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Denver (CNN)An army of Denver teachers braved freezing temperatures Monday, sacrificing pay to strike for a better future.

But even though this strike focuses on teachers' salaries, students joined them on the picket lines, saying their teachers deserve better.

"It's like they make school fun. They make you want to be there," 16-year-old Xavion Davison said.

He and friends Allen Koncsik and Bryce Alexander carried a large sign proclaiming, "They deserve more than just praise. Give them a raise."

Denver teachers say they want higher, stable salaries, since their school district uses unpredictable bonuses to compensate for low base pay.

["My pay has been too variable over the last several years," teacher Nick Childers said. ]

"Unfortunately bonuses are really variable, and we can't depend on them from year to year," social studies teacher Nick Childers said.

Ninth-year teacher Kelsey Brown said the bonuses are so erratic, she made more money two years ago than she does now.

[Denver is so expensive, teachers get creative to make ends meet]

The Spanish teacher made $56,000 last year, but the rising cost of living in Denver means she has to work extra jobs -- as a lacrosse coach, exchange program coordinator and summer camp employee.

Now, after 15 months of failed negotiations between the school district and teachers' union, educators are ditching classrooms to march up and down snow-lined sidewalks.

The strike is the latest in a long line of teachers' protests that spread across the country last year and keeps gaining momentum this year.

The Denver Classroom Teachers Association, which represents most of Denver's 5,000-plus teachers, said it doesn't want to strike -- but said the school district hasn't met their demands.

"We're hoping for a quick solution to this whole thing," DCTA lead negotiator Rob Gould said Monday. "We're hoping (school district officials) come to the table tomorrow ready to listen so we can get back to work. Because our teachers want to be in the classrooms with their kids."

[Across the US, teachers protested and won. Now some say lawmakers are retaliating]

Denver Public Schools said it's listened to teachers' concerns and made a series of offers to the union -- all of which have been rejected.

"I am extremely disappointed that the DCTA walked away from the table," Superintendent Susana Cordova said after talks broke down Saturday night. "We presented an updated proposal that responds to what we heard from our teachers ... and significantly increases the base pay for all of our educators."

She said both sides will be back at the negotiating table Tuesday.

"It's a problem for our kids not to have their teachers in class," she said. "So I want to get this done now."

What both sides have put up

Denver Public Schools says it's offered:

-- $23 million in new funds next year for teachers' base salaries. (That would increase the average teacher's salary from about $55,000 to $61,000 next year.)

[A new wave of teachers' protests are brewing coast to coast]

-- A total investment of $55 million over the next three years.

-- An increased starting salary of $45,800 for new teachers.

-- Another $2 million investment in base pay for teachers and specialized staff members that would "come from additional, painful cuts to our central departments, which we estimate to be an elimination of about 150 positions in the central office."

-- The elimination of performance bonuses for central office senior staff. "We would invest those funds directly in our highest-needs schools, with a proposed increase in incentive pay for teaching in our schools with the highest poverty rates," the school district said. "Our offer increases that incentive from $2,500 to $3,000."

DPS illustrated how its concessions to the union -- more than $20 million since last June -- is significantly more than the union's decrease in demands.

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But the union said it's still waiting for "a fair, competitive and transparent salary schedule that prioritizes base salary over complicated, unreliable bonuses."

"We are incredibly disappointed that on the last day of bargaining and less than two days before a strike, they doubled down on one-time incentives teachers do not want, and the data shows do not work to keep teachers in their schools," DCTA President and teacher Henry Roman said.

What students will do without their teachers

Despite the strike, DPS encouraged students to go to school this week. All schools except preschools are still running on normal schedules.

But 2,631 teachers did not go to school Monday, DPS spokeswoman Anna Alejo said. That's about 56% of teachers from district-run schools.

[What we learned from the LA strike, and why it cost $125 million]

In other words, about half of DPS' 92,000 students have no idea when they'll see their teachers back in class again.

To make up for those 2,631 missing teachers, about 1,400 central office staffers and 400 substitute teachers covered teacher absences Monday, Alejo said.

But Xavion said substitutes can't teach like his normal teachers.

"I don't feel like I'm learning anything. It's not the same," the teen said. "With our teachers, I feel like we're in a better learning environment. Not with any sub."

Some teachers are too broke to strike

Since teachers aren't getting paid while on strike, not every teacher who wants to strike can do so.

"I really, really want to because I do support the mission ... but I literally financially cannot afford to," said math teacher Sophia Leung. "For me to lose out on $200 of pay a day, it does impact my bills for the month."

[What teachers won and lost in the 2018 strikes]

And as a first-year teacher, Leung said she can't even afford the $70 monthly dues to join the local teachers' union.

But this renewed wave of teachers' strikes shows the sacrifices teachers are willing to make, said Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers.

"A strike is not a first resort for anyone. It's a last resort -- especially for teachers who are asked to do more with less every day," she said. "And enough is enough."

CNN's Scott McLean, Christina Zdanowicz and Amanda Watts contributed to this report.

question: What does the article say about how teachers are paid?

answer: Teachers believe that they do not have high enough base pay. The district compensates for this by giving them bonuses. The amount of these bonuses can vary from year to year.

question: What does the article say about what makes a good teacher?

question: Summarize both sides of the argument.

answer: The teachers are demanding higher base pay, as the bonuses are variable and thus unreliable from year to year. Denver Public Schools believes that they have listened to teachers' concerns and are disappointed that their offers have been rejected. They believe it is detrimental to students not to have teachers in class.


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[Hikers traversing the Franconia Ridge in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, much of which is in the alpine zone.] [Alpine tundra in the Venezuelan Andes] ALPINE TUNDRA is a type of natural region or biome that does not contain trees because it is at high elevation. As the latitude of a location approaches the poles, the threshold elevation for alpine tundra gets lower until it reaches sea level, and alpine tundra merges with polar tundra.

The high elevation causes an adverse climate, which is too cold and windy to support tree growth. Alpine tundra transitions to sub-alpine forests below the tree line; stunted forests occurring at the forest-tundra ecotone are known as _Krummholz_. With increasing elevation it ends at the snow line where snow and ice persist through summer.

Alpine tundra occurs in mountains worldwide. The flora of the alpine tundra is characterized by dwarf shrubs close to the ground. The cold climate of the alpine tundra is caused by adiabatic cooling of air, and is similar to polar climate.

Geography

Alpine tundra occurs at high enough altitude at any latitude. Portions of montane grasslands and shrublands ecoregions worldwide include alpine tundra. Large regions of alpine tundra occur in the North American Cordillera, the Alps and Pyrenees of Europe, the Himalaya and Karakoram of Asia, the Andes of South America, and the Eastern Rift mountains of Africa.[1]

Alpine tundra occupies high-mountain summits, slopes, and ridges above timberline. Aspect plays a role as well; the treeline often occurs at higher elevations on warmer equator-facing slopes. Because the alpine zone is present only on mountains, much of the landscape is rugged and broken, with rocky, snowcapped peaks, cliffs, and talus slopes, but also contains areas of gently rolling to almost flat topography.[2]

Averaging over many locations and local microclimates, the treeline rises when moving 1 degree south from 70 to 50°N, and per degree from 50 to 30°N. Between 30°N and 20°S, the treeline is roughly constant, between .[3]

Climate

[Summer in Northern Sweden's Tarfala Valley with its alpine climate]

Alpine climate is the average weather (climate) for the alpine tundra. The climate becomes colder at high elevations—this characteristic is described by the lapse rate of air: air tends to get colder as it rises, since it expands. The dry adiabatic lapse rate is 10 °C per km (5.5 °F per 1000 ft) of elevation or altitude. Therefore, moving up on a mountain is roughly equivalent to moving 80 kilometers (45 miles or 0.75° of latitude) towards the pole.[4] This relationship is only approximate, however, since local factors such as proximity to oceans can drastically modify the climate.

Typical high-elevation growing seasons range from 45 to 90 days, with average summer temperatures near . Growing season temperatures frequently fall below freezing, and frost occurs throughout the growing season in many areas. Precipitation occurs mainly as winter snow, but soil water availability is highly variable with season, location, and topography. For example, snowfields commonly accumulate on the lee sides of ridges while ridgelines may remain nearly snow free due to redistribution by wind. Some alpine habitats may be up to 70% snow free in winter. High winds are common in alpine ecosystems, and can cause significant soil erosion and be physically and physiologically detrimental to plants. Also, wind coupled with high solar radiation can promote extremely high rates of evaporation and transpiration.[5]

Quantifying the climate

[Alpine tundra above the tree line below Musala Peak in Rila Mountain, Bulgaria] There have been several attempts at quantifying what constitutes an alpine climate.

Climatologist Wladimir Köppen demonstrated a relationship between the Arctic and Antarctic tree lines and the 10 °C summer isotherm; i.e., places where the average temperature in the warmest calendar month of the year is below 10 °C cannot support forests. See Köppen climate classification for more information.

Otto Nordenskjöld theorized that winter conditions also play a role: His formula is _W_ = 9 − 0.1 _C_, where _W_ is the average temperature in the warmest month and _C_ the average of the coldest month, both in degrees Celsius (this would mean, for example, that if a particular location had an average temperature of in its coldest month, the warmest month would need to average or higher for trees to be able to survive there).

In 1947, Holdridge improved on these schemes, by defining biotemperature: the mean annual temperature, where all temperatures below 0 °C are treated as 0 °C (because it makes no difference to plant life, being dormant). If the mean biotemperature is between ,[6] Holdridge quantifies the climate as alpine.

Flora

[Silky phacelia (_Phacelia sericea_, blooming) and spreading phlox (_Phlox diffusa_) are species of alpine regions of western North America.]

