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Festivals are a big part of today’s culture. As a result, festival fashions are being seen more often in clubs, venues and even when walking down the street.

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  If you love the festival fashion look, there are plenty of ways you can incorporate it into your wardrobe, whether you plan to be festival-ing, or not. Here a few ideas.

  Crotchet

Crotchet is a fashion statement that has infiltrated the festival world and is starting to dominate every day looks as well. It may be the sense of nostalgia that does it for us. After all, these pieces can look like something granny made, yet they are sexy at the same time.

  Crotcheting is also a great way to bring in colors which are bigger this year than ever due to the psychedelic revival. After all, what is more inspirational to festival fashions than Woodstock?

  Crotchets can appear anywhere, on bra tops, dresses, and even pants. You really can’t go wrong when you incorporate this look in your wardrobe.

  Denim Shorts

  Daisy Dukes have been around since, well at least since the first Dukes of Hazzard episode back in 1979, but the denim shorts look was popular way before then and I’m not sure if it ever went out of style.

  Denim shorts are a festival favorite because they are easy to wear, you don’t have to worry about them getting messed up, they’re sexy, they go with everything and they are easy to sit down in. You can wear plain denim shorts, adorn them with rhinestones and patches, wear them long, short or however you please.

  Bra Tops

  Nothing shows off those belly button rings quite like a bra top. Easy and sexy, it is no wonder why these have become a big part of festival fashions.

  Many girls like to bare it all wearing bra tops that don’t provide much coverage at all. But there are also short tops with a bit more material. These make for loose flowy looks that are perfect for paying tribute to the psychedelic era.

  Long Flowing Dresses

  Another great way to bring back the 60’s is to wear a long flowing dress. This type of dress will provide a Mother Earth vibe that can take you back to Woodstock.

  To really make the most of this look, choose something made of a light, gauzy, material with plenty of colors. This will be perfect for creating the image you are going for.

  Jewelry

No hippie look will be complete without an abundance of jewelry. However, you don’t want to overdo it. Jewelry can get uncomfortable after a long day of watching music. What’s more, it can easily become lost while you’re on the festival grounds.

    To keep this from happening, try going for layered looks. Layered bracelets and necklaces will make it look like you are wearing several pieces, even if you are only wearing one or two. Fewer pieces mean more comfort and you are also less likely to lose a bunch of jewelry if you limit the pieces you are wearing.

  Now that you know the latest festival fashions, which of these will you be wearing for your next outing?

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Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 2018: What is the annual New York City pageant and how did it start? - The Independent

Macy's Day Parade is a fixture of America's annual Thanksgiving celebrations, watched by thousands on the streets of New York City and millions more on TV at home.

The pageant is known for its floats, costumed revellers, brass bands and enormous balloons of popular cartoon characters like Snoopy, Paddington Bear and SpongeBob SquarePants, always a surreal sight sailing between the buildings.

The world's largest parade has taken place every year since 1924 when it was first introduced by the famous department chain, whose flagship store sits on 34th Street.

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About to take place for the 92nd time, the event no longer features wild animals borrowed from the Central Park Zoo as it did in its inaugural year, when the idea was first imported from Newark, New Jersey, where it had first been conceived as a publicity vehicle for the Louis Bamberger store.

Macy's version, concluding with the welcoming of Santa Claus into Herald Square, quickly eclipsed the preceding Ragamuffin Day, which had seen children go from door-to-door dressed as beggars to collect sweets, a similar practice to Halloween trick-or-treating. The advent of the Great Depression, which left many in real destitution, saw Ragamuffin Day gradually phased out altogether.

The introduction of balloons to the Macy's parade was the brainchild of Anthony Frederick Sarg, a marionette performer tasked with designing a seasonal window display. He did so using giant balloon animals custom-built by the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company of Akron, Ohio, which proved so popular with shoppers they were taken out on tour with the marchers in 1927, replacing the zoo animals.

The first character from popular culture to be featured is thought to have been Felix the Cat in 1931, Mickey Mouse making his debut in 1934.

Following the US entry into the Second World War, the parade was suspended between 1942 and 1944 but was revived for the jubilant Thanksgiving of November 1945 and two years later played a prominent role in the film Miracle on 34th Street about a child's encounter with the real Santa Claus working at the department store.

A Pikachu balloon floats down 6th Avenue during the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York (Reuters)

It has run smoothly ever since, barring the occasional burst balloon here and there, as when a gust of wind snagged one on a lamppost in Times Square in 2005 and injured two bystanders.

Global events have meant security concerns have been to the fore in recent years, with the NYPD out in force and police sharpshooters stationed on Manhattan rooftops to keep a watchful eye over proceedings that could provide a target for acts of terror.

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1/50 19 November 2018

A view of the Fuego volcano eruption at sunrise, seen from El Rodeo, Escuintla, Guatemala. More than 2,000 people were evacuated from several villages due to the strong eruption, located 50 kilometers west of the Guatemalan capital

EPA

2/50 18 November 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron is applauded after speaking before the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) as the German parliament commemorates victims of wars and dictatorships in Berlin. The leaders of France and Germany jointly remember the victims of European wars, presenting also a united front in countering global turmoil stoked by US President Donald Trump

AFP/Getty

3/50 17 November 2018

People wearing yellow vests, a symbol of a French drivers' nationwide protest against higher fuel prices, block the Paris-Brussels motorway in Haulchin, France

Reuters

4/50 16 November 2018

People hold banners of Jamal Khashoggi during a symbolic funeral prayer for the Saudi journalist, killed and dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October, at the courtyard of Fatih mosque in Istanbul. Turkey has more evidence contradicting the Saudi version of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi including a second audio recording, revealing that the murder had been premeditated, a Turkish newspaper reported on November 16, a contradiction to the statement of the Saudi prosecutor who said that five Saudi officials faced the death penalty on charges of killing Khashoggi but exonerated the country's powerful Crown Prince of involvement in the murder

AFP/Getty

5/50 15 November 2018

Alexei Navalny leaves the European Court of Human Rights today. The court has ruled that Russia's repeated arrests of Navalny were politically motivated

AP

6/50 14 November 2018

A crew member escorts a migrant child out of a plane transporting a group of 51 migrants from Niger, entitled to international protection, after its landing at the Mario De Bernardi military airport in Pratica di Mare, south of Rome

AFP/Getty

7/50 13 November 2018

Palestinians gather in front of damaged buildings in Gaza City following Israeli air strikes targeting the area overnight. Israel's aircraft struck Gaza on November 12, killing three Palestinians and wounding nine after a barrage of rocket fire into its territory from the enclave. The flare-up came after a deadly Israeli special forces operation in the Gaza Strip, at the weekend, that left Hamas vowing revenge

