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PLAGIAULACIDA is a group of extinct multituberculate mammals. Multituberculates were among the most common mammals of the Mesozoic, “the age of the dinosaurs”. Plagiaulacids, an informal suborder, are the most basal of this order, and ranged from the Middle Jurassic Period to the Lower Cretaceous Period of the northern hemisphere.

Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001) divides “Plagiaulacida” into three informal lineages, the paulchoffatiids, the plagiaulicids, and the allodontids.

Allodontid line

The Allodontid line may be a superfamily, Allodontoidea.

Both allodontids and paulchoffatiids (below) were among the most basal of the plagiaulacids. The Allodontid line contains:

The family Allodontidae is known from two genera from the Upper Jurassic Morrison Formation of North America.

The family Zofiabaataridae contains a single genus, _Zofiabaatar_ and is also from the Morrison Formation. The affinities of a further Morrison Formation genus, _Glirodon_, are unclear, but it’s also within the Allodontid line.

Paulchoffatiid line

The Paulchoffatiid line may be a superfamily, Paulchoffatioidea.

Some remains from the Middle Jurassic of England might belong within this group. Representatives are best known from the Upper Jurassic, (especially from Guimarota, Portugal), though some were still extant during the Lower Cretaceous.

The genera of the family Paulchoffatiidae are divided into two of subfamilies, plus a couple of harder-to-place individuals:

-   Subfamily Paulchoffatiinae includes _Paulchoffatia_ and its relatives. This taxon contains nine genera.
-   Subfamily Kuehneodontinae consists solely of the genus _Kuehneodon_, though there are half-a-dozen named species.

Other genera include _Galveodon_ and _Sunnyodon_, both based on teeth from the Lower Cretaceous of Spain and England respectively.

Also referable to the paulchoffatiid line, but not the family itself, is the family Pinheirodontidae, which is known from Early Cretaceous teeth found in Iberia and England.

Plagiaulacid line (possibly Superfamily Plagiaulacoidea)

Family Plagiaulacidae is known from the Upper Jurassic (North America) to Lower Cretaceous (Europe), being represented by _Plagiaulax_, _Bolodon_, and _Morrisonodon_.

Family Albionbaataridae is known from the Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous of Europe and Asia, (China – undescribed, 2001). These were shrew-sized Multituberculates, with some similarities to the paulchoffis.

Members of the family Eobaataridae display dental similarities with members of _Paracimexomys_ group, (Cimolodonta). They are known from the Upper Jurassic to Lower Cretaceous of Europe and Asia.

_Sinobaatar_ was described after the study by Kielan-Jaworowska and Hurum (2001). The Mongolian word ‘baatar’ is frequently employed in the nomenclature of Multituberculates. This reflects the fact that many of the most complete fossils have been recovered from sites in Mongolia, though this more applies to members of the more derived Cimolodonta.

A couple of further genera possibly fit somewhere within “Plagiaulacida”. This has been tentatively proposed for _Janumys_ of the Middle Cretaceous. Its contemporary, _Ameribaatar_, is of uncertain affinities. Both were first described late in 2001.

Taxonomy

Subclass †ALLOTHERIA

-   Order †MULTITUBERCULATA :
    -   suborder †PLAGIAULACIDA
        -   Family †Paulchoffatiidae
            -   subfamily †Paulchoffatiinae
                -   Genus †Paulchoffatia
                    -   Species †_P. delgador_
                -   Genus †Pseudobolodon
                    -   Species †_P. oreas_
                    -   Species †_P. krebsi_
                -   Genus †Henkelodon
                    -   Species †_H. naias_
                -   Genus †Guimarotodon
                    -   Species †_G. leiriensis_
                -   Genus †Meketibolodon
                    -   Species †_M. robustus_
                -   Genus †Plesiochoffatia
                    -   Species †_P. thoas_
                    -   Species †_P. peparethos_
                    -   Species †_P. staphylos_
                -   Genus †Xenachoffatia
                    -   Species †_X. oinopion_
                -   Genus †Bathmochoffatia
                    -   Species †_B. hapax_
                -   Genus †Kielanodon
                    -   Species †_K. hopsoni_
                -   Genus †Meketichoffatia
                    -   Species †_M. krausei_
                -   Genus †Galveodon
                    -   Species †_G. nannothus_
                -   Genus †Sunnyodon
                    -   Species †_S. notleyi_
            -   Subfamily †Kuehneodontinae
                -   Genus †Kuehneodon
                    -   Species †_K. dietrichi_
                    -   Species †_K. barcasensis_
                    -   Species †_K. dryas_
                    -   Species †_K. guimarotensis_
                    -   Species †_K. hahni_
                    -   Species †_K. simpsoni_
                    -   Species †_K. uniradiculatus_
            -   Family †Pinheirodontidae
                -   Genus †Pinheirodon
                    -   Species †_P. pygmaeus_
                    -   Species †_P. vastus_
                -   Genus †_Bernardodon_
                    -   Species †_B. atlantica_
                -   Genus †_Gerhardodon_
                    -   Species †_G. purbeckensis_
                -   Genus †_Iberodon_
                    -   Species †_I. quadrituberculatus_
                -   Genus †_Lavocatia_
                    -   Species †_L. alfambrensis_
                -   Genus †_Ecprepaulax_
                    -   Species †_E. anomala_
            -   Family †Allodontidae
                -   Genus †_Ctenacodon_
                    -   Species †_C. serratus_
                    -   Species †_C. nanus_
                    -   Species †_C. laticeps_
                    -   Species †_C. scindens_
                -   Genus †_Psalodon_
                    -   Species †_P. potens_
                    -   Species †_P. fortis_
                    -   Species †_P. marshi_
            -   Family †Zofiabaataridae
                -   Genus †Zofiabaatar
                    -   Species †_Z. pulcher_
            -   Family Incertae sedis
                -   Genus †Glirodon
                -   Species †_G. grandis_
            -   Family †Plagiaulacidae
                -   Genus †Morrisonodon
                    -   Species †_M. brentbaatar_
                -   Genus †Plagiaulax
                    -   Species †_P. becklesii_
                -   Genus †Bolodon
                    -   Species †_B. crassidens_
                    -   Species †_B. falconeri_
                    -   Species †_B. minor_
                    -   Species †_B. osborni_
                    -   Species †_B. elongatus_
            -   Family †Eobaataridae
                -   Genus †Eobaatar
                    -   Species †_E. magnus_
                    -   Species †_E. minor_
                    -   Species †_E. hispanicus_
                    -   Species †_E. pajaronensis_
                -   Genus †_Loxaulax_
                    -   Species †_L. valdensis_
                -   Genus †_Monobaatar_
                    -   Species †_M. mimicus_
                -   Genus †Parendotherium
                    -   Species †_Parendotherium herreroi_
                -   Genus †_Sinobaatar_
                    -   Species †_Sinobaatar lingyuanensis_
                -   Genus †_Heishanobaatar_
                    -   Species †_H. triangulus_
                -   Genus †_Teutonodon_
                    -   Species †_Teutonodon langenbergensis_
            -   Family †Albionbaataridae
                -   Genus †_Albionbaatar_
                    -   Species †_A. denisae_
                -   Genus †_Proalbionbaatar_
                    -   Species †_P. plagiocyrtus_
                -   Genus †Kielanobaatar''
                    -   Species †_K. badaohaoensis_
            -   Family †Arginbaataridae
                -   Genus †_Arginbaatar_
                    -   Species †_Arginbaatar dmitrievae_

title: Plagiaulacida

question: Which continent where remains of the Paulchoffatiid line found?

answer: Europe

question: Which continents were remains of the Plagiaulacid line not found on?

answer: Africa, South America, Australia, and Antarctica.


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Aaron took the stairs two at a time up to his apartment. The leftover rain on his coat slowly dripped onto the carpeted hallways as he walked on, casually and relaxed. He breathed in deeply and smiled. Nothing like the smell of rain. It had to be one of his all-time favorite smells, along with mint leaves and sticky raspberry yogurt.

Was sticky a smell? Aaron entertained that thought long enough to admit that it was, well, a stupid thought. He was beginning to think that he was recently having one too many of those. Taking out his keys, he quietly unlocked the door, grasping the smooth metal handle carefully as he did. Trying to sneak in on Bruce was always impossible, but he always tried anyways.

He opened his door to find his roommate waiting for him. Aaron smiled, white teeth contrasting with his dark complexion. “You know, one of these times I’m gonna do it.”	Bruce, wearing his typical bored expression, simply shook his head and sat back down on the couch to resume his game. Aaron also shook his head, still grinning, as he walked into his room. Dropping his backpack with college books with a muffled thump, he plopped down on his soft bed. He could already feel the energy draining from his body. It had something to do with the bed, he figured. In another minute he would be too tired to get up for anything.

“Amanda came over,” Bruce called from the other room. “She was looking for you.”	Aaron shot straight up, suddenly full of energy again. Amanda with the great legs. Amanda the woman from 3B. Amanda, the reason he had almost taken up dancing. Amanda with the great legs.

The legs were worth mentioning twice.

“What did she say?” he asked, trying to sound uninterested. He failed miserably.

“If you are so excited, why don’t you ask her yourself?” the blond haired Caucasian answered, his attention never leaving the game.

“What makes you think I’m excited?”

Bruce looked up at him for a moment. “Maybe the fact that you practically teleported from your bed to the couch when I mentioned her name.”

Damn.

Aaron leaned back onto the couch and let out a sigh. “Is it that obvious?”

“Only to people with eyes.”

Aaron rolled his eyes. “So what did she want?” He asked once more, his curiosity beating out his pride.

“Something about wanting ‘to see the world’.”

“... And?”

Bruce looked at his friend once more. “You don’t actually think I was paying attention to her words, do you Aaron?”

"You're an ass."

"I know."

“Did you at least get your eyes off of her body long enough to know where she is right now?”

Bruce thought for a moment. “I believe she was heading back to her room. That would be the first place I would check for her.”	Aaron was almost out the door by the time his friend finished talking.

Taking the hallway down to the elevator, he pushed the arrow a few too many times. It was only after he was inside did he realize how he was acting.	“Man, get a hold of yourself,” he mumbled, his palm on his forehead, as he tried to regain some composure. “She just wants to talk, maybe she saw your game last week. Or needs help with the writing assignment.”  He paused for a moment. “Yeah, she doesn’t need your help.”

