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Paul Keating says Peter Dutton is the 'meanest' person in Australian politics in 50 years

Paul Keating says Peter Dutton is the most "mean-spirited" person in Australian politics in 50 years and has praised Labor leader Bill Shorten's line-up as the best frontbench since Bob Hawke came to power in 1983.

In his second appearance in the election campaign, the former Labor prime minister attacked the Home Affairs Minister, saying voters had the chance to "drive a stake through his dark political heart" on Saturday.

[Former prime minister Paul Keating says Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton is the most "mean-spirited" person in Australian politics in 50 years.]

Former prime minister Paul Keating says Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton is the most "mean-spirited" person in Australian politics in 50 years.Credit:Sydney Morning Herald

Mr Keating said the choice for voters on election day was between a "government going to an election celebrating the fact they have no policy" and Labor, which would "revolutionise human capital".

"The poison in societies today is the mal-distribution of wealth ... We've avoided the terrible American problem but you have to keep improving these things," Mr Keating said.

"What keeps us together as a society is we are all members of the Australian family. The health of any one of us should be important to all of us."

Mr Keating also defended comments he made at the Labor Party campaign launch 10 days ago in which he attacked Australia's spy chiefs, calling them "nutters" and urging Mr Shorten to sack them to improve relations with China if he won the election.

"I was sort of speaking in code, Jon, to the foreign policy and security establishment," he told ABC Melbourne radio host Jon Faine.

Mr Keating's intervention in the campaign comes a day after Liberal Party elder John Howard hit the campaign trail in support of his "great friend" and former prime minister Tony Abbott.

Mr Keating praised the Labor line-up, saying it was the best potential cabinet in nearly four decades.

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"What [Bill] Shorten is doing is presenting himself as chairman of a very competent board, a very competent cabinet. The last time we saw the Labor Party this good was, really, in 1983 with Bob Hawke's first ministry. This is what you're seeing again with Shorten. Shorten will be the competent leader of a really important and solid team."

The Coalition, on the other hand, had a depleted team and was led by a man who presented himself as "the man next door who can jump the fence and wear a baseball cap", but Australia needed "more than the man next door" as prime minister.

When asked about Mr Keating's comments at a campaign event in Adelaide on Tuesday morning, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said: "I'm not going to get distracted by Paul Keating."

Mr Keating's harshest words were reserved for Mr Dutton, who, Mr Keating said, had a "dark political heart".

"I joined the Australian Parliament 50 years ago this year," Mr Keating said. "In those 50 years, I've never seen any public figure as mean or mean-spirited as Peter Dutton. Those electors in Dickson have a chance to drive a political stake through his dark political heart and I hope they do."

Mr Dutton responded on Twitter saying: "Paul Keating almost destroyed my Dad's small business with his heartless mismanagement of the economy and he inspired me to join the Liberal Party.

"It's why I'm so passionate about not letting Bill Shorten repeat history and drive a stake through the hearts of small businesses around the country with his higher taxes."

Mr Keating was also critical of United Australia Party leader Clive Palmer's attempt to return to political life.

Faine noted Mr Palmer was in Fiji.

"I wish he'd stay there," Mr Keating retorted before going on to warn that minor parties and independents would flourish when governments failed to have "a vision, a vista, a panorama of where the country is going".

Mr Keating predicted a Labor win on Saturday night.

"Bill Shorten will be the Winx of the campaign."

question: What are the concerns paul Keating has against Peter Dutton and his party?

answer: Paul Keating of the Australian Labor party has accused peter Dutton of the Liberal Party of being the most "mean-spirited" politician in Australian politics in the past 50 years. Keating hated the fact that the Liberal Party has no policy to move Australia forward. He hopes the electors in Dickson will drive a political stake through his dark political heart.

question: What are the main policies of the Liberal Party?


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NOXUBEE COUNTY is a county located in the U.S. state of Mississippi. As of the 2010 census, the population was 11,545.[1] Its county seat is Macon.[2] The name is derived from the Choctaw word _nakshobi_ meaning _to stink_.[3]

Geography

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.7%) is water.[4]

Major highways

-   [] U.S. Highway 45
-   [] Mississippi Highway 14
-   [] Mississippi Highway 21
-   [] Mississippi Highway 39

Adjacent counties

-   Lowndes County (north)
-   Pickens County, Alabama (east)
-   Sumter County, Alabama (southeast)
-   Kemper County (south)
-   Winston County (west)
-   Oktibbeha County (northwest)

National protected area

-   Noxubee National Wildlife Refuge (part)

Demographics

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 11,545 people living in the county. 71.6% were Black or African American, 27.1% White, 0.2% Asian, 0.2% Native American, 0.4% of some other race and 0.5% of two or more races. 0.8% were Hispanic or Latino (of any race).

As of the census[5] of 2000, there were 12,548 people, 4,470 households, and 3,222 families living in the county. The population density was 18 people per square mile (7/km²). There were 5,228 housing units at an average density of 8 per square mile (3/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 69.30% Black, 29.49% White, 0.15% Native American, 0.11% Asian, 0.37% from other races, and 0.58% from two or more races. 1.12% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 4,470 households, out of which 35.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.00% were married couples living together, 24.70% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.90% were non-families. 25.90% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.50% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.77 and the average family size was 3.36.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 30.70% under the age of 18, 10.30% from 18 to 24, 26.70% from 25 to 44, 19.50% from 45 to 64, and 12.80% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females there were 90.50 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.60 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $22,330, and the median income for a family was $27,312. Males had a median income of $25,008 versus $17,636 for females. The per capita income for the county was $12,018. About 29.20% of families and 32.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 43.60% of those under age 18 and 25.30% of those age 65 or over.

Politics

  Year                               Republican                                  Democratic                                  Third parties
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  style=“text-align:center;” |2016   style=“text-align:center;” |21.5% _1,200_   style=“text-align:center;” |78.0% _4,347_   0.5% _27_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2012   style=“text-align:center;” |21.2% _1,325_   style=“text-align:center;” |78.5% _4,920_   0.3% _19_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2008   style=“text-align:center;” |23.1% _1,525_   style=“text-align:center;” |76.3% _5,030_   0.5% _34_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2004   style=“text-align:center;” |28.3% _1,723_   style=“text-align:center;” |71.3% _4,346_   0.5% _28_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2000   style=“text-align:center;” |30.9% _1,530_   style=“text-align:center;” |68.3% _3,383_   0.8% _41_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1996   style=“text-align:center;” |29.9% _1,287_   style=“text-align:center;” |65.2% _2,801_   4.9% _210_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1992   style=“text-align:center;” |32.2% _1,623_   style=“text-align:center;” |63.3% _3,188_   4.5% _226_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1988   style=“text-align:center;” |40.4% _1,870_   style=“text-align:center;” |58.8% _2,722_   0.8% _39_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1984   style=“text-align:center;” |41.2% _2,123_   style=“text-align:center;” |56.9% _2,928_   1.9% _98_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1980   style=“text-align:center;” |35.5% _1,970_   style=“text-align:center;” |61.8% _3,434_   2.7% _151_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1976   style=“text-align:center;” |45.0% _1,860_   style=“text-align:center;” |51.3% _2,121_   3.8% _155_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1972   style=“text-align:center;” |66.3% _2,239_   style=“text-align:center;” |31.1% _1,052_   2.6% _87_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1968   style=“text-align:center;” |6.3% _232_      style=“text-align:center;” |37.9% _1,387_   55.8% _2,040_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1964   style=“text-align:center;” |96.6% _1,980_   style=“text-align:center;” |3.4% _70_       style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1960   style=“text-align:center;” |23.0% _342_     style=“text-align:center;” |18.6% _277_     58.4% _870_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1956   style=“text-align:center;” |19.5% _257_     style=“text-align:center;” |52.3% _690_     28.3% _373_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1952   style=“text-align:center;” |53.9% _887_     style=“text-align:center;” |46.1% _758_     style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1948   style=“text-align:center;” |1.5% _17_       style=“text-align:center;” |6.6% _74_       91.9% _1,031_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1944   style=“text-align:center;” |9.4% _103_      style=“text-align:center;” |90.6% _994_     style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1940   style=“text-align:center;” |4.2% _51_       style=“text-align:center;” |95.8% _1,152_   style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1936   style=“text-align:center;” |2.0% _27_       style=“text-align:center;” |97.9% _1,332_   0.1% _1_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1932   style=“text-align:center;” |3.7% _41_       style=“text-align:center;” |96.0% _1,052_   0.3% _3_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1928   style=“text-align:center;” |8.1% _102_      style=“text-align:center;” |91.9% _1,153_   style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1924   style=“text-align:center;” |4.4% _44_       style=“text-align:center;” |95.6% _966_     style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1920   style=“text-align:center;” |3.3% _24_       style=“text-align:center;” |96.6% _701_     0.1% _1_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1916   style=“text-align:center;” |1.5% _10_       style=“text-align:center;” |98.1% _656_     0.5% _3_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1912   style=“text-align:center;” |0.8% _5_        style=“text-align:center;” |97.0% _646_     2.3% _15_

  : PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS RESULTS[6]

Noxubee County is solidly Democratic in modern presidential elections, having last voted for the Republican presidential candidate in 1972.[7]

Education

Public elementary and secondary education is administered by the Noxubee County School District.