Because the habitat of alpine vegetation is subject to intense radiation, wind, cold, snow, and ice, it grows close to the ground and consists mainly of perennial grasses, sedges, and forbs. Perennial herbs (including grasses, sedges, and low woody or semi-woody shrubs) dominate the alpine landscape; they have much more root and rhizome biomass than that of shoots, leaves, and flowers. The roots and rhizomes not only function in water and nutrient absorption but also play a very important role in over-winter carbohydrate storage. Annual plants are rare in this ecosystem and usually are only a few inches tall, with weak root systems.[7] Other common plant life-forms include prostrate shrubs, graminoids forming tussocks, cushion plants, and cryptogams, such as bryophytes and lichens.[8]

Relative to lower elevation areas in the same region, alpine regions have a high rate of endemism and a high diversity of plant species. This taxonomic diversity can be attributed to geographical isolation, climate changes, glaciation, microhabitat differentiation, and different histories of migration or evolution or both.[9] These phenomena contribute to plant diversity by introducing new flora and favoring adaptations, both of new species and the dispersal of pre-existing species.[10]

Plants have adapted to the harsh alpine environment. Cushion plants, looking like ground-hugging clumps of moss, escape the strong winds blowing a few inches above them. Many flowering plants of the alpine tundra have dense hairs on stems and leaves to provide wind protection or red-colored pigments capable of converting the sun's light rays into heat. Some plants take two or more years to form flower buds, which survive the winter below the surface and then open and produce fruit with seeds in the few weeks of summer.[11]

Alpine areas are unique because of the severity and complexity of their environmental conditions. Very small changes in topography – as small as 1 foot (0.3 m) or less – may mean the difference between a windswept area or an area of snow accumulation, changing the potential productivity and plant community drastically. Between these extremes of drought versus saturation, several intermediate environments may exist all within a few yards of each other, depending on topography, substrate, and climate. Alpine vegetation generally occurs in a mosaic of small patches with widely differing environmental conditions. Vegetation types vary from cushion and rosette plants on the ridges and in the rock crannies; to herbaceous and grassy vegetation along the slopes; dwarf shrubs with grasses and forbs below the melting snowdrifts; and sedges, grasses, low shrubs, and mosses in the bogs and along the brooks.[12] [An alpine mire in the Swiss Alps]

Alpine meadows form where sediments from the weathering of rocks has produced soils well-developed enough to support grasses and sedges. Non-flowering lichens cling to rocks and soil. Their enclosed algal cells can photosynthesize at any temperature above , and the outer fungal layers can absorb more than their own weight in water. The adaptations for survival of drying winds and cold may make tundra vegetation seem very hardy, but in some respects the tundra is very fragile. Repeated footsteps often destroy tundra plants, allowing exposed soil to blow away; recovery may take hundreds of years.[13]

Fauna

[The Himalayan tahr ] Because alpine tundra is located in various widely separated regions of the Earth, there is no animal species common to all areas of alpine tundra. Some animals of alpine tundra environments include the kea, marmot, mountain goat, Bighorn sheep, chinchilla, Himalayan tahr, yak and pika.

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question: Why doesn't the Alpine Tundra have any trees?

answer: The Alpine Tundra doesn't have any trees because its high elevation causes an adverse climate that is too cold and windy to support tree growth.

question: Describe the flora in alpine climates.

answer: The flora of the alpine tundra is characterized by dwarf shrubs close to the ground because the habitat is subject to intense radiation, wind, cold, snow, and ice.


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CAN YOU TELL US A BIT ABOUT YOURSELF AND WHEN DID YOU JOIN CROWDHOLDING?

_My name is Greg, I am 32 years old. I live in Delaware. USA. I originally started my career as an electronics technician, with a background in computer science/programming._

_I now have veered towards a career in electrical construction , working in the area of residential housing and commercial establishments._

_In my cyber life, I enjoy getting involved in Cryptocurrency trading, Blockchain projects, coding and of the sort._

_I joined Crowdholding several months ago, late July I believe._

WHY DID YOU JOIN CROWDHOLDING?

_I joined Crowdingholding because I was intrigued with the concept. Once I saw the site, I was impressed with the quality web design and content._

_I found CH through a Crypto airdrop, in which I was proposed to join Crowdholding.com._

WHAT ARE YOUR FAVOURITE TYPE OF TASKS ON THE PLATFORM?

_I like tasks that can help to improve the quality and ease of use of Blockchain tech/Crypto/Artificial Intelligence. Any task involved with decentralizing the centralized._

IF YOU HAD TO DESCRIBE CROWDHOLDING IN ONE SENTENCE, WHAT WOULD IT BE?

_A platform for sharing ideas while providing incentive/rewards for developers and users._

WHERE DO YOU SEE CROWDHOLDING GOING IN 2018?

I see Crowdholding.com thriving in Fall 2018 and beyond, while the user base expands. New developers and businesses will steadily join the platform as well. Your team is excelling.

I would like to see more people placing their votes on the ideas/opinions shared.

question: Who is the questionnaire responder?

answer: Greg from Delaware

question: When did Greg join Crowdholding.com?

answer: several months ago in late July

question: Why did Greg join Crowdholding.com?

answer: He is intrigued with the concept and the quality of the site

question: What are Greg's favorite type of tasks on the platform?

answer: Tasks that can help to improve the quality and ease of use of Blockchain tech, Crypto and Artificial Intelligence.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer:
Questionnaire about joining Crowdholding.com
The responder is Greg who answers questions related to his experience with the site.


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THOMAS ESTLIN PRICHARD (20 December 1910 - 8 August 1975) was the Archdeacon of Maidstone from 1968[1] until 1972[2]

Prichard was educated at Clifton College[3] and Exeter College, Oxford; and ordained in 1934.[4] After curacies in Lambeth and Ashford he was Vicar of Boxley from 1943 to 1954; and then of Thanet from 1954 to 1968.[5]

[1] _Church News_ The Times (London, England), Friday, Jan 05, 1968; pg. 9; Issue 57141

[2] _Church News_ The Times (London, England), Thursday, Sep 21, 1972; pg. 16; Issue 58585

[3] “Clifton College Register” Muirhead, J.A.O. p419: Bristol; J.W Arrowsmith for Old Cliftonian Society; April, 1948

[4] _Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76_ London: OUP, 1976

[5] ‘PRICHARD, Rev. Canon Thomas Estlin’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U158658, accessed 25 Dec 2016]

title: Thomas Prichard (priest, born 1910)

question: Who is Thomas Prichard?

answer: He was the Archdeacon of Maidstone from 1968 until 1972.

question: How old was Father Prichard when he died?

answer: 65 years old

question: Summarize everything relating to Fr. Prichard's education.

answer: He was educated at Clifton College and Exeter College, Oxford.

question: Where was Fr. Prichard after curacies in Lambeth and Ashford?

answer: He was Vicar of Boxley from 1943 to 1954, and then of Thanet from 1954 to 1968.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Thomas Estlin Prichard was the Archdeacon of Maidstone from 1968 until 1972. After curacies in Lambeth and Ashford, he was Vicar of Boxley from 1943 to 1954, and then of Thanet from 1954 to 1968.


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The UTAH LEGAL TENDER ACT, which was passed March 10, 2011, recognizes gold and silver coins as legal tender in the state of Utah.[1] This includes allowing the state of Utah to pay off debts in gold and silver and allowing individuals to transact in gold and silver coins without paying state capital gains tax,[2] among other provisions.[3] The bill was introduced as HB317 by State Representative Brad J. Galvez.[4]

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title: Utah Legal Tender Act

question: What is the Utah Legal Tender Act?

answer: It recognizes gold and silver coins as legal tender in the state of Utah.

question: When was the Utah Legal Tender Act passed?

answer: In March 10, 2011.

question: What does the Utah Legal Tender Act allow the state to do?

answer: To pay off debts in gold and silver

question: Who introduced the bill?

answer: State Representative Brad J Galvez

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The Utah Legal Tender Act was passed in 2011 and allows the state to pay off debts in gold and silver. It also allows individuals to transact in gold and silver coins without paying state capital gains tax.


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Mark Hand married Mary Marks, beget Job Hand, and was haunted by the financial meekness of his youth. Mark's father, Les Hand, possessed less fiscal solvency than a pack of deer, the herd having at least one buck. Young Mark swore he would not always live so meagerly and that when he grew up he would be an adept business man. In fact, one could argue that only once did he ever fail at a business endeavor.

A newly unteened and wed Mark bought at a great discount a large section of land in southeastern Pennsylvania from his dad's brother which had been his uncle's legume farm. So that is to say Mark bought his relative's peanuts for relative peanuts. Shortly after this acquisition the Pennsylvania state government came around wishing to buy the land with a more than generous offer. Mark devised a clever strategy where in he would sell them the land save one acre, the land his house was on. He drew up the legal document and the government unwittingly signed it. When state officials realized what had happened he offered to sell them both plots, the acre of land and the now trademarked scheme they had fallen for, at a laughably unreasonable sum. They declined opting to teach Mark a lesson instead. The government proceeded with their plans and built their facility that would encapsulate the Hand homestead. And this is how it came to pass that Job Hand was born inside a high-security prison.

Job was born at this house on a Monday. He should have been born on a Sunday, but his mother, a very religious woman, refused to labor on the Sabbath. Job would spend the first 18 years of his life on that one acre of land comparable to a manslaughter rap without release for good behavior. Job though was a very well-behaved kid. This was owing to the caring, teaching, and ministering from his Bible thumping mother. Mary Hand instilled in her son the belief in a vengeful God. She told and retold the stories of God's wrath. The fear of God would be strong in Job.

Often Job would find himself staring past the beautiful white picket fence as well as the electrified chain-linked fence into the yard of the prison. The things he saw would make him grow to fear equally the punishments of man as well as the wrath of God.

