'American Idol' Already Belongs To Phillip Phillips

Season 11 contestant is a mashup of every male winner in show's history.
By Jim Cantiello

Phillip Phillips on American Idol's season premiere
Photo: FOX

Last night's 14-hour "American Idol" premiere presented the usual suspects of hopefuls. To paraphrase judge (and hideous eyewear collector) Randy Jackson at the end of the Savannah, Georgia, trip, "We came, we saw, we mocked immigrants' accents, we patronized and lusted after hot girls, we competently read off of producers' notes, we conquered."

Then, just as the expected parade of planted craycrays and daughters of sports athletes wrapped up, "Idol" introduced its eventual season 11 winner, Phillip Phillips.

First let's talk his name. It's so ridiculous, it's awesome. You'll never forget it. Not to get all numerologist on you, but for season 11, a digit comprised of "one" repeated twice, a name like Phillip Phillips is destined to end up on top. At least he is in a pretentious overwritten novel.

But Phillip Phillips' unavoidable victory truly comes into focus once you realize that he's a tried-and-true mashup of every male winner in the show's 10-year history.

Musically, Phillip² is a Dave Matthews worshipper (hi, season nine's Lee DeWyze!) with the Joe Cocker mannerisms of season five's Taylor Hicks. His first audition song was a Stevie Wonder classic. (Sophomore class president Ruben Studdard made his first impression with a Stevie song, too.) And just when you thought fellow contestant Colton Dixon had the David Cook fans in his corner by singing the season seven winner's "Permanent" (and sharing a passion for haircuts tragique), Phillips rocked a "Thriller" of an encore: a white-dude twist on a Michael Jackson fave à la Cook's "Billie Jean."

Then there's the look. He showed up wearing the uniform of two different male victors: reigning champ Scotty McCreery's jeans and sandals combo and the "um, bro, I think you still have three more buttons to utilize on your plaid shirt" shtick of season eight's pocket-sized Idol Kris Allen.

It's no wonder "Idol" producers are drooling over this dude. Notice how Phillip² was magically allowed to play the guitar for J. Lo, Steven and Randy, even though past seasons have forbidden instruments at this point in the audition process? Nigel Lythgoe knows that this dude with boyish good lucks from a small Southern town who works a boring-but-memorable day job is going to have the "Idol" superfans (myself included) making embarrassing homemade signs, leaving lengthy comments on blogs, tweeting hashtags that only a few dozen people understand and bitching about how overproduced his major-label debut will be. It's the same formula movie producers use when adding a "2" to the end of a hit movie title. We're sheep, guys.

So go back to the woods with your giant boyfriend, Tent Girl. And to the 17-year-old lady-killer who was compared to a young MJ but reminded me more of the woman who played Gary Coleman on Broadway's "Avenue Q," better luck next year. My personal fave, funky nutjob Ashlee Altise? Your joy-hop dance is about to turn into a depressed stomp.

This is Phillip Phillips' now. Cue the confetti.

So ... when's "The Voice" start again?

Get your "Idol" fix on MTV News' "American Idol" page, where you'll find all the latest news, interviews and opinions.

Source: http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1677534/phillip-phillips-american-idol.jhtml

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IMF seeks $600 billion in new funds, G20 to discuss (Reuters)

WASHINGTON/MEXICO CITY (Reuters) ? The IMF is seeking to more than double its war chest by raising $600 billion in new resources to help countries deal with the fallout of the euro zone debt crisis, but the plan faces roadblocks from the United States and other countries.

The United States and Canada said on Wednesday Europe must put up more of its own money to resolve its sovereign debt crisis, raising doubts G20 talks in Mexico this week can lay the ground for a deal on bolstering IMF resources.

Japan and South Korea also want Europe to do more and China might insist a number of conditions are met before it supports a boost in IMF resources.

"We continue to believe that the IMF can play an important role in Europe, but only as a supplement to Europe's own efforts," a U.S. Treasury spokesperson said. "The IMF cannot substitute for a robust euro area firewall."

Group of 20 deputy officials meet in Mexico City on Thursday and Friday to discuss boosting IMF resources. Any outcome would need leaders' signoff. G20 finance ministers meet in late February.

