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WILLIAM BOOTH (10 April 182920 August 1912) was an English Methodist preacher who, along with his wife, Catherine, founded the Salvation Army and became its first “General” (1878–1912). The Christian movement with a quasi-military structure and government founded in 1865 has spread from London, England, to many parts of the world and is known for being one of the largest distributors of humanitarian aid. In 2002, Booth was named among the 100 Greatest Britons in a BBC poll.

Conversion and early ministry

William Booth was born in Sneinton, Nottingham, the second son of five children born to Samuel Booth and his second wife, Mary Moss.[1] Booth's father was relatively wealthy by the standards of the time, but during William's childhood, the family descended into poverty. In 1842, Samuel Booth, who could no longer afford his son's school fees, apprenticed the 13-year-old William Booth to a pawnbroker. Samuel Booth died on 23 September 1842.[2]

Two years into his apprenticeship Booth was converted.[3] He then read extensively and trained himself in writing and in speech, becoming a Methodist local preacher. Booth was encouraged to be an evangelist primarily through his best friend, Will Sansom. Sansom and Booth both began in the 1840s to preach to the poor and the sinners of Nottingham, and Booth would probably have remained as Sansom's partner in his new Mission ministry, as Sansom titled it, if Sansom had not died of tuberculosis, in 1849.[4]

When his apprenticeship ended in 1848, Booth was unemployed and spent a year looking in vain for work.[5] In 1849, Booth reluctantly left his family and moved to London, where he again found work with a pawnbroker. Booth tried to continue lay preaching in London, but the small amount of preaching work that came his way frustrated him, and so he resigned as a lay preacher and took to open-air evangelising in the streets and on Kennington Common.

[William Booth in about 1862] In 1851, Booth joined the Reformers (Methodist Reform Church), and on 10 April 1852, his 23rd birthday, he left pawnbroking and became a full-time preacher at their headquarters at Binfield Chapel in Clapham. William styled his preaching after the revivalist American James Caughey, who had made frequent visits to England and preached at the church in Nottingham where Booth was a member, Broad Street Chapel. Just over a month after he started full-time preaching, on 15 May 1852, William Booth became formally engaged to Catherine Mumford.

Interested in the Congregationalist approach, Booth consulted David Thomas at Stockwell about the ministry. Through Thomas, he met John Campbell and then James William Massie. The recommendation was training under Rev. John Frost; but Booth disliked Frost's school, and left shortly.[6] In November 1853, he was invited to become the Reformers' minister at Spalding, in Lincolnshire. He married Catherine Mumford on 16 July 1855 at Stockwell Green Congregational Church in London.

Though Booth became a prominent Methodist evangelist, he was unhappy that the annual conference of the denomination kept assigning him to a pastorate, the duties of which he had to neglect to respond to the frequent requests that he do evangelistic campaigns. At the Liverpool conference in 1861, after having spent three years at Gateshead, his request to be freed for evangelism full-time was refused yet again, and Booth resigned from the ministry of the Methodist New Connexion.[7]

Soon he was barred from campaigning in Methodist congregations, so he became an independent evangelist. His doctrine remained much the same, though; he preached that eternal punishment was the fate of those who do not believe the Gospel of Jesus Christ and the necessity of repentance from sin, and the promise of holiness. He taught that this belief would manifest itself in a life of love for God and mankind. The _Ethical_ characteristic of William Booth's business ventures was evident in the manufacture of boxes of Salvation Army matches[8] which bore the slogan “Lights in darkest England, Security from fire, Fair wages for fair work”. His match factory on Old Ford paid 4 pence a gross, while the larger firms only paid 2 1/2 pence.

The Christian Mission

[Manifesto of The Christian Mission as a “Volunteer Army” (1878)]

The tent was set up on an old Quaker burial ground on Mile End Waste in Whitechapel, with an initial goal to deliver the good news to all. [9]

By 1865, Booth and his wife Catherine had opened 'The Christian Revival Society' in the East End of London, which held regular evening meetings to share the repentance that Booth believed Christian salvation could bring both the poor and marginalised. The Christian Revival Society was later renamed The Christian Mission, subsequently to become the _East London Christian Mission_.[10] The Christian Mission's slow growth was hard work for Booth; His wife writes that he would “stumble home night after night haggard with fatigue, often his clothes were torn and bloody bandages swathed his head where a stone had struck[.]”

Evening meetings were held in an old warehouse where urchins threw stones and fireworks through the window. Outposts were established throughout the city, attracting converts, but the Christian Mission remained just one of the five hundred charitable groups working in London's East End.[11]

Booth practiced various types of charity himself, such as opening “Food for the Million” (soup kitchens).

The Salvation Army

[The Christian Mission becomes The Salvation Army (May 1878)] [Salvation Army Social Campaign, 1890, by William Booth.]

Having been founded as the _East London Christian Mission_ in 1865, the name _The Salvation Army_ developed from an incident in May 1878. William Booth was dictating a letter to his secretary George Scott Railton and said, “We are a volunteer army.” Bramwell Booth heard his father and said, “Volunteer, I'm no volunteer, I'm a regular!” Railton was instructed to cross out the word “volunteer” and substitute the word “salvation”.[12](The printer's proof copy of the Missions' report for 1878 declared “The Christian Mission Is A Volunteer Army”, but the corrected proof read “The Christian Mission Is ... A Salvation Army”[13]) The Salvation Army was modelled after the military, with its own flag (or colours) and its own music, often with Christian words to popular and folkloric tunes sung in the pubs. Booth and the other soldiers in “God's Army” would wear the army's own uniform, 'putting on the armour,' for meetings and ministry work. He became the “General” and his other ministers were given appropriate ranks as “officers”. Other members became “soldiers”.

Though the early years were lean ones, with the need of money to help the needy an ever growing issue, Booth and The Salvation Army persevered. In the early 1880s, operations were extended to other countries, notably the United States, France, Switzerland, Sweden and others, including to most of the countries of the British Empire: Australia, Canada, India, Cape Colony, New Zealand, Jamaica, etc.

Often the beginnings in other countries occurred through “salvationist” activities by non-officers who had emigrated. With some initial success they would contact London to 'send officers.'

In other cases, like in Argentina, a non-salvationist told Booth that there were thousands of British people there who needed salvation. The four officers sent in 1890 found that those British were scattered all over the pampas. But the missionaries started ministry in the Spanish language and the work spread throughout the country – initially following the rail-road development, since the British in charge of building the rail-roads were usually sympathetic to the movement.

During his lifetime, William Booth established Army work in 58 countries and colonies, travelling extensively and holding, “salvation meetings.”

Booth regularly published a magazine and was the author of a number of books; he also composed several songs. His book In Darkest England and the Way Out not only became a best-seller after its 1890 release, it set the foundation for the army's modern social welfare approach. It compared what was considered “civilised” England with “Darkest Africa” – a land then considered poor and backward. What Booth suggested was that much of London and greater England after the Industrial Revolution was not better off in the quality of life than those in the underdeveloped world.

He proposed a strategy to apply the Christian Gospel and work ethic to the problems. The book speaks of abolishing vice and poverty by establishing homes for the homeless, farm communities such as Hadleigh Farm where the urban poor can be trained in agriculture, training centres for prospective emigrants, homes for fallen women and released prisoners, aid for the poor, and help for drunkards. He also lays down schemes for poor men's lawyers, banks, clinics, industrial schools and even a seaside resort. He says that if the state fails to meet its social obligations it will be the task of each Christian to step into the breach. However, Booth was not departing from his spiritual convictions to set up a socialist or communist society or sub-class, supported by people forced to finance his plans; Booth's ultimate aim was to get people “saved.”

Booth asserts in his introduction,

It was asserted in some circles that _In Darkest England_ was actually written by the crusading journalist, W. T. Stead, who, in his own words, acted as a “literary hack” for the General when Mrs. Booth lay dying. However, this assumption was swiftly dismissed by Stead some years later, declaring that, “The idea of Darkest England ... was the General's own. My part, of which I had no wish to speak ... was strictly subordinate throughout.”[14]

_In Darkest England and the Way Out_ was reprinted several times and lately in 2006.

There are also other works that have focused on the impact and significance of _In Darkest England_. For example, marking the 125th anniversary of the publication of _In Darkest England_, the book _Darkness and Deliverance: 125 Years of the Darkest England Scheme_ contains fifteen chapters from leading and emerging authors that explore various historical aspects and future implications of the _Darkest England_ scheme.[15]

Opposition

[_The Entr'acte_ cartoon of 1882 captioned, “Now, Mr Booth, let us know what you are going to do with all this money!”] During its early years The Salvation Army faced a great deal of opposition, especially from those in the alcohol-selling industry who were concerned that the activities of Booth and his followers would persuade the poorer classes to stop drinking. One group opposed to Booth and The Salvation Army was the Skeleton Army, a diffuse group, particularly in Southern England, that opposed and disrupted The Salvation Army's marches against alcohol from the early 1880s until about 1892. Clashes between the two groups lead to the deaths of several Salvationists and injuries to many others. During 1882 alone 662 Salvation Army soldiers were assaulted: 251 of them were women and 23 of them were under fifteen years of age.[16]

Other accusations centred around the fact that Booth appointed his own children to posts for which others were better qualified, leading to claims that The Salvation Army was a Booth family-business. For example, he appointed his daughter Emma Booth as the Principal of the Officers' Training Home, The Salvation Army's first training school for women when she was just 19. While William Booth had once said to his children that “The Salvation Army does not belong to you, or to me, it belongs to the world” and was very wary of the leadership of the army becoming a dynasty,[17] others believed that Booth was creating a dynasty, as was suggested by the fact that he insisted that his sons-in-law added 'Booth' to their own names (see Frederick Booth-Tucker and Arthur Booth-Clibborn).[18] This was further borne out when Booth appointed his son, Bramwell Booth, as his successor as General in his will.

