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Reviewed in the United States on July 31, 2017

Verified Purchase

 So I bought this to replace my old Cooler Master Quickfire TK board (the one with red backlighting, Cherry MX Red switches, and a nonstandard bottom row). For the purposes of data entry and binding keys to the numberpad, but having a cramped workspace, I decided to go with this kind of keyboard offered by Cooler Master. I compared the two and this white LED version certainly is an improvement.

+ Brighter lights
+ More options to customize lighting (effects like the raindrops, or setting your own custom keys are really wonderful; the previous TK board only had the fade in/out and WASD/arrow key effects available)
+ SMOOTHER SWITCHES - sometimes people complain about Cherry MX Reds being a bit "scratchy", and this was certainly true with my previous board. Not sure if the supplier (Cherry) stepped up their game to compete with Gateron Reds, which are generally regarded as the better option now, but the ones soldered on the Pro M are noticeably smoother: by far the most buttery and satisfying linear switches I've had the pleasure of typing on so far. Replacing the keycaps with PBT ones makes it even more satisfying.
+ Standard layout - you can actually replace the keycaps with this board unlike the previous Cooler Master TK and other notable gaming keyboards from Corsair/Razer
+ Better keycaps. I ended up switching them out anyways, but the ones included do have a slightly "chalky" texture, which I do prefer over the shiny and somewhat fingerprint-magnety keycaps found on many gaming keyboards.

The only gripe I kind of have about this board is the RGB option not being offered on Amazon right now. Newegg has the RGB version available for $140, which is a really steep price compared to the white LED version for $60...the RGB doesn't seem to justify such a steep price difference. This board can be disassembled if the buyer wishes to solder their own LEDs, but that will most likely make any warranty void, seeing how the screws to access the PCB are behind the rubber feet...

Also I don't care about macros, so I can't offer an opinion on the macro feature. I have watched a video review which mentioned that the macros are recorded in real time, so if any potential buyer wants this keyboard for the macros, this probably isn't the best choice.

Anyways, I'm super happy with this board and I hope it'll hold up with all the button mashing and late-night essays in the coming years. I will update this review if anything happens.

Also some pictures of it with my PBT keycaps. Thank goodness for standard layout!

Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2017

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 I am typing with the Masterkeys Pro M White.

The Cherry MX red switches are slightly mushier than the one in my older Corsair keyboard, which was also Cherry MX reds. I don't know how to explain this, as it is kind of odd. I know that reds aren't clicky, and frankly I don't mind. I tend to get more hand fatigue when I play games than when I type, so the reds help more with that.
Overall though, the build quality is great, but not excellent.
All the different functions the keyboard has, and how to access them, can initially confusing, but can be understand fairly quickly. The lighting is very slightly uneven, but this is not a very big deal. The M model is the only practical option for those of us
who want to conserve deskspace, but don't want to go with the Tenkeyless and sacrifice function. The arrow keys are fairly easy to get used to using, so that's good. The layout does't take very long to get used to.

Reviewed in the United States on October 10, 2018

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 I originally bought this keyboard because I looked for a nice solid cherry MX mechanical keyboard.

unfortunately this keyboard has no control software and can only be configured using a series of confusing "shortcuts", the layout for the Medium version isn't really comfortable for use and apparently after a while keys might decide to work only some of the times.

having some of the keys not function some of the time can be noticeable while typing and very disruptive while gaming

Reviewed in the United States on June 2, 2018

Verified Purchase

 Quality seems decent on the outside, but I'm having trouble with specific keys. If you look at the attached pictures, the keyboard doesn't register X M, "," and ".". If I press really hard, they register, but sometimes the keyboard types them twice. I was hoping for a bit better quality control, as I love the form factor of this keyboard.

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Reviewed in the United States on February 8, 2019

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 I love its minimalist form factor. I have a small pc desk which makes it perfect for me.
The leds are very bright (white) but you can turn it off if you want. It is very sturdy. There are also 2 grooves on its underside for the micro usb cable provided (gold plated and removable).

Reviewed in the United States on May 14, 2017

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 I'm using linear cherry reds for gaming and they feel great and are super light. It is a great price for cherry mx switches and full backlit keys. Thank you cooler master.

Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2017

Verified Purchase

 It's a good keyboard with Cherry switches inside, but the layout for the medium size one is really stupid.
As the arrow keys using the same area with the number keyboard, you will have to disable the numlk get the access to the arrow key while programming. But here is the things, the backlight on those number keys are much more shinning than the arrow keys, that even when you disable the numlock, you can't help yourself to press those keys when trying to insert numbers.
The small and large ones should be better, but the medium one who was trying to merge the number pad with the array keys is really not a friendly design. I am going to return it as I got several times of wrong typing everyday I use it.

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_5.0 out of 5 stars_ Bang for Buck

Reviewed in Canada on August 21, 2017

Verified Purchase

 Great keyboard from Cooler Master.

I got the Cherry Red switches for the office and to me, they sound similar to your typical dome/non-mechanical keyboards. It requires little to no effort in order to register a key press as the actuation required is about 45g.

This keyboard also comes pact with lots of features. I think backlight would be one of the main thing that people look at when purchasing a mechanical keyboard and let me tell you that this keyboard has a lot of settings that you can play with. Some of the features include, but not limited to breathing/pulsing, wave, raining, fading, repulsive, fully off, normal with adjustable brightness. The 3 keys (numlock, capslock, and scroll lock) backlight will be on but you will know when the key is pressed because of the light indicator at the top right of the keyboard.

One thing that I would like to complain which I think is not going to deduct a star from this review is the arrow key/ num pad merging. For me, I wanted a tenkey-less (TKL) keyboard with the ability to still use a num pad. For me it took a while to get used to it. The number 1 and 3 key pad is not used when you are not using the key pad so I tend to hit it endlessly. Lastly, because your num pad and arrow keys are merged, the '0' number is not a long one and you may accidentally hit the '00' button instead of '0' when using the num pad. In any case, I'm still adjusting to it but I also don't think this should remove a star from this review.

The built quality is superb. There's no flexing to it; and, if I were to throw it on the wall because of office rage, I think it will survive. I do would like to say that the material does look a bit cheap (like plastic), but can't complain too much. Key caps are not PBT but looks/feels ABS with laser etched printing.

It comes with the following items:
- Micro-USB braided
- Manual
- Key puller

_5.0 out of 5 stars_ Keycaps shine after a while

Reviewed in Canada on September 1, 2020

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 Great layout! Comes with several lighting modes (including a playable game of Snake), and gets very dim or very bright! The downside of the layout is that the arrow keys only work out of the box with PCs. To use this keyboard with a Mac you'll need a program called "toggle-numlock-mac".

_5.0 out of 5 stars_ Really great keyboard

Reviewed in Canada on November 12, 2017

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 It is my first wired mechanical keyboard. Hence, I don’t really have anything to compare except for my old wireless membrane one. Its day and night! Super fast, easy to use plug and play keyboard. Plus, its reduced size is perfect for my limited space.

Pros : really reactive, I love the feel of the Cherry Mx Red. Reduced space but still have access to the numerical keyboard and the shortcut keys.

Cons : I find it a bit hard to understand how to set up the lighting and all. I made a selection at first but I forgot how I did it. I won’t take a star off for such a detail!

_1.0 out of 5 stars_ Mal

Reviewed in Mexico on January 12, 2019

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 Mal, los teclados de shift y bloq mayús hay problema cuando estaba jugando overwatch, enchufa automáticamente me molesta mucho eso

_4.0 out of 5 stars_ Cumple con su cometido¡¡

Reviewed in Mexico on August 2, 2017

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 Excelente diseño y cómodo en su manejo diario.¡¡
Sobre todo, para Gamers¡¡
Si lo quieres usar de manera convencional, realmente lo estarás desperdiciando....

question: What are the negative things the reviewers have to say?

answer: One complains that the RGB option for the board is not being offered on Amazon. Another mentions that the Cherry MX red switches are slightly mushier than the one in their older Corsair keyboard. The keyboard's functions can be initially confusing. The lighting is also very slightly uneven. Another reviewer says the keyboard has no control software. They find it disruptive that some of the keys don't function some of the time. Another user is having trouble with specific keys. Another finds the layout for the medium size one to be really stupid. Another complains about the arrow key/num pad merging. Another says that a downside of the layout is that the arrow keys only work out of the box with PCs. Yet another reviewer finds it hard to understand how to set up the lighting.

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The flickering lights highlight the ship’s icy hallway only once every few seconds. It’s probably better that way, considering that when it can be seen it’s quite a mess. Scattered with shell casings, strewn papers and stray sparks from exposed wires. Not to mention the occasional body or body part that lay in the way as Chad slowly steps through, careful not to trip over the many obstacles. He waits patiently for the lights to flicker again, so he can move freely with no worry of what’s in his way, and searching for another living soul. He tries to call out, but the cold has rendered his throat quite useless when it comes to shouting. Still he must make the attempt. “Hello!” He tries to scream. It sounded as if the word itself tore open his insides as he spewed it out. Chad places his hand on his throat and continues, content with a quiet search.

As he makes his way through more dead end areas of the ship, Chad begins to lose hope of finding any more lost survivors, until he hears a faint moaning coming from the Captain’s quarters. He stops and listens for a moment. The moans come again. Chad walks towards the open room and puts his back against the wall, creeping his head around the corner. Inside, lying on the bed in the left corner is Captain Roberts, half naked and freezing, blood trickling down his ears and mouth. His skin seems more like a thin pale sheet that’s stretched tightly over his bones, and his hair on his head is patchy, as if he’s been pulling it out. Chad brings himself back around and tilts his head back, rolling his eyes. He sighs and marches into the Captain’s room. “Sir.” He says as he walks up to him. The Captain’s hand is bleeding and balled up in a fist.

