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"We, the young generation, wish that the differences were obliterated..."
Interview with three young Vietnamese
Having started doing interviews I would like to reach out for representatives of both sides, of course, and via one of my friends I got in touch with a Vietnamese medical student living here in Hungary, and I had the opportunity to ask her and her friends a few questions. I wanted to know more about the way they, the younger generation look on the war of their predecessors, but other topics came up, as well. My interviewees, two young ladies, Nha and Thu, plus an energetic young man, Nhat, were born in the 1980s and the 1990s (Nha and Nhat in the South, Thu in the North), several years after the unification of the two Vietnams. (This interview was originally published HERE in Hungarian.)
How did the war affect your families? And what is your personal perception of it?
Nha: Due to our birthday dates, we do not have a lot of things to do with the Vietnam War, but for instance, my dad was born in the sixties, he lived through the war, though he didn't do any combat.
Nhat: The thing about the war, the misconception about the war, I think, is that people usually think there is a lot of hatred going on between the South and the North. That is not really the case. But there are resentments towards the Communist régime right now, because they took away all the stuff when they took control of the country [in 1975]. They went to the South and basically took everything away. Property, money, everything like that, away from the people in the South. And you know what was the reason for that? After the war most of the money was in the South. The minor ethnics people, like the Chinese, they owned a lot of capital. The reason why the Communists wanted to take over that is because the people who did not want to stay under the régime, they could have used this money to rebel. So the first order of business, after the Communists came in, was take away all the money. That way people could not really rebel, could not start another civil war. That is the whole point. And it caused a lot of unsettlements in terms of how they felt. It was unfair and the Communists knew that a lot of hatred was growing towards them. But that was the only way to control. Money speaks. Especially during tough times. So a lot of people in the South, they ran away.
Nha: I've got a family story from my mother's side. My grandparents had seven children. One of them died early, but my third aunt married to a southern army Lieutenant. After the war he was put into a concentration camp. They called it a reeducation camp, but he was a prisoner. When he came back, he was very sick, he had lost the ability to work and while he was in the camp, my aunt, who had been a lawyer under the southern government, was banned from her practice. My other aunt, she went to a law school, she was banned from education, and I have another aunt who graduated from a very high honor English literature university, she had been teaching at university, she was banned from teaching, so she went back to kindergarten and when they found out her profile, she was blacklisted as my grandparents had owned properties. They were called "liberal democrats" and all their properties were taken away, and this aunt of mine was teaching at a kindergarten but she was banned from her original job. So she felt angry because before the American war, my grandfather had been a truck driver and had been helping the Viet Minh [the Vietnamese League of Independence during the French War], not the Viet Cong and he had been really patriotic... And after the American war everything was taken away and they didn't care what had happened before. And while my aunt was teaching at the kindergarten, she joined the Communist Youth Union, but because she was blacklisted, she was still banned from her job. I think that was the last straw that made her decide to go away. When her husband came back, he sent his daughter, who is my cousin, with my aunt. So they both went on a boat and fled the country. On that fishing boat there was about 150 people, and two-thirds of them died at sea. My aunt had to drink her own urine just to stay alive. They got attacked by pirates. For some time they were in a refugee camp in Malaysia, it was terrible. They did not have fresh water... She was scarred for life. Finally, she went to Canada. The war left a lot of scars on a lot of families. In my family, there is a split because my mom and dad are for Communism, while my aunt is against it. And there is me between the two sides and I don't like it! But I understand both.
Thu: I am from the North, so my story has a different angle. When I was younger, I heard stories as my grandfather is an army General. He was born in 1942 and all the stories he told me were about the war. How people died, made sacrifices, shed blood and heroic stories and how they fought and so we have to be grateful for that. And he did not mention that the southern people did not like the North. Now I hang out here with my friends who are from the South, they started telling me their stories I had not heard about... A lot of them died and suffered and so on. At high school, I was taught to love Communism and that they had sacrificed properties only to ensure that everyone could have some.
Nhat: A thing about the Communist régime was that they didn't really teach history, they taught propaganda. There's a difference, right? What happened is men from the North told a different version of history. Their version deviated from the actual facts. For example, at school we were told that they had beaten the United States Army, kicked them out to unite the northern and southern fronts. But that wasn't true. The US left. That's a fact. But the Communist régime refused to teach that. So a lot of people have this perception that "Oh, we won!" No, we didn't win. The Americans left! We won in terms that we accomplished our goal by uniting the country. But we did not beat the United States Army! So there is some misconception about how the war went down.
Nha: They, the Americans lost the purpose, actually. They didn't lose the war, but lost the purpose. When I listen to both my family sides, the crucial point is that we as Vietnamese were caught in the middle of the Cold War. It was played out on the chess board and we were no King or Queen, we were the front row, the pawns.
You know about Ho Chi Minh? A lot of southern people hate him, but to be honest, he was a great man. What he wanted was to reunite the country. No more war. But we were so weak that we didn't have any allies. All we had was China and the Soviet Union. That is where things started to go wrong because you cannot win if you don't have allies. But when you choose an ally, the enemy of your ally will register you as an enemy.
Nhat: The reason the US jumped in was to stop the flow of Communism. It was a part of their Cold War policy. And at the end of the war, American people were tired of it because it took a lot of money to just keep the Vietnamese government alive. There was no point in that because the South fell anyway.
And what would you say about the differences between the mentality of the Vietnamese people in the North, in the South or in the middle parts?
Nhat: When the country was divided in 1954, the southerners controlled by the US were modernizing. Saigon was called the pearl of the Far East. We were way more advanced in terms of structures, and more modern than Bangkok or Singapore at the time. That created this lavish lifestyle with people partying a lot, driving cars out of the money the US brought in. In the middle part, people are more... miserable, I would say, because of the geographical features – a lot of thunderstorms, a lot of floods, so it is quite miserable there. The North, under the Communist régime was all about working, working, working. It was a different mentality, and it carries on to this generation. They have the same feeling: in Saigon or in the South people make money easily but they spend it more easily, too. In the North, it is a bit different, you should be more careful with the money, and in the middle, there are the poor people.
What about the public image of the war? The younger generation, what do they know about it? And how does the elder generation handle it?
