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ROMAN GRECO (born ROMAN GRÉCU 1904 – 1989) is a French painter of Romanian origin. He is a Montmartrois painter, from the School of Paris, active during the years 1930 to 1970, he found a large part of his inspiration in the landscapes of the Montmartre hill.

Biography

Born in 1904 in Porcești[1], a poor and isolated village in the Carpathian mountains of Romania in the Sibiu area, Roman was the eldest of three in the family of a shoe maker. His father decided that Roman will succeed him and teaches him the job, but he does not like this life, he wants to become a painter: as soon as he can, he cuts himself off to draw or paint on paper, cardboard, wood, walls. One day, the village priest suggests that he decorates a little local church, which he achieves with success.

He is almost twenty-five now and decides to hurry to Bucaresti in order to go in for the competitive exam at the School of Fine Arts. He comes top of the class and studies there for two years. In the second year, again, he wins a competition which offers registration at the School of Fine Arts in Paris together with a year's grant.

Excited by life in Paris, he falls in love with la butte Montmartre and decides to stay there. In order to survive, he has to take odd jobs like sandwich boardman, walk on in some theaters, porter in the food markets and for a few coins, he draws people's portraits at the Place du Tertre next to le Sacré Coeur. In Montmartre, he finds friends who support and accommodate him for a while. He does not paint much because the equipment is expensive, so he sets himself up as a leather tanner and makes all sorts of leather goods[2].

He was married a few years before the war, became a French citizen, and began to sell some paintings. (He signed the paintings as “Greco” because “Grecu” does not sound good to French ears.)

Little by little, he becomes a figure of la butte Montmartre, a regular visitor to “le Lapin Agile” where he comes across Emil Cioran whom he had made friends with at the School of Fine Arts in Bucaresti; their friendship will last until Roman's death in 1989. Among his friends are Bernard Lorjou and Auguste Frémaux with whom he works and shares galleries for exhibitions. Until the late 1970s many of his works are selected for “le salon d'automne” a famous Paris yearly  painting exhibition.

Work

Much of Roman Greco's work finds its inspiration in the landscapes of Montmartre, including more than half of his paintings. His style is similar to his contemporaries at the School of Paris but with a more violent approach. The gallery owner and art critic VALLOBRA thus analyzes his style in the magazine Apollo for the 1967 autumn fair[3] :

  _Il m'a été très favorable de pouvoir découvrir et bientôt révéler au grand public, un expressionniste violent, une peintre tragique : Roman-Greco. D'origine roumaine, ce remarquable révolutionnaire de la forme graphico-subjective et de la matière expressive plastico-objective, est en fait un peintre de caractère : un maître. Après sa formation aux Beaux-Arts de Bucarest, il s'installe à Paris, dans un atelier à Montmartre et obtient depuis peu, le Prix de Monaco. Il a exposé avec Bernard Lorjou dans le cadre de sélection au Salon d'automne en 1961... Le dynamisme de sa déformation caractéristique, confirme chez Roman Greco, la maîtrise et l'originalité. Le colorisme non moins puissant, aux accents fauves accuse un peintre de valeur, dont nous avons remarqué La Conquête de l'espace qu'il a présentée au Salon d'Automne et qui a été sélectionnée pour être présentée au Japon. Nous reviendrons sur ce peintre de caractère, qui est appelé à la haute consécration._

  _VALLOBRA_

Private collections

Part of his work is gathered in the private collection held by his descendants, it brings together more than two hundred works, has been digitized and is made available to the public through a website[4] of a catalog raisonné[5] and public exhibitions.

Une partie de son œuvre se trouve rassemblée au sein de la collection privée tenue par sa descendance, elle rassemble plus de deux cents œuvres, a été numérisée et est mise à disposition du public à travers un site web[6]d'un catalogue raisonné et d'expositions publiques[7].

The work consists mainly of oils on canvas and drawings. It is classified as follows:

-   Montmartre landscapes[8]
-   Still lifes[9]
-   Churches[10]
-   Other Works[11][12]
-   Drawings, Indian inks, charcoals[13]

[Roman Greco - House of La Belle Gabrielle, rue Saint-Vincent in Montmartre - oil on canvas - 50x61 - 1962]

Exhibitions

It is not easy to carefully reconstruct the course of the painter, although he was very regularly exhibited as evidenced by the posters and articles found in the archives of his descendants.

-   Paris
    -   Salons d'Automne at least during 1961 and 1967[14][15]
    -   Gallery Madeleine Horst[16]where he exhibits alongside painters like Yvette Alde, Roger Bertin, Cahours, Caillaux, Culpepper, Grau-Salla, Marixa, Papazoff, Pierre Theron, Jean Vinay.
-   Japan - Exhibition in Japon[17]
-   Switzerland - Galerie Saint-Germain in Geneva where he exhibits alone or with other painters like Auguste Fremaux.

Notes and references

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title: Roman Greco

question: Why did Roma Greco not want to follow in his father's footsteps?

answer: Roman was the eldest of three in the family of a shoemaker. His father decided that Roman will succeed him and taught him the job. He wanted to become a painter: as soon as he could he started to draw or paint on paper, cardboard, wood, walls. One day, the village priest suggested that he decorate a little local church. He did a great job of it.

question: What does the article say about Roman's friends?

answer: Roman falls in love with la butte Montmartre and decides to stay there. His friends support and accommodate him for a while. In Montmartre, he runs into Emil Cioran whom he had made friends with at the School of Fine Arts in Bucaresti; their friendship will last until Roman's death in 1989. Among his friends are Bernard Lorjou and Auguste Frémaux with whom he works and shares galleries for exhibitions.

question: What does the piece about Roman's wife?


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ULRIK FREDRIK JOHANNES PATZ[1] (born July 3, 1993 in Skellefteå) is a Swedish curler.[2]

He is a 2014 European mixed curling champion and a two-time Swedish mixed curling champion (2014, 2017).

Teams

Men's

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| Season | Skip   | Third  | Second | Lead   | Altern | Coach  | Events |
|        |        |        |        |        | ate    |        |        |
+========+========+========+========+========+========+========+========+
| 2009–1 | Patric | Gustav | Jesper | Victor | Johann | Per    | (6th)  |
| 0      | Maberg | Eskils | Johans | Herlin | es     | Sjöstr |        |
|        | s      | son    | son    |        | Patz   | öm     |        |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| 2011–1 | Patric | Gustav | Jesper | Johann |        |        |        |
| 2      | Maberg | Eskils | Johans | es     |        |        |        |
|        | s      | son    | son    | Patz   |        |        |        |
|        | (fourt | (skip) |        |        |        |        |        |
|        | h)     |        |        |        |        |        |        |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| 2012–1 | Patric | Gustav | Jesper | Johann | Fredri | Flemmi | SJCC   |
| 3      | Maberg | Eskils | Johans | es     | k      | ng     | 2013   |
|        | s      | son    | son    | Patz   | Nyman  | Patz   |  (4th) |
|        | (fourt | (skip) |        |        | (WJCC) |        |        |
|        | h)     |        |        |        |        |        |        |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| Gustav | Patric | Jesper | Johann |        |        | SMCC   |
| Eskils | Maberg | Johans | es     |        |        | 2013   |
| son    | s      | son    | Patz   |        |        |        |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| 2013–1 | Patric | Gustav | Jesper | Johann |        | Flemmi | SMCC   |
| 4      | Maberg | Eskils | Johans | es     |        | ng     | 2014   |
|        | s      | son    | son    | Patz   |        | Patz   |        |
|        | (fourt | (skip) |        |        |        |        |        |
|        | h)     |        |        |        |        |        |        |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| Fredri | Simon  | Johann | Victor | Max    | Hans   | SJCC   |
| k      | Granbo | es     | Martin | Bäck   | Nyman  | 2014   |
| Nyman  | m      | Patz   | sson   | (WJCC) |        |  (6th) |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| 2014–1 | Patric | Gustav | Jesper | Johann |        | Flemmi | WUG    |
| 5      | Maberg | Eskils | Johans | es     |        | ng     | 2015   |
|        | s      | son    | son    | Patz   |        | Patz   | (4th)  |
|        | (fourt | (skip) |        |        |        |        | SMCC   |
|        | h)     |        |        |        |        |        | 2015   |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| Fredri | Simon  | Johann | Victor | Max    | Hans   | SJCC   |
| k      | Granbo | es     | Martin | Bäck   | Nyman  | 2015   |
| Nyman  | m      | Patz   | sson   | (WJCC) |        |  (4th) |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| 2015–1 | Patric | Gustav | Jesper | Johann |        |        | SMCC   |
| 6      | Maberg | Eskils | Johans | es     |        |        | 2016   |
|        | s      | son    | son    | Patz   |        |        |        |
|        | (fourt | (skip) |        |        |        |        |        |
|        | h)     |        |        |        |        |        |        |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| 2016–1 | Patric | Gustav | Fredri | Johann |        | Flemmi | WUG    |
| 7      | Maberg | Eskils | k      | es     |        | ng     | 2017   |
|        | s      | son    | Nyman  | Patz   |        | Patz   |        |
|        | (fourt | (skip) |        |        |        |        |        |
|        | h)     |        |        |        |        |        |        |
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| 2017–1 | Patric | Fredri | Vincen | Johann |        |        | SMCC   |
| 8      | Maberg | k      | t      | es     |        |        | 2018   |
|        | s      | Nyman  | Stenbe | Patz   |        |        | (7th)  |
|        |        |        | rg     |        |        |        |        |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| 2018–1 | Camero | Simon  | Johann | Filip  |        |        | SMCC   |
| 9      | n      | Granbo | es     | Stener |        |        | 2019   |
|        | Bryce  | m      | Patz   |        |        |        |        |
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+
| 2019–2 | Patric | Fredri | Fredri | Johann |        |        |        |
| 0      | Maberg | k      | k      | es     |        |        |        |
|        | s      | Nyman  | Carlse | Patz   |        |        |        |
|        |        |        | n      |        |        |        |        |
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Mixed

