push to.


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[Assistant] In this case, if I decide after a code review that actually those features that she added were pretty great and it seems compatible with my code so far and doesn't break anything, then I would approve the pull request.


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[Assistant] And merge her repository with my own. So the changes will be reflected in a new commit. So let's take a look at this in action.


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[Assistant] So here we've got our original story repository. So this is a remote repository, remember, because it's hosted online on GitHub and we've got a number of commits and


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[Assistant] We've been doing some modifications and writing to write our storyline. Now I'm going to log out of my account.


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[Assistant] So that was the account that created the story. And then I'm going to sign in using a different account. So right now I'm signed into a different GitHub account. This account is named Gilfoyle is my other name. And now I'm going to search for that repository. So I found the story repository.


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[Assistant] By the user Angela Bauer. So that was the one that we saw earlier on. So I'm going to go into this repository and you can see that all of these lines and files are publicly visible and you can read through all of it, even though you are now not signed in to the account that created this repository.


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[Assistant] From here, what I'm gonna do is I'm going to fork this repository.


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[Assistant] As we mentioned before, forking is simply making a copy or a duplicate of a remote repository and putting it under your own GitHub account.


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[Assistant] You can see this user that I've created is called gilfoyle is my other name. And now I have this repository under my own username. So I've made a copy of it and you can see it's exactly the same as before. Everything's been copied over, including all of the previous commits that were made.


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[Assistant] So from here, I'm going to make some changes. So let's maybe change one of these storylines. So let's change chapter four.


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[Assistant] So let's say that this other user, this other person has some suggested improvements to my code, or in this case to my writing. They're still keeping the spirit of the original repository alive because we are now


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[Assistant] Converting into a space theme or an alien theme.


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[Assistant] So I've made my changes to chapter four and I'm going to commit those changes saying add more space theme.


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[Assistant] To chapter four. So that's what I did and I'm gonna commit to the master branch. So this is the master branch of my own forked copy of the story repository. So once I commit those changes, then we can view what it currently looks like under the graphs. If we have a look at the network,


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[Assistant] You can see that this is the point where I forked the story repository. And that commit was created by Angela Yu, which basically merged this branch to the master branch. So we did that two lessons back, if you remember.


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[Assistant] The latest commit though is made by this current user, gilfoyle is my other name. And you can see that I've added it to the master branch of my forked copy of that repository. Say if I now open up a incognito window and I log back in to the Angela account,


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[Assistant] And go over to that story repository. You can see that if I have a look inside my graphs,


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[Assistant] Go into network that that latest change, it's not reflected on my master branch. It's showing up as a separate branch made by, Guilfoyle is my other name. And you can see the members who have forked your repository.


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[Assistant] This is a great way of collaborating because you can have contributors make edits or add new features to your pre-existing code base or repository.


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[Assistant] And now what I can do if I head back to the Guilfoyle account,


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[Assistant] So I'm just gonna flip through these two so that you can see. Right now I'm inside the Guilfoyle account and this is the Angela Bauer account.


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[Assistant] Now under the Guild War account, what I can do is I can make a pull request. We can do that here and you can see that it's able to merge


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[Assistant] And these are the changes. So swapping that word for that word, swapping that word for that phrase.


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[Assistant] Now all I have to do is hit create pull request.


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[Assistant] And tell the original author, which is Angela Bauer, what I've done, uh, why I think my modifications or my features are worthy to be.


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[Assistant] Merged with the original repository and you know, any other notes, right? Any other comments that I have? Um, let's just say.


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[Assistant] Always helps to be complimentary. Now let's go ahead and create a pull request.


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[Assistant] The pull request is done, but if we have a look back into the story,


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[Assistant] Repository, you can see that those changes are not made, right? It's because I don't own this repository. I don't have write access. I only have read access as a member of the general public and not a member of the trusted inner circle.


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[Assistant] So I can only suggest my changes.


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[Assistant] If we head over back to the Angela Bauer account who owns this repository,


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[Assistant] Now if I have a look under pull requests, I've got a brand new pull request, right? So it previously was zero, but now I have one and it's showing as one open pull request. And this is added a minute ago by Guilfoyle.


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[Assistant] And if I look at it, I can see why he thinks that this modification is necessary and what were his commit message. And I can also take a look at the commits that he made.


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[Assistant] And I can submit this feedback to Guildfoil and approve merging these changes.