Nhat: Now you are relatively free to get all sorts of information about the war. The general attitude of the young ones is that they do not really care. To us, it's just history. And the elder, who live in Vietnam, they don't care too much, either. It is sort of "Well, it happened." It is about the people, who left the country, they think differently. I lived in the US for seven years, and I know some of our people in California. There is a huge population of Vietnamese people, and most of them are boat people, who left after the war. As you blend into the community there, you can tell that there is a resentment towards the Communist régime. In Europe, Vietnamese are usually from the North. But those who relocated from the South, live mostly in California, some in Canada, some in Texas. And they are the ones who follow the news everyday to finally see the fall of the Communist régime. But most people, like us, don't really care.
Nha: Yes, and we, the younger generation, we got opportunity to go abroad so we know what's right and what's wrong, but yeah, it's like, history. The past is past. I understand their resentment but you have to move on. And from what I saw in the Vietnamese community back in North America, I feel sorry for them. Because they're stuck in the past. Most of them are well educated, and they resettled to North America and they ended up being general workers. And they can't have the same lavish life.
Nhat: Say, for example, if you are a doctor or a lawyer, in the US you get to work in factories, and there is a huge gap, even if their life is OK. They blame what happened. They think they are suffering. Which they are, but I mean...
Nha: In my opinion, you know, if you settle down in a different country, somehow you have to restart again. But the residents there even kept the flag, the old, yellow-red flag of the Republic of Vietnam. Of course, it is not anymore official. I was there in the last three months, and all the news in their own newspapers, even now, are still strongly anti-communist. They are stuck in the past, they imprison themselves in their own limited knowledge. That's what we see, the younger generation. It's useless!
Nhat: But they lost a big chunk of their lives. They take on welfare from the US government just to bash the communists every single day. Let me tell you a funny story. We have different accents. People in the South and the North speak differently. I have a friend in California who is northern. He is afraid to speak up there if he goes to the Vietnamese community. Because if you speak with northern accent, people will know and will say "You communist!" Now the southerners, who fled to the US, are afraid to go home because they are afraid of being arrested. That doesn't happen! The communist régime is very open now to those people who come back.
Nha: Some of them came back to Vietnam and started a new life and Vietnam is so much different now. It's not like North Korea! We, as the young generation, wish that the differences were obliterated. But we don't know why our government can't say sorry. Because it was a mistake what they did to these people, to take away properties. They could have done it differently.
Nhat: As I said, it was not a mistake, it was a way to control. The reason was they were afraid of the rebellion. Not because they wanted money. As a government, you want stability. And it is hard because how do you establish order in a short amount of time?
Nha: They should have never denied that dark period of Vietnam. Because people fled the country. They should have at least addressed the struggle that we had gone through, the division between our people. The consequences of the decisions. In the position of power, sometimes you have to sacrifice little people for the greater good, the whole country, but at least stay true to it. Put it down in a history book what really happened. A lot of boat people resent the régime because they felt their struggle and suffering were completely unknown for the younger generations. To be honest, I didn't know about this part until I met my aunt in Canada. When I met her I saw that resentment. When I mentioned Ho Chi Minh, she was so angry. She called him names but he is my idol! And when she started telling her story and I met a lot of Vietnamese there and I heard their stories, I thought we had never been told this! Nobody told us about this!
Nhat: The thing is that there is a lot instability now in our country in terms of if there should be one communist régime or there should be a lot of parties, stuff like that... That's why they do it. They want control, absolute power. You know, they can't just go "OK, we fouled up"... In Vietnam they prohibit freedom of speech, so you could not really speak the truth about what had happened. Everything in print is controlled by the Vietnamese government. And you get into trouble if you print something not qualified.
I was lucky, I grew up in Vietnam, but I went to study in a high school in the United States. So I could read both textbooks about it. The Americans never admitted they had done anything wrong. They were interested at the time to take part in the Vietnam War. And they never said, "Oh, we fouled up". But they should say, "We did that, it was our interest to do that at the time". They never admitted they had done wrong.
I think, in their case, it's rather about the methods, not the intentions. There are always allies in history and if they can support you, they will. But it's an important question how they do it. And the Americans didn't do it right.
Nha: My father is a communist, he joined the party. And I am the Secretary of the Vietnamese Youth Union, here in Budapest. Basically, I am a communist, too. What haunted me when I met my aunt and a lot of Vietnamese people who had fled the country, was they said in tears that they were afraid that all the suffering, all the struggle, all the sacrifice would go with them to the graveyard. Now, as a junior communist, I support the party, because if you bring democracy to Vietnam, it won't work. I understand why they did it, I support them. And when my aunt says all that will go with her to the graveyard, it makes me feel bad. At least, the communists should have mentioned those incidents. The younger generation like us would know the truth.
Nhat: We knew the truth. Everybody knew. The fact is there is a certain amount of information and each person has a different perspective for that piece of information. And so you cannot solve a problem a way that would fit everyone. I am not a communist at all, I am just a fair critique of history. As for now, the whole country, we struggle with the idea that the Communist Party has too much power. So, in the past couple of years, there is a lot of activity on the outside, specifically from the US, the so-called boat people. They started propaganda, protests, and that causes a lot of social instability inside Vietnam. They spread flyers, secret files, stuff like that. There is a lot false information going around. And not everyone has the same level of understanding of history.
Nha: And they use young people, who are open-minded or uneducated.
Is this a real outside opposition? Can they do anything really?
Nhat: It is more about annoying. It is pointless, but they do it to annoy people. They don't help the cause. If they wanted to improve the country, I would say, "OK, come back and help". But it's basically propaganda. The same as the communists did in the past.
Nha: My aunt, she doesn't care anymore. It's like an undying scar for her. She doesn't want to touch it but she has it for life. Whenever you bring up the story of Ho Chi Minh or the Vietnam War, that scar is opened. I think she will die with that scar. That is why my aunt and my father never sat down to the same table again. They cannot get along.
What do you think about Hungary? You've been here for a while...
Thu: I've been here for four years. Everything is still fresh for me. I've just started working here so I'm getting used to the system. Everything is nice here, in Hungary in general, but the more I work here, the more I have to deal with taxes and all, so it's getting a bit... hard.
Nhat: What I feel here in Hungary that there is a Communist image somewhere deep down in the system! The way they handle paperwork and all. But we like the city! It's beautiful.
