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[]Drew Angerer/Getty ImagesAmazon’s Jeff Bezos.

-   Amazon finally rolled out its Prime subscription service to the Australian market this week, promising free two-day delivery.
-   The announcement caught some by surprise, with many in the retail industry expecting a launch later this year.
-   At $59 a year, Prime is cheaper in Australia than other developed markets. Morgan Stanley analysts say the low price “shows Amazon’s high long-term aspirations for Australia”.
-   After a launch last year that some described as “underwhelming”, Amazon has been moving fast and cutting prices, and Prime is its “secret weapon”.

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In a conversation last December about Amazon’s launch in Australia, a cautious head of marketing for a major consumer electronics brand was keen to stress the importance of the launch price for Amazon Prime.

The executive — whose products included a range of high end devices — was concerned that a low price for Prime had the potential to cheapen his own brand if he was to sell through the Amazon platform.

At the same time, a more affordable price would mean faster mass adoption and therefore make it a competitive distribution channel.

As it turns out, Amazon has chosen exactly this strategy in Australia with its $59 annual fee: an affordable offering that will probably lose a lot of money in the short term, but build a big subscriber base for Prime.

This leaves open the question of whether some brands will sell their products on the Amazon platform in Australia. But if Amazon is successful in building a subscriber base for Prime it may prove irresistible as the company continues to roll out its product suite. Pulling this off would mean it would start to eat into the revenues available to established players and start the process of retail sector destruction that many have worried about but seen few signs of yet. More on that in a moment.

How cheap is Prime in Australia? Cheaper than any other major market in the world. For comparison, it costs:

-   $US119 in the US, or $161;
-   £79 in Britain, or $141;
-   €49 in Germany, or $77, and
-   $C79 in Canada, or $80.

So the $59 price here — especially given the complex and costly realities of moving goods around Australia’s vast land mass — is much more aggressive than expected.

Australian retail sector analysts at Morgan Stanley said in a note to clients yesterday that the price point “shows Amazon’s high long-term aspirations for Australia”. The offering came earlier, cheaper and available across more territory than expected, they said.

Amazon has undoubtedly been slow getting to Australia and there was some unimpressed commentary in the early days, with the Guardian, for example, characterising it as “underwhelming”, and Business Insider noting the prices were unremarkableespecially when you factored in delivery costs.

But it is now rolling out its platform at speed: in the past 12 months it has set up distribution centres in Melbourne and Sydney, has started pricing aggressively in some categories, and is now promising two-day delivery under its Prime service to 90% of the population.

Delivery with Prime is free. So Amazon has blown up at least one major concern on its pricing when it comes to the Australian market, and it’s a sign that they are prepared to invest heavily in securing market share.

“We think the low A$59 annual subscription signals that Amazon is looking at driving household penetration over near-term profitability,” the Morgan Stanley team, led by Tom Kierath, wrote. “Amazon Prime penetration will expand as more products are offered for free delivery and incremental services are added (i.e., music, cloud). As Prime penetration builds, we think delivery times improve to next/same day in metro areas quickly, which in turn drives purchasing frequency.”

They add: “Australian retailers tend to charge between A$5 and A$10 for delivery, which implies a number of purchases required to ‘payback’ the A$59 Prime is low at 6-12 annually.”

This is a critical point in the value equation for consumers. Amazon founder Jeff Bezos once famously said of Prime that their goal, “make no mistake, is to make sure that IF YOU ARE NOT A PRIME MEMBER, YOU ARE BEING IRRESPONSIBLE“.

The secret weapon

In other markets, Prime drives huge amounts of retail purchases from customers on top of the billions of dollars in subscription revenue they stump up. It’s estimated to be used by around 90 million US households and, according to an RBC survey last year, half of those subscribers spend more than $US800 a year at Amazon and 74% shop with Amazon at least twice a month.

Among the huge swath of Americans that use Amazon, nearly half of them use the service at least two to three times a month. They spend a lot of money too. 33% of those surveyed by RBC said they spend more than $800 annually.

And remember, Prime is not just a delivery service. It also gives members access to content — some gaming benefits for Twitch players in Australia are included, as are some ebooks including the Harry Potter novels — and Amazon Prime Video, which includes some exclusive content.

For now, music and the free cloud storage that Prime members are given in other countries is not available but it is likely to be added over time, steadily broadening the value to consumers.

Australia’s retail sector is already under pressure and price deflation is going to continue to squeeze margins and threaten companies. As this chart shows, certain consumer goods have become moderately cheaper over time in the US but online the effect is magnified.

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Amazon’s prices may have been pretty standard at the December launch, but as Business Insider reported in February, it rapidly cut costs without much in the way of publicity. Its electronics line was notably more expensive at launch than domestic competitors, but by February Amazon was undercutting them by 11%.

[]Source: Morgan Stanley

Adding to the problems for Australian retailers, consumer spending in Australia has been looking weak throughout this year, with official data showing the sector is repeatedly missing expectations for spending growth. And there is evidence that what little growth there is to be found is increasingly online, as this chart from Macquarie shows:

[]Macquarie Bank

Another way of thinking about that: for every extra dollar Australian consumers are spending on retail, around one-third of it is going to pure-play digital stores. Amazon is positioned at the centre of a shift in shoppers’ behaviour that is gathering pace.

With Amazon’s Australian product range is considerably smaller than the more than 100 million on the US store, the company appears to be willing to bet that its two-day delivery promise and limited range will be acceptable to prospective Prime customers, especially when it’s just $59 a year.

But it’s far too early — foolish, even — to conclude that Australia will be somehow immune from the Amazon effect.

_* This story has been amended to correct an incorrect figure on the number of products featured on Amazon in Australia._

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question: What surprised people About the launch of Amazon Prime in Australia?

answer: Commentators have been surprised at the low cost of an Amazon Prime subscription in Australia. A more affordable price would mean faster mass adoption and therefore make it a competitive distribution channel. Amazon has chosen exactly this strategy in Australia with its $59 annual fee: an affordable offering that will probably lose a lot of money in the short term but build a big subscriber base for Prime.

question: How does Amazon's current strategy differ from earlier forays into that Australian retail industry?

answer: Amazon has been slow getting to Australia. Prices were unremarkable especially when you factored in delivery costs. But Amazon is now rolling out its platform at speed: in the past 12 months it has set up distribution centers in Melbourne and Sydney, has started pricing aggressively in some categories, and is now promising two-day delivery under its Prime service to 90% of the population. Delivery with Prime is free.

question: What is the strategic reason for the low Amazon Prime subscription in Australia?

answer: The $59 price is very low given the complex and costly realities of moving goods around Australia’s vast landmass. The price point “shows Amazon’s high long-term aspirations for Australia”. The offering came earlier, cheaper and available across more territory than expected. It’s a sign that Amazon is prepared to invest heavily in securing market share. The low A$59 annual subscription signals that Amazon is looking at driving household penetration over near-term profitability,”


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How do you get to Carnegie Hall? Practice, goes the adage.

And how do you get to Stanford University? Well, for Ziad Ahmed, a high school senior in New Jersey, gaining acceptance to the university meant writing an unusual answer to this question on his application form: “What matters to you, and why?”

Ahmed’s answer was this: “#BlackLivesMatter,” which he wrote 100 times without additional comment. After he announced his admission to the school by posting a screenshot of his answer on Twitter, the news began going viral.

“I was actually stunned when I opened the update and saw that I was admitted,” Ahmed wrote in an email to Mic, the millennials-centric media company. “I didn’t think I would get admitted to Stanford at all, but it’s quite refreshing to see that they view my unapologetic activism as an asset rather than a liability.”

  I submitted this answer in my @Stanford application, & yesterday, I was admitted…#BlackLivesMatter pic.twitter.com/R5YxM77bWL

  — Ziad Ahmed (@ziadtheactivist) April 1, 2017

A senior at Princeton Day School in Princeton, N.J., Ahmed — whose Twitter handle is @ziadtheactivist — said the #BlackLivesMatter movement is inherently important to him because he is Muslim: “To me, to be Muslim is to be a BLM ally,” he said, noting that “one-fourth to one-third of the Muslim community in America are black… and to separate justice for Muslims from justices for the black community is to erase the realities of the plurality of our community.”

The Bangladeshi-American teen has already been recognized for his activism. In 2015, he was among MTV’s Top 9 Teens Changing the World, while, in 2016, he was named one of Business Insider’s Top 15 “young prodigies” making the world a better place. Now 18, Ahmed also has given a Tedx Talk in Panama about the impact of stereotypes. And he is the founder of Redefy, an organization committed to fighting bias and stereotypes.

His Twitter announcement set off the usual social-media explosion of congratulatory comments and denunciations. Some respondents asked to know his grade point average and SAT scores. Presumably, they’re quite good; Ahmed also was admitted to Yale University and Princeton University, Mic reported, though it didn’t give any details about his application essays for those schools.

Other online commentators said Ahmed should have written a formal essay, addressing the “why” part of the application question.

His response to Mic was this: “The insistence on an explanation is inherently dehumanizing. Black lives have been explicitly and implicitly told they don’t matter for centuries, and as a society — it is our responsibility to scream that black lives matter because it is not to say that all lives do not matter, but it is to say that black lives have been attacked for so long, and that we must empower through language, perspective, and action.”

The National Review responded with an essay, calling Ahmed a “lazy activist” and a “lazy question-answerer” for not explaining his position: “Think about it: Could you imagine if Ahmed someday approaches a _thesis_ the same way that he approached that application question?” asked reporter Katherine Timpf. What if he turned in a “one-sentence paper, believing that his point of view was so clearly correct that it was somehow _above_ him to explain?”