The press was often hostile to Booth and The Salvation Army as well because their methods and message were widely misinterpreted. The army's motto “Blood & Fire”, which had deep theological meaning representing the saving “blood of Jesus” and the sanctifying “fire of the Holy Spirit”, was erroneously thought to mean the blood of sinners and the fire of hell. There was also suspicion about the army's motives, with Booth often portrayed as a charlatan only out to make money.[19]

The Church of England was at first also extremely hostile to the activities of Booth and The Salvation Army. The philanthropist, politician, and evangelist Lord Shaftesbury even went so far as to describe Booth as the “Anti-Christ”. One of the main complaints against Booth was his “elevation of women to man's status”. Many found him dictatorial and hard to work with. Some of his own children denounced him as their leader and turned their backs on The Salvation Army, including his daughter Kate Booth and his sons Herbert and Ballington Booth, the latter founding a separate organisation, the Volunteers of America with himself as “General”. The evangelist Rodney "Gipsy" Smith left him because of his rigidity and D. L. Moody would not support him because he felt there was a threat to the local church. But no one could deny his compassion for the sufferings of his fellow man.[20]

Later years

[Booth and his granddaughter Catherine Bramwell-Booth during the 1904 motorcade]

Opinion of The Salvation Army and William Booth eventually changed to that of favour. In his later years, he was received in audience by kings, emperors and presidents, who were among his ardent admirers. Even the mass media began to use his title of 'General' with reverence.

In 1899, Booth suffered from blindness in both eyes, but with a short rest, was able to recover his sight. In 1904 he took part in a “motorcade” when he was driven around Great Britain, stopping off in cities, towns and villages to preach to the assembled crowds from his open-top car. In 1906 Booth was made a Freeman of the City of London, and was granted an honorary degree from the University of Oxford. In 1902 he was invited to attend the coronation of King Edward VII.

He made his last visit to North America in 1907, and in 1909 he embarked on a six-month motor tour of the United Kingdom. During this tour he discovered he was blind in his right eye and the sight in his left eye was dimmed by cataracts. The rest of the tour had to be cancelled. On 21 August 1909 a surgeon at Guy's Hospital removed his right eye. Despite this setback, in 1910 Booth campaigned in the Netherlands, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland and Italy. On his return to England, he embarked on his seventh and last motor tour.

Death

William Booth died at age 83 on 20 August 1912 (or, in Salvationist parlance, was Promoted to Glory) at his home in Hadley Wood, London. His body lay in state for three days at Clapton Congress Hall where 150,000 people filed past his casket. On 27 August 1912, Booth's funeral service was held at London's Olympia where 40,000 people attended, including Queen Mary, who sat almost unrecognised far to the rear of the great hall. In a letter to Bramwell Booth, King George V wrote: “The nation has lost a great organizer and the poor a whole-hearted and sincere friend." United States President William Taft wrote “[Booth's] long life and great talents were dedicated to the noble work of helping the poor and weak and giving them another chance to attain success and happiness.” Media agencies around the world reported on Booth's death, including the Daily Express in the United Kingdom, The South African in South Africa, the Globe and Mail in Canada, and the New York Times in the United States.[21]

Booth's funeral procession began at the Salvation Army's international headquarters as 10,000 uniformed Salvationists fell in behind. Forty Salvation Army bands played the “Dead March” from Handel's _Saul_ as the vast procession set off. He was buried with his wife Catherine Booth in the main London burial ground for 19th-century non-conformist ministers and tutors, the non-denominational Abney Park Cemetery in Stoke Newington.[22]

Upon Booth's death, his son, Bramwell Booth, became the 2nd General of The Salvation Army. It was William Booth's intention to have each general choose his successor. However, Generals of the Salvation Army are now elected by the High Council of The Salvation Army.

Legacy

[Statue of William Booth outside his birthplace in Sneinton] In Booth's honour, Vachel Lindsay wrote the poem, “General William Booth Enters Into Heaven”.[23] Charles Ives, who had been Evangeline Booth's neighbour, set the poem to music. In 1990 a diesel locomotive in the British Rail fleet was named 'The William Booth'.

The William Booth rose, developed by Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, was named in his honour. The William Booth Memorial Training College in Denmark Hill, London, the College for Officer Training of The Salvation Army in the United Kingdom, is named after him,[24] as is the William Booth Primary School in his native Nottingham and William Booth Lane in central Birmingham. Many Salvation Army training colleges, schools, orphanages hospitals and other institutions around the world bear his name.

Statues of each of the Booths by George Edward Wade were erected on Champion Hill in London, next to the Salvation Army's training college in London in 1929.[25] Replicas of these statues stand in the Mile End Road, close to the site of the first Salvation Army meeting: that of William was unveiled in 1979, and that of Catherine in 2015.

In his honour One Mile End, a brewery from East London created a craft beer called Salvation! Pale Ale. The beer is sold in a couple of pubs including the White Hart Brewpub, only a few meters away from the statue of William Booth on Mile End Road.

Mount William Booth in Alberta, Canada was named after Booth.[26] [Mount William Booth]

Children of William and Catherine Booth

William Booth and Catherine Mumford were married on 17 June 1855[27] at Stockwell New Chapel, at that time part of Surrey.[28] They had eight children:[29][30]

-   Bramwell Booth (8 March 185616 June 1929)
-   Ballington Booth (28 July 18575 October 1940)
-   Kate Booth (18 September 18589 May 1955)
-   Emma Booth (8 January 186028 October 1903)
-   Herbert Booth (26 August 186225 September 1926)
-   Marie Booth (4 May 18645 January 1937)
-   Evangeline Booth (25 December 186517 July 1950)
-   Lucy Booth (28 April 186818 July 1953)

Gallery

File:Portrait of General Booth (4673956).jpg|Photograph of Booth, c.1870 File:William booth birthplace.JPG|Plaque on the house in Sneinton in which Booth was born on 10 April 1829 File:Reverend William Booth.jpg|Booth in old age File:Abney park booth.jpg|Memorial to William and Catherine Booth in Abney Park Cemetery File:General William Booth memorial (Battery Park, New York) 01.jpg|Booth memorial in Battery Park, New York City

Works

Literature

-   _In Darkest England and The Way Out_ Diggory Press,
-   _Purity of Heart_ Diggory Press,
-   _Boundless Salvation: The Shorter Writings of William Booth,_ Edited by Andrew M. Eason and Roger J. Green. New York: Peter Lang, 2012.
-   _Sergeant-Major Do-Your-Best of Darkington No. I: Sketches of the Inner Life of a Salvation Army Corps_ 1906
-   “Founder Speaks Again” Salvation Army, Dec 1, 1960.

Music

-   _O Boundless Salvation_ (1893)[31]
-   _Send the Fire_ (1894) [32]
-   _Bless His Name He Sets Me Free,_ which was set to a popular music-hall song of the time, Champagne Charlie.[33]

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[9] William Booth – Founder Of The Salvation Army, 'The Salvation Army Australia, Southern Territory - History and Heritage' section website

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[12] William Bramwell Booth 1829–1912 His Life and Ministry – A Very Short Biography

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[14] Quoted in Robert Sandall, _The History of the Salvation Army_, vol. 3, 1883–1953, Social Reform and Welfare Work (1955), Appendix B, pp. 324–32

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[16] [http://researcharchive.vuw.ac.nz/bitstream/handle/10063/726/thesis.pdf? _Officership in the Salvation Army: A Case Study in Clericalisation_] Doctoral thesis by Harold Ivor Winston Hill – Victoria University of Wellington (2004)

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[18] Hodges, Samuel Horatio _General Booth: “the Family”, and the Salvation Army: Showing its Rise, Progress, and ... Decline_ (1890)

[19] The Booths: The Salvation Army (1878–1890) ourchurch.com

[20] William Booth: His Life and Ministry, the Gospel Truth website

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[24] William Booth College, Denmark Hill, Geograph

[25] Darke, Jo, _The Monument Guide to England and Wales: A National Portrait in Bronze and Stone_, photographs by Jorge Lewinski and Mayotte Magnus, a MacDonald Illustrated Book, London, 1991 pp. 72-73

[26] Mount William Booth PeakFinder

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[29] L. E. Lauer, 'Clibborn, Catherine Booth- (1858–1955)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, September 2004; online edn, October 2006 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/49017, accessed 26 May 2010]

[30] D. C. Lamb, 'Booth, (William) Bramwell (1856–1929)', rev. L. E. Lauer, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/31969, accessed 21 June 2010]

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title: William Booth

question: What did Booth convert into?

answer: William Booth converted into becoming a Methodist local preacher.

question: What did Booth's unemployment do for him?

answer: Booth's unemployment lead him to open-air evangelising in the streets and on Kennington Common. His year of hardship led him towards something he could enjoy.

question: What made Booth unhappy when he became a prominent Methodist evangelist?

answer: Booth became unhappy about the fact that the the annual conference of the denomination kept assigning him to a pastorate, the duties of which he had to neglect to respond to the frequent requests that he do evangelistic campaigns.

question: What joint venture did Booth and his wife, Catherine, open?

answer: Booth and his wife opened the Christian Revival Society.


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Braves infielder/outfielder MICAH JOHNSON has been diagnosed with a left wrist fracture, David O’Brien of the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports on Twitter. He will require surgery for the injury; his timeline to return is not known at this time.

Johnson, 26, hurt his wrist in an attempt at a catch recently. Though it was initially believed that he had escaped significant injury, ensuing tests identified the fracture.

Though Johnson has spent most of his professional time at second base, he has increasingly been looked upon as an outfielder. Atlanta acquired him from the Dodgers in mid-January in exchange for cash or a player to be named later.

A left-handed hitter, Johnson had seemed unlikely to crack the MLB roster to open the season. JACE PETERSON remains ahead of him on the depth chart in the infield, and the club is said to be interested in using its last open bench spot on a right-handed-hitting, center-field-capable player.

Still, Johnson figures to be one of the Braves’ top depth options, so long as he can return to health.  Once seen as a potential future regular with the White Sox, the speedy Johnson struggled in his MLB debut in 2015 and hit just .261/.321/.356 with 26 steals at Triple-A last year. But he did produce a strong .315/.375/.466 batting line with 28 swipes over 351 plate appearances at the highest level of the minors in 2015.

question: What was the cause of Johnson's wrist injury?

answer: During a game, he attempted a catch.

question: Will Johnson's injury prevent him from playing permanently?

answer: It is not stated.

question: What was received in exchange for acquiring Johnson?

answer: It is not certain.

question: What is MLB?

answer: Major Leagues Baseball.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Infielder/outfielder Micha Johnson suffered a wrist injury from a game and required surgery for his injury at the time of this article. Johnson was seen as Brave's top depth option as long as he recovered from his injury.


