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      "The main thing won! " In the end, the relief at Steffen Henssler was greater than the ego. And he knew:  "It was a dirty victory. " The most cracked  "Koch          -King " used dirty tricks for the relay finish-and he verbally reached under the belt line.
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 "The main thing won! " In the end, the relief at Steffen Henssler was greater than the ego. And he knew:  "It was a dirty victory. " The most cracked  "Koch-King " used dirty tricks for the relay finish-and he verbally reached under the belt line.

 "I'm back! " Henssler celebrated himself after he had saved himself to a 2:2 in the ninth season of  "Grill den Henssler " (VOX) and averted the ultimate embarrassment of three plots in series. For that, he reached deep into the dirty box of tricks. He repeatedly spun at the celebs.  "In my situation, you have to take what you get! " He shamelessly recycled tips. Once  "Bachelor " Andrej Mangold (32) engaged in starters (Smörrebröd with Matjes) and revealed a secret ingredient, At the dessert (chocolate pudding with raspberry and tonka bean), Henssler then simply boiled after his opponent Laura Wontorra (30).

Because, sensation: Henssler, the cooking star, had never cooked a  chocolate hoopuddig before!  In the end, Henssler won both courses-and the main course (Red Panang Curry with Tofu) against Tatort actress Christine  Alberich  Uribe (48) also still. Even cooking coach Sascha Stemberg (39) couldn't save anything.

Sharp boards in the kitchen
The celebrities inexperienced in the Henssler Kocharena-only Laura Wontorra was there once in 2016 and at that time paved the victory of the celebrity team with a draw at the  "Dessert "! -struggled honestly. But others provided the sometimes unhealthily sharp verbal spice in the kitchen. Above all, of course, Henssler. When he received only three points at the improv gang (ingredients: Inhales: Pork belly, Chinese mace, oysters) of jury bedrock Raimund "Calli " Calmund (70), he complained:  "The thickness did not understand the dish! " But even the insult did not save Henssler from the False start-the celebs went into the lead in 19:13.

Ever: Calli verbally got his fat away. When "Red Panang Curry with Tofu " was announced to the main course, Henssler banged verbally deep under the belt line:  "The fat bag will not eat it because there is no meat. " Calli proved humor anyway. To Tofu ( "Wat is dat? Swimming ashes?  ") he said: " Tofu is Jesmond. Should have eaten more of.  "To the pig belly of the improv aisle, he came to mind: " Ish loves pork belly. But on my am isch nit proud.  "And he can also dish out: He greeted presenter Annie Hoffmann (35) kindly with " Well, you hunger hooks?!  "Then jury member Mirja Boes (47) jumped aside in the best women's power manner of the sex comrade: " The Calli still thinks he had eaten Kassler with sauerkraut, "she etched after the pork belly amuse guests. And to the personal mismatch  "Jaja, is eat just too much and moving mixed too little" admitted by Calli in the  "Tofu affair," she contributed an agony  "That's a great combination ."

Annie is annoying. Your boss and the celebs
In addition to the verbal Lauria, presenter Annie proved to be a little too dominant. She had evolved from unsafe hasher-like to cutter-queen in three shows. In the frotzing, she set an impact hit again this time.  "Steffen, you're like a fryer-you have to go hot first," she encouraged her  "Chef " to tone down the two previous slides. Later, at an interlude, she clearly became ambiguous at the sight of asparagus overlooking Henssler.  "Steffen? ," she said, wagging around with the thin particle in front of Henssler's nose,  "I'm laying it on my tongue, but I'm not saying it. "
Otherwise, though, she shot beyond the fashion goal. She constantly texted the striving concentrating celebs so that they could barely understand the commands of their cooking coach. At dessert, the  "chocolate building world premiere for Steffen Henssler," her enthusiasm took on almost hysterical proportions.  "Both, once you will say: Can you still remember where you were when the Henssler cooked his first pudding? " When she went to the fridge to check Henssler's pudding, for that conclusion was funny:  "finger away from the fridge! " he ruled the  " Ännie  ".  "Hau from there! Do ' n finish!  '

Henssler receives the dream note
But nothing, not even Annie, could jeopardize Henssler's victory. He won all but the improv gang of every dish. Also the chocolate pudding, for which he even received the dream note 10 from delicacies Calli-for the 16th time in the history of  "Grill den Henssler "! It was a faint thing in this context that juror Christian Rach (61) proved a safe notching for the special circumstances:  "Most can only chocolate pudding out of the bag," he sighed, not quite understanding why the hall audience was grazing.

