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“The world knew its mother was returning. It began to prepare like a bird protects its nest or as a mother deer eats her baby’s waste. Everything changed before anyone realized it was changing. At some time, somebody thought the globe was heating up too much. It was like a comforting flame in the fireplace, though, and not the suicidal oven everyone predicted. Just one more thing for her it was later seen. The disease was nature’s greatest sacrifice. So many things changed then.

“The disease mostly just killed humans. It would break them down and turn their insides to water before they died. Most plants became inedible to humans. But, if you did eat them, you caught the disease, although animals seemed unharmed. The spirits of animals were awakened as they hadn’t been in many years. It seemed rabbits and squirrels scurried everywhere, that bears and wolves were twice as big and fearless. The deer were the uniquely altered. The herds grew and they relearned an old tongue, unspoken for generations. Their eerie clicks and chirps pealed through the forest each evening.

“Most affected were still the humans. Certainly, a great many died from the disease, but those who didn’t were the Callisto of progress—something far more mystical than what was called evolution, but betterment nonetheless. Indians got sick, but none died. One night, deer came into the reservation towns, snorting ancient rhythms like the drums. Indians woke up. Their bones felt the old songs, and everyone sang. The sick were healed. The old ways returned.

“The United States’ Department of Natural Resources studied the first changes curiously. Soon, it became apparent that nature was being reshaped into something unknown. They began massive conservation efforts to preserve everything as it had been. At first, they tried to control pollution and invasive animals, but after the disease that had to be abandoned. There were not enough people left. Then, when it became apparent that wild game was the sole source of food, the DNR found its leverage. It seemed as if a Senate or President hardly mattered anymore, it was the DNR whom the citizens obeyed.

“Now in control, the DNR doubled its conservation efforts. Studying whatever they had the resources for, they discovered that they hated what nature was doing. They wondered what had happened to forests of concrete and stars of streetlights. Despite what nature was doing elsewhere, the DNR in patches prevailed preserving things as they had been and always fighting for more. They wanted conservation above all things, the conservation of what had passed away.

“Then, Mother returned. No one knew she was coming, but we should have known the signs. The DNR called her a demon; we loved her as a god. She would guide us, give us counsel. The old ways had brought her back. She blessed us and taught us about our new world. She would say, ‘How beautiful is this world! Would you do anything to protect it?’

“The DNR met with her early on, to try and make out what she intended. It was not hard for them to understand that she wanted nature to prosper. She saw their conservation as a mother sees her child’s first art. Obviously threatened, the DNR began attacking. They would burn forests and kill animals. Once, after they had slaughtered most of a herd of deer, some Indians joined in the survivors song of mourning.

“I’m not sure if the DNR had forgotten the people living off of the land, but they were surprised. They invited us into their cities, assuming we would be with them. But, how could we desert the mother? She came and she told us, ‘We must protect this world! Would you die for me?’ And we would die for her. We began attacking DNR agents in the forests. We never went to their cities, because there were too many of them.

“A war of sorts began. They saw us as minions of a demon trying to destroy nature. So, they began fighting back. People died on every side. But, Mother urged us, ‘You are protecting the world! Don’t I deserve your life?’ We all gave our lives. Every living Indian came together. We fought and we died. Because I was too old, I just remembered. I saw the story and wrote the songs, even though there is no one left for me to pass it onto. Mother came to me and said, ‘The world has been saved! Go and tell the enemy of your victory.’

“So, I walked for a week to come to you. No one had told me how many of you had been killed. It was another week before I even saw traces of anyone. I thought maybe I was alone in this world. But, tonight you found me as I was eating this meal. Now you have heard my story.”

Billy Little-Fawn sat on the ground next to a pit of embers. The bones of a rabbit had been thrown into a hole. He intended to bury it before he left. A weary DNR agent, watched an old man who could not escape tell his story. He looked at the agent, who smiled showing small pieces of leaves stuck in his teeth. Billy covered his hole. Then, the DNR agent shot him between the eyes. Afterward, he staggered away. He threw himself on the ground to sleep. Something like sweat seeped from his pours, and the man never woke up.

“That’s the last of them,” said Mother.

title: That's the Last of Them

question: How did Mother deceive the Indians?

answer: The Indians loved Mother as a god. She guided them and gave them counsel. She asked them whether they would die for her and they agree they would. When Billy Little Fawn was the last survivor, Mother sent him to tell the enemy that the world had been saved. When Billy finds the DNR and passes on the message, the DNR agent shoots him between the eyes. Mother seems relieved that the last of them is gone.

question: Why would humans eat only meat after the disease came to earth?

answer: Plants became inedible to humans. Though other animals could eat the plant, humans became ill. Their insides turned to water and they died, so humans had to eat only meat.

question: What occurrence made the Indians better?

answer: The Indians had never been as sick as the other humans. They got sick but they survived. Then the deer came into town. They were snorting ancient rhythms. The Indians felt the songs and recovered. Life went back to normal.

question: Why does the DNR agent shoot Billy?


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SINE KASSIM CHADI (b. February 13, 1956) is businessman, philanthropist and former politician. He is currently CEO and Chairman of Imperial Equities Inc. a publicly traded company on the TSX Venture Exchange[1]. Chadi has been the CEO of companies involved in real estate and mortgage industries[2]. Chadi was also elected to the Alberta Legislature in 1993 as the MLA for Edmonton Roper. He served one term[3].

Political career

From 1993 to 1997, Chadi was a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA), elected as the Liberal candidate in Edmonton Roper during the 1993 Provincial Election. The election saw the Alberta Liberal Party under Laurence Decore lose narrowly to Ralph Klein’s Conservatives in what was, to that point, the closest election in Alberta history. He defeated incumbent New Democrat MLA Christie Mjolness to win his seat[4]. Chadi served as a Deputy Finance critic as well as critic for Economic Development and Trade and Science and Research, and Treasury,[5]. He also served as a member of the Public Accounts Committee, as well as on the Committees on the Alberta Heritage Savings Fund Act,the Select Standing Committee on law and Regulations and the Select Standing Committee on Public Affairs[6]

In 1994, he ran for Leader of the Alberta Liberal Party[7]. It was a controversial and divisive leadership process, which was ultimately won by Grant Mitchell.[8] Chadi completed his term as MLA, and did not to run for a second term in the Legislature.[9]

Early life

The Chadi Family was among Canada’s first Lebanese settlers, first travelling into the Lac La Biche area in 1895, where they participated in the fur trade, set up a general store and provided some of the most significant regional competition to the Hudson’s Bay Company [24]. Sine’s father Mike (Mahmoud) and his wife Zeher had six children, of which Sine was the third. Zeher Chadi passed away from breast cancer at the young age of 34 in 1967. Mike Chadi expanded his business focus to the Fort Chipwyan area and opened a general store in that area in 1972 while Sine Chadi and his siblings looked after the local businesses in the Lac La Biche area [25]. Sine graduated from High School in Lac La Biche in 1973 [26]

Business career

Sine’s earliest business activities were within his family businesses, from buying and trading furs to working in the livestock industry[10]. Sine’s business interests began to expand into the construction and management of retail fuel service centres, a mortgage business and an insurance agency as well as a real estate business[11] In 1987, he moved his business operations to Edmonton, where he continues to be based[12]. In 1998, Sine founded Imperial Equities[13].[14]. The company has grown over 20 years to the point where is has approximately 1 million square feet of leasable space[15]. Imperial assets are valued at more than $220 million (2019 financial).[16].

Charitable work, community leadership, and fundraising

Chadi has supported many community groups and charities. He is known for his rousing auctioneering activities and for his generosity[17] His has also offered business and promotion counsel to many causes[18].

Chadi is an active participant in the fundraising activities of many organizations. He was fundraising chair of a $7 million campaign for the Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation[19], where he also served as a Board Member for many years. The Chadi Family Foundation, made the lead donation to the Glenrose’s Capital Campaign in 2018, committing $1 million[20].

Chadi has also been a lead organizer for E4C, an organization focused on anti-poverty initiatives and operator of Edmonton City Hall’s Hallway Café which provides job and life skills support to vulnerable youth[21]. He was also the organizer of the Premier’s Wild Game Dinner which raised money for multiple causes[22].

Chadi also currently serves a Director of the Parkinson Association of Alberta[23], and of the Gordon and Diane Buchanan Family Foundation[24], which has spearheaded the construction and operation of the $6 million Buchanan Centre[25] as a wellness centre for people suffering from Parkinson disease. He has also served on the Board of the Capital Care Foundation and continues to financially support the organization[26]. He was also finance chair for the $23 million Edmonton Islamic Academy[27]

[1] http://www.leb411.com/images/Sine_Chadi.pdf

[2] https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/2129337

[3] http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=memberprofile&mid=0657

[4] 1993 Alberta general election

[5] http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=memberprofile&mid=0657

[6] http://www.assembly.ab.ca/net/index.aspx?p=memberprofile&mid=0657.

[7] Edmonton Journal (1994) Chadi jumps into Liberal race, p. 6

[8] Stewart, D.K. and Archer, K. (2000) Quasi-Democracy?: Parties and Leadership Selection in Alberta, pp. 71-74.

