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-   Fullname: Victor Jose Reyes
-   Nickname: Vic
-   Born: 10/05/1994 in Barcelona, Venezuela
-   Debut: 4/01/2018

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Resides in Barcelona, VZ in the offseason with his wife, Yuslennys Rivas...Attended Keeping Kids in the Game.

2019

Split the 2019 season between Detroit and Triple A Toledo, appearing in 69 games with the Tigers and 74 games with the Mud Hens...Selected to the International League midseason All-Star Team...Named International League Batter of the Week for the week ending June 9, hitting .485/.485/1.061 with four doubles, five home runs and 15 RBI in eight games…had back-to-back multi-homer games on June 4-5 at Columbus...Posted an 11-game hitting streak from June 8-23, hitting .488/.488/.732 with seven doubles, one home run and 10 RBI...Selected the International League Player of the Month and Tigers Minor League Player of the Month for June, batting .435/.441/.717 with 11 doubles, five home runs and 25 RBI in 23 games…led the International League in hits (40), batting average and doubles during the month, while he was second in runs scored (23), fourth in total bases (66), on-base percentage and slugging percentage and sixth in RBI...Blasted the first leadoff homer of his Major League career on August 20 at Houston...Named the Tigers Player of the Month for August after hitting .321/.339/.443 with six doubles, two triples, a home run and eight RBI in 25 games…posted 12 multi-hit games during the month...Had his second career four-hit game on September 3 at Kansas City, finishing the contest 4x5 with two doubles and a RBI...Posted a career-long, 13-game hitting streak from August 28-September 12 (Game 1), batting .404/.417/.526 with seven doubles, four RBI and three stolen bases...Named Tigers Player of the Month for September, hitting .330/.354/.491 with seven doubles, two triples, two home runs and 13 RBI in 25 games...Recorded 69 hits from August 1-end of the season, which ranked third in the American League and tied for fourth in the Majors.

2018

Appeared in 100 games in his first Major League season with the Tigers in 2018...Ranked fifth among American League rookies with nine stolen bases...Made his Major League debut in the second game of the doubleheader on April 1 vs. Pittsburgh, starting in left field...Recorded his first Major League hit on April 10 at Cleveland with a single in the seventh inning off Tyler Olson…also picked up his first big league run scored and stolen base in the contest...Finished a home run shy of the cycle on May 31 vs. Los Angeles (AL)…marked his first Major League game with multiple hits (3) and RBI (3)...Went 4x5 with three extra-base hits, including his first Major League home run, and tied a career high with three RBI on September 2 at New York (AL)...Appeared in 23 games with Leones del Caracas of the Venezuelan Winter League, hitting .267/.337/.326 with 17 runs scored, one double, two triples and three RBI.

2017

Played in a career-high 126 games with Double A Jackson in 2017...Ranked tied for third in the Southern League with 140 hits, while he was tied for fifth with a .292 (140x479) batting average...Had four hits on April 22 at Biloxi...also had four hits on September 2 at Tennessee... Finished the month of April with a .346 (28x81) batting average, 10 runs scored, six doubles, two triples, one home run and 14 RBI in 20 games...Hit safely in 11 straight games from April 24-May 9...hit .435 (20x46) with six runs scored, five doubles, one triple and seven RBI during the streak...Posted a .317 (32x101) batting average with 19 runs scored, nine doubles, two triples, one home run and 10 RBI in 27 games in July...Named Southern League Player of the Week for the week ending September 4 after hitting .538 (14x26) with six runs scored, two doubles, one triple, one home run and four RBI in seven games during the week...Played for the Salt River Rafters in the Arizona Fall League and hit .316 (25x79) with eight runs scored, three doubles, two triples and nine RBI in 20 games...was selected to play in the AFL's Rising Stars Game.

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Awards

AFL Rising Stars

  Year   Team                   League
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  2017   Arizona Diamondbacks   NL

MiLB.com Organization All-Star

  Year   Team                   League
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  2016   Arizona Diamondbacks   NL

INT Mid-Season All-Star

  Year   Team              League
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  2019   Toledo Mud Hens   INT

INT Player of the Week

  Week         Team              League
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  06/09/2019   Toledo Mud Hens   INT

MiLB.com INT Player of the Month

  Month     Team              League
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  06/2019   Toledo Mud Hens   INT

SOU Player of the Week

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  09/04/2017   Jackson Generals   SOU

SAL Mid-Season All-Star

  Year   Team          League
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  2014   Rome Braves   SAL

League Rankings

Triples

  Year   3B   Rank
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  2020   2    8th in AL
  2019   5    12th in AL

Games Played

  Year   BP   Rank
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  2020   57   20th in AL

Hits

  Year   H    Rank
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  2020   56   21st in AL

Batting Average

  Year   AVG    Rank
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  2020   .277   24th in AL

Caught Stealing

  Year   CS   Rank
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  2020   2    13th in AL

Stolen Bases

  Year   SB   Rank
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  2020   8    7th in AL

Latest Transactions

  Team   Date                 Transaction
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   []    November 27, 2020    OF Victor Reyes assigned to Leones del Caracas.
   []    July 30, 2019        Detroit Tigers recalled LF Victor Reyes from Toledo Mud Hens.
   []    July 19, 2019        Detroit Tigers optioned LF Victor Reyes to Toledo Mud Hens.
   []    July 4, 2019         Detroit Tigers recalled Victor Reyes from Toledo Mud Hens.
   []    June 29, 2019        Detroit Tigers optioned LF Victor Reyes to Toledo Mud Hens.
   []    June 28, 2019        Detroit Tigers recalled Victor Reyes from Toledo Mud Hens.
   []    June 19, 2019        Detroit Tigers optioned LF Victor Reyes to Toledo Mud Hens.
   []    June 18, 2019        Detroit Tigers recalled Victor Reyes from Toledo Mud Hens.
   []    June 14, 2019        Detroit Tigers optioned LF Victor Reyes to Toledo Mud Hens.
   []    June 13, 2019        Detroit Tigers recalled Victor Reyes from Toledo Mud Hens.
   []    May 30, 2019         Detroit Tigers optioned LF Victor Reyes to Toledo Mud Hens.
   []    May 28, 2019         Detroit Tigers recalled Victor Reyes from Toledo Mud Hens.
   []    May 2, 2019          Detroit Tigers optioned LF Victor Reyes to Toledo Mud Hens.
   []    April 30, 2019       Detroit Tigers recalled Victor Reyes from Toledo Mud Hens.
   []    March 14, 2019       Detroit Tigers optioned LF Victor Reyes to Toledo Mud Hens.
   []    October 23, 2018     LF Victor Reyes assigned to Leones del Caracas.
   []    December 14, 2017    Detroit Tigers claimed Victor Reyes off waivers from Jackson Generals.
   []    April 3, 2017        RF Victor Reyes assigned to Jackson Generals from Visalia Rawhide.
   []    March 17, 2017       OF Victor Reyes assigned to Arizona Diamondbacks.
   []    October 2, 2016      RF Victor Reyes assigned to Leones del Caracas.
   []    April 4, 2016        RF Victor Reyes assigned to Visalia Rawhide from Kane County Cougars.
   []    March 8, 2016        RF Victor Reyes assigned to Arizona Diamondbacks.
   []    April 16, 2015       RF Victor Reyes assigned to Kane County Cougars.
   []    April 6, 2015        Atlanta Braves traded RF Victor Reyes to Arizona Diamondbacks for .
   []    April 6, 2015        RF Victor Reyes assigned to Kane County Cougars.
   []    September 22, 2014   Rome Braves activated RF Victor Reyes from the 7-day disabled list.
   []    July 24, 2014        Rome Braves placed RF Victor Reyes on the 7-day disabled list retroactive to July 22, 2014. right lower leg contusion
   []    March 31, 2014       RF Victor Reyes assigned to Rome Braves from Danville Braves.
   []    August 5, 2013       LF Victor Reyes assigned to Danville Braves from GCL Braves.
   []    June 21, 2013        Victor Reyes assigned to GCL Braves.
   []    June 1, 2012         DH Victor Reyes assigned to DSL Braves.
   []    July 2, 2011         Atlanta Braves signed free agent Victor Reyes.

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question: What is the main topic of the article?

answer: The post is about MLB player Victor Reyes

question: Where does Victor live?

answer: He lives in Barcelona, Venezuela

question: When did he make his debut?

answer: April 1, 2018

question: Who is the target audience of the post?

answer: The target audience is fans of baseball.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The post is about MLB player Victor Reyes. It covers the years 2017-2019.