Dominant in the kitchen-finally victorious again at the interludes! That made all the difference. Most recently, Henssler had lost six of the game intermezzos at a time. This time he won, albeit narrowly, two-makes six points! Only once did the celebs win because basketball pro-Andrej is simply familiar with the time expiring from the clock. He managed a three-point buzzer against Henssler, so to speak.

In the end, though, Henssler could cheer. The Koch empire had fought back. Although partly under the belt line. Annie was happy, too.  "God, I'm glad-even for myself. " With the boss, you shouldn't fuse it either. Finally, it will soon continue with the  "Grill den Henssler " summer special from Magdeburg.

Make go! : Steffen Henssler insults Calli and goes off on presenter

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Josefa González-Blanco Ortiz-Mena presented his resignation as head of the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources (Semarnat) for having ordered that the flight AM 198 of Aeromexico, about to take off, returned to the platform and was delayed to wait, and That the officer had missed the flight.

 The ad did it herself through her Twitter account:






For his part, President Andrés Manuel López Obtrador confirmed that the officer presented his resignation and that it was accepted. "We cannot be tolerant in acts of arrogance," he said.

 El Universal newspaper was the one who reported what happened with the plane on Friday 24 May.

 According to your information, thanks to a telephone call, Aeromexico flight AM 198 was delayed 38 minutes at the International Airport of Mexico City, waiting for Josefa González-Blanco Ortiz-Mena, owner of the Semarnat.

 Sources of the airport sector confirmed to the newspaper that through a call Aeromexico was asked to stop the takeoff waiting for an official, without naming.

 Aeromexico's 198 flight from Mexico City to Mexicali was scheduled this Friday for the 9:30 hours. He left at 10:08 according to the Flight Aware portal.

 The Twitter user, Jorge Rioja, published a photograph of Josefa González-Blanco Ortiz-Mena aboard the plane.

 He wrote:  "I'm going to Mexicali. About to take off, the plane stops its march the captain reports that by presidential order must return by a passenger. Net?  "(sic). 


  "Flight 198 from CDMX to Mexicali, Aeromexico. The captain was the one who made the announcement which was by presidential order  "he denounced.

 However, the now-owner of the Semarnat has clarified that they were not in any presidential order, that no one in that office intervened and that the responsibility for the delay is entirely hers.


 "I didn't record it because I didn't know who it was until I asked one of the surcharges. Then I searched his name and his office on the Internet. He went up with a young boy who could be his son who was carrying a camera, she with a suitcase Kipling Rosa very Fifi, "he went on. 


Another user, Alberto Díaz, complained directly to Aeromexico's account:

  "I'm on the #AM198 @Aeromexico flight. It starts the trailer in time to take off, suddenly it returns to platform again.

 The captain announces by apologizing that they had received the instruction to return because it was "imperative" to wait for a federal government passenger.

 To this, the airline responded on the same social network:

  "Alberto, we understand your annoyance and appreciate your patience. We will perform the necessary processes to resume our operation as soon as possible. * SM  "

 In the face of it, Alberto wrote:  "This is also corruption @Josefa_GBOM, citizenship we do not have to endure that you are late to a flight, if you lose it, as to anyone... Take the one next...  ".

 Consulted in this regard, staff of the secretariat confirmed unofficially that the officer boarded the plane this Friday. 

AMLO Environmental Secretary waiver for air scandal

Kim Kardashian photographed during a presentation of Tiffany in new York on October 9, 2018. The televisiting personality is putting its celebrity, and its money, at the service of a penal reform that alleviates the convictions of many prisoners. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)


NEW YORK (AP) — Brittany K. Barnett and MiAngel Cody are two advocates for one purpose: to get the release of people with convictions who believe unjustly long while fighting for criminal reform.

And his campaign reached another unsuspected dimension when he received support from Kim Kardashian West.

Barnett works in Dallas with the project Buried Alive (Burried Alive Project) and Cody is one of the founders of the Collective of the release (The Decarceration Collective) of Chicago.

