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The POOR BROTHERS OF THE SERAPHIC ST. FRANCIS (, abbreviated after their names as C.F.P.) () are a congregation of Religious Brothers of the Third Order Regular of St. Francis, instituted for charitable work among orphan boys and for youth education. They commonly also use the title of BROTHERS OF THE POOR OF ST. FRANCIS.

Foundation

The founder was born PHILIP MARTIN HÖVER (HOEVER) in 1816 into a hard-working farm family in the hill country of Neuhonrath, now part of the town of Lohmar, Germany, near the city of Cologne. Although his help was needed on the farm, the local parish priest saw potential in the young Höver and encouraged his eagerness to learn. This encouragement led in time to his becoming a successful schoolteacher.

Höver became a schoolmaster at Breidt and Aachen,[1] during which time he met and married Anna Maria Katherine Zimmerman. They had two sons, but soon after the birth of their children, Anna Maria became ill and died. To forget the grief he felt at this loss, Höver became involved in the charitable organization of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul. He also became a member of the Third Order of St. Francis, the local fraternity of which had a long history of commitment to the poor. Through his service in both organizations, he became aware of the terrible situation of poor and homeless boys in the cities of Germany at the height of the Industrial Revolution.

Through the influence of a former member of the local fraternity of the Order, the Blessed Mary Frances Schervier, foundress of the Poor Sisters of St. Francis, he was led to dedicate his life to the service of the many poor around them.[2] Thus, on Christmas Eve 1857, he and four other tertiaries dedicated themselves to the service of God and of abandoned men, while living in community under religious vows. At that time, Höver took the religious name of “Brother John” by which he is now known, and was appointed the first Superior General of the new congregation.

The Brothers obtained a home in Aachen in 1860, where they began their work of service to the poor and homeless men of the city. On 5 January of the following year, Cardinal Geissel, the Archbishop of Cologne, approved the new congregation.[3] Within a few years, though, the pressures of leading the community and the demands of teaching, plus caring for his sons, led Brother John's health to deteriorate. Feeling his end approaching, he appointed Brother Bonaventure Schäben as the new Superior General. When Höver died on 13 July 1864, the community had twenty-six members and some postulants.

Expansion

Under the leadership of Brother John, and under the watchful eye and guidance of the diocesan clergy, to whom they were subject, the young Congregation grew rapidly and spread from its cradle in Aachen to other parts of Germany. In 1866 the Congregation spread to the United States, where orphanages for boys were established in Teutopolis, Illinois; Detroit, Michigan; Cincinnati, Ohio (1868) and Cold Spring, Kentucky (1869), through a donation by Sarah Worthington Peter.[4]

In 1869 the Congregation also received the charge of a Catholic orphanage in Moabit, near Berlin. During the Austro-Prussian war, 1866, and in the Franco-Prussian war, 1870–71, the Poor Brothers were helped in the field hospitals. However, the policy of _Kulturkampf_ by the German government led to the loss of all their houses in Prussia during 1876-77. They then moved to Bleijerheide on the German-Dutch border, where the new motherhouse was erected.

After 1888 the Brothers were allowed to return to Prussia and entirely new houses were founded: Hohenhof in Upper Silesia (1891); Dormagen on the Rhine (1902), Düsseldorf (1932), etc. At the last location, they currently run a senior housing complex for 189 residents,[5] and various social services and a trade school.[6] Foundations were also made in Belgium at Völkerich (1900) and in the Netherlands at Roermond (1903).

The Constitutions of the Congregation were approved by Pope Pius X in 1910. With that, they became a congregation of Pontifical (international) right, generally free to conduct their affairs without the supervision of local bishops.

In 1921 the American Brothers began to work in Arkansas, where they established several institutions over the next fifteen years. They also expanded to Iowa, New Jersey, Ohio, Texas and South Dakota, mostly in the field of youth work. In 1986, they purchased the Woodlands Treatment Center, a facility for drug and alcohol dependent youth in Burlington, Iowa.[7]

By 1998, through the steady retirement and departure of members, total membership of the American province sank to 24 professed members dispersed across several assignments at schools, prisons and hospitals. The Morris School for Boys, established in 1922 near Searcy, Arkansas, continues to be the brothers' primary ministry.[8] The order's motherhouse remains in Aachen and the order maintains houses in Brazil, Holland and the United States.[9]

[1] Oliger, Livarius. “Poor Brothers of St. Francis Seraphicus.” The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 12. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 18 June 2016

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title: Brothers of the Poor of St. Francis.

question: Summarize everything relating to the size of the congregation.

answer: On Christmas Eve 1857, Philip Höver and four other tertiaries dedicated themselves to the service of God and of abandoned men. Upon Höver's death in 1864, the community had twenty-six members. The congregation grew rapidly afterwards and spread to the United States in 1866. By 1998, the total membership of the American province sank to 24 professed members.

question: Summarize the group's history during the 1840s.

question: Summarize the group's history during the 1860s.

answer: The Brothers obtained a home in Aachen in 1860, where they serviced the poor and homeless men of the city. On January 5, 1961, Cardinal Geissel approved the new congregation. Brother John appointed Brother Schaben as the new Superior General and died on July 13, 1864. In 1866, the Congregation spread to the United States, where it established orphanages. It also received charge of a Catholic orphanage near Berlin in 1869.

question: Summarize everything relating to major religious figures outside of the congregation.

answer: Cardinal Geissel, the Archbishop of Cologne, approved the congregation on January 5, 1861. The Constitutions of the Congregation were approved by Pope Pius X in 1910.


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Amid reports of massive violence during West Bengal Panchayat elections, senior Trinamool Congress leader Derek O'Brien slammed those ‘deliberately trying to foment trouble’.

In a series of tweets, O'Brien questioned the ‘‘newborn' experts on Bengal Panchayat Elections’ and talked about the history violence in the state.

Recalling the 90s, O'Brien said that around 400 people were killed in poll violence under CPM rule in the state.

The Trinamool lawmaker then compared the numbers to the period of 2003, when there were 40 deaths in the state.

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‘Every death is a tragedy. Now closer to normal than earlier times.Yes, few dozen incidents. Say,40 out of 58000 booths. What's %age (sic),’ O'Brien said on Twitter.

He blamed the BJP and the Left for the clashes. He, in fact, went on saying that the Opposition parties in the state were ‘ganging up with Maoists to kill/shoot/stab three Trinamool workers in different incidents in Bengal today.’

The ruling Trinamool Congress also claimed that rumours were being spread about the scale of violence in the state. The party also alleged that BSF men were interfering in polling in Dakshin Dinajpur and other border districts.

Meanwhile, four people were killed and several others injured in violence during the single phase panchayat elections in West Bengal, which recorded over 41 per cent polling till 1 pm, officials said.

The four were killed in separate incidents of violence in North 24 Parganas, Nadia, South 24 Parganas and Murshidabad districts.

"There are reports of three people being killed in North 24 Parganas, Nadia and South 24 Parganas districts," a senior official of the State Election Commission (SEC) said.

In North Dinajpur district, three crude bombs were found near a polling booth at Galaisura, around three km from district headquarter Raiganj, police said.

Of the three bombs, two were found on railway tracks, affecting movement of trains, RPF sources said, adding that the bomb squad has been informed.

In Birbhum, masked men carrying weapons and sticks were seen intimidating voters outside some of the booths.

Television footage from Basanti block of South 24 Parganas district showed masked gunmen roaming outside polling stations.

In the Bhangar area of the same district, police resorted to lathi-charge and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse a mob following clashes there, the SEC official said, adding that the police were asked to submit a report regarding the incident.

In Keshpur area of West Midnapore district, police resorted to lathi-charge and chased people who were allegedly trying to intimidate voters.

After a protracted legal battle in the Kolkata High Court and the Supreme Court involving the SEC, the TMC and the opposition parties, the three-tier panchayat polls is being held in the state.

(_With PTI inputs_)

question: Summarize all the information relating to the Trinamool Congress.

answer: Derek O'Brien is a senior Trinamool Congress leader. Three Trinamool workers were hurt during intimidation attacks. Trinamool Congress is the ruling party in the West Bengal Panchayat. They spoke about violence being fomented by its opposition and rumors being spread about it. They were involved in a legal battle about the West Bengal Panchayat elections.

question: Summarize all the information relating to the West Bengal Panchayat elections.

answer: There have been reports of massive violence during the West Bengal Panchayat elections. There has already been 40 deaths in the state and a number of intimidation incidents. This is much less than the 400 death under CPM rule in the 90's. After a protracted legal battle in the Kolkata High Court and the Supreme Court involved the SEC, the TMC and the opposition parties, the three-tier panchayat polls is being held in the state.

question: Explain why Derek O'Brien tweeted about those deliberately fomenting trouble.

answer: He tweeted about the violence that is taking place at the polling booths across the West Bengal Panchayat. He feels that the BJP and the Left are responsible for the clashes and that they ganged up to intimidate and hurt Trinamool workers in Bengal. He tweeted that every death is a tragedy. He also feels that rumors are being spread about the scale of the violence in the state.

question: What does it mean to foment trouble?

answer: Probably incite trouble.

question: Name all the parties involved in the West Bengal Panchayat elections.

answer:
1. Trinamool Congress
2. CPM
3. BJP
4. The Left

question: Explain the intimidation incidents that took place at the polling stations.

answer:
1. Opposition parties in the state were ganging up with Maoists to kill/shoot/stab three Trinamool workers in different incidents in Bengal today.
2. BSF are interfering in polling in Dakshin Dinajpur and other border districts.
3. 4 people were killed in separate incidents of violence in North 24 Parganas, nadia, South 24 Parganas and Murshidabad districts.
4. 3 crude bombs were found near a polling booth at Galaisura, 3km from district headquarter Raiganj. Two of them were found on railway tracks.
5. Masked men carrying weapons and sticks were seen intimidating voters outside some of the booths in Birbhum.
6. Masked gunmen roamed outside polling station in Basanti block of South 24 Parganas.
7. Mob clashes in Bhangar. Police used lathi-charge and lobbed tear gas shells to disperse them.
8. The same happened in the Keshpur area of West Midnapore district.

question: What is lathi-charge?

answer: It is not stated explicitly here. It is used with lobbed tear gas shells to disperse mobs after clashes.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The Trinamool Congress is claiming that there has been incidents of violence and intimidation at polling booths of the West Bengal Panchayat elections. The elections is the results of a protracted legal battle. The opposition parties are being blamed for fomenting the violence.