When the elevator doors opened, Aaron was once again calm and controlled, with the exception of his extremely wide eyes. The sunglasses could fix that.

He knocked on the door, then rested back on his heels, trying to look as comfortable as possible. Two seconds later, it opened.	She was wearing volleyball shorts. At this moment, Aaron was very thankful he was wearing the sunglasses. Her long, blond hair ran just to the middle of her back, and was complimented by her beautiful blue eyes. Her whole figure was, well, amazing; not a toothpick, but athletic, curvy. Even her nose was attractive, and her lips looked great, smiling and forming words...

Shit, she was saying something.

“... said that you were out.” she finished, still smiling at him in that cute way, her eyes twinkling. She had one hand resting on her hip as she leaned against the door frame, looking like a model. Aaron stopped himself before going into another embarrassing lapse of attention.

“Yeah, I just got back from class. So what’s up?” he asked. He was getting better at this.

“Actually, I was just wondering what Mr. Hassle gave in our class yesterday. I missed it ‘cause of a dentist appointment.”  Aaron looked at her for a moment, then leaned onto his heels once more.

“Yeah, I’ll bring it over after dinner if you want.”  Stay calm, stay calm.

“Thanks,” Amanda said, her smile returning even brighter. “I appreciate it.”

“Yeah, no problem. Oh, and what was that you mentioned about seeing the world, or something?”

Amanda stared at him for a moment, confusion written on her face. “I’m not sure what you’re talking about,” she answered slowly, still smiling.

He was gonna kill Bruce.

“You know what, don’t worry about it. I’ll see you after supper,” Aaron called as he turned toward the elevator once more. Finally, a study date with Amanda, sort of. This day just got about a million times better.

Now all he had to do was find a way to hid Bruce’s body, and the day would be perfect.

Roommates.

title: Roommates

question: What does the story say about the relationship between Aaron and Amanda, and why was Aaron so attracted to her?

answer: Aaron and Amanda were classmates who happened to reside in the same building. Aaron was visibly taken by Amanda, evidently from his almost taking dance lessons because of her. Amanda was an attractive blonde lady with blue eyes and great legs, which appeared to be her most noticeable feature.


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                              An Hour

The bird on the wall squawked once. It had flung itself into the stagnant air for a moment, pausing only long enough to cry its chord, then vanished into its nest once more. It fell silent. Everything was silent. The hallways were silent, no longer begging for the soft steps for which they had once longed. The door frame was cut and marked to varying degrees, with names and numbers scrawled in caring script. The kitchen was calm, the measured dripping of the faucet's tears had long since dried into apathy. The living room lacked its own eponymous nature, its couches and chairs tired and layered in heavy, gray lethargy. Out front, the pumps were dry and thirsty, pleading for a drink, a drink inevitably denied by the cracked dirt of the stone well. An old wooden bucket, moldy with maturity, lay still and silent, in mimicry of the world it knew. The house was empty.

 The silence broke all at once, and rain fell swiftly, sure and confident the land it softened would give no resistance. The land had long since been claimed by the rain and had resigned itself to its domain. As the rain descended, the sun melted away, unable to compete with the storm. A once great entity reduced to flaming rubble on the horizon, still emitting light, faintly, however unnecessary light happened to be.

It would have been hard to breathe, the trees had long since been uprooted or toppled. They no longer had the will to breathe life into the world, and the world too was too weary to sustain it. And thus the trees fell, and with them, the world held its breath.

The cracked dirt drank quickly, and cried, parched for more. The thirst was unquenchable, the more there was, the less it seemed. The rain stopped as suddenly as it had begun, and the Earth tried to cry, but the tears refused to flow. It feared the rain had forever ended, as it had once breathed in excess, now it craved the winds cool embrace. The sun shone again. This time brighter than before. Had someone cared to look, a wooden clock shaped like a house could be seen on the wall, preparing to sing the hour.

The dry ground had since decayed and warm methane breezes would often flow, dragging along streams of blood red dust, a parade for the emptiness. A window gave out, and the dust found the inside of the house becoming desert. And then the wind gave out and the dust settled permanently in it's new home. The last wind had come, and gone, and with it, had blown the last flame in the sky. The bird cried twice in darkness.

title: An Hour

question: Is it raining or is there a fire?

answer: Unclear.

question: Is the bird the clock?

answer: Seems to imply that.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: An empty house sits with a bird clock on the wall. The house is empty and there is a storm. The trees have all been uprooted or toppled so they no  longer had the ill to breathe life into the world. The clock in the house has been preparing for an hour as the dust settles permanently in the house the bird fries twice in the darkness.


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[U.S. Customs and Border Protection Form 6059B (arrival card)] [The Singapore embarkation card contains a warning to visitors about the death penalty. Warning signs are found at the Malaysia-Singapore border and all airports]

An ARRIVAL CARD, also known as an INCOMING PASSENGER CARD, LANDING CARD or DISEMBARKATION CARD, is a legal document used by immigration authorities of many countries to obtain information about incoming passenger not provided by the passenger's passport (such as health, criminal record, where they will be staying, purpose of the visit, etc.) and to provide a record of a person's entry into the country.[1][2][3][4] The card may also provide information on health and character requirements for non-citizens entering the country.[5] Some countries require an arrival card for each incoming passenger, while others require one card per family unit, and some only require an arrival card for non-citizens only.

Some countries, such as Singapore and Thailand, attach a departure card to the arrival card, which is retained in the alien's passport until their eventual departure. The arrival card can also be combined with a customs declaration, which some countries require incoming passengers to fill out separately.

Some countries, such as Malaysia,[6] do not require an arrival or departure card. The procedure of compiling information from immigration cards is no longer required by United States authorities following the introduction of the biometric recording system by the United States Customs and Border Protection.[7][8] There is minimal cross-border formality between a number of countries, most notably those in the passport-free travel area of Europe's Schengen Zone.[9] The US state of Hawaiʻi requires all visitors, even those on domestic flights, to fill out a card which is sent to the state's department of agriculture.[10]

The requirement to produce an arrival card is usually in addition to a requirement to produce a passport or other travel document, to obtain a visa, and sometimes complete a customs declaration.

Information on the card itself

The information requested varies by country. Typically the information requested on the arrival card includes:

-   Full name
-   Nationality
-   Date of birth
-   Passport number, place of issuance and expiration date
-   Flight number or name of aircraft, ship or vehicle
-   Purpose of trip: vacation, education/study, visiting relatives/families, business, diplomatic
-   Duration of stay
-   Destination (next stop of disembarkation)
-   Address in country
-   Information on items being bought into the country which may be of interest to customs and quarantine authorities

Travellers are generally required to sign, date, and declare the information is true, correct, and complete.

United Kingdom

Non-EEA citizens were formerly required to complete a landing card on entry to the United Kingdom. The traveller was required to present the completed form at the Border Force desk at the point of entry. The form was usually supplied by the airline, train or ferry company.[11]

In the UK, the landing card system was governed by the Immigration Act 1971, schedule 2 paragraph 5, which states;[12]

[13][14][15]

In August 2017, the UK Home Office announced that landing cards will be completely scrapped as part of digital border transformation and modernisation. It was expected this change would come into effect by the autumn.[16] Landing cards were abolished for all passengers effective 20 May 2019.[17]

Notably absent from the landing card was information on the purpose of the trip, destination, or any items brought into the country. Additional information requested from travellers was their occupation and the port of their last departure.[18][19][20]

[Border Force officers staff the UK border at London Heathrow Airport's Terminal 5, where landing cards were turned in]

[1] Passenger Cards. _Department of Immigration and Citizenship_. Australian Government.

[2] cbp.gov, What to Declare

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[4] NZIS431 - New Zealand Passenger Departure Card . _Statistics New Zealand_.

[5] NZIS431 - New Zealand Passenger Departure Card. _Statistics New Zealand_.

[6] Malaysia no longer require immigration cards

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[8] cbp.gov, US Citizens

[9] per Article 21 of the Schengen Borders Code (OJ L 105, 13 April 2006, p. 1).

[10]

[11] UK, gov.uk, Entering the UK

[12] International scholarship guide, 7 Things to do before your planes lands and once you alight at a UK International Airport

[13] Children & Immigration By Jeremy Rosenblatt, Ian Lewis, page 88

[14] Immigration Law Handbook, 2013, By Margaret Phelan, James Gillespie, page 50

[15] parliament.uk, Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill, 172.6

[16] Outdated landing cards to be withdrawn as part of digital border transformation

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[18] UK Landing Card, pic

[19] UK Landing Card, pic

[20] go2london.co.uk, Do you need a Visa to go to London?

title: Arrival card

question: What does the text say about the use of arrival cards in the United States?

answer: An arrival card provides in-depth information about an immigrant visiting or entering their country, which cannot be found in their passport. The information requested, which varies by country, includes the reason for visit, passport number, issuance and expiration date, address in the country, duration of stay, etc. However, the United States no longer require an arrival or departure card when entering or leaving the country because the United States Customs Border Protection introduced a biometrics system, which provides them with the necessary details.

question: What does the text say about the abolishment of landing cards in the UK?

answer: Initially, the UK required that all non-EEA citizens fill out a landing card, which typically contained details about the traveller on arrival into the UK. This form, supplied by the airline, train or ferry companies depending on which means of transport the traveller uses, was expected to be presented to the Border Force desk on arrival. However, in August 2017, the UK decided to go digital by announcing that they planned to abolish the landing cards since every traveller's details will be logged on a system. Following this, the cards were officially scrapped on the 20th of May 2019.


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''' Bembe ''' is a town and municipality in Uíge Province in Angola.[1] The municipality had a population of 32,955 in 2014.[2]

In the mid-19th century Bembe was a center of mining by the Portuguese colonial government and one of the points of contract with the rulers of the Kingdom of Kongo.[3]

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[3] 1878 article from nature mentioning Bembe

title: Bembe, Angola

question: Where is Bembe?

answer: Bembe is a twon and municipality in the Uige Province of Angola.

question: What is the population of Bembe?

answer: As of 2014, Bembe had a population of 32955.

question: How large is Bembe?

answer: Not answered.

question: What sorts of industry are in Bembe?

answer: Not answered.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Bembe is a town and municipality in the Uige Province in Angola. As of 2014, the population of Bembe was 32955.