[9] Edmonton Journal (1996) Retiring Liberal MLAs bounced as critics, page 8

[10] http://www.leb411.com/images/Sine_Chadi.pdf

[11] http://www.leb411.com/images/Sine_Chadi.pdf

[12] http://www.leb411.com/images/Sine_Chadi.pdf

[13] https://imperialequities.com/about-the-company/

[14] Edmontonians, (2005) Sine of the Times, pages 5-6

[15] https://imperialequities.com/portfolio/

[16] Imperial Equities (2020) Growing in a Changing World, 2019 Annual Report, Audited Financial Statements (Grant Thornton) p. 78

[17] https://e4calberta.org/2019/04/i-like-the-idea-of-something-different/

[18] Edmonton Journal (2003) Arctic ice fishing trip with Klein no sweat for local parka-maker, p. 19

[19] glenrosefoundation.com

[20] https://edmontonjournal.com/opinion/columnists/glenrose-rehabilitation-hospital-foundation-receives-surprise-1-million-donation/

[21] https://e4calberta.org/2019/04/i-like-the-idea-of-something-different/

[22] Edmonton Journal (2003) Arctic ice fishing trip with Klein no sweat for local parka-maker, p. 19

[23] http://parkinsonassociation.ca/board-of-directors

[24] https://www.gdbuchananfoundation.org/board

[25] http://parkinsonassociation.ca/the-buchanan-centre-2

[26] https://www.capitalcarefoundation.net/116.asp

[27] https://iqna.ir/en/news/1502902/new-islamic-school-open-in-edmonton-

title: Sine Chadi

question: Summarize everything relating to Chadi's family.

answer: The Chadi family was among Canada's first Lebanese settlers. His father Mike and mother Zeher had six children. Zeher passed away from breast canser at the age of 34. His father expanded his business focus to the Fort Chipwyan area while Chadi and his siblings looked after their business in the Lac la Biche area.

question: What does the article say about Chadi's children?

question: What does the article say about the type of person Chadi is?

answer: He has supported many community groups and charities. He is known for his rousing auctioneering activities and his generosity. He participates in fundraising activities for many organizations. He was also lead organizer for E4C, an organization focused on anti-poverty initiatives, and operator of Edmonton City Hall's Hallway Cafe, which provides job and life skills support to vulnerable youth. He is also active in supporting people suffering from Parkinson's disease.


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March 22, 2013 at 3:57 pm

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_Photo Credit: KDKA_

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GREENSBURG, Pa. (KDKA) – The live-in caretaker of a Greensburg mansion faces criminal charges for allegedly drinking more than $100,000 worth of the owner’s whiskey.

The butler did not do it! Nope! In this case, police have put the finger on a caretaker with a powerful thirst for hundred year old whiskey.

John Saunders, 62, of Irwin, is charged with drinking 52 bottles of very valuable vintage whiskey.

In 1986, Pat Hill purchased a turn-of-the-20th-century mansion on South Broadway in Scottdale.

Hill, a New York fashion model who was born in the Pittsburgh area, poured more than three quarters of a million dollars into it, transforming the estate into a luxurious bed and breakfast in the ‘90’s.

Innkeeper Rick Bruckner says that during the renovations a painter made a wild discovery.

“Hidden back in the walls were nine cases of Old Farm Pure Rye Whiskey,” said Bruckner. “The whiskey itself was distilled in spring of 1913 and it was bottled in the fall of 1917.”

Coal baron, J.P. Brennan – the builder of the house – apparently stockpiled the celebrated Old Farm Pure Rye produced at the West Overton Distillery, which was then owned by Henry Clay Frick.

“But they buried it back in the walls and forgot about it,” said Bruckner.

The nine cases, a dozen sealed bottles in each, were stored in John Saunders’ basement apartment. Last year, Hill found that half of the whiskey bottles were empty.

Hill told KDKA-TV by phone that she “is just sick about it.” That when she “asked Saunders what happened,” he answered, “Oh, it must have evaporated.”

[Photo Credit: KDKA]

Photo Credit: KDKA

Hill took her suspicions to police.

Lab results came in matching Saunders’ DNA with saliva on three of the empty bottles.

The 52 bottles that Saunders allegedly drank we’re appraised at more than $100,000.

Hill told KDKA’s Mary Robb Jackson that he’s known their family for years. They trusted him and that the worst part of this is that he betrayed that trust.

Saunders is scheduled to appear at a preliminary hearing on Wednesday.

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question: How many bottles of whiskey is the suspected charged with drinking?

answer: 52.

question: How old is the suspect?

answer: 62.

question: What is the suspect's name?

answer: John Saunders.

question: When was the whiskey bottled?

answer: 1917

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The article discusses a case in which a man was charged in drinking over $100,000 in whiskey after some antique bottles found in a wealthy man's house were stored in his cellar. He was an old friend of the family, yet he lied and drank their whiskey. Now it is going to court.


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LICTO is a volcanic field in Ecuador, close to the town of Licto.

The scoria cones named Licto, Loma Bellavista (, ) and Tulabug (, ) form the field.

The cones are constructed by andesite and basaltic andesite and may be of Pleistocene-Holocene age.

title: Licto volcanic field

question: What is Licto?

answer: A volcanic field in Ecuador, close to the town of Licto.

question: Which scoria cones form the field?

answer: Licto, Loma Bellavista, and Tulabug.

question: What material are the cones constructed by?

answer: By andesite and basaltic andesite.

question: Which age is the volcanic field from?

answer: Possibly Pleistocene-Holocene age.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The text is about Licto, a volcanic field in Ecuador.


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*I made the guy the minute he walked into the park. He was trying to hide it, act chill, but I knew straight up that this was the guy I'd been on the phone to not an hour ago. I relaxed back on the bench, lit another cigarette and feigned in the local news section of the paper while I watched him through the smoke. He started forward, stopped, and tried not to look like a rabbit caught in headlights. The sports bag he held was pressed tightly to his chest, and he eyed anyone who got within ten feet of him in case they might make a move for it. He drifted towards the pond across from me, as if to seem to anybody watching that maybe he spotted the person he was looking for on the other side. Pulled his phone from his pocket as though checking a text message. Ambled towards the bench I sat on in semi-circles. There's nothing more noticeable than someone trying not to act noticeable. He probably had the whole thing laid out in his head like some three-act play. His 'drama de non-chalance'. It was fucking hilarious, but tiring at the same time. I dont usually deal so much to new people, I like to deal with my regulars, and maybe the occasional transaction with a friend of a friend, but only when they come vouched for. In this case I made an exception, Malta Black is hot. I needed to move it as fast as possible.*

*After a few more minutes of aimless meandering like a newborn calf, he eventually worked up the courage to sit on the other end of the bench, sat stock straight, watching out across park where some college aged kids tossed a frisbee around under the trees. He spoke to me out of the corner of his mouth; "Ar-Are you Jones?". I folded my paper across my lap and turned to face him abruptly. "Yeah. Are we going to fucking deal or what? I have someplace to be". He recoiled in terror, tensed up, mouth agape and eyes darting, as if expecting the two Au-Pairs with strollers walking by to suddenly pull badges and guns and yell "Freeze! Motherfucker! The jigs up!". I frowned and shot him a 'Chill the fuck out' glare as I pulled the slim case from underneath the bench and popped it open between us.*

*"So Mark said you were in the market for some Malta Black?" I asked as I peeled back the wax sheets from the top of the product. "I need to know you're serious, because this shits not easy to move." The terror left him now, I could see the addict in him, the way his eyes lit up and telltale twitch of the lips when he saw it laid out in front of him like a veritable gold mine. He reached out to pick it up and I snapped the case shut, catching his fingers. "Money first, bud. You know how this works." He nodded as he fumbled his wallet out of his pocket. I continued "This is only the sample case. I have the whole shipment, 30 cases, like this, ready to go. You pay me now, I call our mutual buddy mark and he meets my guy later for the exchange. Cool?" He nodded again, lost for words. He was probably fantasizing about what he was going to do with that much Malta Black. Its a huge amount, even for a heavy addict, but thats not my problem. I just sell it, I don't tell them what to do with it.*

*He offered the sports bag, and I did a quick check to see it wasn't bills stacked on top of socks before I stood up slinging it over my should. "All looks good. You'll hear from mark this evening. If I get home and count this, and find you trying to cut me short, you'll hear from me before then. Personally. Otherwise you wont see me again. Understand?" He mumbled affirmation, transfixed on the case, gently caressing the corners with his fingers. I stubbed out my cigarette on the bench and left by the west st. entrance. Another deal done. Another day down. People say the hardest thing about dealing is not getting hooked yourself. But I've never understood the fascination of stamps.*

title: Short piece inspired by an off-hand comment in a thread on askreddit. Tell me what you think. (~700 words)

question: What is the twist in the story?

answer: It is written like a drug deal story but the man is selling stamps.

question: What does the tension come from in the story?

answer: How naive and uncomfortable the dealer's customer seems to be.

question: Where does the deal take place?

answer: In a park.

question: What is this story about?

answer: Addiction, but told through stamp collection.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This story is about a man who comes to a dealer to buy what the readers thinks are some drugs, but it turns out the drugs are just stamps.


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Hey guys, I wrote this 2 weeks ago in my 9th grade English class. I would appreciate some feedback and possible title suggestions :)

The sun was shining gently over the field, with the wind ever so slightly rustling the leaves of the great yew tree that shaded her family.

She was wearing her finest white dress, her grandmother’s pearl necklace delicately wrapped around her neck. Her father walks with her down the red carpet, perfectly lain out in the grass. He cups her hand in his, warming it. He has tears in his eyes as he looks down at her, threatening to breach.

They neared the end of the carpet. Where her fiance stood, waiting, with roses littering his feet. Her favourite flower. As they approached, her father tightly squeezed her hand, forcing a quick, brief smile at the relatives who stood by their sides.

There they were. Her father hugged her fiance, gave her a hard kiss on the forehead, and walked away without looking back. Her fiance looked down at her. ‘Hey darling’, he says, managing a trembling smile. He leaned down and softly kissed her lips. He held his lips on hers for a long time.