The IMF plan to boost its lending capacity eased worries on financial markets about Europe's funding difficulties, boosting the value of the euro.

IMF sources said the world faces a $1 trillion financing gap over the next two years if global economic conditions worsened considerably. The IMF's current lending capacity is about $380 billion.

The sources, present at an IMF board meeting on the issue on Tuesday, said the Fund was seeking to raise up to $600 billion to meet those potential financing needs. Of that, $500 billion would be for lending and $100 billion would be a "protection buffer."

An IMF spokesman confirmed the Fund was seeking to raise up to $500 billion in additional lending resources. He said that amount included a European commitment to inject $200 billion into IMF resources.

"At this preliminary stage, we are exploring options on funding and will have no further comment until the necessary consultations," he said.

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The United States repeated that it would not contribute more resources to the IMF.

With a strained budget at home, some U.S. congressional Republicans have threatened to yank $100 billion in U.S. money to the IMF if the funds are used to bail out euro zone countries. The White House is unlikely to want to take the issue on as President Barack Obama seeks re-election this year.

"We have told our international partners that we have no intention to seek additional resources for the IMF," a Treasury spokeswoman said.

China was also likely to resist moves to increase IMF resources unless a number of conditions are met, said Xiang Songzuo, vice director of the International Monetary Institute in Beijing, a high-level policy think tank.

He said these would include more voting power for China and other emerging nations, changing the stance of IMF policy more to meet the concerns of emerging countries -- such as on stabilizing capital flows and exchange rates -- and making the mechanism for crisis rescue much more transparent.

"The process of negotiating all of that would be quite time consuming," Xiang said.

China's central bank declined to comment on boosting IMF resources.

"Many countries want the Europeans to move ahead with tougher and clearer measures, which at this moment translates to more resources to its stability fund," said a senior Brazilian government source attending the G20 officials' meeting in Mexico.

Bank of Canada Governor Mark Carney said it was not clear European governments had done everything necessary to make sure they could fund themselves at sustainable interest rates over the next few years.

"If it makes sense to enhance the resources of the IMF, the principal focus, it would seem, should be on dealing with fallout of the European crisis for innocent bystanders," he told a news briefing in Ottawa.

Another source connected to the process said Japan and South Korea were also pressing for discussions first about Europe's contribution and for it to agree on additional measures. European nations have argued that they have done enough and were calling for more IMF resources now.

"If, with the parallel discussion, we can achieve extra measures from the Europeans and afterwards agree on promises of additional resources for the IMF from non-European countries in the G20, I think it would be a good result," the source said.

RESOURCES STRETCHED

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said the IMF management would explore options for increasing the fund's firepower.

Europe's debt crisis is widely seen as the biggest threat to the global economy. Many countries used up a lot of their financial firepower fighting the global downturn in 2008 and 2009. A fresh global slump would raise fears more countries might need to be rescued by the IMF.

Indeed, the World Bank on Wednesday said Europe was probably already in recession and the euro area debt crisis posed a "real" risk to the global economy. The IMF has warned it will cut its global growth projections when it updates its forecast on January 24.

With credit downgrades in nine euro zone countries by Standard & Poor's last week, including France, and uncertainty over Greek debt talks that risk pushing the country into default, the IMF board has urged euro zone leaders to take steps to contain the crisis.

The board called for policies that would address the European crisis and for euro zone policymakers to make sure there is enough money available to tackle the bloc's debt problems effectively.

(Additional reporting by Alonso Soto in Brasilia; Louise Egan and Randall Palmer in Ottawa; Nick Edwards in Beijing; Editing by Andrew Hay and Neil Fullick)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120119/bs_nm/us_imf_resources

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BP seen agreeing $20-25 billion oil spill settlement (Reuters)

LONDON (Reuters) ? BP is likely to agree to pay the U.S. Department of Justice $20-$25 billion to settle all charges around the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, according to a leading analyst, a prediction that is at least twice what the company has set aside.

Martijn Rats, head of European oil research at Morgan Stanley, said he saw a 70-80 percent chance that the two sides would agree a deal on civil and criminal charges surrounding the 2010 disaster sometime between BP's full year results on February 7, and the scheduled start of legal hearings in New Orleans on February 27.

