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This is my first attempt which I'm writing for a school assessment. Some feedback would be good. I honestly don't know if the story is any good or not so please be as blunt as you like and thank you for reading:

A meal of chicken, cabbage, carrot and cauliflower was served. An average day had just occurred and the daily ritual of illusive unity was required to replenish the family of five. Each food had a particular taste but they were all better with a little bit of salt to add some flavour, not too much though. The meal was different without it but it could still be enjoyed.

December. The heat had begun to sear, the unpleasant feeling it was. Forcing itself upon you frequently throughout your life, no consideration or care. The diversity of the flock in the pickup area was large but individualised groups had still formed. Surrounding her were three members of the opposite gender, decent people who liked to have a laugh. They would consider her a friend. She never really felt connected to them, but appearing social was beneficial. One dreaded aspect of her life was put on hold for another as father’s car rolled forward to greet her. A crumpled suit wore father as sweat perspired down his worn out, tired face. The door closed.
“Who were those buffoons you were with?”
“My friends” she lied.
His opprobrium was visible, “You may think they’re you’re friends but it’s not what they want.”
“Bu-“
“They’re just whippersnappers trying to impress you darling…”
A long speech in which Eve said nothing ensued. It was about boys, then kids your age, then what Eve should be doing with her life, then maturity, then complaining about his co-workers’ laziness, then about himself when he was a young man. He almost sounded like a preacher at your door.

January. Pressure was constant. Different depending on time and location but everlasting nonetheless. Pressures are contemporary with other pressures and feel free to build upon themselves until they tumble over one another. Social conformity is one pressure, grades are another. Eve’s grades had come in. The grades were slightly above average. Understandably mother was upset. She probably assumed the grades were due to how shut off she was. Always in her room. Door closed, music on. That’s no way for someone to live. She should be out in the world; exploring, socialising, learning, exercising. All these things for a healthy soul. That’s what mother thought.
“You’re walking on thin ice darling. These grades are too low if you want to do something with your life.” she said accusingly.
“I’m trying.” she lied.
“Well not quite hard enough.” she stated in a friendly-sounding, offensive-meaning tone, “You’re locked up in your room too much. You should do your homework out here were we can chat. It would be fun.”
Her mouth could have been mistaken for a waterfall as a series of botched ideas, false studies and emotional lies fell out of her mouth.

February. A slow current passed through the desolate creek. The water often deviated and formed streams travelling in different directions, these streams all joined back together in the end. Eve got a small splinter yesterday running her hand along the trees, it was too small to worry about at the time but the throbbing was now noticeable. The end of the creek drew near as civilisation began to peak through in the form of a street. Fellow students walked past on their way to the common location. Among them was her brother, Brandon. The dreary look on Eve’s face was ignored as he noticed her picking at her hand. A smile crept upon his face.
“Great! You’ve got a splinter, does it hurt?”
“No” she lied.
“Bullshit, you were always a tough one. I know this fancy way to remove it.”
He continued going on about stealing some baking soda from the food class to make some mixture held against my hand with a band-aid. Though once walking continued, his pace increased and Eve’s didn’t.

March. Showers are peaceful. For those pleasant ten minutes you get to forget yourself to the warm embrace of the water streaming down from your head. It’s almost like you’re non-existent. Your worries are reduced to a single obsolete privilege of cleaning yourself. You become unhygienic when dirt builds up. It gets worse as time goes on. All it takes is a simple shower to become clean again, though sometimes a shower isn't always available. Jane was currently doing something unimportant to raise her social status in her head making the bathroom occupied. You could hear her on the phone spewing out nonsense about sticking up for a friend that slept with a now previous friend’s boyfriend. This continued going on and on, supporting a friend’s misdoings through false justification. It was about twenty minutes before Eve interrupted.
“We did a cancer fundraiser for when she got cancer, I can’t believe she’s pulling this on us.”
“Hey Jane. Could you please hurry up in there? I’ve been waiting for five minutes.” she lied.
The door opened moments later as rushed speech was spoken, “Sorry, sorry, sorry. People have been terrible. You’re lucky you don’t have so-called friends.”
She left in a hurry but her words remained with Eve. They stuck despite all her best efforts to wash them away.

The meal of chicken, cabbage, carrot and cauliflower was standard. It certainly wasn’t bad. It’s just that the same form of dish with different foods is served every night. The taste is somewhat different but it’s always just food fulfilling its universal purpose as fuel. The individual food item retains its constant, unchanging flavour over time despite how it’s presented. Eve went to her room. The family doesn't have dinner with salt anymore.

title: Salt

question: Summarize the events of December.

answer: Eve sits in the pickup with a trio of boys. Her father arrives, upset to have seen her hanging out with them, and gives her a speech about boys.

question: Who is the protagonist of the story?

answer: Eve.

question: Why did Eve's family stop having dinner with salt?

answer: That isn't explained.

question: Why is Eve's mother upset?

answer: Because Eve's grades were only slightly above average. She assumes Eve's grades are due to how shut off Eve is.

question: Describe Eve's relationship with Jane.

answer: Jane is a classmate of Eve's.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Eve's family often eats dinner with a bit of salt added. Eve interacts with boys her age, to her father's chagrin, and her grades are only slightly above average, which upsets her mother. Eve is mostly shut off from the world and doesn't have any friends. Eventually, her family stops having salt with dinner.


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_FAST TIMES AT BARRINGTON HIGH_ is the third and final studio album by American rock band The Academy Is..., released in August 2008.[1][2]

Background

It was produced by S*A*M and Sluggo. The title refers to the high school to which William Beckett and Adam Siska went,[3] and a play on the title of the 1982 film _Fast Times at Ridgemont High_. The album cover photo was taken by William Beckett's sister, Courtney Beckett, and shows William sitting on a couch with Naomi, a friend of the band.

Pete Wentz posted a blog entry saying that he heard the demos for the new album and called them, “Mind blowing. Miles away from where they were.”[4] Collaborations include Andrew McMahon from Jack's Mannequin; Gabe Saporta, Ryland Blackinton and Alex Suarez from Cobra Starship; and Mason Musso and Blake Healy from Metro Station.

Release

On June 26, _Fast Times at Barrington High_ was announced for release in August.[5] Between June and August, the band performed on the 2008 edition of Warped Tour.[6] In between dates on this tour, the band performed a handful of shows with artists on Decaydance Records.[7] The band performed “About a Girl” and “Summer Hair = Forever Young” on Warped Tour and their Australian tour with Panic! at the Disco and Cobra Starship. Hot Topic released two new The Academy Is... T-shirts, one of which comes with a code for the free download of an acoustic version of “His Girl Friday”.

The first single off the album is “About a Girl”, which was released on July 15, 2008. On July 23, “Summer Hair = Forever Young” was posted on the group's Myspace profile.[8] “About a Girl” impacted radio on August 12.[9] _Fast Times at Barrington High_ was released through Fueled by Ramen and Decaydance Records on August 19.[10] The Academy Is... held a contest for releasing new tracks, email addresses were entered on a page off the main website page and 8 winners were selected at random to receive a song off the album and also a call from the band and a free signed copy of _Fast Times at Barrington High_. In October and November, the band went on a headlining US tour, titled Bill & Trav's Bogus Journey Tour. They were supported by We the Kings, Carolina Liar and Hey Monday.[11] In late April 2009, the group performed at Give it a Name festival in the UK.[12] In August, the band went on a tour of Australia with Anberlin.[13]

Reception

The album sold 35,000 copies in its first week, debuting at number 17 on the _Billboard_ 200.[14] It was named the 46th best album of 2008 by _Rolling Stone_.[15] By October 2009, the album's sales stood at 85,000.[16]

Track listing

All lyrics written by William Beckett; all music composed by The Academy Is... with Sam Hollander and Dave Katz on tracks 1–6 and 11.

1.  “About a Girl” – 3:30
2.  “Summer Hair = Forever Young” – 3:39
3.  “His Girl Friday” – 3:41
4.  “The Test” – 3:29
5.  “Rumored Nights” – 3:45
6.  “Automatic Eyes” – 3:26
7.  “Crowded Room” – 3:07
8.  “Coppertone” – 3:18
9.  “After the Last Midtown Show” – 5:13
10. “Beware! Cougar!” – 3:38
11. “Paper Chase” – 3:30
12. “One More Weekend” – 3:43[17]

iTunes bonus tracks:

1.  “Every Burden Has a Version” – 4:08
2.  “Sodium” – 3:46
3.  “About a Girl” (Acoustic version) – 3:22

Hot Topic bonus track:

1.  “His Girl Friday” (Acoustic version) – 3:42

7" vinyl bonus track:

1.  “Tokyo Bay” – 2:59

Release history

  Country          Release date
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  New Zealand      August 18, 2008
  United Kingdom
  United States    August 19, 2008
  Australia        August 23, 2008

Chart positions

  Chart                Position
  -------------------- ----------
  _Billboard_ 200      17
  Rock Albums          5
  Digital Albums       17
  Alternative Albums   5

Personnel

-   William Beckett – lead vocals, guitar, piano
-   Mike Carden – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
-   Adam T. Siska – bass guitar, backing vocals
-   Andy “The Butcher” Mrotek – drums, percussion, backing vocals
-   Michael Guy Chislett – lead guitar, backing vocals

Contributions

-   Gabe Saporta (Cobra Starship & Midtown) – additional vocals on “Crowded Room”.
-   Mason Musso (Metro Station) – additional vocals on “Crowded Room”.
-   Andrew McMahon (Jack's Mannequin & Something Corporate) – piano on “After the Last Midtown Show”.
-   Ryland Blackinton (Cobra Starship) – additional vocals on “About a Girl”.
-   Alex Suarez (Cobra Starship) – additional vocals on “His Girl Friday”.
-   Blake Healy (Metro Station) – piano on “His Girl Friday” and “Summer Hair = Forever Young”.