“Whosat?” Captain Roberts whispers, eyes rolling around in every direction.

“Lieutenant Chad Harper, sir.” The Captain blinks, almost in awe, and then chuckles to himself.

“Come here, Lieutenant.” Chad kneels down beside the Captain, whose fist reaches out for his hand. Chad cups the Captain’s fist as he releases the item he was clinging so hard to. Chad looks into his now bloody hand to see two brown-stained silver bars. “I’m giving you command, Lieutenant.” Now it’s Chad’s turn to chuckle, but he can’t stop there. Soon his scoffs become laughs, and then what seems to be a mix of crying and bellowing that echo through the empty corridors of the stone cold prison they’re trapped in.

“Command?” Chad replies, wiping tears from his eyes, “Command of what? There’s nobody here! It’s just us!”

“Jesus, kid.” Captain Roberts says, “Is that all you do is complain? Ever since we lost you’ve treated it like the Goddamn Crucifixion.” He turns his head and coughs a fair amount of blood onto the walls. Chad bows his head and traces the sign of the Cross on his body.

“May Christ have mercy on your soul for making such a joke.” He says, raising his head. The Captain looks at him and tries to sit up. Chad puts his hands on the Captain’s shoulders and gently presses him back down. “You need to rest, sir.” The Captain’s attempt took much more out of him than expected. He begins to breathe heavy, as if he’d just run a marathon. Chad picks up a chair that’s been lying on the floor and sits down next to the Captain.

“I know you’ve suffered, lad.” Captain Roberts says, “We all have. But that’s no excuse to just abandon all this.” His hands wave around the room flimsily. Chad looks around and sighs.

“All what, sir? We don’t have anything. Everyone is either dead or captured. We’re on the losing side of a war and I don’t even know what it is we’re fighting for!” Chad’s voice breaks away again as he begins to shout. “I didn’t even want to be in this! I was dragged! I left a wife and a daughter behind, risking my life for reasons I’m still not sure of.” The Captain remains silent. His eyelids are halfway shut. “Sir.” Chad begins, “I’m sorry, but I have to go. There’s just too much blood here. I’ve had enough of this senseless massacre.” He stands up and turns to walk out the door. The Captain sputters.

“You think you’ll find a decent place to stand in this massacre?” Chad stops, and turns back towards the Captain. “Well there isn’t one. Everybody’s involved, like it or not.

“Well then what do you suggest I do, sir?”

“Stand with me. Keep up the good fight. We’re on the losing side against heaven, kid. They’ve got the power, but we’ve got the people. We may have sticks and stones compared to their rockets and lasers, but we’ve got a lotta sticks and stones.” The Captain’s eyelids flutter as he coughs more blood onto his pillow.

“You’re standing days are done, sir.” Chad says, “I mean no disrespect in that. You’re dying, and I’m all that’s left. This is my chance to leave, and to find a place where I can be at peace. Maybe start a new family. Have a life in exchange for the one that was taken from me. Everyone will just assume the whole ship’s been taken.” Chad bows his head. “I hope you understand. I was never meant to do this.” Chad looks up at the Captain. His eyes are closed and there are no white clouds that escape his mouth, which hangs open like an old fool who has fallen asleep drunk in his recliner.

Chad leaves the Captain’s quarters and marches up the hallway and to a steel door that’s sealed shut. To the side rests a digital keypad. Chad inputs a code, and the doors swiftly slide open. “Welcome, Lieutenant Harper.” A deep male voice echoes as Chad steps through into the flight deck. Outside the window lies an endless black ocean filled with little sparkling stars, along with several other ships that have been destroyed. Their debris float slowly across Chad’s view. He walks up to the center of the flight deck, where a digital map is displayed on the table. He looks down to see that a rendezvous point has been highlighted two Astronomical Units away, on a dead planet orbiting a Red Dwarf. Four Astronomical Units away lies another, more appealing place to park; a fairly new planet that was recently discovered and inhabited 200 years prior, called Geisa. Chad closes the map and takes a seat in the Captain’s chair. “How much fuel do we have, Mark?”

“Enough, Lieutenant Harper.” Mark replies.

“That’s not an answer. How many AUs can we travel given the damage?”

“Roughly five, Lieutenant. Where would you have me direct us?” Chad sits in his chair, one hand wrapped around his face and sweating, despite the freezing temperature. In his other hand lays the Captain’s silver bars. He stares at them, a look of anger quickly growing on his face.

“You son of a bitch.” Chad whispers as he pins the medal to his uniform.

“What was that, Lieutenant?”

“It’s Captain, Mark. And take us to the damn rendezvous point.”

title: The Captain

question: Summarize the situation of the ship when Chad walks through it.

answer: The ship has an icy hallway with flickering lights. Exposed wires and papers are strewn all across the hallway and Chad has to make way through it carefully. Many bodies and body parts are scattered across the hallway too. There's no living soul in sight and Chad tries to scream but he can't muster it out.

question: Summarize the conversation between Captain Roberts and Chad.

answer: Chad hears Captain Roberts's voice and goes to him. He kneels down beside him and the Captain gives him a cross. The Captain is badly injured and is coughing blood. He says that Chad is now in command of the ship. Chad doesn't approve of the war and says that he's going. However, Captain Roberts asks him how he'll even find a place to stand in the massacre. Chad eventually leaves the cabin in disagreement with Captain Roberts.

question: Summarize Chad's conversation with Mark.

answer: Chad sits in the Captain's chair and asks Mark how much fuel they have. Mark says that they can travel 5 AUs with the damage. He then asks Chad where to head to and Chad looks at the medal in his hand and pins it to his uniform and says that he's the Captain now and they should head to the rendezvous point.

question: Summarize Chad's conversation with his family.


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In Your 20s

When Siobhan Bennett was pregnant with her two daughters during her mid 20s, she had an easy time of it, and she figured things would be the same when she was expecting her son at age 45. "No one sat me down to say, 'Look, your body's twenty years older now,'" says Bennett of Allentown, Pennsylvania. "I was far more fatigued this last time around -- the difference was night and day."

When you decide to have a baby is largely a function of where you are in life. Did you find a partner early or late? Are you planning a big family or a small one? Each age makes for a different experience. Although every woman is unique, the physical and emotional aspects of pregnancy are at least partly influenced by how old you are. Here's what you can expect.

-   Is There a Perfect Age to Have a Baby?

In Your 20s: Primed for Pregnancy

From a purely physical standpoint, this is the prime time for getting pregnant -- and the earlier you are in your 20s, the faster you may conceive. The irregular cycles common in your teenage years have evened out, so ovulation is more predictable. Plus, your eggs (you're born with all you'll have) are fresh and healthy, making them good candidates for fertilization, says Geeta K. Swamy, MD, an ob-gyn at Duke University Medical Center.

Not only is it easiest to get pregnant in your 20s, it's also easier to be pregnant. "Usually, a younger body can best handle the additional load on the bones, back, and muscles during pregnancy," says Cosmas J.M. van de Ven, MD, who specializes in high-risk obstetrics at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. Your joints have been subjected to minimal wear and tear, and you're likely in the peak condition of your adult life, possibly years away from medical problems that may arise with increasing age.

And if you're young, chances are your own parents are, too -- meaning more hands-on help for you and more fun times for your children. "Not only can younger grandparents help with childcare, but it's wonderful when, in years ahead, they're still able to attend school functions or even go along on field trips," says Diane G. Sanford, PhD, coauthor of the _Postpartum Survival Guide_ (New Harbinger).

The risk of pregnancy-related complications is generally low in your 20s, with a notable exception: preeclampsia, or pregnancy-induced hypertension. Preeclampsia is less related to age, however, than the fact that this condition usually occurs with a first pregnancy -- and most expectant women in their 20s are first-time moms, says Robert H. Berry, MD, an ob-gyn at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. You may also run a greater risk of a low birth weight baby if you've continued bad health habits from your teen years, such as smoking, poor nutrition, and risky sex that leads to sexually transmitted diseases.

While the physical factors of pregnancy generally favor a 20-something, that doesn't necessarily mean this is the decade to have a baby -- particularly if you're feeling your way into a career or a marriage. "You may not have had enough time to fulfill your own needs, such as professional success or spending time alone with your partner," says Paula Ford-Martin, author of _The Everything Pregnancy Book_ (Adams Media).

What you lack in life experience, however, you may make up for in enthusiasm about impending motherhood. "A woman in her 20s may not spend so much time overthinking the pregnancy," says Sanford. "She may be more upbeat and less anxious about having a baby, taking the classes, and becoming a mom." And just a few years may make a big difference in your emotional preparedness. "There was no way I felt mature enough to have a baby at 21, even though I knew I wanted a family," says Heather Toto, who recently became a first-time mom at 28. "But by this time, I've been working for a few years -- I'm a middle-school teacher -- and my husband and I are more financially secure. Now the time is right."

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In Your 30s: Gaining Maturity vs. Waning Fertility

Many women who've rounded the bend of 30 may feel they've made great strides professionally and personally, making them more emotionally prepared for pregnancy. "For me, being in my 30s became all about having a family," says Mary Lindewirth of Gillette, New Jersey. "I had a great job, my husband and I were fixing up a house that we had bought, and we took wonderful vacations -- but I knew that if we didn't have kids we'd look back someday and wonder what we had really achieved."

The catch: While you were gaining life experience, your eggs continued to mature as well -- and now they're showing their age. The average woman is born with half a million available eggs, but those most sensitive to ripening are released first, leaving you with the slower specimens as you get older. So even if you conceived at the get-go last decade, don't expect the same speedy results now. You'll probably be trying for another three to six months, says Dr. Berry, even if you're in great shape and have no medical issues that affect fertility (such as endometriosis or uterine fibroids).

