The mystery of the universe

Nicolas Langelier                                          Country: Canada

 

In this article, I will explain one of the three reasons that support the Big Bang theory and I will talk about some questions that scientists can’t answer. First, the big bang Theory is a theory of the origin of the universe. The universe spread out around 13.7 billion years ago and it was 10 times smaller than today with no defined center.

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The first reason that we observe in 1928 with the Hubble telescope, all galaxies are moving away from us. Most of the people think that other galaxies are moving in the space-time continuum, but it’s the space-time continuum that is expanding. That means the nothingness in the universe is expanding. The expansion of the Universe imaged like the swelling of a raisin cake.

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Some of the question of the universe we can’t answer. Why did it happen this way? Why did it appear? One of the questions that scientists can’t answer it’s about the universe mass.

Scientists are able to measure the visible mass of the universe. (The visible mass is the protons, the electrons, the neutrons and the neutrinos). Their scientists are able to measure the total mass of the universe with the total gravitation. The problem is the visible mass represents only 5% of the total mass. So they worry about the other 95% of the galaxy. They call it the dark matter. They don’t really know what is the dark matter but some scientist has made a theory about it. We don’t have to confuse the dark matter with black holes that are completely two different things. That could have a link with the expansion of the universe.

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The world cup 2018

The world cup is the biggest tournament in soccer and it is back after four years full of action and struggling all around the world to take part in this huge instance, nobody wants to miss this huge chance to show what can do and to lift up their country in the top of other purpose than glory, for the love to their countries and nothing else. the world cup 2018 E

This time , the world cup will take part in Russia. And there are new teams joining to this championship as there are others which had been doing all right but didn’t qualify and also those teams which are supposed to be champions or as least a good performance. Now I’m going to break down all those aspects.

 

 

 

A NEW TRENDY WAY TO EAT YOUR BREAKFAST WITH CEREALISTE

Ivana SOKO, France

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Open since March 17 2016  in the 4th arrondissement of the capital, a new concept brings from London arrive in France; the first cereal bar, Céréaliste. Cerealiste is a groovy spot mixing food, art, music, and fashion. Located in the iconic Parisian neighborhood Le Marais.

Like his london brother,  Cereal killer cafe, and the brooklyn one Kith Treats,  the idea of Cerealiste is to be able to eat cereal at anytime time in a cool and cosy atmosphere.

whats special in eating Cereal ? we can say that it’s a funny, original and tasty way to eat your breakfast with them because of the composition that we consumer, choose. A lot of choice of milk (cow milk, almond milk, vanilla milk, chocolate milk, soy milk, oat milk etc…) cereals variety (chocapick lion, nesquick…) the possibility to add some topping (chocolate, caramel, honey ,whipped cream…) and even some extra like (fruits, Oreo, smarties, M&Ms peanut butter, nuts, kinder bueno…). They doing some collaboration with other restaurant and create together some unusual plate.

More than a place to eat, Cerealiste is also a place to chill alone or accompanied a cultural place little break that we can afford to yourself at  any time of the day.                    What seduces us for sure is the proximity that we can have with the founder who are also the seller who bring us in their universe. Street art, hip hop, hipster with a background  from the 90s you will enjoy your meal for sure with this new trendy way to eat your breakfast.

The Tran-Siberian Experience

By Lisa Pistocco, Italy

Have you always dreamed of travelling through Russia to the border of Mongolia? Seeing the most beautiful landscapes of Siberia? Discovering the Russian culture by meeting locals?
Here’s my story.

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Walking on the Baikal Lake was incredible

After my second year of applied languages, I decided to spend my last year of college in Russia. I had the opportunity to travel a lot, and moreover, to experience the Tran-Siberian Railroad.
For the ones who don’t know, let me explain to you what it is. The Tran-Siberian Railroad is a railway in Russia, extending from Moscow to Vladivostok on the Pacific. This railway was constructed from 1891 to 1916, and is now one of the most famous railways in the world.

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Joanna and I waiting for our train in Ekaterinburg

I decided to experience it because, while I was there, I was so impressed by all that had happened in the country. I was impressed, but also curious. Curious about Russian people’s way to live, to be, and above all curious about this huge country.