If Ahmed wants to change the opinions of those who don’t agree with him, Timpf argued, it is incumbent upon him to build a detailed argument.

Reached for comment, a Stanford spokesman said, “We do not discuss student applications.”

Whatever his approach, Ahmed keeps meeting movers and shakers.

In 2015, while attending an Iftar dinner at the White House — an annual reception during the month of Ramadan — he got to chat with President Obama. Ahmed told MTV that he and the president discussed “counter-terrorism and Palestine and Israel. And we talked about education; girls’ education. It was just the most enlightening and intellectual and informative conversation I could ever be part of. It reminded me of what I’d said before: Teens don’t realize we need to be in this conversation, injustice is our fight too.”

question: What does the text say about Ziad Ahmed?

answer: Ziad Ahmed is a Bangladeshi-American Muslim activist for Black Lives Matter admitted to Stanford University. He answered "Black Lives Matter" on his application form to the question "What matters to you and why?" roughly a hundred times without further remark. His admission to the institution went viral after he tweeted it. Ziad claimed that his Black Lives Matter response got him into college. His advocacy has already been acknowledged. In 2015, he was among MTV's Top 9 Teens Changing the World, while he was designated one of Business Insider's Top 15 "young prodigies" making a difference in the world in 2016. Ahmed, now 18, spoke on stereotypes at a TEDx event in Panama. Ziad founded Redefy, an anti-bias initiative. Ahmed is clever, as he was accepted to Yale and Princeton. In 2015, he met President Obama at a White House Iftar dinner and addressed counter-terrorism, Palestine, Israel, and girls' education.

question: What does the text say about Black Lives Matter?

answer: Black Lives Matter is a grassroots political movement that seeks to bring attention to the discrimination, racism, and injustice that black people and other minorities face. Ziad Ahmed is a proud Black Lives Matter activist because of his history as a black Muslim living in America. When he was criticized for not providing more specifics about Black Lives Matter on his Stanford University admission form, he said, "For generations, black people have been told that their lives don't matter, both explicitly and implicitly. Our duty as a society is to declare that black lives matter, not because all lives do not matter, but because black lives have been attacked for far too long, and we must empower them through words, perspective, and action."

question: What was the public's reaction to Ahmed's answer in the university application form?

answer: Ziad Ahmed's one-sentence response to a question on his university application form became viral when he shared it on Twitter. He got a flood of congratulations on his Twitter page, with some asking for his GPA. On the other hand, other internet critics said that Ahmed should have written a formal essay to explain the "why" section of the application question. The National Review slammed Ahmed's response in an editorial, labeling him a "lazy activist" and a "lazy question-answerer" for failing to articulate his perspective. According to reporter Katherine Timpf, Ahmed may approach a thesis the same way he addressed the application question. Timpf claimed that if he wants to persuade people who disagree with him to alter their minds, he must first provide a comprehensive argument.

question: What does the text say about how Black Lives Matter was founded?


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Grey light sank into the cell, revealing the other occupants -
An old woman, cradling her head between her knees, rocking feebly.
A teenage boy with a bloody nose, who mopped at his face half-heartedly.
A man, ashy beard and blackened face, who only stared up at the light with mouth hanging open. All at once a cough would rattle his chest and then he would fall still again.
And there was me, in my own corner of the cell, reeking in the same clothes I had been abducted with two weeks ago. Ambushed in the hospital after my bite, quietly commanded to dress, leave my things, I wouldn't need them where I was going. The men, three of them in military ware, each had the butt of a gun jutting from his belt. You can't argue with that.
And now I was their prisoner, a quiet concentration camp for the bitten. We were infected, more men in sullied commando gear insisted. They looked on us like rabid dogs, gun barrels following us wherever we turned.
The first three nights I railed against the cell door, splintering wood and making iron sing until my hands bled. The other occupants just watched me with hollow eyes. My son, you can't keep me from him. You can't lock me up, treat us like animals.
You were bitten, they hissed through the bars. You're not a man anymore.

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question: Why was the narrator taken from the hospital?

answer: Because he was bitten and was now infected.

question: How long has the man been in the cell with the other prisoners?

answer: Presumably two weeks.


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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - The 44 personnel killed by a suicide attack in Kashmir on Thursday were part of a force that is little appreciated, poorly paid and under resourced when compared with the army, according to former senior officers.

The dead came from towns and villages across India, from Assam in the remote northeast to Tamil Nadu in the south.

But their job in the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) took them to some of the most dangerous frontlines in India, including the fight against militants in Kashmir.

“CRPF has been tasked to be first responder in insurgent situations. This is the primary task,” said Pranay Sahay, a former CRPF director general.

They fight alongside the army, yet they are paid less and get fewer benefits and less training, former officials said.

A low-ranking army soldier typically receives one-and-a-half times the pay of a CRPF officer of equivalent experience, said Ranbir Singh, general secretary of the Confederation of Ex-Paramilitary Forces Welfare Associations, a difference which is also reflected in their pensions.

A spokesman for India’s Home Ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

“We almost work in the same situation, in the same place, but definitely the feeling in the force is that we’re not treated on par,” a former CRPF director general said, asking not to be named.

“We’re like a body,” he said, referring to all the security forces, including the army. “Just because the heart is more important, you can’t ignore the knee.”

Living conditions are poorer, a sensitive issue when so many of the police are so far away from home, former officers said. Suicide rates are much higher than in the army, they added.

“The housing satisfaction level in the CRPF is the poorest, probably around 13-14 percent,” Sahay told Reuters. Many had to pay for private accommodation for their families because the CRPF could not provide a decent alternative, he added.

One of those who died in Thursday’s attack was Bablu Santra, who had been in the CRPF for 19 years.

Family and friends gathered at his home in Bauria village, about 40 km (25 miles) from Kolkata, on Friday, lighting candles in front of his portrait. An Indian flag hung across the unpainted, incomplete two-storied building.

“He was looking forward to coming back and completing the house,” said Chandan Das, Santra’s nephew. “But that won’t happen now.”

Reporting by Devjyot Ghoshal; Additional reporting by Rupak De Chowdhury in BAURIA; Editing by Martin Howell and Andrew Heavens

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question: How many were killed by a suicide attack in Kashmir?

answer: 44 personnel were killed

question: Where did the victims of the attack come from?

answer: The victims came from towns and villages across India, from Assam in the remote northeast to Tamil Nadu in the south.

question: In the army, what rates are higher?

answer: Suicide rates are much higher.

question: The victims were part of which organization?

answer: They were part of the Central Reserve Police Force.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: This article discusses the death of 44 personnel from the Central Reserve Police Force in a suicide attack. The victims can from towns and villages in India and because of the lower rank they were in the force, they never felt valued. This problem was brought to light via this article.


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S TONY BLAIR ANGLING FOR A SLICE OF AMERICAN PIE OR IS THE NEW TRUMP ADMINISTRATION AFTER SOME OF HIS TEFLON SPARKLE? BLAIR HAS JUST BEEN SPOTTED LUNCHING WITH DONALD TRUMP’S SON-IN-LAW JARED KUSHNER.

The New York Post reports that Blair, in the US for the launch of a new report on countering violent extremism by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, was seen dining at Harry Cipriani, just up the road from Trump Tower in New York yesterday. His fellow diner Kushner, husband of Ivanka Trump, is one of the President-elect’s key advisers. Also at the table was Sam Zell, the billionaire who now owns the city’s Trump Place building.

Kushner has risen to become a link man to a wider set for Donald Trump. When he was running the weekly Observer newspaper in New York, Kushner turned to Rupert Murdoch for regular advice, and was credited with getting Murdoch “to come round to the idea” of Trump as President.

Blair remains highly connected in the international scene, in particular in the Middle East, and lunch with him would give Kushner a perspective on non-domestic affairs, despite his father-in-law positioning himself as an isolationist. Blair’s nationality means that he couldn’t take a role in the administration. The Post suggests that he could be offering his services as a consultant, though Blair’s people told us “the suggestion is complete nonsense”. The development won’t thrill Theresa May, who reportedly only spoke with Trump after he’d picked up the phone to several other world leaders. He told her, damningly, that she should “let me know” if she travels to the US.

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Now that Scotsman Donald Trump —his mother Mary Anne MacLeod was from the Isle of Lewis — is President-elect isn’t it time he had his own tweed? At a party thrown for Gentlemen’s Life at Huntsman on Savile Row last night, head cutter Carey Campbell told The Londoner his idea for a Trump bespoke tweed. “He won’t be the first American to have one — Elvis’s was aquamarine and yellow — but for Donald I’d make it orange with red running through it: an angry tweed.”

NO ANSWERS IN DAN’S NEW BREXIT BOOK

Daniel Hannan, intellectual architect of the campaign to leave the EU, has a new book out on the subject. The Londoner called the MEP for some insights on what will happen post-Brexit but was left none the wiser. “Some things are hard to read,” he tells us. “Some things are timelessly true. Reducing barriers to the exchange of ideas and services continues. Leaving the EU was never an end in itself, the end was freer movement of trade and services.”

The book is called What Next. Will Theresa May be getting a copy? “I hope everyone will read my book, including Mrs May,” he said.

FOR LARA, IT’S ALL IN THE JEANS

Last night The Londoner raised a pint to the launch of Lara Stone’s fashion collaboration with Frame Denim at The Punchbowl in Mayfair. The Dutch model hosted a pub quiz for guests including Jack Guinness and stylist Martha Ward. Embracing the perfect photo opportunity, Jack downed a pint of the family brew. At the bar, Daisy Lowe hung out with Erik Torstensson, co-founder of Frame and Mr Natalie Massenet. Lara’s capsule collection pays homage to her country of birth, with a title If You Ain’t Dutch, You Ain’t Much. Such a profoundly Netherlandish theme provided the perfect double entendre for her own surname, with her own bomber jacket embroidered with the slogan “STONE”.How clever.