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_HOPLOSTERNUM LITTORALE_ is a species of catfish (order Siluriformes) belonging to the Callichthyinae subfamily of the family Callichthyidae. It is known as TAMUATÁ in Brazil, ATIPA in French Guiana, HASSAR in Guyana, KWI KWI (or KWIE KWIE 1) in Suriname, CASCADU(RA) in Trinidad and Tobago, and BUSCO or CURRITO in Venezuela.[1]

[_Hoplosternum littorale_]

Description

_H. littorale_ is armor-plated and dorso-ventrally compressed.[2] The fish will grow in length up to 24.0 centimetres (9.4 in) TL.[3]

Males grow to a larger average and maximum size than females and, during the reproductive season, develop fat deposits in the pectoral fin and an elongated recurved pectoral spine that often assumes a reddish colour. Males with recurved pectoral spines are not found outside of the reproductive period.[4][5]

Distribution

_H. littorale_ has the widest distribution of any callichthyid. It is present in all of South America east of the Andes and north of Buenos Aires, including the Orinoco, Trinidad, coastal rivers of the Guianas, Amazon River drainage, Paraguay, lower Paraná River, and coastal systems in southern Brazil.[6] It ranges from Venezuela and Guyanas to Argentina.[7]

One single lot is known from the upper Paraná River and the São Francisco River drainage; it has been suggested that these occurrences may represent introduced populations.[8] This species has also been introduced into the Indian River Lagoon of Florida.[9][10]

Ecology

[_Hoplosternum littorale_] Most activity of non-breeding _H. littorale_ such as feeding and locomotor activity are mainly nocturnal.[11] It has a maximum reported age of 4 years.[12] The diet of _H. littorale_ consists mainly of benthic invertebrates and detritus.[13]

_H. littorale_ natively inhabits tropical standing waters or swamps.[14][15] It is not found in rainforest creeks and clearwater rivers draining Precambrian Guyana and Brazilian Shields, where water is extremely poor in dissolved minerals. This species is restricted to swamps of (sub)tropical South America and the floodplains of Amazonian whitewater rivers originating in the Andes. Such environments are characterized by low levels of dissolved oxygen and markedly seasonal conditions caused primarily by fluctuations in rainfall.[16]

_H. littorale_ can breathe both with gills and through its intestines. However, intestinal respiration is not exhibited upon hatching, and the development of the respiratory intestine occurs throughout the juvenile period (up to 32 days old). Newly hatched larvae do not have the ability to breathe air through their intestines; however, it is possible that they absorb oxygen through their skin at this point, before the armor plates have developed. Soon after, between about 12–23 days of age, young have the capacity to breathe air, but their respiratory intestine has not finished developing. The respiratory intestine is well-developed between days 24 and 32.[17]

_H. littorale_ has two types of hemoglobin, anodic and cathodic; anodic hemoglobin has a relatively low oxygen affinity and has marked Bohr effects, while cathodic hemoglobin lack significant pH effects. In _H. littorale_, cathodic hemoglobin has a pronounced reversed Bohr effect in which oxygen affinity increases with decreased pH. Cathodic hemoglobin has the purpose of safeguarding oxygen transport to tissues under hypoxic and acidotic conditions.[18]

_H. littorale_ diet varies by age. Immature fish feed primarily on small aquatic crustaceans, especially Cladocera, Ostracoda, Copepoda, and Eubranchipoda. Chironomid larvae are important items in the diets of both juveniles and adults. The adult diet is dominated by mixed detritus, terrestrial insects, microcrustaceans, and aquatic beetles during the dry season, and mixed detritus and chironomid larvae during the wet season.[19]

Reproduction

The first reproduction occurs after one year.[20] Spawning is triggered by the first rains and occurs in the warm and rainy season.[21][22][23] As a callichthyine, it builds a bubble nest; among callichthyines, this species is reported to have the most complex nest structure.[24] This dome-shaped nest is rich with oxygen; in the hypoxic water conditions of tropical swamps, the main function of the bubble nest appears to be to provide oxygen to the developing eggs by lifting the eggs above the water surface while protecting them from desiccation. It may also serve to protect the brood against predators, regulate temperature, identify the center of the male's territory, and to synchronize reproductive activities.[25] Nest-building activities usually lasted from 1,000 to 1,500 hours, but only on clear and warm days, particularly during the hottest hours.[26] These activities are also reported to occur at night.[27] Most nests are built in newly flooded swamps, especially in open water in the peripheral area of the swamp. A minimum distance of 10 metres between nests is observed. The nest is the centre of a territory that is vigorously defended by the male, using its enlarged pectoral spines. The diameter and height of the nest average 30 and 6 cm (12 and 2.36 in), respectively.[28]

The beginning of nest building is preceded by a courtship ritual. This pair formation consists of the male and female swimming parallel to each other, the male and female facing each other and contacting their barbels, the male stimulating the flanks of the female, the swimming to the surface by the male and female and production of the first bubbles at the nest site, and adding further bubbles to the nest under construction.[29] The male produces most of the foam. First, the male and female come to the surface and swim belly-up in small circles. The film of the air-water interface is swallowed and pumped out through the gills, where it gains mucus. Movement of the pelvic fins stirs the water and mucus, captures air bubbles, and breaks these air bubbles into a foam.[30] The female may add some bubbles to the nest under construction.[31] Pelvic fin movement differs between sexes; males move their pelvic fins in a side-to-side fashion, while females open and close their pelvic fins.[32] The male often dives to the bottom to retrieve plant debris; filamentous nest materials are preferred, which are knitted together in the nest by the male. The male creates an upward water current with its tail fin that lift plant materials up. Then, the male uses its developed pectoral fin spines to cary the plant materials to the nest. The male uses its mouth and pectoral fins to incorporate the plant material into the foam mass of the nest.[33][34] Females neither have developed pectoral fin spines nor do they help in transporting plant debris.[35] The end result is a dome-shaped nest made up of loosely interwoven plant material on top of tightly interwoven plant material, held up to the surface with a layer of foam; the eggs will be laid on top of this foam from below.[36]

Spawning occurs during the daytime.[37] There is indication that the female drinks the sperm and that fertilization takes place after the sperm has passed through her digestive tract. The male and female form the “T-position”, where the female places its mouth over the male's genital opening and collects the sperm in the mouth. The female rests at the bottom for 30–60 seconds, and then swims to the nest, turns upside down, and lays the eggs in the nest.[38] _H. littorale_ is a multiple spawner. Investing in reproduction is high in females since they can spawn up to 14 times during a 7-month breeding season and each spawn consists of 6,000–9,000 eggs. On average, two to four females spawn simultaneously, resulting in an average number of 20,000 eggs per nest.[39] The adhesive eggs are located in the centre of the nest under the plant debris above the surface of the water, and not in contact with the oxygen-depleted swamp water.[40] The male guards the nest during incubation; incubation of the eggs takes two to three days depending on the temperature in the nest. The male also regularly supplies foam to the nest. Guarding and maintenance of the nest occurs day and night.[41] Once spawning has been completed, the male attacks females that have deposited their eggs in the nest. Despite intense predation pressure on eggs and larvae, the male's guarding behavior extends for only one or two days after hatching.[42] The male attacks with its large pectoral spines erect; the attack consists of rapid propulsion towards its target followed by a sharp lateral turn, which causes the rough outer edge of pectoral spine to drag across the target and cause abrasion.[43]

Relationship to humans

_H. littorale_ is a valuable resource extensively fished in the deltas of the Amazon and Orinoco.[44] In Guyana, French Guiana, Suriname, and Trinidad, this species is an extremely popular food fish.[45]

_H. littorale_ is now commercially cultured in Trinidad, Guyana and Suriname. It fetches a price of US$8/kg and there are local and foreign ethnic markets for the fish.[46]

_H. littorale_ is also an aquarium fish.

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title: Hoplosternum littorale

question: Summarize the physical features of H.littorale.

answer: H.littorale, a type of catfish, is armor plated and dorso-ventrally compressed. The fish can grow up to 24 centimeters. Males grow larger than females. They also develop fat deposits in the pectoral fin and an elongated recurved pectoral spine that is usually a reddish color. This only occurs during the reproductive season.

question: What does the text say about tropical environment?

answer: H.littorale natively inhabits tropical standing waters or swamps. This fish is usually found in (sub)tropical South America and floodplains of Amazonian whitewater rivers. These tropical environments are characterized by low levels of dissolved oxygen and markedly seasonal conditions which are mostly caused by fluctuations in rainfall. As a callichthyine, the fish build dome-shaped bubble nests. The function of this, providing oxygen to developing eggs, relates to the hypoxic water conditions of tropical swamps. These nests are built in newly flooded swamps.

question: What does the text say about the beginning of the courtship ritual?

answer: With H.littorale, nest building begins with a courtship ritual performed by a male and female. They swim parallel to and face each other and contract their barbels. After this, the male stimulates the flanks of the female. The swimming to the surface by male and female creates the first bubbles that are necessary for the nest site. The nest is then built by both the male and female.

question: Summarize why Hoplosternum littorale are becoming endangered?


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STEPHEN CLEMENTS (17 December 1972 – 6 January 2020) was a Northern Irish radio DJ and TV presenter. He is best known for hosting the Q Breakfast Show on Q Radio for 7 years until June 2019, and The Stephen Clements Show on BBC Radio Ulster from September 2019 until his death.

Personal life

Clements was born in Larne in 1972 and is the son of Roy and Helen Clements and also had a brother, Gavin, and two children, Poppy and Robbie. He only had two cousins, Simon and Wendy Davis.