Noxubee County is within the service area of the East Mississippi Community College system.[8] The system offers classes in the Macon Extension at Noxubee County High School in Macon.[9]

At one time, many more schools existed within the county. In the early twentieth century, nineteen of these were consolidated into two districts consisting of six schools, which were Salem, Lynn Creek, Center Point, Cliftonville, Cooksville-Paulette, Mashulaville, and Brooksville. The old Salem School was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[10] The Noxubee County Agricultural School at Mashulaville opened in 1910 and included a forty-acre farm and provided living arrangements for up to 40 boarding students.[11]

The public school population is 1% white, compared to 27% of the county population.[12] Central Academy in Macon, which was founded in 1968 as a segregation academy,[13] closed in 2017. In 1982, private deals that had been made between board members to use public funds to aid Central Academy became public. As a result, the NAACP called for the resignation of all Noxubee county school board members who had knowledge of the board's aid to Central Academy, which at the time did not enroll any black students.[14]

_United States v. Ike Brown_

In 2005, the U.S. Department of Justice began an investigation and the following year filed suit under the Voting Rights Act alleging that the chairman of the Noxubee County Democratic Party, Ike Brown, had conspired to orchestrate “relentless racial discrimination” against white voters.[15][16]

The court ruled that Brown, in conjunction with the Noxubee Democratic Executive Committee, had “manipulated the political process in ways specifically intended and designed to impair and impede participation of white voters and to dilute their votes”.[17] This was the first time the voting rights act of 1965 had been used to allege discrimination against whites.[18]

Communities

City

-   Macon

Towns

-   Brooksville
-   Shuqualak

Unincorporated communities

-   Bigbee Valley
-   Gholson
-   Mashulaville
-   Paulette
-   Prairie Point

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title: Noxubee County, Mississippi

question: Where is Noxubee County located?

answer: Noxubee County is located in the United States state of Mississippi.

question: What is the demographics of Noxubee County?

answer: As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 11545 people living in the county. 71% were black, 27% White, 0.2% Asian, 0.2% Native American, and 0.8% Hispanic or Latino.

question: What is the origin of the county's name?

answer: "Noxubee" is derived from the Choctaw word "nakshobi" meaning "to stink."


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TÜBINGEN is a _Landkreis_ (district) in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Neighboring districts are (from north clockwise) Böblingen, Reutlingen, Zollernalbkreis and Freudenstadt.

History

The district dates back to the _Oberamt Tübingen_ in the state of Württemberg. In 1811 the _Oberamt Rottenburg_ was created, and both were converted into districts in 1934. In 1938 most of the district Rottenburg as well as a few municipalities from the district Herrenberg and Reutlingen were added to the district Tübingen. In 1974 it was enlarged again when some municipalities from the dissolved district Horb were added.

Geography

The main river in the district is the Neckar. The landscapes covered by the district are called _Oberer Gäu_ and _Schönbuch_.

Coat of arms

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  |[Coat of arms]   |The coat of arms show the banner (gonfalon) of the Counts of Tübingen. In contrast to the coat of arms of the city Tübingen, it is depicted on a spear. The red-and-white colors are chosen to represent the County Hohenberg, which belonged to Austria.
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Towns and municipalities

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Towns                             | Municipalities                    |
+:==================================+:==================================+
| |                                 | 1.  Ammerbuch                     |
|                                   | 2.  Bodelshausen                  |
| 1.  Mössingen                     | 3.  Dettenhausen                  |
| 2.  Rottenburg am Neckar          | 4.  Dußlingen                     |
| 3.  Tübingen                      | 5.  Gomaringen                    |
|                                   | 6.  Hirrlingen                    |
|                                   | 7.  Kirchentellinsfurt            |
|                                   | 8.  Kilchberg                     |
|                                   | 9.  Kusterdingen                  |
|                                   | 10. Nehren                        |
|                                   | 11. Neustetten                    |
|                                   | 12. Ofterdingen                   |
|                                   | 13. Starzach                      |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Verwaltungsgemeinschaften         |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| |                                 |
|                                   |
| 1.  Steinlach-Wiesaz              |
| 2.  Mössingen                     |
| 3.  Rottenburg                    |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

title: Tübingen (district)

question: What does the article say about Tübingen?

answer: Tübingen is a district in the middle of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The district dates back to the Oberamt Tübingen in the state of Württemberg. In 1938 and in 1974,  it was enlarged when some municipalities were added. The main river in the district is the Neckar.

question: What does the article say about the demography of Tübingen?


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“Hands”
	It began almost as soon as I woke up. In fact, it was what caused my awakening. It sounded like there was something crawling within the walls of my bedroom. Mice, I thought. I rubbed my eyes and got out of bed.
	I shower silently. I never understood people who listened to music or sang in the shower. Silence is what I liked. Even the sound of the running water made me cringe. The warm water pounded at my back. I felt something soft on my shoulder. I turned around quickly, a chill running up my spine. I turned down the cold water.
	I tried to relax again, but the chill never went away. I stepped out of the shower and over to the sink. I pulled a razor and shaving cream out of the medicine cabinet. As I closed the cabinet, I saw the towel that was hanging up drop to the floor in the mirror. I turned around quizzically. Shaking my head and sighing, I bent down to pick up the towel and put it back on the rack just as I saw something scurry across the tiled floor to the sliver of space between the opened bathroom door and the wall. Fuck, it has to be rats. I quickly finished shaving and went downstairs to the kitchen.
Starting a fresh pot of coffee, I tried to remember if I had any rat traps left somewhere. Maybe that would warm me up. I opened the door to the pantry and stood on my toes so I could see the contents of the top shelf. I saw the outline of something and reached my hand in. I felt around until my fingers ran into something soft. It moved just as I went to grab it. I jumped and stepped back. Instinctively, I put my hand over my chest to calm myself. I heard the last few drops dripping into the coffee pot. I poured myself a cup. As I sat, sipping at my coffee, I convinced myself that it was only my imagination. Imagination? Wow, I haven’t used that in years. It was hard for me to even remember the last time my mind wandered elsewhere. Well, there were those times when I- no, I won’t go into that.
	I heard a child outside, screaming with joy. I stood up and walked to the kitchen window. Pushing back the curtain, I could see the young boy running through a sprinkler. He screamed again, causing my fist to clench and jaws to lock. There was a sudden, loud crash behind me. I whipped around to find the coffee pot lying in hundreds of pieces on the floor. How had it fallen? Did the rat knock it over? I sighed and went to the hallway closet for rags and a broom.
	I threw away the broken glass, and washed the mug I had used. I decided to check the garage for something to kill this rat that kept ruining my morning. I moved past the plastic containers, which were now starting to fill up the garage, to the tools. I really needed to clean them off from the last time I used them. I rustled through a box until I found an old poison rat trap. I opened it and saw it had already been used.
	I heard the clicking of heels on the driveway outside the garage door. I sighed to myself and threw the trap away. I heard the doorbell ring and started making my way to the front door. As I was closing the garage door, I felt a tug at the bottom of my pant leg. I looked down, hoping to catch the rat red-handed, but the doorbell rang again. I huffed and stomped to the front of the house. I opened the door halfway.
	“Hi,” a young blonde woman was standing on the old welcome mat, smiling at me.
	I opened the door fully, “Hello.”
	“I just wanted to introduce myself. I just moved in next door,” she smiled and held her hand out.
	I looked down at her hand for a moment, then back up to meet her eyes. I shook her hand slowly.
	When she pulled away, I noticed her fidgeting with her bracelets, “Well, it was nice meeting you. If you ever need anything, don’t be afraid to ask.”
	I flicked my tongue across my lips, still staring at her hands. I smiled at her, “I’ll be sure to do that.”
	I closed the door silently and wiped my face with my hand. I turned around and saw grey everywhere. Rats weren’t the cause of my shake up this morning. All around me were severed hands. Shit, I left the garage door open. They began to climb up my pant legs. I tried shaking them off, but they held tight. I began swatting at them. They covered my eyes and mouth. There were just too many.

title: "Hands" a short story I wrote for my English class

question: What does the story say about rats?

answer: The narrator sees something scurry across the tiled floor to the sliver of space between the opened bathroom door and the wall. He thinks that was a rat. Then he sees the outline of something on the shelf and reached his hand in. It was soft, and he thinks it was a rat again. When the coffee pot falls and breaks, he starts looking for a rat trap. In the end, he realizes that there are no rats but that hands are everywhere. They covered his eyes and mouth.

question: What does the story say about the new neighbor's family?


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The days melt into the nights; the nights melt into the days. It’s just a medley of light and dark. The numbers on the calendar whizz past, each new number bringing a growing sense of doom. Some distant memory of a task to be completed fades in and out, unleashing little bouts of panic every time. It brings with it a type of knowledge, that the task has to be completed soon, knowledge which the brain refuses to work upon. The feeling of being stifled, out of breath, or even claustrophobic, occurs along with desperation. The brain procrastinates, something it knows quite well to do, and a feeling of melancholy sets in. What can be done to break free of this helpless, appalling situation? The answer isn’t anything new; in fact the mind knows it perfectly well. Work. Work hard to finish off the impending task. Don’t procrastinate any further. Don’t prolong this state of misery by feeling unnecessarily depressed. If the task was that arduous, it wouldn’t have been thrust upon you.

And so, with a renewed sense of determination, I picked up my textbooks and started studying for my Board Examinations.

title: [MS] Nodus Tollens

question: Why does the numbers on the calendar whizzing past bring a growing sense of doom?

answer: Because the narrator is getting closer and closer to the day of their Board Examinations.

question: How does the narrator achieve a renewed sense of determination?

answer: They convince themselves that the task is not that difficult.

question: What is the main theme of this story?

answer: Procrastination


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JASON MITCHELL STREET[1] is a fictional character in the NBC/DirecTV (The 101 Network) television drama _Friday Night Lights_, portrayed by Scott Porter. Introduced as the small town “All-American,” Jason is the starting quarterback of the Dillon Panthers, with a promising future career, until an injury during the season-opening football game results in paraplegia.[2] Jason's story arc is focused on his adjusting to life and carving out a niche for himself outside of Panthers' football. In Season 3, due to Porter leaving the show, Jason moves to New York City after landing an entry-level position at a sports agency to be near his infant son.[3]

The character is inspired by the real-life events in the career of David Edwards, a high school player in San Antonio, Texas.[4][5]

Background

Jason is portrayed as a confident, affable, charismatic and popular all-American high school student from a middle-class home with loving and supportive, although sometimes over-protective, parents. He is presumably the only child of Mitchell and Joanne Street (there is no mention of siblings). He, Landry and Julie Taylor are the only original main characters in high school who come from stable, two-parent families, in contrast to the others, all of whom come from divorced or single-parent homes or families with absent parental figures. Of the adult characters in the show, Jason is closest to Coach Taylor, who coached him since elementary school and was his position coach in high school, and often seeks his advice.

