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As Mayor Rahm Emanuel faced growing criticism last fall over the city’s handling of police shootings, Chicago Police Department officials laid plans to have undercover officers spy on protest groups, records obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times show.

The police department already had been monitoring the actions and online postings of protest groups in the aftermath of the 2014 shooting of a black teenager by a white cop in Ferguson, Missouri.

Then, in October, the records show Ralph Price, the police department’s top lawyer, signed off on a plan to send undercover cops to “monitor” meetings of four additional groups. They included Black Lives Matter activists, as well as churches and philanthropic organizations.

[Ralph Price, left, with then-interim Supt. John Escalante at a Chicago Police Board meeting on Dec. 9. | Getty Images]
Ralph Price, left, with then-interim Supt. John Escalante at a Chicago Police Board meeting on Dec. 9. | Getty Images
A month later — after the court-ordered release of police dashcam video showing a white Chicago cop, Officer Jason Van Dyke, shooting and killing a black teenager, Laquan McDonald — a top Emanuel aide went to the command center of the city’s Office of Emergency Management and Communications to keep tabs on protests organized by the Black Youth Project 100, one of the groups spied on by the police.

Joe Deal, deputy chief of staff for the mayor, relayed information gathered by public safety officials to mayoral chief of staff Eileen Mitchell and the City Hall press team. That’s according to emails that were buried in a trove of records released by the city in late December amid outrage over the video, which showed the teenager, who had a knife, being shot 16 times as he appeared to walk away from Van Dyke.

It was the seventh investigation opened by the police department since 2009 to monitor groups exercising their free-speech rights. The department requires investigators to justify such investigations in a “First Amendment Worksheet” outlining each proposed inquiry, which are supposed to be allowed only when there’s a “reasonable law enforcement purpose.”

The Sun-Times previously has reported that, over the past seven years, the police have spied on anti-Olympics protesters, the Service Employees International Union, critics of the visiting Chinese premier, the Occupy movement and NATO Summit demonstrators.

Also, in late 2014 and early 2015, following nationwide protests over the shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, the police here monitored black demonstrators and kept logs of events led by the Rev. Jesse Jackson and other groups.

In each case, members of the groups being investigated had spoken out against City Hall or its allies.

Since 2009, only one police request to investigate protesters has been rejected by department lawyers, records show. That was in 2012, when a commander proposed using undercover officers for “infiltration” of activists planning a march during the NATO Summit, held in Chicago. The police already had a separate investigation into NATO protesters underway.

For decades, the police department had a unit, known as the Red Squad, that spied on dissidents and City Hall foes. It was disbanded in the 1970s.

But those targeted by the recent investigations say little really has changed.

“I always operate under the assumption that someone is looking at us,” says DeAngelo Bester, co-executive director of the Workers Center for Racial Justice, one of the groups the police investigated last fall.

Bester, whose group’s main focus is access to jobs, says it’s “ridiculous” and wasteful to spy on law-abiding protesters.

“The Chicago Police Department and Emanuel administration try to justify the harsh treatment [by cops] in black communities by saying there’s so much violence,” he says. “Meanwhile, they’re spending the time and resources to surveil groups exercising their First Amendment rights.”

Organizers for the Black Youth Project 100 — a leading voice in the Black Lives Matter movement that had been demonstrating against police shootings — say they aren’t surprised the police spied on them.

[Johnae Strong, left. Brian Jackson / Sun-Times]
Johnae Strong, left. Brian Jackson / Sun-Times

“There’s just a history of knowing we are organizing in a very hostile environment,” says Johnae Strong, a Chicago leader of the group. “The Chicago Police Department does exactly what it wants to do and finds ways to make it bureaucratically valid.”

Police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says the investigation was “routine,” legal and “documented to ensure transparency with the public.”

“These protective actions — which happen in limited circumstances — are conducted to protect public safety and people’s First Amendment rights,” Guglielmi says.

The undercover police operations last fall stemmed from plans announced by the Black Youth Project, the Workers Center and Southsiders Organized for Unity and Liberation — a coalition of churches and neighborhood groups known as SOUL — to protest the annual conference of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, held Oct. 24-27 at McCormick Place.

Funders for Justice — a nationwide network of philanthropic groups that includes the Ford Foundation, one of the country’s biggest and best-known charitable organizations — posted an announcement of the “counter-conference” on its website. The Funders group had been formed to support discussions of police practices post-Ferguson.

On Oct. 19, police Cmdr. Leo Panepinto asked for departmental approval to investigate Funders for Justice and the three activist groups for the next nine days, according to the First Amendment Worksheet he filed.

Panepinto is the commanding officer of the Crime Prevention Information Center, where the police gather intelligence with agents from the FBI and the federal Department of Homeland Security. The center had also collected information on African-American protesters in 2014 and early 2015, records show.

According to Panepinto, the chiefs’ association had learned demonstrators planned to “disrupt” the conference. He wrote that “the methods, scale and actions such groups intend to take to cause their disruptions are not identified and may include unlawful conduct.”

He didn’t explain why the four organizations listed were chosen but got permission to send undercover officers to their meetings.

On Oct. 22, Black Youth Project, the Workers Center for Racial Justice and SOUL demanded that City Hall and the federal government spend more money investing in black communities and less on policing. Two days later, some demonstrators marched from police headquarters at 35th and Michigan to McCormick Place, while others chained themselves together to block an entrance to the police chiefs’ convention.

“Social media was monitored,” police records show. “There were discussions of civil disobedience.”

After several hours, 66 protesters were arrested outside McCormick Place.

A month later, a judge ordered the release of the McDonald shooting video. Before the city complied, aides to Emanuel asked black elected officials, pastors and organizers to meet with him at City Hall on Nov. 23 in an attempt to minimize the fallout.

Black Youth Project leaders turned him down. Then, they held a news conference outside the South Side courthouse where the arrested McCormick Place protesters were appearing before a judge. Mayoral spokesman Adam Collins emailed the group’s press release to other top Emanuel aides.

Later, on Facebook, the organization announced plans for a protest at 5:30 p.m. the following day — after the city released the McDonald video. Several mayoral aides were tracking protesters on social media, and one forwarded the rally information to other Emanuel staffers, according to the emails released by the mayor’s office.

City officials made the McDonald video public the afternoon of Nov. 24, as Emanuel called on demonstrators to remain peaceful.

[Michael Sacks, | Sun-Times file photo]
Michael Sacks, | Sun-Times file photo

At 6:22 p.m. that day, Deal emailed the first in a series of updates on the Black Youth Project protest to Collins, chief of staff Mitchell, Guglielmi and others, including Michael Sacks, chairman of the investment firm GCM Grosvenor and one of Emanuel’s closest advisers and biggest campaign contributors.

[Protesters march down Roosevelt Road last Nov. 24 after the release of a police dashcam video showing the fatal shooting by a cop of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. | Ashlee Rezin / Sun-Times]
Protesters march down Roosevelt Road last Nov. 24 after the release of a police dashcam video showing the fatal shooting by a cop of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. | Ashlee Rezin / Sun-Times
About 30 demonstrators were marching in the street down Roosevelt Road, Deal wrote, citing information from OEMC, which coordinates the city’s public-safety efforts.

[Joe Deal]
Joe Deal

“I will be at OEMC this evening and will report any significant activity,” he wrote.

An hour later, Deal reported the group had grown to 150 people and had moved to Balbo and Michigan, where some protesters were sitting in the street. Guglielmi forwarded the message to then-Supt. Garry McCarthy and other police officials.

“Any sign it’s growing?” emailed David Spielfogel, then one of Emanuel’s top advisers.

“It definitely grew in the last hour,” Deal replied, and minutes later he emailed a photo. “It looks like mostly college kids. They are trying to antagonize the line of cpd.”

[Protesters faced off with police near Columbus and Balbo last Nov. 24 after the release of a police dashcam video showing the fatal shooting by a cop of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. | Ashlee Rezin / Sun-Times]
Protesters faced off with police near Columbus and Balbo last Nov. 24 after the release of a police dashcam video showing the fatal shooting by a cop of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald. | Ashlee Rezin / Sun-Times
At 10:12 p.m., Deal reported a “minor skirmish” between protesters and police and at 12:45 a.m. wrote that protesters had surrounded a squad car: “They aren’t doing anything. Just surrounding it.”

Just before 1 a.m., he wrote that the protest was over.

According to Collins, the mayor’s “office has no involvement in the investigatory decision-making of the police department.”

Collins says Deal “frequently” oversees city operations out of OEMC “to manage street closures, to protect people’s first amendment rights and to ensure the safety of people gathering.”

He didn’t respond to questions about why other top aides and press staff were tracking protesters.