Clements studied geography at university and lived in South Korea for a period teaching English.[1] Prior to his radio career, Clements was a salesman.[2]

Clements ended his life on 6 January 2020.[3]

Career

Citybeat / Q Radio (2010–2019)

Clements' radio career started when he phoned Citybeat asking how could he be on the radio. Two weeks after sending in a demo tape, he was on the air.[4]

Clements presented the Q Radio Breakfast Show until 21 June 2019 alongside Sara Neill and later Cate Conway on the commercial radio station. Rival presenter Stephen Nolan described Clements’ show as one of the most innovative and funny he had ever listened to. On leaving, he stated it's “never been anything less than a privilege” to host the show.[5]

One segment of the show was _Through the Window_, a radio concept of Through the Keyhole. It featured Stephen talking with a character and allowing listeners to guess which celebrity or local face was the answer. It also gives comedic reference to ongoing political issues. He credits his wife for coming up with the idea, following a chat they had on holiday.[6]

During this time he also wrote a best-selling book, _Back In Our Day_, released on 15 November 2017.[7][8]

BBC (2019–2020)

In September 2019, Clements announced he got “the job of a lifetime” and joined BBC Radio Ulster. His show, The Stephen Clements Show, replaced The Sean Coyle Show. His first show was broadcast on 23 September and his last show was on 6 January.[9]

He also co-presented the TV series _Open for Summer_ during the Open Golf Championship in Portrush in 2019 as well as BBC Northern Ireland's Children in Need programme in November 2019 with Holly Hamilton.[10]

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question: What are the details of Stephen Clements' personal life?

answer: Born in Larne in 1972, he has one brother and two children. He chose to study geography at university before living in South Korea where he would teach English. He ultimately became a salesman before beginning his career on the radio. Tragically, he committed suicide on January 6th, 2020.

question: How did Clements get started on the radio?

answer: Stephen Clements simply called up Citybeat radio station and asked how to get on the air. They advised him to send in a demo tape, and two short weeks later he was hired. He began his radio career presenting the Q Radio Breakfast Show for 7 years until June 21st, 2019.

question: What was the concept of the "Through the Window" show?

answer: Stephen would talk on air with a certain mystery character for one segment of the show and listeners would call in to the station and try and guess who it was, be it a celebrity or a local. One particular angle of the segment was to cast a comedic light on current political events. Though Stephen brought the show to life, he credits his wife with the idea.

question: What was Clements' role on BBC radio?

answer: From 2019 until his death in 2020, Clements would host a radio show he would describe as the "job of a lifetime". The Stephen Clements Show, which had replaced The Sean Coyle Show, began on September 23rd, 2019, and would run until his death on January 6th, 2020.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Stephen Clements was an Irish radio broadcaster. He hosted the Q Breakfast Show on Q radio for 7 years until June of 2019, followed by his own show on BBC radio for several months, starting September 23rd, 2019 until he ended his own life on January 6th, 2020. During his radio career, he would host many well received segments, including one his wife came up with called "Through the Window", during which Clements would chat with a mystery individual and listeners would call in and try and guess who it was, be it celebrity or local civilian. One particular angle of this show was to cast a comedic light on current political events. Stephen also wrote a book, a best-seller entitled "Back In Our Day", which was published on November 15th, 2017.


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[L-R, unidentified family members, Lewis Powell, President Nixon, William Rehnquist]

_President Nixon presents Lewis Powell (shown on the left of RN) and William Rehnquist (on right of RN) framed gifts recognizing their confirmation as Supreme Court Justices. (December 22, 1971)_

On December 10 1971, following intense scrutiny by the legislative and executive branches of the Federal Government, the Senate confirmed President Nixon’s nominations of William Rehnquist and Lewis Powell as Associate Justices of the Supreme Court, thus completing the President’s unprecedented duty of filling four vacant Supreme Court seats during a single presidency.

On September 17, the retirement of two Supreme Court Justices, Hugo Black and John M. Harlan was announced. The selection of the next two Justices caused some political stir. The American Bar Association, captured by an ideologically liberal leaning bloc, put forth possible candidates aimed at countering potential Nixon nominations. However, President Nixon came up with Lewis Powell, a 64 year-old Georgia Democrat and former president of the ABA, and the much younger 47 year-old Assistant Attorney General William Rehnquist as likely nominees. Both nominees were both relatively conservative in that they followed the same lines of President Nixon’s constitutional philosophy, but there was no credible opposition to them nor were their resumes exceptionable. The Senate confirmed Powell by a margin of 89-1 and Rehnquist by a margin of 68-26. Both went on to serve as distinguished Supreme Court Justices.

Below are President Nixon’s biographies of both candidates when he announced their nomination on October 21 of the same year:

  LEWIS F. POWELL, JR.

  Everything that Lewis F. Powell has undertaken he has accomplished with distinction and honor, both as a lawyer and as a citizen. Excellence has marked his career since his days as a student at Washington and Lee, where he was Phi Beta Kappa and first in his class at law school. He has practiced law in Richmond since 1931, except for 4 years of distinguished service during World War II.

  In his unique legal career he has received virtually every honor the legal profession can bestow upon him. He has been president of the American College of Trial Lawyers, president of the American Bar Foundation, president of the American Bar Association. In that latter role he provided leadership in the provision of legal services for the needy and for the revision of the standards for administration of criminal justice.

  Lewis Powell is from Virginia. But like another great Virginian, Chief Justice Marshall, Lewis Powell is recognized by his legal colleagues throughout the Nation as being a man who represents not just Virginia and the South–he is first and foremost a very great American.

  WILLIAM H. REHNQUIST

  William Rehnquist has been outstanding in every intellectual endeavor he has undertaken. He was graduated from Stanford University Phi Beta Kappa, 1948. He graduated first in his class from the Stanford University Law School in 1952. And then he was awarded one of the highest honors a law graduate can achieve: He was chosen as law clerk for Mr. Justice Robert Jackson, one of the most outstanding members of the Supreme Court in the past half-century.

  In this position, he acted as legal assistant to the Justice, and his duties included legal research of the highest order.

  Upon leaving the Court, Mr. Rehnquist engaged in the general practice of law for 16 years in Phoenix, Arizona, until 1969, when I appointed him Assistant Attorney General, office of Legal Counsel.

  Now, that is a very technical name. Let me tell you what it means. The Legal Counsel has a very special function in the Department of Justice, serving as the chief interpreter, for the whole Government, of the Constitution and the statutes of the United States. He is, in effect, the President’s lawyer’s lawyer.

  I was a member of a major New York law firm, a senior partner. I have had the opportunity both in Government and in private practice to know the top lawyers in this country, and, as a matter of fact, some of the top lawyers in the world, and I would rate William Rehnquist as having one of the finest legal minds in this whole Nation today.

  He has discharged his responsibility in his capacity as the President’s lawyer’s lawyer with such great distinction that, among the thousands of able lawyers who serve in the Federal Government, he rates at the very top as a constitutional lawyer and as a legal scholar.

  Lewis Powell. William Rehnquist. Those are names you will remember, because they will add distinction and excellence in the highest degree to the Supreme Court of the United States.

[President Nixon poses with newly confirmed Supreme Court Justice William Rehnquist and his family, as his daughter displays his certificate of commission to the Court]

_President Nixon poses with the Rehnquist family. The appointment of William Rehnquist became one of RN’s longest lasting legacies, as the Supreme Court Justice served until his death in 2005. _

Former Associate Deputy Attorney General Wallace Johnson discusses President Nixon’s selection of William Rehnquist and Lewis Powell below:

question: Who is William Rehnquist?

answer: A Supreme Court Justice who served from December 10, 1971 until his death in 2005.

question: Why did President Nixon present gifts to Lewis Powell and William Rehnquist?

answer: To recognize their confirmation as Supreme Court Justices.

question: Describe the framed gifts.

answer: That information can't be found.

question: When was this article published?

answer: That information can't be found.

question: Summarize Lewis Powell's biography.

answer: Lewis F. Powell, Jr. has excelled ever since his school days at Washington and Lee. He has practiced law since 1931 and served in World War II. A number of honors he has received include being president of the American College of Trial Lawyers and president of the American Bar Foundation. He is from Virginia.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: President Nixon presented framed gifts to Lewis Powell and William Rehnquist upon their confirmation as Supreme Justices on December 10, 1971. Biographies for the two justices, penned by Nixon himself, are provided.


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“You Need to Calm Down” singer is nominated for 10 awards

 Last Updated: August 7, 2019 @ 9:49 AM

You need to calm down — because Taylor Swift is returning to the MTV Video Music Awards for the first time since 2015.

Swift is tied with Ariana Grande for the most nominations this year, with 10 total nods for her single “You Need to Calm Down” in categories including Video of the Year and Song of the Year, and Video For Good. Other top nominees include Billie Eilish with nine nods and Lil Nas X with eight. Kanye West, Cardi B, Halsey, Solange, Drake, FKA twigs, Lizzo, BTS, Anderson .Paak and Lady Gaga are also nominated.

Swift is the first performer to be announced for the 2019 awards, but there’s been no word yet as to which songs she’ll sing or where she’ll fall in the night’s lineup. This will be Swift’s first televised performance following the release of her next album, “Lover,” on August 23. You can watch a promotional video above.

ALSO READ: Ariana Grande, Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish Lead the 2019 MTV VMAs Nominations

Sebastian Maniscalco is set to host the awards, which will be broadcast live from the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey on August 26.

This isn’t Swift’s first time being nominated for 10 awards — she also scored that many nods in 2015,  a year which saw the release of her singles “Blank Space” and “Bad Blood.” The latter song has won her two of the seven VMAs she’s won to date, for Best Collaboration and Video of the Year.

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The “Love Story” singer has a long history with the VMAs. She was first nominated for Best New Artist way back in 2008 for “Teardrops on My Guitar,” and though the award ended up going to Tokio Hotel for “Ready, Set, Go!,” the category was stacked with throwbacks who all went on to arguably greater success than the winner — the other contenders included Miley Cyrus, who was nominated for “7 Things,” Katy Perry for “I Kissed a Girl” and Jordin Sparks for “No Air.”

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answer: In 2019, Swift was tied with Ariana Grande for the most nominations in categories including Video of the Year and Song of the Year, and Video For Good. The song Bad Blood won her two of the seven VMAs she’s won for Best Collaboration and Video of the Year.

question: What does the article say about Swift's acting career?


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Trevor Siemian will be the starting quarterback for the defending Super Bowl champion Denver Broncos, which is weird. He’ll be the first-ever QB to start Week 1 for a defending Super Bowl champ with zero regular season NFL passes thrown. Siemian has taken one NFL snap — a QB kneel -- and wasn’t a highly touted draft prospect. It was a surprise he was picked in the seventh round, so you probably don’t know much about him.