Despite his social status as a jock and star quarterback, he is well-liked by everyone, young and old, in both his school and the community (including the notoriously difficult and loud-mouthed Buddy Garrity[6]). Tim Riggins once called him “the heart” of the Panthers team[7] and as the season progresses, it becomes apparent that he still commanded his former teammates' respect and loyalty, even from his wheelchair.[8]

Jason is best friends with Tim Riggins, his fullback. They have known each other, and Jason's (ex) girlfriend Lyla Garrity, since middle school. Throughout the show they are seen supporting each other almost unconditionally and bailing one another out of trouble. Prior to his injury, Jason was dating Lyla Garrity, who was then captain of the cheerleading team, and had an on-off relationship and brief engagement before circumstances led them to break up for good. Their friendship is tested in Season 1 when Tim sleeps with Lyla to cope with his feelings of guilt and self-hatred as he felt he could have prevented Jason's injury by tackling the defensive player before Jason did. In Season 2, they are on speaking terms and still good friends.

Character

Early in season 1, it is established that Jason is a seventeen-year-old high school senior at Dillon High School and by Season 3 he is around age twenty.[9] Throughout the season, he is seen supporting the Panthers, be it from his hospital bed or by personally coaching his successor Matt Saracen before practices. Whether Jason completed high school was left ambiguous, although Mrs. Taylor makes a brief mention of Jason having only a few classes left to graduate,[10] but actor Scott Porter clarified during the cast Q&A session at the Museum of Television & Radio at the conclusion of season 1 that Jason did get his GED.[11]

Storylines

Season 1

Jason begins the series as the senior starting quarterback of the Dillon Panthers. He is ranked as one of the top high school quarterbacks in the nation, with a scholarship offer to the University of Notre Dame, but during the first game of the season he suffers a severe spinal cord injury while successfully tackling a defender in what would have been a game-ending touchdown. He was diagnosed with a spinal cord injury at the C-7 and T-1 level, rendering him paralyzed from the chest down with use of his arms and hands and limited use of his fingers. In season 1, the character goes through a period of adjustment as he comes to terms with his disability and the fact that his life no longer revolves around playing football.

For some time, Tim Riggins, Jason's best friend, blames himself for not blocking the hit that paralyzes Jason and he avoids visiting Jason at the hospital for almost six weeks.[12] During Jason's hospital stay, his girlfriend, Lyla, begins an affair with Tim. The two manage to hide the affair until Jason sees them in an intimate moment and eventually figures out what is going on. He confronts Lyla about it, but she lies and says she is not cheating on him.[13] Jason, however, is not convinced and he slugs Tim and challenges him to a fight, a fight that Tim walks away from out of shame and guilt over his actions. After word of the incident gets to the team, several Panthers players loyal to Jason ambush Tim in his truck one night and smash out the windows with baseball bats even though Jason clarifies that Tim did not physically hurt him in any way.[14] Jason tries his best to hate Lyla for her part in the affair,[15] but comes to admit that he still loves her and proposes to her. Lyla says yes, but the relationship quickly begins to fall apart. After catching Jason with another woman, Lyla breaks off the engagement, ending their relationship for good.

While in rehab, Jason's roommate, Herc, harasses and pushes him to the edge, trying to get a depressed Jason fired up.[16] Herc then introduces him to the “future”: wheelchair rugby. Having something to strive for, Jason focuses solely on becoming the best player he can and manages to get an invitation to try out for the U.S. National Quad Rugby Team. Putting school on hold, he spends two weeks pushing himself and showing everyone what he can do. He initially has difficulty readjusting upon returning home – dealing with his feelings of inferiority and getting used to being stared at – and takes out his anger and bitterness on his mom and Lyla. When selection time comes, he is disappointed when he is not chosen to join the team and go to Beijing. While he is nursing his wounds over not being chosen for the team, Herc informs him that the only reason he was not chosen was his lack of experience with his wheelchair.

In the meantime, Jason discovers through the local daily that his parents have brought a lawsuit against Coach Taylor for not properly training him how to tackle someone - an activity quarterbacks generally do not have to do. Many in the town do not like this, particularly Jason, who privately tells Coach Taylor that he never wanted it to happen this way.[17] But because of the financial burden on his parents over his medical expenses, Jason goes along with it. Things become awkward, albeit not tense, between him and Coach Taylor for a while as a result. At home, there is tension between his parents as they disagree over the decision to sue Taylor and the settlement amount. When the next settlement hearing is called, their attorney suggests wheeling Jason up to the stand to play on the jury's sympathies, to which Jason snaps that he does not want to be put on display “like some brain dead idiot” who is no longer capable of fending for himself. He puts an end to the lawsuit and writes out an undisclosed amount, which he says is enough to cover his parents' mortgage and debt incurred by his medical expenses, to which the school officials agree.[18]

Prior to the semi-finals for the state championship, Jason, now focused for the first time in a long time, takes it upon himself to mentor his replacement, Matt Saracen, after the latter confides that he is having confidence issues prior to the state semifinal against the Brant Vikings. During the rain-soaked semifinal, Coach Taylor notices Matt's improvement in his play after receiving advice from Jason, who is present at the sidelines, and offers Jason a position as an assistant. Jason is instrumental in the Panthers' winning the State Championship and the first season ends with Jason giving the team a pep talk about preparing for the next season.

Season 2

Jason spends the beginning of the second season as an assistant to the Panthers' new head coach Bill McGregor, but leaves after the first game as he did not agree with Coach McGregor's style and favoritism toward and over-reliance on Brian "Smash" Williams. When McGregor dismisses his suggestions, Jason quits the team as he feels conflicted about McGregor's authoritarian approach. After Coach Taylor returns from TMU, Jason returns to the team briefly on Taylor's request but confides to Lyla that he feels “stuck.” He eventually decides to move on and makes a clean break from his past “glory years” by quitting the team and donating all his old tapes to the athletic department.[19]

Jason regains feeling back in his right hand and learns of a dangerous experimental surgery being conducted by a clinic in Mexico that can possibly help him walk again.[20] The risky surgery worries Tim after he learns that the procedure is not FDA approved and that Jason can potentially die. He calls Lyla for help after failing to dissuade Jason from following through with the surgery. During a private boat ride, the two confront Jason and try to talk him out of the surgery, but Jason does not listen and tells both of them he is tired of being stuck in a wheelchair and does not care if he dies during the surgery. He then proceeds to jump off the boat. While in the water and swimming ashore, he finally realizes the mistake he is making and tells Tim and Lyla that he wants to go home, much to their relief.

After returning from Mexico, he convinces his over-protective and well-meaning parents to allow him to move in with Herc.[21] He later works at Buddy Garrity's car dealership as a salesman.[22]

Later in the season, Jason meets a waitress named Erin during a blind date gone bad.[23] The two end up sleeping together, which results in Erin becoming pregnant. The season ends with Jason convincing her to keep the baby after having been previously told by doctors that his injury would prevent him from being able to conceive a child. Erin remains skeptical as they are both only nineteen and she needs to keep her job as a waitress.

Season 3

Season 3 picks up almost a year later. Erin has given birth to a baby boy named Noah. Jason is shown to be a great father and has come to love Erin very much. However, Erin becomes wary of Jason's ability to support her and Noah, especially when Jason says he wants to get in the highly-risky business of 'flipping' houses.[24] He, Herc and the Riggins brothers buy Buddy Garrity's old house, to fix up and successfully sell. Despite this, Erin tells Jason that she cannot support herself and Noah living in Dillon and intends to move back to New Jersey with her parents and raise their son there, although reassuring Jason that he is welcome to visit anytime.[25]

Jason meets Grant, a sports agent, at Dillon High School during practice one day, who gives Jason his card and tells him to look him up whenever he is in New York City. However, the sports agent only gives Jason his card because he (the agent) was trying to sign Jason's former Panthers teammate, Wendell Foley, now a college football star. Jason misinterprets the statement and goes to New York with Tim, believing he will land a job at the agency and provide support and stay in Erin and Noah's lives. The agent, surprised to see him, tells Jason that he has graduates from Ivy League schools fighting to get into the firm daily, and that he must maintain quotas just to keep his own job. Furthermore, Foley has decided to sign with a different agent.

In an effort to prove himself, Jason convinces Foley to sign with the agency. Jason shows up at Grant's office with Foley in tow and receives an entry-level job as a result. After that, he goes to Erin's home in New Jersey and tells her that he has found a job in New York so he can be close to her and Noah and is willing to find a place that's “far enough away that I'm not going to be a stalker...but close enough that I can be here.”.[26][27] Erin happily agrees, saying that she has missed him.

Season 5

In “Perfect Record,” Jason returns to Dillon and meets his former mentor Coach Taylor to see if he is interested in taking a college coaching job, which the Coach politely turns down. He updates Coach Taylor on his life so far: he and Erin have since married, Noah is now a toddler and is learning how to throw a football, Erin wants to have another child (after some convincing) and, recently, he was promoted to a full-fledged sports agent. Later he drops by East Dillon to watch a practice session and Vince Howard's father, Ornette, is seen standing at the sidelines over-enthusiastically trying to convince Jason to look at Vince and recommend him to top colleges, much to Jason and Coach Taylor's concern.[28] While supportive of Taylor, his former coach at West Dillon, Street comes to the rivalry game supporting the Dillon Panthers, having been the former starting quarterback there, and is seen doing the pre-game chant. He shows displeasure when the East Dillon Lions run up the score against the Panthers.

Jason is briefly mentioned in the next several episodes as he has recommended Coach Taylor to a state university in Florida, who decides to pursue Taylor and tries to (unsuccessfully) convince him to sign with them. In the series ending montage in “Always,” the words “J.Street” are seen written below the 'P' in the Dillon Panthers' locker room.

