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BEARINGPOINT (parent company: BEARINGPOINT EUROPE HOLDINGS B.V.) is a multinational management and technology consulting firm headquartered in Amsterdam, Netherlands.[1] It has operations in 23 countries with around 4,600 employees[2] and is one of the largest management consultancies in Europe.

The firm originated from the consulting services operations of KPMG; they became a distinct business unit in 1997, and demerged entirely in 2000. After an IPO in 2001, the company was renamed BEARINGPOINT INC. in October 2002.

BearingPoint became one of the world's largest providers of management and technology consulting services, with operations in more than 60 countries and approximately 17,100 employees. In February 2009, the company's US unit filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.[3] Following restructuring and a management buyout in August 2009, BearingPoint's continuing operations were organized as a Netherlands-based partnership.

History

1997 to August 2009

BearingPoint's origins lie in the consulting services operations of KPMG, which were established as a distinct business unit in 1997. KPMG had been providing consulting services to clients since its first contract with the US Navy prior to World War I. On 31 January 2000, KPMG formally spun off the consulting unit as KPMG CONSULTING, LLC. On 8 February 2001, the company went public on the NASDAQ market at $18 a share under the ticker “KCIN.”

Over the next year and a half, the company acquired some of KPMG's country consulting practices, plus country practices and hiring from Arthur Andersen’s business consulting unit. On 2 October 2002, the company was re-named BEARINGPOINT and the next day began trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker “BE.”

After the 2003 invasion of Iraq, BearingPoint acquired a $9 million contract to outline and implement new economic regulations and institutions for the country, heavily focusing on neoliberal policies such as large-scale privatizations.[4][5][6] According to a report by Stephen Foley, “BearingPoint employees gave $117,000 (£60,000) to the 2000 and 2004 Bush election campaigns, more than any other Iraq contractor.”[7]

BearingPoint was late in filing its financial reports through 2007. The Company said its net loss for the first quarter ended 31 March 2007 narrowed as revenue grew and costs declined. The company recorded a net loss of $61.7 million, or 29 cents per share for the first quarter, compared with a loss of $72.7 million, or 34 cents per share, in the same period a year earlier.[8] The company recorded a net loss of $64.0 million, or 30 cents per share for the second quarter, compared with a loss of $2.85 million, or 1 cent per share, in the same period a year earlier. BearingPoint's shareholders' deficit was $365 million as of the close of the second quarter 2007 with a total accumulated deficit of $1.9 billion.[9] On 11 August 2008, the company reported its first net income in three years and, as of the third quarter of 2008, had reported operating income for three consecutive quarters.[10] During the third quarter of 2008, BearingPoint said its net loss was $30.5 million or $0.14 a share, an improvement of $37.5 million compared to the third quarter of 2007. BearingPoint's shareholders' deficit was $469.2 million as of the close of the third quarter 2008.[11]

BearingPoint had difficulties with several major clients, including an outsourcing arrangement with Hawaiian Telcom.[12] On 7 February 2007, BearingPoint announced that it had reached a settlement with Hawaiian Telcom due to issues with an IT system contract, paying the Hawaii telco $52 million and erasing an additional $30 million in previously submitted invoices. In exchange, Hawaiian Telcom released BearingPoint from any further liability. A day later, Hawaiian Telcom announced that it had signed a contract with Accenture to take over BearingPoint's role in their systems development.[13]

In June 2007, BearingPoint changed its corporate logo from black to red. Signage, business cards and letterheads were replaced to reflect this new “aggressive” color scheme.[14]

On 10 December 2008, BearingPoint filed a Certificate of Amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation of the company with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to effect a previously approved reverse stock split of the Company's outstanding common stock, par value $0.01 per share, at a ratio of one-for-fifty. The reverse stock split became effective at 6:01 p.m., Eastern Time, on 10 December 2008, at which time every fifty shares of Common Stock that were issued and outstanding automatically combined into one issued and outstanding share of Common Stock. On 13 November 2008, BearingPoint received notice from NYSE Regulation, Inc. (NYSE) that the NYSE had decided to suspend BearingPoint's common stock from trading prior to the market opening on 17 November 2008.[15]

The company filed for Chapter 11 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in the Southern District of New York on 18 February 2009, with $2.23 billion in total debt and $1.76 billion in total assets as of 30 September. The filing included only the company's U.S. operations. Unable to sustain the heavy debt load resulting from ill-advised expansion moves, costly management errors and audit fees associated with the bankruptcy process, the company negotiated debt for equity swaps with its creditors and zeroed the value of its common shares, wiping out existing investors.

By May 2009, the company's Japan business unit and North American Commercial Services practice had been sold to PwC[16] and its North American Public Services practice had been sold to Deloitte.[17] Its Brazil unit was sold to CSC in July 2009[18] and its China unit was sold to Perot Systems in October of the same year.[19]

August 2009 to present

On 28 August 2009, control of BearingPoint was transferred to its European management team, with continuing operations owned by about 150 partners in 21 countries throughout Europe. Peter Mockler, who had been serving as the EMEA leader for BearingPoint since 2006, and his management team continued to lead the organisation, providing leadership stability and continuity. Employing 3,709 people in the European region, the independent company kept the BearingPoint brand.[20]

In Australia, BearingPoint completed a local management buy-out in September 2009. The China-based information technology company HiSoft acquired BearingPoint Australia for an undisclosed sum in July 2012.[21]

The European BearingPoint partnership has grown its revenues since becoming independent, from €441 million in 2009 to €781 million (2019).[22] It now has offices in 19 European countries, outside EMEA the firm has offices in Asia and the US, as part of its strategy of expanding its reach across the G-20 countries and globally. To this end, BearingPoint also formed strategic alliances with West Monroe Partners in North America, Grupo ASSA in South America and ABeam in Asia.[23] BearingPoint has also made a number of targeted acquisitions: Prederi, a consultancy focused on public services in the UK; Inpuls, a data specialist in Belgium; UK-based LCP Consulting, a leading international specialist consultancy in customer-driven supply chain management; Magenta, a digital management consultancy in the Nordics; UK-based operational performance consultancy Trinity Horne; German-based risk management and reporting specialist RiValue. [24]

In September 2019, BearingPoint RegTech was awarded the FinTech & RegTech Global Award 2019 in the “Distributed Ledger Technology Provider of the Year” category by Central Banking.[25]

Operations

BearingPoint is organized into three business units: Consulting, Business Services, and Software Solutions.

Consulting is divided into nine market segments (Automotive; Banking & Capital Markets; Chemicals, Life Sciences & Resources; Consumer Goods & Retail; Industrial Equipment & Manufacturing; Insurance; Communications, Media & Entertainment; Government & Public Sector; Utilities, Postal & Transportation) and five service lines (People & Strategy; Customer & Growth; Finance & Risk; Operations; Technology).

Business Services offers IP services such as Nitro, an AI-based business planning solution, or BearingPoint's Emissions Calculator, a solution which enables users to measure their CO2 footprint.

Software Solutions comrises regulatory technology (BearingPoint RegTech) and digital platform / digital ecosystem management solutions (BearingPoint Beyond).[26]

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[18] Csc Enters Into Agreement To Acquire Bearingpoint Operation In Brazil. Csc.com. Retrieved on 2013-07-19.

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title: BearingPoint

question: What was the reason behind the demerger with KPMG?

answer: This information can't be found.

question: What is the motive of this article?

answer: The motive is the educate the reader on the history of BearingPoint.

question: What might have happened had BearingPoint not demerged with KPMG?

answer: It may be implied that had this been the case, BearingPoint would not have had financial losses, and also they wouldn't have had to sell their business units.


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Whistling at the dark

He stood in the blackness, his lips pursed together in a defiant sneer against the night. A soft sound escaped his lips, a pliant, fleeting tone that slipped through the night like the soft cries of a cornered prey. But it was with that sole musicless tone that he fought the night. It was like a dirge to him, a requim to be repeated over and over lest a chaotic fate take his life, some form of protection. The night carried dangers, of course. The night always carried danger, slow predators, fast prey, the ever present spiral of life and death. The forest in the distance was a trap. A slow death for those found within, pressed by others who would take their life for sustenance, and by the slow grind of the human machine which presses in on the trees like a vice, both metaphorical and not. The roads nearby hummed with motorcycle engines and the low drum of tractor trailers. The night was barely audible. The trees' rustle was sorrowful, as though they were aware of the sparse environment in which they grew. Perhaps they knew that their seeds, their children, would find pavement and poison. Perhaps plants were aware of the damage we did them. Perhaps not.

These were not the questions that He pondered as his tones and scales passed into the night. The question he pondered was a simple one. Does the night threaten, or protect? If a man finds his way into the forest at night, can he use the night as another tool, like a hammer to be weilded against the nails of the world? Humans were so good with tools. They used their world and changed their world and were positively okay with changing with their own alterations. Each new hell we press upon the world is one  which we will pay for. We are punished by our sins, not for them.

The tone changed. The man's face twitched, like he had caught the odor of something wistfully foul in the enveloping black. The whistling was a bit faster now, more of a plaintive groan than a playful twist of wind.  The man had made a realization. His mind had pierced the slow gloam of humanity to find a small point of universality. 'We are all trees' he breathed softly through his pursed lips. Then the meteor struck. The large rock flying through the universe had picked his small backwater planet and found his small backwater field where he stood whistling in the night. It was so massive, he had no chance of escape. By the time the news had reported the scientist's findings, the blast radius covered his entire nation. No vehicle could bear him from the damage now. He and his family would be lost, his home burned beyond even molecular recognition, with a force like an atomic bomb striking so close. He would be lost. But life would not be. The meteor was a predator, a cosmic wolf with gnashing teeth and cracked claws. But prey could be clever. Humans were so good with tools.