  Season                       Skip                     Third             Second                  Lead                    Alternate       Coach              Events
  ---------------------------- ------------------------ ----------------- ----------------------- ----------------------- --------------- ------------------ ------------------
  2013–14                      Patric Mabergs           Isabella Wranå    Johannes Patz           Sofia Mabergs                                              SMxCC 2014 [3]
  2014–15                      Patric Mabergs           Isabella Wranå    Johannes Patz           Sofia Mabergs                           Mats Wranå         EMxCC 2014
  2015–16                      Patric Mabergs           Isabella Wranå    Johannes Patz           Sofia Mabergs           Fanny Sjöberg                      SMxCC 2016
  2016–17                      Patric Mabergs           Isabella Wranå    Johannes Patz           Sofia Mabergs                           Flemming Patz      SMxCC 2017
  2017–18                      Patric Mabergs           Isabella Wranå    Johannes Patz           Sofia Mabergs                           Flemming Patz      WMxCC 2017 (5th)
  Victor Martinsson (fourth)   Therese Westman          Johannes Patz     Anette Norberg (skip)                                           SMxCC 2018 (5th)
  2018–19                      Robin Ahlberg (fourth)   Therese Westman   Johannes Patz           Anette Norberg (skip)                                      SMxCC 2019

Mixed doubles

  Season    Male            Female            Events
  --------- --------------- ----------------- -------------------
  2013–14   Johannes Patz   Anna Gustafsson   SMDCC 2014 (13th)
  2015–16   Johannes Patz   Anna Gustafsson   SMDCC 2016 (13th)
  2018–19   Johannes Patz   Emma Sjödin       SMDCC 2019 (7th)

Personal life

Johannes Patz from well known Swedish family of curlers, which includes his father Flemming (who is also a coach,[4] his aunt (Flemming's sister) Susanne,[5] and his uncle (Flemming's brother) Rickard Hallström (also a coach).

[1] Ulrik Fredrik Johannes Patz (Kista, 26 år) - Merinfo.se

[2]  (look for “Patz, Johannes”)

[3] SM Mixed 2014 - Svenska Curlingförbundet

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title: Johannes Patz

question: Who is Ulrik Fredrik Patz?

answer: He is a Swedish curler.

question: Which championships has he won?

answer: Patz has won the 2014 European mixed curling championship and is a two-time Swedish mixed curling champion.

question: Where was Ulrik born?

answer: Ulrik was born in Skellefteå.

question: When did he start playing curling professionally?

answer: This information is not mentioned.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Ulrik Patz is a Swedish curler. He belongs to a well-known Swedish family of curlers. Patz is a 2014European mixed curling champion and is also a two-time Swedish mixed curling champion.


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Rider

My mom has always been supportive of my career as a musician. My dad never got around to it. The only bands he’d ever listen to were the Beatles and Rolling Stones. He wanted the Beatles played at his funeral, which he got. My mom never talks about the music that she listens to  except for her uncle Alan who toured the Midwest in the 50’s as a troubadour;  he’s still famous in our town.

I haven’t been home in a while, not that I miss it much. I moved to LA when I was 23. I was bored by the people at home. I was bored by my job at the grocery store and tired of not seeing anything. When I moved I had most of my” LA-experiences” during the first six months, right drugs- wrong people, that sort of thing. I thought the substances would inspire me as it seemed to inspire others but that never happened. I also played some gigs with local small-timers but it didn't amount to much.

My fourth summer in LA came around and thats when I met Terrie outside a used-car shop. I’d been looking to replace dad’s station-wagon that I’d driven to the coast. As  I was standing there looking over some of my options I saw the glint of peroxide-blonde hair and sweaty fishnet stockings out of the corner of my eye. I remember the coral lipstick, which I later learned was her favorite, so shiny on those lips. She walked up to me to bum a cigarette. As I’d recently quit smoking I apologized and told her I didn’t have any on me. Disappointed, she asked me for a lighter to borrow if she could bum a smoke from a man that was standing by a newsstand across the street. I didn’t have a lighter either but I reached into my vest pocket for the book of matches I always kept there. As I handed it to her she thanked me and smiled in the most heartbreaking way. I knew that I had to make her mine. Although I was more of what you might call the singer-songwriter type than a rocker, this girl with her glam rock look was something else. Underneath that make up I could see that she was pretty in an old-fashioned way. Later, when we were married, I used to tell her that she was like a burning wheat field blowing in the summer wind; she never understood what I meant and said I was a sucker. Our courtship was quick because her parents were very religious. Terrie was only 21 when we married but they consented and gave us their blessing because I was “a good God-fearing Midwestern boy.”

	Through Terrie I got more involved in the scene and discovered I had a knack for writing catchy riffs. I joined some of the locals who were in need of a guitarist and not long after that we played as support band for a famous band on their US tour. Months of touring and debauchery followed but after rising tensions in the band and disagreements with our management we decided to call it quits.

         Then Terrie got pregnant. She was excited but seeing as her job at the record store didn’t pay much and my being unemployed, I was worried to say the least. Fortunately I lucked out in joining as a touring and studio session guitarist with a band that had just signed  deal with a big label. Unfortunately this meant being on the road for long stretches at a time. Things quickly went downhill in our relationship and it was while touring in Japan that I got the terrible news that Terrie had suffered a miscarriage. She was inconsolable and quit her job. I tried to be home as much as I could to care for her but my obligations took me out of town again. Things between us never recovered after that and I blame myself. Two months after the loss of our child I got a call from Roy, a sergeant in the Marines who tells me he’s in love with my wife and she is in love with him and they are going to Germany. While this news hurt at first I can’t say I was surprised; I kept my nose to the grind to give me something else to think about. One tour lead to another and after 5 years the band went through a lineup change and I was thrust into the role of frontman. Evidently I did something right as we quickly started selling out the largest arenas and stadiums. We got through 3 good tours before ticket sales started to dwindle. These days we play to fairly large clubs and such, I don’t complain, seeing as it brings in good money. I live a private and enjoyable life.
	I’ve never met Terrie since our marriage ended but last I heard Roy was killed in a combat exercise and she had gotten remarried to a journalist. Even though our relationship went to pieces I still cherish terrie and our times together.
	At the venues we play the band usually has extensive requirements to ensure their comfort. My only requests on the rider are one ham sandwich and two fingers of bourbon. I usually go out into whichever city we’re playing that night and walk around while eating my sandwich. Even though the band is still fairly popular people seldom recognize me off the stage. I also try to find a bookstore to buy something by a local author for those long flights and bus rides. Just before showtime I’ll find a quiet spot in the venue and raise a glass for my Terrie.

title: "Rider"

question: Why did Terrie break up with the narrator?

answer: While he was touring, Terrie had a miscarriage. This made her incredibly upset, but he was unable to to be there with her because he was with the band all the time. Then, when he was away, she met a sergeant in the Marines, who fell in love with her. They eloped, and the narrator was left alone.

question: Summarize Terrie's relationships.

answer: Terrie married the narrator, then a sergeant named Roy, and then remarried to a journalist after Roy was killed in combat.


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Amazon’s upcoming “Lord of the Rings” series has found one of its leads.

Will Poulter has been cast in one of the show’s lead roles, _Variety_ has learned exclusively from sources. The exact nature of Poulter’s character is being kept under wraps. _Variety_ reported in July that Australian actress Markella Kavenagh was in talks for a role in the series as well.

Amazon declined to comment. Reps for Poulter did not immediately respond to _Variety_‘s request for comment.

For Poulter, the role is a huge win as it was one of the more coveted jobs in town for young actors. He has already had a strong year, with lead roles in Netflix’s acclaimed interactive “Black Mirror” movie “Bandersnatch” and the Ari Aster horror pic “Midsommar. Prior to that, Poulter was known for lead roles in “The Maze Runner” franchise, “The Revenant,” and “Detroit.”

He is repped by WME in the U.S. and Hamilton Hodell in the U.K.

The “Lord of the Rings” series is being developed by the writing team of JD Payne and Patrick McKay. In addition, “Game of Thrones” alum Bryan Cogman has signed on as a consulting producer on the project with J.A. Bayona set to direct multiple episodes.

In addition to those previously mentioned, the show’s full creative team will consist of: executive producers Lindsey Weber, Bruce Richmond, Gene Kelly, and Amazon’s former head of genre programming Sharon Tal Yguado; writer and executive producer Gennifer Hutchison; writer and executive producer Jason Cahill; writer and executive producer Justin Doble; consulting producer Stephany Folsom; producer Ron Ames; writer and co-producer Helen Shang; and writing consultant Glenise Mullins. Bayona will also executive produce along with his partner Belén Atienza.

Little is known about the plot of the “Lord of the Rings” series beyond the fact it will explore new storylines preceding J.R.R. Tolkien’s “The Fellowship of the Ring.” The show’s official Twitter account sent out an image of a map along with the two messages: “One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all, and in the darkness bind them, In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie,” as well as “Welcome to the Second Age.” In the Tolkien mythology, the Second Age was the time in which the Rings of Power, including Sauron’s One Ring, came into existence.