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A little precursor, I haven't written anything for a while and have been out of school for the same amount of time, so any spelling mistakes or grammar corrections are very appreciated. If you enjoy it or have any criticisms/improvements, any comment would be equally appreciated as well.

Father, forgive me for I have sinned and I am not done yet. The end of this ordeal is near and my body is grateful. As I walk through the cell block to the visitor’s room, the smell of fear is pungent. What was once a rendezvous of the lord’s most foul monsters and fallen creations is now a convention of hushed tones and fear-induced prayers of penance. I cannot answer them tonight. God has given me another task, a greater task. I continue my trek down the corridor and my mind begins racing like the fastest of God’s angels. Why would they make me walk this way, through a whole cell block? Is it to show me how fearful they are of me?  Why are all of the prisoners so afraid of me that they would demand on God to call me off? Then I realize. They do not pray for me to spare them. They pray for me to save them. They need me to save them from the real monster. A monster I could have stopped a long time ago. A monster that I once called friend. The silence breaks as I am dragged into a memory, drawn from words I had not heard since my youth. “Ora pro nobis peccatoribus, nunc, et in hora mortis nostrae.”
	I am Michael Shepard. I was raised by nuns and taught by priests. I had no father to speak of. The only thing I remember of my mother is what the priests told me. She was a young, beautiful woman from an influential family. The kind of family that usually sweeps teenage pregnancy under the rug. One trip to the clinic and my mother’s worries were over. However, she was kind. She had seen the light of god and given birth. She was left with an ultimatum. Keep me as her own and lose her family’s love or abandon me and return to her life of comfort. There are many good people in the world, but very few saints.
	Sister McCready was my main caretaker. She had a heart full of love, but her marriage to the lord had prevented her from having children of her own. She called me her blessed child. She was the mother I knew. The mother I loved. The priests were learned men from every corner of God’s green Earth. Father O’Brien was from New York. He told me a story of how in his youth, he was lost. The allure of greed and loose women had made him one of Satan’s children. He would get into gang fights and do drugs of all varieties. He stole from the poor and beat the down trodden. Then, in one of his gangland wars, he committed the ultimate sin. He murdered an innocent man. This man was walking home from work to see his loving wife and children. He did not know of the gangs and did not care. Father O’Brien was firing a gun at another gang. His aim was poor and the moving vehicle he fired from was going too fast. His guilt haunted him for many years. He taught me many lessons from this story. Namely, all men can find peace through God.
	The other fathers and sisters raised me along with other children. The father in charge of the monastery was Bishop Stephenson.  He taught me the most important lesson in my life. Not all men of God truly serve him. Bishop Stephenson made it a habit to see the boys in his chamber once a week. For one hour, he and a random boy would talk about god and his plan for all men. This is the story I was told and for a while I believed it. Sister McCready had always gotten in the way of my meetings with the bishop. She would always have me do some monotonous chore or discipline me for something I didn’t do. I hated her at the time, but now I know she saved me.
	Sister McCready died when I was 16. I was heartbroken. The only mother I knew was dead Father O’Brien had moved some years ago and I was not as close with the other fathers or sisters. There was Bishop Stephenson though. In my naivety, I thought he would help me. I met him in his office one day and that is when my mission from God Started. Right away my instincts told me something was wrong.  The bishop had a smile that I’d later see on other evil men. The smile was the last thing I remember before I heard the voice of God. Then next thing I remember is the bishop on the floor, bleeding from the neck. There was a sterling silver letter opener in my hand. It was a gift from his holiness the Pope. It was now a tool of the Lord’s vengeance, as am I.  I am a soldier in God’s Army. He is absolute and his will is my command. I am The Archangel.

title: Millennium Part 1: For Evil to Triumph

question: Why did Michael grow up without a mother and father?

answer: His mother's was a teenage pregnancy and she had to choose between the baby and her family, she chose the latter. He was abandoned and raised by clergy.

question: Why did Sister McCready always keep Michael from visiting with the Bishop?

answer: The bishop was actually molesting the children.

question: Is Michael Shepard actually an arcangel?

answer: No, but he believes he's doing God's work

question: Why did Michael kill Bishop Stephenson?

answer: He was going to molest him.

question: Write a ~8 sentence summary.

answer: Michael Shepard is in prison and the other prisoners seek his protection. He recollects how he got here. His mother had a teenage  pregnancy and chose to not abort him. She gave him up to a monastery, however, because keeping him would mean losing her judgmental family. He was raised by clergy. His adoptive mother, a nun, died when he was sixteen. He sought help from the Bishop that ran the monastery, but found him to be a pedophile. In self defense, he killed the Bishop.


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question: What is the title of the video game?

answer: Hero Academy

question: How did users find Hero Academy?

answer: The game got mostly positive reviews, with 72% of the 456 user reviews being positive.

question: What does the gaming media think of Hero Academy?

answer: IGN thinks the game is fantastic, while PCWorld says it is incredibly fun, addicting, and worth checking out.

question: What is Hero Academy?

answer: Hero Academy is a real-time strategy video game that features card collection, deck building, and player vs. player (PVP) arena battles worldwide.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Hero Academy is a real-time strategy game that has card collection, deck building, and player vs. player (PVP) arena battles worldwide. Players can test their skills in asynchronous one-on-one battles or via online multiplayer. Hero Academy has received positive reviews from both users and the gaming media. The game is cross-platform and available on Steam and iOS.


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As I recall, we weren't really there. Our veins were being flooded with wine, beer and unnamed spirits that were named at the time, but I don't remember them. Despite that, everything had slowed down to an even pace. The sun stayed up forever, blinding us from being able to make eye contact across the beer garden table. We only found respite from the glare when we looked down at the black table-top to stub-out our cigarettes into the ashtrays. The flood of booze was raging, but it felt slow. Time limped away. Hours in minutes, it seemed.

We were there for a good while, though. Four hours, I think. We had witnessed the rise and fall of strange men pounding flashing buttons on the bandit. We saw them lose £50 in the space of mere seconds, and we were infuriated. What a waste, we would think. I was annoyed at you, too. At the first sign of a dwindling conversation you took your phone out of your pocket, pretending to text people. Checking the news. The latest status update. Anything to stop you from talking to me.

Outside, with the sun still punishing us, our silences were filled by sniggering at the drunks, already too drunk for this time of day, but we both knew we were no better. You asked to borrow a ciagrette, and then another, and then another, and then you would sigh when I told you I had none left. I wasn't lying, you know. I really didn't have any left. And it was because of you that I didn't.

I stumbled to the shop to buy more cigarettes. One of the strangest feelings in the world is walking around a busy town centre at two in the afternoon drunk, when you know for a fact that every single person around you is sober. They are doing their shopping, taking their kids to the local park, mooching. But your vision is swirling. It's really strange but also kind of liberating. When you see a teenager doing something stupid you feel like you can walk up to him and starting a fight. When you see a police officer you feel like you can approach them and start swearing at them. But you never do. You don't have the spine, or more, your own brain reins you in, telling you you shouldn't. And that's fine, because knowing that you can do if you want, is good enough.

I bought the wrong brand of cigs but that doesn't matter. They're cigs. Besides, they were for you, not me. This is a weird kind of drunk. Being drunk in the day time is different. It's like you're floating everywhere and not walking. There's a strong sense of independence. The spirits and whatever else running through me is probably why I didn't notice the homeless man at first. I took a double-take and walked backwards, back to him. He was on the floor, legs crossed as though he was doing street yoga. He had at least five layers on and a beanie hat despite the temperature reaching twenty. He must have been boiling. Or cold.

The homeless man asked for change. I smiled, but I was careful not to make it a pitiful smile. I gave him a £5 note but in my stupor I would only later realise that I gave him a £20 note instead. But I don't feel bad for that. Money is paper. Paper means a lot to the homeless.

I walked off but he whistled after me. For a second time now, I went back to him. He gestured for me to sit with him, and I did. I don't know why. I thought that I shouldn't because I knew you were waiting for me in the beer garden. Well, waiting for my cigarettes, not waiting for me. So I thought, sod you, you can wait. And you did, but I don't know how long for. The homeless person began rambling. I know it's a stereotype, but he did. He spoke of war, then tigers, then bread. I thought he was mad, but you can't blame him. Who wouldn't be? He spoke of hostels and free beds, but he couldn't stay at them any more. He was banned. Imagine, a homeless person banned from homeless shelters. Where can he go? And that's when he said it: He wanted to die. He could easily do it, but it would only be easy from a literal sense. After all, it isn't hard to kill yourself. What's hard is finding the backbone to go through with it. That's when I pulled my packet of cigarettes out and shared them with him and I thought, I'm not going to share these with my friend when I get back to the beer garden.

It might have been the heat. It might have been the alcohol. It might have been a mixture of the two, which is more likely. Whatever it was, I had an idea. I offered to kill him. That way, he would die like he wanted, but he wouldn't need the backbone to do it. He agreed, but he asked me for another cigarette first. I gave him one, why wouldn't I? It's kind of like his last meal. He told me that he didn't want to know how he was going to die, so I assured him it would be a surprise. I struggled to my feet, the heat was far too intense. I felt the panic of the moment when you realise you're sobering-up, so I went to the shop and bought a large bottle of cider and a small can of vodka and coke. I drank the can really quickly. It nearly came out of my nose. I lit a cigarette and went back to the homeless guy. I told him the cider was for him and he smiled like it was Christmas to a child. He asked me how I was going to kill him. I told him I already did. He looked annoyed but that's okay, he probably knew what I meant deep down.

