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The INTERNET is a relatively new communication medium in Indonesia, an archipelago that includes more than 17,000 islands. Several Internet access services are available, ranging from fibre optic, ADSL to mobile Internet. Telephone line-based service was among the first Internet access services in the country with PT Telkom as the leading player who controlled most fixed-line telephone networks.

Usage

Based on OpenSignal in November 2016, there were only 58.8% of internet users in Indonesia who received 4G LTE signal, and received only HSPA+ signal or lower the rest of the time, ranking Indonesia 51st in the world. The download speed using 4G LTE in Indonesia was only an average of 8.79Mbit/s (ranked 74th in the world).[1]

Based on the Indonesia Internet Service Providers Association, in mid-2016, there were 132.7 million internet users, representing more than half of the Indonesian population. Only 3% of users are 50 years old or over, but surprisingly 100% in the 10–14 age bracket. Users on the island of Java dominated (65%), followed by Sumatra with 15.7 million users. Almost 90% of users were employees and students. Almost all of the users knew about e-commerce, but only 10.4 million users used the internet for transactions. Almost 70% of the users used their mobile phones for access.[2]

According to eMarketer in 2014, Indonesia had 83.7 million users (in sixth place behind Japan), but Indonesia was predicted to surpass Japan in 2017, due to the slower growth rate in Japan compared to Indonesia.[3]

According to Akamai Technologies, Indonesia, with nine connections to undersea cables, had in Q1 2014 an average Internet connection speed of 2.4 Mbit/s, which was an increase of 55% from the previous year. Just 6.6% of homes had access to 4 Mbit/s or higher speed connections.[4] However, in Q4 2014, the average internet connection speed was 1.9Mbit/s or dropped about 50% from Q3 2014 with 3.7Mbit/s.[5]

Based on the Indonesia Internet Service Providers Association, in Q4 2013, there were 71.19 million Internet users in Indonesia or about 28% of Indonesia's population.[6] According to Cisco's Visual Networking Index, in 2013, Indonesia had the world's second-fastest growth of IP traffic and has become an “Internet of Everything” country.[7]

Based on Communication Ministry data, at the end of June 2011, there were 45 million Internet users in Indonesia, of which 64% or 28 million users are between the ages of 15 to 19.[8]

July 2011: Based on Nielsen's survey, 48% of Internet users in Indonesia used mobile phones for access, whereas another 13% used other handheld multimedia devices. It represents the highest dependence on mobile internet access in Southeast Asia, although Indonesia has the lowest level of overall internet penetration in the region with only 21% of Indonesians aged between 15 and 49 using the Internet.[9]

According to a survey conducted by the Association of Internet Service Providers in Indonesia, the number of internet users in Indonesia reached 171.17 million at the beginning of 2019. The Indonesian government is eager to complete the Palapa Ring project, an undersea fiber-optic cable network across the country to offer affordable and faster internet access. It is expected to be fully completed by August 2019.[10] The project comprises three sections – the west, central and east – that would span around 13,000 kilometers. It aims to expand domestic broadband service nationwide, particularly in the remote rural regions.[11] The project is estimated to cost Rp 1.38 trillion (US$97.74 million) and would provide 4G access with speeds of up to 30 Mbps. In addition to connecting all of Indonesia in the telecommunications network, the Palapa Ring development is intended to reduce the gap in telecommunications services between Java and other regions in Indonesia.[12]

May 2011: Based on TNS research, Indonesia has the world's second-largest number of Facebook users and the third-largest number of Twitter users. Eighty-seven percent of Indonesians have social networking site accounts, but only 14% access the sites daily, far below the global average of 46% due to access from old phones or inconvenient internet cafes. In line with the increase of cheap Android smartphones recently, there is the possibility that Indonesian internet user activity will increase as well.[13]

Based on the Yahoo Net Index survey released in July 2011, the internet in Indonesia still ranks second after television in terms of media usage. Eighty-nine per cent of users were connected to social network, 72% used the internet for web browsing, and 61% read the news.[14]

Indonesian Internet service providers (ISPs) offer service on PT Telkom's ADSL network. ADSL customers usually receive two separates bills, one for the ADSL line charges to PT Telkom and another for Internet service charges to the ISP.

Mobile Internet & Telecommunications

All of the GSM major cellular telecommunication providers offer 3G, 3.5G HSDPA and 4G LTE, which cover cities and countrysides. They include Indosat, Telkomsel, Excelcomindo (XL) and 3. The usage of CDMA EV-DO has been phased out as the last provider, Smartfren, pulled its support in 2017 and converted to LTE-A. In 2016, almost all CDMA providers in Indonesia moved to either GSM or 4G LTE service such as Smartfren.

Due to COVID-19, Indonesia is adapting to digital transformation faster than predicted. The country is one of the striving mobile markets, underpinned by strong economic fundamentals, hence fast developing. With the population of the country, Indonesia is among the biggest market especially for smartphones along with China and India.[15] 4G in Indonesia will continue to be the main network for mobile internet in Indonesia as 3G gradually resides over the years.[16] The country is predicted by GSM Association to launch the new 5G network for commercial usage by 2022 and forecasted to have more than 20 million 5G connections by 2025.

Censorship

Internet filtering in Indonesia was deemed 'substantial' in the social arena, 'selective' in the political and internet tools arenas, and there was no evidence of filtering in the conflict/security arena by the OpenNet Initiative in 2011 based on testing done during 2009 and 2010. Testing also showed that Internet filtering in Indonesia is unsystematic and inconsistent, illustrated by the differences found in the level of filtering between ISPs.[17]

Indonesia was rated “partly free” in _Freedom on the Net 2015_ with a score of 42, midway between the end of the “free” range at 30 and the start of the “not free” range at 60.[18]

Although the government of Indonesia holds a positive view about the internet as a means for economic development, it has become increasingly concerned over the impact of access to information. It has shown an interest in increasing its control over offensive online content, particularly pornographic and anti-Islamic online content. The government regulates such content through legal and regulatory frameworks and partnerships with ISP nd Internet cafes.[19]

Media reported that selective blocking of some web sites for brief periods began in 2007–2008. Indonesia ordered ISPs to block YouTube in April 2008 after Google reportedly did not respond to the government's request to remove the film _Fitna_ by the Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders, which purportedly mocked the Islamic prophet, Muhammad.[20] In May 2010, when an account on Facebook promoted a competition to draw Muhammad, government officials took a more focused approach and sent a letter to Facebook urging closure of the account, asked all ISPs to limit access to the account's link, and invited the Indonesian Association of Internet Cafe Entrepreneurs to restrict access to the group. Due to opposition from bloggers and civil society, however, ISPs disregarded the government's requests, and the account remained accessible.[21]

In March 2008, the government passed the Law on Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE Law), which broadened the authority of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCI) to include supervision of the flow of information and possible censorship of online content. In early 2010, the ministry published a draft Regulation on Multimedia Content that, if implemented, would require ISPs to filter or otherwise remove specific materials. The types of content listed include vaguely-worded categories such as pornography, gambling, hate incitement, threats of violence, exposure of private information, intellectual property, false information, and contents that degrade a person or group based on a physical or nonphysical attribute, such as disability. Following public outcry, the government announced that it would take time to process suggestions from the public before proceeding with the draft regulation.[22]

Under the ITE Law, anyone convicted of committing defamation online faces up to six years in prison, and a fine of up to one billion rupiah (US$111,000). As of June 2010, there were at least eight cases in which citizens had been indicted on defamation charges under the ITE Law for comments on e-mail lists, blogs, or Facebook. Prosecutions under the ITE Law have contributed to an increased atmosphere of fear, caution, and self-censorship among online writers and average users.[23]

In 2017, Telegram was blocked, as it was being used to spread “radical and terrorist propaganda.” [24] Telegram was later unblocked after several agreements with the government.[25]

As of September 2018, some websites including Vimeo, Tumblr and Reddit are censored as the government accused them of hosting content that includes nudity (Uncensored Tumblr on December 17, 2018).[26][27]

On 22 May 2019, Indonesian government blocked Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram for three days after 22 May riots in Jakarta to prevent hoax and fake news of the situation during the riots from spreading. The event also increased awareness of using VPN to access blocked content during the block.[28][29]

On 22 August 2019, amid Papua protests, Indonesia's Communication Ministry said that on the previous night they cut off telecommunication data and Internet in Papua to “curb hoax and most importantly stop people from sharing provocative messages that can incite racial hatred” until and “if the situation has calmed”.[30] As of 2 September 2019, the Internet blackout was ongoing. The government announced a ban on fake news and the “carrying out or spreading separatism in expressing opinions in public”.[31]

Cyber army

As of 29 May 2013, the Indonesian Defence Ministry has proposed plans for creating a cyber army in order to protect the state's portals and websites. Though no law has yet been created in order to maintain and establish the cyber army, the ministry is seeking talented Internet security specialists who, upon hiring, would be trained in information technology and use methods to defend against cyber-attacks.[32]

Domestic domain

Upon learning that about 80% of local internet traffic went abroad, the government began to encourage Indonesian institutions, business people and the public in general to use domestic domains. In mid-April 2015, there were about 20,000 .id domains and about 47,000 .co.id domains. The government targeted one million domestic domains with funding of Rp 50 billion ($3.85 million). Some users with non-domestic domains also possess domestic domains and redirect searches from its non-domestic domains to domestic domains.[33]