_Variety_ exclusively reported in November 2017 that a “Lord of the Rings” series was in the works at Amazon, with the streamer announcing a multi-season production commitment shortly thereafter. The series will be produced by Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins, and New Line Cinema, a division of Warner Bros. Entertainment.

ORLANDO BLOOM TALKS “LORD OF THE RINGS” SERIES:

question: What role does Will Poulter play in the Lord of the Rings series?

answer: It's not specified in the article apart from calling it one of the lead roles.

question: What will the Lord of the Rings series be about?

answer: It will explore stories before The Fellowship of the Ring in the Second Age of Tolkien's world.

question: What is the Second Age?

answer: In Tolkien's mythology, Second Age is the time period where the Rings of Power come into existence.

question: Who is the producer of the Lord of the Rings series?

answer: Amazon Studios in cooperation with the Tolkien Estate and Trust, HarperCollins, and New Line Cinema.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: In Amazon's upcoming Lord of the Rings series, Will Poulter will play one of the leading roles. The young actor managed to snatch one of the most coveted positions for young actors. The specifics of the role aren't disclosed.  The series is being developed by the writing team of JD Payne and Patrick McKay. The only information about its plot is that it will take place in the Second Age of Tolkien mythology and explore stories before The Fellowship of the Ring.


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[Brent Skorup]

There were two interesting exchanges in today’s House hearing regarding oversight of the FCC. Rep. Joe Barton asked FCC Chairman Wheeler if there’s anything “we can do under existing law to shut [ISIS recruiting] sites down?” Later in the hearing, Rep. Bobby Rush asked a similar question, in light of Chicago’s awful gang violence, regarding gang communications.

In a word, no, the FCC and Congress generally can’t shut down websites (nor should they). But ISPs can. ISPs have a First Amendment right to block ISIS recruiting websites and other objectionable material. Not only do they likely have such speech rights, a 1996 federal law encourages Internet access providers (and other online intermediaries) to exercise editorial judgment and to “restrict access to or availability of material” that an ISP “considers to be obscene, lewd, lascivious, filthy, excessively violent, harassing, or otherwise objectionable….” This means that the FCC’s so-called net neutrality rules are vulnerable to First Amendment attack, yet the ISPs seem reluctant to make the case.

The idea that Internet service providers are protected by the First Amendment is difficult to refute. Legal scholars ranging from Laurence Tribe to Christopher Yoo agree that the Open Internet Order (OIO) faces serious legal vulnerabilities. However, the major carriers have mostly shied away from the First Amendment arguments in their legal briefs. I suspect this decision is partly strategic so they can focus their legal energies on the administrative law vulnerabilities and partly to avoid negative PR. Despite this apparent strategy, I hope that the ISP challengers are prepared to articulate and defend the First Amendment arguments.

ISP filtering and editorial discretion occur for three major categories:

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    to protect subscribers from scammers and malicious websites and software;
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    to filter (usually) unwanted emails, spam, and illegal content; and
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    to give especially sensitive or discerning subscribers (like parents, religious families, and marginalized groups) access to cleaner, safer parts of the Internet.

Each of these practices means curating content, and those with editorial discretion are speakers.

ISPs therefore retain their First Amendment rights to enforce their policies and block content. Every ISP, for instance, has an acceptable use policy for consumers like AT&T’s, which says it reserves the right to pull down content that is “obscene, indecent, hateful, malicious, racist, defamatory, fraudulent, libelous, treasonous, excessively violent or promoting the use of violence or otherwise harmful to others.”

ISPs also exercise their speech rights by providing more limited, curated offerings to subscribers. As Harold Feld has said, absent FCC rules “nothing requires your ISP to deliver [my website]. If Comcast decides I am evil and blocks [my website], they can do it.” No ISP blocks Harold’s website because they dislike him, of course, but ISPs do offer “walled gardens” for certain users. Sprint last year rolled out a smartphone plan that included only social media, as well as white-listed and black-listed Internet content. T-Mobile offers Web filtering for children and teens. Some ISPs target Christian and Jewish families with packages that block online video, pornography, and gaming.

ISPs, large and small, also customize Internet access packages. Some add “bonus” Internet content to their subscribers Internet access. Many ISPs provide exclusive access to WatchESPN streaming sports and on-demand Internet-delivered content like HBO Go. Comcast curates Internet-delivered Comcast Stream television channels for its subscribers. Small wireless ISPs choose to prioritize certain real-time traffic like VoIP and gaming when bad weather degrades wireless connections. T-Mobile and MetroPCS now provide a specialized 480p stream of video for Binge On users and Verizon and AT&T have used LTE Broadcast to transmit major football games to their subscribers. There’s a phrase for this ability to add and subtract media content from one’s subscribers: editorial discretion.

In response to Susan Crawford’s law review article attempting to show that ISPs are not speakers protected by the First Amendment, Stuart Minor Benjamin says that “protecting users from receiving material that upsets them is substantive editing,” and speaker status may attach, even if it is content neutral like spam filtering. Benjamin goes further and states that he doesn’t agree “that there is any particular significance to whether or not [ISPs] start engaging in true substantive editing. Either way, they can say they _want_ to engage in substantive editing, and that’s enough for First Amendment purposes.”

In my view, then, the major carriers and their free market supporters are making a strategic error in focusing on the administrative law arguments. Most of the focus of their legal briefs is about whether and how _Chevron_ deference applies to the many reinterpretations the FCC made. But if the Court finds that _Chevron_ applies, the ISPs are likely to lose the case. Even if the Court finds _Chevron_ does not apply, the ISPs have an uphill battle.

Further, while many people are convinced the case will go to the Supreme Court whether the ISPs win or lose at the DC Circuit, what’s the basis for this certainty? There is no guarantee the overworked highest Court will grant appeal for a straightforward administrative law case, no matter how contentious the underlying proceeding. Feeling that “Title II is too important” is not enough. Since this is the first case against the OIO, there will be no circuit split for the Supreme Court to resolve. (Further, it is no secret that Justice Scalia takes a very dim view of the ISPs’ administrative law arguments on this issue.)

The challengers instead should focus more energies on making First Amendment arguments. First, the Supreme Court is more likely to correct a lower court’s error regarding the First Amendment rights of distributors who carry and filter speech. Second, the current legal strategy requires briefing the generalist judges on complex technical issues (DNS, packet switching, interconnection, PSTN, Computer Inquiries). Don’t get me wrong — the DC Circuit is likely the most tech-savvy court and has seen communications law cases before, but the FCC will do little to make these confusing techno-legal issues less confusing since the appearance of complexity suggests the need for deference to the expert agency.

In contrast, First Amendment arguments are much easier for challengers to articulate and for judges to understand. Further, the decades-long trend in First Amendment law is to the ISPs’ advantage. To the dismay of most of the tech left, the First Amendment protects more parties than ever before, including search engines and cable companies, and has become an important tool in fighting off novel theories of regulation that have a nexus to speech.

Legal scholars Joseph Kearney and Thomas Merrill noted in a law review that “The use of the First Amendment as an instrument of deregulation is part of one of the most dramatic changes in constitutional law in the last quarter-century [and] has become the preferred constitutional assault vehicle for telecommunications companies challenging government regulation.” When has anyone written anything resembling that about _Chevron_?

Similarly, Susan Crawford notes that “the absolutist [First Amendment] approach of the current Supreme Court to protection of speakers of all kinds — including distributors of speech — signals that the carriers will be likely to find a sympathetic ear there.” The First Amendment is a powerful source of authority to deregulate yet it appears that the major ISPs will decline First Amendment angles at oral arguments.

The FCC’s First Amendment arguments are flimsy. The Open Internet Order prevents ISP blocking and various forms of filtering online content; that is, the Order purports to remove ISPs’ editorial control over what they distribute. This is a significant threat to ISPs’ First Amendment rights that the FCC tries to downplay by stating that ISPs are not speakers and are therefore not protected by the First Amendment.

First, ISPs are not common carriers. ISPs have a variety of Internet access offerings and do not hold themselves out to customers indiscriminately. ISPs can discontinue service to subscribers who consistently violate user policies (like running a server out of a home or harrassing other users online). That is not common carriage. As explained above, ISPs can and do offer customized Internet packages that access different “parts” of the Internet. That is not common carriage.

Second, one’s speech rights do not depend on classification from an agency or Congress. As Benjamin notes, Congress could declare Upworthy and Reddit common carriers tomorrow but the applicability of the First Amendment in no way would depend on lawmakers’ characterization. Instead, the Supreme Court looks at what the alleged speakers _do_.

Unfortunately for the FCC, ISPs distribute their own content and the content of others and are protected by the First Amendment.

A federal district court noted in _Comcast v. Broward County_ that, “Liberty of circulating is not confined to newspapers and periodicals, pamphlets and leaflets, but also to delivery of information by means of fiber optics, microprocessors and cable.” This is an application of the older Supreme Court decision in _Lowell v. City of Griffin, Ga._: “The press in its historic connotation comprehends every sort of publication which affords a vehicle of information and opinion.” Traditional distributors of publications — bookstores, newsstands, broadcasters — have First Amendment rights. Why wouldn’t modern distributors of publications?

Section 230 of the Communications Act strengthens the case that ISPs are speakers. Congress added Section 230 to the 1996 amendments to the Communications Act in order to allow ISPs and other Internet intermediaries to filter online content. As Yale’s Jack Balkin says, “…§ 230(c)(2) immunizes conduits [like ISPs] when they censor the speech of others…” It is this law that allows Google to provide nudity-free Search results, Facebook and Twitter to pull down terrorist recruiting materials, and an ISP to filter pornography and gaming without facing liability for the content it does transmit. The protection against liability is so broadly interpreted by courts that Internet law professor Eric Goldman wondered whether that provision would even allow any FCC penalty for ISP filtering.

