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-   AMZN has a market capitalization of $1,603,265,625,087 -- more than approximately 99.96% of US stocks.
-   Amazon Com Inc's capital turnover -- a measure of revenue relative to shareholder's equity -- is better than 89.5% of US listed stocks.
-   AMZN's current price/earnings ratio is 92.26, which is higher than 90.77% of US stocks with positive earnings.
-   If you're looking for stocks that are quantitatively similar to Amazon Com Inc, a group of peers worth examining would be MSFT, AAPL, GOOGL, FB, and BABA.
-   Visit AMZN's SEC page to see the company's official filings. To visit the company's web site, go to www.amazon.com.

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AMZN Price/Volume Stats

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  Current price   $3,168.04   52-week high     $3,552.25
  Prev. close     $3,195.34   52-week low      $1,626.03
  Day low         $3,125.55   Volume           4,063,900
  Day high        $3,228.39   Avg. volume      5,066,792
  50-day MA       $3,171.63   Dividend yield   N/A
  200-day MA      $2,736.92   Market Cap       1.59T
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Amazon.com, Inc. (AMZN) Company Bio

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Amazon.com sells a range of products and services through its websites, including merchandise and content that it purchases for resale from vendors and those offered by third-party sellers. The company also manufactures and sells electronic devices, including Kindle e-readers, Fire tablets, Fire TVs, Echo and Fire phones. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

AMZN Price Forecast Based on DCF Valuation

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  Current Price   DCF Fair Value Target:   Forecasted Gain:
  $3,168.04       $4775.68                 50%
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We started the process of determining a valid price forecast for Amazon Com Inc with a discounted cash flow analysis -- the results of which can be found in the table below. To summarize, we found that Amazon Com Inc ranked in the 57th percentile in terms of potential gain offered. Specifically, our DCF analysis implies the stock is trading below its fair value by an estimated 50.5%. The most interesting components of our discounted cash flow analysis for Amazon Com Inc ended up being:

-   As a business, AMZN is generating more cash flow than 97% of positive cash flow stocks in the Technology.
-   The business' balance sheet reveals debt to be 5% of the company's capital (with equity being the remaining amount). Approximately just 15.32% of US stocks with free cash flow have a lower reliance on debt in their capital structure.
-   AMZN's estimated cost of debt, based largely on its market capitalization and its interest coverage ratio, is 2%; for context, that number is higher than 43.96% of tickers in our DCF set.

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| ys'                                                                   |
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| Target (TGT) just announced the beginning of its holiday season deals |
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| Damien Robbins on Seeking Alpha | October 2, 2020                     |
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| Guess what made this week’s list of Amazon’s top 5 best-selling elect |
| ronics devices                                                        |
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| Amazon has FDA-authorized Powecom KN95 face masks on sale at the      |
| lowest price ever right now, and all of Apple's AirPods Pro and       |
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| Don't worry, we've got you covered. Amazon's a rare sale on Powecom   |
| KN95 face masks sent our readers swarming to the site so they could   |
| stock up as winter nears. They're the only KN95 face masks on         |
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| healthcare use by the FDA, and they were found to filter up to 99.2%  |
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| BGR | October 2, 2020                                                 |
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| People are rushing to this sale on Amazon for Martha Stewart lamps    |
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| the Big Fall Sale that's currently going on. You can pick up new      |
| lamps for the home, savings nearly $30.                               |
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| BGR | October 2, 2020                                                 |
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| How is this Bose soundbar with 6,000+ 5-star ratings only $199 on Ama |
| zon?                                                                  |
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| BGR | October 2, 2020                                                 |
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  3-mo     -10.29%
  6-mo     28.75%
  1-year   77.82%
  3-year   172.55%
  5-year   375.50%
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  YTD    71.45%
  2019   23.03%
  2018   28.43%
  2017   55.96%
  2016   10.95%
  2015   117.78%
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DYER COUNTY is a county located in the westernmost part of the U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the population was 38,335.[1] The county seat is Dyersburg.[2]

Dyer County comprises the Dyersburg, TN Micropolitan Statistical Area.

History

Dyer County was founded by a Private Act of Tennessee, passed on October 16, 1823.[3] The area was part of the territory in Tennessee that was previously legally recognized as belonging to the Chickasaw Native Americans as “Indian Lands”.[4]

The county was named for Robert Henry Dyer[5] (circa 1774—1826). Dyer had been an army officer in the Creek War and War of 1812, and a cavalry colonel in the First Seminole War of 1818 before becoming a state senator. He was instrumental in the formation of the counties of Dyer and Madison County, Tennessee.[6]

Around 1823, Louis Philippe I stopped briefly near the mouth of the Obion River and killed a bald eagle.[7]

On April 2, 2006 a severe weather system passed through Dyer County, producing tornadoes that killed 16 in the county and 24 in Tennessee.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (2.7%) is water.[8]

The county is drained by the Mississippi River, which forms its western boundary. It is in the part of Tennessee called the “Mississippi bottomland”.

Dyer County is bisected by U.S. Route 51, the older major highway connecting Memphis with Chicago from south to north. When upgraded to interstate standards, this road will become Interstate 69. To the west, Dyer County is connected to Missouri by Interstate 155 over the Mississippi River, providing the only highway connection, other than those at Memphis, between Tennessee and the states to the west of the river.

Adjacent counties

-   Lake County (north)
-   Obion County (northeast)
-   Gibson County (east)
-   Crockett County (southeast)
-   Lauderdale County (south)
-   Mississippi County, Arkansas (southwest)
-   Pemiscot County, Missouri (northwest)

Major highways

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Demographics

As of the census[9] of 2000, there were 37,279 people, 14,751 households, and 10,458 families residing in the county. The population density was 73 people per square mile (28/km²). There were 16,123 housing units at an average density of 32 per square mile (12/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 85.40% White, 12.86% Black or African American, 0.22% Native American, 0.33% Asian, 0.02% Pacific Islander, 0.43% from other races, and 0.73% from two or more races. 1.16% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 14,751 households, out of which 32.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.20% were married couples living together, 13.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.10% were non-families. 25.30% of all households were made up of individuals, and 10.70% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.49 and the average family size was 2.97.

In the county, the age distribution of the population shows 25.70% under the age of 18, 8.70% from 18 to 24, 28.60% from 25 to 44, 23.50% from 45 to 64, and 13.40% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 36 years. For every 100 females there were 92.00 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 88.80 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $32,788, and the median income for a family was $39,848. Males had a median income of $31,182 versus $21,605 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,451. About 13.00% of families and 15.90% of the population were below the poverty line, including 21.00% of those under age 18 and 17.60% of those age 65 or over.

Media

Newspapers

_State Gazette_ – 3 days/week (Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday); general news. The paper has served Dyersburg and Northwest Tennessee since 1865.

Communities

-   Dyersburg (county seat)
-   Newbern
-   Trimble

Unincorporated communities

-   Beech Grove
-   Big Boy Junction
-   Bonicord
-   Bogota
-   Boothspoint
-   Finley
-   Fowlkes
-   Hawkinsville
-   Lenox
-   Midway
-   Millsfield
-   Nauvoo
-   RoEllen
-   Tatumville
-   Tigrett

Politics

Like all of the rural white South, Dyer County is presently overwhelmingly Republican. The last Democrat to carry this county was Bill Clinton in 1996. Being overwhelmingly secessionist during the Civil War due to the strong power of the slave economy in West Tennessee, Dyer County was overwhelmingly Democratic for a century after its blacks were disfranchised. Anti-Catholicism allowed Richard Nixon to carry the county narrowly in 1960, then after the massive revolt against the Civil Rights Act and race riots segregationist Alabama Governor George Wallace carried the county in 1968 and Nixon defeated George McGovern three-to-one in 1972. Since then the county has become increasingly Republican except when Southerners Jimmy Carter and Clinton headed the presidential ticket.