You know what weird feeling when you're drunk in the middle of the day time and everyone else seems to be sober and the whole thing starts twisting? It's liberating. It's like a weird feeling of independence. On my way back to the pub to get back to you (you must have been waiting forever), I noticed a teenager chasing pigeons and making them fly into the faces of tutting old people. So I ran over to him and punched him square in the face. I felt one my knuckles slice open from a tooth, but I didn't feel the pain of it. The police officer I mentioned was still there, you know. He came over after hearing the commotion and when his eyes locked onto mine, you know what I said to him? I told him to go fuck himself. I laughed, probably a little too loudly, and then looked-up to the sky.

The sun was blazing. Not a cloud to be seen. It was the middle of the day and I felt like I was the only person in the town centre who was drunk. It feels weird, but in a good way. Liberating. Then I was on the ground, kissing the concrete. I felt my hands being tied together and the cold metal hugging my wrists. Then I thought of you, and you know what I did? I laughed and thought 'You can wait in the beer garden all day you son of a bitch. You aren't having my cigarettes.'

title: [RF] They Are My Cigarettes

question: What does the text say about what the narrator is doing before going to buy cigarettes?

answer: The narrator has been drinking a lot with a companion. It is still daytime, and they are drunk in a beer garden. They sit at a table and stub-out their cigarettes in ashtrays. They watch the other people in the beer garden, and the narrator's companion avoids talking to them, but they keep asking to borrow cigarettes from the narrator, until eventually the narrator runs out.


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Italian councillors have supported a proposal for a new four-day week as a way of tackling mounting unemployment.

Piergiovanni Alleva, a regional councillor for the Emilia Romagna region of northern Italy, recommended that the working week be reduced from 40 to 32 hours.

Mr Alleva said the change could create up to 200,000 jobs by introducing new roles in a variety of disciplines and industries, providing work for the region’s 160,000 unemployed.

Italy’s working week was last cut down in 1977, when Saturday was abolished as a working day and hours were reduced from 48 to 40. Italian employers can be fined up to €1,500 if they break the rules, and it is believed the change led to one million new jobs being created across the country.

Mr Alleva told a council meeting he believed the change would “entirely absorb unemployment in the region”, according to _Il Corriere di Bologna_. Councillors will consider the bill after it is finalised and presented to the local assembly.

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The Italian government has encouraged work-sharing schemes for several decades, and all workers are entitled to at least four weeks paid holiday every year. In October last year, the unemployment rate in Italy was 11.6 per cent, up from 6 per cent 10 years ago.

Meanwhile a six-hour workday experiment in Sweden was recently abandoned, after expert findings revealed that the costs outweigh the benefits.

In August last year, retail giant Amazon piloted a four day, 30-hour working week scheme in an effort to create "a work environment that is tailored to a reduced schedule and still fosters success and career growth".

question: What proposal do the Italian councilors support?

answer: A new four-day workweek to track mounting unemployment. The working week will be reduced from 40 to 32 hours.

question: Who is the regional councilor for the Emilia Romagna region of northern Italy?

answer: Piergiovanni Alleva

question: What could Mr. Alleva's proposal do to the region's current unemployment?

answer: The new workweek change could create up to 200,000 jobs by introducing new roles in a variety of disciplines and industries, providing work for the region's 160,000 unemployed people.

question: Does Alleva's proposed work-week reduction have a precedent for success?

answer: In 1977, Italy cut down its workweek from 48 hours to 40 hours, abolishing Saturdays and fining employers up to €1,500 if they break the rules. The change is believed to have created one million new jobs across the country.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Italian councilors in the Emilia Romagna region of northern Italy led by regional councilor Piergiovanni Alleva, have proposed a new four-day workweek to track mounting unemployment and create new jobs. Working hours would be reduced from 40 to 32 hours, which could create up to 200,000 jobs by introducing new roles in a variety of disciplines and industries, providing work for the region's 160,000 unemployed people. Alleva's proposal has a precedent for success: In 1977, Italy cut down its workweek from 48 hours to 40 hours, leading to the creation of one million new jobs across the country.


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Suzy sat at her grandmother's lap, in the old house that her grandmother had lived in for many years now. She loved nights like these, where her grandmother would tell her stories. To her eight year old eyes, grandma was the wisest person in the whole city... no... the whole world. As her eyes scanned the room as her grandmother told her about how in her days they used to catch dragonflies and tie them on string, something glistened softly on the mantelpiece where the fireplace was. Upon closer inspection, she saw that it was a red stone set in what seemed to be a crude flower frame, no larger than her thumb. Curious about the object she turned and asked her grandmother, who had the answer to everything "Gramma, what's that?".

Anna was taken by surprise, because Suzy had been quiet all the while. She looked in the direction that her granddaughter was pointing, and saw the little brooch on the mantelpiece. "Why Suzy, you mean the little flower brooch over there? The red one?" said Anna. Suzy looked confused. "Gramma... what's a broooch?" she asked. Anna laughed and said as simply as she could "Well, it's a shiny thing just like that one, which we sometimes use to pin to clothes". "ohh..." said Suzy, and she got up to take a closer look. Her grandmother motioned to her to bring it closer, and Suzy sat in her lap once more, this time with brooch in hand.

"Where did you get it from gramma? Did grampa give it to you?" asked Suzy. Anna laughed again, then with a slightly more solemn expression said "No, not from grampa. It was a present from someone else, when I was very young. In fact, I think I was just about your age". "Wow... who was it?" asked Suzy, filled with curiousity. Anna smiled gently at her granddaughter, and told her story just as she remembered it...

Anna was playing in the snow then, something she had always loved. Her father had been gone for 2 years at that point, and her mother was busy at work as usual. Her brother was in the house, studying furiously as he had been for some time, and he was never any fun. So she had gone to her secret spot in the hilltop where she could see the whole town and where the air was fresher. There she observed the hustle and bustle as the people went about their day in the city below, and she drew circles in the snow. Ah... bliss.

Not long after she had begun to build a tiny snowman army, she heard footsteps coming up the pathway. Turning around, she saw a man dressed in a winter coat walking up the path. When he caught sight of her, he smiled and winked at her. "Ah, so my secret place isn't so secret after all, is it?" he said. Anna frowned and said "Nuh uh, this is my secret place! I came here first! It's mine, mister!". "Ah, you must be right! My mistake. Well, it's been a tough day, so would you mind sharing your special spot with me for awhile so I can catch my breath?" said the man playfully. Anna inspected him from head to toe before finally saying "Well... you look you're not a bad guy, so I guess I'll let you. But just this once!". The man smiled, and thanked her graciously.

He sat there in the snow watching the city, while she continued building the snowman army. Once that was complete, she started work on the bad guys, big monstrous creatures. Of course, they would still be no match for her army, because the bad guys always lose in the end. All of the stories her mother told her ended that way.

After he had sat there for a long time, he came over to her to see what she had made. "So... what do have here, little one?" he asked again. "These" she said, pointing to the snowman army "are the good guys and they will fight against" then she pointed to the monsters she had made out of snow "these baddies here. And they'll win of course!". The man smiled, a little sadly. "Do the good guys always win?" he asked weakly. "Yes! Of course they do!" said Anna confidently. The man fell silent for a short while. Then he said "I wish I had your conviction little one, but sometimes it feels as though no matter what I do, no matter how hard we fight, the bad guys won't give in". "Don't worry mister" said Anna, "as long as you're a good guy you have nothing to fear, right?". He smiled, and then nodded.

"You're right, little one." he said. "It's hard sometimes. I'm sure even for a little one like you this war has been hard. So many of our people are suffering because of it. Yet it is a necessary suffering, because we have to win against the bad guys. We have to do what is right." he said with a steely resolve in his voice. "I promise you little one, when this war is over, things will be good again. We will have won against the bad guys, and things will be good" he said. Anna jumped excitedly upon hearing this, and danced in the snow. "You better win against the baddies mister!" she said. the man simply nodded in response.

They heard footsteps walking up the hill, and a soldier dressed in full military regalia walked towards them. The man smiled and said "looks like I have to go little one. You have been good company, and I feel refreshed. Thank you for sharing your spot with me". He pulled out a brooch from his coat pocket, shaped like a flower and with a ruby in the middle and handed it to her. "This I bought for someone else, but I think it is better left with you". Anna stared at the shiny brooch, and beamed with excitement upon receiving something so beautiful. She hugged him in gratitude.

Then the soldier spoke "Fuhrer, it is time for us to go". The man smiled at Anna once more, and he left with the soldier.

That was the first and last time she ever saw the man in person.

"Why do you keep it gramma?" asked Suzy. "Well..." said Anna, "I used to believe, just like that man that evil and good were two easily distinguishable things. That there were the good guys and the bad guys, and the purpose of the good guys was to make sure the bad guys were defeated at all costs. People will tell you this Suzy, that this man is bad, or that man is good. In reality I think that it isn't anywhere near that simple." She held her granddaughter close.

" I guess the reason I keep it Suzy, is to remind myself to never lose sight of the humanity that is in us all".

title: Red

question: Who is the man who gave Suzy's grandmother the brooch?

answer: Adolf Hitler.

question: What is the moral of the story?

answer: That good and evil are not absolutes and humanity fally somewhere in between.

question: Who are the baddies?

answer: Since the man is Hitler, the "baddies" (his enemies) would be the Allies.

question: What happened to Anna's father?

answer: He is either dead or out of the city.


