17/01/2014 ABC World News with Diane Sawyer


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history is not on their side. That's all from me. Now, it's time for a

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look at the news as seen across the US a couple of hours ago in ABC

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World News. Welcome to ABC World News. Fire in

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the mountains. A raging wildfire near Los Angeles. Families told to

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get out. Water warning in West Virginia. Pregnant women are being

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told not to drink the water. News today about the long waits in your

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hospital emergency room. And panic attacks. Freezing up while public

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speaking. It's been happening everywhere tonight. We have the

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secrets of fighting the number one fear in America. Good evening. We

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begin with a roaring wildfire near Los Angeles. Three people have been

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arrested. In this fire. Palm trees sway as the flames descend. This

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home engulfed in flames, seen from above. The fire is just miles from

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the iconic Hollywood sign. Dry conditions and hot winds. All it

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takes is a spark and this is the result. The spark that caused this

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blaze was from a reckless campfire, according to authorities. They were

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tossing papers into the campfire and reportedly a breeze picked up and

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set this fire. Today 700 firefighters are out on the ground

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and in the air, fighting the blaze. We have been airborne from this

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morning. We have seen homes go up in flames. They have hit its with

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everything they could. They have done a wonderful job. In their job

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is all the more difficult because there is so much fuel for the fire.

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66% of California is in drought. And this is only the beginning. Today,

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2000 homeowners were forced to evacuate. I just got married. I have

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my wedding dress and our dogs. These neighbours banded together, using

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garden hoses and a bucket brigade to save their block. We went up to the

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front lines. The flames just feed away from this home is. It's just up

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there. The firefighters do their best to defend these houses while

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they wait for air support. The helicopters were busy dowsing

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hotspots nearby. The cavalry has arrived. And just in time. It looks

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like this home owner is very lucky today but there is still a long, dry

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winter ahead. Others were not so lucky. This man came back to find

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his apartment gone. We will have to take it one day at a time. David,

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what is that behind you? We are at the old Singer estate. These used to

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be the servant 's' quarters. All gone, now, and historic property

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destroyed. Some hotspots have started in just the last couple of

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minutes. Thank you. Return next to another story we're learning more

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about what happened when a gunman walked into a supermarket in Indiana

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and opened fire. It is a third incident this week after the movie

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theatre and the middle school. This time, local police were ready and we

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were told what they did. Last night police say 22 -year-old Sean Bere

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was strolling through the Martin supermarket when he suddenly pulls

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out a handgun and began shooting. He allegedly kills two women and holds

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the store manager at gunpoint. You can see the manager there in a

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praying position. You can see the shooter waving the gun around and

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pointing the gun at him. To patrolman arrived in two minutes of

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receiving the nylon one call. Their RAM and in an exchange of gunfire he

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was killed. The quick response of the police department saved lives.

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Please know that because of incidents like Columbine, ordinary

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patrolling cannot wait for backup. They can't wait for the SWAT team.

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They have to go in and confront. With mass shootings on the rise, the

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FBI is helping local police to use quick response tactics like those

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used last night the cops across the country. This is an emergency that

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could happen not only in any town in the US you are -- but your town in

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the US. In this training simulation, a gunman is in a school. Do not

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forget the perimeter, moved quickly to the sound of gunfire. Seconds

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count, and for the shooter, he prepared beforehand, have

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high-capacity rivals in patrol cars. Fight the natural urge to ten

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wounded victims. Engage the shooter. You need to push yourself

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and your body to keep going forward to stop the threat. Before we had

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specialised units but now we have to go in and stop the shooter. A quick

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exit, that is what happened in Indiana last night. Another big

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story now, a new and unsettling twist for all of the Americans in

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contaminated water with -- in their homes in West Virginia. Thousands

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were told that the tab order will safe but tonight there is a new

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warning that pregnant woman should not drink it, raising the question,

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what is the truth about what is in the water? Just as the water crisis

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in West Virginia seem to be easing, and urgent new alert. New warning

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tonight for those who are pregnant, it you should not be drinking the

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water. The warning comes more than two days after it was said that the

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water was safe to drink again. It has left pregnant women like 23

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-year-old Aaron Crouch frustrated and frightened. Is it safe for

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pregnant women to wash their hands or take showers? They did not

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specify. They'd said drinking. Tuesday we challenged state

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officials to drink the water. I'm confident it is safe. Would you

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drink some from the fountain? Absolutely. I will do it. It tasted

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fine. We pushed again. This time on the new drinking water warning. Can

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you understand the confusion and what people feel? A we share the

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average. We're trying to do the best but we have not what we wish we

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have. He said the Centre for disease control recommended yesterday that

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quote out of an abundance of caution pregnant women should not drink the

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water. The contaminated water supply from the Elk River. Rush towards the

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Ohio River, travelling 200 miles to Cincinnati. It is closing in on

