Monday, March 26, 2007
Destilando Amor 03/26/07 "Tequila & Passion were always the Fashion, They Fell in Love"
Jalisco is known as the birthplace of Tequila & Mariachi. It also has the largest population of "European/white" folks...
Jalisco borders the Pacific Ocean to the west, the state of Nayarit to the northwest, to the north Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, San Luis Potosi, to the east is Guanajuato and the southern borders are Colima & Michoacan. Guadalajara is the capital, which kinda explains the whole Mariachi belting out of Guadalajara..Guadalajara. The state only has .4% indigenous population, the majority of the population is Mestizo and Criollio, there is a great deal of Slavic, French and German ancestry and during the French intervention (1863-1867) the populations all mixed...Well shout out to Cinco de Mayo & the French on general principles, four years and the populations got all mixed...ahhh those French.
The story begins in this really like fast forward thing where our hero "Rodrigo Montalvo" throws back a couple of doble tequilas, with our equally bewitching heroine "Gaviota" (no last name as that seems to be up for debate), next thing a little literal rollin in the agave. NOTE: Tequila is made from agave, which is not a catus but a member of the lily and amaryllis family. Rod is on a bus saying he'll be back in a year. Gav is telling her mother, Clara, she is pregnant and off to find Rod, well gee he went to London, so now that we narrowed that down.
Anyway she hooks up with some photographer, who promises to take her to Paris. Gav shows her mother, Clara a map showing that Gay Paree is just a hop, skip and a chunnel ride to London. Well we see her sitting in front of the Eiffel Tower, now she is in London. She is standing on a street corner, & good golly Miss Molly, Rod is on the other corner, Gav calls his name, he looks around, she runs across the street and she is hit hard enough that her body flies half way to Scotland, in the distance you can hear "Bravehart Bravehart; incoming". I was seriously having a WTF moment.
Okay, now we go back in time...Two oldsters are arriving in Tequila, Jalisco, Mexico...By the By Tequila is a real town in Jalisco...Wikipedia you gotta love it.
Anyway the old guy Don Amador is breathing hard and basically has come home to die. No where does the air smell as it does in Tequila, the guy has a close feel for the land.
Now on a bus traveling on a rural rock road...(hey the roads in Guererro look just like that only those boulders are bigger)..Gav is belting out a Mariachi tune along with a Mariachi band who happens to be on the bus also, everyone is having a fine time.
The bus arrives in what I assume to be Tequila, the people are picked up to go pick the Agave. Yep Clara and her daughter Gav are migrant workers, they have just gotten back from Chihuahua, where the weather was muy frio. Gav looks pretty fresh for having worked in the fields her entire life. NOTE: my husband did that until he was seventeen, in Mexico, yes it sucks, it is one of the lower rungs on the ladder.
A guy trys to help Gav up into the pick-up and she elbows him in the ribs...This Gav, she's a fiesty one.
Meanwhile back at Tequila Acres, Don Amador isn't looking so good & it sounds like he is down to about 10% lung capcity. He gazes out the window and repeats Clarita...Clarita..is that his heavy breathing or is that an anvil falling?
Roman seems to be the main lackey at the ranch, El Patron, tells him he must always give work to Clara & her daughter...Hmmmmmm?
Clara & Gav make themselves at home in their little workers house, they put up the obigatory "Lady of Guadalupe" painting and candles. Gav is going to study her letters, as she never got to go to secondary school and doesn't want to forget how to read and write. Clara says she is gonna slip out for a moment.
Don Amador, too plans to slip out down to the fields, but alas he has a "spell" and must sit down. Pilar questions him about some love he had twenty-five years ago, and she never knew the name...well this send Amador into a death spiral...Well he will take this to the grave. Once again the other woman question and I hear a dropping anvil.
Pilar tells their son Felipe that Pa isn't doing well, Felipe goes upstairs and tries to get Pa to promise he will return to Mexico City, but the writing is already on the wall.
