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THE EFFECTS OF ROCK MUSIC
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A fifteen year old Tampa Bay boy filled his mouth with lighter fluid and blew
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it out of his mouth across a torch, ÿlike Gene Simmons of KISS, and the ÿflame
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ÿcame back and burned over thirty-five percent of ÿhis ÿupper body. Rock music
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has been around for quite a while. ÿEverybody listens to it at least once in
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their life. ÿA ÿlot of people don't see anything wrong with it, but rock music
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can and does affect the minds and lives of teenagers.
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The ÿteenagers of today have a choice of whether they want to listen ÿto rock
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music or not, ÿbut rock musicBus everywhere. ÿThe average teenager listens ÿto
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over six hours of rock music a day. ÿThis means ÿthat ÿwhen their friends see
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them, ÿthey are more than likely going to be listening to ÿrock music. ÿThere
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is even rock music in the schools. ÿIt is ÿtrue that ÿa ÿband ÿhall is a place
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for music, ÿbut ÿnot ÿrock ÿmusic ÿplayed throughout the lunch shifts.
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Admittedly, ÿÿrock ÿmusic ÿis a very good business as far ÿas ÿmoney ÿis
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concerned. Rock musicians make millions of dollars every year, but what are
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ÿthey ÿgoing to spend that much money on? ÿAfter they buy ÿall ÿthe houses
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ÿand cars that they want, ÿmost of them buy and use drugs. ÿÿThe Rolling
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Stones, ÿfor instance, ÿis into turning children onto heroin and cocaine.
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ÿKeith Richards, of The Rolling Stones, ÿhad a drug habit that ran up to
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ten-thousand dollars a day.
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Rock music can also hurt a teenager physically. The volume of the music can
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ÿhurt the ears of anyone who listens to it at a loud ÿvolume. ÿÿTed Nugent is
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deaf in one ear because of the volume of the music he has been playing. ÿÿThe
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ÿConcord SSC has been prohibited ÿfrom ÿtaking ÿoff ÿand landing in many cities
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because it takes off and lands at one-hundred and forty ÿdb's ÿof ÿsound. ÿThe
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Rolling Stones have been recorded ÿas ÿthe world's loudest concert at
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one-hundred and seventy six db's of sound.
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Most of the rock and roll superstars do use drugs. ÿA person could walk into
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ÿa concert and literally choke on the air ÿfrom all ÿthe ÿmarijuana ÿthat is
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being smoked. ÿGrace Slick, ÿÿformerly ÿof Jefferson Starship, ÿused alcohol,
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ÿmarijuana, ÿcocaine and LSD when she played her music. She named her son God
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and tried to get into the White House ÿto ÿspike ÿthe ÿtea with LSD. ÿLinda
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Ronstadt has ÿhad ÿher ÿnose cauterized ÿtwice ÿfor snorting cocaine. ÿThis is
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a great shock to ÿher fans because she is thought of as "sweet and innocent."
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Johnny Barnnetti shoveled fake cocaine to the crowd while singing about it.
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ÿÿThese ÿare just ÿa few examples, ÿbut there are thousands more that use ÿand
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ÿabuse drugs.
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Some rock musicians even glorify drugs in their songs as the Beatles did in
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their song, ÿ"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds." They are disguising it pretty
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well but ÿit is plain ÿto ÿsee ÿthat they are glorifying the drug LSD.
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A ÿlot ÿof ÿrock ÿmusicians put evil things into ÿtheir ÿlyrics. ÿÿSome
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musicians are in the occult and worship Satan himself. ÿThe Bible tells people
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ÿto turn away from that which is evil and to have nothing ÿto ÿdo with it.
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Some ÿof ÿthe ÿcolleges and universities ÿactually ÿhave ÿclasses ÿabout
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witchcraft. ÿÿThe ÿBible also says that those who use witchcraft ÿor ÿa person
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ÿwho is a witch will be driven away from the people by the ÿLord. A ÿspokesman
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ÿfrom a popular record label says that witchcraft ÿis ÿvery popular and it
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makes the albums sell. Some acid rock artists even go to their ÿoccult
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ÿpriests and tell them to make one demon ÿspirit ÿgo ÿonto every record that
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comes off of the master record. ÿThen, every time the needle touches the
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record, the demon will be released.