  Year                               Republican                                   Democratic                                  Third Parties
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  style=“text-align:center;” |2016   style=“text-align:center;” |76.3% _10,180_   style=“text-align:center;” |21.1% _2,816_   2.6% _340_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2012   style=“text-align:center;” |71.8% _9,921_    style=“text-align:center;” |27.2% _3,757_   1.0% _138_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2008   style=“text-align:center;” |68.2% _9,859_    style=“text-align:center;” |30.5% _4,411_   1.3% _180_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2004   style=“text-align:center;” |61.2% _8,447_    style=“text-align:center;” |38.3% _5,287_   0.5% _75_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2000   style=“text-align:center;” |53.1% _6,282_    style=“text-align:center;” |45.8% _5,425_   1.1% _134_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1996   style=“text-align:center;” |44.5% _5,059_    style=“text-align:center;” |49.3% _5,602_   6.3% _713_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1992   style=“text-align:center;” |44.3% _5,668_    style=“text-align:center;” |45.7% _5,845_   10.0% _1,274_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1988   style=“text-align:center;” |63.5% _6,508_    style=“text-align:center;” |36.0% _3,690_   0.4% _45_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1984   style=“text-align:center;” |62.1% _6,610_    style=“text-align:center;” |37.5% _3,991_   0.4% _41_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1980   style=“text-align:center;” |48.0% _5,475_    style=“text-align:center;” |50.1% _5,713_   1.9% _219_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1976   style=“text-align:center;” |41.9% _4,391_    style=“text-align:center;” |56.7% _5,937_   1.4% _150_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1972   style=“text-align:center;” |75.9% _6,066_    style=“text-align:center;” |20.0% _1,600_   4.0% _322_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1968   style=“text-align:center;” |26.4% _2,826_    style=“text-align:center;” |19.0% _2,033_   54.6% _5,842_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1964   style=“text-align:center;” |48.9% _4,517_    style=“text-align:center;” |51.1% _4,717_   style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1960   style=“text-align:center;” |50.0% _4,097_    style=“text-align:center;” |47.2% _3,868_   2.9% _238_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1956   style=“text-align:center;” |36.2% _2,682_    style=“text-align:center;” |61.1% _4,524_   2.7% _201_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1952   style=“text-align:center;” |41.3% _3,231_    style=“text-align:center;” |57.9% _4,531_   0.8% _61_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1948   style=“text-align:center;” |18.4% _989_      style=“text-align:center;” |65.3% _3,503_   16.3% _872_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1944   style=“text-align:center;” |26.0% _1,190_    style=“text-align:center;” |73.6% _3,368_   0.4% _18_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1940   style=“text-align:center;” |21.9% _961_      style=“text-align:center;” |77.0% _3,374_   1.0% _45_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1936   style=“text-align:center;” |13.9% _557_      style=“text-align:center;” |83.9% _3,355_   2.2% _87_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1932   style=“text-align:center;” |9.2% _389_       style=“text-align:center;” |90.1% _3,805_   0.7% _28_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1928   style=“text-align:center;” |24.0% _842_      style=“text-align:center;” |76.0% _2,661_   style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1924   style=“text-align:center;” |16.9% _478_      style=“text-align:center;” |82.7% _2,336_   0.4% _10_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1920   style=“text-align:center;” |26.8% _1,166_    style=“text-align:center;” |73.0% _3,181_   0.2% _10_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1916   style=“text-align:center;” |18.4% _459_      style=“text-align:center;” |80.1% _1,997_   1.4% _36_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1912   style=“text-align:center;” |14.3% _318_      style=“text-align:center;” |66.3% _1,469_   19.4% _430_

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question: Summarize the demographics of Dyer County, Tennessee.

answer: As of the 2000 census, the population of Dyer County, Tennessee was 37,279 composing of 14,751 households and 10,458 families. The county was made up of 85.4% White, 12.86% Black or African American, 1.16% Hispanic, 0.22% Native American, 0.33% Asian, and 0.02% Pacific Islander. Those under the age of 18 made up for 25.7% of the population, 8.7% from 18 to 24, 28.6% from 25 to 44, 23.5% from 45 to 64, and 13.4% who were 65 years of age or older. The county's median age was 36 years.


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	Sweat dripping from his brow, Zuberi strides from the middle of the iridescent soccer field towards the penalty box. He feels the roar of thousands urging him to make the game winning shot of the FIFA World Cup. The stadium seemed to stretch into the heavens. It was filled with thousands of people wearing shades of black, yellow, purple, and white. His sharp brown eyes wandered upward to the scoreboard behind the goal post. The long rectangular box covered in famous sponsors displayed the two large numbers. 3 on one side, and 3 displaying for the opposing team. In his long stride to the goal, he reminisces on his journey to this moment.

	His first thoughts trail back to his small home in Boma. Everyday the people of Boma struggled to survive. He remembered the taste of the air the most. Always dry, rain was a blessing that never came. The lack of rain brought hunger for most of the people of Boma. In those days, Zuberi did not have shoes and always thought his feet would one day be like the elders, cracked and rough enough to not be pained by the gravel. The young man was always hungry; his skinny lanky frame reflected that. The village consisted of wooden huts with a well centering the village that on peaceful days provided sustenance for the cattle. A few trees provided shade, which was usually occupied by the wives and young children to work in, while the men tended to the cattle.

The village attempted to take care of Zuberi’s family, as his father was killed in action with the Swaziland army battalion in the north, after the rebels took his younger brother, but everyone was struggling. Soon after, his mother fell into madness and walked toward the safari in the middle of the night and did not come back. His family was toward the bottom of a long list of problems for Boma. To add to Boma’s problems, every night the village would fear that the rebel army would come and storm the village, setting fire to buildings, attacking or stealing cattle, and enslaving their people.

	The first thing he did when he arose in the morning was walk the dry desert to a small mud pit. Zuberi measured the path to be about ten soccer fields long, or at least he felt as tired as he did if he had ran the same length. He used his hands and sticks to dig until he found a water reserve and would fill up an old plastic container until he had enough to get by for the day. Zuberi was a tall, lanky boy, but he was blessed with a strong grip. At times, the small logs would break from the pressure between Zuberi and the dry ground. The walk back to the village with his water bucket everyday had hardened his frame and made him stronger. He had a few reprieves in his long day and one of them was luncheon.

	Zuberi and many other young children in his village considered the thirty-minute break during school to be heaven. It was a small brick house made by the Britains. They would sometimes have sweets and other goods for the children, but his favorite gift to the school was the old soccer ball and goal post. It was actually just three sections of fallen trees near the village that the military had put up, but it brought joy to his life. The school provided small lunches and after scarfing down their food most of the children would use the rest of their short break to go to the weedy soccer field. Most of the grass was in the center and the rest was mostly dirt with a few weeds here and there, but it was big enough and the children’s imagination could do the rest.

“Oi! Zuberi! Oiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii!.”

Zuberi heard his one friend from Boma that was his age that accompanied him to school named Kibwe. Kibwe was taller than Zuberi, but built much differently. His skin tone was much lighter, with a tremendous wingspan. Kibwe’s arms came down to right above his knees. He was thicker than Zuberi, but both boys were clearly not fed as well as some of the boys they had seen on the satellite television the military men had. He was dressed in an old white collared shirt with red stripes. The white was slightly off color, due to the dirt. He wore knee high baby blue shorts and he had no shoes just like Zuberi.

“Zuberi, are you ready to play today?” Kibwe asked Zuberi.
As the words fell from his lips, a big smile spread across Zuberi and Kibwe’s faces. They were blessed with one thing and one thing only: an amazing intellectual and natural ability at soccer. The talent each of them possessed was beyond this world. Most days Zuberi and Kibwe would play against all the other children, and time and time again, they would always manage a way to win. It got to the point where they would dance with the ball with one foot, or Zuberi and Kibwe would have to play on opposing teams to make the game fair. The other children would always think of rules that Zuberi and Kibwe would always more than happily follow. The younger children would always admire them and joke about being the next Roger Milla, or Pele, or Eto, all North African soccer greats. Just names for most of the children, but some had the chance to have seen a few soccer games from the military troops, small satellite televisions or had heard from their parents about the World Championship game in the early nineties.

Zuberi and Kibwe would play a game against each other once or twice a month. They had been keeping score for 30 matches, 16 for Zuberi, 10 for Kibwe, and 4 were draws. However after their 31st match a small argument took place between the boys.
Kibwe swallowed his luncheon before he spoke about the match.
“So, we’ve been playing matches for months now and we’ve come to a tie! A thirteen-thirteen split, with 4 draws!

Zuberi almost choked on his rice, while sitting cross legged in the brick school house.
“I think not. You recall wrong.”

“What makes you so certain?”

“Whose snoring was it that shook the rafters in arithmetic? The score is now sixteen for myself, and 11 for you, and four draws.

“I suppose that could be a good point.”

Soccer was their favorite reprieve they had from their rough life. Between the rebel army and the government troops fighting and children being taken in the middle of the night, it was surprising that soccer brought them so much joy.

 The biggest thing the boys looked forward to was the semi-annual soccer tournament between the neighboring villages. It only consisted of three teams, one from each neighboring village, and sure enough every team had heard about the Boys from Boma. The tournament only drew a small crowd of no more than fifty spectators, but in the children’s minds it was as large as one of the World Cup games they had heard of in their books and through the words of elders. The cheers from their small village felt like thousands were screaming for them to win. The biggest worry for the boys was the neighboring village of Jelani. They had a full roster and substitutes and had soccer balls with an actual field to play in.

Kibwe and Zuberi game planned for weeks for this tournament. Of course, the two boys were the captains for Boma. They would train and drill the younger children at school after their short lunch breaks. The drills would have them juggling the ball around the small weeds, substitutes for cones, running back and forth across the field, and even the military men would come outside and cheer on the children from time to time.
As the morning of the tournament came, Zuberi, as on every morning went to the mud pits to fetch his remaining siblings water for the day. He felt exhilarated. He had the drive to win, and his sibling urged him to bring the honor to Boma.
Jelani was closer to the riverbank, and because of this had short fields of grass for the cattle and for the boys to play on. The men of Jelani had ushered the cattle the last few weeks to shorten the grass for the makeshift soccer field for the boys. The children were not to be fazed. A few of the boys who had siblings and mothers come to the game waved at them sitting cross legged on one side of the field. There were no field markings, but it was grass and Zuberi loved the feeling of the grass between his feet. The itchiness did not bother him, it was much softer than the gravel and dirt he was used to.

The tournament was setup so that the home town of Jelani received a first round bye and Boma and Mabani would face each other. Zuberi and Kibwe dominated all aspects of this game and scored goal after goal, which soon led to a four to nothing score after the final yell to declare time from an elder was blown. Zuberi glanced at the boys on the Jelani side of the field and saw in their eyes a level of respect.
The two boys were drenched in sweat, but kept their faces stiff and showed no signs of fatigue. Little did the players of Jelani know, the two stars were exhausted. They had rooted all their energy toward the first game.  Jelani was well rested and prepared. The other children of Boma would have to play hard this game to have the chance to defeat Jelani.
“We need you this game, Zuberi,” Kibwe said as he put a hand on Zuberi’s shoulder.
“I have played too hard the first game, I don’t think I can push that hard again,” Zuberi replied.