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Our eyes lock from across the bar. It’s tattered, run-down, out of sorts; a plethora of synonyms running rampant throughout a bar that's memories are a rollercoaster of emotion...she lights a cigarette, and the soft glow from her lighter sets aflame her red lipstick. She shuts it with a faint clap and the smoke lingers around her, tiredly, softly. The bartender approaches her, his drink-soaked rag painting spirals of soft mahogany and liquor. He asks with gentle kindness if she’d like a refill, and, without skipping a beat, her fingers tap the glass in acknowledgement. I watch the slow, steady pour of gold flow from the bottle as he tips it into her glass. It tidal waves momentarily and crashes amongst itself and she whispers a thank you, her gaze never leaving mine.

Fighting the urge to get up and approach this situation we’ve gotten ourselves into, I disengage our stare momentarily to take in my surroundings. New-comers and men whom are infinitely secured to barstools alike are strewn across this tavern. The hum of conversation floats around as, every once in a short while, the door opens and let’s a barely audible inhalation of air and the dispersed patter of rain flicking pavement outside coat our world of lost hopes, dreams and love.
And then I get up.

I walk towards her, calm and cool, as my heart inside plays a mixed melody of heavy drumming and de-escalating jazz. Time slows as I get my first full glimpse of the ravishing woman I’ve been ever falling for in the last hour. Her slender legs crawl upwards toward an almost too short skirt of deafeningly black silk. This silk ripples upward and explodes into hips, stomach and chest that would give the word immaculate a respectable run for its money.

My greeting comes out in silence; it’s as if I’m watching everything fold out from above, an audience member cheering on his favourite fighter. I lead with a heavy blow to the heart as I lean in; close enough for her to smell the wet and whiskey emanating from a long night of wandering from bar to bar in the drizzle that hasn’t seemed to let up in recent memory.

I watch myself ask her name, and the sound is turned up just long enough for me to hear her whisper back: Maxine. And a faint smile spreads across her lips as if she had been waiting to tell me that her entire life. As if the rain had lead my feet from a tiresome day at work, lifting me on invisible strings like a marionette throughout the night to this very bar, to that very seat, and shuffled them in dim-light and soft music across the floor to stand in front of her, to lean into her, to whisper to her, all for me to know the name of Maxine. A woman of explosive subtleness, impeccable taste in single-malt scotch, and, as I lock eyes with hers for the second time tonight, the soul of an angel.
She takes another long drag of smoke as we circle around the ring of attraction. She takes a swing back and feels the lapel of my trench coat. She comments on how very wet I seem to be. The hairs on my neck pulsate. She finishes her drink, the ice cut in half from having slightly watered down several drinks. I quickly raise two fingers in the air, not knowing if the bartender would see or not; truth be told, in that very moment I could not have been positive if gravity was even still anchoring us to earth. She catches me by surprise, my heartbeat tumbling, and pushes down my wrist, negating the drinks I had or had not ordered.

And she grabs my hand.
And she stands.
And she leads me towards the back of the bar.
And I could hear my veins digesting whiskey, my heart digesting emotions, and, once in that very short trip to the back, the doors of the bar swung open, the room inhaled, and I could hear the now heavy sheets of rain washing away the streetlight outside.

title: Sheets

question: What does the text say about the setting?

answer: The setting is a tattered, run-down bar. Newcomers are strewn across the bar, along with men secured to barstools. Outside the bar, it is raining heavily.

question: What does the text say about the woman?

answer: The woman is named Maxine. She smokes and wears red lipstick. The narrator also describes her as very subtle, having impeccable taste in single-malt scotch, and the soul of an angel.

question: Summarize the narrator's night before coming to the bar.


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Stories about sexual harassment and murky shenanigans are not that unusual in the NGO world. And why should they be? These are human failings.

Stories about sexual harassment and murky shenanigans are not that unusual in the NGO world. And why should they be? These are human failings. TERI is dealing with allegations against its high-profile head RK Pachauri as well. But they come at a particularly inopportune time for Greenpeace India whose plate is already full and whose coffers are under severe strain.

An ex-staffer has alleged that a colleague insisted she sleep in his hotel suite during an official visit to Hyderabad. He also tried to force-feed her birthday cake despite her discomfort. What’s even more damning, she says, is the organization took little to no action when she registered a complaint. And that members of the Internal Complaints Committee made her feel at fault for not knowing how to “set boundaries”.

[Greenpeace sexual harassment scandal NGOs will pay high price and rightly so]

AFP image.

Later she says she was raped by a male colleague who found her unconscious after a party. Already burned by her experience with reporting the sexual harassment she did not report the rape to the police or her employers. “How could I when the process had failed me already?” she writes.

This is tricky territory. By not going to the police or the employers, but choosing to write about her experiences on a blog, the stage is set for a trial by media where the burden of proof is much lower. The public has to just choose which side they want to believe. And those lambasting, Greenpeace because they think it’s a meddlesome organization, which is against India’s “national” interests will be happy to latch on to this as more proof of their perfidy.

Greenpeace has tried to defend itself, issuing an apology on its website and admitting that the cases “should have been handled in a better way.” The ICC has been reconstituted and is doing an audit of old cases. The implicated employee resigned after a strong warning and Greenpeace admits, “The victim deserves both an apology and a meticulous examination of what happened.”

But this points to a larger malaise which NGOs would do well to note. Bigger companies have a more standardized HR protocol in place to deal with these issues when they crop up within the organization. We have all rolled our eyes at sexual harassment courses and modules but they are there for a reason - to establish a protocol. A smaller NGO often does not have the bandwidth to do it or even worse assumes that it has no need for such "bureaucracy" because it sits on a higher moral pedestal anyway.

There is this idea that “NGO work” is driven by a moral sense of purpose rather than just the impetus to draw a paycheck. That’s one of the reasons it’s often poorly paid, especially down the ranks. The job satisfaction is in the work, not necessarily the salary. But it also puts, rather unfairly, a greater burden of probity on an NGO as compared to some mining company. A sexual harassment scandal in a company, that is anyway accused of driving tribals off their ancestral land by hook or by crook, is news but that same scandal in a Greenpeace becomes evidence of hypocrisy.

When iGate Corp fired its CEO Phaneesh Murthy over the claim of sexual harassment and a relationship with a subordinate in 2013, it emerged that in 2002 he had to quit Infosys after being charged with a sexual harassment suit by an American employee that resulted in a $3 million out-of-court settlement. It was a scandal but did not invite charges of hypocrisy and double standards of corporations who preached one thing and did another.

An NGO, unfortunately, like Caesar’s wife has to be above suspicion. It’s unfair in many ways that it has to be held to a higher standard but that comes with the territory. When you are in the business of finger wagging at others, you always run the risk of others being eager to point their fingers back at you. And an NGO like Greenpeace has far more powerful enemies than a mining company or a tech company.

If anything this case should be a wake up call to other NGOs that at the very least they need to have a robust mechanism in place for dealing with these situations internally. Sexual harassment can happen in any workplace. It’s how an organization deals with it when a complaint crops up that’s really important. Ultimately the biggest asset an NGO has it not its balance sheet or share price but its reputation.

The Indian government crackdown on Greenpeace and the sexual harassment scandal currently rocking the NGO have nothing to do with each other. But the timing is a PR nightmare for the already embattled NGO. Its battle for survival in India will not be helped by the irony of Greenpeace local management appearing lackadaisical about dirty goings on at home while wagging its finger at corporations and governments for polluting the environment at large.

People who live in greenhouses should not be throwing stones.

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question: Why are sexual harassment claims at Greenpeace hypocritical?

answer: Because Greenpeace is supposed to be a watchdog for other organizations.

question: Why does India find Greenpeace "meddlesome?"

answer: Not answered in article.

question: What is NGO work?

answer: Not answered in article.

question: Why do NGOs lack sexual harassment protocol?

answer: Lack of money, resources, and perception of moral high ground.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Sexual harassment claims on NGOs uncover the down sides to working in small organizations based on morality work.


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[A Pua Kumbu in Sheepstor parish church, on Dartmoor. It was donated to the church by the people of Sarawak in memory of the White Rajahs.]

PUA KUMBU is a traditional patterned multicolored ceremonial cotton cloth used by the Iban people in Sarawak, Malaysia.

Legends on the origins of Iban weaving

There are many legends about the origin of Pua Kumbu, all revolving around the characters of Menggin and Dara Tinchin. The story starts with Menggin, an Iban hunter who shot a beautiful bird with his blowpipe. As he ran to retrieve his game, what he found was a woven skirt instead of a bird. He kept the woven skirt as he had never seen one before. However, he did not know that it belonged to Dara Tinchin Temaga, eldest daughter of a petara known as Singalang Burong. She was looking for her kain everywhere. When she met Menggin, he returned the skirt. In return, Dara married Menggin, although she was already married. She brought him to her home, the other world, the land of the Gods. They also had a son, Sera Gunting. After a year, Dara’s first husband returned home. She asked Menggin and Sera to return to the Iban world and for their journey to wear a jacket known as baju burong and her kain that she had woven. From that day onwards, the jacket and kain have been passed down to many Iban women so they can weave the same designs and remain close to the Gods. And that is how the weaving of pua kumbu began.[1][2]

Dyeing and weaving process

The process starts with preparing the yarn for the weaving, which consists of the following:

-   NABU’ - winding the thread into balls
-   MUAI - to sort out
-   NGIRIT - the process of stretching and pulling a skin of thread horizontally, one thead at a time, to form the base or warp
-   NGARAP - the selection of alternate warp
-   NGEBAT - tying
-   MAMPUL - to cover
-   MUKA’ TANCHANG - untying
-   NGEREMBAI - unfolding
-   ANAK and ARA – adding side designs

Weaving

In order to prepare for the weaving process, the yarns are unfolded and carefully arranged on a wooden frame. Before the actual weaving begins, the side sections of the unfolded yarn known as anak or ara are carefully arranged. Nenun or Weaving is done using a backstrap loom placed in a convenient spot within the longhouse. The final stage involves finishing of the top and bottom edges with a crowfeet pattern.

Dyeing

All of the raw materials for the natural dyes are harvested from the rainforest. The Iban have traditionally made use of a large number of plants to produce a range of rich beautiful dyes. The rengat plant produces an ‘indigo’ colour in many different tones. The akar penawar landak is used to obtain yellow color dye. For the Engkudu dye, if kapok or quicklime is added the colour will turn brown. The yarn is dipped into the combination, turned until it is well saturated and left to soak before it is dried under the sun. after the dye process yarns are further prepared by tying sections to build up the design.[3][4]

Further reading

-   Traude Gavin, _Iban Ritual Textiles_. KITLV Press. 2003. xi, pp. 356 ().
-   “Pua Kumbu,” _The Asian Civilisations Museum A-Z Guide to its Collections_. p. 258. Asian Civilisations Museum. 2003. National Heritage Board, Singapore.