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[Assistant] And now you can see that that commit is added to Angela Bauer master. So if I have a look inside my graphs now,


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[Assistant] You can see that the latest commit was my merge and you can see where it came from. It came from a fork made by Guilfoyle, which shows up as a separate branch and then it got merged back into the main branch of the main repository.


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[Assistant] So some people use GitHub purely as version control for their own project.


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[Assistant] And if you can see ways of improving it or contributing to it, then it's a great way of starting to learn how to work in a team of programmers, which is a really essential skill when you're working for a startup or for a company.


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[Assistant] So for example, if we have a look at the Alamofia repository,


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[Assistant] If you have a look at the contributions, you can see that there have been loads and loads of other users who have looked at the code and done things, you know, or made suggestions and to steadily improve this framework that, you know, everybody else is benefiting off.


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[Assistant] You can see that a total of 4,300 forks have been made and there's currently four open pull requests, but 559 pull requests were closed. So let's have a look. So for example, in this case, this guy updated the readme.


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[Assistant] So that's obviously just editing a text file and that's pretty much within anybody's capabilities, right? And then it got merged by somebody who owned this repository.


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[Assistant] And they gave them a bit of feedback, right? But there's other things like, you know, code additions or code deletions or modifications that people have made. So this guy made some fixes.


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[Assistant] And he's documented what were the goals, what were the implementation details, what were the tests that he performed. And then the guy who owned the repository said, Hey, just, you know, maybe one thing that you need to change, uh, have a look in here. And then once it was changed, then it was approved and merged with the master branch.


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[Assistant] Have a look around on GitHub and see what are some of the cool projects that you could maybe get involved in.


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[Assistant] To begin with, have a look at the libraries that you've been using and if you want, you can build on top of it.


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[Assistant] Offer your improvements or bug fixes or new features. As I said, it's almost like a social network for programmers and you can make a lot of great friends on here and you can also get a lot of help on here in your development journey.


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[Assistant] So I hope you enjoyed all of that and I will see you on the next lesson.


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[Assistant] I have died everyday waiting for you. Darling, don't be afraid. I have loved you for a thousand years.


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[Assistant] Woah, that's a lot of sheep to take care of.


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[Assistant] Everything's better when their mom's around. The fox pups always feel safe with her.


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[Assistant] No, but I can tell he's up to something sneaky.


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[Assistant] Yeah, but this dragonfly won't be wearing THAT coat again!


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[Assistant] The wings need to dry first. I don't remember it raining. No, it's just the morning dew.


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[Assistant] Oh Tim, look at the category with all the spots on it. I'm gonna call it... Paola.


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[Assistant] Do you see that other one? Yea, it's super green. Let's call that one Nico. They have lots of legs to help them grip and crawl up those stems. And they sure look hungry.


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[Assistant] They have to stay well fed for their metamorphosis. Meta-what-sis? It's like when superheroes transform.


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[Assistant] Wow! If I were a butterfly, I'd be proud of myself for flying on my first try!


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[Assistant] Kittens have extra skin on the back of their neck, so their mom can grab them when she needs to. That doesn't look comfy at all.


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[Assistant] Well spotted, Charlie. Lesson two, catch the target.


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[Assistant] Wow, Charlie and his brothers look so focused.


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[Assistant] Charlie seems a little scared. That's because the elephants are so much bigger than him. And there's so many of them. But he's safe here.


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[Assistant] Tim, are those the toilets? Kinda. They do this to mark their territory.


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[Assistant] The man goes home and begins to test his wife's hearing. He stands by the wall and says,


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[Assistant] I gave a lot of thought to things you said during our last discussion.


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[Assistant] And I decided architecture made the most sense for me.


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[Assistant] In particular, I'm attracted to the marriage of design and engineering.


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[Assistant] No, I was doing some online research, and I think I should be able to manage.


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[Assistant] Math might be the toughest subject I encounter in the curriculum, but I'll simply put in the work required. I'm certain the fruits of my labor will pay off.


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[Assistant] So, what subjects do you think I should start brushing up on in preparation? I have the whole summer.


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[Assistant] So, as I mentioned over the phone, we are looking for someone who is very discrete. I can't stress this enough.


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[Assistant] As we all know, being such a famous football player at Real Madrid, Mr. Sanchez has a very high public profile. This means he cannot leave the house without being recognized and harassed.


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[Assistant] Good. As his personal assistant, you would be required to run common, everyday chores for Mr. Sanchez. Things he cannot do himself due to his fame, like going to the supermarket or post office.