The FCC can take two, contradictory positions on Section 230, neither of which is good for them (it has halfheartedly proffered both positions during the OIO proceedings, which reveals what a problem it has).

The agency could dismiss the law and say Section 230 suggests nothing about ISPs’ status as speakers. The problem is, Section 230 expressly allows Internet access providers to filter Internet content and gives them liability protections. If the FCC’s arguments are accepted, that Internet access providers are common carriers with no speech rights, the agency has rendered portions of Sections 230 meaningless. When agency rules are effectively deleting portions federal statutes, that agency has a big problem on its hands.

The agency could also say that it is acting in accordance with Section 230 and will not hold ISPs liable for filtering out what is outlined in Section 230, like content that is harassing, filthy, violent, lewd, etc. The FCC suggests this is its approach in para 220 of the OIO where it says it will allow ISPs to filter content “unwanted by end users” and cites to various materials including Section 230. (Since users cannot manually filter what is unwanted, which would expose them to the very content they’re trying to avoid, it will be ISPs that choose what to transmit and what to block.)

This latter response — promising to work in compliance with Section 230 — seems more probable since the agency likely will not start hitting small Christian and Jewish ISPs with fines because they block content. The problem with this choice by the agency is that the FCC is no longer enforcing content-neutral rules. It would be allowing ISPs to filter out the types of content singled out in Section 230 but not, say, entertainment content. The rules, therefore, would not be content neutral and are likely unconstitutional.

These deficiencies are why the Title II folks have spent so much energy attacking the First Amendment arguments and why the FCC’s assertions that ISPs are not speakers protected by the First Amendment sound so flimsy. The challengers should brush up on the First Amendment arguments in case the court is skeptical of their administrative law arguments.

[Ed. — An earlier version said that ISPs blocking websites that traffic in child pornography suggests ISPs are not common carriers. Sean M. Flaim pointed out that even common carriers can prevent illegal carriage, so the example is not instructive (though, blocking such websites likely means blocking legal content as well). In any case, that illustration was redundant since ISPs can remove legal content that is offensive.]

question: Explain why it is difficult for Congress to shut down websites that threaten the security of the country?

answer: The main reason is that the ISPs that provide internet services to all and sundry are protected by the First Amendment. The ISPs not only have speech rights, they have the right to curate what they consider to the obscene, violent or otherwise objectionable. This means Congress has to make the case to the ISPs if it wants to ban any content that it deems a security threat.


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Twenty-three. The rapid succession of life continues as I add but one more digit to a rather meaningless collusion of numbers. As if rustled by a brief puff of wind, I awoke from a daze of self-loathing to answer the phone.

“Hello?”, I said.

The receiving end was silent, but a muffled string of vulgarity pervaded.

They continued, “Damnit. Hey Alex, it’s Dad. I dropped the phone. Hope you didn’t hear anything.”

Lying through my teeth, I obliged, “Of course not. I missed every shit, damn, fuck, and ass. Honest.”

“Smartass. Anyways, I just wanted to say happy birthday! The party is still on for tonight, right?”, Dad replied.

I despise people to an unhealthy extent, I would argue, but I feel contractually obligated to provide my parents with at least one night of awkward reminiscing a year. It’s the least I can do.

I responded with a sigh, “Yeah. It’s still on. Did you buy Doritos and Coke?”

I could sense him grinning over the phone.

He said, “Fuck yeah, I got the Doritos and Coke. Do you think me a monster?”

“He who asks the question is that which his mind has created for itself to become.”, I replied.

Confused, he inquired, “What the hell does that mean?”

Laughing, I said, “I read it in a shitty philosophy book. The author was obviously projecting.”

He paused for a few moments before responding, and said, “Clearly. Nonetheless, I’ll be attempting to decipher it until you get here. See you later, bud.”

“Bye, Dad”, I said.

I returned the telephone to its carousel, pondering the possibilities that could unravel at the party. My dad was brash, yet smart, and my mother was hilarious in the sort of hopeless vein you’d expect to find in a J.D Salinger novel. As is characteristic of my parents, they’ve recruited a band of middle-aged dream-crushers, their closest friends, to attend the event; A decision beyond my control.

I filtered through my closet in search of formal attire. Bright neon flushes brushed across my hands, fingers slipping through blazers, parachute pants, turtleneck sweaters, and various pink fabrics. It was obvious, then; Formality was beyond my comprehension. I gave in to a dark grey blazer, coupled with jeans and a teal turtleneck. I looked like a brilliant, if not dishevelled, author from the early twentieth century, wizened by years of alcohol abuse and anonymity. It’s the perfect look.

As I neared the house, cars wrapped around the bend of the narrow street. The driveway was filled with old station wagons, and the road was packed with brand-new Hondas and Toyotas. Bombastic, mediocre pop music pumped throughout the neighborhood. Boys like to have fun, too.

Before I reached out for the handle, the door swung open and I was met with the adoration of my parents. My friends were sitting on the back porch, smoking and drinking. Two groups of middle-aged adults were present; One group sat on the couch in fond remembrance of their college years, while another lay waste to a no-stakes game of blackjack at the kitchen table.

“We were just talking about you!”, my Mom exclaimed.

I replied, “I figured as much. What did I miss?”

She deflected for a moment to show me to the kitchen where a large heap of various foodstuffs was sat. Pizza, Doritos, Coke and beer; The staples of American consumerism.

“It’s all for you, but save room for dessert!”, Mom said.

“What’s for dessert? A healthy serving of self-deprecation, spiced with delusional reverence for the past?”, I said, pining for a sarcastic reponse.

“It’s only customary, Alex. It’ll be fun. Come on!”, she said.

I sat at the table for hours, retelling (and potentially reforging) the exploits of my youth. My friends glared at me from the porch, their eyes wide with sympathy. Many potential lives were lost to a violent outbreak of finger guns, pointed sharply at the temple. Despite their attempts to communicate with me, I had ventured deep into a pit of inescapable reminiscence and, once again, I had lost myself within.

I spoke sparsely for the rest of the night, clutching greasy pizza with one hand and cold beer with another. While a crescendo of laughter erupted around me, a single line of prose invaded my conscience.

I repeated it to myself, “Years can pass like light through glass, but still you’ll never see…”

title: [RF] The Harper Syndrome

question: What does the story say about Stockholm Syndrome?

question: What does the story say about Alex?

answer: It's Alex's 23rd birthday, but he's not happy about it. He thinks it's just adding one more digit to a meaningless collusion of numbers. He doesn't live with his parents anymore, but they are throwing a party for him at home. Alex despises people to an unhealthy extent but feels obligated to attend the party and provide his parents with one night of awkward reminiscing a year. Despite this, he seems to have a good relationship with his parents. Alex seems like a smart guy who's into philosophy. He doesn't own anything formal in his wardrobe. Alex hates talking about his childhood because he tends to lose himself when reminiscing about the past.

question: What does the story say about Alex's parents?

answer: Alex's parents are middle-aged, based on their set of friends. His dad is brash and swears a lot, but is smart. His mom is hilarious in a J.D. Salinger novel sort of way. They adore Alex and throw a party for him on his 23rd birthday. They are proud of Alex and the stories of his youth. They want him to reminisce about his adventures and share them with their closest friends, whom they invited to the party. Alex's parents also invite his friends and prepare a feast of his favorite food, including pizza, Coke, Doritos, and beer.

question: Summarize the primary source of tension in the story.

answer: The primary source of tension in the story is Alex's 23rd birthday and the party his parents threw for him. He thinks turning 23 (and presumably, age in general) is meaningless. He despises people to an unhealthy extent but feels contractually obligated to provide his parents with one night of reminiscing a year. Alex is dreading the party because he doesn't like reminiscing about his youth to his parents' friends.


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A short story by Corbin Willmorth

I am writing this down now.

 I know this might sound bad out of context, but I think I have found a new look on how I view life. I mean that I am happy. Like, truly happy. It is all because of this tea that I drank. It is made up Chacruna Leaves and Syrian Rue.

Anyway, I drank this tea, which honestly tasted like shit and made me wanna throw up for the first 30 minutes, and after about 45 or so minutes I started to laugh. I started laughing about fucking everything! I laughed about how huge my pupils were, I laughed at how small my hand looked, I laughed at the movie I was watching (it was the onion movie for those who were wondering), and I laughed at myself. I realized in that moment that I was happy. I was completely shocked at how happy I was. I looked at myself in the mirror and realized I was smiling. SMILING! This was the first time in literally a whole year that I had seen myself genuinely smile.

I’m gonna get real here for a moment. I’ve had an incredibly shitty year. Literally since day one of 2018. On January 1st, I lost a very dear loved one. My grandma, to get into the spacifics. I lost my mother at a very young age, and most my contact with her family, and my grandmother became my new mother figure. I was always honest, sharing my feelings with her and telling her everything. There are so many things I wish I should have told her. When she died I went into this very deep depression. I pushed away my friends and I just stayed in bed and cried. I just wanted to die and make my feelings go away. It was fucking miserable. I can’t even describe it completely. It was the suckiest of suck I have felt in my life.

And then, I moved. I moved 200 miles away from my hometown of Snoqualmie, Washington, a town just 40 miles west of Seattle, to Chewelah, Washington, a small town 80 miles north of Spokane. I moved away from all my friends and family, and it made me even sadder. Just when I thought it couldn’t get any suckier, it did.

However, drinking that tea made me realize how much I worried too much. I worried too much about what other people thought of me. I worried too much about what was in my future. I just fucking hated that I worried about pointless shit. Sure, my life was shitty, but I’ve come to realize that it’s all okay. It’s okay that I felt awful, I understand how hard my life was up until this point.