Because yes; Russia is the world’s largest nation. It borders European and Asian countries as well as the Pacific and Artic Oceans. Russia has incredible landscapes ranges from tundra and forests to subtropical beaches. How could I not be curious? Most of you know Moscow and St. Petersburg, but in my opinion, Russia is not –or not only- Moscow and St. Petersburg. Russia is all the other things that nobody knows. Russia is humanity, culture, landscapes, and mutual aid for each other.

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Novossibirsk, Capital of Siberia

Joanna –my favourite German friend in the whole world- and I talked about taking this trip one day. “Do you want to do the Tran-Siberian?” she asked me. My answer? “Yes of course!!” and 3 weeks later we were good to go.

Of course, it wasn’t easy to plan, to collect all the information, to book the train tickets, but we had enough motivation to go through with it.

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First of all, we had to find which cities we wanted to visit, because the Tran-Siberian Railroad crosses all of Russia, and stopping in every city wasn’t possible as we had only one month to do it.
We decided where we wanted to go and our decision was to the border of Mongolia; Ulan-Ude.

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Ulan-Ude, capital city of the Republic of Buryatia

To make this trip possible, you need to be conscious of the hard weather in Russia during the time we were going to be there. Of course, if you do it during the summer time, you’ll not have that much of a problem, but we did it during the winter period, which not everybody is able to do.

Temperatures were most of the time below -4F°. The most important to think then is to buy enough warm clothes that allow you to keep you warm!

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It’s really cold in Siberia, but so much fun also

Once we bought our clothes, our train tickets, and booked all the hostels, we were good to go.
Oh, I forgot something really important to take: FOOD.

Because, of course, while you are on the train –for 14h, 21h, 37h, 73h- you need food. And in the train, it’s not really possible to eat. It depends on which train, you can have the possibility to find a restaurant wagon. If there isn’t, you need to buy some dry noodles, and food that you can eat without warming and putting in the refrigerator.

 

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34hours of train on our way to Irkutsk

 

It was one of the best experiences I ever had, I had the opportunity to meet amazing people and I made so many unforgettable memories. I can only recommend to you to take this trip, but also just to enjoy your life. Enjoy your life by meeting people, travelling, and be happy.

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What If Obi Wan DIDN’T Leave Anakin on Mustafar

By Giulio Monaco, Belgium

Something that always made me sympathize with Obi Wan was the level of pain that he must have gone through when leaving Anakin there burning to death on the lava riverbank. This is someone who was like a little brother to him who he spent almost every day with since they met and taught him everything that he knew in respect to his master’s dying wish. Now one reason I think Obi Wan aged so terribly is because I can’t even imagine the nightmare that he must have gone through while Anakin was burning limbless screaming at him in pain.

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Now what if he hadn’t left Anakin on the floor to die ? What if he walked down the lava riverbank as he slips down with each step ?

 

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Looking at what Obi-Wan had done and what Anakin had turned into, how it wasn’t supposed to end this way. He grabbed him crying and telling him that he loved him, how he was his brother and that he wouldn’t leave him there. Anakin wanted to reach out and choke him, but knew he was only a fragment of the man that he used to be. Walking back into the ship with Padme and Anakin, they immediately were taken into a medical capsule and Padme to the delivery table. Yoda would come and see Anakin who just didn’t seem like a human anymore with a pain that he had never seen.

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At this moment Obi wan and Yoda saw the Emperor step outside of his shuttle and walk straight towards the Jedi master surrounded by his troops. The battle between the clones and the Jedi start and end quickly. With the use of the force, Yoda threw the clones in the air and pulled them together breaking all their necks. Darth Sidious ignited his spare red light saber and started the battle against Obi wan, blocking all the attempts of Sidious. Obi wan gave time to Yoda to jump and kill Darth Sidious.

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Coming back to the ship, Padme would be next to the bed of Anakin with their two children watching the eyes of Anakin turning blue again. He was safe now. He started to talk with difficulty to apologize for everything that he done, the only thing that he wanted was to save Padme.

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Yoda starts to have new ideas about the force, the dark and light will no more be separated. It’s when we use the two with balance that the result is the best. It’s time for the Jedi to end, a new area will start now with new rules, with less chain than before and it’s only in that way that the tragedies that occurred will never be repeated.