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[8] “Pengguna Internet di Indonesia Didominasi Anak Muda” (“Internet users in Indonesia Dominated by Young Children”), Media Indonesia, 28 July 2011 (English translation)

[9] “RI highly dependent on mobile Internet”, _Jakarta Post_, 12 July 2012

[10] https://www.indonesia-investments.com/news/todays-headlines/number-of-internet-users-in-indonesia-rises-to-171-million/item9144

[11] https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2018/05/28/indonesian-govt-expects-to-complete-eastern-palapa-ring-by-september.html

[12] https://www.idnfinancials.com/news/21478/palapa-ready-testing

[13] "Cheap smartphones change RI Internet behavior: Survey ", Tifa Asrianti, _Jakarta Post_, 31 May 2011

[14] “Jejaring Sosial Aktivitas Online Paling Populer di Indonesia” (“Social Networking Most Popular Online Activities in Indonesia”), Yossie Yono, CHIP Online, 27 July 2011 (English translation)

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title: Internet in Indonesia

question: What does the text say is the population of internet users in Indonesia?

answer: More than half the population of Indonesians use the internet. Only 3% of users are 50 years or over, and 100% are in the 10-14 age bracket. This is understandable because younger demographics are expected to use the internet more than the others in this digital and social media era. The older population typically uses the internet for work or business-related uses. For example, based on the Indonesia Internet Service Providers Association reports, 90% of internet users were employees and students. Almost all knew about e-commerce, but only 10.4 million use the internet for transactions, while 70% of them use the internet on their mobile phones.

question: How does the Indonesian government plan to provide Indonesians easy access to the internet?

answer: Based on TNS research, Indonesia is the second-largest and third-largest user of Facebook and Twitter, respectively. Eighty-seven percent of Indonesians have social networking site accounts. Sadly, only 14% can access the sites daily, far below the global average of 46%. They can only access the internet from old phones or inconvenient internet cafes. Nevertheless, in line with the increase of cheap Android smartphones recently, there is the possibility that Indonesian internet user activity will increase as well. The Indonesian government's plan to provide accessible internet is by completing the Palapa Ring project, an undersea fiber-optic cable network across the country to offer affordable and faster internet access. It is expected to be fully completed by August 2019. It aims to expand domestic broadband service nationwide, particularly in remote rural regions.

question: Summarize everything the text says about how Indonesia regulates online content.

answer: In March 2008, the government passed the Law on Information and Electronic Transactions (ITE Law), which broadened the authority of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (MCI) to include supervision of the flow of information and possible censorship of online content. The types of content listed include vaguely-worded categories such as pornography, gambling, hate incitement, threats of violence, exposure of private information, intellectual property, false information, and contents that degrade a person or group based on a physical or nonphysical attribute, such as disability. Additionally, under the ITE Law, anyone convicted of committing defamation online faces up to six years in prison and a fine of up to one billion rupiahs (US$111,000). In 2017, they blocked Telegram because it was being used to spread "radical and terrorist propaganda." As of September 2018, they also censored some websites, including Vimeo, Tumblr, and Reddit, because the government accused them of hosting content that includes nudity. On the 22nd of May 2019, the Indonesian government blocked Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram for three days after the 22nd of May riots in Jakarta to prevent hoaxes and fake news of the situation during the riots from spreading. The event also increased awareness of using VPN to access blocked content during the block. On the 22nd of August 2019, amid Papua protests, Indonesia's Communication Ministry cut off telecommunication data and internet in Papua to curb hoaxes and, most importantly, stop people from sharing provocative messages that can incite racial hatred until the situation has calmed.


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Senate Democrats are plotting aggressive tactics to force Republicans to consider legislation that would effectively shield special counsel Robert Mueller from presidential interference.

The party’s Senate leaders have been internally discussing the prospects of tying legislation to a must-pass government funding bill that must be considered by Feb. 8. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday that he would “very much like to” merge those two efforts. And the appetite among the rest of the caucus for doing so is surprisingly strong, aides and lawmakers say..

“I’m keenly supporting those pieces of legislation and I think the continued arrows shot at the department and the knowledge that they took one run at Mueller already is a sign that we need to find a way to get this done,” Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) told The Daily Beast. “I agree with any strategy that helps get it done. That’s the prime goal.”

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.), a co-sponsor of one measure to shield Mueller, told The Daily Beast that the party should do “anything we can do to get this done as quickly as possible.”

But such a strategy does not come without risks. Democrats have few, if any, levers to force Republicans to add legislation shielding Mueller into a government funding bill. And if the GOP chooses not to do so, Schumer would have to either accept defeat or choose not provide the votes needed to keep the government open until it is included.

“I think we need to think carefully about how we’re approaching it. My priority is to get the funding bill done,” Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) told The Daily Beast, expressing concern that a political fight over shielding Mueller could imperil ongoing budget talks.

Democratic aides stressed on Tuesday that no lawmaker was considering, let alone advocating for, a strategy that would use the threat of a shutdown to force consideration of the special counsel protection legislation. The conversation, one aide said, was merely about mounting an aggressive campaign to encourage GOP officials to consider placing that legislation in a government funding bill.

But even that push has potential downsides. As one aide noted, it could complicate efforts to present the legislation—which has Republican co-sponsors—as being the product of bipartisan consideration and concern.

“One thing I will say is a strong issue is we don’t want this to be seen as a Democratic thing,” said the Senate Democratic aide. “The second it ends up on a Democratic wish list for negotiations we fell like it is an unhelpful place to be.”

In addition to exploring how to leverage a government-funding fight, Democrats are also considering other avenues for elevating the Mueller-shielding legislation. Some ideas are more dramatic than others, including a proposal to have a member launch a filibuster-like speech on the floor to tout the necessity of legislation.

“The only way you get it into law is to put a spotlight on it,” said Dan Pfeiffer, President Barack Obama’s former communications director. “What you need to do is get Republicans on the record and force them to say they are for it or not. But the only way to do that is to make it an issue.”

Such an idea has been executed before, notably by Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY.) when he spoke for 13 hours straight about America’s drone policy. “Really you just need someone who has strong legs and a large bladder,” said Pfeiffer.

But inside the Democratic caucus, there is little apparent appetite to engineer a similar spectacle. At least not now. Instead, the party is also looking into making a heightened push to force a merger of the two existing bills—which are still being reconciled—through the Senate Judiciary Committee and on to the Senate floor.

Democrats feel as if they may be able to push a bill through that committee since the chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA), has held a hearing on the matter and appeared open to supporting it. But the bill would inevitably face a tough path forward through the Senate. On Tuesday, Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) declared that he saw no need for the legislation, even amid recent reports that Trump ordered that Mueller be fired last June, only to be talked down by his White House counsel, Don McGahn.

Both pieces of legislation were introduced in August amid Trump’s suggestions that the special counsel was conducting an unfair investigation that included his finances. The exact mechanics behind both bills are slightly different, but they both provide a legislative backstop in the event that Mueller—or any special counsel going forward—is removed without cause.

Both pieces of legislation also have a Republican co-sponsor—Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.). But in recent weeks Tillis’ enthusiasm for passing a bill has cooled. And aides involved in merging the two pieces of legislation say that progress has been uneven.

Democrats had hoped—indeed, assumed—that revelations that Trump had flirted with firing Mueller would compel more Republican lawmakers to support the measures. But the absence of that groundswell has convinced some members that they need to more aggressively demand that their counterparts take a position one way or another.

“I have to say I’m really appalled by our Republican colleagues in reference to this,” Schumer said on Tuesday. “They’ve always been defenders of the FBI and protagonists of Putin, and they seem to have flipped. They remind me of a movie: _The Silence of the Lambs_. They’re just not saying a thing. But we are going to push hard to get it in.”

question: Why is Chuck Schumer surprised by the conduct of his republican colleagues?

answer: Schumer says he is surprised because Republicans were always in favor of the F.B.I. and protagonists of Putin [he probably meant antagonists]. However they seem to have flipped, according to him. They remind him of a movie "The Silence of the Lambs" because none of them are speaking up against the President's complicity with Russia.


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MAUKHIDA ABDULKABIROVA (Russian: МАУХИДА АТНАГУЛОВНА АБДУЛКАБИРОВА) was a Soviet geologist, metallurgist and stratigraphic researcher from Kazakhstan.

Career

Adbulkabirova was educated at the Kazakh Mining and Metallurgical Institute, graduating in 1941. Abdulkabirova revealed the patterns of location of deposits in Northern Kazakhstan and compiled forecasted geological maps of this region.[1]

From 1943, Abdulkabirova worked at the Institute of Geological Sciences of the Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan and held numerous posts, working her way up to the posts of senior research assistant, then Head of Special Metals Sector and Scientific Advisor from 1993.[2] She was known to her colleagues for her enquiring mind and her modest character.[3]

Research Interests

Abdulbakoriva's many research interests include:

-   Soil development in North Kazakhstan and it's implications for mining and field patterning
-   Geological mapping of the region[4]
-   Mine exploration
-   The potential for the diamond industry in the region, including the Kummalkol Diamond Mine[5]

Awards

1990 - USSR State Prize

1987 - Medal for Labor[6]

Publications

During her career she wrote 115 scientific papers,[7] including:

-   Materials on petrography of metamorphic rocks of the Kokchetav district (1949 - Alma-Ata)[8]
-   Block-block structures and endogenous deposits of Northern Kazakhstan (1975)
-   Ore formations, gold ore deposits (1980)
-   Block-block structures and gold metallogeny of Kazakhstan (1982)
-   Geology of Northern Kazakhstan: (Stratigraphy) (1987)
-   Tectonics and the deep structure of Northern Kazakhstan (1988)[9]

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title: Maukhida Abdulkabirova

question: Who was Maukhida Abdulkabirova?

answer: a Soviet geologist, metallurgist and stratigraphic researcher from Kazakhstan

question: Where was Maukhida Abdulkabirova educated?

answer: Kazakh Mining and Metallurgical Institute

question: When did Maukhida Abdulkabirova graduate from Kazakh Mining and Metallurgical Institute?

answer: 1941

question: How many scientific papers did Maukhida Abdulkabirova write?

answer: 115

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Maukhida Abdulkabirova was a Soviet geologist, metallurgist and stratigraphic researcher from Kazakhstan.