Three days after his 18th birthday he left the walls of the prison for the first time. He was leaving for college. He left the state pen for Penn State, heading up state from "up state". The new environment would cause Job much anxiety. He worried constantly of the morality and legality of his every action. He would spend an entire night hoping that he had exited the crosswalk completely before the red "stop" hand had appeared. He only ventured from his dormitory for class and for books from the library. His roommate tried to loosen up the intense Job, but to little if not no avail. He would comment to his friends that Job had a virtually inaudible chortle almost as if he was afraid that God would hear him laughing.

Job studied theology as his mother wished. She hoped her son would become a fire and brimstone preacher. He also studied business as his father sternly advised. His father wanting his son's bank account not to be like a male kangaroo's toilet that is to say containing jack shit. Oh, how the Hand family loved their animal analogies.

Despite Job's anxiety, his studies moved along quite swimmingly and was well on his way to fulfilling his parents' wishes for him. That is until his last semester before graduation. A professor would open his eyes to a new idea: forgiveness.

It was Father John who entreated his students to remember that not one of us is perfect and the corollary that we would all make mistakes. He taught that God allowed into his fold those who had sinned yet asked for forgiveness. This wasn't a radically new idea to Job he had read it in the Bible, but he had never heard it preached by an authority figure who possessed a scientifically provable corporeal body. Job would become quite smitten with this new God that did more than just smiting. Job became more relaxed. The intensity of his fears diminished. He felt free. He began to take this new found freedom out onto the campus. He began convorting with his fellow matriculaters. Drinking and sex would enter his life. For this is how freedom manifests itself on college campuses. Eventually, Job would become free of all fear. Where freedom once caused Job so much anxiety it was now an addicting adrenaline rush. Drinking and drugs enhanced that feeling. It was under these stimulants that Job would hurt one of his fellow students. Not mortally, but severe enough for Job's freedom to be taken away from him.
He was sentenced to 18 months and would be sent back to his old state pen. Not all the way back within the walls of his childhood home, but confined nevertheless by the concrete walls of the prison.

At first Job thought he was being punished by a vengeful God, enraged that Job had lost the true way that he walked during his youth. He would come to fear God again. He got down on his knees and was ready to renew his fearful life when a thought came to him. Would it matter if I did this if God was just a vengeful God? If He was only this would not His back always be turned to me? For I did forsake Him. Even though I have sinned and done evil the fact that I am still here is proof that God still wants me to do good. This means that God must be a loving and forgiving God. Maybe, it is not that I should fear Him and fear making mistakes. Fear even the freedom I have to do so. Maybe, it is that I am to be responsible and accountable for my actions. That is what I was sent here to learn. Something so very simple yet hard. For Job, fear and self pity were so much easier than freedom and responsibility.

Job was released and walked for the second time out the gates of prison. His incarceration over, but his conviction just beginning. He had learned in 18 months what he hadn't in 18 years. He took with him his remodeled desire to do good and his new found responsibility, and lived a very good life indeed.

title: State Pen

question: List the members of Mark Hand's family.

answer: Mary Marks (his wife), Job Hand (his son), and Les Hand (his father), and his uncle

question: Why does Job think he is being punished?

answer: Because he wound up in jail after abandoning the ways of his youth and indulging in drinking, sex, and violence.

question: Summarize Job's early life.

answer: He was born inside a high-security prison. He was a very well-behaved kid, thanks to the influence of his Bible-thumping mother. He grew up learning to fear the punishments of man and the wrath of god.

question: Why did Job go to prison?

answer: He is initially born inside the prison, which is built on the land encapsulating the Hand homestead. The second time around, he is sent to prison for harming one of his fellow students.

question: What did Father John teach Job?

answer: Father John taught Job that everyone makes mistakes and that God allows those who had sinned to ask for forgiveness.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: A prison is built on the land encapsulating Mark Hand's property, so his son Job is born and spends the first eighteen years of his life in prison. Job is taught the fear of God by his mother and fears the punishment of man as well, due to living in a prison. When he finally leaves home, a professor named Father John teaches him about God's forgiveness. John indulges in drinking and sex and eventually winds up in prison for harming a fellow student. John realizes God must be forgiving, as God did not smite him, and eventually leaves prison to live a very good life.


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Another _Batman_ monthly title at the top, with the team book _Detective Comics_, but it's a wider spread of DC superhero titles in this week's top ten, and while _IVX_ sees the mutant appeal back with a vengeance, it's still beaten on the comic book shelf by _Flash_. And even the _DC Rebirth Holiday Special_ outsells every other Marvel book.  As does MARK MILLAR and GREG CAPULLO's _Reborn_ from Image….

This is the Top Ten Bleeding Cool Bestseller List, as compiled by a number of comic stores from their sales on Wednesday and Thursday. It measures what are known as the "Wednesday Warriors", those who can't wait to the weekend to get this week's comics. We salute you, and the keenness you bring to your passion.

1.  Detective Comics #946
2.  Wonder Woman #12
3.  Suicide Squad #8
4.  Flash #12
5.  IVX #1
6.  Action Comics #969
7.  DC Rebirth Holiday Special #1
8.  Hal Jordan & the Green Lantern Corps #10
9.  Reborn #3
10. Old Man Logan #15

Thanks to the following retailers,

-   Rodman Comics of Ankeny, IO
-   Fat Jack's Comicrypt of Philadelphia, PA
-   Yesteryear Comics of San Diego, CA
-   Dr. No's Comics & Games Superstore of Marietta, GA
-   Ssalefish Comics of Winston-Salem, NC
-   Comics, Games & Coffee of Chichester, PO
-   G-Mart Comic Books of Champaign, IL
-   Jesse James Comicsof Glendale, AZ
-   Famous Faces & Funniesof West Melbourne, Florida.
-   Issues Needed Comics, Apple Valley, Minnesota

Who had this to say,

  We saw a HUGE surge for Rick and Morty, Invaders Zim and Lenore this week. Trades are flying out the door. Its been a Great week for Back issue and Emo product.

  Nice to see a DC/Marvel mix. Rebirth had been kicking Marvel's butt.

  Pretty good sales week with a larger than normal Thursday. Marvel takes five spots but only Hawkeye #1 cracked the top five at #4 on the list. Detective is our best of the week with Flash, Wonder Woman, and Action Comics rounding out the top half. Reborn has shed very few readers so far and comes in at #6. The rest of Marvel's books are probably what you'd expect. Inhumans vs. X-Men is #10 for us. I do not have high hopes of it making further lists. My favorite book of the week was Moonshine.

  We were pleasantly surprised at the attach rate for the holiday special – We added it to pull lists with 3+ DC titles and most people are picking it up despite the price (and those that aren't want it kept for them until new year when they have more cash). IVX did ok with issue #0 but 1 doing better than expected – again even accounting for crazy cover price. Suicide Squad saw a bump with the prelude to Justice League tie-in. Outside the top 10 the biggest gain was for #3 of Star Trek Boldly Go which is picking up readers with each issue.

  Xmas is seeing a big bump in comics sales for all ages – Especially DC Super Powers #1 as parents look for a way to get Batman for kids. Great news as we need younger readers to start picking up books!

  DC sweeps all ten spots in our store's Top Ten this week–and the real surprise was the incredible performance of the $9.99 Holiday Special, which missed the top spot by only two copies (and that was with only one cover, while the other DC Rebirth books had two covers to boost sales somewhat). Marvel's big book of the week, IVX #1, came in as our 12th best seller of the week, as fans continue to view "Marvel Now" as "Marvel Not Now."

  Great interest in Wonder Woman and Spider-Man back issues, both inspired by upcoming films.

  IVX #1 took the top spot. Marvel finally gave readers what they want…more X-Men. Should be a great first quarter of 2017 since people are finally getting what they wanted. The rest of the books performed great…even Red Sonja which i did not count on my top 10 since it was only 25 cents.

  Star Wars is back on people's minds and all titles were on full kick mode with people picking up as much as the could afford..that is what would not effect their designated Christmas funds.

  Not a bad week. Marvel is starting to wiggle in to the top ten a bit with three titles making it. Though Old Man Logan and Guardians received more interest thanks to the trailers of the upcoming movies than anything Marvel Comics itself is doing.

  Thanks to the holidays back issues are doing well. Detective Comics the first volumn surprised me that people were picking them up suddenly. Hulk's first series back issues found a new home. And the most shocking was Blackhawk got some love.

  Though we are focused on the top 10 for this report, I think that spots 11 through 30 were mostly tied. That is a good thing and it shows a nice sales level of mid-level titles. We saw a lot of interest in Totally Awesome Hulk 13 thanks to sports guy Jeremy Lin's appearance. Black Mask fans were treated to the long-awaited Young Terrorists #2 and Black #3. I think Young Terrorists cracked our top 10 because of the huge promotion we did on issue 1, which kind of sells like a trade paperback for us. Moonshine is a read and raved about by our entire staff so it gets a lot of attention when customers are looking for something new.

  The back issue department was a little quiet this week but a few notable transactions included bronze age Warlock, Rick and Morty, our Faith #1 foil exclusive variant and a few first ongoing series Harley Quinn books went out at strong prices.

  Events win the day with the first part of IVX #1 taking the top spot and Suicide Squad #8 (the lead into Justice League vs Suicide Squad) taking number two. DC Rebirth Holiday Special may have placed higher if we didn't sellout immediately. Events and Number 1's continue to be our top sellers and thankfully there appears to be no end in sight for these.

  Another top ten without a Marvel title as DC takes spots 1-9 and then Reborn gives Image our tenth bestseller this week at FFF. Detective, Flash, WW, Suicide Squad, Batman/TMNT Adventures, Action, Hal, Injustice, Batgirl & BoP make up our top 9, Reborn at 10 and Supergirl and Deathstroke at 11 and 12. Marvel finally shows up in spot 13 through 15 with Spider-Man, IVX and Poe Dameron. Probably not the IVX start they were aiming for. Amazing Spider-Man: Renew Your Vows 2 was only our 17thbestseller so far this week, although it's numbers are still similar to ASM and Clone Conspiracy. Meanwhile, Walking Dead 161 sold just enough copies to tie Renew 2 and make it into the top twenty for the second week in a row.

