Some growth drivers for the market in the near future:
👉 Ethereum with Shanghai update
👉 Liquid Staking market expands after Shanghai
👉 Starting from Stablecoin & Liquid Staking projects, Curve, Convex Wars return
👉 Arbitrum Eco
ANYTHING ELSE ?
I'm not sure if this is going to be a big driver in the market for altcoins. I mean the much touted PoW to PoS that Ethereum upgrade wasn't enough to even push it to $2k. So I doubt that those listed could do that and shake the market. And remember that we are still in the bear market and so if there is one bigger event that will shape up and move us to the bull run and all time high prices for altcoins in the bitcoin block halving which is schedule for early next year. |
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I guess we may have survived that bomb scare, I mean it's been a week already, prices is still good of majority of solid coins.
So the OP's feeling is wrong, but nevertheless it's good that he open it up here, and who knows, his intuition might be right after all. So everything has calm now, all stable coins are back to peg 1:1 now. And the total marketcap is still at above $1 trillion, meaning money is still inside crypto market and there are no selling at all.
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I think the stamina of Donaire is probably the biggest enigma about him, since the pandemic started he has fought only 3 times, not a single one of those fights have gone farther than the 4 round and in aggregate he has only fought for 10 total rounds, and for someone which is 40 years old keeping up with a youngster which is only 27 years old could be problematic, and unless he can beat him during the first rounds he could get in trouble simply due to the superior endurance and stamina of Santiago.
No matter how fast and strong he is when he won't get a chance to land those power punches in the early rounds he would be in real trouble when his opponent will start to get serious and he is out of stamina. He is just like another soon to retired boxer when he reaches that age because no matter how hard his training is when he gets old, he will start to slow down and he is injury prone. But he is still not gonna back off when it comes to his opponent because we know him, he likes to gamble his power punches and take those counters just to land serious damage against his opponent. I wouldn't consider that a possibility, as Donaire had been dominating in the bantamweight division prior to his fight with Inoue. Even though Inoue has moved up, we can still consider Donaire a serious threat to anyone who wants to compete for the belts. Donaire has matured in boxing, and he knows how to exploit his opponent's weaknesses using his advantages. Yes, he has been dominating this division before and when he tries to move up and got destroyed, other says that it will be the end of Donaire's career. But he become a champion again, runner up to Inoue in the WBSS tournament like 3-4 years ago and it was a resurgent career for him. So he still have his chance to become a champion and should be consider as one of the best bantamweight of our generation. And I think everyone in the bantamweight division knows that as well. Moloney avoided him for that reason and decided to chase WBO belt. |
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Plenty of reports that are saying we won’t see Durant on the floor for the Suns until at least Sunday, with a debut next Wednesday even a possibility. I want to see them in action, but with Booker just back in the lineup I can understand why they want to take it slow. I’m glad I’ll be able to see Durant play a lot more. Maybe even in person.
Booker is still not yet in his full performance. He had been hesitating his three point shots and so do his midrange. Perhaps, they are giving him a chance to be back on track before they put in another assassin in the game. I want to see how Chris Paul will manage this two shooters, it's not like they all have a history playing together, in fact they had been trash talking years ago. I envy you bro, I wish I could see Durant in person too. True, it won't help any, not that Pat is a bad player, but trying to replace Lonzo in the middle of the season with him is not a good choice in my opinion. Anyhow, Pat is a native Chicago so for sure he will be embrace by the fans and not expecting a big change for them for the better.
They are deep in the standings at 11th place and it will need a lot of effort from Lavine and DeRozan to move them. But I don't see them in the playoff for this season.