OPERA BUFFS SALUTE THE GREAT DIRECTOR

AFTER nearly 40 years of Jonathan Miller productions at the English National Opera the company put on a special night — Marvellous Miller — of excerpts from his shows, including The Mikado, Tosca, Rigoletto and The Magic Flute. At the end, the admittedly now frail 82-year-old went on stage for a lengthy standing ovation before a full house which included Sue Lawley, Frank Skinner, John Sergeant, and Labour MPs Margaret Hodge and Harriet Harman, who have both been Coliseum regulars for many years.

Miller spoke in a pre-recorded interview, played to the audience. Never one to pull his punches, he said other opera houses thought elaborate sets are vital. “In fact they are only there so the rich can go and feel they have got their money’s worth.” He also talked about his own comedy influences, citing the Marx Brothers, The Goon Show and Dad’s Army, whose repeats he still watches. “It’s the class and authority thing I love,” he said, smiling.

Jeffrey Archer, another guest, thought Miller was underrated in Britain “because he is a polymath: this is something the French appreciate more than us”. ENO chairman Harry Brünjes added: “Jonathan deserves our thanks. After all, nearly one in six of the productions in the past nearly 40 years have been his. Amazing.”

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To Aqua Shard last night, where the restaurant unveiled its Christmas tree, designed by Sir David Attenborough in aid of Flora & Fauna International. It’s a mobile-like structure of white leaves to bring “a feeling of the natural world into this environment of steel and glass”, he told us. So was he scared of the deadly racer snakes on Planet Earth II? “I don’t get nightmares about snakes,” he laughed. “There are worse things on the M1.”

HAVE A SNIFF OF GWYNNIE

Gwyneth Paltrow has returned to the limelight with another gluten-free cracker. Paltrow, who only yesterday was the face of Hugo Boss’s fragrances, has launched her own organic perfume, which she describes as “a scent of cypress smoke, snow, sensual quiet”.“Fragrance which I’ve used up to this point is actually really at best not transparent at all, and at worst very toxic,” she told Elle.com. Her perfume, on the other hand, has “healing and even mystical powers”.Considering Hugo Boss adverts bearing her face are still in circulation, it seems contrary for Paltrow to be lambasting other perfumes and pushing her own $165 alternative. So what was Gwyneth’s price for sacrificing her clean-living principles? A cool $2 million. If you ask us, it all has a whiff of toxic irony.

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Proposal of the day: actor David Schneider tweets that the £100 billion budget deficit could be filled by the promised £350 million a week for the NHS. Genius.

question: Summary Jared Kuchner's political maneuvers since Donald Trump became president.

answer: Jared Kushner, who is President Donald Trump's son-in-law, was spotted with Tony Blair (former UK Prime Miniter) and Sam Zell, a billionaire. Kushner is the link man for Donald Trump, having convinced Rupert Murdoch to throw his weight behind Trump's presidential campaign. It is rumored that Kushner is meeting with Blair with the possibility of having him as a consultant, though Blair's people have since debunked the idea.

question: Summarize Jonathan Miller's perspective on opera.

answer: Jonathan Miller is a veteran of the opera. The 82-year-old has been producing shows for almost 4 decades. He recently said in a pre-recorded interview that elaborate sets are not important in opera houses. He believes such ostentatious sets only exist to make the rich feel good.

question: Did Jared Kushner hire Tony Blair after their meeting?


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    _For the musical instrument, see Glass harp and Glass harmonica_.

GLASS HARP is a rock band formed in Youngstown, Ohio in 1968 consisting of Phil Keaggy, drummer John Sferra and bassist Daniel Pecchio.

Early years

Phil Keaggy was a member of a mid-1960s garage rock band called the Squires; one of their songs, which he co-wrote, appears on the compilation album _Highs in the Mid-Sixties, Volume 9_. In 1967 he moved on to briefly record with the band The New Hudson Exit. At one point, the band had apparently considered Joe Walsh as its lead guitarist. Walsh would later establish himself as guitarist for the James Gang before embarking on a solo career and work with Eagles.

In 1968, Keaggy and longtime friend drummer John Sferra, along with bassist Steve Markulin, formed the band Glass Harp. The band gigged in and around the Youngstown, Ohio area, finding work anywhere from school dances to clubs. This incarnation of the band recorded several demos and released the single “Where Did My World Come From?” on the United Audio label in 1969.

Markulin left the group to join his cousin Joe in another successful Youngstown band, The Human Beinz. Keaggy and Sferra then recruited bass player Daniel Pecchio. Pecchio, formerly of the band The Poppy, was also a flautist, a talent that would later be showcased on a few of Glass Harp's songs. Having recorded a new set of demos and signing with new management, the band set out to polish their live act and shop for a recording deal.

1970-1973

The band quickly found a following in the thriving music scene of Northeast Ohio, particularly alongside contemporaries such as The James Gang. Glass Harp was especially popular at the legendary JB's in Kent, Ohio, playing to packed houses during the volatile days surrounding the anti-war demonstrations at Kent State University.

With their latest demos having found the ears of Grammy Award-winning producer Lewis Merenstein, Glass Harp began work on their first album for the Decca label in the fall of 1970. The eponymous debut album (as well as the two subsequent studio albums) was recorded in Jimi Hendrix's Electric Lady Studios with Merenstein as producer.

Following the release of their 1970 debut album with guest John Cale on viola, Glass Harp soon began getting more high-profile opening spots for the biggest bands of the day such as Alice Cooper, Chicago, Yes, Traffic, and Grand Funk Railroad among many others.

Contrary to the tight production and song-oriented nature of their studio albums, the band's live shows at the time demonstrated Glass Harp's ability to stretch out and expand the boundaries of their compositions. While Glass Harp could be very at home with the progressive rock bands of the era, they were in fact one of the pioneers of what would later be known as the jam rock genre, with songs many times reaching over 30 minutes in length with extended solo passages and group improvisation.[1]

By 1971, Glass Harp became one of the most popular (if not one of the highest-paid) groups in Northeast Ohio.[2] This led to both supporting and headlining shows nationally from The Fillmore East to The Winterland Ballroom. On November 21, 1971,[3] the band played an opening spot for The Kinks at New York City's prestigious Carnegie Hall, receiving a thunderous ovation at the end of their hour-long set. This performance was released as the _Live At Carnegie Hall_ album in 1997.[4]

1972 would be a pivotal year for the group. Having recently released a second album (_Synergy_) Glass Harp were asked to perform a live concert on PBS in February. This broadcast would become groundbreaking in that it was one of the first to be simulcast on both television and then-nascent FM radio. While an off-air recording of this performance was heavily bootlegged on video for decades, the master tape was later located and subsequently released on DVD as _Circa 72_ 2006.[5]

On August 6, 1972 (shortly before their third studio album _It Makes Me Glad_ was released) Phil Keaggy played his final show with Glass Harp at My Father's Place, Roslyn, New York[6] before embarking on a solo career. Having already written Christian-themed lyrics throughout his time in Glass Harp, Keaggy first found an audience in the burgeoning Jesus music scene, and later achieved worldwide fame as both a songwriter and instrumentalist as it evolved into Contemporary Christian Music.

With tour of East Coast colleges and universities having already been booked for September 1972 in support of _It Makes Me Glad_, Sferra and Pecchio replaced Keaggy with guitarist Tim Burks.[7][8] In April 1973,[9] violinist Randy Benson (formerly of Tiny Alice[10]) was added to the lineup. The music of the four-piece lineup took on a more progressive edge, similar to King Crimson and The Moody Blues (while studio and live radio broadcast recordings exist[11] from this period, they remain officially unreleased as of 2012). This brief incarnation of the group lasted into October 1973, when they reverted to the trio of Sferra/Pecchio/Burks following Benson's departure.[12] Their last known concert before disbanding was on December 2, 1973 at Norwalk High School, Norwalk, Ohio.[13] All three members immediately moved on to other projects. Sferra and Burks formed the short-lived group Hartship in 1974,[14] while Pecchio became a founding member of the popular Michael Stanley Band.

1981-1997

In April 1981, Glass Harp reunited when Sferra and Pecchio made surprise appearances at two consecutive Phil Keaggy solo concerts in Ohio (Cleveland's Masonic Auditorium on April 10, and Akron's Civic Theatre on April 11).[15] Sferra and Pecchio would make a similar appearance at a Keaggy solo concert in Akron in 1986, before an official Glass Harp reunion show occurred at the Akron Civic Theatre on December 27, 1988[16]

In 1993, John Sferra joined Phil Keaggy's band on the Crimson and Blue tour.[17] At the tour's November 13 stop in Akron, OH (again at the Civic Theatre), Daniel Pecchio again joined with Keaggy/Sferra to perform several Glass Harp songs.

In January 1997, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio, opened an exhibit called “My Town.” Because the exhibit focused on Cleveland's rock and roll history, Glass Harp was invited to give a special performance and Q&A session at the Museum in April 1997[18] Currently, Glass Harp is represented in the Museum's ongoing “Cleveland Rocks” exhibit.[19][20]

On May 23–24, 1997, Glass Harp performed two consecutive sold-out concerts at the Civic Theatre in Akron, OH.[21]

2000-2009

On October 22, 2000[22] Glass Harp gave a sold out performance in their hometown of Youngstown, Ohio at Powers Auditorium. Joining the band for the occasion was conductor Isaiah Jackson and members of the Youngstown Symphony Orchestra. The following year saw the commercial release of the reunion concert in the form of the live double album _Strings Attached_. Although the album is largely devoted to the band's previous work, it also includes Glass Harp's take on several songs from Phil's solo career such as “Tender Love,” “Chalice,” “From the Beginning” and a solo acoustic version of “The True Believers.”