Reception

Porter was praised by paralyzed viewers of the show for his “inspiring and believable” portrayal of a quadriplegic in the first season when Jason is first injured and then endures several months in rehab.[29] A former high school football player himself, Porter stated in an interview with _TV Guide_ that he had visited a spinal cord injury rehabilitation facility in Austin, Texas to do research on his character.[30]

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title: Jason Street

question: Summarize Jason's background information.

answer: Jason is a confident and charismatic and popular all-American high school student from a middle-class home with a loving and sometimes over-protective parents. He is a 17 year-old high school senior at Dillon HIgh School. He is an only child. He is well-liked by everyone in the community, and is the school's star quarterback.

question: Summarize the public's reception of Jason.

answer: Scott Porter was praised b paralyzed viewers of the show for his "inspiring and believable" portrayal of a quadriplegic.

question: What was Scott Porter's salary for playing Jason?


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[The port of Ta-kau, 1893]

The written HISTORY OF KAOHSIUNG can be traced back to the early 17th century, though archeological studies have found signs of human activity in the region from as long as 7000 years ago. Prior to the 17th century, the region was inhabited by the Makatau clan of the Siraya aboriginal tribe, who settled on what they named _Ta-kau Isle_ (translated to 打狗嶼 by Ming Chinese explorers); “Takau” meaning “bamboo forest” in the aboriginal language. Dutch settlers colonizing Taiwan in 1624 referred to the region as _Tankoya_ and named the harbor _Tancoia_. The first Chinese records of the region were written in 1603 by Chen Di, a member of Ming admiral Shen You-rong's expedition to rid the waters around Taiwan and Penghu of pirates. In his report on the “Eastern Barbarian Lands” (Dong Fan Ji), Chen Di referred to a Ta-kau Isle:

Various later historical documents of both the Ming and Qing Dynasties referred to Kaohsiung as either “TA-KAU” (打狗) or “TA-KU” (打鼓). The modern name of 高雄 (pronounced “Takao” in Japanese and “Kaohsiung” in Mandarin) was not adopted until the Japanese colonial period in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Early history

[Archeological sites near Kaohsiung.]

The earliest evidence of human activity in the Kaohsiung area dates back to roughly 4700–5200 years ago. Most of the discovered remnants were located in the hills surrounding Kaohsiung Harbor, and include artifacts found at 壽山遺址, Longquan Temple ruins, 桃子園遺址、左營舊城遺址、左營遺址、後勁遺址、覆鼎金遺址、Fengbitou. The prehistoric Dapenkeng, 牛稠子, Dahu, and Niasong civilizations were known to inhabit the region. Studies of the prehistoric ruins at Longquan Temple have shown that that civilization occurred at roughly the same times as the beginnings of the aboriginal Makatau civilization, suggesting a possible origin for the latter. Unlike some other archeological sites in the area, the Longquan Temple ruins are relatively well preserved. Prehistoric artifacts discovered have suggested that the ancient Kaohsiung Harbor was originally a lagoon, with early civilizations functioning primarily as hunter-gatherer societies. Some agricultural tools have also been discovered, suggesting that some agricultural activity was also present.

Signs of more recent Han Chinese settlement have been found near the old city of Tsoying, and is one of the largest finds of recent Han Chinese cultural artifacts to date. Artifacts discovered have included various types of ceramics and pottery believed to be of Chinese origin dating to the early Qing Dynasty, about 400 years ago.

Fengbitou ruins (2000–6000 years ago)

The Fengbitou civilization is representative of Neolithic civilizations found in the Taiwan area and shows significant influences from mainland cultures. The civilization is believed to have persisted for a very long period (2000–6000 years ago), with archeological digs finding artifacts buried in multiple layers. Remains have been found throughout the southern and central portions of Taiwan's western seaboard, with the ruins found at Fengbitou near Linyuan District representative of the civilization in general. Fengbitou was originally submerged, with the modern coastline formed by falling sea levels and the accretion of a river delta. The ruins were discovered during the Japanese colonial period, along with those of other civilizations, and is one of the most important archeological sites in Taiwan.

The site has three major layers:

1.  Dapenkeng culture, marked by the appearance of characteristic pottery containing fine grains of sand, existed from 4700–5200 years ago.
2.  Niuchouzi (牛裯子) culture: 以繩紋紅陶為主，並有部份夾砂紅、灰陶和泥質紅陶，其年代距今約3500年前。由出土文物中可以推測是一個此一文化層為農、漁、獵並重的生活型態。
3.  Fengbitou culture: 以出現貝塚和紅褐素面夾砂陶為主要特色。其年代大致在3500～2000年前。生業型態表現出對農業依賴，聚落型態和前期大致一樣，但從大量增加的陶器，可判定人口密度增加。

Taochiyuan ruins (3000–4500 years ago)

Taochiyuan (桃子園) shell mound is located in the northwestern part of the North Chaishan (北柴山). It is one of the earliest ruins discovered in Kaohsiung. Pottery, stone tools, and evidents of human burials were found in the region. This society belongs to the 牛稠子文化層, and later the 大湖文化層. Its economy was based on agriculture, fishery, and hunting.[1]

Tsoying Old City ruins (400–1300 years ago)

Longquan Temple ruins (400–2000 years ago)

Makatau Clan period (prior to 1624)

Pirate records

Lin Daoqian

One of the most famous folk characters of the pre-Dutch Takau region was the pirate Vintoquián (林道乾, Lin Daoqian) (林道乾), reputed to have been active in robbing ships of their treasure during the reign of the Ming Jiajing Emperor (1522–1566). Folklore holds that while anchored at Takau in 1563, Lin placed his treasure into eighteen and a half bamboo baskets, hiding them in the surrounding hills. During this time, Lin was told by a feng shui master named Wu Ban-hsien (吳半仙) that if he were to bury his deceased father in a “dragon cave” near modern-day Jiali, leave an offering of an arrow upon the altar , and sleep while holding one hundred grains of white rice in his mouth for one hundred days, before firing three arrows towards the imperial capital in the northwest on the dawn of the last day, he would be able to conquer all the lands under heaven. Shortly after hearing this, Lin discovered a “divine rooster” while hunting in the hills, whose call could be heard for over 300 _li_ and would cause all other roosters to call at the same time. Upon capturing the divine rooster, Lin handed it to his sister Jin-lien (金蓮) to care for, while he prepared to fire the arrows towards the imperial capital at the crack of dawn on the one hundredth day.

On the final night, Jin-lien was unable to sleep, sitting awake under a lamp with the divine rooster. At the hour of midnight, Jin-lien touched the rooster to pet it, but inadvertently startled the rooster, causing it to call. Upon hearing the rooster calling, Lin awoke and mistakenly thought that dawn had arrived, immediately firing off three divine arrows with his name towards the imperial capital in the northwest. Thinking he had succeeded, Lin went back to sleep dreaming that he had become emperor. The three arrows flew into the imperial palace, unerringly striking the dragon throne. However, as it was midnight, the throne was empty. The next morning, the emperor found the three arrows with Lin's name on them stuck in his throne. Realizing that Lin had attempted to kill him, the emperor became enraged and ordered his troops to arrest Lin.

With imperial troops closing in, Lin attempted to flee, but was delayed by his sister who refused to leave without their eighteen and a half baskets of treasure. In a fit of panic, Lin killed his own sister before fighting his way out of the sieging forces. In the process, Lin struck the side of the valley between Takou Mountain and Chi-hou Mountain, breaking a hole through which seawater poured in. Lin and his men escaped by sea from this hole, according to legend.

Wokou

During the Ming Dynasty, the seas surrounding Taiwan were lawless waters, infested by pirates. The imperial court launched three separate naval campaigns against Wokou pirates operating in the waters surrounding Taiwan (in 1574, 1603, and 1617). It was during the 1603 campaign that Chen Di penned the first records referring to a Takou Isle in his book “Eastern Barbarian Lands” (東蕃記), which also contained the first descriptions of the early residents of Taiwan.

Recent settlement and development

Dutch colonial period (1624–1661)

Taiwan became a Dutch colony in 1624, after the Dutch East Indies Company was ejected from Penghu by Ming forces. At the time, Takau was already one of the most important fishing ports in southern Taiwan. The Dutch named Takau TANKOYA, and the harbor TANCOIA. In 1726, the Dutch missionary François Valentijn (華倫泰因/潘連單) named Takau Mountain “Apen Berg” (猿山), a name which would find its way onto European navigational charts well into the 18th century.[2] During this time, Taiwan was divided into five administrative districts, with Takau belonging to the southernmost district. In 1630, the first large scale immigration of Han Chinese to Taiwan began due to famine in Fujian, with merchants and traders from China seeking to purchase hunting licenses from the Dutch or hide out in aboriginal villages to escape authorities in China.

Kingdom of Tungning (1661–1683)

Qing Dynasty rule (1683–1895)

Kangxi period

Administrative divisions

Local development

Takau Harbor

Ki-au Region

Ki-au written in Chinese as 旗後 or 旗后 ()

Japanese colonial period (1895–1945)

[Takao Prefecture government office]

Early colonial period (1895–1919)

Takao Prefecture (1920–1945)

In 1920, the eighth Governor-General of Taiwan Den Kenjiro modified the political divisions of Taiwan. He abolished the _chō_ (廳) system and instituted a prefecture system similar to that of mainland Japan. Takao Prefecture consisted of modern-day Kaohsiung City and Pingtung County.

City of Takao (1924)

Takao was upgraded to a city in 1924.

Postwar period (After 1945)

[Kaohsiung City (1945–2010)] After the handover of Taiwan from Japan to the Republic of China in October 1945, Kaohsiung City was established as a provincial city consisting of eleven districts. Around the same time, Kaohsiung County was established to be part of Taiwan Province on 6 December 1945. Kaohsiung City was upgraded from provincial city to special municipality on 1 July 1979.