AFP/Getty

8/50 12 November 2018

Floral tributes outside Melbourne's Pellegrini's Cafe for Sisto Malaspina, after he was stabbed to death last Friday in an attack police have called an act of terrorism, in Australia

Reuters

9/50 11 November 2018

Heads of states and world leaders attend ceremonies at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Over 60 heads of state and government were taking part in a solemn ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the mute and powerful symbol of sacrifice to the millions who died from 1914-18

AP

10/50 10 November 2018

Firefighters push down a wall while battling against a burning apartment complex in Paradise, north of Sacramento, California. A rapidly spreading, late-season wildfire in northern California has burned 20,000 acres of land and prompted authorities to issue evacuation orders for thousands of people. As many as 1000 homes, a hospital, a Safeway store and scores of other structures have burned in the area as the Camp fire tore through the region

AFP/Getty

11/50 9 November 2018

A Fly Jamaica plane en route to Toronto crash lands at an airport in Guyana following a technical problem. At least six passengers were injured

Cheddi Jagan International Airport

12/50 8 November 2018

An FBI agent talks to a potential witness as they stand near the scene Thursday in Thousand Oaks, California. where a gunman opened fire Wednesday inside a country dance bar crowded with hundreds of people on "college night," wounding 11 people including a deputy who rushed to the scene. Ventura County sheriff's spokesman says gunman is dead inside the bar.

AP

13/50 7 November 2018

Democratic congressional candidate Ilhan Omar is celebrates with her husband's mother after she won a congress place during the US midterm elections. In doing do she became the first-joint Muslim woman to be elected into congress alongside Rashida Tlaib

Reuters

14/50 6 November 2018

Voters cast their ballots at the Tuttle Park Recreation Center polling location in Columbus, Ohio. Across the US, voters headed to the polls in one of the most high-profile midterm elections in years

AP

15/50 5 November 2018

Members of the group Your Vote Matters encourage people to vote before an event hosted by US Senator Claire McCaskill as she campaigns for the US Senate in Saint Louis, Missour. McCaskill, a Democrat, faces a challenge from Republican Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley in the November general election

EPA

16/50 4 November 2018

Police officers and rescuers work at the site of where a truck ploughed into cars at a toll booth in Lanzhou in China's northwestern Gansu province. The out-of-control truck crashed into a 31-car lineup and killed 15 people, with 44 injured

AFP/Getty

17/50 3 November 2018

Simone Biles on the podium with her gold medal from the floor exercise at the gymnastics world championships. She became the most decorated female gymnast in world's history, as well as, becoming the first American to win a medal in every event at the competition

AFP/Getty

18/50 2 November 2018

A Salvadorean migrant with a girl walks next to Guatemalan policemen as they approach the Guatemala-Mexico international border bridge in Ciudad Tecun Uman. Accoring to the Salvadorean General Migration Directorate, over 1,700 Salvadoreans left the country in two caravans and entered Guatemala Wednesday, in an attempt to reach the US

AFP/Getty

19/50 1 November 2018

Google employees hold signs outside 14th street park after walking out as part of a global protest over claims of sexual harassment, gender inequality and systemic racism at the tech giant

Reuters

20/50 31 October 2018

The "Statue of Unity" portraying Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, one of the founding fathers of India, during its inauguration in Kevadia, in the western state of Gujarat, India

Reuters

21/50 30 October 2018

A scavenger collects recyclable materials along the breakwater amid strong waves as weather patterns from Typhoon Yutu affect Manila Bay. Fierce winds sheared off roofs and snapped trees in half, after thousands were evacuated ahead of the powerful storm's arrival

AFP/Getty

22/50 29 October 2018

Rescue team members collecting the remains of the crashed plane at Tanjung Priok Harbour, Indonesia. A Lion Air flight JT-610 lost contact with air traffic controllers soon after takeoff then crashed into the sea. The flight was en route to Pangkal Pinang, and reportedly had 189 people onboard

EPA

23/50 28 October 2018

A supporter of Workers' Party presidential candidate Fernando Haddad embraces a fellow weeping supporter, after learning that rival Jair Bolsonaro was declared the winner in the Brazil presidential runoff election. Addressing supporters in Sao Paulo, Haddad did not concede or even mention Bolsonaro by name. Instead, his speech was a promise to resist

AP

24/50 27 October 2018

First responders surround the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, where a shooter opened fire, wounding three police officers and killing eleven

AP

25/50 26 October 2018

Broward County Sheriff's office have released a photo of Cesar Sayoc, the suspect who was arrested in connection with the pipe bombs that have been sent to several high profile Democrats and critics of President Trump over the course of this week

AP

26/50 25 October 2018

East Island in Hawaii has been swallowed by the sea following Hurricane Walaka

US Fish and Wildlife Service

27/50 24 October 2018

Police officers stand outside the home of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after a "functional explosive device" was attemptedly delivered to the couple

AP

28/50 23 October 2018

Turkey's President Erdogan today accused Saudi Arabia of plotting the 'savage' murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

AP

29/50 22 October 2018

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison (C) delivers a national apology to child sex abuse victims in the House of Representatives in Parliament House in Canberra on October 22, 2018. - Morrison on October 22 issued an emotive apology to children who suffered sexual abuse, saying the state had failed to protect them from "evil dark" crimes committed over decades

AFP/Getty

30/50 21 October 2018

A derailed train in Yian, eastern Taiwan. At least 17 people died after the derailment

CNA/AFP/Getty

31/50 20 October 2018

US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One after a "Make America Great" rally in Mesa, Arizona on October 19, 2018. - US President Donald Trump said Friday, October 19, 2018, that he found credible Saudi Arabia's assertion that dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi died as a result of a fight

AFP/Getty

32/50 19 October 2018

A Palestinian youth runs past a rolling burning tire during clashes with Israeli forces following a demonstration after the weekly Friday prayers, in the centre of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron

AFP/Getty

33/50 18 October 2018

Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the United States, leave Guatemala City. US President Donald Trump threatened to send the military to close its southern border if Mexico fails to stem the "onslaught" of migrants from Central America, in a series of tweets that blamed Democrats ahead of the midterm elections

AFP/Getty

34/50 17 October 2018

Smoke billows following an Israeli air strike around the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. Israel launched raids against targets in the Gaza strip in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian territory that caused damage in a southern city, the Israeli army said

AFP/Getty

35/50 16 October 2018

Ecuador has issued a list of rules to Julian Assange, the famous resident of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. The list included cleaning the bathroom, not commenting on foreign political affairs online and taking better care of his cat (pictured). The document states that failure to comply with these rules “could lead to the termination of the diplomatic asylum granted by the Ecuadorian state”