Inside a small black box buried feet under the ground lay a seed. A small seed, a tiny oak rock filled with all of the DNA and potential and history of life on Earth. The box was cracked, and water from the new storm clouds forming over the planet found its way to the cushioning around the seed. It took time. The little life had to crack its way out of its own shell; then the shell of the man, the little black box designed to handle even the force of an atomic bomb. It found its way out. Through the ashey dirt it fled, past the atoms of He and his family and their home and the ashphalt and chaos of humanity. Past humanity it fled, reaching towards light, unsure if the earth above it would bury it. But humans were so good with tools. A sharp metal stab rang out near the plants' new growth. It could feel the earth above it rended, torn from its roots and sent flying into the air. But its roots were strong, buried in humanity. The rending stopped. Above the plant, a small something opened up. It could not tell what it was; had never seen sunlight before. But there was a mass there, a white shining mass of hydrocarbons and polycarbonates. It was a human, come to sample the soil from the strike. 'Hello' said the plant in its own indiscernible language. 'and thank you.'

Later, a mighty oak grew in that spot. The small metal box rose to the surface over the years, and was discovered years after the tree was fully grown. On it, it said; “Humanity does not refer to human beings' selfish nature for self preservation. It refers to the quality within us which protects all life, both ours and others.”

title: Please judge this rough draft I would like to know if I have "writer chops." Thanks

question: Summarize the thoughts the narrator has in the story.

answer: The thoughts the narrator has in the story are like "Does the night threaten, or protect?" The narrator has many thoughts, and all without a specific theme. He dwells on his darker thoughts like how each new hell that humans press upon the world, is one that will have to be payed for. The mans's thoughts ranged from thinking "we are all trees" to " humanity does not refer to human beings."

question: Who would be friends with the narrator and understand his train of thoughts?

question: Summarize the significance of a tree to the narrator.

answer: A tree holds great value to the narrator as they reference a tree many times. Trees are described as being aware of the sparse environment they grow up in. Trees also know that their seeds, their children, find pavement and poison. In that sense, the narrator states that plants probably knew about the damage humans did to them. The narrator even stated that "humans are all trees".


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**Out of Time**

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Harper Welles pushed through the heavy crowd along Hyde-Pierce Promenade in the heart of the Blue Zone. He was working against the tide of people like a spawning salmon. The collar of his long canvas coat was turned up to keep the stinging rain off his neck while his mask protected most of his face. Branded in mustard yellow lettering across the area just above the bug-eye lenses was his government assigned Personal ID: W-HG070147-BL-91-937PA.

A beefy hand clothed in a neoprene glove clutched at the shoulder of Harper’s black duster and roughly yanked him into the narrow, dark space between buildings. “Well lookie here, Flick. We got us a young one from Sector 91.  A little far from home aren’t you? Do your Matri and Patri know where you are, offspring?” The words came out stark and unencumbered. Harper just stared at the mountainous man with missing teeth and a face peppered with small glistening acne-like sores. He had heard about those who had acclimated to the ruinous, lung-biting atmosphere but their life expectancy was considerably shorter.

“He’s a good one, Bull,” said the shorter of the two. His words sounded normal, muffled. Flick’s government PID had been shaved off his mask. Shit, Harper thought, Unknowns. “I wonder if he makes noise,” Flick continued and poked Harper lightly with a slender metal rod.

“Yeah, offspring. I asked you a question. You a deaf-mute or something?” Harper, still surprised into silence, blinked as Bull effortlessly lifted him from his feet.  “Let’s give this one some flying lessons, Flick.”  The landscape tilted and rotated as he felt himself sail through the air.  He watched the slice of dirty orange haze outside the alley until he hit the back wall and fell onto a pile of debris, his mask jarred loose from his head.  The cardboard and trash collapsed beneath him like a sink hole and Harper disappeared through it.

The landing on his back was a hard one and forced all the air out of his lungs. He kept his eyes squeezed closed bracing for a second attack from the pair of Unknowns. At the same time Harper was afraid to breathe in without his mask. His ears were ringing by the time reflexes took over and he gulped air into his lungs. Sweet, cool, soothing, unexpected air.

His eyes sprang open and like Dorothy stepping into Munchkin Land, Harper was faced with an equally alien landscape. He slid up the alley wall to a standing position, eyes darting. The orange dinge had been replaced with lapis blue skies and the poisoned atmosphere was gone. Harper filled his lungs again, deeply. No burn. No choking. Just pure, perfumed, smooth air.

Bull and Flick, along with the rest of the scurrying populace had vanished. Only a few unmasked individuals dotted the walkway beyond the alley, moving at a leisurely, unguarded pace. Bright unfiltered sunlight bathed the relatively clean concrete and macadam. Near the mouth of the short alley was the entrance to what purported to be the Grand Grocery Co. Loosely hand lettered on the glass doors were the words “WE’RE OPEN. COME IN!” After looking around for a moment longer, Harper complied with the directive.

Before poking his head inside, he ran his hand over the door frame in a caressing motion. Wood. He had never seen this much wood. A whole building constructed from it, the proprietor must be a very wealthy man.  The floors creaked under his footsteps despite his stepping reverently to avoid damage. He was assaulted with a wall of smells. Fresh, sweet, earthy and grassy smells. He was amazed by the pyramids of fruits and abundance of vegetable stacked with abandon in heavy crate-like bins. Fruit and veg right from the tree and soil.

“Son?” An older man in a shoulder-to-shin white apron stood at the front window where he had been stacking round orange-skinned foods for display. “Can I help you? Are you feeling all right? You don’t look well.” The shopkeeper was alarmed by the boy’s extremely pale and unhealthy appearance.

“I was attacked by a couple of…” He stopped himself before the word “Unknowns” came out.

“You’re not local, are you, son?” Harper shook his head in answer to the old man’s question.  He has no idea how much an understatement that is, Harper thought. “Take a seat.  There’s a chair over behind the counter.”  The old man steered the black-coated young man over towards the counter with a kind hand on his back.  "I saw you eyein’ those oranges.  Would you like one?”

Harper nodded this time. He was disarmed by the kindness the man showed.  The world—or time—he came from was a desperate, untrusting place and period. His own family unit, if he had still belonged to one, would not have shown caring of this level. The man in the apron returned with two oranges and Harper sunk his teeth deeply into one.

“Hang on there, son. Those ain’t apples. You gotta peel these.  Here, let me show you.”  The shopkeeper removed the thick bumpy skin in big chunks revealing tender succulent wedges.  The boy popped one in his mouth and bit down. Juice as fresh and welcomed as the air and sun outside the shop filled his mouth.  He greedily shoved two more sections in at the same time. Juice leaked from the corners of his mouth while tears ran down his cheeks mixing with the nectar. He wept as the old man—a stranger to him—stroked the boy’s back with gentle compassion.  Harper Garrett Welles had no idea how he would ever find his way back to where or when he came from. He desperately hoped that he never would.

title: I've written a few short stories but this is my first foray into Science-Fiction. Feedback welcomed.

question: Has Harper travelled back in time?

answer: It appears that Harper may have travelled back in time. the pace of life in his new world appears quieter than 21st-century living.

question: Why does Harper think that the proprietor of the grocery store is very wealthy?

answer: Because the store is made of solid wood and where he comes from wood is a scarce commodity.

question: Why do the Unknowns ask Harper if he is a deaf-mute?

answer: Because he doesn't answer their questions.

question: Write a ~12 sentence summary.

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Harper Welles is in the heart of the Blue Zone when he is stopped by a couple of large rough Unknowns. Harper has heard about those who have acclimated to the ruinous, lung-biting atmosphere. One of the men picks Harper up and throws him through the air.

Harper lands on a pile of debris that collapses like a sinkhole. The dirty orange atmosphere disappears. It is replaced with blue skies and clean air. A few unmasked individuals walk along at a leisurely pace.

Harper sees a Grocery store with a welcome sign so he goes inside and is confronted with heaps of fruit and vegetables, the like of which he has never seen before. The shopkeeper kindly gives him a seat and offers him an orange. Harper can’t believe the kindness. Where he comes from it’s each man for himself. He wonders if he will ever find his way back and hopes he never will.


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Corralling a profitable niche

“Hey, get this: On Friday, I drove to FedEx at the L.A. airport and picked up a horse,” Steve told me.

What the heck?

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PHOTOGRAPHER MARK BRANDES HAS CULTIVATED A HORSE-LOVING CLIENTELLE.

I was having breakfast with a friend who’d recently gone through a divorce. In the settlement, he ended up with a Dodge pickup truck and a horse trailer. So logically, he started a horse transportation business.

“Dude, who ships a horse by FedEx?” I asked.

“People with a boatload of money. This horse cost $1.2 million, and on Saturday, I delivered it to a 16-year-old-girl in San Jose.” Steve said with a chuckle.

“What’s she going to do with a horse that makes it worth that kind of money?” I asked.

“She’s a competitive jumper, and I think she’s shooting for the Olympics.”

The coffee hadn’t even hit me yet, and already an idea was bubbling up in my little marketing brain. There’s a girl out there with a $1.2 million dollar horse, and she could sure use a portrait of the two of them together. Maybe there are more horse owners out there like her.

And so it began. A casual breakfast five years ago launched me into a great niche market that has, as they say, legs. The result has been the creation of more than 400 equestrian portraits over the past five years. That’s in addition to my regular family portrait clientele. The equestrian market has proven to be quite profitable, with an average sale of more than $1,500 per sitting.

Don’t turn up your nose and stop reading because the horse market doesn’t appeal you. The concept can be applied to other niches where there’s a substantial pocket of discretionary income. Think boats, planes and exotic cars, which could be approached with the same kind of strategy.

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© Mark Brandes

HORSE SENSE

There are over 2.7 million show horses in the United States. Not many of them are valued at a million dollars or more, but trust me, owning any kind of horse is expensive and requires disposable income. Obviously, the same is true of enthusiast boats and cars. Are you following me here? There are a bunch of untapped markets out there.

For a number of years, our studio has partnered with many charities in our community. We’ve found it to be advantageous for the charities as well as for the goodwill of our studio. Our work gets displayed in front of our target market, and we’ve built a reputation for helping local charities in their fundraising. Little did I know that my new concept would be the largest fundraising opportunity we’ve ever undertaken.

One of the charities we supported locally was Ride On, a therapeutic horsemanship center near my studio in Southern California. The center uses horseback riding as a tool to help children who have a variety of disabilities. Riding improves their strength, balance, and cognitive processes. I’ve heard stories of children speaking for the first time after completing a riding session at the barn.