On 25 December 2010, Kaohsiung City was merged with Kaohsiung County to form a larger Kaohsiung special municipality. Prior to the merging, the population of Kaohsiung City was around 1.5 million people.[3]

On 31 July 2014, a series of gas explosions occurred in the Cianjhen and Lingya Districts at midnight after initial gas leaks were reported earlier that day at 8:46 p.m. local time.[4] The explosions left 31 dead and 309 injured.[5][6][7]

Politics

Uprisings during Dutch rule

Uprisings during Qing dynasty rule

Anti-Japanese activity

February 28 incident (1947)

Kaohsiung Incident (1979)

Local factions in Kaohsiung County

Economy

Pottery

Salt

Fisheries

Agriculture

Sugar

Rice

Tobacco

Bananas

Bananas were originally imported from mainland China until the Japanese colonial period. The Japanese government planted bananas mostly in southern Taiwan, the production of the 旗山 area was especially abundant. As a result, it has an honorable name of “Banana Kingdom.”

Commerce

Shinkuchan Business District

Underground Mall

賊仔市

President and New Shinkuchan Business Districts

三鳳中 Street

Industry

Cement

Shipbuilding

Shipbreaking and Steelworks

Petrochemical industry and environmentalism

Export business and foreign laborers

Fertilizer

Cultural and artistic development

In early times, there were few cultural activities in the Kaohsiung region, so residents' opportunities to participate in such activities were likely small as well. As a result, Kaohsiung was called a “cultural desert” in early times. However, the efforts of the Kaohsiung government and artistic organizations turned the region into a center of Chinese culture beginning in the 1980s. An art museum has been established, as well as a science and technology exhibit and other large-scale exhibitions.

Literature

Art

Music

Crafts

Paper umbrellas

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question: Summarize the Dutch colonial period.

answer: After the Dutch Indies Company was thrown out of Penghu by the Ming forces, Taiwan became a Dutch colony. They changed the name of Takau, the harbor, and the Takau mountain. Takau was one of the southernmost districts of Taiwan. In 1630, Han Chinese started to immigrate to Taiwan after famine and seek hunting licenses from the Dutch or hide in the aboriginal villages to escape the Chinese authorities.

question: Who was Lin Daoqian?

answer: Lin Daoqian was a famous folk character from the pre-Dutch Takau region. He was a pirate who also went by the name Vintoquian. Lin was known to have been an active ship robber for their treasure during the reign of the Ming Jiajing Emperor.

question: List a few ruins besides Taochiyuan ruins.

question: Describe what Kaohsiung City was like post-war.

answer: Kaohsiung City was established as a city consisting of eleven districts. In 1979, the city was upgraded to a special municipality from a provincial city. Finally, in 2010 the city was merged with the Kaohsiung County to form a larger special municipality.


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,[1] better known under the stage name , was a Japanese actress and singer, who was best known for starring in _Mama wa Rival_ and _Saramumu_, and for her appearances in teleshopping alongside her husband Kōichi Miura.

Biography

Arisu Jun, who was from Kure, Hiroshima,[2] was born [3] on 20 June 1953 in Hiroshima Prefecture.[4] She was the daughter of a New Zealand Defence Force soldier who was stationed in Japan after World War II and a Japanese mother.[5][6] Her parents divorced when she was two years old;[7] her father returned to New Zealand, while her mother moved to Tokyo.[8] She was later raised by her grandmother in Kobe, and during her second year of junior high school, she moved to Tokyo where she lived with her aunt.[9] She had always grown up without knowing what to call home.[10] Arisu was of New Zealand nationality as of 1980.[11]

She was scouted while attending school at , and she became a fashion model under the stage name of , appearing in fashion magazines such as _Soen_.[12]

Her acting career began with _Mama wa Rival_,[13] which aired on TBS between 4 October 1972 and 26 September 1973.[14] Arisu Jun's stage name was derived by Mamoru Sasaki, who was the drama's scriptwriter, from the novel _Alice's Adventures in Wonderland_ and from the word for .[15] She later appeared in two episodes of the NTV drama _Taiyō ni Hoero!_ that aired on 6 and 13 October of the same year.[16][17] At the age of 21, she later became a member of the Tokyo Kid Brothers troupe.[18] In February 1979, she also appeared in the TV Asahi musical _Saramumu_ alongside Kyōhei Shibata and his future husband Koichi Miura.[19]

In 1980, she married actor , who was also a member of the Tokyo Kid Brothers troupe.[20][21] After their marriage, the couple appeared together as teleshopping presenters.[22] She and Kōichi later had three children, including actors Kōta Miura and Ryōsuke Miura.[23]

Several of the shows she appeared in include the TV Tokyo shows _Asa wa Tanoshiku!_,[24] _Morning Teleshop_,[25] _Okaimono Town_,[26] _Sandy Okaidoku Jōhō_.[27] She also appeared in the TV Asahi shows _BUY2_,[28] _GETV_,[29] _Omezame Shop_,[30] _Tokusen Ichibanmachi_[31] Another show she appeared in, _POSHLET WORLD_, aired on Nippon TV on 26 August 2000.[32]

Her album , was released by Nayutawave Records on 12 September 2007.[33]

She died of cancer in a Tokyo hospital on 12 July 2019.[34]

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title: Arisu Jun

question: Who is Arisu Jun?

answer: Arisu Jun was a Japanese actress and singer who was best known for starring in Mama wa Rival and Saramumu.

question: When was Arisu Jun born?

answer: 20 June 1953

question: Where was Arisu Jun born?

answer: Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan

question: When did Arisu Jun die?

answer: 12 July 2019

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Arisu Jun of Kure, Hiroshima, was a Japanese actress and singer best known for starring in Mama wa Rival and Saramumu.


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[Darlington Nagbe Tony Tchani MLS Cup 12052015]

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The day has finally arrived. MLS Cup is here.

The Columbus Crew host the Portland Timbers at MAPFRE Stadium (4 p.m., ESPN, UniMas) in the 2015 final, and the game should be good one given how similar the two clubs are.

With the game fast approaching, the SBI editorial staff has made its predictions for the result. No one is expecting a blowout, but everyone thinks the same team will prevail.

Here are SBI’s staff picks for the 2015 MLS Cup:

IVES GALARCEP, EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

TIMBERS 3, CREW 2

Look for Columbus to come out firing, but Portland’s veteran group will stay poised and weather the early storm. Kei Kamara’s injury could make things much tougher, but whether he’s healthy or not, the Timbers should have the firepower to break through the Crew’s defense in what should be a wide-open match. Darlington Nagbe enjoys a Man of the Match performance, scoring twice to help the Timbers lift the MLS Cup.

RYAN TOLMICH, ASSOCIATE EDITOR

TIMBERS 2, CREW 1

Assuming Kei Kamara is able to go, it’s hard to imagine the Crew forward will be at his peak heading into Sunday’s game. That spells bad news for the Crew, who are already contending with the league’s hottest road team. Riding Fanendo Adi, the Timbers get another pair of goals on the road to claim the team’s first MLS Cup.

AARON CRANFORD, MANAGING EDITOR

TIMBERS 2, CREW 1.

When these two sides met at MAPFRE Stadium in September, Fanendo Adi bested Kei Kamara en route to a 2-1 win. There’s much more at stake this time around, but if Kamara’s unable to go, I don’t see the home side exacting revenge. I expect Adi to bag at least one goal while a defender, likely Liam Ridgewell, scores the game-winner from a set play.

FRANCO PANIZO, SENIOR WRITER

TIMBERS 3, CREW 2

The potential loss of Kei Kamara is a game-changer. Without him, the Crew lose a lot. With him, they have a good shot at coming out on top. That said, the Timbers are the hotter team coming into this match. They started clicking on all cylinders at the end of the season, and have continued playing well in the playoffs. As long as their woeful finishing doesn’t return, the Timbers should prevail. It’ll be a tight game given how close the individual match-ups are, but don’t sleep on Fanendo Adi, who might prove too tough a challenge for Michael Parkhurst.

COLE KELLOGG, ASSISTANT EDITOR

TIMBERS 3, CREW 1

Caleb Porter’s team is too well organized to not come out and win this game. The defensive pairing of Nat Borchers and Liam Ridgewell will be too much for the Columbus Crew offense to overcome, with both centerbacks playing well and with confidence. I expect to see something special from Diego Valeri, a set piece goal for one of Portland’s centerbacks, and a strike that exemplifies the dominance of Fanendo Adi.

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Who do you think will win the MLS Cup? Will the Timbers lift its first title on the road or will the Crew win their second?

Share your thoughts below.

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Americans Abroad Weekend Rewind: Adams, Brooks and more

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question: What does the article say about SBI’s 2015 MLS Cup Predictions for the result?

answer: Galarcep and Panizo predict Timber 3, Crew 2; Tolmich and Cranford predict Timber 2, Crew 1; Kellogg predicts Timber 3, Crew 1.

question: What does the article say about how the match ended?


text:
Washington (CNN)A Virginia congressman and his wife used staffers in his office to carry out personal chores, Politico reported Friday, citing multiple, unnamed former employees who detailed a toxic work environment.

Some of the responsibilities that fell on Republican Rep. Tom Garrett's staff included grocery shopping, driving the congressman's children, and caring for his pet dog, four former aides told Politico.

According to Politico's report, one of the former employees described their role in the office as "gofers," but declined to speak on the record.

"I didn't know who I was working for: Was I working for him? Was I working for her?" said the former aide about the Garrett and his wife's demands.

When Politico asked Garrett's office about various complaints, spokesman Matt Missen said: "We see no reason to respond to anonymous, unfounded allegations primarily targeting Congressman Garrett's wife, made by POLITICO's 'unnamed' sources."

"It is easy to spread untruths and even easier to exaggerate and imply wrongdoing when none exists," he said, according to Politico.

CNN reported earlier this weekon a confusing 24 hours in Garrett's office after he said that he was considering resigning, but then reversed course.

After a nearly 15-minute speech on Facebook Live, Garrett said he was planning to stay in office and run for re-election.

"Yesterday, in frustration I said, 'I don't know if I want to do this anymore,' but in the last 24 hours I have taken the time to think and pray a lot," Garrett said.