  Hawkeye 1 didn't do very well and Gwenpool Holiday Special barely sold at all. I'm starting to hear from a few creators how they're worried about retailers cutting their orders on Marvel's upcoming books. One creator said they don't know how much longer they'll be working on their current books. Retailers aren't the only one readjusting the way they look at the industry right now.

  Spider-Man (Amazing and Todd McFarlane) and Uncanny & Adjectiveless X-Men continue to sell from our overstock back issues. We've seen a heavy flow of Punisher and a bit of Guardians of the Galaxy (Bendis run) recently thanks to the media properties that both are appearing in. Batman & Detective Comics are a consistent back issue sellers as well. With the announcement of the new Gotham City Sirens movie, we have already seen an uptick in Harley Quinn and Catwoman back issues and even Poison Ivy appearances. Walking Dead and Saga always sell solid numbers of back issues every week.

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question: Who are those who can't wait until the weekend to get the week's comics referred to as?

answer: They are known as the "Wednesday Warriors"


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Every year since 2009, Bill and Melinda Gates have written a letter about the issues and innovations most striking to them. The goal is to bring important global issues to people’s attention so that more minds can work to create solutions and improve life for everyone on the planet.

Their newly released 2019 letter, which is themed “We Didn’t See This Coming,” includes examples of cutting-edge technology — like self-contained toilets that don’t require connection to a sewage system — as well as efforts to address social challenges like domestic violence.

“Bill and I travel a lot locally and globally, together and often separately,” Melinda Gates tells TIME. “What we wrote in this year’s letter are things that when we come [together] after traveling separately, we describe to one another.”

Here are five of the nine innovations and issues highlighted in this year’s letter from Bill and Melinda Gates.

Low-tech violence prevention

One initiative that caught the Gateses’ attention this year is a school- and neighborhood-based behavior program called Becoming a Man, which helps young men in high-crime areas learn skills for avoiding violence and controlling potentially dangerous impulses. Programs like this, says Bill — who participated in one in Chicago — show the power of even low-tech solutions like teaching basic coping skills in changing people’s lives. Studies of the program find that men who learned from the program have about half the arrest rates of men who don’t do the sessions.

Africa’s young population

Africa — while an ancient continent with man’s earliest evolutionary ancestors — is today one of the youngest in terms of average age. “Africa has such an enormous youth population, with a median age of 18,” says Melinda. This demographic phenomenon is a huge opportunity, she says, “to help them not only survive but thrive and add to the global economy.” Though the Gateses anticipate challenges with development, improving infrastructure, introducing stable governments and economies are critical for raising opportunities for people in low resource countries, they write.

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Climate change fueled by building

Another surprise they highlight is the fact that the equivalent of a new New York City is being built every month globally, and this rate of development will continue for the next 40 years. That’s furthering concern over climate change, Bill writes in the letter. Manufacturing produces about 21% of the greenhouse gases emitted around the world, much of it from producing the cement and steel required to erect the buildings that form the cornerstone of urban development. “If we’re going to solve climate change, we need to get to near zero emissions on all the things that drive it — agriculture, electricity, manufacturing, transportation, and buildings,” he writes. “Solar panels are great but we need to be hearing about trucks, cement, and cow farts too.” Already, the European Commission is investing in research to lower emissions in each of these industries.

Public health at the global level

By encouraging people to think globally, the Gateses also make a globalist case for nationalism, noting that peace and stability around the world contribute to security at home. Investing in the health of the world plays a critical role in that stability. What experts learn from improving public health in the developing world can also be used to improve health issues in developed nations as well, like premature births. “The work on prematurity will be equally beneficial in the U.S. to understand how to detect the risk of premature births early to make sure there are advanced services in place for those at high risk,” Bill says.

Sexist data

To do almost anything to improve global health requires solid and reliable data, and that’s still lacking in a number of key areas, especially women’s health. For Melinda, the most surprising of the nine issues they highlight is the fact that data is still sexist, and critical information on the state of women’s health is missing. “When I got into this work, we couldn’t make investments without good data. We think data is objective, but it’s not. If we don’t collect data about women, about women’s lives, and if we don’t ask the right questions, we inadvertently bias the data. Then we don’t know where to invest on behalf of women,” she says. The Gates family is part of a coalition advocating for a gender data revolution, teasing apart existing datasets by gender and ensuring that future studies include women in order to expose their needs and the best programs for addressing them.

Those types of efforts — and the results they produce — make Bill and Melinda Gates optimistic about the future and hopeful that investments in the right programs, whether they’re high tech or not, are worthwhile. Bill points to the progress made in improving nutrition for people around the world, and in the discoveries scientists have made about how the body’s microbiome is affected by what people eat — and therefore affects the diseases to which humans are vulnerable. “Whether we’re improving outcomes for everyone or driving toward better equity,” he says, “that stuff excites us.”

CONTACT US at letters@time.com.

question: What does the text say about the theme/title of the letter Bill and Melinda Gates wrote in 2010?

question: What does the text say about the Gateses' interest in low-tech crime prevention?

answer: A school and neighborhood-based behavior program called "Becoming a Man" caught the Gateses' attention. The initiative helps young men in high-crime areas learn skills for avoiding violence and controlling dangerous impulses. Bill even participated in one while in Chicago. The "Becoming a Man" initiative is a powerful, low-tech solution that can change people's lives.

question: What does the text say about the Gateses' views on Africa's young population?

answer: Today, the African continent is one of the youngest in terms of average age. Africa has an enormous youth population, with a median age of 18, which is a demographic phenomenon, according to Melinda Gates. Helping young Africans survive and thrive will add to the global economy. However, there will be challenges when it comes to raising opportunities for people in low-resource countries. Improving infrastructure, introducing stable governments, and stable economies are critical for success.

question: What does the text say about Climate Change fueled by building and construction in the Gateses' letter?

answer: The equivalent of a new New York City is being built every month globally. This rate of development will continue for the next 40 years and add to concerns about climate change unless something is done to address it. Cement and steel production add to the greenhouse gases emitted around the world. Bill Gates writes that to solve climate change, the world needs to get to near-zero emissions on all things that drive it, including agriculture, electricity, transportation, manufacturing, and buildings.


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 Apr. 22, 2013

Arthur Darvill and Joanna Christie will make their Broadway debuts starring in the 8-time Tony Award-winning Best Musical Once at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre beginning Tuesday, April 23rd. The actors will take over from the temporary leads Ben Hope and Laura Dreyfuss, who, as planned and scheduled, will resume being standbys for 'Guy' and 'Girl.'

Arthur Darvill ('Guy') is known to fans around the world of the long-running BBC-TV show "Doctor Who" in which he played Rory Williams. A British actor and musician, his recent London stage appearances include Our Boys, Dr Faustus (Shakespeare's Globe), Swimming with Sharks, Marine Parade, Stacy and Terre Haute. His films include Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll, Pelican Blood, and Robin Hood. Other television includes "Little Dorrit", "The Paradise" and "Broadchurch." Arthur has written songs for The Shakespeare's Globe production of The Lightning Child which will be presented this Summer and can next be seen as 'Buckingham' in the BBC/Starz adaptation of the Philippa Gregory novels, The White Queen.

Joanna Christie ('Girl') appeared in the recent West End production of Peter Shaffer's Equus opposite Daniel Radcliff. She is a member of the National Youth Theatre. Her television appearances includes: "Mr. Selfridge," "Starlings," "Misfits 3," "Inspector Lewis Series II," "Small Dark Places," "No Angels," and "Holby City." Other theatre credits include The 24 Hour Plays, Be My Baby, The Ramshackle Heart at The Public Theatre NY and The Old Vic, School For Scandal, Dr Faustus, Bloody Poetry, Immaculate Conceit and One Night In November.

Arthur Darvill and Joanna Christie are appearing with the support of Actors' EquityAssociation. The Producers gratefully acknowledge Actors' EquityAssociation for its assistance of this production.

ONCE is now playing in London's West End at ThePhoenix Theatrewhere it opened April 9 after premiering to critical acclaim in Dublin in February 2013.Oncewill begin a US national tour launched byThe Road Companyin the summer of 2013.

ONCE, the Tony and Grammy Award winning Best New Musical based on the 2007 Academy Award-winning film currently plays on Broadway at the Bernard B. Jacobs Theatre (242 West 45th Street). The production opened to rave reviews on Sunday, March 18, 2012.

ONCE won eight Tony Awards including Best Musical. The production was also named Best Musical by the New York Drama Critics Circle, Drama Desk, Drama League, Outer Critic Circle and Lucille Lortel Awards.

ONCE is the winner of the 2013 Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album.

ONCE features a book by award-winning Irish playwright & screenwriter, Enda Walsh (Penelope, Hunger, The New Electric Ballroom), the Academy Award-winning music and lyrics of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, direction by the acclaimed John Tiffany (Black Watch), movement by Steven Hoggett (Black Watch, American Idiot) and music supervision and orchestrations by Martin Lowe (Mamma Mia!).

The set and costume design are by six time Tony Award winner Bob Crowley (The Coast of Utopia, Mary Poppins), lighting design is by three time Tony winner Natasha Katz (Aida, The Coast of Utopia), and sound design is by Clive Goodwin.

The cast of Once features Arthur Darvill as 'Guy' and Joanna Christie as 'Girl.' Also in the company are David Abeles, David PatRick Kelly, Jillian Lebling,Eliza Holland Madore,Anne L. Nathan,Lucas Papaelias,Andy Taylor,Carlos Valdes,Erikka Walsh,Claire Wellin, Paul Whitty, andJ.Michael Zygo.