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title: Fast Times at Barrington High

question: What does the article say about the reception to the album?

answer: Pete Wents thought the demos sounded better than anything the band did before. The album had two singles released from it, one of which was played on radios. They went on a US tour and performed at the "Give it a Name" festival in the UK. They also went on a tour in Australia with Anberlin. The album was released at number 17 on the Billboard 200 and was the 46th best album of 2008 according to Rolling Stone. The album sold 85,000 copies in about a year.

question: What does the article say about the production process of the album?


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[world's oldest water]University of Toronto scientists can lay claim to having found the world’s oldest water, which has been dated at roughly two billion years old. The water comes from the Kidd Creek Mine, a copper, zinc and silver mine in Timmins, Ontario, at a depth of nearly three kilometres.

In results recently presented at the American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting in San Francisco, researchers described how the new find is at least 500 million years older than a previous discovery from the same mine, and that contrary to the presumption that water at that depth must be contained in rock formations, this water was freely flowing.

“When people think about this water they assume it must be some tiny amount of water trapped within the rock,” says Barbara Sherwood Lollar, geochemist at U of T and lead author of the new study, in conversation with the BBC. “But in fact it’s very much bubbling right up out at you. These things are flowing at rates of litres per minute – the volume of the water is much larger than anyone anticipated.”

The water found coming out of boreholes in the ground was determined to be full of dissolved gases like hydrogen and methane, showing that it likely supported microbial life, a find that changes our conceptions of where life can exist on Earth – and may also provide clues as to how and in what capacity microbial life may be proliferating below the surface of Mars.

The world’s oldest water has been dated at roughly two-billion years old…

“For many years we still thought that life was really just a thin veneer on the surface of the planet, that life was largely dependent just on the sun’s energy,” says Lollar, who also spoke to the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC). “What we have learnt since then through work done at the hydro thermal vents, the ocean bottoms and caves and in the sub-surfaces, is in fact there is life on this planet as well in the deep dark places.”

Because Mars -on the surface, at least- is less than hospitable for life as it’s understood from a terrestrial perspective, scientists are keen to look underground on the Red Planet, to see what possibilities might exist for life. Professor Simon George of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at Macquarie University in Sydney spoke to ABC news about the significance of finding water rich in gases so far below Earth’s surface. “The work that’s been published recently here has now shown the possibility of this deep biosphere really working quite separately from the atmosphere of a planet,” says George. “It is quite an incredible geological process that’s been explored there.”

Analyzing the ancient water, researchers found chemical traces of single-celled organisms, ones that existed long ago. “By looking at the sulphate in the water, we were able to see a fingerprint that’s indicative of the presence of life,” says Lollar. “The microbes that produced this signature couldn’t have done it overnight. This isn’t just a signature of very modern microbiology.”

The research team was able to date the water by studying the concentration of xenon gas isotopes within it, finding that this water sample contains a high amount of lighter isotopes of xenon, an indication that it was around when these lighter isotopes were themselves more prevalent in Earth’s atmosphere, billion of years ago.

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[Jayson MacLean]
Jayson is a writer, researcher and educator with a PhD in political philosophy from the University of Ottawa. His interests range from bioethics and innovations in the health sciences to governance, social justice and the history of ideas.

Reader Interactions

question: Why is this discovery significant for the possibility of life on Mars?

answer: Because it means it is possible for there to be life deep underground, away from the sun.

question: How old was the previous discovery from the same mine?

answer: Around 1,500,000,000 years old.

question: What would have happened if there hadn't been any sulfate in the water?

answer: The scientists would not have been able to detect the presence of life.


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CARROLL COUNTY is a United States county located in the southwestern part of the Commonwealth of Virginia. Roughly one fifth of the county lies in the Virginia Piedmont region, while the rest is part of the Appalachian Mountains. The Carroll county seat and largest town is Hillsville.[1]

The county was established in 1842 from part of Grayson County, and was officially named in honor of Charles Carroll, a signer of the Declaration of Independence. The borders of Carroll County were later expanded by including land from Patrick County.

The total size of the county is 478 square miles (1,238 km2), and, as of the 2010 census, the population was 30,042.[2]

History

[Charles Carroll of Carrollton, for whom the county was named] The first European settlers arrived in the region in the mid 18th century. These were primarily Scotch-Irish pioneers, who were used to high mountain altitudes. However, early settlement was slow, mostly due to the poor agricultural soil of the area. As a result, lead mining was one of the first economic activities in the region.[3]

As the area's population density increased, Carroll County was created in 1842 from part of Grayson County. The new county was officially named for Charles Carroll, a signer of the Declaration of Independence, from Maryland.[4] However, other accounts assert that John Carroll, a Virginia state legislator, had named the county in his own honor, but was blocked by a political rival who had it officially named for Charles Carroll instead.[5][6]

Parts of Patrick County were added later to increase the size of Carroll County. The first piece was taken in 1845, and another part, which would later become the Fancy Gap District, was added in 1854.[7]

Geography

It is the only county in Virginia with Piedmont topography of roughly one fifth in the southeast part of the county and mountain topography of roughly four fifths elsewhere of the county. The Blue Ridge escarpment usually defines the county lines in both North Carolina and Virginia. The CDP community of Cana is in the Virginia Piedmont while the rest of the county is in the Appalachian Mountains.

According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of , of which is land and (0.6%) is water.[8]

Adjacent counties / Independent city

-   Galax, Virginia - west
-   Grayson County, Virginia - west
-   Wythe County, Virginia - northwest
-   Pulaski County, Virginia - north
-   Floyd County, Virginia - northeast
-   Patrick County, Virginia - southeast
-   Surry County, North Carolina - south

Protected Areas

National

-   Blue Ridge Parkway (part)
-   Jefferson National Forest (part)
-   Mount Rogers National Recreation Area (part)

Other

-   Devil's Den Nature Preserve

Major highways

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Demographics

As of the census[9] of 2000, there were 29,245 people, 12,186 households, and 8,786 families residing in the county. The population density was 61 people per square mile (24/km²). There were 14,680 housing units at an average density of 31 per square mile (12/km²). The racial makeup of the county was 97.97% White, 0.44% Black or African American, 0.14% Native American, 0.10% Asian, 0.82% from other races, and 0.53% from two or more races. 1.64% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 12,186 households, out of which 27.80% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 59.70% were married couples living together, 8.60% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.90% were non-families. 25.40% of all households were made up of individuals, and 12.20% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.36 and the average family size was 2.80.

In the county, the population was spread out, with 21.10% under the age of 18, 7.20% from 18 to 24, 28.00% from 25 to 44, 26.70% from 45 to 64, and 17.00% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 41 years. For every 100 females there were 97.20 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.10 males.

The median income for a household in the county was $30,597, and the median income for a family was $36,755. Males had a median income of $25,907 versus $19,697 for females. The per capita income for the county was $16,475. About 8.70% of families and 12.50% of the population were below the poverty line, including 15.70% of those under age 18 and 14.10% of those age 65 or over.

Government and politics

Carroll County, like neighbouring Floyd, is a historical anomaly in being a solidly Republican county in “Solid South” Virginia, due to desertions from the Confederate army during the Civil War. It was the only county in Virginia to vote for William Howard Taft during the 1912 election, and the only Democrat to carry the county in a presidential election since 1896 has been Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932.[10] Since 1980 no Democrat has gained forty percent of the county's vote, and Hillary Clinton even with Virginian Timothy Kaine on the ticket gained less than twenty percent in the 2016 election. Democratic Senatorial candidate Mark Warner did however carry Carroll County in his landslide 2008 victory.