The same day I had breakfast with Steve, I made an appointment with Sara, the development director at Ride On, to brainstorm some ideas I had to market to the equestrians and to give the center a financial donation as well. It didn’t take long for us to come up with the concept of creating a coffee table book. We agreed that our studio would donate a portion of the portrait sales to the charity to help in their therapeutic riding program. Eventually, Ride On received more than $15,000, and I imagine that bought more than just a bit of alfalfa for those hardworking horses.

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© Mark Brandes

I had never seen myself as a publisher of books, but in today’s marketplace with on-demand digital printing, it made sense. Why not use the draw of a coffee table book that displays my clients’ portraits and also benefits a great cause at the same time? The concept would appeal to the pride of horse owners and competitors and would have the advantage of being a representative collection of my portraiture. With each book carrying a hundred or more portraits of riders, the income to the studio can be substantial.

All the portraits we publish in the coffee table books are painting sketches my studio creates of each rider. Although some people (including my wife, April), suggest that we include both paintings and photographic portraits, I’ve held out for paintings only. Here’s why I think this is important: These riders are always at horse shows, and show photographers typically offer 8x10-inch photographic prints for about $35. Needless to say, my portraits will cost a whole lot more than that. By featuring painted portraits, I’m taking a significant step away from work that could be considered competitive to mine. Instead, I’ve positioned myself and my work as something unique and much more special. And there’s this: Not only are the painted portraits beautiful, but they’re the most high-profit product I offer.

Getting horse trainers on board with the initial concept was a hurdle because they couldn’t visualize the end product. Now that I have three books completed, it’s easier to get buy-in from new trainers because they can see a finished book. Since the portraits in the book aren’t photographic, the books themselves stand out as valuable.

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© Mark Brandes

THE PAINTED PORTRAIT

You may not want to get into doing painted portraits, and if that’s the case, I’d like to challenge your thinking. If you could do a pre-painting sketch for a client that could return an additional $200 to $1,000 in your sale, would you be willing to reconsider? Is your time worth so much that you’re willing to turn your back on that potential?

Of course, our studio sells photographic portraits in addition to painted portraits. We also sell triptychs—three watercolor prints matted and framed together—which are a great way to show several images in one art piece. Albums have also become very popular in this marketplace because many riders want to capture every nuance of their horse’s expressions.

This is a marketing concept that really does have merit, and it can be applied to a number of different niche markets.

_MARK BRANDES owns Brandes Portraiture Inc., in Costa Mesa, California._

question: What niche market does the author find themselves in?

answer: The author, photographer Mark Brandes, specializes in equestrian portraits.

question: How many horse shows are there in the United States?

answer: There are over 2.7 million horse shoes in the U.S.

question: What is a charity that the author has worked with in the past?

answer: A charity that Mark Brandes has worked with in the past is Ride One, a therapeutic horsemanship center in Southern California.

question: Why are the portraits only paintings and not photos?

answer: Riders often can get 8x10 prints of themselves for cheap. However, a painted portrait is a much different and more elevated product entirely.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article details the business and photography studio run by Mark Brandes, who specializes in equestrian portraiture.


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The Pittsburgh Penguins found themselves in a bizarre position going into game seven against the Washington Capitals.

The first six games of the series saw them play in a decidedly un-Penguinlike fashion.

As I said after game two of the series, the Penguins looked more like the 2010 Montreal Canadiens than they did the 2017 Pittsburgh Penguins.

It appeared their strategy of converging on a white-hot Marc-Andre Fleury, cashing in on the handful of scoring chances they got, and riding Fleury’s gaudy save percentage had finally run out of steam. The PDO train was stuck in the station.

Then, Mike Sullivan busted the white board out at practice.

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And if there’s one thing we’ve learned about Sullivan during his tenure as head coach, when that whiteboard comes out at practice (much like it did against Tampa prior to game six of last year’s conference final), things are about to take a dramatic turn.

And boy, did they ever.

The Penguins, on the biggest stage of their season, fresh off of a complete blowout that was easily their worst showing of the year, got right back to their bread and butter.

They beat the Capitals the exact same way the ousted them exactly one year earlier to the day: the neutral zone trap.

It was a beautiful sight to behold if you’re a Penguins fan. It was a recurring nightmare if you’re a Capitals fan.

Once again, the Penguins are advancing in a situation most people gave them no hope in. You can give the head coach, a guy who has proved to be as versatile as any coach you’ll see in the NHL, a good bit of the credit for it.

Just ask Matt Cullen, a veteran of 19 years who has played for his fair share of coaches. He was quick to remark after the game that Sullivan was “the best X’s and O’s coach I’ve ever played for.”

Let’s take a look at the video of how the Penguins were able to stymie the Capitals breakout and generate some scoring chances of their own off of their neutral zone structure.

THE TRAP WINS AGAIN

If you’re wondering what a trap is, it’s essentially a 1-2-2 structure in the neutral zone. The Penguins send in a token forechecker to force the breakout pass, they leave two forwards and two defenseman stacked on top of each other deep in the neutral zone.

This structure takes the middle of the ice away. If a team is brave enough to try and break the puck up the middle, the 2-2 stack on the back end simply collapses on itself and eats the puck carrier alive in a swarm of bodies.

The goal of this structure is to force the play wide and away from the middle of the ice. Moreover, the ultimate goal is to generate turnovers. A staunch 1-2-2 can create chaos in the middle of the ice and reverse the play back the other way. That’s exactly what the Penguins did last night. Let’s take a look:

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In this clip, you can clearly see the Penguins aligned in their 1-2-2 structure.

The Capitals try and break the puck through the middle of the ice, but there’s no room. The Penguins collapse. Taking the puck wide, Marcus Johansson ends up getting called for offsides as he attempts to find space in along the wall to skate the puck in here.

By heading wide, Johansson is doing the Penguins a favor. His linemates are heading full bore into the offensive zone and can’t get slowed down enough to stay onside.

There just isn’t any room in the neutral zone for the Capitals to operate. As this game wore on, the Capitals got more desperate to take chances, and they ended up playing right into the Penguins hands.

Here’s another great example:

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This is a great example of turning solid defense into good offense.

The Penguins 1-2-2 has a “swing” in it. Which means if the high forechecker, the “1” at the top of the structure, overskates or is too far away to make a play, one of the middle “2” will step up and take his place, while the previous forechecker rotates back to get into position. That way, there’s a constant stream of pressure at the top of the ice. You can see that happen in the clip above.

The Capitals want to use the middle here, but it isn’t available. Once again, they head for the wall. The Penguins are waiting for them there, they generate a loose puck turnover, and then head off to the races in the other direction.

Their discipline in the middle of the ice and staunch approach in the neutral zone have forced the Capitals into turning the puck over in a bad situation.

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Things got so bad for Washington that, at some points, they couldn’t even work the puck past the high forechecker. Chris Kunitz is the “1′ in the 1-2-2.

Capitals defenseman Dimitri Orlov passes this puck right into Kunitz’s legs, as he makes himself wide and uses his stick to break the potential pass up. Phil Kessel jumps on this turnover and the Penguins get a bit of zone time as a result of the Capitals frustration and confusion.

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Another great look at the Penguins 1-2-2 trap here. The Capitals, once again, try to head up ice in numbers. They play the puck wide, but the Penguins have a forward and defenseman directly in the lane here. No dice for Washington, and the Penguins head back the other way.

ENOUGH ABOUT THE TRAP, WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THE DEFENSEMEN.

The story of the game six meltdown by the Penguins starts and ends with poor decision making and panic plays.

When a team as aggressive as the Capitals is draped all over you as you attempt to work the puck out of your own zone, it breeds the tendency for defensemen to make panic plays with the puck. It has a way of making you feel like you’re under pressure to make a quick play with the puck even if you have the time and space to make a smart play.

The Penguins defense spent most of game six with their heads down, blindly whacking at pucks and making poor outlet passes out of the zone, if they weren’t too busy blindly dumping it.

The Capitals love to control the wall, so it stands to reason that the middle of the ice would be open for a some decent breakout opportunities. Those chances were there, but the Penguins were too whipped up in a frenzy to pick their heads up and look for them.

The total opposite was true for game seven. I talked about the Penguins needing to find these plays to generate offense if they wanted to be successful:

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That’s exactly what happened. The Penguins defense was calm, cool, and poised with their zone exits. They took the extra second to pick their heads up and make the right play, they restarted the breakout when the right option wasn’t available, and they even took some initiative to skate the puck out of danger themselves when the opportunity presented itself.

Lead by Brian Dumoulin, the Penguins defense helped the forwards achieve the goal of spending more time in the offensive zone. Here’s a few examples of how they went about doing so.

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The above GIF is exactly what I was talking about when I mentioned utilizing the middle of the ice and taking what’s given to you. The Capitals quickly converge on Olli Maatta here but Kunitz is in prime real estate in the middle of the ice.

If the Penguins don’t work this puck the middle, they likely end up in a precarious situation where the Capitals have a numbers advantage. The Penguins gain the zone with speed here because Maatta was calmly able to pick his head up and make an accurate pass to a forward with time and space.

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The above GIF gives us another great example of the Penguins calmly breaking the puck out.

Justin Schultz is under duress here by the Capitals forecheckers, BUT PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO HIS POSTURE as he approaches this puck. He’s evaluating his passing options before he even touches this puck. His head is up, he takes three looks, and then he makes a safe play to a forward in an open area.

In game six, this would have manifested itself as a blind whack off the glass. The Capitals would’ve pounced on it immediately. In this sequence, Schultz maps out his move ahead of time, paying no mind to the pressure from the Capitals. This is the definition of taking a hit to make a play.

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I mentioned Dumoulin as being the leader of this unit in game seven, and this clip is a great example of why I believe that.

We all know Dumoulin isn’t the most fleet-footed skater in the league, but rather than force a bad pass or a meek clearing attempt here, he skates the puck out of danger himself.

This is a great piece of work that we just didn’t see in game six. ONCE AGAIN, TAKE A LOOK AT DUMOULIN’S POSTURE. He takes two looks at this play, head up the whole way. He doesn’t like what he sees, and he heads off to the races himself.