He rose, and gently nudged a strand of hair behind her ear. ‘Bye darling’, he says, with his tears softly hitting the rose petals littered around the polished oak box. He straightens to his full height, turns around, and walks away.

They closed the lid, and slowly lowered her into the soft, warm brown soil.

Edit: Changed a word from past tense to present.

title: A short story I wrote for my English Class. Would like some feedback!

question: What was the female protagonist wearing?

answer: Her finest white dress and her grandmother's pearl necklace.

question: What did the protagonist's fiance do when she walked up to him?

answer: He greeted her and kissed her, and then he rose, nudged a strand of hair behind her ear, said goodbye, and left.

question: What was the protagonist's favorite flower?

answer: Roses.

question: Why would the reader be surprised at the end of the story?

answer: Because the reader would most likely think the story was about a wedding, but in the end, it is revealed that it is a funeral.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The text is a short story which at first seems to be about a wedding. A bride walks toward her fiance with her father, and her father gives her to him. Her fiance greets her and kisses her, but then says goodbye and leaves. In the end, the reader finds out that the event is not a wedding, but a funeral for the female protagonist.


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WILLIAM LEWIS “BUCK” CLARKE[1][2] (October 2,[3] 1933[4] – October 11, 1988 in Los Angeles[5]) was an American jazz percussionist who played with Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Les McCann, Russ Freeman, Gerald Albright, Jimmy Smith and others. He also played at the Montreux Jazz Festival in 1968.[6] Clarke's many musical styles include soul, funk and contemporary jazz, with an Afrocentric perspective.[7]

Biography

[Clarke drumming in the 80's.] Clarke was born in Washington, DC on October 2, 1933.[8][9] At 15, he started working at a display sign store. The father of one of his bosses was a cousin to Duke Ellington,[10] so Clarke began to listen to jazz records by musicians such as Duke Ellington, Oscar Peterson, Allen Jones and Dizzy Gillespie during lunch breaks and weekends,[11][12] and he became “hooked on Jazz.”[13] He eventually had a job offer at D.C. club where he learned how to play the congas.[14] One of his very first gigs was at a show called “Jig Show”, which featured dancers and comedians.[15] Clarke would travel throughout the world, going to places such as New Orleans, where he first discovered rumba music.[16] Many others tried to encourage young Clarke to play “real instruments,” but his position was the bongo drums.[17]

When he was 16 or 17 years old, he played with Charlie Parker.[18] Clarke express his feelings in ever performing with Wess Anderson's band The Washingtonians which included, Eddie Jones and Charlie Parker, saying it had Clarke “shook up and mind blowing”.[19] He played with Art Blakey's and New York Jazz Messengers at 19 or 20 years old.[20] He was also a member of eight piece band to be part of his education on learning how to play in a band.[21]

Clarke is also an accomplished freelance painter.[22] Some of his early artwork could be shown here at his Facebook page.

Clarke suffered from diabetes that cost him his leg in 1986.[23] He died on October 11, 1988 in Los Angeles.[24]

Discography

As leader

-   1960: _Cool Hands_ (Offbeat)
-   1961: _Drum Sum_ (Argo)
-   1963: _The Buck Clarke Sound_ (Argo)
-   1988:[25] _Hot Stuff_ (Full Circle)

As sideman

WITH LES MCCANN

-   _Second Movement_ (Atlantic, 1971) - with Eddie Harris
-   _Invitation to Openness_ (Atlantic, 1972)
-   _Talk to the People_ (Atlantic, 1972)
-   _Live at Montreux_ (Atlantic, 1972)
-   _Layers_ (Atlantic, 1972)
-   _Another Beginning_ (Atlantic, 1974)

WITH WILLIS JACKSON

-   _Blue Gator_ (Prestige, 1960)
-   _Cookin' Sherry_ (Prestige, 1961)
-   _Together Again!_ (Prestige, 1965) - “This'll Get To Ya'” & “It Might As Well Be Spring”
-   _Together Again, Again_ (Prestige, 1967)

WITH EUGENE MCDANIELS

-   _Outlaw_ (Prestige, 1960)

WITH DAVE HUBBARD

-   _Dave Hubbard_ (Mainstream, 1971)

WITH CANNONBALL ADDERLEY

-   _Black Messiah_ (Capitol, 1971)

WITH THE ISLEY BROTHERS

-   _Givin' It Back_ - “Love The One You're With” (T-Neck, 1971)

WITH NINA SIMONE

-   _The Great Show Live in Paris_ (Disques Festival, 1975)

WITH JIMMY SMITH

-   _Root Down - Jimmy Smith Live!_ (Verve, 1972)
-   _Paid In Full_ (Mojo, 1974)
-   _Jimmy Smith '75_ (Mojo, 1975)
-   _It's Necessary_ (Mercury, 1977)

WITH JOHN MAYALL

-   _A Banquet In Blues_ (ABC, 1976)

'''With Herbie Hancock

-   _Sextant_ (Columbia, 1973)

WITH FREDDIE HUBBARD

-   _Liquid Love_ (Columbia, 1975)
-   _Gleam_ (CBS/Sony, 1975)
-   _Splash_ (Fantasy, 1981)
-   _Born to Be Blue_ (Pablo, 1982)

'''With Ron Escheté

-   _Stump Jumper_ (Bainbridge, 1986)

'''With Thelonious Monster

-   _Stormy Weather_ (Relativity, 1989)

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title: Buck Clarke

question: Who did Buck play with?

answer: Buck played with Freddie Hubbard, Herbie Hancock, Les McCann, Russ Freeman, Gerald Albright, Jimmy Smith, and others.

question: What music style did he play?

answer: His music styles include soul, funk, and contemporary jazz, with an Afrocentric perspective.

question: Other than music, what did Clarke do?

answer: Clarke was also an accomplished freelance painter.

question: Where did Clarke work before pursuing music as his career?

answer: Clarke worked at a display sign store at the age of 15.

question: Write a ~7 sentence summary.

answer:
Buck was an American jazz percussionist. His interest in Jazz began when he was working at a display sign store. His boss was a cousin to Duke Ellington. One of Clarke's very first gigs was at a show called "Jig Show".

Over the years Buck has played with many musicians, Freddie Hubbard and Les McCann to name a few.

Besides music, Buck was also an accomplished freelance painter.

He died on October 11, 1988.


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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States on Friday charged and sanctioned nine Iranians and an Iranian company for attempting to hack into hundreds of universities worldwide, dozens of firms and parts of the U.S. government, including its main energy regulator, on behalf of Tehran’s government.

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks at a news conference with other law enforcement officials at the Justice Department to announce nine Iranians charged with conducting massive cyber theft campaign, in Washington, U.S., March 23, 2018. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas

The cyber attacks, beginning in at least 2013, pilfered more than 31 terabytes of academic data and intellectual property from 144 U.S. universities and 176 universities in 21 other countries, the U.S. Department of Justice said, describing the campaign as one of the largest state-sponsored hacks ever prosecuted.

The U.S. Treasury Department said it was placing sanctions on the nine people and the Mabna Institute, a company U.S. prosecutors characterized as designed to help Iranian research organizations steal information.

U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said the nine Iranians were considered fugitives who may face extradition in more than 100 countries if they travel outside Iran.

Authorities “will aggressively investigate and prosecute hostile actors who attempt to profit from America’s ideas by infiltrating our computer systems and stealing intellectual property,” Rosenstein told a news conference.

The case “will disrupt the defendants’ hacking operations and deter similar crimes,” he added.

The hackers were not accused of being directly employed by Iran’s government. They were instead charged with criminal conduct waged primarily through the Mabna Institute on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, the elite military force assigned to defend Iran’s Shi’ite theocracy from internal and external threats.

In Tehran, Iran’s foreign ministry spokesman Bahram Qasemi denounced the move as “provocative, illegitimate, and without any justifiable reason and another sign of the hostility of the (U.S.) ruling circles toward the Iranian nation”, state news agency IRNA said.

The targeting of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, or FERC, was a matter of special concern, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman said, because it oversees the interstate regulation of energy and holds details of some of the country’s “most sensitive infrastructure.”

Hackers targeted email accounts of more than 100,000 professors worldwide, half in the United States, and compromised about 8,000, prosecutors said. Hackers also targeted the U.S. Labor Department, the United Nations and the computer systems of the U.S. states Hawaii and Indiana, prosecutors said.

Friday’s actions are part of an effort by senior cyber security officials at the White House and across the U.S. government to blame foreign countries for malicious hacks.

They were announced a day after U.S. President Donald Trump named John Bolton, a former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations who is deeply skeptical of the 2015 international nuclear accord with Iran, as his new national security adviser.

Trump himself has repeatedly cast doubt on the nuclear deal, in which the U.S. and other world powers eased sanctions in exchange for Tehran putting limits on its nuclear program.

INTERNET FIRMS ALERTED

The Department of Justice on Friday privately warned major internet infrastructure companies to expect attacks from Iran, an executive at one company who received the alert said.

The officials said the most likely retaliation would be denial of service attacks on websites, which are not destructive but disrupt commerce and communication.

Britain’s National Cyber Security Centre said on Twitter the Mabna Institute was “almost certainly responsible for cyber attacks targeting universities around the world.”

The sanctions and charges were the fourth time in the past few months the Trump administration has blamed a foreign government for major cyber attacks, a practice that was rare under the Obama administration.

Last week, the administration accused the Russian government of cyber attacks stretching back at least two years that targeted the U.S. power grid.

Washington imposed new sanctions on 19 Russians and five groups, including Moscow’s intelligence services, for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and other cyber attacks.

Friday’s indictment in U.S. District Court in New York said the Iranian hackers did extensive background research of university professors before sending them “spearphishing” emails tailored to academic interests and scholarly publications.