Waning fertility is most noticeable after the mid 30s, as Lindewirth can attest. "I was 35 when I conceived my first son, and it didn't take that long -- just four months," she says. "I wanted to have another baby as soon as possible afterward, but it didn't happen. I gave myself until 40 to conceive, and I just made it at age 39."

Once you get pregnant, however, you'll likely find that if you're fit and healthy, you may enjoy the energy usually associated with a younger woman. "Your physical well-being during pregnancy depends more on who you are than how old you are," says Dr. Berry. Be aware, though, that this is the decade when chronic conditions such as diabetes or high blood pressure, which complicate pregnancy, first become evident, says Dr. Swamy. This is especially true if you've packed on pounds with the passing years, since obesity increases the risk of many medical problems.

Also, even if you're in decent shape, starting at age 35, you have an increasing risk for pregnancy-specific conditions including gestational diabetes. In fact, age 35 marks the official start for "high risk" pregnancy. Why the scary-sounding cutoff? Because at 35, the odds of your having a baby with a chromosomal problem such as Down syndrome (in which a baby is born with an extra chromosome) are about equal to the risk of miscarriage from amniocentesis, a diagnostic test for chromosomal defects that examines amniotic fluid. (The fluid is removed through a needle inserted in the mother's abdomen.) "However, that risk [about 1 in 295] is actually still quite small -- it's just that it's higher compared with the risk of a 25-year-old," says Dr. van de Ven.

In addition, the risk of certain conditions, such as placenta previa, in which the placenta grows near the cervix and causes bleeding, increases with the number of previous pregnancies or cesarean sections, which is why it's most common among older women, notes Dr. Berry.

Kathleen Van Gorden Morse of Little Compton, Rhode Island, mulled over all her options when she became pregnant at 35. "Although I had friends my age who went straight to amnio, I wanted to start with a safer option, so I chose a type of ultrasound that looks at the baby's neck," says Van Gorden Morse. Known as nuchal translucency, this high-resolution ultrasound measures the skin fold at the back of the fetus' neck. "If it's larger than normal, it indicates a potential chromosomal defect," says Michelle Sang, MD, an ob-gyn in Portland, Oregon.

-   A Preconception Checklist

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In Your 40s: Older, Yes, but Also Much Wiser

There's no getting around it: From a medical standpoint, this is the toughest decade for pregnancy. By now, you've run through your highest-quality eggs, making conception slower than ever. "You're left with those eggs that have not only taken the longest to respond to the body's cues for release, but they also don't function well during fertilization," says Dr. Berry. This further raises the risk of chromosomal abnormalities and miscarriage. Meanwhile, your menstrual cycle may grow increasingly irregular well before menopause, which also compromises fertility. (And otherwise health-conscious women in this age group may be slow to seek out prenatal care -- they often assume the skipped period that signals pregnancy is the first sign of menopause. "When my doctor gave me the news, he said, 'You're going through a change, but not the change you think,'" recalls Bennett.)

Interestingly, while it's now hardest to get pregnant, this is also when you're most likely to carry multiples -- itself a high-risk pregnancy -- even without medical intervention. "It may be that shifting hormone levels during menopause stimulate the release of more than one egg at ovulation -- like a natural fertility drug," says Dr. Berry.

Standard blood work (the alpha-fetoprotein or AFP, also known as triple or quad screening) that estimates the risk of chromosomal defects such as Down syndrome is usually considered a waste of time and money, says Dr. Swamy. Screening will invariably reveal risk, which now accelerates more rapidly, from about 1 in 86 at age 40 to 1 in 21 at age 45. Women at 40-plus who opt for testing usually go straight to the definitive tests -- amnio or chorionic villus sampling (CVS), which involves removing a bit of tissue from the placenta and carries about a 1 percent risk of miscarriage. (CVS is also available for younger women, but many decide against it because, for them, the procedure's miscarriage risk still outweighs the Down's risk.)

Pregnancy may exacerbate chronic conditions as well as early signs of aging, such as stiff, sore joints; varicose veins may also get worse. "It's all magnified with pregnancy," says Dr. Sang. A slower metabolism may have profound effects, too: "I ate the same but gained twice as much weight with my son as I had with my earlier pregnancies, and the greater load sapped a lot more of my energy," says Bennett. Despite this, she headed up a major arts festival until the day she went into labor.

Doctors may be quick to tick off the physical downsides of later pregnancy, but a list of other pluses balances the scales. You have greater financial stability, for starters, which may enable you to focus more on motherhood. Life experience may have made you more patient and flexible. "First-time motherhood can seriously rattle long-established routines, but a woman in her 40s knows more about life's ups and downs and can better take shake-ups in stride," says Sanford.

And you've likely proved yourself professionally -- you may now be more content to stay home, or more confident about melding motherhood and a career. "You're more savvy, and not as afraid to step up to the plate and negotiate your terms for employment," says Ford-Martin. "Older mothers will ask for family-friendly workplace arrangements like telecommuting, flextime, and job sharing."

That self-confidence may also carry itself into the doctor's office, where you're more inclined to speak up about your preferences regarding labor and delivery. "Women who are a bit older tend to be more active in their pregnancy and overall healthcare," says Dr. Swamy. "They may ask their ob-gyn more questions about things we consider to be standard practice, such as prenatal labs, diabetes testing, and ultrasounds."

Finally, says Bennett, she's learned coping strategies over the years that have served her well in her second round as a mom of a newborn -- including an afternoon teatime and taking one day a week when she leaves the baby with other family members. "One day I saw three movies in a row," she says. "Now I know that it's important to indulge myself, and I think it makes me a better mother."

_Rachelle Vander Schaaf is a writer in Macungie, Pennsylvania, and a mother of two._

_Originally published in_ American Baby _magazine, February 2004._

_All content here, including advice from doctors and other health professionals, should be considered opinion only. Always seek the direct advice of your own doctor in connection with any questions or issues you may have regarding your own health or the health of others._

question: What factors favor pregnancy in your 20s?

answer: While in your 20s, your body can easily handle the additional weight on your bones and back. Additionally, your eggs are fairly fresh and healthy making them easier to be fertilized.

question: What are some risks that you may run into related to pregnancy in your 20s?

answer: Preeclampsia is a complication found in pregnant women in their 20s. It's pregnancy-induced hypertension that is less related to age but usually occurs during a woman's first pregnancy, which is usually in their 20s.


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Arsenal fans will be singing from the rooftops over Luiz deal – Jenas
Arsenal have completed the signing of Brazil defender David Luiz from Chelsea in an £8m deal.

Arsenal manager Unai Emery said Luiz brings "huge experience" and "adds to our defensive strength".

Luiz takes Emery's summer spending over £130m after deals for Nicolas Pepe, William Saliba and Gabriel Martinelli.

The Gunners are set to recoup around £34m for winger Alex Iwobi as he is set to complete a deadline day move to Everton and they have also sold Krystian Bielik, Laurent Koscielny, Carl Jenkinson, David Ospina and Takuma Asano during the summer window.

The departures take their summer transfer income to about £55m.

Having signed for Chelsea from Benfica in a £21m deal in January 2011, Luiz joined Paris St-Germain for £40m in June 2014 before returning to Stamford Bridge in August 2016 for £34m.

He spent six and a half years at Chelsea in all and won the league title, two FA Cups, the Champions League and the Europa League twice.

He signed a two-year deal with Chelsea in May and his departure comes five weeks after Frank Lampard returned to Stamford Bridge to manage his former club.

Chelsea are banned from signing players until the end of January 2020 following an investigation into their signing of foreign under-18 players.

With Gary Cahill, who has since joined Crystal Palace, released at the end of last season, Chelsea's options at centre-back include Germany's Antonio Rudiger, Kurt Zouma, who was on loan at Everton last season, and Denmark's Andreas Christensen.

Tierney meanwhile said it proved a "hard decision to leave a club that you love so much" as he completed his move from Celtic for a Scottish record fee.

The Scotland international said he was "sorry" as he could not repay Celtic's fans for their support "in any way possible".

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question: When was the article written?

answer: Sometime between 2016 and the start of 2020

question: Who is the manager of Arsenal?

answer: Unai Emery

question: Where was this article published?

answer: That information can't be found

question: Why is Chelsea banned from signing players until the end of January 2020?

answer: They signed foreign under-18 players

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Arsenal has just signed David Luiz, a defender from Brazil.


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MOHAMMAD SANUTH (born 25 July 1989) is an Indian cricketer who now represents the Oman cricket team.[1]

Career

He made his first-class debut on 16 November 2008, for Kerala in the 2008–09 Ranji Trophy.[2] He last played for Kerala in 2011.[3] In November 2019, he was named in Oman's squad for the 2019 ACC Emerging Teams Asia Cup in Bangladesh.[4] The following month, he was named in Oman's One Day International (ODI) squad for the 2020 Oman Tri-Nation Series.[5] He made his ODI debut for Oman, against the United Arab Emirates, on 5 January 2020.[6]

In February 2020, he was named in the Oman's Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2020 ACC Western Region T20 qualifier tournament.[7] He made his T20I debut for Oman, against Bahrain, on 23 February 2020.[8]

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title: Mohammad Sanuth

question: In what year did Mohammad Sanuth initially begin playing cricket?

answer: It is not stated in the article.

question: How old was Sanuth when his cricket career took off?

answer: It can be implied from the article that he was 19 years old.

question: What is the Oman Tri-nation series?

answer: That information cannot be found in the article.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This is a brief career highlight of Oman's Mohammad Sanuth, a professional cricket player who debuted in 2008 and is currently a part of the Twenty20 International (T20I) squad for the 2020 ACC Western Region T20 qualifier tournament. He also made a T20I debut for Oman against Bahrain on February 23rd, 2020.