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Dreams are weird. This morning I dreamt that I woke up and I got a text from you. You sent it to me around 2 in the morning, you missed me, you were sorry for how shit things are.

Texts are weird. It seems like every time I'm yearning to receive a friend's response I get a text from someone else. It's not necessarily a bad thing, because I'm usually interested in talking to most anyone I have saved in my phone. Does that make me amiable? Maybe genial? I've never thought of myself in either way. I think I'm usually just bored and looking for entertainment. Entertain me.

Anyway, first I got happy, then I got sad, then I got angry, then I got disinterested. Talk about rapid transitions. I always have had bipolar tendencies, I think I inherited them, but this sequence of emotions happened pretty fast.

Emotions are weird. I feel like no matter what order they come in at some point they achieve the same end result, apathy. I can't tell if it's some self-defense against a potential actualization of my fear of failure, or if I really just don't care. I think it might be the latter, I keep thinking about looking into it, but then I just stop caring.

Caring is weird. I just don't understand the point of becoming emotionally involved in something. Whether you're happy or you're sad, it doesn't really make a difference. You effect the changes you want to some situation, or you don't, or it's out of your hands and you can't do anything about it. What's the point of getting all riled up about it? Next time you get really happy, calm down, take a deep breath, and make yourself really sad. Then calm down, stop being upset, and convince yourself to be ecstatic. Your own emotions are one of the few things you have absolute control over, they're a toy to be fiddled with. When I first realized this I had a load of fun, I got excited about my newfound ability, then I got upset with how most people let their emotions control them, then I got angry, then I just stopped caring.

Anyway, after I got uninterested, I decided to ignore your text and move on with my day. I got up and got in the shower. The shower was fairly normal, I sat down and let the water assault my depression treasury until it all washed away. I sit down in the shower a lot. Is that weird? I think I'm usually just tired. After I got out of the shower, I was drying off. That's when I woke up.

I checked my phone first. I had a missed call and a text from people I didn't dream about. I had overslept, I started rushing to get ready for work. I crammed a donut in my mouth, threw on some clothes and was out the door. I got to work surprisingly fast, traffic was smoother than usual, but something seemed off when I got out and hurried my way inside. I scanned my fob at the door, the door unlocked. That's when I woke up.

I checked my phone first. I had a missed call from someone else. I had overslept, I ate a donut, this is getting repetitive. Life's getting repetitive. A lot of people are comforted by a sense of familiarity; I tend to think it's annoying. I should make a change instead of waiting for one to happen to me. I should do a lot of things. That's when I woke up.

title: Ramble On

question: What can you infer about the the way the narrator feels about emotions?

answer: The narrator finds emotions to be weird and you can state that the narrator feels uncomfortable around many different types of emotions.

question: How can you describe the narrator's mental state?

answer: The narrator's mental state can be described as sad and like a drone. The narrator goes through the same motions every day and it shows how they are living a repetitive life.


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HAN MEILIN (; born December 26, 1936 in Jinan, Shandong[1][2]) is a Chinese artist most recognized today for his creation of the Fuwa dolls for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.[3][4] Han is also known to have lived through hard times during the Cultural Revolution.[5]

Biography

In 1955 he was admitted to the Central Academy of arts and design (), now part of Tsinghua University. In 1960 he graduated.[6]

Han is also known to have been tortured in the past. In a 2008 interview, Han admitted his tendon was cut during the Cultural Revolution. His thumbs became useless until later repaired by doctors.[7]

Career

In 1979, he was elected to the China Artists Association (). He has also published influential work such as _Baoguo Sanwen_ (, _Bāoguò Sǎnwén_). In 1980, he was in the United States, holding art exhibitions in 21 cities including Boston and New York City. He was given the key to the city of San Diego as an honorary citizen and the city of Manhattan declared October 1, 1980 as Han Meilin Day. In 1983 six of his work were printed on Christmas cards issued by the United Nations. He also gave lectures at Harvard University.[8][9]

In 1986, he was selected as a delegate to the Sixth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).[10]

In 1989, he held three art exhibitions at the Crown Art Center in Taipei. From 1991 to 1994 he had solo art shows in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, followed by Malaysia, Hong Kong and India. He spoke at Yale University in 1999.[11]

He has also fought the sale of illegal art activities in Beijing, saying most of the paintings sold in auction fairs are not real.[12]

Throughout his career, he has published painting albums as _Meilin's Paintings_, _Art Works of Han Meilin_, _Mountain Flowers in Full Bloom_, _Still on the Earth_, _100-chicken Paintings_, _Painting Collection of Han Meilin_ and _Selection of Arts and Crafts Works of Han Meilin_. He was once the art designer of paper-cutting cartoons such as _Fox Capturing Hunter_, _Fox Sending Grapes_ and _Hide-and-seek_. He also designed the pig postal stamps for China in 1983, panda stamps for 1985 and the phoenix logo for Air China.[13]

He also designed the Five-Dragon Clock Tower sculpture for the 1996 Atlanta Summer Olympics. He also finished the Group Tiger for the city of Dalian in Liaoning Province, No.1 Bull for Jinan and Cock Crows to Herald the Break of Day for Zibo in Shandong Province, Sacred Bull for Shekou, a bronze bull with luminous pearl and the King of Western Chu (Xiang Yu) made of stainless steel for Shenzhen in Guangdong Province.[14] More recently, he designed the 2008 Olympics mascots, the Fuwa, and the symbols that represent each Olympic sport. However, he has since disowned the Fuwa and did not include them in his museum.[15]

In 2015, on October 15 at the UNESCO Headquarters, he was named the UNESCO Artist For Peace. “In recognition of his long-term commitment to promoting art and artistic education in China, his support to providing quality education to young people, notably through projects led by the Han Meilin Art Foundation, and his dedication to the ideals and aims of the Organization.” He has also announced plans to donate a 7-meter-tall bronze statue entitled Guardian of Peace, to UNESCO on the occasion of the Organization’s 70th anniversary.[16]

He was also involved in the design of the colossal statue of Guan Yu in Jingzhou, Hubei.[17]

[1] Hanban.edu. “Hanban.edu.” _Profile of the artist._ Retrieved on 2008-04-27.

[2] Xinhuanet. “Xinhuanet.” _韓美林作品選(圖)._ Retrieved on 2008-04-27.

[3]

[4] Chinadaily. “Chinadaily.” _Han Meilin, designer of the Fuwa._ Retrieved on 2008-04-27.

[5] ATV news interview with Han Meilin. 04-27-2008.

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[12] CCTV. “CCTV.” _Most Paintings Auctioned in Beijing Are Unreal._ Retrieved on 2008-04-27.

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[16] https://en.unesco.org/news/han-meilin-designated-unesco-artist-peace

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title: Han Meilin

question: What does the text say about Meilin in the 1980s?

answer: In 1980, Meilin was in the United States and held art exhibitions in 21 cities including Boston and New York City. He was given the key to the city of San Diego as an honorary citizen, and the city of Manhattan declared October 1, 1980 as Han Meilin Day. In 1983, six of his works were printed on Christmas cards issued by the United Nations. Around the same time, he also gave lectures at Harvard University. In 1986, he was selected as a delegate to the Sixth National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. In 1989, he held three art exhibitions at the Crown Art Center in Taipei. He also designed pig postal stamps for China in 1983, panda stamps for 1985, and the phoenix logo for Air China.


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She was beautiful. Roger had to give her that. Her glistening chocolate hair draped over the supple curve of her breasts, framing an innocent, oval face. What's more, Vanessa was one of the highest ranked ballerinas in the country, so her body was tight and effortlessly graceful. And she was intelligent, a top student, loved by all her teachers. And she was passionate, voraciously tearing into cryptic Latin texts and twisted Shakespeare plays. And she was polite; she never misplaced a word or spoke ill of another in their presence. And finally, even in the face of this borderline perfection, she still managed humility.

But that's why Roger couldn't stand her. As she strutted from plebeian to plebeian pretending to commiserate with their inconveniences and chuckling hollowly at their awful jokes, you could sense her sentiment of superiority almost oozing through her skin, growing with each inferior she encountered. She only wasted her time with this mediocrity to vindicate her own accomplishments. Vanessa's act of humility was just that: an act.

It was certainly subtle. You had to look past her actions and question her motives. Why did she blush with every compliment? Why did she offer to help cute boys study? Why, when told she was smart, did she lightly assert that she'd never scored an A on a math test? Surely these are the signs of a humble, virtuous individual? Not when they're to garner attention and satiate her edacious ego.

When it came to guys, she never spoke first. That would make her seem desperate. Instead, she was to be so damn irresistible that cute boys would have to call her pretty and smart and beg for a date. Then she could giggle girlishly, lavishly deny their claims, and, after unctuously telling them how much she appreciated the offer, say no. That way, she'd always be desirable (guys want what they can't have, right?)

And it worked. Vanessa had plenty of top-notch suitors, but she never kissed a guy, probably never even went on a date. As she informed her friends, none had been worthy of her. She did, however, feel like the hottest shit on the planet. Guys sent her flowers, chocolates, poems, and snapchats and she flitfully played along, milking every last drop of attention from these doomed souls. If the stream of gifts dammed, she became irritated. Her teeth grinding together, her fingers fretfully crumbling her notebook paper, she would obsessively ponder how anyone could possibly not be attracted to her. She would question her own personal value (what if I'm not worthy of *him*?) and, awed by this young stud's ability to resist her, fall in love for the first time. But as soon as her subsequent batted eyelashes, slight smiles, and light laughs rekindled his fire, she, confidently returned to her throne of superiority, would dismiss her fleeting feelings and return to stringing him along, creating a vicious, inescapable cycle for the male whilst bolstering the ego of the female.

So what is a victim of this supposed cycle to do? In Roger's case, he will be content to silently and mercilessly judge her. Blood will gush angrily through his cheeks, adrenaline will force him to fidget and sweat, and his eyes will track her relentlessly across the room, but he will not utter a word. After all, no one can prove your error if you hide it and demonizing Vanessa is easier than accepting personal failure.

title: Hot and Haughty - 579 words (Brand new writer, any feedback would be greatly appreciated)

question: What kind of emotion is Roger feeling towards Vanessa?

answer: A bit of jealousy is in play here.