The emails purported to be from professors at another university and indicated the sender had read an article written by them, prosecutors said.

The emails would then direct recipients to click on links to related articles directing them to a malicious internet domain that appeared similar to the victims’ actual university portal, where they would be prompted to enter their login credentials.

Once accounts were compromised, the hackers would steal reams of academic data and intellectual property related to science and technology, engineering, social sciences and medicine, the indictment said.

Stolen data was obtained to benefit Iran’s Revolutionary Guard and sold in Iran through the websites Megapaper and Gigapaper to universities there, prosecutors said.

‘PASSWORD SPRAYING’

Hackers targeted and compromised employee email accounts at 36 U.S.-based companies and 11 companies in countries including Britain, Germany and Italy, prosecutors said.

Victim companies in the United states included two media and entertainment companies, one law firm, 11 technology firms, and two bank and investment firms, among others.

Unlike the precise targeting of academics, companies were subjected to a broad technique known as “password spraying” that uncovers lists of company email accounts online and then tries to hack into them with common default passwords.

Once inside, the hackers would steal entire email mailboxes.

The Treasury Department also put sanctions on another Iranian, Behzad Mesri. Sometimes known as “Skote Vahshat,” Mesri was charged in 2017 with hacking cable TV network HBO to leak unaired episodes of the fantasy drama Game of Thrones.

Mesri is still at large, officials said.

The Obama administration in 2016 indicted seven Iranians for distributed-denial-of-service attacks on dozens of U.S. banks and for trying to shut down a New York dam. Those hackers were also accused of working on behalf of Iran’s government.

None of the Iranians indicted in 2016 have been arrested or extradited, a Justice Department spokesman said.

Reporting by Dustin Volz and Joseph Menn; additional reporting by Lisa Lambert, Timothy Gardner, Susan Heavey and Dubai newsroom; Editing by Grant McCool and Clarence Fernandez

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question: How much data was stolen from universities?

answer: More than 31 terabytes were stolen from universities.

question: How many professors' emails were targeted?

answer: More than 100,000 professors worldwide were targeted.

question: Who leaked unaired episodes of HBO's Game of Thrones?

answer: Behzad Mesri leaked unaired episodes of HBO's Game of Thrones.

question: What nation other than Iran was accused of cyber attacks?

answer: Russia was also accused of cyber attacks stretching back at least two years.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The United States has sanctioned Iran due to numerous hacking instances involving several universities and other infrastructure. This had also happened recently with Russia. The article goes on to detail specifics about how these attacks were carried out.


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Understanding your health plan benefits and what isn't covered is crucial for consumers. But that isn't always easy. Readers' questions this month center around what insurance companies need to tell customers about their benefits and when. For example, does my insurer have to give advance notice if it changes my benefits? And does my plan have to issue a written excuse if it denies coverage for services? What if the coverage doesn't meet federal health law standards? Here are some answers.

Q: MY FATHER'S HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE THROUGH HIS COMPANY WAS REDUCED WITHOUT HIM BEING AWARE OF THE CHANGE. THE INSURANCE COMPANY CONTINUED TO COVER MY PARENTS' BILLS UNTIL 10 MONTHS AFTER THE CHANGE. NOW IT'S TRYING TO CHARGE MY PARENTS FOR ALL OF MY MOTHER'S DOCTOR VISITS TO MANAGE HER MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS DURING THAT TIME. THIS WILL RESULT IN THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS IN REPAYMENTS. CAN THE INSURER DO THAT?

You may need to do some digging to figure out what's going on here. Health plans can reduce the benefits that they offer or increase cost sharing during the plan year, but under the ACA, they generally have to notify enrollees 60 days before any changes become effective.

That doesn't always happen, says Dania Palanker, an assistant research professor at Georgetown University's Center on Health Insurance Reforms.

"It is very possible that something was done incorrectly, particularly if you have a self-funded employer that's doing all the claims processing in-house," says Palanker, a former health plan administrator.

Since the health plan continued to pay the claims for your mother's multiple sclerosis for 10 months after the change, this may not be a notification problem, however.

"It suggests that the insurance company did a claims audit and determined that they should never have been paying these claims," Palanker says. Such audits are common. "They do it routinely to try to identify fraud and abuse."

Some states don't allow insurers to retroactively adjust claims except in cases of fraud.

Your first step should be to contact the health plan to find out why the claims were denied retroactively.

You could also enlist your dad's human resources department to help resolve the problem Or you may need to file an appeal with the health plan, complain to your state insurance regulator, or to the federal Department of Labor.

Q: AS A LONGTIME SELF-EMPLOYED BUSINESSWOMAN, I'VE BOUGHT COVERAGE ON THE INDIVIDUAL MARKET FOR YEARS. I WAS UNAWARE THAT THE SHORT-TERM HEALTH INSURANCE POLICY I'D BEEN SOLD DIDN'T MEET ACA REQUIREMENTS. THE PRICING WAS SIMILAR. DON'T PEOPLE HAVE TO AGREE IN WRITING THAT THEY UNDERSTAND THE LIMITATIONS OF THOSE POLICIES? IS THERE ANYTHING I CAN DO?

As of last January, short-term health plan enrollment applications and related materials were required to prominently display a warning that the plan doesn't satisfy the health insurance coverage requirements under the ACA. There's no requirement that people acknowledge in writing that they understand what they're buying, however. Since these short-term plans aren't considered adequate coverage, you may have to pay a penalty just like people who don't buy any insurance.

In your case, you may have purchased the plan before that requirement went into effect, says Timothy Jost, professor emeritus at Washington and Lee law school.

As for remedies, fortunately the open enrollment period for 2018 starts Nov. 1. You can sign up for a more comprehensive plan at that time on your state marketplace for coverage that begins Jan. 1.

Q: I WAS HOSPITALIZED WITH A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY, HAD SURGERY, AND SPENT TWO MONTHS IN THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT. NOW MY INSURER IS NO LONGER COVERING SOME OF MY MEDICAL CARE. DOES MY INSURER HAVE TO NOTIFY ME OF THIS CHANGE, OR IS IT SUFFICIENT THAT THE HOSPITAL INSURANCE CASE MANAGER VERBALLY INFORMED ME?

Health plans have to notify you in writing when they deny a claim. But in your case, there may not have been an actual denial, Palanker says.

Hospital staff are typically in constant communication with a patient's insurer about what services are covered, whether a particular treatment requires prior authorization from the health plan, or similar issues.

It's not uncommon for a doctor to want a patient to remain in the hospital, for example, while the insurer maintains that it's not medically necessary, Palanker says. The insurer may want the patient moved to an inpatient rehabilitation center or be discharged home instead.

In these cases, there's not an actual adverse determination and thus no requirement that the insurer notify you. The hospital case manager would likely be the one to inform you of the change.

You still have a right to that information. Talk to the case manager about their discussions with the insurer, says Palanker. The hospital's patient advocate or caseworker can help put together the necessary paperwork to request a determination and file an appeal with the insurer, if necessary.

_Kaiser Health News is an editorially independent news service that is part of the nonpartisan Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation. Follow_ _Michelle Andrews on Twitter:_ @mandrews110.

question: What do readers questions center around this month?

answer: What insurance companies need to tell customers about their benefits, and when.

question: Who is an assistant research professor at Georgetown University's Center on Health Insurance Reforms?

answer: Diana Palanker.

question: What do health plans have to do when they deny a claim?

answer: Notify you in writing.

question: When does the open enrollment period start at the time of the article?

answer: Nov 1 2018.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The article is a list of questions asked by readers about the obligations that insurance companies owe them as customers.


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_This post is part of Just Ahead’s Death Valley Trip Planner—our guide to everything you need to know to plan your trip to Death Valley National Park. Click here to see the complete series, and be sure to download our Just Ahead smartphone audio tour of Death Valley before you head to the park._

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Death Valley has 12 campgrounds—nine operated by the park service as well as three private campgrounds. With the exception of Furnace Creek Campground in the heart of Death Valley, all park service campgrounds are first-come, first-served. Furnace Creek accepts reservations through recreation.gov. For holiday periods in winter and spring, be sure to make reservations or arrive early to get a site.

Don’t expect shady campsites strewn with pine needles. You might get a scrap of shade from a mesquite tree, but for the most part, Death Valley campsites are open and exposed. The exceptions are the two high-country campgrounds in the Panamint Mountains—Thorndike and Mahogany Flat. But those campground require high clearance and sometime four-wheel drive to reach.

When to camp is also an important consideration. Click here for our advice about when to visit Death Valley. And if you’d like to spend some nights in the comfort of a lodge room, click here for our advice about where to stay in Death Valley.

Here’s our rundown of campgrounds in Death Valley National Park. All are open year-round unless otherwise noted. For more details, see the camping page on the park’s website.

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A secluded site in Texas Spring Campground, Death Valley National Park.

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HEART OF THE PARK

These campgrounds are near Furnace Creek, which has full services including gas and a general store, as well as the park visitor center. They are well situated for exploring the park in any direction.

_Furnace Creek_—136 sites with water and flush toilets. The campground nearest the park visitor center. Also near general store and all Furnace Creek services.

_Texas Spring_—92 sites with water and flush toilets. Feels quiet and removed, in a hilly badlands landscape across the road from Furnace Creek Ranch. Near general store and all Furnace Creek services.

_Sunset_—270 sites with water and flush toilets. Directly across the road from Furnace Creek Ranch. Open October 15 to May 1. Near general store and all Furnace Creek services.

_Furnace Creek RV Resort_ (private)—26 RV sites with water, flush toilets, showers, and full hookups. Adjacent to Furnace Creek Ranch and general store. Bonuses: free wi-fi, and short walk to swimming pool.