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The World Cup

Tim Stobbe, Germany

The World Cup is the biggest tournament in soccer,  full of action and struggling, and it is back after four years. The teams that qualified  to take part in this huge event do not want to n to miss this chance to show what they can do and to raise their country to the top of the Soccer World. Because this is the tournament where the best teams face each other for no other purpose than glory, for love to their countries and nothing else.

This time, the World Cup will take place in  Russia. And there are new teams joining this championship as there are others which had been doing well but didn’t qualify and also those teams which are supposed to be champions or at least have a good performance. Now I’m going to break down all those aspects. The highest records were the match 7 to 1 between Germany and Brazil in the World Coup 2014 and the 10 to 1 between Hungary and El Salvador in the World Coup 1982. The first red Card was given in 1930 in the match Peru vs Bolivia. The most goals were scored by Brazil in 2002 and Germany in 2006, 2010 and 2014. The Team that qualified less for the World Coup were New Zeland and Peru who took part only two times yet. The youngest trainer was Juan Jose Tramutola , he was 27 years old. Another very interesting fact is the numbers of sent offs during the history of the World Coup. The most have the Netherlands in 2010 with 22 in 7 matches.

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Luis Felipe Scolari from Portugal is the trainer who won the most coups with Brazil and Portugal between 2002 and 2010.

The player with the most coups as a captain was Diego Maradona with 16 games. The most coups has done Gregorz Lato from Poland. He played 17 matches between 1962 and 1974.

The highest wins were Argentina vs USA 6 1 in 1930, in 1982 Hungary vs El Salvador 10 to 1 and Germany vs Brazil 7 to 1 in 2014.

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The trainer with the most participating teams was the Jugoslavian Bora Milutinovic who worked with China, Mexico, Costa Rica, The United States and Nigeria.

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The first World Coup was in 1930 in Uruguay. It was taking place in Uruguay from 13 July to 30 of July. Uruguay won the first title and Argentina were the runners-up. In the first World Coup there were only 13 teams and the United States were on the third place. In this World Coups the teams didn’t need to qualify anyway there were many interests from Chile, Peru and other ones but Uruguay decided which teams they wanted to have. In this group system only the first of the group came through the group stages and played in the semifinals. Since of this World Coup the sport soccer has become really important in almost all countries of the World. For the 2014 qualification all teams asked to take part in the qualification.

Here are the group results of the first World Coup

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Yugoslavia 2 2 0 0 6 1 +5 4
 Brazil 2 1 0 1 5 2 +3 2
 Bolivia 2 0 0 2 0 8 −8 0

 

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 Uruguay 2 2 0 0 5 0 +5 4
 Romania 2 1 0 1 3 5 −2 2
 Peru 2 0 0 2 1 4 −3 0

 

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 United States 2 2 0 0 6 0 +6 4
 Paraguay 2 1 0 1 1 3 −2 2
 Belgium 2 0 0 2 0 4

 

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Argentina 3 3 0 0 10 4 +6 6
 Chile 3 2 0 1 5 3 +2 4
 France 3 1 0 2 4 3 +1 2
 Mexico 3 0 0 3 4 13 −9 0

 

In the next World Coup this year there will be some new teams that qualified for the World Coup, for example Panama that qualified in 2018 for the World Coup for the first time. Iceland is another team that is new  in the International Coup.

 

The oldest trainer in a World Coup was Vicente del Bosque. He was 59 years old. and he lead the Spanish soccer team to one European Coup.

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The most group stage pairings. were Argentina Nigeria in 1994, 2002, 2002, 2010 and the match France against Mexico in 1930, 1954, 1966 and 2010.

 

Sent offs

The most red and yellow cards had been given during the World Coup 2006 with 18 and in 2010 there were 16. The teams with the most sent offs were Argentina in 1990 with 22 and the Netherlands in 2010 with 22 sent offs.

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Dogs for People with Challenges

By Luca Wislsperger, Germany

For many years people had to go through difficulties and had to struggle with doing certain tasks or activities by their own, but now they can have a support dog.

Emotional support dogs are dogs that provide comfort and support in forms of affection and companionship for an individual suffering from various mental and emotional conditions. An emotional support dog is not required to perform any specific tasks for a disability like service dogs are. They are meant only for emotional stability and unconditional love.