BP sources have told Reuters that talks are ongoing with the Department of Justice about a possible settlement and that the London-based company's board has shifted to weekly meetings to discuss progress.

Chief Executive Bob Dudley has said BP would like to settle, although not at any price. When asked about the matter by reporters on Wednesday, he declined to make any comment, saying it was a sensitive time to be discussing it.

When contacted by Reuters, BP had no comment to make over the likelihood or size of a settlement of the charges surrounding the blast on the Deepwater Horizon and subsequent spill.

BP senses the U.S. administration would like to settle the matter, not least because it is a U.S. presidential election year, the sources said but any outcome is still seen as uncertain.

The estimated level of settlement in the Morgan Stanley note - the most detailed analysis Reuters has seen on the potential cost of the spill - is much higher than other analysts have predicted, and around double the amount BP has taken a provision for.

Senior company sources last year told Reuters that the company was prepared for a massive payout. One source predicted BP would offer "the mother of all settlements".

Another said the settlement would likely be the second-largest in U.S. legal history, putting it between the $206 billion the tobacco industry agreed to pay U.S. states for treating smoking-related illnesses and the $7.2 billion banks agreed to pay to settle litigation related to Enron's collapse.

SHARES LAG

BP has the money to pay a $20-25 billion settlement - it is sitting on cash pile of more than $20 billion and has billions of dollars worth of assets on the block as part of its restructuring.

Nonetheless, Morgan Stanley predicts the larger-than- expected size of the payout will weigh on BP's shares. It rates the shares "underweight" and has a target price of 435 pence, against a Wednesday close of 481 pence.

The shares traded down 0.6 percent at 0905 GMT, against a flat STOXX Europe 600 Oil and Gas index.

BP investors are expecting the company to announce a dividend hike at its full year results, after Dudley said late last year that it had reached a turning point after the oil spill and was now returning to growth mode.

A big settlement would limit BP's ability to lift the shareholder payout.

Morgan Stanley believes the DoJ deal will cover all criminal and civil proceedings being pursued by the government against BP under the Clean Water Act, Alternative Fines Act, other laws and BP's obligation to make good any natural resources damages.

(Reporting by Tom Bergin; Editing by Hans-Juergen Peters and Mike Nesbit)

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/science/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20120119/ts_nm/us_bp

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Romanians protests over austerity cuts, corruption

Bogdan Cristel / Reuters

A demonstrator holds a bone with the word "Resignation" on it during a protest against the government in central Bucharest on Jan. 18, 2012. Protesters demanded the resignation of President Traian Basescu.

By Becky Bratu, msnbc.com

Protests continued for a sixth day across Romania, as hundreds gathered in the capital city Bucharest and in about 40 other cities, calling for President Traian Basescu?s resignation and denouncing the government?s austerity measures and systemic corruption.

As night fell Tuesday, about 200 anti-government protesters gathered in downtown Bucharest, yelling slogans such as "Resignation!" and "Down with Basescu!" Officials reported the number rose to about 1,000 protesters by the end of the day.

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Protesters have raged for several days over austerity cuts, falling living standards and widespread corruption. Gathered in freezing temperatures, they chanted "Freedom!,? holding banners reading "Hunger and poverty have gripped Romania!"

Some protesters waved Romanian flags with the center cut out, reminiscent of the 1989 anti-communist protests.

Live video from the protests in Bucharest's University Square.

Romania is one of the newest and poorest European Union members, but the country is not part of the Eurozone. Romania's economy shrunk more than 7 percent in 2009, and the country needed an International Monetary Fund bail-out to pay its public sector wages. To qualify for another installment of the IMF loan, Romania agreed to implement new austerity measures, including a 25 percent cut in public wages.

The cuts were characterized as ?brutal and unthinkable in a West European country? by Andreas Treichl, the president of Austria's Erste Group, the largest foreign investor in the Romanian banking sector.

Officials said about 13,000 protesters hit the streets across the country since Friday. Police said they fined 247 people Monday, and 36 were charged with illegally carrying knives, vandalism or disturbing public order during Monday's protests in Bucharest and other Romanian cities.