"I was always interested in how courts and judges consider the human dramas they have in front of themselves, which is what makes me question the mandatory minimum sentences. Because when you have mandatory minimum sentences, the judges cannot take into account the individual stories "of the people," Cody told the Associated Press.

Barnett's organization does a similar job, representing individuals who want a second chance, educating people about the need for legislative reform and advertising cases to humanize the condemned and try to make disappear the Stigma associated with jail.

Kardashian, who studies right while managing her cosmetics business and reality TV show, learned of Barnett's work when she saw an interview with Alice Marie Johnson from prison. He looked for that grandmother's lawyers and that's how he met Barnett.

President Donald Trump commuted the mandatory life sentence imposed on Johnson for selling cocaine after he received Kardashian at the White House. Trump stamped his signature on a bipartisan criminal reform approved at the end of last year. After that, Barnett and Cody joined forces and launched a campaign to get the release of as many people as possible under the new rules.


They've already got the release of 17 prisoners.



"We filed cases before courts of which we knew nothing. Kim knew I wouldn't cobrábamos for this. We were half way into this project, without charging, without money and no contributions from anyone. "


Barnett said that Kardashian decided to support Johnson's cause and offered to fund the campaign 90 days of Freedom when no one wanted to contribute funds.

"He always offered his resources. We never asked Kim for a penny, "said Barnett.

Barnett and Cody will launch a new initiative, the Third Strike Project, on June 19. It points to the people in their data bank who did not benefit from last year's campaign, the First Step Act, which made it possible to reconsider convicts convictions for selling crack.

"We have a client sentenced to perpetual prison for sale of marijuana. The First Step Act didn't help because it didn't cover the marijuana, Cody explained. "Perhaps they had a large amount of other kind of drug. Maybe powder cocaine, five kilos. We could not ask the judge retroactively to reduce the sentence. "

According to the project buried alive, 3,834 people were sentenced to life imprisonment for drugs between 1988 and 2016. Of these, 63% were black and 17% were Hispanic. 46% were 46 years old or older.

Barnett and Cody reject the criticisms of annoying people with the attention that Kardashian receives.

"We tell the truth and the truth is that Kim supported us when everyone turned their backs on us," Barnett said. "People have to analyze this more thoroughly, to understand that someone with Kim's celebrity and platform is raising awareness about issues that interest many of us, where we have been working for a long time. We open their arms to those who want to join this fight. "

Mandatory sentences do not take into account mitigating measures such as the case of Reynolds Wintersmith, arrested at age 19 and sentenced to life imprisonment following the parameters. He was in jail for 20 years.

"Her mother died of an overdose. He went to live with his grandmother, who was abusive and taught him to sell and prepare crack, "said Cody. "It's a total gap of the whole system" to support a young man.

Kim Kardashian's support for criminal reform is made feel

A hypothesis as to why there is no scientific evidence of the existence of intelligent extraterrestrial life (actually not even of a microbial modality, is because alien civilizations destroy themselves before achieving the ability to contact other Species in the universe. (Getty Creative)

Literature, film and television are overcrowded with stories of aliens who, in one way or another, protect or threaten the human race in their quest to conquer the Earth or protect cosmic freedoms, so to speak. That has deeply marked the collective imaginary and a very large percentage of people believe that intelligent aliens exist.

 In science there is still no evidence any longer to say that an alien civilization could have made contact with humanity but even the existence of microbial life outside the Earth. However, there are considerations that suggest that life is highly likely to exist, given the vastness of the universe and its very long existence of billions of years, but there are no elements to prove it.

 Yet, as narrated in Space.com, although the human fascination for extraterrestrial life, and especially by the intelligent aliens, be these friendly or hostile, is substantive and if we topáramos with them would give a twist major in every way, is It may be alien death, the extinction of hypothetical civilizations in outer space, which could give today's humans, right now, a powerful jolt.

 Attempts to detect extraterrestrial life have been made over recent decades, especially with the SETI initiative in which powerful radio telescopes scrutinize the space in search of waves generated by alien technology, and the new ability to detect Exoplanets in distant stars, even those in conditions hypothetically conducive to life, keep open the expectation that one day, the greatest discovery of history could be given: the existence of life on other planets and, moreover, Intelligent life.