  Year                               Republican                                   Democratic                                  Third parties
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  style=“text-align:center;” |2016   style=“text-align:center;” |78.1% _10,663_   style=“text-align:center;” |18.7% _2,559_   3.2% _433_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2012   style=“text-align:center;” |67.6% _8,736_    style=“text-align:center;” |28.5% _3,685_   3.9% _497_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2008   style=“text-align:center;” |65.1% _8,187_    style=“text-align:center;” |32.7% _4,109_   2.3% _283_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2004   style=“text-align:center;” |67.4% _8,173_    style=“text-align:center;” |32.1% _3,888_   0.6% _67_
  style=“text-align:center;” |2000   style=“text-align:center;” |64.9% _7,142_    style=“text-align:center;” |33.1% _3,638_   2.0% _221_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1996   style=“text-align:center;” |51.0% _5,088_    style=“text-align:center;” |36.2% _3,611_   12.7% _1,270_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1992   style=“text-align:center;” |51.9% _5,664_    style=“text-align:center;” |34.7% _3,790_   13.4% _1,461_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1988   style=“text-align:center;” |66.2% _6,377_    style=“text-align:center;” |33.1% _3,190_   0.7% _70_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1984   style=“text-align:center;” |70.3% _7,056_    style=“text-align:center;” |29.0% _2,914_   0.7% _72_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1980   style=“text-align:center;” |61.3% _5,905_    style=“text-align:center;” |35.7% _3,437_   3.0% _292_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1976   style=“text-align:center;” |53.8% _4,820_    style=“text-align:center;” |44.7% _4,010_   1.5% _138_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1972   style=“text-align:center;” |75.1% _5,247_    style=“text-align:center;” |22.7% _1,583_   2.3% _159_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1968   style=“text-align:center;” |64.2% _4,909_    style=“text-align:center;” |23.2% _1,773_   12.7% _969_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1964   style=“text-align:center;” |58.9% _3,617_    style=“text-align:center;” |41.0% _2,517_   0.2% _12_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1960   style=“text-align:center;” |66.3% _3,705_    style=“text-align:center;” |33.5% _1,873_   0.2% _11_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1956   style=“text-align:center;” |69.7% _4,060_    style=“text-align:center;” |29.8% _1,739_   0.5% _29_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1952   style=“text-align:center;” |68.7% _3,774_    style=“text-align:center;” |31.1% _1,711_   0.2% _10_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1948   style=“text-align:center;” |65.7% _2,456_    style=“text-align:center;” |32.0% _1,196_   2.3% _85_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1944   style=“text-align:center;” |63.1% _2,352_    style=“text-align:center;” |36.9% _1,375_   0.1% _2_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1940   style=“text-align:center;” |54.2% _1,835_    style=“text-align:center;” |45.7% _1,546_   0.2% _5_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1936   style=“text-align:center;” |60.5% _3,245_    style=“text-align:center;” |39.5% _2,122_   0.0% _1_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1932   style=“text-align:center;” |48.3% _1,461_    style=“text-align:center;” |50.8% _1,537_   0.9% _28_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1928   style=“text-align:center;” |68.8% _2,459_    style=“text-align:center;” |31.2% _1,117_   style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1924   style=“text-align:center;” |57.8% _1,743_    style=“text-align:center;” |41.7% _1,257_   0.5% _16_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1920   style=“text-align:center;” |66.5% _2,520_    style=“text-align:center;” |33.4% _1,265_   0.2% _6_
  style=“text-align:center;” |1916   style=“text-align:center;” |62.4% _1,424_    style=“text-align:center;” |37.6% _858_     style="text-align:center;|
  style=“text-align:center;” |1912   style=“text-align:center;” |44.0% _874_      style=“text-align:center;” |38.5% _765_     17.6% _349_

  : PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS RESULTS[11]

Board of Supervisors

-   Fancy Gap District: Phillip R. McCraw (R)
-   Laurel Fork District: Joshua A. Hendrick (R)
-   Pine Creek District: R.J. “Bob” Martin, Jr. (Chairman) (R)
-   Pipers Gap District: Thomas W. Littrell (R)
-   Sulphur Springs District: Rex Hill (R)
-   At Large: Robbie McCraw (Vice Chairman) (R)

Constitutional officers

-   Clerk of the Circuit Court: Gerald Ray Goad (D)
-   Commissioner of the Revenue: Fran McPherson (R)
-   Commonwealth's Attorney: Nathan H. Lyons (R)
-   Sheriff: John B. Gardner (R)
-   Treasurer: Bonita M. Williams (R)

Carroll County is represented by Republicans Ralph K. Smith and William M. “Bill” Stanley, Jr. in the Virginia Senate, Republican Anne B. Crockett-Stark in the Virginia House of Delegates, and Republican H. Morgan Griffith in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Education

Public High Schools

Carroll County High School, in Hillsville, serves the county. Home of the Cavaliers, CCHS is a 9-12 comprehensive high school. The school was created by the consolidation of Woodlawn High School (Woodlawn, Virginia) and Hillsville High School (Hillsville, Virginia).

-   CCHS Official Site

Communities

Town

-   Hillsville

Census-designated places

-   Cana
-   Fancy Gap
-   Woodlawn

Other unincorporated communities

-   Austinville
-   Dugspur
-   Lambsburg
-   Laurel Fork
-   Sylvatus

Notable people

-   Floyd Allen (1856-1913) – landowner and chief patriarch of the powerful Allen clan; convicted and executed for murder after sensational 1912 Hillsville courthouse shootout that killed five people including Circuit Judge Thornton Massie, Commonwealth's Attorney William Foster, and sheriff Lewis Webb.
-   Doc Ayers – Major League Baseball pitcher, Washington Senators, Detroit Tigers
-   Kylene Barker – Miss America 1979
-   Frank Beamer – Head football coach at Virginia Tech - List of college football coaches with 200 wins
-   George Lafayette Carter – land, railroad entrepreneur, instrumental in the establishment of East Tennessee State University
-   Charles B. Morris (1931-1996) – U.S. Army, Awarded the Medal of Honor, December 14, 1967
-   Ernest Stoneman (1893–1968) – early country music recording artist

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title: Carroll County, Virginia

question: What is the origin of Carroll County in southwest Virgina?

answer: Originally established in 1842 it was named after Charles Carroll who signed the Declaration of Independence. It was formed out of part of Grayson County and later expanded to include Patrick County.

question: What difficulties did the area later to be named Carroll County encounter early on in the settlement days?

answer: The early settlers were mostly Scotch-Irish pioneers. They encountered a slow early settlement due to the poor quality of the agricultural soil. Lead mining became the first economic activity in the region as a result.

question: What racial demographic makes up Carroll County?

answer: It is approximately 97% white, with slivers of percentages for all other racial categories and mixed race categories, according to the census of 2000.

question: How does Carroll County align politically?

answer: It is a solidly republican state and has been forever. The only democrat president ever to win this county was Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932. Furthermore, no democratic presidential candidate has won more than 40% of the vote since 1980.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: Carroll County is a county in southwest Virginia founded in 1842 with a population of about 30,000 people according to the 2000 census. Named after Charles Carroll, who signed the declaration of independence, early settlement was slow due to poor agricultural soil. Lead mining was the first economic activity to take place in the county. It is about 97% white, with fractions of percentages for all other racial demographics and mixed races. It is also a firmly republican county and has been forever. Franklin Delano Roosevelt is the only presidential candidate to ever win the county in 1932, and since 1980 no democratic presidential candidate has won more than 40% of the vote.


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The KENTUCKY WAR MEMORIAL is a memorial to Kentuckians who have died in all wars. On a high-point called the “State Mound” in Frankfort Cemetery in Frankfort, Kentucky, the memorial consists of a 65-foot-tall monument erected in 1850, nine low stone monuments built in a semi-circle, and two low straight monuments. The 1850 monument honors men who died up until 1850 and it lists the battles and the officers who fell. The semi-circular area to the south of the tall monument lists the wars, and the straight monuments list the names of all of Kentucky's fallen. The wars mentioned include: War of Independence, War of 1812, the Texas War of Independence, the Mexican War, Civil War, Spanish–American War, World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, and Persian Gulf War.[1]

In 1848, an act passed by the state legislature appropriated $15,000 for its construction.[2] The 65-foot-tall granite monument, topped by a statue of Victory, was unveiled in 1850.

The monument was erected to stand over the graves of 17 Kentucky soldiers who had fallen at the Battle of Buena Vista. Their interment in Frankfort Cemetery on July 20, 1847 was marked by a eulogy from John C. Breckinridge, a supporter of the war. According to a popular story, this mass funeral inspired Mexican-War veteran, Theordore O'Hara, to pen his famed poem, “Bivouac of the Dead”. However, O'Hara was still with the army in Mexico in July 1848.[3]

Inscriptions

The 1850 monument is decorated on all four faces. Each face has a display on the base. The column is decorated with bands depicting battles, followed by names of officers who fell in those battles.

-   SOUTH SIDE: The south side of the monument features the coat of arms of Kentucky and the state motto, “United we stand; divided we fall.”[4] The base inscription says “Kentucky has erected this column in gratitude equally to her officers and soldiers.” The south side of the column is inscribed with the names of those officers killed at St. Clair's defeat, Estill's Defeat, Tippecanoe, Fort Meigs, and Blue Licks.

-   EAST SIDE: The east side base is inscribed “By order of the legislature, the name of Col. J. J. Hardin of the 1st regt. Illinois Infantry, A son of Kentucky who fell at the Battle of Buena Vista is inscribed hereon.” The east side of the column is inscribed with the names of three Kentucky naval officers who died in the performance of duty during the early 1870s: John Gunnell Talbot, Hugh McKee, and Alfred Foree.

-   NORTH SIDE: The north side base is inscribed “Military Monument erected by Kentucky, A.D. 1850.” The north side of the column is inscribed with the names of those officers killed at Boonesborough, Harmon's Defeat, Wayne's Campaign, Monterey, Buena Vista, Raisin, the River Raisin Massacre, and during the Mexican–American War.