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is a Japanese rugby union referee, who is an A class referee in the Japan Rugby Football Union.

Kubo, now a referee on the Top League refereeing panel, was a member of a 4-man officials panel for the 2012 IRB Junior World Rugby Trophy before he had even made his Top League debut.[1] Later that year, he made his League debut, refereeing Toyota Verblitz against NEC Green Rockets on 26 January 2013. That same year, he was promoted up to the IRB Junior World Championship from the trophy where refereed three games.[2]

International referee

On 17 December 2013 he made his international refereeing debut, taking charge of the first test between Hong Kong and Belgium.

In 2014, he appeared in the 2014 Asian Five Nations, which also doubled as 2015 Rugby World Cup qualification, where he managed two matches. In 2015, Kubo return to the World Rugby Under 20 Championship, which saw him manage three games,[3] including New Zealand v Argentina and the 7th place game, Scotland v Ireland. On 10 September 2015, Kubo became the first Japanese referee to officiate an ITM Cup match, refereeing Waikato's clash against Southland. The following week he took charge of Tasman's home game against North Harbour.

In 2016, he became the first Japanese referee to referee a Super Rugby match. He was in charge of the game between the Southern Kings and the Bulls.[4] That year he also refereed three World Rugby internationals, taking charge of Canada against Russia during the June international window, before finishing the year with his first Tier 2 v Tier 2 game (Romania v Canada) having previously only refereed matches that has featured Tier 3 nations.

[1] WOMAN MATCH OFFICIAL AT JWRT

[2] Match Officials Announced for IRB Junior World Championship 2013

[3] U20 Champs Begin in Italy

[4] Shuhei Kubo to become first Japanese referee in Super Rugby

title: Shuhei Kubo

question: Summarize all the information relating to Shuhei Kubo's international career.

answer: Shuhei Kubo made his international refereeing debut in December 2013 in the first test between Hong Kong and Belgium. In 2014 he refereed two matches in the Asian Five Nations competition. In 2015 he refereed three matches in the World Rugby Under 20 Championship, he also officiated at two ITM Cup matches. In 2016 he refereed a Super Rugby match, three World Rugby internationals and a match between tier 2 teams.

question: What other function does the Asian Five Nations serve?

answer: The 2014 Asian Five Nations doubled as the 2015 Rugby World Cup qualification.

question: Where is the ITM Cup held?

answer: The teams that took part in the ITM Cup match in this article are Waikato and Southland. It is a rugby competition that is probably held in Australia or New Zealand.

question: In what field does Shuhei Kubo work?

answer: He is an international rugby union referee.

question: How old was Shuhei Kubo when he refereed his first international match?

answer: The match took place in 2013, but Kubo's birth date is not given.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Shuhei Kubo is a Japanese rugby union referee that has been refereeing international matches since 2013.


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This story is unfinished and certainly unpolished. I'm just looking for feedback of any kind. Or, feedback on whether or not it's even worth pursuing.

Depot Town

Last night I went to a party in Depot Town with Steve. The whole event was promoted as a house show by the tenants, although clearly devoted to the their guests' thirst for Pabst Blue Ribbon and vigorous ego stroking. I changed my outfit about seven times before deciding on a pale pink dress and black cardigan. Within minutes of arriving, it was obvious that my little pink number didn't stand a chance. I was simply not punk enough to be here. Not even my tactfully applied black eyeshadow could fool this crowd into thinking I had an ounce of underground grit to me. But for the sake of this recount, let me set aside my own ego and admit that I was probably just invisible. This notion of not belonging was only exaggerated by the volume of forehead tattoos, ironic leather booty-shorts, and 40-something skinheads with gray chest hair popping out of Black Flag v-necks. It was at the very least entertaining to watch.

And so, I did as I always do when subjected to totally normal social functions. I drank three beers in quick succession and relished in my anonymity.

The first person I spoke to aside from Steve was a guy named Kristov. I had met Kristov a few weeks earlier at a bar called Sidetracks. I remembered only his name and our mutual recognition of each others' self-deprecating humor. Kristov wears a wool trench coat and a gaudy septum ring. His saving grace might be the lack of fedora. Kristov gave a breathy confession that he'd recently subscribed to a life of sobriety, and that parties like this were becoming a burden. I nodded my head and smiled, said nothing. I guess it just seemed like the type of topic that ought to be sustained by the initiator. But he must have sensed I was interested in his explanation. That, or he sensed I would engage him if he felt like explaining, regardless of my interest.

"I get angry. I get really fucking angry when I drink. I get angry because I'm sad, I'm so sad, all of the time. But the last time I got drunk, I threw a metal folding chair at someone's head. And then I punched him. I punched him until I watched two teeth pop out of his jaw. I didn't even know his name. I can't remember if he even did anything to upset me. When I woke up the next morning, I looked down at my knuckles and cried. I cried for hours. I felt like dying."

He had broken eye contact with me halfway through his monologue but my eyes were locked on his face. My heart was pounding like a junkie. These kinds of interactions with people had always been my raison d'etre. I wanted so badly to relate with this person. I wanted so badly to share with him the last time I felt like dying, and that I thought his exposition was beautiful in the same way I find abandoned buildings to be beautiful, and that I felt privileged to be the one who was listening to him in that moment.

But as I always do when subjected to totally normal social functions, I miraculously rematerialized into a fucking stone. I offered this person a sentiment so mundane I swear to god it died as it slid past my teeth.

"You made a mistake and then you made a change, based on how you felt about your mistake. That's good, that's growth".

I could feel us both wince at my reply. My fingers pinched the base of my wrist as yet another opportunity to authentically interact with another human being left as quickly as it came. We exchanged "Yeah"'s and returned to our posts. Mine being at Steve's side, his in the kitchen.

title: Depot Town

question: With whom did the narrator attend the party?

answer: Steve

question: What kind of a show was it?

answer: Punk

question: Why does Kristov say he's newly sober?

answer: He has severe anger issues.

question: Why did the narrator feel they had botched their chance at seeming cool to Kristov?

answer: The author offered a milquetoast explanation following Kristov's harrowing admission, and both of them winced and wordlessly resumed their prior posts.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator joins their friend Steve at a punk show, at which they feel woefully uncool. There, a guy named Kristov-who seems incredibly cool-divulges to the narrator the reasons he chose to get sober. Kristov explains that he has severe anger issues, and describes how he once injured someone badly with a fist to the face for reasons he can't even remember. The narrator, to the narrator's own chagrin, gives a meek response about making choices. Both Kristov and the narrator wince and wordlessly part ways.


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How had I never noticed how fresh the air here was? I took another deep breath, filling my lungs with crisp autumn. The voices of the tavern mixed pleasantly, a harmonious cacophony. Any other day so many people in my quiet seaside bar would greatly upset me, but this was a good day. I looked down at the stool next to me, where I’d sat my important package. Yes, today was the day I could feel it.

Other, more regular drinkers drained their lagers in flagons, but I was content with a simple pint. A nice frosty pint for me, thank you. The blonde serving the drinks had the most marvelous eyes, here blue or there green depending on which way they caught the light. Her hips were meant for children. She was an angel, even if she didn’t remember my name after a week straight of coming here. I saw her pleasant presence as a blessing, a sign that today was the day the seeds of my labors came to fruition.

I moved my hand to the next table and felt the brown paper wrapped around the package, the sculpted brass underneath, careful only to touch the edges, never disturbing the world I’d created within.

When my glass was near empty the lovely barmaid brought me another. A second time. A third time. A fourth. My head was swimming now, a pleasant buzz surrounded everything. Today was the day. One of the regular drinkers looked over to me and we locked eyes. I smiled. He raised his flagon. I raised my pint and we toasted silently. I’d like to think he wished me all the best in my endeavors. It made two of us.

I heard the door open and close and I looked up to see the most beautiful creature. She was from southern France, maybe Spain, judging by the dark tones of her skin. Her raven hair tumbled just to her shoulder blades and danced around her neck and back as she walked towards the bar. I wasn’t the only man in the room checking the placement of my jaw, I assure you.

But it was I, with the dumb smile on my face, who she came and sat down with. I won’t deny giving a smug look to the regular drinkers with their large flagons. Face to face she was almost too wonderful for words. She was brisk, plump, and jolly, and ever so slightly past her nineteenth birthday. She was open and honest to a complete stranger, a man she’d never even met. It was as if fate directed her to me, she said.

I was caught between wondering why such a beautiful girl would sit with me and amazement that she was speaking my language so fluently. She was a Spaniard, I noted from her accent.

Before I was even able to open my mouth to tell her my name (and I had to tell her more than once because she kept forgetting it), she was telling me of her grand plans. She had traveled this far alone after running away from her father. An alcoholic, prone to fits of anger, but he hadn’t always been that way. The death of her mother took a horrible toll on a previously gentle and loving family man, she’d said. She was going to continue north, keep seeing the world until she decided she was ready to settle down.

She didn’t know where or when or with whom, but she figured when the time was right, she’d be ready for anything.

“And how do you know the time is not now?” I asked her.

“Because I know.” She said, and she held my gaze for a long time.

“Then why are you here?”

“Because of all the men in this room, you are the only one with destiny about you.”

She could feel it too. The day itself was smiling on me, what could possibly go wrong?

“I’m glad to hear you say that,” I admitted to her. “Today I am delivering this important package.” I motioned to the seat next to me. “Once I have delivered this, my whole life will change. I will have fame and fortune and everything my heart desires.”

She smiled. I smiled. We smiled and laughed and drank. We toasted to destiny. And then she put her hand on my arm.

She sucked in air. Her eyes went white and wide and wild. When her pupils came back, she was breathing in ragged gasps, and her eyes darted around. She wouldn’t make eye contact with me.

“Are you okay?” I asked her, grabbing her lightly by the shoulders.

She shook me off violently and stood up. “You…what are you? What
darkness? What evil?” Tears were running down her cheeks. Her breaths came as sobs

“What in Hell are you talking about?” I demanded.

“Murderer!” She cried.

“I’ve never harmed anyone! Anything!”

“You will.” Her sobbing increased. The regular drinkers had first assumed I was harassing the poor girl, but they began to see the truth of her fit of insanity. “Oh God be good, you will.” And with that she ran out the door.