In the summer of 2003, the group released _Hourglass_, their first new studio album in 31 years. Well received by fans and critics alike, the album drew on various musical styles that demonstrated Glass Harp's many influences and individual talents. In October, Glass Harp made a second appearance at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, again featuring a performance and a Q&A moderated by Rock Hall curator James Henke.[23]

In 2004, the band went on a short U.S. tour in support of their triple-live album _Stark Raving Jams_ (a collection of various live instrumental and improvisational material from throughout their career). The album/tour served to successfully re-introduce Glass Harp into the jam band scene, in which they are now considered a pioneering group.

In 2004, guitarists Greg Martin (of the Kentucky Headhunters) and Rick Derringer joined Glass Harp on stage at the Dallas International Guitar Festival.[24] Martin again appeared with Glass Harp at the same festival in 2006.[25]

Glass Harp's original Decca studio albums were re-issued on CD in 2005 by Music Mill Entertainment (having first been released on CD in 1993 by Line Records in Germany before quickly going out of print). These releases were re-mastered with bonus tracks and updated liner notes. As of early 2012, the three Glass Harp titles on Music Mill have gone out of print,[26] and are not yet available for digital purchase.

In 2009, Sferra and Pecchio teamed up with Keaggy, Randy Stonehill and guitarist Mike Pachelli as “The Keaggy-Stonehill Band” and played a few dates in support of Keaggy and Stonehill's album _Mystery Highway_.

During the 2000s, Glass Harp's touring groups included (at various times) diverse instrumentation such as trumpets, trombones, saxophones, mandolins and violins. Most frequently, the band is joined by keyboardist Chris Queen, formerly of the Athens, Georgia, funk band Mr. Tibbs (a group which also included Ted Pecchio, Daniel Pecchio's son, on bass).[27]

2010-present

On March 27, 2010, Glass Harp released _Live at the Beachland Ballroom 11.01.08_. The album was more experimental and free-form in nature than previous Glass Harp recordings, and includes extended versions of older material bridged together by the nearly-sixteen-minute “Beachland Jam”.[28] The ten song project included material from Phil's solo career: “Sign Came through a Window” and “John the Revelator.” The album is a recording of a benefit concert that Glass Harp headlined for Roots of American Music (www.rootsofamericanmusic.org), “an organization dedicated to the preservation, performance and education about traditional American music in our schools.”[29]

In March 2011 Glass Harp's post-Decca catalog was released on iTunes, and many other streaming/digital services.[30]

On May 7, 2011, guitarist Neil Zaza joined Glass Harp for two songs during their concert at Cleveland's Beachland Ballroom.[31][32]

In March 2012 Keaggy, Sferra and Pecchio performed four concerts in the Eastern U.S. billed as “The Phil Keaggy Band” rather than “Glass Harp”.[33][34][35]

Glass Harp remains semi-active , performing one-off headlining shows and short tours. In addition, Daniel Pecchio and John Sferra occasionally appear with Phil Keaggy for an electric set during the guitarist's solo performances in or around Ohio. In an August 2012 interview, Keaggy said “Especially this past year I've gotten extra comfortable playing with Glass Harp, we've been lifelong friends. We really love each other as friends and brothers.”[36]

On June 25, 2019, _The New York Times Magazine_ listed Glass Harp among hundreds of artists whose material was reportedly destroyed in the 2008 Universal fire.[37]

Discography

-   “Where Did My World Come From?”/“She Told Me” 1969 (single). Available for free mp3 download at the band's website
-   _Glass Harp_ 1970
-   _Synergy_ 1971
-   _It Makes Me Glad_ 1972
-   _Song in the Air_ (compilation) 1977
-   _Live at Carnegie Hall_ 1997
-   _Strings Attached_ 2001
-   _Hourglass_ 2003
-   _Stark Raving Jams_ 2004
-   _Live at the Beachland Ballroom 11/01/08_ 2010

Videography

-   _Circa 72_, 2006 DVD

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[2] Pantsios, Anastasia. “Glass Harp sired Hartship new band with big potential”, _The Plain Dealer_, Cleveland, October 25, 1974.

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[6] Wilson, John S. “In Roslyn, Accent Is on Youth”, _The New York Times_, New York, August 6, 1972.

[7] Scott, Jane. “The Happening”, _The Plain Dealer_, Cleveland, September 8, 1972.

[8] Scott, Jane. “New string on Harp”, _The Plain Dealer_, Cleveland, October 27, 1972.

[9] Scott, Jane. “The Happening”, _The Plain Dealer_, Cleveland, April 13, 1973.

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[12] Scott, Jane. "The Happening, _The Plain Dealer_, Cleveland, October 13, 1973.

[13] _Sandusky Register_, Sandusky, December 2, 1973.

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[16] Heaton, Michael. “Rock as it was and should be”, _The Plain Dealer_, Cleveland, December 29, 1988.

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[18] Gray, Andy. “Music, fanaticism as clear as ever: Glass Harp sparkles at reunion”, _Tribune Chronicle_, Warren, April 21, 1997.

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title: Glass Harp (band)

question: Summarize the rise of the band, Glass Harp.

answer: Glass Harp released demos that made their way to Grammy-Award winning producer, Lewis Merenstein, who produced their debut album and recorded it in Jimi Hendrix's Lady Studios. Soon after releasing their debut album, Glass Harp began getting high-profile opening spots for big bands. They were supporting and headlining shows nationally and after releasing their second album, they were asked to perform a live concert on PBS. The broadcast would be the first to simulcast on television and radio. In 1973, Glass Harp disbanded but reunited years later and released their first new album in 31 years. The album was well received by fans and critics.


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The bloody sun was nearing its highest point when the man reached the outskirts of the ruined city. It was a breezy day, and the shifting grass seemed to shy away from him as he made his slow voyage across the plain. He was a tall man, well tanned from being in the sun for long hours, and his face had crinkled into an expression of age and rugged wisdom. His body was strapped in torn leather, and his facial hair suggested a few days of no shaving. In his right hand he bore a walking stick, sharpened at the end to a point, like a spear. A holster hung about his waste, and in it, a 10 millimeter Bren Ten, with a single clip left to use.

Hoping to find some much needed supplies, the man continued his trek, glancing between the skyline of ruined towers, and the great mountains beyond them. A sign, eroded by age, read in large white letters “Welcome to Denver.” He heard of the place before. They used to call it the “mile high city,” but that was long ago. Back when he had friends.

He had been the first male born to his tribe, he recalled, and he was called "blessing" by many. They told him the stories of how the great tribes fell, and the towers became empty. They told him of sky people, who had come down to the earth and snatched its inhabitants. But in defiance, they fought back and were swiftly annihilated. Seeing their potential slaves mostly dead, the sky people fled, and left them to their ruined home.

His tribe were his friends. But his friends had sent him out here, out West. He was to find civilization, and return to save his people. But more and more he feared that there was no civilization to be found.

So now there were no friends. It had been a long time since he had heard the sound of another voice. His own often provided that helpful second opinion. He liked his voice, but he often remembered his friends’.

 Thinking of these things made the trip seem shorter, and he soon found himself amongst the great tombs of skyscrapers, monuments to a greater time. The man saw nothing but rubble and trash, nothing worth collecting. He kept on, his spear held tightly in his hand. Who knew what monster may inhabit these crypts? The place was deathly quiet; the only sound was the slight rustle of the wind upon the grass. But his ears perked up as a piece of rubble fell out of place.

Stopping, the man looked around, until he saw a figure reveal itself in the shadow. A friend…finally? No. A bullet whizzed past his head. He dropped the spear, and quickly whipped out his pistol. Taking aim as the figure approached, he discharged a bullet. But in the mere sliver of time before he pulled the trigger, he saw the figure’s face. It was a woman, a beautiful woman, not scarred by the brutal reality of this hostile wasteland. He could not cut down such beauty; his heart would not allow him, even for survival. His hand moved the slightest inch out of line as he fired, and the bullet sailed off, striking nothing.

She fired back, this time not missing. He felt the hot lead hit his chest, and the pain seared him. Dropping his gun, the man slowly bent down on one knee, and then another. He grasped at his chest, and began to breathe raggedly. He could feel his heart hurting. As he fell backwards to the ground, tears began to form in his eyes. As the darkness began to surround him, he felt not fear, but joy. He wished the woman a farewell in his mind, and hoped she lived to escape this harsh place. With his last breath of life, the man looked up at the great towering tombstones, and to the clouds beyond.

“It is fitting,” thought he, “to die in a graveyard.”

title: The Graveyard

question: Why are the cities of America in ruin?

answer: It appears that aliens came, whom the main character calls "sky people." There was a war against the aliens, and all the cities were left in ruins. The aliens left because the Earthlings had destroyed themselves and there was nothing and no one left to enslave.

question: Why does the man let himself get killed at the end of the story?

answer: The man encounters his assailant but then sees that she is a beautiful woman. He is not willing to let something so beautiful die. So he hesitates to pull the trigger and in that time she shoots him.

question: What does the motif of graveyards in the title mean?

answer: The graveyards function on multiple levels. The man sees the skyscrapers of Denver as "tombstones" and claims it is fitting for him to die in one. In a sense the graveyard is a metaphor for the cities of Earth, which are ruins and are now nothing but crypts.


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PCalc is the powerful choice for scientists, engineers, students, programmers, or indeed anybody looking for a feature rich calculator. It includes an optional RPN mode and multi-line display, a choice of button layouts, an extensive set of unit conversions and constants, a paper tape, multiple undo and redo, engineering and scientific notation, as well as support for hexadecimal, octal, and binary calculations.