Nha: I've been here for 11 years now. When I went from Vietnam to Canada, on my own, there was no culture shock. But when I came to Hungary, I experienced such a huge culture shock! Because of the way people think or work, and the working ethics and attitude. Everything is so slow. It takes ages to get something accomplished here. But I got my education here, my medical degree, I'm doing my Ph.D., almost finished, I'm starting my residency soon. And I'm starting to realize that Hungarians are very smart, they are genuinely very smart people but they are pessimistic. All my colleagues, all they do is complaining, but in fact, they can solve problems like this (snaps). Very rarely do I see an optimistic Hungarian. But little do they know that they are so smart to solve a problem and they focus their energy on complaining about the problem. Blaming and excuses instead of solving the problem.
I've been through a lot of hardships to stay in this country. And I graduated with a very high degree. And when I went to immigration office, I was treated like a refugee, although I had been here for eleven years, speaking and understanding Hungarian... I wish the system could be different, but as for the people, I think among all the European nations, Hungarians are the most open-minded.
Thank you for the interview.
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I prefer active rest as tourism, riding a bike, shooting in range or parachuting (not often of course). In summer time I like swimming and roller skating. For me is a pleasure to play with kids and invite friends to my home. Reading and drawing help me to relax and feel myself with harmony.
Optimistic, cheerful and benevolent are features that people see in me. I am very sincere, helpful and romantic lady. In company of my friends I like to joke and have fun. I am never grumpy but an open book - you can read me if have a wish.
Very important for me is to meet a man with serious intentions who is smart, goal-orientated and persistent. I see myself with a kind man, who dreams about family and woman with tender hands and big loving heart. Go through life sometimes is not easy things, but holding hands it is possible to overcome everything and be happy loving each other.


Yeah, that's pretty much the way, Lawyer Guy and I road trip. We're off on a grand adventure headed to San Antonio for RWA Nationals. The kids are moving in for critter sitting while we're gone.
Tuesday, I'm headed to Lackland Air Force Base and Fort Sam Houston for tours of facilities and Q&As with some of our service members along with 49 compatriots from the Kiss of Death Suspense and Mystery Chapter. Wednesday is the big literacy signing in the Marriott Rivercenter. You can get all the INFORMATION HERE. Kimber, I can't wait to meet you in person. I'll be somewhere in the middle of the ballroom as we're seated alphabetically. I have swag. 🙂 Liza, I'll see you for coffee! And at the signing. Thursday is another crowded day, as is Friday, when I announce the winners of the National Readers Choice Awards. Saturday is full, too, ending with Lawyer Guy and I presenting a panel on the Laws of Attraction (teaching legal characters how to walk the walk and talk the talk), followed by the RITAs Saturday night.
Sunday is the drive home, followed by a collapse into my own bed surrounded by needy critters. Did I mention I hope to actually get some writing done while I'm at it? Yeah…Either BLUE MOON (the next Moonstruck) or the first book in the NIGHTRIDERS series. Y'all have fun while I'm gone. I'll see you next week full of all sorts of news and stuff to give away.
Oh. and FTA? That means Fun, Travel, and Adventure….only…not. It has a deeper meaning but my lips are sealed.
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Have a blast in SA this week. Say hi to everyone, hand out hugs, and then come back and tell me all about it so I can live vicariously through you. Dang, I wish I was going, if only to see you and LG give that talk. Good luck trying to write. I know if you set your mind to it, you'll get it done. My problem would be setting my mind to writing when I'm at something like that. I'd be totally spazzing out. New places, new people, new things to see… SQUIRREL!
Hmm, I, too, wonder if there's something naughty in the FTA! Have a great time, Silver – take lots of mental notes so you can report back (like B.E., I am living vicariously through you). And how exciting to being doing a presentation at RWA!!! Good luck (and safe journey)!!
*Big Grin* looking forward to it, got a hug waiting for ya in SA! Have safe travels down to us!!!
I thought naughty for the initials also-lol.


Artistic: Texture The artistic inspiration this week is texture. You should almost be able to feel the image.
This one had me befuddled. Texture – it comes from the Latin. It means both writing (text) and weaving (textus from the past participle texere). Every language belongs to a family of proto languages that pre-date the languages that eventually became those spoken on our planet today; Latin belongs to the Proto Indo-European language family and our word 'texture' is based in the word teks in that mother tongue – it means to weave, not just fabric, but wicker-work. 'Teks' is the proto word that was passed down to the Sanskrit, Old Persian, Latin, Greek, Old Church Slavonic, Lithuanian, Old Irish, Old High German, German, and Hittite languages. Someone in the 1650s used it to mean 'structural character'.
Today, when we think of texture, we think of ridges, smooth and rough surfaces. However, I found my texture inspiration in a field. Every May the countryside becomes a patchwork of yellow, brown and green. I'll never forget the first time I saw a tree floating in waves of yellow. It's Rapeseed season and it is glorious. We stopped driving the other day down in Bedfordshire so that I could take this shot. The warp and weft of the stalks and stems are fluid, so that thousands upon thousands of brilliant yellow petals rustle and float for miles, resembling a sea of silk.
The warp and weft of the stalks and stems creates the delicate green foundation for the yellow pattern of the rapeseed field. They stretch into the distance, creating a shimmering yellow sea.
So, there you are, my friends. Texture.
I love Rapeseed time. It always feels like a miracle to me.
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"I can't understand it," says Beverly, an attractive 48 year old attorney, passing her hand through her short, curly black hair. "I've been with Joanne for over 20 years and now that there's the possibility that we might be able to get married, I'm getting cold feet. We love each other, we get along. I just don't understand myself. I haven't said a word to Joanne. She's floating on air. I don't want to burst her bubble.
Beverly and I have worked together for several years. She was initially a difficult patient, challenging, argumentative, defensive. But she's now far more thoughtful and open.
"Does it seem to you that if you get married you'll be more tied down, less able to turn to other women if you chose?" I ask.
We sit thoughtfully in silence. I think about the wonderful gay wedding I attended last year, the glorious celebration of love and possibility. I think about my lesbian friend who died suddenly many years ago and whose partner could not speak of her loss in the school system where she worked. I'd like Beverly to be able to get married, but that's my desire, not necessarily hers.