Featuring an impressive ensemble of actor/musicians who play their own instruments onstage, Once tells the enchanting tale of a Dublin street musician who's about to give up on his dream when a beautiful young woman takes a sudden interest in his haunting love songs. As the chemistry between them grows, his music soars to powerful new heights... but their unlikely connection turns out to be deeper and more complex than your everyday romance. Emotionally captivating and theatrically breathtaking, Once draws you in from the very first note and never lets go. It's an unforgettable story about going for your dreams and the power of music to connect us all.

The 2007 Academy Award-winning film, Once, was written and directed by John Carney, and starred Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, with original music and lyrics by Mr. Hansard and Ms. Irglová.

The Oscar winning independent Irish film, Once was made for $150,000. Shot in 17 days, it went on to gross $20M worldwide becoming a critically acclaimed international smash. It stars Glen Hansard, from the popular Irish Rock band The Frames, and Markéta Irglová. Glen and Markéta won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Original song for "Falling Slowly," the Los Angeles Film Critics Award for Best Music, and the soundtrack was nominated for two Grammy Awards.

ONCE was originally developed at the American Repertory Theater (Cambridge, Massachusetts) in April 2011; Diane Paulus, Artistic Director; Diane Borger, Producer.

A developmental run of Once at New York Theatre Workshop (James C. Nicola and William Russo) began performances on November 15, 2011 and opened December 6. The production broke box office records and concluded a sold out engagement including a two week extension through January 15th, 2012.

The original cast recording of Once is available via MASTERWORKS BROADWAY, a label of Sony Masterworks. Visit www.MasterworksBroadway.com for more information.

ONCE is produced by Barbara Broccoli, John N. Hart Jr., Patrick Milling Smith, Frederick Zollo, Brian Carmody, Michael G. Wilson, Orin Wolf, TheShubert Organizationand Executive ProducerRobert Cole, in association with New York Theatre Workshop.

Tickets for the Broadway production are now on sale via Telecharge.com or by phone at 212-239-6200.

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question: Who are playing 'Guy' and 'Girl' in the new production?

answer: Arthur Darvill and Joanna Christie.

question: What is the name of the production?

answer: ONCE.

question: Where is ONCE playing?

answer: London's West End at the Phoenix Theatre.

question: How many Tony Awards did ONCE win?

answer: Eight.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Arthur Darvill and Joanna Christie are making their Broadway debuts in a new musical called ONCE. Both actors have previous television experience. The article lists information about the performances and where they will be staged.


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I can hear them  in the distance. The shouted cries muffled by the wind. These winter winds that trickle down your spine only to pool at the small of your back and chill your aching bones. I can hear their lust for blood. Their drums beat to the pulse of it surging through their veins. It is strange as it is so deafening from it being silently muffled by the distance. So human yet so alien the savage sound of the machines of war. Their operators acting in unison.

As Legion.

So disgustingly grotesque that it shivers my heart as the air my spine. I can hear them clashing swords to shields. Is it not enough that my stomach feels as if I have swallowed a ball of lead? As they grow closer I can hear their heavy footsteps, combined with the weight of unbreachable armor, crushing and snapping the thinner splinters of rock beneath the thin sheet of snow.

'How has it come to this?'

I breath as it is carried away by the wind. I close my eyes and turn to face the brave souls behind me. I open them to be greeted back by countless more. I look into them all. Searching for... Anything. Many bold and unmoving with courage. Some squinting to bear the cold and see through the snow as it begins to fall. Fewer still I saw tears. Most of them new and with small sons or wives yet with child. I dared not to look deeper for behind them all I could see them asking the same question I found asking myself.

'How many of these men will not return home to their wives?'

'How many mothers will not see their sons return home?'

'How many children will never again feel the embrace of their fathers?'

I closed my eyes for a brief moment. I can think of nothing to say to raise their spirits. I opened my eyes and find that words will not be necessary. They, WE, all know why we're here. I pull my sword from its sheath as I turn to face our enemy.

The final battle. The end. Of the end.

The final slash to the throat of an already all but dead kingdom.

And every last one of us knew it. I would have been contempt to lead them elsewhere as nomads. But they refuse and choose to fight anyway. I raise my sword and give one final bellow. Lifting it from the depths of my bowels. Emptying my lungs and spitting the ball of lead from my stomach. The roar echoes behind me. My heart bursts as my veins catch fire and my muscles become a force of unstoppable motions.

I blink.

My eyes demand to take nothing but an eternity to open again. I stare at my sword jutting through the throat of my enemy as he falls to his knees. Blood bubbling up and over his black stained teeth. Even with death ripping through his throat he fell with that horrifying wide eyed grin that can only be powered by an insatiable hunger for blood.

I pull my sword free to find my next target only to discover the circle of an endless armies worth of spear tips trained on me. And all I could think of is how I am the only one left. The bastards bastard. The king of a kingdom that no longer has a kingdom and not even the slightest whisper of a hint of royal blood in my veins. And I am now the only one left to tell their tale. As my mind mulled over this realization, it gave me another question to ponder. Will my captors let me live?

title: The death of a kingdom

question: Who is the enemy?

answer: It is unclear who they are, just some opposing army.

question: Who is the protagonist?

answer: The leader of an army.

question: What is the dead kingdom?

answer: The kingdom that the protagonist and his army are fighting for.

question: Why are the two groups fighting?

answer: It is unclear but the two groups are likely in some kind of war.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The protagonist hears an enemy army in the distance. He looks to his own army, knowing that most of the men will not make it back alive. He has no words of support for them. The battle begins and shortly after, the protagonist is the only onw left, surrounded by a circle of soldiers with spears.


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_ANACITHARA LEVUKENSIS_ is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Description

(Original description) The length of the shell attains 5.5 mm, its diameter 2.5 mm. This species extremely resembles _Haedropleura septangularis_ (Montagu, 1803)., in general appearance and in sculpture, both as regards ribs and the fine spiral striae. In form it is smaller, narrower, and much more cylindrical. The body whorl is similarly tumid ; but it and the aperture sare till more shorter.;The penultimate whorl is very much smaller and especially is narrower; while the upper whorls are broader, and the apex very much broader and blunter. The specimen is in too bad condition for detailed description.[2]

Distribution

This marine species occurs off Levuka, Fiji.

[1] WoRMS (2015). Anacithara levukensis (Watson, 1881). In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=432951 on 2016-12-21

[2] R.B. Watson, Mollusca of H.M.S. ‘Challenger’ Expedition.—Part X; Journal of the Linnean Society of London, Zoology Volume 15, Issue 88, pp. 457–475, November 1881

title: Anacithara levukensis

question: What is an Anacithara Levukensis?

answer: A species of sea snail in the family Horaiciavidae.

question: How big does it get?

answer: The length of the shell attains 5.5mm, diameter 2.5mm.

question: What species does it resemble?

answer: Haedropleura septangularis

question: What distinguishes it from Haedropleura septangularis?

answer: The body whorl and the aperture sare till are much shorter. The penultimate whorl is much smaller and narrower; the upper whorls are broader, and the apex is broader and blunter.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Anacithata levukensis is a species of sea snail in the family Horaiciavidae that gets a shell up to 5.5mm and a diameter of 2.5mm. It resembles the HAedropleura septangularis. However, it's body whorl and aperture sare till are much shorter. The penultimate whorl is much smaller and narrower. The upper whorl is broader and the apex is broader and blunter.


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GEORGE STEWART (born 1883)[1] was a Scottish professional footballer, who played for Hibernian, Manchester City, Partick Thistle and the Scottish national team.

Stewart, an outside right,[2] started his professional career with Hibernian in 1902. He scored 9 goals in 19 appearances during their league championship win in 1902–03.[3] He made his Scotland debut in a 2–0 defeat by Wales at Tynecastle in the 1906 British Home Championship, and then also played in the 2–1 victory against England in the same tournament.[4]

Stewart was transferred to Manchester City at the end of that season for £650, which was a substantial transfer fee (he record fee at the time, for the transfer of Alf Common, was £1000).[5] Stewart won two further international caps and made over 100 league appearances for City, before ending his career with Partick Thistle in 1912.[6]

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[5] Mackay, p. 80.

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title: George Stewart (footballer, born 1883)

question: What teams did George Stewart play for?

answer: Hibernian, Manchester City, Partick Thistle, and the Scottish national team

question: When did George Stewart make his debut?

answer: His professional career began in 1902.

question: Summarize George Stewart's actions during the 1906 British Home Championship.

answer: He played for Scotland, debuting in a match against Wales in which they lost 2-0. He also played in their match against England, which they won 2-1.

question: When did George Stewart retire?

answer: 1912

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: George Stewart was a Scottish footballer who played for Hibernian, Manchester City, Partick Thistle and the Scottish national team. He began his career in 1902 and retired in 1912.


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FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. VS. RICKY HATTON, billed as UNDEFEATED, was a boxing superfight that took place on December 8, 2007, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, between reigning WBC & _The Ring_ welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and reigning _The Ring_ light welterweight champion Ricky Hatton.

The fight was for Mayweather's WBC & _The Ring_ welterweight titles. Mayweather defeated Hatton by TKO in the tenth round.

General information

The referee for the fight was Joe Cortez, with Burt Clements, Dave Moretti and Paul Smith as the three judges. Hatton weighed in at 145 lbs and Mayweather at 147 lbs.[1]

In attendance were celebrities such as Denzel Washington, Diego Milito, Bruce Willis, Sylvester Stallone, Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt, Wesley Snipes, Will Ferrell, Gwen Stefani and Jude Law, Jamie Hunt, David Lochery and footballer David Beckham.[2] At the weigh in the crowd were whipped into a frenzy as Joe Calzaghe (who was there supporting Hatton) squared up to American legend Bernard Hopkins (who was there supporting Mayweather).[3]

Throughout the weigh-in, fans of Hatton could be heard singing “Hatton Wonderland” and booed Mayweather.[4] Prior to the fight, Tom Jones sang “God Save the Queen”, and Tyrese Gibson sang “The Star-Spangled Banner”. [Press Conference in Manchester, 2007]Hatton entered the ring first to “Blue Moon”, his usual entrance music, Mayweather however chose a change of music for his entrance. In the week prior to the fight sections of the media, largely the British media had hyped the fight as something of a Britain against America fight, comparing the fight to when Lloyd Honeyghan travelled to America to dethrone American Don Curry, then the undisputed world champion, this leading to Mayweather's decision to enter the ring to Bruce Springsteen's “Born in the U.S.A.”. Shortly before the start of the match, the Hatton fans also repeatedly booed the American national anthem, drawing large criticism post-fight.[5]

The fight had 920,000 buys on HBO in the United States, and 1,150,000 buys in the United Kingdom on Sky Box Office.