Reuters

36/50 15 October 2018

Israeli soldiers hurl tear gas grenades during clashes following Israeli order to shut down the al-Lubban/al-Sawiyeh school near the west bank city of Nablus, 15 October 2018. According to local sources, 20 Palestinians were wounded during clashes as dozens try to defiance the Israeli order to shut down the school

EPA

37/50 14 October 2018

Serbia's Novak Djokovic kisses the trophy after winning his men's final singles match against Croatia's Borna Coric at the Shanghai Masters. Djokovic, who has now won four titles this season, will move up one ranking spot to No. 2, pushing Roger Federer back to No. 3

AFP/Getty

38/50 13 October 2018

Demonstrators raising red painted hands and a placard reading "we must change the system not the climate" referring to the need to stop climate change during a march in Bordeaux, southwestern France

AFP/Getty

39/50 12 October 2018

Spanish Unionist demonstrators carry Spanish flags during a demonstration on Spain's National Day in Barcelona

Reuters

40/50 11 October 2018

Russia has halted all crewed space flights following the failed launch of the Soyuz MS-10 rocket (pictured). Investigations in to the rocket's malfunction are ongoing

Reuters

41/50

People look on at a damaged store after Hurricane Michael passed through Panama City, Florida. A Category 4 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph, was the most powerful storm ever to hit the Florida Panhandle

Getty

42/50 9 October 2018

The Darul Muttaqien Mosque was the heart of the community for many in Palu. A lot of the victims were inside their homes or at the mosque when the quake struck. Magareb prayer for many, was their last. Paddy Dowling travelled with UK based charity Muslim Aid to the disaster areas of North Sulawesi to witness the scale of Indonesia’s earthquake & tsunami. They are the only British NGO delivering aid out in Palu through local partners

Paddy Dowling

43/50 8 October 2018

People take part in a candle-light vigil in memory of Bulgarian TV journalist Viktoria Marinova in Ruse

Reuters

44/50 7 October 2018

Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, presidential candidate with the Social Liberal Party, celebrate in front of his house during the general elections in Rio. The far-right congressman, who waxes nostalgically about the dictatorship, won the vote but not an outright victory. The second-round-run-off will be between Bolsoanro and the leftist Workers' party Fernando Haddad

AP

45/50 6 October 2018

Demonstrators hold a banner that reads "freedom of the press, not allowed to be trampled" and "shame on the governments vindictive move" past a symbolic 'political red line' during a protest after Hong Kong immigration authorities declined a visa renewal for senior Financial Times journalist Victor Mallet, outside the immigration department building in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's decision to effectively blacklist a senior Financial Times journalist required an "urgent explanation", the UK said

AFP/Getty

46/50 5 October 2018

Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad announced as the winners of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. The pair were awarded the honour “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.”

AFP/Getty/Reuters

47/50 4 October 2018

Dutch security services expel Russian spies over plot targeting chemical weapons watchdog. This picture shows the four GRU officers who entered the Netherlands at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on April 10, travelling on official Russian passports. On April 13 they parked a car carrying specialist hacking equipment outside the headquarters of the OPCW in The Hague. At that point the Dutch counter-terrorism officers intervened to disrupt the operation and the four GRU officers were ordered to leave the country

PA

48/50 3 October 2018

Quake survivors make their way past a washed out passenger ferry in Wani, Indonesia's Central Sulawesi, after an earthquake and tsunami hit the area on September 28. Nearly 1,400 people are now known to have died as UN officials warned the "needs remain vast" for both desperate survivors and rescue teams still searching for victims

AFP/Getty

49/50 2 October 2018

US first lady Melania Trump holds a baby during a visit to a hospital in Accra, Ghana. The first lady is visiting Africa on her first big solo international trip, aiming to make child well-being the focus of a five-day, four-country tour

Reuters

50/50 1 October 2018

Indian school children dressed like Mahatma Gandhi perform yoga during a event at a school in Chennai ahead of his birth anniversary. Indians all over the country celebrate Gandhi's birthday on October 2

AFP/Getty

1/50 19 November 2018

A view of the Fuego volcano eruption at sunrise, seen from El Rodeo, Escuintla, Guatemala. More than 2,000 people were evacuated from several villages due to the strong eruption, located 50 kilometers west of the Guatemalan capital

EPA

2/50 18 November 2018

French President Emmanuel Macron is applauded after speaking before the Bundestag (lower house of parliament) as the German parliament commemorates victims of wars and dictatorships in Berlin. The leaders of France and Germany jointly remember the victims of European wars, presenting also a united front in countering global turmoil stoked by US President Donald Trump

AFP/Getty

3/50 17 November 2018

People wearing yellow vests, a symbol of a French drivers' nationwide protest against higher fuel prices, block the Paris-Brussels motorway in Haulchin, France

Reuters

4/50 16 November 2018

People hold banners of Jamal Khashoggi during a symbolic funeral prayer for the Saudi journalist, killed and dismembered in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul in October, at the courtyard of Fatih mosque in Istanbul. Turkey has more evidence contradicting the Saudi version of the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi including a second audio recording, revealing that the murder had been premeditated, a Turkish newspaper reported on November 16, a contradiction to the statement of the Saudi prosecutor who said that five Saudi officials faced the death penalty on charges of killing Khashoggi but exonerated the country's powerful Crown Prince of involvement in the murder

AFP/Getty

5/50 15 November 2018

Alexei Navalny leaves the European Court of Human Rights today. The court has ruled that Russia's repeated arrests of Navalny were politically motivated

AP

6/50 14 November 2018

A crew member escorts a migrant child out of a plane transporting a group of 51 migrants from Niger, entitled to international protection, after its landing at the Mario De Bernardi military airport in Pratica di Mare, south of Rome

AFP/Getty

7/50 13 November 2018

Palestinians gather in front of damaged buildings in Gaza City following Israeli air strikes targeting the area overnight. Israel's aircraft struck Gaza on November 12, killing three Palestinians and wounding nine after a barrage of rocket fire into its territory from the enclave. The flare-up came after a deadly Israeli special forces operation in the Gaza Strip, at the weekend, that left Hamas vowing revenge

AFP/Getty

8/50 12 November 2018

Floral tributes outside Melbourne's Pellegrini's Cafe for Sisto Malaspina, after he was stabbed to death last Friday in an attack police have called an act of terrorism, in Australia

Reuters

9/50 11 November 2018

Heads of states and world leaders attend ceremonies at the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Over 60 heads of state and government were taking part in a solemn ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the mute and powerful symbol of sacrifice to the millions who died from 1914-18

AP

10/50 10 November 2018

Firefighters push down a wall while battling against a burning apartment complex in Paradise, north of Sacramento, California. A rapidly spreading, late-season wildfire in northern California has burned 20,000 acres of land and prompted authorities to issue evacuation orders for thousands of people. As many as 1000 homes, a hospital, a Safeway store and scores of other structures have burned in the area as the Camp fire tore through the region

AFP/Getty

11/50 9 November 2018

A Fly Jamaica plane en route to Toronto crash lands at an airport in Guyana following a technical problem. At least six passengers were injured

Cheddi Jagan International Airport

12/50 8 November 2018

An FBI agent talks to a potential witness as they stand near the scene Thursday in Thousand Oaks, California. where a gunman opened fire Wednesday inside a country dance bar crowded with hundreds of people on "college night," wounding 11 people including a deputy who rushed to the scene. Ventura County sheriff's spokesman says gunman is dead inside the bar.