[1] http://rhgareh.com, adapted from Margaret Linggi “The ties that bind” (2001) & story told by Bangie ak Embol

[2] Textile tales of Pua Kumbu – Polysensory Intermedia Exhibition, published by University of Malaya

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title: Pua Kumbu

question: Summarize the origin of Pua Kumbu.

answer: There are many different legends about the origin of Pua Kumbu. In the legend, the hunter Menggin shot a bird, but instead of the body found a beautiful woven skirt. The skirt belonged to Dara Tinchin, who married Menggin in exchange for the skirt back. She brought Menggin to her home in the land of the Gods and had a son. Eventually her first husband returns and asks Menggin to leave. Dara Tinchin weaves them jackets and kain, and the designs of those have been passed down in the tradition of Pua Kumbu weaving.

question: Summarize the process of Pua Kumbu weaving.

answer: Pua Kumbu weaving starts with winding thread into balls. They are then sorted and stretched one at a time to form the base. The alternate warp is then selected, and then tied, covered, and untied. The weaving is then unfolded and side designs are added. Each of these steps have special names, as does the yarn itself and different portions of the weaving.

question: Summarize how the yarn is dyed for Pua Kumbu weaving.

answer: The yarn for Pua Kumbu weaving is traditionally dyed from plants found in the local rainforest. For indigo dye, the rengat plant is used, and for yellow dye the plant akar penawar landak is used. Engkudu dye combined with kapok or quicklime will result in a brown dye. The yarn is dyed by dipping into combinations of dyes and left to soak, and then dried in the sun.


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Lieutenant General SIR EDWARD LOCKE ELLIOT, (28 January 1850 – 12 December 1938) was a British Army General during the Second Boer War and in British India.

Biography

Elliot was the son of Colonel Edward King Elliot. He was educated at Harrow School and Royal Military College, Sandhurst, before being commissioned into the 108th (Madras Infantry) Regiment of Foot in January 1868.

He served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War in 1879, and in Burma, 1885–1889, being mentioned in despatches (dated 2 September 1887) and awarded the Distinguished Service Order (DSO).[1][2]

Elliott participated in the Dongola Expedition of 1896, when he was again mentioned in despatches and after it was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Bath. Two years later, in 1898, he was promoted to colonel and appointed Inspector-General of Cavalry in India.

He served in South Africa for 15 months from 1901 to 1902, after the Second Boer War had changed from conventional warfare to a guerrilla war. During the latter part of the war he commanded troops in the east of the Orange River Colony, and following the announcement of peace on 31 May 1902, he supervised the surrender of arms in that area.[3] For his services in the war he was twice mentioned in despatches (dated 17 June and 23 June[4]), and was created a KCB. He was promoted to Major-General on 1 April 1902.

Following the end of the second Boer war, Elliot returned home to the United Kingdom, but in late 1902 was back in India to take up his former employment as Inspector General of Cavalry.[5]

From 1905 to 1910, he commanded the 8th (Lucknow) Division in India. He retired from the army in 1911, having been promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-General in 1906.

During the First World War he served in France as Military Adviser, Indian Army. He was appointed KCIE in 1919 and also received the Legion d'Honneur.

He died at The Coppice in Nottingham on 12 December 1938.[6]

Family

Elliot married, in 1893, Eva Sybil Smith, eldest daughter of Colonel Percy Smith, by whom he had a daughter.

[1] The London Gazette, 25 November 1887

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[6] _The Times_ (Saturday, 17 December 1938), p. 16.

title: Edward Locke Elliot

question: Where was Elliot born, raised and educated?

answer: Elliot's birthplace is not specified.He was educated at Harrow and the Royal Military College in Sandhurst.

question: What did Elliot accomplish?

answer: He won a number of medals for his service, including the Distinguished Service Order.

question: What wars did he fight in?

answer: The second Anglo-Afghan War in 1879, The second Boer war in South Africa (1896). During the first world war he served as a military adviser.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: A page for Lieutenant General Edward Locke Elliot, explaining his accomplishments and track-record.


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A man, blind in one eye, pulls up to the small empty house he was raised in.  A little wood house on a long plot of land.  He enters and settles to live there awhile, spending his time quietly alone. His parents long dead

the town recognizes that he's back, and rumours start circulating that he's a  strange man now, those who knew him hear he's not the same as was, or just gotten worse, than the quiet kid he was.

So one night an old friend pulls up for a visit. Gerry, a friend with whom the man shares a regrettable past, who took the shy little girl he loved in school and then blinded his eye all in the same summer, approaches the house.  Stepping up the drive Gerry observes a pair of binoculars in the man's truck, with some other gear.

The man opens the door enough to see but won't let Gerry in.  He looks out with his good eye, he's big and sweaty, suspicious, beads dripping off him. he looks haggard.

he waits for Gerry to speak.

"Went for a drink by the ball park," Gerry says. "Gotta drive by your folks place whenever I go down there, but there's never lights on until recently. Thought I'd drop in."

The sun has only just set on a 40 acre plot of flat land. Standing on the porch, Gerry suggests they have a drink.

The hesitation in the man's face is gone, a sort of smile creeps, he winks his blind eye, and says "i have company."

"Oh. Well then."

The man peers out at Gerry's car, then his own, then the seat on the porch.

"We could have one out here," Gerry says, "looks like you need a fan in there anyway."

So he puts on a towel, steps out with the smaller man, and they sit.

Gerry jokes about how the binoculars in the truck are bulky for his purposes.

"Funny," the man says, leaning backward. "You mean because of my eye."

"Just a joke," Gerry smiles. Reaching into the six back from his own car between them.

They watch a coyote cross the flat land against the blue night sky.

From the silence, Gerry says "I should mention i'm still with her, Kendal."

After a pause, "Kandal who?" the man says, still staring at the idle coyote. From his chair, all Gerry can see is the pale eye.

"Wonderful, it's just as good you've forgotten. I was worried she was the one you let slip away, thought maybe you'd be hurting over it."

"I don't envy your family Gerry. I don't envy your house, your wife, I'm glad she's not mine. I'm glad her children aren't mine, I'm free, in ways that wouldn't even occur to you."

"Well there you go," Gerry says, leaning a bit to spy the seeing eye. "I shouldn't have doubted you, looks as if you've got a fine life of your own here. A lady over just now, already, and you've been in town no less than a month!"

He smirks, turns to look at Gerry.

"Two. Two ladies."

"Two! You jest. You paying these girls? From across the tracks? I couldn't dare you to do that when we were boys."

"Don't matter, does it? Pussy is pussy is tight wet pussy," he whispers, sipping his beer, then leaning in.  "I put the two pussies together Gerry, stuck my red cock right between them."

Whispering back, raising an eyebrow, Gerry says "even with the lights on like this? you jest, not with your short pecker."

"Big enough for them, Gerry. You don't know what you're missing, you've been with the same old lady since we were kids, same old pussy."

"I'm sure I'm missing out."

"You are," he says, leaning in again. "You never stick yours in two girls mouths at the same time have you Gerry? Not two like these, too doped up to tell your cock from a candy-caine. You ever pound a fresh ass so hard they're screamin? They you almost broke em? Split her in half?  No, you've got a family, you've got a wife, you don't get to do the things i get to do.

"I'm happy you've found happiness."

"yes, yes I have Gerry. and you can't take this happiness away from me either. You listen, because there's nothing you can do will take this away, you just try. And I know you will Gerry," he's smiling bigger now, "but you can't. you can't. there's nothing left to take! Ha! Not like you took Kendal, not like you took my eye gerry."

"Well, you know, we were kids. not much i can say about that now."

"Right, just kids. So sweet, aren't they?"

"I did say i'm sorry."

"Never once Gerry, no you didn't. Unless you mean making mention of my binoculars, things like that. Otherwise, you never said sorry once, and it's too late now. We're settled now, no point in two old men saying sorries."

Gerry stands up, steps down the stairs, looks up at the little house. Says, "you enjoy yourself."

Sipping beer, his towel slipping off his pale leg. "I will. I do. I did."

"Maybe I visit you again."

"I believe you will, this time Gerry."

Gerry gets into his car, tosses his jacket into the back seat. Pulls back onto the main road, the black sky is densely freckled with stars.

Eventually he pulls up the gravel road of his big home on a hill in the woods. He reaches back and picks his jacket up off the twin child-seats in the back.

His wife is waiting at the top of the steps, lit orange from the kitchen windows. Her hands at her sides.

"Why isn't your phone on?"

Gerry approaches the bottom step, looking up at her in the light.

"You look beautiful my dear," he says, smiling.  "Pretty as the first day I…"

"Enough already, bring the girls in, it's late."

Gerry tilts his head, then looks back at the empty child seats in the car, then looks at his wife.

"I… didn't pick up the girls?"

"Well who picked them up then?"

Gerry turns, his breath held in his chest. He looks back out into the open road toward the country, the school, and the small shack now occupied by the sweaty angry man and his company.

"Oh wait, Gerry, grand-grand said he'd be getting them after school didn't he."

Gerry lets go of his breath, "right, thank you Kendal. You don't want to know where my head just went."

title: Revenge.

question: Summarize the history between Gerry and the blind man.

answer: When they were kids, Gerry and the blind man used to be friends. Gerry wound up stealing Kendal, the woman the blind man loved, from him. He also blinded the old man during one summer. Gerry never apologized for what he did.

question: Summarize everything relating to family.

answer: The old blind man's parents are long dead when he returns to his hometown. He returns to the house where his parents used to live. The old man doesn't envy Gerry's family and is glad Kendal's children are't his own. The old man says that Gerry doesn't get to do the things he does because he has a family. When Gerry returns home, his wife asks him where their daughters are. She eventually remembers that the girls' grandfather said he'd pick them up after school.

question: Summarize everything relating to alcohol.

answer: When Gerry arrives at the old man's house, Gerry explains that he went for a drink by the ball park. He suggests he and the old man have a drink. The old man sips a beer as Gerry leaves.

question: What does the story say about Gerry's response to the old man's revenge?