Now Clara returns to the cabin, shanty, whatever and she and Gav sneak up to the big house to watch a TeleNovela, cause they are so romantic. The rich folk have a big ole TV right on the patio and the ladies must be hard of hearing cause that fine TeleNovela sound is blaring, Gav is hanging on every romantic word.
The next day the folks are working out in the fields and Gav is belting out another lively tune, I guess she doesn't know "Swing Low Sweet Chariot", anyway Pilar, that is Mrs. Don is rather annoyed (I think she doesn't want the poor folk to have fun), anyhow to make a long story short, Don takes a turn for the worse, the Padre comes does the official last rites and Don Amador slips out of the land of the living.
Time to make phone calls, Bruno the other son and big exporter to Europe of fine Tequila gets the call that Pa is dead, he will return to Tequila.
Daniela, Rod's sister, who is a twirling dancer in Paris gets a call...she'll be right there. Next Sofia, Rod's other sister, who is in London, gets a call...she tells her boyfriend, James, (I think he is supposed to be English..spoken with a Spanish accent), Sofia and James sound like they are reading dialog from a Hugh Grant movie, "What is it darling". Anyway Sofia too will be going home, James wants to go with her, but she is all What happens in London, stays in London.
Now we see Rod in bed with blonde chick...she is all what's wrong?.she is sneering...He is like I can't...Rod goes out into living room drinking and hanging his head in frustration & shame. Aaron his primo, comes out of another room, with a brunette chick superglued to him...Well, it seems this scenerio has happened before, to Rod at least, I'm thinking this has never evah happened to Aaron. Blondie comes out and tells Rod he is a fraud...ewwwww, snap, sneers somemore and walks out. I'm all thinking she is going straight home to Blog your inadequacies in "MY SPACE", dude you'll be a legend before noon. Aaron and Rod discuss how this always happens, it seems Rod suffers from Chronic Impotence, OMG can't he get a potence transplant? I simply don't know what to say. The phone rings, Rod & Aaron have gotten the word, Gramps is dead, so it is off to Mexico once Aaron gets some superglue remover and gets the burnette off him.
It is funeral time in Tequila, there are all sorts of reporters hanging around the outside of the family compound, this guy was quite the big deal, I bet it was probably like that when "Captain Morgan" died. All this needs is a whiff of scandal and you've got an "Anna Nicole" media frenzy.
The workers are hanging around in the background and we see the family arriving. Clara and Gav are watching the family get out of a car, Clara explains that the first one is Aaron, the next is Sofie, then finally Rodrigo. Gav is muy impacted, it's like she just got the cupid's arrow in the butt. Gav just keeps repeating how guapo he is, and yes he is.
Aaron is quietly talking to someone when in comes Minerva, (bwahaaaa she looks like a Minerva, you could stretch her name out like Minnnnnerrrrva and she'd go all BSC. She is his mi amor, she is in quite a little snit, and is one of those drama queens who keeps getting louder, I think Aaron didn't call her and she had to read about it in the paper. Aaron makes nice with her and she shuts up. Yep it is just the first nite and she is already on my list.
Bruno, who seems a bit cursi, introduces his son Aaron, and comments that he is getting his doctorates is Commercial Finance, he then introduces his nephew, Rod and says he is getting his doctorate in Agricultral Science...A comment is made about Don Amador's love of the land and Rod says he feels the same way about the land. We hear an ominous DONG, and sideways look from Aaron, tells me Aaron has other plans.
Okay the pallbearers all grab the casket and a parade with rockets and a marching band takes Don Amador to the church, I asked my husband if he ever saw a funeral like that in Mexico, but he said no. Damn the French it is no doubt their influence.
At the church, Clara & Gav are hanging around the back door, Clara has some orange wild flowers, Gav wants to take them to the alter, but Clara says no, they are too poor, Gav says the rich and poor are equal in heaven. So Gav proceeds to march right up, meanwhile Rod has gone up and knelt down in front of the alter. Gav goes up and kneels right next to him. Both are praying for the soul of Don Amador, meanwhile Aaron is undressing Gav with his eyes. Gav & Rod turn and look at each other and the air nearly snaps with the electricity...Hmmmm I do believe Rod just had a manhood stirring, and he's in church too.