CNN's Ryan Nobles contributed to this report.

question: Who is the individual reported about in the article?

answer: Virginia congressman, Republican Tom Garrett

question: What is the incident reported?

answer: Garrett and his wife had been using his staffers to perform personal chores for them.

question: Which organization first reported on the story?

answer: Politico

question: How did Garrett respond to the allegations?

answer: His spokesperson said the allegations are unfounded and made by an unnamed source. Garrett first said he was going to resign, but later reversed course saying he will stay in office and run for re-election.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Politico reported that Virginia congressman, Republican Tom Garrett and his wife had been using his staffers to perform personal chores for them. Garrett's spokesperson said the allegations are unfounded and made by an unnamed source. Garrett first said he was going to resign, but later reversed course saying he will stay in office and run for re-election.


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_SHADOWRUN: DRAGONFALL_
[Dragonfall.png]
DEVELOPER(S)
Harebrained Schemes
PUBLISHER(S)
Harebrained Schemes
DISTRIBUTOR(S)
Steam
DIRECTOR(S)
Mike McCain
DESIGNER(S)
Trevor King-Yost
Kevin Maloney
Simon Cameron
WRITER(S)
Andrew McIntosh
ARTIST(S)
Jenn Tran
Fiona Turner
Maury Weiss
COMPOSER(S)
Jon Everist
PLATFORM(S)
Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux, iOS, Android
RELEASE DATE(S)
_RETURNS_ DLC
February 27, 2014
_DIRECTOR'S CUT_
September 18, 2014

GENRE(S)
Tactical role-playing game
[DragonfallLogo.png]DRAGONFALL was at first a DLC expansion for Shadowrun Returns, free to Kickstarter backers, released February 27, 2014, later released as a standalone Shadowrun computer game for PC and Android.

-   1 About
-   2 Background
-   3 Delay
-   4 Reviews
-   5 System Requirement
-   6 Gallery
-   7 External link

About[edit | edit source]

_Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut_ is a standalone release of Harebrained Schemes' critically-acclaimed _Dragonfall_ campaign, which first premiered as a major expansion for _Shadowrun Returns_. The Director's Cut adds a host of new content and enhancements to the original game: 5 all-new missions, alternate endings, new music, a redesigned interface, team customization options, a revamped combat system, and more - making it the definitive version of this one-of-a-kind cyberpunk RPG experience.

The _Director's Cut_ is free to existing owners of the Dragonfall expansion for Shadowrun Returns. It will be automatically added to your Steam Library when the game is released.

Man Meets Magic & Machine
In 2012, magic returned to our world, awakening powerful creatures of myth and legend. Among them was the Great Dragon Feuerschwinge, who emerged without warning from the mountains of Germany, unleashing fire, death, and untold destruction across the countryside. It took German forces nearly four months to finally shoot her down - and when they did, their victory became known as The Dragonfall.

It’s 42 years later - 2054 - and the world has changed. Unchecked advances in technology have blurred the line between man and machine. Elves and trolls walk among us, ruthless corporations bleed the world dry, and Feuerschwinge’s reign of terror is just a distant memory. Germany is splintered - a stable anarchy known as the “Flux State” controls the city of Berlin. It’s a place where power is ephemeral, almost anything goes, and the right connections can be the difference between success and starvation. For you and your team of battle-scarred shadowrunners, there’s no better place to earn a quick payday.

Now, a new threat is rising, one that could mean untold chaos and devastation. One that soon has you and your team caught on the wrong side of a deadly conspiracy. The only clue: whispers of the Dragonfall. Rumors that the Great Dragon Feuerschwinge may still be alive, waiting for the right moment to return.

Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director’s Cut Features
-   A Classic, Story-Driven cRPG: See why PC Gamer hailed Dragonfall as “one of the most memorable and complex RPG stories of the decade.” Dragonfall hearkens back to the golden age of computer RPG’s with a novel-like branching narrative full of sharp prose and deep character development. Immerse yourself in a smart, 20+ hour campaign with a diverse cast of all-too-human characters.

-   A One-of-a-Kind Cyberpunk Setting: Experience the unique “Tech meets Magic” dystopian future of Shadowrun, a fan-favorite game setting now celebrating it’s 25th anniversary. Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director’s Cut is the perfect entry point to the setting for those with no prior Shadowrun experience, while providing plenty of classic Shadowrun characters and tech for veteran players to sink their teeth into.

-   Command Your Team: Lead a small team of shadowrunners - each with their own outlook, motivations, and backstory. The members of your team are designed to play contrasting roles during missions, and each has a distinct set of skills, abilities, strengths, and weaknesses. But it’s not all about the mission - each team member also has challenges to face in their own lives, which you can choose to brush aside or play an important part in.

-   Gripping, Turn-Based Tactical Combat: When you’re running the shadows, every turn matters. Choose your actions wisely - move to better cover, charge into melee, or lob a fireball into a crowd of enemies. With over 200 weapons and spells at your disposal, every turn is filled with meaningful choices.

-   Skill-Based Character Progression: Choose a starting character archetype and build from there! Street Samurai and Physical Adepts use advanced combat skills to dominate the battlefield, Shamans and Mages summon powerful allies and cast deadly spells, while Riggers and Deckers provide critical technological support, projecting their consciousness directly into drones and computer systems. Shadowrun: Dragonfall’s classless skill system allows you to grow your character in any direction you choose.

New in the Director’s Cut
Standalone: Due to popular demand, Dragonfall is now a completely standalone title!

-   Five All-New Missions: The Director’s Cut features five all-new original missions, including three related directly to the personal stories of your team members. These missions take you to previously-unseen locales - both within the Flux State and beyond - where you’ll have to face challenging enemies and make tough choices in order to help your team members prevail.

-   Revamped Combat System: The Dragonfall combat system has received a major overhaul. An all-new armor system adds another tactical layer to the experience, while refined cover and damage mechanics emphasize the importance of battlefield positioning. Complementing these improvements is an upgraded AI system which reacts more intelligently and accurately to your actions.

-   Redesigned Interface: The Dragonfall in-game interface has also been rebuilt. Spells, items and abilities are now much easier to access, while improved combat feedback allows you to fully understand the tactical situation in any given encounter.

-   Customize Your Team: Guide your team members as they progress in each of their unique roles, choosing between different focus options to grant them new items and abilities. In addition, if you don’t like a team member’s default spell, item or weapon loadout, you can now customize what they bring on each mission.

-   Ten New Pieces of Original Music: Fan-favorite composer Jon Everist brings ten new tracks of moody cyberpunk music to the Dragonfall experience, including compositions based on the stories of individual members of your team.

-   The Complete Dragonfall Soundtrack: As a free bonus, the Director’s Cut includes the entire soundtracks from both Dragonfall AND our previous title, Shadowrun Returns. This also includes the brand new tracks exclusive to the Director’s Cut. Featuring music from the composers of the classic Shadowrun SEGA and SNES games, this exciting cyberpunk soundtrack pays homage to the past with a modern sentiment.

Background[edit | edit source]

Dragonfall takes place primarily in Berlin, Allied German States in year 2054. The player character is a new member of a shadowrunner team led by Monika Schäfer. A break-in job brings the team's attention to the fate of Feuerschwinge and rumors that the great dragon may not be as dead as the world was led to believe.

The new team consists of:

-   Monika Schäfer: Human decker, leader of her team as well as the Kreusbazar.
-   Dietrich: Former human frontman of MESSERKAMPF! turned Dragonslayer shaman.
-   Glory: Heavily-augmented human street samurai and combat medic.
-   Eiger: Troll weapons specialist, former KSK.
-   Blitz: Human decker/rigger rescued from gang conscription.

The expansion adds new features, including:

-   A more flexible main story arc - choose which runs to complete first, and which factions to complete objectives for.
-   More depth to the NPC runner characters, including side missions for each character.
-   New weapons, outfits, portraits, music, and enemies, including more magical creatures.
-   Improved physical adept gameplay along with additions for some of the other existing archetypes.
-   A European city with a very different look, vibe, and cast of characters.
-   A story that highlights the compelling themes of the Germany sourcebook.

Delay[edit | edit source]

The expansion was originally slated for an October 2013 release, but was pushed back to January 2014 because of the increased level of content and delayed again to its release date of February 27.

Reviews[edit | edit source]

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  “   _As it stands, it’s the definitive Shadowrun experience, and is easily one of the best, if not the best, tactical-RPGs of 2014. Do yourself a favor and buy the game. Director’s Cut is clearly worth every penny._   „
      ~ 4.5/5 – HARDCORE GAMER
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  “   _One of the most memorable and complex RPG stories of the decade._   „
      ~ 81 – PC GAMER
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  “   _Dragonfall’s a big improvement on Shadowrun Returns [...] and it pulls off the smart trick of being both a superior starting point and a more satisfying follow-up._   „
      ~ ROCK, PAPER, SHOTGUN
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System Requirement[edit | edit source]

MINIMUM
-   OS: Windows XP SP3/Vista/Windows 7
-   Processor: x86-compatible 1.4GHz or faster processor
-   Memory: 2 GB RAM
-   Graphics: DirectX compatible 3D graphics card with at least 256MB of addressable memory
-   DirectX: Version 9.0
-   Storage: 2 GB available space

Gallery[edit | edit source]

External link[edit | edit source]

-   Shadowrun: Dragonfall - Director's Cut at Steam.

question: What are the appeals of Shadowrun: Dragonfall?

answer: Shadowrun: Dragonfall is an RPG set in the Shadowrun world, offering a unique setting that blends cyberpunk with high fantasy. The Dragonfall expansion offers new content and improvements over the base game with the director's cut. The game promises an intelligent story with "all-too-human" characters, tactical combat, and skill-based character progression.

question: What developments did the game receive after the initial release?

answer: The game has new missions (including a few about the team members), alternate endings, ten new songs, a redesigned interface, the option to customize the team, and a revamped combat system that offers more tactical depth. Additionally, the main story is more flexible with the expansion, NPC characters have more depth, and gameplay is improved for a few of the archetypes. Finally, the new content presents a new atmosphere highlighting the themes of the Germany sourcebook while adding new cosmetics to the game.

question: What does the article say about how to run from shadows?