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There are 2 different types of support dogs:

One kind is the emotional support dog which can assist with various kinds of mental and emotional conditions like anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder/mood disorder, panic attacks, fear/phobias, post-traumatic stress disorder and suicidal thoughts/tendencies.

The Therapy dog which provides affection and comforts to individuals in hospitals and nursing homes. It is also used, as you can guess, for therapies so the clients have certain lessons together with these dogs to cure different types of diseases.

The second one is the service dog that is helpful for people which are limited by their disabilities so they function as an assistant for performing a normal life.

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Have you thought of making your dog a service, therapy or emotional dog?

Some people say that the dog is the humans’ best friend. Whether or not this is true, it is certainly a fact that dogs can provide a lot of help and companionship for those with disabilities. If you have been wondering how to make your dog a service dog, an emotional support dog, or a therapy dog, there a lot of companies like “USA Service Dogs” that help you to train your dog to these kind of assistant.

Here is a link to a website where you can train your own dog: https://zoomroom.me/portal/own-your-own-zoom-room/?utm_campaign=1045189562&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_content=247365016752&utm_term=%2Bown%20%2Bdog%20%2Btraining&adgroupid=58184426624

How much does a service dog cost?

The price range for a service dog can be anywhere from $3,000 to train it personally to as much as $35,000 if you use a popular and expensive organization.

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It generally takes 1–2 years to train a service dog. The dog must be trained to mitigate your disability and must behave appropriately in public to avoid being removed. This means there are two main facets of service dog training: first of all public access behaviors and secondly disability-related work and tasks.

Rescue Dogs:

There is also another type of support dog. It is used for environmental catastrophes like the heavy mud slides in Montecito the previous month.

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For this disaster the firefighters use highly trained search dogs, most of them were schooled by the “National Disaster Search Dog Foundation”, located in Santa Paula.

It’s a private non-profit organization where the dogs are trained for about 8-10 months. Afterwards they can tell you if a body is either still alive or dead. Furthermore, they can differ between a live body and fresh clothes. The dogs which are only trained to detect dead bodies are called “cadaver dogs” or “HR” which stands for human remains dogs.

Eating Is the Most Important Thing in My Life

Mengye Qian, China

Eating is the most important thing in our lives. If you don’t eat anything all day, you will be hungry. If you don’t eat all week, you will be sick. If you don’t eat a whole month, maybe you will die.

Through eating, we can get the nutrients that are needed for the human body. So, enjoying my every meal becomes more important. I like food, not only my country’s(China) food, but also the food from all over the world. I like to share food with my family, my friends, and also I’d like to share with you in front of the computer. I hope we can become friends by sharing foods.

In my country, there are so many delicious foods. Different areas have their own special types of foods. I just want to share what I eat.

Hot Pot, the most popular food in China, Chongqing and Sichuan Hot Pot is the best. The Chinese Hot Pot meal is perfect for social gatherings. An experience not to be missed!

In the winter,  if you have no idea what to eat, just DIY your own Hot Pot at home, you can put anything you like to the hot pot.

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Another typical representative is Guangdong Cuisine. If you have never been there, you have to go. Trust me,  Guangzhou and Hong Kong are food paradises. Speaking of which, I really want to introduce the “Yum cha” culture. In the morning, people are used to sitting down in a tea house, make a pot of tea, order a few delicate snacks and chat with their family and friends

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“Yum cha” culture in Guangzhou and HK.

 

And another food paradise is Chengdu. If you like spicy food, you should go there one time and you will never regret it.

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This is Shanghai Local food. I’m from Shanghai and I love these foods.

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Like I first said, I not only like my country’s food, I like delicious foods from all over the world. And I want to try different type of foods.

This is the Indonesia Pilaf, I ate it in Bali.

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This is Korea Food. Korean Spicy Pickled Cabbage/Korean spicy rice cake Tteokbokki.

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This is Thai food. Curry and Mango rice are their well-known dishes. Thailand’s fruits also are very amazing, durian and mangosteen are my favorites.

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In the end, I would like to share you some photos with my friends, though the they are my nice memories. I hope I can make more new friends through trying food from all over the world.  I will keep doing it.