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Louisville, Kentucky. Louisville conditions say the infiltration

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system will protect their water supply. In West Virginia, for the

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seventh night in a row, more than 100,000 people still can't drink

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their tap water. We have two steps forward tonight on the American

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economy to tell you about, first the Senate has passed the big budget

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deal, the compromise which effectively avoids another

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government shutdown. And we learn today the home foreclosure rates

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once soaring. Proper levels are rising to the level they that they

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were. Then there was a warning about hospital levels. We were warned

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about the length of time it takes to be treated. Lindsey Davis talks of

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the doctors on the front lines to ask what a patient can do. It is

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urging comedy race to the ER but what you find can be a very long

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line. Despite a pain in an emergency, ten years ago it took on

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average, 46 minutes before being treated, today you can expect to

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wait an hour or more. That is one reason why the new report gave the

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nation because it -- nation's a deep pass. When patients can't get access

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to primary care, their problems get worse, they get sicker and they shop

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in the departments. One ER doctor we are not naming described how

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overwhelming it can be, saying we were not superheroes, our job is to

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make sure the sickest yet seen first. But then the other hundred or

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however many sit and sit and sit and wait and wait and wait and it gets

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more crowded. Since the emergency department feeds into the hospital,

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when the hospital backs up, we feel it. Too many come to the ER because

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they are uninsured what makes matters worse is that hospitals and

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emergency rooms are closing. People overdosing on painkillers. As well

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as those coming for the wrong reasons, like refilling

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prescriptions. The same emergency care doctors that release this

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report can't want people to still move to the emergency room. They

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want America to fix what one doctor says is a system that is breaking

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point. The Australian Open was suspended because of heat, Tim

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Rogers reaching 110 degrees. That is an egg frying on the court. The

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players are too. There is Maria Sharapova, calling off with an ice

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towel and a vest. The Australian animals are also trying to be

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protected, a koala bear, a possum and even Dumbo trying to beat the

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heat. Coming up next, fighting the number one fear in America. Panic at

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public speaking and it is happening to very famous people. We will show

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you how a lion can help you tame it. Max time, what is the one thing

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Americans say they fear the most, even more than dying? It is public

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speaking. Heart racing panic, no place to run. We are seeing

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semifamous examples on tape tonight, we decided how to see how

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to tame that fear. That is in the, Michael Bay. He is one of the most

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successful men in Hollywood but Michael Bay was giving a speech in

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Las Vegas when suddenly... He froze. (BELL RINGS) I'm sorry. He had to

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leave the stage. In aerospace at the live shows are not his thing. I am

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not big on speeches. He is hardly the only one. It is summer that Noah

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Gordon Lewis with everyday. It is exhausting every day. He works at a

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marketing firm but he says he is paralysed from public speaking.

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You'll agree your brain shuts down and you have to stop. Why do we

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panic? Experts point to the evolution. When I on you it is you

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are thinking you are under prey. We had to flee or fight. A public

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speaking expert explains. This wording is the body can call off

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quickly, the shallow breathing so the oxygen can go to the muscles.

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And the adrenaline kicks in. All the help us fight harder and fully

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further. None of that works for modern man when he is feeling

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frightened in a situation which is asking him to be cool, calm and

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collected and connected. North Down a -- North Down a class at the

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acting school. They get people on stage and comfortable with the sound

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of their own voice. Some of their secrets, number one, breathe deeply

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before starting. That sent a signal to shot of the fear response. Number

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two is get right to it. The first 30 seconds when you're going to panic.

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Get your audience involved. Noah says it is helping him face those

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cat back at the office. As a line himself. -- a lie on himself. Family

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people admit they have had fear of public speaking? So many. Hollywood

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heavyweights not only Michael Bay but Kristian steward and Johnny Depp

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say they are petrified to speak live in front of a group. Do have a fear

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of public speaking? I was painfully shy as a kid, my knees would shake

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in my heart would pound, I would sweat profusely if I had to speaking

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-- speak in front of cars. I got to play Romeo in Romeo and Juliet and

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perhaps kissing Juliet on stage brought me out of my shell. I

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roared! We begin the instant index tonight with notes on the Oscar

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nominations. Then favourites got the nod is like Gravity. American Hustle

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and all for the main actors and they're really really eccentric hair

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got nominated. There were surprises, no nominations for Tom

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Hanks or Oprah or Robert Redford. A milestone for Meryl Streep, her 18th

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nomination, making us remember her first one. Here she was at Deer

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Hunter. A close encounter with a humpback whale. Take a look at the

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kayaker with the nerves of steel. He sees a giant Finn emerge. He says

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that his boat was lifted out of the water but he just kept on paddling.

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It happened in the oceans off Norway. We are always here with

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Thursday was a pretty showery affair for many parts of the British Isles

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and not a great surprise, given we have a big area of low pressure sat

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very close by on the western side of the British Isles, it is feeding

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