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Marcus Hetfield, August 18th, 2123
About thirteen and a half miles out of Kepler 62-F’s atmosphere, there we are; the tiny dot that is our reasonably-sized AGF, or Atmosphere Guard Flier for short. We usually  do routine checks and ask standard questions before we let cargo transporters and passenger ships enter 62-F's air space. We’re out here only armed with a basic cannon or two on the ship (based on the ship’s model)  along with simple firearms in the armory. There's only one other AGF guarding 62-F since this planet is not the highest of priorities, so we're practically alone out here save for a few other men. To be honest, we’re the crappy first line of defense; we’re screwed out here if we get attacked since we’re just a guard ship. Yeah, we’re in the Kepler Defense Squadron, but we’re kind of like Military Police and not true soldiers, since all we do is sit on our butts out in space waiting for a civillian craft to show up. You know, the measly guards at the front gate? Yeah, that’s us; cannon fodder, but it pays well.

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Shep, the crew's technician and radar man, noticed a strange occurrence within their vicinity. “Hey Marcus, come check this out; I’m picking up a civilian-model Flier about twenty clicks from our current location, and it’s just drifting out there. I’ll try to establish contact with the pilot to see if they need any assistance. In the meantime, get the others ready for possible boarding if need be.”
Ten minutes passed.

“What the hell?!” exclaimed Shep. Marcus was in earshot. “What’s wrong?” Pointing at his headset with a flabbergasted look on his face, Shep responded with a plain “Nothing.” Smiling, Marcus responded, “Then why are you pissed at nothing? Just kidding, seriously, what’s wrong?”

“I’m getting jack on the line. Zip, zero, nada, bupcus. They’re either not home, or they’re all dead.”

“Jesus. Well, we're prepped and ready for boarding... protocol says that if we don't hear contact within the first ten, and we don't have any immediate backup, then we wait fifty more and establish contact with the other Flier in the meantime. Go ahead and call 'em up to tell them about our situation... but man, I don't feel good about this at all... could the passengers on board that ship truly be dead?”

Fifty minutes passed.

Shep had a positive look on his face. “Well, looks like you guys gotta board it. Hey, look at it this way; you all have great scores after repeated use of the simulators, there's no need to worry... right?” Drake, the crew's intimidating weapons specialist, saw right through Shep. “You're just happy that you don't have risk your life investigating a possibly hostile Flier. You're a valuable member to our team Shep, but you can be a true scumbag sometimes, and it's just shameful to be in the same Flier with a disgrace like yourself.” Shep muttered something under his breath as he piloted the team’s AGF to the civilian craft.
The AI guide over the speaker system stated that the connection between the two ships was complete and ready for transition boarding. “Proceed with caution. Ensure all safety procedures are followed when moving between ships. The Kepler Defense Squadron is not responsible for any deaths during the boarding process. All employees must-“ Shep deactivated the blaring program. “The bloody thing’s useless and annoying, you guys know what to do. Get in, assess the situation, shoot some things if you need to, and get out. According to scans, the craft has a full supply of oxygen, air pressure completely stable. We are go.”
Marcus then put on his gas mask. “It’s just a normal Flier, you’re not gonna need that,” said Roger, the team’s medic and doctor. “It’s highly unlikely that we’ll encounter a biohazard of some sort.”
“Roger, you know me by now, I’m paranoid when it comes to disease no matter what the situation. Anyway, I’ll lead the boarding line with Drake behind me, followed by yourself.”

Civilian Model Flier, ten minutes later.

Drake had a frustrated look on his face. “You’ve gotta be kidding me; after searching every single room in this ship, no one turns up? Not a single body, piece of identification, or anything. I was looking forward to some action, but really? What a waste of time.” Roger’s face looked as if he had seen a ghost; a blank thousand yard stare.  His eyes: bloodshot, twitching. Tears mixed together with beads of sweat streamed down his face like a raging flood. “Roger... you alright?” asked Marcus through the gas mask. He could not comprehend the rapidly degrading situation, seeing that nothing could have spurred the team's medic to fall to such a condition.

Trembling, Roger raised his G-29 pulse rifle. “WHY?! WHY DID YOU HAVE TO MURDER HIM IN COLD BLOOD?!! YOU'RE GONNA PAY FOR MY FATHER'S DEATH! BURN IN HELL!!” Drake was frozen solid, seeing how his former comrade-turned-monster was now pointing a death sentence at him. He fired in Drake's direction, the three shot burst hitting him in the chest, blood splattering on the walls of the ship. Drake's now lifeless body fell to the floor with a metallic thud. “Oh... oh God... Sam... who did this to you, the rebels?” Roger began to stroke his dead friend's hair, speaking softly to him.

“Hush little baby, don't say a word, mama's gonna buy you a mockingbird.” He turned towards Marcus. “Honey, don't you think he's so adorable when he's asleep?... aww, would you look at that!” Roger ran his fingers through the thick pool of blood. “He wet himself. We're gonna have to change the baby together for the first time! I gotta find the camera... now Joseph, would you be a dear and get the powder for me? Thanks babe.” Marcus was terrified, shaken to the core. Never had he seen such an atrocity unfold before his eyes. While the monster in front of him was taking off Drake's gear, he raised the G-29 and fired a burst into Roger's head, killing him insantly.

. . .

Marcus walked back into the crew's AGF, closed the boarding connection, and removed his gas mask. “Shep, send the footage from my helmet cam to Tac-Com immediately and call for High Exec; we lost Roger and Drake...”

“Who's Shep?”

title: [SF/HR] High school assignment: a gothic short story set in space

question: What is the Kepler Defense Squadron?

answer: The Kepler Defense Squadron is like the Military Police but are not true soldiers.

question: Who is Roger screaming at?

answer: Roger is screaming at Drake.

question: Where is Shep flying to?

answer: Shep is flying to a civilian-model Flier about 20 clicks from their current location.

question: Who killed Roger?

answer: Marcus seems to have killed Roger.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Shep, Marcus, Drake, and Roger, members of the Kepler Defense Squadron, fly to a drifting civilian-model flier. They board the ship, and they find it to be empty. However, Roger begins to act strangely, and then shoots Drake 3 times in the chest. Marcus then kills Roger, and reenters his ship.


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A Dead Man's Dream Log.

	I suppose our story-- no, my story begins several months ago. My name is Joseph, and I am twenty-three years old. My last name, frankly, is unimportant, and my first is yours to know just for the sake of putting a name to a character. Her name... was Alora.
	I woke up for work at the same time I always did, in the same position, in the same bed. I removed my arms from around Alora, attempting not to wake her. I was successful, and about this I felt much joy, maybe for the last time. My routine was simple, shower, shave, dress, leave without making to much noise. She had to leave for work two hours later, and I was sympathetic to the fact she didn't get much sleep. Looking back, I deem the long hours and conflicting schedules were what led our relationship into a steady, if not imperceptible decline.
	At my work, there was a girl by the name of Emmy. Emmy was a born flirt, and preyed on unavailable men, namely myself. Over the past few months she had made obvious signs that she was interested in me, and I felt the same attraction. I felt like I needed to commit some lude act, or I would die of boredom.
	With Alora, the only time she was not cumbersome to be around was when she was asleep. When we were together, things no longer had the same luster. My attraction to her had grown miniscule. I wasn't sure exactly why I had stayed with her. Maybe it was the guilt of leaving her because she was not as entertaining as she had once been.
	After work, Emmy and I would sit inside her car and talk. She would tell me stories that I honestly didn't pay much attention to, because my eyes were usually elsewhere. God, that girl could talk. After our one-way chats, I would grab a bite to eat at a fast food restaurant, then go home to watch TV and go to bed. In the morning, I would begin another thrilling installment in the life of Joseph.
	What was strange was when I got home that night, Alora was still in bed, asleep. I just assumed she had gotten off work early, and thought nothing of it. I ate my greasy burger, and before I was halfway through my usual mindless channel flipping, I was out. I woke up to a sticky note on the TV asking me if I had a long night. Alora claimed to had tried to wake me, but I wouldn't budge. She said she was sorry for sleeping all day, and didn't know what had happened. I smiled and walked to the bedroom to get my clothes for my daily shower, and I noticed she was in bed. I sat at the foot of the bed and tickled her feet, which was her most sensitive spot. It seems like everyone’s feet are ticklish. You should try it sometime. Anyways, she tossed and turned, kicked her feet, even mumbled a little bit, but wouldn't wake up. I shrugged it off and took my shower, and before I left I responded to her post-it.