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Iceland Rovers is your comfort travel expert in Iceland. Since 1997, we've served thousands of happy customers. Over 20 years of travel experience and tour planning has taught us that where you travel is just as important as what you experience while you are there. A memorable moment might be the thrill of riding off-road in a modified 4x4 or the serenity felt while sitting in silence contemplating the journey you have embarked on. Everyone's memorable moment is unique and we specialize in coordinating the large and small details that make your travel experience unforgettable.

Learning about local culture, staying in a cozy lodgings and boutique hotels, dining on tasty cuisine and interacting with wild nature, are at the heart of our travel philosophy. Our small group guarantee offers a more personal experience of Iceland's spellbinding energy and an opportunity to immerse in the stunning environment around you.

Whether you want a day or multi-day experience, our expert tour designers will help you plan your adventure from start to finish. All of our tours can be conducted in English, French and German. For more information, please contact us.

Venture beyond the ordinary adventure with us.

question: What is the first year this article could have been truthfully written?

answer: 2017

question: What is the 4x4 mentioned here?

answer: A type of vehicle

question: What product is being offered?

answer: Tours in Iceland

question: How many languages are tours offered in?

answer: Three

question: What is one advantage of the tours given here?

answer: Learning about local culture

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: In this ad for tours in Iceland, the writer presents many advantages and opportunities for travelers to experience. They offer a variety of tours in multiple languages. They also highlight their experience in the industry of more than two decades.


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Brian T. Smith of the Houston Chronicle talked to Bud Selig yesterday about the Astros move to the American League West and the rebuilding process.

Check out the full article here.

Aside from pumping up the "very attractive" American League Selig says that the Astros moving to the AL West was "simple geography" and the only "logical choice." Astros County does an excellent job of addressing those issues FJM-style.

What I don't understand is why Selig is saying anything at all. He is one of the most hated figures in Houston and that hate goes way beyond the switch to the American League. In getting the Astros to switch to the AL Selig and the owners dragged their feet in approving Jim Crane. Drayton agreed to sell the team to Crane in May but approval from MLB didn't come until November. Then there's the Hurricane fiasco which resulted in the Astros being no-hit by the Chicago Cubs in the Milwaukee Brewers' home ballpark, a team Selig formerly owned. Fans are upset with this but this wasn't the headline in Astros fans eyes. Why reopen the wound and pour salt in it. It's very troll like.

Selig comes off as one of those guys that only thinks his ideas are pure gold and is completely baffled by anyone who challenges them.

  MLB commissioner Bud Selig said Tuesday he fully understands fans' complaints and sympathizes with their pro-National League pull. But Selig told the Houston Chronicle the only "logical choice" for baseball was to relocate the Astros to the AL, and he believes fans won't question the move five years from now.

Oh that's nice, he knows how we feel! This plan is pure gold and we'll take five years to get over what was built over fifity years.

  The American League is very attractive

Oh yeah? Attractive enough to be worth seventy-five million dollars less than an N.L. team?

Now, he did follow this up by explaining the numbers game about evening out the divisions. I have to say I agree. The dividsions need to be even, that is logical. But, the Astros aren't the ONLY logical choice to move.

  Selig said the primary reason for the Astros' AL relocation came down to simple geography

Here lies my biggest issue. Tell me how the geography makes sense? In this age, as clack says, "where teams have to travel by bus," geography doesn't have much of an impact anymore. Every other major sport has no issues with it. The Dallas Cowboys are in a division with the New York Giants and Washington Redskins. Are the L.A. Clippers and L.A. Lakers a huge rivalry? That's as close as you get in geographical locations yet it doesn't have much of an impact. What really matters is history between two teams and Bud Selig doesn't get that. Then, add in that Houston is actually further away from all of their new divisional foes outside of Dallas than previous, this argument makes less sense. Go read Astros County's post that was linked to earlier, it gives you the actual mileage.

But, it's all o.k. Bud says the Brewers have "tremendous" rivalries with the other N.L. Central teams and that had to be preserved. Bud created this mess by moving his beloved Brewers to the N.L. so he wants to keep that going. No way he's going to devalue that franchise even though their history doesn't lend itself to rivalries like the Astros have.

Finally, Selig approves of the Astros rebuilding strategy which is of course something you say after screwing over someone. Ironically, he has no issues with all of the problems that everyone else seems to be complaining about, including Buster Olney in his new insider piece. Payroll? Nope, Bud is good with that. Terrible losses? Nope, he trusts the plan and those enacting the plan. He actually says the Astros rebuilding plan will be good for baseball! Well, that's nice...

question: What is the tone of this article?

answer: Sarcastic

question: What is the source of this article?

answer: The Houston Chronicle

question: What sport is discussed in the article?

answer: Baseball

question: How does the author feel about Selig?

answer: They feel negatively towards him.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Brian Smith of the Houston Chronicle interviews Bud Selig about the Astros move to the American League West. Selig claims it was a matter of geography, but Smith sarcastically questions if the move was necessary. Selig continues discussing the Astros rebuilding strategy, which smith replies to sarcastically.


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The CHAIN BRIDGE () is a pedestrian chain bridge in Nuremberg, Germany. The bridge crosses the river Pegnitz just a few meters upriver of Fronveste and Schlayerturm, fortifications in the course of the medieval city wall guarding the river's exit from the town. It connects Maxplatz in Sebalder Altstadt (the old quarter north of the river) with Untere Kreuzgasse in Lorenz, the quarter on the south side of the river.

The Chain Bridge was built in 1824 and is thus the oldest chain bridge on the European continent.[1] It was not given any specific name, but the public used to call it by what it appeared to be: a narrow pedestrian bridge () with chains ().

The bridge has two spans of 33 m each and a total length of 68 m. On either side, there are two strands of wrought iron eyebars, originally supported by three wooden towers standing on the banks of the river and on the small island, and anchored in solid masonry blocks on either side. The wooden deck was suspended from the chains by hangers, also of wrought iron.

The wooden towers were damaged by the very high floods of 1909 and, thereafter, replaced by towers of iron trusses still in existence.

As in most early suspension bridges, its bridge deck was not stiff and easily developed swaying motions under the steps of the pedestrians—and some youths enjoyed provoking the swaying on purpose. Eventually, in 1927 a police ordinance was issued in order to stop such dangerous actions. In 1930, the bridge deck was stiffened by steel girders and wooden piles were placed in the river supporting the deck. In the Nazi era, the official opinion was to remove it altogether, which was only prevented by the outbreak of war in 1939.

In 2009, the wooden piles were not safe any more and the bridge had to be closed. Substantial donations of citizens and local companies allowed a complete reconstruction, using as much as possible of the original structure and reinstating the suspension bridge structure without any other supports. The renewed wooden deck was stiffened by integrating a flat steel box girder into it, which is hardly visible. On 22 December 2010 the bridge was reopened to pedestrian use.

[1] Older examples were James Finley's Jacob's Creek Bridge in Pennsylvania, United States (1808, demolished 1833), and, in Great Britain, Dryburgh Abbey Bridge (1817) and 137 m Union Bridge (1820). Dufour's Saint Antoine Bridge in Geneva (1823) was the first wire cable suspension bridge.

title: Chain Bridge (Nuremberg)

question: What kind of bridge is the Chain Bridge in Nuremberg?

answer: Chain Bridge is a pedestrian chain bridge.

question: Which river does the bridge cross?

answer: The bridge crosses the river Pegnitz.

question: Which chain bridge is the oldest in Europe?

answer: The Chain Bridge in Nuremberg is the oldest chain bridge in Europe.

question: When was the Chain Bridge reconstructed?

answer: The Chain Bridge was reconstructed in 2010.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Chain Bridge, a pedestrian chain bridge, crosses the river Pegnitz. It was built in 1824 and is thus the oldest chain bridge in Europe. It was closed in 2009 for reconstruction and reopened in 2010.


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[Plan of the imperial palace precinct of Constantinople.] The PALACE OF DAPHNE () was one of the major wings of the Great Palace of Constantinople, the capital of the Byzantine Empire (modern Istanbul, Turkey). According to George Codinus, it was named after a statue of the nymph Daphne, brought from Rome.[1] The exact layout and appearance of the palace is unclear, since it lies under the Sultan Ahmed Mosque, and the only surviving evidence comes from literary sources.[2] Bardill, however, has suggested that the peristyle with mosaics adjoining an apsed hall, excavated by the Walker Trust excavations in 1935-7 and 1952-4, could be the Augusteus of the Daphne Palace.[3]

History and description

The Daphne belonged to the earliest building phase of the palace complex, that of Constantine I, who rebuilt the city of Byzantium into Constantinople, his new capital, as well as his immediate successors.[4] Justin II () expanded the original building, which remained the main residential area for the emperors until the 8th century. The palace was formed by an ensemble of ceremonial halls and residential buildings, located in the westernmost part of the imperial palace complex, next to the Hippodrome, and was connected to the imperial box (the _kathisma_) there by a stairway.[5] This complex included the residential wing of the _koitōn_ (“bedchamber”) of the Daphne proper, the Octagon, and the chapel of St Stephen,[6] built in ca. 421, the _Augusta_ Pulcheria to house the right arm of the saint.[7] The Daphne was connected to the hall (_triklinos_) of the _Augusteus_ (, not to be confused with the _Augustaion_ square), also one of the oldest parts of the imperial palace. It was also known under the name _Stepsimon_ (Στέψιμον, “coronation”), highlighting its function the original coronation hall of the palace, a role it retained (especially for the coronations of empresses and imperial weddings) to a degree into the middle Byzantine period.[8] In turn, the Augusteus was connected to the later Trikonchos palace and the hall of the Consistorium.[9] Two further chapels, dedicated to the Virgin Mary and the Holy Trinity, were also located in the southern part of the Daphne complex.[10]