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A ÿlot of the groups are evil themselves. ÿBob Ezrin, ÿthe producer ÿof
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KISS, ÿÿÿdescribes ÿthe ÿgroup ÿas ÿ"symbols ÿof ÿunfettered ÿevil ÿÿand
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sensuality." ÿGene Simmons, ÿthe lead singer of the group, ÿhas ÿstated that he
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has always wanted to be God. ÿKISS has a comic book out that is the ÿbest
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selling comic book ever. ÿThey had blood samples taken and put the ÿblood on
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the printing plates so they could say the comic ÿbook ÿwas printed ÿin ÿthe
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blood of KISS. ÿGene Simmons has often ÿwondered ÿwhat human flesh tastes
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like.
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Jimmy Page, from the group Led Zeppelin, is fascinated with black magic. Led
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ÿZeppelin's ÿlogo on their albums looks like ÿLucifer ÿfalling ÿfrom heaven.
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Stevie Nicks, ÿof Fleetwood Mac, ÿis into the occult and she believes in
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spirits. ÿShe believes in reincarnation, ÿshe wants to talk to a ghost, and
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ÿshe wants to build her own pyramid and live in a witch house. ÿShe usually
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wears witches clothes when she is on stage.
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The ÿrock group Queen is mostly made up of bisexuals, ÿwhich their ÿname
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suggests. ÿIn one of their more popular songs they sing the blasphemous
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chorus, "All going down to see the Lord Jesus!" This further proves the satanic
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world of this group. ÿAlso, ÿÿlead singer Freddie Murcury says, "On stage, I
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am a devil."
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The ÿgroup ÿStyx does not really appear to be satanic, ÿbut ÿtheir ÿname
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refers ÿto ÿthe ÿfirst ÿriver ÿthe shadow of the dead ÿcome ÿto ÿin ÿthe
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underworld in Greek Mythology.
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The ÿlyrics ÿare what really affect the minds of teenagers because ÿmost
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people don't know very much about the groups they listen to. ÿHere ÿare some
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lyrics from one of KISS's songs called, ÿ"God of Thunder": ÿ"I was raised by
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demons. ÿTrained to reign as Thor. ÿGod of Thunder, ÿand rock and roll . .
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. The spell you're under will slowly rob you of your virgin soul." ÿTo say
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they were raised by demons is enough, ÿbut they say they will rob you of your
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virgin soul.
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A song by Rick Derringer says, "Take me to the bottom. Show me where to sell
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my soul. A promise sealed in blood . . . It doesn't feel so wrong, that
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ÿsweet, ÿsweet evil." ÿThe name of the song is "Sweet ÿEvil" ÿÿand proves that
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they are evil if they think it is sweet.
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Another ÿgroup ÿthat shows they are evil is AC/DC. ÿOne of ÿtheir ÿmost
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popular songs is entitled, "Hell's Bells." Some of the lyrics are, ÿ"If God is
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on the left, ÿI'm on the right. ÿIf you're into evil, ÿyou're ÿa friend of
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mine." The words of the song speak for themselves.
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A group called Blue Oyster Cult has a song called, ÿ"Divine Wind," which is
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ÿa ÿchant ÿof ingredients for a potion ÿwhich ÿmeans ÿthey ÿare ÿinto
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witchcraft. Some of the words are, "Blood of bat; Tail of newt; Wing of metal;
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ÿBone of steel; ÿVial of health; Flask of pain; ÿStaff of life of poison ÿrain;
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ÿIf he really thinks we're evil, ÿthen let's send ÿhim ÿto Hell."