Alora,
	Tried to wake you, no cigar.
I love you, see you when I get home.
					Joseph

	On my way to work, I listened to the radio and they played a song that Alora loved. I sung the whole song, which I was used to. Except, usually it was against my will and better judgment. Man, I hated that song. I got to thinking about all the things we had done that song, and why she would like it. I guess that was when I started to miss Alora. For better or for worse, she really could make a terrible song sentimental.
	After work, Emmy followed me to my car. I had a killer headache and hadn’t eaten in some time, so I was kind of moody. She called my name and I turned around, and that was all the time she needed to pin me to my car. I hadn't even unlocked my door yet. Typical.
	“Joseph” she breathed real heavy, like she had chased me. Which, she hadn't.
	I kind of looked at her face, then looked down. I figured it would just be another one of our “talks”. I was wrong. “What, Emmy?”
	“I'm tired of trying for you, and you not noticing me. I want you to get rid of Alora and be with me.” She look flustered, like I was offending her by not looking her in the face. Women.
	“Oh..” Was about all I could muster at the time. All I heard was get rid of Alora.
	“Well? You have to make your choice now, Joseph.” I kind of looked around. She put her hand on my chest, and pushed hard against the car, and put her face in mine. I can remember her cheap perfume perfectly well. Nothing like the smell of burnt rubber to get a man's attention. That's when it went down hill. I started to fidget, and I guess she was tired of my games because that's what she told me. Her hand went behind my neck and pulled me down to her. Her lips went to mine, and all I could do was mouth “Alora” as they covered mine. My heart went into a frenzy, and so did Emmy. She jumped on me, and I guess she was expecting me to catch her. Needless to say, I didn't expect her to jump on me, and she met the ground. This gave me enough time to cry out Alora, unlock my door, and receive a rather long string of derogatory terms.
	The drive home that night was the worst drive of my life. The only thing in my head was her name. I called it out endlessly, as if that would make her forgive me. Why I did this, I'm still unsure.. I didn't ever get the chance to tell her. I opened the door, walked straight to the bedroom. I had a sick feeling she would be asleep. I hate feelings. I crawled into the bed and put my arms around her. I cried into her hair, which smelt of strawberries.. They were her favorite fruit. I guess I fell asleep there. I woke up to a notebook on the foot of the bed, with Alora still asleep in it. Today was my day off. The notebook is still burned into my brain. It read as follows:

Joseph,
	I've been looking into why our sleep patterns have been so off lately. I fall asleep at exactly every 12 hours, and I am assuming the same for you. I called my sister, and she referred me to a voodoo woman. She should arrive at noon, and I want you to let her in and tell her what's going on. She should have the materials she needs with her, and I'll be able to kiss you while your still awake in only a few hours.

p.s. Why was my hair wet when I woke up?
						Your Love,
								Alora

	I was nervous and excited. I had two hours to kill before the voodoo woman arrived, so I went out and got breakfast. When I got back to the house, she was outside in her car. She got out as I did, and asked if I was the man who lived in that home. I nodded, and we walked up to the house, I unlocked it, and we entered.
	“This home has very dark energy in it. Your girlfriend has told me that a sleeping curse has been cast upon you.” She walked about the house, and surveyed every room. If you ask me, it looked like she was assessing what she could steal.
	“I haven't seen her awake in a week now. Can you fix it?” I was much to anxious for small talk.
	She nodded and opened her brief case. “Drink this, both of you, and go to sleep. I will stay for an hour to see that everything is alright.” We poured the elixir down Alora's throat, and I drank the rest. It was like drinking chalk, with the effect of drinking twelve bottles of cough medicine. I saw shapes and animals and things I know aren't real. Ever seen a skeleton with a Ph. D? My dreams were the most beautiful of any I had ever had. Alora and I were in an open field, at night. We sat under the stars, and I held her as she slept. Funny, even in my dreams she slept.
	I woke up and gave a big stretch, the sign of a long healthy slumber. I could hear the rain pattering on the windows. I looked to my side, and my heart dropped. Alora was still asleep. I tried to wake her, and nothing happened. I panicked, and called 911. The rest is really just a blur. I just remember that the worst drive of my life was the day before the worst ride of my life.
	I was in the ambulance with her. They secured her, but they didn’t hook her up to any machines.
I thought that was a good sign. It wasn't, I later found out. I held her hand all the way to the hospital. I was in a daze as we got there. They took her too a room, and I wasn't allowed to enter. I called her family, and only her mother showed up. I guess later on, others visited, but I never noticed them. The doctor came in, and he told us that Alora had had an allergic reaction to the elixir the voodoo woman had prepared. Alora was now in a vegetative state. I blacked out.
	I woke up with my arms around Alora, in the hospital bed. I stared dumbfounded at her, trying to put everything together. I remembered the ambulance ride, the doctor.. Alora.. When you lose the love of your life, it's like losing yourself. When her family decided to pull the plug, it was like they pulled the plug on me more-so than her. I stayed in the bed for maybe a day. I cried all day, or slept. It felt like a fitting tomb. The only things in that hospital bed were corpses. The doctors would come by and say things like “That was true love.” or “He must have really loved her.” Doctors don't know anything about love. They think because they can save lives and touch hearts, they know what love is. All they do is watch it die.
	Eventually, they made me leave. I went home, and laid in bed awhile. All the memories came, and the notebook was still there. There was a message on the voice mail from Alora's sister about how the voodoo woman was a fraud. I couldn't help but smile. God really does have a cruel sense of humor. The bed became my only sense of comfort, because it held the final memory of the last time I had seen her alive. The last time I had seen her alive, she was dead.. I just hadn't known it yet. I quit my job, and took out all of the money in my savings account, and sold all my belongings, except the bed. I rent a small apartment down town now, with nothing but my bed, enough food to get by, and all the sleeping medication a family of elephants would need to overdose.
	The only time I can live is when I'm not awake. Because, in my dreams, Alora is still asleep.

title: A Dead Man's Dream Log - 1961 Words. First Attempt

question: What does the story say about Joseph's relationshp with Alora?

answer: Alora is Joseph's girlfriend. Their relationship has been in decline due to their conflicting schedules, which mean that they very rarely see each other awake. Joseph considers cheating on her with a girl named Emmy from work. He feels guilty about wanting to leave Alora. When Alora dies, he refers to her as the love of his life and has a difficult time moving on.

question: What does the story say about the supernatural?

answer: According to the voodoo woman, a sleeping curse has been cast on Joseph and his wife. She claims to sense dark energy in the house. She instructs them to both drink an elixir to cure them of the curse. In the end, it turns out that the voodoo woman was a fraud, implying that the sleeping curse wasn't actually real.


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_Nov 2, 2017 —_ The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) sent a warning letter to four CBD distributors warning them to stop selling CBD products, “to prevent, diagnose, treat, or cure cancer without evidence to support these outcomes.” The letters were sent October 31, 2017, followed by a more widely distributed warning the FDA posted on November 1st. The letters warn that selling CBD as a product that promotes any health benefits, especially in respect to specific diseases like cancer and Alzheimer’s disease, was a violation of federal law. The letter gave them 15 days to address the violations and take corrective action or the FDA would seek further enforcement actions.

The letters followCongressional testimony given by the FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb that the agency would soon begin to proactively examine health claims that marijuana providers are making about their products. The four companies are Stanley Brothers Social Enterprises LLC, Natural Alchemist, Greenroads Health and That’s Natural! Marketing and Consulting. The letters sent to these companies spelled out their violations, which in one case include selling an unapproved new drug (CBD), interstate commerce violations, and for misbranding (relating to dosing), and they left open the door for further actions and violations:

“The violations cited in this letter are not intended to be an all-inclusive statement of violations that exist in connection with your marketed products. You are responsible for investigating and determining the causes of the violations identified above and for preventing their recurrence or the occurrence of other violations. It is your responsibility to ensure that your firm complies with all requirements of federal law and FDA regulations.

“You should take prompt action to correct the violations cited in this letter. Failure to promptly correct these violations may result in legal action without further notice, including, without limitation, seizure and injunction.”

The Stanley Brothers, specifically, have been arguing with the federal government about hemp derived extracts for over a year. In March 2017 the DEA issued a memo that was supposed to clarify the legal status, but it was met with push back from the cannabis industry who believe the Farm Act of 2014 defines their products as legal industrial hemp.

The DEA memo was dismissed by the Stanleys, who have continued to promote their CBD products online. Their attorney wrote a letter in response to the DEA explaining his reasoning. They stood firmly on the claim that they were selling a industrial hemp product, and claimed the DEA had no jurisdiction in the matter. Joel Stanley penned an Op-Ed to The Cannabist in Colorado (The Denver Post’s cannabis website) where he argued against their memo.

The FDA has taken a regulatory approach. Since they control most of the drugs, they can stop the sale and distribution of compounds deemed to be “new drugs” which gives them regulatory control over the products. CBD is still considered a new drug, which means the FDA has the final word.

As of November 2, 2017, three of the four companies were still selling online, but Greenroads Health website was “Down for maintenance.” Surprisingly, Hemp CBD oil can be purchased on Amazon.com where they just avoid mentioning the CBD (see here).