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When the sun came out, we hid. We did not fear the light; we feared the unexpected. In the dark it was unsafe to even breath. You walk down the road and are likely to get stabbed and searched by the hungry. The young, the old, the thugs, the respectable- we were all hungry, and whether you looked like you had anything on you or not you were going to be gutted sooner or later. This was our world now and though it may sound insane we adapted to it. Even learned how to enjoy life. Because it was so predicable. But daytime, brightness, that was a mystery. It was better to hide in sewers amongst the filth than go out in the brightness. I heard stories, never saw it for myself.... until Kara came.

My baby. My sweet, sweet baby girl. Seventeen year old ragged bones make for a piss poor mother but there was no stopping her when she chose to come. For a few weeks after she was born the old man took care of us, but just like everyone else he had to watch out for himself so we were on our own soon enough. I could breastfeed her but only if I ate myself. I spent so much time trying to care for her I wasn't able to make ends meet in my usual way- the way that had brought me her. It was desperation that brought me to the brightness.

Once Upon A Time... that's how all my mother's stories begun. Once Upon A Time, it was safe to go out into the light, when the real sun shone down so the soil was bountiful and the cities fresh. Once Upon A Time there was a gorgeous ball of fire in the sky that nourished us, something natural, not the man-made sky of bulbs that you know now. Once Upon A Time there were many governments, not just one, and they were here to protect us.

Those were the more ludicrous stories, the one's I knew better than to believe. I grew up with the Global Democracy, with the Roof of Lights, with the stale air and rampant disease and inherent despair that made this place a home. In her dying breaths my mother begged me to have faith and I denied her. I should feel guilt; I do not. I only feel hunger.

Above ground, the city was a rank place. I knew it only by night, and it was much different then. The streets never changed but those who inhabit it did. No police walked the night. Homes were locked and usually even had bars over the doors and windows. There was absolutely no light that you didn't create yourself; the sky was pitch black and the city did not provide streetlights. Makeshift garbage fires and lanterns were the norm, casting shadows that twisted and tricked. By day, I was to learn, things were very different.

There was no filth in the streets, and the air was clean. Everything you saw was spotlessly clean and manicured. Yet the air was vile no matter where you went, as if it had been breathed in and out a thousand times. How it managed to supply us with oxygen was a miracle. The sky never changed. I was white, made up of an infinite amount of light bulbs and hung thousands of feet above us. Supposedly the Roof of Lights encase the entire orb of the earth, and I often wonder what held it up. Buildings were all gray cement, except the homes, which everyone knew were mostly for show. Those were nearly all identical versions of a square, stout building of brownish bricks and white wooden doors. A fifteen by ten rectangle of grass that never grew sat in front of each one and various vehicles stood in each driveway, though only very important people drove. By day the metals bars that covered the doors and windows at night were not to be seen. This was all very new to me.

I emerged from a sewer grate in the early morning, when the police were just beginning to do patrols. Coming out any later would probably result in death- us from underground were not supposed to exist. The police were obviously not human folk, not like us underground. They had face of smooth, unblemished beige, all the same, like they had been specifically bred to deny race. Brown eyes. Strict features. Very little individuality. I'd never heard of one speaking. I'd never heard that they even bledd or breathed, for that matter. I followed the signs along the roads to take me to the right one. Gardner Street. There was a market there. I hadn't yet put thought into how I would pay. I just knew that everyone said you could get food on Gardner street.

After two and a half hours of walking I began to wonder if Kara was okay, wrapped in my old sweater and hidden in a whole in the wall by the place we slept. That sounds like bad parenting. It's not. She was a thousand times safer there. No one had anything to gain from a baby. I arrived at the correct street and had to lean against a wall to contain my surprise. This was not a market. Not like the ones underground, at least. There were no stalls, no sellers, no rats cooking, no rotting fruit in moldy baskets.

It was a gray cement building like the others but with big planes of glass making up the front to reveal the inside. Aisles and aisles of shelving filled with colorful cans, bags, and baskets... fresh fruit, most unfamiliar to me, bread the was not burnt and cut into even slices, and meat! It was red and fresh and clean and I'd bet money that I didn't have that it wasn't from rats. Unbelievable.

I walked through the doors and instantly knew I didn't belong there. I didn't have Euro's. I smelled like the underground. If I tried to steal, I'd be executed, and my Kara would starve to death alone in a hole in the wall. Yet I couldn't leave. I wandered around the big building, taking in the delectable smells, trying to avoid the gaze of the clean workers in their uniforms. There wasn't anyone else in the place besides myself that didn't work there. Or so I thought, until I found myself in an aisle made up of closed closets made of glass that emitted a terrible cold. The boxes and bags inside had pictures of food inside and were obviously frozen.

He was tall. He was handsome. He had skin of smooth beige, but crystal blue eyes and a mole on his left cheek. He wore no uniform. The second he saw me, a sharp, wolfish grin cracked open his face and he strode over to me as if he owned the world.

“Your type doesn't belong here. Your type doesn't exist. So what, pray tell, are you doing here?”

Panic froze me to the spot. I knew in that moment I was going to die. But instead of pulling out the electronic needle all police carried, he threw back his head and laughed. It was a deep, rich laugh that startled me even more. Officers did not laugh!

“I'm just joking with ya, Tike. I know what you're doing. In all my twenty five years I don't think I've sen one of you with the balls for it though.” He looked me over closely, as if evaluating me for strengths and weaknesses that were under my skin. He nodded. “Aye, I can use ya. Nicely. Come on, we'll get food. Don't be scared, I've got money, I'm paying. Are you scrounging for just yourself?”

It took a few moments for me to realize he was offering to help me, and a few longer to unfreeze myself. This was absolutely wrong. He said he could “use” me. I wasn't no fresh hen; I'd been “used” many times over, knew what it entailed, knew how to handle it and even do it right to earn a morsel. Yet I didn't think he meant the same thing.

It's not like I had long to rationalize. My situation was crazy and I had no choice. He cocked and eyebrow and I nodded. I could only hope he meant to use what was under my skirt.

“So you're only getting what for yourself?” He asked like he knew the situation was otherwise. It didn't occur to me to lie.
“N-no. I have a baby. Two months. Feed her myself though” I blushed and was revlted by myself. He had not needed to know that.

“I thought so. Something had to spur you out the hole. Besides, breasts like those rarely come naturally” He grinned again and walked off as if I was expected to follow. My cheeks burned fiery red but I did. Where would this take me?

He led me down aisle and occasionally handed me something to carry, stopping once to get me a basket to accommodate the load. I was especially surprised when he handed me a package with a picture of a baby on it; diapers. Finally we came back to the front of the store and laid our loot out in front of an employee with an odd machine. She fiddled with it for a minute before telling my new friend his total.

“Three thousand, one-hundred seventy five.” I could have swooned. I thought for sure he'd put it all back and tell me I was on my own, but instead he took out a black card with a three gold bands around it and swiped it through the machine. His calm demeanor seem the frighten the girl, but she kept a calm face. Her blonde hair and pale skin soothed me; she was one of us, the humans, even if she did live in a different world.

Outside the building he took the bags from me. “You’ll get these, and a warm place to sleep tonight, on conditions. You're going to crawl back into the sewers, get your baby, and bring her here. You will both be staying with me for an indefinite amount of time. If you do not comply you'll likely both starve. Understood?”

I only nodded yes. By now the whole situation felt like a dream. I'd do whatever this angel said, until it all came crashing down and I died in the fire. It was no more dangerous than my life would be otherwise.

“Good. How long will it take you to get back here?”

This made me pause. “A few hours, but... I can't go in and out of the sewers in broad day. I'll be euthanize! And to take my baby above ground? Look, sir, I know you don't know nothing about-”

Suddenly he was very close to my face. “I know much more than you. You know nothing. There is a sewer grate five feet from here. I know that's how you people go up and down and I know someone your age has the underground fair memorized. You'll use that entrance. You'll bring her here. I'll wait no more than four hours, that's when business is off and the streets flood with more than police. You'll be safe. Go now.”

I had no choice but to obey. What would happen to me now? Had I endangered my baby? Of course I had. She deserved a better mother.

title: Don't know where I'm going with this. "Underground"

question: Describe the narrator's life.

answer: The narrator was a seventeen-year-old young mother who grew up underground with the Global Democracy in the sewers, was used to the roof of lights and constant stale air and diseases. Her mother told her stories about how the city used to be safe and people could enjoy the sun in the daytime. However, she had never been exposed to the city in the daytime because those from the underground were not supposed to exist. She only came out to the city at night when she felt safer because there were no police patrols at night. Being seen in daylight in the city was risky because the policemen walked around with electronic needles. One day, she made a desperate attempt to go into the city in the daylight for the first time because she needed to provide for her two-month-old baby, Kara. She encountered a policeman who offered her a better life in the city, away from her world. Even though this seemed like a gracious opportunity for her and a chance to turn her life around, it was an opportunity that led to her death.

question: Describe the police in the city and the policeman's intentions toward the narrator.

answer: The policeman was not like the people in the sewers. They were not human. They had smooth faces with unblemished beige, had brown eyes, and strict features. They barely spoke and walked around with electronic needles. They always patroled the city in the daytime, but at night, they retired. On the day the narrator courageously yet desperately explored the city in the daytime, she met a policeman without his uniform. He was tall and handsome but had blue eyes instead of his type's regular brown eyes. He took an interest in her and instantly recognized she wasn't from their world. Though the narrator feared the policeman might hurt her with the electronic needle, he was friendly and offered to buy her food. Afterward, he instructed her to bring her child from the sewers so that they could live with him for a long time and stop staying in the sewers.

question: What does the story say about why the narrator lived in the sewers?