In the 9th-10th centuries, the center of court life and ceremonial was moved to the south, towards the Boukoleon Palace and the ceremonial structures around the Chrysotriklinos. Although the Daphne continued to feature in imperial ceremonies however, as described in the _De Ceremoniis_ by Constantine Porphyrogennetos, its decline in prestige and use is well illustrated by the fact that the walls by which Emperor Nikephoros II Phokas () surrounded the palace with new walls, the Daphne complex was not included in them.[11] After the 11th century, the Daphne seems to have fallen into disrepair and gradual ruin, a process exacerbated by the plundering of the remaining structures for metals and architectural elements under the Latin Empire (1204–1261).[12]

[1] Paspates (2004), p. 227

[2] Westbrook (2007)

[3]

[4]

[5] Kazhdan (1991), p. 869

[6] Paspates (2004), p. 229–233

[7] Maguire (2004), p. 57

[8] Maguire (2004), pp. 59–60

[9] Paspates (2004), p. 233–235

[10] Paspates (2004), p. 236–237

[11]

[12]

title: Palace of Daphne

question: Summarize the reason according to the passage about the expansion of the original building.

question: Summarize the architecture of the Daphne according to the passage.

answer: Daphne is one of the earliest buildings in the palace complex. It was built by Constantine I and then expanded by Justin II. The westernmost part of the palace complex formed an ensemble of ceremonial halls and residential buildings which were connected to the imperial box via the Hippodrome by a stairway. The Daphne was also connected to the hall of the Augusteus which also happens to be one of the oldest parts of the palace. The southern part of the Daphne complex also has two chapels dedicated to the Virgin Mary and Holy Trinity.

question: Explain the reason behind the decline in the use of the Daphne complex.

answer: In the 9th and 10th centuries, Daphne continued to host imperial ceremonies but its prestige and use declined. This decline can be noticed by the fact that the walls by which Emporer Nikephoros II Phokas surrounded the palace were new walls and the Daphne complex was not included in it. The complex eventually turned into ruins.


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##This is something that I maybe spent 2-3 hours on,(at work messing around) that I would love to continue.  I just would like a little critique, or just to see if anyone likes it. It is nowhere near a complete work, let alone even a partial work. Military members encouraged to chime in.

Disturbed by an explosion, while looking over his units’ Tactical Maps on his operations laptop, 2nd Lieutenant John Fres jumped to his feet.  He grabbed his M416 assault rifle. He pulled his shirt on and checked the magazine to make sure it was fully loaded, grabbing his rucksack before heading out of his tent.  Within seconds of exiting the tent, Fres gauged his surroundings and bound for his closest subordinate, Sergeant Heckinridge. The sun was just beginning to hit its’ peak for the day, and the air around FOB Milo was getting hotter.

“Sergeant, what have you got for me?!” he yelled, as the shrill whistling sound of mortars permeated the air. “Sir, we have indirect fire incoming.” The Sergeant responded

“Get command on the horn and give them our sitrep.” Heckinridge motioned for his RTO, PFC. James Courage, and replied, “Yes, sir!”

As Fres was waiting for Heckinridge, another shell connected with the ground 50 feet from their location.  Being hunkered down in the trench the only danger they were in was that of sand spray from the blast.  Another of Fres’ men, Specialist Carl Nimby, bound over. “Sir, we have reason to believe that this indirect fire is coming from our west.” he informed Lt. Fres. Fres turned to Nimby, “Have we got eyes on, Corporal?”

“No, sir.” he replied, “We have Richter, Perez and myself sighting it out.”

Another pop, another mortar hit, and Fres ducked his head from the sand blast, waving Nimby off, “Go rejoin them and ping Heckinridge when you have a location.”

 Heckinridge turns to Courage, and grabs the receiver, “AA, this is A-1.”

“AA, copy” The tell tale clacking of rifle fire penetrated the air, and bullets whizzed overhead as Heckinridge responded, “Taking indirect fire, how copy?”

“Have a visual?” came the reply. “Negative.” Silence for a moment and then, “A-1, establish visual, send coordinates. AA Out.” The transmission ended with Fres, and Heckinridge awaiting word from their scouts.

Sergeant Richter and PFC. Perez moved along the trenches towards the sound of the mortar fire. The ground was hard and rough, from the hot sun that scorches the desert. As they walked, dust kicked up behind them and covered their fatigues.

title: Could use a critique. [Military]

question: What kind of gun does John Fres have?

answer: He has an M416 assault rifle.

question: Who is Fres' closes subordinate?

answer: His closest subordinate is Sergeant Heckenridge.

question: What time of day is it in the story?

answer: It is midday, probably around noon.

question: What part of Fres' assault rifle would be loaded with bullets?

answer: The magazine.


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    This is a casual story I whipped up in rhyme with a loose meter - will probably change it up later. Please give me feedback on both the flow and the substance.

I sat down to the wood table with my friend who was quite unstable and we discussed her being so unable to see through a clear fable that I would now label her as gullible. So entranced was I with the intensity and the expanse, that is, the immensity of the stories that deceived I wondered if I *myself* believed or if she was having at my expense a cheap laugh. She told me of the lies that she once bought until my eyes finally caught that her hands were shaking in the making of her speech. I asked "Are you okay?" and she replied "Not quite, today" and we we had a cry about the lie which concerned her. I knew her trust was rattled and the demons which she battled would give her disheart and a part of her wanting to start distrusting her friends as a means to an ends of protecting herself from us all. I spoke out against liars, against fighting fire with fire, and eventually we start to tire. As we head to sleep a thought starts to creep into my head on my bed tonight. The light is now dimmed, but from the way that she grinned, my whole world was lit up and a twirled blanket up around her small frame in the dark.

title: Trust, or as they say, Carelessness.

question: How does the narrator describe their friend in the passage?

answer: The narrator's friend is described as gullible and not able to see past facades.

question: What was one think the main character spoke out against?

answer: The main character spoke out against liars, and always fought fire with fire.


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DEV ENTERTAINMENT VENTURES PVT LTD is an Indian movie production and distribution company based in Kolkata. The company was established by Deepak Adhikari and Gurupada Adhikari in 2017. In a short while, the company has grown on to become one of the leading Bengali movie production houses in Eastern India.

History

Dev Entertainment Ventures Pvt Ltd was founded by Deepak Adhikari, better known in the Bengali film industry as Dev, one of the leading artists of Bengal in 2017, with his father Gurupada Adhikari. Dev started his career as an assistant to Abbas Mastan in Mumbai, after that he came to Kolkata for his debut film Agnishapath in 2004. After few years he shot to fame and commercial success with films like I Love You, Premer Kahini, Mon Mane Na, Challenge etc With the emergence of the new wave in contemporary Bengali cinema, Dev founded his company Dev Entertainment Ventures Pvt Ltd to showcase new concepts and talents not from the same mold of the past. Since then all the films produced under his banner have gone on to be both critical as well commercial success and were termed pathbreaking in the Bengali film fraternity.

Offices

In India, Dev Entertainment Ventures has two different offices in Kolkata, Register office and Distribution office.

Films produced by Dev Entertainment Ventures

-   _Chaamp_
-   _Cockpit_
-   _Kabir_
-   _Hoichoi Unlimited_
-   _Password_
-   _Tonic_
-   _Habu Chandra Raja Gabu Chandra Mantri_
-   _Kishmish_

Films distributed by Dev Entertainment Ventures

-   _Cockpit_
-   _Kabir_
-   _Hoichoi Unlimited_
-   _Classroom_
-   _Dwikhondito_
-   _Password_

title: Dev Entertainment Ventures

question: When was Dev Entertainment Ventures Pvt. Ltd. established?

answer: 2017.

question: How did Dev's career start?

answer: Dev first worked as an assistant to Abbas Mastan in Mumbai.

question: Which was Dve's debut film?

answer: Agnishapath in 2004.

question: Where is Dev Entertainment's office?

answer: Dev Entertainment has two different offices in Kolkata.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer:
Dev Entertainment Ventures Pvt. Ltd. is a Kolkata-based movie production and distribution company. Established by Deepak Adhikari and Gurupada Adhikari in 2017, the production house's movies have gone to be both critically and commercially successful.

Deepak, better known as Dev, started his career as an assistant to Abbas Mastan in Mumbai and later came to Kolkata for his debut film Agnishapath in 2004.

A few of the films produced by the house are - Chaamp, Cockpit, Kabir, and Tonic.


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Two special elections (known elsewhere as “by-elections”) for Manila's 1st (North) district's seat in the Philippine Assembly were held on 1908. Justo Lukban won the second election, after Dominador Gómez, winner of the 1907 general election, was expelled from office, then won the first special election, finally only to resign his rights as member of the assembly.

These special elections were the first of its kind in the Philippines.