“You’ve always been better than me. You’ve always been better than the soldiers and the elders. I don’t think I’ve seen you ever try as hard as you can. You see all those people are out there just for us. You must push. You are the best player in North Africa.”

An opening yelp from an elder began the game. Jelani started aggressive and pushed toward Boma. The Jelani team was on the Boma side of the field for most of the game, but the score was still drawn to zero to zero at the half. Kibwe called his for his teammates to play for each other and to give everything they could for thirty more minutes and not let their practice times at lunch go to waste.

“For us sportsmen who want to be champions, the mind is as important, than any other part of the body. We have trained hard and we have come too far to lose now. The only way to win is as a team. Football is not about two or three stars. There is no trophy for this game, but there is still a prize. Bragging rights.”

Mentally reinvigorated, the Boma team stepped back on the field. Both teams pushed hard, but Jelani seemed to have the advantage, but as the referee called for extra time, with Jelani on the Boma side of the field, Kibwe dished his leg out toward the opposing striker and managed to steal the ball. Kibwe dribbled across the side line with the ball and saw Zuberi toward the half way mark. With so many players pushing forward for Jelani, the only players they had in the back field were two defenders and their goalie. The boys from Boma were both in the opponent’s side of the field, with Zuberi toward the penalty box and Kibwe more toward the far corner. One of the defenders was starting to rush toward Kibwe and he knew that Zuberi could beat anyone man to man. Kibwe launched the ball in the air toward Zuberi as he caught it up with the top of his foot. He didn’t have much time as the rest of the Jelani squad were rushing toward their side of the field. A small side step and a spin later the only thing left between Boma’s soccer team’s bragging rights was the goalie. Zuberi stopped feeling the ache in his shoulders, and legs and only felt the ball. Everything in his mind went silent and the world seemed to slow down.  All he could hear was Kibwe’s echo, “You are the best player in North Africa.” His whole body tuned into the kick, he raised his leg and all the sound rushed back into his head and felt the sores in his body once more. A defender had blind sided him before he could pull the kick off. Groans from the Boma side of the crowd were immediate as well as a few boys wrestling on the other side of the field.

	The referee called for a penalty shot. As would happen in similar fashion many years later. Zuberi strided toward the penalty box, sweat dripping from his brow, and what felt like thousands cheering for him to make the game winning shot, but then as the ball was placed in front of him. He heard nothing but silence. His body still ached, but it was time for him to end the game. He rushed the ball, and lifted his leg once more to strike the ball toward the goal. It was all a young boy could take and as he struck the ball he fell forward, but he had barely touched the ground as his teammates hoisted him up on their shoulders.  He felt immense joy and he felt that his smile was almost too big for his face. All he saw was everyone looking at him pride and ivory smiles from all his teammates. Nothing seemed to go right for him, but this was his one time that he could feel happy and be prideful of something.

“Oi! Eto or Pele can’t even stop Zuberi and Kibwe!” A teammate shouted.
The rest of the day the young boys chanted, “The Boys from Boma!”
The next day was the same as every day in Boma. The boys woke up, as always, dug in the mud pits and hauled their buckets of water back toward home. The older boys and men tended to the cattle, and the young children walked to school. Once again, the boys ate their lunches quickly, so they could spend some more time on the soccer field, but today there was a tall dark middle aged man on the field with his hands behind his back. A big smile was across his face, with a big gap in the middle. He was muscular, but not as tall as some of the men in the village, but definitely was eating much better. His eyes lit up as he saw all the young boys running toward him, kicking up dust in their strides.

“Oi! Who are you old man! This is our field!” One little boy said aggressively.
The man replied, “I have come to see the Boys from Boma.”
Kibwe and Zuberi stepped forward, a little nervous hop in their steps.
“I come from the capital Yaounde, and even I have heard about the two skilled strikers from Boma. I wish to play you both in a little match.” The long smile did not drop from the old man’s face as he brought his hands around to show the boys a brand new soccer ball.

The boys eyes lit up and a few even had their mouths open.
“If you defeat me, you shall keep this.”
The other boys from the school had dropped to the sidelines and the only people left on the field were Zuberi, Kibwe, and the mysterious dark man and the whistle that sounded through the air.

	The man dominated Zuberi and Kibwe, besting them at the game they were best at. The poor boys stood defeated without soccer ball in hand and felt the misery of Boma once again, but the man tossed the ball toward the children without a second thought.

title: [RF] The Boys of Boma

question: In this tale how does one man's act of kindness lead to success for Zuberi?

answer: At the end of the story, a man appears on the soccer field in Zuberi's village. He offers to give the boys a soccer ball if they can beat him at the game. The boys were unable to beat the man but he gave them the ball anyway. As a result, Zuberi was able to practice his favorite game and went on to represent his country at the FIFA World Cup.

question: Describe Zuberi

answer: Zuberi is poor, has no shoes and his feet are hard and cracked. He is always hungry and it shows on his lanky frame. He is a tall boy blessed with a strong grip. Zuberi has a friend Kibwe. Both he and his friend have an amazing ability with a soccer ball.

question: Describe Zuberi's family

answer: Zuberi's father was killed in military action. His mother soon fell into madness and walked off into the night never to return. Zuberi was left to fend for his siblings.


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DEL SOL HIGH SCHOOL is a planned public high school located in the East Village neighborhood of Oxnard, California. The school is a campus of the Oxnard Union High School District and is scheduled to open in 2022.

History

In 2004, voters in the Oxnard Union High School District (OUHSD) approved Measure H, a school bond proposal to finance construction of three new high school campuses — two in Oxnard — and improvements to existing campuses.[1][2] One of the sites in Oxnard identified for a new campus is a agricultural parcel at the corner of Camino Del Sol and Rose Avenue in the East Village neighborhood.[3] On November 13, 2019, the OUHSD Board of Trustees voted to purchase the site for $26.9 million and to name the new school “Del Sol High School”. The school is scheduled to open in 2022.[4]

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title: Del Sol High School (California)

question: Where is Del Sol High School located?

answer: Oxnard.

question: Where is Oxnard?

answer: California.

question: What is Measure H?

answer: A school bond proposal to finance construction of three new high school campuses and improvements to existing campuses.

question: For how much did the Board of Trustees vote to buy the site?

answer: $26.9 million.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Del Sol High School  is a planned public high school located in the East Village neighborhood of Oxnard, California. The school is a campus of the Oxnard Union High School District and is scheduled to open in 2022.


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VIKTOR YEVHENOVYCH LEONENKO (; ; born 5 October 1969) is a former footballer and Ukraine international who played as a forward. At least since 2006 he is a football commentator and analyst for the televised football forum “3 time” at the Ukrainian TV-network ICTV.[1]

Club career

Leonenko began his career with stints at Russian clubs such as Geolog Tyumen and FC Dynamo Moscow, before transferring to FC Dynamo Kyiv in 1992, where he played until 1998.

A successful forward for Dynamo in the early to mid 1990s – Leonenko was named Ukrainian Footballer of the Year in 1992, 1993, and 1994 – Leonenko was eventually forced to the bench with the emergence of the striker partnership of Serhiy Rebrov and Andriy Shevchenko. In 1998, he moved to play for CSKA Kyiv and ended his career with FC Zakarpattia Uzhhorod in 2001.

International career

Born in Russia, Leonenko chose to play for the Ukraine soon after transferring to Dynamo Kyiv. During his four years representing the Ukraine from 1992 until 1996, Leonenko earned 14 caps and scored 6 goals.

Career statistics

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  Club performance   League           Cup              Continental   Total
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  Season             Club             League           Apps          Goals
  Soviet Union       League           Cup              Europe        Total
  1988               Geolog Tyumen    First League     |17           0
  1989               |35              11               1             0
  1990               |33              12               -             -
  1991               |8               3                -             -
  1991               Dynamo (M)       Top League       |16           9
  Russia             League           Cup              Europe        Total
  1992               Dynamo (M)       Premier League   |4            5
  Ukraine            League           Cup              Europe        Total
  1992               Dynamo (K)       Premier League   |5            3
  1992-93            |27              16               5             5
  1993-94            |24              15               -             -
  1994-95            |20              17               3             0
  1995-96            |13              5                4             1
  1996-97            |9               5                -             -
  1997-98            |-               -                2             4
  1998-99            CSKA Kyiv        |12              5             4
  1999-00            |1               0                -             -
  2000-01            Zakarpattia      First League     |5            2
  2001-02            Premier League   |7               1             2
  Total              Soviet           109              35            3
  Russia             4                5                -             -
  Ukraine            123              69               21            12
  Career total       236              109              24            12

International goals

  #                                    Date              Venue                                            Opponent   Score   Result   Competition
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  1.                                   18 May 1993       Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania                        1–1     1-2      Friendly
  2.                                   16 October 1993   A.J. Simeon Stadium, High Point, United States              1–1     1-2      Friendly
  3.                                   1–2
  4.                                   25 May 1994       Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine                Belarus    1–1     3-1      Friendly
  5.                                   13 August 1996    Republican Stadium, Kyiv, Ukraine                           1–1     5-2      Friendly
  6.                                   3–1
  _Correct as of 1 December 2014_[2]

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[2] Football PLAYER: Viktor Yevhenovych Leonenko

title: Viktor Leonenko

question: What does the article say about Leonenko's career stats?

answer: Leonenko was a forward who received the Ukrainian Footballer of the Year award three times. He played in 236 matches for club and country, scoring 109 goals in total.


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"SQUIRE! Fetch me my horse! I’m going out hunting!"

"Yes sire!"