I’m not here to tell you it was all sunshine and roses. The Penguins definitely made some mistakes in this game. The amount of big saves required of Marc-Andre Fleury tells us that story. That aside, this was their best performance of the playoffs. It was the ol’ recipe for Pittsburgh that has won them so many games in the Sullivan era. The trap was once again the funeral pyre for the Washington Capitals.

Stay tuned later this week as we preview the upcoming conference final against the Ottawa Senators and give you a few things to chew on in terms of potential match-ups.

question: Which sport is this story about?

answer: It is about hockey, the Pittsburgh Penguins' performance in the playoffs.

question: Which teams does the article focus on?

answer: The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Washington Capitals.

question: Who is Mike Sullivan?

answer: He is head coach of Pittsburgh Penguins.

question: Who is Marc-Andre Fleury?

answer: He is the Penguins' goalie.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This is a story about hockey, specifically the Pittsburgh Penguins' performance in the playoffs. The article covers a game between the  Penguins and the Washington Capitals.


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And there she was, a woman in black. Shedding tears of dark ink that sorrow the mind and confuse the memories and recaps of her past, just to slap her back to the future. In doubt of life and in a neverending loop of pain. What did the woman in black want? Love.
All she ever wanted was love and all she ever got was the illusions and dreams of what her life would be next to him; and now those dreams are shards of glass on the ground and the illusions have turned into nightmares. The poison that ran through her veins was going to be her dead as it was his, but that bloody fiend she loved was her curse and all that matters now is the grains of salt vanishing through a thin crystal. What have i done wrong to deserve this? She could ask herself; but there was no simple answer. It was love the syringe and passion the lure to her doom. The woman in black saw his face one last time in the coffin and all the good memories vanished. High school prom. The weekend at the river. Uncle Marcy's wedding. All gone. For the woman in black's life was perfect until she found out of the affairs of her husband. Fifteen years of a happy marriage now in doubt, sorrow and deception. What was true and what was false? She could not help to think of herself as a lie. "I am a lie. My life is a lie."
That was the important of honesty. That reminded her of her vows at their wedding. His smile. The happiest day of her life and the day the grim reaper set her up with a demon. "Can I just blame it on him? did i not try hard enough?" Who cares. she certainly didnt because she was a young woman poisoned by the allure of his life and death.
The woman in black was young, charming and inteligent at one point; But now all she was mad her sick. A walking infection, a timing bomb, a dirty whore. She did not belong in this world anymore and she knew it, people treated her different and she needed pills everyday. a pale white women in a black dress. Her tiny limbs and her thin hair depressed her and made her hate the mirrors. The Happy family pictures break her heart. "I could've had that. I did, even if it was false and sick." She was a joke and she knew it. Scum. She found out she was going to be a mother; and got maternity absence from the Law office she worked at. But it just took her a couple of weeks to start feeling more nauseous than usual. her husband have had high fevers so they went to the doctor, scared for the baby's health.
After losing her child, she was hospitalized for a couple of days, but her husband was as well. The doctor told them that they were HIV positive and that their immune systems are not functioning as well as a healthy person. " Healthy person". she kept saying to herself for months after given release from the medical center. She despised this healthy people she saw on the streets now, she alienated herself from them and was disgusted by how they live their healthy and plentiful lifes. "I was one of them, I was healthy. I had it all." She slid a black rose in between the man who cursed her's arms and kissed his forehead one last time. Honeymoon at Hawaii. The night at the roof with the wine. Playing Scrabble and making up silly words. The last of her memories vanished with the rose on his hands, and the woman in black shed one last tear for that 'what could've been' and the deceit she had for a life.

title: The Woman in Black

question: How is the reader supposed to feel about the woman in black?

answer: Readers are likely to feel compassion for the woman in black because she had to deal with the reality that her marriage with her now-deceased husband was a lie.

question: How did the woman's husband die?

answer: Even though it is not stated, it is likely the woman's husband died from his illness.

question: Describe the woman's emotional journey in her marriage.

answer: While mourning her late husband, the woman in black reflected on her life and how she came to be the bitter woman she was. She was once a happily married woman for fifteen years until she found out her husband had been unfaithful. To add to her misery, she miscarried her pregnancy because she was severely ill. While at the hospital, the doctor informed the woman and her husband that they were HIV positive. This reality made her angry at everything around her, despised life, blamed her husband for her predicament, and cursed her relationship with him.


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So, Sci-Hub is the talk of the town. Everyone’s talking about it. I spent Friday afternoon at Manchester University library, giving a couple of taks about open access, and hearing several others about copyright. It was fascinating being a room full of librarians, all of them aware that Sci-Hub is out there, all of them torn between disapproval and excitement. As Martin Eve said on Twitter:

  SciHub. I can’t condone and don’t think it’s the answer. But it is a symptom of the problem.

Me, I’m not so sure whether I can condone it or not.

[sci-hub]

All About Alexandra

I like that its creator, Alexandra Elbakyan, isn’t at all shifty or covert about what she’s done. She’s loud and proud, and when Elsevier sued her in a New York court, her letter to the judge was defiant and well argued. When confronted with the illegality of Sci-Hub, she has argued that the business model of Elsevier and the other barrier-based legacy publishers is itself illegal, citing article 27 of the UN declaration on human rights:

  Everyone has the right freely to participate in the cultural life of the community, to enjoy the arts and to share in scientific advancement and its benefits.

Other have chipped in: the extraordinary open letter In solidarity with Library Genesis and Sci-Hub has been publicly signed by fourteen people who are prepared to be known as supporters.

And yet there is also a very widespread uneasiness about what is self-evidently a pirate site that systematically violates copyright law.

What should we think about it?

Previously on _Scholarly Piracy_

The first thing to say is that there is precedent, and plenty of it. Aaron Swartz, before the FBI hounded him to his death for downloading scholarly articles, wrote the Guerilla Open Access Manifesto, which unashamedly advocates violating copyright in the name of fairness and progress:

  Many say, “but what can we do? The companies hold the copyrights, they make enormous amounts of money by charging for access, and it’s perfectly legal — there’s nothing we can do to stop them.” But there is something we can, something that’s already being done: we can fight back.

  Those with access to these resources — students, librarians, scientists — you have been given a privilege. You get to feed at this banquet of knowledge while the rest of the world is locked out. But you need not — indeed, morally, you cannot — keep this privilege for yourselves. You have a duty to share it with the world. And you have: trading passwords with colleagues, filling download requests for friends.

Sci-Hub is essentially the implementation in software of Swartz’s vision. And honestly, I do find it hard to be outraged by Karin Hildebrand’s copyright violation:

  So happy when I discovered SciHub last week! FINALLY can learn more about my daughter’s rare birth defect w/o paying $30 a pop.

It’s worth bearing in mind, when Elsevier brings its legal machinery to bear on Sci-Hub, that people like Karin are among the ones who will suffer — along with disability-rights campaigner Stef Benstead, M-CM patient advocate Christy Collins, and many others.

Illegal ≠ Immoral

Nor do I find it a slam-dunk argument to be told that what Sci-Hub is doing is illegal. Even assuming that the human-rights argument won’t wash and the courts do definitively decide that Sci-Hub is in violation of the law, that won’t _in itself_ make it wrong. Rosa Parks was in violation of the law when she declined to give up her seat for a white man. Dietrich Bonhoeffer was in violation of the law when he preached pacifism in Nazi Germany.

[Note for the hard of thinking: no I am _not_ saying that scholarly paywalls are the moral equivalent of state-sanctioned racism or that Elsevier are as bad as Hitler. I am using extreme examples to demonstrate the _principle_ that an illegal action is not always or necessarily an immoral one.]

None of this means that Sci-Hub is necessarily in the right. What it does mean is that it’s not immediately clear that it’s in the wrong, either. There are subtleties and complexities here. Not to mention a certain poetry in the idea that single Russian researcher, acting alone, has gone right ahead and made the anyone-can-access-any-paper system we’ve all been dreaming about for years.

What are the publishers doing?

Elsevier’s lawsuit is an oddity. Although they’re the ones suing, as the Chronicle of Higher Education found they are not really standing behind it:

  An Elsevier representative, Thomas Reller, vice president for global corporate relations, refused to answer questions for this article, saying only that “Elsevier is simply the named plaintiff in the lawsuit that is filed on behalf of the industry.” He urged _The Chronicle_ to speak with officials at the Association of American Publishers.

The AAP has spoken, but its statement is rather bizarre in places:

  These activities also have a detrimental effect on public health and safety [because] Sci-hub and LibGen also provide indiscriminate access to content. Certain information, regulated for distribution by publishers, may be available to parties not intended to have this technical knowhow.

They may or may not have a strong moral case against Sci-Hub; but if they do, this ain’t it. Anyone who knows anything at all about scholarly publishing will see through this flimy argument in a second — state secrets can’t be protected by a $30 paywall — so why even make such an argument?

Also relevant here is the question of what publishers _can_ do. As the Library Loon has noted, in her excellent though irritatingly mannered pseudonymous blog, their choices are few and unappealing. When Elsevier won the New York court case, an injunction resulted in the old sci-hub.com domain being shut down, but it took no time for the site to pop up again as sci-hub.io. The site’s not going to be possible to block, any more than The Pirate Bay has been vulnerable to the many, many attempts to shut it down. What does that leaves the publishers? Going after individuals? Even by their standards, that would surely be a PR nightmare.

So what should we think?

Heck if I know.

question: What is Sci-Hub?

answer: It is a website created by  Alexandra Elbakyan that provides access to research papers for free.

question: Who is Alexandra Elbakyan?

answer: She is the creator of Sci-Hub, and she is proud of it.

question: Who is Aaron Swartz?

answer: He advocated violating copyright in the name of fairness and progress. Before he died, he wrote the Guerilla Open Access Manifesto.

question: Why did Elsevier sue Alexandra Elbakyan?

answer: Elsevier believed Sci-Hub violated copyright law.

question: Did Elsevier win the case?

answer: Yes.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Alexandra Elbakyan created Sci-Hub to provide people access to research papers for free. Elsevier sued her for violating copyright law. Elsevier won the case, and the sci-hub.com domain was shut down. However, another site, sci-hub.io, soon appeared.