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**Okay, so I wrote this for a story competition run by my school's annual publication, and while I don't sit down and write stories much this is my favourite that I've written.**

The body in the trunk should be alright, because it’s minus twenty-five. It’s morbid, but you can always rely on a Canadian winter for these kinds of things. The client’s only an hour away.

I get to thinking that this should probably be my last job. I’m tired of hiding and tired of working, maybe even tired of killing, and the gritty details that come with it. I’ve never had a ‘home’, nor an office. Where the hell do you put a bureau of contract killers? It’s time to move on.
I can’t pretend it has nothing to do with Eve – but believe me, I’ve tried. She’s being trying to get hold of me for as long as she could talk, and I’ve ignored her until now. But now – she’s in Canada, I’m in Canada – hell, I like Canada. Even now, when it’s snowing so hard that the light freezes as it comes out of my headlights. It suits me. I’m beginning to feel uncomfortable having left her without a father all this time, so I guess the least I could do is help her out with some of the money I’ve made.

I not thinking about that. There’s a diner ahead. I’ll stop and eat.
I park in the bay by the door, where they’ve cleared the path. I take off my boots, and select a pair at random from the five I have in a bag in the back seat. It’s the little forensic details, like the soles of your sneakers, that kill you, but I like to keep the lab coat cops guessing. I’ve been in this job for thirty years, and I’ve sussed it down to three rules: plan ahead; no collateral damage; keep it clean. That means one dead guy, one bullet, zero witnesses, and a thousand alibis. Anyone in this business will tell you the same. I’ve heard a few mentions of a fourth rule – the ‘Dead Man’s Rule’ - but it’s a myth. There’s nothing confusing about contract killing – it’s the most meticulous, clear headed, straight forward job in the world. It’s like being an accountant; pushing bullets instead of pushing pennies.

I carry on driving. My Range Rover slices through the blizzard like hollow points through a brain. I hit a bump, and I hear a clanging coming from the trunk. It’s probably nothing, but I’ll check it out anyway. I open the trunk, and am suddenly reminded of why I want to retire. My tire iron got itself stuck inside Darth Vader’s helmet. These jobs are the worst.
I was given an address, but how was I supposed to know that the job was at a goddamn Star Wars convention. I didn’t have a costume, which meant that, in a reversal of roles, I stood out like a sore thumb in a room full of Jedi’s and Stormtroopers. I had enough information to distinguish my target from the rest of the Dark Lords, and followed him until I could get a moment alone. It was impossible: there were people everywhere. I finally got him alone when he went to the restroom. I locked the door of the men’s room when everyone else was gone except him: I had him alone.

My vantage point wasn’t exactly a sniper’s nest, but perched on the john in the neighbouring cubicle, I could shoot the Dark Lord as he was having a leak. It’s not the noblest way to die, but I don’t deal in honourable deaths. As I pulled the trigger, he looked up, and the bullet hit him in the neck. He grasped at his throat, in some vain attempt to dislodge it from his windpipe. The blood painted the wall of the cubicle. It didn’t splatter, it was a crimson fountain. I was mesmerised by it: for the first time in thirty years, I hadn’t got a clean shot. I eradicated those thoughts by leaving my second shot in the right place this time. He slumped over, unravelled the toilet paper on his way down with an outstretched hand which he had pointed at me. His bloody hand left a print on the paper, a graffitied insignia of a dying man. I tore it off and flushed it. The fire exit in the toilet led to the secluded bay I parked my Rover in, so no one saw me dump the body in the trunk. Keep it clean.
By the time I was alone on the highway, the two bullets had been removed with a pair of tweezers and thrown down a drain in Toronto, my gun was buried in Lake Superior, and Darth Vader had been disrobed and his bloody clothes were now ashes on the highway. I kept the helmet next to him in the trunk, and set off on the twenty hour journey to Winnipeg. I don’t deal in contaminated corpses. I deal in 9mm holes and untraceable kills. That’s how I get by on three rules.
The road unwinds in front of me, and Winnipeg glows around the bend. Somewhere among those bare, snowy trees and tower blocks is Eve, and she’s been waiting for me for thirty years. I’ve already planned my route. I’ll meet my client in Tuxedo, we’ll conclude our business, and I’ll turn left from his home so I can carry straight on to Woodhaven. That’s where she told me she’s been living for the past five years. One left turn.

The client’s home looks expensive. Tuxedo is fittingly the ‘black tie’ district of Winnipeg, where all the suits live. It’s where Eve tells me she’s going to live once she makes enough money. I could help her here. I’ve got enough cash. I can settle down with her in Tuxedo, learn all about what I’ve missed over thirty years.

I don’t know what the guy wants with the nerd, and I don’t care. His Rolex glistens in my headlights, and he gives me a signal to back into his garage. I do, but only so the trunk goes under. I’m not trapping myself in a client’s house. I step out, and embrace the cold again. We crowd round the trunk like children crowd round a fire. When I open it, his look is not one that says ‘ten thousand dollars’. It says something which my ears block out, but that my eyes read for me. It can’t be. I’ve never broken a rule. The wrong body. The wrong goddamn Darth Vader.
His eyes look to me for an explanation, while his hand looks to his jacket for a gun. My brain can’t get one to him in time, and his fingers react with a flash of gunpowder. My jaw is the victim.

I punch the gun from his hand, and scrape it from the ground. It has my splattered blood on it. Now it has his blood on it too. He falls to the ground with a clack as his watch cracks against the concrete. I hit him where he road map. I hit him where he meant to hit me. Blood carries the broken glass with it along the edges of the tiles in a sanguine road map. I hit him where he meant to hit me.

There is a scream from behind, one that slices through me. The Client’s wife stares straight through me at her dead husband. I raise my gun, but don’t have the energy to fire. The girl runs off, and cries for help. One left turn, and it’ll all be over.

I think about my options. I can’t carry on working, because I have no energy, no passion for the job anymore. I can’t settle down because I’m a wanted man, that woman saw me.

I think about Eve. How can I go to her and say I haven’t been her father for thirty years because I’ve been killing people. I can’t give my blood stained earnings and tell her to buy a house. I pray to God she’ll forgive me, but I don’t have a God to pray to. I don’t know what the right thing to do is, because my moral compass is broke. Just one left turn.

I realise the flaw with my rules. There is a fourth rule. There is a Dead Man’s Rule. It’s not a rule that can be broken, it’s a law of physics, an unbreakable rule: in this job, no matter how many rules you have, and no matter how long you last, you’re going to end up dead. If not dead in the most literal sense, then dead inside. That’s when you learn the Dead Man’s Rule. I’m stuck in a loop, dead on the inside. I’ve nowhere to go, and if I were to die now, it wouldn’t make any difference to how I live my life. I’ve reached my expiry date.

The car starts up first time.

I turn right.

title: Dead Man's Rule

question: Summarize everything relating to the story's title.

answer: When the narrator goes over the rules of the business, he dismisses a fourth rule, the Dead Man's Rule, as a myth. At the end of the story, he realizes that it is a rule that cannot be broken: that everyone in his line of business winds up dead, either literally or dead inside. With his identity discovered, he is not dead on the inside.

question: What does the story say about the narrator's victims?

answer: His first victim during the story is the man in the Darth Vader costume. He shot him first in the neck and then again. This turns out to have been the wrong body, and as a result, he is forced to kill his client too.

question: Summarize Eve's reactions to learning her father is a killer.