Lousy, ungrateful, stupid bastard. Squire? Fucking squire? Jesus man you know my name, I’m Perry, like I tell you every fucking day. And don’t even get me started on the hunting. Hunting? Why don’t you just describe it accurately and call it seating your fat ass on the back of that poor sop of a horse and forcing it to canter round your shitty little forest, while you giggle with glee at the delightful experience of bouncing up and down. And all the while you’re accompanied by a large band of trumpeters, making absolutely sure every single animal with a brain has enough time to hear this ludicrous ensemble of idiocy, pack up its family, maybe have a small bite to eat and move the fuck away. Quite frankly, anything stupid enough to be caught by this moronic party had it coming. If the hunting party didn’t get them, an angry 6 year old with a small stick would’ve done the next morning.

But I’ve side-tracked. The more important debate here is how the fuck this man managed to become a knight. I’d call him stupid but that would be an insult to uneducated peons everywhere. He is his own class of stupid, so far down the IQ scale he may have broken into previously unexplored realms of negative IQ. Oh, you think I’m being mean? Maybe a bit overdramatic? Oh no no no. Let me explain. This is the man who, when getting out of a double bed, rolled over the wrong way to the other side of the bed and, rather than realise his mistake and either rolling the other way to escape the bed, or continuing his roll to reach the other side, shouted desperately for help, for he had lost the floor and was surely doomed. This is the man who picked up a sword from the wrong end and failed to understand his mistake. This is the man who put a helmet on his foot and complained when he couldn’t walk properly. Please understand, my master is genuinely something else. I’ve yet to theorise how he became a knight. Oh yes, his father was a knight and that grants him an easy ride to the role, but I am amazed that, after discovering that his son had the intelligence of a melon, his dear father hadn’t pushed him to follow an alternative career path, something more appropriate to his level like, ooh I don’t know, an early grave.

Too far? Perhaps. But you don’t have to serve under this infantile baboon. Every waking moment of my day is spent entertaining his every want and need, and oh boy does he have a lot of needs. Sometimes – and I wish I was joking – he struggles with wiping his own ass. Guess who gets that fantastic job? That’s right, Squire Perry, his faithful fucking assistant. Other highlights include: serving him his food; helping him eat his food; cleaning his food when he spills it on the floor, like the clumsy halfwit he is; cleaning his bed; cleaning his clothes; organising his equipment. Oh, and how could I forget, fetching his fucking horse when he wants to go on a fucking hunting expedition.

I should go, he might cry if he doesn’t get his bloody horse soon. Ooh, that is a tempting prospect... but no. It wouldn’t be obeying my fucking duty. I swear to fucking god. Pray for me, would you?

title: Perry [HF]

question: Who is Perry?

answer: Perry is the other character's servant.

question: Who is the man ordering Perry to fetch his horse?

answer: The passage does not mention a name, but does say that he is a knight.

question: What is Perry's job?

answer: Perry is to wait on the other man and is expected to fulfill his every need.

question: Why does the other man need so much help?

answer: Not stated, though the passage mentions he is very stupid.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Perry is summoned to get his boss' horse. Perry complains about his boss' lack of intelligence. He heads off to get the horse.


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ROBERT PIOTR CABAJ (28 November 1948 – 24 February 2020) was an American psychiatrist, scholar and author, known for his extensive publications on LGBT mental health, including editing one of the early and influential textbooks in the field. He served as president of the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists (AGLP)[1] and of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association.[2]

Early life

Cabaj grew up in Chicago, Illinois. He attended the University of Notre Dame receiving his B.S. in 1970 and then matriculated at Harvard Medical School. He moved to San Francisco in 1991 and lived and worked in the Bay Area for the next three decades. During the 1980s and 1990s, he worked, taught, and wrote on topics of mental health in LGBT people and in mental health in relation to HIV/AIDS.

Career

Cabaj was very active in medical and psychiatric professional societies, including the American Psychiatric Association, the California Psychiatric Association, the Northern California Psychiatric Society, and the American Medical Association.[3] He was president of the American Association of Physicians for Human Rights when it changed its name in 1994 to the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association to more openly reflect its membership and mission of advocating for LGBT physicians. He was quoted in the Los Angeles Times:

In 1996, he and colleague Terry Stein published one of the first evidence-based textbooks on LGBT mental health.[4] He continued to write and speak on these topics and to be active in LGBT health and mental health organizations. He was frequently quoted on topics of LGBT mental health by outlets ranging from the _New York Times_[5] to JAMA.[6] He was an advisor on sex and gender considerations in DSM-IV.[7]

In addition to his advocacy for LGBT patients and physicians, he strongly advocated for public psychiatry programs. He served for several years as the Director of the San Francisco Department of Mental Health. At the time of his death, he was chair of psychiatry and medical director for San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, in San Mateo, California, as well as associate clinical professor of psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco.Cabaj died in February 2020 at the age of 72.[8]

Notable publications

-   Cabaj Robert P. (1988) “Homosexuality and neurosis: considerations for psychotherapy.” Journal of Homosexuality, 15(1-2):13-23.
-   Cabaj Robert P. (1989) AIDS and chemical dependency: special issues and treatment barriers for gay and bisexual men. Journal of Psychoactive Drugs; 21:387-393.
-   Cabaj, Robert P., and Terry S. Stein, eds. Textbook of homosexuality and mental health. American Psychiatric Association, 1996.
-   Cabaj, Robert P., and David W. Purcell, eds. (1998) On the road to same-sex marriage: a supportive guide to psychological, political, and legal issues. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

[1] Caucus of Gay. Lesbian, and Bisexual Members of the American Psychiatric Association, Newsletter 10(1) Summer 1984. accessed 28 Feb 2020 http://www.aglp.org/AGLPArchive/CGLMMAPAVol10-4Summer1984.pdf

[2] Eric Yarbrough (2012) A Conversation with Robert Cabaj, MD, Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health, 16:3, 279-288, DOI: 10.1080/19359705.2012.661681

[3] California Psychiatric Association Newsletter, “In Memory: Robert Cabaj, MD” 28 Feb 2020

[4] Cabaj, Robert P., and Terry S. Stein, eds. Textbook of homosexuality and mental health. American Psychiatric Association, 1996.

[5] Dunlap, David W. “Surviving AIDS: Now What?” New York Times, Aug. 1, 1996. https://www.nytimes.com/1996/08/01/garden/surviving-aids-now-what.html

[6] Medical News and Perspectives: “Gay is OK with APA--Forum honors landmark 1973 events” JAMA, 12 Aug 1998, 280(6)497-499. https://jamanetwork.com/journals/JAMA/articlepdf/1839373/jmn0812-2-1.pdf

[7] American Psychiatric Association. (1994). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition (DSM-IV™). Washington, DC: American Psychiatric Association, pp. 860, 863

[8] Online Extra: Dr. Bob Cabaj, leader in LGBT mental health issues, dies

title: Robert Cabaj

question: What does the article say about Robert Cabaj's work?

answer: Robert Cabaj was an American psychiatrist, scholar, and author, known for his extensive publications on LGBT mental health. He served as president of the Association of Gay and Lesbian Psychiatrists and of the Gay and Lesbian Medical Association. He also advocated for public psychiatry programs. He was the Director of the San Francisco Department of Mental Health, the chair of psychiatry and medical director for San Mateo County Behavioral Health and Recovery Services, in San Mateo, California, and associate clinical professor of psychiatry at University of California, San Francisco.

question: What does the article say about Cabaj's personal life?


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[_Agrobacterium tumefaciens_ (A) targets the nucleus of a plant cell (D) during an infection.]

NUCLEOMODULINS are a family of bacterial proteins that enter the nucleus of eukaryotic cells.[1]

This term comes from the contraction between “nucleus” and “modulins”, which are microbial molecules that modulate the behaviour of eukaryotic cells. Nucleomodulins are produced by pathogenic or symbiotic bacteria. They act on various processes in the nucleus: remodelling of the chromatin structure,[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12] transcription,[13][14] splicing of pre-messenger RNA,[15][16] cell division.[17]

The identification of nucleomodulins in several species of bacterial pathogens of humans, animals and plants has led to the emergence of the concept that direct control of the nucleus is one of the most sophisticated strategies used by microbes to bypass host defences.Nucleomodulins can be directly secreted into the intracellular medium after entry of the bacteria into the cell, like _Listeria monocytogenes_, or they can be injected from the extracellular medium or intracellular organelles using a type III or IV bacterial secretion system, also known as a “molecular syringe”.

More recently, it has been shown that some of them, such as YopM from _Yersinia pestis_ and IpaH9.8 from _Shigella flexneri_, can autonomously penetrate eukaryotic cells thanks to a membrane transduction domain.[18]

The diversity of molecular mechanisms triggered by nucleomodulins [19][20] is a source of inspiration for new biotechnologies. They are true nano-machines capable of hijacking a multitude of nuclear processes. In research, nucleomodulins are the subject of in-depth studies that have led to the discovery of new human nuclear regulators, such as the epigenetic regulator BAHD1.[21]

Examples

_Agrobacterium tumefaciens_, responsible for crown gall disease, produces an arsenal of Vir proteins, including VirD2 and VirE2, enabling the precise integration of a piece of its DNA, called T-DNA, into that of the host plant [22]

_Listeria monocytogenes_, responsible for listeriosis, can modulate the expression of immunity genes. One of the mechanisms at play involves the bacterial protein LntA, which inhibits the function of the epigenetic regulator BAHD1. The action of this nucleomodulin is associated with chromatin decompaction and activation of an interferon response genes.[23][24]

_Shigella flexneri_, responsible for shigellosis, secretes the IpaH9.8 protein targeting a mRNA splicing protein that disrupts the production of protein isoforms and the inflammatory response in humans.[25]

Legionella pneumophila, responsible for legionellosis, secretes an enzyme with histone methyltransferase activity capable of methylating histones at different chromosome loci [26] or at the level of ribosomal DNA (rDNA) in the nucleolus.[27]

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question: How do nucleomodulins enter the nucleus of eukaryotic cells?

answer: There are several methods of entry, one of which is direct secretion into the intracellular medium after a bacteria's entry into the cell. Injection from the extracellular medium or intracellular organelles with a type III or IV bacterial system, known as a molecular syringe, is another way. A recently discovered method is using a membrane transduction domain to autonomously penetrate eukaryotic cells.

question: What does the text say about evolution through natural selection?