It’s December 1st, fifteen days away from my 18th birthday. I think that it is finally time that I moved forward. I need to stop worrying about the past and about the future. I just need to focus on what is happening now. Stop thinking. Just do. Do it. Do what makes you happy. If you love music, start a band, fuck it! If you like writing, write! My point is, just take life at your own pace. Stop stressing over what ever it is that has you so worried. Take time out of your day to think about yourself.

Sure, you might want to call me names because I found happiness in drugs, but the point of my, you could call it an essay, was to make a point about that. Yes, DMT made me super fucking happy for like six hours. What I want to do from now on is find things in the real world that makes me happy. I need to stop relying on drugs. I might not quit drugs completely, seeing as how I wanna be a legal marijuana grower (because in the state of Washington you can make over $100k a year by growing weed for a cannabis company). I’ve done drugs, I’ve been there, I’ve seen things. Of all the things I’ve seen, I now know that one thing is clear. I’m happy. I’m happy because I stopped worrying.

If you managed to read this whole thing, I would like to thank you. Yes, I am speaking directly to you, the person reading this. Thank you for taking time out of your day. Thank you for listening to what I had to say. I know you must be busy. You have a life, I get it. But you actually took five minutes out of your busy life to listen to some 18 year old hippy talk about his shitty life. Thank you for caring. It’s nice that people care about things. Anyway, it’s 1:29AM right now, I should get some sleep.

title: [NF] The Key to Happiness

question: What is the inciting incident of the story?

answer: The narrator drinks a tea made from Chacruna Leaves and Syrian Rue.

question: Summarize all the negative things in the story.

answer: The narrator's grandmother died earlier in the year. Their grandmother was a mother figure, as their mother died when they were very young. After her death, the narrator went into a deep depression, which causes them to push away their friends. Later, they move 200 miles away from their friends and family.


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Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell attend de Grisogono Sponsors The 2005 Wall Street Concert Series Benefitting Wall Street Rising, with a Performance by Rod Stewart at Cipriani Wall Street on March 15, 2005 in New York City.

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Still-secret court filings related to sexual predator Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged procurer Ghislaine Maxwell could implicate "hundreds of other people," Maxwell's lawyer said Wednesday during a hearing.

But finding out who they are will take some time.

Maxwell's lawyer and an attorney for women who claim Epstein, a financier, sexually abused them told U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska they have not agreed how the documents should be unsealed.

Preska was clearly irritated with their lack of progress on the documents, which are part of a defamation lawsuit that one of Epstein's accusers, Virginia Giuffre, filed several years ago against Maxwell, a British socialite.

The case files are known to contain claims by Giuffre that she was sexually abused by "numerous prominent American politicians, powerful business executives, foreign presidents, a well-known Prime Minister and other world leaders."

"Did you people not talk about this?" Preska asked the lawyers in federal court in Manhattan when she was told there was no plan in place for reviewing the documents.

Preska ended the hearing with a te_n_tative plan to have the attorneys take the next two weeks to hash out a process for categorizing the thousands of pages of sealed documents.

After that, the lawyers would have a week to designate which group of documents should be unsealed first, with a rolling week-to-week process thereafter to evaluate the material and argue over how much or how little should be disclosed publicly.

There could be up to 10 categories for the documents.

Jeffrey Pagliuca, a lawyer for Maxwell, said the sealed documents include "literally hundreds of pages of investigative reports that mention hundreds of people."

"There are hundreds of other people who could be implicated" in the documents, Pagliuca said.

Pagliuca said he wanted a month or so to determine which documents go in which categories.

Preska rejected that idea.

"You know we got to get this done," the judge said.

The hearing came nearly a month after Epstein killed himself in jail while awaiting trial on child sex trafficking charges related to his alleged abused of dozens of underage girls from 2002 through 2005 at his luxurious properties in New York City and in Palm Beach, Florida.

The financier was a former friend of Presidents Donald Trump and Bill Clinton, and Britain's Prince Andrew. He had pleaded not guilty in the case, in which prosecutors had claimed his abuse was abetted by unidentified conspirators who helped provide him with a stream of young girls and women to satisfy his sexual obsessions.

Prosecutors have said they are continuing to investigate the case, leaving open the prospect that others could be criminally charged.

Epstein's longtime friend and former romantic partner Maxwell is the daughter of late media tycoon Robert Maxwell, who died at sea under mysterious circumstances after swindling companies out of hundreds of millions of dollars.

Ghislaine Maxwell has been accused by multiple women of acting as one of Epstein's procurers. She has denied the allegations and has not been charged.

Giuffre first sued Maxwell for calling her a liar for having claimed that Maxwell and Epstein sexually abused her when she was underage.

Giuffre had also alleged that she was sexually abused while in Epstein's circle by multiple high-profile politicians and business executives, as well as as noted lawyer Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard Law professor.

Dershowitz has denied Giuffre's accusations.

Maxwell later settled that civil case with Giuffre on terms that have not been disclosed. But Maxwell has repeatedly fought to keep the documents filed in the case sealed.

Another federal judge and a federal appeals court rejected her efforts, setting the stage for the documents to be unsealed, albeit possibly with some redactions.

More than 2,000 pages of documents from the case already had been released just days before Epstein hanged himself in his Manhattan jail cell. He was 66.

In some of those documents, Giuffre, while being questioned in a deposition, says that Maxwell and Epstein directed her to have sex with Prince Andrew, former New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson and former Democratic Senate Majority Leader George Mitchell.

All of those men have denied Giuffre's allegations.

The documents also included flight logs showing Trump flew on Epstein's private plane in 1997. Clinton already was known to have flown on Epstein's plane multiple times.

Sigrid McCawley, a lawyer for Giuffre, had originally proposed a light redaction process that would only black out Social Security numbers, the names of underage victims and sensitive medical information.

But Preska rejected that plan in favor of Pagliuca's recommendation that the documents be categorized by type, with the parties then coming to agreement or arguing over which should be unsealed.

Preska will have the final say in any disputes.

The judge also seemed to brush aside McMcCawley's suggestion of making the documents public in groups, as opposed to waiting to release them all at once.

"I don't see why we don't do this all at once," Preska said.

The hearing came a day after a man identified in court papers only as John Doe filed a letter asking Preska not to unseal mentions of his real name, or the names of other still-unidentified people because it could hurt their reputations.

Doe's lawyers attended the hearing.

So did lawyers for Dershowitz, who previously represented Epstein.

During arguments at the hearing, a lawyer for Dershowitz told Preska his client believes in maximum transparency and wants everything to be unsealed.

"I don't care," Preska said, drawing laughter in the court.

_Correction: An earlier version incorrectly identified an elected position held by Bill Richardson. He is a former governor of New Mexico and a former U.S. congressman from that state._

question: Who is Ghislaine Maxwell?

answer: Maxwell is a British socialite and associate of Jeffrey Epstein, who has been accused as a procurer of women for the purpose of sexual abuse.

question: Who is Jeffery Epstein?

answer: Jeffery Epstein was a financier that was charged with child sex trafficking charges. He killed himself in jail while awaiting trial.


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ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland, August 25, 2017 (LifeSiteNews) — When a 12-year-old girl was brought by her stepfather to Planned Parenthood in St. John’s, Newfoundland, no one questioned her story that she was pregnant by consensual sex with a teenage boyfriend.

Instead, the doctor at the Planned Parenthood/NL Sexual Health Centre gave the girl advice on contraceptives and sexually transmitted diseases, and referred her to Eastern Hospital for an abortion.

There, too, no one raised the alarm that a child was seeking an abortion.

Indeed, a nurse at the hospital “assumed a 12-year-old could provide consent unless there was a clear cognitive impairment.”

Two years later — and after another abortion in another province — the child told “authorities in another province that she had been repeatedly sexually assaulted by her stepfather over a period of 26 months.”

The stepfather “pled guilty to this and to other offences on other individuals, including sexual assault. He was sentenced to 16 years in prison.”

All this is documented in adamning report released Wednesday by Jacqueline Lake Kavanagh, child and youth advocate for Newfoundland and Labrador.

Lake Kavanagh blasts the “system” for repeatedly failing to protect the child from her stepfather’s sexual predation.

The “inadequate screening and assessments” the girl received “potentially enabled the sexual abuse of the child to continue,” she wrote.

“Had appropriate measures been taken when this child presented to terminate her pregnancy, or when child protection concerns were reported, the abuse may potentially have been detected and stopped.”

Moreover, the girl’s age should have been an instant red flag, Lake Kavanagh pointed out.

“[A] child who presents at a community agency or Regional Health Authority to terminate a pregnancy should not be treated as an adult.”

Planned Parenthood staff didn’t question the stepfather’s claim he was the girl’s biological father, she wrote. The mother “resided out of province and was not involved.”

The report states the Planned Parenthood clinic physician:

  could not recall asking about the child’s mother but understood the family unit had relocated. The child said she had consensual sex with her teenaged boyfriend. The boyfriend’s age was not questioned. Age is a significant consent issue and is critical in determining whether, legally, a sexual assault had occurred. The stepfather’s guardianship status was not verified.

  The child was referred to Eastern Health to have the pregnancy terminated. Age-appropriate counselling services were not provided nor offered; no screening for potential sexual abuse or potential coercion occurred.

Similarly, when the 12-year-old arrived at Eastern Health hospital with her stepfather, “no screening for potential abuse occurred, nor was a referral made to counselling services either before or after the abortion was performed.”