A big no to me too, I'd rather let Coby White or Caruso do the ball handling, they don't make a lot of mistakes in that section. No LaVine too, I have seen him made a lot of turnovers by handling the ball, he should become their catch and shoot type of guy. DeRozan might be better at protecting the ball than him. Problem with Caruso is that he is also injury prone, Coby White can do it, however, I'm not sure about him, most of the games he will do well, but there are times that he doesn't have that push or choking in the close minutes of the games. So that is the biggest problem of the Bulls, when Ball got injured, there are no solid backup for him. And now that he will be out indefinitely, I don't think that Pat can cover him. |
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I still prefer my laptop to play on my favorite casinos, the experience of like playing in a landbased casinos. But there are times that I also try to play on mobile ways when I was on a go or doesn't want for someone to see me in public playing. With my mobile phone I can go on any corner bring out my phone and play.
But when I'm at at home, I still prefer to play on a big screen in my laptop.
Still each other's own though, others plays only in their phone and that is fine as well.
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For long term holders I'll say keep pressing on, give no second thought to the news going round especially when it's a near future impact news. There will always be news about bitcoin wether positive or negative but for a long term holder the goal is to hold strong and steady till the eventual bull erupt.
Yes, I think hold term holders have learn their lessons already, and then know that buying at any rate would be the ideal in this market. Specially after the bull run, when the price started to go down again, it's the best time to accumulate. But for now, again, the biggest barrier is $25k for this month, if we want the price to continue to increased, then breaking this barrier should be our biggest goal. And then $30k might be easier to break after that, in my opinion. |
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It has been 11 years and Litecoin is still running like a champ. In these 11 years, it never went down. One of the biggest advantages for small merchants who want to accept payment in crypto. Many merchants prefer Bitcoin & Ethereum payment but Litecoin is also something merchants should consider accepting as a payment.
What do you think guys?
Bitcoin's uptime is 99.99%, so it's almost perfect like Litecoin. But wait the code of Litecoin is very similar to Bitcoin, per it's original developer, Charlie Lee. But we all know that crypto enthusiast loves the original, and so that is the problem with Litecoin. There were times though that Bitcoin network is congested, so many of us shifted to Litecoin. But when the network goes back to normal, enthusiast goes to Bitcoin again. |
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It is normal for Bitcoin prices to rise. Because it is already noticed that in the past the price of Bitcoin was 69k dollar. But from there Bitcoin price started dumping and touched 15k dollar. And now Bitcoin price is at 24.8k dollar so we are in a small bull run. Bitcoin price continues to rise without any media news. So if there's a big futurist good news for Bitcoin, it could be a long way into a big bull run where past prices can be crossed. So we should invest in Bitcoin right now.
In the last few days, the increase in Bitcoin has started, even if only in a small way and sometimes there have been some price corrections that occurred some time ago, but Bitcoin has been able to recover it, in the sense that Bitcoin is moving upwards or Bitcoin's growth will increase. this has become a natural thing, after all Bitcoin has marked ATH a few years ago, this increase has naturally occurred which is where we have been at the bottom for so long. That is the natural trajectory of bitcoin and will always stay like that. It does have some down years, but in the end it breaks above the ATH eventually, usually every 3-4 years, it was 2014 or so, then 2017 and then in 2020 we started to go up but broke it in 2021, which means that by 2024 or 2025 we are going to have a much much higher ATH again, maybe not everyone believes this but it will happen no matter what. That is why I am quite happy with what I got and will always be happy about it. Just do not force your purchasing, don't buy because it will go up eventually and hurt your finances, invest when you have money that you can risk and not worry about. Paying attention to Bitcoin's path over the past few years and when experiencing a Crash of course Bitcoin always recovers it, and is able to reach the latest ATH in the usual period of 4 years later, If you draw conclusions and use this cross as a Guide, it should be 4 years later Bitcoin will create ATH it's only the year 2025 that will come, paying attention to market movements now also gives clues that this will happen, as is happening in the Bitcoin market which is experiencing price improvements which are increasing every day slowly. Yes, its' because that bitcoin halving happens every 4 years, and it is the catalyst for the eventual bull run that we all are waiting. So right now, we are still in the bear market although the price keeps going up. But everything will change when we had the halving next year, May if I'm not mistaken. That could be the start when the price is going to go up massively and then it will continue to grow till like the end of 2025, and speculators see a price that could reach at least 6 digits in the next bull run and we will have a all time high again. |
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^He already did acknowledge that, he knows that it's hard to beat that version of Inoue who is still in his prime. He just wanted to test it out that's why he want toe to toe with him but eventually it was the wrong decision for him as he was knockout cold by Inoue.