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And with one final glance back at his beloved wife, Edward flung himself off seemingly, the edge of the Earth. As he gained speed, hurdling ever faster towards the rock thousands of miles below, he began to see, OH MY goodness me why hello there. I forgot for a moment that I am a book made to be read. The story just has its way of capturing me in with an almost spell like bond. Are you enjoying the “Thrilling Adventure of Edward” so far? What you say!? No it can’t be absolutely preposterous! Ah but it seems you are right, it appears that I have miss placed my first hundred pages or so! What a shame, it really is quite the tale. Yet…oh it could never…I could never…but it’s worth a shot! If it would please you, I could try to recall the tale, for after all I shouldn’t be that hard for it is a part of me! Splendid, now I suppose on with the show!
It all began one Christmas Eve oh about 200 years ago. The story takes place in a small village called Slakina. The village was filled to the brim with thousands of spectators for the upcoming Salvo concert. Salvo was and still is to the best of my knowledge the best Saxophone player in the entire known world. See in Slakina everyone played an instrument. The instrument you played displayed your social class, and well of course saxophone is regarded as the highest. So naturally with all of the town’s hotels and rental properties occupied, when James and Elizabeth, the soon to be mother and father of Edward arrived in Slakina, they could find no place to stay! James began to worry for Elizabeth was due with Edward the very next day! As James went door to door asking and pleading for a room to spend the night, Elizabeth saw a bright light falling from the sky and then a sudden flash as it crashed in to a field across the way. She sighed and pulled James away from his newest endeavor and set off towards the unknown flying/crashed object.
As they slowly made their way towards the oddly shaped thing, they began to feel the warmth coming off the craft. As they got closer and closer they began to almost shrink back due to the heat. They suddenly out of nowhere a door appeared. Ok so I know what your thinking, not another classic Alien Jesus story! But be assured what happens next is one of a kind. A tall handsome fellow strolled slowly down this newly formed ramp. As he came closer and you could see him more clearly in the light they were able to discern that he must be around his late 20’s and approaching 6 foot 9. Then he raised his hand and all of anything fell silent.
“I would like to ask you a fairly simple question” He said with a slight British accent
“Why yes of course!” stammered James
“I have been studying you humans for many years and man is a narcissistic species by nature. You have colonized the four corners of your tiny planet. But you are not the pinnacle of so-called evolution. That honor belongs to the lowly cockroach. Capable of living for months without food. Remaining alive headless for weeks at a time. Resistant to radiation. If God has indeed created Himself in His own image, then I submit to you that God is a cockroach. Would you care to agree with this statement?”
	“Why that sounds very logical but I must ask who is god?!” Questioned Elizabeth
	“Surely you must have heard of the fellow, born on December 25th, savior of man, nailed to a cross and all that jazz?”Exclaimed the mysterious man
	“My dear man are you sure your not crazy?” said James
“YES I’m quite sure I’m not why who are you two?”
“We would be nothing but lowly travelers who can not find a place to stay the night in the town, see Elizabeth here is pregnant! Said James excitedly
“Oh dear me what a mistake to come here, stupid time machine!” He murmured quietly and with that the man was off in to the night sky yet again.
	With puzzled looks on their faces the young couples returned to the town to find a small yet cozy barn open for rent. Eagerly James paid the man the necessary money. As they sat down to relax, Elizabeth suddenly went into labor. I think I may spare you the details and just cut to the chase. About 3 hours later at preciously 12:00 A.M small Edward was born. Right away the two parents could tell this would be no normal child.
	With in the first few years of growing up was already becoming a very well know defender of his home town, Slakina. Before Slakina had been terrorized by many outsiders. All of these past invaders and marauders now quivered in fear of the now 4 year old Edward. The key was his glitter, for one it attracted all the ladies and second it could blind his enemies making it much easier for him to dispatch him. Now I know what your thinking, TWILIGHT!?, which alone is reason enough for me to slap you (but as we all know books are incapable for doing this). So let me correct our mislead mind. For starters this Edward is not pale and can speak properly and does not enjoy biting cactus loving Arizonians. Our Edward is what you may call Edward.0, a newer improved version. He is a combination of superman, batman, and Spiderman all in one! So now to get back on track…Edward was constantly trying to improve the Slakina way of life. He began their leader, in a sense. Under King Edwards (that was his new title nowadays) the lands of Slakina prospered greatly. The people came to love their king but they felt very bad for they could see that he was very lonely. So as all good little subjects should, they convinced him to sign up for Eharmony! Indeed it worked; with in a few weeks their king was well on his way to a marriage. He had chosen a lovely bride who just so happened to be trapped in tower far away. He knew it at once; he must go and rescue his beautiful bride to be. As he mounted his noble steed and road off in to the sun set, the crowd that had gathered in the courtyard to see him off cheered with joy and anticipation. King Edward rode for many days and nights across scorching hot deserts and blistering cold tundra’s till at last he came upon the tower. As he grew closer he saw an oddly shaped cloud of green smoke hanging ominously over the towers highest point. He gasped as he realized what it was, the Deathly Mark. Only one wizard was know to be powerful enough to cast the spell and that was he-who-must-be-named. He was the most notorious of dark wizards and was famed for leaving none alive, especially when the Deathly Mark hung above the site. Edward cautiously cracked open the door and made his way up the tower stairs. When he reached the top he gazed upon what was an absolutely horrific scene. The window was shattered, dark stains all over the carpet but what caught his attention the most was the oddly shaped horn mounted on the wall. As he reached up for it a bolt of light shot past his hand narrowly missing him. He whirled around to see who was there and just as he feared it was he-who-must-be-named. He held Edwards wife to be in a sack over his back and with an evil maniacal laugh he jumped out the window flying towards the Cliffs of Starlight. The cliffs were famed for being the tallest in all the land. As the wizard jumped out the window Edward grabbed hold of his cloak and they both flew towards the cliffs. As they both stammered up from their crash landing, the wizard did something most unexpected. He dropped the bride to be and jumped off the Cliffs of Starlight. Edward knew what he must do and with one final glance back at his beloved wife; Edward flung himself off seemingly, the edge of the Earth. As he gained speed, hurdling ever faster towards the rock thousands of miles below, he began to see the wizard whom oddly enough was smiling. As they can level with one another Edward screamed
	“This is the end for you my friend, you must die for my wife to be and I to live happily ever after!”
The wizard cleverly replied “Ah but you see my dear Edward, you seem to have over looked one minor detail, I can fly and you can not! Even if you were to kill me you would never survive the fall! You have just committed suicide!” And with that the men stopped plummeting and flew back up the cliff toward the wife to be.
	Edward realized at once the wizard was right and began to pray to his holy lord.
“Dear God, please help me some how get out of this alive!” he screamed aloud
“My dear man,” God replied “What can I do for you?”
“God I seem to have flung myself off a cliff while forgetting that I can not fly!” Pleaded Edward
“Well that was a stupid thing to do!” exclaimed god and threw a lighting bolt down at King Edward, Smiting him on the spot.
Now I would really like to say that this was a happy ending but it seems as if I can not. Edward was dead, the wife to be was sold in to slavery, and the wizard now ruled Slakina. And they all lived unhappily ever after (unless you are edward who was not living). The End.

title: A Story About Stories

question: Why did God refuse to help Edward after he threw himself off the cliff?

answer: God decided that since Edward was so stupid, he deserved to die. So, God smote him mid-air on his way to the ground.

question: What was the special talent enjoyed by all the citizens of Slakina and what effect did it have on their society?

answer: In Slakina everyone could play a musical instrument. The instrument that played defined your social standing. Saxophone players were at the pinnacle of society.

question: Why did Edward leave the land of his birth?

answer: Edward was lonely so he started a search for a bride. Unfortunately, the one he chose was locked up in a tower far away. He had to rescue her so he set off on his trusty steed to fetch his bride.

question: Was Edward successful in his mission? Explain.

answer: Edward was unsuccessful. When he got to the tower, the Deathly Mark hung above. He who must be named had taken his bride captive. Though the evil man dropped the bride, Edward followed him over the edge of the cliff. He had forgotten that the wizard could fly but he could not. He begged God to save him but God thought him stupid and smote him on the way to the ground.


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Celebrated lawyer-activist Prashant Bhushan has just notched up another victory with the Supreme Court-appointed panel decreeing there was prima facie evidence that former CBI director Ranjit Sinha had attempted to influence the investigation into the coal block allocation scam under the then UPA government. The court’s observation was based on a visitor’s diary submitted by Bhushan that showed Sinha had compromised investigations into the scam by meeting the accused at his residence over 50-60 times, as records reveal.

Over the years, Bhushan has become the point person for whistleblowers from the bureaucracy, police and even the media. He has skilfully and doggedly used the public interest litigation (PIL) route to dig out and pursue cases of corruption, civil liberties and human rights.

Bhushan exploded on the political scene as one of the prominent members of the headline-grabbing India Against Corruption, along with Anna Hazare and Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal, but the movement went up in smoke after his very public fight with Kejriwal over the future course of the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Bhushan has moved on to form the Swaraj Abhiyan, a new political movement that hopes to bring ideology into everyday politics, even as he continues to push the judiciary to hound the corrupt and is at the forefront exposing a string of scandals, such as the Reliance gas scam, the Essar tapes and emails scam, 2G spectrum scandal and the Vyapam scam. Bhushan, however, admits he now needs a larger network of people to help in unearthing, scrutinising and probing scandals, and is all set to launch a new organisation for whistleblowers.

Excerpts from an interview:

ARE YOU SATISFIED WITH THE COURT’S INDICTMENT OF RANJIT SINHA?

I’m glad the courts are taking this forward, because the issue is very serious. Here is a CBI director who seems to be surreptitiously and unofficially meeting a number of high-profile accused persons who are being investigated by the agency, even as he’s dealing with their investigation files. It has to do with the integrity of the main anti-corruption investigating agency and, therefore, it’s essential Sinha be brought to book.

HOW DID THE VISITOR’S BOOK FALL INTO YOUR HANDS?

It was obviously someone from the organisation which was responsible for putting the guards at Sinha’s residence who gave me the diary…a whistleblower. However, I did not bother to ask him his name or identity.

YOU HAVE BECOME THE POINT PERSON FOR WHISTLEBLOWERS FROM THE BUREAUCRACY, POLICE AND EVEN THE MEDIA. WHY DO THEY TRUST YOU?

I’ve been involved with public interest cases and issues, particularly corruption cases in high places, for years and perhaps people believe here’s a person who is doing something about it, taking them to court and the like. People have been coming to me for a long time…all these public interest cases have been generated by people who have the relevant information. I’ve been dealing with corruption for a long time, the first time may have been the Bofors scam in the early 90s.

HOW DID IT PLAY OUT?

In the Bofors case, the courts unfortunately interfered with the investigations repeatedly, and then when the Congress government came back, it also interfered, like in the Madhavsinh Solanki case, and after some time I also got fatigued with the matter and didn’t bother to pursue it.

WHAT DID THE CASE REVEAL?

It was absolutely clear that bribes had been paid, that Ottavio Quattrocchi was paid, as was established by Swiss bank documents in connection with the deal. If Quattrocchi was not an agent in this deal, why was he paid?

WHERE WAS IT STALLED?

The investigation was completed, it was the prosecution that was stalled. The courts repeatedly interfered and quashed various matters, the CBI didn’t take it forward, nobody else did either.

EVEN SUBSEQUENT GOVERNMENTS DIDN’T PICK IT UP?

No, even non-Congress governments did not pick it up. In fact my experience has been that large political parties are interested in using corrupt cases against their opponents for political purposes only but are not serious to pursue the cases to prosecute and punish them in jail because usually the brokers or corporates involved are common, so they are not interested.

YOU SAW THIS IN BOFORS, DO YOU SEE THE MODI GOVERNMENT PURSUING CORRUPTION CASES?