The abortion “was performed despite two sections of the consent form being incomplete, one of which included the legal capacity of the stepfather to sign for consent,” the report states.

Again, the girl was told about birth control, but “there was no discussion about the child’s sexual activities, the circumstances of the pregnancy, potential abuse or coercion, or how the child felt about the procedure.”

After the abortion, the child was discharged and went home with her stepfather.

About a month later, the province’s Department of Children, Seniors and Social Development (CSSD) got involved because of “multiple protection referrals” on the family, including allegations the stepfather was physically abusing the 12-year-old and one of her siblings, according to Lake Kavanagh’s report.

After a few CSSD interviews, the stepfather and grandmother became uncooperative and claimed harassment. The family moved out of Newfoundland about four months later.

“There were many opportunities to intervene with this little girl and her siblings, but they were missed,” noted Lake Kavanagh. “Based on the experiences and lessons from this case, a collective effort is required to do better for and by these children.”

The Planned Parenthood doctor “should have at least questioned the age of the teenaged boyfriend and ensured the stepfather’s guardianship status was verified,” she wrote.

“In an interview, the physician said she could not recall anything unusual about the child or her stepfather, and that it was common to encounter sexually active children in her work, though uncommon to encounter pregnant children.”

Similarly, medical staff at the hospital “did not consider a 12-year-old seeking abortion services” as a warning signal for further assessment.

Rather, they “focused more on completing the medical procedure than on fully assessing the child’s overall safety and well being,” Lake Kavanagh stated.

Marie-Claire Bissonnette, youth coordinator with Campaign Life Coalition, described the story as “tragic on many levels,” adding that “this little girl's suffering increased because Planned Parenthood and the hospital didn’t investigate further.”

Because parental consent “is not required for minors looking for abortion, insisting on knowing her legal guardian was not mandatory,” she told LifeSiteNews. “This knowledge could have brought the abuse in the open.”

Added Bissonnette: “When society treats abortion like the solution or a quick fix, the underlying problems women and girls face are not treated. This little girl's abuse might have been stopped as soon as her pregnancy started showing, yet it continued for years afterwards.”

The report calls for several changes, including a“review of policies and practices on consent for minors,” and “protective intervention and followup” with youth and child protection services.

Gwen Landolt of REAL Women of Canada says this doesn’t go far enough.

“This has shown there’s a great hole in our legislation in that we’re not protecting our young people,” she told LifeSiteNews.

An investigation into why a minor girl is pregnant should be a legal required, said Landolt, a lawyer.

“There’s obvious negligence here,” she added. “You can’t have let a 12-year-old have an abortion without there being quite clearly some negligence.”

question: What does the text say about the weather in Newfoundland?

question: Summarize the main news event.

answer: A 12-year old girl was brought by her stepfather to Planned Parenthood in St. John's, Newfoundland, for an abortion. The girl's story was that she got pregnant by consensual sex with a teenage boyfriend. Nobody at the Planned Parenthood/NL Sexual Health Center questioned why a 12-year-old child was pregnant and coming in for an abortion in the first place. No alarms were raised about the stepfather, either. All they did was give the girl advice on contraceptives and STDs before referring her to Eastern Hospital for an abortion. At Eastern, the girl got much of the same treatment. After another abortion in another province two years later, the child told the authorities that she had been repeatedly sexually assaulted by her stepfather over a period of 26 months. The stepfather pled guilty to raping the child and other offenses on other individuals, including sexual assault, and was sentenced to 16 years in prison. However, child advocates and women's groups argue that the girl could have been helped sooner, during her visit to Planned Parenthood. They blasted the system's inadequate screening and assessments because it failed to protect the child from abuse.

question: What does the text say about Planned Parenthood and Eastern Hospital's failure to protect the girl?

answer: It appears the Planned Parenthood and Eastern Hospital staff treated the 12-year-old pregnant girl as an adult. A nurse at the hospital assumed the girl could provide consent because there was no clear cognitive impairment. Planned Parenthood staff didn't question the stepfather's claim he was the girl's biological father as the mother lived out of province and wasn't involved. His guardianship was not verified. Even the doctor who looked at the girl couldn't recall asking about the child's mother. The age of the girl's boyfriend wasn't questioned, either. At Eastern Hospital, age-appropriate counseling services were not provided or offered, no screening for potential sexual abuse or potential coercion was done. The abortion was performed despite two sections of the consent form being incomplete, one of which included the legal capacity of the stepfather to sign for consent. The medical staff at the hospital didn't consider the 12-year-old seeking abortion services as a warning sign and were more focused on completing the procedure than on fully assessing the child's overall safety and well-being.


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CHANDRAYAAN-3 (, ;[1][2] ) is a planned third lunar exploration mission by the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).[3]

Following Chandrayaan-2 where a snag in communication led to the failure of the lander's soft landing attempt, after a successful orbital insertion, another lunar mission for demonstrating soft landing was proposed.[4] Chandrayaan-3 will be a mission repeat of Chandrayaan-2 but will only include a lander and rover similar to that of Chandrayaan-2. It will not have an orbiter.[5] Realisation within schedule will make ISRO the world's fourth space agency to conduct soft lunar landing after the administration of former USSR, NASA and CNSA.

Background

In the second phase of the Chandrayaan programme to demonstrate soft landing on the Moon, ISRO launched Chandrayaan-2 onboard a GSLV Mk III rocket consisting of an orbiter, a lander and a rover. The lander was scheduled to touchdown on the lunar surface in September 2019 to deploy the Pragyan rover.[6][7]

Earlier reports had emerged about a collaboration with Japan on a mission to the lunar south pole where India would be providing the lander while Japan would provide both launcher and rover. The mission may include site sampling and lunar night survival technologies.[8][9]

Subsequent failure of the Vikram lander led to the pursuit of another mission to demonstrate the landing capabilities needed for the Lunar Polar Exploration Mission proposed in partnership with Japan for 2024.[10]

Design

The lander for Chandrayaan-3 will have only four throttle-able engines[11] unlike _Vikram_ on Chandrayaan-2 which had five 800 N engines with fifth one being centrally mounted and with fixed thrust. Additionally the Chandrayaan-3 lander will also be equipped with a Laser Doppler Velocimeter (LDV).[12]

Funding

In December 2019, it was reported that ISRO requested the initial funding of the project, amounting to , out of which will be for meeting expenditure towards machinery, equipment and other capital expenditure, while the remaining is sought under revenue expenditure head.[13]

Confirming the existence of the project, ISRO's chairman K. Sivan stated that the cost would be around .[14]

[1] Monier Monier-Williams, _A Sanskrit-English Dictionary_ (1899): _candra_: “[...] m. the moon (also personified as a deity Mn. &c)” _yāna_: “[...] n. a vehicle of any kind , carriage , wagon , vessel , ship , [...]”

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title: Chandrayaan-3

question: What is Chandrayaan-3?

answer: It was the third lunar exploration mission by India in collaboration with Japan.

question: Was it a successful mission?

answer: Information can't be found.

question: Write a short description of its design.

answer: The lander for Chandrayaan-3 has four throttle-able engines and was equipped with a Laser Doppler Velocimeter.

question: How much did the project cost?

answer: Information can't be found.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The Chandrayaan-3 was the third planned lunar exploration mission set up by the ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) in collaboration with Japan. Its lander was designed to have four throttle-able engines as well as a Laser Doppler Velocimeter.


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The UNION OF MINERS OF GERMANY (, VdBD) was a trade union representing miners in Germany.

The union was founded in 1889 at a meeting at Dorstfeld, to represent miners in the Rheinland and Westphalia. The following year, it broadened its focus to recruit miners from across Germany, and frequently changed its name. In 1895, the Saxon Miners' Association dissolved, and many of its members joined the national union, which by the 1920s had fifteen regions, and was based in Bochum.[1]

The union was a founding affiliate of the General German Trade Union Federation in 1919, and by the following year, it had 467,339 members.[2] Membership fell rapidly over the following decade, and by 1931 was down to 164,118. In 1929, the union renamed itself as the UNION OF INDUSTRIAL MINING WORKERS OF GERMANY.[3]

In 1933, the union was forcibly dissolved by the Nazis. After World War II, miners formed the new Union of Mining and Energy.[4]

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    1889: Fritz Bunte

    1895: Heinrich Möller
    1902: Hermann Sachse[5]
    1919: Fritz Husemann[6]

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title: Union of Miners of Germany

question: What did the Union of Miners of Germany represent?

answer: The Union of Miners of Germany represented miners in Germany.

question: What happened to the Union in 1933?

answer: The union was forcibly dissolved by the Nazis in 1933.

question: What did the miners form after World War II?

answer: The miners formed the new Union of Mining and Energy after World War II.

question: How many presidents have there been of the Union of Miners of Germany?

answer: According to the article, there have been four presidents of the Union of Miners of Germany, with the last one dated at 1919.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article describes the purpose and the growth of the Union of Miners in Germany, a trade union that represented the miners in Germany.


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“JMM” is the seventh episode of the fifth season of the AMC television series _Better Call Saul_, the spinoff series of _Breaking Bad_. The episode aired on March 30, 2020 on AMC in the United States. Outside of the United States, the episode premiered on streaming service Netflix in several countries.

Plot

Jimmy and Kim marry in an impromptu ceremony at the courthouse; with spousal privilege, Jimmy can tell Kim about his cases without lying.

Lalo is arrested under an alias and charged with murder. Nacho calls Jimmy to represent Lalo at his arraignment and Lalo is remanded to custody. He directs Jimmy to obtain his release on bail so he will not go to trial, promising that if successful, Jimmy will become wealthy as a “friend of the cartel”. Jimmy tests his new relationship with Kim by telling her about Lalo, including his intent not to fight for Lalo's release. Kim tells Jimmy she is happy he told her.