AP

13/50 7 November 2018

Democratic congressional candidate Ilhan Omar is celebrates with her husband's mother after she won a congress place during the US midterm elections. In doing do she became the first-joint Muslim woman to be elected into congress alongside Rashida Tlaib

Reuters

14/50 6 November 2018

Voters cast their ballots at the Tuttle Park Recreation Center polling location in Columbus, Ohio. Across the US, voters headed to the polls in one of the most high-profile midterm elections in years

AP

15/50 5 November 2018

Members of the group Your Vote Matters encourage people to vote before an event hosted by US Senator Claire McCaskill as she campaigns for the US Senate in Saint Louis, Missour. McCaskill, a Democrat, faces a challenge from Republican Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley in the November general election

EPA

16/50 4 November 2018

Police officers and rescuers work at the site of where a truck ploughed into cars at a toll booth in Lanzhou in China's northwestern Gansu province. The out-of-control truck crashed into a 31-car lineup and killed 15 people, with 44 injured

AFP/Getty

17/50 3 November 2018

Simone Biles on the podium with her gold medal from the floor exercise at the gymnastics world championships. She became the most decorated female gymnast in world's history, as well as, becoming the first American to win a medal in every event at the competition

AFP/Getty

18/50 2 November 2018

A Salvadorean migrant with a girl walks next to Guatemalan policemen as they approach the Guatemala-Mexico international border bridge in Ciudad Tecun Uman. Accoring to the Salvadorean General Migration Directorate, over 1,700 Salvadoreans left the country in two caravans and entered Guatemala Wednesday, in an attempt to reach the US

AFP/Getty

19/50 1 November 2018

Google employees hold signs outside 14th street park after walking out as part of a global protest over claims of sexual harassment, gender inequality and systemic racism at the tech giant

Reuters

20/50 31 October 2018

The "Statue of Unity" portraying Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, one of the founding fathers of India, during its inauguration in Kevadia, in the western state of Gujarat, India

Reuters

21/50 30 October 2018

A scavenger collects recyclable materials along the breakwater amid strong waves as weather patterns from Typhoon Yutu affect Manila Bay. Fierce winds sheared off roofs and snapped trees in half, after thousands were evacuated ahead of the powerful storm's arrival

AFP/Getty

22/50 29 October 2018

Rescue team members collecting the remains of the crashed plane at Tanjung Priok Harbour, Indonesia. A Lion Air flight JT-610 lost contact with air traffic controllers soon after takeoff then crashed into the sea. The flight was en route to Pangkal Pinang, and reportedly had 189 people onboard

EPA

23/50 28 October 2018

A supporter of Workers' Party presidential candidate Fernando Haddad embraces a fellow weeping supporter, after learning that rival Jair Bolsonaro was declared the winner in the Brazil presidential runoff election. Addressing supporters in Sao Paulo, Haddad did not concede or even mention Bolsonaro by name. Instead, his speech was a promise to resist

AP

24/50 27 October 2018

First responders surround the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, where a shooter opened fire, wounding three police officers and killing eleven

AP

25/50 26 October 2018

Broward County Sheriff's office have released a photo of Cesar Sayoc, the suspect who was arrested in connection with the pipe bombs that have been sent to several high profile Democrats and critics of President Trump over the course of this week

AP

26/50 25 October 2018

East Island in Hawaii has been swallowed by the sea following Hurricane Walaka

US Fish and Wildlife Service

27/50 24 October 2018

Police officers stand outside the home of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton after a "functional explosive device" was attemptedly delivered to the couple

AP

28/50 23 October 2018

Turkey's President Erdogan today accused Saudi Arabia of plotting the 'savage' murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi

AP

29/50 22 October 2018

Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison (C) delivers a national apology to child sex abuse victims in the House of Representatives in Parliament House in Canberra on October 22, 2018. - Morrison on October 22 issued an emotive apology to children who suffered sexual abuse, saying the state had failed to protect them from "evil dark" crimes committed over decades

AFP/Getty

30/50 21 October 2018

A derailed train in Yian, eastern Taiwan. At least 17 people died after the derailment

CNA/AFP/Getty

31/50 20 October 2018

US President Donald Trump waves as he boards Marine One after a "Make America Great" rally in Mesa, Arizona on October 19, 2018. - US President Donald Trump said Friday, October 19, 2018, that he found credible Saudi Arabia's assertion that dissident journalist Jamal Khashoggi died as a result of a fight

AFP/Getty

32/50 19 October 2018

A Palestinian youth runs past a rolling burning tire during clashes with Israeli forces following a demonstration after the weekly Friday prayers, in the centre of the occupied West Bank city of Hebron

AFP/Getty

33/50 18 October 2018

Honduran migrants heading in a caravan to the United States, leave Guatemala City. US President Donald Trump threatened to send the military to close its southern border if Mexico fails to stem the "onslaught" of migrants from Central America, in a series of tweets that blamed Democrats ahead of the midterm elections

AFP/Getty

34/50 17 October 2018

Smoke billows following an Israeli air strike around the southern Gaza Strip city of Rafah. Israel launched raids against targets in the Gaza strip in response to rocket fire from the Palestinian territory that caused damage in a southern city, the Israeli army said

AFP/Getty

35/50 16 October 2018

Ecuador has issued a list of rules to Julian Assange, the famous resident of the Ecuadorian Embassy in London. The list included cleaning the bathroom, not commenting on foreign political affairs online and taking better care of his cat (pictured). The document states that failure to comply with these rules “could lead to the termination of the diplomatic asylum granted by the Ecuadorian state”

Reuters

36/50 15 October 2018

Israeli soldiers hurl tear gas grenades during clashes following Israeli order to shut down the al-Lubban/al-Sawiyeh school near the west bank city of Nablus, 15 October 2018. According to local sources, 20 Palestinians were wounded during clashes as dozens try to defiance the Israeli order to shut down the school