_Fiddler’s Campground_ (private)—35 RV sites. Must be self-contained; no water or toilets. Adjacent to park visitor center and near general store and all Furnace Creek services. Bonuses: free wi-fi, and short walk to swimming pool.

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WESTERN DEATH VALLEY

Death Valley’s western campgrounds are found along Highway 190 and in the Panamint Mountains. Three of these campgrounds are on Highway 190—Stovepipe Wells, Emigrant, and Panamint Springs. Stovepipe Wells is about a half hour from Furnace Creek; Emigrant, about 40 minutes; Panamint Springs, about an hour. The campgrounds in the Panamints—Wildrose, Thorndike, and Mahogany Flat—are an hour and a half to two hours from Furnace Creek. These campgrounds have no services. You can access the high-country campgrounds by following Emigrant Canyon Road south from Highway 190.

_Stovepipe Wells_—190 sites with water and flush toilets, and gas station nearby. Short walk to general store and restaurant. On Highway 190.

_Emigrant_—10 sites for tents only with water and flush toilets. On Highway 190.

_Panamint Springs_ (private)—63 sites with water, flush toilets, and showers, including 12 sites with full hookups for RVs and gas station nearby. Short walk to general store and restaurant. On Highway 190.

_Wildrose_—23 sites with water and pit toilets. At 4,100 feet in the Panamint Mountains, it’s a cooler option when the valley floor is baking.

_Thorndike_—6 sites with pit toilets, no water. At 7,400 feet in the Panamints, surrounded by pinyon pines. Open March through November. Much cooler than valley floor. Requires high-clearance vehicle and sometimes four-wheel drive, depending on road conditions.

_Mahogany Flat_—10 sites with pit toilets, no water. At 8,200 feet in the Panamints, surrounded by pinyon pines, great views of Death Valley. Open March through November. Much cooler than valley floor. Requires high-clearance vehicle and sometimes four-wheel drive, depending on road conditions.

NORTHERN DEATH VALLEY

Death Valley has one campground in the northern part of the park, about a 15-minute drive from Scotty’s Castle and about an hour and 15 minutes north of Furnace Creek.

_Mesquite Spring_—30 sites with water and flush toilets. Quiet, secluded feeling, yet near Scotty’s Castle and Ubehebe Crater.

_To see our complete Death Valley Trip Planner series, click here._

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question: How do most of the campsites operate?

answer: They operate on a first-com, first-served basis.

question: What is one thing you should not expect at the camps?

answer: Shady campsites.

question: What's the campground nearest the park visitor center?

answer: Furnace Creek

question: Which one is the campground with the most sites?

answer: Sunset campsite with 270 sites.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The text is a list of places to camp when visiting Death Valley.


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At E3 2017, we made our way to Warhorse Studios’ impressive booth, to give their upcoming realism based RPG, Kingdom Come Deliverance, a first hand playthrough. The middle ages era game is releasing on February 13th, 2018 for the PS4, Xbox One and PC.

The hands on demo for the game presented us with 3 different game mode options, the main story, a combat tutorial and skirmish mode. No matter which you choose, the game is rendered in some of the most beautiful visuals you’ll see, with faithful recreations of historical architecture from the middle ages and specifically Bohemia.

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The main story puts you through the opening questions of the game to get a sense of your stat preferences and then lets you go to explore the land. The quests are completely reactive and let you handle your business in any way you see fit. If your particular quest choices fail, you are not locked out, instead new options will present themselves for resolution, even in completely different quests. For example in the demo, you were charged with recovering money from a sheister. If you fail at this, later on your friends will ask you for help in which you can agree in exchange for their help recovering your money. This kind of flexible approach to questing allows for a tremendous amount of freedom that is such a breath of fresh air in open world gaming that always promises agency but often only delivers boxed in choice.

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In the skirmish, we were able to really dig into the game’s combat system which was much more intuitive than we thought. You equip a primary and secondary weapon and once you begin engaging an enemy you can choose a direction on a 5 way compass to target specific areas of a foe’s body that may be left unprotected. There is a heft and weight to the combat that is very enjoyable and striking down a foe comes with the enthusiasm of a fight well won. This particular skirmish is itself bound by the reality of the choices you make, as getting to these situations is completely dependent on how you play out the prior quests. In some cases, it may be possible to completely avoid large scale battle with deft diplomacy.

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The combat and gameplay is realistic but it’s incredibly immersive and the game allows a strong sense of fun, which should assuage any players concerned that the realism would be too much to manage within an open world format. The AI is the true star of the show, and despite the occasional bug, when it all comes together you see some emergent interaction that makes you want to see how the world will react to you and your choices.

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Kingdom Come Deliverance is all about playing the game the way you want to play it and this hands on showed us that it’s very much a realistic proposition. The game is set up to accommodate and respond to the choices that a player makes, never explicitly condemning or rewarding the player for the choices with a judgement.

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question: How many game modes does the game have?

answer: It has 3 game modes.

question: When was the game released?

answer: February 13th, 2018

question: What kind of game is it?

answer: It is an open-world, realistic RPG.

question: How many weapons can you equip?

answer: 2

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The text is a description of the new game ready to be launched, the realism-based RPG, Kingdom Come Deliverance.


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FRANK PILATO (born December 4, 1982) is a composer, guitarist and clarinettist based in Florence, Italy.

Biography

Early life

FRANK PILATO (born December 4, 1982) is a composer, guitarist and clarinettist based in Florence, Italy.

He grew up on the hills of the flourishing Tuscany and he found out his passion for music since the beginning of his childhood. At the age of 21 he left Italy to live abroad, especially in Spain, where his roots were established.

In 2008, he moved to Hollywood to attend the guitar program at the Musician Institute (MI), after having the Berklee Summer School scholarship.

In 2010, he graduated in composition at the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt in Darmstadt, Germany.

Career

At 29, he replaced Allan Holdsworth in “STORIES” trilogy of Maestro Andrea Marcelli.

He represented Italy at the 2015 Berlin Jazz Festival: The most important Jazz festivals in the world.

His last work, “SPETTRI” is produced from “Regione Toscana” in collaboration with “Toscana 100 bands”.

Works in studio and lives with

Jeff Berlin, Gary Willis, Andrea Marcelli, Mitch Forman, Van Stephenson, Dave Carpenter, Francesco Artusato, Allan Holdsworth, Michael Angelo Batio, Ludovico Fulci, Brian DePalma Orchestra's movie, Philippe Ciminato, Tobias Relenberg, Sushi Rain, Miranda, Paolo Fattorini, Andrea “Tower” Torricini, Carmelo Leotta, Leonardo Rossi, & many more...

Discography

Solo album

-   2000 – Caprice
-   2015 – Stories
-   2016 – Spettri
-   2020 – Solo

Books

-   2019 – Uncommon Scales, Ideas & Melodic Patters

title: Frank Pilato

question: Why did Pilato move to Hollywood in 2008?

answer: Pilato moved to Hollywood in 2008 to attend the guitar program at the Musician Institute.

question: What is Pilato's education?

answer: Pilato attended the guitar program at the Musician Institute and graduated in composition at the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt in Darmstadt, Germany.

question: What is the most important Jazz festival in the world?

answer: The most important Jazz festival in the world is the Berlin Jazz Festival.

question: What are Pilato's solo albums?

answer: Pilato's solo albums are Caprice, Stories, Spettri, and Solo.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Frank Pilato is a composer, guitarist, and clarinetist based in Florence, Italy. Pilato was born in 1982 and grew up in Tuscany. He graduated in composition at the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt in Darmstadt, Germany in 2010. He represented Italy at the 2015 Berlin Jazz Festival. His solo albums are Caprice, Stories, Spettri, and Solo.


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Growing up Japanese in the American South, I was often the only Asian kid in my classes. My eyes were perceived as being too small. My skin was too tan and my food was icky. Characters on TV hardly ever looked like me and no one pronounced my name correctly. This experience is common among many Asian Americans, especially in the South, where our number has historically been lower than on the West Coast or in the Northeast.

The problem of underrepresentation is a long-term one, seen not only in Hollywood (_Ghost in the Shell_, anyone?) but also in academic circles. Even organizations known for focusing on documenting diversity can sometimes fall short. The Southern Oral History Program, a branch of UNC-Chapel Hill's Center for the Study of the American South, has been collecting in-depth oral histories from the South for more than forty years. The center's archive contains more than 6,000 interviews, including ones with notable figures like Bill Gates and Newt Gingrich. But only forty-seven of them featured people of Asian descent.

Rachel Seidman, SOHP's associate director, hopes a new project called Southern Mix (www.southernmixvoices.com) will fix that. Seidman says the lack of Asian stories was disappointing but bound to change because of the influx of Asian Americans in the South in the past decade, when, according to census data, that population grew faster than any other ethnic group in the U.S., increasing by 46 percent from 2000 to 2010. In that time, North Carolina became the state with the third-fastest-growing Asian population, with an 85 percent increase.

Anna-Rhesa Versola, who knows the challenges of my own upbringing firsthand, says that representation is still catching up with this growth.

"You don't hear our stories," says Versola. "I want to use [Southern Mix] as a way to give voice to the quiet minoritywell, in this case, the quiet majority."

Versola, who was born in the Philippines and raised in the Triangle, grew up feeling like an outsider. Her family moved to the U.S. when she was three years old, shortly before Ferdinand Marcos, then the president of the Philippines, declared martial law, resulting in unrest and violence in the ensuing years.

"It was too dangerous to go back," Versola says. "We had to commit to being as American as possible to help assimilate better."