Includes an Apple Watch app, so you can calculate on your wrist!

What’s New

Oct 6, 2020

Version 3.10.2

Added some new digit styles.
Fixed a crash at startup on iPadOS 14.
Fixed a crash when rapidly tapping the toolbar buttons on iPadOS 14.

Ratings and Reviews

It can be anything you want it to be

  I have downloaded (and bought) many iPhone calculators and PCalc is by far the best. The depth and breadth of this app is a true labor of love by the author who has spend decades perfecting it (see his website). As an RPN lover and HP calculator addict, I have searched for and tried most of the offerings in the app store only to be disapointed by the rediculous skeuomorphic designs that abound.

  With PCalc, the amount of custimization possibilities is dizzyingly vast but, once the shock of available options wears off, you are rewarded with a true sense of empowerment. Case in point: I love the elegance and simplicity of the original HP35 from 1972. I was able to duplicate this keyboard layout and, with the appropriate theme, I was able get it looking very nice. This took me a while but my layout is automatically saved to iCloud where it syncs with my other iOS devices.

  The layout customization is very sophisticated, allowing you to have keys that are hidden until the 2nd key is pressed. All the labels for each key can be set to whatever you want. I'll stop here not because there is not more to say, but because this calculator shines once you start exploring the many options available. The point being, if you don't like what you see in the default layouts, you can make it be anything you want it to be.

Best Calculator App, Period.

  This thing is the Disneyland of calculator apps. The developer is a genius. Every feature you could possibly want, or might one day in the future discover you want, is in here. But none of that vast array of features results in any unnecessary complexity. PCalc is totally user customizable, enabling you to create just the feature set and look and feel that you desire.

  Also, every other calc app I have tried has either lagged or mis-registered touches, but PCalc is smooth as silk, which is crucial for a calculator. I never thought I would even review, much less rave about a calculator app, but not only does PCalc work like a dream, but it has such incredible attention to detail and customizability that it's actually a ton of fun just to play around with the endless variations.

  But wait, there's more. As if this thing couldn't possibly get any better, in the latest version the developer has added what can only be described as a 3-D graphics wonderland as a hidden bonus. Simply tap the "i" key, then "Help", then "About PCalc" and prepare to be amazed. You just have to try it; I don't want to spoil the surprise.

Sure, there are lots of calculators...

  ... But none like this! Pcalc has been around for a long, long time and is available on both iOS and macOS. However, the iOS version seems to be getting most of the love from the very talented author, and that's okay by me: I'm more likely to have an iOS device handy these days and I now find excuses to use this attractive and powerful app. I use it daily for various units conversions and general calculating.

  I fell in love as soon as I discovered it had an RPN mode. Easily mastered, RPN is intuitive and eliminates any ambiguity over operator precedence in complex calculations. My nearly 40 year-old HP calculator still sits in a lonely drawer; I'd rather use Pcalc, now.

  If you have an iPad Pro, the latest release has a delightful Easter egg that demonstrates the considerable computing and graphics power, while allowing the author to show off his programming chops. As an old-timer, I'm impressed!

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Size
    111.4 MB

Category
    Utilities

Compatibility

    Requires iOS 10.0 and watchOS 3.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad, and iPod touch.

Age Rating
    4+

Copyright
    © 1992 - 2019 James Thomson

Price
    $9.99

In-App Purchases

    1.  Small Tip $0.99
    2.  Medium Tip $1.99
    3.  Large Tip $4.99

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    With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.

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question: What is PCalc?

answer: A calculator application

question: List some of the features of PCalc.

answer: PCalc includes an optional RPN mode and multi-line display, a choice of button layouts, an extensive set of unit conversions and constants, a paper tape, multiple undo and redo, engineering and scientific notation, as well as support for hexadecimal, octal, and binary calculations. It also includes an Apple Watch app.

question: What is the name of the company that develops PCalc?

answer: TLA Systems Ltd.

question: What was the latest version of PCalc at the time of the article?

answer: Version 3.10.2

question: Where can PCalc be purchased?

answer: It is available on both iOS and macOS.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: A review of the PCalc calculator app for iOS and macOS. In addition to having a wide array of features, the app, published by TLA Systems Ltd., is customizable and very smooth and responsive.


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LEPUS (, ) is a constellation lying just south of the celestial equator. Its name is Latin for hare. It is located below—immediately south—of Orion (the hunter), and is sometimes represented as a hare being chased by Orion or by Orion's hunting dogs.[1]

Although the hare does not represent any particular figure in Greek mythology, Lepus was one of the 48 constellations listed by the 2nd-century astronomer Ptolemy, and it remains one of the 88 modern constellations.

History and mythology

[Lepus as seen in _Urania's Mirror_ (1825)] Lepus is most often represented as a hare being hunted by Orion, whose hunting dogs (Canis Major and Canis Minor) pursue it. The constellation is also associated with the Moon rabbit.

Four stars of this constellation (α, β, γ, δ Lep) form a quadrilateral and are known as _‘Arsh al-Jawzā'_, “the Throne of Jawzā'” or _Kursiyy al-Jawzā' al-Mu'akhkhar_, “the Hindmost Chair of Jawzā'” and _al-Nihāl_, “the Camels Quenching Their Thirst” in Arabic.

Features

Stars

[The constellation Lepus as it can be seen by the naked eye.] There are a fair number of bright stars, both single and double, in Lepus. Alpha Leporis, the brightest star of Lepus, is a white supergiant of magnitude 2.6, 1300 light-years from Earth. Its traditional name, Arneb (_أرنب_ _’arnab_), means “hare” in Arabic.[2] Beta Leporis, traditionally known as Nihal (Arabic for “quenching their thirst”),[3] is a yellow giant of magnitude 2.8, 159 light-years from Earth. Gamma Leporis is a double star divisible in binoculars. The primary is a yellow star of magnitude 3.6, 29 light-years from Earth. The secondary is an orange star of magnitude 6.2. Delta Leporis is a yellow giant of magnitude 3.8, 112 light-years from Earth. Epsilon Leporis is an orange giant of magnitude 3.2,[4] 227 light-years from Earth. Kappa Leporis is a double star divisible in medium aperture amateur telescopes, 560 light-years from Earth. The primary is a blue-white star of magnitude 4.4 and the secondary is a star of magnitude 7.4.

There are several variable stars in Lepus. R Leporis is a Mira variable star. It is also called “Hind's Crimson Star” for its striking red color and because it was named for John Russell Hind. It varies in magnitude from a minimum of 9.8 to a maximum of 7.3, with a period of 420 days. R Leporis is at a distance of 1500 light-years. The color intensifies as the star brightens.[5] It can be as dim as magnitude 12 and as bright as magnitude 5.5. T Leporis is also a Mira variable observed in detail by ESO's Very Large Telescope Interferometer.[6] RX Leporis is a semi-regular red giant that has a period of 2 months. It has a minimum magnitude of 7.4 and a maximum magnitude of 5.0.

Deep-sky objects

There is one Messier object in Lepus, M79. It is a globular cluster of magnitude 8.0, 42,000 light-years from Earth. One of the few globular clusters visible in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere's winter, it is a Shapley class V cluster, which means that it has an intermediate concentration towards its center. It is often described as having a “starfish” shape.

M79 was discovered in 1780 by Pierre Méchain.

[1] “Skys & Telescope: March 2008”, _Southern Hemisphere Highlights:_ by Shermend

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[5]

[6] Unique Details Of Double Star In Orion Nebula And Star T Leporis Captured By 'Virtual' Telescope. ScienceDaily. Retrieved February 19, 2009, 1

title: Lepus (constellation)

question: What is the location of Lepus?

answer: Lepus is a constellation that lies just south of the celestial equator. It is below Orion.

question: What is the mythology behind Lepus?

answer: Lepus is most often represented as a hare being hunted by Orion, whose hunting dogs pursue it.


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[ruins of Sadamisaki Battery]

was the name of a group of coastal fortifications built to guard the Hōyo Strait at the entrance to Bungo Channel between the Japanese islands of Kyushu and Shikoku and this the western entrance to the Seto Inland Sea. These gun batteries and fortifications ceased to be used after the end of World War II.

History

After the Meiji restoration, the primary threats to the new Empire of Japan were perceived to be Qing China's Beiyang fleet, followed by the Russian Empire's Pacific Fleet. The Meiji government ordered the construction of a set of coastal fortifications to protect the strategic waterway and approaches to major coastal cities. Initially, the Hiroshima Port Fortress was constructed to protect the city of Hiroshima, which was the location of the Imperial General Headquarters in the First Sino-Japanese War and the Geiyō Fortress was constructed to control the Kurushima Strait, a narrows in the Seto Inland Sea between Hiroshima and Shikoku, which blocked the western approaches to Kobe and Osaka.

From 1920, construction began on coastal fortifications to control the much wider Bungo Channel. Geiyō Fortress was abolished in 1924 and Hiroshima Bay Fortress in 1926. A second groups of batteries were completed between 1930 and 1934. The fortifications were in five groups: the island of Takashima and Cape Sekizaki (both in the city of Ōita, Cape Tsuru (in Saiki, Ōita), Saganoseki Saganoseki, Ōita, and Cape Sada (Ikata, Nishiuwa District, Ehime).

The largest guns installed were 28-cm howitzers of the same type which were under during the Russo-Japanese War at the Siege of Port Arthur to get effect against the Russian Pacific Fleet. From the 1920s and 1930s, many surplus guns of the Imperial Japanese Navy, which had been made available due to the reduction of capital warships per the London Naval Treaty and the Washington Naval Treaty, were reused in these coastal artillery installations.