Rich and Kim meet with Kevin and apologize for the outcome of Acker's case, and Kevin indicates he will let them know whether he decides to retain them. After leaving, Kim leads Rich back to Kevin's office and tells him he consistently ignored their advice. She tells Kevin that whether he retains them or obtains new lawyers, she hopes he will be more willing to listen. Kevin indicates his approval by telling Kim and Rich he will see them at their regular Thursday meeting.

Mike spends time with Kaylee and tells Stacey he is past the problem that caused his recent anger. Nacho tells Mike that Lalo wants Nacho to burn down one of Gus's restaurants. At a meeting in Houston, Gus and other Madrigal subsidiary owners provide reports to CEO Peter Schuler. Gus later meets with Peter and Lydia to update them on the status of the meth lab and warns them that Lalo remains a threat even while incarcerated. Peter panics and Gus calms him by reminding him of an experience they shared in Santiago. On his return, Gus and Nacho protect Nacho's role as the mole inside the Salamanca organization by vandalizing Gus's flagship restaurant, then setting an explosion that burns it down.

Gus wants Lalo released, so Mike provides Jimmy details about the investigative work he did under an assumed name. Jimmy uses the information at the bail hearing to accuse police of witness tampering. The judge grants bail of cash, which Lalo tells a shocked Jimmy he can pay, but that Jimmy will have to pick it up.

Howard approaches Jimmy at the courthouse about working at HHM and Jimmy says he is still considering it. Howard realizes Jimmy has been toying with him, including damaging his car and disrupting his recent business lunch with Clifford Main, and rescinds the offer. Jimmy angrily blames Howard for Chuck's death and loudly proclaims that as Saul Goodman, he has grown too big for the constraints of an HHM job.

Production

“JMM” is the directorial debut of Melissa Bernstein, an executive producer on _Breaking Bad_, _Better Call Saul_, and _El Camino_.[1]

Several Easter eggs referencing _Breaking Bad_ were included in this episode. Bernstein created a bookend scene for the character Peter Schuler, the CEO of Madrigal, to contrast with his death scene in the _Breaking Bad_ episode “Madrigal”, with both scenes starting with Peter tasting sauces from Madrigal's restaurant subsidiaries.[2] They also brought in the use of the phrase “friend of the cartel” which Saul utters in desperation to Walt and Jesse when they abduct him in his introductory _Breaking Bad_ episode “Better Call Saul”, believing that Lalo provided a good way to introduce that phrase to Jimmy/Saul.[3] Other such references include the allusion to Jimmy's previous two marriages prior to Kim, and Lydia's trademark red-soled high heel shoes.[4]

Alan Sepinwall for _Rolling Stone_ and Melanie McFarland for _Salon_ both observed that the episode's title, “JMM”, could be taken three ways: as Jimmy's own initials (James Morgan McGill), as an initialism for “Justice Matters Most” (which Jimmy coins because Kim gave him the monogrammed briefcase after he decided to use the Saul Goodman name), and as an initialism for the phrase “Just Make Money” (the phrase Lalo uses to persuade Jimmy to obtain his release on bail).[5][6]

Reception

“JMM” received acclaim from critics. On Rotten Tomatoes, it holds a 100% Certified Fresh rating, with an average 9.08 out of 10 review score from 14 reviews. Its summary of the critical consensus is “Jimmy ties the knot, but Saul Goodman is hanging a noose over everyone's future in this diabolically satisfying installment.”[7]

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“JMM” was watched by 1.30 million viewers on its first broadcast.[8]

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question: What does the text say about drug abuse?

question: What does the text say about "JMM"?

answer: "JMM" is episode seven in season five of the AMC television series, Better Call Saul. The series is a spinoff of "Breaking Bad", also produced by AMC. The "JMM" episode aired on March 30, 2020, in the United States, while outside the U.S., the episode premiered on Netflix in several countries. "JMM" is the directorial debut of Melissa Bernstein, who is an executive producer on Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, and El Camino. Journalists observed that "JMM" could be taken three ways: as Jimmy's own initials (James Morgan McGill), as an initialism for "Justice Matters Most", and as an initialism for the phrase "Just Make Money". "JMM" received acclaim from critics, holding a 100% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

question: Summarize the plot of "JMM".

answer: Jimmy and Kim get married, meaning he can now tell her about his cases without lying. Lalo is arrested under an alias and charged with murder, so Nacho calls Jimmy for representation, promising wealth and friendship from the cartel. Kim and Rich apologize to Kevin for the outcome of Acker's case. Nacho tells Mike that Lalo wants to burn down one of Gus's restaurants. Gus and Nacho protect Nacho's role as a mole inside the Salamanca organization by burning down Gys's flagship restaurant. Mike provides Jimmy details about the investigative work he did because Gus wants Lalo released. The judge grants bail and Lalo is shocked. Howard approaches Jimmy about working for HHM but rescinds the offer when he realizes Jimmy has been toying with him. Jimmy blames Howard for Chuck's death and proclaims that as Saul Goodman he has grown too big for an HHM job.

question: Describe all the Breaking Bad easter eggs in the "JMM" episode.

answer: There are several easter eggs referencing "Breaking Bad" included in the "JMM" episode. One is a bookend scene for the character Peter Schuler, CEO of Madrigal, to contrast with his death scene in the "Breaking Bad" episode "Madrigal", with both scenes starting with Peter tasting sauces from Madrigal's restaurant subsidiaries. Using the phrase "friend of the cartel" harkens back to the episode when Saul utters in desperation to Walt and Jesse when they abduct him in his introductory "Better Call Saul" episode. Other references include the allusion to Jimmy's two previous marriages prior to Kim, and Lydia's trademark red-soled high heel shoes.


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    Three guards held onto the chains that shackled me. With every step I took an orchestra of chain melodies followed. The chain cuffs on my feet were the start; the handcuffs were soon to follow. Eventually all five chains that prevented me from running came together and formed a harmonious sound.

    “Is all this necessary,” I turned toward my good friend officer Barry Kindle “I promise I won’t bite,” I said while mimicking a dog biting towards him.

    “You can never be too careful…” he said as he pulled the chain that wrapped around my waist, leaving me breathless “…especially with a psychopath like you.”

    Psychopath, I never did like that term. It tends to insinuate that I have some sort of a problem, a disease even. When in fact I am perfectly aware of what I have done and I have no remorse over it. I’m just different than most people.

    The bus that stood at the end of my pilmigrage was reminiscent of
one I used to ride as a kid on my way to Sunday school. It was white with a hint of rust scattered all about. The seats were torn and to tall for the average person to see over. It was disappointing to know that my last sight of the outside world would come from a spot-ridden plexi-glass window.

    “Ready to go Jason,” Kindle said as he leaned over me to push down the window “I thought you’d want some air,” he said as his fake smile turned into a mocking grin.

    “I’ll make sure to tell your wife how caring you are..,” before I could finish Kindle’s fist caressed my face. Over and over repeated blows were landing on target, with each one inflicting more of his pain on me. The white floors of the bus were being sprinkled with my blood, as the guards rushed over to try to pull Kindle off. Tears descended uncontrollably down his face as he repeated the name of his lovely wife, Emma.

    I can still remember the full moon that covered that night. Fluttering street lights trying ever so hard to illuminate one’s destination, a losing battle in my opinion. There I was driving back and forth trying to find 438 Wintercrest Drive.

    “Turn right in fifty feet,” the robotic woman in my GPS demanded.
“You’re destination is on the right,” a beep immediately followed, emphasizing that I was here. I had found it. My heart was beating out my chest as my pulse skyrocketed. My grand finale was here and I was determined to make it memorable.

    Pavlov had a theory that if you rang a bell and fed a dog the dog would associate food with the sound of a bell. Eventually, all one would have to do to get the dog to salivate is ring the bell. I had done this enough times to know that the bell had rung, and my reward was forthcoming.

    I had parked. From what I could determine the neighborhood was a quiet one. Car royalty crowded the streets. Mercedes to the left of me, Porsche to the right and Lexus scattered in between. There I stood next to my Volvo expecting a guy in a golf cart and supped up blue suit to pull up and drag me out of this place. No such luck. No one ever cared to look outside their windows in this new era of ours. Everyone seemed to be confined to their own four walls and the entertainment held within them. Even in the nicer neighborhoods, which I previously visited, no one noticed the guy in the ski mask walking around with a knife.

    As expected, there was only one car in the driveway. My good friend Kindle was out chasing another loose end I had fed him. Zodiac had started a trend. It was within our profiles to send packages. According to the profiles the packages symbolized our need to be caught. A need that arose from us not liking what we did. If only I could teach a class to all the forensic psychologists. In actuality we loved every second of what we did, and if we were caught we would miss out on all the fun. We sent the packages as nothing more than a mere distraction, something to keep the cat busy while the mice went out and played.

    There are two things that I have passion for in life. The first thing is puzzles. I love solving them and working through all the possible solutions until I find one that fits. The harder the puzzle, the more in love I fell. At times days or even years would pass until I witnessed that AHA moment of a puzzle. It was then that I felt most alive. Adrenaline would rush through my veins and a feeling of pride would overcome my otherwise humble self. I had solved something; something had made sense in this otherwise mad world. Once, I had even solved a part of one of the top ten unsolvable puzzles- Kryptos. However, I never earned recognition for that one, Kindle did.
Creating puzzles is my second passion. As a kid I would always attempt to make brain teasers, riddles or even math jumbles. Eventually I gave up. I seemed to have lacked a creative gene and even though I was able to solve puzzles, creating them was not in my blood. Then one day on the television I heard the magic words “Four people were shot today…no witnesses…if you have any details please call….” AHA.