A graduate of Duke and UNC, Versola founded Southern Mix, which launched in April. A collaboration at UNC between SOHP, the Carolina Asia Center, and UNC's Alumni Committee for Racial and Ethnic Diversity (of which Versola is a member), the project is collecting oral histories from Asian and Asian-American residents of the Triangle and the larger region, documenting stories about immigration, assimilation, and the blending or preservation of cultures.

While UNC has the largest Asian studies program in the Southeast, Morgan Pitelka, the director of the Carolina Asia Center, notes that the study of Asians and Asian Americans has always been separate. Southern Mix, which includes stories from both groups, will bring the two together.

"People need to know that there are differences between Asians and Asian Americans," says Versola.

The Southern Mix website currently highlights the forty-seven interviews with Asian Americans that were already in SOHP's archive in addition to two new ones, stream-able and supplemented with photos, including one with Versola. In it, she discusses the prevalent dichotomy of race when she was growing up and the feelings of never belonging to either side and being forced to pick one.

"For a majority of the time, all I saw was black or white," Versola says in the interview. "Every day I was reminded that I looked different than everybody else."

This summer, the coordinators of the project want to recruit UNC undergraduates as interns and train them as interviewers. Those interested can learn more on Southern Mix's website, where you can volunteer to interview others or be interviewed yourself.

Pitelka envisions Southern Mix becoming a holistic, sustainable entity. His focus is on using help from university departments to offer grants to faculty to create new courses or change existing ones to incorporate Asian-American storiesand to assign students to interview people or otherwise engage with the project.

For the organizers, Southern Mix isn't just about collecting stories to be filed away, filling a gap in an archive. It's an avenue toward creating wider public awareness about the Asian community and its numerous identities. The group hopes that the momentum of engaging students and faculty will foster public interest and lead to conferences and events on campus. Pitelka looks forward to the possibility of someday creating an Asian-American major or minor for the school.

"The study of Asian Americans in the South is not a big topic, so we will be on the cutting edge of this," Seidman says. "That's why oral histories are so key. You can share full life stories, not just slivers." And for many Asian Americans, like Versola and myself, it's about finally being heard.

_This article appeared in print with the headline "The Quiet Majority."_

question: Why does the writer believe that Asians are underrepresented?

answer: A majority of Hollywood films lack Asian representation. Even organizations that are known for focusing on diversity sometimes fall short.

question: What is Southern Mix?

answer: A school program that focuses on the stories of Southern Asians that are rarely ever represented.

question: Who founded Southern Mix?

answer: Anna-Rhesa Versola.

question: Why was Southern Mix founded in the first place?

answer: Because Versola thinks that the study of Asian Americans in the South is not a big topic, and believes that this program will help Southern Asians feel more included.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The author feels that Asians and underrepresented in the entertainment industry.


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For the sake of expediency let's assume you're not really crazy.

You don't have a mental illness. The voices you're hearing and the outrageous emotions and anxiety you seem to spontaneously generate are not the result of a faulted brain or some past emotional trauma.

Let's go so far as to assume that you've even worked out most of your personal issues with yourself and the world and are relatively comfortable with yourself.

Or at least you were.

Then one day, in your calm little mind space you noticed another voice. An exterior voice masquerading as your own thoughts, perhaps even playing off your own thoughts, but consistently chiseling at your esteem and self confidence.

Being aware of this is important, but let's not make something that isn't there.

Let's assume a lot here. Let's assume you went to doctors and you sought help. Let's assume that you've already listened to hundreds of opinions and perhaps even experimented with dozens of psychiatrics at the behest of learned practitioners in an attempt to reclaim the calm inner space you remember having.

For whatever reason, no amount of consoling from loved ones and no amount of professional advice or meditation silences these extra voices. These constantly chiding and nagging and crippling voices, or the unexpected sudden instantaneous reversal of emotional feelings with what would appear to be no outside provocation. You can sit in silence and be laughing and in another ten minutes be bawling your eyes out all to the tune of whatever foreign orchestra is playing in your head.

And because that's where it is, in your head, you can't ignore it. Like the radio in a neighbors apartment at three in the morning, there's nowhere to move your bed where there is a silent spot. A calm quiet place. The sound is all present, the mood all consuming.

Your experience with medications have left you physically damaged, while on them tired, perhaps lagging. The expense and constant taking of a new thing to counter act the effect of the old thing you where taking has slowly accumulated to a meal of pills and liquids and regimens and for whatever reason, they still don't work. You begin to feel like a thirsty boy, now drowning when all that was asked for was a glass of water. So you ween yourself, and you quit the medications because they weren't helping anyway. Because even as tanked as you are they're still there.

Perhaps even you enviously eye others, who having similar complaints as you seem to work fine on the medications. Their laughter and joyous good mood is crippling as you yourself barely made it out of bed today.

But you know what that feels like, because you have felt that way before. So you know something is wrong. Something is very, very wrong.

And it is.

Here is a record of my experiences and how I dealt with them.

Your experience may vary.

title: This is Not a Guide for Beginners (part 1)

question: Who is this guide for?

answer: People who are suffering from hearing voices in their head that aren't the result of a mental illness.

question: What is the purpose of this guide?

answer: To share the narrator's own experiences with voices in their head that weren't caused by mental illness and to provide advice for people suffering from the same condition.

question: Who is the author of this guide?

answer: Someone who has personally experienced having voices in their head that weren't the result of mental illness.

question: If the voices are not caused by mental illness, what is their source?

answer: That information can't be found.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The author of the guide is addressing anyone who is experiencing voices in their head that are not caused by mental illness. They would have attempted various forms of medication and none of them would have worked to get rid of the voices. The author promises to share their own experiences dealing with those voices.


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JOHN IV (d. before May 1302), son of John III, Count of Soissons, and Marguerite of Montfort, daughter of Amaury VI, Count of Montfort. Count of Soissons, inherited upon his father’s death in 1286.[1]

John married Marguerite of Rumigny, daughter of Hugh II of Rumigny and his wife Philippa. John and Marguerite had two children:

-   John V, Count of Soissons
-   Hugh Count of Soissons.

Upon John’s death in 1302, his son and namesake became count.

Sources

Dormay, C., _Histoire de la ville de Soissons et de ses rois, ducs, comtes et gouverneurs_, Soissons, 1664 (available on Google Books)

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title: John IV, Count of Soissons

question: When was John IV born?

answer: It is not stated.

question: How old was John IV when he inherited the count of Soissons?

answer: That information cannot be found.

question: When did John marry Marguerite?

answer: It is not stated.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This is a brief history about John IV who inherited the title of the count of Soissons upon his father’s death in 1286. He married Marguerite of Rumigny, and they had two children, and when he died in 1302, his son became count.


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EDWARD HARRISON (3 December 1674 – 28 November 1732)[1] was a naval officer and official of the East India Company[2] and British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1717 to 1726. He served as the President of Madras from 11 July 1711 to 8 January 1717.[3]

Early life

Edward Harrison was born in England to Richard Harrison and Audrey Villiers daughter of George Villiers, 4th Viscount Grandison.[4] He went to India as a purser, and became a captain of ships trading with China. He was Captain of the East Indiaman Gosfright in 1701, and of the Kent in 1709. Sometime before 1708 he married Frances Bray, daughter of Reginald Bray of Great Barrington, Gloucestershire. Her brothers Edmund and William Bray were Members of Parliament.[5]

Tenure as President of Madras

Harrison was appointed Governor and Commander in Chief of the Madras Presidency in 1711. During his time in office he undertook a major rebuilding of the settlement. He dealt with several incidents, including the putting down of a minor revolt. The East India Company presented him with a sword of honour.[6]

War with Gingee

Since its occupation by the Mughals in 1698, Gingee had been ruled by Swaroop Singh, who was actually the Rajput Governor of the Mughal province who had declared his independence and assumed the title of _Raja_. The English at Fort St David frequently failed to pay their rents to the Raja. On one such occasion when Swaroops Singh did not receive any rent for the villages, he responded by capturing two English officers from Fort St David and imprisoning them. Matters came to standstill in February 1711, when open hostilities broke out between the kingdom of Gingee and the British settlement at Fort St David. Three Muslim officers in the service of Gingee and one officer of the British East India Company were killed in the ensuing hostilities. Harrison sent Richard Raworth, a member of the Council of Fort St George along with three ships to the scene of action to settle the matter.

Raworth arrived in Fort St David with three ships as Fort St David was blockaded by Swaroop Singh from land. Raworth's troops ran into a contingent of 400 cavalry and 1,000-foot commanded by Mahobat Khan on 11 August 1711 and barely managed to hold their ground. However, two top officers in the army, Captain Coventry and Ensign Somerville both lost their lives along with around 140 to 150 men of the Company's army. With matters reaching a standstill, Edward Harrison tried to enthuse the Nawab of Carnatic to come to the Company's aid but failed miserably. In the meantime, Richard Raworth was made the deputy Governor at Fort St David. Immediately on assumption of office, Raworth negotiated terms of peace with the Raja of Gingee. The Raja demanded a war indemnity of 16,000 pagodas in return for which he promised to cede three villages whose names have been mentioned as Trevandrun, Padre Copang and Coronuttum. However, even as the matter was under consideration, hostilities broke out once more when the Company troops attacked the forces of Gingee at Crimambakkam on 25 January 1712.

The war was, however, brought to a conclusion in April 1712 through the mediation of M.Hebert, the French Governor of Pondicherry. Swaroop Singh agreed to a settlement on payment of a war indemnity of 12,000 pagodas.

On 15 November 1714, Gingee fell to the forces of the Carnatic bringing Rajput rule to an end.