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[Assistant] So, while at first sight it may appear that working for a celebrity is very glamorous, nothing could be further from the truth.


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[Assistant] I'm telling you this so that you don't get any false expectations of what the job has to offer you.


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[Assistant] Tell me, why do you think you're well suited for this job?


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[Assistant] Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.


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[Assistant] Question 5. What did we learn from the conversation about Mr. Sanchez?


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[Assistant] Adventure sports are undeniably attractive to many energetic and thrill-seeking kids.


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[Assistant] Sports like rock climbing, surfing, skiing, and mountain biking thus have lots of appeal.


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[Assistant] They don't have many of the rules and pressures of traditional team sports, but they still have all the benefits of outdoor physical activity.


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[Assistant] When properly supervised, extreme sports can be a part of a healthy, balanced life.


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[Assistant] Some adventure sports may be associated with high risks of injury.


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[Assistant] So it's important for kids to figure out when to take risks and when not to.


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[Assistant] Risk-free activities deprive kids of the opportunity to test themselves and overcome their fears.


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[Assistant] But to some, these very risks are what makes these sports a bad choice.


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[Assistant] They say that extreme sports can often lead to devastating injuries.


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[Assistant] Especially as young thrill-seekers may attempt feats that are too advanced for them. But let's be real.


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[Assistant] Most kids do all kinds of dangerous stuff whether you want them to or not.


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[Assistant] Adventure sports have many of the same risks and dangers.


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[Assistant] But they have an additional sense of adventure, courage, and autonomy that is important to foster in young children.


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[Assistant] As always, it's up to parents to decide what's best for their kids.


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[Assistant] But if you do decide that adventure sports are a bit too much, do try to introduce other forms of outdoor adventures into their lives.


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[Assistant] Camping under the stars, fishing, stargazing, or even just playing in the woods can help a lot in building the same sense of self-confidence and risk-taking as in adventure sports.


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[Assistant] Questions 12 to 15 are based on the passage you have just heard.


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[Assistant] Question 12. Why do new tech products soon become waste?


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[Assistant] What did the French government require tech companies to do to help consumers make better choices?


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[Assistant] What should tech companies do to help ensure environmental sustainability?


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[Assistant] Question 16 to 18 are based on the recording you have just heard.


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[Assistant] Question 16. What does most cyberloathing research focus on?


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[Assistant] On what point do the results of the speaker's study agree with other recent research?


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[Assistant] When Julius Morton moved to Nebraska City in 1854,


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[Assistant] He faced a problem shared by many settlers in the territory. It was a treeless plain.


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[Assistant] That meant no trees for building materials, or for fuel.


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[Assistant] So he started planting trees, beginning with his own land.


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[Assistant] By 1860, Morton possessed a forest of more than 300 trees. A few years later, he had more than 1,000.


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[Assistant] As the forests grew, so did Morton's influence in Nebraska.


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[Assistant] This was largely because Morton founded the Nebraska City News, the state's first newspaper.


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[Assistant] In which he frequently wrote editorials about the practical and aesthetic benefits of tree planting.


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[Assistant] He also organized the Nebraska State Gardening Society and served on the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture.


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[Assistant] While serving on the board, Morton came up with an idea to spread his belief in tree planting statewide. On January 4, 1872,


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[Assistant] Morton drafted a resolution that April 10th be designated day for the planting of trees in the state of Nebraska.


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[Assistant] And urged people to go out and plant trees themselves. Morton called the special event Arbor Day, as arbor is Latin for tree.


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[Assistant] The state government agreed, and on April 10, 1872, the first unofficial Arbor Day was celebrated throughout Nebraska.


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[Assistant] Prizes were awarded to counties, cities, and individuals who planted the largest number of trees.


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[Assistant] That day, an astounding 1 million trees were planted in Nebraska.


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[Assistant] An average of more than six for every man, woman, and child in the state.


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[Assistant] Since 1885, Nebraska has planted more than 700,000 acres of trees, earning it the nickname the tree planter state.


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[Assistant] Arbor Day became a legal civic holiday in the state in 1885.


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[Assistant] It was held on April 22, Julius Morton's birthday.


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[Assistant] In addition to a parade in Nebraska City, Morton introduced what has since become a long-standing Arbor Day tradition.


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[Assistant] School children went outside and planted trees together.