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37/50 14 October 2018

Serbia's Novak Djokovic kisses the trophy after winning his men's final singles match against Croatia's Borna Coric at the Shanghai Masters. Djokovic, who has now won four titles this season, will move up one ranking spot to No. 2, pushing Roger Federer back to No. 3

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38/50 13 October 2018

Demonstrators raising red painted hands and a placard reading "we must change the system not the climate" referring to the need to stop climate change during a march in Bordeaux, southwestern France

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39/50 12 October 2018

Spanish Unionist demonstrators carry Spanish flags during a demonstration on Spain's National Day in Barcelona

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40/50 11 October 2018

Russia has halted all crewed space flights following the failed launch of the Soyuz MS-10 rocket (pictured). Investigations in to the rocket's malfunction are ongoing

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People look on at a damaged store after Hurricane Michael passed through Panama City, Florida. A Category 4 storm, with maximum sustained winds of 155 mph, was the most powerful storm ever to hit the Florida Panhandle

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42/50 9 October 2018

The Darul Muttaqien Mosque was the heart of the community for many in Palu. A lot of the victims were inside their homes or at the mosque when the quake struck. Magareb prayer for many, was their last. Paddy Dowling travelled with UK based charity Muslim Aid to the disaster areas of North Sulawesi to witness the scale of Indonesia’s earthquake & tsunami. They are the only British NGO delivering aid out in Palu through local partners

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43/50 8 October 2018

People take part in a candle-light vigil in memory of Bulgarian TV journalist Viktoria Marinova in Ruse

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44/50 7 October 2018

Supporters of Jair Bolsonaro, presidential candidate with the Social Liberal Party, celebrate in front of his house during the general elections in Rio. The far-right congressman, who waxes nostalgically about the dictatorship, won the vote but not an outright victory. The second-round-run-off will be between Bolsoanro and the leftist Workers' party Fernando Haddad

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45/50 6 October 2018

Demonstrators hold a banner that reads "freedom of the press, not allowed to be trampled" and "shame on the governments vindictive move" past a symbolic 'political red line' during a protest after Hong Kong immigration authorities declined a visa renewal for senior Financial Times journalist Victor Mallet, outside the immigration department building in Hong Kong. Hong Kong's decision to effectively blacklist a senior Financial Times journalist required an "urgent explanation", the UK said

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46/50 5 October 2018

Congolese doctor Denis Mukwege and Yazidi campaigner Nadia Murad announced as the winners of the 2018 Nobel Peace Prize. The pair were awarded the honour “for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict.”

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47/50 4 October 2018

Dutch security services expel Russian spies over plot targeting chemical weapons watchdog. This picture shows the four GRU officers who entered the Netherlands at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport on April 10, travelling on official Russian passports. On April 13 they parked a car carrying specialist hacking equipment outside the headquarters of the OPCW in The Hague. At that point the Dutch counter-terrorism officers intervened to disrupt the operation and the four GRU officers were ordered to leave the country

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48/50 3 October 2018

Quake survivors make their way past a washed out passenger ferry in Wani, Indonesia's Central Sulawesi, after an earthquake and tsunami hit the area on September 28. Nearly 1,400 people are now known to have died as UN officials warned the "needs remain vast" for both desperate survivors and rescue teams still searching for victims

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49/50 2 October 2018

US first lady Melania Trump holds a baby during a visit to a hospital in Accra, Ghana. The first lady is visiting Africa on her first big solo international trip, aiming to make child well-being the focus of a five-day, four-country tour

Reuters

50/50 1 October 2018

Indian school children dressed like Mahatma Gandhi perform yoga during a event at a school in Chennai ahead of his birth anniversary. Indians all over the country celebrate Gandhi's birthday on October 2

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Organisers will be hoping for a more relaxed atmosphere this year, with Diana Ross, John Legend, Kelly Clarkson, Bad Bunny, Ella Mai and Rita Ora among those performing live along with the casts of Broadway musicals Mean Girls, My Fair Lady and Summer. 

Among the new additions to the roster of balloons will be Goku from Dragon Ball Z and the elves Fleck, Bjorn, Jojo and Hugg from the new Netflix film The Christmas Chronicles.

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Charlie Brown, The Grinch and Olaf from Frozen are among the popular returnees.

The parade takes place between 9am and noon on Thanksgiving morning and its route runs, as ever, south from West 77th Street & Central Park West on the Upper West Side to Macy's Herald Square in the Garment District.

Source: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/macys-thanksgiving-day-parade-2018-what-is-time-history-start-new-york-city-tv-a8642481.html

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The Bachelor 2019 Live Recap: Women Tell All – Let The Catfights Begin!

The Bachelor 2019 Live Recap: Women Tell All – Let The Catfights Begin!

The women on The Bachelor 2019 return tonight on ABC to not only confront each other, but also confront Colton Underwood. Tears will be shed and claws will come out, as The Bachelor Season 23 women have some issues to work out and Chris Harrison to help guide them through it all. Watch with us tonight during our The Bachelor 2019 Live Recap and see the Women Tell All on The Bachelor 2019 tonight!

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I’m a flip flop wearin’ wine drinkin’ jeep drivin’ sun bathin’ beach shirt, hoodie

“I believe that there are a few reasons why individuals like shorelines. Shorelines are a standout amongst the best places where individuals can unwind and revive. It’s not just a game to swimming or surfing. Individuals can do numerous things, for example, getting suntan, watching nightfall, taking pictures. In addition, a great deal of sounds that individuals are hearing ordinary isn’t happy.…

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Magic Leap purchased a startup founded by former Apple employees, and looked into buying an Oscar-winning animation studio

Magic Leap is beefing up its ranks with artists and animators from Oscar winning studios, and veteran game designers, in a sign that the $4.5 billion company believes content could play a critical role in the success, or failure, of its highly-anticipated "mixed reality" product.

Magic Leap's special glasses, which overlay detailed digital imagery on top of the real world, have wowed the tech industry's leading personalities and attracted healthy investments from Google and Qualcomm, among others. 

Magic Leap is expected to ship as some form of its headset later this year, at a price between $1,000 - $2,000.

But even as Magic Leap continues to work on perfecting its hardware, the startup has concluded that it will need plenty of breathtaking content for consumers to experience once they put on its glasses. 

That's one of the reasons why Magic Leap purchased FuzzyCube Software, Business Insider has learned, and looked into buying an Oscar and Emmy winning animation company called Moonbot Studios in the fall. The acquisition talks with Moonbot didn't lead to a sale, but Magic Leap did end up hiring around a dozen of its artists and animators, who now work out of Magic Leap's Florida headquarters.