"So how about figuratively?" I ask, hoping to help get beyond the conscious.
I think about my own parents who shared some similarities with Beverly's. My father was explosive and tyrannical; my mother was compliant, but definitely a competent, capable person, who saw both the world and my father through rose-colored glasses. They loved each other and, although I would have disagreed, they both would have said they had an excellent marriage. Unlike Beverly, I had a mother I could identify with, without getting stuck in a passive, depressed position. For Beverly to propel herself into the world, she needed to identify with her father, an identification that has carried some negative consequences for her.


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Michelle Bigenho F'15
ACLS Collaborative Research Fellowships 2015
Beyond Indigenous Heritage Paradoxes in Evo Morales' Bolivia
(with Henry F. Stobart, Royal Holloway, University of London, UK)
As active protagonists in the discussions that gave rise to UNESCO's key instrument of intangible heritage (2003), Bolivians have been involved in heritage protection policies since before the 1970s. In the early twenty-first century, however, the country was beset by a veritable fever of intangible heritage registration, leading to bitter disputes—both with neighboring countries and among local communities—over cultural ownership of traditional dances, costumes, music, and musical instruments. When Bolivia's first indigenous president, Evo Morales, took the reins of state in 2006, the government set in motion a "process of change" and attempts at state "decolonization" that paradoxically intensified nationalist positions rather than bringing greater indigenous cultural sovereignty. In this project, anthropologist Michelle Bigenho and ethnomusicologist Henry Stobart identify two key paradoxes that continue to constrain discussions of indigenous heritage in Bolivia and beyond: (1) the paradox of patriotic patrimony: the tendency for heritage instruments to be administered at nation-state levels, rather than by indigenous actors for their own interests, and (2) the economic vs. cultural rights paradox, where international policy and the topical literature present economic and cultural rights in mutual opposition. Rather than reproduce these same state and international-level readings, where culture is often framed and promoted as a resource, this project seeks a more nuanced account of how people understand and engage with the concept of heritage. The project asks: What motivates people to make heritage claims? How might these motivations go beyond the oppositional binary of the "economic" and the "cultural"? Focusing on specific case studies of heritage registration and engaging with actors at multiple social levels (i.e., indigenous and nonindigenous actors, state and local authorities, etc.), the collaborators will conduct ethnographic research about the motivations and repercussions of heritage registration and will co-author a book that also draws on Bigenho's and Stobart's ongoing collaborations since 2011; these include a Bolivia-based workshop on "Rethinking Creativity, Recognition and Indigenous Heritage," an associated website, and several co-written articles. Award period: July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016


Dunkeld – a pretty historical Perthshire village on the banks of the riverTay. There are some lovely shops, tea rooms and restaurants. 'Going Pottie' is popular with the children (of all ages) and the 'Taybank' is a great music meeting place with regular live music. Dunkeld Cathedral is a must visit, sitting on the banks of the Tay it provides a stunning backdrop to Dunkeld.
For those more adventurous there are numerous activities locally including quad-trekking, fishing, shooting, stalking, canyoning, rafting, kayaking, mountain bike trails, horse riding and plenty of walking and cycling trails.
Blairgowrie is a market town on the banks of the river Ericht. Blairgowrie in the past was famous for growing flax and there were originally 12 working mills in the area. If you take a walk on the banks of the Ericht you will see the remaining mills some of which have been converted to houses or flats. Blairgowrie is now famous for its soft fruit growing industry especially raspberries.
Blairgowrie is the start of the 'Cateran trail' very popular with walkers and is home to the well known golf course Rosemount.
The city of Perth is worth a visit, great shopping, great restaurants with a nice ambiance. Just 25 minutes away on the banks of the river Tay you will find everything you need from swimming pools, cinema, all the main shops and super markets.
Pitlochry 30 mins north of Inchtuthill is known as the 'Gateway to the Highlands' a lovely town with plenty of touristy shops and Scotland's smallest whisky distillery. The town sits on the banks of the River Tummel and enjoys the stunning backdrop of the mountain Ben Vrackie (makes a wonderful walk).
A little further north of Pitlochry up the A9 you will come to the 'Harrods of Scotland' a great place for some shopping, a bite to eat and a fantastic walk to the falls of Bruar. House of Bruar is a lovely day out what ever the weather.
Nesteld in the dramatic landscape of Highland Perthshire Blair Castle is a must visit.
The family home of the Earl of Strathmore and the former home of the Queen Mother the castle is steeped in history and makes a wonderful day out.
The Coach house is an hour and a half from the city centre of Edinburgh and an hour from the airport. Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, a historical, cosmopolitan and inspirational city – well worth a visit. The iconic castle provides a stunning back drop to the city.
Glasgow is the largest city in Scotland and is renowned for its architecture, friendliness and fabulous shopping (plus wonderful bars and restaurants!) If you enjoy visiting museums and galleries then Glasgow is definitely worth a visit. Just over an hour and a half by car, a great day out.
There are many beautiful places to visit whilst staying at Inchtuthill, some of my favourite days out include visiting – Loch Rannoch, Kenmore on the banks of Loch Tay, Aberfeldy and the Birks of Aberfeldy, walking at the Hermitage, a walk up Birnam hill, ski-ing at Glenshee and a drive to Aviemore. These are just a few of my favourite to give you inspiration.


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In today's NBA, if a team can't defend the pick-and-roll, it's in trouble.
The league's best record has been built on the Indiana Pacers' No. 1 defense, of which their pick-and-roll coverage is an integral part.
Through Monday, the Pacers had allowed 0.94 points per pick-and-roll possession, easily the lowest mark in the league, according to SportVU data provided to NBA.com. As you'd expect, there's a strong correlation between SportVU's pick-and-roll numbers and defensive efficiency. The top four teams in the former are the top four in the latter.
Note: All stats included here are through Monday, March 3.
The Pacers have two Defensive Player of the Year candidates in Paul George (on the perimeter) and Roy Hibbert (on the interior). And among 168 combinations that have defended at least 100 pick-and-roll possessions, the George-Hibbert combo ranks fourth, having allowed its opponent to score just 0.83 points per possession.
It shouldn't be a surprise to see Kevin Garnett, Kendrick Perkins, Robin Lopez or Andrew Bogut on this list. Those guys are on the floor to defend. They know where to be and they communicate to the guy getting screened.