Gav rises and walks back to the back of the church, Aaron comes up and makes some remark, like, that meat isn't for your plate..(I might be off on that...but anyway alluding to the fact that Rod can't get the job done).
Later the family is back at the compound, lamenting dead Don Amador, the family is discussing, how they all gotta get back to their lives. You can hear singing and this drives Dona Pilar, crazy, she thinks the workers are being disrespectful, what with picking agave and getting on with the business of making her an even more spoiled rich woman.
Of course who else, Gav, damn that girl is feisty and has a set of lungs, Rod comes riding up on a horse, I mean he had to get a horse to get to the fields, that girl can seriously project her voice. He rides along and asks who is singing, all the workers hang their heads in a "don't beat me master" type way, but our little spit fire chimes right in that it was her. Rod back tracts and politely asks her to tone it down cause granny is on edge. He thanks her and when they say good-bye, you know it isn't good-bye, cause they are all enamored with each other.
Tune in tommorrow when Gav shows how well she is doing with her studies by reading to the workers the struggles of Cesar Chavaz
If Clara had a thing with Amador, would Gav be Rod's aunt? Are we one blood tie away from a Greek Tragedy?
A shout out to Wikpedia for all the fun facts.
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OK so far I only saw the second half but I love it. Fake harvesting by blatantly wussy incompetent actors (what? I have to hack at these agaves, imported into D.F. for a pretty penny? doesn't my contract prohibit manual labor), I love Jalisco music best of all Mexican music, the foreign locations and terrible English = a hoot. And you gotta love Clark Kent the 35-year-old virgin. Has Gav already been the victim of extreme facial plastic surgery, could she possibly have been born that way? I'm losing a feeling for what is possible in the natural-born human face and what isn't.
Fabulous first episode recap! Personally, I loved all that singing. It was over the top but what the hell, that's why we watch these shows, right? I swear, I thought Gaviota and Rodrigo were going to do it right there on Grandpa's casket. So far so good on the electricity between Rod and Gav, but she has a funny looking nose. And who does field work in a white lace peasant blouse? Oh yeah, telenovela heroines, that's who. And you should have high hopes for the evil duo of Aaron and Minerva, a match made in hell if there ever was one.
Great job Beckster, and thanks for the tutorial!!
Great job Beckster, and thanks for the tutorial!!
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: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 1:17:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 1:17:00 AM EDT
Beckster: very terrific recap!! I appreciated the history lesson here too.
Thanks for clarifying that inward-branching family tree, too! My hubby's last thought was, "So in this one he's going to marry his aunt?"
From wonderful Wikipedia: Minerva was the daughter of Jupiter and Metis. She was considered to be the virgin goddess of warriors.....Romans said that Minerva was not born in the usual way, but rather Jupiter had a horrible headache and Vulcan opened up his head and out came Minerva dressed in armor and holding a shield; this image has captivated Western writers and artists through the ages.--Folks, she's my pick for this novela!! "Aaron's Headache." Chantal is gorgeous this time out and should have been playing the lead because among other things she's taller and she sings like a choir of angels, unlike Rivera who sings flat, is 35, and lost 20 pounds to play the character.
Maybe I'm crazy but this time around even some of the the native Mexicans have bad accents, too! It's like they've been living in the States too long.
Thanks for clarifying that inward-branching family tree, too! My hubby's last thought was, "So in this one he's going to marry his aunt?"
From wonderful Wikipedia: Minerva was the daughter of Jupiter and Metis. She was considered to be the virgin goddess of warriors.....Romans said that Minerva was not born in the usual way, but rather Jupiter had a horrible headache and Vulcan opened up his head and out came Minerva dressed in armor and holding a shield; this image has captivated Western writers and artists through the ages.--Folks, she's my pick for this novela!! "Aaron's Headache." Chantal is gorgeous this time out and should have been playing the lead because among other things she's taller and she sings like a choir of angels, unlike Rivera who sings flat, is 35, and lost 20 pounds to play the character.