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question: What is one issue with plotting undercover cops in protest groups?

answer: The groups are mostly non-violent.

question: What would not surprise a group of peaceful law-abiding protestors?

answer: That cops were hired to infiltrate their groups.

question: Why don't protestors think anything new will come of this?

answer: The police find ways to use whatever tactics and force they deem necessary no matter what.

question: Why were the four organizations in particular chosen to spy on?

answer: There is no logical answer to that question in this text.

question: Name one reason authorities cite to spy on these organizations.

answer: Social media has shown encouragement to resort to violent measures in order to dismantle the system.


split: train

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 October 12, 1989:

	She wore a red dress of exquisite formidability. The fabric, elegant in its simplicity, tightly enveloped her body in a manor that distinguished the alluring curves of her veneer. The top was cut just above the breasts, exposing her shoulders; from the waist down, the dress loosened and draped to where it was cut just below the knee: revealing a red ribbon, equal in shade to that of the dress, tied securely around her right ankle. The dress acted as a bright contrast to the seemingly monochrome topography of the Lexington Avenue subway station on 59th Street. The white-tiled walls were now withered and coated in miscellaneous filth and graffiti art. The station's accepted commoners and vagrants, alike, all flooded it's floors and weaved through parallel columns spanning the length of the platform. Public benches were offered for the weary; mutters of impatience among the waiting could be heard under the flicker of fluorescent light. This was indeed, she thought, a beautifully tragic representation of social conformity.
	She was 36 years of age as of June, though she appeared to be in her mid 20's. Her hight was average: slender body. Her skin was smooth and pallid, almost white in color, with light blush accents. She had always possessed a pale complexion ever since she could remember. As a result, she had often been mistakenly labeled with ailments and profiled by her former peers. Her skin also offered an ideal canvas for the red of her dress and the dark indentations of the bruises she bore.Though most were concealed, one could barley be seen emerging from the seam of her dress on her upper back; she was used to bruises. Her lips were red: again, similar to the red of the dress. Her eyes were bright blue, emphasized by a minimal application of eye liner. Very little cosmetics were used. She possessed a naturally youthful face: one which did not accurately reflect her age. Cosmetics were rarely applicable. Her long, dark hair was pinned in an upsweeping French twist with the graceful decent of frayed strands that intertwined on each side. This was a suitable frame for her aesthetic facial features and a fitting style for the formality of her appearance.
	She descended the stairs of the subway station and stepped onto the lowest level of the underground platform. The station was moderately populated: comprised of a cluster of age groups ranging from elders in suits to small children, who's restless stirrings pronounced the stationary positions of their guardians. With each step she took, the click of her high heels resonated up the length of her legs to the seductive sway of her hips. Immediately, the diverted attention of those around her brought about sporadic glances: not only of her beauty. She carried in her right arm, with her, an infant child wrapped in a blanket and suspended in a woven cradle. The child was abnormally silent, given its age and the current setting. The child was dormant and not a sound was uttered.
	She walked, with a confident poise, to a wooden bench near the center and sat down to the left of a man with a leather suitcase resting at his feet. The man appeared to be in his late 20's. He was relatively tall, medium built, with a freshly shaven face and black hair that was gelled back like some bad 50's nock-off. He wore a tattered, leather jacket over a black crew neck shirt, blue jeans, and some worn sneakers. He was well groomed and sanitary, though his attire reflected some financial difficulty. Upon the bench, she placed the cradle with the child on her lap and folded her hands against her lower abdomen. Her legs were stationed tightly together, and her posture was straight and unrelenting. She remained motionless, faced forward, for a moment staring at the train tracks. She was lost in abysmal thought in an almost transcending foreshadowing of her future actions. This was not so much out of hesitation or doubt but of reflection and confirmation. She knew what she had to do and how it had to be done; there was no avoiding it. This in no way, though, diminished the difficulty of its nature. Without parting her lips, she inhaled deeply and turned to face the man sitting aside of her. Her gaze was unyielding and expressed a measure of both innocence and confidence. She bore a slight smile as though she was content with the man and her circumstances. It almost seemed fake, like a sarcastic mask to comfort any onlookers. For her, this was often the case; however, this was the first time she had smiled in years. It took the man a considerable time before he became aware of her, for she spoke not a word. He turned to his left only to be entranced by her profound beauty. He could not remember a time when such a tantalizing sight had graced his eyes. Though he silently inquired as to the cause of this wanton attention, it was of no great concern at the time. For a moment that depicted an eternity, they remained suspended in an uncomfortable silence before a sound was uttered.
	"What is your name?" she asked. Her voice was seamless and youthful. The man hesitated for a brief moment before clearing his throat.
	"Jake Crow," he replied.
	"And what is your profession?" she asked. Her diction was formal with no noticeable accents  and a relatively fast rate of speech. Jake once again hesitated. He found it queer to be abruptly confronted with a series of disjointed personal inquiries. He felt as though he was being interviewed for a job or something. She had a detached, clinical way about her, the way she conducted herself, that gave him a sense of uneasiness: never breaking composure.
	"I'm in the service," he retorted.
	"Are you married?"
	"I'm sorry... who are you?" he finally asked. Her smile widened, as if he had met her expectations, as she closed her eyes and faced forward. She paused for a moment.
	"I was a dancer once," she said with nostalgia. "I studied dance at Juilliard and performed for the American Ballet Theatre in New York... I was exceptional.... and that was a long time ago." She paused again and turned back to face him. "Do you know why men find the color red alluring Mr. Crow?" she asked as she subtly directed his attention to the fabric of her dress. He shook his head. "Though some argue it's purely the cause of societal conditioning or popular culture, there's reason to believe that men's attraction to the color red is a result of primal, biological effects, their nature, for this anomaly often occurs naturally. Valentines day hearts, carnations, the red illumination of a brothel, red sports cars and the ties that drive them, the attire of nobility and the red cross of authority... Red not only symbolizes passion and romance but power and anger... hate....death." Her voice was now sullen and repressive. "Sometimes, Mr Crow, we have to bleed red to prevent those who draw it." The man was struck speechless. He was almost overwhelmed by this peculiar meeting and what she had said and was unsure on how to retort. He could see pain in her eyes, though she was attempting to hide it; these words had meaning. He decided to change the subject.
	"The child is beautiful," the man said nervously. "Is it yours?" Her face brightened in a bestowal of mirth at his question as her smile returned.
	"Yes," she replied as she gazed down upon her. "Her name is Alice." She stated her name as though there was nothing else.
	"I'm actually engaged," he said. "We've been trying to conceive, but with no luck."
	"Everything I am....everything I do is for her," she said. "Remember that." The distant sound of an approaching train resonated throughout the station. She seemed flustered at the noise. She leaned down and untied the red ribbon from her ankle, folding it and gently placing in the cradle beside her infant daughter. She stood up and placed the cradle on the bench where she previously sat. She bent over and kissed the child affectionately before handing the man a small leather-bound diary. "Please give this to her when she becomes of age....Please take care of her."
	"What?...I....I don't understand," he stuttered with confusion. She smiled once again at him and her daughter before turning to face the tracks. Her pace was constant as the locomotive neared. She crossed the thresh hold marked with caution and balanced upon the ledge before closing her eyes and falling forward. Her morbid greeting with death, elegant in its simplicity, was as a lily on a grave painted in red.

title: The Red Ribbon: Ch. 1

question: What is the significance of the red ribbon?

answer: The woman gives it to her infant daughter before committing suicide.

question: Who is the protagonist?

answer: A woman in her thirties who was once a ballerina.

question: When is the story set?

answer: 1989

question: Who is the protagonist talking to?

answer: A man named Jake Crow.

question: What does the protagonist want from the man she talks to?

answer: She asks him to take care of her daughter, Alice, and give her a diary when she comes of age.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: A woman dressed up in red walks through a train station with her infant daughter in a basket. She sits down next to a man, Jake Crow, and has a cryptic conversation with him that ends with her asking him to take care of her daughter, Alice, before the woman commits suicide by stepping in front of an oncoming train.


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News

[Dairy company Lala has a reduced presence in the south of Tamaulipas.] Dairy company Lala has a reduced presence in the south of Tamaulipas.

Grupo Lala has ceased operations in Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas

Published on Thursday, May 24, 2018

Heightened insecurity has forced some businesses to shut down their operations in the states of Tamaulipas and Guerrero.

Dairy company Grupo Lala said this week that due to widespread insecurity and violence in Ciudad Mante, Tamaulipas, it had temporarily shut down its distribution center earlier this month.

At least one of its delivery trucks was set on fire.

Lala said it was working with local authorities “in order to resume activities as soon as possible.”

Local news sources have reported that Domino’s Pizza, PepsiCo, dairy producer Sello Rojo and the furniture store Foly Mueble, have also shut down their operations in that region, located at the very southern end of the state.

They join Coca-Cola Femsa, which closed its distribution center in Ciudad Altamirano, Guerrero, “indefinitely” on March 23 for security reasons.

“More than the financial impact, what was regrettable for Coca-Cola Femsa was having to lay off more than 160 workers in order to procure their safety and that of their families . . .” said the company in a statement.

It also said that each month the Altamirano facility remains closed the company loses about 30 million pesos (US $1.5 million).

Another corporate victim of insecurity has been chain drug stores, according to the newspaper El Economista.

Nationwide drug store chain Farmacias del Ahorro said there are several areas in the country it cannot access, such as the north of Tamaulipas, due to violence.

Stores in Jalisco, Guerrero and Michoacán have begun operating under a curfew, while a medications distribution firm has been the victim of four robberies so far this year between México state and Veracruz.

The same company, Levic, stopped delivering in parts of Tamaulipas after several of its personnel were kidnapped.

It’s not going to get any better in the opinion of a specialist interviewed by _El Economista_.

“I would not be surprised if more businesses [such as Lala and Coca-Cola Femsa] have to make a similar decision, because what we’ve been seeing in recent months is a deterioration in security,” said Antonio Ocaranza Fernández of the consulting firm Oca Reputación.

Authorities seem to be concerned about doing anything before the elections, he said.

Ocaranza thinks it will be businesses that rely on the transportation and shipment of goods that will suffer the most.

He hopes that the cases of Lala and Coca-Cola will serve as a wake-up call for authorities to pay heed and act.

“Both companies are Mexican, but the moment when an international firm has to make a similar decision the issue of investing in Mexico is going to be questioned, because it is a place where the rule of law is not enforced.”