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MERIDIOLESTIDA is a clade of non-therian mammals from South America, Antarctica[1] and Africa, and potentially also Australia. It is generally classified within Dryolestida, barring one study recovering them as the sister taxa to spalacotheriid symmetrodonts.[2] However, more recent studies have stuck to the dryolestoid interpretation.[3][4][5] They differ from northern dryolestoids in the absence of a parastylar hook on the molariform teeth and the lack of a Meckelian groove.

Taxa

-   †Meridiolestida
    -   †_Cronopio_
    -   †_Leonardus_
    -   †_Necrolestes_[6]
    -   †Austrotriconodontidae
        -   _Austrotriconodon_
    -   †Brandoniidae
        -   †_Brandonia_
        -   †_Alamitherium_
        -   †_Barberenia_
        -   †_Casamiquelia_
        -   †_Rougiertherium_
    -   †Donodontidae
        -   †_Donodon_
    -   †Mesungulatoidea
        -   †Mesungulatidae
            -   _Mesungulatum_
            -   _Coloniatherium_
            -   _Parungulatum_
            -   _Quirogatherium_
        -   †Reigitheriidae
            -   _Reigitherium_
            -   _Peligrotherium_
    -   ?†Thingodonta
        -   †_Yalkaparidon_

[1] http://www.aps-polar.org/paper/2019/30/03/A190814000002/full

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title: Meridiolestida

question: What is a Meridiolestida?

answer: It is a clade of non-therian mammals from South America, Antarctica, Africa, and potentially Australia. It is generally classified within Dryolestida.

question: Where are meridiolestida located?

answer: They are located in South America, Antarctica, Africa, and potentially Australia.

question: What is a parastylar hook?

answer: That information can't be found specifically, but it seems they have something to do with teeth.

question: Name some features of meridiolestida.

answer: They have an absence of a parastylar hook on the molariform teeth and lack a Meckelian groove, unlike northern dryolestoids.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article discusses Meridiolestida, a clade of non-therian mammals from South America, Antarctica, Africa, and potentially Australia.


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THE SANDARS READERSHIP IN BIBLIOGRAPHY is an annual lecture series given at Cambridge University. Instituted in 1895 at the behest of Mr Samuel Sandars of Trinity College (1837–1894), who left a £2000 bequest to the University, the series has continued down to the present day.[1] Together with the Panizzi Lectures at the British Library and the Lyell Lectures at Oxford University, it is considered one of the major British bibliographical lecture series.[2]

Lectures

-   1895 Sir Edward Maunde Thompson: Greek, Latin and English handwriting.
-   1896 C. H. Middleton-Wake: The invention of printing.
-   1897 W. H. Stevenson: Anglo-Saxon Chancery.
-   1898 E. Gordon Duff: The printers, stationers and book-binders of Westminster and London in the 15th Century.
-   1899 J. W. Clark: The care of books (to the end of the 18th century).
-   1900 F. G. Kenyon: The development of Greek writing, BC 300–AD 900.
-   1901 H. Y. Thompson: English and French illustrated MSS. of the 13th–15th centuries.
-   1902 M. R. James: Manuscripts in Cambridge.
-   1903 E. Gordon Duff: The printers, stationers and book-binders of London, 1500–1535.
-   1904 H. Y. Thompson: Illustrated MSS. of the 11th century.
-   1905 Sir Edward Maunde Thompson: The history of illumination and ornamentation of MSS.
-   1906 F. W. Maitland: [Did not lecture.]
-   1907–1908 F. J. H. Jenkinson: Books printed at Cologne by U. Zell.
-   1909 F. Madan: The localisation and dating of MSS.
-   1910 W. M. Lindsay: Latin Abbreviations.
-   1911 E. Gordon Duff: English provincial printers, stationers and book-binders to 1557.
-   1912 A. E. Cowley: The Papyri of Elephantine.
-   1913 W. W. Greg: Some bibliographical and textual problems of the English Miracle-play Cycles.
-   1914 E. A. Loew: (1) Characteristics of the so-called National Scripts. (2) Punctuation and critical marks as aids in dating and placing MSS. (3) Graeco-Latin manuscripts. (4) The Codex Bezae and the Codex Laudianus.
-   1915 A. W. Pollard: The conditions of printing and publishing in Shakespeare’s day in their relation to his text.
-   1916–1920 [Lectures suspended.]
-   1921 E. Wyndham Hulme: Statistical bibliography in relation to the growth of modern civilisation.
-   1922 W. C. Bolland: Readings on the Year Books.
-   1923 M. R. James: The pictorial illustration of the Old Testament from the 14th Century to the 16th.
-   1924 Emery Walker: Printing for book production.
-   1925 E. H. Minns: The influence of materials and instruments upon writing.
-   1926 A. J. K. Esdaile: Elements of the bibliography of English literature, materials and methods.
-   1927 G. D. Hobson: English leather bindings down to 1500.
-   1928 R. B. McKerrow: The relationship of English printed books to authors’ manuscripts in the 16th and 17th centuries.
-   1929 S. De Ricci: English collectors of books and MSS., 1550–1900, and their marks of ownership.
-   1930 J. V. Scholderer: The invention of printing: facts and theories.
-   1931 Stanley Morison: The English newspaper: some account of the physical development of the journals printed in London from 1622 down to the present day.
-   1932 J. Dover Wilson: The Hamlet texts, 1604 and 1623.
-   1933 G. L. Keynes: John Evelyn: a study in bibliography.
-   1934 E. G. Millar: Some aspects of the comparative study of illuminated MSS.
-   1935 Stephen Gaselee: Bibliography and the Classics.
-   1936 C. A. Gordon: Manuscript missals; the English uses.
-   1937 M. Sadleir: Bibliographical aspects of the Victorian novel.
-   1938 C. J. Sisson: The judicious marriage of Mr Hooker and the birth of ‘the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity’.
-   1939 H. R. Creswick: Some recent work on early English printed books.
-   1940–1946 [Lectures suspended.]
-   1947 J. W. Carter: Taste and technique in book collecting: a study of recent developments in Great Britain and the United States.
-   1948 F. Wormald: The Miniatures in the Gospels of St Augustine: Corpus Christi College MS. 286.
-   1949 J. B. Oldham: English blind-stamped bindings.
-   1950 H. Williams: The text of Gulliver’s Travels.
-   1951 H. S. Bennett: English books and readers 1475 to 1557; being a study in the history of the book trade from Caxton to the incorporation of the Stationers’ Company.
-   1952 J. C. T. Oates: The history of the collection of incunabula in the University Library.
-   1953 E. P. Goldschmidt: The first Cambridge press in its European setting.
-   1954 S. C. Roberts: The evolution of Cambridge publishing.
-   1955 N. R. Ker: Oxford libraries in the sixteenth century.
-   1956 Wilmarth S. Lewis: Horace Walpole’s Library.
-   1957 Fredson T. Bowers: Textual criticism and the literary critic.
-   1958 H. Graham Pollard: English market for printed books.
-   1959 R. W. Hunt: Manuscripts of the Latin classics in England in the Middle Ages.
-   1960 C. H. Roberts: The earliest manuscripts of the Church: style and significance.
-   1961 A. H. King: Some British collectors of music, 1600–1960.
-   1962 F. J. Norton: Printing in Spain 1500–1520.
-   1963 J. H. A. Sparrow: The inscription and the book.
-   1964 W. T. Stearn: Bibliography in the service of biology.
-   1965 J. C. T. Oates: Abraham Whelock (1593–1653): Orientalist, Anglo-Saxonist and University Librarian.
-   1966 S. Smith: The Darwin Collection in Cambridge University Library.
-   1967 H. M. Nixon: English bookbinding in the Restoration period.
-   1968 B. Dickins: Corpus Christi College, the Parker Library.
-   1969 A. N. L. Munby: Gothick into art: connoisseurship and medieval miniatures, 1750–1850.
-   1970 J. S. L. Gilmour: Some freethinkers and their writings.
-   1971 F. J. Stopp: Monsters and hieroglyphs: the broadsheet and emblem book in sixteenth century Germany.
-   1972–1973 M. A. Hoskin: Virtues and vices of scientific manuscripts.
-   1973–1974 J. S. G. Simmons: Russian printing from the beginnings to 1917: a view from the West.
-   1974–1975 A. R. A. Hobson: Some book collectors, booksellers and binders in sixteenth century Italy.
-   1975–1976 D. F. Mackenzie: The London book trade in the later seventeenth century.
-   1976–1977 J. M. Wells: Two hundred years of American printing, 1776–1976.
-   1977–1978 D. F. Foxon: The Stamp Act of 1712.
-   1978–1979 J. P. Gaskell: Trinity College Library: the first 150 years.
-   1979–1980 J. G. Dreyfus: British book typography 1889-1939.
-   1980–1981 W. Kirsop: Books for colonial readers — The nineteenth century Australian experience.
-   1981–1982 W. H. Bond: Thomas Hollis of Lincoln’s Inn: collector, designer and patron.
-   1982–1983 Ruari McLean: Moxon to Morison: The growth of typography as a profession.
-   1983–1984 P. C. G. Isaac: William Bulmer, 1757–1830: ‘fine’ printer.
-   1984–1985 J. J. G. Alexander: Artists and the book in Padua, Venice and Rome in the second half of the fifteenth century.
-   1986–1987 Professor R. A. Leigh: Unsolved problems in the bibliography of J. J. Rousseau.
-   1987–1988 D. M. Owen: The medieval canon law: teaching, literature and transmission.
-   1988–1989 F. W. Ratcliffe: A pre-Lutheran German psalter: A case study of a fourteenth-century work.
-   1989–1990 R. I. Page: Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury, and his books.
-   1990–1991 D. S. Brewer: The fabulous history of Venus: Studies in the history of mythography from the Middle Ages to the nineteenth century.
-   1991–1992 G. G. Watson: Lord Acton and his library.
-   1992–1993 Will Carter: Gutenberg’s legacy.
-   1993–1994 Bamber Gascoigne: From priceless perfection to cheap charm: stages in the development of colour printing.
-   1994–1995 D. J. Bruce: ‘The real Simon Pure’: The life and work of George Cruikshank.
-   1995–1986 J. Harley-Mason: The Age of Aquatint: a chapter in the history of English book illustration.
-   1995–1996 A. Derolez: Textualis formata.
-   1996–1997 G. Thomas Tanselle: Analytical bibliography: an historical introduction.
-   1997–1998 G. G. Barber: Bibliography with rococo roses: The 1755 La Fontaine Fables choisies and the arts of the book in eighteenth-century France.
-   1998–1999 P. Donlon: In Fairyland: Irish illustrators of children’s books.
-   1999–2000 N. J. Barker: Type and type-founding in Britain 1485-1720.
-   2000–2001 D. J. McKitterick: Printing versus publishing: Cambridge University Press and Greater Britain 1873–1914.
-   2001–2002 C. Fahy: Paper in the sixteenth-century Italian printing industry.
-   2002–2003 M. Foot: Description, image and reality: aspects of bookbinding history.
-   2003–2004 Christopher de Hamel: Sir Sydney Cockerell.
-   2004–2005 Paul Needham: Fifteenth-century printing: the work of the shops.
-   2005–2006 James H. Marrow: Word-diagram-picture: the shape of meaning in medieval books.
-   2006–2007 Sarah Tyacke: Conversations with maps.
-   2007–2008 Peter Kornicki: Having difficulty with Chinese? — The rise of the vernacular book in Japan, Korea and Vietnam.
-   2008–2009 Michelle P. Brown: The book and the transformation of Britain, c. 550–1050.
-   2009–2010 Gordon Johnson: From printer to publisher: Cambridge University Press transformed, 1950 to 2010.
-   2010–2011 James Carley: From private hoard to public repository: archbishops John Whitgift and Richard Bancroft as founders of Lambeth Palace Library.
-   2011–2012 Michael Reeve: Printing the Latin Classics — Some episodes.
-   2012–2013 Jim Secord: Visions of science: books and readers at the dawn of the Victorian age.
-   2013–2014 Nigel Morgan: Samuel Sandars as collector of illuminated manuscripts.
-   2014–2015 Richard Beadle: Henry Bradshaw and the foundations of codicology.
-   2015–2016 Anthony Grafton: Writing and reading history in Renaissance England: some Cambridge examples.
-   2016–2017 Toshiyuki Takamiya: A cabinet of English treasures: Reflections on fifty years of book collecting
-   2017–2018 Peter Wothers: Chemical attractions
-   2018–2019 William Noel: The medieval manuscript and its digital image