And now he had move forward, although he has been hinting to go down to 115 lbs.
But it's all changed when Inoue decided to move up and that open another door for him to become a world champ at bantamweight.
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For the latest odds, Caleb Plant is the underdog,  And so it seems that Benavidez power is the overwhelming reasons why he is big favorite, as for Caleb 3:1 underdog good already for a ML bet. I will agree with the odds maker, gonna be hard for Caleb to score a win against a hard hitting David Benavidez who has one mission, to have a fight with Canelo Alvarez in the future. Plant might win some rounds in the beginning because of his experience hehe. However yes, very much similar to Canelo, it will be Benavidez's strength and his physical presence that will cause him to win this fight. It can also be argued that Benavidez has more strength and physical presence than Canelo. In any case it appears that much of the voters have the correct vote. Benavidez by technical knockout or knockout. What round does everyone predict for the knockout? I did looked at the odds right now and the Over 10.5 is good for me to bet, 2.03. Or if this fight is going for a Benavidez win by KO, could be the same, over 10.5, so round range could by 7-9, or 10-12, both as well are good odds to bet, more that 4.x. Exact round, this is very difficult to predict though, but again late in the rounds, 9-11. |
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If I am the Clippers management I won't waste time and money looking at the 10 day contract. This could be the best solution they could offer.
Is he offered just a 10 day contract or 1 year veteran minimum? I am yet to see how long is the contract of westbrook from any reliable sports news. To be clear, Westbrook is in the final stages of negotiating his $47 million contract with the Jazz. Of that total sum, Westbrook had $13.2 million remaining for the 2022-23 season. To that end, it is understood that once details are finalized, we can expect to see Westbrook signing for the Clippers for a league minimum of $784,914. While there has been no official word on the length of the contract, it’s highly likely that it will be a one-year deal, which would mean that Westbrook will in fact be a free agent when summer rolls around. https://en.as.com/nba/russel-westbrooks-contract-with-the-clippers-salary-years-n/I'm actually glad he landed on the Clippers with a good chance of playing in the playoffs. I think he will also fit with Kahwi since he's not really known as a ball hog. WB can also play as a starter but probably needs to earn his spot by playing defense too.
There are already rumors that Westbrook will play in the Clippers' starting lineup. If that is really the case, Terance Mann probably won't be happy about that coaching decision, as he'll likely have to spend more time on the bench than on the court. Anyway, it should be interesting to see how Westbrook will affect the Clippers, considering the fact that their current roster is already good, and they clearly have the potential to perform well in the playoffs. I do not like it either. I think Mann is really doing good lately and he deserves to start with the Clippers. But I think WB role in the team was discussed during his meeting with Kawhi and PG. So, if they have agreed that WB will start, then that would be it. Hopefully, it will be a good decision. It's going to be a big test for the Clippers and it looks like they are going to shift him to the starting 5 lineup. Although he is coming from the bench in the Lakers uniform, who knows, he might be still effective as a starting guard with the Clippers. Let's see another interesting team for Westbrook in the last 4-5 years and he still hasn't found a home. |
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...This coin is unlikely to reach the price of one dollar. There are many much more worthy cryptocurrencies in this market than Dogecoin.
If we expect ATH from the cryptocurrency market, then it is not surprising that Dodge will also exceed its ATH. A given that the last ATH was at the level of 73 cents, it can be assumed that the price of Doge will reach the level of 1 dollar. And don't forget that the impossible is possible in the cryptocurrency market)) Yeah, nothing is impossible, but the hype around the DOGE is not as big as it was, and I'm not sure that it will be the same or bigger. But I wish only the best for the holders and will be glad to be wrong! Well, we can't really tell, we are in bear market, so obviously majority of the coins are going to sleep and hibernate in this cycle. But once we are in a bull run, who knows, maybe DOGE will be hype again by Elon or some other crypto influencer, pushing the price even higher. However, there are investors that are not into hype crypto like DOGE, they would rather stick to solid projects like BTC/ETH and other altcoins. Instead of risking something on a meme coin, just saying. |
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Are we now on crypto bull run or this yet to be go down futher more down than 15500?