Background

The Nacionalista Party was brought about by the merger of the Union Nacionalista, which chose an evolutionary position on Philippine independence, and the Independistas, led by Alberto Barretto and Justo Lukban, which advocated immediate independence. The two organizations merged on March 2, 1907, to oppose the Progresista Party, which opposed independence, after withdrawing their platform of Philippine U.S. statehood.[1]

Fernando Guerrero, who was earlier elected as counselors of the Nacionalistas along with Sergio Osmeña, and Lukban, were dropped from the ballot in favor of Dominador Gómez and Felipe del Mar. Guerrero and Lukban then set up Liga Nacional Independecia to oppose the Nacionalistas.[2]

The 1st Philippine Legislature convened for the first time on October 16, 1907, after elections earlier that year. Osmeña was elected Speaker. Osmeña had then successfully prevented Gómez from taking his seat, questioning his citizenship, until he was elected speaker.[3]

First election

By February 1908, Osmeña and his adjutant, Manuel L. Quezon, saw Gómez as their primary opponent for control of the legislature. Osmeña has most of the Nacionalistas behind him, while Gómez was counting on the support of the dissatisfied Nacionalistas and members of the Progresistas.[4] In February, Gómez denounced the moves to unseat him in a speech before the assembly. Those who wanted to unseat Gómez planned to replace him with Lukban, who was the defeated candidate in the 1907 election.[5] A day after his speech, the assembly moved to vacate Gómez's seat, 40–35.[6] A week later, Gómez, in a letter to the assembly, said that he would no longer contest his removal, paving way for a special election. This also made the motions for reconsideration, and for an investigation to an extra “mysterious vote” for Gómez's removal, be moot and academic.[7]

Gómez expressed his intention to run in the special election in March. Lukban also expressed his intention to run, seeing a rematch of the 1907 election.[8]

Results

The March 30 election saw Gómez successfully defending his seat. His victory was celebrated at the Rizal Theater later that night, and rumors of him actually reclaiming his seat at the Ayuntamiento de Manila led to the Manila Police District securing the premises but Gómez did not show up.[9]

By June, Osmeña read a letter by Gómez to the assembly of the latter resigning his rights as duly elected representative of Manila's first district. This means that the contested seat is again vacant.[10]

Second election

The Nacionalistas have nominated José Turiano Santiago for the vacant seat on July 6.[11] Meanwhile, Lukban contested the seat anew; Gómez, for his part, is contesting a seat at the newly provided Municipal Board of Manila. A clash between their supporters occurred at Calle Azcarraga at the eve of the election on August 11. Lukban's supporters, being led by Lope K. Santos, were first harassed by Gómez supporters, which later led to a full-blown riot. After the fight was dispersed, the Gómez supporters had a meeting at Calle Acuña, guarded by the police.[12]

Results

While Lukban won the assembly seat, Gómez lost the municipal board election to Ramon Diokno. Commissioner Rafael Palma, who was surprised of Gómez's defeat, attributed it to Gómez's attacks against Osmeňa, which reduced his popularity with the masses. A _Manila Times_ editorial emphasized the victories of the Liga Popular Nacional against the regular Nacionalista Party; the latter was seen as being dominated by aristocrats, who are mostly mestizos. The election results were announced at the junction of the Puente de España and Escolta Street, at a screen set up in front of the La Extremeña Building.[13]

Later that year, Diokno renounced his claims from the seat amidst the electoral protest filed by Gómez. Gómez later reclaimed his old assembly seat in 1909, when he won on a successful electoral protest against Lukban.[14] Lukban later on became Mayor of Manila.

Notes

[1] Cullinane (1989), p. 292

[2] Cullinane (1989), p. 305

[3] Cullinane (1989), p. 318

[4] Ingles (2008), p. 34

[5] Ingles (2008), p. 36

[6] Ingles (2008), p. 37

[7] Ingles (2008), pp. 44–45

[8] Ingles (2008), p. 72

[9]

[10] Ingles (2008), p. 157

[11]

[12] Ingles (2008), p. 207

[13]

[14] Ingles (2008), p. 280

title: 1908 Manila's 1st assembly district special elections

question: When were the by-elections held?

answer: The by-elections were held in 1908.

question: Which organizations merged to oppose the Progresista Party?

answer: The Union Nacionalista and the Independistas merged to form The Nacionalista Party.

question: Who won the first election?

answer: Gomez won the first election.

question: Who won the second election?

answer: Lukban won the seat.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer:
The by-elections for Manila's 1st district's seat in the Philippine Assembly were held in 1908.

The Nacionalistas chose Dominador Gomez after dropping Lukban from the ballot. Lukban set up Liga Nacional Independecia to oppose the Nacionalistas.

The 1st Philippine Legislature convened for the first time on October 16, 1907. Gomez won the election but was expelled from office, he then won the first special election only to resign his rights in the assembly. Lukban had won the second election.


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VR ready PCs are expensive, and can only really power one headset at a time, making them a tough sell for many. But what if one PC could run not one but four VR headsets?

As impossible as that sounds, Nvidia is showcasing such a device at the GPU Technology Conference this week. The company is exhibiting a box that houses four of its Quadro P6000 GPUs which is linked to four HTC Vive Business Edition headsets. Each Quadro is also running a virtual machine on a server, allowing each VR users to act independently. Tracked with the same lighthouse stations, everyone wearing a headset can move around in the same space, creating multi-user local VR experiences.

In a blog post, Nvidia explained that its box had been optimized to minimize space, power and cooling, making the system portable and easy to deploy. Obviously multi-user VR comes with its own set of issues, like making sure users don’t trip over each other’s wires. Perhaps other technologies such as TPCast’s wireless adapter for the VR headset could be beneficial here.

It’s on display at GTC with a multi-user architecture, engineering and construction experience from MonsterVR, while Cavrnus will show it with a design, engineering, training and education app. NVIDIA’s Kaye and Fred Devoir are also delivering a talk on how they developed the system at 10:30am PT today.

Obviously such a behemoth wouldn’t be viable for the consumer market for years, but this could be a great way to get VR into more offices and educational facilities in the near future. Nvidia’s itself suggested the kit could first go to amusement parks and arcades as well as be applied to military and manufacturing industries. To that end, the company is allowing others to apply for a design guide so that they can build their own systems, though not just anyone can get their hands on it.

question: Why is Nvidia's new PC (which can host four VR headsets) not ready for the consumer market?

answer: Because it would be too expensive for an average consumer to purchase.


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Hi Fifflaren, you made a name for yourself early on thanks to the various teams you played for including Adastra, Volt Gaming, Dignitas or Check Six. You also participated to the CGS with Berlin Allianz. After all those years, what keeps you motivated?

Hi! Well it’s hard to say really, I was really de-motivated during 2010-2011 due to the Swedish scene, we really did not have that many great players to choose from which was sad, because I’ve always wanted the Swedish scene to be strong internationally so I was on the edge of quitting until CS:GO came out and the 1.6 players decided to go over, that actually gave me the drive to play and compete again, and also to know that my teammates are also very motivated to succeed helps a lot. No one of us wants to have a poor event or a poor performance, so it’s always easier to have 4 other individuals pumping you up, so I owe a lot to them for the motivation I have today.

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Since NiP was reborn, you have been playing with guys who won virtually everything on 1.6. Who's got more to teach? What tips did you give and what tips did you receive?

Well when we first started CS:GO the 1.6ers needed a lot of assistance in regards to the Source engine and how it works in general. I think this was one of the main reasons why they brought me in as the in-game leader, if you just look a our first event together (IOS Stockholm) You can really tell that we we’re not that great, and obviously it takes time to adapt to a new game with new physics involved, so I think that the 1.6 players that we do have learned a lot from both me and also friberg in the beginning, as for what tips I got from the 1.6ers is obviously a variation on how to play the economy a little bit better as well as how to control certain situations, in Source it was always a little bit easier just to hold in your mouse 1 button and hope for the best, even at the peak of my career I still find myself learning new things every day and how people think. I think that the 1.6ers have a more hands on thinking style, where as to Source we have a more planned out style on what to do on rounds, where to throw those smokes and flashes, I think that’s why our team is so good at the moment, because we are really mixing these things up and it’s really paying off!

In August of 2012, your teammates and you decided to switch on CS:GO, with Heaton as a manager. You made your come back under the legendary name Ninjas In Pyjamas. What compelled you to play CS:GO, and what do you think of the game today ?

Well to be honest, the first time i tried CS:GO I wanted to throw my keyboard out the window, but it’s been improved a lot since then. I think the main reason for me to switch over so early was because of the offer I received, due to my lack of motivation at the end of Source, I felt that I needed a change if I wanted to keep playing competitively.

As for what I think oft he game today, well I feel that they have improved it a lot. I’ve had the pleasure of meeting the CS:GO devs twice already to give feedback and also to get information on how their mindset is to the game. There are still some minor things that needs to be fixed, but I really do enjoy this game and it’s fun to play! Which is something that’s really crucial for me, if I didn't enjoy playing then I probably would have thrown in my towel already.

So I really want to give a big thanks to valve for really trying to make the game big, something that they failed to do for Source!

Since DreamHack Valencia, you won all the events you attended to. Each time you played against VeryGames in grand final. What do you think of this team ? What do you think they lack to be able to beat you ?

I really respect VeryGames as a team and organisation, they are a great bunch of people and they are worthy opponents for us, they were a power house in Source for the last few years of Source, being pretty much unbeatable at every single event they attended. I think that they were that one team who was always motivated to come back with a win and they put the time down to make sure that it happened. Which is something that pretty much everyone else was lacking, that drive and passion to be the best.

As for for them not being able to beat us, I think that it’s hard to play us in general, since our style of play is something that most people are probably not used to, it gets quite hard to counter us and to read what we might be doing, and of course don’t forget that we have 3 of the worlds best 1.6 players who’s been known for their insane rifle aim as well as friberg who was undoubetly one of the best source aimers at the end, he didn't get enough credit in Source, but it’s really not that easy to be in a team that expects him to drop 30 every game and if that doesn't happen they lose and suddenly he’s a poor player.. doesn't make that much sense!

Like NBK told me after the DHW finals, he said that he felt like CKRAS in Source, they also came second a bunch of times behind VeryGames and I think it gets harder to play against a team that you constantly lose to, like a mental block. But I really do feel that they are also improving every single time we play them and I think that they just need to have patience and to keep playing, they have 5 great players and I think that they are adapting to CS:GO well, I do however feel that they are worrying too much about us and not taking into consideration of other teams, which might hurt them in the end.

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A lot of 1.6 players, such as ESC, Fnatic or Na'Vi are switching on CS:GO. Mixing 1.6 and CSS players seems to work for you. Do you think this is what made you reach this level today ?

I think that it gave us an edge in the beginning, since we were able to teach each other a lot of things, and fort he teams switching over: I don’t think it’s NEEDED to mix 1.6 and Source players, but it does help a lot. Will most likely just take a little bit of extra time if you chose not to, but it’s the same thing here, as long as the teams have patience and are motivated to improve and to go in with the mindset that this is not 1.6 or CS:Source anymore, this is a new game and you need to keep that mindset, otherwise you will just end up being disappointed and will probably lose some of motivation you had before in 1.6 or Source.