With the approach of World War II, efforts were made to modernize and strength these coastal batteries. In particular, at the Taga Battery in Saiki, Oita, the EOC 12-inch 45-calibre naval guns formerly used as the main battery of the scrapped cruiser were installed. During a training exercise in January 1942, one of these guns exploded due to a turret breach, killing 16 men and injuring 18 others.

All fortifications were dismantled at the end of World War II.

Components of the Hōyo Fortress

Takashima Site

-   Takashima No.1 Battery (two 12cm rapid fire guns)
-   Takashima No.2 Battery (4 30cm howitzers)
-   Takashima No.3 Battery (4 12-cm rapid fire cannons)

Sekizaki Site

-   Sekizaki Battery (15cm rapid fire cannon)

Cape Sada Site

-   Sadamisaki No.1 Battery: 15cm howitzer (4 guns), removed in 1944
-   Sadamisaki No.2 Battery: cannon (4 guns), removed in 1944
-   Sadamisaki No.3 Battery:Type 38 12 cm howitzer (2 guns) installed in 1945
-   Sadamisaki No.4 Battery:Type 38 12 cm howitzer (2 guns) installed in 1945

Cape Tsuru site

-   Taga 1st Battery: 30cm cannon (26 guns), damaged January 1942
-   Tsurumisaki No.1 Battery: 15cm cannon (4 guns)
-   Tsurumisaki No.2 Battery: 12cm howitzer (4 guns)

Saganoseki site

-   Shiroki Main Magazine

title: Hōyo Fortress

question: What does the article say about why the Hōyo Fortress was built?

answer: Qing China's Beiyang Fleet and the Russian Empire's Pacific Fleet were perceived as threats by the new Empire of Japan. The fortress is built to guard the Hōyo Strait at the entrance to Bungo Channel and to protect the strategic waterway and approaches to major coastal cities.

question: What does the story say about the history of the fortress prior to WW2?

answer: The Hiroshima Port Fortress was constructed to protect the city of Hiroshima. Geiyō Fortress was constructed to control the Kurushima Strait. From 1920, construction began on coastal fortifications to control the much wider Bungo Channel. Geiyō Fortress was abolished in 1924 and Hiroshima Bay Fortress in 1926. The second group of batteries was completed between 1930 and 1934. The largest guns installed were 28-cm howitzers.

question: What does the article say about how many people participated in building the fortress?


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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 02:59 AM

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  A discussion among students at Oberlin High School in Oberlin, La.,
  about a mathematical symbol led to a police investigation and a search
  of one of the student’s homes, according to the Allen Parish Sheriff’s
  Office. On the afternoon of Feb. 20, detectives investigated a report
  of terroristic threats at the school, where they learned that a student
  had been completing a math problem that required drawing the
  square-root sign. Students in the group began commenting that the
  symbol, which represents a number that when multiplied by itself
  equals another number, looked like a gun.

www.miamiherald.com...
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the offending square root sign , ... proving guns don't kill people ,
..... mathematics does .

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despite an extensive search
police couldn't find this square root symbol , but ....
.... the square root of zero .... is ZERO

Meanwhile , BOM , .... Bureau of Meteorology is now getting nervous !

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 03:11 AM

a reply to: radarloveguy

Have we lost our way? It's almost impossible to believe that nobody in the group had the good common sense to calm the panic. Were they a remedial class? Did these guys miss every maths lesson in their hysterical lives? Have they never picked up a calculator?!

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  “The student used extremely poor judgment in making the comment, but in light of the actual circumstances, there was clearly no evidence to support criminal charges,” the department wrote, adding that the school board had been contacted to determine any disciplinary action for the student. Read more here: www.miamiherald.com...=cpy

Jesus! A bunch of morons report a student for doing their maths homework. Let it sink in a moment. Now he's facing a 'thought crime' disciplinary after being investigated by the police.

The kids who reported it should be the issue here. They should be forced to attend extra-tuition in maths, common sense and how to cross a busy road. Dopes.

Something is massively, deeply wrong when kids panic over a maths symbol, police take it seriously and innocent students get disciplined for studying.

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 03:13 AM

a reply to: radarloveguy

Nothing wrong with the education system there at all.

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 03:14 AM

Absolute, non irrefutable, stupidity on the part of not only the student, but the police department.

Might as well investigate the kid who chewed a gun out of a pop tart.

What the hell is wrong with law enforcement?

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 03:19 AM

a reply to: EternalSolace

Who called the cops? It's possible the frigging teacher is a stupid as the rest of them.

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 03:20 AM

a reply to: Kandinsky

Citizens must defend their constitutional rights to openly
carry forward the remainder of Mathematical symbols .

minus is not a bullet . plus is not a ninja star . equals is not a bazooka .

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 03:21 AM

This must be an early aprils fools joke, no way there is so much stupidy.

Although, I could not find what the student said. Probably something along the line "I deal with those guns (root sign) everyday"...

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 03:23 AM

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  originally posted by: hopenotfeariswhatweneed
  a reply to: radarloveguy

  Nothing wrong with the education system there at all.

The kids are being failed if they're so paranoid and uneducated to have done this. To be fair, they're great examples of the success of propaganda! If we wanted to create a society of jittery sheep, this is what we'd get.

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  originally posted by: radarloveguy
  a reply to: Kandinsky

  minus is not a bullet . plus is not a ninja star . equals is not a bazooka .

Comedy line of the week

edit on 2.25.2018 by Kandinsky because: (no reason given)

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 03:25 AM

a reply to: radarloveguy

Clarity is needed..

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  "The whole notion that there was a SWAT raid over a math symbol is absurd," Hebert told PJM. "I got a call from a KPLC that they had a serious threat of a shooting at the school, so we went to the house to verify. There was no search warrant, we just sent two [deputies] to knock on the door," chuckled Hebert. "This is a small parish and everybody knows everybody and we found out very quickly there was no crime and no threat."

pjmedia.com...

Herbert is the Sheriff.

This is what happens when rumours are left to spread unchallenged.

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 03:30 AM

a reply to: Kandinsky

Can't argue with you there.

I guess it comes back to simple living, once people looked out for each other, our civilization is built on people working together for a common goal.

In this current stage of society people have forgotten the simplicity of success.

Our lifestyles have now bread selfishness and contempt, money rules and has replaced the need for mutual reliance, money in fact has people pitted against each other in search for more and more of it. On this path we are screwed, and ironically we will back to working together to rebuild back to where we inevitably are now,i guess that's our cycle till we break free.

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 03:35 AM

a reply to: Kandinsky

It harks back to some woman on a plane causing disruption because she accused someone of writing in arabic, when it was in fact, math equations he was working on.

for the love of god, when will this insanity cease. I've given up hoping, and now I'll just protect myself from the idiots with loud words and lawyers.

edit on 25-2-2018 by badw0lf because: (no reason given)

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 03:38 AM

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  originally posted by: radarloveguy
  a reply to: Kandinsky

  Citizens must defend their constitutional rights to openly
  carry forward the remainder of Mathematical symbols .

  minus is not a bullet . plus is not a ninja star . equals is not a bazooka .

Somewhere in Pi, is the determination of a specific person to commit a specific act, being an infinite irrational number.

BAN THE PI!!!!111

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 03:39 AM

Really? You guys can't figure out why stuff like this is happening? People are scared and on edge.

Kids are scared to go to school. Parents are scared for their kids. Teachers are scared. The police are scared due to the backlash of them not doing enough to stop the guy from shooting up the high school.

The event in the OP was a week after the shooting. We don't know what the particular student said because it wasn't included in the article, but we do know that people are scared and on edge right now. You can't joke around about this in a school anymore than you can joke about blowing up a plane when you are in an airport.

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 03:42 AM

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  originally posted by: kaylaluv
  Really? You guys can't figure out why stuff like this is happening? People are scared and on edge.

  Kids are scared to go to school. Parents are scared for their kids. Teachers are scared. The police are scared due to the backlash of them not doing enough to stop the guy from shooting up the high school.

  The event in the OP was a week after the shooting. We don't know what the particular student said because it wasn't included in the article, but we do know that people are scared and on edge right now. You can't joke around about this in a school anymore than you can joke about blowing up a plane when you are in an airport.

NO PI FOR YOU....

Has to be the worst justification post ever for such a monumental load of crap... Writing square root is fear causing.

Are we back to the times when infinity was the realm of god alone, and anyone trying to discuss it was drowned? jesus...

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 03:49 AM

a reply to: badw0lf

We don't know what the kid said. Maybe during the discussion, he said "I've got a couple of "square roots" at home, maybe i'll bring one of my "square roots" to school tomorrow."

Do you think its okay to joke about bringing a bomb on a plane while you are waiting in line to get on the plane?

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 03:50 AM

a reply to: badw0lf

At a stretch Pi certainly does look gun like .

My recommendation is to preface all math
symbols with wholesome words i.e Apple Pi
Sweet potato square root .. etc

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 03:52 AM

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  originally posted by: verschickter
  This must be an early aprils fools joke, no way there is so much stupidy.

in America these days. you better believe there's that much stupidity. this isn't a surprise to me just sad. I made the decision last year to begin immigrating to another country because I felt there was no hope for America to right its listing hull any more and that she was going under.

edit on 25-2-2018 by BASSPLYR because: (no reason given)

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 03:57 AM

a reply to: BASSPLYR

I agree. I'd love to live someplace like Canada where I can go to a mall or a movie theater or a church or an outdoor music concert, and my kid can go to school without worrying if there's going to be a shooting today.