    I had found my legacy, my own brand of puzzles. Puzzles that would gather people, garner emotion and would be everlasting; puzzles, which would outlive me and have lost souls constantly searching for answers. I had found the perfect puzzle.

    The basement window was open. Just like it had been the past four nights I had scouted the place. I kneeled down and hobbled over towards the basement windows. I could here the annoying sounds of some popular television show rumbling on the inside. I waited for the noise to be loud enough and I slid into the basement making a loud thump as I landed. No one noticed. I tried not to make a sound as the dog went on a barking rampage. He knew someone other than his owner had infiltrated his domain. Emma went towards the dog to try and calm him down. Patting him on the head and re-assuring him that everything was fine. Indeed, everything was fine. My eyes took a while before they accustomed to the darkness of the basement. Soon enough I could see crystal clear with only the moon as my light. There was a lot of useless stuff in the basement, boxes full of pornography. old Wheaties cereal boxes with famous athletes on them, and a cradle that Kindle had made for the baby his wife had lost. All of it was useless now. One foot over the other I made my way towards the stairs, preventing anything from falling along the way. When I reached the stairs I noticed a newspaper clipping that had been pinned to the wall. It read: Barry Kindle solves Kryptos. That however, wasn’t the part that captured my interest. It was the side-story on the bottom right- in eight inch font-that captured my interest. Body of suspected murderer found in river. That was Adam.

Crimes of passion are the junk of our profession. They are always sloppy and never covered up well enough. There is no purpose in them, other than to get back at a spouse whom cheated on you. There is no thrill in them and worst of all, there is always remorse. Adam Keaton was a man suspected of killing his fiancé. He had killed her because he caught her sleeping with another man. As the evidenced was gathered, Adam was released on bail. It was then, that he became my puzzle. A puzzle no one has ever solved.
There are certain rules for creating puzzles. One of which is to make the puzzle solvable, but not easy. I left evidence, heck, I even planted some afterward. However, overworked and underpaid detectives don’t care much about someone who was going to rot in jail anyways. The trick to not getting caught is to not get cocky. Change your tactics. There is always someone looking for the serial who killer who kidnapped, raped and threw five blonde teenage girls in the river. However, no one ever uses all their resources to capture the guy who killed: a suspected murderer, a nun, a child, a homeless man, a bank manager. Each one killed in a different location, and all in different execution methods. The reason being, because they don’t suspect the same guy did it.

title: The Puzzler Part 1

question: What does Barry Kindle call the narrator?

answer: A psychopath.

question: What is the name of Barry Kindle's wife?

answer: Emma.

question: What destination was the narrator searching for the night of Emma's death?

answer: 438 Wintercrest Drive.

question: What does the narrator call the junk of the police profession?

answer: Crimes of passion.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator is on trial, being walked by police officers in chains. He makes a crack about one of the officer's wives, whom he might have killed. The officer beats him. We flashback to the day of the murder. We learn the narrator himself is a police officer.


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SpaceX will attempt the first launch of its new giant rocket, the Falcon Heavy, on Feb. 6, the company's CEO Elon Musk said Saturday (Jan. 27).

The much-anticipated maiden flight of SpaceX's Falcon Heavy rocket will lift off from the historic Launch Pad 39A — the same one used for NASA's Apollo moon missions and space shuttle flights — at the agency's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Musk's announcement came three days after SpaceX test-fired the Falcon Heavy's 27 first-stage engines for the first time at the launchpad on Wednesday (Jan. 24).

"Aiming for first flight of Falcon Heavy on Feb. 6 from Apollo launchpad 39A at Cape Kennedy," Musk wrote on Twitter. "Easy viewing from the public causeway." [In Photos: SpaceX's 1st Falcon Heavy Rocket at the Pad]

While Musk did not specify a launch time for the Falcon Heavy's first flight, the mission may lift off during a three-hour launch window that opens at 1:30 p.m. EST (1830 GMT), according to a SpaceNews report. A backup launch date is available the following day, SpaceNews added.

[SpaceX's first Falcon Heavy rocket stands atop Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rocket's debut launch is scheduled for Feb. 6, 2018.]

SpaceX's first Falcon Heavy rocket stands atop Launch Pad 39A at NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida. The rocket's debut launch is scheduled for Feb. 6, 2018. (Image credit: SpaceX)
SpaceX's Falcon Heavy booster is the most powerful rocket since NASA's Saturn V moon rocket. Its first stage consists of three Falcon 9 cores that are designed to return to Earth after launch much like the company's solo Falcon 9 flights.

The heavy-lift rocket stands 230 feet tall (70 meters) and is designed to launch payloads of up to 119,000 lbs. (57 metric tons) into space. It can carry twice the load of its nearest rival: the Delta IV Heavy built by the United Launch Alliance.

For its debut flight, the Falcon Heavy is carrying Elon Musk's Tesla Roadster into space. Musk has said the launch, if successful, will deliver the Roadster into a heliocentric orbit that will eventually send the midnight-cherry-red electric car by Mars.

However, Musk has repeatedly attempted to lower expectations for the Falcon Heavy's first flight, saying there is a fair chance the launch could fail.

"There's a lot that could go wrong there," Musk said last year. "I encourage people to come down to the Cape to see the first Falcon Heavy mission; it's guaranteed to be exciting."

And Musk isn't alone in promising excitement. The Kennedy Space Center Visitor Complex (KSCVC), which offers tickets to view launches from Florida's Space Coast, unveiled a series of Falcon Heavy launch viewing packages on Thursday (Jan. 25).

Those launch viewing packages range in price from $35 per person (for simple viewing access and parking) to the already-sold-out $195 per person "Feel the Heat" package, which offers two-day admission to the KSC Visitor Complex, transportation to a viewing area at the complex's Apollo/Saturn V Center, a trip to the Shuttle Landing Facility, a catered meal, SpaceX hat and other amenities.

"When SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy lifts off from Kennedy Space Center's famed Pad 39A, the same launchpad from which Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong set course for the moon on Apollo 11 in 1969, a new kind of history will be made," KSCVC representatives said in the announcement.

SpaceX's Falcon Heavy test flight will come one week after the company's next mission. That flight will launch a Falcon 9 rocket carrying the GovSat-1 communications satellite from Space Launch Complex-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station.

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question: Summarize the main news event.

answer: The main news event is the announcement of SpaceX's first launch attempt for its new giant rocket, the Falcon Heavy. According to Elon Musk, it will be launched on Feb.6 from Apollo launchpad 39A at Cape Kennedy. Musk didn't specify a time, but there is a three-hour launch window that opens at 1:30pm.

question: What does the text have to say about the traits of the rocket?

answer: SpaceX's Falcoln Heavy rocket is giant at 230 feet tall and is designed to launch payloads of up to 119,000 pounds into space. It is the most powerful rocket since NASA's Saturn V moon rocket, and can carry twice the load of its nearest rival. It has 27 first stage engines, and its first stage consists of three Falcon 9 cores that are designed to return to Earth after launch. It will also be carrying the Tesla Roadster.

question: Summarize everything Elon Musk said.

answer: Elon Musk said that he will be aiming the first flight of the Falcon Heavy on Feb.6 from Apollo launchpad 39A at Cape Kennedy. He announced there would be easy viewing from the public causeway, and encouraged people to come to the cape to watch the exciting mission. He also said that if the launch is successful, it will deliver the Tesla Roadster into a heliocentric orbit that could send the car to Mars. However, he also said that a lot could go wrong.

question: Summarize the negative reactions to the launch.


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have you ever seen the death of stars? they say a star only dies when it has finally given up on all beings living off of its substantial light. but that was only a fairy tale after all, how would we truly know? we make up these silly stories to distract ourselves from the neverending abyss of darkness, so cold, so empty.

but if this were to be true, then there was still something out there that our star had been waiting for, something it hadn't given up hope on. could this really be?  could there really be someone out there that had the power to change everything, could there really be someone else out there.

i tell myself these things to try and keep myself from going crazy but i've been alone for 8 years now, eventually my hopeless feelings were going to catch up to me, everyday i go out into the barren wilderness, ever since the war, the whole planet has been desolate. I find solace in knowing that my star is still there.

the island i live on was once a mountain range that overlooked our great town, i often sit at the edge of the sea and peer into the waves wanting to catch a glimpse of what was. but its been too long, what i see now are just figments of my imagination, maybe some part of me deep down inside wants to see my family again, to hold my baby brother in my arms, to see his joyous smile on christmas day, spending the days with him when i didn't have work. dear god why did this damned planet ever go to war, it destroyed everything in an attempt to seek out peace.

i wander night and day across the vast island hoping to find someone else, travel is slowed in the winter because of the shorter days and snowfall i get, but my tent has been with me this whole time, i put it up with muscle memory, setting up camp before dusk and leaving at dawn. i've circled this island 3 times now in the past eight years but i have never found anyone. what's the point anymore?

the truth is that there isn't one, the hopelessness of humanity has almost drove ourselves to extinction, i look up at the stars at night and i whisper to them "why are you still here..."

title: [RF] Stars

question: If there is no point anymore, what will the narrator do from now on?

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Despite questioning the point of continuously circling around the island and not finding anyone over the past 8 years, the narrator will continue on circling around it.

The narrator's self awareness that there is no point appears to be something he has already known long before instead of something he just realized. As such, it is not the driving force or motivation for his actions. Therefore, the narrator will keep on encircling the island.