Your will go to Northcon the 15th of December, which would be a nice way to end 2012. There are rumours that you will go to Northcon withou GeT_RiGhT, is it true ?

We are indeed going to Northcon, that will be the last event for team NiP this year, there’s a lot of teams attending so it’s going to be a great event to end 2012 with.

As for us going to NorthCon without GeT_RiGhT, that is not true. He will indeed be attending the event with us, so we will have the same 5 as the other events we’ve attended. He will however have a break after the event to prepare and undergo his Surgery, which we all know will go well!

All of you are experienced players, with good individuality's; how do you train personally ? How much do you train as a team ?

I think it varies from player to player how much we practice outside of regular practice hours with the team so I can only speak about myself, but I try to practice individually as much as time allows me to, which is normally around 1-2 hours per day, I usually try to death match, since I’m AWPing for the team now, which is not something I‘m accustomed to, so death matching to get my zoom_sens in order and to sort out my reflexes a little bit is what I do on my spare time.

As for team practice, we practice Sunday – Thursday every week, especially now since there’s been a lot of events recently, and we normally start at around 18:00 CET and finish at 23:00-24:00 CET, so as you can see, we play quite a lot!

Year 2013 looks promising for the cs:go scene, as all the teams are now familiar with the game and gained in experience. What teams do you think will do well ?

I really think that ESC, Na’Vi, fnatic and VeryGames will do well, if mousesports keep playing I also see them as a threat, it really just comes down to which teams keep practicing, but I think that any one of these teams will do do good during 2013.

You won 4 international LANs this year, and you seem motivated to win more events in 2013 : which events will you attend next year ? What are the plans for the team and the structure ?

Well the only thing we got planned for 2013 is ESEA if we qualify. I believe that the LAN playoffs will be in March, so that is definately something that we want to attend. As for other events, we will just have to see what comes up and if we have the time to attend it. But hopefully there will be some nice big events coming up. Then you will for sure see us there!

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We have two last questions for you : the technical one and the bonus one. 1.6 players often use to crouch when they are moving. Your players, both from 1.6 and from css do this, why ? What is the real utility of this technique ?

Haha, well we used it a lot before Valve decided to Nerf it. We felt that it gave us an edge coming into a duel to spam the crouch a little bit extra to get the model moving, but after the update we can’t really do that anymore, so now we tend not to use the crouch that often, obviously it does happen on occasion that you end up holding down crouch and mouse 1 and hope for the best

BONUS QUESTION FOR OUR FRENCH READERS WHO FOLLOW THE CS SCENE SINCE THE BEGINNING : DOES HEATON PLAYS CS:GO FROM TIME TO TIME ? IF SO, DOES HE STILL HAVE WHAT IT TAKES ?

Haha! Well HeatoN did actually step-in for us for a week when xizt was away, he actually plays a lot of matchmaking and pub games, but he can still shoot some heads for sure!

Thank you for your time, good luck for Northcon and if you have anything to add this is time for it !

Thanks for the interview! I just like to give a big shout out to NiP-Gaming and the management. Without the work that these 3 guys put in, we would not be able to attend all of these events and focus on our game. I also like to thank our sponsors, BenQ, Telia, CDON, SteelSeries, CKRAS & Orcbite.

Big shout out to our fans as well, we love you a lot! And also a big shout out to my girlfriend Anita, I love you and thanks for the support

question: Who is Fifflaren?

answer: Fifflaren is a Swedish professional gamer who has played on lots of different pro teams, but wanted more than anything for the Swedish scene to be strong internationally.

question: Why was Fifflaren brought on to the 1.6 team?

answer: Fifflaren was brought on as the in game leader to assist the team in regards to the Source engine.

question: Why did Fifflaren switch to CS:GO

answer: He says it was mainly because of the offer he received and a lack of motivation at the end of Source. He changed to keep playing competitively.

question: What does Fifflaren have to say about VeryGames?

answer: He thinks VeryGames is a strong team and organization with very strong competitive drive.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Fifflaren is a Swedish professional gamer who has played on lots of different pro teams, but wants Sweden to be competetive internationally. He was brought on the 1.6 team as an in-game leader to assist the team with the Source engine, but would eventually switch to CS:GO due to lack of motivation for Source and an appealing offer made to him as Ninjas in Pyjamas.


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Didn't get any feedback there, thought I'd try here.

**Father’s Time**

On this particular morning, Edward woke up feeling a little different. As his achy, still half-asleep muscles slowly loosened with each deliberate movement, a discomfort built inside him. It hurt him to stand up. It drained him to take a step. He didn’t feel like himself. When Edward made his way to his washroom mirror, he didn’t quite look like himself either. His once shiny, shaggy blonde hair now seemed dull and faded. His ocean blue eyes looked back at him, only now they resembled a sea of darkness and regret. His body felt fragile, his thoughts lacked understanding, and his heart seemed to wince with every beat.

A tear began to form in Edward’s eye.  *When did I get so old?* He thought. As the ice cold tear trickled down, journeying through the creases on his face, all Edward could do was stare blankly back at his own, sad reflection. Minutes passed. Edward had stared into his own dark eyes for too long, and he was now lost at sea. He tried to collect his thoughts, but each one eluded the next. He looked down at his pocket watch that lay open on the stone white counter.

AHA! Finally, something made sense to Edward. His grandfather had given him this particular timepiece some fifty years ago. Or wait… was it his father? It had to of been his father, right? Edward’s mind backtracked. All Edward could remember was the brilliance the pocket watch once exhibited. It was a shiny gold watch that had given him a false sense of pride. Only now, the watch was dim and scuffed. The second hand on the faded gold watch ticked up, but it quickly retreated. It ticked again, and again fell down. More seconds passed, but according to the timepiece, time did not move. Edward closed the golden timepiece.

Suddenly, a bright ray of sunshine cleared the horizon and before Edward knew it, the golden sun was high in the sky. The brightness was as brilliant as ever. Edward was young again and no longer lost. His heart was warm, and his thoughts were coherent. Diana was back in his arms; his son Tommy was swinging high into that sun filled sky. A new tear made its own journey across Edward’s face, traveling its own path, falling ever so slowly onto the gold pocket watch below. Edward wiped the warm drop of ocean water from the timepiece, and opened it back up. The second hand ticked no longer.

title: Father's Time [418] (x-post r/shortstoriescritique)

question: If Edward woke up feeling different, how does he usually feel?

answer: He probably isn't usually in pain or confused like this morning.

question: What makes Edward say "AHA"?

answer: He sees his pocket watch given to him by a family member, and something clicks in his mind.

question: What is Edward's relationship with his grandfather?

answer: That information isn't included in the text.

question: What is this story's main conflict?

answer: Edward wakes up not feeling like himself, seemingly older and more fragile than he remembered.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Edward wakes up feeling different than usual one morning. He is in pain, drained, confused, and his appearance is more haggard. When he looks at his pocket watch, which had once been shiny and gold, he sees that it is dim and scuffed. Despite time passing, the watch shows that no time is moving at all. Suddenly, Edward is young again surrounded by some of those he loved, and it's assumed he has made it to heaven.


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__NOTOC__ ADRIENNE ELIZABETH MCNEIL HERNDON was an actress, professor, and activist in Atlanta, Georgia. While admittedly an African American to friends and colleagues, she performed with the stage name Anne Du Bignon. She was one of the first African American faculty at Atlanta University, where she met W. E. B. Du Bois and subsequently worked with him. Herndon and Alonzo Herndon were an influential couple.[1]

Biography

Adrienne Elizabeth McNeil was born on July 22, 1869, in Savannah, Georgia.[2] She is described by historian Rebecca Burns as “short and lithe with a lively manner and sophisticated bearing” “[w]ith her creamy skin, wavy brown hair, and dark eyes, Adrienne moved easily [...] and kept her racial background a secret”.[3] She was about five feet tall.[4]

McNeil was an 1890 graduate of Atlanta University's Normal Department, and attended the Boston School of Dramatic Arts (1902-3)[5] and New York City's American Academy of Dramatic Arts.[6] For her final project she performed _Anthony and Cleopatra_ under the stage name Anne Du Bignon, claiming she was French-Creole.[7][8]

At Atlanta University Herndon became “the first director of dramatics and teacher of elocution” from 1895, until her death in 1910.[9] She was one of the first two African American faculty at Atlanta University (the other was George Towns), two years prior to Du Bois.[10] There she organised fundraising and an annual Shakespeare play for the senior class.[11][12]

In January 1904, Herndon made her debut with a solo-performed at Steinert Hall in Boston again using the name Anne Du Bignon.[13] She also sang at recitals.[14]

[Herndon c. 1910]

Herndon supported black suffrage. Du Bois and Adrienne Herndon were colleagues at Atlanta university.[15] In October 1904, Alonzo signed the Ontario Conference led by Du Bois.[16] Adrienne Herndon, in 1905, hosted the “Niagara Movement” organized by Du Bois.[17] She participated in Du Bois's Wheat Street Baptist Church demonstration on November 30, 1905, for the “southern movement” by joining him on the platform.[18] During the Atlanta Riots two of Alonzo's employees were attacked and killed.[19] The Tuesday morning after the rioting, Herndon [20] along with Reverend Henry H. Proctor met with the city mayor and chief of police to discuss safety for victims and justice for the rioters.[21]

Adrienne McNeil married Alonzo Herndon[22] in 1894.[23] Before she agreed to marry him, he had to promise to support her theater career.[24] In 1897 Adrienne and Alonzo Herndon had a son, Norris Bumstead Herndon.[25]

[Herndon Home, designed by Adrienne, in Atlanta, Georgia] The Herndon Home, she designed without plans but worked closely with a team of black craftsmen.[26] Unfortunately Adrienne died of Addison's disease just when the home that she had designed to be their “first real home” was nearing completion, on April 6, 1910.[27][28][29]