The French publication Le Monde noted that, while the number of protesters is relatively modest, their actions represent a ?shock? in a country where civil society seemed struck with apathy.

?It was an outburst,? freelance Romanian journalist Vlad Ursulean told msnbc.com. ?The cynicism disappeared.?

Ursulean covered the protests in Bucharest on Sunday, watching closely as riot police clashed with protesters. Riot police used tear gas and batons against the demonstrators, some of whom hurled rocks at the police. At least 59 people were injured in the clashes, officials said.

While authorities said violence only erupted when soccer hooligans infiltrated the protests, Ursulean said the crowd of protesters was diverse and the soccer fans made up a small part of it. One of the protesters told the riot police he wouldn?t be in the street if he could afford to feed his daughter, Ursulean reported.

Prime Minister Emil Boc said on Monday the violence was ?unacceptable.?

?Each citizen who protests and is unhappy concerns me,? he added on Tuesday.

Protests were sparked last week, when Raed Arafat ? a high-ranking health ministry official ? resigned in opposition to government plans to privatize the country?s medical emergency system. But the anti-regime sentiment grew quickly among the protesters, and demonstrations spread.???

The prime minister said Tuesday that Arafat, a naturalized Palestinian, will return to his job, in what was seen as a step to defuse the public anger at the government. But protests continued in spite of this development, hinting at ?a deep-seated expression of the population?s frustration,? political science professor Lavinia Stan told msnbc.com.

?The protests have taken a life of their own,? Stan said. If they continue and remain peaceful, they could pose a serious problem to President Basescu and the government, she said. Local and parliamentary elections are scheduled to take place later this fall.

Opposition parties tried to capitalize on the protests, demanding early elections, but protests remain apolitical for now. A protest march led by the opposition is now scheduled for Thursday.

?Everything seems a lot like the Occupy movement in its early stages,? Chris Williamson, a Peace Corps volunteer who?s been living in Romania for almost two years, told msnbc.com.

?There are a lot of people who are angry about different problems, but there isn't a set goal or plan for anything.?

An IMF mission coming to Romania to review the country?s loan deal is still on schedule for Jan.25.

Source: http://worldnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/18/10184203-protests-over-austerity-cuts-corruption-continue-across-romania

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Tom & Lorenzo: Downton Abbey Season Two, Episode Two: A World Fueled by Class

As World War I quite literally drives right up to the front door of Downton Abbey, the old ways of the aristocracy come face to face with the 20th Century and class distinctions rear their head once again, affecting everything from administrative duties at the hospital to forbidden love between a chauffeur and a lady. Whether its an attempt to hold on to the status quo in a world determined to shatter it or the last gasp of an aristocracy angrily slapping away the elements seeking to dissolve it, the upper classes got the upper hand this time around, which isn?t exactly surprising.

Seeing their family home turned into a military convalescent hospital would be frustrating and confusing to the Crawleys in any case and to the show?s credit, some time was spent in the early part of the episode depicting this unease. But show creator and head writer Julian Fellowes has a tendency to go out of his way to make the aristocracy look as benevolent as possible, so a foil was needed for the family; someone to whom they could vent their rage over the massive disruption to their lives. Having Lord Grantham yell at a wounded soldier wouldn't make for the best optics, so an uppity middle class woman with an authoritarian streak and no sense of boundaries will do nicely instead. Enter: Isobel Crawley.

It?s kind of a shame, really. Isobel was never shown to be this pushy and obnoxious in the past, but there was a concerted effort in the writing this episode to frame the change at Downton in terms of class (Witness the Dowager Countess? upset over the fact that soldiers will be "mixing ranks" which in her mind will surely lead to "putting everyone on edge") and since Mrs. Crawley is one of the most prominent non-aristocrat characters in the cast who isn?t a servant, she became in this episode the face of the middle and working class-fueled social change that de?ned the 20th Century. And perhaps not coincidental to how the aristocracy actually viewed the burgeoning middle class, she is portrayed as pushy, disrespectful, and lacking any graces, going so far as to order the servants around and suggest that the family dog be restricted. The result is that Lord Grantham now has someone he can righteously voice his anger and frustrations to without looking bad for it.