The Fight

Hatton tried to compete with Mayweather in the early rounds. In the 1st round Hatton caught Mayweather with a left jab which knocked Mayweather off balance.[6] His constant pressure appeared to make Mayweather uncomfortable at first, but soon gave way. In the third round, Mayweather landed a right that cut Hatton above the right eye.[7] In round six, referee Joe Cortez took a point away from Hatton after he threw punches at the back of Mayweathers' head when he was forced under the top rope.[8] Hatton became angry at the referee's decision to deduct a point from him and turned his back on him in frustration, shaking his bottom at Mayweather. Hatton would later claim that he had become angry by the referee and that had caused him to lose his calm and contributed to his downfall.[9] Hatton was able to hold his own, until round six, after Hatton got worn down from chasing Mayweather around the ring. Mayweather sensed the exhaustion of Hatton, and pursued Hatton's punches with stiff, damaging counterpunches. Mayweather was clearly in control before rocking Hatton in the 10th round. He knocked him down with a left hook, and Hatton was badly hurt. He looked disorientated when he got up, but referee Joe Cortez let the fight continue.

Mayweather wasted no time jumping on him again, landing a flurry of punches, including another left hook that sent Hatton staggering backward and down again. Cortez called off the fight at 1:35 without a count at the same time the white towel was thrown from Hatton's corner.[10] The fight received large amounts of publicity, with both fighters promoting the fight heavily.

Aftermath

Mayweather announced his retirement from boxing on June 6, 2008. He returned to the ring 15 months later to beat Juan Manuel Márquez by a 12-round unanimous decision. Mayweather went on to appear at World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE)'s No Way Out pay-per-view on February 17, 2008 in Las Vegas, Nevada, where he was involved in a storyline physical altercation with Big Show, which led to a match at WrestleMania XXIV.

Hatton defeated Juan Lazcano at the City of Manchester Stadium in Manchester on May 24, 2008[11] in a “thank-you” bout for the tremendous fan support he has received throughout his entire professional career. The last time Hatton fought in Manchester was back in 2005 against Kostya Tszyu. Hatton went on to fight Paul Malignaggi for the IBF light welterweight championship in November 2008. The fight was very one sided and Ricky won comfortably by way of TKO in the 11th round. Hatton would eventually lose to Manny Pacquiao via second-round KO and put his career on an indefinite hiatus. He eventually announced his retirement on 7 July 2011.

Undercard

-   Daniel Ponce de León defeats Eduardo Escobedo via unanimous decision for the WBO super bantamweight title.

-   Jeff Lacy defeats Peter Manfredo Jr. via unanimous decision.

-   Edner Cherry KOs Wes Ferguson in the sixth round.

-   Matthew Hatton defeats Frankie Santos via unanimous decision.

-   Jonathan Oquendo KOs Andres Ledesma in the first round.

-   Jose Angel Rodriguez had a majority draw with Ishmail Arvin.

-   Daniel Jacobs KOs Jose Jesus Hurtado in the first round.

-   Danny Garcia KOs Jesus Villareal in the second round.

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[2] http://www.laineygossip.com/Angelina_Jolie_Brad_Pitt_Gwen_Stefani_Gavin_Rossdale_at_Hatton_Mayweather_fight_in_Las_Vegas.aspx

[3] http://www.rickyhitmanhatton2.com/calzaghe-hopkins-to-be-confirmed-later-today-oddspreviewcom-518.html

[4] http://www.seattlepi.com/othersports/342797_box08.html

[5] http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/article3026168.ece

[6] http://www.thesweetscience.com/boxing-article/5550/floyd-mayweather-kos-ricky-hatton/

[7] http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/boxing/7135228.stm

[8] http://www.eastsideboxing.com/boxing/Hatton-Mayweather.php

[9] A second Mayweather beating is one to miss for Hit-Man Hatton

[10] http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/boxing/news/story?id=3147356

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title: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Ricky Hatton

question: Summarize the social context of the fight.

answer: The fight was certainly publicized on social media due to the attendance of several high-profile celebrity fans, including but not limited to Denzel Washington, Sylvester Stallone, and Angelina Jolie. Tom Jones and Tyrese Gibson each performed a song before the fight. Some Hatton fans booed the National Anthem, a move that was criticized after the fight had aired.

question: Summarize the main events of the fight.

answer: In the initial rounds, Hatton tried to show up the more seasoned Mayweather, catching him with a jab that left the latter boxer off kilter. The pressure Hatton was attempting to put on his fellow welterweight did not work, and Mayweather landed a a right hook on his opponent. Hatton grew heated when the ref detracted a point for his throwing punches at the back of Mayweather's head, and that heat might have proven ultimately too distracting for the fighter. Mayweather took control over a tired-out Hatton, disorienting him before winning.

question: Explain whether or not Mayweather's tactics during this particular fight were common for the seasoned, revered boxing champion.

question: Summarize Mayweather's subsequent retirement.

answer: Floyd Mayweather had intended to go into retirement from the physically brutal sport in June of 2008. He went on to defeat Juan Manuel Marquez a mere 15 months later before opting to appear in a pay-per-view WWE event. The article does not mention if Mayweather officially came out of retirement, or if his participation in these events are one-offs or if they indicate he has fully and officially come out of retirement.


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The Combined Action Platoon to which I was assigned consisted of 12 Marines and one Navy Corpsman. We later described  ourselves as Peace Corps workers with rifles operating as units in the countryside of I Corps outside of Da Nang Vietnam in 1970.

Winning the hearts and minds was the official mantra we were told when being given an area of operation to conduct patrols, ambushes and operations to attempt to ensure that the Viet Cong and NVA not control the locals by kidnapping village chiefs and murdering them or using their  terrorist tactics to convince some villages that wished to have allegiance to South Vietnam be left unmolested from their influence.

As a nineteen year old Navy Corpsman, I have to admit that my knowledge of politics was minimal and our involvement in Vietnam by the late sixties was obviously a “let’s get the hell out of here,” mentality. We flashed peace signs to each other everywhere we went while hitching rides on military vehicles on Highway One, the main asphalt artery running north to south.

Mainly, our platoon of Marines worked with a larger group of local militia types who were called Popular Forces.These were locals who were their National Guard (young, old and in-between) that we tried to train while living in their hometown villages in our area of operation. I was more idealistic in the beginning trying to work the civic action principles of this very different type of infantry unit.

In the villages I would hold Medcaps which were basically mobile clinics. Where I set up  a wooden table and chair in front of a Vietnamese home on a dusty main street while the villagers all lined up to be examined and diagnosed by me, a nineteen year old navy medic.

The Vietnamese word for doctor is bacsi but they usually just called me Bacsi-Doc. A heady title for a teenage corpsman.

The tedious drudgery and sometimes freakish minutes of terror in the CAPs seemed to blend into the day to day existence of never knowing when you might die or be horribly wounded as we witnessed this around us. Our Vietnamese counterparts seemed to appear to bear the brunt of this since Command had dictated a year previously that the Vietnamese had to take the lead on patrols and operations.

There was always the fear of a sniper round or stepping on a booby trap while on patrol or the knowledge that the same CAP a year previously had been wiped out in an ambush while on patrol.

 I told a Vietnam vet friend of mine recently that my recollection of Vietnam was comprised of two words: Chaos and bullshit. Chaos being the insanity of war and bullshit being the reasons we were there in the first place.

There are so many memories, many of which are blocked and repressed but will still creep up in a sweaty nightmare some forty years later. Basically I was just trying to do my job as a medical corpsman of which I had gone through much training to become.

Before leaving my last duty station at Bethesda Naval Hospital near Washington, D.C.I had worked in the ER learning skills that might only be approved to be performed by medical doctors in the civilian world. After receiving orders for Vietnam the next month, I was officially designated as a Navy 8404 FMF (Fleet Marine Force) Combat Corpsman since we were now Navy personnel officially attached to Marine Corps units which I learned had one of the highest mortality rate of any military occupational specialty.

When arriving in-country we attended Vietnamese Language School which was a two week course to also help us understand Vietnamese customs. We were then assigned to one of the four Combined Action Groups operating in I Corps.

The Lt. Col at the completion of the course seemed to take some kind of sadistic pleasure in telling us forty corpsmen lined up that day that only fifty percent of us would be making it home.

After being there a few months in the CAPs I became resigned  to doing the best I could under the circumstances. One afternoon, I was told that a local farmer had sliced his hand open while in the rice paddies. He was in a nearby hamlet to where we moved that night since being a mobile CAP was now our modus operandi. This was so that the enemy would not know where we might be set up on any given night. We’d learned that the older stationary units could bring on an attack more likely from the Viet Cong.

We became aware that we never knew who to really trust living among the people and  could actually be living with Viet Cong sympathizers. What I learned most interestingly early on was that these poor peasant farmers and their families just wished to be left alone by both us and the Viet Cong it seemed.

As the Marines I was with set up our nightly perimeter and sent out their ambush team, I entered this farmer’s humble straw made home to set up my medical bag on a rough wooden table with a kerosene lamp.

 I tended his wound, cleaning it with antiseptic while laying out my suture kit. I injected lidocaine to help numb the area. Using forceps and needle, I then carefully applied individual stitches along the length of the meaty part of his thumb that he had sliced open.