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 04:01 AM

a reply to: badw0lf

That symbol looks scary. More scary than an AR-15. I shall wait 3.14 seconds before calling the police.

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posted on Feb, 25 2018 @ 04:12 AM

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  originally posted by: Chadwickus
  a reply to: radarloveguy

  Clarity is needed..

    __
    "The whole notion that there was a SWAT raid over a math symbol is absurd," Hebert told PJM. "I got a call from a KPLC that they had a serious threat of a shooting at the school, so we went to the house to verify. There was no search warrant, we just sent two [deputies] to knock on the door," chuckled Hebert. "This is a small parish and everybody knows everybody and we found out very quickly there was no crime and no threat."

  pjmedia.com...

  Herbert is the Sheriff.

  This is what happens when rumours are left to spread unchallenged.

Doesn't look like many people read this so I'll re-post.

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question: What does the article say about what happened in Oberlin High School in Oberlin, La?

answer: A discussion among students about the square root mathematical symbol led to a police investigation and a search of one of the student’s homes. Students in the group began commenting that the symbol, which represents a number that when multiplied by itself equals another number, looked like a gun. Detectives investigated a report of terroristic threats at the school, where they learned that a student had been completing a math problem that required drawing the square-root sign. The department wrote that there was clearly no evidence to support criminal charges.

question: What does the article say about the student that called the police?

answer: A comment says that the student who called the police is a moron and should be forced to attend extra-tuition in maths, common sense and how to cross a busy road. Paranoid and uneducated students are great examples of the success of propaganda.

question: What does the article say about the identity of the student who called the police?


text:
The was an informal agreement between the United States of America and the Empire of Japan whereby the United States would not impose restrictions on Japanese immigration and Japan would not allow further emigration to the United States. The goal was to reduce tensions between the two Pacific nations. The agreement was never ratified by the United States Congress and was superseded by the Immigration Act of 1924.

Background

[Japanese Day parade on Seattle's Second Avenue, 1909] Chinese immigration to California boomed during the Gold Rush of 1852, but the strict Japanese government practiced policies of isolation that thwarted Japanese emigration. It was not until 1868 that the Japanese government lessened restrictions and that Japanese immigration to the United States began. Anti-Chinese sentiment motivated American entrepreneurs to recruit Japanese laborers.[1] In 1885, the first Japanese workers arrived in the Kingdom of Hawaii, which was then independent.

Most Japanese immigrants wanted to reside in America permanently and came in family groups, in contrast to the Chinese immigration of young men, most of whom soon returned to China. They assimilated to American social norms, such as on clothing. Many joined Methodist and Presbyterian churches.[2][3]

As the Japanese population in California grew, they were seen with suspicion as an entering wedge by Japan. By 1905, anti-Japanese rhetoric filled the pages of the _San Francisco Chronicle_, and Japanese Americans did not live only in Chinatown but throughout the city. In 1905, the _Japanese and Korean Exclusion League_ was established and promoted four policies:

1.  Extension of the Chinese Exclusion Act to include Japanese and Koreans
2.  Exclusion by League members of Japanese employees and the hiring of firms that employ Japanese
3.  Initiation of pressure the School Board to segregate Japanese from white children
4.  Initiation of a propaganda campaign to inform Congress and the President of that “menace”.[4]

Tensions had been rising in San Francisco, and since the 1905 decisive Japanese victory against Russia, Japan demanded treatment as an equal. The result was a series of six notes communicated between Japan and the United States from late 1907 to early 1908. The immediate cause of the Agreement was anti-Japanese nativism in California. In 1906, the San Francisco Board of Education passed a regulation whereby children of Japanese descent would be required to attend separate, segregated schools. At the time, Japanese immigrants made up approximately 1% of the population of California, many of whom had immigrated under a treaty in 1894 that had assured free immigration from Japan.[5][6]

In the Agreement, Japan agreed not to issue passports for Japanese citizens wishing to work in the Continental United States, thus effectively eliminating new Japanese immigration to the United States. In exchange, the United States agreed to accept the presence of Japanese immigrants already residing there; to permit the immigration of wives, children, and parents; and to avoid legal discrimination against Japanese American children in California schools. There was also a strong desire on the part of the Japanese government to resist being treated as inferiors. Japan did not want the United States to pass any such legislation as had happened to the Chinese under the Chinese Exclusion Act. US President Theodore Roosevelt, who had a positive opinion of Japan, accepted the Agreement as proposed by Japan to avoid more formal immigration restrictions.[7]

Segregation of schools

At the time, there were 93 Japanese students spread across 23 elementary schools. For decades, policies segregated Japanese schools, but they were not enforced as long as there was room and white parents did not complain. The Japanese and Korean Exclusion League appeared before the school board multiple times to complain. The school board dismissed its claims because it was fiscally infeasible to create new facilities to accommodate only 93 students. After the 1906 fire, the school board sent the 93 Japanese students to the Chinese Primary School and renamed it “The Oriental Public School for Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans.” Transportation was limited after the earthquake, and many students could not attend the Oriental Public School.[8]

Many Japanese Americans argued with the school board that the segregation of schools went against the Treaty of 1894, which did not expressly address education but indicated that Japanese in America would receive equal rights. Under the controlling decisions of the United States Supreme Court (Plessy v. Ferguson, 1896), a state did not violate the Equal Protection Clause of the United States Constitution by requiring racial segregation so long as the separate facilities were substantially equal. Tokyo newspapers denounced the segregation as an insult to Japanese pride and honor. The Japanese government wanted to protect its reputation as a world power. Government officials became aware that a crisis was at hand, and intervention was necessary to maintain diplomatic peace.[9]

Federal intervention

President Roosevelt had three objectives to resolve the situation: showing Japan that the policies of California did not reflect the ideals of the entire country, forcing San Francisco to remove the segregation policies, and reaching a resolution to the Japanese immigration problem. Victor Metcalf, Secretary of Commerce and Labor, was sent to investigate the issue and to force the rescission of the policies. He was unsuccessful since local officials wanted Japanese exclusion. Roosevelt tried to pressure the school board, but it would not budge. On February 15, 1907, the parties came to a compromise. If Roosevelt could ensure the suspension of Japanese immigration, the school board would allow Japanese American students to attend public schools. The Japanese government did not want to harm its national pride or to suffer humiliation like the Qing government in 1882 in China from the Chinese Exclusion Act. The Japanese government agreed to stop granting passports to laborers who were trying to enter the United States unless such laborers were coming to occupy a formerly-acquired home, to join a parent; spouse; or child, or to assume active control of a previously-acquired farming enterprise.[10]

Concessions were agreed in a note consisting of six points a year later. The agreement was followed by the admission of students of Japanese ancestry into public schools. The adoption of the 1907 Agreement spurred the arrival of “picture brides,” marriages of convenience made at a distance through photographs.[11] By establishing marital bonds at a distance, women seeking to emigrate to the United States were able to gain a passport, and Japanese workers in America were able to gain a mate of their own nationality.[12] Because of that provision, which helped close the gender gap within the community from a ratio of 7 men to every woman in 1910 to less than 2 to 1 by 1920, the Japanese American population continued to grow despite the Agreement's limits on immigration. The Gentlemen's Agreement was never written into a law passed by the US Congress but was an informal agreement between the United States and Japan, enacted via unilateral action by President Roosevelt. It was nullified by the Immigration Act of 1924, which legally banned all Asians from migrating to the United States. [13]

[1]

[2] Daniels, (1999)

[3] Brian Masaru Hayashi, _For the Sake of Our Japanese Brethren: Assimilation, Nationalism, and Protestantism Among the Japanese of Los Angeles, 1895-1942_ (1995) pp 41-55

[4]

[5] Daniels, (1999)

[6] See U.S. State Department, “Japanese-American Relations at the Turn of the Century, 1900–1922” online

[7] Neu (1967)

[8]

[9] Herbert Buell Johnson, _Discrimination against the Japanese in California: a Review of the Real Situation_ (1907) online

[10] Waldo R. Browne (ed.), “Japanese-American Passport Agreement,” in _What's What in the Labor Movement: A Dictionary of Labor Affairs and Labor Terminology._ New York: B.W. Huebsch, 1921; p. 261.

[11] Browne (ed.), “Picture Bride,” in _What's What in the Labor Movement,_ p. 375.

[12]

[13] Imai, Shiho. “Gentlemen's Agreement” _Densho Encyclopedia_. Retrieved 2014-07-03.

title: Gentlemen's Agreement of 1907

question: Why did Japan agree to the Gentleman's Agreement of 1907?

answer: Nativist sentiment in California was extremely high. However, the Japanese did not want to be subjected to the same humiliation the Qing dynasty was at the hands of the Chinese Exclusion Act. Japan also demanded to be treated as an equal after its defeat of Russia. Thus, the agreement reached was that Japan would voluntarily restrict emigration, rather than the United States restricting immigration. The same result would be achieved, but the Japanese would save face. The agreement was never ratified.

question: Why did the agreement ironically lead to the growth of the Japanese population in California?

answer: Because emigration was so restricted from Japan, only those who married an immigrant in America could come. Many women desired to go to America, and thus they married workers remotely. Before this there had been a huge gender imbalance between men and women in the Japanese American community, but following this the genders evened out and many families were started, leading to Japanese American children being born on American soil.


text:
_WELCAME_ is the debut studio album by French heavy metal and hardcore punk band Rise of the Northstar. It was released on November 21, 2014 by Nuclear Blast.