Luckily, for you, I know a lot about him. I’ve been following Siemian for, oh, seven years now. He was two years behind me at Northwestern, where I covered the football team for my (now-defunct) blog. Normally, Northwestern fans don’t get the opportunity to discuss our former players at length to a herd of intrigued NFL fans, so I’m very, very, very excited about this sudden, unusual development. (I'd also love to talk to you about Browns starting SS Ibraheim Campbell, if you'll let me -- maybe some other time.)

I’ll be honest: At no point in the four years I watched Trevor Siemian play quarterback for Northwestern did I think he was an NFL quarterback. Siemian had a strong arm, a quarterback’s body, and threw genuine gems every once in a while. But those gems were rare, sprinkled amidst general inaccuracy on deep passes and poor decision-making. He became famous for ignoring open receivers downfield to opt for more conservative routes with no hope of succeeding —the team’s defense nicknamed him "Checkdown Trevor" and chanted it at him during intrasquad scrimmages.

Siemian was serviceable early in his career as the "throwing quarterback," playing passing downs in a platoon with speedy option-style quarterbacks who ran the majority of plays. But when his faster teammates graduated and the entire offense belonged to Siemian, Northwestern’s offense turned into an atrocious slog. In his only year as the team’s full-time starting QB, the Wildcats finished 12th of 14 in the Big Ten in passing efficiency. (That’s bad.)

The game I remember most was a 10-9 loss to Michigan. Siemian threw for 273 yards and a touchdown, which isn’t bad when you completely remove all context. The context is that he had 49 passing attempts, was sacked five times, and threw two picks. He threw short of the sticks on a critical late third down, and given the opportunity to win the game with a decisive two-point conversion after Northwestern’s only touchdown, Siemian slipped and fell to seal the loss.

Siemian was probably the fourth-best quarterback to play for Northwestern in the five years I blogged about the team. The other three are not in the NFL. I was surprised when Siemian was drafted, I was surprised when Siemian wasn’t cut by the Broncos after his rookie training camp, I was surprised when Siemian stayed on their roster for an entire season, I was surprised when the Broncos opted to keep Siemian for a second offseason, and I am currently very surprised that Siemian is the team’s starting quarterback.

I have not been alone in my lack of belief in Siemian. Even Siemian described himself as a "fringe" project. Multiple NFL scouts admitted they didn’t even analyze Siemian coming out of college, with one saying that he "didn’t have high enough grades" to justify breaking down his film. Even on Monday morning, Ian Rapoport said on the NFL Network that in the run-up to the 2015 NFL Draft, he felt the Broncos’ passion for Siemian as a late-round prospect seemed "irrational." It’s not often you hear a seventh-round pick described as "irrational" — they’re essentially throwaway picks, you can waste them and seem pretty rational — but the Broncos’ overwhelming fervor for a self-described fringe prospect far surpassed how excited teams normally get for players so lowly touted.

Simply put, there was nothing about Siemian’s college career that would give most viewers belief that he would be an NFL starting quarterback someday. But knowing what I know about Siemian — and the Broncos — I think starting Siemian might be the right call. (*Might* be.)

The Broncos knew what they wanted in Siemian

Enough talking about Siemian in the past — let’s get down to analyzing Trevor Siemian in 2016. You can watch every throw he made in his last start here, and you can watch a little preseason highlight reel here.

He’s 27-of-43 passing with 290 yards, a touchdown, and two picks. He’s only thrown two interceptions, but he’s thrown several other passes that really should’ve been picked off. One of the passes that was intercepted was a double-covered short route returned for a touchdown. The only touchdown he’s thrown to his own team wasn’t an impressive throw, hitting a wide-open receiver on a(well-executed) goal line play action. His deep balls are still iffy on accuracy. His best throw by far, a 43-yard completion to Demaryius Thomas, was thanks to an absolutely brilliant one-handed catch by Thomas.

From the numbers and tape, Siemian looks like he’s a subpar NFL quarterback, perhaps approaching mediocrity. And you know what? That’s _so much better_ than I ever expected from him. There aren’t that many people on Earth capable of being mediocre NFL quarterbacks. Considering just two years ago Siemian didn’t look capable of being a mediocre Big Ten quarterback, it’s an incredible leap. And with just one pro season under his belt, there’s room for Siemian to turn into an average NFL quarterback, perhaps even better.

Now let’s zoom back a year and a half, and see what the Broncos said about Siemian when they surprised everybody still awake on Day 3 of the NFL Draft:

  "There was just something about the way he played, his footwork, his release, I liked the way he went about things," Broncos coach Gary Kubiak said.

  ...

  "We looked at him on tape and as far as the quarterback position, he plays well, his feet, his technique and everything that he can do is pretty darn good," Broncos executive vice president of football operations/general manager John Elway said.

Out of college, I saw nothing about Siemian that made him look like a pro quarterback. But Kubiak and Elway both identified pure mechanical elements about Siemian: his footwork, release and technique.

Now let’s zoom ahead to the present and see what scouts and teammates are saying about Siemian:

  Looking at Siemian's play throughout the preseason, I must admit that I've been impressed with his accuracy, ball placement and decisiveness. He gets the ball out of his hands quickly and allows his playmakers to do the work on the perimeter... Speaking to a few Broncos players and coaches during the offseason, I frequently heard them rave about Siemian's command of the offense and how quickly he got the ball out.

There’s an emphasis there on "getting the ball out," and quickly.

It seems the Broncos have eliminated a lot of the hesitation from Siemian’s game. Considering one of his greatest flaws was his steadfast dedication to bad choices, it’s not surprising that the key to making him a passable pro was eliminating overthinking from his repertoire. He no longer has time to ignore good options, he’s too busy getting the ball to them.

Kubiak and Elway saw the basic building blocks of an NFL QB in Siemian and saw that his talents could be adapted to what they were trying to do. He was stripped down to the mechanics that made him useful, and trained to be eliminate the worst aspects of his game.

Is it possible that Kubiak and Elway — both former NFL quarterbacks -- are skilled at assessing the technical merits of what could potentially make a future NFL quarterback? Is it possible they’re more skilled at that than I am?

Let’s just say it’s possible.

A lot of things factor into a college quarterback’s success. Siemian looked really bad as a senior, but the team around him lacked offensive firepower and the play calling seemed to rarely put him in a position to succeed. That might have caused the rest of us to ignore him while Kubiak and Elway honed in on the things they needed to see in a potential draftee. And they might have found a diamond in the rough, or at least a cubic zirconia that can get the job done.

The Broncos QB situation is so weird, Siemian might be their best option

The Broncos of last year were very, very strange. In a pass-heavy league, they were Super Bowl champions with a glaring weakness at quarterback. It was even stranger, since they willingly opted to play their second-best quarterback, soon-to-be-Hall of Famer Peyton Manning, over an option who clearly outperformed him on the field: backup Brock Osweiler.

All things told, the Broncos had some of the worst quarterback play in the league in 2015 ... and then they lost their best two quarterbacks.

They were left with Siemian, Mark Sanchez, and Paxton Lynch. Sanchez looked like the obvious starter — for all the Buttfumble jokes, he was roughly acceptable the last two years in Philadelphia, and he’s gone on deep playoff runs with run-first, pass-second defense-focused squads in his career.

But Sanchez looked borderline unplayable in his brief preseason appearances, tossing a bad pick, looking completely befuddled by pressure (a theme that would be constant with a line as makeshift as the Broncos’) and losing two fumbles. The Broncos merely need a quarterback who will not self-destruct. Sanchez looked like he might. He also has a $4.5 million salary, which has probably played a factor in his quick drop from the presumptive starter’s role to the trade block. And $4.5 million for a decent quarterback is worth it ... $4.5 million for a backup, who looks more troublesome than a seventh-rounder, is not.

So, that left Siemian and first-round draft pick Paxton Lynch. The consensus was that this year’s draft featured two obvious top quarterbacks in Jared Goff and Carson Wentz, and then there was a bit of a chasm, and then there was Lynch. Neither Goff nor Wentz has been deemed ready to start Week 1, and Goff and Wentz are on teams with a lot less to lose than a Broncos squad hoping to contend for another Super Bowl.

It is eminently weird that the Broncos will start Trevor Siemian. But the Broncos are eminently weird. Last year, their best QB options were a guy itching to begin life as a full-time pizza salesman and his career backup, and both left. They turned to an imminent catastrophe in Sanchez and an un-house-trained puppy in Lynch. Sanchez will burn the Broncos’ house down and Lynch will poop all over it. Trevor Siemian might really be the best call.

The Broncos might still be fine

Let’s remember something about last year’s Broncos: Peyton Manning was a very, very bad quarterback in 2015. He was 29th in yards per attempt and nearly led the NFL in interceptions despite missing six games. QB rating is a bad stat, but he finished 34th out of 35 quarterbacks who qualified for the league lead in QB rating. (One more time: That’s very bad.)

The second is that THE BRONCOS STILL WON THE FREAKIN’ SUPER BOWL. They had such an outrageously good defense that Manning could play like farts and they’d still win. In the Super Bowl, Manning went 13 of 23 with 141 yards and an interception while getting sacked five times, which is a pretty bad line. But Von Miller battered Cam Newton until the Broncos had won.

Can Trevor Siemian be the NFL’s best quarterback? My goodness, no. No no no no no.

Can Trevor Siemian be merely bad and not horrific? Possibly. And in a run-heavy offense coupled with a world-beating defense, that might be enough for the Broncos to stay in serious contention.

It is weird.