Maybe I'm crazy but this time around even some of the the native Mexicans have bad accents, too! It's like they've been living in the States too long.
Love the first episode,but the singing is not Gav but dubbed over..Terrible..
The scenery is gorgeous..Did recapper say Gav is pregnant,or am I mistaken?
The scenery is gorgeous..Did recapper say Gav is pregnant,or am I mistaken?
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 8:56:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 8:56:00 AM EDT
Hey, that explains the weird plastic surgery. Our heroine is this novela's Tiberio - got her face wrecked in order to play somebody 10-15 years younger...
So the mom (the ever-present) looks thoughtful about the father of Gaviota? How about this: Gaviota is really the daughter of Don Amaro - so that means Clark Kent's gotta be a switched baby ...
So the mom (the ever-present) looks thoughtful about the father of Gaviota? How about this: Gaviota is really the daughter of Don Amaro - so that means Clark Kent's gotta be a switched baby ...
anon 08:56:00...
Yeah the way the story start was like TeleNovela cliff notes, they meet, fall in love, he leaves to go back to London for a year, she is pregnant, she uses Map Quest..finds London by way of Paris...finds him in London (typical TeleNovela, spots him on the street, calls his name and she gets run over or rather knocked into next week by a car)...
then we regress in time to the Don Amador dying scenerio...Yes I was totally lost for the first ten minutes.
Yeah the way the story start was like TeleNovela cliff notes, they meet, fall in love, he leaves to go back to London for a year, she is pregnant, she uses Map Quest..finds London by way of Paris...finds him in London (typical TeleNovela, spots him on the street, calls his name and she gets run over or rather knocked into next week by a car)...
then we regress in time to the Don Amador dying scenerio...Yes I was totally lost for the first ten minutes.
The first ten minutes were previews of the storylines in the upcoming months. She is pregnant later on. Confusing, huh.
The nice thing about the telenovela cliffnotes is that even if things get long, drawn out and boring like some other recent novelas that will remain unnamed...we will always have something to look forward to...Gaviota flying (pun intended) into next week. That scene was totally wtf and my husband and I did the quick Tivo rewind a couple times...looking for wires, laughing our butts off, etc. That stupid non-British Isles tourist getting hit while crossing their first street in England is more common than one might think (which is why they paint signs on the ground at crosswalks that say "Look right".) Of course for our semi-literate heroine, that probably didn't help much.
Oh. My. God. This is going to be gooood. First and foremost, Rod is H.O.T. This is the first linebacker I've seen as the leading hombre in a telenovela. Also, this is the first impotent linebacker I've seen in a telenovela. What is up with that? [Pardon the pun.] Isn't that an unusual malady for the leading man to have??? I'm just saying. Evidently, Rodrigoooo just needed the RIGHT mujere to fix his problemo, and that mujere is Gaviota. Now, if she would just STOP the singing. Second,I can't wait to see Aaron [Sleazer] and Mirandaaaa [Slutty Antonia] together. Let the nasty games begin. I noticed that Aaron's folks are none other than 2 old friends from ''Alborada''--the ever faithful Felipe and the loooongsuffering Asuncion]. However, the twist is that they are on the evil side of the family in this novela. Clara/alias Rosita/alias Luba seems to be playing her usual role of poor good woman/earthmother. Gaviota has a really wide-eyed look. I missed the first 10 minutes of the show because my daughter called .[My kids just refuse to memorize my telenovela schedule.] So I missed the entire opening--the roll in the field [this does not happen in real life...too many unknowns in fields, e.g. stones, critters, manure, etc.], the trips to Europe, the accident that sent Gaviota to Scotland. I came in on the grandparents going to the agave farm. By the way, I think that their bedroom is Matilde's bedroom in ''Amor Real.'' Love the music and the scenis views. Beckster, you are brilliant. You should write for ''La Parodia'' [which, by the way, Lucero [Hippolita] will appear on this Sat. at 2.00 eastern along with parodies of Josue and Enrique [our tall and small ponytailed heroes]. I am thinking that I will be loving this show. Rodrigooo--finally a hero to lust after. And, Beckster , I liked your Clark Kent reference. There is only one thing cuter than a linebacker and that is a linebacker with those tiny , little wirerimmed glasses. Bring it onnnnn!!!^^^^^Susanlynn, who loves a guy who shops at the Big and Tall store
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 10:18:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 10:18:00 AM EDT
I can't take the credit for Clark Kent..that was Melinama..