-   WEST SIDE: The west side base inscription says “The principal battles and campaigns, in which her sons devoted their lives to their country are inscribed on the bands. And beneath the same are the names of her officers who fell. The names of her soldiers who died for their country are too numerous to be inscribed on any column.” The west side of the column is inscribed with the names of those officers killed at Thames, at Little Bighorn, the Indian Wars, and Raisin

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title: Kentucky War Memorial

question: What is special or unique about the Kentucky War memorial's 1850 monument?

answer: Unveiled in 1850, it is decorated on all four of its faces (one for each cardinal direction). Each face has display on the base with inscriptions.

question: Which war is the Kentucky War Memorial for?

answer: The memorial is for all Kentuckians who died in all wars so it is not meant for a single war. Wars including the War for Independence up to the Persian Gulf War are mentioned.

question: Describe what the memorial looks like.

answer: There are 9 low stone monuments in a semi-circle, two low monuments that are straight, and in the center, a high-point called the "State Mound" that has a 20 meter tall monument which was erected in 1850.

question: Why was the memorial built?

answer: The memorial was originally built to stand over the graves of 17 Kentucky soldiers who died in the Battle of Buena Vista.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Originally built for 17 soldiers who died in the Battle of Buena Vista, the Kentucky War Memorial now stands for all Kentuckians who died in wars. It is composed of a tall 20 meter monument surrounded by eleven small monuments.


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(Reuters) - Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co said it would buy data storage provider Nimble Storage Inc for $1.09 billion in cash, to expand its presence in the fast-growing flash storage business.

Signs for Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co. cover the facade of the New York Stock Exchange November 2, 2015. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

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Nimble Storage’s shares rose 45.3 percent to $12.50, matching HPE’s offer price. HPE’s stock was marginally down.

The $1.09 billion deal value is based on Nimble Storage’s outstanding shares of about 87.5 million as of Nov. 30, according to Reuters calculations.

HPE also agreed to assume or pay out Nimble’s unvested equity awards with a value of about $200 million at close.

Nimble makes hybrid storage devices that combine hard disks and flash drives. The company’s larger rivals include NetApp Inc and Dell’s EMC Corp.

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Nimble Storage’s entry- to mid-range flash-based products will help HPE cater to customers across all segments, the company said on Tuesday.

“The company can bring Nimble’s operations to scale more quickly,” Mizuho Securities analyst Abhey Lamba said in a note.

The overall flash market, estimated at about $15 billion in 2016, is expected to expand to nearly $20 billion by 2020, according to research firm IDC.

Sales in HPE’s storage business fell 13 percent in its latest quarter. The company has also cut its full-year profit forecast.

The deal is expected to add to HPE’s earnings in the first full fiscal year following the close, likely by April.

“While accretive, however, we do not think the deal is likely to move the needle for investors,” Lamba said.

Nimble, founded in 2007, also reported fourth-quarter revenue above estimates and a smaller-than-expected quarterly loss.

HPE has been on an acquisition spree since the start of this year. The company in January said it would buy analytics software provider Cloud Cruiser and in February acquired privately held cloud software company SimpliVity for $650 million.

Reporting by Anya George Tharakan in Bengaluru; Editing by Sai Sachin Ravikumar and Sriraj Kalluvila

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question: How much is Nimble Storage Inc being sold for?

answer: $1.09 billion.

question: Who is buying Nimble Storage Inc?

answer: Hewlett Packard.

question: How much did Nimble Storage's shares rise to?

answer: $12.50.

question: What are Nimble Storage's larger rivals?

answer: NetApp Inc and Dell's EMC Corp.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The article discusses Nimble Storage's purchase by Hewlett Packard, and the company's other competitors. It also discusses the history of Nimble Storage Inc.


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HENRY OLIVER “HOL” LANCASTER AO FAA,[1] (1 February 1913, Sydney – 2 December 2001, Sydney), was an Australian mathematical statistician and Foundation Professor of Mathematical Statistics at the University of Sydney. After initial actuarial and accounting studies, Lancaster trained in medicine, particularly in pathology, where he employed a strong element of statistical analysis.

From 1946 to 1959, Lancaster did work in tropical medicine in Sydney and London. From 1959 to 1978, he was Professor of Mathematical Statistics at the University of Sydney.[2][3][4]

[1]  “For service to mathematical sciences and to education”

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[3] Professor Henry Oliver Lancaster, sydney.edu.au/science

[4] Lancaster, Henry Oliver MB BS 1937 MD 1967 FAA 1961 DSc 1971 PhD 1953 BA 1947, sydney.edu.au/medicine

title: Henry Oliver Lancaster

question: Who was Henry Oliver Lancaster?

answer: He was an Australian mathematical statistician

question: Where did Lancaster teach?

answer: At the University of Sydney

question: What did Lancaster train in?

answer: In medicine, particularly in pathology where he employed strong element of statistical analysis.

question: For how many years was Lancaster a professor?

answer: 19 years, from 1959 to 1978

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Henry Oliver Lancaster was an Australian mathematical who taught at the University of Sydney from 1959 to 1978. Year prior, he trained and worked in tropical medicine in Sydney and London.


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In my hands I held a dandelion, one of those little yellow flowers that accompany ball of fluff that I was fond of blowing at and watching the little white parachutes fly off in to the sky. I twirled the flower between my fingers, having already used up the ball of fluff that had grown from the same set of leaves in the ground. My eyes scanned the ground for another ball of fluff, but none were in sight. When I looked back at the stem in my hands I saw that all the yellow pedals had turned black and were beginning to flake off of the stem, floating to the ground.

I studied the remains that were in my hand, until they were devoid of any structure and fell from my fingers as ashes. I was just a young child at the time, I don’t even recall the age of that memory. But it was the first inkling of what was to be the future.

I only had a couple pets as a child, a hamster, a dog, and a pair of goldfish. The hamster, Zoey, would run on his little wheel all day. Until I reached my hand into his cage and grabbed him from it. I held Zoey in my hand against my chest, while I petted him with my other hand. He was remarkably peaceful and calm. I kept petting him until my mother took him from my hand. She picked his limp body up from me and began screaming when she realized that he was dead.

Our dog, Dante, was my father’s animal. He curled up under my dad’s reclining chair when they watched TV. Dante was never interested in me, and when I would pet him he wouldn’t stand around long, always quickly finding some place to run off to. It was a day that we were taking Dante to the vet, when he was stuck in the back seat of my mom’s car with me. I had my hand laying on his back for the entire ride. When we got to the office Dante didn’t hop out of the car. He never moved again. My dad buried him in the back yard.

The gold fish out lived my mother. She kept them in the living room and would feed them herself before she went to bed. They were her ‘fair fish’ that she had won at the state fair and had nurtured for years. When my mom passed, I fed them for the last day of their lives. They were belly up afterwards.

My mother was chronically ill. She never held a job in my memory, and she finally passed away from illness when I was only twelve. At the funeral my dad held my hand for most of the service, until he began coughing so fitfully that he had to walk from the church and clear his lungs outside.

At twelve I couldn’t figure out why the path I took to school was decorated by dead plants on both sides. Kids in my class got ill often, and I had a lot of substitute teachers.

Years and years passed before anyone connected the dots. I simply thought that death was a common fact of life. But as more people that I knew piled up, as I lost one high school friend after another, people noticed. They decided that I had a disease, that somehow death followed me.

I was sent to quarantine where men in white suits tested me over and over. They said the disease was airborne, that I didn’t need to touch for death to spread. The men in the white suits began to fall ill, then dead. They first thought that their suits needed to be upgraded, that somehow they were breathing in my deadly fumes. After it continued to happen they sent me to London, then to Zaire, where the outcome was still the same, anyone in the same building as me died.

Whatever it was I was infecting others with I was immune to and I was the only carrier of.

I was kept in a vault, deep inside of a mountain. I felt like a piece of gold or some valuable jewel. I heard murmurs that I was to be used as a weapon. I was to be sent to countries to clear them of opposition.

But my potential for disaster was too great for their fail-safes. An animal that wasn’t meant to be caged cannot be. The people controlling the vault died away.

One last attempt was made to secure me onto a plane headed to Chernobyl, to live in isolation, maybe to simply die in isolation. But as the doors to my room were unlocked they released a plague that had been held back by those led lined portals. Everyone within the mountain died instantly.

I walked from the vault, through hallways of lifeless bodies. By the time I found my way out of the maze of quarantine I had passed hundreds of newly extinct people. I could no longer look at their faces, they only made me wish that I would die myself.

Outside of the mountain more lay dead. I crouched beside the body of a young woman, her face was unlined, her eyes were open, even lifeless I found her attractive. I felt tears on my cheeks when I realized that I would never know her name.

II

I think I’m twenty-five now, I could be older or younger, it’s been hard to keep track of days, weeks and years. It feels like a dream or a movie where I’m the only one left alive.

I wonder from place to place. Since I left the mountain I haven’t head a scream or a cry. I am left here alone to wonder why during all of this time I haven’t died. Everywhere the smell of rotting death is in the air. Bugs don’t even crawl on the slowly decomposing bodies.