As some community members say here in the forum, I want to believe that we are gradually entering the bull run, because, in the past few weeks, I have noticed that bitcoin dude is increasing gradually. Even if we say that it is difficult to predict the movement of the market, I can still say that bitcoin often gives unexpected things to its holders, to be honest. But this is just my opinion, as long as I continue to accumulate bitcoin as much as I can. All those members are saying that we are getting closer to a bull run because we have seen similar things happened before, we know that it could be increasing constantly and we know that it could have a big break out as well. How do we know this? Like I said, we have seen it happen before. The last time we are in this price range is about 8 months ago, so yeah, it's been a long time since we have seen this price so definitely, we are very happy. But still very far cry from the crypto bull run that we are expecting. All these crashes and small up and down movements and anything like that, all happened before and this isn't a new thing for none of us, since we have seen it crash like this before and then recover, it allowed us to have a trust in bitcoin and know that it will repeat itself again and it will go up again, which will be an awesome thing for all the people who are holding.
That's what we call price fluctuations, it's a sudden movement, up and down and we really don't know when it's going to happen. Just like in the last 24 hours, we are inching closer to $25k, but then again, we can't get over that barrier and it's seem a very tough price to break. But then again, if we can break it then we might see a run to $28-$30k, but no one can exactly predict when are the prices going on that level. |
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WB landing on a contender. It will be a slap to the face of the Lakers who treated him as a scapegoat if he performs well and help the clippers land a championship. Hopefully, Coach Ty Lue can devise a way to maximize the skills of Westbrook. I think he will not be a starter but WB will be a great addition coming from the bench.
Maybe not a starter but if he can lead the 2nd team then it's still all good for the Clippers. As long as he can contribute and maybe if they are on the lead, preserve it while Kawhi and the starters are taking their rest. WB and Hyland, that will be a scary fast-paced game with both players attacking the rim. I hope that silence Westbrook's critics thinking no one wants him. Before, I think even in this thread, there are people who think that no teams in the league right now that want Westbrook without realizing that he's still versatile and quick and still a big asset on any team.
With the Clippers, I do sure that he will blend here smoothly since he already knows playing with Paul George back in their OKC days.
Aside from that, Westbrook already knows how to adjust to new teammates and for sure he won't be a big burden on Clippers.
It will probably zip their mouths and lock it if ever the Clippers will be in the championship. He will not be a burden but will be a big threat, they don't really need shooters because that's covered by Powell, PG13, Gordon, and Batum. They will need his aggressive skills to spread the floor more and give the shooters a good look at the three-point line. I think another Los Angeles team getting WB is already a slap for the Lakers, much more they are more of a contender that them. But the problem is that Clippers is already loaded with talents, and it's funny to think that WB's once team, Reggie Jackson on OKC was once a Clipper and now he will replace him in somewhat in that position. Not sure how he can spread the floor though, WB is know for his passing ability and not his outside shot. |
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^^ Isn't it kinda late though? 6 weeks will not be enough to prepare both fighters, although Davis just had a tune up, while Ryan chooses to not to go that way. So he might be in a disadvantage unless he is really training already or this fight.
But in any case, it's a good update for this fight and maybe we can say that 99% that it is going to happen.
Maybe around April-June would be my guesstimate on this fight.