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Difficult to say what anybody in Cobham thought of the man advancing towards the cemetary gates. A slight tremor to his his chest and an almost beaten cadence, a solitary procession where he bared the roles of the mournful. A keen observer, a much more practiced observer, might have recognized those steps, that striking appearance, that leathery coat worn smooth with age. Trodding forward treading his own shadow dreading that feeling of familiarity, nostalgia aged and fermented in oak barrels, no one took him for anything out of the ordinary. He was more or less ignored.

The site held some historic value. Until recently it had become somewhat decrepit, a derelict spot where teenagers would sneak off to and tempt the spirits of a bygone time. The village council recognized the importance of keeping up appearances and the head of that council claimed it as their collective heritage. A simple sign ‘here among others lie the founders of Cobham’ propped up with two wooden posts.

As the man drew past the gate he eyed a familiar plot belonging to a ‘Catsy Whitehouse, 1920-1947 beloved daughter’. He paused for a moment and sat on the cold grass still damp from the previous mornings rains. In his pocket he clutched a letter, his respects drawn out some sixty years late.

title: Catsy Ghosts

question: Where is Cobham?

answer: The text does not elaborate.

question: Does  the man know Catsy?

answer: He stops at her grave, so it would seem he does.

question: Has it been long since he has visited her grave?

answer: The text says he's 60 years late, which is objectively a long time.

question: Why would a "keen observer" have recognized the man?

answer: He had a familiar gait, appearance, and coat.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: A strange man visits a grave 60 years too late. No one recognizes him, though it's not clear if there is even anyone around-the graveyard is usually the stomping ground of teenagers, no solemn visitors.


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“As you're advisors, it's our duty to be as beneficial to you as possible. But it's your job to schedule appointments with us well in advance of enrollment dates” Frank calmly said to a room filled with students, it seemed like he had given the same speech thousands of times.  As he was about to continue with the lecture, his new colleague, Mike, cleared his throat.

“Just piggy-backing off of what Frank said, I want to mention that our offices are open 24/7 and we're ALWAYS here for you guys with anything.  I mean it. We don't wanna be those lame advisors you probably thought we were gonna be! Haha...” Mike said directly after Frank was done speaking, almost cutting him off from his next thought.  He had a nervous smile and looked to young to be advising anything, let alone students with their future careers resting on his decisions.

“I’m just going to expand a little bit on what Mike said by mentioning we're definitely not in the office 24/7 and our advising will be limited to scholastics” Said Frank, with a little more sternness in his voice this time.  What the hell is this new kid doing? Trying to embarrass me? He looks different in person than on the staff website… Frank had a progression of thoughts to himself; he felt like he was being played, but at the same time Mike looked so familiar to him.  All that being said, he was not willing to show any signs of weakness in front of the 2000 plus audience of students. He knew first hand that kids will feed off of weakness.

“Again.. If I may” Mike started gaining confidence, “piggy-backing off of what Frank said, you guys should come to us with whatever’s bothering you, that's what we're for! Oh, your boyfriend cheated on you with your ex BFF, we'll take care of that bitch! Your roommate caught you masturbating to anime porn? My office can be your new porn sanctuary!”  The crowd stirred, most kids were laughing.  The floor was Mike’s, his plan was finally working, now to have a bit of fun with it…  “Let's say maybe you and your friends got a little too crazy on a Friday night and you don't have a place to crash? I got a pull out couch and a stash of weed hidden in my room- at your disposal!”  Mike was now grinning from ear to ear.  His young age, which was cleverly concealed behind a grim face, came out for the audience to inspect.  In that moment he looked younger than half of the kids he was lecturing to.

Frank knew he lost all of the respect he had with the students in the room.  It made him physically sick.  He would have punched Mike in the face and kicked his teeth in if there wasn’t a whole audience watching.  How dare someone take all the power from under his feet, he could feel his knuckles tensing, his muscles flexing, his face was beat red.  In a moment of clarity and stupidity, he realized Mike didn’t look a day older than anyone in the audience.  “PEOPLE PLEASE, do not listen to Mike, he is clearly in a bad state right now” he motioned to turn Mike’s microphone off but was too slow.  The audience was in chaos as a loud voice came bursting through the reception halls main sound system.

“TO JUST PIGGYBACK OFF OF THAT STATEMENT FRANK, ID LIKE TO SAY TO THE CLASS OF 2018 THAT MIKE HAS TWO-DOLLAR JELLO SHOTS ON THE STAGE.  LETS GET READY TO RAGE!” The crowd erupted in applause to this unfamiliar voice.  Frank was still seated in his chair, with a center stage view to the madness.  He was starring with awe at his previous colleague, and to his own disbelief, Frank was finally able to recognize Mike.  He stared at the boy who stripped him of his power, not with hatred but with love.  It was his son.

Frank woke up from the nightmare and pressed his head against the pillow hard, stuffing his face on the silk.  Just at that moment, his two children, 5- year-old Sophie and 18-year-old Mike entered the room.  The smell of bacon followed them in and pierced through the bedroom door to his nose.

“Dad, where are the suitcases? I figure I should probably start packing soon if I’m leaving in a week” Mike said to his father.  Frank got up and hugged both of his children, surprising them.  On his way to eat breakfast he gave Sofia a piggyback ride.

title: Piggyback

question: Describe the relationship between Frank and Mike.

answer: Frank is Mike's father, although in Frank's nightmare they are colleagues, both working as student advisors.

question: Who is Frank delivering his speech to?

answer: A group of students.

question: What is Frank's occupation?

answer: He is a student advisor, at least in his nightmare.

question: Describe Frank's nightmare.

answer: Frank tries to tell the students about what services he offers as an advisor, but his colleague Mike keeps interrupting and offering unprofessional services, such as allowing students to crash at his place and smoke weed.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Frank has a nightmare in which he and his colleague Mike, both student advisors, are giving a speech to the student body. Frank tries his best to keep the speech professional, but Mike keeps interrupting with inappropriate comments. Eventually, Frank realizes Mike is actually his son and wakes up from the nightmare. Frank hugs his children, including Mike, who is about to go off to college.


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THE WINGS TOUR, also known as 2017 BTS LIVE TRILOGY EPISODE III (FINAL CHAPTER): THE WINGS TOUR, was the second worldwide concert tour headlined by the South Korean boy band BTS to promote their second Korean studio album, _Wings_ (2016). The tour began on February 18, 2017 and concluded on December 10, 2017 in South Korea. It visited 12 countries including Brazil, Australia, Japan, Hong Kong, and the United States. The tour gathered 550,000 fans, making it the band's second biggest tour to date.[1][2]

Background

On November 18, 2016, BTS released a trailer on YouTube announcing the tour, along with a poster listing the dates for the first two shows held at Gocheok Sky Dome in South Korea. Later, six shows were confirmed in five cities in Chile, Brazil, and the United States.[3][4][5]

Tickets for the North American leg sold out within a few minutes. Due to high demand, two additional shows were added for the Prudential Center and the Honda Center.[6] Over 60,000 fans were in attendance at the concerts in Newark, Chicago, and Anaheim.[7] The group went on to sell out their concert in Chile, and became the fastest K-pop group to sell out the Movistar Arena, Chile's largest indoor arena.[8] According to Puntoticket, the Chilean ticket sales and distribution company, BTS' concert was the fastest-selling show in Chile's history, only comparable to Maroon 5’s concert in 2015, selling more than 10,000 tickets in less than 2 hours.[9] On January 13, 2017, BTS announced a second show at the same venue.[10] In Brazil, more than 50,000 fans tried to buy the 14,000 available tickets, which led to protests on Twitter asking for the Brazilian promoters of the tour to move the concerts to a larger venue.[11][12] BTS sold 44,000 tickets in total across the South American leg of the tour.[13]

On July 27, 2017, BTS announced three finale concerts held in Seoul at Gocheok Sky Dome on December 8–10, 2017.[14] On September 2, 2017, additional dates at Japan's Kyocera Dome were announced for October 14–15, 2017, which were later sold out.[15][16] It was the first time that the group held dome concerts in Japan since their debut.

Reception

The tour received positive reviews from music critics. _Billboard_ praised the group's “militarily precise choreography”. They also complimented the members' solo stages, stating that “The solitary, reflective showcases moved the audience”.[17] _Bucks County Courier Times_ wrote that the concert, which “included elaborate dance routines for almost every song, stunning intermission videos and plenty of speeches and antics from the BTS members”, was an “incredible experience”.[18] _Idolator_ highlighted the band's intricate choreography as well as each member's ability to showcase their respective strengths through solo stages. They concluded, “The Wings Tour is the perfect introduction to the professionalism and pageantry of K-Pop. BTS is in a league of their own and the world is starting to realize it”.[19] CNN acknowledged BTS as the first K-pop act to sell out arenas in the United States, praising their evolution in the industry.[20]

_The New York Times Magazine_ reported on the remarkable success of The Wings Tour in Chile, which sold out in record time. It was revealed that “the band’s online popularity had become so entrenched in Chile that tour promoters didn’t even bother with a traditional media push”. It was also reported that the audience's screams alone reached “an earsplitting 127 decibels”, the loudest ever recorded at the Movistar Arena.[21] _Manila Bulletin_ praised the group's performances and noted the impressive attendance numbers for the show, stating “BTS’ drawing power is no joke”.[22]

The Grammys reported on BTS' first dome concerts in Osaka, highlighting that BTS “drew impressive crowds and delivered smashing performances”.[23]