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[Assistant] In 1970, nearly a century after Arbor Day was first celebrated,


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[Assistant] President Richard Nixon declared the last Friday of every April to be observed as National Arbor Day.


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[Assistant] All 50 states recognize the April observance, although many hold an additional State Arbor Day in a month more suited to local tree planting.


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[Assistant] Questions 22 to 25 are based on the recording you have just heard. Question 22.


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[Assistant] What do we learn about modern humans according to the hypothesis commonly accepted in the 1990s?


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[Assistant] What has called into question the out of Africa model?


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[Assistant] What does the speaker want to show with the example of some monkeys in Africa?


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[Assistant] Question 25. What question does the speaker raise close to the end of the talk?


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[Assistant] It's not a paddle or a miracle. It's a mirror.


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[Assistant] Hah, like I said, that is one goofy cat. You know Quack, the second I can fly for real.


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[Assistant] I won't need a mirror anymore, so I'll give it to you. Yippee! Uh, unless-


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[Assistant] I've been dying to come here as well. I was worried that the menu might not be accommodating, but one of my close friends ate here last week. She's a vegetarian. She told me that there were a lot of options for her and they offered alternative dishes.


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[Assistant] Well, not entirely. I don't eat meat at all, but I don't have a problem eating fish, seafood, or eggs.


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[Assistant] Even when I was younger, we never had meat during meals, and I never really had a craving to try it. I bet it would be hard though, giving up something you're accustomed to eating.


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[Assistant] I tried cutting back on coffee in the morning, and it was awful.


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[Assistant] Come to think of it, it was probably even worse for my colleagues that had to deal with me at morning meetings.


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[Assistant] That's an interesting question. I never thought to ask them though. My best guess is for health reasons.


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[Assistant] They're not terribly active or knowledgeable about animal preservation efforts, but they're serious about their health.


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[Assistant] Both are in their 70s now, but eat organic as often as possible, and take part in regular physical exercise.


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[Assistant] How did your annual performance evaluation meeting with your manager go? Did you get much in the way of praise?


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[Assistant] I had a similar experience once. My manager told me I was too honest. In most cases, I thought my honesty was helpful, as did my colleagues. But my manager thought otherwise.


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[Assistant] They don't use the rational power of arguments to resolve issues of conflict or complaints about unfairness.


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[Assistant] I thought that's surely something we should have covered earlier in the section, discussing strengths and talents. But no.


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[Assistant] Honesty was deemed to be more of a sin than a virtue, since it made people feel uncomfortable.


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[Assistant] Or at least it made the most powerful folks feel uncomfortable.


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[Assistant] Question 5. What was the manager's reason for giving little praise for the man's performance? Question 6. What does the woman say about some managers? Question 7.


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[Assistant] Question 8. What does the woman think is the priority of many managers?


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[Assistant] They can hit fastballs coming at them at nearly 100 miles an hour and leap and hang in the air, seemingly defying gravity.


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[Assistant] They get paid millions of dollars for their efforts, and their names and faces appear on everything, from running shoes to advertising boards.


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[Assistant] Athletes who are champions also show qualities such as perseverance, dedication, and the ability to keep their cool under pressure.


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[Assistant] Many show those same qualities off the playing field too.


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[Assistant] Stories about superstar athletes teach us about working hard and believing in ourselves and in being passionate about what we do.


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[Assistant] Although it's usually bad behavior that gets an athlete a spot on the 6 o'clock news, many high profile players work hard to be positive role models to children.


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[Assistant] They raise money for charities and act as mentors, talking to student groups and volunteering their time to programs that help children keep off drugs and stay in school.


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[Assistant] Still, even the greatest champions have flaws. Just because an athlete has the perfect golf swing doesn't mean he is the perfect parent, friend, or spokesperson. They also make mistakes.


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[Assistant] Separating an athlete's professional and personal lives can be tough.


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[Assistant] When a sports star gets in trouble with the law, or does something wrong in their private life, fans are often left disappointed.


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[Assistant] Before he died, baseball star Mickey Mantle, who was plagued with alcohol problems, told young ballplayers and the fans who admired him to play like me. Don't be like me.


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[Assistant] It has long been scientifically established that weather changes can affect people's moods.


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[Assistant] Now a new study has provided evidence that temperature can influence people's personalities.


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[Assistant] This study of over 1.6 million people revealed that 22 degrees Celsius is the perfect air temperature to live in.