_Source: El Economista (sp), Forbes México (sp)_

question: What is Grupo Lala?

answer: Lala is a diary company in Tamaulipas, it has reduced its presence in the area by shutting down their operations in the states of Tamaulipas and Guerrero by closing their distribution center earlier this month.

question: Why did Lala shut down their distribution center?

answer: For security reasons in response to the burning of at least one of their delivery trucks. It is implied that they are attempting to avoid further damage to their property and prevent harm to their employees.

question: Why is there a security concern?

answer: It is implied that there is a notiecable degree of political unrest in the area. According to newspaper El Economista, the upcoming elections has become a major security concern since authorities are not doing anything prior to the elections. In response, companies such as Coca-Cola Femsa, Domino's Pizza, PepsiCo, Sello Rojo, and Foly Mueble have shut down operation in the area.

question: How does this affect Mexico overall?

answer: Local industries shutting down due to political issues is one thing, but an international firm making that same decision would imply that the country will be less attractive to investors.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: In light of the upcoming election, increased lack of security, and the burning of one of their trucks, dairy company Grupo Lala has shut down their distribution center. This, along with the shutting down of operations for other companies will not bode well for Mexico in terms of attracting investors.


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Christopher first pulled the covers off of himself, and when the heat was still too much, he got out of bed. It was the middle of the night, and he was unable to sleep. He put on his coat and walked into the kitchen.

Christopher lit the fireplace and made himself a drink. The room was small and had two couches on either side of the fireplace. He drank the first drink, and then went back into the kitchen and made another one.

The cat, which he called Hank, rubbed its flank against Christopher's leg. Christopher pulled the cat up to his lap and pet him in front of his ears. Hank was a small, short-haired, gray cat with a striped tail. He was not a very smart cat, and it seemed that the only reason Hank lived was for fighting.

Hank accepted the affection for a short time and then began pawing at Christopher's hand and began to fight him. Christopher called Hank a bastard and swatted at his paws, and he pushed Hank's head down and let it back up repeatedly, playing with him. This went on for some time until Hank became bored of the fight and retired on the far side of the couch, where he curled up and slept. Christopher got up, and grabbed his computer from off the coffee table. He sat on the other couch, turned it on, and waited for it to boot up.

title: Hank

question: Why would a man who could not sleep because of excessive heat light up his fireplace?

answer: Unknown.


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JORGE ENRIQUE ROBLEDO CASTILLO (Born February 11, 1950) is a Colombian architect and politician currently serving as Senator. Robledo is a member of the Alternative Democratic Pole and is the Senate Leader for the party in congress. Currently in his 4th term in office, Senator Robledo received the highest vote of all Senators in the 2014 parliamentary elections (191,910 votes)[1] For five consecutive years, Robledo has been voted the best Senator in Colombia by popular opinion polls from all sectors.[2]

In October 2016, Robledo announced that he would run for President in 2018.[3]

Senator Robledo's is known for his Economic Nationalist policies and persistent criticism of Neoliberalism and the dependency of foreign investment as the main economic driver of economic growth. He has also focused heavily on national sovereignty, Industrialisation, workers rights and the improvement of healthcare. Robledo maintains strong relations with Colombia's agricultural interest groups, and is a critic of Colombia's Free Trade deals with respect to Food security and agricultural production.[4]

[1] http://www.elheraldo.co/politica/cuatro-senadores-con-la-mas-alta-votacion-de-sus-partidos-145718

[2] http://jorgerobledo.com/por-quinta-vez-consecutiva-jorge-enrique-robledo-es-elegido-como-el-mejor-senador-del-pais-por-el-panel-de-opinion-de-cifras-y-conceptos/

[3] http://www.eltiempo.com/politica/partidos-politicos/jorge-robledo-presento-precandidatura-a-la-presidencia/16735538

[4] http://jorgerobledo.com/el-libre-comercio-y-los-tlc-estan-destruyendo-la-seguridad-alimentaria-senador-robledo/

title: Jorge Enrique Robledo

question: Who is Jorge Enrique Robledo?

answer: A Colombian architect and politician serving as Senator.

question: What was Robledo's announcement?

answer: In October 2016 Robledo announced that he would run for President in 2018.

question: What is Senator Robledo known for?

answer: For his Economic Nationalist policies and criticism of Neoliberalism and dependency of foreign investment as the main economic driver for economic growth.

question: What is Robledo's popularity amongst voters?

answer: He's been voted the best Senator in Colombia for five consecutive years.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Jorge Enrique Robledo is a Colombian architect and politician serving as Senator on his 4th term in office. He has been voted the best Senator in Colombia for five consecutive yeas and has since announced his candidacy for President in 2018.


text:
“What do you think that is?”

“Well, Todo we aren’t in Texas anymore.”

Ella laughs and says,” But really, what is that? The sun is in my eyes.”
The Texas sun is blinding and the air is heavy with humidity. The clouds move as fast as the San Marcos River roiling through the man made pathways. There is not an open spot on the grassy hill, and the sounds of faded conversations fill our ears with the nonsense of college students trying too hard to impress each other.

“I think that it is looking at us,” Ryan says in a whisper with a questioning tone.

As our shadows pass over it, its pleading eyes began to open. Glazed over and too weak to move, it felt our presence. Its legs quiver as it looks up at us with pure pathetic eyes. The thoughts cross our minds that it is given to fly. It is using its last breath to grasp our attention or anyone else who might give a damn.

Ryan looks over to it and says,” You alright there little buddy?”

Ella answers with a sigh and says,” I actually think that it’s dieing. I can’t believe that no one else has noticed.”

Ryan says bluntly, “Oh, I think that people noticed. They probably didn’t care.”

Its pink bare skin and some bone are exposed. Its neck is completely mangled with no sympathy. To say the least, its tortured end of life is disturbing to witness and drawing near. Realizing that we are its last hope not to be forgotten, we decided to notify the park service.

“Sorry guys, I don’t know if there is too much we can do to save it. I mean it’s just a vulture. If it was exotic or rare we would have a better chance.” Reluctantly he says, “But I’ll go ahead and give the animal shelter a ring and, uh, see what we can do for yall. Thanks for letting me know. Um, in the mean time I’ll cover it with a trashcan because I don’t want anyone to be disturbed. You know what I mean?”

As they began to walk away Ella lightened the mood by saying, “ Well, I guess not all birds are created equal either.”

Ryan answered, “Yeah, I agree with you. Who knew that man even created a cast system for birds?”

title: Unthought Known Flaws of Man

question: What are the names of the main characters?

answer: Ella and Ryan.

question: What did they see in the hill?

answer: They saw a dying bird.

question: Why did the park service say they can't do much?

answer: Because the bird was just a vulture and wasn't an exotic or rare species.

question: What did Ella and Ryan conclude in the end?

answer: That we humans went so far as to create a class system for birds which rates the importance of their lives.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The text is a short story about Ella and Ryan finding a dying bird. They notify the part service, but they don't seem able to help since the bird is not exotic or rare.


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Saskatoon

On Sunday morning, a fundraising tournament will be held for a new disc golf course in Saskatoon.

A fundraiser for the city's second course is being held on Sunday

[]

Saskatoon's second disc golf course is located at Donna L. Birkmaier and District Park in Briarwood. (CBC News)

People will be able to try out a new disc golf course in Saskatoon for the first time on Sunday.

Gophertown Disc Golf is hosting a fundraising tournament for the new course in Donna L. Birkmaier Park.

-   VILLAGE OF VANSCOY SETS UP 9-HOLE DISC GOLF COURSE

It's expected to help meet the growing demand for disc golf.

"The other course is getting busy, so I mean, just to be able to spread out some of the players throughout the city will be great," said Gophertown president James Lawson.

He added the tournament will also help expose the sport to new, curious players.

In his experience, Lawson said one of the most difficult parts of playing a new course is working out the distance perception and the wind in the area.

The new setup will be on par with a standard course, but will boast a few signature holes to test people, he said.

[]

Demand for disc golf is growing in Saskatoon. (CBC News)

Some of the original plans were scrapped to come to the final design, and most changes stemmed from the city's requests, Lawson said.

"There's concern for safety of the public and for the environment and that area there," he said.

"There's a wetland area there that obviously is a concern for people."

The changes have been made, and Lawson expects the city to fully install the course around the last week in July.

"It's a beautiful park and I think people will really enjoy it," he said.

There will be two rounds of 18 holes at the fundraiser, and raffle prizes will be given out. Organizers hope to raise $600 to go towards permanent installation of baskets, as well as signs and other costs.

Players should meet at 11 a.m. CST.

The other disc golf course in Saskatoon's Diefenbaker Park was established in 2005.

question: Where will the second disc golf course be built?

answer: Donna L. Birkmaier and District Park in Briarwood.

question: Why are they building a second disc golf course?

answer: To help meet the demand for the sport, in the area.

question: Who is the president of Gophertown?

answer: James Lawson.

question: When was the first disc gold course established in Saskatoon?

answer: in 2005.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The article is about the new disc golf course in Saskatoon and how the sport is growing in popularity in that city.


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	They do not tell you where you are going until you are there. They make us march miles for weeks, without the slightest hint about the terror that awaits. We leave with around one hundred thousand men, but arrive with only ten thousand. They do not die, but they are engineers and workers that stay behind at certain locations to build a road to the place we are going, to make it easier the next time around.
	“Hold!” The Centurion yells loudly. He is a big, powerful man, who has led many victories. He strode forth on his horse, inspecting the path ahead. He had glistening silver armor, covering a red tunic. His helmet is the classic helmet of a Roman Centurion.
	“March!”
	I do not know what he thought was there, but it must be all okay now. A little on up the path, there was a very loud crashing noise to out right. He held his hand up in the “hold” position, not yelling it in case there was something there, and it had not spotted us yet. He then made the “line” signal, in which we all simultaneously turned to the right, and one man would put his shield against the ground and hold his spear to the right of it, while the other man would put his shield on a forty five degree inward angle on top of it.
	Like the slither of a snake in the grass, they came straight up behind us.