Postal service

It was during Edward Harrison's time that a postal service was established between the factories at Madras and Calcutta. This was the first postal system established by the British East India Company in India.[7] Mail was carried by runners or _Tappy peons_ who travelled all the way to Ganjam where they exchanged mails with runners from Calcutta.

Armenian Church

The Armenian church was constructed in Armenian Street in 1712 to cater to the religious needs of the powerful Armenian community of Madras.[8]

Richard Raworth's Rebellion

In October 1713, Richard Raworth, Deputy Governor of Fort St David broke into rebellion and shook off his allegiance to Fort St George. Harrison immediately deputed a small force commanded by Henry Davenport to invade Fort St David and remove Raworth.[9] Henry Davenport was commissioned as the provisional Deputy Governor of Fort St David on 10 October 1713.

The force reached Fort St David on 18 October 1713 after passing through Mangadu, Pondicherry and Cuddalore.[10] Condapah Choultry was taken and a strong ultimatum was issued to Raworth.[11] Besieged and starved for the want of provisions, Raworth finally agreed to a settlement on 10 December 1713 and with the mediation of the French of Pondicherry, Raworth was finally pardoned and allowed to seek asylum in France.

Caste disturbances in Madras

In late 1716, caste disturbances broke out in Madras city which affected life and commerce in the city to a great extent. These disturbances started when a man belonging to the _Komati_ caste which is regarded as a right-hand caste reportedly worshipped the idol of a God worshipped by the _Chetties_ who formed a left-handed caste. The problem was solved in a few days; but tensions persisted and hostilities resumed at the slightest excuse. The continuous caste-wars forced the painters of Triplicane to leave the area. With the dispute remaining unresolved and continuing to threaten the functioning of Madras city, Harrison's was recalled and replaced with Joseph Collett.

Later life

[Balls Park] On his return to England, Harrison was returned as Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regis at a by-election on 2 March 1717.He became a Director of the East India Company in 1718 and remained until 1731. At the 1722 general election, he switched seats to his home area of Hertford and was elected top of the poll for Hertford. He was deputy chairman of the East India Company in 1723. In 1726, his father died and he inherited Balls Park. He vacated his seat at Hertford in favour of his brother George on 10 August 1726, when he was appointed Postmaster-General. He was deputy chairman of the EIC in 1728, chairman in 1729 and deputy again in 1731.[12]

Harrison died on 28 November 1732. Through his marriage with Frances Bray, he had one son and three daughters, one of whom, Audrey “Etheldreda” Harrison, married Charles Townshend, 3rd Viscount Townshend in 1723.[13]

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title: Edward Harrison (British administrator)

question: Summarize Edward Harrison's early life as described in the text.

answer: Edward Harrison was born in England. He went to India and became a captain of ships that traded with China. In 1701, he was the the captain of the East Indiaman Gosfright and then the captain of Kent in 1709. In 1708, he married Frances Bray, who had brothers that were members of Parliament.

question: Summarize what the text has to say about postal service.

answer: The text describes when a postal service was established. A postal service was established during Edward Harrison's time, that ran between Madras and Calcutta. This was the first postal system established by the British East India Company in India.

question: Summarize the chain of events that occurred in Harrison's later life.

answer: When Harrison returned to England, he returned as a Member of Parliament for Weymouth and Melcombe Regist. He also become a director of the East India Company in 1718 and remained there until 1731. IN 1722, Harrison switched seats to his home area of Hertford and was elected top of the poll there. In 1726, Harrison's father died and he inherited Balls Park. Harrison lived a long and eventful life until he died on November 28, 1732.

question: What might Audrey Harrison, Edward Harrison's daughter, have as an occupation?


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I honestly don't know how long I've been sitting here, waiting. It's getting kinda cold but the sky's still blue, almost as blue as the ocean. I've only been there once, when I tried running away from home and I saw a sliver of it behind the buildings. Then my aunt found me and her tears washed the ocean away.

I check my watch. I don't remember when I got here. Let's guess a few hours. I've seen the same old man hobble by around five times. I don't know if he's trying to look at me or what.

My legs have fallen asleep. I shift my weight and ow, ow, ow, pain is shooting up my body. I know it'll fade in a couple minutes, but I'm almost in tears. It hurts.

The more I think about it, it's not about my legs. It's everything- something's come into my life and tinted it all gray. Even silver linings are pretty slim: my friends don't have time for me and I can't say I care too much for them either. At one point they just became background noise. Hung out without me, had conversations that left me out. Bang, bang, hey, I'm still here.

Got no talents, got no friends. Just this promise that I'm banking on and sore feet. I walked all the way here and now my legs have fallen asleep. Tears are sticking to my cheeks. Hell, I probably look a lot grubbier than I usually do. Dirty cheeks and hair, gold jewelry in my pocket. I can sell it if I have to, if he decides that we're running off somewhere. He's not the kind of guy to just drop everything and run off, though, while I'm kind of like that. Just run. Or drive.

I imagine he's talking to me. About the ocean, and the future. The future is this big, grim shadow looming over my head but when he talks about it, he's got it all planned out. It's simple. He'd say, "Hey, five seconds ago, when you came over, that was the past. And five seconds from now, it'll be the future and we're going to still be sitting together, right? The future'll become the present. That's not too scary, right? Too fast for you to even notice it."

Right. But he's not sitting next to me now and everything's gray. The future is scarier - will it go by so fast I'll miss it? Suddenly I'll be some hunched old crone, trying to remember, what happened at the bus stop that day? Or maybe I'll be sitting here forever.

Why didn't I bring my phone? I could really use some music right now. No lyrics are coming to mind; the whine of cars is too loud. I curl up on the bench and squeeze my eyes shut.

It's even darker under my eyelids. When I was little, I wasn't really scared of the dark; I wanted to know why the monsters under my bed didn't want to talk to me. I thought, why don't they like me either? We're supposed to be alone together.

Footsteps -- his car -- no, it isn't him. But he'll come. He's just running late, I know it. I've sat up so fast that my head is spinning.

He likes my hair. My face. He says I have funny arms. I don't get how you can have funny arms, so I told him he can't talk because he has a crooked nose. He'd shrugged. Loads of people have crooked noses according to him. It just makes him blend in more.

He says I'm smart for my age. He won't let me down, he wouldn't dare. I hope I'm smart enough to be right about this.

What did my sister say about him? I think she likes him. Actually I'm pretty sure she does. She's always turning red and speaking really, really softly when he's around. But there was something she'd said about him, something that was odd, twisted, and true - what is it?

This'll bother me all day. The cars speeding by are starting to blend together into this black streak. No red. Not even white.

At least it isn't gray. I can't remember if his eyes are blue or gray - or what the rest of his face looks like. Suddenly he's a blur just like everything else.

Is he just someone I've imagined? Am I waiting for someone who'll never show up? I don't even have my phone to see the words he's written me. But those could've been imagined too, maybe.

Everything's just one big maybe. Maybe he'll show up and maybe my aunt will be here too. Maybe she'll wash the ocean away again.

My sister. Cute little idiot. Where's she? Probably thinking I'm in a mood again.

One, two, three, four, five. I'm in the future. The present.

Whatever. He still isn't here.

title: no buses

question: Who is the girl waiting for?

answer: She may be waiting for a guy she plans to run off with but the longer she waits the more unsure she becomes. At first, her memories appear fairly certain. Then she can't picture him anymore. Then she starts to doubt herself. Does he really exist?

question: Is there something mentally wrong with the narrator?

answer: It appears that the narrator is suffering from depression. She complains of everything in her life being grey. She has no self-esteem. She's dirty and her hair is unwashed. There are tears on her cheeks and she sees the future as a grim shadow looming over her head.

question: How did the narrator meet the man she is waiting for


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question: What type of form is referenced in the article?

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question: How many people moved during the first 6 months of the pandemic?

answer: 15.9 million

question: Which virus is mentioned in the article?

answer: Coronavirus

question: What type of locale are people moving away from

answer: Cities

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

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_DOLOSIGRANULUM_ is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic and non-motile bacterial genus from the family of Carnobacteriaceae, with one known species (_Dolosigranulum pigrum_).[1][2][3]

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title: Dolosigranulum

question: What is Dolosigranulum?

answer: It is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, and non-motile bacterial genus from the family of Carnobacteriaceae, with one known species.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Dolosigranulum is a Gram-positive, non-spore-forming, facultatively anaerobic, and non-motile bacterial genus from the family of Carnobacteriaceae, with one known species.


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JUSTUS FRIEDRICH KRITZ (1798, in Kühnhausen – 21 April 1869, in Erfurt) was a German schoolteacher and classical philologist, known for his scholarly examination of the Roman historian Sallust.

He studied philology at the universities of Jena and Berlin, where he was a student of August Böckh. He was a member of the philological seminars at Berlin University (1819–21) and served as an assistant teacher at the Grauen Kloster and at Köllnisches Gymnasium in Berlin. From 1824 to 1867 he taught classes at the gymnasium in Erfurt. In 1835 he attained the title of professor.[1][2]

Selected works

-   _C. Sallusti Crispi Opera quae supersunt_ (3 volumes, 1828–53; edition of the works of Sallust).
-   _M. Vellei Paterculi quae supersunt ex historiae Romanae_, 1848 – Edition of Velleius.
-   _Parallelgrammatik der griechischen und lateinischen Sprache_ (with Friedrich Berger, 1848) – Parallel grammar of Greek and Latin language.
-   _De codicibus Bibliothecae Amplonianae Erfurtensis potioribus_, 1850 (as editor).
-   _Catilina, Iugurtha, Historiarum fragmenta_, 1856 – Edition of Sallust (on Catiline, Jugurtha, _Historiarum fragmenta_).
-   _De glossematis falso Taciti Agricolae imputatis_, 1857.
-   _Die fragmente des Sallust_, 1857 – The fragments of Sallust.
-   _P. Cornelii Taciti Agricola_, 1859 – edition of Tacitus' _Agricola_.
-   _Cornelii Taciti De situ ac populis Germaniae liber_ (with Wilhelm Hirschfelder, 1878).[3][4]

[1] Nomenclator philologorum by Friedrich August Eckstein

[2] Friedrich Kritz Berliner Intellektuelle.