The room burst in to laughter. Everyone but me. I took a moment to collect my thoughts as I paid my tab and finished my last pint. I shook off the haunting feeling the young Spaniard had left me with. An anxiety. A pox on my perfect day. By sheer force of will I managed to convince myself to forget the whole thing. She was nothing more than a crazy girl. It might even have been her idea of a funny joke. Best not to dwell on such things.

Especially not on such an important day. I retrieved the package from the seat next to me. This thing was going to change my life. This was the one. No more failures. No more rejections. This was the best painting I’d ever done in my life.

It was mid-autumn in Vienna, eight years since the turn of the twentieth century, almost six months to the day ‘til my birthday. This was my day. Destiny awaited. And though I had spent my life thus far in obscurity, I knew that after today nothing would ever be the same.

No one would ever forget my name again.

title: The Important Package

question: Where were the main characters?

answer: In a seaside bar but no indication as to what country.

question: Were the main characters on holiday?

answer: Information not found.

question: What was the main's character destiny?

answer: The main character will deliver a package with the best painting he has ever done and this will change his life for the better.

question: Are they going to see each other again after the encounter at the bar?

answer: Is it implied that they won't.

question: Was she actually Spanish?

answer: Information not found.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: A man is sitting at a bar with a package next to him, containing the best painting he's ever made. A beautiful girl enters and goes straight to him. They start talking, she tells him everything about her plans and he tells her about delivering the package will change his life. At one point she touches him and goes into a trance, then starts accusing him of a murder that he will commit.


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_'_This Is Reggae Music: The Golden Era 1960-1975 _'_ is a reggae retrospective anthology issued as a 4-CD box set in 2001 by Trojan Records.[1][2][3] The anthology, which was compiled by Colin Escott and Bas Hartong, is arranged in chronological order and features tracks by various artists, starting with mento and ska from first half of the 1960s, then progressing to the slower rhythms of rocksteady and reggae, which emerged later the decade, continuing into the 1970s.[4] Several of the acts featured are Derrick Morgan, Desmond Decker& the Aces, Toots & the Maytals, Jimmy Cliff, and Bob Marley and the Wailers.[5][6][7]

Music

The first disc features ska and other precursors to reggae. Colin Escott's liner notes point out the influence of American R&B on Jamaican acts. The set begins with “Iron Bar”, a traditional by Lord Tanamo, reflecting reggae's early mento roots. Derrick Morgan follows with the Latin-influenced “Fat Man”. Millie Small's 1964 offbeat version of “My Boy Lollipop”, previously recorded by Barbie Gaye, was the first ska song to achieve international success.[8] Several of the songs, such as the Clarendonians's “Rude Boy Gone to Jail” and Desmond Decker & the Aces' “Rudie Got Soul” display a preoccupation with the “rude boy” culture of post-colonial Jamaica that was fashionable in the lyrics of much ska and early reggae. Several other numbers by Desmond Decker & the Aces are featured in the set, and the disc also includes “007 (Shanty Town)” (1967) and their worldwide 1968 hit “Israelites”, which heralded the transition from ska to reggae.

Disc 2 concentrates on (post-ska) rocksteady and reggae tracks recorded between 1968 and 1970, such as Toots & the Maytals' “Do the Reggay”, “Monkey Man” and “Pressure Drop”, as well Jimmy Cliff's “Wonderful World, Beautiful People” and "Many Rivers to Cross.[9] The Slickers' “Johnny Too Bad”, like several of the other tracks on this compilation were featured in the movie, _The Harder They Come_ starring Jimmy Cliff, and its soundtrack album.[10] Tony Tribe does a rendition of “Red Red Wine”, originally written and performed by (Neil Diamond), which later became a hit for UB40.

The third disc continues with more early examples of early reggae, stretching into the early 1970s. Freddie Notes & the Rudies sing a version of Bobby Loom's hit, “Montego Bay”. Also featured is Greyhound's version of “Black and White”, originally composed by David Arkin and Earl Robinson, which later supplied a major hit for Three Dog Night. Several pre-fame songs recorded Bob Marley and Peter Tosh with the Wailers are included on disc 3, which were produced by Lee "Scratch" Perry.[11] Tosh sings the lead vocal on “400 Years” and Marley on “Duppy Conqueror”, “Small Axe”, “African Herbsman”.[12]

The final disc in the set covers the period between 1972 and 1975, when reggae was beginning to reach a much wider audience. Other songs by Bob Marley and Peter Tosh recorded with the Wailers appear on this side, such as “Trenchtown Rock” and “Brand New Second Hand”. “I Can See Clearly Now” provided a worldwide hit for Johnny Nash in 1972. He also does a rendition of Bob Marley's “Stir It Up”, included here. Also featured is “Better Must Come” by Delroy Wilson and “The Time Has Come”, by Slim Smith.[13] The set ends with “Marcus Garvey”, a tribute to the black nationalist, by Burning Spear.

Track listing

Disc 1

1.  Lord Tanamo: “Iron Bar” _(traditional)_ 2:17
2.  Derrick Morgan: “Fat Man” _(Derrick Morgan)_ 2:21
3.  Stranger Cole: “Rough and Tough” _(Theodore Cole)_ 3:01
4.  Arthur Reid: “Music Is My Occupation” _(Don Drummond/Tommy McCook)_ 3:03
5.  Millie Small: “My Boy Lollipop” _(Morris Levy/J. Roberts/Robert Spencer)_ 2:01
6.  Eric "Monty" Morris: “Penny Reel-O” _(Eric “Monty” Morris/Arthur Reid)_ 2:30
7.  Roland Alphonso: “Phoenix City” _(Roland Alphonso)_ 3:01
8.  Bongo Man Byfield: “Bongo Man” 3:11
9.  The Clarendonians: “Rude Boy Gone a Jail” _(Peter Austin)_ 2:47
10. Desmond Dekker & the Aces: “Rudy Got Soul” _(Desmond Dacres/Leslie Kong)_ 2:49
11. Stranger & Patsy: “Down by the Trainline” _(Wilburn “Squiddley” Cole)_ 2:46
12. Alton Ellis & The Flames: “Cry Tough” _(Alton Elton Ellis)_ 2:16 Amazon
13. Desmond Dekker & the Aces: “007 (Shanty Town)” _(Desmond Dekker)_ 2:33
14. Hopeton Lewis: “Take It Easy” _(Hopeton Lewis)_ 2:54
15. Derrick Harriott: “The Loser” _(Derrick Harriott)_ 3:37
16. The Ethiopians: “Train to Skaville” _(Leonard Dillon)_ 2:51
17. The Jamaicans: “Ba Ba Boom” _(Arthur Reid/Norris Weir)_ 3:19
18. Keith & Tex: “Stop That Train” (Derrick Harriott/Keith Rowe) 3:16
19. Alton Ellis & The Flames: “Rock Steady” _(Alton Ellis)_ 2:39
20. The Paragons: “The Tide Is High” _(John Holt)_ 2:42
21. Ken Parker: “True, True, True” _(Arthur Reid)_ 2:13
22. Desmond Dekker: “Israelites” _(Desmond Dekker)_ 2:34
23. Toots & the Maytals: “54-46 That's My Number” _(Toots Hibbert)_ 3:23 Amazon
24. The Ethiopians: “Everything Crash” _(Leonard Dillon)_ 2:31

Disc 2

1.  Toots & the Maytals: “Do the Reggay” _(Toots Hibbert)_ 3:09
2.  Desmond Dekker & the Aces: “It Miek” _(Desmond Dacres/Leslie Kong)_ 2:33
3.  The Ethiopians: “Engine” _(Leonard Dillon)_ 2:38
4.  The Uniques featuring Slim Smith: “The Beatitude (Blessed Are the Meek)” _(Slim Smith/The Uniques)_ 3:11
5.  Lloyd Robinson: “Cuss Cuss” _(Harry Johnson)_ 2:33
6.  Lee "Scratch" Perry: “People Funny Boy” _(Rainford Hugh Perry)_ 2:36
7.  The Untouchables: “Tighten Up” _(Rainford Hugh Perry)_ 2:39
8.  The Upsetters: “Return of Django” _(Rainford Hugh Perry)_ 2:30
9.  Dave Barker & The Upsetters: “Shocks of Mighty” _(Rainford Hugh Perry)_ 2:47
10. Toots & the Maytals: “Monkey Man” _(Toots Hibbert)_ 3:45
11. The Pioneers: “Long Shot Kick de Bucket” _(Dawn Agard/Sydney Crooks/Earl Robinson)_ 2:42
12. The Tennors: “Ride Your Donkey” _(Norman Davis/Albert George Murphy)_ 2:03
13. Tony Tribe: “Red Red Wine” _(Neil Diamond)_ 2:55
14. Jimmy Cliff: “Wonderful World, Beautiful People” _(James Chambers)_ 3:10
15. Toots & the Maytals: “Pressure Drop” _(Toots Hibbert)_ 2:58
16. Gregory Isaacs: “Don't Let Me Suffer” _(Gregory Isaacs)_ 3:31
17. The Melodians: “Rivers of Babylon” ''(Tony Brevette/Brenton Dowe/Trevor McNaughton) 3:24
18. Harry J All & the Stars: “Liquidator” _(Harry Johnson)_ 2:53
19. The Slickers: “Johnny Too Bad” (Winston “Shadow” Bailey/Derric Crooks/Delroy Wilson) 3:11
20. Bob & Marcia: “Young, Gifted and Black” _(Weldon Irvine/Nina Simone)_ 3:15
21. Dave & Ansel Collins: “Double Barrel” _(Stephanie McKay/Winston Riley)_ 2:46
22. Jimmy Cliff: “Many Rivers to Cross” _(James Chambers)_ 2:40