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[Assistant] A city with an average annual temperature closer to 22 tends to have a population who are more agreeable, conscientious, emotionally stable, and outgoing.


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[Assistant] The study was observational and didn't show cause and effect, but the scientists behind it theorize that better weather leads people to leave their home more often. This in turn leads to more social interaction, which encourages them to develop a friendlier and socially more acceptable personality.


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[Assistant] Warmer climates also make people feel more positive in general. They tend to be more agreeable and conscientious.


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[Assistant] The findings might help explain why colder and warmer countries tend to produce people with different personalities.


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[Assistant] Roughly speaking, about 40% of a person's personality is determined by their genes, the other 60% by their environment.


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[Assistant] It was already well known that personality traits vary across geographic regions.


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[Assistant] These outcomes include economic activity. For example, entrepreneurial startup rates.


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[Assistant] And also, crime rates, health behaviors, and health outcomes.


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[Assistant] And it is well established that personality traits differ between countries.


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[Assistant] The research team speculated the two might be linked.


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[Assistant] And 1.66 million Americans. They then compared the results with the average annual temperature where they grew up.


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[Assistant] The tests measured personality along five well-studied characteristics.


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[Assistant] The five were agreeability, conscientiousness, emotional stability.


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[Assistant] Outgoingness and openness to new experiences.


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[Assistant] In both groups, the researchers found the closer a town's average annual temperature was to 22 degrees, the Moritz population exhibited those personality characteristics.


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[Assistant] However, the findings were much stronger for the Chinese group than the Americans studied.


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[Assistant] Which suggests that though temperature plays a role, it does not play a dominant role. The effects are fairly weak.


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[Assistant] Questions 19 to 21 are based on the recording you have just heard. Question 19.


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[Assistant] What is the key to solving the loneliness problem, according to the speaker?


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[Assistant] Hello, I'm co-founder of the popular female travel community. We are Travel Girls.


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[Assistant] We collect and publish stories from women traveling all over the world.


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[Assistant] And are getting ready to launch our travel with us trips in Bali, Japan, and Malawi.


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[Assistant] Before I started We Are Travel Girls, I had a successful 10-year career in finance in London.


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[Assistant] Where I advise private clients on their investments.


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[Assistant] Having always had a huge love for travel, I finally took the leap and left finance to pursue my dream of starting a travel company.


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[Assistant] For as long as I can remember, I wanted to be a travel writer.


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[Assistant] Before blogs existed and everything we read was online, I would go to travel writing seminars by writers who were published in travel magazines.


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[Assistant] After university, I ended up working in finance, but always had a desire to travel and write about it.


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[Assistant] In 2015, I was looking at ways to leave finance, and my best friend Vanessa, who grew up on a ranch on the central coast of California, suggested starting a blog.


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[Assistant] But when we started creating it, we realized that was the same thing every girl was doing.


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[Assistant] This led us to start We Are Travel Girls, which has now grown into a community of over 200,000 followers. To anyone thinking about becoming a travel writer,


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[Assistant] There are a lot of travel riders now, and it can be hard to stand out from the crowd, which is really why we started We Are Travel Girls.


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[Assistant] Be prepared to work hard if you want to turn it into a full-time business.


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[Assistant] And try not to rush to selling advertising spaces before you have created a dedicated audience.


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[Assistant] The size of your audience doesn't necessarily need to be huge, but you want them to be engaged.


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[Assistant] If you post too many promotions early on, you will turn many people off.


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[Assistant] I'm not growing this from my house, you know. I'm making moons.


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[Assistant] Yes, I can make a circle. Can you make an X? Yes, I can make an X. Can you go up? Yes, uh-oh.


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[Assistant] Firefly! It's too fast for us.


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[Assistant] The best way to learn writing is through practice. So in this next module, you're gonna get some practical experience cutting clutter.


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[Assistant] I'll put up a sentence and then I'll have you pause the video and try editing it on your own.


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[Assistant] Great. So, uh, now I'm going to go through my edit on this sentence. So, clinical seizures have been estimated to occur. Well, that seems like a lot of extra words. How about,


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[Assistant] Aging, differentiation, infertility. It's kind of understood that that's a diverse range of things. So besides preventing cancer, P53 also plays roles in


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[Assistant] Now the fact that they, you know, it's been known for a long time. Again, maybe you're going to put some references to indicate that, but we don't really need a long verb like that. So just injuries to the brain and spinal cord are.