How is that so far?

title: New Roman Empire

question: What mood is the author trying to provoke?

answer: The author is trying to provoke a mood of discipline and strictness with this story/story theme.


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  “Hey, fuck-face, that’s my spot your in.”  A patron shouted as he walked through the door that served as an entrance to the derelict bar.
  “Ain’t got a name on it, and the barkeep never said it was spoken for, rekin you’re outta luck.” Bronco spoke nonchalantly never raising his eyes from the glass of Jack Daniels in front of him.
  At twenty-eight years old he stood six foot one and just shy of two hundred pounds.  He started work young doing yard work and odd jobs around town, eventually winding up in construction then down to the local shipyard.  He never drew much attention and never asked for trouble; it just had a way of following him and showing up.  Years of hard living and work had helped build him to take on most trouble that wanted to be found.
  “Listen, I told you it’s my spot, do I have to beat that in to you?” The fellow hollered walking closer to Bronco.  Roughly the same age, he could tell this kid was just pea cocking around for the other bar-flys.
  “Sorry for the mess, ma’am.”  Slugging down the last two inches whiskey in his glass and placing a hundred dollar bill down underneath it.  “Something’s just gotta happen” turning to face to noisy intruder.
  “The fuc-” never got to finish his sentence at swift left cross connected with his abdomen and sent him stumbling back into the bar stools, a second right hook caught his jaw laying the poor kid out on the floor.
  “Again sorry for the mess.”  Bronco stepped over the unconscious mess that once was.
  He walked to his beat up jeep; the sun was starting to set over the Pacific.

title: In the bar

question: What are the two characters arguing about?

answer: A specific spot in the bar, which the intruder claims belongs to him.

question: Who winds up claiming the spot in the end?

answer: Bronco punches the intruder, winning the fight, although he leaves the bar afterwards.

question: Describe Bronco.

answer: He is twenty-eight years old, six foot one, and just shy of two hundred pounds. He is physically fit as the result of years of hard living and work.

question: What is Bronco drinking?

answer: A glass of Jack Daniels

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Bronco is sitting in the bar drinking a glass of Jack Daniels when a man enters and claims that Bronco is in his spot. When the man tries to confront him, Bronco punches the man, laying him out on the floor. Bronco apologizes for the mess and then leaves in his jeep.


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LIDDLE TOWERS (19 September 1936 – 9 February 1976) was an electrician and amateur boxing coach[1] from Chester-le-Street, County Durham, England, who died following a spell in police custody in 1976.[2]

Death

Towers was arrested outside the Key Club in Birtley on 16 January 1976 by PC Goodner. After a struggle he was put into a dog van by six policemen and taken to Gateshead police station. Later, at 4 am, he was taken from the station to Queen Elizabeth Hospital because he complained of not feeling well, and, after an examination which apparently revealed no injury and nothing wrong with him, he was taken back to the cells. He was discharged later that same morning at 10 o'clock.[3]

Both the taxi driver who took Towers home and his local GP, Alan Powney, who saw him later that day at 2 o'clock, gave evidence that was consistent with Towers' own account of having been assaulted in the cells.[4] Towers told his friend “They gave us a bloody good kicking outside the Key Club, but that was nowt to what I got when I got inside”.[5] Towers died on 9 February 1976 at Dryburn Hospital, County Durham.

On 8 October 1976 an inquest into the death of Towers returned a verdict of justifiable homicide. The case had been reported in the national press and the verdict was widely criticised, causing considerable disquiet over both the integrity of the Northumbria Police and of police behaviour and accountability in general. On 3 May 1977, the Attorney-General, in answer to a Written Question from the MP for Chester-le-Street Giles Radice, said that the DPP had “decided that the evidence was not such as to justify the institution of criminal proceedings against any officer”. On 8 July the Home Secretary recorded his refusal to set up an inquiry under the provision of S32 Police Act (1964).[6]

The justifiable homicide verdict was appealed and, in June 1978, was set aside by the Queen's Bench Divisional Court, which ordered a new inquest.[7][8][9][10] The second inquest, held in Bishop Auckland in October 1978, reached a verdict of death by misadventure.[11][12]

The Towers case was thought to have influenced the outcome of a similar case from 2009 where a newspaper seller, Ian Tomlinson, was also killed by police.[13]

In popular culture

Punk band the Angelic Upstarts released a single entitled “The Murder of Liddle Towers” in 1978. Sex Pistols producer Dave Goodman released a record called “Justifiable Homicide”. The Tom Robinson Band dedicated their 1979 album, _TRB Two_ to Mary Towers, the mother of Liddle Towers. The song “Blue Murder” on this album relates to the death of Towers.

In 1977, the mod band The Jam were critical of the police in their song “Time for Truth” which contains the lyric “Bring forward the six pigs, We wanna see them swing so high”. Skinhead band The Crux also did a song called “Liddle Towers” about the incident.[14]

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title: Liddle Towers

question: Who was Liddle Towers?

answer: He was an electrician and amateur boxing coach from England who is known for dying in police custody in 1976.

question: What was the justifiable homicide verdict?

answer: An inquest into Towers' death resulted in this verdict, but the article doesn't go into detail about what the type of verdict means. It can be assumed that it means that police were justified in their homicide.

question: How did Towers die?

answer: It seems Towers died several weeks after being assaulted by police. It can be assumed these injuries led to his death.

question: What bands were inspired by Towers?

answer: Angelic Upstarts, The Tom Robinson Band, The Jam, and The Crux

question: How old was Towers when he died?

answer: He was 39.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: This article discusses Liddle Towers, who was killed after being in police custody in 1976. In 1977, an inquest into the death delivered a verdict of justifiable homicide. The verdict was widely criticized. Towers death inspired many musical artists, with some bands releasing music that was critical of police.


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As California Restaurant Month works its way around the Golden State, here are seven more regions that will begin offering delectable deals at some top dining establishments. Click on any of the links below for more details.

Placer Celebrates Mandarins

For more than 125 years, the foothills of Placer County turn orange come late autumn as hundreds of Satsuma Mountain Mandarin trees bear their fruit. From Jan. 4 to 13, this Gold Country county will celebrate its first annual Placer Celebrates Mandarins restaurant week. Local restaurants will put their twist on the small citrus fruit, creating dishes that highlight the mandarin’s unique flavor profile—from salads and sauces to unique desserts. Fun fact: The Satsuma Mountain Mandarin provides natural decongestion relief for cold and allergy symptoms.

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Cheeseburger Week in Pasadena

In 1924, a 16-year-old Pasadena fry cook named Lionel Sternberger changed the course of culinary history by serving the first burger covered in melted cheese at the Rite Spot. While the original name, the “Aristocrat Burger,” didn’t stick, the dish sure did. During Cheeseburger Week, Jan. 6–11, the city of Pasadena celebrates its delicious history with dozens of restaurants offering burger-centric meals and deals. For a truly burger-licous day, gather up your friends and head out for a cheeseburger crawl.

Santa Monica Restaurant Week

Head to the renowned Santa Monica Farmers Market at the beginning of the year and you’ll discover little cartons of gold. Persimmons are only in season for a short window of the winter, so hungry shoppers and local chefs rush to grab them before they’re gone. Celebrate the lovely pudding-textured fruit during Santa Monica Restaurant Week, from Jan. 7–13. Participating eateries will craft nutritious dishes, all centered around the persimmon. A nice bonus: You can stick to your healthy-eating resolution while celebrating the harvest in Santa Monica.

Taste Geyserville

Don’t let the three-block-long downtown fool you: Geyserville has a lot to offer when it comes to cuisine. The adorable little town in northern Sonoma County is hosting its first annual restaurant month experience over the course of 10 days. From Jan. 11 to 20, local eateries will serve up specials, sure to pair well with the area’s world-famous wines. Thanks to a deep agricultural tradition, Geyserville’s restaurants keep it super fresh, like the renowned Diavola Pizzeria & Salumeria, which earned the distinguished Snail of Approval by Slow Food International. On the grounds of Francis Ford Coppola’s iconic winery, the full-service RUSTIC, Francis’s Favorites, serves family-style Italian dishes—often with ingredients sourced from the on-site garden.

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dine L.A.

The culinary scene in Los Angeles encompasses everything from the best fish tacos you’ve ever tasted hidden under a highway overpass to high-concept dining where food is treated as art. During dineL.A. from Jan. 11–25, you can try meals from more than 400 restaurants with specially priced menus for lunch and dinner. Grab lunch at the splurge-worthy destination you’ve been dying to try for just $15–$35 for a two-course meal. Find a three-course dinner at every level of fancy: Meals start at $29 and go up to $99 or more. Insider tip: Make a reservation ahead of time as spots often fill up fast.

Oakland Restaurant Week

More than 100 restaurants are getting in on the action during Oakland Restaurant Week, spanning two weekends from Jan. 11–20. Over the last decade, Oakland has garnered an exceptionally high level of gastronomical attention, building a reputation as one of the most exciting culinary destinations in the country. No matter what your budget, you can get a taste of what Oakland has to offer. Prix fixe lunch and dinner menus start at just $10.