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title: Sandars Lectures

question: What are the Sandars Lectures?

answer: The Sandars Lectures (or The Sandars Readership in Bibliography) is an annual lecture series given at Cambridge University.

question: When were the lectures instituted?

answer: 1895

question: Why is Cambridge University bothering with the lectures after all these years?

answer: The university is continuing the Sandars Lectures at his behest. He also left a £2000 bequest to the University.

question: How many years have the Sandars Lectures been continually held?

answer: 126 years.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The Sandars Lectures (or The Sandars Readership in Bibliography) is an annual lecture series given at Cambridge University that has been continually held since 1895. The latest lecture (2018–2019) at the time of the article is from William Noel: The medieval manuscript and its digital image.


text: This meeting place is too sketchy, what if my parents come down and see us? Or worse, my brother…  The backdoor slowly screeches opens, my stomach drops.  In come my friends Daryl and DaShawn Jones.  For a second I forgot what we were planning on doing, remembering when we were children together… everything was so much simpler, nothing was ever asked of us; it was so different from now, from this moment.  The only thing that remained the same since childhood was that we were always worthless. You see, me and Daryl and DaShawn are dirt poor.  Being poor is like being stuck in a hamster wheel that never stops, instead of exercise you get shunned by society and embarrassed for who you are.  Oh, and you cant get off this hamster wheel, it perpetuates from parent to child.  .. I guess the poor breed just to fill in the vacancies of the future poor population.  When we were kids we thought we could get out of the trap through getting an education that leads to jobs, but that was just another fairy tail...  I lead the Jones’s to my kitchen.  The dishes are piled up past the counter and there is a ratchet smell of left over hungry man on the table.  I’m getting serious second thoughts, but what other choice do I have…?  I quickly think of my brother and how disappointed in me he would be.  I promised I would never do this.  I promised I would apply to community college next year.  I promised I would get off pills.  That’s three empty promises… its not fair that he got to be so smart and got the scholarship while I’m here breaking promises.  I don’t think he let society define him as much as I did; it’s probably my low self-esteem.  But what other choice do I have at this point?  Daryl and DaShawn describe to me what we were told to do.  DaShawn pulls a glock out of his pants and brandishes it with a nervous smile over his head.  I feel trapped.  When we were children would any of us see this coming?  The possibilities seemed so limitless then, and now as I look at the gun we have to kill another human being with, I’m beginning to realize just how limited the possibilities really are.  I’m choosing the gang lifestyle and this is my gang initiation.  This is me living up to societies worthless expectations of me.

title: Worthless

question: Who are the narrator's friends?

answer: Daryl and DaShawn Jones.

question: Why does the narrator have a bad feeling?

answer: The narrator says they are about to be doing something in contrast with the innocent activities of their childhood.

question: What does DaShawn brandish?

answer: A gun.

question: What does the narrator blame for their wayward behavior and path?

answer: The impossible expectations of society.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator's childhood friends, Daryl and DaShawn Jones, meet them with a gun. They are going to kill someone as part of a gang initiation rite. The narrator is envious of their brother, whom they would disappoint greatly by killing another human being, but blames the expectations of society for the narrator's path.


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OLD LONGUEUIL () is a historic neighbourhoud located in the borough of the same name, in the city of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. There is not a universal definition of what constitute the Old Longueuil neighbourhoud, but it includes at least the territory corresponding to the pre-1961 city of Longueuil.[St-Charles street in Old Longueuil]

Old Longueuil, was named a heritage district by the city in 1993, and features 450 buildings built before 1945.[1] Many historic buildings are found in this district, such as the Co-Cathedral of Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue, the ruins of Fort Longueuil,[2] and Saint Mark's Anglican Church. Rue Saint-Charles is the main street in this neighbourhood and features many small businesses, among them restaurants, bars, and corner stores. The borough hall of Le Vieux-Longueuil borough is also in the neighbourhood.

Location

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title: Old Longueuil

question: Where is Old Longueuil located?

answer: It is located in the city of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.

question: What are some historic buildings in the neighborhood?

answer: Co-Cathedral of Saint-Antoine-de-Padoue, the ruins of Fort Longueuil,[2] and Saint Mark's Anglican Church are a few of the historic buildings in the district.

question: How large is the neighborhood?

answer: Not answered.

question: How old is Old Longeueuil?

answer: Not answered.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Old Longueuil is a historic neighborhood in the city of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada.


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FBI Director James Comey was fired in a letter from President Trump, who said the FBI needed new leadership – and also said that Comey had, “on three separate occasions,” informed the president that he was not under investigation.

In dismissing Comey, Trump said he was acting on the recommendation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein.

Sessions said in a letter to the president that “a fresh start is needed at the leadership for the FBI” for the reasons expressed by his deputy, Rosenstein.

Rosenstein, in a three-page letter to Sessions cited Comey’s controversial public statements about the FBI’s investigation into Hillary Clinton’s emails.

Among Rosenstein’s conclusions:

— Comey refuses “to accept the nearly universal judgment that he was mistaken” to go public in July with his reasons for recommending no criminal charges again Clinton. During that news conference, Comey said Clinton and her aides were
“extremely careless” in handling classified information.
— Comey “was wrong to usurp the Attorney General’s authority” to announce that the case would be closed. “The Director is never empowered to supplant federal prosecutors and assume command of the Justice Department,” Rosenstein wrote.
— Comey “ignored another longstanding principle: we do not hold press conferences to release derogatory information about the subject of a declined criminal investigation.” Although such information is sometimes disclosed, “we never release it gratuitously.”
— The conclusion that Comey acted inappropriately in the Clinton case is shared by “attorneys General and Deputy Attorneys General from different eras and both political parties.”

Rosenstein’s letter concludes: “The FBI is unlikely to regain public and congressional trust until it has a Director who understands the gravity of the mistakes and pledges never to repeat them. Having refused to admit his errors, the Director cannot be expected to implement the necessary corrective actions.

question: Who is James Comey?

answer: James Comey is the now former FBI Director.

question: Why is James Comey being fired?

answer: Comey made several missteps in regards to the Clinton investigation, as well as usurping the Attorney General's authority.

question: Who recommended to Trump to dismiss Comey?

answer: Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein recommended that Comey be dismissed.

question: Who is Jeff Sessions?

answer: Jeff Sessions is the Attorney General.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: FBI Director James Comey is being dismissed from his position for several missteps that he made in regards to the Clinton investigation.


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HOUSTON (KTRK) -- All main lanes of Highway 225 have reopened following a heavy truck accident and gas leak.

According to TranStar, the accident was verified just after 1pm. Authorities were warning commuters to avoid the area if at all possible.

SkyEye HD was over the scene as crews doused the rig with water and brought in the Jaws of Life to pry the front windshield open. A victim was pulled from the truck but didn't survive. The identity of the driver has not been released.

The Texas Department of Transportation says the 18-wheeler hit a natural gas line, which is leaking vapor. Contractors were able to cap the gas line around 3pm. They had to wait until the cap line was clear of all fumes before they could reopen the freeway.

The freeway reopened to traffic on all main lanes around 4:45am this morning.

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question: Which highway was impacted by the gas leak?

answer: Highway 225

question: Where is it located?

answer: Houston,Texas.

question: What caused the gas leak?

answer: An 18-wheeler hit a natural gas line.

question: What time this morning did all lanes reopen for traffic?

answer: 4:45am

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: An 18-wheeler was the reason for closed lanes on Houston's Highway 225 this morning. The oversized vehicle struck a natural gas line, resulting in a leak that slowed traffic until the reopening of lanes at 4:45 in the morning.


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Closes $8.5B deal, says continuing multi-platform strategy is key

Senior Reporter, Computerworld |

As it wrapped up its acquisition of Skype, Microsoft again assured users that it would continue to develop versions for platforms other than Windows.

Earlier today, Microsoft announced that it had closed the $8.5 billion deal for Skype, the Luxembourg-based Internet phone and chat giant. Microsoft and Skype unveiled the planned acquisition in May.