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[Ector County Coliseum] [Ector County Courthouse Administration annex building]

ECTOR COUNTY is a county located in the U.S. state of Texas. In the 2010 census, its population was 137,130.[1] As of 2019, its population is 166,223. Its county seat is Odessa.[2] The county was founded in 1887 and organized in 1891.[3] It is named for Mathew Ector,[4] a Confederate general in the American Civil War.

Ector County comprises the Odessa, TX Metropolitan Statistical Area, which is included in the Midland–Odessa Combined Statistical Area.

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which are land and (0.5%) are covered by water.[5] Ector County has an average rainfall of about 14 in per year and a warm, sunny, semiarid climate. Most of the county is relatively flat, with small areas of slightly rolling terrain. The area is known for its stark landscape. The few naturally occurring trees are mostly mesquite trees, which more resemble large bushes.

Major highways

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Adjacent counties

-   Andrews County (north)
-   Midland County (east)
-   Upton County (southeast)
-   Crane County (south)
-   Ward County (southwest)
-   Winkler County (west)

Demographics

As of the census[6] of 2000, 121,123 people, 43,846 households, and 31,700 families resided in the county. The population density was 134 people per square mile (52/km²). The 49,500 housing units averaged 55 per square mile (21/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 73.69% White, 4.61% African American, 0.83% Native American, 0.64% Asian, 0.04% Pacific Islander, 17.38% from other races, and 2.81% from two or more races. About 42.36% of the population was Hispanic or Latino of any race.

Of the 43,846 households, 38.90% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 54.10% were married couples living together, 13.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.70% were not families. About 24.00% of all households was made up of individuals, and 8.90% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.72 and the average family size was 3.25.

In the county, the population was distributed as 30.40% under the age of 18, 10.50% from 18 to 24, 27.90% from 25 to 44, 20.20% from 45 to 64, and 10.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 94.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.90 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $31,152, and for a family was $36,369. Males had a median income of $30,632 versus $21,317 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,031. About 16.10% of families and 18.70% of the population were below the poverty line, including 23.90% of those under age 18 and 14.30% of those age 65 or over.

Communities

Cities

-   Goldsmith
-   Odessa (county seat)

Census-designated places

-   Gardendale
-   West Odessa

Unincorporated communities

-   Notrees
-   Penwell
-   Pleasant Farms

Ghost towns

-   Arcade
-   Badger
-   Douro
-   Judkins
-   Metz
-   North Cowden
-   Prairie Home
-   Scharbauer City
-   Smith Chapel
-   Turnbaugh Corner

Politics

  Year                               Republican                                   Democratic                                   Third parties
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  style=“text-align:center;” |2020   style=“text-align:center;” |73.3% _32,697_   style=“text-align:center;” |25.5% _11,367_   1.2% _527_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2016   style=“text-align:center;” |68.5% _25,020_   style=“text-align:center;” |28.1% _10,249_   3.5% _1,261_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2012   style=“text-align:center;” |73.9% _24,010_   style=“text-align:center;” |25.0% _8,118_    1.2% _385_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2008   style=“text-align:center;” |73.5% _26,199_   style=“text-align:center;” |25.6% _9,123_    0.9% _329_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2004   style=“text-align:center;” |75.7% _27,502_   style=“text-align:center;” |23.6% _8,579_    0.6% _229_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2000   style=“text-align:center;” |69.6% _22,893_   style=“text-align:center;” |28.7% _9,425_    1.8% _583_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1996   style=“text-align:center;” |54.3% _17,746_   style=“text-align:center;” |36.8% _12,017_   8.9% _2,923_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1992   style=“text-align:center;” |50.4% _18,161_   style=“text-align:center;” |30.9% _11,130_   18.8% _6,782_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1988   style=“text-align:center;” |67.8% _23,155_   style=“text-align:center;” |31.7% _10,825_   0.5% _172_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1984   style=“text-align:center;” |77.4% _31,228_   style=“text-align:center;” |22.1% _8,913_    0.5% _201_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1980   style=“text-align:center;” |72.4% _26,188_   style=“text-align:center;” |25.1% _9,069_    2.6% _922_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1976   style=“text-align:center;” |62.6% _18,973_   style=“text-align:center;” |35.6% _10,802_   1.8% _553_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1972   style=“text-align:center;” |79.3% _21,386_   style=“text-align:center;” |20.2% _5,449_    0.5% _125_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1968   style=“text-align:center;” |43.0% _10,557_   style=“text-align:center;” |21.7% _5,312_    35.3% _8,671_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1964   style=“text-align:center;” |51.4% _11,497_   style=“text-align:center;” |48.4% _10,826_   0.3% _63_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1960   style=“text-align:center;” |53.9% _11,145_   style=“text-align:center;” |43.5% _8,996_    2.6% _531_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1956   style=“text-align:center;” |62.4% _8,805_    style=“text-align:center;” |36.2% _5,109_    1.4% _194_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1952   style=“text-align:center;” |61.0% _8,259_    style=“text-align:center;” |38.9% _5,270_    0.1% _8_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1948   style=“text-align:center;” |20.1% _1,145_    style=“text-align:center;” |75.6% _4,305_    4.3% _244_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1944   style=“text-align:center;” |14.0% _432_      style=“text-align:center;” |73.3% _2,265_    12.8% _394_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1940   style=“text-align:center;” |13.9% _451_      style=“text-align:center;” |85.9% _2,783_    0.2% _5_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1936   style=“text-align:center;” |8.9% _81_        style=“text-align:center;” |89.9% _816_      1.2% _11_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1932   style=“text-align:center;” |6.2% _37_        style=“text-align:center;” |89.1% _530_      4.7% _28_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1928   style=“text-align:center;” |52.7% _168_      style=“text-align:center;” |47.3% _151_      style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1924   style=“text-align:center;” |7.7% _12_        style=“text-align:center;” |89.0% _138_      3.2% _5_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1920   style=“text-align:center;” |18.4% _23_       style=“text-align:center;” |80.0% _100_      1.6% _2_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1916   style=“text-align:center;” |1.6% _2_         style=“text-align:center;” |98.4% _120_      style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1912   style=“text-align:center;” |3.1% _3_         style=“text-align:center;” |92.7% _89_       4.2% _4_

  : PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS RESULTS[7]

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title: Ector County, Texas

question: Discuss income inequality in Ector County Texas

answer: Income inequality in the county is quite pronounced with women earning 30% less than men. 18.7% of the population lives below the poverty line. It is particularly pronounced amongst those younger than 18 where 23.9% of the population earn below the poverty line.


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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Supporters of Sen. Bernie Sanders[]Bernie SandersFederal government executes Brandon Bernard despite last-minute appeals Sanders, Hawley team up to demand vote on second round of stimulus checks On The Money: Millions of Americans in poverty as Black, Native American wages stagnate | Jobless claims jump to 853K | Economists warn against excluding state aid from COVID-19 relief MORE (I-Vt.) turned out en masse at ordinarily sleepy party caucuses earlier this month, electing a slate of delegates who could be poised to take over the largest Democratic Party organization outside of Washington, D.C.

As final vote totals trickled in, Sanders backers claimed to have elected more than 650 delegates out of 1,120 available seats chosen at this month’s caucuses. Those delegates will choose the next state Democratic Party chairman, along with other party officials.

Sanders supporters say they hope to change the very nature of the Democratic Party.

“One of the issues we’re looking to do is transform the party,” said Shannon Jackson, executive director of Our Revolution, the organization that grew out of the Sanders’s presidential campaign. “This is the first step in that process.”

Our Revolution ran an on-the-ground get-out-the-vote effort to make sure supporters attended caucuses in each of the state’s 80 assembly districts. The group sent out more than 100,000 emails and delivered 40,000 text messages, Jackson told The Hill. More than 800 Sanders supporters signed up to run for delegate seats.

Longtime Democratic activists, used to low-turnout caucuses in which only party regulars show up, were stunned by the long lines they faced this year. One party strategist in Sacramento said he waited 45 minutes in line before being able to vote, when he was used to walking in and out in the span of five minutes.

The surge in turnout, and Sanders backers’ success, caught the attention of elected leaders in Sacramento.

“There’s a lot of energy in the party right now. We need to move really quickly to harness this energy,” state Assembly Speaker Anthony Rendon (D) said in an interview, marveling at the turnout in his Los Angeles-area district.

California’s legislature has been at the vanguard of some of the most liberal policy programs in the nation, on everything from climate change to immigrant rights. Sanders supporters hope to leverage their newfound power to convince Democratic majorities in the state Assembly and state Senate to embrace even more aggressive progressive positions.

“This is to basically force the issues that we vote on onto the legislators for action. So it’s a very serious sea change,” said RoseAnn DeMoro, who heads National Nurses United and the California Nurses Association, groups that backed Sanders during his 2016 presidential primary.

The first test of the new Sanders bloc of voters will come in May, when California Democrats choose a replacement for outgoing state party Chairman John Burton. The nurses union backs Kimberly Ellis, a San Francisco-area party activist who runs Emerge California, a group that trains Democratic women to run for office.