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Dine Downtown Sacramento

In 2018, Thrillist named Sacramento our country’s “best up-and-coming food city.” See what all the hype’s about during Dine Downtown. From Jan. 11 to 21, guests can enjoy three-course dinners for just $35 at more than 30 downtown restaurants. Known as the country’s Farm-to-Fork Capital, Sacramento is home to more than 8,000 acres of farmland and world-class chefs. Dine Downtown makes your decadent dinner taste all the more satisfying thanks to its donation program: One dollar from each meal goes to local social services and food literacy programs.

question: What is the purpose of this article?

answer: To highlight a variety of foodie events across California. The article is celebrating a variety of types of food as well as the cities that keep them. With this in mind the purpose appears to be to get people to the restaurants mentioned.

question: What is the best place to go to eat according to the article?


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EMIL VON OTTENTHAL (15 June 1855, in Sand in Taufers – 5 February 1931, in Vienna) was an Austrian historian and archivist.

He studied history under Alfons Huber at the University of Innsbruck and with Theodor von Sickel at the Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung (Institute for Austrian Historical Research) in Vienna. In 1880 he obtained his habilitation for history at Innsbruck, and from 1882 was associated with the Austrian Historical Institute in Rome. From 1888 to 1912, with Oswald Redlich, he published the _Archiv-Berichte aus Tirol_ (“Archive Reports of Tyrol”).[1][2][3]

In 1889 he became an associate professor at the University of Innsbruck, where in 1893 he attained a full professorship. In 1904 he succeeded Engelbert Mühlbacher as professor and director of the Institute for Austrian Historical Research in Vienna. From 1904 to 1926 he was a member of the central management of Monumenta Germaniae Historica.[4][5]

Selected works

-   _Regulae Cancellariae apostolicae. Die päpstlichen Kanzleiregeln von Johannes XXII. bis Nicolaus V._, 1888 – Regulae Cancellariae apostolicae; the papal chancellory of John XXII to Nicholas V.
-   _Die Regesten des Kaiserreichs unter den Herrschern aus dem Sächsischen Hause 919–1024_ (by Johann Friedrich Böhmer, new edition by Ottenthal; 6 parts, 1893–) – The Regesta of the Empire among the rulers of Saxony, 919–1024.
-   _Das K.K. Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung 1854–1904_ (1904) – The Royal Institute of Austrian history research in 1854–1904.
-   _Das Memoirenhafte in Geschichtsquellen des früheren Mittelalters_, 1905 – On history sources of the earlier Middle Ages.
-   _Die gefälschten Magdeburger Diplome und Melchior Goldast_, 1919 – The counterfeit Magdeburg document and Melchior Goldast.[6]

[1] Ottenthaler von Ottenthal, Emil (1855-1931) Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon und biographische Dokumentation

[2] Hannes Obermair (1995). _Ottenthal-Redlichs „Archiv-Berichte aus Tirol“ – ein unvollendetes Projekt?_ In Landesdenkmalamt Bozen (ed.): _Denkmalpflege in Südtirol/Tutela dei beni culturali in Alto Adige 1989/90._ Bozen 1995, pp. 333–359.

[3] Ottenthal, Emil (Ottenthaler) von In: Neue Deutsche Biographie

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[6] [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Ottenthal,Emil.%22&type=author&inst= HathiTrust Digital Library] (published works)

title: Emil von Ottenthal

question: When was Emil Von Ottenthal born?

answer: 15 June 1855.

question: What did Emil Von Ottenthal do?

answer: He was a historian and archivist.

question: Where did he become associate professor in 1889?

answer: University of Innsbruck.

question: Where did Emil Von Ottenthal die?

answer: In Vienna.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article is about Emil Von Ottenthal, an Austrian historian and archivist from the 19th - 20th centuries.


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BREAKING THE MOULD

PROGRESSIVE IDEAS IN PRACTICE

 A DAY OF PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS ON INNOVATIVE THINKING IN EDUCATION

 Chaired by Robert Lobatto, Head of King Alfred School

DAVID PRICE, CARL JARVIS, MARK MOORHOUSE, IAN MORRIS, MICHAEL MCINTYRE, SANUM KHAN

9.15.am Continental Breakfast
10.00.am Conference starts

DAVID PRICE, OBE is a Senior Associate at the Innovation Unit, and has been dubbed a 'learning futurist'. He has led internationally-adopted innovations in education, including Musical Futures and Learning Futures. He is also the author of the Amazon best-seller, OPEN: How We'll Work, Live And Learn In The Future. His passion is helping learning organisations be prepared for a radically turbulent future, through speaking, consulting and training. He is a board member of the Canadian Education Association and of Vega Schools, in India.

PRESENTATION: FUTURE SCHOOLS: WHY INNOVATION ISN’T AN OPTIONAL EXTRA

How do we ensure that today’s students are best prepared for an unpredictable future? How do we respond to the demands of the increasingly entrepreneurial, globalised workforce they will be looking to enter? And how do we help form, and inform, tomorrow’s citizens so they can ensure that the planet itself still has a future? These questions are being debated daily in the world’s most innovative schools, and will be addressed in this talk, together with how great schools, and great companies, build open learning cultures, so that students can be tomorrow’s innovators.

WORKSHOP: IMPROVEMENT SCIENCE - HOW TO GET BETTER AT GETTING BETTER

Improvement Science has had striking success in the healthcare, automotive, and aviation industries, but until very recently, has not been practiced in education. This workshop will engage participants in Improvement Science’s key elements and work on some thorny problems together.

CARL JARVIS, CEO of EOS Education and Executive Head of Hartsholme Academy, Lincoln. Eos Education is an alliance of schools nationally and internationally designing innovative pedagogy to help improve educational outcomes for all young people, ensuring they are ready for the modern world, specialising in 'Immersive and Interdependence Methodology'. Carl took Hartsholme Academy from 'special measures' to 'beyond outstanding' in two years to winning 'Innovation School of the Year' in 2013. Carl coaches and supports headteachers and senior leaders in his role as a National Leader of Education.

PRESENTATION: CREATING CURIOSITY TO IMPROVE OUTCOMES

The world has rapidly developed over the past few decades whilst the world of education has stood still. Carl will examine the effect of not changing with the times has on our students' outcomes. He will use evidence based research to challenge our thinking about the way we approach teaching and learning in the classroom and ask whether or not the phrase 'We've always done it this way' is good enough anymore.

WORKSHOP: RETHINKING THE WAY WE WORK WITH OUR STUDENTS

Carl will look at the ways in which industry is changing and challenging its approach to motivating their employees to maximise outcomes and ask whether education can learn from their findings.

MARK MOORHOUSE, Headteacher of Matthew Moss High School, Rochdale. A trustee of the Slow Education organisation, Mark’s particular expertise is in applying Transactional Analysis theory and the insights of American statistician Dr W Edwards Deming to schooling. He is currently working with Giles Barrow on Original Teaching, a self-development framework for educators.

PRESENTATION: WHO OWNS YOUR SCHOOL? HOW LEARNING COMMONS PRACTICES CAN INCREASE ENGAGEMENT AND OUTCOMES

No-one washes a hire car. Why would they? It is no surprise then that working to increase the sense of communal ownership within a school maximises the care that everyone has for the institution and their work within it. This presentation will identify the mechanisms by which such a shift can be enacted.

WORKSHOP: TRANSACTIONAL ANALYSIS. HOW OUR USE OF WORDS CAN BOOST LEARNING AND ORGANISATIONAL EFFICIENCY

Imagine the number of interactions in your school every day: to increase the quality of even 10% of these conversations will create a significant improvement in efficiency. This workshop will share some of the structures of Transactional Analysis theory and demonstrate how they can sustain an effective, productive and harmonious school community.

IAN MORRIS, Head of Well-being at Wellington College. Ian introduced the well-being curriculum at Wellington in 2006 and has since written 2 editions of ‘Teaching Happiness and Well-being in Schools’ (Bloomsbury) and has co-authored a book on character education in primary schools. Ian also teaches Philosophy and Religion at Wellington, where he lives with his wife and two young children.

PRESENTATION: WHAT’S THE POINT OF SCHOOL?

In an era of raising standards, measurable outcomes and testing, are we in danger of forgetting to think about philosophy of education? This presentation puts forward one suggestion for how a philosophy of education can make sense of why we educate.

WORKSHOP: TEACHING WELL-BEING

This workshop gives a short introduction to how well-being is taught at Wellington College.

MICHAEL MCINTYRE, Senior Programme Co-ordinator for Facing History and Ourselves in its London office. Facing History is an international professional development organisation dedicated to training teachers to use inspiring content and innovative pedagogy to help their students to fight racism, antisemitism and prejudice and to become more compassionate global citizens.

SANUM KHAN, Head of RE at the Royal Grammar School in High Wycombe. Her teaching and learning largely focuses on developing independent thinkers prepared to engage critically with the ever-changing world around them. As a result, she regularly practices facing history pedagogy in the classroom.

PRESENTATION : HOW A FACING HISTORY AND OURSELVES APPROACH TO LEARNING CAN HELP PREVENT VIOLENCE, SUPPORT A PEACEFUL SCHOOL AND LEAD TO BETTER EDUCATIONAL STANDARDS

Michael and Sanum will discuss the methodology and research findings that show the effectiveness and potency of the Facing History and Ourselves’ approach to humanities education. Is it really possible to raise academic standards in humanities education and enable students to explore and develop their wider contribution to society? This presentation will give an overview of how facing History works to do this, before exploring some key resources and pedagogy in the workshop.