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PATSY (born PATRICIA PEPPING VALLES on 1963 in Mexico City, Mexico) is a Mexican actress and singer.[1]

Biography

Patsy was born on 1963 in Mexico City, she had American descent. 7 years old moved with her family in United States.[2] In 1983 she had debut in television. Has many roles in telenovelas _Bodas de odio_, _El Camino Secreto_, _Pobre señorita Limantour_, _Mi Destino Eres Tú_, _Amar sin límites_, _Mar de amor_, _Amores verdaderos_[3] and _Lo imperdonable_.

In 1988, she released an LP titled “Patsy”, which was not very successful.[4] Two years later, he released the LP titled “Amor de medianoche”. In 2004, Patsy returned to music with a third album also called “Patsy”, being his latest record material to date.

She had three children: Kristel, Alexandra and Allan.

Filmography

  Year      Title                              Role                           Notes
  --------- ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ ----------------------------------
  1983/84   _Bodas de odio_                    Angélica                       Recurring role
  1984/85   _Sí, mi amor_                      Liz Gray                       Recurring role
  1985      _Los años pasan_                   Fabiola Montesinos             Main antagonist
  1986      _El cachas de oro_                 Selena
  1986/87   _El Camino Secreto_                Bertha                         Antagonist
  1987      _Pobre señorita Limantour_         Doris Limantour                Antagonist
  1987      _El diablo, el santo y el tonto_   Raquel
  1988      _Papá soltero_                     Fabiola de la O                TV series
  1989      _La ley de las calles_             Cecilia
  1990      _Mi venganza_
  1995      _Santo Enredo_                     Esmeralda Toques
  2000      _Mi Destino Eres Tú_               Claudia                        Supporting role
  2006      _Rebelde_                          Inés Alanís                    Recurring role
  2006/07   _Amar sin límites_                 Liliana de Duarte              Special appearance
  2009/10   _Mar de amor_                      Lucía Galindez                 Recurring role[5]
  2012/13   _Amores verdaderos_                Jocelyn Alcázar                Supporting role
  2013      _Como dice el dicho_               Juliana                        Episode:La suerte de la fea..[6]
  2015      _Lo imperdonable_                  Salma Durán de Prado-Castelo   Supporting role
  2017      _El Bienamado_                     Donatella Neri                 Recurring role

Discografphy

-   1988 – "Patsy»
-   1990 – "Amor de medianoche»
-   2004 – "Patsy»

[1] Entrevista a Patsy Pepping Consultado el 18 de febrero de 2016.

[2] Biografía de Patsy Pepping Consultado el 18 de febrero de 2016.

[3] Goldsmith y Patsy se integran a Amores verdaderos Consultado el 18 de febrero de 2016.

[4] Patsy y su pasión por la música Consultado el 18 de febrero de 2016.

[5] Patsy regresa a la actuación Consultado el 18 de febrero de 2016.

[6] El dicho favorito de Patsy Consultado el 18 de febrero de 2016.

title: Patsy (actress)

question: What is Patsy's birth name?

answer: Patricia Pepping Valles

question: When was Patsy born?

answer: 1963

question: When was Patsy's first film?

answer: 1983

question: When was Patsy's last film?

answer: 2017

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Patsy was a Mexican actress and singer who released three albums and was in nearly 20 films.


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I miss the wind. Its gentle caress upon your skin, the way it billows through your hair like a silken comb, encompassing and soft like a lover's embrace. It is a calming breeze, one that allows you to put things in perspective, and return to an objective point of view.

Goddamned civilization.

The wind is gone now, the pure wind at least, replaced by the stale pollution of the city's leavings, the only breeze generated by the sheer amount of movement that happens on a regular basis. Humanity is too ignorant to see the forest for the trees, aware only of their own little bubble of reality, many refusing to accept the possibility of the unknown, as it would shatter their perceptions and rattle their "perfect" world.

Alas, I find myself on a tangent yet again. This happens quite a bit. It is a good thing I am not talking to myself.

Yes, that's right. I've known you were here.

About the last ten minutes.

Because had I simply wished to stop your espionage, you would have been quite dead by now.

Even immortals can die, Mr. Randolph.

Put down the gun, it will do you absolutely no good at this range. That calibur is only effective if you put enough distance between us to allow for a clean shot. Fired point blank, it would be fairly ineffective at causing any lethal damage.

I grow tired of this conversation. Allow me to get back on track.

You are here because of your master. He wants to know about Project K16M9.

Oh, you were not included in that conversation, were you? Please, exit those pointless shadows, come sit down.

Sit.

SIT.

Very good. Now, your master and I have-

You prefer employer. How quaint. You like to believe you have a choice in your dealings with him. I shall leave you to your delusions for now.

Calm yourself, it is irrelevant at this point. Listen carefully. Your...employer...and I have been in a partnership for...well, longer than you have been here, I assure you. You see, I remember when his organization was but a fledgling group, being staked out for destruction by those who would not benefit from it. Their stock plummeted each time your employer's team grew.

Yes, I am using vague terms. Subtlety is important when you are on candid camera.

Sit down, you are too paranoid. I own this building, and the camera in my office feeds to a recorder only I know the location of. Besides, there are far worse things to worry about with me than being seen by others. I just like using metaphors.

May I continue my tale, or would you like to inject something into the story?

I thought so.

The business grew, and as it did, so shrank those too weak or too stupid to escape the power of corporate earnings. Have you ever heard of natural selection, Mr. Randolph? It states that only the strong survive, the weak and incompetent are left to die and be eaten by those stronger and smarter than they are. Interesting theory. One that worked for quite some time.

Unfortunately, there came a time when stupidity rose up in large numbers and overthrew the balance.

Soon, the weak and the ignorant had banded together within organizations, led by overzealous leaders who took advantage of their herd mentality in order to manipulate them into doing their bidding. Brilliant in its simplicity. Relate to the flock on their level, make them feel important, make them feel drawn and led by something, and their sheer numbers will blot out the sun.

Then the takeover began.

Your employer's numbers dwindled as these groups took the hatchet - quite literally - to each of his employees, one by one. They then began to burn his profits, usually at the stake. Before long, other companies were targeted who were considered salacious, or evil. Stocks plummeted as the product was recalled. Before long, they almost went out of business.

Here, you look tense by this tale. Have some warm milk, it will ease your nerves.

Ah, I see. You prefer other things. No matter, you shouldn't feel hunger for at least another hour, long enough to relay the information.

This is where I came in. Your employer turned to me, knowing my battle strategy for good business and my track record for accomplishing the impossible through my vast networking skills, requesting my expertise in the matter. His payment was to be tendered in full once I had finished the deal.

I set to work, sending several contacts into the rival companies, the flocks of ignorance, slowly using them as splinter cell agents to topple their hierarchy. At the same time, i've kept several of my own men and women within your employer's company, measuring your market trends, keeping an eye on fiscal results, and responsible for procurement and acquisition of goods. This allowed-

Interrupt me one more time, and I shall have an excuse to put up a beautiful cremation urn that would just look tacky had it not a purpose. If anyone asks, you will have been a very close cousin. May I finish now?

Stop shaking, it doesn't befit an assassin.

This allowed me to filter all data back into my hands, from which I could finally work my magic, if you'll excuse the term. Before long, my contacts held a prominent position of power in the corporation of ignorance and weakness. Product hemorrhaged out of the company, and into your employer's. The irony of that is simply delicious. Nonetheless, before long a trade network was set up, and the two had an unofficial partnership, one that is covered within the non-disclosure agreements, or pacts as we once called them.

Now, the companies are speaking of a merger, one that will allow the sheep to live normal lives and careers, and in return, sales for your employer will never take a downturn. Moreover, my contacts have also risen to power in your employer's company, as well.

The deal has been completed. Payment is now due in full.

No, not money, you fool. Why would you believe a person such as myself has any need for material things? No, the deal was a gain for information. You see, I am a very curious person. I research, gather data, keep informed on anything and everything. I am rather traveled, you understand. As such, I now have a new source of information, and a new network from which to gather said information. One that is much stealthier than a human contact, one which doesn't require sleep, and eats only when necessary. One who lives quite a bit longer.

Go back to your master. Tell him Project K16M9 is complete.

Tell him I shall now take my payment.

Congratulations, Mr. Randolph.

You both work for ME now.

title: Strictly A Business Matter

question: Who is Mr. Randolph?

answer: Mr. Randolph is the person who the narrator is speaking to.

question: What is the twist at the end of the story?

answer: After taking over the company that used to employee Mr. Randolph, the narrator has now become the employer of him.


text:
*While the second half of the story is meant to be horror, this first half stands alone and is all humor. Enjoy, and please give me heavy criticism!*

When my fellow M.A.S. boardman Patterson called upon me one evening, interrupting my dinner, I must admit I wasn't much pleased to see him. “Good evening Arthur,” he said.

“What do you want?” I replied peevishly, recalling the dollar he'd still owed me going on nearly a month, and wishing to return to my beef.

“You remember Weismann?” he asked, with the smug obtusity of a man who does not intent to pay back a debt nearly a month after the lending.

“Philip or Gregor?”

“I don't know of Gregor.”

“Then yes, I remember him.” Philip Weismann was a somewhat retired, somewhat wealthy, and somewhat mad aficionado of foreign ruins and relics, the kind of Englishman who liked to immerse himself in the quaint culture and quiet hubbub of a small New England township for three months out of the year while at the same time carrying about him an air of pedigree, education, and property which he seemed to believe elevated him a bit above the humble townsfolk of Monteclair.

I did remember Weismann, but it was not with fondness but with mixed disdain and irritation, for though the Englishman had often traveled abroad during the months he deemed unpleasant (that is, all excepting July, August, and September) and brought back with him many artefacts and relics any of us in the Monteclair Archaeological Society (upon the board of which my inconsiderate caller and I held position) would have much liked to examine. Unfortunately for us, time and time again our polite personal inquires and formal, dignified letters were met with niggardly refusal. “With all respect due,” one particularly chafing response patronized, “I do not trust my own compatriotic associates with my finds, let alone a band of unruly colonial hicks and hacks.” It was at about that time my ulcers began to appear.