Disc 3

1.  Desmond Dekker: “You Can Get It if You Really Want” _(James Chambers)_ 2:38
2.  Freddie Notes & The Rudies: “Montego Bay” _(Jeff Barry/Robert Bloom)_ 2:24
3.  Jimmy Cliff: “Come into My Life” (James Chambers) 2:54
4.  Andy Capp: “Pop a Top” ''(Lynford Anderson/Clancy Eccles) 2:18
5.  Niney the Observer: “Blood and Fire” (Winston “Niney” Holness) 3:06
6.  Peter Tosh and the Wailers: “400 Years” (Clement "Coxsone" Dodd/Winston McIntosh) 2:33
7.  [[Bob Marley|Bob Marley & the Wailers: “Duppy Conqueror]]” _(Bob Marley)_ 3:45
8.  Jimmy Cliff: “Vietnam” (James Chambers) 4:45
9.  The Kingstonians: “Singer Man” _(Derrick Harriott)_ 3:02
10. Ken Parker: “Groovin' Out on Life (Groovin' in Style)” _(Robert Guidry)_ 2:48
11. The Stingers: “Give Me Power” _(Rainford Hugh Perry)_ 3:17
12. Bob Marley & the Wailers: “Small Axe” _(Bob Marley)_ 3:55
13. Toots & the Maytals: “Pomps and Pride” _(Toots Hibbert)_ 4:33
14. Jimmy Cliff: “Bongo Man” _(James Chambers)_ 3:59
15. The Pioneers: “Let Your Yeah Be Yeah” _(James Chambers)_ 3:07
16. Johnny Nash: “Guava Jelly” _(Bob Marley)_ 3:16
17. Greyhound: “Black and White” _(David Arkin/Earl Robinson)_ 2:29
18. Horace Andy: “I Feel Good All Over” _(Otis Blackwell/Winfield Scott)_ 3:48
19. The Heptones: “Hypocrite” _(Barry Llewellyn/Earl Morgan/Leroy Sibbles)_ 3:04
20. John Holt: “Stick By Me (And I'll Stick By You)” _(John Holt)_ 3:14
21. Eric Donaldson: “Cherry Oh Baby” _(Eric Donaldson)_ 3:02
22. Bob Marley & the Wailers: “African Herbsman” _(Bob Marley)_ 2:24

Disc 4

1.  Delroy Wilson: “Better Must Come” _(Delroy Wilson)_ 2:44
2.  Bongo Herman & Eric "Bingy Bunny" Lamont: “Know Far I” _(Smith)_ 2:38
3.  Junior Byles: “A Place Called Africa” (Kerrie Byles/Rainford Hugh Perry) 2:41
4.  Bob Marley & the Wailers: “Trenchtown Rock” _(Bob Marley)_ 3:00
5.  The Righteous Flames: “One Love, One Heart” 2:47
6.  Johnny Nash" “I Can See Clearly Now” _(Johnny Nash)_ 2:45
7.  Zap Pow: “This Is Reggae Music” _(Jim Capaldi/D. Madden/M. Williams)_ 3:06
8.  Peter Tosh & The Wailers: “Brand New Second Hand” (Clement “Coxsone” Dodd) 3:13
9.  Bob Marley & the Wailers: “Lively Up Yourself” _(Bob Marley)_ 2:52
10. Johnny Nash: “Stir It Up” _(Bob Marley)_ 3:05
11. Dennis Brown: “Money in My Pocket” _(Dennis Brown/Joe Gibson)_ 2:32
12. Toots & the Maytals: “Funky Kingston” _(Toots Hibbert)_ 4:56
13. Slim Smith: “The Time Has Come” (Keith Smith) 4:24
14. Ken Boothe: “Everything I Own” _(David Gates)_ 3:45
15. Dennis Brown: “Westbound Train” _(Dennis Brown)_ 3:01
16. The Willows: “Cool Iron” 2:25
17. The Upsetters: “Justice to the People” _(Rainford Hugh Perry)_ 3:15
18. Big Youth: “S90 Skank” (Manley Buchanan/Keith Hudson) 2:51
19. I-Roy: “Black Man Time” _(Augustus Clarke)_3:40
20. Gregory Isaacs: “Bad Da” ''(Winston “Niney” Holness/Gregory Isaacs)' 3:11
21. Ras Michael & the Sons of Negus: “Run Come (Throw Away Your Stoney Heart)” 3:34
22. Burning Spear: “Marcus Garvey” _(Philip Fullwood/Winston Rodney)_ 3:27

Catalogue and release information

-   _This Is Reggae Music: The Golden Era 1960-1975_ (Trojan 06076-80470-2, 2004)

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question: How many discs are contained in the This Is Reggae Music box set?

answer: The set contains 4 CDs.

question: When was the This Is Reggae Music box set released?

answer: 2001

question: List three artists appearing on the box set.

answer: Toots & the Maytals, Bob Marley and the Wailers, and Derrick Morgan

question: What label released the box set?

answer: Trojan Records

question: What is the 14th track on Disc 3?

answer: Bongo Man by Jimmy Cliff

question: How many tracks does the box set include in total?

answer: 90

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This Is Reggae Music: The Golden Era 1960-1975 is a 2001 box set released by Trojan Records. The 4-CD set chronicles the evolution of the reggae genre from mento and ska to rocksteady and reggae.


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"All this bulls--t about the industry and politics and stuff like that, that's secondary to the importance of the connection [artists] have with our fans," JoJo tells _Billboard_ backstage before her May 4 show at New York City's Irving Plaza. "It's really amazing to be in these positions where I’m around the world, really deeply in America going to these different towns and cities."

Below, see an edited transcript of JoJo's discussion with _Billboard_ in which she shared her takeaways from being back out on the road and why it's the most gratifying experience she's had in years.

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THIS [TOUR] BRINGS ME A GRATIFICATION that I haven’t had in a long time, which is that shared experience of singing with the audience, these new songs that I’ve written and compiled that they’ve made a part of their lives. So it’s particularly special because I relate more to these songs, naturally, than I do to songs from when I was 12 years old. It’s great to move forward and I feel that momentum.

It’s the most meaningful tour for a variety of reasons. It’s 70 dates: I've never done a tour this extensive. To be able to have a majority of these dates sell out, even in towns that I’ve never been to before, and with not having a hit on the radio in years, just speaks to the passion that my supporters have shown me. I’m the most aware during this tour, so it’s meaningful because of the growth that I’ve gone through during it.

What’s particularly special with people who’ve been there with me from the beginning is that a lot of people have followed the journey. A lot of people haven’t -- they’re just like, “Oh, JoJo, she’s still alive. Cool, we’ll go to the show and hear ‘Leave (Get Out).’” I want to draw them in further with the show. But the ones who’ve been there since the beginning, we literally grew up together. They kept me going, knowing that I wasn’t alone in this fight, and gave me the courage to keep going. So it’s very meaningful, but it’s deeper. It feels like we’re holding hands.

The most emotional moment on this tour was definitely in Boston. The rest of my family was there, and there’s this lyric in my song “Music,” the first song on _Mad Love_, where I say, “Went on the road to make my daddy proud/ But I lost him and so I sang to the crowd/ My only hope is that he's looking down thinking/ ‘Oh my God, my daughter's doing it now,’” and I couldn’t even look at my family who was up to the left, because I knew that they were going to be crying, which was going to make me cry even more. But when I felt that the audience was there with me -- it’s just hard for me to not think of how much I miss my dad. I felt like they knew that, so I just lost it. I cannot cry on queue, crying is not part of my repertoire. But I wasn’t embarrassed, I felt comfortable, I felt like I was among friends and family.

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I knew coming into the tour that I wanted this to be the best show that I put on yet in my career. I didn’t do a lot of touring as a teenage artist because my mom wanted me to focus on school, so I felt like this was my opportunity to get in my 10,000 hours -- to start chipping away at that, and to become the performing live artist that I want to be and kind of develop myself in that way. I’m also practicing living in this moment and soaking it up, because it is such an interesting time for me and it feels really good.

Were my expectations met? I feel like I’ve learned a lot about balance and pacing, because with this schedule there’s a lot of, like, three nights in a row. And I’m doing an hour and fifteen [minutes] singing the entire show live, of course, and then there’s a meet-and-greet before the show with 50 people, and I do an acoustic song for them first. I realized how everything affects my voice -- I’ve learned to truly live for my voice on the road, and every decision I make is around that. So, like I said, it was just a lesson in balance and pacing and shutting the f--k up.

I’m never satisfied with myself, and I’m never impressed by myself. But I’m really thankful and thrilled about the audience’s reaction, what I’ve seen on social media, and how people have felt leaving my show. That’s what I want -- I want to leave an impression on you and I want you to feel good about yourself. And that’s what me and my band pray about before we go out on stage, is that people receive exactly what they wanted to receive, they leave feeling good about themselves, and that they experience what _Mad Love_ is about: passion and giving it your all.

I’m going to continue to chip away at myself and continue to expand in becoming the musician I want to be. I want to be a multi-instrumentalist, and I want to be able to feel proficient on the keys out there. But I’m not going to put myself in that position until I’m ready. So no, I still haven’t measured up to what I want to be, but I’m on my way.

_Additional reporting from Kristin Corpuz._

question: What is the subject of the article?

answer: JoJo's 70 date musical tour.

question: Why did JoJo cry on stage?

answer: Because she was singing about how much she missed her dad who passed away and her family was all there off stage; she felt comfortable with the crowd as if surrounded by friends and family.

question: Why is the tour meaningful for JoJo?

answer: Because she's never done such an extensive tour, and it's touching to see her shows sell out even in places she's never been before in spite of not having a radio hit in years.

question: How does JoJo feel about the audience's reaction to her shows?

answer: She's really thankful and thrilled.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: JoJo is in the midst of a 70 date tour showcasing her album "Mad Love." She's never done such an extensive tour, and given that she hasn't had a hit on the radio in years, it's especially touching that her shows are selling out across America. She feels connected to the audience, like she's surrounded by friends and family. So much so, in fact, that she felt comfortable being vulnerable and crying about her deceased father. She's taking the opportunity to get in her 10,000 hours and becoming a proficient tourer.


