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_LEPTOPHYES LATICAUDA_ is a species of bush-crickets belonging to the family Tettigoniidae.[1]

Distribution and habitat

This species occurs from Provence across the Southern Alps to the Balkans and it is present in France, Italy, Switzerland and Croatia. These bush-crickets can be found on shaded and damp forest edges.[2][3]

Description

[_Leptophyes laticauda_, nymph] _Leptophyes laticauda_ can reach a length of in males, of in females, with an ovipositor of . It is the largest species of the genus _Leptophyes_. The basic body color of this species is light green punctuated by numerous small black spots, with a wide reddish brown longitudinal stripe along the back. Antennae, lower legs, feet, wings and cerci are yellow to reddish-brown. The wings are greatly shortened. In males cerci are stout and angularly bent, with a blunt tip.[4][5]

Biology

_Leptophyes laticauda_ mainly feed on leaves of many deciduous woods, on blackberry and on nettle. Adults appear from July to October.[6]

Bibliography

-   Heiko Bellmann: Der Kosmos Heuschreckenführer. Die Arten Mitteleuropas sicher bestimmen. Franckh-Kosmos Verlags GmbH & Co. KG, Stuttgart 2006,
-   Chopard (1951) Orthoptéroïdes, Faune de France, Fédération Française des Sociétés de Sciences Naturelles, Paris 56:359 pp., 531 figs
-   Defaut [Ed.] (2001), La détermination des Orthoptères de France, Defaut, Bedeilhac 85
-   Fontana, Buzzetti, Cogo & Odé (2002), Guida al riconoscimento e allo studio di cavallette, grilli, mantidi e insetti affini del Veneto: Blattaria, Mantodea, Isoptera, Orthoptera, Phasmatodea, Dermaptera, Embidiina, Museo Naturalistico Archaeologico di Vicenza, Vicenza 1-592
-   Griffini (1893) Ortotteri del Piemonte. I. Locustidi, Bollettino dei Musei di Zoologia ed Anatomia Comparata della R. Università di Torino (Boll. Musei Zool. Anat. Comp. R. Univ. Torino) 8(141):1-29

[1] Orthoptera Species File online

[2] Catalogue of life

[3] European locusts and their ecology

[4] Orthoptera

[5] ROY M.J.C. KLEUKERS, BAUDEWIJN ODÉ & PAOLO FONTANA Two new cryptic Leptophyes species from southern Italy (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae)

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title: Leptophyes laticauda

question: Where is the species Leptophyes laticauda distributed in the world?

answer: They occur in France, Italy, Switzerland, and Croatia. They can be found in shaded and damp forest edges.

question: What is the body color of this species?

answer: The body color of the species is light green with small black spots.

question: What do leptophyes laticauda feed on?

answer: They feed on leaves of deciduous woods, on blackberry and on nettle.

question: What family does the leptophyes laticauda belong to?

answer: It belongs to the family Tettigoniidae.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article gives a description of Leptophyes laticauda, a species of bush-crickets that can be found in France, Italy, Switzerland, and Croatia.


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They say that darkness is the absence of light.  They make it sound as if darkness is something waiting to be filled - like an empty mug sitting next to a coffee pot.  They say this with all confidence, as if they've experienced every variation of darkness, and could never be surprised by it.  I would argue, though, that they've never seen darkness like this.

This is darkness so complete that it seems to be both expanding infinitely, and incessantly pressing down into you - consuming every available crevice.  This is darkness so thick that out of desperation you might reach your hand out in hopes of pushing it away to reveal light.  This is not a darkness that simply fills space that is devoid of light - it is a real darkness that both inhabits and controls space.

This, most unfortunately, is the darkness that surrounds James Dophner.  James sits - floats, rather - on a raft in the middle of the ocean.  Now, James' story is not one of heroism or adventure.  He did not survive a plane crash; he did not dive in after his true love; he truly did not venture into the ocean with any sort of courage or valor.  James, the dear boy, simply needed to use the restroom.

In order to celebrate their recent graduation, James and some fellow classmates took a boat out off the coast of North Carolina.  Hours passed, and having the natural urge to urinate, James grabbed an inner tube and hopped off the boat to do his business.  Perhaps due to the slightly large amount of alcohol, James' peers did not realize his poorly timed bathroom break, and decided it was time to head back to shore.  In retrospect it was certainly a comical scene; James floating there with that post-urination relieved look on his face, suddenly broken as he hears the engine roar behind his back.  What followed was a comical combination of thrashing, screaming, and - not one, but two - flips off the side of the tube.  Alas, among the thundering engine and the senseless joy aboard the boat, James' cries were useless.