WORKSHOP: HOW TO TEACH ABOUT IDENTITY AND MORAL AND ETHICAL DECISION MAKING IN THE CLASSROOM

In this workshop Michael and Sanum will explore some Facing History resources to open up universal questions about identity and belonging. Using Facing History's innovative pedagogical approach, participants will be encouraged to make essential connections between the resources and their own lives. In this way they hope to begin conversations about the prejudices that can accompany issues of identity and belonging, and to consider the tools students need to help them create a more civil society.

question: Who is chairing the conference?

answer: Robert Lobatto

question: Describe the purpose of the conference.

answer: The conference is focused on innovative thinking in education

question: Who is able to attend the conference?

answer: That information can't be found, although it seems to be aimed toward educators.

question: Where will the conference be held?

answer: That information can't be found.

question: List the worshops offered at the conference.

answer:
Improvement Science - How to Get Better at Getting Better

Rethinking the Way We Work with Our Students

Transactional Analysis. How Our Use of Words Can Boost Learning and Organisational Efficiency

Teaching Well-being

How to Teach About Identity and Moral and Ethical Decision Making in the Classroom

question: Summarize the Creating Curiosity to Improve Outcomes presentation.

answer: This presentation is hosted by Carl Jarvis, CEO of EOS Education. He examines the effect not changing with the times has on students and questions whether "we've always done it this way" is a good excuse not to change one's approach to teaching.

question: Who is hosting the Transactional Analysis: How Our Use of Words Can Boots Learning and Organisational Efficiency workshop?

answer: Possibly Ian Morris, though it's unclear from the formatting of the text.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: An overview of the various presentations and workshops available at the Breaking the Mould Conference. The conference is centred around innovation in education, with a focus on progressive ideas. Robert Lobatto, the Head of King Alfred School, is the chair for the conference.


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Middle man}} “THE MIDDLE MEN” is the sixth episode of _Torchwood: Miracle Day_, the fourth series of the British science fiction television series _Torchwood_. It was originally broadcast in the United States on Starz on 12 August 2011.

_Torchwood: Miracle Day_ follows the aftermath of a day where humanity has stopped being able to die. In the episode, a team called Torchwood exposes information to the public about secretive concentration camps where wounded people are taken to be incinerated.

Plot summary

In the pre-credits sequence, PhiCorp COO Stuart Owens (Ernie Hudson) attempts to investigate PhiCorp construction sites in Shanghai but his hired investigator (Eric Steinberg) jumps off a high-story building to end consciousness, rather than tell him the horror of what is really going on. Jack (John Barrowman) later confronts Owens and learns from him that PhiCorp is as much a pawn as any other player in the system, and that whoever orchestrated the miracle has been working towards it for a very long time. He also learns of another term relating to the miracle which Owens' team of investigators have uncovered: “the blessing”, dating back to the 1990s.

In San Pedro, Rex (Mekhi Phifer) finishes his video message contained along with the footage of Dr. Juarez's (Arlene Tur) incineration, and Esther (Alexa Havins) begins to suspect something has happened to Dr. Juarez. Rex attempts to pass himself off as a soldier working at the San Pedro Overflow Camp but is unsuccessful and captured. Juarez's killer, camp director Colin Maloney (Marc Vann), briefly considers using Rex's video to expose the death of Dr. Juarez and become a hero, but then attempts to kill Rex. Esther finds them and is forced to strangle Maloney. With assistance from soldier Ralph Coltrane (Fred Koehler), who had been complicit in Juarez's murder, they are able to escape the compound with the footage. They release it, causing a public outcry, but do not affect the government's stance on Overflow Camps and the life and death category system.

In Wales, Gwen (Eve Myles) manages to break her father Geraint (William Thomas) out of the Overflow Camp as Rhys (Kai Owen) runs over the gates with Geraint in the back of his truck. With the Torchwood contact lenses, Gwen publicly broadcasts a message explaining the purpose of the Overflow Camps shortly before blowing up the Modules (where people are incinerated) at the Cardiff facility. However, touching down again in Los Angeles she is unable to make contact with Rhys. A mysterious phone call at the LAX white courtesy telephone tells her to put on her lenses, where she receives a message directly to her line of sight from some mysterious conspirators: they have her mother, husband and child, and to set them free she must deliver Jack.

Reception

Assignment X described the episode as “lackluster”, stating, “This story seems to excel in examining all the permutations of its premise in society – such as the intriguing “45 Club” early in this episode – but the further it goes in following the actual plotline with the Torchwood team and their investigation, the more frustrating it gets as a viewing experience”.[1] The Yorker was positive about the episode saying “With each new episode of Torchwood, the revelations become grimmer and more disturbing. The switch between Wales and the US works well now, and there’s a realistic contrast between the two.”[2]

The Guardian commented saying “it's actually starting to feel rather normal, this show being set in both California and Wales. It needed to eventually, It's Esther who really comes into her own this week. After inadvertently getting her sister's kids taken into care the other week, she's now gone through a Torchwood rite of passage in killing someone as Evil Colin enacts a horror movie cliche, grabbing her ankle and extending what are actually some pretty shocking and graphic scenes of violence against women. Still, her final, broken scene with Rex in the car, where unlike the rest of the team she would very clearly be doing absolutely anything else, was really very moving.”[3]

[1] http://www.assignmentx.com/2011/tv-review-torchwood-miracle-day-the-middle-men-review-1/

[2] http://www.theyorker.co.uk/news/tv/7512

[3] https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/tvandradioblog/2011/aug/13/torchwood-mirace-day-episode-six

title: The Middle Men

question: Describe the kind of show Torchwood: Miracle Day is.

answer: Torchwood: Miracle Day is a science fiction show that appears to be dealing with existential scenarios, in this case, a world where humans do not die. It appears to approach the topic via a combination of small scope personal family drama (Gwen and her father), and the larger view of a political reaction to the situation (the Overflow camps and a category system for life and death). The show focuses on the Torchwood team, though it is not stated in the narrated which characters in the episode are part of the team and who are not.

question: According to the show, what are the consequences of humans not being able to die?

answer: Since death is no longer an option, people who would commit suicide would not perform acts that would prevent them from being conscious. There are facilities established to deal with people who should be dead by incinerating them and there is a new legal classification for defining who is alive and who is not. Since Gwen needed to free her father from one of the Overflow camps, it is likely that people who should have died, but are still alive, are being sent to these camps forcibly to be incinerated. The most important detail is that the general public is not aware of what is actually going on inside the camps.

question: Identify the members of the Torchwood team.

answer: Among the characters, Gwen is likely to be a member of the team since she uses the Torchwood lenses. As she is also asked by an unknown party to deliver Jack, this makes Jack as likely to be a member of the team as well. While no affiliation has been directly given, the fact that the story in San Pedro focuses on Rex and Esther makes them also likely to be part of the Torchwood team.

question: What is the "Blessing"?

answer: It appears to be directly connected to the main plot of Miracle Day: the reason why people are not dying. In some ways, can consider freedom from death as a blessing. However, not being able to die must certainly come at a massive cost, and this is hinted at during the pre-credits scene when the investigator chooses to "die" instead of talking about the horror of what he knows. Interestingly, the cliffhanger at the end of the episode hints that Jack might be directly connected to the blessing or the people behind it, as Gwen is being blackmailed but yet to be revealed characters to deliver Jack.


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With all those blogs on thousands of niches scattered around the world wide web, you’d think that creating a blog is a snap, which is not so. It can be easy if you know what to do. This article guides you on HOW TO START A BLOG in 8 easy steps.

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Blogging 101: A Primer for Beginners

Blogging has been around for about as long as the modern Web. It’s no different than journaling, except doing online. Over time, blogging became a preferred way to share information because it carried personality.

Let’s do a quick primer on blogging before we start building, shall we?

What is a Blog?

A blog, or weblog, has its roots in personal and professional journaling. Users updated their sites, sharing what was going on in their lives. Some kept it about themselves while others covered the news, work, and whatever their fancy.

The popularity of this content format gave rise to blogging platforms, like:

-   Blogger
-   LiveJournal
-   Xanga

Platforms, including WordPress, Tumblr, and several competitors hit the mainstream not long after. While some of the older platforms died off, we saw WordPress becoming the dominant blogging platform with some 75+ million websites built with this technology.

Your primary blog structure and format included:

-   Header (with navigation)
-   Main content area
-   Sidebar
-   Footer

The main content area contained snippets of the blog post, usually sorted by publication date. Divide the posts into categories for structure. And, the sidebar provided extra navigation and personalization.

How is a Blog Different from a Website?

The line between a blog and a website has mostly burred these days.

-   Websites are largely static
-   Blogs are organic and change often

Blogs get frequent updates, so their homepage and sub-pages are always changing. Compare this to a business website that may only get a revision once every couple of years.

However: A website can house a blog.

You’ll find many static websites featuring a /blog/ section where they’ll post frequent updates. The site benefits from the blog syndication and ease-of-use.

Also: Developers can build a website using a blog platform.

A blog platform is no different than most site templates. A blog, after all, pulls from a database which happens the same with a dynamic website.

_Confused?_

Just realize that a blog is a better bet because it offers everything one can do with a website _but more_.

Why Should I Start a Blog?

Well, by starting a blog, one could:

-   Build a great platform to connect with a like-minded community
-   Promote products and services in exchange for a commission
-   Run ads and features, letting its owner get paid for blogging efforts
-   Transform it into a book, series, or a feature-length documentary
-   Create a robust online presence and platform, later selling it for a profit

Blogging gives a voice, unlike any way before. You are building a space online that can become anything it’s needed to be.

Think of it like this: BLOGGING CAN BECOME OR AMPLIFY A BUSINESS.