Ellis will face Eric Bauman, who heads the Los Angeles Democratic Party and who backed former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton[]Hillary Diane Rodham ClintonBette Middler blasts McConnell: 'How did he win with an 18% approval rating?' Hillary Clinton: Republicans that 'humor' Trump election claims 'have no spines' Trump leaves mixed legacy on veterans affairs MORE in the 2016 presidential election. Sanders’s group has not made an endorsement in the race, though Jackson said Our Revolution would consider weighing in.

California is not the only state in which Sanders backers are trying to take over Democratic parties. The group is also organizing in Florida, Iowa, Colorado and Michigan, Jackson said.

“Hopefully, within a year or two, we’ll have a majority of the states covered,” Jackson said.

The bids to seize control of state Democratic parties is reminiscent of similar moves by fans of former Rep. Ron Paul (R-Texas), who engineered takeovers of state Republican parties in Nevada and Arizona, among others, after Paul’s bid for president in 2012.

But Democrats find themselves in deeper minorities, both in Congress and in state legislative chambers across the country. The party is poised to elect a new national chair person in February.

question: Define and describe the steps in transforming the Democratic party.

question: Summarize why Democrat caucuses have low turnout.

answer: One could surmise that the reason only party regulars show up is because there are not as pressing issues requiring voter support. When there is an election on the line, or when certain laws are in the works, it is especially important for people to show their support. Another reason is because the Republican party could be more active or strengthening, and this is a response.


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|population_ref = ( and wards ) |os_grid_reference = TQ183641 |london_borough = Kingston upon Thames |region = London |country = England |post_town = CHESSINGTON |postcode_area = KT |postcode_district = KT9 |dial_code = 020 |constituency_westminster = Kingston and Surbiton }}

CHESSINGTON is an area in the Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames within Greater London. Historically part of Surrey, today it is the largest salient of Greater London into that county. As of the 2011 Census it had a population of 18,973. The Bonesgate Stream, a tributary of the Hogsmill River, runs through it. The popular theme park resort Chessington World of Adventures, which incorporates Chessington Zoo, is located in the south-west of the area.

Neighbouring settlements include Tolworth, Ewell, Surbiton, Claygate, Epsom, Oxshott, Leatherhead, Esher, Kingston upon Thames and Worcester Park.

History

Its name came from Anglo-Saxon _Cissan dūn_ = “hill belonging to [a man named] Cissa”.

Chessington appears in the Domesday Book as _Cisedune_ and _Cisendone_. It was held partly by Robert de Wateville and partly by Milo (Miles) Crispin. Its Domesday assets were: 1½ hides; part of a mill worth 2s, 4 ploughs, woodland worth 30 hogs. It rendered £7.[1]

The mansion at Chessington World of Adventures, known today as the Burnt Stub, was originally built in 1348. In the English Civil War it became a royalist stronghold and was razed to the ground by Oliver Cromwell's Parliamentary forces, giving it its modern name. The site became an inn and was then rebuilt on a grander scale from the 18th century by the Vere Barker family in a Neo-Gothic Victorian style. The grounds were turned into a zoo in 1931 by Reginald Goddard. Chessington Zoo became part of the Tussauds Group in 1978 and is now operated as a theme park. Burnt Stub had no public access until 2003 when it became an attraction called Hocus Pocus Hall.[2]

thumb|Map of Chessington in the 1880s Chessington Hall has a place in 18th-century literary history, as home of Samuel Crisp, a failed playwright and close friend of Fanny Burney. Chessington Road Recreation Ground was purchased on 16 October 1930 for £1,000.[3]

At 207 Hook Road is a Blue plaque commemorating the author Enid Blyton who lived at the address between 1920 and 1924.

The former RAF Chessington Hospital, demolished in the 1990s, first opened as RAF Hook around 1938 as a regional barrage balloon depot and was operated by RAF Balloon Command. It became a vital part of Britain's defence against the Luftwaffe in World War II and originally featured a number of large barrage balloon sheds as well as extensive garages and workshops for the station's support vehicles.

Notable residents

-   Enid Blyton, author of _Noddy_, the _Secret Seven_ and the _Famous Five_.
-   Jan Brittin, England cricketer
-   Helen Chamberlain, TV presenter
-   Petula Clark, singer from the 1960s
-   George Cohen, member of the 1966 England World Cup-winning team.
-   Chris Garland, Chelsea footballer
-   Sir Bob Geldof, lived at Barwell Court for two year's in the late 1970s along with members of his band The Boomtown Rats. Previous occupants of the house were the rock band Genesis (band) who wrote their album ‘Selling England by the Pound’ whilst staying there in 1973. And the progressive rock bands Van Der Graaf Generator and Gong (band).
-   Harry Hawker, well known engineer, test pilot and racing driver, lived in Hook until 1921.
-   Kelly Reilly, actress
-   Errol Brown, Singer in Hot Chocolate
-   Tim Smith and Jim Smith, respectively singer/guitarist/composer and bass guitarist/backing singer in Cardiacs

Economy

Sega Amusements Europe has its head office in Chessington.[4]

The Chessington Industrial Estate[5] is located on Lion Park Avenue.

Attractions

Chessington houses one of the Europe's leading theme park resorts Chessington World of Adventures. This includes a zoo, a theme park, an aquarium and two four star hotels – the Safari Hotel and Azteca Hotel. In the grounds of the resort lies the historic Burnt Stub Mansion.

Chessington Garden Centre[6] is located in the south of the area near Malden Rushett.

Chessington offers a range of countryside activities with many open spaces including the “Chessington Countryside Walk” in the London Green Belt. Chessington Wood, in the south of the area, contains the source of the Bonesgate Stream, a tributary of the Hogsmill River, in turn a tributary of the River Thames.

Locality

[St Mary's Church, Chessington] [Hook Lane, Chessington] The areas of Chessington have these names:

-   Chessington North, also referred to as North Parade, immediately adjacent to Chessington North railway station.
-   Hook, generally referred to as the central point in Chessington, although historically considered a separate entity. It incorporates the majority of bus routes which pass through the area.
-   Copt Gilders, named after the farm which was once in this area.
-   Chessington South, previously called Fleetwood, incorporating the majority of buildings south of Chessington School and Chessington South railway station.
-   Southborough is close to the A3 and nearby Surbiton and Tolworth.
-   The Ace of Spades, the area surrounding the roundabout linking Hook Road with the A3/Kingston Bypass.

Chessington World of Adventures (branded, is often referred to simply as “Chessington”), a zoo and theme park with a broader appeal. Within the park there is the Burnt Stub Mansion from the English Civil War. Also one of the main employers in the area.

Churches include: St Paul's C of E, Hook Road, in the Diocese of Southwark; St Mary's C of E, Church Lane, in the Diocese of Guildford; Chessington Methodist Church, Moor Lane, in the Kingston circuit; St. Catherine of Siena RC, Leatherhead Road, in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark; and Chessington Evangelical Church, the King's Centre,[7] Coppard Gardens.

The town is served by the _Surrey Comet_ newspaper, as well as the free paper _Kingston Guardian_.

Sport

Within the town there are various sporting organisations including: Non League football clubs Chessington & Hook United F.C. and Epsom Athletic F.C., who both play football in the Combined Counties League; and Kingston RFC based on the Hook Road. Kingston RFC[8] play in Surrey division 2 union league. Chessington also is home to Chessington Cricket Club, founded in 1919, play on the Sir Francis Barker recreation ground on Leatherhead Road, the 1st XI currently play in Division 1 of The Surrey Championship.

On site with Chessington School is Chessington Sports Centre. The sports centre is home to many local sports clubs such as The Kingston Wildcats (2nd and youth teams), Genesis Gymnastics Club, Chessington Badminton Club and many others. The Sports Centre has a multi use sports hall, a fully equipped fitness suite and Kingston's only Climbing Wall, Chessington Rocks.

The former Formula One racing team Brabham had their factory in Chessington. The site is now occupied by the Carlin DPR GP2 team.[9]

Local geography

Education

The main secondary school in Chessington is a mixed public school called Chessington School, but nearby secondary schools on the northern border of Chessington are the boys' school Southborough High School in Surbiton and Tolworth Girls' School and Centre for Continuing Education in Tolworth.

    _For education in Chessington see the main Royal Borough of Kingston upon Thames article._

There are also many primary schools, e.g., Ellingham Primary School

Transport

There are trains, busses and taxis.

Rail

thumb|Chessington North railway station Chessington has two railway stations: Chessington North and Chessington South. They are half a mile apart with South Western Railway services every half-hour to London Waterloo. Chessington South is the end of the line. The line was originally intended to split at Motspur Park, pass through Chessington and proceed on to Leatherhead, but construction was halted at Chessington South in 1940 as World War II began, and it was then the Green Belt with Ashtead Common's 200+ year protection order that stopped it from continuing.

The line past Chessington South has fallen into heavy disrepair and leads over a concrete bridge into a patch of full-grown trees. The crossover, signal, and rail electricity at this point are still active, even though a passenger train has never passed over this section.

Roads

Chessington is about four miles (6 km) from junction 9 of the M25 motorway. The town is situated on the A243 Leatherhead Road, close to the A3 London-to-Portsmouth trunk route to the north. The un-numbered Bridge Road runs through the area from the A243 toward the adjacent district of West Ewell, in the neighbouring borough of Epsom and Ewell (the boundary being marked crossing the course of the Bonesgate Stream).