As day commonly does, it soon passed into night, which leaves James' in this all-encompassing darkness.  He lays back now, weighed down with the exhaustion from screaming for some sort of rescue.  It was very much a fruitless act, but how can you blame him - what other sane response is there when stranded at sea?  In times of such hopelessness there is little room left in the brain for logical thinking.  Your mind is consumed - and our dear James can clearly attest to this - with one thing: rescue.  Of course, what else is there?  I surely doubt you would suggest for James to swim back to shore, or even less become some sort of floating nomad.  No - rescue is the only positive outcome that James can hope for.  So he screamed.

Now, as he drifts in this darkness, James' mind migrates from a consuming desire to be rescued to a defeated hopelessness.  No one would find him in the night, not in a darkness so thick that he struggled to breathe.  By the morning he could have drifted any number of miles - ideally closer to shore, but seldom do these things turn out so well.  Fully convinced of his depravity, James set his mind on the fact that by next light his rescue would be impossible.  As this final realization sunk in for James, his mind raced again, for the fear of dying was much stronger than any exhaustion.

You'll find that when death becomes inevitable, the fear of actually being dead is relatively minor.  There's only so many possible outcomes - perhaps there is a Heaven that James can look forward to; perhaps everything just goes blank, and his consciousness ceases to exist; or perhaps, even, he would become a ghost and could haunt those damn "friends" who left him at sea.  No matter the outcome that is death, it could not be as terrible as the worst parts of life.  I mean, you can't get stranded at sea when you're dead, right?

In fact, the real fear for James is how he and this fateful Grim would be introduced.  On this front, there were nearly infinite options, each more horrifying than the last.  The most obvious in James' situation, of course, being drowning.  How awful that would be - the overwhelming panic as you realize your life depends on another breath; the desperate gasp for air only being met with water; and the final moments when - goodness, that sounds awful.  Certainly there is a better way for James to go.  But what?  Starvation?  Spending long days slowly getting weaker and weaker until the breaks in hallucinations is your only grip on reality?  No, not that.  What about a shark - it would be quick and probably without warning; but no, the pain would be overwhelming - that wouldn't work either.

You see, the fear of dying ceaselessly plagues the mind.  The best of us are offered a peaceful death, surrounded by family in a comfortable bed.  We're offered the chance at some meaningful parting words, and a calm final breath.  Outside of that, there is no enjoyable dying process - every thinkable option is too painful, or gruesome, or gross to even consider.  This, James found, was infinitely more exhausting than anything he had ever done in his life.  Being constantly terrorized by a new opportunity to die, ironically, drained every bit of life that he had left.

This is where James made his ultimate revelation on dieing.  Dieing, in his case, is difficult no matter which way it comes.  The real terror, though, comes from the lack of control.  Truly, drowning may not be so bad if he could make the decision to make that final fleeting gasp.  Starvation may not even be terrible if he could convince himself that the stomach pains will eventually subside.  The true fear of dying is not knowing - it's not knowing when, or how, or if it's going to happen.  Death is the only thing that no man has control over - we can choose to live closer or farther from death, but ultimately the time and method is not for us to decide.

James final resolution was to not give death this satisfaction.  He would not lie down and let death decide his end.  He would not live these last hours of his life in terror of death's creative process.  He would control this; he would decide his fate.  With that, he decided that on first light he would dive down as deep as he could bear, welcome in that panicked gasp, and accept death as his inevitable end.  Overcome with the peace of knowing that he had control, James' finally drifted off to sleep.

He awoke to a familiar sound.  Yes, there were the now familiar sounds of the rolling ocean, the sound of his body squeaking against the wet inner tube, but it was neither of those.  It was faint, but pierced the calm air well enough that it could not be mistaken.  It was a boat; in fact, as it drew closer James realized that it was the very same boat that his friends had been captaining the previous day; they had come back.  With great relief, James reclaimed his wits and began another bout of screaming and thrashing to get the boat's attention.  Overcome with joy, James saw the boat turn towards him and confirm his rescue. As he was pulled aboard the boat James was quickly covered with towels to wipe away all that had come with his night at sea.  He ran the towel down his arms and legs, and felt with relief that he was wiping away the last remnants of the darkness that had clung to him the previous evening.