Set lists

Tour dates

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| February    | Seoul       | South Korea | Gocheok Sky | 40,000[24]  |
| 18, 2017    |             |             | Dome        |             |
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| February    |
| 19, 2017    |
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| SOUTH       |
| AMERICA     |
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| March 11,   | Santiago    | Chile       | Movistar    | 44,000[25]  |
| 2017        |             |             | Arena       |             |
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| March 12,   |
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| March 19,   | São Paulo   | Brazil      | Citibank    |
| 2017        |             |             | Hall        |
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| March 20,   |
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| NORTH       |
| AMERICA     |
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| March 23,   | Newark      | United      | Prudential  | 60,000[26][ |
| 2017        |             | States      | Center      | 27]         |
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| March 24,   |
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| March 29,   | Rosemont    | Allstate    |
| 2017        |             | Arena       |
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| April 1,    | Anaheim     | Honda       |
| 2017        |             | Center      |
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| April 2,    |
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| ASIA        |
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| April 22,   | Bangkok     | Thailand    | IMPACT      | 90,000[28][ |
| 2017        |             |             | Arena       | 29]         |
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| April 23,   |
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| April 29,   | Jakarta     | Indonesia   | Indonesia   |
| 2017        |             |             | Convention  |
|             |             |             | Exhibition  |
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| May 6, 2017 | Pasay       | Philippines | Mall of     |
|             |             |             | Asia Arena  |
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| May 7, 2017 |
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| May 13,     | Hong Kong   | AsiaWorld-E |
| 2017        |             | xpo         |
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| May 14,     |
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| May 26,     | Sydney      | Australia   | Qudos Bank  |             |
| 2017        |             |             | Arena       |             |
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| ASIA        |
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| May 30,     | Osaka       | Japan       | Osaka-Jo    | 145,000[30] |
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| May 31,     |
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| June 1,     |
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| June 7,     | Hiroshima   | Hiroshima   |
| 2017        |             | Green Arena |
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| June 14,    | Nagoya      | Nippon      |
| 2017        |             | Gaishi Hall |
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| June 15,    |
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| June 20,    | Saitama     | Saitama     |
| 2017        |             | Super Arena |
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| June 21,    |
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| June 22,    |
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| June 24,    | Fukuoka     | Marine      |
| 2017        |             | Messe       |
|             |             | Fukuoka     |
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| June 25,    |
| 2017        |
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| July 1,     | Sapporo     | Makomanai   |
| 2017        |             | Ice Arena   |
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| July 2,     |
| 2017        |
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| October 14, | Osaka       | Kyocera     | 80,000[31]  |
| 2017        |             | Dome        |             |
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| October 15, |
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| October 21, | Taipei      | Taiwan      | Multipurpos | 20,000[32]  |
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|             |             |             | Gymnasium   |             |
|             |             |             | National    |             |
|             |             |             | Taiwan      |             |
|             |             |             | Sport       |             |
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| November 4, | Macau       | Cotai Arena |             |
| 2017        |             |             |             |
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| December 8, | Seoul       | South Korea | Gocheok Sky | 60,000[33]  |
| 2017        |             |             | Dome        |             |
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| December 9, |
| 2017        |
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| December    |
| 10, 2017    |
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| TOTAL       | 550,000[34] |
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Box office score data

  Venue               City/Country            Tickets Sold / Available   Gross Revenue
  ------------------- ----------------------- -------------------------- ----------------
  Citibank Hall       São Paulo, Brazil       15,327 / 15,327 (100%)     $1,207,360[35]
  Prudential Center   Newark, United States   22,612 / 22,612 (100%)     $3,348,500[36]
  Qudos Bank Arena    Sydney, Australia       11,023 / 11,424 (96%)      $2,054,650[37]

TV Broadcasts

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| Premiere Date   | Channel         | Program Title   | Recording Date  |
| (On-air time    | (Country/Region |                 | (Location)      |
| [GMT+9])        | )               |                 |                 |
+=================+=================+=================+=================+
| July 17, 2017   | TBS1            | 2017 BTS LIVE   | June 21, 2017   |
| 8:00 p.m.       | Japan           | TRILOGY EPISODE | Saitama Super   |
|                 |                 | III: THE WINGS  | Arena, Saitama, |
|                 |                 | TOUR ~JAPAN     | Japan           |
|                 |                 | EDITION~[38]    |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| November 12,    | BTS Dome        | October 2017    |
| 2017            | Concert         | Various         |
| 9:00 p.m.       | Performance     | locations in    |
|                 | Pre-program:    | Korea & Japan   |
|                 | 2017.10         |                 |
|                 | Close-up        |                 |
|                 | Documentary[39] |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| December 17,    | 2017 BTS LIVE   | October 15,     |
| 2017            | TRILOGY EPISODE | 2017            |
| 8:00 p.m.       | III: THE WINGS  | Kyocera Dome,   |
|                 | TOUR IN JAPAN   | Osaka, Japan    |
|                 | ~SPECIAL        |                 |
|                 | EDITION~[40]    |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| May 26, 2018    | 2017 BTS LIVE   | February 19,    |
| 9:00 p.m.       | TRILOGY EPISODE | 2017            |
|                 | III: THE WINGS  | Gocheok Sky     |
|                 | TOUR IN         | Dome, Seoul,    |
|                 | SEOUL[41]       | South Korea     |
|                 | (Full Uncut     |                 |
|                 | version)        |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+

Accolades

  Year   Organization                             Award                                                          Result
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  2017   Nickelodeon Brazil Kids' Choice Awards   International Show of the Year in Brazil                                [42]
  2018   Kazz Awards                              2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III: The Wings Tour in Bangkok            [43]

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title: The Wings Tour

question: What was The Wings Tour also known as?

answer: 2017 BTS Live Trilogy Episode III (Final Chapter): The Wings Tour.

question: What was The Wings Tour?

answer: The second worldwide concert headlined by the South Korean boy band BTS.

question: When did The Wings Tour begin?

answer: February 18 2017.

question: When did The Wings Tour end?

answer: December 10 2017.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article is about The Wings Tour, the second tour taken by the South Korean boy band BTS in 2017.


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FELIX CHEN or CHEN CHIU-SEN[1] (; 9 July 1942 – 9 April 2018) was a Taiwanese conductor and violinist. He was resident conductor and music director of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra from 1986 until his dismissal in 2003.[2] He taught both Chien Wen-pin, musical director of the Taiwan National Symphony Orchestra from 2001 to 2007; and the same orchestra's current maestro, Lü Shao-chia.[3]

Early life

Chen was born in Taihoku Prefecture, Taiwan on 9 July 1942.[4] He began his musical career studying the violin,[5] and won first prize in Taiwan's provincial violin competition in 1959.[6] Later, he studied at the Munich Conservatory in Germany.[7] He returned to Taiwan in 1969 and played violin in several orchestras.[8]

Career

Early career

In 1971, Chen moved to Austria to study conducting, returning again to Taiwan in 1973 to work for the Taiwan Provincial Symphony Orchestra.[9] He later moved to the Taipei Symphony Orchestra (TSO), which he led for 17 years.[10] He began staging operas with them. In this era, the TSO had not yet begun to stage operas; consequently, Chen's were almost the only Western operas known at that time in Taiwan.[11] He was praised for his work at the podium conducting both orchestral and operatic works.[12] Every year Chen and the TSO produced one or two operas (among them _Aida_, _Otello_ and _Turandot_) which became major musical events in Taiwan.[13]

In a 2003 article in the _Taipei Times_ newspaper, Chen was described as “a veritable Taiwanese 'living national treasure'”, due to his “long line of magnificent concerts and opera productions.”[14]

Later career

After his retirement, Chen taught at the National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei National University of the Arts, and Tainan National University of the Arts.[15] He was invited to give guest performances with the National Symphony Orchestra of Taiwan (NSO) and the National Taiwan Symphony Orchestra in his later years.[16] The conductors Lü Shao-chia and Chien Wen-pin were both students of Chen.[17][18]

In March 2014, Chen came out of retirement and for the first time publicly praised Shen Yun Performing Arts for their “staging techniques” while reflecting that the institution deserved its reputation.[19]

Firing

In September 2003, Chen was accused of corruption and involvement in a forgery scandal.[20] As a result, the Department of Culture Affairs of the Taipei City Government decided to relieve him of his post.[21] Chen eventually chose to retire, and some people believed he was forced to do so.[22] In 2010, the _Taipei Times_ asserted that “according to many in Taipei's classical music scene, not a shred of evidence involving Chen in any wrongdoing was ever discovered.”[23] Chen meanwhile returned to university teaching, making occasional appearances as a guest conductor.[24]

Death

Chen died on 9 April 2018 in Taipei at the age of 75.[25][26]

Partial discography

-   _Ritual Incantations_[27]
-   _Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 104: I. Allegro_[28]
-   _Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 104: II. Adagio ma non troppo_[29]
-   _Concerto for Cello and Orchestra in B Minor, Op. 104: III. Finale: Allegro moderato_[30]
-   _Ritual Incantations: I. Majestic: Driving and Persistent — Cantabile_[31]
-   _Ritual Incantations: II. Mysterious and Expansive — Longing — Yearning_[32]
-   _Ritual Incantations: III. Spirited — Passionate — Bold and Lyrical_[33]

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title: Felix Chen

question: Summarize Felix Chen's post-retirement years.

answer: After retirement in 2003, Felix Chen taught at the National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei National University of the Arts, and Tainan National University of the Arts. Some of his notable students include Lü Shao-chia and Chien Wen-pin. Felix Chen came out of retirement in 2014 and praised Shen Yun Performing Arts for their "stage techniques." He died in 2018 at the age of 75.

question: Summarize Felix Chen's musical career.

answer: Felix Chen started his musical career studying the violin and playing in several orchestras. He then studied conducting in Austria and led the Taipei Symphony Orchestra for 17 years, and began staging operas with them. Chen was described as a "living national treasure." He then retired and taught at several universities, and gave occasional guest performances. He taught Lü Shao-chia and Chien Wen-pin, other notable conductors and musical directors.

question: Summarize Chen's dismissal in 2003.

answer: Felix Chen was conductor and music director of the Taipei Symphony Orchestra until 2003. Chen was accused of corruption and forgery, and the Department of Culture Affairs of the Taipei City Government relieved him of his post. Chen retired, and many believe he was forced to. In 2010 the Taipei Times stated that there was no evidence of any wrongdoing by Chen. Chen would make occasional appearances at the Taipei Symphony Orchestra as a guest conductor.


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JAMES E. WILSON (July 31, 1937 – July 10, 2005) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as a Liberal member from the constituency of Fredericton North.[1][2]

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[2] http://www.inmemoriam.ca/view-announcement-112551-james-jim-e-wilson.html

title: Jim Wilson (New Brunswick politician)

question: How old was Wilson when he died?

answer: 68

question: What was Wilson's primary political affiliation?

answer: The Liberal Party

question: Where was Wilson from?

answer: Canada

question: What is both Wilson's birth and death month?

answer: July

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article introduces Canadian politician Jim Wilson. It discusses his career and political affiliations.


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PHILIP WOOLLEY (February 17, 1831 – June 12, 1912) was a Canadian American businessman for whom the city of Sedro-Woolley, Washington, is partly named.