He does kinda look like Clark doesn't he? Aaron is more slender..in a kinda hawt reptilian sort of way. I know I'm gonna like Aaron cause he will use his brain, it may be for evil, but at least he'll use it.
He does kinda look like Clark doesn't he? Aaron is more slender..in a kinda hawt reptilian sort of way. I know I'm gonna like Aaron cause he will use his brain, it may be for evil, but at least he'll use it.
I wonder if Rodrigooo [aka Clark Kent] is going to be like Cesar in ''Heridas.''--Every time Cesar took off his little wireframed glasses ,someone got nailed. I agree that Aaron is reptilianlike. Maybe we could call him something like Old Lizard Lips or the Aarongator. I can't wait to see these two butt heads. I think that, like that bus and Gaviota, Rodrigooo could send A. flying to Scotland. I wonder when the blonde will show up. In the promos, it looked like she was after Rodrigooo. ^^^^Susanlynn
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 11:07:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 11:07:00 AM EDT
I'm already annoyed by Gav. Five minutes clipping a rosebush and I can look like I've been doing aerobics in hell. Gav can harvest agave for hours, sing loudly and look like she just came out of a salon. I hate her!!
This looks like it's going to be really fun. :)
This looks like it's going to be really fun. :)
nice recap beckster. It sounded detailed without looking too detailed. You do have a way with the pen (or keyboard in this case)
I saw the part where Clark (he doesn't look half bad) and Gav were talking about how her singing wasn't appreciated which I guess was at the end and caught a few previews. It looks okay I guess but even if it wasn't I know you guys would just have fun with it anyway. I guess that's what going to keep me checking up on it.
I saw the part where Clark (he doesn't look half bad) and Gav were talking about how her singing wasn't appreciated which I guess was at the end and caught a few previews. It looks okay I guess but even if it wasn't I know you guys would just have fun with it anyway. I guess that's what going to keep me checking up on it.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 11:18:00 AM EDT
: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 11:18:00 AM EDT
Excellent recap, Beckster. I also remember the old, rickety, crowded buses on the long dirt roads... before the days of the super-carreteras and Estrella De Oro bus lines!
Love the singing, even if it is dubbed (also got home in time to catch the kid singing on Duelos, so last night was a lucky night for me!)...
I was really bothered by all the socializing at the velorio. The family should have been on their knees praying the rosary for Don A., but instead they had the workers do it, while the family hob-knonned. Desgraciados!
Gaviota does look eery; her face -- especially her eyes -- are so stretched out that she appears to be in a permananent state of impacto.
Love the singing, even if it is dubbed (also got home in time to catch the kid singing on Duelos, so last night was a lucky night for me!)...
I was really bothered by all the socializing at the velorio. The family should have been on their knees praying the rosary for Don A., but instead they had the workers do it, while the family hob-knonned. Desgraciados!
Gaviota does look eery; her face -- especially her eyes -- are so stretched out that she appears to be in a permananent state of impacto.
I don't know if i'll keep watching but have to say Jalisco is beautiful and the area around Tequila is stunning with rows of those beautiful blue agave as far as the eye can see.. Poor Angelica just another really bad case of plastic surgery or over botaxing. I wonder is she can even close her eyes at night and oh boy another convoluted family relationship novela.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 12:53:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 12:53:00 PM EDT
One more thing, did anyone notice the Statue-Of-Liberty/Lady-Agave costume that Gaviota was wearing at the commercial lead-ins? Wow, I want to get me one of those costumes!
I just remembered what Gaviota's nose reminded me of...a miniature version of Karl Malden's. I hope she didn't have to pay too much for it.