Buses

The Chessington area is served by a number of daily bus services, such as routes 71, 465, 467, night route 65 and local routes K2 and K4. It is also served by the school service 671.

[1] Surrey Domesday Book

[2] (now known as “room on a broom” attraction)[https://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=uiltnIBk-F4C&oi=fnd&pg=PA91&dq=burnt+stub+chessington&ots=93fwkXy-yG&sig=8Fd4eer8qI7YF9CF9F7NgFg0Mkk#PPA92,M1 Leisure/tourism Geographies: Practices and Geographical Knowledge] By David Crouch, 1999, Routledge,

[3] Chessington Road recreation ground

[4] “Contacts.” Sega Amusements Europe. Retrieved 31 January 2011. “address Sega Amusements Europe Ltd 42 Barwell Business Park Leatherhead Road Chessington Surrey KT9 2NY UK.”

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title: Chessington

question: What does the article say about transportation?

answer: There are trains, busses, and taxis. Chessington has two railway stations: Chessington North and Chessington South. It is about four miles from junction 9 of the M25 motorway. It is also served by a number of daily bus services.

question: Summarize everything relating to historical figures.

answer: Chessington was held partly by Robert de Wateville and partly by Milo Crispin in the past. In the English Civil War, it was razed to the ground by Oliver Cromwell's forces. It was rebuilt in the 18th century by the Vere Barker family and the grounds were turned into a zoo in 1931 by Reginald Goddard.

question: What does the article say about the 2020s?


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This is a list of members of the 2nd Parliament of Zimbabwe, which began in 1985 and expired in 1990. The Parliament of Zimbabwe is composed of the Senate and the House of Assembly. The 2nd Parliament's membership was set by the 1985 election, which gave ZANU–PF a nearly ⅔ majority, with PF–ZAPU taking most of the remaining seats. Of the 20 seats reserved for whites, 15 were held by the Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe, with the moderate Independent Zimbabwe Group all but one of the remaining five seats.

Key

  Party   Abbreviation
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          Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front
          Patriotic Front – Zimbabwe African People's Union
          Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe
          Independent Zimbabwe Group
          Zimbabwe African National Union – Ndonga
          Independent

Senate

House of Assembly

Common roll

Most of the elected MPs for ZAPU joined ZANU–PF in 1987 as a result of the Unity Accord, which merged the two parties.

  Constituency                   Name          Party
  ------------------------------ ------------- ------- -------------
  MANICALAND PROVINCE
  Buhera North
  Buhera South
  Chimanimani
  Chipinge
  Makoni East
  Makoni West
  Mutare East
  Mutare Urban
  Mutare West
  Mutasa
  Nyanga
  MASHONALAND CENTRAL PROVINCE
  Bindura–Shamva
  Darwin
  Guruve
  Mazowe
  Rushinga
  MASHONALAND EAST PROVINCE
  Chinamora
  Chitungwiza
  Dzivarasekwa
  Glen View
  Goromonzi
  Harare
  Highfield
  Manyame
  Marondera
  Mbare
  Mudzi
  Mufakose
  Mukuvusi
  Murewa North
  Murewa South
  Mutoko
  Wedza
  Zengeza
  MASHONALAND WEST PROVINCE
  Chegutu East
  Chegutu West
  Kadoma
  Kariba
  Karoi
  Makonde East
  Makonde North
  Makonde West
  Masvingo Province
  Bikita
  Chiredzi North
  Chiredzi South
  Chivi
  Gutu North
  Gutu South
  Masvingo North
  Masvingo South
  Mwenezi
  Ndanga East
  Ndanga–Zimuto
  Matabeleland North Province
  Binga
  Bulawayo
  Hwange–Tsholotsho
                                 ZANU–PF [1]
  Lupane
  Magwegwe
  Mpopoma
  Nkayi
  Nyamandhlovu
  Pelandaba
  Matabeleland South Province
  Beitbridge
  Bulalima–Mangwe
  Gwanda
  Insiza
  Matobo
  Mzingwane
  Midlands Province
  Charter East
  Chirumanzu
  Gokwe East
  Gokwe West
  Gweru Rural
  Gweru Urban
  Kwekwe East
  Kwekwe West
  Mberengwa North
  Mberengwa South
  Shurugwi
  Zvishavane

White roll

The following were the members elected on the white roll for the 20 seats in Parliament reserved for whites. In September 1987, having achieved the support of 75% of the House of Assembly as required under the Lancaster House Agreement, the constitution was amended to abolish the white roll constituencies. Twenty further members (including many of the former white MPs who were supportive of ZANU–PF) were co-opted onto the House of Assembly to replace them.

  Constituency       Name      Party
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  Avondale
                     ZANU–PF
  Borrowdale
  Bulawayo Central
  Bulawayo North
  Bulawayo South
  Central
  Eastern
  Hatfield
  Highlands
                     ZANU–PF
  Kadoma–Chegutu
  Kopje
  Makoni
                     ZANU–PF
  Marlborough
  Mazowe–Mutoko
  Midlands
  Northern
  Mount Pleasant
                     ZANU–PF
  Runde
  Southern
  Western

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title: List of members of the 2nd Parliament of Zimbabwe

question: When did the 2nd Parliament of Zimbabwe begin?

answer: 1985.

question: When did it end?

answer: 1990.

question: Who had the majority in the 1985 election?

answer: ZANU-PF

question: What is ZANU-PF?

answer: Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The 2nd Parliament of Zimbabwe, which began in 1985 and expired in 1990, consisted of black and white members.  The Parliament is composed of the Senate and the House of Assembly. The 2nd Parliament's membership was set by the 1985 election, which gave ZANU–PF (Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front) a nearly two-thirds majority, with PF–ZAPU taking most of the remaining seats. Of the 20 seats reserved for whites, 15 were held by the Conservative Alliance of Zimbabwe, with the moderate Independent Zimbabwe Group all but one of the remaining five seats.


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Everyday dairy products such as butter, yoghurt and cheese could become luxury items in Britain after Brexit, with price rises being caused by the slightest delay in the journey from farm to table, a report by the London School of Economics finds.

The LSE research, commissioned by the company behind Lurpak, Anchor and Arla brands, also found that speciality cheeses could become scarce after Brexit, with escalating costs whatever the outcome of the exit negotiations.

Ash Amirahmadi, the UK managing director of Arla Foods, said: “Our dependence on imported dairy products means that disruption to the supply chain will have a big impact. Most likely we would see shortages of products and a sharp rise in prices, turning everyday staples like butter, yoghurts, cheese and infant formula, into occasional luxuries. Speciality cheeses, where there are currently limited options for production, may become very scarce.”

The LSE report comes a year to the day after the government was warned that it was “sleepwalking” into a post-Brexit future of insecure, unsafe and increasingly expensive food supplies.

[Dairy cows in UK]

Brexit could create opportunities to expand the UK’s dairy industry, but this could take years, suggests Ash Amirahmadi, of Arla Foods. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images
Britain’s food production deficit has been put in the spotlight after repeated warnings that the country needs to rely less on imports to feed the population.

Britain does not produce enough milk to keep up with demand, creating a dependency on the EU, including on dairy-surplus countries such as Ireland, Germany, France, Belgium and Denmark for everyday items such as cheddar cheese and butter.

If the UK crashes out of the EU with no deal and defaults to World Trading Organisation rules, prices will almost certainly rise as dairy products, along with meat, attract high tariffs.

A milk product with a fat content of 3% to 6% has a tariff of 74%, while fresh mozzarella is rated at 41% and unripened cheese at 68%.

Even if a deal were struck and there were no tariffs, imports would face costly delays at Dover, the report says. LSE estimates that every seven-minute delay at a port such as Dover will add a minimum of £111 extra per container because of extra labour costs.

In addition, rules of origin certificates could add €48 (£45), with veterinary controls costing £50.60 per consignment, the LSE finds.

“Fuel costs, lorry maintenance, loss of perishable goods shelf life and increased wages of lorry divers, mean the above figures [are] at the lower end of the likely range,” finds the LSE.

The research suggested that small cheese suppliers in France and Italy could find their products uncompetitive in British shops, generating scarcities and, in turn, price rises.

Amirahmadi said it was important to be clear that Brexit might bring opportunities to expand the dairy industry in the UK, boosting the country’s declining food security levels. However, he warned that this would take time.

[World Trade Organisation food tariffs. Effective rate 2015 prices]

World Trade Organisation food tariffs. Effective rate 2015 prices Photograph: Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
“Brexit might bring opportunities to expand the UK industry in the long-term, but in the short- and medium-term we cannot just switch milk production on and off. Increasing the UK’s milk pool and building the infrastructure for us to be self-sufficient in dairy will take years,” he said.

Arla is the largest dairy company in the country with a turnover of £2.6bn and supplies the big supermarket chains including Sainsbury’s, Morrisons and Asda with branded and own-label products. It is a pan-European cooperative with production facilities in 11 countries supplied by its 11,200 dairy farmers, 2,400 of which are British.

Commenting on the LSE report, Amirahmadi suggested that farmers who owned the Arla dairy cooperative already offered the consumer the best possible price.

“There’s no margin to play with here in the value chain,” he said. “Any disruption means that if we don’t get the practicalities of Brexit right we will face a choice between shortages, extra costs that will inevitably have to be passed on to the consumer, or undermining the world-class standards we have worked so hard to achieve.”

question: What items may become scarce after Brexit in Britain and why?

answer: Dairy products such as cheese, infant formula, butter and yoghurt could become luxury items. This is because Britain does not produce enough milk to meet demand in the UK. In addition, the tariffs from the WTO put milk products with a fat content of 3-6% at a tariff of 74%. Even if a deal is struck, imports would face costly delays at Dover.