Norris Herndon, a 1919 graduate of Atlanta University, developed his father's insurance company from $1 million to $54 million in assets.[30][31] In 1947 Norris Herndon established the Herndon Foundation which maintains the Herndon Home.[32] He transformed the house into a museum in 1973.[33] It was declared a U.S. National Historic Landmark in 2000.[34]

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Further reading

-   -   Clarence Albert Bacote, _The story of Atlanta University: a century of service, 1865-1965_, Atlanta University, 1969.
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title: Adrienne McNeil Herndon

question: What does the text say about Herndon's appearance?

answer: Herndon is described as being short at about five feet tall. She had creamy skin, wavy brown hair, dark eyes, and was able to keep that she was African American a secret. She was lithe and had a lively and sophisticated manner, moving easily.

question: Summarize everything relating to Herndon and Du Bois.

answer: Herndon and W.E.B Du Bois met at Atlanta University and began working with each other two years after she began working there. Herndon supported black suffrage. Herndon's husband Alonzo signed the Ontario Conference led by Du Bois, and Herndon hosted the "Niagara Movement", which was organized by Du Bois in 1905. That same year she also joined Du Bois on the platform at his Wheat Street Baptist Church demonstration for the "southern movement".

question: What does the text say about education?

answer: Herndon was an 1890 graduate of Atlanta University's Normal Department, and attended the Boston School of Dramatic Arts and New York City's American Academy of Dramatic Arts. At the American Academy of Dramatic Arts she performed Anthony and Cleopatra as her final project. She was one of the first African American faculty at Atlanta University and was the first director of dramatics and teacher of elocution from 1895 until 1910. She met and worked with W.E.B Du Bois there. Her son Norris was a 1919 graduate of Atlanta University.

question: What does the text say about Alonzo's death?


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A diesel engine rumbles outside. The indistinguishable chitter-chatter of girls comes through the engine's roar. There's four, maybe five of them. I can't see them, it's nighttime. The blinds are only slightly open. I can only assume they're still wearing their knee length dresses from when they went out, clutching their purses as they stumble from the vehicle. They don't even thank the driver, but I wouldn't expect that. Even though they've only had two drinks, they're probably acting like they've had threefold. The voices have quieted down at this point, and the party bus has turned off the street as its groaning has joined in with the sounds of cicadas and the humming of refrigerator. A little more chatter in the distinct pitch of pompous underinformed sorority sisters fades as they enter their house for the night.

It's two a.m. Graduation is today.

An empty bag of Haribo Gold-Bears (the sugar kind, of course) lies next to a cup once filled and refilled with Sun Drop, that now only contains what must've been ice at one point. A closer inspection of the gummy bear bags reveals a net weight of fourteen ounces, along with a rip that curved a little too far and left an uncompromisable opening. Not that I believe this malfunction is the reason for the gluttony that is the consumption of nearly a pound of candy; I am just stating a physical fact.

It's two a.m. Graduation is today.

At this point, you may have realized that I have only described to you a setting of a scene, a backdrop. What is the in foreground, you may inquire. A laptop. MacBook, of course. I'm in college. Only for another day. Remember,

it's two a.m. Graduation is today.

I slump further and further into the loveseat, as my shorts start riding too far up my torso, but this discomfort is the least of my worries. The laptop feels hot against my exposed thighs, but repeated squirming will keep my legs from overheating. One of the buttons is missing from my colorful Caribbean shirt I purchased during spring break. The small gap leads the eye to an emerging dadbod-hairy with no well-defined features. The slow path towards this new body form starting just under four years ago.

It's two a.m. Graduation is today.

*This guy is a shit narrator.* If you are thinking this last sentence, number one, you are not wrong, and number two, you must be British for your use of a noun as an adjective. In fact, I'm not well-versed in composition, or really any other form of humanities besides a soon-to-be-confirmed minor in German. I'm not even sure if "soon-to-be-confirmed" is an accepted phrase. Fuck it, this is my story. I can type it in here if I want.

It's two a.m. Graduation is tomorrow.

In case I left you hanging in the last section by narrowing the field of my education, I'll tell you. It's physics. You may think to yourself, *myself, this guy is smart.* No, ma'am or sir, choosing to be a physics major is not smart. It's nonsensical. It's a stupid decision. If you decide to delve into the depths beyond return of physics, you will be awake at two a.m. the day of your graduation procrastinating a research paper. Do you know what poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) is? If you do, can you comment about it's structure in the solid state?

It's two a.m. Graduation is tomorrow.

title: [NF] Last night of college.

question: What does the story say about the narrator's college fraternity?

question: What does the story say about the narrator?

answer: The narrator is sitting on a loveseat in his room that is presumably on campus (a dorm, perhaps) because he was able to spy on the sorority girls coming home from a party. He is a Physics major, with a minor in German, and is visibly stressed out. It's 2 am, his Graduation day is today, and he stress ate nearly a pound of gummy bears just because. The narrator is still awake because he's procrastinating and has yet to finish his research paper. He can't seem to comment on the structure of Poly(3-hexylthiophene-2,5-diyl) in the solid state.

question: What does the narrator think of the sorority girls who live nearby?

answer: The narrator seems annoyed by the sorority girls. He heard them arrive and immediately noticed that they didn't thank the driver that took them home, as expected. The narrator surmised what the girls were wearing as they 'stumbled' out of the vehicle despite being sober. He thinks the girls only had two drinks, but are acting as if they've had way more. The narrator thinks they are pompous and underinformed.

question: What does the story say about the narrator's assessment of himself?

answer: The narrator says that he has an emerging dadbod - hairy, with no well-defined features, quite possibly due to consuming too much candy. The slow path towards this new body form started just under four years ago. He acknowledges that his narrating is shit as he isn't well versed in composition or any other form of humanities besides a minor in German. The narrator is a Physics major, but according to him, choosing to major in Physics is a stupid decision and nonsensical. A research paper on physics is keeping him awake on the most important day of his life: graduation day.


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TETLEY HILL is a summit in St. Francois County in the U.S. state of Missouri. It has an elevation of .[1] The hill is at the southeast end of a ridge between the St. Francis River to the east and Doe Run Creek to the west. Route H passes the north and east side of the hill and route AA crosses the ridge northwest of the peak. Farmington is about four miles to the north and Doe Run is about four miles to the northwest.[2]

Tetley Hill has the name of the original owner of the site.[3]

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[2] _Washita Mountain,_ 7.5 Minute Topographic Quadrangle, USGS, 1980

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title: Tetley Hill

question: Where is Tetley Hill?

answer: Tetley Hill is in St. Francois County in the U.S. state of Missouri.

question: What is the elevation of Tetley Hill?

answer: Not answered.

question: Who is Tetley Hill named after?

answer: Tetley Hill is named after the original owner of the land.

question: What are towns and landmarks around Tetley Hill?

answer: Route H passes the north and east side of the hill and route AA crosses the ridge northwest of the peak. Farmington is around four miles north and Doe Run is around four miles to the northwest.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article is about Tetley Hill, a summit in St. Francois County in the U.S. state of Missouri.


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“You better be happy or else!"

Those words ran through Charlie's head constantly. The worst part was that the words came from a girl at work. A cute one at that. The way she said it made Charlie wonder if she actually cared for his well being or that negativity was her pet peeve. It wasn't his fault he saw the world in different colours. Then again....

They both stood idley. Charlie was about to start his shift, and the girl was about to leave.

“I want to see you more happy man." She said again. Charlie nodded and smiled. He wasn't sure if he was blushing or not, but he hoped he wasn't. When the girl left to head home, Charlie had a moment to process what happened. He easily brought up memories of his ex because she too was obsessed with being positive. Just thinking about it made him sick to his stomach. Just thinking of her with another guy....

So he chucked that thought aside like a crumpled peice of paper entering a garbage can. “This is who I am." he said to himself. Sure he had his happy moments, but if he knew anything, it was that with his happy moments their was always room for despair. Always.

Charlie gazed at the girl as she left to  see her boyfriend at home. Then he looked at his arm which showed visible scars of self mutilation. “Who would want me anyways...." he said as he turned back into the store.

And he went to work.

title: Those Types of Girls

question: Who is the narrator?

answer: That information can't be found

question: Who are the main characters?

answer: Charlie and one of his coworkers

question: Where does the story take place?

answer: At Charlie's workplace

question: Why do the coworker's words stay with Charlie?

answer: It reminds him of his ex

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: At Charlie's workplace, one of his coworkers tells him to be happy more before she leaves. He remembers his ex, who also wanted him to be more positive, but casts the thought aside. He wonders who would want him anyways as he goes to work.


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_PYROPS SPINOLAE_[1] is a species of planthopper sometimes referred-to as the dark-horned lantern-fly (Vietnamese: _ve sầu đầu đen_). The species is named after Maximilian Spinola, the authority for the genus.

This bug is found from India to Indochina.

Subspecies

There are two subspecies:

-   _Pyrops spinolae condorinus_ (Lallemand, 1960)
-   _Pyrops spinolae spinolae_ (Westwood, 1842)

[1] FLOW: _Pyrops spinolae_ (Westwood, 1842) retrieved 12 April 2019

title: Pyrops spinolae

question: What is Pyrops spinolae?

answer: Pyrops spinolae is is a species of planthopper sometimes referred to as the dark-horned lanternfly.

question: Where is Pyrops spinolae found?

answer: Pyrops spinolae is found from India to Indochina.

question: What are the subspecies of Pyrops spinolae?

answer: The subspecies of Pyrops spinolae are Pyrops spinolae condorinus and Pyrops spinolae.

question: Who is Pyrops spinolae named after?

answer: Pyrops spinolae is named after Maximilian Spinola, the authority for the genus..

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Pyrops spinolae is is a species of planthopper sometimes referred to as the dark-horned lanternfly. It is found from India to Indochina. Its subspecies are Pyrops spinolae condorinus and Pyrops spinolae.