[3] [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Kritz,Friedrich,1798-1869.%22&type=author&inst= HathiTrust Digital Library] (published works)

[4] Most widely held works by Friedrich Kritz WorldCat Identities

title: Justus Friedrich Kritz

question: What was Justus Friedrich Kritz's occupation?

answer: He was a schoolteacher and also a classical philologist.

question: How did Kritz die?

answer: That information can't be found.

question: What was one of Kritz's notable accomplishments?

answer: He is known for his scholarly examination of the Roman historian Sallust.

question: What nationality was Kritz?

answer: German

question: What is philology?

answer: That information can't be found.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Justus Friedrich Kritz was a German professor and philologist best known for his study of the Roman historian Sallust.


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Curiosity is what drives us, most of us anyway. The way he saw things were different. To him, curiosity was death. To be curious, was to die. He would never leave that old house that was falling apart, the haven that he felt was home. Never experiencing anything because of the fear that he held within with so much pride. Blinded by his own lies and his rejection from himself and life. What was life? To him life was four filthy walls that were impenetrable with a door wide open. In his mind, death stalked the walk ways and hallways. Lurking in the dark, waiting to pounce on him as soon as he dare muster up the courage to face reality. Sitting alone in his room for so long, with no one to keep company. Nothing to look forward to. Nothing to aspire to become. He tries to alleviate the sickness with hymns of the past. The chant of life and the death stillness of his own. Staring at the ceiling, he decides. He dares to be curious. Curious of what?

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title: Curiosity [Part 1]

question: How does the protagonist view curiosity?

answer: Dangerous, the way to death.

question: Is the protagonist a recluse?

answer: Yes

question: What is life to the protagonist?

answer: Limited to his immediate surroundings: four filthy walls impenetrable with a door wide open.

question: Is the protagonist depressed?

answer: Sounds like it, "with no one to keep company. Nothing to look forward to. Nothing to aspire to become."

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Curiosity was death. He was satisfied living in the same old house, surrounded by the same four filthy walls. Death lurking around every corner. He tries to alleviate the sickness with hymns of the past. He decides to be curious, but of what?


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The clearest thing about that night was the slight laugh lines that formed at the corners of his eyes and lingered by his lips. I wanted to trace them, slowly...perhaps with my fingers; perhaps with my own lips. I couldn't quite decide.

I spotted him midway through the show. The band had a Rockabilly vibe and he was the only other person moving to the beat in the tiny space. It was, after all, a local pub with no dance floor. He didn't have a lot of dance moves, but I could tell he loved the music. We smiled at each other and quickly looked away, but our feet kept leading us closer together. Finally, there was only a rough looking Biker between us, covered in piercings. I took a deep breath, placed my hands on the leather-clad gentleman's shoulders, and whispered tantalizingly in his right ear..."Sweetheart, I'm sorry, but you're the only thing between me and the man who's dancing. I'm going to move you over a bit."

And I did just that, guiding the slightly confused guy out of the way, as I slid up next to the man with the shy smile. The band played on, sweat dripping and beer chugging; singing about heartbreak and sex and beautiful women. We danced, bumped into people, made room for ourselves--we twisted and stomped and cheered until our voices were raw and feet sore. "Can I buy you a drink?" he asked with an accent, during a brief pause from the band. "Well, I..." I looked up at his face, at his smile, noticing the laugh lines. "Sure. I'll have whatever you're having." He ducked off while I tried to place it. Aussie, maybe?

He returned a minute later, empty handed. "They won't serve me! They think I've had enough." Though he didn't seem that inebriated to me, I started to laugh. He looked puzzled. "It's your accent! They think you're worse off than you are!" He groaned and we both shrugged and turned our attention back to the music. Back to the beat, back to the rhythm. We danced in tandem but we didn't touch, not even once.

At the end of the show the singer threw his arms around me. "I'm sorry, I'm so sweaty!" I didn't mind. He was giddy, he had thrown all of his joy into that hug, and he released me with the biggest grin on his face. "You boys were fantastic tonight. I'm so glad I came." I hugged the bass player and said my goodnights, while the band had another beer.

Outside, my new friend asked if there was somewhere else we could get a drink. "There's an Irish pub a couple blocks down." I gave him a sideways glance. "Maybe I should order for us." He laughed with me and we headed out. At the pub, I tried to figure out when and how to say what I needed to. I didn't want him to waste his money on buying me drinks, only to be disappointed. In the end I just kinda blurted it out--"I am in a bit of a different relationship situation. I am married, but we see other people...I don't do one night stands, though." He shrugged. "Eh, I'm not sure how to pick up girls, anyway." He was an engineer, though what he really wanted was to be a helicopter pilot. He was in town for work and only had one night to live it up. "I still want to dance! Do you know any nightclubs?"

I took him to the gay bar. It was the nearest place I could think of with a dance floor still going. "You don't mind, do you?" I asked while he took my hand. "Nah. Gay people are pretty good dancers. Is this okay...?" He squeezed my hand lightly. "Yeah, I think so. It's nice." He nodded. Our steps were a little uneven as the alcohol made its way through our limbs.

"So," he said, pausing a little. "If you aren't planning on having sex with me, do you think you could be my wing woman?" I laughed. "Of course."

At the club, we made our way out on the floor and moved and grooved to the awful music. The alcohol made us care a little less about the lyrics and we just followed the beat. We still didn't touch, except the accidental bumps when someone else crashed into us. I nodded towards the pole at the side of the dance floor. "You know, I broke my arm here once." He raised an eyebrow and the corners of his eyes crinkled as he grinned, taunting me a little. "Well, you should get back on the horse then, yeah?" "Yeah, perhaps."

I jumped up, closed my eyes, and moved through two more songs, not daring to look at him. When I came back down he whispered to me "Well, you've got some moves." We had another drink and he looked over the crowd. "I feel bad about chatting someone else up; I'm here with you!" "Go, silly, I brought you here to have a good time. Do what you want to do."

"Well, mostly, I want to do you."

"...Okay, not that. Go on now." I shooed him away, laughing. He talked and danced with a few girls before returning to me. "She just asked me straight up if I'd like a fuck." He motioned to a pretty blonde across the floor. "Oh. That's rather direct. Well then?" "I turned her down." He smiled. I smiled. We danced some more.

When our feet would no longer hold us and I was sure my lungs would burst, we sat on a couch in the corner. "So....what about kissing?" he inquired, as we were close together and comfortable. "Kissing is not a one night stand, is it?" I paused. "I...I don't really know!" "Well it's your rules, silly, what do you mean you don't know?"

His kisses were gentle and warm. I pulled back, blushing. He leaned in again, and I kissed him on the nose and dashed back to the dance floor. He followed. We had one more dance left in us. This time, we moved in close, and I slid my arm around his neck briefly. We moved together--slightly apart, but I could feel the warmth of his chest. Then the song was over, and we pulled away.

Outside, I told him we had two options. "We can go find some food, or part ways here." "Food!" After some discussion, however, we realized that our only option that late was ordering from the 24 hour pizza place. "We could order to my room...?" He was so hopeful. "Not happening, my dear." "Well, you can't fault me for trying," he said sheepishly. I couldn't. I probably would have enjoyed the one night with him, but it really wasn't my thing. I called him a cab and said I could walk home from there, as my house wasn't far. "Will you be alright, though?"

"Probably!"

The walk took me a half hour. I met others on the way, with calls of "Pretty lady!" and "Where's the party?" but I made it home fine, of course. I texted him to let him know I made it, and he replied in kind. The next morning we each texted once to say thanks for the company and we had had a good time. He was the last to text and I left it at that, smiling.

Two days later, I received one more text from him.

"Hi, good meeting you and all the very best, but I would appreciate not texting me as I am with someone and she would not like me getting texts from strange women. I hope you can understand, take care and look after yourself, me."

I would have traced his laugh lines with my fingers after all, I think. Very lightly.

title: Saturday night

question: Describe the rollercoaster of emotions the narrator goes through over the course of the evening with this man.

answer: At first, she is nonchalant about going out with this man. She tries to play it cool by acting more interested in the band that's playing, but accepts his offer for a drink. Soon into their night, she discloses she is in an open relationship. The narrator is charmed by the man's Australian accent. They move to a place to get food and then another club, where she finds she feels ambivalent about sleeping with him, but gives in to kissing. They try to order food, and he wants her to come to his room, but the narrator denies him a one-night stand in no uncertain terms. She goes home alone, and thinks they have a congenial, charming fledgling friendship. Then he texts her to inform her he needs her to leave him be as he has a girlfriend who would not appreciate the texts. In her final line, the narrator seems to express regret-she wishes she had traced the lines of his smile when she had the chance. It does not seem that she is offended by his request to keep her distance.

question: Why do you think she feigns nonchalance with regards to her mounting feelings for him?

answer: It seems she might be ambivalent due to the fact that she's in a marriage. She does say it's sort of open, but her language choice remains vague, and at several junctures throughout their evening together, she pulls back both emotionally as well as physically. It may be the case that her partner does not know she is individually and actively opening things up in their relationship.

question: If their genders were swapped, what do you think would have been different about the night? Would it have made a difference?