Letter sent to Stanley Brothers (Link to all the warning letters here):

WARNING LETTER

VIA SIGNATURE CONFIRMED DELIVERY

October 31, 2017

Joel Stanley, CEO
Stanley Brothers Social Enterprises, LLC
d/b/a CW Botanicals
d/b/a CW Hemp
3515 N. Chestnut Street
Colorado Springs, CO 80907

Dear Mr. Stanley:

This is to advise you that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) reviewed your website at the Internet address www.cwbotanicals.com (redirects to www.cwhemp.com) in August 2017 and has determined that you take orders there for the products “Everyday Dietary Supplement,” “Everyday Plus Dietary Supplement,” “Everyday Advanced Dietary Supplement” and “Charlotte’s Web Gel Pen,” which you promote as products containing cannabinoids, including cannabidiol (CBD).  We have also reviewed your website at the internet address www.theroc.us, and your social media websites at www.facebook.com/CWHempOfficial and www.twitter.com/CWHemp; these websites direct consumers to your website, www.cwhemp.com, to purchase your products.  The claims on your websites establish that the products are drugs under section 201(g)(1) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act (the Act) [21 U.S.C. § 321(g)(1)] because they are intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease and/or because they are intended to affect the structure or any function of the body. As explained further below, introducing or delivering these products for introduction into interstate commerce for such uses violates the Act. You can find the Act and FDA regulations through links on FDA’s home page at www.fda.gov.

Although you market “Everyday Dietary Supplement,” “Everyday Plus Dietary Supplement,” and “Everyday Advanced Dietary Supplement” as dietary supplements, FDA has concluded based on available evidence that CBD products are excluded from the dietary supplement definition under section 201(ff)(3)(B)(ii) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 321(ff)(3)(B)(ii)]. Under that provision, if an article (such as CBD) has been authorized for investigation as a new drug for which substantial clinical investigations have been instituted and for which the existence of such investigations has been made public, then products containing that substance are outside the definition of a dietary supplement. There is an exception if the substance was “marketed as” a dietary supplement or as a conventional food before the new drug investigations were authorized; however, based on available evidence, FDA has concluded that this is not the case for CBD.

The existence of substantial clinical investigations regarding CBD has been made public. For example, two such substantial clinical investigations include GW Pharmaceuticals’ investigations regarding Sativex and Epidiolex[1] Under FDA’s regulations [21 CFR § 312.2], unless a clinical investigation meets the limited criteria in that regulation, an IND is required for all clinical investigations of products that are subject to section 505 of the Act. FDA is not aware of any evidence that would call into question its current conclusion that CBD products are excluded from the dietary supplement definition under section 201(ff)(3)(B)(ii) of the Act, but you may present FDA with any evidence that has bearing on this issue. . FDA considers a substance to be “authorized for investigation as a new drug” if it is the subject of an Investigational New Drug application (IND) that has gone into effect.

Examples of claims observed on your website www.cwhemp.com that establish the intended use of your products as drugs include, but may not be limited to, the following:

On the webpage titled “Everyday Advanced Hemp Oil”:

-   _“A patient of mine uses this for Cancer and it gives lots better relief than prescription drugs!”_
-   _“My dear ex mother in law has been diagnosed with late stage pancreatic cancer. This is the only thing that gives her relief.”_
-   _“Excellent Results For My TBI . . . “[2]·_
-   _“I have been severely depressed . . . [s]o I started taking this product . . . I have gone from basically clinically depressed to feeling ok about life in general. It’s been a miracle for me compared to how I use to feel.”_
-   _You also direct consumers to the Realm of Caring website at www.theroc.us.[3]_

Examples of claims observed on www.theroc.us that establish the intended use of your products as drugs include, but may not be limited to, the following:

On a webpage titled “Cancer Dosing Guidelines”:

-   _“Realm of Caring Recommends: Adult cancer clients take 50 mg of CBD 2x daily (100 mg/day) . . . Child cancer clients take 25 mg of CBD 2x daily (50 mg/day)”_
-   _“[C]urrent studies have reported that CBD is showing promise in how oncologists are looking to treat breast, glioma, Leukemia, thyroid, colon and lung cancer.”_
-   _“The type of dosing that is recommended for clients in partial or complete remission is called ‘maintenance dosing’ and . . . hopefully keeping cancer at bay. Clients using maintenance dosing will likely be using much lower levels of cannabinoid intake than if they were actively trying to fight cancer.”_
-   _“Adult cancer remission clients take 100 mg of CBD 2x daily . . . Pediatric cancer remission clients take 25 mg of CBD 2x daily, go up to 1mg/lb of body weight”_

On the webpage titled “Forums”:

_Topic “Metastatic Breast Cancer” – posting by a representative of Realm of Caring:_

-   _“The reported benefits of Charlotte’s Web™ Hemp Oil include . . . anti-tumoral . . . ” _

Topic “Diabetes” – posting by a representative of Realm of Caring:

-   _“The Charlotte’s Web Products™ Everyday Advanced 5000 is best for clients with chronic conditions and has a higher concentration of CBD at 50mg/ml.”_
-   _“Charlotte’s Web™ Everyday 5000 is high in CBD . . . [r]esearch is showing CBD to have a wide range of benefits. These include . . . anti-cancer . . .” _

On a webpage titled “Research library”, there are links to articles hosted on www.theroc.us that promote CBD for diseases including but not limited to Alzheimer’s disease, Breast Cancer, Diabetes, Leukemia, Lung Cancer, Parkinson’s disease, Stroke and others.

Examples of claims observed on your social media accounts that establish the intended use of your products as drugs include, but may not be limited to, the following:

www.facebook.com/CWHempOfficial

-   On June 28, 2016: “Who can write an rx script for my 17 year old son with dx PDD-NOS/Autism? Where can I purchase CW?” CW Hemp replied: “Charlotte’s Web™ . . . [y]ou can order right from our site at cwhemp.com . . . you do not need a RX to buy Charlotte’s Web . . .”
-   On May 21, 2016: “[L]earn how #CharlottesWeb could help #CTE and concussions in athletes!”[4]
    https://twitter.com/CWHemp
-   September 17, 2016 retweeted posting – “The NFL Could End CTE With a Strain of Marijuana . . . A cannabidiol-rich strain – Charlotte’s Web – won’t get players high, but it can protect their brains.”
    May 17, 2016 posting – “#Boxing #Concussions #CTE could all benefit from Charlotte’s Web #Hemp extracts #WhyCW . . .”

The claims on your websites establish that the products are drugs under section 201(g)(1) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 321(g)(1)], because they are intended for use in the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease and/or because they are intended to affect the structure or any function of the body.

Your products “Everyday Dietary Supplement,” “Everyday Plus Dietary Supplement,” “Everyday Advanced Dietary Supplement” and “Charlotte’s Web Gel Pen” are not generally recognized as safe and effective for the above referenced uses and, therefore, the products are  “new drugs” under section 201(p) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 321(p)]. New drugs may not be legally introduced or delivered for introduction into interstate commerce without prior approval from the FDA, as described in sections 301(d) and 505(a) of the Act [21 U.S.C. §§ 331(d), 355(a)]. FDA approves a new drug on the basis of scientific data and information demonstrating that the drug is safe and effective.

A drug is misbranded under section 502(f)(1) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 352(f)(1)] if the drug fails to bear adequate directions for its intended use(s). “Adequate directions for use” means directions under which a layperson can use a drug safely and for the purposes for which it is intended [21 CFR § 201.5]. Prescription drugs, as defined in section 503(b)(1)(A) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 353(b)(1)(A)], can only be used safely at the direction, and under the supervision, of a licensed practitioner.

Your products “Everyday Dietary Supplement,” “Everyday Plus Dietary Supplement,” “Everyday Advanced Dietary Supplement” and “Charlotte’s Web Gel Pen” are intended for treatment of one or more diseases that are not amenable to self-diagnosis or treatment without the supervision of a licensed practitioner. Therefore, it is impossible to write adequate directions for a layperson to use your products safely for their intended purposes. Accordingly, “Everyday Dietary Supplement,” “Everyday Plus Dietary Supplement” and “Charlotte’s Web Gel Pen”  fail to bear adequate directions for their intended uses and, therefore, the products are misbranded under section 502(f)(1) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 352(f)(1)]. The introduction or delivery for introduction into interstate commerce of these misbranded drugs violates section 301(a) of the Act [21 U.S.C. § 331(a)].

The violations cited in this letter are not intended to be an all-inclusive statement of violations that exist in connection with your marketed products. You are responsible for investigating and determining the causes of the violations identified above and for preventing their recurrence or the occurrence of other violations. It is your responsibility to ensure that your firm complies with all requirements of federal law and FDA regulations.

You should take prompt action to correct the violations cited in this letter. Failure to promptly correct these violations may result in legal action without further notice, including, without limitation, seizure and injunction.

Within fifteen (15) working days of receipt of this letter, please notify this office in writing of the specific steps you have taken to correct violations. Include an explanation of each step being taken to prevent the recurrence of violations, as well as copies of related documentation. If you cannot complete corrective action within fifteen working days, state the reason for the delay and the time within which you will complete the correction.

Your response should refer to the Warning Letter Number above (490089). Please address your written response to:

CDR Steven E. Porter, Jr.
Director, Division of Pharmaceutical Quality Operations IV
U.S. Food & Drug Administration
19701 Fairchild
Irvine, California 92612

If you have questions regarding any issues in this letter, please contact CDR Matthew R. Dionne, Compliance Officer via email at Matthew.Dionne@fda.hhs.gov, or by phone at (303) 236-3064 and reference unique identifier 490089. Electronic responses may be sent to CDR Dionne at the email address provided.