Skype will operate as a new business division within Microsoft, and Tony Bates, formerly the chief executive of Skype, will report directly to Microsoft's CEO, Steve Ballmer.

In May, Ballmer promised that his company would continue to develop and support Skype on rival platforms.

"A, I said it and I meant it," Ballmer said when a reporter asked for assurances that Skype would continue to support operating systems and devices not sold by Microsoft. "B, we're one of the few companies with a track record of doing this," Ballmer added, citing Microsoft's Office edition for the Mac.

Skype offers versions of its software for Apple's Mac OS X and Linux on the desktop, and on Google's Android, Apple's iOS, RIM's BlackBerry and Nokia's Symbian mobile operating systems.

Today, Bates reaffirmed Ballmer's promise.

"I'm sure on a lot of people's minds post-merger is the simple question, will the Skype experience change? The answer is an emphatic no," said Bates in a video posted to Microsoft's website today. "The value proposition of Skype is being multi-platform across different devices, whether it's PCs, desktops, mobile phones, whether it's in the living room, and that's key and that must stay. And we're committed to that."

Antitrust regulators in the U.S. and the European Union have approved the deal.

EU officials cleared the acquisition even though Messagenet, an Italian rival to Skype, had asked regulators there to block the move unless Microsoft agreed not to bundle Skype with its Office products.

"This acquisition has the potential to lessen competition in the VoIP space and could lead to less consumer choice and/or higher prices," said Messagenet's CEO, Marco Fiorentino, in an email last week. "We remain watchful of the Microsoft and Skype integration in light of EU telecom regulations and antitrust law."

Also on Friday, Skype updated its Windows version to ditch the Google Toolbar offer it had long included.

_GREGG KEIZER covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for_ Computerworld_. Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer, on Google+ or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed . His e-mail address is gkeizer@computerworld.com._

_See more articles by Gregg Keizer._

Senior Reporter Gregg Keizer covers Windows, Office, Apple/enterprise, web browsers and web apps for Computerworld.

Copyright © 2011 IDG Communications, Inc.

question: How much did Microsoft acquire Skype for?

answer: $8.5 billion.

question: What versions does Skype offer?

answer: Skype offers versions for Apple's Mac OS X and Linux on the desktop and on Google's Android, Apple's iOS, RIM's Blackberry, and Nokia's Symbian mobile operating systems.

question: Who is the CEO of Skype?

answer: Tony Bates.

question: Will the user experience change because of the merger?

answer: No.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer:
Microsoft has closed the deal of acquiring Skype for $8.5 billion. Skype will now operate as a new business division within Microsoft. The company assures that post the merger the user experience would not change.

EU officials cleared the acquisition even though Messagenet, a rival, has asked the regulators to block the move unless Microsoft agreed not to bundle Skype with its Office products. Antitrust regulators in the U.S. and the European Union have approved the deal.


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_SKINNY GIRL IN TRANSIT_ is a Nigerian Comedy webseries by NdaniTV. The first episode was released on NdaniTV's YouTube page on 16 Jul 2015.[1] The idea for the series was pitched by Temi Balogun.[2] The series returned to NdaniTV for its fifth season on November 9, 2018 after being on hiatus for over a year. The series has returned again for the sixth season, the first episode of season 6 aired February 14, 2020.

Plot summary

[Abimbola Craig in Skinny Girl in Transit] Skinny Girl in Transit is a web series produced by Ndani TV, and as the name implies, it is a comedy about a young Nigerian woman and her efforts to lose weight.[3] In the pilot episode, Tiwalade, played by Abimbola Craig, is woken up from a pleasurable dream by her mother, played by Ngozi Nwosu. Her mum wastes no time in informing her that the Holy Spirit ministered to her and the message conveyed was that Tiwalade should lose weight, therefore furthering her hope of finding a husband. Tiwalade's mum performs a series of dramatic gestures and makes several grand statements to emotionally blackmail Tiwalade into agreeing to lose weight. And Tiwalade, who is aware that she is overweight, thinks ‘why not, how hard could it be? However, losing weight turns out to be more strenuous than she originally assumed. In addition, Tiwalade has to deal with a mother who is like a dog with a bone, a sister, played by Sharon Ooja, who is pretty, slim and shallow, and a love-life that is less than appealing.

Episodes

-   Season 1: 12 Episodes
-   Season 2: 10 Episodes
-   Season 3: 9 Episodes
-   Season 4: 12 Episodes
-   Season 5: 12 Episodes
-   Season 6: 12 Episodes

Cast

-   Abimbola Craig as Tiwalade
-   Ngozi Nwosu as Mama Tiwa
-   Sharon Ooja as Shalewa
-   Norbert Young as Baba Tiwa
-   Ayoola Ayolola as Mide
-   Bisola Aiyeola as Didi
-   Ini Dima-Okojie as Hadiza
-   Chioma Okoli as Wosilat
-   Beverly Naya as Derin
-   Timini Egbuson as Mohammed
-   Sophie Alakija as Farida
-   Nick Mutuma as Chris
-   Ayo Adesanya as Aunty Dupe
-   Deyemi Okolawon as Pastor Braithwaite
-   James Gardiner as Kwame

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[2]  #1 Hit Music Station|last=CoolFM|first=StayBusy Tech For|website=CoolFM|language=en|access-date=2020-02-29}}

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title: Skinny Girl in Transit

question: Who produces Skinny Girl in Transit?

answer: NdaniTV produces Skinny Girl in Transit.

question: When did the most recent season start airing?

answer: The most recent series started airing on February 14, 2020.

question: What is the main character's name?

answer: The main character's name is Tiwalade.

question: Who plays the main character's mother?

answer: Ngozi Nwosu plays the main character's mother.

question: How many episodes were in Season 2?

answer: There were 10 episodes in Season 2.

question: Which season had the least amount of episodes?

answer: Season 3 had the least amount of episodes, at 9 episodes.

question: Who plays Farida?

answer: Sophie Alakija plays Farida.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Skinny Girl in Transit is a Nigerian webseries about a woman trying to lose weight. It started in 2015 and currently has 6 seasons, the most recent being released in 2020.


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There is a light, a street light, outside of my property. It rests on the corner of my street, between my home, and the rest of suburbia. Being a developing neighborhood, new houses are always being built, and new street lights being put up. This one though, this one is the only street light on the block. In solitude, it shines its dull orange light over the various insects, buzzing through its aura. From my porch, the light permeates through the darkness of my pitch black road. Although the light seems unaware of my presence, I like to imagine the light appreciates having something other then the bugs bask in its golden radiation. The strange thing is, that in between my thoughts, during the short pauses of reflection, the light shines a bit brighter. It seems the light wants me to stop thinking, and just exist with it it for a few moments, without me dangling the consciousness I posses over it. But I don't know if it even desires to have a soul. The light appears to be aware of the burden sentience, and would continue to exist without.

When I take my glasses off, the rest of the world becomes an incoherent blur, but the light only becomes brighter. Encompassing most of my field of vision, I start to notice the intricacies this street light contains. There is a deep purple outline that rotates ever so slowly around the massive orb. The actual sun like light no longer appears to be a flat orange sphere. It looks to have fibers connecting it. A small skeletal structure within this bright light. This artificial sun isn't isolated though. From it, beams of pale white light penetrate the surrounding emptiness. The once simple street light is now a complicated web of colors and lines, and I think I'm becoming jealous. In plain sight, it exists, never actually "being", but still remaining an actuality, in a world of life. When I look at this street light now, the gift of life seems less and less like a present, and more like a malediction. It gets to enjoy the unbroken cycle of patiently waiting through the day to emanate brilliance at night. Why can't I enjoy this flat, and direct rhythm that never changes?

Dawn peeks its head over the houses of suburbia,. It greets the day with its rays wide open, like arms stretching away the sleep early morning. A welcome sight, a return to the status quo. But in all the commotion of the daybreak, I miss the street light flickering off. When I look at it again, it's just sitting there at the corner of my street, waiting. Waiting the shine once again.

title: Relevance

question: Which city does the narrator live in?

answer: Information not found

question: Will other street lights be installed on the narrator's road?

answer: Information not found

question: Will the light malfunction?

answer: No

question: Will the light gain consciousness?

answer: No

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator ponders on the life of the street light next to his house. He thinks about the light's colors, about how it works according to an unchanged rhythm.


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Don’t tell your dentist, but Dunkin’ Donuts is planning to debut a special Peeps donut just in time for the Easter holiday.

Executive chef and vice president of product innovation Stan Frankenthaler recently revealed to Buzzfeed that the marshmallow topped donuts will be available at participating stores starting on Monday, March 31.

The sugary Easter-themed treats will be flower shaped and will come in two flavors: strawberry icing with green drizzle and green icing with strawberry drizzle. (Exactly what “flavor’’ is green icing? We digress.)

  Dunkin Donuts is debuting Peeps donuts for Easter. It's that sugar coma time of year again! http://t.co/aebwtYHU3W pic.twitter.com/Zf2EFWmXOg

  — BuzzFeed Food (@BuzzFeedFood) March 26, 2014

While the Peeps donuts aren’t set to hit shelves until next week, one Twitter user has already spotted them in stores.

  So Dunkin Donuts is now selling Peeps donuts... pic.twitter.com/fCaZE1woA1

  — Jordan Cohen (@jorcohen) March 25, 2014

_Will you be getting this amalagm of treats? Let us know in the comments below._

question: When is the Dunkin' Donuts special Peeps doughnut debuting?

answer: Around the Easter holiday.

question: What are the details surrounding the Peeps doughnut?

answer: The doughnut will be flower-shaped and come in two flavors - strawberry icing with green drizzle and green icing with strawberry drizzle.

question: What happened a week before the doughnuts hit the shelves?

answer: A fan spotted them in stores and posted a picture on Twitter.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer:
Dunkin' Donuts are release a new-looking doughnut in time for the Easter holiday. The special Peeps doughnut will be flower-shaped and come in two flavors - strawberry icing with green drizzle and green icing with strawberry drizzle.

Meanwhile, a fan posted a picture of the doughnut on Twitter,. having spotted them a week prior to their release.