FuzzyCube Software, the smaller of the two studios, is based out of Dallas, Texas, and was founded by former Apple employees, including Jeff Ruediger. A creator of casual iPhone and iPad games including "BoomTown!!" and "Chemo Calc," the founders have also worked in the games industry on projects like "Halo Wars" and "Age of Empires 3."

The FuzzyCube team was first connected to Magic Leap through Magic Leap's chief creative officer, Graeme Devine, who left Apple in 2010. The team knew Devine from their time at Apple. After Magic Leap purchased the startup in the spring of last year, the developers joined Magic Leap's larger content group, which employs hundreds of animators, artists, and developers. The price of the acquisition could not be learned, but was probably relatively modest given that the company's team was less than ten employees. The FuzzCube team continues to work out of Dallas.

Fantastic flying books and complex talks

Magic Leap also explored a larger acquisition with Moonbot Studios, a highly esteemed animation company that employed around 50 artists and animators when the talks with Magic Leap began. The animation studio's "The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore" won the Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film in 2012, and the studio made the Oscar short list again in 2014 for its short film "The Numberlys." That same year, Moonbot Studios won two Emmy Awards for a commercial it made for Chipotle called 'The Scarecrow."

But with its funding from private investors — including the oil company Anderson Oil — used up, Moonbot and Magic Leap discussed a potential acquisition in late 2016, multiple sources at the company and those familiar with the talks told Business Insider. Magic Leap's CEO and founder Rony Abovitz is a fan of the studio and its work, according to sources at Magic Leap.

A sources familiar with the talks cited "complex" issues with Moonbot's intellectual property as a potential reason the talks didn't solidify into a sale. Magic Leap and Moonbot both declined to comment.

Cheaper by the dozen

Instead of an acquisition, Magic Leap hired about a dozen Moonbot artists and animators — none of which included Moonbot's three cofounders — and Moonbot Studios went through a round of layoffs, leaving its cofounders with a small crew.

Since the Magic Leap deal talks, Moonbot has been quietly building up a new studio called Flight School, which will launch soon. Moonbot Studios has been "dissolved," according to multiple sources, and Flight School will be led by Moonbot cofounders Brandon Oldenburg and Lampton Enochs. Moonbot's third cofounder, William Joyce, still owns some of Moonbot's IP, and will not be a part of Flight School.

"Honestly, I believe Bill Joyce will revive Moonbot," a Moonbot source told Business Insider. The source also said that Moonbot handled everything "honorably."

Moonbot's new endeavor, Flight School, will be a unique entity and has partnered with Reel FX, an animation studio cofounded by one of Moonbot's three cofounders, Brandon Oldenburg. The new studio will create both virtual and augmented reality games and experiences, and "ultimately mixed reality."

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East Valley

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When one goes to a mall it is natural to assume it is for the expressed purpose of shopping or at the very least, browsing. This was not however the purpose or reason for the patrons of the East Valley Mall. At one time it could have been considered the jewel of the east side but now it was like a vacant church, almost silent and bare of the spirits that made it what it was. Alive.