I loved seeing all my old friends from Alborada. So many familiar faces already. And yes, the scenery is gorgeous.
I just remembered what Gaviota's nose reminded me of...a miniature version of Karl Malden's. I hope she didn't have to pay too much for it.
I loved seeing all my old friends from Alborada. So many familiar faces already. And yes, the scenery is gorgeous.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 12:58:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 12:58:00 PM EDT
>>>Gaviota does look eery; her face -- especially her eyes -- are so stretched out that she appears to be in a permananent state of impacto.
LOL, I am choked on my soda. Good one.
LOL, I am choked on my soda. Good one.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 1:00:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 1:00:00 PM EDT
I liked the beginning of this novela, I think I'm jumping ship, since I'm so tired of LFMB. I’ll miss Jaime Camil, but I think Eduardo Yañez will do. When, oh when, will we get Fernando Papasito Colunga Back?
Maricruz
Maricruz
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 2:07:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 2:07:00 PM EDT
I'm gonna watch both. Faithfully. :) I saw Carlos de la Mota (the guy who was bongo-boy Eduardo on LFMB) in a preview last night - really looking different with shoes, a buttoned shirt and no bongo. It'll be nice to see Sleazar back in action too.
And if you want to laugh at some overdone plastic surgery, wait for Joana Benedek to show up, if she hasn't yet (I didn't catch every single minute last night).
And if you want to laugh at some overdone plastic surgery, wait for Joana Benedek to show up, if she hasn't yet (I didn't catch every single minute last night).
Great recap...clearly Beckster is born to do this kind of thing. Some of the closed captioning has me baffled...they kept using words that were written as "jimando" and "jimandora" and it appeared to mean harvesting or working in the fields...but I coudln't find it in any dictionaries, including pequeno Larousse...and if mispelled, can't think what else it could be.
Anybody got a clue? Judy B.
Anybody got a clue? Judy B.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 3:28:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 3:28:00 PM EDT
Sometimes they use Nahuatl words that might not be in a regular Spanish dictionary, and other times, the captions are just plain wrong. Usually when I see a word that's not in my dictionary, I try googling it, or looking up other spellings based on pronunciation.
One time I got particularly hung up on a word - "agata." It sounded like a put-down, so I really wanted to get it. But it turned out to be someone's name. Oops!
One time I got particularly hung up on a word - "agata." It sounded like a put-down, so I really wanted to get it. But it turned out to be someone's name. Oops!
Judy B., those words are specific to tequila production and agave growing. A jimador or jimadora is the farmer who grows the agave:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimadore
And here is a picture:
http://www.enjoymexico.net/
mexico-pictures/spanish/
jalisco-jalisco-jalisco_043.php
Hey, he's wearing white! My friend Susan says when she goes to Mexico she buys a brand of tequila called Jimador.
I don't know the etymology of the word.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimadore
And here is a picture:
http://www.enjoymexico.net/
mexico-pictures/spanish/
jalisco-jalisco-jalisco_043.php
Hey, he's wearing white! My friend Susan says when she goes to Mexico she buys a brand of tequila called Jimador.
I don't know the etymology of the word.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 4:34:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 4:34:00 PM EDT
Many thanks...I typed in jimador-Spanish at google and didn't get anything but your tip sure clears it up, Sylvia.
Julie, I started laughing about your agata story because that was the first time I suggested something in a blog...I'm a big fan of Agatha Christie and figured Agata had to be the Spanish version of that name.
It is so wonderful to share these word searches and speculations which people I don't know...and yet am coming to know through this site. I love you all and am blessed by your help. Judy B.
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Julie, I started laughing about your agata story because that was the first time I suggested something in a blog...I'm a big fan of Agatha Christie and figured Agata had to be the Spanish version of that name.
It is so wonderful to share these word searches and speculations which people I don't know...and yet am coming to know through this site. I love you all and am blessed by your help. Judy B.
Permalink posted by : Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 6:01:00 PM EDT
: Tuesday, March 27, 2007 at 6:01:00 PM EDT
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