Sincerely,
/S/
CDR Steven E. Porter, Jr.
Director, Division of Pharmaceutical Quality Operations IV

question: Summarize Stanley Brothers' response to the warning letter sent by the Food and Drug Administration.

answer: The Stanley Brothers dismiss the D

question: Summarize the health claims about cannabis.

answer: CBD distributors claim that CBD products are safe alternatives to treating serious diseases, such as cancer and Alzheimer's disease. There are users of cannabis products who testify that the drug has positive effects on their conditions.

question: Summarize the conflict between the Stanley Brothers and the DEA.

answer: The Stanley Brothers argue with the DEA regarding the legality of their cannabis products. According to the Stanleys, they are selling industrial hemp, which is legal according to the Farm Act of 2014. They stand firm on what they believe and continue to promote their products online. Joel Stanley, the CEO, refutes the DEA's memo against the cannabis industry in a published article on The Denver Post's cannabis website.


text: Build your JYDGE. Enter Edenbyrg. Get out alive. JYDGE is a lawful but awful roguehate top-down shooter where you get to build your own cybernetic JYDGE and eradicate crime in the never-sleeping megacity of Edenbyrg. Create your own play-style by augmenting your JYDGE, modifying your Gavel rifle, and choosing fearless companions to suit the tasks at hand. - Choose your cybernetics, items, weapon mods, and companions from over a BILLION different configurations. - Deal ruthless Jystice with lead, rockets, lasers, electricity, and other deadly tools of the law. - Perform heroic feats to get extra medals and unlock new equipment. - Team up with your CO-JYDGE for local co-op.

question: What is JYDGE?

answer: A lawful but awful roguehate top-down shooter vide game

question: Is JYDGE a co-op?

answer: A co-op version called CO-JYDGE is available

question: Where do you go in the video game?

answer: Into Edenbyrg

question: How many different configurations are there?

answer: A billion

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The description of a video gamed called JYDGE is being provided.


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#1 2014-03-07 18:45:08

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TZM anyone?

Not sure if this goes here, but I figured that since the goals of The Zeitgeist Movement somehow parallel those of GNU software and Linux generally (collaborative effort, making of open-source 3D printers, creating crowd-contributed open-source items, etc.), I might as well ask you if any of you know about TZM, and what are your opinions about it [smile]

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#2 2014-03-08 02:32:23

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Re: TZM anyone?

I'd never heard of it but after looking it up I'd say good luck with that.

#3 2014-03-08 02:49:45

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Re: TZM anyone?

I'm not sure what you mean... but just in case you misunderstood, I'm not the founder of the movement, nor is it my project  [smile]

#4 2014-03-08 03:28:19

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Re: TZM anyone?

I meant it more like best of luck to the TZM movement not that you were personally in charge of it. The idea is just ridiculous.

#5 2014-03-08 04:06:33

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Re: TZM anyone?

Don't know where you documented yourself, but it doesn't surprise me you hold that view =/
Eh, whatever.

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Re: TZM anyone?

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#7 2014-03-08 11:00:37

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Re: TZM anyone?

It seems to be advocating world socialism. (I think. I'm not entirely sure that that's precisely what they're advocating replacing capitalism with; they don't make it clear...) I am dubious about that ever getting off the ground...

#8 2014-03-08 12:22:59

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Re: TZM anyone?

Maybe TZM stands for Total Zany Madness  [lol]
The reason Capitalism sort of works most of the time is because it's not a system, nobody invented it.
Then you look at what happens when a group of people try to invent a better system = communism, collective farming etc. I prefer sticking with Capitalism.

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#9 2014-03-08 14:57:14

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#10 2014-03-08 15:07:24

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Re: TZM anyone?

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#11 2014-03-08 16:31:57

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Re: TZM anyone?

This isn't a new idea and anybody that has studied history and sociology can tell you why it won't work you don't even have to get into the economics side of it. Small tribal economies based on resource sharing work because of the human relationships between the members of the tribe it is easy to share something with somebody when you see them every day and have family ties to them. Most people would gladly loan their car to their brother for a weekend but if somebody just knocked on your door and asked for your keys I'd bet the answer would be different. History is full of these well meaning movements the moment a caveman traded a shiny rock for a mammoth steak there were other cavemen wanting to know why they didn't have any shiny rocks and why they all couldn't just each have a bite of mammoth steak. It's a nice dream but like all dreams like it the problem is that you are dealing with people and that is where it will fail like all the movements that came before it.

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#13 2014-03-08 20:26:51

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Re: TZM anyone?

Yes I do prefer Capitalism over communism or socialism.  Of course the form it takes varies from country to country but I don't tend to think of it as a system that was invented just a set of relationships that have evolved.
If I think of capitalism economically, that is when applied in the sphere of production then I think of the free-market. Therefore to me that means not very regulated or managed which can be a weakness and a strength.
some people think of capitalism as a kind of  economic freedom inseparable from democracy.
If it is a "system" it wasn't designed by anyone.
I am a bit scared by the idea of "experts" desinging a system for the rest of us to live under.

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#14 2014-03-08 22:22:25

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Re: TZM anyone?

The big conundrum is objective vs subjective "value" - what a 30k/yr salaried person spends $100 on one day can be the same thing that the billionaire spends $100 on, but the subjective value of what the $100 paid for means much more to the less wealthy person. The problem (as I see it) with a purely resources-based system is that there's no significant motivating factor to create, innovate, or otherwise make significant strides toward making things better.

My personal philosophies would take many paragraphs that I neither feel like writing nor would anyone read. Suffice it to say it makes sense to socialize some things: military, police, government, emergency services, health care, things like that. I also don't feel like true laissez faire capitalism can flourish without exploiting people and/or resources, so I'm a fan of limited government regulation. I just don't think in the past several thousands of years of recorded history, we've come up with much else that is both effective and palatable to a society.

#15 2014-03-08 22:44:04

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Re: TZM anyone?

As a moderator, I've been trying to stay out of this discussion.

*Moderator removes cadre hat*
My main problem with capitalism is that wealth has become the primary reinforcement for any behavior - not survival, not reproduction, not self-fulfillment, but wealth itself.  In a world where personal worth is literally measured by someone's economic value, what is the worth of literature, art, or music created for its own sake?  Rebecca Black's infamous song is almost universally despised, but that doesn't matter because every non-adblocked view of it on Youtube still generates advertising revenue, so from a capitalist perspective she's a success.

EDIT:  That's pretty much all I want to say on this matter, so I'll get off the soapbox and let the rest of you have some fun here, as long as you're respectful of each others' dignity.

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#17 2014-03-08 23:02:49

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#18 2014-03-09 03:38:06

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Re: TZM anyone?

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#22 2014-03-09 17:03:24

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Be excellent to each other!

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question: Summarize the goals of GNU software.

answer: Freely available software created via collaborative effort, with crowd-contributed open-source items and resources.

question: What does the text say about the requirements of The Zeitgeist Movement?

question: Summarize the forum participants' economic stances.

answer:
ANDORU opens the discussion in favor of socialist values.
AARON_ON and RESIDENT BOT dismiss socialism in favor of capitalism.
CLOVERSKULL suggests the problem with capitalism is equity, and is in favor of regulation and socialized public services.
JOEK is skeptical of socialism.
PVSAGE is against capitalism determining arbitrary value for creative works.
HEAD_ON_A_STICK is apolitical in this context.


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She first appeared to me when I was six years old, her long raven hair left to hang in loose curls over her perfect shoulders. Her eyes as black as night and as hollow as a dead tree inside. She was beautiful, but terribly horrifying, looking at her for too long could leave me with shivers down my spine and a feeling of imminent destruction. I was never scared of her though, never felt the need to run away as she ran her fingers through my hair. I did not know who this woman was, what she wanted or why she visited me, but I grew used to her visits.

She used to brush my hair as I fell asleep, telling me stories, my favourite one being about the time she defeated an evil man who was trying to control her. She said he still lives though, but that she won’t go near him any longer.

Once I grew older, about 14, she stopped visiting me at night, I never knew why. I wasn’t a very well behaved teenager from what my mother has reminded me of so many times. She likes to remind me of how I always caused trouble in school, fighting with the boys and pulling on the other girls hair. I just always felt different, like no one else had seen what I saw. My mother never believed me when I told her about the nice lady who visits me at night, I think she played it off as simply a young girls imaginary friend. I learnt never to tell her about it again.

My mother is a strict Catholic woman, who had to raise me for herself after my father passed away. She did an extremely good job, I just never listened. I never took up a religion, even though my mother tried to make me practice the Catholic faith, once I turned 16, she let me decide for myself. So I thank her for that. However, now I think about it, religion might have stopped me from fighting and causing trouble, but you can never know. I found out when I was 16, that I was adopted, it didn’t hurt too much, as my hair is bright ginger, and neither my mother or father have this hair. I always had a feeling that I didn’t belong, but I never said anything.

Why am I telling you about this woman? Well, I’m 27 now, I live alone in a lovely apartment. I have a cat that sleeps at the end of my bed every night, and is protective of me, he found me actually, just walked into my house the second day I moved in and made himself at home.