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question: How does the text speak about accuracy?

answer: The text speaks of accuracy (and inaccuracy) as it relates to throwing passes in the game of football. The author references an NFL player named Siemian, whose college career was marked by his inaccuracy in throwing passes. By contrast, the author states that Siemian's accuracy has significantly improved in his NFL preseason performance.

question: What does the text say about Siemian's personal relationship with the author?


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Intel is running into problems protecting its chips from the major Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities that became public last week. The company has been warning customers of three specific flaws in a recent firmware update and recommending that customers hold off installing the patch, according to emails first reported by _The Wall Street Journal_. According to a follow-up announcement by Intel, the issue may cause reboot issues in systems running older Haswell chips.

Intel has been aware of the Spectre issues since June, but rewriting processor firmware to address the vulnerability proved to be a significant challenge. The company has committed to protecting 90 percent of its CPUs produced in the last five years, with patches to be deployed by January 15th, but technical issues have marred those patches across the board. Earlier this week, Microsoft had to halt the deployment of AMD’s Spectre patches after they rendered some computers unbootable.

Patching the CPU firmware is widely seen as the most technically difficult element of Spectre recovery, far more challenging than the operating system or browser patches that were deployed last week. It’s also the patch most likely to slow computers down, although it’s still unclear how significant the performance hit will be. Intel’s recent benchmarks show less than 5 percent slowdowns on recent processors, but those tests did not extend to the Haswell processors affected by today’s issues.

question: What is the main topic of the article?

answer: Intel has run into problems protecting its processing chips from the major Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. It seems the issue effects systems running older Haswell chips.

question: Have the patches been successful?

answer: Technical issues have hampered the patches efforts.

question: Who first reported the incident?

answer: The Wall Street Journal

question: Which type of chip seems to be particularly vulnerable?

answer: The Haswell chip.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Intel has run into problems protecting its processing chips from the major Meltdown and Spectre vulnerabilities. It seems the issue effects systems running older Haswell chips.


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[Plumstead ward (green) within the Royal Borough of Greenwich (light grey)] PLUMSTEAD is an area of South East London, England, within the Royal Borough of Greenwich. It neighbours the eastern part of Woolwich.

History

Plumstead is in the historic county of Kent and the detail of much of its early history can be found in Edward Hasted's extensive history of Kent.[1]

In 960 King Edgar gave four plough lands, collectively called Plumstead, to a monastery - St Augustine's Abbey near Canterbury, Kent. These were subsequently taken from the monastery by Earl Godwin for his fourth son, Tostig.

King Edward the Confessor restored them again to the monastery on taking power, however Tostig saw the opportunity to take possession of them once again after Edward's death in 1066 when King Harold seized his brother's estates.

After the Battle of Hastings in 1066, William the Conqueror gifted Plumstead to his half-brother Odo, Bishop of Bayeux whom he also titled Earl of Kent. The Archbishop of Canterbury Lanfranc of Pavia and the Norman abbot of St Austin's successfully interceded to reclaim a portion of the land on behalf of the monastery. In 1074 Odo then granted by deed the remainder of the parish and also the right of the abbot to be “Chief Lord of the Fee”.[2]

However, the Domesday book[3] of 1080 holds the details of Plumstead as two separate entries. Under the title of the land of the church of St. Augustine it reads

  _“In Litelai hundred. The abbot of St. Augustine has 1 manor, named Plumstede, which was taxed at 2 sulings and 1 yoke. The arable lands is ... In demesne there is 1 carucate and 17 villeins, with 6 cottagers, having 6 carucates, there is wood for the pannage of 5 hogs. In the time of king Edward the Confessor, and afterwards it was worth 10 pounds, now 12 pounds, and yet it pays 14 pounds and 8 shillings and 3 pence.”_

while under the general title of the Bishop of Baieux's lands

  _“The abbot of St. Augustine holds of the bishop of Baieux, Plumsted. It was taxed at 2 sulings and 1 yoke. The arable land is 5 carucates. In demesne there is 1 carucate and 17 villeins, with 3 boarderers, having 4 carucates. There is wood for the pannage of 5 hogs. In the time of king Edward the Confessor it was worth 10 pounds, when he received it 8 pounds, and now as much, and yet he who holds it pays 12 pounds. Brixi Cilt held it of king Edward.”_

Around this time Reginald, son of Gervase de Cornhill, released to the abbot and convent all claims in this manor from David and Robert de Cornhill who had rented it from them.[4]

By 1273 Nicholas de Spina was elected abbot of the monastery and by the following year he was receiving eleven pounds from Plumstead residents.[5]

Lora de Ros, lady of Horton, gave her right to two carucates of land and of woods in Plumstead to the abbot, Thomas, in return for the rights of her and her heirs to partake of prayers performed in the church during 1287.[6] It appears that Robert, the last abbot but one, had recovered a share of this land from her ancestor, Richard de Ros. It was found by a jury of grand assizes that his ancestors held this land in tenancy from the abbot and convent at a rent of twelve pound per annum.

In 1314, during the reign of Edward II of England, the abbot was summoned before Hervey de Stanton, the Chancellor of the Exchequer. He was asked to show by what right he claimed sundry liberties and free warren on the manor of Plumstead amongst others. Other questions included the right for a weekly market in Plumstead on a Wednesday and a fair yearly for three days “on the Eve day, and morrow of St. Nicholas”.

For reasons that remain unclear, King Edward III exempted the men and tenants of the manor of Plumstead from providing four men from the borough for the sheriff as was the requirement elsewhere. A writ to Roger de Reynham, Sheriff of Kent in 1332 directed and commanded him that the residents of Plumstead should be allowed to send one man only. By 1363 Edward also decreed to the monastery in his charter of infpeximus that he released all manors and possessions given to it by former kings, including William the Conqueror. He also confirmed all the grants of liberties previously bestowed on the abbot and monastery.

By the time of Richard II of England the taxes from Plumstead were valued at 69 pounds, 10 shillings and sixpence,[7] and Henry VI of England reconfirmed the liberties and rights of the monastery.[8]

Plumstead manor, together with the church of Plumstead and the chapel of Wickham annexed to it remained part of the possessions of the monastery until its final dissolution in 1539, the 30th year of the reign of Henry VIII, when the abbey and all its revenues were surrendered into the King's hands by the then abbot, John Essex and its thirty members.[9]

[|Plumstead around 1845] Plumstead expanded rapidly in the 1880s with housing developed for workers at the Royal Arsenal; two-up two-down terraced housing was common in the area close to the river and the Arsenal, whereas larger and smarter properties were developed uphill from the Thames, around Plumstead Common. The 1878 Plumstead Common Act protected Plumstead Common as public open space forever. In the late 19th century, Woolwich cemetery was developed in two phases (1856, 1855) on land formerly part of the southern edge of the Common.

Plumstead was also the home of the Peculiar People and a fascinating account of this Protestant sect is recorded in 'Unorthodox London' by the journalist Dr Davis. The Plymouth Brethren have had numerous meeting rooms in the area since about 1845. The present Brethren meeting places are at Plum Lane (1865), Willenhall Road (ca 1910) and Brewery Road (Richmond Gospel Hall). Quakers met nearby in Woolwich from 1905, and in their own Meeting House from 1924.

Plumstead had rapid housing growth but still retained large areas of green land i.e. Winns Common, Plumstead Common, Shrewsbury Park and Rockcliffe Gardens. The urban sprawl of lower Plumstead adjacent to Woolwich was not initially matched by upper Plumstead.

Education

Plumstead Manor School is located in the area. The school was first established as Plumstead County School for Girls in 1913, and was later renamed Kings Warren Grammar School before becoming a comprehensive school in 1967. The school was a girls school until September 2018, after which it began accepting students of all genders.[10]

There are a number of primary schools in Plumstead including St.Patricks RC Primary School, Gallions Mount Primary School, Timbercroft Primary School, Bannockburn Primary School, Plumcroft Primary School, Greenslade Primary School and South Rise Primary School.

Sport

Arsenal Football Club (then known as Royal Arsenal or Woolwich Arsenal) played in Plumstead between 1886 and 1913, at various grounds in the Plumstead area, but mainly at the Manor Ground, on the north side of Plumstead Common Road and the Invicta Ground, where the Royal Ordnance Factories F.C. also played.

Transport

Rail

Plumstead railway station serves the area with National Rail services to London Charing Cross via Lewisham, London Cannon Street via Greenwich, London Cannon Street via Bexleyheath, London Cannon Street via Sidcup, Kentish Town via Greenwich, Dartford and Rainham.

Buses

Plumstead is served by many bus routes provided by Transport for London. These connect Plumstead with other areas including Bexleyheath, Central London, Crystal Palace, Dartford, Eltham, Erith, Greenwich, Lewisham, New Cross, Orpington, Peckham, Sidcup, Thamesmead, Welling and Woolwich.