As I walk through this valley, this valley of death, I haven’t seen a live body in years. I must be the last one left.

My water is running low and I’ve resorted to drinking from puddles that smell of rotting bodily fluids. My body aches with hunger, its growing weak. The pain that I’m going through tells me that this isn’t any dream.

Falling to my knees, I scream at the top of my lungs. I can hear my voice echo back to me, all the way from the sun. Nobody comes. When it is all said and done I fall to the sand, too weak to push myself back up, to dehydrated to shed tears. There I see what has eluded me since I was a child, a small yellow dandelion wiggling in the breeze, a small white ball of puff, beside it. It’s the only thing alive I’ve seen. With my last strength I reach out, and my hand falls on its base. It withers and dies.  I wonder why am I the last one?

title: Sickness (1200 Words)

question: What is the story's genre?

answer: Speculative fiction.

question: Who is the narrator?

answer: An unnamed, asymptomatic carrier of a disease that brings death.

question: Describe the narrator's relationships.

answer: Both parents died in the narrator's youth and the narrator has not been close to anyone since entering isolated quarantine after that.

question: What is the story's setting?

answer: The narrator's childhood town, then a vault inside a mountain, then the mountainside.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator is an asymptomatic carrier of a disease that brings death to anyone nearby. Both parents die in the narrator's youth, and the narrator is then taken into quarantine and spends years being tested in isolation, inevitably causing the deaths of everyone in the facilities. After everyone dies in an effort to move the narrator to Chernobyl, the narrator roams the mountainside alone, starving and becoming dehydrated, and wondering why they are the last one.


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_ONLY THE STRONG_ is the fifth album by Canadian/American heavy metal band Thor. The singles “Let the Blood Run Red”, “Knock 'Em Down”, and “Thunder on the Tundra” strengthened the album's performance, as it eventually reached platinum status in Canada and the United Kingdom.

Track listing

1.  “2045” – 0:52
2.  “Only the Strong” – 3:06
3.  “Start Raising Hell” – 3:50
4.  “Knock 'Em Down” – 4:12
5.  “Let the Blood Run Red” – 4:28
6.  “When Gods Collide” – 4:38
7.  “Rock the City” – 4:10
8.  “Now Comes the Storm” – 2:57
9.  “Thunder on the Tundra” – 3:28
10. “Hot Flames” – 3:10
11. “Ride of the Chariots” – 3:39

Credits

-   Jon Mikl Thor – vocals
-   Steve Price – guitar
-   Keith Zazzi – bass, backing vocals
-   Mike Favata – drums
-   Cherry Bomb (aka Rusty Hamilton) – backing vocals

Production

-   Produced by Tom Doherty
-   Engineers: John Dent, Tony Harris

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title: Only the Strong (Thor album)

question: In which year was the Only the Strong album by Thor released?

answer: 1985

question: Where does the name of the band Thor come from?

answer: It is the last name of the lead singer - Jon Mikl Thor.

question: Which are the most popular tracks on Thor's Only the Strong album?

answer: The singles "Let the Blood Run Red", "Knock 'Em Down" and "Thunder on the Tundra" strengthened the album's performance.

question: List all the tracks on Thor's Only the Strong album that are shorter than 3 minutes.

answer: 2045 is 52 seconds long and Now come the storm is 2 minutes 57 seconds long.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Thor's fifth album is Only the Strong. It reached platinum status in Canada and U.S.A.


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_BRACHYPHAEA_ is a genus of African corinnid sac spiders first described by W. Bösenberg & Heinrich Lenz in 1895.[1]

Species

it contains seven species:[2]

-   _Brachyphaea berlandi_ Lessert, 1915 – East Africa
-   _Brachyphaea castanea_ Simon, 1896 – Tanzania (Zanzibar)
-   _Brachyphaea hulli_ Lessert, 1921 – East Africa
-   _Brachyphaea proxima_ Lessert, 1921 – East Africa
-   _Brachyphaea simoni_ Simon, 1895 (type) – East Africa
-   _Brachyphaea simpliciaculeata_ Caporiacco, 1949 – Kenya
-   _Brachyphaea vulpina_ Simon, 1896 – Mozambique

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title: Brachyphaea

question: Where do the species in the genus live?

answer: They are all found in Africa. Specifically, East Africa is most common, while Tanzania, Kenya, and Mozambique each have one species from the genus.

question: When was the first discovery of a species in this genus, and who discovered it?

answer: Simon discovered Brachyphaea simoni in 1895.

question: What larger group is this genus a part of?

answer: The article doesn't mention it.

question: When was the genus fully conceived, and by whom?

answer: By W. Bösenberg & Heinrich Lenz in 1895.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Brachyphaea is a genus of African corinnid sac spiders first described by W. Bösenberg and Heinrich Lenz in 1895. The genus contains seven species. They are: Brachyphaea berlandi, Brachyphaea castanea, Brachyphaea hulli, Brachyphaea proxima, Brachyphaea simoni, Brachyphaea simpliciaculeata, and Brachyphaea vulpina.


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DOROTHY BERRY (born 1942) is an Australian artist working in the genres of Outsider art, and _Art Brut_, based in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1] She is known primarily for her densely composed depictions of animals and birdlife, executed in pastel. Berry resides in the Melbourne suburb of Kingsbury and has worked from her Northcote-based studio at Arts Project Australia since 1985.[2] Berry's work has been represented in four solo exhibitions, and has exhibited widely, both nationally and internationally in group shows, including ‘My Puppet, My Secret Self’, at the Substation, Newport; ‘Inside Out/Outside In’, Access Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne; and ‘Turning the Page’, Gallery 101, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Australia and MADMusée, Liège, Belgium, and the Centre for Australian Art.[3][4][5]

Early life and education

Berry is primarily a self-taught artist who attributes her artistic talents to her mother. Since 1985 she has maintained studio at Arts Project Australia (APA), an organization devoted to supporting and promoting artists living with an intellectual disability.[6] The APA dos not provide training but rather, provides access to fine art materials.[7] Although her work has thematically changed very little over the course of her career she substituted pastel for paint as the preferred medium for her work during the early years of her studio residency at APA.[8]

Exhibitions

Another APA artist, Maxine Ryder, proposed a collaborative project with Berry resulting in the exhibition _Cut It Out_ (referring to the collaborative wood cut-outs) in the 1995 show.[9] Berry's first solo exhibition followed shortly thereafter, in 1996. During the late 1980s and early 1990s she attended weekly life-drawing classes at the School of Art at Phillip Institute of Technology (now RMIT University).[10]

Collections

Berry's work is included in three museum collections. Berry has been identified as one of Australia’s key artists within the Outsider Art genre, as can be evidenced by her inclusion in major Outsider Art exhibitions and fairs. Her work has been acquired for major collections at the National Gallery of Australia (Accession number: NGA 2002.431.466) and MADMusée, Liège, Belgium. Two of her lithographs, are held in the collection of the Centre for Australian Art.[11][12]

Career, themes and style

Berry’s work is described in the popular press as both “instinctive” and “spontaneous,”[13] Recurring themes in her work are animals, birds and religion, for the course of her career. Maxine Ryder, who collaborated with Berry in her early years and returned to Australia to curate a retrospective exhibition of her work twenty years later, remarks on the autobiographical nature of Berry’s work, noting that her bird imagery is most likely a form of self-portraiture and that the recurring themes of marriage and motherhood in her self-portraits are a response to her acquired disability.[14] Her best-known pastel works, which use a palette of heavily-saturated colours, feature strong line-work and a stylistic tendency to layer and rework imagery; so much so, that the artwork itself is often destroyed in the process of its making.[15] In recent years, Berry’s works have become less gestural and smaller in scale, most likely due to increasing limitations on her physical mobility. In addition to pastel, the artist also works in lithography, acrylic paint and ink whereby “Throughout this experimentation with this variety of mediums, she has remained thematically consistent throughout her years as an artist”.[16][17] Arts writer Samantha Wilson notes that Berry's work “goes from simple line drawings to crowded larger works always with a certain clarity about the images that she wants to depict, from the segmented women’s bodies in the autobiographical section, to the darker, more solid palettes of her depictions of religious figures and nuns.”[18]

Solo exhibitions

Berry has had four solo exhibitions: _Dorothy Berry – Bird on a Wire_, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2009; _A Survey 1987-2002_, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2002; _Recent works_, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 1998; _Penguins, Ducks, Owls & Angels_, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 1996

Selected group exhibitions

Berry has exhibited in over 30 group exhibitions including:[19]