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Trion has announced the 5th calling for RIFT known as the PRIMALIST in a new Dev Diary video which you can check out here.

THE PRIMALIST

The Primalist is the 5th calling in RIFT. From the Dev Diary video, a few things have been revealed about the Primalist.

[UPDATE] PRIMALIST LIVESTREAM. Trion has now also held a Primalist livestream, revealing more about the new calling including a whole bunch of tooltips and all soul trees. Check out the summary and tooltip compilation here!

NEW FOCUS BAR

[Primalist Focus Bar Pre-Release]

The Primalist makes use of a new focus bar that moves between Fury (bear) and Cunning (Eagle) as you use different abilities. The further you go in either direction, the more effective or powerful the abilities you use become.

SIX SOULS (+4 FUTURE)

[Primalist Soul Icons]

Primalist will be releasing with 6 souls at the beginning, with 4 more added in the future. It’s unknown what the 4 future souls are.

-   VULCANIST: Ranged ST DPS. Fire + Earth abilities.
-   BERSERKER: Melee AoE DPS.
-   TYPHOON: Ranged AoE DPS. Water + Air abilities.
-   TITAN: Tank.
-   DERVISH: Melee ST DPS.
-   PRESERVER: Healer. Uses blossoms and seeds.

Each soul has 31 points (compared to existing Callings’ 61 points) so the Primalist’s soul tree differs a bit from existing ones. This has been confirmed by Lead Systems Designer Vladd.

A few interesting tidbits were garnered from the video.

TYPHOON STORM VFX

It seems that Typhoon has some new vfx assets:

[RIFT Primalist Typhoon Screencap]

RIFT Primalist Typhoon

It’s not an ‘entirely’ new idea, but the storm vfx looks unique compared to the existing ones in-game. It’s not too surprising that the Primalist would have new vfx though.

TITAN TOTEM

What’s even more interesting is that the Titan seems to make use of some kind of pulsing stone totem:

[RIFT Primalist Titan Screencap]

RIFT Primalist Titan

Will it act kind of like the Beacon of Despair from Cleric’s Defiler soul, generating threat on targets and perhaps making the Titan take a percentage of damage? Who knows at this point. At the very least, the pulsing AoE from the Titan’s totem seems to keep the mobs at bay, acting as a kind of ‘wall’.

PRIMAL AVATARS

Red Hawk mentioned in the video that you will want at least 21 points in your primary soul to obtain the “Primal Avatar” of that soul.

[RIFT Primalist Calling Primal Avatars]

Primalist’s Primal Avatars

Each soul has one Primal Avatar that provides a significant boost to your spec and gives you a vfx on your head of the associated creature. From the video we know that the ‘Primal Avatar: Tiger’ is for the Berserker soul.

BERSERKER SOUL TREE

During the video, Trion briefly showed the Berserker soul tree and hovered over some abilities. This is the Primalist’s Melee AoE DPS soul.

[RIFT Primalist Berserker Soul Tree Preview]

RIFT Primalist Berserker Soul Tree Preview

The abilities are:

-   CONDENSED WRATH. While you have a single stack of Wrath, your single target damage is increased by 5/10/15? %. This bonus is decreased by 5% for each additional stack of Wrath.

-   PRIMAL AVATAR: TIGER (21PT ABILITY). Channels the Primal Spirit of the Tiger. Sets Fury to max and stops focus bar movement. Reduces the cooldown of Corpsefall and Icefall to 0 and applies 3 stacks of Calculated Action and Restrained Fury. Lasts 15s. 2min CD and oGCD.

-   HEART FREEZE. Interrupted and Debilitates up to 10 enemies for 5s. 30sec CD. Instant. 35m range.

It looks like each tree requires 31 points to max out.

PRIMALIST ETA

So what is the Primalist release date?

No exact date, but Lead Engineer Snedhepl has confirmed it has a RIFT 3.4 release:

  It’ll be out in 3.4.

  [Source: Snedhepl]

Remember how Live Content Designer Kerilar mentioned in a tweet that Primalist, Planetouched Wilds and the Assault on Bronze Tomb Warfront will be released at the same time?:

  They all go live at the same time. Wrap your head tight, so it doesnt explode!

  [Source: Kerilar]

With that and what CM Ocho mentioned about the name of the patch in a thread on the forums, it seems we now have confirmation that:

THE 5TH CALLING PRIMALIST, THE NEW ZONE PLANETOUCHED WILDS AND ASSAULT ON BRONZE TOMB WARFRONT WILL BE RELEASED IN RIFT 3.4: INTO THE WILDS!

RIFT 3.4 RELEASE DATE

When is RIFT 3.4? Senior UI Artist Gingers has mentioned Fall 2015. [r] (So between Sept 23rd to Dec 21st).

PRIMALIST COST

THE WILDS PACK

The Primalist is currently available for early purchase from “The Wilds Pack” on the RIFT Store which costs $100.

-   That pack includes the 6 Primalist souls as well as a special mount, portrait, warfront announcer, scaling trinket, 30-day patron, companion pet, minion card and costume + cape.
-   Some items are available instantly whilst others (like the Primalist class) will only be available once 3.4 hits.

You can learn full details about The Wilds Pack here.

PRIMALIST FOR CREDITS

The Primalist class will be available for Credits on the RIFT Store when 3.4 launches.

  Similar to the Storm Souls and Dream Souls Packs, there will also be a Primalist Pack available in game for credit purchase/gifting once 3.4 is live. It will include the calling and initial 6 souls.

  [Source: RIFT Game Director Archonix]

Price of the Primalist Pack is currently unknown.

OTHER INTERESTING TIDBITS

Not exactly about the Primalist, but I’ll mention a few other stuff of interest.

POSSIBLE TETH SCULPTURE

[Possible Teth Stone Monument]

Possible Teth Stone Monument

The statue/sculpture/monument shown at the very beginning of the trailer might actually represent Teth. It wouldn’t be a surprise if some of the inhabitants of the Planetouched Wilds were to worship Teth, who (according to artifacts on the PTS) can change forms. The numerous hands and masks might represent his various forms.

PLANETOUCHED WILDS

[Planetouched Wilds Teaser]

Planetouched Wilds Teaser

Not much, but here’s a screenshot of the brief moment they showed off a very small portion of the Planetouched Wilds. As we’ve garnered from PTS data files and mini-map compilations, there’s a large mass of blue and red crystals in open mining tunnels scattered throughout the area.

The screenshot also shows some cloth in the top-right which is typical of some of the structures in the zone. There’s also two blimps and floating island in the distance at the top of the screenshot.

OVOG CEREMONIAL ROBE

[Ovog Ceremonial Robe]

Ovog Ceremonial Robe

The video also showed off the Ovog Ceremonial Robe wardrobe bundle that we’ll be getting at some point. It’s already on the PTS. Just search for “Ovog” in Wardrobe (with Show Uncollected checked).

[Ovog Ceremonial Wardrobe and Cloak of the Great Wheel PTS]

There’s also a Primalist Cape as seen in the top-right image. Unknown how we’ll obtain this.

RISEN ARAK WALLPAPER

[RIFT Arisen Arak Wallpaper Screenshot]

RIFT Arisen Arak ‘Wallpaper’. Click image for 1920×1200 version.

At the very end of the video is this ‘wallpaper’. The main new things you’ll notice is Arisen Arak, the Primalist in the bottom-right hand corner and a prominent female character in the foreground.

Click the image above for a 1920×1200 version of the ‘wallpaper’ taken from a screenshot of the video. I’m sure Trion will have the actual high-res wallpaper on their site at some point.

The female character will most likely be of some importance to the Planetouched Wilds storyline.

COLOR SCHEME

Notice the color scheme. There’s the blue-ish/green water on the left which possibly represents the Plane of Water; there’s green at the back which represents Nightmare/Lord Arak and then there’s orange to the right.

We know that there’s new Poison, Nightmare and Burning artifact types on the PTS. Could it be possible that the orange ‘water’ to the right is hinting at a Plane of Fire expansion?

Pure speculation of course, and I might just be crazy.

ARISEN ARAK

As for the green golem in the background, that should be Arisen Arak, the guy whose model has been in the data files for a few weeks now.

[Arisen Arak Model]

Arisen Arak Model

He will most likely appear in the Tier 3 “Lord Arak Raid” raid. Unsure if the new ‘wallpaper’ with Arisen Arak means that we’re also getting the new raid in 3.4, but my guess is that with all the things being added to 3.4, they’ll probably hold off on the raid until 3.5 (slated for some time in Fall/Winter).

TRION NEW LOGO

It seems Trion’s logo has changed as well:

[Trion Logo Change 2015]

Interesting little tidbit.

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Look forward to the Primalist calling, Planetouched Wilds zone and Assault on Bronze Tomb warfront in RIFT 3.4: Into the Wilds, coming some time this Fall!

Keep an eye out for other Primalist information that Trion starts posting up in the coming weeks/months until 3.4 hits!

[UPDATE] You can check out the Primalist Livestream Summary for further details on the Primalist calling, including compilations of tooltips for the various souls!

question: What does the article say about Primalist Souls?

answer: Primalist will be releasing with 6 souls at the beginning, with 4 more added in the future. It’s unknown what the 4 future souls are. The 6 souls are Vulcanist, Berseker, Typhoon, Titan, Dervish, and Preserver. Each soul has 31 points. You will want at least 21 points in your primary soul to obtain the “Primal Avatar” of that soul. Each soul has one Primal Avatar that provides a significant boost to your spec and gives you a VFX on your head of the associated creature.

question: Compare the prices of Dream Souls Packs and Primalist Pack.