It occurred to me that this farmer had likely never been treated by anyone in his life for anything medically related and I thought he could also very well be either Viet Cong or a sympathizer.

I learned years later that the Viet Cong actually highly respected us for the humanitarian works we performed while in these CAP units and sometimes didn’t harass us because we were actually helping them in some unforetold way in this strange war nobody wanted.

As I squinted in the poor light to mend this Vietnamese man’s hand, I heard  a Marine who was sitting quietly nearby by say: “ Geez, Doc, where did you learn to do shit like that.?”

title: Bacsi-Doc Short story about the Vietnam war.

question: Who is the narrator?

answer: He is a nineteen-year-old medic in the Navy, operating in a Combined Action Platoon in Vietnam.

question: Who is the war between?

answer: It's between the Viet Cong and the U.S. Army.

question: Why does the narrator's squad operate in a mobile fashion instead of establishing a base of operations?

answer: They learned that the Viet Cong ambushes stationary camps and this way they don't have to worry about the Viet Cong knowing their location at night.

question: Why don't the Viet Cong bother the American soldiers at times?

answer: Because the Viet Cong respects the humanitarian works they are doing.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator talks about his life in Vietnam as a medic. He explains how he learned later on that the locals didn't want either them or the Viet Cong. He talks about his resignation to do the best he can while being aware that his life could end at any second. He learns many years after the war that the Viet Cong sometimes didn't bother them because of the humanitarian works they were doing.


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_NOVANAPIS_ is a genus of South Pacific araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae, containing the single species, _NOVANAPIS SPINIPES_. It was first described by Norman I. Platnick & Raymond Robert Forster in 1989,[1] and has only been found in New Zealand.[2]

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title: Novanapis

question: What is the genus Novapanis?

answer: A genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae.

question: What species fall under this genus?

answer: Only one species, Novanapis spinipes.

question: Who first described the species?

answer: Norman Platnick and Raymond Robert in 1989.

question: Where is the species found?

answer: Only in New Zealand.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The genus Novapanis is a genus of araneomorph spiders in the family Anapidae. Only one species, Novanapis spinipes, falls under the genus. It was first described by Norman Platnick and Raymond Robert in 1989. The species is only found in New Zealand.


text: I'm writing a 3 page persuasive essay on my interpretation of it, and I'm drawing a major blank. So far I've interpreted that Sammy's infatuation to the girls inspires him to do something new with his life.

title: Has anyone read John Updikes': "A&P"? What interpretations did you have of it?

question: Who is the narrator?

answer: This information can't be found.

question: Who is Sammy?

answer: This information can't be found.

question: What new things is Sammy inspired to do?

answer: This information can't be found.

question: What is the narrator's major blank?

answer: This information can't be found.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator figure's that Sammy's infatuation with girls inspires him to do a lot of new things in life.


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[George RR Martin with cast, crew and throne. (Jason LeVaris/Getty)]

George RR Martin with cast, crew and throne. (Jason LeVaris/Getty) Jason LeVaris/Getty

Never let it be said that the man who wrote the Red Wedding is past surprise himself. Take it from me: Show George R.R. Martin the deep-cut quote from his _A Song of Ice and Fire_ fantasy saga you’ve got tattooed on your forearm and he’ll geek out. “Wow,” he told me in his distinctively crackly variant on the accent of working-class Bayonne, New Jersey. “You’re hardcore!”

Martin’s work breeds that kind of intensity. It’s part of what’s made _Game of Thrones_, the HBO series based on his books, such a zeitgeist-piercing megahit. It’s also what brought him to town this past weekend: The Staten Island Yankees minor-league baseball team staged a special “Meet George R.R. Martin Night,” with one-night-only uniforms based on the show’s Starks and Lannisters and slated to be auctioned off for charity. In a pregame interview conducted before he signed autographs for hundreds of fans, Martin discussed the pros and cons of the New Golden Age of Television, the pressures of his newfound celebrity, and what the ending of his often bleak epic _won’t_ be. Sorry, anybody hoping for the end of all life in Westeros, but for once, GRRM is less bloodthirsty than you are.

I’M SO GLAD TO MEET YOU, BECAUSE WRITING ABOUT YOUR SHOW IS HOW I STARTED OUT AS A TV CRITIC IN THE FIRST PLACE.

What will you do when the show ends? [_Laughs_]

WELL, THERE’S OTHER SHOWS, FORTUNATELY. EVERY YEAR, WHEN THE SEASON ENDS, THEY’RE LIKE “WELL, WE GOTTA GIVE HIM _SOMETHING_ TO DO…”

Any good ones?

YEAH, PLENTY! _MAD MEN_, _BREAKING BAD_, _BOARDWALK EMPIRE_…

It’s the Golden Age of Television right now. It’s just amazing.

HOW IS THAT TO BE A PART OF?

It’s great! And I’m very glad that we’re such a prominent part of it. It’s strange because I’m old enough to remember other days. There were only three networks, and you’d get a review for an entire series in _TV Guide_. They’d run a review: “Here’s our review of _Car 54, Where Are You?_” Then nobody would ever mention it again. You’d watch it, or you wouldn’t watch it. Or it’d be [listed] in the ratings or something like that. But this kind of thing, where there are so many reviewers who review every episode as it comes on, and there are 20 different reviewers, probably more than that, who are reviewing us episode by episode by episode—and not only us but _Mad Men_ and _Breaking Bad_ in their day, and a handful of other shows that are getting a tremendous amount of attention—is very gratifying.

At the same time, I’m aware that, you know, there are dozens of other great shows out there that nobody is doing that for. I think if I was on the flipside of that, if mine was one of the shows being overlooked instead of one of the shows being favored, it would drive me crazy. [_Laughs_] I mean, I look at something like the Emmy nominations. I’m very glad we’re on the list, but I look at all the other fine shows that aren’t on the list, things like _The Knick_. I think that’s an amazing show. How did that not make it? I know a lot of people like _The Americans_, I’ve been watching that one. _The Wire_ never made it all the years that they were on, and many people now say that was one of the best shows in the entire history of television, so it’s strange. But it is a Golden Age. It’s great to have this wealth of choices. There’s more good television than one can keep up with.

WHEN YOU WROTE THESE BOOKS YOU WERE A NAME PEOPLE KNEW IN THE BOOK WORLD, BUT NOW THERE’S A LEGION OF PEOPLE LIKE ME, WHO WRITE ABOUT EVERYTHING YOU SAY, EVERYTHING YOU WRITE, EVERYTHING THE SHOW DOES _BASED_ ON THE THINGS YOU WRITE. HOW DOES THAT LEVEL OF SCRUTINY CHANGE HOW YOU DO WHAT YOU DO?

It’s made me more cautious. I don’t know if I’ve really changed enough. I mean, some of my minions and survivors are constantly on me to be more careful about things I say and do, and to be more aware that I’m a more public figure than I’m perhaps accustomed to being. As you say, I’ve been at this since the early ’70s. I went full-time in 1979. I’ve never had another job besides writing since then, so I’ve always been able to make my living and pay my bills. And I’ve won awards and I’ve gotten recognition, so I’ve always considered myself pretty successful. But the levels of success…you know, you break through to bigger things. Now you’re a bestseller, and then suddenly you’re a #1 bestseller, and then there’s a show, and at some point here I became a celebrity, which I’m still not used to and is still weird. My life does get a little surreal at times. Having my head get bitten off in _Sharknado 3_ was pretty weird! But fun.

Yeah, I do have to parse my words. Some of it, frankly, is—and I don’t necessarily mean this as criticism of you, but maybe some of your colleagues—that this age of internet journalism is crazy. These clickbait sites take things that I say, and I read headlines that seem to bear no relation to what I actually say. I mean, just a couple weeks ago…I didn’t go to Comic-Con this year, and I did a blog post about “Gosh, Comic-Con is going on, I’m not there, and it feels strange that I’m not there. I miss being there, but it was probably the right decision not to go there because I have all this work to do.” You know, I explored it over several paragraphs on my feelings about missing Comic-Con, but the whole thrust of it was the fact that I miss being there. There was part of me that said, “Well, I always go to Comic-Con and I’m not there!” I was missing it. Then I read a headline: “George R.R. Martin Doesn’t Miss Comic-Con.” What? How did they get that out of that? They’re parsing the words, some of these sites, I guess for clicks. It’s clickbait journalism, and it irritates me.

“GEORGE R.R. MARTIN DECRIES CLICKBAIT JOURNALISM.”

Damn, I did it again. [_Laughs_]

THE NUMBER ONE QUESTION PEOPLE ASK ME ABOUT THE SERIES IS WHETHER I THINK EVERYONE WILL LOSE—WHETHER IT WILL END IN SOME HORRIBLE APOCALYPSE. I KNOW YOU CAN’T SPEAK TO THAT SPECIFICALLY, BUT AS A REVISIONIST OF EPIC FANTASY—

I haven’t written the ending yet, so I don’t know, but no. That’s certainly not my intent. I’ve said before that the tone of the ending that I’m going for is bittersweet. I mean, it’s no secret that Tolkien has been a huge influence on me, and I love the way he ended _Lord of the Rings_. It ends with victory, but it’s a bittersweet victory. Frodo is never whole again, and he goes away to the Undying Lands, and the other people live their lives. And the scouring of the Shire—brilliant piece of work, which I didn’t understand when I was 13 years old: “Why is this here? The story’s over?” But every time I read it I understand the brilliance of that segment more and more. All I can say is that’s the kind of tone I will be aiming for. Whether I achieve it or not, that will be up to people like you and my readers to judge.

question: Where did the interviewer meet with George R.R. Martin for the interview?

answer: At the Staten Island Yankee baseball pregame meet and greet.

question: Which of George's book was Game of Thrones adapted from?

answer: A song of Ice and Fire.

question: What does George feel about clickbait journalism?

answer: He finds it irritating.

question: What did George consider as the golden age of tv

answer: Having several reviewers critique your work episode per episode, increasing more awareness about it.

question: For how long has George been writing?

answer: Since the 70s.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: At the time of this article, the interviewer, a T.V critic, met George R.R Martin at a baseball pregame meet and greet, staged by the Staten Island Yankee minor-league team. George authored the book A Song of Ice and Fire back in the 70s, which was later adapted into the epic fantasy hit series Game of Thrones. He talked about the golden age of television and considered its advantage as having tv critics review a work episode per episode for every show. George later criticised clickbait journalism that he had fallen victim to when one of the online journalists twisted his word for clout. Regarding how the Game of Thrones series will end, there wasn't any absoluteness, but he hoped to aim for a bittersweet tone.