-   _Home_, locations around Arts Centre Melbourne, the city and the surrounds, 2015
-   _Melbourne Art Fair_, Royal Exhibition Building, Melbourne, 1994 – 2014
-   _Renegades: Outsider Art_, national touring exhibition, 2013 - 2014
-   _Into the Vault and Out of the Box_, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2014
-   _Repeat. Restate…Reiterate,_ Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2013
-   _My Puppet, My Secret Self_, The Substation, Newport, 2012
-   _Halo and the Glory of Art_, McGlade Gallery, ACU Sydney , 2011 - 2012
-   _This Sensual World_, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne, 2011
-   _Human Nature_, Alan Lane Community Gallery; Warrnambool Art Gallery, Warrnambool, 2010
-   _Fully Booked_, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2010
-   _By Hand_, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2009
-   _Snapshot,_ ACGA Gallery, Federation Square, Melbourne, 2009
-   _Pearls of Arts Project Australia: The Stuart Purves Collection,_ National touring exhibition, 2007 - 2009
-   _The Year of the Bird_, Hawkesbury Regional Gallery, NSW, 2008
-   _Reaching Out,_ Waldron Hall, County Court of Victoria, Melbourne, 2008
-   _A Lucid Moment_, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2007
-   _Yours, Mine and Ours:  50 Years of ABC TV_, Penrith Regional Gallery & The Lewers Bequest, Emu Plains, NSW, 2006
-   _Leo Cussen with Selected Artists_, Australian Galleries, Collingwood, Melbourne, 2005
-   _S,M,L,XL_, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2005
-   _Home Sweet Home: Works from the Peter Fay Collection_, international touring exhibition (Australia and New Zealand), 2004 - 2005
-   _Exchange_, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2004
-   _A Sense of Place_, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2003
-   _Chic,_ Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2002
-   _Life Stories_, Arts Project Australia, 2001
-   _Histoire de vivre, l’Orangerie du Luxembourg_, Paris, France, 2000
-   _On Track,_ Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 2000
-   _Connexions Particulières_, MADMusée and Musée d’Art Moderne et d’Art Comtemporain, Liège, Belgium          1999
-   _Bazaar_, Pitspace, RMIT, Bundoora, Melbourne, 1998
-   _Prints & Artists’ Books_, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 1997
-   _Cut it Out_, Collaboration with Maxine Ryder, Arts Project Australia Gallery, Melbourne, 1995
-   _Art des Antipodes_, MADMusée, Liège, Belgium, 1995
-   _Vita Gallery_, Oregon, USA, 1995
-   _Beyond Words VicHealth Access Gallery_, National Gallery of Victoria, 1994
-   MADMusée, Liège, Belgium, 1993
-   _Inside Out/Outside In_, Access Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, 1992

Publications

Cheryl Daye (ed.) _Dorothy Berry: Bird on a Wire_, exhibition catalogue, Arts Project Australia, Melbourne, 2009. [20]

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title: Dorothy Berry

question: What genres did Dorothy Berry engage in?

answer: Outsider art and Art Brut

question: What nationality is Dorothy Berry?

answer: She is Australian

question: What are some recurring themes in Dorothy Berry's work?

answer: Animals, birds, and religion

question: Where did Dorothy Berry learn about art?

answer: She is self-taught

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: This Wikipedia article is about Dorothy Berry, the self-taught Australian artist. She has done works in the genres of Outsider art and Art Brut, with themes that include animals, birds, and religion. She has been included in over thirty exhibitions and three museum collections.


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It was a bright night, a full moon was in the sky. Two friends of mine and I were staying with my dad's friends at this house out in this big flat grassy field. It had a single short wall to divide part of the yard with the gravel drive way that ran along the wall. At the end of the wall was a car port with a car parked under it. For some reason my two friends and I ran out of the house and started running toward the car port on the side of the wall with the drive way. There was a sort of urgancy to get there first, yet there was no reason to be scared. If anyone was watching us they would just assume it was three kids trying to race each other for no reason other than the fact that we were kids.

I wasn't the fastest, and the drive way was a good distance. I can remember seeing the stars shining bright in the sky aswell as the moon that hung just over the side of the car port. As I watch my two friends getting more and more distance in front of me, I saw something on the horizon releash a huge flash. I stopped dead in my tracks and gazed at this phenomenon. I could see my friends do the same thing. A few moments later an ear shattering boom swept across the field and my body was overtaken by an immense force that knocked me off my feet and onto my back. I sat up with my arms and dumbly gazed at this bright mass expanding in the distance. Enormous debris was flying far away in the distance.

My two friends were already running back down the drive way toward the house. As they passed me I could see utter fear in their faces. They didn't bother too look down at me, and kept running at full speed to the house. I knew I had to get up and run too, but my mind and body were so dazed at what just happened that I couldn't move at all. I was just sitting there staring at this ever expanding fiery mass, and all the debris that it conjured.

Back in the direction of the house I could hear a voice calling, I couldn't hear exactly what they were saying. It was enough to snap me out it. I got to my feet and took one last look at the explosion and the debris that was still hurdeling through the air. Running as fast as I could I made it to the house, I saw everyone sitting around and my two friends were already telling the adults what happened. I was still in shock and probably looked just as clueless as the fathers.
Some time passes, more people gather in the living room; mothers, daughters, a baby. I am sitting by myself. All I can hear are some murmors from the fathers trying to figure things out. I look around to see everyone else with someone, trying to reassure eachother, and I am alone.

We all decide to go outside. There is no more debris in the air, and all you can make of the explosion is a cloudy mass. The moon is still bright and visible, as are the stars. after sometime of hushed conversation that I can't make out, something happens. I look to the moon and lines of light start shining through what appear to be cracks in its surface. The light grows brighter, and as before an unimaginable sound cracks the silence of the night. My heart races and my body is unmovable. Shock overtakes me as a large chunk of the moon flies toward the Earth. It travels slightly beneath the horizon and then makes impact. Another quaking noise goes through the air, but this time at a deeper volume. A tidal wave of lava, smoke and fire rises and billows, covering the night sky. It is moving in every direction at an insane speed.

As everyone is in panic, running and grabbing children, trying to espace their certain doom, I find myself alone, again standing in this grassy field with no one. The most terrifying of all things engulfs my mind. I am going to die alone, with no one to care for, and no one to care for me. There is nothing I can do about it.

The last thing I can remember as the mass of lava approaches is not the fear running through my body, but the slow, calm breeze of the summer night. I accept my fate, and instead of dying in a state of chaos, I decide to come to peace with it, knowing I cannot change anything. I turn around, facing the other direction of the impact. Stars are still visible in the other half of the night sky. It is cloudless and bright. I lay down on the cool grass and gaze upon the universe. There is nothing specifically going through my mind, I am not worried about anything, but I am also not happy at the same time. I am just living in the moment.

As I feel the rumbling behind me, I knew it was getting closer. I take one last look at the night sky, and close my eyes, only hearing the world now. The rumbling grows louder, and my heart races. All of a sudden I hear a tone, my heart is beating slowly. I feel nothing and see darkness.

I wake up.

title: Short Story (can't think of a title)

question: Where is the narrator?

answer: The narrator is staying at their dad's friend house that is in a big field.

question: What is the large boom that the narrator hears?

answer: The large boom seems to be the moon exploding and crashing on to the surface of the earth.

question: Why is the narrator going to die alone?

answer: While others are panicking about the impending doom, the narrator has stopped moving.

question: Where is the lava coming from?

answer: The lava is coming from the impact of the moon on the surface of the earth.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator is enjoying the company of their friends when a large flash is seen in the horizon. They run back toward the house. Shortly after, they see the moon break apart and begin to approach the earth. As chaos ensues, the narrator accepts their impending doom. However, they then wake up from their dream.


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As Erick noted recently, the GOP Establishment and their talking heads are eager to frame Ted Cruz as too conservative to win in November.

“We’ll take anyone!” the Establishment is saying, “Even Trump over Cruz.”

As I wrote the other day, these are the same political pygmies who have put the Republican Party in the state that it is in today. Rudderless, easily rolled by the Obama Administration and more interested in money and power, not principle, this chattering class is terrified of Ted Cruz and what he means to their futures.

Eager to undermine Cruz, they have moved from whispering to shouting, “He CANNOT win!” in hopes that it becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy.

Here’s the problem they face.

Ted Cruz is beating Hillary Clinton right now. He can win in November. The Real Clear Politics poll average now has Ted up 2% points over Hillary Clinton at a time when the GOP 1) does not have a nominee and 2) has not put the full force of the party machinery behind its candidate and against Hillary.

As others have written, Cruz has the kind of campaign it takes to win both the primary and the general election. The poll numbers are now backing this up.

So. . . tell me again how Ted Cruz can’t beat Hillary?

_For full disclosure, I am currently helping with the Keep the Promise efforts, the Ted Cruz super PAC. _

question: What does the GOP establishment think of Ted Cruz?

answer: The GOP establishment think that Ted Cruz is too conservative to win the election.

question: What does the author claim the Republican Party is most interested in?

answer: The author claims that the Republican Party is most interested in money and power.

question: Do polls show Cruz beating Clinton?

answer: Yes, the polls show Cruz beating Clinton by 2%.

question: Who does the author work for?

answer: The author works for Keep the Promise, the Ted Cruz super PAC.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The author claims that the Republican Party should nominate Ted Cruz to run for president, but they say he is too conservative to win. The author claims that Cruz can beat Hillary, especially if the Republican Party supports him.


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The _ISHIDA_ OPENING (石田流三間飛車 _ishida-ryū sankenbisha_ or shorter form 石田流 _ishida-ryū_) is a major variation in Third File Rook openings of the Japanese game of _shōgi_.