But you'll also notice a common trait among some of the ball-handler defenders (Thabo Sefolosha, George, Shaun Livingston, Trevor Ariza and Klay Thompson) on the list: length. Those guys all put in the work on defense, but it certainly helps to have the wingspan to force the ball-handler into a circuitous route toward the screen and also block the passing lane after he's picked up by the screener's defender.
Team BH defender Scr. defender Screens P&R Poss. Opp. PTS PTS/Poss.
Both Hibbert and Mahinmi have the length to prevent the ball-handler from getting to the rim, while still staying attached to the roll man. And often, the only available shot is a mid-range pull-up or a floater or runner from 8-12 feet. Those shots are worth less than 0.8 points per attempt.
Hibbert stops Monta Ellis, but also gets back to recover to Samuel Dalembert. And since Lance Stephenson didn't have to help, he's able to run Shawn Marion off the 3-point line.
Location Screens Screen Poss Opp. PTS PTS/Poss.
Luis Scola hedges hard, Hibbert is occupied by Miles Plumlee inside, and the other Pacers are on the opposite side of the floor, so there's no one to account for the popping Frye.
Here's a Dallas side pick-and-roll where George Hill helps from the weak side and Shane Larkin is wide open on the wing (maybe, in part, because he's Shane Larkin).
Hibbert probably came out too far on Damian Lillard on that play, but the sideline pick-and-roll can give the ball-handler a better angle on the pocket pass, and the Blazers' spacing makes it difficult to help from the weak side.
Even from the sideline, you're not getting a great return on pick-and-rolls against the Pacers. That's why they rank as one of the best defenses we've ever seen.
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Ryan Leaf Will Host His Own Show at Brand-New PointsBet Studio
Silvia Pavlof September 8, 2022 3 min read
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Ahead of the new NFL season, PointsBet are placing their bets on a new brand ambassador – Ryan Leaf. Leaf is to host his own show where he will tell the hottest stories from NFL and college football.
Ryan Leaf is Hosting His Own Football Show
Former NFL footballer and current sports analyst Ryan Leaf will host a show called The Straight Line with Ryan Leaf, which will air four times a week and will have its premiere on September 8. On Monday, Thursday and Friday the show will discuss NFL matches and Wednesdays will be dedicated to college football. Leaf will not only talk about all the significant stories from the world of football but he will offer valuable insights into sports betting, odds, spreads, player props and a lot more.
Former San Diego Chargers quarterback Ryan Leaf started his career as a football analyst at ESPN back in 2019 where he contributed with insights into college football. He also took part in the shows SportsCenter and College Football Live.
Leaf expressed his excitement about joining the talented team of PointsBet: "With PointsBet's market-leading emphasis on live betting options and their best-in-class user experience, it was an easy decision. I'm eager to use my knowledge of the game in a new and exciting way that connects me to sports fans and bettors on a regular basis."
The show with Ryan Leaf will be accessible to watch and listen to on the available podcast platforms and PointsBet's social media channels such as YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, etc.
PointsBet Is Opening a Brand-New Studio in New York
Together with the new talent recruitment and the launch of the new show, in the beginning of October PointsBet is also going to open a brand-new studio in Manhattan, which will be called PointsBet Studio.
Johnny Aitken, who is PointsBet CEO for the US, said that premium video and audio content is becoming integral part of the experience customers have with sports betting at PointsBet.
As players currently expect sports betting providers to bring not just a sportsbook but also entertaining and informational shows and any other quality video and audio content, PointsBet has taken the step to create its own tailor-made studio, which will help the company create original content targeted particularly to the PointsBet customer.
The brand-new studio will not only produce the The Straight Line with Ryan Leaf but will be the home of numerous other shows, which are yet to be announced. The studio's set-up includes the latest technological equipment so its capabilities will offer video podcasts, live streaming and much more.
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FITKNO - Interview met Markus Torenstra
Fresh Fitness is an award-winning chain of gyms in Amsterdam. With an excellent reputation within the Amsterdam fitness community, their facilities in the funky suburb of De Pijp and at the iconic A'dam Tower are adored by their members and highly respected within the Dutch fitness community. Founder, Markus Torenstra, opened the first Fresh Fitness in 2004 with the core principles of providing a welcoming environment to work out in, with high-quality equipment and the best personal training available in Amsterdam. During my conversation with Markus these founding principles were recurring subjects, which even after 15 years are still core to everything about Markus and his business.
I first visited Fresh Fitness when spending a week in Amsterdam for work, after discovering the gym was part of the same building I was staying in. My first impression was that this place isn't like a lot of other gyms, it's a welcoming place to exercise, where everyone smiles, says hello and the egos often associated with gyms were conspicuously absent. It was the vibe and atmosphere which set Fresh apart for me—sure the equipment was top-notch, but lots of clubs have great kit, not so many have an environment as community spirited as Fresh does. It came as no surprise to read that Fresh Fitness has been recognised as the best fitness club in Amsterdam in the Dutch Fitness Awards in 2018, 2017, 2014 and 2013, as well as being awarded the title of best fitness club in the Netherlands 2018.
After reading a bit about how Fresh came to be, I identified Markus as a perfect candidate to be interviewed for FitKno, we connected on social media and caught up the next time I was in Amsterdam. Relaxed and animated, it's plain to see that Markus loves what he does, he has an infectious enthusiasm as he smiles as says hello to staff and customers alike as we walk through the gym en-route to his office, where I was keen to discover his journey, his outlook on business and fitness, and what drives Markus to keep Fresh at the pinnacle of fitness facilities in Amsterdam.