 If that happened certainly humanity would receive a strong shock and some experts have even warned that meeting an alien civilization is not necessarily something auspicious, especially considering the destructive clashes of cultures Disímbolas that have been given in human history and because, presumably, a very advanced species could be so much that humanity compared to it would be like ants in front of an industrial civilization and therefore could show the cataclysmic disdain that Humans often have toward other living beings.

 Destroyed civilizations
But scientists, says Space.com, mention another kind of jolt that should make humanity reflect and, if given, would surely do so very powerfully. One reason that no intelligent life form in the universe could be detected is because there is a serious possibility that civilizations will self-destruct shortly after reaching a certain technological development and never reach a stage of development capable To allow you to travel or contact the galactic scale.

 Do these extraterrestrial civilizations consume the resources of their planet until they provoke a disaster that takes them with them, or destroy themselves perhaps in monstrous wars or simply decay without ever achieving abilities to go beyond their direct environment? There is no clear answer to that question, but the degree of survival in the case of hypothetical extraterrestrial civilizations has always been a variable taken into account when assessing how common or rare they are.
For the moment, that this variable is very small is plausible.
Extraterrestrial landscape. Some elements of this image have been provided by NASA. Image: Getty images.
And given the environmental devastation that humanity is currently developing on the planet, and the reality that although without Cold war there is still the possibility that humanity will annihilate itself in an atomic conflict, or collapses by a disorder Climatic monumental, reflecting on the possibility of civilizations being extinguished by their own actions or for other reasons results, or should result, instructive.

 If by looking at the night sky One imagines that around the stars can turn planets that are the graves of extinct civilizations, turning and putting their feet on the earth arises, or should arise, the conviction to preserve this world so that humanity does not añ Ada to that, still, speculative statistic.

 The nostalgic thought that the light of the stars comes to us from so far that some of them possibly have turned off already has, thus, its correlate with the glare and the twilight of the alien civilizations. If they have existed.

 Or maybe they exist but they keep a discretion of cosmic magnitudes.
Either way, life is precious and unique in all its types and intelligent life must be responsible for preserving itself and all other manifestations. In times of accelerated deterioration of the environment and self-destructive obstinacy, the lesson of the possible life and extinction of alien civilizations is overwhelming: humanity must not join that strange account. We are alone or accompanied in one way or another.

What the dead aliens could teach about human survival


The TV star and businesswoman ' Milmillonaria ' Kylie Jenner takes about a week aggressively promoting on social networks its new line of skin care products, ' Kylie Skin ', while it has been defending from those Internet users who warned about the character supposedly "abrasive" of one of the exfoliators that sells under the aforementioned brand.

 And now, the Benjamin of the famed Kardashian-Jenner clan has appealed to one of her older sisters, Khloé Kardashian, to explain with all the luxury of details the origin of some of the healthy habits that have marked the way that all the women in the family have Always insured to enjoy the most hydrated, clean and radiant epidermis possible.

  "Everything comes from our mother, who was the one who instilled us from the very smallest the capital importance of the hygiene of the skin. I think he gave me my first kit of skin products when I was 12 or 13 years old, with his face cleanser, his toning and his moisturizer. And since then I have always followed a very strict routine in that sense, "said Kris Jenner's daughter in one of the latest promotional videos from ' Kylie Skin '.

 Perhaps to finish dispel any doubt or rumor about the hypothetical prejudices of the items that have gone on sale on Wednesday, which also include a cream for the eye contour and a serum with vitamin C, Khloé has not hesitated to exercise  Of her little sister's informal spokesperson to insist on the seriousness with which she has taken her mission of helping others to  "care for her skin" as much as she does.

  "Taking care of oneself is not selfish, and taking care of the skin is the beginning of the whole process. Your skin is that armor that we need to face the day to day, and it is the only one we have, so you have to treat it with affection  ", has advised Khloé to the Internet before starting to recommend with enthusiasm the new cosmetics of Kylie.

Kylie Jenner recruits her sister Khloé to promote her new cosmetics

FILE PHOTO: Chinese president Xi Jinping attends the welcome ceremony of Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos in front of the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, China, on May 14, 2019. REUTERS/Jason Lee/File Photo

BEIJING, 22 May (Reuters)-China must prepare for difficult times in an increasingly complicated international arena, warned Chinese president Xi Jinping in statements released by the state media on Wednesday.