    In its glory days the mall bustled full of activity. It had been home to three big retailers, a movie theater and had plans for expansion in the works. But then one of the retailer transferred to the Hill plaza, the other closed all locations nationwide and the last sold its lot to a less popular name brand store. Wooden boards were soon nailed to the glass doors of the two vacuous properties.    Many of the smaller businesses and kiosks suffered as a result of the loss of the three big retailers. Most of them were forced to shut down. The food court quickly followed its example until all that remained was an ice cream shop, a hot dog stand and a nut kiosk. For years, the theater was closed until it was revived from its desolation as a discount cinema.    The major remaining outlets were a jewelry store, a video game store, a dress boutique and a few phone accessory shops and some specialty schools. There was also two party venues and a Christian bookstore for a time but like many of the other stores they too, closed.    Then one summer an arcade opened its doors advertising prices at one tenth of the actual price. A clever ploy to bring in business that worked for a while until the hype of a new store wined. At this point in the narrative you might wonder why the hell such a sad pathetic place remained open. There were plans of course, plans to remodel the shopping center into the mainstream glory of the Hill Plaza. And now we have arrived at why a small amount of patrons still loitered the halls of the East Valley, well at least one Augustina Rubio. Augustina did not particularly like these plans or at least what they would bring. Crowds. Augustina enjoyed the mall in its present condition. It was quiet. She did not want that to change. Of course she understood the mall needed those crowds to stay open but she couldn’t help how she felt. The Hill Plaza was a roaring volcano. The East Valley was a dull murmur. At the Hill Plaza you had to scream to be heard. At the East Valley your voice would echo through the barren halls. You could hear the steps of the shoppers against the square tile: the whiz’s and wuz’s of the arcade, the pop music from the radio of the ice cream parlor, and the sound of a lone violin and its out of tune melodies. Augustina played that violin. Augustina was a shy player but in the East Valley she could pick any unpopulated corner of the mall to play out to her heart’s content. If the East Valley became a popular hot spot again, she wouldn’t be able to continue. Someone could see her or heaven forbid, stop and form a crowd. A dangerous thing indeed. Augustina was already not the best player but with a crowd watching her play. Only her. She would die. And it’s not like she would be allowed to play anyway. The building manger barely gave her permission to play the mall in an empty abandoned corner. In a populated mall where crowds could hear her crappy playing. No way he’d let that slide. It was the beginning of the summer holidays now and only a few weeks away from the mall closing for remodels so Augustina had set aside every day until closing to come enjoy the mall while it lasted. She was not the only one with this plan it seemed as the theater over flowed with people trying to take advantage of the discount theater before it was revamped for the modern movie goer experience with regular prices. Augustina shuddered. They were going to put in soft leather reclining chairs. She despised those chairs. She liked to sit in a chair that didn’t move or try to swallow her ass while she was watching a movie. She glanced at the jewelry store and sighed. The jewelry store was empty of decorations and had packed up stock a month ago. They didn’t have to worry about bringing in a last big sell because they were a part of a big successful company. All the employees had been transferred to the stores other branches across the town. Just last week Augustina Had seen Ms. Lizeth working at the Hill plaza when her mother had dragged her to the beauty salon across from the store. The dress boutique on the other hand remained open and was holding a large blowout sale on all of their dresses. They did not have the privilege of a large corporation to back them up. Today Augustina was not playing in some abandoned stretch of the mall. Today Augustina was simply sitting at one of the sticky metal tables in the food court slowly sipping a small lemonade from the hot dog stand. It did not taste like lemonade but it helped her cool down from the blistering heat that still clung to her even after twenty minutes in the mall’s air conditioning. She blinked realizing her drink had run out. Augustina sighed, pushed her disposable cup away and looked up at the nut kiosk. Her brother, Vicente, was still happily bouncing and pointing out his selections to the cashier. She frowned. How much money did he bring? Could he even afford that many nuts? The cahier apparently was having similar thoughts because in a sharp tone he asked, “Kid, do you even have enough money for all these nuts?” “Of course,” Vicente said in a mock offended tone. Oh that little shit. He had been trying to infuriate the man on purpose. He didn’t even really like nuts that much. “How much?” “Seventy-eight dollars and fifty cents,” the man smirked. He doesn’t have that much, Augustina groaned. He only had about thirty. Vicente just smirked back and with drawled the money from his pocket. WHAT?! Augustina’s eyes widened and she smacked her hands over her pockets. Phone check. Wallet, no. “Drop that cash you little fucker. That’s mine!” Augustina yelled, abandoning her empty cup to tackle her shit stain of a brother to the ground. A few people spared them a glance before hurrying into the theater. If this had been the Hill Plaza security would have been called, but this was East Valley. The cashier burst into hysterical laughter. “You stole your girlfriend’s wallet,” he cackled. “And you expected to live.” “She’s my little sister!” “I’m older than you by five minutes,” she yelled, smacking Vicente over the head with her wallet. The cashier rubbed the back of his head and chuckled. “Twins, huh? Sorry. It’s not everyday you see a pretty girl jump an unfamiliar boy to get her wallet back. Last time it happened it was a couple,” he winked at her flirtatiously. Augustina blushed. Turns out man behind the counter was boy behind the counter. Up close she realized it was a boy she had seen in the halls on the way to Calc. “Sorry for wasting all that time. If you put more than half of it back he’ll be able to afford it with his own money,” she apologized, glaring at her twin. “It’s fine. I thought he was pretty funny. We usually don’t get such excitable customers who would steal to buy our product.” Augustina laughed even though she knew he was lying. He had looked pretty miffed before. She stole a quick glance at her vacated sit to make sure no one snagged it. Nope, still empty bare her trash; the single aforementioned lemonade cup. “Hey Augustina, I’m sorry I stole your wallet. I just wanted to get some nuts for the house.” “You don’t have any money, do you?” “I have money! I just didn’t have enough.” “We don’t need all these nuts. Are you trying to stock up for winter?” “No!’ The boy at the counter coughed to hide his laugh. She glanced at his name tag. “Sean.” She blinked. His name was Sean? She wasn’t exactly expecting it. Not that there was anything wrong with Sean but Sean. Really? “What’s so funny Sean?” “Wait, what? How did you---? Oh right, name tag. I’m an idiot.” “Not according to your name tag.” “Yeah. According to your name tag your nuts,” Vicente interpreted in a mock whisper. Oh she would hill him if she could. It was funny but she would kill him. Sean bit his lip. “Your new total comes up to twenty-eight dollars and seventy-five cents.” Vicente grabbed the nuts and Augustina began to return to the table but she suddenly stopped. And then without even as much as a backwards glance she casually said, “I’ll see you in the math department.” Augustina then went to sit down with her chipmunk of a brother. “That sounded so creepy. Like you just out of nowhere implied you watch him.” “Did not. I implied we went to the same school and had classes at the same time in the math wing.” “And you knew his name and where you‘ve seen him and you’ve never approached him.” “Name tag, I have eyeballs and whatever.” Vicente glanced up at the skylight. “You sounded like a stalker.” “I am a stalker. Just not of him.” “You say that like it’s an accomplishment.” “There is nothing wrong with knowing my best friend’s schedule.” Vicente snorted and attempted to cover his mouth. “Yeah, and I’m sure Jake would think there’s nothing wrong with you knowing the average times and how long it takes for him to take a shit.” “Vicente that’s ridiculous. Jake is too random with his restroom times to form a proper data set to determine an average,” “¡Ay dios mios! You tried didn’t you?” Augustina flushed crimson. “No!” “Jesus, Augustina. You have surpassed all previous levels of weird.” “Shut up! At least I don’t stalk people's social media accounts.” Vicente blushed and laughed nervously. “ Touché, sister. Touché.” Augustina gave him a smug look. Haha, you little fucker. Not as funny when the other shoe drops, is it? “So...um, why did we come here again?” “This mall will be closing in a few weeks and won’t be open again until next year, moron.” “Oooh. You called me a moron. I’m telling madre,” Vicente crooned. “Shut up. You’re seventeen, Vicente, not four.” He smirked at her. Stupid shit stain brother. “Isn’t the saying usually five.” Augustina looked at him condescendingly. “ Your behavior would be an insult to any self-respecting five year old. Oh wait. Your behavior would be an insult to any age group.” “You’re not any