At any rate, the mere mention of the Englishman's name was enough to put me completely off my dinner. “Well, what about him?” I asked with a twinge of annoyance in my gut, adding ruination of appetite to the ever-growing list of offenses my unwelcome caller has committed against me.

“Were you aware Weismann returned just this Monday from his voyage to the ruins in Mexico?” Patterson asked.

“No. What of it?”

“He brought back several artefacts, including a mummified corpse.”

This piqued my interest, for mummies and preserved bodies have always interested me, and moreover I had never heard the like of a Meso-American mummy. Of course, I entertained no notion of getting even a glimpe of it, and told as much to Patterson.

“For once,” he said, “You may very well get to see something that Brit took back with him.”

“What?” I asked excitedly. “Has old Weismann, that paranoid ingrate, finally had a change of heart?”

“Stop of heart, more like. Weismann's dead.”

“Dead!” I exclaimed.

“Oh, yes. Malaria, as it turns out. Contracted it on his journey, I'd assume, and sickened after his return, for he seemed in perfectly good health waltzing down the street on Monday like a dandy.”

But my mind had already recovered from mourning in an admirably short period of time, and was moving quickly on with the implications of Weismann's death. “He hasn't—No, he couldn't have willed his collection to the Society in a fit of lunacy?”

Patterson laughs bitterly at this. “I'm afraid not. It appears the man's lawyers back in England convinced him to leave his New England estate to auction and have the money sent back overseas to his nephews or what have you. The good side to the story being we here in lonely Monteclair get first pick before the Manchester Historical Association comes and buys it all up.” We put aside our differences—that is, I politely ignore his shortcomings—for a moment as we two fellows of the Monteclair Archaeological Society share a moment of disdain for a rival and most assuredly inferior association.

“When is the auction?” I ask.

“To-morrow at eight o'clock, in the *Salon.”*

“I will be there,” I assure him.

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The lofily-named *Salon de la Société* was, in truth, little more than the lower hall of the Poisson Library (named for the very rich and very generous Madame Alda Poisson whose open-handed donations made the library possible) wherein the Monteclair Archaelogical Society held its meetings.

I arrived and took my place among the rest of my associates at just two minutes to the strike of eight, eyeing the gathered crowd and assembled goods with alternating competitive suspicion and scholarly greed. When the hour arrived Mr. Carnegie, residing *président,* stood and addressed the gathered crowd. “Fellows of the Monteclair Archaeological Society,” he began grandly, “...And *most honored guests,”* he continued thinly, glaring at a pair of wolfhoundish Manchesters who had somehow gotten wind of the auction in time to pollute the pure halls of the Salon with their alien presence. The two smiled back patronizingly, and Mr. Carnegie continued.

“We gather here in a time both tragic to the human psyche and wonderful to the scholarly mind, for as you all know, the illustrious Mr. Weismann—that adventurous, closed-minded man—has departed from us in a sudden fit of malaria. It is with great sadness—stop chuckling, Patterson—it is with great sadness I begin the auction of those articles of the late Philip Weismann which fall under the classification of 'artefacts, relics, and historical curios' as dictated by this his last will and testament.

“The first item on the list,” he said, holding aloft a shallow, velvet-lined box filled with an assortment of stone axe-heads, “comes to us from the barrow of an ancient Briton...”

As the list dragged on, the gathered fellows drank in every detail with a fixed fascination, but few among us felt the need to purchase an item. By and large the artefacts and curios were the kind which we'd all seen a hundred times and again, cheap achronistic trinkets with no context and so no real meaning. The first few items were quickly snatched up, true—now then, Weismann! See how we take hold of your forbidden fruit!—but interest quickly dwindled away after the third misshapen iron buckle in a row was placed upon the table, alongside the unclaimed others.

For my part, I bid—unopposed—and won a near-flawless Minoan vase and a couple of Egyptian sacrificial knives, and Patterson and one of the Manchesters haggled briefly over the possession of an ornate blow-gun of dubious origin (leaving me to ponder bitterly how Patterson could afford to spend a dollar and a half at auction while still in my own debt) but at about ten o'clock most gathered were tiring of the ordeal, the thrill of finally laying eyes on Weismann's hoard having worn off.

It was then Mr. Carnegie turned and, with the help of one of the younger fellows, hoisted an ungainly package box onto the display table. Excitement spread through my ulcer-ridden stomach; at long last, that which I had come to see! “This,” puffed *le président,* “This item comes to us from the late Mr. Weismann's latest voyage to the ruins of Meso-America, a quite unique find. Gentlemen, I present to you the Mummy of the Tehotico!” I strained forward to better see the mummy at the moment of its unveiling, but neither Mr. Carnegie nor his assistants made any move to pry open the crate in which the article lay.

“Are we to see the goods for purchase?” called a fellow to my right.

“Not likely,” Mr. Carnegie replied. “In the, erm...” He glanced in irritation at the Manchesters, unwilling to give them any grounds for scoffing at the situation of our rival (and of course superior) association's gathering hall. “In the damp *so unavoidable in any event this time of year,”* he eventually said between gritted teeth, “it would be rather unwise to expose the item any more than need be. If you wish to bid, Wilmont (for that was the fellow's name), you may expose it to the, erm, weather, all you like.” Wilmont fell silent, settling back with a bemused countenance.

“Do I hear five dollars for this fascinating article?” Mr. Carnegie called out, but before I could move a muscle, the broad, husky yaw of a Manchester called out “Heah!”

Mr. Carnegie nodded at the man. “Sir, a simple raise of the hand will do. I ask you exercise civility whilst among us.” After a moment, “For the last time, Patterson, stop laughing or I swear the chair will find you guilty of contempt and fine you a nickel!”

I turned to look at the Manchester who had expressed an interest in the mummy—my mummy!—and received a cool gaze in return. Never had a bowler and walrus mustache seemed to repulsive to me as they did upon the hog-like visage of that out-of-towner who deigned to stand between me—even as Weismann had—and my pursuit of scholarly knowledge. I determined there and then I *would* have the mummy, if for no other reason than to deprive this alien in our midst of the thing he desired.

I felt a reassuring hand on my shoulder and there was Patterson, recovered from his fit of mirth, nodding grimly in assurance. “Give 'im hell,” he said in a low voice, and I thanked him in the same tone. Then, turning back to the front of the room, I steeled my will and opened my cheque-book.

“Do I hear six dollars?” Mr. Carnegie asked.

I raised my hand.

“Do I hear seven?”

The Manchester and I, now quite agitated, threw up our arms simultaneously, waving them vigorously.

“Do I hear eight?”

“Yah do!” the Manchester called.

“Yes, sir!” said I.

Mr. Carnegie was past caring about silence in order; he saw at once the M.A.S. stood to make a good deal of money (for of course the society would take a modest administration fee from the proceeds of the auction before sending along the rest of the proceeds to the family of the deceased) and I could tell he was becoming as excited as the Manchester and I. “Do I hear ten dollars?” he asked quickly.

Again, the Manchester and I responded immediately, jostling our neighbors aside as we inched forward, each man straining that *his* hand should be seen first, that *he* might have the edge over his rival. “Me! Me!” we both cried.

A bead of sweat dripped from the tip of Mr. Carnegie's bulbous nose, and his hands trembled. “Gentlemen,” he began, making vain efforts to calm himself. None of the other items in the auction had so much as broken five dollars. “Do I hear... *Twelve?”*

The Manchester hesitated for the briefest fraction of a moment, and I knew I had won. But then I felt an anxious twinge in the pit of my acid-pitted stomach, for the other Manchester, a tall, thin, knobbly man with greying hair and a sardonic smile plastered upon his face, slipped a wad of bills into his companion's hand, and my rival's visage grew determined once more. I knew I had to end this swiftly and decisively, not only now in the name of science, but in the name of the Monteclair Archaeological Society. *“Monsieur Président,”* I bellowed forth, spreading my arms grandly, “You hear *fifteen dollars!”*

All grew quiet for just a moment, and then my rival—now red-faced and breathing heavily—turned and stormed in agitation from the Salon, leaving myself as the only bidder. “Sold,” Mr. Carnegie  announced, a triumphant grin spread from cheek to cheek, and a polite round of applause filled the (admittedly small) room. No raucous cheering could have filled me with a greater sense of victory.

The auction consisted of several more items, but to all gathered, it had really ended with the sale of the Mummy of the Tehotico.

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title: [HM] The Mummy

question: What does the story say about vampires?

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

answer: The primary source of tension is Philip Wisemann, a somewhat wealthy Englishman and collector of relics from foreign lands. Wisemann spends three months out of the year in the small New England township of Monteclair. He carries about him an air of pedigree, education, and property, and looks down at the humble townsfolk. Wisemann often traveled abroad and brought back many artifacts and relics that the Montclair Archaeological Society (M.A.S.) wants to examine. However, Wisemann refuses to let the M.A.S. near his finds and calls them "a band of unruly colonial hicks and hacks". The narrator, Arthur (M.A.S. board member), is most affected by the Englishman's manners and developed ulcers when he arrived.

question: Summarize the role of Patterson in the story.

answer: Patterson is Arthur's fellow M.A.S. Boardman. He owes Arthur a dollar and has yet to return it. Patterson is the one who told Arthur about Wisemann's new archaeological relic, a mummy from the ruins of Mexico. He also breaks the news to Arthur that Wisemann died of malaria and his New England estate was going to be auctioned off, with the M.A.S. given the opportunity to view and bid for the relics first before the Manchester Historical Society. Patterson adds levity to the story as he can be seen chuckling and laughing during the auction.

question: Summarize the climactic event of the story.

answer: Two men from Manchester attended the auction of Wisemann's artifacts, much to the annoyance of the Monteclair Archaeological Society members. Arthur engaged one of the Manchesters into a bidding war for the mummy Wisemann took home from Mexico. It was a back and forth affair that started at five dollars, and only ended when Arthur upped the bid to fifteen dollars. This caused the man from Manchester to turn red and storm out of the Salon. Arthur won the auction and a polite round of applause filled the room.