Critical reception

Punknews.org praised the first two tracks for displaying the band's mosh-core style and unironic delivery of Japanese pop culture, concluding that, “[I]f you are expecting a groundbreaking, genre-defining release, this is most certainly not it. If you are a fan of all things heavy and want something with a bit of a different spin on what you can bang your head to, then this might be your bag.”[1] Garvin Lloyd from _Louder Sound_ commended the album for carrying a junk food quality to their hardcore musicianship and mixing it well with manga iconography, calling it “big, dumb fun at its finest.” He concluded that, “While it may make some stomachs turn, the meaty riffs on offer here certainly give you something to get your teeth stuck into.”[2] _Rock Sound_ was mixed on the “belligerent, Japanese pop culture-influenced hardcore” style after the first track but said that it will please its existing fanbase more than a casual audience.[3]

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes of _Welcame_.[4]

Rise of the Northstar

-   Vithia – vocals
-   Eva-B – lead guitar
-   Air One – rhythm guitar
-   Fabulous Fab – bass guitar
-   Hokuto No Kev – drums

Background vocals

-   Pegaz
-   Lucas
-   Thibault
-   Seb
-   Julien
-   Big Tom
-   Marty
-   Doom
-   Soufiene
-   ROTNS

Production

-   Zeuss – mixing, mastering

Artwork

-   Vithia – art direction, illustration and design
-   Berzerker – photography

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[2]

[3]

[4]

title: Welcame (album)

question: What genre of music do the band, Rise of the Northstar, classify under?

answer: This band's music classifies under the genre of French heavy metal and hardcore punk.

question: What was the title of the debut studio album that was released by the band, Rise of the Northstar?

answer: The debut studio album was called, Welcame.

question: Who is on the vocals for the band, Rise of the Northstar?

answer: Vithia is on vocals for the band.

question: Who does photography for this band?

answer: Photography is done by Berzerker for the band.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article describes a band, Rise of the Northstar, who came out with their debut studio album called Welcame. The article describes who is in the band along with production and artwork.


text:
FRANKLIN COUNTY is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 8,118,[1] making it the fourth-least populous county in Mississippi. Its county seat is Meadville.[2] The county was formed on December 21, 1809 from portions of Adams County and named for Founding Father Benjamin Franklin.[3] It is bisected by the Homochitto River, which runs diagonally through the county from northeast to southwest.

History

This was the fourth county organized in Mississippi. It was initially developed for agriculture, specifically cotton plantations based on enslaved labor of African Americans. Cotton continued to be important to the economy through the 19th century and into the early 20th century.

This still rural county has had a decline in population by about half since 1910. It is the fourth least populous county in the state. Mechanization of agriculture and the blight of the boll weevil both reduced the need for farm workers; they left the area and often the state. Many African Americans went north or west in the Great Migration before and after World War II. The county in the 21st century is majority white in population; in the 2000 census, African Americans composed more than 36% of the population. (See Demographics section below.)

As in the rest of the state, the county had racially segregated facilities under Jim Crow from the late 19th century. Many white residents opposed the civil rights movement of the mid-20th century. In May 1964, Ku Klux Klan members abducted and killed two young black men, Henry Hezekiah Dee and Charles Eddie Moore of Meadville, before Freedom Summer started. Their bodies were not discovered in the Mississippi River until July 1964, during the hunt for three disappeared civil rights workers.

No one was prosecuted at the time, but the case was reopened in 2007, after a documentary had been released on it by Canadian Broadcasting Company. Local man James Ford Seale was convicted of the kidnappings and deaths by an all-white jury in federal court.[4] In 2008 the families of Dee and Moore filed a civil suit against the Franklin County government, charging complicity by its law enforcement in the deaths. On June 21, 2010 Franklin County agreed to an undisclosed settlement in the civil suit with the families of Charles Moore and Henry Dee.[5][6][7][8]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.5%) is water.[9]

Major highways

-   [] U.S. Highway 84
-   [] U.S. Highway 98
-   [] Mississippi Highway 33

Adjacent counties

-   Jefferson County (north)
-   Lincoln County (east)
-   Amite County (south)
-   Wilkinson County (southwest)
-   Adams County (west)

National protected area

-   Homochitto National Forest (part)

Demographics

As of the census[10] of 2000, there were 8,448 people, 3,211 households, and 2,337 families residing in the county. The population density was 15 people per square mile (6/km²). There were 4,119 housing units at an average density of 7 per square mile (3/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 62.80% White, 36.27% Black or African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.07% Asian, 0.05% from other races, and 0.59% from two or more races. 0.53% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 3,211 households, out of which 34.60% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.20% were married couples living together, 14.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.20% were non-families. 25.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.30% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.60 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 27.30% under the age of 18, 8.80% from 18 to 24, 26.10% from 25 to 44, 22.60% from 45 to 64, and 15.20% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there were 92.30 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 86.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $24,885, and the median income for a family was $31,114. Males had a median income of $26,676 versus $19,567 for females. The per capita income for the county was $13,643. About 20.60% of families and 24.10% of the population were below the poverty line, including 32.10% of those under age 18 and 24.10% of those age 65 or over.

According to CNN, the U.S. Census Bureau reports that no same-sex couples live in Franklin County.[11]

Politics

In the 1964 Presidential election Barry Goldwater reportedly received 96.05% of the county's vote.[12] Although the white-majority county has supported Southern Democrats such as Jimmy Carter for the presidency, since 2000 the Republican candidate has consistently received over 60% of the vote.[13]

  Year                               Republican                                  Democratic                                  Third parties
  ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------- ----------------------------
  style=“text-align:center;” |2016   style=“text-align:center;” |63.4% _2,721_   style=“text-align:center;” |35.0% _1,502_   1.6% _67_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2012   style=“text-align:center;” |60.9% _2,735_   style=“text-align:center;” |38.4% _1,726_   0.7% _32_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2008   style=“text-align:center;” |62.1% _2,909_   style=“text-align:center;” |37.0% _1,733_   0.9% _43_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2004   style=“text-align:center;” |64.4% _2,893_   style=“text-align:center;” |35.1% _1,574_   0.5% _24_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2000   style=“text-align:center;” |61.4% _2,427_   style=“text-align:center;” |37.6% _1,486_   1.0% _40_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1996   style=“text-align:center;” |47.5% _1,586_   style=“text-align:center;” |41.4% _1,381_   11.1% _372_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1992   style=“text-align:center;” |49.3% _1,942_   style=“text-align:center;” |40.3% _1,587_   10.4% _409_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1988   style=“text-align:center;” |60.0% _2,376_   style=“text-align:center;” |39.5% _1,563_   0.6% _23_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1984   style=“text-align:center;” |62.9% _2,564_   style=“text-align:center;” |36.6% _1,494_   0.5% _21_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1980   style=“text-align:center;” |49.3% _2,026_   style=“text-align:center;” |49.7% _2,040_   1.1% _43_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1976   style=“text-align:center;” |50.6% _1,719_   style=“text-align:center;” |46.5% _1,578_   2.9% _98_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1972   style=“text-align:center;” |78.7% _2,361_   style=“text-align:center;” |18.7% _561_     2.6% _77_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1968   style=“text-align:center;” |6.7% _231_      style=“text-align:center;” |22.7% _782_     70.6% _2,429_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1964   style=“text-align:center;” |96.1% _2,211_   style=“text-align:center;” |4.0% _91_       style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1960   style=“text-align:center;” |7.4% _124_      style=“text-align:center;” |26.3% _441_     66.4% _1,115_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1956   style=“text-align:center;” |11.5% _177_     style=“text-align:center;” |55.8% _862_     32.7% _505_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1952   style=“text-align:center;” |30.6% _514_     style=“text-align:center;” |69.4% _1,166_   style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1948   style=“text-align:center;” |1.0% _12_       style=“text-align:center;” |4.5% _55_       94.5% _1,160_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1944   style=“text-align:center;” |3.9% _49_       style=“text-align:center;” |96.1% _1,211_   style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1940   style=“text-align:center;” |2.1% _29_       style=“text-align:center;” |97.9% _1,376_   style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1936   style=“text-align:center;” |2.9% _33_       style=“text-align:center;” |96.8% _1,098_   0.3% _3_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1932   style=“text-align:center;” |2.5% _25_       style=“text-align:center;” |97.5% _965_     style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1928   style=“text-align:center;” |16.7% _181_     style=“text-align:center;” |83.3% _905_     style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1924   style=“text-align:center;” |5.7% _36_       style=“text-align:center;” |94.3% _591_     style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1920   style=“text-align:center;” |24.0% _203_     style=“text-align:center;” |75.7% _641_     0.4% _3_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1916   style=“text-align:center;” |2.8% _22_       style=“text-align:center;” |96.5% _769_     0.8% _6_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1912   style=“text-align:center;” |1.1% _4_        style=“text-align:center;” |82.7% _301_     16.2% _59_

  : PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS RESULTS[14]

Communities

Towns

-   Bude
-   Meadville
-   Roxie

Unincorporated communities

-   Eddiceton
-   Hamburg
-   Knoxville
-   Little Springs
-   Lucien
-   McCall Creek
-   Quentin
-   Veto

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[11]

[12] David Leip's Presidential Election Atlas - 1964 statistics

[13] The New York Times Electoral Map (Zoom in on Mississippi)

[14]

title: Franklin County, Mississippi

question: What does the article say about negative events that occurred in Franklin County?

answer: The blight of the boll weevil reduced the need for form workers in the area. In 1964, Ku Klux Klan members abducted and killed two young black men. Local man James Ford Seale was convicted of the kidnappings and deaths in the 2000s.

question: What does the article say about geographical features?

answer: The county is bisected by the Homochitto River, which runs diagonally through the county. The bodies of the slain young black man were discovered in the Mississipi River in 1964. 0.5% of the county is water. It also contains part of a national protected area: the Homochitto National Forest.

question: What does the article say about celebrities from Franklin County?