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Sex ÿis more predominant than anything else in the lyrics and the groups
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themselves. ÿGene Simmons says that KISS is concerned with sex and very little
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else. ÿWendy O. Williams, lead singer of the Plasmatics, usually appears
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ÿtopless ÿat some point in her concerts. ÿBefore she ÿuses ÿher trusty
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sledgehammer to destroy speakers and amplifiers, ÿshe uses it ÿto masterbate in
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public and has been arrested in two major cities for doing so. ÿShe also has
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orgasms when she sings her songs, ÿÿespecially during one of her songs called,
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"Butcher Baby."
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David Lee Roth, lead singer for Van Halen, says he lives out one-hundred
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percent ÿof ÿhis fantasies with pretty women that he meets on the ÿroad. Elton
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ÿJohn says he can have sex with either male or female ÿand ÿthinks that people
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should be free with it. ÿAlice Cooper makes love with a ÿboa constrictor and a
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mannequin during some of his concerts.
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Daryl Hall, of Hall and Oates, ÿsays the idea of having sex with another man
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doesn't turn him off. ÿThe manager of Village ÿPeople ÿis trying to write
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songs that will make the gay people more ÿacceptable. Rod Stewart has always
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wanted to be attractive to men because that's half the people that buy his
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records. ÿRob Halford has been known ÿto "drop his leather drawers
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mid-concert." ÿThe reason for all the sex on stage is because it makes the
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records sell a lot better.
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Today's ÿrock musicians put sex into their songs mainly to put sex ÿinto the
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minds of the teenager who listen to it. ÿJust the titles of some of AC/DC's
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songs are bad enough, like "Big Balls, ÿLove at First Feel, ÿand Let me put my
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Love into You." ÿAnother song by AC/DC is, "Given the Dog a Bone," ÿwhich goes
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like this: ". . . GoizgEýdown to her knees, ÿÿdown, down to ninety degrees
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. . . I'm just givin' ÿthe dog a bone." ÿThis is obviously talking about a
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man having oral sex with a woman.
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Ted ÿNugent's ÿsong ÿcalled, ÿ"Wango Tango," ÿsays ÿ"When ÿI ÿneed ÿsome
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lubrication, baby, prop down, get a butt propped up. Now you're in the right
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position, baby." He talks about sadomasochism in his song, "Violent Love." Ted
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Nugent is not satisfied with that. He opened a concert with, "Wang Dang
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Sweetpoontang," which says, "Oh Madine, you're a teenage queen, so d-----
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clean, especially down in between."
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Pink Floyd says he needs a dirty woman and a dirty girl to make him feel like
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a man. ÿThe Cars say they want to melt inside of you. ÿÿDr. ÿHook gets very
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vulgar when he says, "Sometimes I dream of chicks, sometimes I dream ÿof
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ÿanimals, ÿsometimes I dream of boys." ÿThis is from ÿa ÿsong called, ÿ"Get My
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Rocks Off." And finally, Alice Cooper describes having sex with a dead person
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in his song, "Cold Ethyl."
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Some people have tried to stop rock music from getting too powerful, but they
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ÿall ÿhave ÿfailed. ÿJames Watt, ÿformerly the ÿSecretary ÿof ÿthe Interior,
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ÿtried to stop the Beach Boys from playing at the 1983 ÿFourth of July
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Celebration, ÿbut President and Mrs. ÿReagan told him that ÿthey were friends
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ÿof theirs and that their kids grew ÿup ÿwith ÿthem. After this, ÿÿWatt
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decided to change his mind. ÿMany more attempts have ÿbeen made. Some have
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come closer than others, but they still can't stop rock music ÿfrom ÿbeing
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heard. ÿRock music can be heard ÿeverywhere. ÿÿIt's hurting ÿteenagers ÿevery
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ÿtime they listen to it, ÿbut rock ÿmusic ÿhas settled ÿdown ÿin ÿthe past
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years, ÿand more and ÿmore ÿChristian ÿradio stations are being started.
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Hopefully, this is a sign of what's to come in the future.
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Doug Reames, El Dorado, Arkansas
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