There are ways to MAKE MONEY FROM BLOGGING. There are ways to transform a blog into a full-on business. And, there are smart strategies to leverage a blog for a business already running (or about to launch).

All-in-all, you’re building an asset with limitations only set by personal creativity and business drive.

How to Start a Blog: Step by Step Tutorial for Beginners

1: SELECT A BLOGGING PLATFORM

2: PICK A PERFECT DOMAIN NAME

3: CHOOSE THE BEST HOSTING SERVICE

4: CONNECT THE DOMAIN WITH HOSTING

5: INSTALLATION OF WORDPRESS

6: DESIGN YOUR BLOG

7: ADD BLOG POST/PAGE

8: PUBLISH YOUR BLOG

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STEP 1

Selecting a Blogging Platform

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There are several blogging platforms available to create a blog. They each have their pros and cons; some are easier to use than others.

The following are, in my opinion, the best blogging platforms for newcomers. Plus, my opinion about them from experience and their general acceptance.

WordPress.com (Easy for Beginners)

WordPress puts your content into storage for free, but you’ll experience a limited version of the WordPress software. Bloggers who want to talk about their favorite hobbies can utilize wordpress.com, Follow this tutorial on How to start a WordPress blog for free

Tumblr (Fun and Interactive)

Tumblr is a well-known blogging/ social network platform. It’s also one of the easiest ways to make a blog. If you love the idea of re-blogging ideas and sharing them in your social circle, then you’ll like Tumblr’s sharing options.

Blogger (Great Support)

Blogger is one of the best sites to start a blog for free. The tech giant Google is in control of Blogger, so this means you get blogging tools such as Analytics, AdSense, and other helpful resources connected to your account.

Medium (Strong Community)

Medium is a content publishing platform many people use as their primary blogging platform. It’s a great start because it has a built-in community. Yet, you don’t have control in its design, and you’re limited to just content.

My Recommendation: Self-hosted WordPress

WordPress is arguably the best place to START A BLOG AND MAKE MONEY. You may find many tutorials and guides sharing how to start a blog on WordPress — it’s because it’s such an excellent, flexible platform!

All types of bloggers from niche hobbyists to corporate brands instantly love the WP themes, plugins, HTML codes, and basically, the full control over their blog.

If you have an idea, then you can likely tweak the design and make a WordPress blog about it. And, if you don’t know how to code, then there’s a good chance someone already made it for you!

The themes and plugins are enough to make any blog beautiful and professional-looking. These let you start a blog in no time because you don’t need to deal with devs and designers!

Why You’ll _Love_ Building a WordPress Blog

Why is WordPress such a popular platform when starting a blog? Well, besides its ease-of-use and overall popularity — you’ve got things like:

-   Thousands of free and paid themes, plugins, and extensions
-   Massive support in the forums and all over the net
-   Seamless functionality and unique design and style
-   Flexibility to make it into whatever it needs to be

It’s the perfect platform for blogging, no doubt. One can build a simple blog or a full-on eCommerce site! You can make one-page sites or a membership blog and platform. WordPress supports it all!

So, if you decide to use WP for the blogging platform, then let’s move onto the next step of how to make a blog by settling on a name for the blog!

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STEP 2

Select the Domain name for your Blog

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After deciding to start a WordPress blog

…you’ll want to PICK A NAME for the blog (obviously!).

What Makes a Good Domain

The name for the blog should be:

-   Easy to remember
-   Unique and brandable

You can also consider choosing a name based on a keyword or phrase, which helps the site ultimately get found in search. Yet, this can become limiting when later deciding to change directions and topics on the blog.

My Domain Name “Trick”

Here’s what I recommend:

1.  Start writing down blog names
2.  Pick one or two that stuck
3.  Pitch them to friends, seeing what they say

Did any of the blog names stand-out? If so, maybe that’s the one to use! If it’s memorable, easy-to-type, and helps convey your ideas, then you’ve got yourself an awesome blog name to get this going!

Buying the Blog Domain

Bluehost already provides free domain at regigistration,grab one or Go to a domain registrar like:

-   Namecheap.com
-   GoDaddy.com

Expect to spend about $10 to $15 for a domain name unless you find and use a coupon. Or, if you use an introductory rate where sometimes it offers a blog domain name for $0.99 or a few bucks for the first year.

Then:

1.  Input the domain name into the search
2.  Verify the domain is available
3.  Go through the checkout process

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Viola! You’ve got a brand new domain name for the blog! From here, set up hosting so you can install WordPress.

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STEP 3

 Picking a Blog Hosting Service & WordPress

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[Bluehost - start a wordpress blog]

To set up a WordPress blog — you need:

-   Domain
-   Hosting

The Web host is where all blog files are stored. When a person types in the blog name into their browser, it’ll deliver your site. Therefore, you want a fast and reliable blog hosting service, so people get to your site quick!

One of the best hosting providers for starting a WordPress blog for Beginners is BLUEHOST

I RECOMMEND BLUEHOST ,DUE TO THE FOLLOWING FEATURES:

1. It’s an excellent platform that provides a wealth of nifty features plus the necessary support, security, and speed.

2. As for reliability, you won’t experience any downtime with Bluehost.

3. You also get built-in hack protection from online vulnerabilities and prying eyes.

Well, it’s super easy to get started!

SIGN UP FOR BLUEHOST

Visit the homepage of Bluehost, click “Sign Up.”. Currently, there are 4 hosting plans available. Choose the one that best suits your needs.

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*The Basic plan is best for those who are starting out blogging with just one website.

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Step: 4

Connecting the Domain and Hosting

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Next, enter the domain name you have purchased from NAMECHEAP. Bluehost also provides free domain name registration when you host with them, but the renewal price is high.

[bluehost domain]

Getting your Bluehost set up is super easy:

1.  Create your account
2.  Enter the payment details
3.  Review everything
4.  Scan the terms and conditions
5.  Hit Submit

Follow these steps and complete the registration process. If you have registered the domain with bluehost, continue with next step. _
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If you have registered the domain with other registrars, though you have entered the domain details in Bluehost , it is still parked in that domain registrar. You have to enter the Bluehost nameservers in your corresponding Domain Registrar DNS section. Follow these tutorials to point your nameservers.

Your next task? Well, it’s installing WordPress!

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STEP 5

Install WordPress on Bluehost

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This guide may help you for complete WordPress installation on Bluehost [Provides Screen shots]

The WordPress installation will be completed in a few seconds.

_Congratulations!_

You’ve successfully installed WordPress in cPanel. Take note of the user name, password, and other details. Keep them safe!

You’ll get confirmation of the installation, including info on how to log in. Now you’re ready to get everything going, installing a theme and plugins!

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STEP 6

Design Your Blog using WordPress Themes

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[wp themes]

The theme is what makes WordPress blogs unique.

You can find thousands of WP themes all over the Web. Many are entirely free, while others come at a premium. You’ll find themes for all different types of blogs, too, from business and personal to news, video, and more!

Picking and Installing a WordPress Theme

To begin, Go to APPEARANCE > THEMES, then install or download a free WordPress theme from there. The best themes are immediately captivating to the eye and professional looking. But, most importantly, you should look for a design that’s customizable in case you want to tweak it to specific ideas and goals.

Spend time looking at the themes and don’t just settle for the first. The design should be in alignment with the niche and should be easy for readers to browse around content.

For most of the content-rich niches, you can settle with a free theme. But remember you can always browse on premium theme websites to get paid themes such as Thrive themes for more blog exposure.

Adding WordPress Plugins and Features

Now is also an excellent time to add WordPress plugins.

Plugins add extra features to the WordPress installation. You’ll find plugins that help with everything from tracking traffic and handling security to adding eCommerce features, and so much more.

A few, recommended plugins to explore include:

-   Yoast — For all SEO needs
-   Sucuri — Add a ton of security features
-   Pretty Links — Easily control outbound links
-   WooCommerce — Add a shopping card
-   Gravity Forms — Simple to advance forms

Look in the Plugins -> Add New section of WordPress and sort by popularity to get a start. Find thousands of great, free plugins to modify the installation. Then, start checking out the premium plugins, too!

Like themes — if there’s a function you need, then someone probably made it.

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STEP 7

 Adding Basic Pages and Blog Posts

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Open up the WordPress dashboard and crack your knuckles, as it’s time to start blog customization.

NAVIGATING THE MENU

The dashboard serves as the back end of the blog that you can tweak to change what your viewers see. On the left side, you’ll see the WordPress admin menu.

Here are some of the more essential features you’ll use often:

DASHBOARD – The page you’ll see as soon as you log in.

POSTS – Write your first blog post, preview it, and, once satisfied push the publish button.

PAGES – The same as in Posts menu.Create, preview and Publish new pages

MEDIA – Upload all your videos, embed youtube videos, photos, audio files, and related content here. It acts as your WordPress media library.

COMMENTS – All about comments. You’ll start to see this menu light up as soon as you’ve published your first post, and when people start leaving comments

APPEARANCE – This refers to the aesthetic values of your website. You can change designs and bring out your online interior decoration skills here.

You’re now at that part, trying to answer “WHAT TO BLOG ABOUT?“.

It’s a good question that needs answering because, up to this point, you’ve only built a basic platform for sharing ideas and information. Having some form of direction matters.

You’ve got to walk before you can run — just start. and you’ll pick up the rest.

So, say you want to post some new content. Some sort of a testing ground. How do you do it in the least amount of steps? Here’s how:

1.  Move your mouse on over to the “Posts” menu
2.  Click on “Add New” from the drop-down menu that pops out

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The first tab is for your post title, the second, a much larger tab for the content of the post. Go try it out and write your very first blog post!