Tank Davis might not have rested and continues to train after his recent fight and Ryan Garcia might presently be training for Tank before the cancellation of his own fight scheduled on January. I also assume that Tank and King Ry signed the contract for April 15. They might be ready to fight next month if they did not need time for promoting this hehehe. Only an injury would cause a postponement for this fight, I reckon. Right, they have bee going on since late December, so they might have been a head start training for this two. But still though, they might go full hard training in the next 6 weeks if the fight goes official. Hopefully there were no injuries suffered in their training, there were news about Tank's injury but he deny it by issuing a video. On Garcia's side we haven't heard anything of reported injuries. So they might be training very hard now. |
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If Donaire doesn't want a tougher opponent, then he should be happy with his. The odds aren't yet available, but I believe Donaire will be the favorite. It's just sad that he's coming off a big loss against Inoue, so I hope he's still very confident, and we'll see his signature KO punch again.
Donaire already fought for 49 times, had 7 losses and been fought in many countries, so I'm pretty sure he doesn't have any mental issue or nervous. The problem might his stamina, in the last 3 fights where he's already 38 years old he fight only for 4 rounds, so we don't know if the fight will goes distance and how good is Donaire during late rounds. If Donaire can't KO Santiago in the first 6 rounds, I'm not quite sure Donaire will win. If he can't KO Santiago early, I think he still has a good chance to win in the scorecard, a. dominate the rest of the fight b. uses his jab to let Santiago at bay and not get closer to him c. conserved his early And with his experience, if he can't land his knockout power, then he will try to look for other avenues to win the fight. |
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Yes, this fight is happening, I posted it here first, hehehe. Anyways, it's good to have a separate thread for this fight, this is for the bantamweight belt so it's deserves one. And as the majority of you guys see it, we are going to favor our very own Nonito Donaire and his chances are good to win another bantamweight reign. Santiago might be unknown to us, not enough in the top 5, but it doesn't mean that it will be easy for Donaire. Still very hard fight but at the end, the experience of Donaire will be in full display here, how he is going to set up that left hook, coverage of the ring and setting feint and traps to open Santiago and then give us his patented left hook to finish with a knockout. Yup, no such thing as an easy fight for Donaire now especially at this stage of his career but i could say that this one is very winnable. As usual, Donaire's height or we say, he is the bigger fighter here which could be the biggest advantage of the Filipino Flash. Santiago is 5'2 which i think will give him a hard time to hit Donaire and him vulnerable to that patented counter left hook which could end the fight quickly. But given Donaire's age, I think I can't really expect that he will struggle to win against Santiago. In Donaire's 38 to 40 years old span, he faces young fights which is not in the same level of performance on Santiago. Donaire KO a young boxer on his prime Reymart Gaballo and faces Inoue with a good performance although only on their first match. I'm not considering Santiago as a threat but upset can always happened. Not only a young Reymart Gaballo, but Ouballi, on how he destroys him when they face and you like seeing a prime Donaire, as if he turns back the clock. So it could be end that way, like the smaller fighters that Donaire faces, or at least he has the height advantages, he all knock them down or out cold. Boxers, like Darchy, Arce, and Montiel. So definitely, we should all look for Donaire scoring a statement knockout. If not then he might win in the majority of the rounds, dominate Santiago. |
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I agree, it is better for Magsayo to be slick, and quick and must launch a scoring punch rather than a knock-out punch. This way he can compete against Vargas in scoring. Besides not putting much of force on the punches can render him more mobile and quick. He should know when to launch heavy knockout punches and the scoring punches. Sadly, Magsayo is all brawn and not using his brain during the fight against Vargas.