Lady Rosamund and the Dowager Countess get deeply involved in ?nding a way to break up Matthew?s engagement to Lavinia Swire and this is mostly due to the fact that they feel Mary should be marrying him, but there?s still a bit of class snobbery informing all their actions here. A good illustration of just how deeply their class distinctions run come when Violet all but snorts at the mention of the Painswicks, her daughter?s in-laws, whom she considers no more than a "recently polished diamond," since the family was "entirely the creation of my son-in-law?s father." They may be moneyed, but they?re not old money and that?s enough to fuel Violet?s derision. It?s also enough to get her and her daughter to believe the most scandalous things about Lavinia with little to support it outside of their own prejudices.

Meanwhile, the Czar and his family are living in captivity but Branson can?t even entertain the idea that his ideological heroes in the revolution will be anything but humane and just toward them. "Give them a little credit," he says with annoyance when the idea is voiced that the royal family is in any danger. This is, of course, to be proven tragically wrong, which makes Branson?s working class ideals look naive and destructive even if they?re coming from the best of intentions or born out of understandable discontent. The show tries its best to portray the reasons behind the growing unease outside the aristocracy but doesn?t always follow through and almost always ends on the point that the aristocrats are the truly benevolent and moral ones."We weren?t at our best in Ireland," offers Lady Sybil in a defense of her country?s actions that?s almost hilariously weak, but Branson?s attempt to humiliate an of?cer visiting Downton is a poor response to it. His anger is well-explained, but unfortunately his actions in attempting to vent his rage only left him looking foolish and impotent.

And ?nally, Thomas, the wily former footman at Downton has the audacity to stroll right through the front door, shattering the social restrictions that always prevented him from doing so. Carson, who in many ways can be more bound to tradition and class distinctions that even the Dowager Countess ("It was an honor," he agrees with a huff, when Violet mentions dancing with him at the servants? ball) is practically apoplectic over this blasphemy. Unfortunately for him, and for anyone who?s trying to hold on to the old ways in this rapidly changing world, Thomas? cocky grin in response is not only earned, it?s downright prophetic as to what?s to come.

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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/tom-lorenzo/downton-abbey-season-two-_b_1209157.html

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Players, teams start rush to settle in arbitration (AP)

NEW YORK ? Players and teams started rushing to settle arbitration cases Monday, a day before the sides were to swap proposed salaries.

Eleven players agreed to contracts, leaving 126 set to exchange figures after 142 filed for arbitration last week. About 100 more were expected to reach agreements before the sides submit proposals Tuesday afternoon for one-year contracts that are not guaranteed.

San Francisco Giants ace Tim Lincecum was expected to set records for the highest salaries asked for and received in arbitration. The two-time NL Cy Young Award winner made $13.1 million last season, completing a two-year deal worth $23.2 million.

The highest figure ever requested was $22 million by Houston pitcher Roger Clemens in 2005 after he became a free agent and accepted arbitration. Among players with less than six years of major league service, the high of $18.5 million has been held by Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter since 2001.

San Francisco figures to top the $14.25 million the Yankees submitted for Jeter.

Others set to swap include NL Cy Young winner Clayton Kershaw and Los Angeles Dodgers teammate Andre Ethier, Philadelphia pitcher Cole Hamels and teammate Hunter Pence, World Series star Mike Napoli of Texas and Chicago Cubs pitcher Matt Garza.

Washington pitcher Gio Gonzalez, acquired from Oakland last month, has the big deal thus far, a $42 million, five-year contract that includes both a club option and a vesting player option. It could be worth $65.5 million over seven seasons.

Settlements are happening more slowly than in recent years: The 142 players who filed were the most since 150 in 1992.

About a half-dozen more players will become eligible for arbitration next year, when eligibility increases slightly for players with two to three years of major league service, from the top 17 percent by service time to the top 22 percent. They join unsigned players with at least three but less than six years of service.