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WILLIAM HAROLD BIDMEAD (December 1882 – 16 March 1961) was an English professional footballer who played in the Football League for Small Heath (renamed Birmingham during his time with the club) and Grimsby Town.[1]

Bidmead was born in West Bromwich, Staffordshire. He played for Elwells, Walsall (though not in the Football League), Stourbridge and Brierley Hill Alliance before joining Small Heath in September 1903 as cover at full back for Jack Glover and Frank Stokes. Matthews describes Glover and Stokes as “generally rated as the best at club level anywhere in the country around the turn of the century”. Bidmead played only three first-team games in three seasons, and moved on to Leyton in the 1906 close season. Two years later he returned to the Football League with Grimsby Town,[2][3] but played only once before returning to Brierley Hill Alliance where he finished his career in 1911.[4][5]

Bidmead died in Bethnal Green, London, in 1961 at the age of 78.[6]

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title: Bill Bidmead

question: When was Bidmead born?

answer: December 1882

question: Where was Bidmead born?

answer: West Bromwich, Staffordshire

question: When did Bidmead die?

answer: March 16, 1961

question: What sport did Bidmead play?

answer: Football (soccer)

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: William Harold Bidmead was an English professional footballer who was born in 1882. He played in the Football League for Small Heath, which was later renamed Birmingham, and Grimsby Town. He died in London in 1961.


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Al’s Timer.

I can’t say I ever looked forward to visiting Al. I know not wanting to go was bad. I feel guilty. I could have been doing better things. Actually, I lie. Even with nothing to do, I’d still not want to go. I’ve never voiced this. I don’t think I ever will, to be honest. It’s a little thing that one should just bring to one’s grave. I’ve often wondered whether Al, or the other residents for that matter, had little things they dreaded. No. Too strong of a word. Disliked. No one would know. Al is too old to guilt trip.

Now that’s an odd paradox. A perky phenomenon of living. Old and young are both associated with innocence. Or is it ignorance? Either way, there’s a period in one’s life where one is culpable of guilt and, by a transitory property of some stupid force of justice, one’s actions. At least, I suppose that’s the kind of stuff Al would have pondered. I’ll have you know, though, that a period as such doesn’t just click in or out of being. I’ve been told it’s more progressive. One, after all, doesn’t just suddenly become old.

I, in fact, do remember the visits to Al’s vividly. His ward is definitely one of the better ones. The ward houses no more then 15 patients at a time with a ratio of 1 nurse for every 5 patients. Al said the numbers reminded him of his school boy days. I’ll tell you, the one thing I remember most about mine is the school trips. School trips were always rigorously scheduled and always too short and too few. Bastards.

There was these awful grey concrete steps that lead to the hospital’s door. I nearly shat myself whenever a lonesome patient would attempt the climb after a brief trip to the forecourts. What if they pulled a muscle? I remember Al once insisting to make the climb single handedly - no support and no rail. I counted each and every second to rest my mind. He reached the door in 223 seconds flat.

When I’d visit, we’d sit and talk in the lounge. The blue chair by the window was for me and the red chair by the palm tree was for him. On Al’s other side was a little wooden table. I’d hold my tea cup and rest the saucer on my lap. Al would place his cup and saucer right on the edge of that table so he wouldn’t have to stretch. Al left his lap free for his timer. Al has this obsession. We’d only have 15 minutes to talk. No more and no less. Once the timer clicked, Al would ask me to leave. He never wanted me to say too long because he didn’t want to take me away from my work.

I don’t work. I spend most days pondering. I write occasionally. I told Al often. In response, he would thrice shake his head, grunt a “no” and tell me that I had better things to be doing with my time then to spend it with “these old bastards”. This became a ritual. I tried to visit him 2 to 3 times a week and always 4 when it was especially cold. I did this every week for 3 years straight until my visits progressively petered. It's not like something just clicked one day and I stopped going.

I felt like I was in school again, anyway, and I really dislike that.

title: I wrote a short story today. Would be great if you could pick it apart and let me know if you understand what's going on! The story is called "Al's Timer". Thanks!

question: Summarize the narrator's visits with Al.

answer: The narrator does not enjoy visiting Al, and feels guilty about this. The narrator worries about the residents climbing the front stairs, but Al himself makes it up them fine. They drink tea together in the lounge, the narrator in the blue chair by the window, Al in the red chair by the palm tree. Al times every visit, insisting the narrator leave after 15 minutes every time, so the narrator could make better use of his time. There are multiple visits per week for 3 years, until they peter out and the narrator stops going.

question: What does the story say about where Al lives?

answer: Al's home is described as a hospital that houses elderly residents. It has forecourts and concrete steps out front. The lounge has windows, chairs, tables for tea, and palm trees.

question: What does the story say about legacy?

question: Summarize Al's death.


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[Alessandro Lucarelli]
Alessandro Lucarelli celebrating promotion to Serie A with his Parma Calcio 1913 team-mates
Four years ago, Alessandro Lucarelli was buying medical supplies, bottles of water and making sure the laundry bills were paid on time at Parma.

But he wasn't the kit man, club doctor or a passionate volunteer - he was the team captain.

The club had debt of more than 200m euros (£179m), a quarter of which was unpaid wages. It was a story with the inevitable ending of extinction.

"During that season I wasn't just a player. I had to represent the club off the pitch as well with the city institutions," Lucarelli told the BBC's World Football programme, referring to regular deputations to the courts on behalf of the failing club.

"The problem wasn't the lack of money for the players, but the unpaid wages for the staff - they also had families.

"When we knew that Parma wasn't going to be saved, the players received some money from the Italian league. But we asked that the money would be used to pay the wages of the club's staff instead."

As well as keeping the club operational and looking after the office staff, Lucarelli also had to keep his players motivated.

"We still had to play every Sunday. So before every game, I said: 'OK, let's get on the pitch and play for everybody.' All we wanted was to end the season and be saved."

Parma enjoyed 10 years of success at the end of the 20th Century during the height of Serie A's popularity, winning eight trophies between 1992 and 2002.

They were runners-up in Serie A in 1997 and won the Uefa Cup in 1995 and 1999, as well as the 1993 Cup Winners' Cup and three Coppa Italias.

Their team boasted the talents of Italy internationals Fabio Cannavaro and Gianluigi Buffon, as well as Colombia forward Faustino Asprilla, Argentina striker Hernan Crespo, Bulgaria great Hristo Stoichkov and France defender Lilian Thuram.

[Faustino Asprilla playing for Parma in the 1994 European Cup Winners' Cup final against Arsenal]
Faustino Asprilla playing for Parma in the 1994 European Cup Winners' Cup final - Arsenal won 1-0
But in March 2015 they were declared bankrupt and at the end of the 2014-15 season, the club began its fourth iteration - as Parma Calcio 1913.

The pitches at the training ground were parched and bare because there was no groundsman. The phone lines had been cut because of unpaid bills and there was hardly a stick of furniture left.

"When Parma had to face bankruptcy, it was the worst day not only for the club, but also for me," said Lucarelli.

"I decided to belong to this club 10 years ago and it's a huge part of me and a huge part of my life.

"I was the captain and I decided to stay as the captain to help the new club restart from the fourth tier - and now here we are."

So Lucarelli, who had just spent a season marking the likes of Luca Toni, Mauro Icardi and Gonzalo Higuain, had to adjust to life in the fourth tier of Italian football.

"I discovered regional football, and I had fun," he said.

"All our opponents tried their best against us and I saw other fans in other towns for whom it was like a big occasion, a big party.

One of Parma's trips was to Borgo San Lorenzo, an area of Florence. "Before the match there was a tractor show on the pitch. It was very peculiar," said Lucarelli.

Another away game was played on a pitch with wonky lines and during a match in Chioggia, near Venice, a clearance took the ball into the sea and a man with a boat had to go out and get it back.

In the end, defender Lucarelli played on until a few weeks before his 41st birthday, only retiring in May 2018 once he had guided Parma through their return to Serie A, which involved a record three successive promotions.

And on Saturday Parma will host Cristiano Ronaldo's Juventus at their famous old Tardini stadium - a meeting that was beyond contemplation for Lucarelli in 2015.

"Are you crazy? I could never imagine that Parma would return to Serie A in three years," he said.

And while some at the club are hoping for damage limitation against the team who have won the past seven Serie A titles, Lucarelli has a captain's message.

"Of course it will be a hard match, but four years ago in our previous Serie A season, we beat Juventus 1-0 at Tardini - so everything is possible."

And nowhere is the possible more evident than in the club that Lucarelli has helped to rebuild.

-   Listen: The resurrection of Parma - BBC World Service

question: Why was the day Parma had to face its debt such a bad day for Lucarelli?

answer: Because he had dedicated so much of his life to the team.

question: How did Lucarelli manage to save the team?

answer: He helped the team advance through the league until they were back in Serie A.

question: What might have happened if Lucarelli hadn't decided to stay on as the team's captain?

answer: The team, which was facing bankruptcy, might have ceased to be and might not have made it back to Serie A.


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— -- Mitt Romney admits he's "haunted" by the verbal gaffes he's made during his second run for president but says he's the victim of a media environment that encourages "spontaneous" actions, yet pounces on mistakes.

In an interview with the Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan, Romney acknowledges that he's forced himself to "be a little more careful in what I say" after mistakes that "make me want to kick myself in the pants."

Among his gaffes, Romney cites his comment at a New Hampshire luncheon in January when he said, "I'd like to be able to fire people." He said he meant health care companies that provide inadequate services, but the remark has been used against him in Democratic attacks ever since without that kind of context.

In the current media environment, Romney says, "you will be taken out of context, you'll be clipped, and you'll be battered with things you said."

"I have to think not only about what I say in a full sentence but what I say in a phrase," Romney tells Noonan. "The media always says, 'Gosh, we just want you to be spontaneous,' but at the same time if you say anything in the wrong order, you're gonna be sorry!"

The presumptive Republican nominee insists he's enjoying his time on the campaign trail, but concedes he has off days. Asked if he wakes up in a "good mood," Romney admits that doesn't always happen.

"The only time I'm unhappy is if I've done something that hurt the prospects for the success of our effort," Romney says, though he adds he doesn't remember the last time he woke up unhappy. "Sometimes you're disappointed, but it's mostly disappointment with myself that causes me to be most concerned. This for me is not my life, meaning I don't have to win an election to feel good about myself."

Asked if he loves the game of politics, Romney says he likes the "competition."

"I think the game is like a sport for old guys. I mean, you know, I can't compete in competitive sports very well, but I can compete in politics, and there's the—what was the old ABC 'Wide World of Sports' slogan? 'The thrill of victory and the agony of defeat,'" Romney says. "The only difference is victory is still a thrill, but I don't feel agony in loss."

The presumptive Republican nominee tells Noonan that he's keeping a personal diary of his 2012 bid on his iPad, which he updates every two or three days so that years from now he can "remember what it was like… the feelings, the ups, the downs, the people I meet and the sense I have about what's going to happen."