Early life and education

Philip Woolley was born in Malone, New York, to an American father and Canadian mother.[1]

Career

Woolley moved to Russell, Ontario in the 1850s, where he worked as a lumberjack and opened a general store. In 1867 he relocated his family to Michigan and, later, to Elgin, Illinois. Building on his experience as a lumberjack and salesman in Ontario, Woolley began selling timber for railroad crossties to the Chicago & Alton Railway.[2]

In 1889 Woolley again moved, this time to Washington state, in hope of growing his railway contracting business by taking advantage of the expanding Northern Pacific Railroad, which had just established a terminus in Tacoma, Washington. Woolley settled in Sedro, Washington, in Skagit County, purchasing 84 acres of land just outside the town limits at a location where he felt the expanding rail lines would cross. Meanwhile, with his sons, he began constructing the Skagit River Lumber & Shingle Mill on his newly acquired property, growing his acreage into a company town named Woolley. A fire in neighboring Sedro prompted many businesses to relocate to Woolley and, in 1898, the two towns were merged as Sedro-Woolley.[3][4]

Woolley continued to enjoy business success in later life, supplying material to the Seaboard Air Line Railroad and taking up part-time residence in Georgia to service his new client.[5]

Personal life

Woolley married Catherine Loucks of Ottawa on January 23, 1857. They had at least five children. Woolley died at his home on Woodworth Street in Sedro-Woolley in 1912.[6]

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title: Philip Woolley

question: Where was Woolley born?

answer: Malone, New York

question: When was Woolley born?

answer: February 17, 1831

question: How did Woolley die?

answer: He died in his home, presumably of natural causes

question: How many children did Woolley have?

answer: At least 5

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Philip Woolley was a Canadian-American businessman. In 1889, he founded a mill in Washington state and created a company town named Woolley. A fire in the neighboring town, Sedro, caused businesses to relocate to Woolley, and in 1898, the two towns were merged as Sedro-Woolley. Philip had at least five children, and he died in his home in 1912.


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ALI HASSAN NASSEREDINE (; born 24 January 1983) is a Lebanese former footballer who played as a striker. He played for the Lebanon national team between 2003 and 2006, scoring eight goals in 19 caps.

Coming through from the youth system, Nasseredine made his senior debut for Nejmeh during the 2002–03 season. After eight seasons for the club, with whom he scored 52 league goals, in 2010 Nasseredine moved to cross-city rivals Ansar for one season. The following year, he moved to Jordanian side Al-Jazeera, before joining Bahrain SC in 2012. The same year, he returned to Lebanon, playing one season each for Ansar, Safa, Nabi Chit and Chabab Ghazieh. Nasseredine played his final season in 2016–17 with Safa, ending his career with 76 league goals.

Club career

Nejmeh

On 31 October 1997, Nasseredine was signed to the youth teams of Nejmeh.[1]

When Nejmeh took part in the 2004 AFC Cup Nasseredine had scored a double against Yemen's Al Sha'ab Ibb to win 3–0 in their opening group stage fixture on 11 February 2004. On 6 April 2004, he netted once more in a 3–1 win against Turkmenistan's Nisa Aşgabat as Nejmeh went on to eventually top the group with 16 points. They would meet Syria's Al-Wahda in the quarter-final stages where both teams had scored 4 goals each after the two legs, first losing 2–1 in Damascus following a 3–2 second-leg victory to Nejmeh on 21 September 2004, in which Nasseredine had scored, however, the Syrians advanced on the away goals rule.

The following year saw Nejmeh top their group again in the 2005 AFC Cup where Nasseredine had not scored in the tournament until the quarter-final stages in a 3–2 win against Singapore's Home United FC. on 28 September 2005, as Nejmeh advanced to the semi-final stage, Nasseredine had scored the third goal in a first-leg 3–0 win against Hong Kong's Sun Hei. Two weeks later, on 12 October 2005 Nasseredine had scored again in a 3–2 second-leg victory which saw Nejmeh advance to the final where they would lose 4–2 on aggregate against Jordan's Al-Faisaly Amman. During the 2005–06 Lebanese Premier League season, Ali had finished as the league's leading goal scorer with 17 goals.

In the 2006 edition of the AFC Cup, Nasseredine would score a hat-trick in Nejmeh's opening game, a 6–2 thrashing against Turkmenistan's HTTU Aşgabat[2] on 7 March 2006. On 16 May 2006 Nasseredine would score a 65th minute winning goal in a 2–1 result against Jordan's Al Faisaly which was the final group stage fixture.[3] On 26 September 2006, in the first leg of the semi-finals, Nasseredine had put Nejmeh ahead against Bahrain's Al-Muharraq on 21 minutes, only to end up losing the game 2–1.[4] Nejmeh would then lose 4–2 in the second leg.

In the 2007 AFC Cup, on 20 March 2007 Nasseredine scored an 89th-minute winner in a 2–1 victory against Al-Saqr of Yemen in the second group stage fixture. Nejmeh would finish on top of their group on 15 points, having only lost once.[5] Nejmeh would go all the way to the semi-final's to be knocked out by Jordan's Shabab Al-Ordon Al-Qadisiya.

International career

On 9 June 2004, Nasseredine was substituted on to the field in the 81st minute in a 2006 World Cup qualifier against Maldives, he scored the third and final goal of the 3–0 victory in the 93rd minute.[6] On 8 September 2004 Nasseredine would score a double in Lebanon's 5–2 win against Maldives in their World Cup qualifying second-leg match.[7]

On 13 October 2004 Lebanon would play Korea Republic in their second last game for their group stage clash, Korea only having been 1 point ahead of Lebanon on the group table, the game had been recognised as Lebanon's finest chance of qualifying to the Second round of qualifiers for the first time ever. In front of a sold-out crowd in Beirut's municipal stadium, Korea had scored in the opening goal in the 8th minute. Ali Nasseredine had dramatically equalised on 28 minutes when a back pass was played by a Korean defender, Korea's goal keeper Lee Woon-Jae had received the ball but fumbled which left Nasseredine to pass the ball into an un guarded net.[8] As the game had ended 1–1, the point was not enough which left Lebanon to draw 0–0 in their closing game of the group stage.

On 22 February 2006 Nasseredine had latched onto a free kick to head home an equaliser at 1–1 in the 70th minute in a qualifying match for the 2007 AFC Asian Cup against Kuwait in Beirut.

Honours

Club

NEJMEH

-   Lebanese Premier League: 2003–04, 2004–05, 2008–09
-   Lebanese Elite Cup: 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005
-   Lebanese Super Cup: 2002, 2004, 2009

ANSAR

-   Lebanese Super Cup: 2012

SAFA

-   Lebanese Super Cup: 2013

Individual

AWARDS

-   Lebanese Premier League Goal of the Season: 2014–15

PERFORMANCES

-   Lebanese Premier League top goalscorer: 2005–06

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[3] http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/997.pdf

[4] http://www.the-afc.com/uploads/Documents/competitions/fixtures/1660.pdf

[5] AFC Cup 2007#Group A

[6] https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=36451/report.html

[7] https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=36453/report.html

[8] https://www.fifa.com/worldcup/archive/germany2006/preliminaries/preliminary=7861/matches/match=36455/report.html

title: Ali Nasseredine

question: Summarize Nasseredine's club career.

answer: Nasseredine's club career started when he was signed to the youth teams of Nejmeh. He took part in the 2004 AFC Cup and participated in the AFC cup until 2007. Afterwards Nasserdine played in the 2007 AFC Asian Cup against Kuwait in Beirut. Nasserdine had both a local and international career.


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PAWEŁ WOJOWSKI (born 27 August 1994) is a Polish footballer who plays for Radunia Stężyca.[1][2]

Career

Radunia Stężyca

Wojowski joined Radunia Stężyca on 4 February 2019.[3]

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title: Paweł Wojowski

question: Who is Pawel Wojowski?

answer: A footballer.

question: What is his nationality?

answer: Polish.

question: When was he born?

answer: August 27 1994.

question: For whom does he play?

answer: Radunia Stężyca.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Pawel Wojowski, born on August 27, 1994,is a Polish footballer who plays for Radunia Stężyca, which he joined on February 4th, 2019.


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_ADORATION OF THE CHRIST CHILD_ (Italian: _Adorazione del Bambino_), is a circa 1619–1621 oil on canvas painting of the Nativity by the Dutch Golden Age artist Gerard Honthorst in the collection of the Uffizi in Florence.[1]

Painting

The _Adoration of the Child_ shows a moonlit scene with Mary laying the Child in swaddling clothes. Joseph is looking over her shoulder and two angels are leaning over the crib. The moonlight is reflected off the faces in such a way that suggests the Child as a light source. The composition is reminiscent of much earlier versions, such as the 1490 _Nativity at Night_ by Geertgen tot Sint Jans. The “Child as light source” aspect was used again and further exaggerated by Honthorst the next year when he painted the same subject, today held by the Wallraf-Richartz Museum.

File:Adoration of the shepherds, by Gerard van Honthorst.jpg|_Adoration of the Shepherds_, 1622, Wallraf-Richartz Museum File:Gerard van Honthorst - Adoration of the Shepherds (1622).jpg|_Adoration of the Shepherds_, c. 1622, Pomerania State Museum

Provenance

This painting is one of five paintings by Honthorst in the Uffizi, and all of them feature a tenebrist style that shows why the Italians call him _Gherardo delle Notti_ or “Gerard of the Night”.[2] Presumably these were all purchased in 1628 by Ferdinando II de' Medici, Grand Duke of Tuscany, who had just returned from a trip to Northern Europe and sent an intermediary to inquire after “6 paintings” that were for sale in Rome.[3]

[1] painting record in the RKD

[2] 739 in Florentine museum

[3] Florentijnsche Gegevens II by J.A.F. Orbaan in Oud Holland, Vol. 43 (1926), pp. 277-288

title: Adoration of the Christ Child (Honthorst)

question: What is the "Adoration of the Christ Child"?

answer: An oil on canvas painting of the Nativity

question: Who is the artist of the painting?

answer: The Dutch Golden Age artist, Gerard Honthorst.

question: Where is the painting displayed?

answer: In the collection of the Uffizi in Florence.

question: What year is the painting from?

answer: Circa 1619-1621

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The "Adoration of the Christ Child" is a nativity oil on canvas painting by the Dutch Golden Age artist, Gerard Honthorst, circa 1619-1621.