Once everything’s set, click on Publish.

As soon as the page refreshes, click on “View Post”, and you’ll be taken to the live post on your blog. Easy, right? That’s the basics of adding a blog post, it’s the same for adding a page on the blog, too!

Optimizing a Page/Post

I wanted to share one more thing when creating these pages/posts:

-   Try to keep the page about one, general topic but support it with sub-topics (think: this is the best piece of content about this topic)
-   Include keywords throughout the title, description, and body, so Google picks it up and ranks it for those chosen terms

Also:

-   Add media using the editing features in WordPress
-   Embed video or interactive graphics to make the page fun and neat
-   Stylize the content using formatting, making it easier to read

You’ll soon get the hang of it.

Optimizing each page/post improves your search traffic. Before long, you’ll get many people coming and leaving feedback. You can use this feedback to refine your work, content, and efforts. _But that’s for another time._

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Step 8

Launching the Blog

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Now’s the big moment

…it’s time to launch!

Technically, you’re already live if you’ve made it to this point. Adding in a few pages and posts now gives people something to explore.

What’s next? _It’s up to you!_

I’d recommend:

-   Coming up with a list of blog post ideas and start writing
-   Sharing your blog with friends/family, getting their feedback
-   Trying out new plugins and features, learning what they do

See it as a playground of some sort. Dive right in and learn as you go. Reach out to fellow bloggers, getting their feedback, tips, and suggestions. Or, check out a free or paid course if you want to.

You should try to — at least — set up the main site:

-   Home
-   Blog/Articles
-   Services/Shop
-   About Me/Us
-   Contact
-   Privacy Policy
-   Disclaimer

You know average pages seen on most sites. Get those down, and you’ll have a full-on blog and website. Then it’s all about getting more content out there, getting more traffic, building a community, and growth!

Blogging Extras and Resources

Blogging sometimes seems easy. Many times it’s tedious. We all have made some blogging mistakes at some point in time.

That’s the beauty of blogging:

You’ve got much great information and tutorials like this out there. Feel free to experiment and learn while going, too. There’s nothing wrong with making mistakes when learning how to start a blog — it’s part of the fun!

That said:

If you are new to blogging, then check out the following resources since they’re helpful to learn beyond the blogging basics:

-   Blogging basics every beginner should know
-   Top hosting services for a WordPress blog
-   Best Blogging Resources & Tools To Make a Perfect Blog
-   How to Start a blog on Hostgator

I also recommend checking out more of BloggingTek.com. And, following on social media channels where I share much great information.

CONCLUSION

The steps outlined above are probably the easiest way to BUILD A BLOG. The best hosting reviews put Bluehost above all else for many reasons, including ample security, considerable entry-level costs, and full compatibility with WP themes.

Before long, as you learn your way around WP, you’ll soon discover how to make a living blogging. The idea will jump right out! You’ll begin forming a community that’ll support your work and efforts — and with this community come opportunities to monetize and build something great.

CREATE YOUR BLOG in just 30 minutes and show the world what you have to say. Share ideas, thoughts, or your expertise to your readers and be ready to mix with the online community.

If you like this article do share,as sharing is caring!

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[How to start a wordpress blog]

question: What is the first step in starting a blog?

answer: selecting a blog platform

question: What blogging platform does the article recommend?

answer: wordpress

question: What are wordpress themes?

answer: wordpress themes are visual packages for controlling the style and presentation of a blog hosted on wordpress

question: Where can one find more information on starting a blog?

answer: bloggingtek.com

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This web page summarizes how to start a blog in eight easy steps.


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_DOG WORLD_ was a weekly newspaper published in the United Kingdom. It was one of two specialist publications - the other being ''Our Dogs ''- catering mainly for the serious enthusiast of the pedigree dog but with content aimed at all who are interested in dogs. It should not be confused with the _Dog World_ magazine published in the USA. The company ceased trading in June 2017 after being placed in administration.

Profile

Each week _Dog World_ contains news concerning all aspects of the canine world, in particular details of current events affecting dog owners, breeders, exhibitors and those who compete with their dogs in activities such as obedience, agility, gundog work and heelwork to music.[1] Extensive coverage is given to political issues which may affect all dog owners. Regular feature articles include informed comment on the show scene and other competitive activities, living with dogs, veterinary topics, the dog in art, travelling with dogs, and young people and their dogs. Since 1993, the regular weekly column “A Vet's View” has been written by Professor Steve Dean, a KC Charitable Trust trustee[2] who became Chairman of the Kennel Club in 2011.[3][4] All the major dog shows in Britain are reported on, with the principal results and photographs of the main winners, and there is comprehensive news from events overseas.

The breeds recognised by The Kennel Club each have a regular column written by an experienced enthusiast, and a major part of the paper consists of judges' reports from the shows. The listings section includes details of forthcoming canine events. In association with companies well known in the world of dogs, _Dog World_ runs annual points competitions to find the leading show dog, stud dog and brood bitch in each breed, sponsored by Arden Grange, Royal Canin and Lintbells respectively, as well as the Pup of the Year contest, sponsored by Nestle Purina, in which the cream of the young animals can compete.

The Audit Bureau records a 98.8 per cent purchased average circulation figure of 11,700 print copies each week throughout 2012.[5]

Dog politics

_Dog World_ has traditionally published a wide cross section of opinion and has often taken issue with the Kennel Club (KC). Issues have included how the KC deals with complaints about judges' critiques.[6] Columnists such as Steven Seymour have often been very critical of the lack of democracy in the KC. In 2010 the “Clarges Street Clarion” column written by a Kennel Club insider under the pseudonym “Trumpeter” was withdrawn due to the writer's, widely acknowledged to have been former KC Chairman Ronnie Irving, disagreements with editorial policy.

In 2008 the British dog world was shaken by the television programme _Pedigree Dogs Exposed_. _Dog World_ was widely regarded as taking a softer line towards the programme and reforms that followed it than its rival _Our Dogs_. Most _Dog World_ columnists took the view that _PDE_, although sensationalist and damaging, had made some valid points. One columnist, Kevin Colwill, was and remains largely supportive of the programme and the subsequent reforms in the pedigree word.

_Dog World_'s website often has a majority of posters hostile to the KC and supportive of the health reform agenda although this may not be a true reflection of the feelings of the paper's readership.

Associated publications

At intervals throughout the year, free supplements are issued with the weekly newspaper, dealing with individual breeds, groups of breeds or special topics. These include a guide to the world's best known and largest dog show, Crufts, which takes place in Birmingham each March, and another supplement featuring exclusively the leading show dogs of the previous year. Since the 1920s the company has also produced each December the glossy _Dog World Annual_ which includes feature articles connected with the show scene, reports from around the world and advertisements from leading breeders and exhibitors.

History

What is now _Dog World_ first appeared on 21 February 1902, under the title of _ILLUSTRATED KENNEL NEWS_.[7] It was edited by George Krehl, breeder and importer of a number of breeds and former editor of the dog section of _The Stockkeeper_. Proprietors included a number of the most eminent personalities of the dog scene of the time. In April 1918 the paper was renamed _COUNTRY WORLD AND ILLUSTRATED KENNEL NEWS_, this title lasting just under a year as the name _Dog World_ was adopted on 4 April 1919. Of its editors, the longest serving in subsequent years were Phyllis Robson in the 1930s and 1940s. Robson bred Bulldogs but was better known for her successful Afghan Hound Ch. Asri-Havid of Ghazni. She often travelled to America and was described by Bengtson as “one of the emerging dog world's first international celebrities.” On becoming editor, she retired from judging.[8]

Editor in the 1950s and early 1960s was the famous all-breed judge Leo Wilson. He had a successful kennel of Smooth Fox Terriers.[9]

Ferelith Hamilton, later Somerfield, one of Britain's best known dog judges, edited the paper from 1967 to 1986. She was followed by Simon Parsons, noted Corgi breeder and judge, to 2003.

The next editor, Stuart Baillie, was a departure in that he was not a “dog person” but a professional journalist. Baillie forged a partnership with Kerry Williamson, the company's Managing Director,[10] that modernized and developed the paper. Baillie undertook a buy out of the paper in November 2007 and become joint-owner with Williamson.[11] After Williamson's death[12][13] Baillie became the sole owner of the company. He took over the role of managing director and, after a period operating under interim editors, the editorship passed to Damian Duro. Under Baillie's direction the company has moved into video production with dog world.tv. and it directs/produces the Horse and Country TV programme _Around the Dog World_. The programme first launched in 2011 and includes footage and interviews filmed at a variety of championship dog shows throughout the UK.[14] On 8 June 2017 the company went into administration (formally announced on 13 June in _The London Gazette_); trading ceased on 23 June.[15][16]

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title: Dog World (newspaper)

question: Where was Dog World published?

answer: It was published in the United Kingdom.

question: What was depicted in Dog World?

answer: In Dog World, all news concerning the canine world were published. Details such as current events affecting dog owners, breeders, exhibitors and those who compete with their dogs in activities would all be included in the newspaper.

question: What do the regular feature articles in this newspaper include?

answer: The regular feature articles in this newspaper include informed comment on the show scene and other competitive activities, living with dogs, veterinary topics, the dog in art, travelling with dogs, and young people and their dogs.

question: How can you describe the process of continuing this newspaper?

answer: As time went on, the newspaper was handed down to several different publishers with several different personalities that showed in the newspaper with what content was posted.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article describes a weekly newspaper originated in the United Kingdom called, Dogs World. A description of what the newspaper includes, the politics of the paper (including dog politics), associated publications, and the history of the newspaper throughout the year are all included.