Notable people

Notable people from Plumstead include:

-   Michael Bradshaw, actor
-   Charlie Buchan, footballer and writer
-   John Carnell, science fiction magazine editor
-   George Chakravarthi, artist
-   Ernest Clark, Governor of Tasmania . [11]
-   Charlie Collier, motorcycle racer
-   Steve Davis, snooker player
-   Fred Hammill, trade unionist
-   Kevin Horlock, footballer
-   Marvin Humes, member of X-Factor finalist boy band, JLS
-   Malvin Kamara, footballer
-   Scott Maslen, television actor - Jack Branning in 'EastEnders'
-   Lee Ryan, of boy band Blue
-   Tinie Tempah, rapper

-   Nina Toussaint-White, television actress
-   Paul Walsh, footballer
-   Bill Whitehouse, Formula 1 racing driver

Notable people buried in Plumstead Cemetery include:

-   William Bennet (bishop), Bishop of Cloyne, Ireland, was buried in Plumstead in 1820, before the local cemeteries were established.
-   Thomas Flawn VC (22 December 1857 - 19 January 1925)[12]
-   Edwin Hughes MP (27 May 1832 – 15 September 1904)
-   Alfred Smith VC (1861 - 6 January 1932)[13]

Nearby areas

-   Abbey Wood
-   Belvedere
-   Blackheath
-   Charlton
-   East Wickham
-   Greenwich
-   Shooters Hill
-   Thamesmead
-   Welling
-   West Heath
-   Woolwich

Gallery

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[1] Hasted, Edward: “History and Topgraphical Survey of the County of Kent - Second Edition - Volume II”, pages 203-227. Bristow, Canterbury, 1798

[2] Anon: “Registry of the Monastery of St Augustine”, Cart 163 & 200, Decim Script col 1779, 1787. Canterbury.

[3] Various: “Domesday/The Book of Winchester”. 1080

[4] Anon: “Registry of the Monastery of St Augustine”, Cart 247, Decim Script col 1788, 1863. Canterbury.

[5] Anon: “Registry of the Monastery of St Augustine”, Cart 325, Decim Script col 1921. Canterbury.

[6] Anon: “Registry of the Monastery of St Augustine”, Cart 311 & 370, Decim Script col 1942, 1949. Canterbury.

[7] Anon: “Registry of the Monastery of St Augustine”, Cart ?, Decim Script col 2054,2123,2129,2163. Canterbury.

[8] Anon: “Registry of the Monastery of St Augustine”, Rot. Cart. de 21 ufq. ad 24 anni ejus regi. Canterbury.

[9] Anon: “Registry of the Monastery of St Augustine”, Cart ?, Decim Script col 2293. Canterbury.

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[11] http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/clark-sir-ernest-5661

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title: Plumstead

question: Summarize the history of Plumstead.

answer: Plumstead in an area of South East London, within the historic county of Kent. Plumstead got its name when King Edgar gave four plough lands to a monastery in the year 960, but the land was subsequently taken from the monastery by Earl Godwin for his forth son, Tostig. A portion of the land was eventually reclaimed by the Archbishop and the Norman abbot. By 1273 Nicholas de Spina was elected abbot who began receiving eleven pounds by Plumstead residents. During the reign of Edward II, in the 14th century, the abbot was summoned before the chancellor and questioned about the rights that he claimed over the manor. The manor was annexed and the monastery was ultimately dissolved in 1539, surrendering revenues to the King. Plumstead then expanded rapidly and developed for workers at the Royal Arsenal in the 19th century.


text: Just a man with his thoughts. Should I drink? No. Should I smoke? No. But at the end of the day it’s who I am. It’s as short walk, one I have made more times than I can count, but in my mind the steps seem infinite. Where did I go wrong? So much potential they said. So much promise they said; and honestly it’s so much easier to sit on the other side of the table and judge than to experience the true gravity of it all. To sling unjust judgment towards this life, a future that is currently being written and all the while already wrote. I see those flashing lights, I see them night in and night out guiding me home with no true direction. I know where the perceived home is, I know where my lover sleeps, but it is not home. Home only exists in an idea, a place where I once was but will never find again. I stop by the local pub and shoot the same arduous shit I always do. Sports. Politics. Economy. Pseudo intellectual bullshit that happens with a frequency that i could likely have both sides of it with myself. I need to stop coming here, never again, never more. “Quoth the raven never more.”   I smirk, a smile I can only feel knowing that the pedantic idiocy of the yokels know not of this reference and it falls on ill-bred ears. I stand superior to the masses in my mind; their self perceived god ruling an empire of ignorance. I step back into the cold, longing for the brothers that once stood with me years ago. We may talk, we may lament, we may feel. Feel something that once was and will never be again. We have changed. Not necessarily to the people we should be, but to the people we now are. And yet I walk. Walk home to a love out of convenience. A love that happened at the right place at the right time. Not that childish love of youth, the truest kind love that will only exist in a flash, a blink of time only to be perused and never obtained. No this is a different love, one out of a mutual comfort, a comfort of not having to die alone. I burn another one, my only solace in the desolate wasteland that I have chosen. I stand as man who has forsaken my family, forsaken all those who have judge me [those who could judge me.] I will never be their man. I will never be the coattails upon which they hoped to ride. My parents will die old and alone as I cannot give the life they strived for me to feed them. I am cold. Cold with the realization that I am destined to be among the desolate; I fucking hate the cold. I remember, as I will never forget,  the times that I saw life on the silver platter. The times that my family gifted an existence that I could have obtained but never wanted. I will embrace the darkness. I will live the heart ache as if it was written to be mine and mine alone. My own selfishness feelings are the crushing weight of the infinite as though it is the only love I have ever known. I arrive “home.” One. Two. Three. Four. I know what waits for me on the other side of this lead laden door. A woman who desires only my embrace, but at the same time stands on the edge of the travesty that is our existence, fully accepting the misery I have brought upon her. I light up number three…or is it number four…who gives a shit. I would rather die at 30 than live to see myself broken down to nothing. I quietly open the door. The comforting smell of familiarity makes me sick. I hate my comfort, I hate my strife, I hate the obligatory relief I am expected to feel in this dump. I brush off the snow, climb the steps to my every day. It is so set in stone. Fifteen steps towards the love of my life. I chuckle whilst I brush my teeth. Love. What a childish idea that was crushed long ago. Smashed upon the rocks of reality. I pet the dog, I lock the door, I embrace suburbia with the heartache of a man that was destined for more.  I could have embraced the shallow 9-5 and all the predetermined dialogue that lies within. I curl up next to the physical embodiment of our failures. “Tomorrow,” I say, “tomorrow it will be different.” Knowing full well in my heart that tomorrow I will feel the biting cold once again. I find solace in the trivial; solace in the fact that today is but a few brief hours from tomorrow. The day that holds nothing but possibilities but offers the same cold, hopeless walk. I drift off into slumber hoping for better days, all the while with the knowledge that what has been written has been, and always will be written in stone. “Tomorrow,” I say, “that is the day that I will finally come to fruition.”

title: Tomorrow.

question: What is the main conflict of this passage?

answer: The narrator's conflict is an internal one. They lament the fact that aren't living a particularly fulfilling or exciting life.

question: What does the narrator do for work?


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The streets were always a hollow place. Considering what I do for a living, it was all ways empty, especially during the night. Good, sensible people always avoided the streets during the late hours. Crooks, thieves, murderers, rapists... The worst of the worst patrolled them, and are ruthless with the one's they catch. Too often a victim, and too often justice was too late to save them, or the system corrupted by higher end gangs and mobs. The one's with the money and the power... I've had enough of that. It was just another evening hunt. Time to catch some assholes who think they can avoid justice. If the Police and Courts won't do anything, then I will.

I've been stalking this guy for quite a while, following his steps, shadowing his every move, watching what he does. The guy's powerful, huge chest, large arms, and a bowie knife just in case if anyone was... uncooperative. I'd already seen him gut two teenage girls and cut the head clean off of a guy defending his wife. But I wanted to catch him when his guard was down. Maybe on the next street. Bolivia Boulevard. Yeah. That street doesn't have any lights, and what it does have aren't powerful enough for him to see.

I want the element of surprise and the capability to tackle him while unseen. He's too powerful for a stand up fight, and I doubt that the side arm I carry can drop him quick... I'm going to have to go in ugly. Fists and knives. I clamber across the high roof tops, air vents and A/C systems shattering the silence here and there as they turned on to heat or cool someone's flat or apartment. Just another noisy night here in Sin City, the South Side... No-Man's-Land.

My feet crunched along gravel, kicking up rocks as I hurried behind and to the left of my target. I held out a wanted poster, his face a bizarre maze of cuts and grazes from bullets and close call knife wounds. 5 grand dead, 10 grand alive... 5 grand'll do...

I see a shelf between two complexes, the perfect point to get ground side and sneak up on him quietly. My sneakers were whisper quiet as I hit the fire escape ladder and slid down on slicked railings. The soft rain was on and off, but the thunder way off could help shadow the sound of foot steps.

Some shouting above me and a woman's scream as she was possibly beaten or threatened with a blunt weapon. Damn... I wish I could help, but this guy was important. He needed taking down...

My chest rig was taped up, black, and devoid of any clanging materials. It had a body vest behind it, which should stop his knife long enough for me to disarm him. If not, I'm a dead man and none the wiser. My tactical pants felt damp, but they kept me warm and broke the wind from freezing me. Up ahead, I see my target pull his leather coat closer over his neck, trying to stave off the cold and get home before someone sees him. He stops at the corner, right in front of the drug store, where he checks around him.

Shit...

I blend in as best I can, hiding away in the crevice of a grocer's store, peaking, barely, around the corner, trying to see if he walks off. He hasn't moved. What the hell are you doing you son of a bitch?

I see a quick light flicker and then a red smolder where his mouth is, turned to the right and checking down the street. Quick cigarette break I would guess... This'll take a minute or two. He isn't budging, not even stepping side to side. No fidgeting... I thought this guy was a mental? Not right in the head?

I don't like this. He's too calm. I'll trail him a little bit more and see if he's expecting me. I wouldn't doubt it since I've become the city's adhoc hero in lou of the police and justice system.