Remarkably, what serves as probably the most significant waypoint in Markus' life and the catalyst which started his journey as a fitness professional was a serious accident suffered in 2000, one which cast doubt over whether he would even be able to walk again—let alone participate in the sports he loved to do. Markus explained: "I was giving snowboarding lessons in Val Thorens, France when I fell badly and broke my back. I was rushed to hospital with a lot of medics taking care of me before one of the doctors explained that I had broken the L5 vertebrae in my back. I couldn't move my legs for two days due to the swelling. I was horrified at first, but deep down I knew it would be alright. I was lucky—the doctors explained that my break wasn't as serious as it could have been and that I should be able to make a decent recovery and walk again, but there was little chance I'd be able to do sports any more. I didn't spend that long in hospital, doing most of my recovery at home, where a nurse visited most days to check my progress. I did intensive physiotherapy and within a few days I could walk again after the swelling had gone down. After a few weeks, I was even more active and could take part in gentle sporting activities. At first, I was so grateful just to be able to walk—but then I challenged what the doctors had told me about not being able to do physically intensive sports. I'd been a sports guy for as long as I could remember, it was part of who I was, and I would do everything I could to be as active as my body would allow me to be. I searched all over the Netherlands for the best Physiotherapists and Personal Trainers specialising in this type of rehabilitation and worked with a specialist back physiotherapist for a few months. My injury didn't only prevent me from doing sports, but also from working—prior to the accident I'd been a PE Teacher in high school, but naturally I couldn't do that anymore."
Markus continued, discussing his journey with tangible passion and intensity: "The process of my recovery really motivated me to help others. I enjoyed teaching but experiencing first-hand the satisfying process of helping somebody achieve what was once thought to be impossible inspired me to change the course of my career. It took almost nine months to be fit enough to work and play sports again, during which time I trained every day. Itching to get back to work, I took a year's course in rehabilitation, with the focus on being the trainer who takes the patient after the initial Physiotherapist has done their bit. My clients were already able to walk and wanted help being more active in their life. It's such a rewarding job to do, because the progress that's made has a transformative effect on that person's life. It's funny because even though I'd been an active guy all my life, I'd never spent much time in a gym or fitness club, preferring to do outdoors sports such as football, kitesurfing or baseball—but I spent a lot of time in a gym during my recovery, building strength and conditioning my body for more strenuous activity. My new lifestyle inspired and energised me in a way that I initially thought was impossible after my accident."
After qualifying as a Personal Trainer, Markus acquired a broad range of clients, from those undergoing the rehabilitation process to ones suffering less serious ailments such as a bad back caused by slouching over a desk for eight hours a day at work or sitting awkwardly in the car during their commute. His energy and the galvanising experiences he encountered on a daily basis led Markus on a journey from an inexperienced PT to the manager of a highly respected Amsterdam fitness club. Before too long, Markus had the aspiration of opening his own fitness facility.
Discussing the early days of Fresh Fitness, Markus said: "I'd been mulling the idea over for some years and in early 2004 myself and two former business partners found a great location here in De Pijp. Signing the rent agreement and taking on bank loans was a daunting process—but the passion we had for Fresh Fitness was so strong, this was something I felt I had to do. We founded on the principles of being a welcoming environment with high quality equipment and great personal training, and quickly developed a reputation in Amsterdam of being an enjoyable place to work out."
"Before that point, I'd spent my entire life either playing sports or working as a Personal Trainer, but now I had to think like a businessman. It wasn't just me anymore, I had a team of staff working for me, all of whom depended on Fresh Fitness being a success to get paid every month. Like all businesses, we needed to identify who our customers would be, rather than trying to be everything for everyone. I never wanted to run one of those fitness clubs which are full of posers, I want my members to feel comfortable working out in Fresh, no matter what their level of fitness is. We created a culture of mutual respect, where a slightly overweight person in their forties or fifties can work out without feeling intimidated or self-conscious. We priced ourselves in the mid-range of the market and targeted customers who are between 35 and 60 years old and can afford to pay around €55 each month for gym membership. We want to attract regular people who take their health and fitness seriously. The emphasis at Fresh, right from day one is that we're a welcoming environment with friendly staff who are always happy to help and offer guidance. We have very high-quality equipment, but that doesn't define Fresh, just because you have the best kit doesn't make you the best gym—it's about the people."
It's clear that Markus didn't just open his gym and hope for the best, nor did he do so with the objective of making a lot of money—he has an intrinsic desire to help people: "Every member gets half an hour personal training each month as part of their membership, with the options for more if they want it. We never wanted to be one of those places where personal training is a rarity and customers have to figure out what they're doing for themselves. We have 12 full time Personal Trainers at Fresh providing 500 hours of personal training each month. As well as the Personal Trainers who are working with clients, there is always an additional member of the team who is available to advise members on an impromptu basis. The Fresh Fitness personal training team are exactly that—one team and not 12 individuals. We have trainers who have different areas of specialisation and they all support each other. We have experts in developing movement and flexibility, good nutrition, studying body composition, working with professional sportsmen and those who are very good at helping clients achieve their dream body for the beach. We offer qualified advice to our members to help them work out smarter and make the best use of their time in the gym."
Despite being in overall charge of both Fresh Fitness facilities, Markus commits to taking ten hours of personal training each week: "I like to do it for so many reasons, the main one being that I really enjoy it. I didn't start what I'm doing now to sit behind a desk all day, I try to spend as much time with my team and working with customers as possible. I still get a kick out of helping people. If one of my members has such a busy life that all they have is just one hour each week to work out—I love to be the person helping them make the most of that time."
As Markus places a high regard on the quality of personal training available at Fresh, I was keen to discover his thoughts on what makes a good Personal Trainer: "I think that's a good question, to which there are many answers. On one hand you might say that a very well-educated Personal Trainer, who has great qualifications and understands sports science and nutrition very well would be the best Personal Trainer—but, what if they aren't so good with people? In another scenario, you might have somebody working as a Personal Trainer who only has the essential qualifications needed to do the job—but are great with their clients. Ultimately, it comes down to how happy their customers are right?"
Markus goes on to explain how his members define success: "Clients almost never achieve the goals they originally set themselves, because they were aiming for unrealistic goals and they don't realise how much hard work is involved. Somebody might sign up and say they want to lose 20kg, but after six months they've lost 10kg and are happy with that. It wasn't the additional 20kg that was making them unhappy, but the lack of movement and discomfort felt on a daily basis due to spending eight hours a day behind a desk and leading an inactive life. All of a sudden, they can pick up their kids, run in the park and feel good when they look in the mirror—but nobody remembers the original 20kg goal. That's a great success story, because we've helped to make a positive impact on somebody's life."