better, brat,” he replied leaning in to jab her side. She dodged and booped him on the nose. “Oh but I’m better in every way.” “Not at socializing.” “Who had to pay for your macaroon, which you didn’t even eat, when you were too scared too?” “We were thirteen and you still think it's an accomplishment to say ‘good afternoon; to the bus driver.” “Because it is. If it’s so easy, why don’t you ever do it,” Augustina whispered hotly, crossing her arms. Vicente turned pink. “Uh… Because I don’t need to… no one else does it… and you get on the bus before me so you’ve already said it.” His eyes widened in realization. Oh shit. Did I just give her ammo? Augustina grinned, coming to the same realization. "Why don’t you get on the bus first, Vicente? You have every opportunity to do so.” He looked away, “Shut up.” The table descended into silence. “Do you want to see a movie, hermanito?” “What would we even see?” Vicente answered, still not looking at her. “I don’t know,” she murmured. “We could go to the video game store.” “The console’s busted and padre said he won’t replace it. We’ll be moving out in a few months anyway,” he muttered plaintively. “What about Riza? She could use it.” “She’s six and she’s not as into video games as us. You should know. You play dolls with her more than you play video games with me.” “Vicente…” “You always hang out with her more. You’re supposed to hang out with me more. We’re twins! Is it because she’s a girl?” “Because she asks Vicente! Ever since we started high school whenever I try to spend time with you, you push me away. I want to hang out with you but you always… always… always…” “Augustina…” Vicente breathed brokenly. She suddenly stood violently causing her ponytail to bounce like a small child on a bouncy castle. “If that’s how you feel maybe I should have asked Riza instead,” she said venomously as she started to walk away. Vicente caught her wrist and looked up her with the face of a guilty child. “You’re right. You’re always right and I’m sorry, Augustina. I shouldn’t have pushed you away.” Augustina ripped his hand off her wrist and glared. “We’ve come to the point where sorry isn’t good enough any more, Vicente and I’m not always right. Don’t try to flatter me, hermanito. It doesn’t look good on you.” She stormed off down an empty hall leaving her brother alone to stare at her rapidly retreating form. Vicente felt something wet slip down his cheek and he wiped it away but there was another. And another one and another one until he realized he was crying. He slipped down into the metal chair and buried his face in his arms. This was all his fault. Augustina was right, he had pushed her way but she was wrong about him trying to flatter her. When he said she was always right he had said it because it always felt like she was right. She was the older twin. The smarter twin. The better older sibling twin. Augustina was the better twin and he had allowed his jealousy and frustration to push his sister away. Both of them. He never spent time with Augustina and he always avoided Riza. He was Riza’s big brother. He was supposed to protect her and tease her but instead he had stood by and let a chasm form between them. Augustina and him were going to college next year and he didn’t even know his little sister’s favorite color. He heard the scrape of a metal against tile. Vicente looked up hoping it was Augustina but he felt his hope die as his eyes landed on Sean, the nut boy. “What do you want?” “Are you okay?” Sean replied with a question. “Do I look okay? Jesus, why do people ask questions they already know the answer to?” Vicente snapped. Sean raised an eyebrow. “Well in this instance I opened our conversation with a question to invite you to share. I already know you’re feeling like shit, kid but it would be rude if I said, ‘Hey, you look like shit. Why?’” “Don’t call me kid. You’re the same age as me.” “Well I don’t know your name and I don’t think we’re close enough for me to call you dude or bro.” “Well you wouldn’t have to try to figure out what to call me if you left me the fuck alone. You don’t even know me.” “That’s right, I don’t know you but I want to. Now I believe you know my name is Sean, so what is your name mister don’t-call-me-kid?” “None of your fucking business, prick,” Vicente growled. Sean only smiled. “That’s an interesting name, none-of-your-fucking-business-prick. I think I’ll call you none-ya.” Vicente slammed his skull against the sticky table. “Leave me alone,” he moaned. “I don’t believe I will, none-ya. Now feel free to explain what brought you into this shit state.” “It’s still none of your business.” Sean gave him a cheshire grin. “I don’t care.” “You’re an ass.” “I know.” “It’s family business and don’t you have a job?” “The kiosk is empty and the mall’s closing in a few weeks. They can’t afford to fire me. Also, most people are just here for the cinema.” “I came for the nut kiosk,” Vicente threw back. “Wrong. You came after your sister. The mall’s practically dead and your argument wasn’t exactly what I would call quiet.” “Then you already know what happened. Now leave me alone.” Sean gave him a look. “No. I know what I heard. I don’t know what happened.” “And you don’t need to know. Now leave Sean, back to your nut cart.” Sean gave him an angry look and said coldly, “You know I don’t think I will none-ya. Unlike you I try to be a good person and good people don’t sit back and watch people who obviously need help be swallowed by their emotions. Now you’re going to tell me what’s wrong or I will never ever leave you alone. I will follow you around school. I will find out what universities and apply there.” Vicente looked at Sean. Holy shit! This guy is as crazy as Augustina. No wonder she likes him, he thought in disbelief. “You’re crazy!” Sean’s angry expression instantly transformed into joy. “Thank you!” Yep. He’s definitely unstable. “Um... What do you want me to say?” “Anything,” he said eagerly. “My name is Vicente *pause * Rubio.” “Vicente~. Much better than none-ya. Now why were you sobbing in the middle of an abandoned food court.” Vicente sent him an outraged look. “I wasn’t sobbing.” “Crying as quietly as possible and failing.” “Shut up. You keep saying shit like that and I am going to walk away. I won’t even care that you’ll be stalking me,” Vicente said, lying about the last bit. He would be really unnerved if this bipolar nut boy ended up following him around for who knows how long. If he was anything like Augustina, then he would have a Sean limpet for the rest of his natural life until one of them croaked. Not a very pleasant notion. Sean’s smile widened. “Okay. I’ll shut up. Please continue.” “I’m a horrible brother. I’ve spent these lost four years pushing my sister Augustina away and I never tried to be there for our little sister Riza. Heaven knows what she thinks of me and here I am crying over my own misery that I caused, talking to you instead of going after my sister. I’m jealous of Augustina and I shouldn’t be. Our parents never gave her any favoritism and we were basically on par with each other. Well Augustina usually catches onto things faster but that shouldn’t make me jealous.” “But it does.” “Yeah. Pretty pathetic huh?” “Not really.” “Well I think it is. Anyway, that’s basically why I broke down, thinking about my failures.” Sean put a hand his shoulder and smiled reassuringly. “That’s perfectly normal. Pretty sure all my siblings and myself have felt what you have at one point. Being one of six siblings generally causes jealousy, especially since no one ever gets singled out.” Being compared to Sean in any way was not as reassuring as the older boy obviously thought it was. I’m like him. Oh god, Vicente blanched. Bam! Sean suddenly slammed the palm of his hand heavily on the table. “ Well, I’ve decided. We’re going to be friends now!” “WHAT?!” No!, he thought horrified. “I’ve decided I like you, Vicente. We’re going to be best friends now,” Sean beamed and wrapped his arms around the smaller boy. Please God, no, Vicente screamed in his head. “Now let’s go find your sister and tell her the good news.” Vicente jerked away. “Hell no! Leave me away psycho!” “Aw~. Don’t be like that. Come back.” “No!” Vicente shrieked as Sean began to chase him through the mall. “Come here bestie~!”

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While we all want to know what happened after Colton Underwood jumped that fence on The Bachelor 2019 last night, that will have to wait until next week for the Bachelor Finale! Instead, the claws come out tonight on The Bachelor Season 23, as Chris Harrison is bringing all the women on The Bachelor 2019 together for the Women Tell All special! The fireworks will be happening, so check out a sneak peek look below in our The Bachelor 2019 spoilers!

Before we watch Women Tell All on The Bachelor Season 23 tonight, it is time to check out the official synopsis from ABC right here:

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“Twenty of the most unforgettable women this season will return to confront each other and Colton and offer the lowdown on their quarrels and personal hostilities as they battled to capture Colton’s heart. Chris Harrison takes a look back at some of the “memorable breakdowns and breakups” in series history. Dramatic feuds are revived between Oneyka and Nicole, Demi and Courtney, and Katie and Caelynn. Colton also must face the scrutiny of the women he sent home, while the ladies must defend their own behavior. Then take a look at some of the hilarious bloopers from this season and a sneak peek of one of the most unpredictable endings in franchise history.”

To get everyone pumped up for this episode, ABC has given us some sneak peek photos from tonight’s special:

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