He still doesn't move, but he had finished his cigarette minutes ago. What's he waiting for? Headlights beam through on the right street and a revving engine came in closer as it squealed in the damp street. As it came through the intersection, it slowed and stopped in front of my target. A black van, no noticeable signs or pictures, not even license plates. I pull down my balaclava and move closer, using the shade overs in the foyer of the grocer's store to move closely and quietly. Then under the cafe's various table awnings. The wind was picking up and the rain was getting heavier. Maybe I could drop him with my side arm and jump the van...

The van's side door opened and I could hear muffled talk between a shadowy figure in the vehicle and my target. Two more suspicious characters stood behind the first, crouched and ready for anything. They think they're oh-so sneaky, but what they don't realize is that the P90's they're hefting won't do much more than spray the immediate area in a hail of bullets. They were no significant threat, but by their relaxed stature, they don't seem to be expecting any unwanted visitors.

I decide against the van, opting to let it go, just as long as it doesn't see me. I put away my powdered, double edged knife and slide out my side arm, a brand new Sig Sauer P992, a newly designed weapon that my "investment agent" acquired from a very good connection. Hush Hush as it was, the fact remains that it was a sexy piece of equipment, and I wanted to try it out.

Like most side arms, it was compact, small, and capable of being hidden away in nearly any part of the body. Unlike most side arms, it could fire a .45 with ease, and had plenty of kick compensation to keep your aim on spot without much effort. I had placed a silencer on its barrel end, just to keep the flash to a minimum. Well, ol' buddy, time to nut up or shut up. Here goes...

Pfft, pfft, pfft, my pistol fires a quick, accurate three round burst into my target's back, flopping him dead into the van's bed. It made a meaty thuk, and the character in front of him hopped back, a squeal of surprise as he yelled out his dismay.

His two gunmen jumped out, weapons raised. They were urban camo, serious shit, black tac vests, black balaclavas, and side arms attached to their thighs. They were speaking some foreign language, pretty close to Russian or Eastern European, but I couldn't quite catch it. But the leader of the group, still on his ass from the recent turn of events, screamed out in heavily accented English: "Get in the fucking van you idiots! We're not supposed to be here, REMEMBER!?"

His two gunmen immediately hopped back, scanning one last time and then shut the van. The driver squealed the tires, spinning out and then took off quickly down the main street. I ran to the corner and peaked out, seeing where it was going. It was gone before I could ID where it was heading to.

'Sigh', "You might be a lot of strength, but you're certainly a fucking idiot too, Yvanovich," Ivan Yvanovich, ex-convict, rapist and murderer. I shook my head and took off my balaclava, itching my shaved scalp and casually walking to the corpse they had nonchallantly tossed out.

I looked at his back, three perfect shots to the mid section, and blood was pooling under his torso. I guarantee that it was ugly.

Ivan flinched and his palm rested on my booted foot, gripping hardily as he gurgled a last curse. I jumped back, surprised, pulling out my side arm and putting a round through his skull for good measure.

"Fucking die you asshole!" I scream out in frustration. My radio squawks:

"M, you got the guy, right?" it was Lazarus, my driver and techie. He would be here in a moments notice to help lash up the dead boy and drive me to the local Station.

"Yeah, he's dead for sure. Three to the chest, one to the head. I don't think he's getting up anytime soon," I look at the nearest street sign, "I'm on Winchester and Bolivia, cafe front. You'll see me when you hit the intersection,"

"Alright, M. Be there in a sec."

I was certainly more than a sec, more like ten minutes. Probably nervous on the slick roads. By now, it was pouring, and I was searching the body for any intelligence on those assholes that I saw earlier. Russians? Here? That can't be right. I'll probably have to see Sergeant Russo on this, maybe he would know.

Sergeant Avery Russo was a good man, although he could be a hard ass at times. He is my police insider, my go to guy for information and intelligence when I'm in a bind on one of my unsanctioned investigations. Which, for the record, I'm still a wanted man despite being the hero. The DA feels I've over-stepped justice and went beyond the bounds of sanity, thinking I am just as bad as the villains I kill and capture. Probably not too bad, I never considered myself the good guy.

Russo had the figure of a Marine, huge, muscular build. But he was always bald except for the mustache he probably ignores for the most part. Heavy Texan accent, sometimes I wonder if he misses being that gung ho Border Officer that was catching Cartel members crossing the border in Texas and New Mexico? Probably... Probably not. Not like I care.

Lazarus' pick up whispered in, a souped up '95 Chevy that had no obvious wear and tear... Probably because the guy was extremely nice to the vehicle. Cleans it zealously and makes sure that everything is functioning.... Every day. Clockwork and obsessive compulsive, but who am I to judge? I'm considered Narcissistic and even psychologically compromised to a point of the brink of insanity.

Lazarus hopped out, wiry as always and on edge. He yelped at the size of Ivan, seeing the blood pulling and the sundered and torn meat in his back, as well as the purferated skull that used to be what was left of his brain.

"Jesus! The guys HUGE!" Lazarus' squeaky voice cried out. I chuckled.

"Nothing good ol' Sig couldn't handle," I smiled, patting my side arm that was holstered.

"You're going to have to help me again M... You know. Scrawny and all that?" he sheepishly looked at me.

"No problem Laz', I got your back," I walked over to the body and flipped it onto its backside. The face was still intact, but its eyes were blood red and its face a deep bruised purple, as if he had choked to death. Just the blood pooling into his face is all. But the guy smelled of booze and piss. Apparently this Russian wasn't ever about cleanliness or hygiene.

I grunted as I mule carried him to the back, meanwhile Lazarus hopped over and lowered the bed's tail gate, and pulling away the blanket coverings. No need to see the body and freak people out. He may be a criminal, but he's still human in their eyes.

"Alright Laz' let's go. Gotta hit the Police Station before we go back home. 'Kay?"

"Yeah, sure..." Lazarus was no big fan of cops. His story goes a little differently. Though he was never leisure to tell me. Probably doesn't trust me since I'm the "cold efficient killer" type rather than the "mess with machines" type of guy. Oh well, no need for a bleeding heart story anyways. I just want to make sure I could trust him, and he was definitely trustworthy.

I began to doze off, having been awake for 36 hours straight trailing the now dead Ivan in the truck bed, the heavy blanket fluttering from the wind sheer, but too heavy to fly off. I let the embrace of sleep take me once more.

-All I got for right now, will more in the near future.

Open to any feedback, good or bad. Thank you.

title: [MS] Where Evil Dares: First Person Short Story

question: What weapons do the characters carry?

answer: The narrator has a powdered, double edged knife and a brand new Sig Sauer P992. His target carries a bowie knife in case anyone is uncooperative. The Russians in the van who meet with the target carry P90's.

question: Summarize the role of Lazarus.

answer: Lazarus is the techie. He is scrawny, obsessive compulsive, and keeps the van in working condition for M. He does not tell M any of the stories in his backstory, and is anxious to pick him up after the target is dead.

question: What ethnicity is the killer?

answer: Yvanovich is Russian, and M sees him a meeting with some men speaking in a Russian or Eastern European language. The men shout that they are not supposed to be there after he kills Yvanovich, and flee. It is not clear why Russians have come to the United States to work with the killer.

question: What is M's relation to the police?

answer: M is a vigilante. He takes matters into his own hands and visits a bloody justice onto those who do wrong. As such, the police see him as just a menace as the people he kills. However, he does have a contact in the local police force (presumably the LAPD): Sergeant Avery Russo, who feeds him intelligence about his unsanctioned investigations.


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Every day while walking to school three friends would always pass the same eerie old building.  Broken windows with silky spider webs caught the light of the rising sun.  Jungle like weeds grew, taking over the once walkable stone pathway to the door.  A sign on an old oak tree read: “Danger, Do Not Enter.”  Everyone had heard different rumors about the broken down flat.  Some say that a newlywed couple and their young child were murdered there.  Others are certain that there is an infestation of mutant hobos.  A couple of people think a witch named Chaney lives in the attic.

The idea was born one day at lunch.  While eating the horrific cafeteria food a thought popped into Benny’s head.  “We always have amazing parties but don’t you have all the cleaning up after?” he said.  “Oh I know!!” Cody answered.  “Well wouldn’t you want a place we can party at once and then leave, not worrying about all of the trash and filth we create?”   Benny then told them about his amazing plan.  Cody, Benny and the third boy named Zander worked on this plan for a few weeks and then on a Tuesday they decided they were ready to start telling others.  They told all of their friends and their friends told friends and so on and so forth.  Then they started collection funds and donations.  Cups, chips bottles and dollars started rapidly coming in to support the future event.  “People keep asking where it’s going to go down.” Zander told Benny.  “Don’t worry they will find out the day of, that’s part of the plan.”
Friday, 5:00am. Three boys sneak out and head for the deserted homestead.  The boarded up human habitat looked even spookier in the early morning mist.  With them they carried the snacks and supplies they obtained throughout the week.  The setup was simple and within an hour they were out.  When they arrived at the school everyone was eager to find out where the party would be.  Even though they were bugged throughout the day the three boys did not export the information into the fellow classmates.  Finally, as the bell rang, the location was released.

Young souls entered the building at nightfall, full of excitement and wonder.  The floorboards creaked as the unfamiliar weight of human bodies filled the once furnished living room.  Students treated themselves to food and drink.  Laughter filled the area as the effects of the beverages started to surface.  A girl was distressed when she couldn’t find her phone.  Cody saw it in the middle of the dance floor where teens jumped up and down to music like the floor was a trampoline.  Swiftly he adventured through the dense pack of sweaty minors to retrieve the fair damsel’s item.  Nobly he returned it, miraculously undamaged, to the fair female who then took him into another room to thank him.