We see now that darkness is much more than just a space without light.  It is clearly more; darkness is a consuming force, an infection that spreads and controls everything within it.  The fear of darkness is not an irrational fear of things that might lurk in the shadows.  No, it is certainly much more.  The fear of darkness is the fear of the things it consumes; a fear of the way it surrounds, morphs, and transforms the things we know, turning them into demons that haunt us through the night.  Our only anchor is faith that darkness will pass, and its plague on our perceptions will as well.  We rely on the assurance that when night passes, light will come to reveal that darkness only provided a skewed version of our hopeful reality.

title: My First Short Story: Darkness

question: How did James get lost at sea?

answer: James' friends left him floating on an inner tube.

question: How long was James stranded?

answer: James was stranded all night.

question: How does James plan to kill himself?

answer: James plans to drown himself.

question: What does the author claim darkness does?

answer: The author claims darkness infects and controls all within it.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: After partying aboard a boat, James is left behind, floating on the open sea. James spends the night alone, and contemplates how he will die. Eventually the boat comes back and James is rescued.


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Who could blame the people who felt abandoned and ignored by the major parties for reaching in despair for a candidate who offered oversimplified answers to infinitely complex questions and managed to entertain them in the process? With hindsight, it is clear that we all but ensured the rise of Donald Trump.

I will let the liberals answer for their own sins in this regard. (There are many.) But we conservatives mocked Barack Obama’s failure to deliver on his pledge to change the tone in Washington even as we worked to assist with that failure. It was we conservatives who, upon Obama’s election, stated that our No. 1 priority was not advancing a conservative policy agenda but making Obama a one-term president—the corollary to this binary thinking being that his failure would be our success and the fortunes of the citizenry would presumably be sorted out in the meantime. It was we conservatives who were largely silent when the most egregious and sustained attacks on Obama’s legitimacy were leveled by marginal figures who would later be embraced and legitimized by far too many of us. It was we conservatives who rightly and robustly asserted our constitutional prerogatives as a co-equal branch of government when a Democrat was in the White House but who, despite solemn vows to do the same in the event of a Trump presidency, have maintained an unnerving silence as instability has ensued. To carry on in the spring of 2017 as if what was happening was anything approaching normalcy required a determined suspension of critical faculties. And tremendous powers of denial.

I’ve been sympathetic to this impulse to denial, as one doesn’t ever want to believe that the government of the United States has been made dysfunctional at the highest levels, especially by the actions of one’s own party. Michael Gerson, a conservative columnist and former senior adviser to President George W. Bush, wrote, four months into the new presidency, “The conservative mind, in some very visible cases, has become diseased,” and conservative institutions “with the blessings of a president … have abandoned the normal constraints of reason and compassion.”

For a conservative, that’s an awfully bitter pill to swallow. So as I layered in my defense mechanisms, I even found myself saying things like, “If I took the time to respond to every presidential tweet, there would be little time for anything else.” Given the volume and velocity of tweets from both the Trump campaign and then the White House, this was certainly true. But it was also a monumental dodge. It would be like Noah saying, “If I spent all my time obsessing about the coming flood, there would be little time for anything else.” At a certain point, if one is being honest, the flood becomes the thing that is most worthy of attention. At a certain point, it might be time to build an ark.

Under our Constitution, there simply are not that many people who are in a position to do something about an executive branch in chaos. As the first branch of government (Article I), the Congress was designed expressly to assert itself at just such moments. It is what we talk about when we talk about “checks and balances.” Too often, we observe the unfolding drama along with the rest of the country, passively, all but saying, _“Someone should do something!”_ without seeming to realize that that someone is us. And so, that unnerving silence in the face of an erratic executive branch is an abdication, and those in positions of leadership bear particular responsibility.

There was a time when the leadership of the Congress from both parties felt an institutional loyalty that would frequently create bonds across party lines in defense of congressional prerogatives in a unified front against the White House, regardless of the president’s party. We do not have to go very far back to identify these exemplars—the Bob Doles and Howard Bakers and Richard Lugars of the Senate. Vigorous partisans, yes, but even more important, principled constitutional conservatives whose primary interest was in governing and making America truly great.