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Vegan Foods You Should Try

By: Stina Bedin, Sweden

Have you ever had a really good vegan food experience? There is much uncertainty about vegan food and a lot of people just think it’s all about vegetables, but there is so much more. There are many new options that have been made to replace meat with something plant-based.

Vegan food is good for your health, the environment and, of course, the animals. So you should not be afraid to try something new.

 

  1. Oumph

 

What do you crave today? Are you up for some kebab or what about some pulled pork? Oumph can give you that! Oumph is a 100% plant based product that comes in a variety of shapes and consistencies.

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  1. Falafel

 

If you like fried foods and haven’t tried falafel yet, its a must! These deep-fried chickpea balls have a tough and meaty texture. They´re delicious in a pita with veggies and hummus or baked and served together with fries.

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  1. Date Balls

 

Date balls are the perfect snack when you are a little hungry or in the mood for something sweet. Theres a lot of different recipes on the internet and you can add whatever you like, for example, use dates as the base and mix with some raw cacao, coconut, cashew nuts, some salt and you have the perfect combination.

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  1. Grilled Portabello Mushroom

 

Looking for something simple to make on your next barbecue? Then you have to try to grilled portabello mushrooms and make burgers out of them. By first marinating a portabello mushroom, and then grilling it, you can create a flavorful and awesome taste. Try it and you’ll love it.

 

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  1. Almond Milk Latte

 

 Did you know that you can have a Cafe Latte made with almond milk at Starbucks? They are so goooood! It’s a good tip, especially if you like to add some flavour in your latte because the almond milk makes the coffee a bit sweet.

 

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  1. Ben and Jerry’s Non Dairy Pints

 

Ben and Jerry’s non diary ice cream is made with almond milk and the taste is perfect. Why choose the one with cows milk when you can have the same flavour experience with a non-diary?

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Tomorrowland Festival : All about Unity

Gladys Lebrun, Belgium

You probably never know the real meaning of “enjoying yourself” before experiencing the electro music festival “Tomorrowland.” Belgium sure is a small country, but definitely full of resources, and as far as the fun is concerned, Belgian people know what they are talking about. Everything is made for you to spend a really good time during the four days and the festival takes place in July. So if you are lucky, the weather can be really good in Belgium these days.

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What is it?

Tomorrowland is one of the biggest festivals in the world. With over 180,000 people, every country is represented in this festival. This is the real thing about it, you feel like you’re taking part in something bigger. With over 12 stages, the festival is open from Friday until Sunday and from noon until 1 am. So, you will definitely never get bored. DJs from all around the world come to Belgium to meet an eclectic public, for example : David Guetta, Hardwell, Martin Garrix, Avicii or Tiesto for the most famous, but the festival welcomes also less famous DJs, like the young Henri PFR well known in Belgium.

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“Yesterday is history, Today is a gift, Tomorrow is a Mystery”, this is the slogan of the famous electro music festival Tomorrowland and it’s a pretty good summary of the state of mind of the people coming to this festival : Just enjoy the moment.

Why do you absolutely have to go there?

Definitely to have fun and enjoy some time with your friends, but, the best of all, is that you will have so many crazy stories to tell. Because anything can happen at Tomorrowland, everything is possible. When I was at the Tomorrowland festival for the first time, I was so excited to experience it because it’s a really big event in my country, Belgium. So many people come from all over the world just to appreciate the music. It was so crazy to meet people from different cultures. I met a Brazilian guy and when I asked him “Are you enjoying the festival?” He just answered “I’m having the best time of my life “. That’s why every fan of music should experience this festival because anybody on earth can have fun there.

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Furthermore, most people camp during the five days just outside the festival area. Even there, there’s a lot of ways to enjoy yourself because the party keeps going after the festival. The facilities are also great. There’re shops, a supermarket, a radio station, a hairdresser and so many places to eat food from different countries. This is the perfect spot to meet new friends to enjoy the festival with.

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The only thing wrong with Tomorrowland is that the tickets are sold out in 30 minutes so you have to be very lucky to get the chance to go in the Festival. I’ve been there twice but only the years where there were two weekends instead of one so obviously you had more chance to go. But never stop trying to go, I swear, it worths the wait.

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Finally, I will share with you some of my best memories at the festival.