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In seven seasons of _30 Rock_, we have met Jenna’s mother, fans, and drag impersonator/husband. But there is one important figure in her life that we have heard quite a bit about but have never actually seen: Mickey Rourke. At sporadic times, she’d surprised us with a tidbit from their tempestuous and often life-threatening liaisons, like, “Your new vibe is a double-edged sword, much like the kind Mickey Rourke tried to kill me with,” or, “I’m gonna have to reinvent you. Break you down completely and build you up from scratch. Just like Mickey Rourke did to me sexually.” And yet we’ve never seen the two together to get a real sense of the magnetism that drew these two hot-headed and -blooded thespians together. With the series ending this Thursday, we recruited illustrator Kyle Hilton to bring to life four of their most torrid flings, whether occurring in a catapult or on a catamaran. Get ready for a love affair that makes _Nine 1/2 Weeks_ look like _3 Men and a Baby_.

_30 Rock_’s Jenna–Mickey Rourke Love, in Pics

question: Why has no one seen Mickey Rourke with Jenna of late, though much has been heard about him?

answer: Maybe they are a private couple who loves not to be seen together in public at all times.


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ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE BARRHAVEN RUN FOR ROGER NEILSON HOUSE COMMITTEE

Today we announced the merger between the Barrhaven Run for Roger Neilson House and the annual Manotick Miler.

Both events held each spring, raise significant funds for important causes in our community. Barrhaven Run’s strong family and fundraising culture combined with the Manotick Miler’s growing participant base will create an improved experience for all participants while aiming to increase the awareness and funds raised for Roger Neilson House.

-   Benefits include:
    NEW COURSE AND RACE OPTIONS – The new location will provide a new running course, which will include, 10, 5, 3 and 1 mile routes.
-   PRIZES
    -   Every registered participant will receive a Finisher Medal at the end of the finish line.
    -   Top Male & Female in the 10 Miler will receive a cash award of $300.00.
    -   Top Male & Female in the 5 Miler & 3 Miler will also receive an award.
-   BIGGER CONTRIBUTION – By combining the two events and increasing registration numbers, more funds will be directed to Roger Neilson House.

  “We wish to thank all of the organizers and supports of the Barhaven run. Your support of Roger Neilson House over the past many years has been tremendous, supporting many children and families at their most vulnerable times.” said Megan Wright, executive director, Roger Neilson House. “We look forward to participating in the Manotick Miler, the support of our community is key to Roger Neilson House being able to provide ongoing services. We count on this support and are very grateful to the business owner and community in both Barhaven and Manotick.”

  “On behalf of the Barrhaven Run for Roger Neilson House Organizing Committee we are excited to have the team at inStride continue this charity event.” said John Baizana Co-founder BarrhavenRun.ca “The tradition of the event will not only continue but be enhanced for the communities of Barrhaven and Manotick.”

  “For the past three years we have helped with the logistics of The Barrhaven Run and look forward to the merger.” said Laura Glasper, co-founder & event manager Instride Events “We love what the Barrhaven Run has done for Roger Neilson House and we look forward to continue this through the Manotick Miler. Two great events coming together for one great cause.”

We hope that you continue the legacy of the Barrhaven Run by joining us at this year’s Manotick Miler being held on Sunday, May 6th as we continue to raise important funds to support all the families and children of Roger Neilson House.

Sincerely,

Barrhaven Run Committee
ROB RAISTRICK, _Barrhaven Source for Sports_; JOHN BAIZANA, _Brokerlink_; PATRICK CREPPIN, _Creppin Realty Group_; LAURA GLASPER & DANIELLE GUFFIE, _inStride Events_; JOE DUVALL, _Race Coordinator_; DAVID & MARION RATTRAY, _Roger Neilson House_; RANDY LITTLE & DANA MACDONALD, _Pharmasave Barrhaven_; DARRELL BARTRAW.

question: Why is the Barrhaven Run for Roger Neilson House and the Manotick Miler being merged?

answer: The two events are being combined in order to improve the experience for all participants while aiming to increase awareness and funds raised for Roger Neilson House.

question: What are the prizes in the 10 mile race?

answer: The top male and female in the 10 Miler will win a $300 cash prize.

question: Is there an entry fee for either race?

answer: Not answered.

question: Who is the executive director of the Roger Neilson House?

answer: Laura Glasper is the executive director of the Roger Neilson House.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article details the combining of the Barrhaven Run for Roger Neilson House and the Manotick Miler being merged. The race will offer a new course and several race options, including a 10, 5, 3, and 1 mile course.


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The 2017 SYED MODI INTERNATIONAL GRAND PRIX GOLD was the second grand prix's badminton tournament of the 2017 BWF Grand Prix Gold and Grand Prix. The tournament was held at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow, India on 24 – 29 January 2017 and had a total purse of $120,000.[1][2]

Tournament

The 2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold was the eight edition of Syed Modi International Badminton Championships. This tournament has been rate as Grand Prix level since it was sanctioned by BWF in 2009. The competition has provided a great platform for some of the younger badminton players to prove their mettle against some of the best in the world.[3] This tournament named to commemorate the 1982 Commonwealth Games champion Syed Modi.[4] This tournament inaugurated by the Uttar Pradesh governor Ram Naik. The inaugural ceremony of the tournament presented a glittering tweet in which many international stars and dance-to-party programs.[5]

Venue

This international tournament held at the Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India.[6]

Point distribution

Below is the tables with the point distribution for each phase of the tournament based on the BWF points system.[7]

  Winner   Runner-up   3/4     5/8     9/16    17/32   33/64   65/128   129/256   257/512   513/1024
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  7,000    5,950       4,900   3,850   2,750   1,670   660     320      130       60        30

Prize money

The total prize money for this year tournament is US$120,000.[8]

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  SINGLES   $9,000   $4,560
  DOUBLES   $9,800   $4,560
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Blood donation camp

This tournament also organized a blood donation camp in the morning session on 27 January with the help of Red Cross Society. The officers of the international umpire, coaches, officials and the U.P. Olympic Association affiliated with badminton also assist in this righteous work of blood donation.[9]

Men's singles

Seeds

1.  Tanongsak Saensomboonsuk _(Withdrew)_

2.  Hans-Kristian Vittinghus _(Quarterfinals)_

3.  Srikanth Kidambi _(Semifinals)_

4.  Ajay Jayaram _(Withdrew)_

5.  Anders Antonsen _(Third Round)_

6.  H.S. Prannoy _(Third Round)_

7.  Zulfadli Zulkiffli _(Quarterfinals)_

8.   SAMEER VERMA (CHAMPION)
9.  B. Sai Praneeth _(Final)_

10. Chong Wei Feng _(Third Round)_

11. Sourabh Varma _(Quarterfinals)_

12. Emil Holst _(Quarterfinals)_

13. Misha Zilberman _(Third Round)_

14. Parupalli Kashyap _(Withdrew)_

15. Harsheel Dani _(Semifinals)_

16. Pratul Joshi _(Second Round)_

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Bottom half

Section 5

Section 6

Section 7

Section 8

Women's singles

Seeds

1.   P.V. SINDHU (CHAMPION)
2.  Saina Nehwal _(Withdrew)_

3.  Beatriz Corrales _(Quarterfinals)_

4.  Fitriani _(Semifinals)_

5.  Dinar Dyah Ayustine _(Second Round)_

6.  Hanna Ramadini _(Semifinals)_

7.  Ruthvika Shivani Gadde _(Withdrew)_

8.  Ksenia Polikarpova _(Second Round)_

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Men's doubles

Seeds

1.   MATHIAS BOE / CARSTEN MOGENSEN (CHAMPION)
2.  Mathias Christiansen / David Daugaard _(Quarterfinals)_

3.  Manu Attri / B. Sumeeth Reddy _(Second Round)_

4.  Fajar Alfian / Muhammad Rian Ardianto _(Semifinals)_

5.  Hendra Setiawan / Tan Boon Heong _(Quarterfinals)_

6.  Danny Bawa Chrisnanta / Hendra Wijaya _(Quarterfinals)_

7.  Berry Angriawan / Hardianto _(Semifinals)_

8.  Lu Ching-yao / Yang Po-han _(Final)_

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Women's doubles

Seeds

1.   KAMILLA RYTTER JUHL / CHRISTINNA PEDERSEN (CHAMPION)
2.  Chow Mei Kuan / Lee Meng Yean _(Quarterfinals)_

3.  Lim Yin Loo / Yap Cheng Wen _(Semifinals)_

4.  Meghana Jakkampudi / Poorvisha S Ram _(Quarterfinals)_

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

Mixed doubles

Seeds

1.  Joachim Fischer Nielsen / Christinna Pedersen _(Semifinals)_

2.   PRANAAV JERRY CHOPRA / N. SIKKI REDDY (CHAMPION)
3.  Terry Hee Yong Kai / Tan Wei Han _(Quarterfinals)_

4.  Evgenij Dremin / Evgenia Dimova _(Quarterfinals)_

5.  Mathias Christiansen / Sara Thygesen _(Semifinals)_

6.  Goh Soon Huat / Shevon Jemie Lai _(Quarterfinals)_

7.  B. Sumeeth Reddy / Ashwini Ponnappa _(Final)_

8.  Yogendran Khrishnan / Prajakta Sawant _(Quarterfinals)_

Finals

Top half

Section 1

Section 2

Bottom half

Section 3

Section 4

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question: Where was the 2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold held?

answer: Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow, India

question: Who won the 2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold?

answer:
Sameer Verma (Men's Singles)
P.V. Sindhu (Women's Singles)
Mathias Boe and Carsten Mogensen (Men's Doubles)
Kamilla Rytter Juhl and Christinna Pedersen (Women's Doubles)
Pranaav Jerry Chopra and N. Sikki Reddy (Mixed Doubles)

question: Who came in second place during the 2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold?

answer:
B. Sai Praneeth (Men's Singles)
Lu Ching-yao and Yang Po-han (Men's Doubles)
B. Sumeeth Reddy and Ashwini Ponnappa (Mixed Doubles)

question: What type of sport was played at the 2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold?

answer: Badminton

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The 2017 Syed Modi International Grand Prix Gold was a badminton tournament held at Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium in Lucknow, India. The total prize money was $120,000. The tournament also organized a blood donation camp with the Red Cross Society.