"It's kind of fun to go back and read, as Ann and I do from time to time," Romney says.

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question: Who is the main focus of the article?

answer: Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney

question: Who is interviewing Mr. Romney?

answer: Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan

question: What is the interview all about?

answer: Mr. Romney's verbal gaffes during his second run for president and how the media pounces on mistakes while taking things out of context

question: What does Mr. Romney say about the game of politics?

answer: He says he likes the competition and thinks the game is like a sport for old guys.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Wall Street Journal's Peggy Noonan interviews Republican Presidential nominee Mitt Romney about verbal gaffes he made during his second run for president. Mr. Romney admits that he has forced himself to be more careful in what he says after some of his mistakes were taken out of context and used against him by Democratic attacks and some media outlets. Mr. Romney laments that the media environment tells candidates to be spontaneous, but pounce on their mistakes. Mr. Romney goes on to say that he likes the competition in the game of politics. He also keeps a personal diary of his 2012 campaign on his iPad so he can remember what the campaign was like.


text: I love Nordstrom, so I really like their Anniversary sale. Sometimes there’s a lot of frenzy surrounding it, and while I’m not crazy about that, I get it. Brand new fall pieces with super sale… Continue Reading

question: What is Nordstrom?

answer: Based off the document, it seems like a store.

question: What does the author like about Nordstrom?

answer: They like their Anniversary sale.

question: Where does the author live?

answer: That information can't be found in the document.

question: What is the author looking for at Nordstrom?

answer: That information can't be found in the document, but they could be looking for brand new fall pieces.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The author discusses Nordstrom.


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The HORN RIVER is a river in the Northwest Territories of Canada. It is a major tributary of the Mackenzie River.

The river gives the name to the Horn River Formation, a shale deposit of the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. The Horn River Basin refers to the extent of the Horn River Formation in the subsurface, and is not defined by the Horn River watershed.

Course

The river originates south of the Great Bear Lake. It flows south-east through a series of rapids north of the Horn Plateau, then has a meandered flow. _Fawn Lake_ is a complex wetland formed along the middle course of the Horn River, and is followed downstream by the _Second Lake_. The river turns south-west, where the _Mink Lake_ is formed along its course. The Laferte River also flows into the Mink Lake. Horn River then flows south, and it receives the waters of the Bluefish River before it empties into the Mackenzie River, downstream from the Great Slave Lake), immediately upstream from Mills Lake, at an elevation of .

The arch made by the river defines the _Horn Plateau_, a flat elevated area that rises up to ) to the north and east, while the south is defined by the Mackenzie River east of Fort Simpson.

Tributaries

From origin to mouth, the Horn River receives:

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title: Horn River

question: What is the Horn River?

answer: a river in the Northwest Territories of Canada

question: Where does the Horn River originate?

answer: the Great Bear Lake

question: What lakes lie along the course of the Horn River?

answer: Fawn Lake, Second Lake, and Mink Lake

question: What is the Horn Plateau?

answer: a flat elevated area North and East of the Horn River

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The Horn River is a river in the Northwest Territories of Canada.


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I'm not a poet or a writer

The title of this is called 'Something Beautiful'
I've censored some names and details

Something Beautiful

If you have received this by now either: (1) something has happened to me,(2)***** , for whatever reason, decided to go back on her word to look through and read this along with anyone else who might be reading other than the intended purpose of giving it to you that I had already explained to her.

 Throughout the years that we have all known each other I’m glad to have had the opportunity in my attempt to try to know you. You probably know where I’m going with this but I’m going under the assumptions that you knew all along at some point that I had taken a liking or had feelings for you. This all started back when all of us took a trip to Austin and from there on out you know the rest: military ball, celebrating July out in the country, botanical gardens, movies….lots of movies….swimming parties, ice skating, and many other adventures of Tom and Jerry. I wanted to make things clear just in case there is no misunderstanding and through all the evasive, shy, and discreetness that I’ve known you for and for good reasons, I can certainly understand why. Perhaps I was coming on too strong, I don’t know, I’m a guy, I certainly didn’t want to make you feel pushed in a corner although when we first started to hang out it was awkward but I didn’t care. Eventually I got used to it and enjoyed the awkward silence just to see what would happen, bits of small talk and conversations here and there eventually broke the ice.

As to why I had these feelings is pretty simple. You are completely the opposite of what I want. You can take it however you want but it doesn’t matter because I’m not here anymore and there is no one else to get mad at. And if I am still here and you are reading this, shame on you **** and anyone else whose reading this. I’m about to list the reasons based on my years of knowing you and my conclusion at best, like I said before, you can take it however you want ….For shame *****.

…The opposite of what I want, ‘want’ has such a negative meaning, how about ‘need’ or ‘like’?

•Outgoing, social, funny, sense of humor, aggressive, assertive

Those are my main conclusions at best. *****, what I mean is that you are just being you. I have insecurities just like anyone else, somehow I get the sense that you are afraid to show something, something beautiful, it can be scary, well maybe you’re not scared, you just choose not to, I don’t know, your body language is hard to read and sometimes come off as ‘rejection’ or ‘refusal.’ I can see it by the way you are around Tanya, feeding off of her, but that’s what sisters are for, to look out for one another and there’s nothing wrong at all about it.

What I’m trying to say is that is what I like about you. It’s not hard, it’s very simple, I mean REALLY (but I could be wrong), you are simple. I don’t have to go all out of my way just to have an agenda, it’s either a yes or no which saves a lot of headache. I’ve always thought under the assumptions that you knew about it, I would just wait, waiting to see your next move. I never really expected an answer from you, just waiting, curious. Talking to Alicia long ago she told me that you already knew about my feelings and told me that it was better to stay friends. I don’t recollect that we had that conversation at all and I’m pretty sure I would have remembered that conversation if you had told me. But now that I knew, it didn’t really bother me that much. I continued on just like I had been, nothing had changed.

If you can remember we went hiking at the Buffalo Reservation walking around trails. Nice weather, walking alongside the river bank, and taking pictures. Nothing but peace, quiet, solitude, but also moments of awkward silence but I didn’t care. I contemplated to myself the whole time whether or not I should tell you how I felt. That moment when we were on top of the hill looking over the landscape, sitting on the bench eating Subway, the sun shining and a subtle breeze for a compliment. Living in that moment I decided not to, I held back. For some reason it wouldn’t seem fair to you at all. I didn’t want to push you in a corner. So in that moment of pure joy and bliss I let it go because in the end that was all I ever needed. It didn’t matter if you knew or not, what mattered was living in that moment of happiness, for me at least. I’ve been asked many times what my true goal or intended purpose was, luckily you have some very caring friends who were looking out for you. My goal was not to get you to like me at all, although it would have been ground breaking accomplishment and an awesome bonus, I only wanted to understand you and see if you were willing to be open.

Who knows, 5, 10, or 40 years have passed, maybe you’ve forgotten about me, maybe you haven’t. If you feel the need to burn this because it has been sitting somewhere on your shelf, drawer, attic, storage box, or wall and is a constant reminder of me than do so, I don’t want to hold you back. Carry on with life. Just know that wherever you are in life and through all your insecurities you’re not alone. This letter is proof that someone once cared for you, longing for your affection. You are the opposite of everything I ever needed and ever dreamed to want, something that I could never have nor dare to have possession of.

title: A letter to a very important person just in case I die...

question: Summarize the conflict in the passage.

answer: The main conflict is between the narrator and the person he writes about. He writes that he has feelings for the person, but that they are also the opposite of what the narrator wants in a person. The narrator also specifies that if the subject of the passage reads this passage while the narrator is still alive, they would be very upset, and he would be upset if anyone other than the intended subject read it either.

question: Describe the events that the narrator reminisces about.

answer: The narrator and the subject took a trip to Austin. They also went to a variety of events and places, including a military ball, botanical gardens, movies, hiking, and ice skating.

question: Summarize the context in which this passage is written in.

answer: The narrator seems to be writing this note to an unnamed subject with the intention of the subject reading the note only after the narrator is dead.


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_TOWARDS THE LIGHT_ (Chinese: 向着光亮那方) aka “TOWARDS THE BRIGHT SIDE” is a song recorded by Chinese singer Xu Weizhou. The single was officially released on 2 May 2016 as one of the promotional songs of the film Yesterday Once More[1]

Background

_Towards the Light_ is a soundtrack with a length of four minutes and thirty seconds. It pertains to the struggles and passion of youths. Its music video was first released on 21 April 2016 for the promotion of the film Yesterday Once More[2] but the single was officially released on 2 May 2016.[3] It gained praises and it was the first time a song achieved top spots on both China V chart and Mandarin chart in Billboard China at the same week.[4][5]

_Xu Weizhou_ performed the song live on his “First Light Asia Tour” with the other songs from his album Light.[6][7] Afterwards, he performed it on music festivals such as Forest Music Festival, Zebra Music Festival and 20th PEACEBIRD Music Festival on late 2016.

Composition

This single was composed by Chen Yu while the lyrics was written by Tintin Zhang.[8] It was produced by Liu Tong, vice president of Beijing Enlight Pictures and the writer of the said movie. [9] Liu stated that they chose Xu to sing _Towards the Light_ because they think he is very suitable for it and “it also wasn't easy for him to be known by people, but because of certain policy reasons, he was being suppressed”; pertaining to the ban of Xu to appear on television shows by SAPPRFT but Liu added that people can't blame the higher-ups because things got out of control. He also added that “...even though he is in this state right now, he will definitely still head towards the direction of the light and become better and better”.[10]

Chart performance

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| Chart (2016)                      | Peak                              |
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| China V Chart                     | 1[11][12][13]                     |
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| Billboard Radio China Chart       | 1[14]                             |
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| Chart (2016)                      | Position                          |
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| China V Chart                     | 9[15]                             |
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title: Towards the Light (song)

question: What is the Chinese name of "TOWARDS THE BRIGHT SIDE"?

answer: 向着光亮那方.

question: Which singer recorded Towards the Bright Side?

answer: Xu Weizhou.

question: Who composed the single?

answer: Chen Yu.

question: Who wrote the lyrics?

answer: Tintin Zhang.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The article is about a Chinese song called "TOWARDS THE BRIGHT SIDE" or, 向着光亮那方.