But then the period of collapse and dysfunction set in, amplified by the internet and our growing sense of alienation from each other, and we lost our way and began to rationalize away our principles in the process. But where does such capitulation take us? If by 2017 the conservative bargain was to go along for the very bumpy ride because with congressional hegemony and the White House we had the numbers to achieve some long-held policy goals—even as we put at risk our institutions and our values—then it was a very real question whether any such policy victories wouldn’t be Pyrrhic ones. If this was our Faustian bargain, then it was not worth it. If ultimately our principles were so malleable as to no longer be principles, then what was the point of political victories in the first place?

  If this was our Faustian bargain, then it was not worth it. If ultimately our principles were so malleable as to no longer be principles, then what was the point of political victories in the first place?”

Meanwhile, the strange specter of an American president’s seeming affection for strongmen and authoritarians created such a cognitive dissonance among my generation of conservatives—who had come of age under existential threat from the Soviet Union—that it was almost impossible to believe. Even as our own government was documenting a concerted attack against our democratic processes by an enemy foreign power, our own White House was rejecting the authority of its own intelligence agencies, disclaiming their findings as a Democratic ruse and a hoax. Conduct that would have had conservatives up in arms had it been exhibited by our political opponents now had us dumbstruck.

It was then that I was compelled back to Senator Goldwater’s book, to a chapter entitled “The Soviet Menace.” Since the fall of the Berlin Wall, this part of Goldwater’s critique had seemed particularly anachronistic. The lesson here is that nothing is gone forever, especially when it comes to the devouring ambition of despotic men. As Goldwater wrote in that chapter:

Our forebears knew that “keeping a Republic” meant, above all, keeping it safe from foreign transgressors; they knew that a people cannot live and work freely, and develop national institutions conducive to freedom, except in peace and with independence.

So, where should Republicans go from here? First, we shouldn’t hesitate to speak out if the president “plays to the base” in ways that damage the Republican Party’s ability to grow and speak to a larger audience. Second, Republicans need to take the long view when it comes to issues like free trade: Populist and protectionist policies might play well in the short term, but they handicap the country in the long term. Third, Republicans need to stand up for institutions and prerogatives, like the Senate filibuster, that have served us well for more than two centuries.

We have taken our “institutions conducive to freedom,” as Goldwater put it, for granted as we have engaged in one of the more reckless periods of politics in our history. In 2017, we seem to have lost our appreciation for just how hard won and vulnerable those institutions are.

question: Describe the sort of person the author thinks would vote for (former) President of the United States of America Donald Trump.

answer: It seems the author believes that the person who is a current and continual Trump supporter is an individual who clings in a foolhardy way to a conception of the former POTUS as an "every-man". Another reason could be that they are still seeking to "right the wrongs" of Obama's presidency, creating a corollary to a "false binary" by choosing to obstinately support whichever Republican is holding office or is in power.

question: What does the author see that can be done to course-correct?

answer: Institutional loyalty needs to be replaced with critical thinking, in sum. The author posits that the former ways of thinking that led to the fortification of the contemporary Republican party were rooted in an objection to the Soviet Union during and following the Cold War, but that the whiplash has held greater consequences and worked against endeavors for party unification. The author believes, basically, that Republicans must remember their beginnings, and hold the President accountable for his transgressions.


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[]Several years ago an honorably retired colleague of mine admired how lucky our generation is to have email as a tool for ministry. Although he was not much of an emailer himself, he understood how convenient it is to be able to send out meeting reminders to a whole group or attach a document for discussion with a simple click. Email truly is a great tool, but I couldn’t help but be surprised by his enthusiasm! For many of us, email so often feels like a huge drain on our time and a constant source of frustration.

So I offer for your consideration my top four personal email commandments. I often wish I could chisel these on stone tablets for my ministry colleagues of all generations, but perhaps blogs are the stone tablets of our day! I would love to hear your recommendations for what you would add to make it a full set of ten.

1. THOU SHALT NEVER HIT SEND IN A MOMENT OF ANGER.

Just as with the biblical commandments, this command comes first on the list for a reason. You know that feeling when that heat starts creeping up your neck, warning you to stop and take a breath before hitting that send button. Righteous anger can be healthy, but email clap backs are rarely as satisfying as we think they are going to be, and they can do real damage to your relationships and level of respect within the congregation. Not to mention that after you hit send, there is nothing to prevent those nasty remarks from getting forwarded around the church. If you need to write down those snarky comments to get them out of your system, fine — but leave them to sit in your drafts folder for at least an hour to give you that space to reconsider. Taking a few minutes to get your perspective back can save you a lot of long, headache-inducing email chains and regret.