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The EUROPEAN YOUTH EVENT (EYE) is an event initiated and hosted by the European Parliament since 2014 with the aim of stimulating active citizenship amongst young Europeans.[1]

Taking place at the European Parliament seat in Strasbourg, the EYE gathers thousands of young people, aged 16 to 30, and invites them to partake in discussions about topical issues with decision-makers and speakers with a wide range of professional experience. It took place twice, once in 2014 and in 2016 with several follow-up hearings in the months after.[2][3] Held biennially, the last edition took place on 1–2 June 2018.[4][5]

Objective of the EYE

Its objective is to provide a unique opportunity for young Europeans to make their voices and concerns heard about the future of the EU and important contemporary issues.[6] Furthermore, the EYE provides EU politicians with fresh, out of the box views from the younger generations.[7]

EYE Report

In order to collect and highlight the ideas and suggestions of the participants, a team of young journalists - coordinated by the European Youth Press and with a political commentary from the European Youth Forum - wrote reports on both 2014's and 2016's editions.[8] The report is then distributed amongst Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to serve as a source of inspiration for future legislation.[9]

European Youth Hearings

During the months following each event, former participants present the most concrete ideas collected in the EYE Report to a selection of Parliament committees in the European Parliament seat in Brussels.

During the hearings, MEPs enter into dialogue with former participants to give feedback on which ideas they endorse, plan to implement in the future or disagree with.[10]

Yo!Fest

Since 2014, a key element of the European Youth Event has been the organisation of Yo!Fest, organised by the European Youth Forum alongside the main event. Yo!Fest is organised around 50,000m2 site just outside of the European Parliament, where workshops, activities and cultural performances are organised in a series of tents and stages. The content of Yo!Fest is designed and delivered by youth organisations and youth groups from around Europe.

Editions

EYE2014: Ideas for a better Europe

The European Youth Event 2014 (#EYE2014) saw the participation of 5,000 young Europeans between 16 – 30 years old, 400 speakers and many supporting partners and youth associations who came to the Parliament's premises in Strasbourg on 9–11 May 2014 to share their ideas and thoughts on a multitude of youth-related topics.[11][12]

The EYE2014's five main themes included youth unemployment, the digital revolution, sustainability, European values and the future of the European Union.

EYE2016: Together we can make a change

The second edition (#EYE2016) took place on 20–21 May 2016 was an occasion for Europe's youth to make their opinions heard on many of the continent's most crucial issues, offering political debates and workshops with decision-makers.[13]

This edition had 7,500 young people from across Europe debating topics ranging from space and innovation to climate change, migration and democracy.[14]

The EYE2016's five main themes were as follows: War and Peace: Perspectives for a peaceful planet; Apathy or Participation: Agenda for a vibrant democracy; Exclusion or Access: Crackdown on youth unemployment; Stagnation or Innovation: Tomorrow's world of work and Collapse or Success: New ways for a sustainable Europe.[15]

EYE2018: The plan is to fan this spark into a flame

The third edition (#EYE2018) took place on 1–2 June 2018.[16][17]

At the European Youth Event 2018, 8000 young Europeans[18] engaged themselves into activities, which evolve around this edition's five main themes: Young and old: Keeping up with the digital revolution; Rich and poor: Calling for a fair share; Apart and together: Working out for a stronger Europe; Safe and dangerous: Staying alive in turbulent times; Local and global: Protecting our planet.[19]

Young Europeans can already participate online by sharing their ideas about the future of Europe via the European Youth Ideas website.[20]

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title: European Youth Event

question: What is the goal of the European Youth Event?

answer: To stimulate active citizenship amongst young Europeans

question: How often does the EYE take place?

answer: Once every two years

question: How many people participated in the EYE 2014?

answer: 5000 people

question: What were the five themes of EYE2014?

answer: Youth unemployment, digital revolution, sustainability, European values, and the future of the EU

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: This Wikipedia article describes the European Youth Event, or EYE, a biennial event that occurs in Strasbourg. The event focuses on providing opportunities for young Europeans to discuss contemporary issues regarding the EU. Each year's event has had a unique focus regarding these issues.


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Versatile luxury SUV. The Audi Q7.

The latest technology in infotainment and driver assistance systems, a compelling driving experience thanks to quattro all-wheel drive and intelligent suspension solutions, a powerful design and plenty of space for up to seven passengers – this is the Audi Q7.

Show your true colours.

Take part in the design process: in the following gallery there are three lacquer tones and three wheels, which are optionally available for the Audi Q7. On the orca black version, 21-inch cast aluminium rims from Audi Sport are mounted in a 10-spoke star design. The barrique brown Audi Q7 rolls on 22-inch cast aluminum rims from Audi Sport in a 5-arm trapezoid design. The latest combination shows the vehicle in matador red and 22-inch cast aluminium rims from Audi Sport in 5-arm-edge design.

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Ready for the new digital age.

Thanks to innovative and intuitive infotainment technologies, you can continue your digitised lifestyle in the Audi Q7. Directly in front of you is the optional Audi virtual cockpit plus. On its high-resolution 12.3-inch display, this fully digital instrument cluster provides information about the vehicle, such as speed and rpm. In addition to the classic instrument display, you have two additional display options: “Dynamic” and “Sport”. Control additional functions via the standard MMI Navigation plus with MMI touch.

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Complex functions made simple.

The series-standard top infotainment system MMI Navigation plus with MMI touch response is your gateway to a world of digital experience. Control navigation, comfort and air conditioning functions using the two large colour displays in the centre console. When pressing a button, you will receive haptic and audible feedback. The system can also be operated through natural language interaction.

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Dynamically on the go.

The Audi Q7 effortlessly masters a whole host of challenges, regardless of surface, load and speed, while providing a dynamic driving experience. The series-standard quattro all-wheel drive ensures sporty handling. You can actively influence the vehicle’s characteristics via seven different modes of the series-standard Audi drive select driving dynamics system, including the sport air suspension which regulates the height of the vehicle.

Comfortable and flexible – the interior.

Feel great in the Audi Q7 with optional features such as the panoramic sunroof for a well-lit interior, the air quality package for a feeling of freshness or the multicoloured contour and ambient lighting package for a more impressive atmosphere. The standard S line sports package provides a particularly sporty interior design. It includes front sport seats, a 3-spoke leather steering wheel with multifunction plus, S emblem and illuminated tread plate with aluminium inserts, as well as the S emblem at the front. You can obtain particularly high-quality interior components from Audi exclusive, for example leather interior in alabaster white with Havana brown accents.

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Functional and suitable for everyday use.

The Audi Q7 is characterised by different space options. For the maximum storage space of up to 1,925 litres, you can fold down the second and third rows of seats. Take advantage of convenient ways to load and unload the vehicle, such as the optional sensor-controlled luggage compartment unlocking system, which allows you to operate the boot lid with both hands full by means of a foot gesture.

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Powerful and sporty – the exterior.

The Audi Q7 impresses with its overall dynamic appearance. For an individualised, even sportier look, opt from a range of optional 20-inch, 21-inch and 22-inch wheels. The optional black gloss styling package offers an interesting contrast, with colour accents in the area of the single-frame grille, the trim strips on the side windows, the side door inserts, the front and rear bumpers and the exterior mirror housings. Choose between eight shades of varnishes, including ones as striking as navarre blue and matador red.

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Flexible transporting capabilities.

Optional features that make your everyday life easier are available from Audi Genuine Accessories. For example, the ski and luggage box. The box can be locked, is easy to fill from both sides and provides you with more than 400 litres of additional storage space, depending on the model.

*Maximum Retail Price (MRP) excludes on road costs and any optional extras. On road costs are determined by the Authorised Audi Dealership. Contact our team for details. Prices are subject to change without notice. More information about Audi connect is available at www.audi.co.nz/connect and from your Audi partner.

question: In which three colors will the Audi Q7 available?

answer: Orca black, barrique brown and matador red.

question: Which features of the Audi Q7 are discussed here?

answer: Lacquer tones and wheel designs; Complex infotainment system made simple; Dynamic driving through series-standard all-wheel drive and air suspension; Different space options; Optional features such as panoramic sunroof, air quality package, sensor-controlled luggage compartment unlocking mechanism.

question: How does the standard S line sports package differ from the series-standard?

answer: It provides a particularly sporty interior design. It includes front sport seats, a 3-spoke leather steering wheel with multifunction plus, S emblem and illuminated tread plate with aluminum inserts, as well as the S emblem at the front.

question: Explain the storage options in the Audi Q7.

answer: The Q7 has different space options - For the maximum storage space of up to 1 925 liters, you can fold down the second and third rows of seats. The car is also designed with a sensor that allows you to operate the boot lid with both hands full by means of a foot gesture. The ski and luggage box can be added as an optional extra to the Audi Q7. The box can be locked, is easy to fill from both sides and provides you with more than 400 liters of additional storage space.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The different features of the Audi Q7 is described in this article. The series-standard is full of features that allows you to continue a digital, dynamic and active lifestyle with the car. Optional extras can be added to further suit specific needs.