Among one-year contracts announced Monday were deals for Pittsburgh All-Star closer Joel Hanrahan ($4.1 million) and right-hander Charlie Morton ($2,445,000), Detroit right-hander Rick Porcello ($3.1 million) and left-hander Phil Coke ($1.1 million), Kansas City second baseman Chris Getz ($937,500) and catcher Brayan Pena ($835,000), New York Yankees pitcher Phil Hughes ($3.2 million), Los Angeles Angels third baseman Alberto Callaspo ($3.15 million), Milwaukee outfielder Nyjer Morgan ($2.35 million) and Washington catcher Jesus Flores ($815,000).

In a deal not yet announced, San Francisco outfielder Angel Pagan agreed at $4.85 million.

Among free agents, oft-injured reliever Joel Zumaya and Minnesota agreed to an $850,000, one-year contract, a person with direct knowledge of the deal said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the team had yet to announce it.

Philadelphia and pitcher Joel Pineiro agreed to a minor league contract, a person familiar with that deal said, also on condition of anonymity because it had not been announced.

Boston agreed to minor league contracts with pitchers Aaron Cook and Justin Germano that were announced, and a deal with Vicente Padilla that was not announced. Cincinnati agreed to a minor league deal with catcher Dioner Navarro.

In a trade, Colorado acquired right-hander Guillermo Moscoso and left-hander Josh Outman from Oakland for outfielder Seth Smith, who struck out against Boston's Jonathan Papelbon for the final out of the 2007 World Series.

Source: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/sports/*http%3A//news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20120117/ap_on_sp_ba_ne/bbo_baseball_rdp

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Be Lifehacker's New Design and Video Intern [Announcements]

We're on the hunt for a new intern skilled in the arts of both design and video to help make the site look great and create awesome video content for our posts.

A design and video internship at Lifehacker means you'll be creating images, contributing to the overall style of our editorial design, and helping to create new video content for posts. Because this is a new role at Lifehacker, the work may grow and change as we move along. You'll have the opportunity to help us make Lifehacker look great and learn a lot about communicating through design and video on the web.

What You'll Need

• To reside in the US and be at least 18 years old. (It's better if you're in the Los Angeles area so you can help with occasional local projets, but it's not necessary.)
• Your own computer.
• Good design skills and the ability to iterate quickly.
• Strong Photoshop skills (and a copy of the software).
• Strong video editing skills, preferably in Final Cut (because that's what we use?but whatever you have is okay, too).
• A good work ethic and the ability to think creatively..
• The ability to listen and follow directions, and also come up with your own ideas and contribute.
• At least 20 hours per week.

For Bonus Points

• Motion graphics skills.
• A talent for illustration.
• Video production abilities.

The Focus

This internship is foremost a learning opportunity, but also an opportunity to hone your creative skill set. You will be designing imagery for posts and creating/editing videos on a regular basis. You'll need to be able to devote at least 20 hours per week during normal work hours (9 to 5, Pacific Time). There will be a small stipend, with emphasis on the "small"-so if you need a regular job to pay the bills, this may not be the right position for you.

When creating images and video, sometimes you will execute an existing idea and sometimes you will be expected to come up with ideas of your own. Your input will be valued and much of the work you do will be fun and creative. If you approach the internship with a great attitude for learning and enthusiasm for the experience, you'll find that it's one of the best ways to understand how a blog works and how design and media play their roles. We'll also explore new ideas together and find better ways to make Lifehacker great.

How to Apply

We get a lot of applications and rely on Gmail to help us keep things sorted, so it's very important to follow these instructions so we don't miss yours. Here's what to do:

• Send an email to designintern@lifehacker.com with the subject Lifehacker Design Intern.
• In the email, include 3-5 sentences about yourself. Being concise is important and makes for a much more effective email (plus we generally have a lot to read). In these 3-5 sentences, tell us why you think you're a good fit, what interests you about the position, why you're particularly awesome, and your day-to-day availability.
• Include a link to your portfolio(s) in the email, or a few links to samples of your work.
• No attachments and no resumes, please.

We get a lot of emails, so unfortunately we can't reply to everyone. If we do contact you, it may not be immediately so please be patient. If you don't hear from us, feel free to give it another shot the next time around. Thanks, and good luck!

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