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_TEN LITTLE INDIANS_ is a 1965 film directed by George Pollock. It is the second film version of Agatha Christie's 1939 detective novel of the same name.[1]

Although its background story is the same as the 1945 adaptation (_And Then There Were None_), with ten people invited to a remote location by a mysterious stranger, this one takes place on an isolated snowy mountain. This version is also the first adaptation of the novel to show the murders on screen. Actor Christopher Lee (uncredited) provided the pre-recorded gramophone voice of “Mr. U.N. Owen”.

Plot

Ten people travel by aerial tramway to a snowbound mansion, invited there by a Mr. U.N. Owen (Unknown) to spend the weekend. They discover that none of them has actually ever met Owen, including his secretary as well as a married housekeeper and cook, all hired through an agency.

Framed copies of the children's nursery rhyme “Ten Little Indians” are hung on the walls of each guest's bedroom. Dinner is served by the butler Grohmann on a tray adorned with ten little Indian figurines, as well. At exactly 9 p.m., as instructed, Grohmann switches on a hidden tape recording. A man identifying himself as Owen reveals that each of the 10 guests has a scandalous secret, their involvement in various innocent people's deaths.

One by one, the guests begin dying off. Mike Raven chokes after taking a drink and dies, and a small Indian figurine from the centerpiece tray is broken away. In the morning, the cable tram is cut, killing the cook, Mrs. Grohmann, who attempted to escape. General Mandrake conducts a search of the chalet's catacombs, splitting everyone into pairs, ultimately leading to his demise, stabbed after being led to a planted distraction (a cat). It becomes clear that their unseen killer is following the nursery rhyme. Ann Clyde, the secretary, enters into a romantic relationship with engineer Hugh Lombard as they and the others begin a deadly cat-and-mouse game, ultimately deducing that Owen is not their host but, in reality, one of them.

After falling under suspicion from the others, Grohmann attempts to make his escape down the mountain peak, Devil's Leap, ending in his death after his lifeline is severed with an axe. Ilona bitterly confesses to having driven her husband to suicide, and is later found dead in her bedroom, killed with a syringe. By now, the five remaining guests fall under distrust of one another, and alliances are formed as the generator shuts down, casting the mansion into total darkness. At dinner, each person reveals the nature of their accusations, but before Ann can attest to her crime, she separates from the group to her room, where she screams upon discovering an Indian decoy hung from the ceiling. In the confusion, Judge Cannon is found with a gunshot wound to his head.

Dr. Armstrong intimates his suspicions of Ann, which Lombard angrily rebuffs. Lombard later comes to Ann's room and confides that his real name is Charles Morley, and that the real Lombard had committed suicide and he took his place for the weekend. Morley gives Ann his revolver for her protection. In the morning, Blore discovers that Armstrong has vanished and the three conduct a search for him. Blore separates and goes outside, where he is crushed by a large statue of a bear. Ann and Morley discover the body of Dr. Armstrong in the snow and conclude that the killer can only be either of them. Ann pulls the revolver on Morley and shoots at him, before returning to the mansion. She goes upstairs and discovers Judge Cannon very much alive, who explains how he persuaded Dr. Armstrong to help him fake his death. He adds that he intends to poison himself, leaving Ann as the last remaining survivor, who must hang herself and fulfill the rhyme, or be punished by the law instead. As Judge Cannon is explaining his plan, having taken a fatal dose of poison, Morley reappears, alive. Ann and Morley had faked his death, as they had figured out that neither one of them was the killer. As he dies, Judge Cannon realizes his plan has failed, and Ann and Morley kiss in relief. They see the cat sitting among the fruit tray with only two Indians attached.

Cast

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Production

It was one of the first films Fabian made after his contract with Fox ended.[2]

The house used in the film was Kenure House in Rush, County Dublin, Ireland.[3] Most outdoor scenes were shot in the Zillertal in Tirol, Austria.[4]

DVD

_Ten Little Indians_ was released to DVD by Warner Home Video on 14 March 2006 as a Region 1 widescreen DVD and also recently by Warner Archive as a MOD (manufacture-on-demand) DVD available via Amazon.

[1] _Ten Little Indians_ (1965), TCM.com; accessed 25 April 2016.

[2]

[3] Hopper, Hedda. “Looking at Hollywood: Fabian Heads for Dublin to Make Mystery Film”, _Chicago Tribune_, 24 March 1965, pg. B5.

[4] IMDB.com retrieved 4 November 2017

title: Ten Little Indians (1965 film)

question: Summarize the plot of the film.

answer: The film is about ten people travelling by aerial tramway to a snowbound mansion, to spend a weekend. They were invited by Mr. U.N. Owen, who none of them have ever met.

question: From the description of the plot of the film, how likely does this film seem to be a  blockbuster hit?

answer: From the description of the plot, this movie looks like it could be a blockbuster hit.


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[Marianne Hudson]

I cover angel investing – trends, ideas and how to succeed.

We all proudly read the news about the work veterans do protecting our country. However, what often doesn’t make the news is the impact these heroes have on the business world. Check out these statistics which belie their contributions to the startup ecosystem as the nation celebrates National Veterans Small Business Week and Veteran's Day:

-   3 million: The number of businesses veterans run in the United States
-   5.7 million: The number of  people employed by veterans, which equates to $210 billion in annual payroll and $1.2 trillion in sales
-   30%: The portion of all American businesses owned by veterans; interestingly, while veterans make up only 8% of the U.S. population, they are twice as likely to own a business as the general population
-   7%: The number of businesses owned by veterans still open after 10 years; according to the Small Business Administration, compared to one-third of all businesses that survive 10 years or more.

The success of veteran entrepreneurs has not gone unnoticed by angel investors, although more attention is needed. In fact, this week and next angels interested in learning more about “vetrepreneurs” as equity-backable companies can take advantage of multiple free events such as VetsinTech DC Launch of VetCap on November 6 and Angel Capital Association veterans event in Boston on November 12. A growing number of veteran-owned startups are gaining traction with investors, customers and the market. Investors are drawn to the deal flow and potential returns as they hear about more and more good exits from veteran-run companies or about other companies growing at the scale needed for successful equity investment. Consider these examples:

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-   RideScout, a transportation information app for mobile phones – AKA the “Kayak of ground transportation” provided nice returns for the investors involved when it was acquired this year by Moovel, a subsidiary of Daimler.
-   Critical Intelligence, a cyber-security company that does business with several major power companies, is building impressive revenues. It is one of 40 companies supported by Vet-Tech, a Silicon Valley accelerator that helps veteran-led startups scale their ventures.
-   Troopswap, an e-commerce platform and verification engine for veterans, service members and their families, attracting investment from angels and venture capitalists, and growing in sales and employees.

WINNING PERSONALITY TRAITS COMBINE WELL WITH MILITARY EXPERIENCE Despite common misconceptions and stereotypes, these successful veterans aren't wedded to bureaucracy. In fact, they thrive in small groups, having led small teams or platoons throughout their military career.  They are flexible, having been plunged into a highly unique environments with pressure cooker situations requiring literal do or die-based skills training. They learn how to be leaders early in their career, know how to execute plans and have the drive and desire to continue to be leaders even after finishing military service. "The lessons learned and lived in military service like leadership, teamwork, competitive spirit, mission-orientation and ambition are the same attributes needed to succeed in business," the National Veteran-Owned Business Association (NaVOBA) says on its website. More veterans are born with winning entrepreneurial personality traits, which combine well with military training and experience. According to a 2009 study on veterans in the entrepreneurial world, veterans possess greater entrepreneurial personality characteristics than those who are not veterans. Bow Rodgers, an angel investor, veteran and president of Vet-Tech, and Doug Doan, veteran and founder of Hivers and Strivers, have identified the following skills and personality traits that make veterans good entrepreneurs:

-   Early leadership training: The armed services teach leadership to all recruits - and provide experiences needed to practice what they've learned.
-   Leadership growth: Many are eager to continue being leaders even after they leave the service.
-   Working with teams: Whether on the battlefield or in strategic planning, veterans are surrounded by teammates, which serves them well when running a business.
-   Focus and execution: "American soldiers get more done by 9 a.m. than most people do in a day," touts a NaVOBA flyer that urges people to "Buy Veteran." With this work ethic, it's no wonder they make great entrepreneurs. "These are fine young men and women with fine ideas who have the ability to execute," Rodgers says. "If you don't have the team to execute, what good is the good idea?”
-   Progress after a failure: “The military's culture has adapted to support the development of leaders well-suited for entrepreneurship by teaching how to plan for failure, how to seek knowledge from direct reports, and how to learn iteratively as a group. The military delegates significant authority to junior leaders who are expected (and encouraged) to fail during the early stages of their careers," writes veteran entrepreneur Blake Hall in an article on veteran entrepreneurs. "A 22-year-old responsible for leading 46 men and tens of millions of dollars of equipment is going to screw up. He/she is also going to develop much faster as a leader relative to peers.”
-   Knowledge seekers: Veterans are good at seeking knowledge from subordinates and learning iteratively. They review what did and didn’t work after every exercise - something that serves startups well.
-   True doers: Many vets who joined the military after 9/11 were driven, unafraid, and determined to directly confront the biggest challenges of the era. Having elected to shoulder the responsibilities themselves rather than watch or comment from a safe distance, they are the "true doers" of this generation.
-   Best practices: Today’s service men and women are smarter, better trained, equipped, and prepared than at any time in the nation’s history - especially those coming out of the military academies. Doan expands on the reasons and example companies in a recent blog post, Guess Who Just Started the Next Great Company?.

In celebration of Veteran's Day, let's honor the significant impact veterans are playing in our startup economy. Angels have the chance to build their financial returns in the process. Here’s to continuing to support our vets and looking forward to their impact in the future.

[Marianne Hudson]

I am an angel investor and Executive Director of the Angel Capital Association (ACA), the world’s leading professional association for angel investors. ACA is focused on…

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question: What does the text say about reasons to invest in veteran-owned businesses?

answer: The author gives several statistics showing the number of businesses run by veterans. They describe two upcoming events which will showcase veteran entrepreneurs. And finally, they claim that veterans have several personality traits which make them inherently good entrepreneurs.