For sure Magsayo's camp is already aware of those problems. If ever given a chance again to face Vargas, those problems will surely be addressed. Let's also consider the fact that Magsayo isn't really outscored in the match as he won the one judge. Surely Magsayo has learned a thing or two about Vargas's strength and his weakness especially recently when Foster revealed how to defeat Vargas, although I'm not sure that Magsayo can use that one because they have a different fighting style and Foster is quite slick, that is why Vargas failed in his attempt. This time, Magsayo should level up his game because he will get embarrassed for sure if he didn't learn something from their first encounter. Magsayo stated the he expected to win that match but decided to respect the judge's decision. It means Magsayo didn't really being overwhelmed by Vargas' strength. Also new to Magsayo's experience fighting against a long reach and much taller compared to him. Figueroa has the same specifications as Vargas with height advantage and long reach. Magsayo will use his experienced fighting Vargas in his fight against Figueroa. One difference though is that Brandon is more of a brawler type of boxer, face first and are not afraid to engage his opponents in the middle of the ring or even in the corner. We have seen him in that Fulton fight wherein he narrowly lost. And if Magsayo is looking for a rematch with Rey Vargas, and so is Figueroa against Fulton. Same mindset of Mark, he thinks he win and he disagree with the judges score. But he can't do anything for now. So this two are looking for a big win in their clash. |
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$25,000 within February is an easy target. And we already hit 24939 on bybit and most exchanges (almost 25k). This was at 22k yesterday. Who would have imagined such a price increase after a not-so-good cpi data which came just day before yesterday? This time bitcoin even shocked the Americans lol. Remember guys, If it goes above 25.2k, 30k will happen real quick, no stoppage in between. Yes, the price was a hairline away from hitting $25,000 in many exchanges. I don't know if there was an exchange where Bitcoin actually reached $25,000 but the average price among exchanges was probably below $25,000. Coingecko has it at $24,960.70. In other words Bitcoin has not yet hit the $25,000 mark. Right now it is already in a correction phase. It will probably hit $25,000 and even beyond the next time the price rallies. It could happen any day from now. It actually did hit $25,000, when I woke up, its about $25,xxx already. But I was surprised that in the next 4 hours, the price suddenly declined way below $23,xxx. And now it has stopped, that is a huge correction though, I thought that we might still go and maintain $24,500- at least because that's where the price is before the sudden $25,000 jump. Now, we are back lower than what we have in 48 hours. So let's see, I'm still positive that we are still in the bullish phase this February and I wouldn't be surprised to see the price going back again to $25,000 and higher. Most likely they have sell orders at $25k, and so when the price was hit, they are liquidated instantly causing a huge fall to $23k. But there is nothing to be scared of or something, the market seems to be on the bullish side, so most likely this month $25k will be touch again. Attempts after attempts and then we will stable at that price and then goes on again maybe this March. That's how I see the market right now, so I'm still feeling bullish this February and it will still continue till March. |
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^ Not sure why Bernard Hopkins throw that on Bill Haney, but it's true, the older Haney has been put to jail when he was younger for crimes and this is one reason why he almost not made it to his son first fight in Australia because the Victorian government is strict with regards to individual entering their country with prior convictions in the US.
Regarding the money, you can't compare era's, maybe in this era Hopkins because a great middle weight champion would have earn a lot more in his career in the past.
They are just doing it for recognition because most of them are not being mentioned nowadays. Still, Haney has done great all these years and his performance is at his own best. That's why he always gets this kind of statement whether from the old era or now. His fight will gonna be a real challenge for him since his opponent is not some common boxer and can really give him hard time this time. Also, his clean record is eager to reach even numbers that will gonna give him more motivation for winning. Yes, Haney as a young age has accomplished a lot, winning all the belts against Kambosos, that is already a huge accomplishment for him. There is no need to compare him to Hopkins or whoever it is, its from a old era. There are haters in any sports, even Lebron does have a lot of haters even if he is the best right now surpassing KAJ record. Boxers have their own history and destiny. I believe it is ok to compare boxers but imposing one achievement to others is somehow rough. They have their own time and own environment. One accomplishment can't be another. So just compare their accomplishment but don't bash if the other one fall short. So just let it be, he should be just thinking of beating Loma next in his fight, that's it. I agree Haney should be focusing on his incoming fight against Loma or else he would find himself slipping away from his title if he doesn't focused on his next fight. Of course, boxers have their own history and destiny, there are good boxers in the amateurs but turns out to be a complete failure in professional. As for imposing one's achievement, I think that is comparing already, at least for me that's how I understand it. Boxers are going to bash each other no matter what, just like what Hopkins or at least his attacks to Devin's father and so he has the right to response and show what his son has accomplished as compare to Bernard. |
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