No. Take the Essar emails, or Essar tapes, or Reliance gas deal or the 4G scam. For instance, in the Reliance gas deal, it is obvious that Reliance indulged in serious over-invoicing, as the Comptroller and Auditor General has mentioned , but why is the Modi government not investigating it? Reliance funds all political parties.

AND THE ESSAR EMAILS?

The Essar emails clearly convey that the company was bribing politicians across the board. This included people like union minister Nitin Gadkari (who was hosted on a yacht along with his family), President Pranab Mukherjee was gratified by way of a job for his granddaughter, Congress’s Sriprakash Jaiswal and Digvijay Singh, among others. We’ve been seeing that large corporate houses have been buying influence and gratifying all major political parties.

WHY DO YOU SAY THE ESSAR TAPES ARE EVEN BIGGER THAN THE NIRA RADIA TAPES?

The Essar tapes are conversations between actual people involved in those crimes. There are confessions of the crimes by the people themselves, conversations between Mukesh Ambani and various government officials and ministers; or Reliance officials talking amongst themselves, which show them confessing to over-invoicing and bribing. All this was happening between 2002 to 2008. I’ve not heard the tapes myself, but I’ve heard what’s being said and they are very damaging. There are clearly multiple acts of wrong doing and corruption here.

HOW DID YOU GET THE DAMNING ESSAR EMAILS?

Again, it was a whistleblower from Essar company who handed it to us.

DON’T WHISTLEBLOWERS HAVE AN INDEPENDENT AGENCY TO GO TO?

There was a whistleblower agency set up on the orders of the Supreme Court when it said the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) must become the nodal agency for whistleblowers. The CVC must investigate the complaints given by whistleblowers, give them protection and the like. But we’ve found that the CVC has failed whistleblowers, partly because the appointees are weak, pliable; and secondly, they don’t have enough staff and wherewithal for investigation.

ARE YOU SETTING UP AN AGENCY?

We’ve set up a whistleblower forum, which has eight members, including Justice A.P. Shah, Justice Santosh Hegde, former secretary E.A.S. Sarma and Admiral Laxminarayan Ramdas among others. It was set up four-five months ago but the announcement was low key. We hope whistleblowers will come to this forum, the office is in Delhi, we will launch it again soon with a proper Press conference. Publicity is the oxygen of the anti-corruption movement.

WHAT IS THE FIRST HURDLE FOR WHISTLEBLOWERS?

First, we have to analyse what the documents and material reveal, how serious is the crime or illegalities; then we have to process what can be done legally, if the courts can order an independent investigation or order the government to probe the evidence. But like in the Radia tapes or Essar emails, there needs to be a public exposure of wrongdoings, as many of these crimes involve corporates, bureaucracy and politicians, and it is important that this nexus is exposed. I do stress on media exposure of crimes.

WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN THIS NEXUS ALSO INVESTIGATES ITS OWN CRIMES?

That’s why we’ve to go to court, because it’s an independent body

BUT YOU’VE ALSO ACCUSED THE JUDICIARY OF ILLEGALITY?

By and large they are independent; of course, the integrity of some judges is questionable and there is a problem, but to a fair extent the courts are independent.

APART FROM COURTS AND MEDIA, WHAT ELSE IS NEEDED?

We need a peoples’ movement, which is why we’ve set up the Swaraj Abhiyan, which campaigns against corruption, farmers’ issues, communalism, and lastly, education and employment.

WHAT WENT WRONG IN YOUR LAST EFFORT WITH ANNA HAZARE AND ARVIND KEJRIWAL?

Anna is a decent man, a simpleminded person, who probably does not have a broad understanding of many issues, but he is clearly a public-spirited person and courageous. But it was Kejriwal’s character that made everything go wrong. I didn’t quite realise that he was so unscrupulous, that he was willing to use any kinds of means to achieve his ends. Of course, political power can be useful, but it can’t be an end in itself, political power is only a means for doing something in public interest.

HOW IS KEJRIWAL UNSCRUPULOUS?

For example, after the 2014 Lok Sabha election, a disheartened Kejriwal went into secret negotiations with the Congress party to form a government again in Delhi, even while we were in court saying fresh elections must be ordered soon.

WHEN ELECTIONS WERE FINALLY ANNOUNCED, DID YOU NOT WANT TO BE PART OF IT?

I had become very wary of Kejriwal by then, with all his machinations to get back into power. For example, the AAP voluntary _manch_ had felt their voices were not being heard by the party, but Kejriwal wanted to destroy this organisation as he felt it was turning into a revolt by them . So, he sent a fake SMS in their name, calling out to all volunteers to join the BJP. Then he used the fake SMS to accuse them as BJP agents in a Google hangout.

DO YOU REGRET THE WAY IT PLAYED OUT, AFTER ALL YOU WERE THE CORE MEMBERS OF THE INDIA AGAINST CORRUPTION MOVEMENT?

Yes, there’s a sense of enormous regret , this movement had enormous potential but unfortunately, it has all been squandered and all we’ve been left with is another political party that is like any other conventional political party.

HAS AAP NOT STUCK TO ANY OF ITS POLL AGENDA AND PROMISES? FREE WATER, ELECTRICITY, SCHOOLS?

Well, some of it may have been done, but the main purpose of forming this party was anti-corruption, transparency and accountability. There is zero transparency, zero accountability and rampant corruption in this government. Why is the Delhi government not putting up files and notings on the website for real transparency? Kejriwal’s idea is to only make a show that he has done a lot. Take the _mohalla_ clinics – the agreement is that doctors will be paid Rs 30 for seeing a patient, so some useless doctors have been randomly picked up, those who just have an MBBS, and these doctors prepare a list of a large number of patients seen and not seen to get money, and the government has a list of patients to show. Then, for further medical investigations, the clinics have tied up with private companies where considerable amounts of money are being paid for blood tests, and typically, a lot of useless blood tests are being ordered that are not required. Then, a lot of contract labour are being employed in government hospitals, and other departments, where agencies are hired and given large commissions, and so on.

I’ve not examined schools but professor Krishna Kumar, one of the foremost educationists in the country, and former director of the National Council Of Educational Research And Training, has written a very critical article about the Delhi government and that what AAP is doing is utter nonsense, like sending school principals to Cambridge to learn education, or that just randomly cutting down 20% of the text books will help. They’ve not engaged proper educationists to look into the public schooling.

ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED THE LOK PAL NEVER CAME?

After the pressure was put up on him, Kejriwal hurriedly drew up a bill after nine months, which was not only totally at variance with the original, but he mischievously put a clause in the bill saying the Delhi Lok Pal will investigate central ministers too. Obviously the Centre was not going to pass it, their assent was required for it to become law. He’s obviously quite happy not to have a Lok Pal, just like Prime Minister Narendra Modi is happy not to have one.

WOULD YOU ACKNOWLEDGE HIS CHALLENGE TO THE MODI GOVERNMENT?

Yes, he’s bold in taking on the Modi government and one must grant him that.

WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE, ANY POLITICAL PLANS AHEAD?

People all over the country are looking for some honest, credible alternative, but we don’t have that as yet. It’s a very difficult task because in India, we have the first-past-the-post system and to be seen as credible players in the game of power, people have to see you as a large credible player. For this you need to have a large visibility, which requires lots of money, publicity and the like. It happened in the case of AAP because of the huge anti-corruption movement that preceded it and the publicity it got.

The way forward would be to try and put up a coalition of all such peoples’ movements and organisations, which broadly have a common ideology and who also want honest politics. It has been launched in Karnataka, but it will not happen overnight, it’ll take some time.

As for me, there are many PILs on course, from the massive corporate bank loans fraud, Reliance gas case, Air India under Praful Patel, Essar tapes and more.

question: What does the text say about the Bofors scam?

answer: The Bofors scam is the first corruption case Prashant Bhusan dealt with. The case revealed that there were bribes that have been paid. An example is Ottavio Quattrocchi being paid when it was said he was not an agent in the deal. The case was interfered with, stalled, and ended up not picked up by the subsequent government.

question: What does the text say about who Prashant Bhushan is?

answer:
Prashant Bhushan is a well-known lawyer-activist in India. He is the point person for whistleblowers in and pursued cases of corruption, civil liberties, and human rights. He was part of the India Against Corruption group but he moved on to form a new political movement after his disagreement with one of the original members.
He is determined to bring ideology into everyday politics and continue to expose corruption scandals while launching a new organization for whistleblowers.

question: What does the text say about whistleblower agencies in India?

answer: There was a whistleblower agency set up on the orders of the Supreme Court but it was understaffed and failed to serve its purpose. Bhushan along with other associates has launched a new agency that they hope will attract the whistleblowers. The office is in Delhi and they will soon do another more public launch.

question: What does the text say about Prashant Bhushan's opinion of Arvind Kejriwal?

answer: Bhushan thinks that Kejriwal is unscrupulous and of bad character. Kejriwal is only interested in getting political power no matter the price, using all kinds of machinations to get it even against his own organization.

question: What does the text say about Anna Hazare's political party?


text:
KEYA PAHA COUNTY ( )[1] is a county in the U.S. state of Nebraska. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 824.[2] Its county seat is Springview.[3]

In the Nebraska license plate system, Keya Paha County is represented by the prefix 82 (it had the 82nd-largest number of vehicles registered in the county when the license plate system was established in 1922).

History

The name “Keya Paha” is taken from the Dakota language; literally translated, it means “turtle hill”. The Dakota name for a set of small hills was given to the county and to the Keya Paha River, which runs through it.[4]

All land north of the Keya Paha River (which includes a small portion of Keya Paha County and most of neighboring Boyd County) was not originally part of Nebraska at the time of statehood, but was transferred from Dakota Territory in 1882.