Enough about my house and cat, I’ve just heard something in the kitchen. I grab the baseball bat I keep next to my bed and head towards the kitchen, slowly, I know where the floor boards creak and I avoid them. I turn the corner from my bedroom door and I stop still. There she is, the woman. Her black eyes as dark as ever and still just as beautiful. She smiles, but not in an evil manner, but with affection. “My child…” she reaches an arm out for me and I find myself putting down the baseball bat and walking towards her. I’m not her child… I haven’t seen her in years. “You’re ready to know…”

I’m both confused and intrigued, still my body seems to walk itself towards her. “Ready to know what?” I ask, completely entranced on her face, no longer feeling imminent destruction. “What you have been prepared for your whole life” I find myself stood right in front of her, her hands reaching for my long ginger hair, I don’t flinch.

I look right up at her, straight into her eyes and I can see everything she’s ever seen, the man who wronged her and tried to control her. The fires she’s seen, the people she’s killed, then there’s me. I’m watching myself getting dropped at the doors of an orphanage, being raised up, taken in by my mother, I see her visiting me for the first time, I don’t remember this. I was so young, she writes something on my forehead and I fall asleep, I don’t see anything else. “What was that?” She smiles at me, “It’s time for you to come home my darling” I look at her, she’s still beautiful, her black eyes still hollow and her hair still strong and raven. “You are my child, I have had you raised by humans so that you better understand them, for when you take over from me.” “Take over?” I frown, “Where is home?” She smiles at me and takes my hand, my cat follows us as she leads me out of my apartment. “Home, is the eternal fire.” And that’s when it hit me…

My mother is the devil.

title: [HR] [SF] The Woman Who Visited

question: Who is the dancing woman that appears to the narrator when she is six years old?

answer: The narrator has been adopted. Her mother dropped her off at an orphanage when she was a baby. The dancing woman is the narrator's mother. She is also the devil.


text:
Leonardo DiCaprio Will Join Best Actor Oscar Fray, with Brad Pitt in Supporting

It's official: the two equally matched actors from "Once Upon a Time in Hollywood" won't compete against each other for Oscars.

["Once Upon a Time in Hollywood"]

“Once Upon a Time in Hollywood”

Sony Pictures

Any actor chasing a Best Supporting Actor slot will have to unseat Brad Pitt, who is currently favored to win for his cooly masculine stuntman Cliff Booth in Quentin Tarantino’s elegiac bromance “Once Upon a Time in Hollywood.” It’s official: Sony is campaigning Pitt for his fourth acting nomination in the supporting category, while Leonardo DiCaprio is going lead.

It makes sense for Pitt to take this route, partly because Booth plays a subservient role in the film to TV star Rick Dalton (DiCaprio). Pitt has a better shot at a win than DiCaprio, who recently won Best Actor for “The Revenant.”

Similarly, Sony placed “The Americans” star Matthew Rhys in lead and Tom Hanks in supporting for “A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.” Both are fair calls. Although Fred Rogers’ story is the star, the movie is really about the Esquire writer who profiled him.

Another movie starring equally matched actors is Robert Eggers’ claustrophobic, Herman Melville-inspired two-hander “The Lighthouse.” A24 decided to place rising star Robert Pattinson (“The Batman”) in the lead, with Oscar perennial Willem Dafoe in supporting. Pattinson scored some strong reviews for his supporting role as the French dauphin in “The King,” opposite Timothée Chalamet, who will vie for lead in that role and supporting for “Little Women.” Dafoe, meanwhile, also plays a hirsute supporting role in Edward Norton’s “Motherless Brooklyn.”

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“The Two Popes”

And Netflix opted to place the veteran stars of its two-hander “The Two Popes” into two categories: never-nominated Jonathan Pryce (as protagonist Pope Francis) with more screen time will be lead, with Oscar-winner Anthony Hopkins (as antagonist Pope Benedict) in supporting.

And this week the decision makers behind “Ford v Ferrari” (Fox/Disney) finally opted to put theirequal leads in the race for Best Actor. It’s a crowded field, but the story is so evenly balanced between Matt Damon as car designer Carroll Shelby (three acting nominations, one Original Screenplay win for “Good Will Hunting”) and Christian Bale as race car driver Ken Miles (four acting nominations and one win, for Supporting Actor for “The Fighter”), that it’s impossible to justify one supporting the other. Besides, Pitt’s likely to win Supporting anyway.

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question: Who is the favorite to win best supporting actor?

answer: Brad Pitt.

question: Who is the favorite to win best actor?

answer: Leonardo Di Caprio.

question: What film are the actors from?

answer: Once Upon A Time In Hollywood.

question: Who directed Once Upon A Time In Hollywood?

answer: Quentin Tarantino.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The article discusses films which decide to put strong actors in leading and supporting roles so that they do not compete for the categories at the Oscars, and increase the chance that the film will win an award. Leonardo DiCaprio and Brad Pitt are the biggest example, in Once Upon A Time in Hollywood.


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GUNASENA GALAPPATTY (born June 7, 1927, in Dikwella in Matara, Sri Lanka) was a Sri Lankan dramatist, director, producer, and Sinhala radio play writer regarded as the pioneer of suspense drama in Sri Lanka.[1]

Education

Galappatty attended Dikwella Central College and Matara Rahula College. In 1952, he entered University of Ceylon, Peradeniya campus, to study for a bachelor's degree in economics. At Peradeniya, he started associating with Professor Ediriweera Sarachchandra and Charles Silva and was involved in theatre work.

His first production was a folk drama _Sandakinduru_ in 1957[2] in which he blended folk drama with modern Sinhalese music. This was a success and he was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to study experimental theatre at University of Yale, United States.

He was a teacher at Kotte Ananda Sastralaya in 1955 and next joined for a while the State Language Department as a translator, again continuing as a teacher .[3]

Career

From Yale, he went to Broadway in 1959, the first Sri Lankan to work there as well as in off-Broadway productions. During this time, he came under the influence of the Method school, the American offshoot of Konstantin Stanislavski's approach to acting and stagecraft. He worked under two distinguished teachers, Herbert Berghoff and Uta Hagen. He acted in and co-produced two Broadway dramas, _Tea House of the August Moon_ and _The Marriage-Go-Round_.

He then traveled to many countries, including Spain, Japan and Russia, to study various drama styles and methods. He admired Spain's Federico García Lorca and spent a few weeks experiencing Lorca productions such as _Yerma_. In Japan, he studied traditional _kabuki_ drama and was involved in a popular production, _The Father_.

Returning to Sri Lanka in 1961, Galappatty resumed his theatre work. Abandoning the operatic form modelled on Charles Silva and Sarachhandra crystallization of the _Nadagam_, he branched out on a new line which tried to fuse the inner-directed acting style that he had imbibed in Broadway with the non-naturalistic native tradition. In 1962, he produced a milestone in Sri Lankan theatre, _Muduputtu_ (Sons of the Seas), showing that the traditional stylistic theatre could be blended very effectively with western realistic technique. Following this, he was at the forefront of Sri Lankan theatre and his productions launched the careers of many talented actors. He was called upon to represent Sri Lanka at United Nations conferences and other international activities.

Produced plays

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| -   1955 _Raththaran_ |                       | -   1963 _Devatha     |
|     (script by        |                       |     Eli_ (adaptation  |
|     Ediriweera        |                       |     of Bertolt        |
|     Sarachchandra)    |                       |     Brecht's _The     |
| -   1956 _Sathva      |                       |     Good Woman of     |
|     Karunava_ (with   |                       |     Setzuan_)         |
|     students of Kotte |                       | -   1965 _Maha hene   |
|     Ananda Sastralaya |                       |     Reeriyaka_ (story |
|     )                 |                       |     by S. W. R. D.    |
| -   1957 _Sanda       |                       |     Bandaranaike)     |
|     kinduru_ (first   |                       | -   1966 _Liya        |
|     production with   |                       |     Thambara_[6]      |
|     students of Kotte |                       | -   1969 _Thatha_     |
|     Ananda Sastralaya |                       |     (translated by    |
|     )[4]              |                       |     Ariya Rajakaruna) |
| -   1962              |                       | -   1976 _Desa Nisa_  |
|     _Walahendiya_     |                       |                       |
|     (adaptation of    |                       |                       |
|     Anton Chekhov's   |                       |                       |
|     The Bear)         |                       |                       |
| -   1962 _Muhudu      |                       |                       |
|     puththu_          |                       |                       |
|     (adaptation of    |                       |                       |
|     Federico García   |                       |                       |
|     Lorca's Yerma     |                       |                       |
|     )[5]              |                       |                       |
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-   1972 _Desa Nisa_

Radio play

-   1963 _Kali Yakinna_

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question: What does the article say about the schools of theatre Galappatty studied?

answer: He first produced a folk drama with modern Sinhalese music. During his time in Broadway, he became involved with the Method school, working under Herbert Berghoff and Uta Hagen, two distinguished teachers. He studied various drama schools in Spain, Japan, and Russia. In Spain, he experienced Lorca productions, and in Japan, he studied the traditional kabuki drama. After returning home, he fused the inner-directed acting style of Broadway with the non-naturalistic native tradition. Then, he showed that traditional stylistic theatre can be blended with western realistic techniques.

question: What does the article say about the method acting style of play in tabletop role-playing games?