"The most important thing for me and everybody at Fresh is that our customers are happy—everything we do leads to that. If they are seeing progress, then they're happy. If they look forward to the time they spend with their Personal Trainer, they are happy. If they enjoy the facilities we have, and the environment is welcoming, they are always happy. In my opinion, the single most important quality a Personal Trainer should have, is to be good with people—be a nice person. Because, if you are a nice person and your clients enjoy spending time with you, then they will value the relationship and have a better chance of sticking with the program. Some Personal Trainers look great but know very little—they think they can just take their body and paste it onto their clients, but maybe their clients don't want to look like that."
"A Personal Trainer needs to be a good listener, whilst many clients have similar goals, to look good on the beach, run a faster 10k or just to get rid of back pain and be able to move more freely—every body is different and needs to be trained in different ways. It's important that Personal Trainers don't just plough on and do what they think their client wants without discussing it with them. They've got to really listen to their client—and if they're not the right PT to make that happen, or there just isn't a connection then there's not shame in passing them on to a different member of the team, who stands a better chance of helping them make a success of their time in the gym."
"Sometimes people aren't aware that making big changes requires a lot of effort, so we need to be realistic about that right from the start. It's quite common to have members who are happy to train more, but don't want to adopt the diet they need to achieve their original goals, so we have to change the goals. I've lost count of the times I've had conversations with clients, discussing their nutrition plan and they say 'oh no, I go out for drinks with the girls every Friday and have a curry on Wednesdays or things like that'—so we have to be realistic. I'd say around 70% of the effort required to lose weight is more about nutrition with just 30% related to training, but before that you need to have the determination. If you have the determination, you can do anything—but that's the hard part. When I look at my own journey back to fitness, I had such a determination to succeed—maybe if I hadn't I wouldn't be doing this today. If I'm training a client and they say that they can't do something, I tell them my story and they see that they can. Very little is impossible if you put your mind to it."
I asked Markus what advice he has for somebody looking to start a career in Personal Training: "Oh you've got to be 100% sure you absolutely want to do it. There are so many people who think it's an easy job, but it's really not. Some people try to make the move from well-paid jobs in sales or marketing into Personal Training because they love working out, but it's so hard. A great Personal Trainer can make really good money, but so few people realise that you have to put a lot of work in and be really good at what you do to get to that stage. You'll start at the bottom and work your way up. A great way to get into Personal Training is to do an internship whilst you're studying. We take interns here at Fresh and we've had some very good ones who have gone on to be full-time members of the team. You've also got to really know your stuff—clients know so much more than they did 10 years ago. Everybody has access to really good information on the internet and understands a lot about exercise and nutrition. Although the technical knowledge is only one part, if you're training to be a PT you really need to get as much experience working with clients as you can. There are many things you can do, offer sessions for free to get experience, work in a fitness club and learn from established PTs. You might think you know it all, but you really don't."
"Sometimes it's easy to get carried away, when you've learnt a lot in a short space of time, worked with a couple of clients and expect lots more to follow—but one question I often ask new Personal Trainers is 'why would somebody want to pay maybe €50 an hour to train with you? What makes you better than other Personal Trainers?' This is a good question, because I'm not going to give them the answer, they need to look within themselves for it—if they embrace this question wholeheartedly it can help them define their style and develop a competitive edge which means clients would rather work with them than anybody else."
The more I talk to Personal Trainers, the more I discover what a fascinating area it is, there's much more to the role than just being fit and hanging out in a gym. It seems that so many people these days either define themselves as a PT or aspire to become one. There's certainly been an explosion in the number of people using gyms and fitness clubs, over the past ten years, I asked Markus how the market has evolved in Amsterdam: "The number of gyms in Amsterdam has doubled since I started out 15 years ago. One of the banks recently did a study, there's been a 70% increase in the number of fitness facilities in Amsterdam in those past six years alone. There are now over 300 gyms, yoga clubs, fitness studios, personal training centres and spin studios—but the crazy thing is they're all doing really well. It's not like with supermarkets where a big one opens up and five small ones close down because they've lost business. The research also showed that 10-12 years ago 16% of Amsterdammers regularly visited a gym, that's now risen to 22%—I don't really understand how a 6% increase in people can support a doubling of the number of facilities in the city, but it seems to be the case. Even the way people work out has changed a lot—ten years ago people were doing more cardio than weights, maybe 60%-40%. Now, it's at least 70% weights and around 30% cardio, because people are better educated about the benefits of resistance training."
Markus explains how the fitness club market has evolved and brought numerous challenges: "Fifteen years ago it was much easier to run a gym—now there is so much competition and customers expect a lot." He puffs out his cheeks and widens his eyes, in an expression of the pressure upon him. "Six years ago, the budget clubs started to pop up across the city, this made things more difficult for us because suddenly we had to justify our prices to members. People expected to pay less because other gyms were charging a lot less, they wanted to know why Fresh charge around €55 per month when they can go to a budget club for €20 or even less. The answer is simple—quality. You can't expect to get the same experience in a fitness club where their whole business model is set up for you not to come! There is one club in Amsterdam with 10,000 members, but only 2,000 actually go—how is that helping people or contributing to the community?"
"Fresh members come an average of 1.2 times per week, obviously some people come more than others, but that's fine because everyone has different schedules and commitments. If a member has gone longer than four weeks without attending, one of the team will contact them and check if we can do anything to help. We really want our customers to get the most out of their membership. We had several members leave us in the past because they said our prices were too high, but the funny thing is a lot of them came back to Fresh and said they should never have left! We will always be about quality, in-depth and qualified personal training, great quality equipment and a friendly environment. I encourage my staff to over-deliver—to be friendly, always say hello to customers and go that extra bit, make the customers realise how valued they are. Now we're not so bothered about the budget clubs, after a bit of a wobble and a few people questioning why we are the way we are, our members are happy with us and wouldn't want to go anywhere else."
My first encounter with Fresh was through Gym Nomad, a third-party booking system that helps people travelling find gyms to work out in. Markus explains how Fresh Fitness has embraced platforms such as Gym Nomad and welcomed non-members into the gym: "The latest trend seems to be to sign up for a pass-based membership which allows pass holders to attend different gyms. We work with brands such as Onefit, ClassPass and Gym Nomad, getting paid by them each time one of their members use our gym. When we started to accept them two years ago we had maybe 20 users a month, but now it's around 1500. I don't really like it and would rather have them as my own members—but we have to embrace the evolution of the market. If I don't accept members of Onefit and the others, then they would go to another gym and we wouldn't get their money. Not all pass-holders are tourists though, the people who come through Onefit are primarily Amsterdammers, which really alters the dynamic of the market. There are some gyms which base their entire business model around pass memberships and have very few members of their own. Although we have accepted this evolution, my own members will always take priority. When we offer classes to pass holders, I limit the spaces open to them to ensure our own members can attend. If there are 20 places for a boxcercise class, it will be 18 Fresh members and just two spaces available for those with passes. The last thing I want is to lose members to another gym or worse still, to one of the pass memberships."