Keya Paha County was organized in 1884 of land partitioned from Brown County.[5]

Geography

Keya Paha County lies on the north line of Nebraska. Its north boundary line abuts the south boundary line of the state of South Dakota. The county's terrain consists of low rolling hills, whose level areas are used for agriculture, including center pivot irrigation. The Keya Paha River flows east-southeastward through the northeastern part of the county, while the Niobrara River flows eastward along the south county line. The county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.1%) is water.[6]

Keya Paha County is located in Nebraska's Outback region.[7]

Major highways

-   [] U.S. Highway 183
-   [] Nebraska Highway 7
-   [] Nebraska Highway 12
-   [] Nebraska Highway 137

Adjacent counties

-   Tripp County, South Dakota - north
-   Gregory County, South Dakota - northeast
-   Boyd County - east
-   Holt County - southeast
-   Rock County - south
-   Brown County - south
-   Cherry County - west
-   Todd County, South Dakota - northwest

National protected area

-   Niobrara National Scenic River (part)

Demographics

As of the 2000 United States Census,[8] there were 983 people, 409 households, and 292 families in the county. The population density was 1.3 people per square mile (0.5/km²); there were 548 housing units at an average density of 0.7 per square mile (0.3/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 99.39% White, 0.20% Native American, and 0.41% from two or more races; 3.87% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race; 46.7% were of German, 10.6% English, 9.8% American, 7.0% Irish and 6.0% Swedish ancestry.

There were 409 households, out of which 24.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 64.30% were married couples living together, 4.40% had a female householder with no husband present, and 28.60% were non-families. 26.20% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.40 and the average family size was 2.91.

The county population contained 23.80% under the age of 18, 6.70% from 18 to 24, 23.40% from 25 to 44, 25.40% from 45 to 64, and 20.70% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 101.40 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 101.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $24,911, and the median income for a family was $28,287. Males had a median income of $18,750 versus $19,107 for females. The per capita income for the county was $11,860. About 22.40% of families and 26.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 34.30% of those under age 18 and 18.80% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

As of 2008, Keya Paha County was the most Republican of all the counties in Nebraska, with 82.7% of its 707 registered voters registered as Republicans.[9] The last Democratic Presidential candidate to win the county was Woodrow Wilson in 1916.[10] In 1994, Ben Nelson was the last Democratic gubernatorial candidate to carry the county.[11]

  Year                               Republican                                  Democratic                                Third Parties
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  style=“text-align:center;” |2020   style=“text-align:center;” |89.9% _476_     style=“text-align:center;” |9.3% _49_     0.8% _4_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2016   style=“text-align:center;” |88.6% _460_     style=“text-align:center;” |7.7% _40_     3.7% _19_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2012   style=“text-align:center;” |81.2% _393_     style=“text-align:center;” |16.5% _80_    2.3% _11_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2008   style=“text-align:center;” |76.7% _409_     style=“text-align:center;” |21.6% _115_   1.7% _9_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2004   style=“text-align:center;” |80.5% _442_     style=“text-align:center;” |17.9% _98_    1.6% _9_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2000   style=“text-align:center;” |82.3% _422_     style=“text-align:center;” |15.2% _78_    2.5% _13_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1996   style=“text-align:center;” |72.1% _385_     style=“text-align:center;” |17.6% _94_    10.3% _55_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1992   style=“text-align:center;” |58.3% _368_     style=“text-align:center;” |16.6% _105_   25.0% _158_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1988   style=“text-align:center;” |75.0% _446_     style=“text-align:center;” |24.4% _145_   0.7% _4_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1984   style=“text-align:center;” |79.8% _507_     style=“text-align:center;” |20.2% _128_   style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1980   style=“text-align:center;” |76.5% _526_     style=“text-align:center;” |18.9% _130_   4.7% _32_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1976   style=“text-align:center;” |60.7% _405_     style=“text-align:center;” |36.7% _245_   2.6% _17_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1972   style=“text-align:center;” |79.4% _563_     style=“text-align:center;” |20.6% _146_   style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1968   style=“text-align:center;” |77.0% _531_     style=“text-align:center;” |15.8% _109_   7.3% _50_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1964   style=“text-align:center;” |61.3% _506_     style=“text-align:center;” |38.7% _320_   style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1960   style=“text-align:center;” |72.8% _646_     style=“text-align:center;” |27.2% _241_   style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1956   style=“text-align:center;” |70.7% _635_     style=“text-align:center;” |29.3% _263_   style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1952   style=“text-align:center;” |79.1% _785_     style=“text-align:center;” |21.0% _208_   style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1948   style=“text-align:center;” |57.5% _538_     style=“text-align:center;” |42.5% _397_   style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1944   style=“text-align:center;” |70.0% _781_     style=“text-align:center;” |30.0% _334_   style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1940   style=“text-align:center;” |66.7% _1,004_   style=“text-align:center;” |33.3% _502_   style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1936   style=“text-align:center;” |59.6% _830_     style=“text-align:center;” |39.9% _556_   0.5% _7_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1932   style=“text-align:center;” |50.5% _675_     style=“text-align:center;” |48.3% _645_   1.2% _16_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1928   style=“text-align:center;” |79.8% _989_     style=“text-align:center;” |18.7% _232_   1.5% _19_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1924   style=“text-align:center;” |41.5% _504_     style=“text-align:center;” |20.7% _251_   37.9% _460_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1920   style=“text-align:center;” |64.7% _479_     style=“text-align:center;” |29.5% _218_   5.8% _43_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1916   style=“text-align:center;” |39.8% _316_     style=“text-align:center;” |50.4% _401_   9.8% _78_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1912   style=“text-align:center;” |32.1% _259_     style=“text-align:center;” |27.4% _221_   40.5% _327_[13]
  style=“text-align:center;” |1908   style=“text-align:center;” |50.1% _422_     style=“text-align:center;” |42.0% _354_   8.0% _67_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1904   style=“text-align:center;” |62.1% _448_     style=“text-align:center;” |13.5% _97_    24.4% _176_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1900   style=“text-align:center;” |49.7% _380_     style=“text-align:center;” |46.2% _353_   4.1% _31_

  : PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION RESULTS[12]

Communities

-   Brocksburg
-   Burton
-   Jamison
-   Meadville
-   Mills
-   Norden
-   Riverview
-   Springview (county seat)

[1] McNally, Hannah, and Diana Lambdin Meyer (1997). _Nebraska: Off the Beaten Path_. Morris Book Publishing LLC. p. 81.

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[4] Fitzpatrick, Lilian Linder (1925). “Nebraska Place-Names”. University of Nebraska Department of English.

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[7] “About” , North Central RC&D.

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[10] Geographie Electorale

[11] David Leip Electoral Atlas (Maps for Nebraska gubernatorial races)

[12] Election Results

[13] The leading “other” candidate, Progressive Theodore Roosevelt, received 246 votes, while Socialist candidate Eugene Debs received 70 votes and Prohibition Eugene Chafin received 11 votes.

title: Keya Paha County, Nebraska

question: What does the text say about the differences in Keya Paha County from the 2000 census to the 2010 census?

answer: In 2000, there were 983 people in the county. By 2010, there were 824 people in the county. That's a decrease of 159 people over ten years.

question: What does the text say about the connection between Keya Paha County's name and its geography?

answer: The name Keya Paha means "turtle hill" in the Dakota language. The Dakota people had apparently named the area such because of its set of small hills. These low rolling hills are used for agriculture. The river that runs through the region was given the same name.

question: What does the text say about the governor of Nebraska?


text:
_TATTINGERS_ (later _TATTINGER'S_) is an American comedy-drama television series that aired by the NBC television network from October 26, 1988 to April 26, 1989, as part of its 1988 fall lineup. After failing in the Nielsen ratings as an hour-long program, the plot and characters were briefly revived in the spring of 1989 as the half-hour sitcom _Nick & Hillary_.

An unaired episode, “Screwball,” aired on TV Land on April 4, 1999.[1]

Synopsis

_Tattingers_ is the story of a divorced couple, Nick and Hillary Tattinger (Stephen Collins and Blythe Danner), along with their 2 daughters: Nina and Winnifred. They had remained co-owner partners in a posh Manhattan restaurant until Nick was shot by a drug dealer, which prompted them to sell the restaurant and move to Paris. Their successors, however, proved incapable of properly running the restaurant, so Nick reclaimed the restaurant from them to give it another go. Real-life Manhattan celebrities often appeared in cameo roles as themselves as Nick's exclusive clientele.

Cast

-   Stephen Collins as Nick Tattinger
-   Blythe Danner as Hillary Tattinger
-   Jerry Stiller as Sid Wilbur
-   Roderick Cook as Louis Chatham
-   Zach Grenier as Sonny Franks (Tattingers run)
-   Patrice Colihan as Nina Tattinger
-   Chay Lentin as Winnifred Tattinger
-   Thomas Quinn as O'Malley (Tattingers run)
-   Mary Beth Hurt as Sheila Bradley (Nick & Hillary run)
-   Chris Elliott as Spin (Nick & Hillary run)

Episodes

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Reception

This program was a ratings failure and was cancelled in January 1989. However, NBC was apparently unwilling to give up totally on the characters or the concept, and the program was revamped into a half-hour sitcom, _Nick & Hillary_. This new series premiered on April 20, 1989,[2] but proved even less successful than its predecessor and was cancelled after only two episodes.

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title: Tattingers

question: What does the article say about what Tattingers is?

answer: Tattingers is an American comedy-drama television series that aired on the NBC television network from October 26, 1988, to April 26, 1989. It is the story of a divorced couple and their 2 daughters. This program was a rating failure and was canceled in January 1989. It was revamped into a half-hour sitcom, Nick & Hillary.

question: What does the article say about the popularity of Nick & Hillary?