The country is facing an increase in tariffs in a bitter trade war with Washington. The two countries are immersed in a spiral of tariff increases to their respective imports, after talks to resolve their dispute were interrupted.

Roughing has intensified since last week Washington blacklisted Chinese telecommunications equipment Company Huawei Technologies Co LTD, a potentially devastating blow to the firm that has shaken the chains of Supply of technology and investors.

On a three-day trip this week to the southern province of Jiangxi, one of the cradles of China's communist revolution, Xi urged citizens to learn from the hardships of the past.  "Today, in this new long march, we must overcome a number of major risks and challenges, both inside and outside the country, and also win new victories for Chinese socialism," said Xinhua state news agency paraphrasing Xi.

 "Our country is still in a period of important strategic development opportunities, but the international situation is becoming more and more complicated," he added.

 "We must be aware of the complex and lasting nature of various unfavorable factors both at home and abroad, and prepare adequately for a number of difficult situations." Statements disseminated by the state media do not abound in details of these difficulties. Nor does it collect direct mentions of the trade war or the United States. During his trip Xi also visited a rare-earth enterprise, which provoked speculation about the possibility that the sector could be the next front in the trade war between China and the United States.

Xi Jinping asks the Chinese people to prepare for difficult times


                                           The end of  "Game of Thrones": Top or Flop? (Picture: HBO)



 The time has come: On TV, the very last episode of "Game of Thrones" aired. Millions of viewers around the world are debating the ending-and our editors didn't miss the finale either. You can find out what they think of the fantasy series after the last episode.

 Attention, spoilers: The following texts reveal important details of the plot!

 At the end of  "Game of Thrones ": A (too) brief history of time
By Carlos Corbelle

 The eight Seasons somehow passed very quickly. It was nice in its first seasons: "Game of Thrones" was for years a teaching piece of political power plays, carefully-constructed fantastic, and particularly bloody weddings. Relentless, unpredictable. And even if it gets nasty in the original sense of the series-"GoT" is the best thing I've had in the cinema or TV so far in high fantasy (sorry, Peter Jackson)-despite the disappointments towards the end.

 The problem recently summed up literary critic Denis Scheck-he reads and he knows things-in  "Druckfrisch":  "One can think of a more apt spotlight on the culture of infantile consumerism, which is based on the immediate satisfaction of their needs Persist? , "Scheck asked, in view of the fact that the series has now been completed, while the novel template, which began in 1996, still makes" A Song of Ice and Fire  "by George R.R. Martin wait for the two final books.  "The main thing, the checkout is right and the series comes to an end on time. "

 That's exactly, unfortunately, unfortunately, one of the big weaknesses of the disappointing last season: The lack of time. The long breath through which the series bribed over many Seasons gave way toward the end of an intensification that made certain developments no longer plausible and allowed once-crucial storylines to run into the sand. The annoyances in the fast run: The totally untraceable Jon-Sis is-back-from-the-dead-stunt (worst series resurgence since Bobby Ewing in "Dallas"), the completely implausibly portrayed romance between Jon and Daenerys, the literal puff of the eight-built Night King threat for years and finally: The Mother of Dragons "instant evolution into the Mother of Carnage. Daenerys has always been an ambivalent character, though somehow intent on justice, but politically brachia-aristocratic rather than a social democrat. So her development as a tyrant became apparent and could consequently have been at the end of a long road-foolishly, however, due to the lack of time, the whole thing had to be brought about shortly before the end of the crowbar.

 And then there's the tone of the series, the laconic sound of a sinister, relentless world that sounded increasingly alien to the end-not completely different, but somehow slightly askew. So was the final episode: When Jon drills his dagger in Daenerys in the finale while kissing her, it doesn't seem tragic, but cheesy. When Tyrion muses about the importance of a good narrative (oh, sweet irony), it doesn't seem profane, but pathetic. And when Samwell delivers a postmodern thigh knocker with his absurd idea of a democracy, you don't get rid of the uneasy feeling that right Asterix is coming round the corner. The show's once so relentless attitude gives way to oddly-seeming sentimentalities, the chaos winged by Daenery-y-'s dissipates into favor within minutes. Just before the end, everything is nicely placed where it belongs: Sansa becomes queen of an independent north, Arya sets out to experience new fun adventures and with Bran finally a reasonable king reigns over the remaining realms (what the Night King wanted from him all the time, on the other hand, went unanswered until the very end). Westeros never seemed more romantic-and implausible.