More and more students left the safety of their parent’s homes and traversed through the moonlit night into the party house.  The building started to sway back and forth in response to the dancing and sheer mass of humans filling the house like the stuffing of a Thanksgiving turkey.  Little did they know, this party would be their last through the effects of three events.
The first inevitable accident happened in an unlikely place, the bathroom.  Entering the bathroom to find a quiet place to get away two schoolmates, one being Zander, decided to try something new.  Their love brought them close together and they kissed for the first time.  Unfortunately, the combined weight was too much for the rotting floor to hold them up.  Reluctantly the boards gave way and the two lovebirds plummeted through to the basement.  Breaking their legs from the fall they tried to call for help.  Sadly, the booming music drowned out their calls and no one upstairs could hear them.  In the basement, however, their shouting was heard.  Hungry rats, also looking for a safe quiet place, attacked the two.  Greatly outnumbered and unable to move, the couple was eaten alive by the ravenous rats.

The blaring music mixed with alcoholic beverages added to the ignorance of the teens.  They could not tell but the floor was bending down under their weight.  The party house creaked and groaned trying as much as it could to stay upright.  Trying not to take the lives of the children inside, it stayed up.  At this point the worst thing any kid could imagine showed up outside the borrowed residence.  Not the devil, the Pope or even death… it was the police.  Even through the three boys efforts to not give the location away to snitches or adults they still found out.  Thus, the second undesirable event occurred.
The third event happened shortly after the second.  At the sight of police cars outside the music suddenly stopped.  The crowd of teenagers stumbled to the back door, as fast as their drunken bodies’ would let them.  Pushing, shoving, quietly yelling everyone wanted to get out.  This unexpected rush of energy pushed the house to its breaking point.  The walls shook, old paintings fell off the walls, the remaining unbroken windows shattered with an earsplitting crash and within seconds the roof pancaked the children trying to escape.  The only survivors were the termites feasting on the decaying wood and three cockroaches.

title: A Story I Wrote For My English Class

question: What was the end result of the decision to party in the eerie old building?

answer: Zander and his girlfriend fell through the floor into the basement. They were eaten alive by rats. Then the cops showed up at the party. As the kids rushed to the door to escape, the house collapsed. No one survived.

question: Why was Benny keen to have a party at the eerie old house?

answer: The boys and their friends always have great parties but someone has to clean up the mess. Benny comes up with the idea of having a party in the old house so that there is no cleaning up to do. They can leave the trash in the old house.

question: What did the boys' parents think of them partying in the old house?


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MCCONE COUNTY is a county located in the U.S. state of Montana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 1,734.[1] Its county seat is Circle.[2]

The county was created in 1919. It was named for State Senator George McCone,[3] who had been one of the first county commissioners of Dawson County.[4]

Geography

[Typical McCone County landscape.] According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (1.5%) is water.[5]

Major highways

-   [] Montana Highway 13
-   [] Montana Highway 24
-   [] Montana Highway 200

Adjacent counties

-   Valley County - west
-   Roosevelt County - north
-   Richland County - northeast
-   Dawson County - east
-   Prairie County - south
-   Garfield County - west

National protected area

-   Charles M. Russell National Wildlife Refuge (part)

Demographics

2000 census

As of the 2000 United States Census,[6] of 2000, there were 1,977 people, 810 households, and 596 families living in the county. The population density was less than 1 people per square mile (0/km²), the 12th lowest in the United States. There were 1,087 housing units at an average density of 0 per square mile (0/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.37% White, 0.10% Black or African American, 1.06% Native American, 0.20% Asian, and 1.37% from two or more races. 0.90% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. 37.4% were of German, 22.7% Norwegian, 8.8% American and 8.5% Irish ancestry. 99.5% spoke English and 0.5% German as their first language.

There were 810 households, out of which 30.20% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 66.90% were married couples living together, 3.80% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.30% were non-families. 24.60% of all households were made up of individuals, and 11.40% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.89.

The county population contained 24.80% under the age of 18, 5.40% from 18 to 24, 24.30% from 25 to 44, 26.50% from 45 to 64, and 18.90% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 42 years. For every 100 females there were 99.70 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 103.30 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $29,718, and the median income for a family was $35,887. Males had a median income of $22,768 versus $15,368 for females. The per capita income for the county was $15,162. About 14.10% of families and 16.80% of the population were below the poverty line, including 19.40% of those under age 18 and 11.20% of those age 65 or over.

2010 census

As of the 2010 United States Census, there were 1,734 people, 774 households, and 514 families living in the county.[7] The population density was , the 10th lowest in the United States. There were 1,008 housing units at an average density of .[8] The racial makeup of the county was 98.0% white, 0.4% American Indian, 0.1% black or African American, 0.1% Asian, 0.1% from other races, and 1.2% from two or more races. Those of Hispanic or Latino origin made up 0.7% of the population.[9] In terms of ancestry, 44.5% were German, 23.1% were Norwegian, 12.7% were American, 12.0% were Irish, and 8.8% were English.[10]

Of the 774 households, 23.4% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 61.0% were married couples living together, 3.2% had a female householder with no husband present, 33.6% were non-families, and 31.7% of all households were made up of individuals. The average household size was 2.22 and the average family size was 2.77. The median age was 48.9 years.[11]

The median income for a household in the county was $48,167 and the median income for a family was $56,406. Males had a median income of $33,185 versus $26,454 for females. The per capita income for the county was $23,265. About 5.9% of families and 8.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 10.3% of those under age 18 and 11.5% of those age 65 or over.[12]

Communities

[Looking south on MT 13 toward Vida.]

Town

-   Circle (county seat)

Unincorporated communities

-   Brockway
-   Nickwall[13]
-   Vida
-   Weldon[14]

Politics

McCone county is a solid Republican county. In the 2004 Presidential Election McCone County gave 69.6% of its votes to President George W. Bush and 28.1% to Senator John Kerry. In the 2012 presidential election Governor Mitt Romney received 75.0% of the county's votes, while President Barack Obama only received 22.5% of the votes.

  Year                               Republican                                  Democratic                                  Third parties
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  style=“text-align:center;” |2020   style=“text-align:center;” |84.8% _956_     style=“text-align:center;” |13.7% _155_     1.5% _17_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2016   style=“text-align:center;” |78.7% _862_     style=“text-align:center;” |14.1% _154_     7.2% _79_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2012   style=“text-align:center;” |75.0% _745_     style=“text-align:center;” |22.5% _223_     2.5% _25_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2008   style=“text-align:center;” |66.5% _726_     style=“text-align:center;” |29.4% _321_     4.0% _44_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2004   style=“text-align:center;” |69.6% _791_     style=“text-align:center;” |28.1% _320_     2.3% _26_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2000   style=“text-align:center;” |72.4% _827_     style=“text-align:center;” |23.4% _267_     4.2% _48_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1996   style=“text-align:center;” |49.0% _615_     style=“text-align:center;” |31.1% _390_     20.0% _251_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1992   style=“text-align:center;” |39.0% _528_     style=“text-align:center;” |31.3% _424_     29.7% _402_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1988   style=“text-align:center;” |58.2% _814_     style=“text-align:center;” |40.5% _567_     1.3% _18_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1984   style=“text-align:center;” |67.8% _1,015_   style=“text-align:center;” |30.7% _459_     1.5% _23_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1980   style=“text-align:center;” |68.0% _1,000_   style=“text-align:center;” |23.7% _349_     8.3% _122_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1976   style=“text-align:center;” |48.7% _730_     style=“text-align:center;” |50.0% _749_     1.3% _20_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1972   style=“text-align:center;” |58.3% _854_     style=“text-align:center;” |38.4% _562_     3.3% _49_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1968   style=“text-align:center;” |52.2% _733_     style=“text-align:center;” |41.9% _589_     5.9% _83_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1964   style=“text-align:center;” |40.8% _615_     style=“text-align:center;” |59.1% _891_     0.1% _1_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1960   style=“text-align:center;” |49.0% _743_     style=“text-align:center;” |50.4% _764_     0.5% _8_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1956   style=“text-align:center;” |45.8% _752_     style=“text-align:center;” |54.2% _889_     0.0% _0_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1952   style=“text-align:center;” |56.3% _900_     style=“text-align:center;” |42.2% _674_     1.5% _24_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1948   style=“text-align:center;” |37.8% _518_     style=“text-align:center;” |51.2% _702_     11.0% _151_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1944   style=“text-align:center;” |39.9% _526_     style=“text-align:center;” |57.8% _763_     2.4% _31_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1940   style=“text-align:center;” |35.2% _529_     style=“text-align:center;” |61.8% _928_     2.9% _44_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1936   style=“text-align:center;” |19.1% _332_     style=“text-align:center;” |78.6% _1,366_   2.4% _41_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1932   style=“text-align:center;” |26.3% _456_     style=“text-align:center;” |58.9% _1,020_   14.7% _255_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1928   style=“text-align:center;” |61.9% _946_     style=“text-align:center;” |36.2% _554_     1.9% _29_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1924   style=“text-align:center;” |38.2% _494_     style=“text-align:center;” |11.1% _143_     50.8% _657_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1920   style=“text-align:center;” |62.0% _1,177_   style=“text-align:center;” |28.3% _537_     9.7% _184_

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[14] [https://www.google.com/maps/place/Weldon,+MT+59215/@47.5607447,-105.8412716,10.25z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x533c9d8b1b12057d:0x772d14e5088c676f!8m2!3d47.612507!4d-105.8922341 _Weldon MT_ Google Maps (accessed January 3, 2019)]

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title: McCone County, Montana

question: Comment on income inequality in McCone county.

answer: Incomes in the county favour men with women earning on average 33% less than men. 16.80% of the population is below the poverty line. 19.4% of those are under the age of 18.