In the Ishida Opening, in contrast to other Third File Rook openings, the seventh file pawn is advanced to the fifth rank if played by Black (P-75), or the third file pawn if played by White (P-35). This allows the rook to move up to the 76 square (Black) or 34 square (White).

History

The variation is said to have originated with a blind _shōgi_ player named Kengyo Ishida in the early Edo period. Although records of Ishida's actual games still exist, all of them end in Ishida's loss. An extant game record of a Double Ranging Rook game in 1649 featuring an Ishida position played by Kengyo Ishida is shown in the diagram.[1]

A renaissance of the Ishida variation occurred in the 1970s through the development of an original strategy by the well-known _shōgi_ master Kōzō Masuda, in what is now called MASUDA'S ISHIDA (升田式石田流 _Masuda-shiki Ishida-ryū_). Further developments occurred in the 2000s with professional player Daisuke Suzuki creating the New Quick Ishida variation in 2004, Kenji Imaizumi developing the 1... R-32 opening in 2007, and Toshiaki Kubo adding new moves in 2008. These strategies have attracted renewed interest among professional players since 2011.

Development

The Ishida variation of Third File Rook uses a particular piece formation not found in other Third File Rook openings. In this structure, an early bishop exchange is prevented. It is therefore known as a _slow game_ (持久戦 _jikyūsen_).

This contrasts with the Quick Ishida (_haya ishida_) where the possibility of a bishop exchange remains throughout the opening – a rapid attack game (急戦 _kyūsen_). When referring specifically to the slow Ishida variant, the term 石田流本組 _ishida-ryū hongumi_ is used in Japanese, which is translated as REAL ISHIDA by Fairbairn and ISHIDA PLENARY FORMATION by Kawasaki (Kitao 2011). Hosking refers to this simply as the ISHIDA, while the fast game is called the ISHIDA QUICK ATTACK.

With the rook at 76 (or at 34 for White), the knight will be placed behind the rook to help build up the position. The bishop usually moves to the edge from its starting position, as shown in the diagram, while the left silver is often brought to the center.

Said to be the ideal formation for Ranging Rook, it appears also in cases where the rook does not move to the third file from the start (as in Fourth File Rook or Twisting Rook). The Ishida Opening is also considered the ideal formation in a game with a Lance handicap.

The Ishida is also popular as a potent countermeasure against Static Rook Anaguma due to the versatility of its attack, with the left gold moving to 78 to improve the build up and to reinforce the weak points created by attacking from the seventh file.

[1] https://shogidb2.com/games/e6e4bcb6e043d2b2451f51595d8a317e5b56c9e4

title: Ishida (shogi)

question: What is shogi?

answer: It can be inferred that it is some kind of Japanese chess.

question: When did the Ishida opening come to play?

answer: According to the article it originated in the early Edo period.

question: Is this moved still used today?

answer: Information not found.

question: When did the renaissance of the opening first happen?

answer: It first reappeared in 1970.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The article describes the origin, history, and technique of the Ishida Opening.


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LITTLE SAHARA STATE PARK , also called WAYNOKA DUNES [1] is a state park located in Woods County, Oklahoma, named for its resemblance to the Sahara Desert. The vast dunes have formed over time from terrace deposits, remnants of prehistoric times when the Cimarron River flowed over the entire area.[2]

Park History

Little Sahara was founded in the early 1950s as a city park by Grace Ward Smith, head of Alva's Chamber of Commerce. Prior to that, the dunes were primarily seen as a nuisance, encroaching on Highway 281, requiring the road to be re-routed. Smith named the park to lure visitors, hired locals to guide and act as outlaws, and in 1958 purchased a pair of camels. In September 1960, the state of Oklahoma purchased the 339 acre parcel for $12,500. Later that year, 4,000 visitors viewed a Christmas pageant starring the camels. By 1963, the park had expanded to 1,600 acres. That spring, a local auto dealer rode the dunes in a “makeshift steampunk vehicle with wide rims and balloon tires, topped by hay-rake wheels serving as roll bars.” This activity quickly gained popularity and local businesses continue to offer rentals.[3]

Park Description

The park is open year-round and no permits are required to enter. Little Sahara State Park is located in northwest Oklahoma, south of Waynoka. The park offers over 1600 acres of rideable sand dunes ranging in height from to [4]}}. . The tallest dunes, named “Competition Hill” and “Buttercup” are in the western and northwestern section of the dunes.[5]

Vehicles allowed include motorcycles, dirt bikes, ATVs, UTVs and SXS, SUVs and Jeeps. Vehicles must display solid orange whip flags, 6-inch by 12-inch (with no writing). Dune buggies and 4x4 vehicles must have seat belts and a roll bar. MX Riders and operators under 18 years old are required to wear a helmet (which Rider Planet strongly recommends for riders of all ages.[6]

Amenities include showers, picnic areas, 86 RV hookups with electric/water and 143 tent sites. Seasonal concessions provide refreshment, and fuel and grocery are located nearby.[7]

Notes

[1] “Little Sahara Dunes.” Rider Planet USA. 2019. Accessed February 29, 2020.

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title: Little Sahara State Park

question: Summarize the history of the park.

answer: The park was founded in the early 1950s by Grace Ward Smith. He purchased two camels in 1958. The lot was then purchased by the state of Oklahoma in 1960, and by 1963, it had expanded to 1,600 acres.


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It’s not always easy to kick-start a brand new diet plan, even when you have the list of relevant menu items before you. Lack of Paleo-friendly meal options can force you to plummet off the Paleo bandwagon, a bag of chips in your hand, wondering what happened.

Learn what it’s like to live the Paleo lifestyle, each and every day. Fuel yourself with proper foods, prepared in a delicious manner via the following awesome, nutritive recipes.

Remember that the Paleo diet holds no bearing in the “three meals a day” mentality. Because, generally speaking, modern day humans eat breakfast, lunch, and dinner, the following seven-day plan is orchestrated in this manner. However, remember that you can skip meals whenever you see fit. If you don’t feel like eating breakfast, don’t eat breakfast. If you want to fast for a complete twenty-four hours, pushing yourself to experience the aforementioned intermittent fasting benefits, you should!
Good luck on the following seven-day meal plan!

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DAY ONE:

Breakfast: Paleo-Friendly Homemade Granola
Your carb-heavy, processed granola days are at an end. However, fueling yourself with the following Paleo-friendly “granola” in the morning provides the same texture and great taste of your past varieties. It’s perfect for hiking, as well! Serve it up in the morning with some coconut or almond milk.
Recipe Makes 6 Servings.
Ingredients:
1 ¼ cups almond flour
½ cup coconut oil
2 tsp. nutmeg
1 ½ tsp. cinnamon
2 ½ tsp. vanilla extract
1/3 cup hemp hearts
¼ cup walnuts
½ up coconut flakes
salt to taste

Directions:
Begin by preheating your oven to 275 degrees Fahrenheit.
Next, mix all the above listed ingredients in a large bowl. Stir well. Note: make sure the coconut oil is at room temperature and a bit “liquid-y” prior to mixing.

Spread this granola mixture overtop a baking sheet, and bake the granola for fifty minutes. Every ten minutes, while it’s baking, stir the granola around to get an even-coated baking.

Remove the granola from the oven and allow it to cool. Store the granola in a plastic container in order to utilize it for a later snack.

Lunch: Autumnal Butternut Squash Soup
This creamy, delicious butternut squash soup fits into the essential qualities of the Paleo diet. Ingredients:
5 pounds chopped butternut squash
1 sliced apple
2 diced carrots
1 diced onion
2 tsp. cinnamon
4 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
½ tsp. cumin
2 tbsp. ghee
1 ½ tsp. chili powder
3 cups vegetable broth

Directions:
Begin by preheating the oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit.
To the side, mix together the olive oil, 1 tsp. of the cinnamon, the squash, some salt, and the cumin. Stir this well, and spread it over a baking sheet.

Next, bring together the slices of apple, the carrots, and the onion in the same butternut squash bowl. Stir well, coating it with the leftover ingredients of the former mixture. Spread this mixture over an additional baking sheet. Place each of the baking sheets in the oven, and allow them to cook for fort minutes.

Next, allow the ghee to melt in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add both of the roasted baking sheet’s ingredients, and then add in the vegetable broth. Add a pinch of salt, another tsp. of cinnamon, and the chili powder, and stir. Bring the soup to a boil, and then place the heat on low. Cover the pot, and allow it to cook for twenty minutes.

Afterwards, utilize a blender to make the ingredients completely smooth. Serve the soup warm, and enjoy.

Dinner: Petit Meatloaves
This awesome meatloaf recipe doesn’t contain an ounce of powdered soup mix or bread crumbs. Instead, these mini meatloaves bring all the deliciousness of your past meatloaves and all the essential nutrients of the Paleo diet.
Ingredients:
2 pounds ground grass fed beef
8 ounces chopped and frozen spinach
1 ½ tsp. olive oil
5 ounces diced mushrooms
1 diced onion
2 diced carrots
3 beaten eggs
1/3 cup coconut flour
2 tsp. onion powder
2 tsp. garlic powder
1 ½ tsp. thyme
¼ tsp. nutmeg
salt and pepper

Directions:
Begin by preheating your oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit. Next, thaw out your spinach and begin to squeeze it to remove all the excess water. Set the spinach to the side.