 Perhaps it was because of the lack of blueprint that the first five novels of "GoT" creator George R.R. Martin offered before the series rushed away from the books. In the end, the series is also a reminder to all those who constantly urge Martin to break the outstanding stanzas of his carefully composed song of ice and fire faster. And of course, to all those who like to deal with dragons and others of sending weapons of mass destruction in the end only leads to fierce Valar Morghulis.
                                     Tyrion muses towards the end about the importance of a good narrative. (Picture: HBO)



It was (almost) no longer possible

 A lot of people would be disappointed, Kit Harington oracled over the "Game of Thrones" grand finale before the season eight kicks off. He would probably have been right about any possible outcome, and surely some will be latently dissatisfied to unfathomably angry about the end. For them, too, Harington has a fitting quote ready: "They can me."

 Yes, it would have been nicer if the producers had given us one, two episodes more time to convince even the last that Arya was the right choice to kill the Night King- a silent assassin who outsmarts the Night King instead of in a duel with him in Angert to fall. That it was absolutely consistent that Cersei would be buried under the ruins of his own wrong decisions rather than being killed by Arya for an event from the first season. And that those who didn't see Daenerys ' sinking flight into madness coming just didn't really fly.

 Then perhaps there would have been more than a brief conversation after the long night to explain Tyrion's sudden choice of king. And yes, you need a moment to recover from that twist. Those who lament the fast pace of the last season after ten years of invested time and emotion are, of course, right.

 Why it became six episodes and not eight or 10 remains incomprehensible. But have the creators succeeded in bringing the narrative to a coherent end? absolute! No matter who would have ended up sitting on the throne-or even on the royal wheelchair-you always had to swallow first. But what really would have changed with the overly cunning and power-hungry Sansa or the easily manipulated Jon? Only with Bran, who now has the wide-eyed Tyrion and the kind-hearted Sam by his side, will the wheel actually be broken. In the end, everything will not be much, but it is decisive, different. Making Sam's timid suggestion of a democratic election a reality would have been a narrative disaster-such a glimmer of hope on the horizon a liberation blow.

 An almost satisfying ending is the best I could hope for with the immensely high expectations. For who that-coupled with strong moments like Sansa as the rightful Queen of the North, Tyrion cording on with Davos and Bronn, Arya sailing smiling into the unknown, or Brienne proving true to her great love with one final favor-doesn't at least almost satisfied, he knows what he can do thanks to Harington.
                                                                These three Starks persevered until the end. (Picture: HBO)

With momentum against the wall

 That David Benioff and D. B. Weiss are racing the final season of "Game of Thrones" against the wall with so much momentum was not expected even after an already wild seventh season. As much as the series has won again in terms of image violence and aesthetics, so much and even more it has lost on the story and its actual character.

 Fan service, plot armor, and hair-raising script errors are not things that a few noble nerds are bothered about, but about which a large proportion of fans rightly chime. Without a book as a template, "Game of Thrones" went from a never-computable, perfectly told fantasy epic to a predictable special effects spectacle whose strength, in the end, was no longer characters and narrative style, but the staging of dragons, Ice zombies and devastated cities. A show that clopped cautiously and years of character and relationship developments into the barrel for time and even indebted screenwriting reasons. The entertainment was, but nothing more.

 This all culminated in a final season and final in a final episode that the shards of that development could not turn up but, even worse, caused new ones. Logic and an in-live-centered-are what makes a story credible, which draws you in, captivates. The final episode, "The Iron Throne," did what nearly all the episodes of the closing season did: She threw one out of history, constantly. With so many logic errors and inconsistencies, with so many lovelessly handled and rushed narrative strands, you could write your own article about it.
"Game of Thrones" has provided the best and most iconic episodes and seasons in TV history. With that ending, the makers didn't break the show's legacy but missed him a neat dent.

Finale of "Game of Thrones ": This is what our editors say at the end of the series

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