Being incredibly successful in your work can often have a detrimental effect on your personal life, I was keen to discover how Markus balances his time between work and family: "I work a lot, maybe up to 60 hours a week, although the longer I've been doing this the more I realise that work is not the only thing in life but a means to facilitate quality family time. I have two children, Levi who is six and Milan who is ten. I got divorced a few years ago and that made me take control of my work-life balance—Levi and Milan now live with me full-time, so I have to be home at certain times. Far from being a problem, this has helped me create a defined structure to my day rather than just working almost every hour available. I normally open up at 06:00 and work through until 14:00 when I leave to pick the kids up from school. I spend time with them doing fun things and helping with homework until bedtime; after 20:00 I'm back on my laptop and working again until I go to bed. When you're an employee it's easier to separate your home and work life, but when you run a business you need to always be available. I have really great managers looking after the clubs, but with two gyms and 30 staff, my phone rings a lot and there's never a shortage of emails to catch up on. Although I said earlier that I don't really class myself as an entrepreneur, considering there's not a day goes by that I don't think about work and how to keep the quality our members experience as high as it can be—I guess I am quite entrepreneurial."
Markus spends a lot of time working and thinking about work, but he also knows how to cut loose and leave the demands of running a business behind. I asked him how he spends his weekends and vacation time: "My downtime is almost as busy as my work life, a crazy combination of relaxing and being active. When I'm with the kids we always do fun stuff together that they enjoy doing. I love to travel a lot and visit Norway regularly to see my girlfriend Lena, as well as going kite surfing and doing other high-octane sports. Around Amsterdam, I like to see friends, go out for dinner, the normal stuff. I never waste a day sitting around watching TV—I don't have the time and I don't want to anyway."
I asked Markus about some of the highlights of running Fresh Fitness and working as a Personal Trainer: "I loved working with kids when I was a teacher, but I'm really glad I am doing what I do now, it sounds like a cliché but it's so rewarding. I just love being able to help people, no matter what their goals are. We had a guy who was in a wheelchair and undergoing a similar rehabilitation program to what I was on—being able to help him walk and exercise again was a great feeling. Although that's an extreme example, we also have so many cases where parents can't lift their kids or carry suitcases on holiday because of an inactive lifestyle—working with them and helping them regain a freedom of movement is great, they can live their lives to the fullest potential and we helped them do that. We have people who want to lose a lot of weight to improve their health or tone their bodies up to look good on the beach. Making people happy and helping them achieve their goals is one of the best things you can do in life."
Clearly an aspirational man, I asked Markus what motivates him and what his goals for the future are: "When I started out I wanted to have lots of clubs and be well known around Amsterdam, but all of that's changed. Now I'm happy with my two clubs, providing a great experience for my members and being able to live a comfortable life without being too overworked. I'm happy that last year was our best year ever, not just financially, but also in terms of recognition. I'm also very proud of my team—we have a lot of really talented trainers working here who could easily go off and make it on their own, but the great thing is that they really enjoy working with me and believe in everything Fresh stands for. I'm not so bothered about being the biggest and best or making the most money, what matters most to me is the happiness of my customers and staff."
"I am planning to open a yoga and Personal Training studio with my girlfriend Lena in Norway. We will call it 'House of Mindful Movement' rather than Fresh Fitness, because there is a big budget chain of gyms in Denmark and Norway called Fresh and we don't want potential customers to confuse us with them. In Amsterdam, I would love it if one day I could open one more really big gym—maybe 1500m2 with everything in a single facility: gym, studios, lots of different classes, cardio/spin studios. Nothing like this exists in Amsterdam yet, but it would be great to build it—with the same emphasis on quality equipment and personal training advice available whenever our members would need it. This is just a dream though and not that likely to happen because the cost per square metre in Amsterdam is one of the highest in Europe. It would be good though, imagine what a great place that would be!"
I really enjoyed talking with Markus, the insights he gave me were fascinating. He is a very motivated, intelligent and genuinely nice person who speaks with integrity and sincerity. As much as he thinks the idea of building a super gym in Amsterdam is unrealistic and romantic, considering what he's achieved so far in his life—I wouldn't bet against it.
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Mainor Xuncax
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Like many Black and Brown men, Mainor Xuncax's experience with law enforcement began at an early age. Mainor's crime: he was late for school.
There was never any intervention by teachers or counselors, and no one took the time to ask why he was late. Instead, Mainor was cited for truancy. Law enforcement officials would threaten him, saying they were going to arrest his parents. The citations led to court, where he was put on probation and required to check in with law enforcement while being subjected to random checks on his whereabouts while on campus.
As a result, Mainor felt harassed, targeted and misunderstood. He also stopped wanting to go to school altogether.
His first stint in a detention camp was at 15. By 17, he had been incarcerated in two other camps. One of them he described as a "mini prison."
"It was so hot; they didn't have AC. The beds had metal framing and were all used and there was never privacy," he said. "In the shower, it was like a hose that sprayed six different ways and you have six different dudes right there showering altogether."
One of the only good things that came out of his time in lock-up was his introduction to Arts for Incarcerated Youth Network, an interdisciplinary collaborative that provides arts programming in order to build resiliency and wellness, eliminate recidivism and transform the juvenile justice system.
Mainor, 19, is confident that he will never be back in the system. Having a support system like AIYN makes all the difference. They provide leadership and advocacy training to make sure underserved and marginalized youth and families are being heard and they connect young people with community resources to help support successful reentry.
"People believed in me at AIYN," Mainor said.
Arts of Incarcerated Network has taught Mainor the importance of community but he has also learned that there is more out there than the community you come from.
"If I continue doing what I'm doing, I know I can really go places," he said. So far, he added, he has traveled to Montana and New York.
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