Heat the onions and the mushrooms in the olive oil in a skillet. Set this mixture to the side.
Bring the ground grass fed beef into a large bowl and add the carrots, the spinach, the onions, and the mushrooms to the mixture. Stir. Next, add the eggs, the spices, and the coconut flour. Utilize your fingers to mash the mixture, making sure not to overmix.
Place the meatloaf in muffin tins, filling each tin all the way to the top. Cook the meatloaves for twenty-five minutes. Allow them to cool and utilize a knife to pull them out of their tins. Enjoy!

question: What is the topic of this post?

answer: This post is about the Paleo diet. It offers three recipes for the first day of the Paleo diet.

question: Does the Paleo diet recommend 3 meals a day?

answer: No, but because modern humans typically eat 3 meals a day, the blog is follows that format.

question: How is the Paleo-Friendly Granola different than traditional granola?

answer: Paleo-Friendly Granola isn't carb-heavy.

question: What are the other two recipes provided?

answer: Autumnal Butternut Squash Soup and Petit Meatloaves

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: This post is about the Paleo diet. It offers three recipes for the first day of the Paleo diet. The recipes are Paleo-Friendly Granola, Autumnal Butternut Squash Soup, and Petit Meatloaves


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One afternoon, a boy went out to take a stroll through the woods that surrounded his house. The day was a beautiful one, and birds chirped their way from one tree to another. Eventually it grew hotter, and the boy started to feel really tired. So he sat down in the shade of a large oak and closed his eyes, and he eventually fell asleep.

He woke up a quite a few hours later. The sun had set, and it was dark. Very dark. He got up and started hurrying home, wondering if his parents had started worrying about him being out so late. He finally reached the edge of the woods, and there was his house. But something was strange. He couldn't quite put his finger on it until he realised that it was very dark, yet the house lights weren't on. He didn't think too much of it though, and just kept on running. He got to the front door and realised that it was already ajar. This was where he started to get worried.

He slowly opened the door and looked inside. Not being able to see anything, he fumbled for the light switch. Finally he found it. He switched the lights on, and he gasped at what he saw. The lounge & kitchen was trashed. Chairs were broken, tables lying on their side. Practically everything was on the floor, broken into pieces.
"Mum? Dad?" he called out, hoping that this was just some bad joke.
No answer. Silence remained.
Deciding to check out the rest of the house, he tiptoed through the destroyed lounge, trying not to disturb anything. He reached his parents bedroom door. His hand reached out to twist the doorknob, but he froze. The doorknob had blood on it. Alot of it.

He turned the bloody doorknob and opened the door to his parents bedroom. He stood in the doorway. Frozen. Frozen in fear and shock by what he was seeing. Laying on the floor were his parents. At least if you could still recognise them, that is. Their bodies had been hewn apart, bit by bit, joint by joint, so that what remained was pieces. Half a finger here, another kneecap there. However the abhorence of this scene was that all the pieces had been place back in order. Some sick twisted thing had hewn their bodies into tiny pieces, and then tried to put them back into order. Like some disgusting version of puzzle.

The sight of it all was too much for him. He bent over in disgust, and emptied his stomach of his half digested lunch. Suddenly there was a noise from behind him. Someone must have heard him vomit. He turned around, ready to bolt, but he was too late. A fast moving wooden plank emerged out of the darkness behind and hit him square on the back of his head. He was knocked out cold. Completely unconcious.

He woke up with a gasp. He looked around, trying to see where he was. Suddenly, he realised. He was sitting in the shade of the great oak. The sun had set, and it was dark. Very dark. Just a dream he reassured himself.

It was just a dream.

He got up and started hurrying home, wondering if his parents had started worrying about him being out so late. *How could I have slept for so long*, he thought. Finally, he reached the edge of the woods, and there was his house. Something was wrong though. The lights were off.

*No, it couldn't be*, he thought. He was sure that it all had just been a very bad dream. A very bad nightmare. Realising that the last thing he remembered in his 'dream' was been hit in the back of the head, he reached for his head. Time slowed as he raised his hand to feel for the bruise that prove whether it was just a dream or not.

*It was just dream*, he thought. *Or wasn't it?*

title: Don't fall asleep in the Woods

question: Who are the main characters?

answer: The boy and his parents.

question: Who killed the boy's parents?

answer: That information can’t be found.

question: What was the boy doing in the woods?

answer: He went out for a stroll.

question: Where does the story take place?

answer: The boy's home and the woods surrounding the area.

question: Write a ~12 sentence summary.

answer: A boy takes a stroll in the woods near his house and gets tired, so he falls asleep under an oak tree. He wakes up hours later and realizes the sun has set and it's very dark. He rushes home because he thinks his parents are worried about him for being out so late. He sees his house but notices that the lights are off and the door is open. Inside, he turns on the lights and sees the lounge and kitchen trashed. The boy calls out to his parents but hears only silence. He goes to his parent's room and sees the doorknob has a lot of blood on it. Upon entering, he sees the bodies of his dead parents hewn apart into tiny pieces and arranged as if someone was trying to put them back together, like a twisted puzzle. The boy vomits and tries to run, but someone hits him with a wooden plank on the back of his head and he's unconscious. The boy wakes up and realizes he's under the oak tree and it's getting very dark. He reassures himself that it was just a dream and runs home, but notices that the lights are off. He tells himself it can't be and he only dreamed it, feeling for a bruise at the back of his head that would prove otherwise.


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_DEMO/THE CAT EMPIRE_ is an independent 5-track instrumental demo released by The Cat Empire in 2000. It was never released for retail sale but was sold at performances in clubs and bars when The Cat Empire were just beginning their career. The demo consists of only three original Cat Empire musicians, Felix Riebl, Ollie McGill and Ryan Monro.

Track listing

1.  “The Traveller” - 8:16
2.  “The Plan” - 5:34
3.  “The Chord” - 3:05
4.  “Feline” - 5:03
5.  “The Cat Empire” - 5:14

title: Demo/The Cat Empire

question: Which country is The Cat Empire from?

answer: This information is not given in the text.

question: Was The Cat Empire's Demo album successful?

answer: The article states that they were just beginning their career. They probably had/have a successful career afterward.

question: How many members does The Cat Empire have?

answer: For this Demo album they had only three members. They had more members afterward.

question: Which track is the longest on The Cat Empire's Demo album?

answer: "The Traveller" is 8 minutes 16 seconds long and is the longest track on their Demo album.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The Demo album by The Cat Empire was never released for retail and only sold at shows. The band only had three members at that time.


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January 30, 2017 | 11:20am

Sony took a writedown of nearly $1 billion at its struggling Hollywood movie segment, blaming it on dwindling demand for DVDs and competition with movie-streaming services.

The massive charge for the December quarter, which totaled $976 million, came as the Japanese conglomerate slashed its outlook for profits from its DVDs, blu-ray discs and other home-entertainment operations.

Earlier this month, Sony said Michael Lynton, the chief executive of its movie and television unit Sony Entertainment, will step down in February.

Last week, The Post reported that Sony has been weighing a potential sale of its TV and film operations.

Sony CEO Kaz Hirai has repeatedly denied any intent to sell the businesses. Still, he has not appointed a successor to Lynton, stoking speculation that there may be no position to fill.

Sony/Columbia ended 2016 in fifth place among major movie studios, with a market share of 8 percent, behind Disney, Warner, Fox and Universal, according to Box Office Mojo.

In November, Sony’s chief financial officer, Kenichiro Yoshida, said a turnaround was “progressing, but it takes time for the benefit to be realized.”

Sony’s movie business has been battered by the popularity of streaming services from Netflix and Amazon.

Netflix has scored big hits like “Orange is the New Black” and”House of Cards,” and
Amazon has been aggressively bankrolling award-winning series like “Transparent” and “Mozart in the Jungle.”

In its latest statement, Sony also said it would cut its stake in M3 , operator of membership-based medical-related online services, to 34 percent from 39.3 percent in a bid to strengthen its financial standing.

Sony said the impact of the impairment charge and stake sale on the group’s earnings outlook for the current fiscal year is being evaluated and will be disclosed when it releases its third-quarter results on Feb. 2.

question: Who is stepping down as Sony's chief executive of Sony Entertainment?

answer: Michael Lynton is stepping down as chief executive of Sony Entertainment in February.

question: What market share did Sony/Columbia have in 2016?

answer: Sony/Columbia had a market share of 8 percent at the end of 2016.

question: What does Sony blame on its struggling movie segment?

answer: Sony blames its struggling movie segment on dwindling demand for DVDs and competition from streaming services.

question: How much is Sony cutting back stake in M3?

answer: Sony is cutting back stake in M3 from 39.3 percent to 34 percent.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Sony's Hollywood movie segment is struggling recently. Sony blames this on the rise of streaming services and dwindling demand for DVDs. As of 2016, Sony had 8 percent of the market share. Sony claims that they are turning things around, but results have yet to be seen.