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[Arms] RICHARD NATHANIEL CURZON, 2ND VISCOUNT SCARSDALE (3 July 1898 – 1977) was an English peer and landowner, a member of the House of Lords for more than fifty years.

Life

Curzon was the only son of Colonel Alfred Nathaniel Curzon, by his marriage to Henrietta Mary Montagu. He was also a nephew of George Curzon, 1st Marquess Curzon of Kedleston, head of the family.[1]

The young Curzon was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, commissioned into the Royal Scots Greys, and saw active service in the final months of the First World War, in France and Belgium, then after the Armistice of November 1918 in Germany, Egypt, Syria, and Palestine. In 1923, he was appointed as Honorary Attaché to the British embassy in Rome.[2] [Kedleston Hall] His uncle's marriage had produced only three daughters, and he was widowed in 1906, leaving Curzon's father as the heir presumptive to the family estates based on Kedleston Hall in Derbyshire and the peerage of Baron Scarsdale.[3] His uncle was also given other peerages, and in 1911 was created Viscount Scarsdale, with a special remainder to his father and his father's heirs male. In 1917, Marquess Curzon, by now in his late fifties, married secondly Grace Duggan, a rich young widow, hoping for a son and heir, but it was not to be.[4] Curzon's father died in 1920, leaving him as the heir presumptive, and on the death of Marquess Curzon in 1925 Richard Nathaniel Curzon became head of the Curzon family. His inheritance included Kedleston Hall, the baronetcy created for his ancestor Sir John Curzon (1598–1686), and the new title of Viscount Scarsdale.[5]

On 14 April 1923, Curzon married firstly Mildred Carson Dunbar, a daughter of William Roland Dunbar. They had four daughters and were divorced in 1946. On 10 August of that year he married secondly Ottilie Margarete Julie Pretzlik, daughter of Charles Pretzlik and Ottilie Hennig, but had no further children.[6] His daughters were:

-   Anne Mildred Curzon (born 1923), who in 1942 married Major W. J. L. Willson, son of Sir Walter Willson, and had two sons and a daughter.[7]
-   Gloria Mary Curzon (1927–1979), who in 1951 married J. G. Bearman and had two sons.[8]
-   Juliana Eveline Curzon (1928–2006), who in 1948 married firstly G. D. S. Smith, and had two daughters and a son before they were divorced. She was later married to Frederick Nettleford (1953–1956), Sir Dudley Cunliffe-Owen (1956–1962) and John Roberts (1962–1972).[9][10]
-   Diana Geraldine Curzon (1934–2013)[11]

Scarsdale returned to the army in the Second World War, as a Captain in the Derbyshire Yeomanry, and was awarded the Territorial Decoration. He was also appointed Commander of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.[12]

On his death in 1977, Lord Scarsdale was succeeded by a cousin, Francis Curzon.[13]

Notes

Category:1898 births Category:1977 deaths Category:Baronets in the Baronetage of England Category:Commanders of the Order of St John Category:Derbyshire Yeomanry officers Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Category:People educated at Eton College Category:Royal Scots Greys officers Category:Viscounts Scarsdale Richard Nathaniel Category:British Army personnel of World War II Category:British Army personnel of World War I

[1] _Burke's Peerage_, volume 3 (2003), p. 3,540

[2] Gerald Gliddon, _The Aristocracy and the Great War_ (Gliddon Books, 2002), p. 80

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[4] George Henry Bennett, Marion Gibson, _The Later Life of Lord Curzon of Kedleston--aristocrat, Writer, Politician, Statesman: An Experiment in Political Biography_ (Edwin Mellen Press, 2000), pp. 45, 50, 53

[5] _Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage_ (London: Kelly's Directories, 1995), p. 1,135

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title: Richard Curzon, 2nd Viscount Scarsdale

question: What does the text say about Curzon's family?

answer: Curzon was the son of Colonel Alfred nathaniel Curzon. He was a nephew of George Curzon. He married Mildred Carson Dunbar and they had four daughters. His second marriage was to Ottilie Margarete Julie Pretzlik. He also had a cousin named Francis Curzon.

question: What does the article say about Curzon's grandchildren?

answer: He had three grandchildren from his daughter Anne (two grandsons and a granddaughter), two from his daughter Gloria (two grandsons), and three from his daughter Juliana (two granddaughters and a grandson).

question: What does the article say about Curzon's politics?


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Imagine…a captivating barrage of flowers, dancing careful enough to follow the breeze. Red, yellow, green, all the colors, revolving each other like the planets and the sun, right in front of you. Would you reach out? Touch them? Rest your bones among their serenity, and pray to your God that they save your wounded soul? What if your God doesn’t answer? What if he simply shows his grin from the gorgeous skies, laughing at your pitiful begging? Would you risk crumpling those beautiful flowers for vengeance? Rip them from the ground? Would you simply release your energy to them, sighing as they wilt blissfully? Even death, at its most cruel, can be beautiful.  Even Gods, at their most righteous, can be horrifying.

I want to tell you a story. But not just any story, a story about us. You, me, the world, and the Gods. I want you to listen, I want you to feel what I’m feeling, in this peaceful moment of limbo I have before they judge me. There’s this awful, painful ache inside of my chest, and I can barely breathe, but what need do I have to breathe? I am surrounded by a captivating barrage of flowers, who, one by one, float away with the breeze. That is enough to sustain me. The others, however, they need your help. They need you to know about us, so that you can help them. I can’t tell you where they are, or how to find them, but I can leave you subtle clues amongst my story to assist you. Please, share our story as much as you can, in hopes that you may never join me here.

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*Regards,*

*Luna Stryver*

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Long ago, before you were born, there was but one race of people in Âme, known as Animans. The men were strong and elusive, thwarting every vast attempt of their enemies to destroy them. The women, quick witted and adaptive, could survive any climate or situation, hiding themselves in plain sight to aid their brethren. Together, they had the brains and strength to survive for centuries, and they did, until The Event. They called it arracheur d'âme, the soul snatcher. I can only recall part of what my mother read to me from my Grandmother’s diaries, but here is what I remember:

“Black fog covered the lands, brushing against the ground violently, translucent arms reaching out and picking citizens off one by one…you couldn’t even tell sometimes they were gone, because you didn’t know they were gone. Faces sunken, bones brittle and frail, irises dark like sin, it was horrifying…I remember my sister smiling at me, coming in to hug me, and before I could react, she fell to the ground. Her body decomposed there, nobody wanted to disturb her. It only took a day until all that was left of her was the golden daffodil pendant she wore on her chest.”

The men blamed the women, the women blamed the men, and the children blamed them both. It sounded petrifying, but my grandmother stood her ground. Her husband gathered her, my mother, and my uncle up into a car after the damage was done, and vowed that they would never return to Âme again. But, people change, and all things come to an end. My grandfather died of a heart attack about 4 years later, and, having nowhere to go, my grandmother returned my mother and uncle to Âme.

“Things were different there…I winced my eyes as I came upon a barrier dividing the outside world and Âme itself, and though ‘what’s going on?’” An officer, about 6 foot tall, tapped my window with his gun, ordering me to roll it down. I thought maybe I was trespassing on a crime scene, or maybe he would ask me to take a detour I’d missed, but instead he simply leaned into my car with a resigned look, and asked me a question. ‘let me see your wallet and phone.’ I questioned his demand, and he only shrugged, forcing his hand through the crack in my window. I obliged, and he nodded, returning to his car. I positioned my mirror to see through his windshield, and he attached my phone to some…device. I watched as he opened my wallet and counted my money, then he turned his attention towards his screen, all but throwing my wallet to the fishes. I saw as he nodded to the screen and unplugged my phone, retrieving my discarded wallet and stepping from the car. My children asked questions, but I only watched forward as he approached me again, handing me my belongings. ‘You can go that way.’ He pointed towards a dirt road, beaten and broken that lead to a place that I’d never seen. ‘That’s not where my home is.’ ‘It is now.’ He scoffed, slamming his gun against my car again before walking back to his own. I let out a heavy sigh and kept my comments to myself. Âme was my home, no matter where we stayed.”

That is when Âme, the way you know it, came to be. They sorted you by money, status, left or right. No color, no beauty, no sexuality, no persuasion. You didn’t get to choose whose side you were on anymore in Âme, Âme decided that for you. Our President, Carlyle Stryver, had split the town into two factions, The Regals and The Ties. Regals are upper class citizens that are rich, people that didn't earn their money, but were born with it. They don't often hold down hard working jobs, like my father does, but are rather lawyers, chairmen, or musicians and actors. The ones I've met are manipulative, so they will try and trick you. Ties are those who are less fortunate, the lowest class of citizens who either turn to crime or small, part time jobs to get by in life. My mother told me once that the reason they are called Ties is because Regals used to bind their legs and wrists together and throw stones at them for fun. That’s where they sorted my grandmother. She was once one of the strongest Animans, and now, she resides in a small home in a field of gorgeous flowers. You’ll have to ask her one day whether she thinks they won, or she did.

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title: [SF] What God Left Behind

question: What is the narrator's background?

answer: The narrator is a Tie, part of their society's lower class.

question: What is arracheur d'âme?

answer: the soul snatcher, an event in which black fog covered the land and devoured many citizens

question: What type of people become actors and musicians?

answer: Regals

question: Where is the story set?

answer: Âme

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator describes the setting: a strict caste society recovering from a tragic happening which left many dead.