2. THOU SHALT NOT READ OR REPLY TO EMAIL ON YOUR SABBATH DAY.

Often the way we live our lives offers the strongest witness to our congregation and the world around us. If you preach against the all-consuming busyness of our culture but are constantly answering emails on your day off, your hypocrisy is not going unnoticed. Plus, haven’t you ever noticed that the resentment you feel over the interruption always seems to sneak through? It is always those times when you are responding hastily from your family beach vacation or getting one last message off before you turn off the light at bedtime that your tone comes across a bit too terse, or you make an error in judgement that you would not have made while calmly sitting at your desk. Keeping the Sabbath holy is not just on this tongue-in-cheek list of email commandments — it is a real commandment! Get yourself a good out-of-office message, offer a clear way to get a hold of you in case of a pastoral emergency and then turn off that phone.

3. THOU SHALT NOT EMAIL WHEN A PHONE CALL IS NEEDED.

My fellow millennials will hate this rule because we are often very phone averse. Yet, if there is one thing I hate more than gritting my teeth and making a phone call, it is getting swamped in an email exchange that takes hours of back and forth when a simple five-minute conversation could have cleared the muddy waters in no time. Any topic that involves dealing with conflict requires real discernment — or necessitates sensitivity that is not suited for email. If you can’t abide the phone, then make an appointment to meet in person.

4. THOU SHALL ALWAYS SPEAK IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.

Of course not every email requires a full salutation or formal address, but the way you email represents you and the church just as much as the way you behave and speak on a Sunday morning.  Increasingly, much of the time spent interacting with our congregation and community partners is over email. If your email style involves a lot of ellipses between half-formed thoughts, you need to consider that you may be coming across as someone who only has half-formed thoughts! If you feel the need to include multiple question marks or exclamation points at the end of every sentence, perhaps you might want to consider that you sound as if you are yelling. Please, I’m begging you, don’t be this person.

[]CAITLIN THOMAS DEYERLE is pastor of Southminster Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia, where she lives with her husband James, their cat Calvin and a very rebellious puppy named Molly.

question: What does the text say about the fifth email commandment?

question: What does the text say about the blog post's author?

answer: The blog post's author is Caitlin Thomas Deyerle. She is the pastor of Southminster Presbyterian Church in Richmond, Virginia. Deyerle has a husband, James, a cat named Calvin, and a very rebellious puppy named Molly. She is a millennial who thinks that as good a tool as email is, it often feels like a huge drain on time and a constant source of frustration.

question: What does the text say about the first email commandment?

answer: The first email commandment is never to hit "send" in a moment of anger. Deyerle says that while righteous anger can be healthy, email clap backs are rarely satisfying and can do real damage to the sender's relationships and respect level within an organization. She adds that when a person hits "send", there is nothing preventing the nasty remarks from getting forwarded to others. Deyerle suggests that if a person wants to write down snarky comments to get it out of their system, they should write it as a draft first and let it sit in the draft folder for at least an hour. This gives the person time to reconsider their actions.

question: What does the text say about the third email commandment?

answer: The third email commandment is not using email when a phone call is needed. Deyerle says that sometimes, it's better to just call a person than to engage in a never-ending, back and forth chain of emails. A phone call can resolve an issue faster than email. However, if a phone call is not possible, making an appointment to meet in person is also a good idea.


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ANGEL DE MALDONADO, O. CIST. (1660–1728) was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Antequera (1700–1728).[1]

Biography

Angel de Maldonado was born in Ocaña, Spain in 1660 and ordained a priest in the Cistercian Order.[2] On 21 June 1700, he was appointed during the papacy of Pope Innocent XII as Bishop of Antequera.[3] On 2 January 1701, he was consecrated bishop by Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona, Titular Archbishop of _Larissa in Thessalia_, with Gregorio Solórzano Castillo, Bishop of Ávila, and Francisco Zapata Vera y Morales, Titular Bishop of _Dara_, serving as co-consecrators.[4] He served as Bishop of Antequera until his death on 17 April 1728.[5]

While bishop, he was the principal consecrator of Juan Benito Garret y Arlovi, Bishop of Nicaragua (1710); and José Pérez de Lanciego Eguiluz y Mirafuentes, Archbishop of México (1714).[6]

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title: Ángel de Maldonado

question: Who was Ángel de Maldonado?

answer: He was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Antequera from 1700–1728.

question: What was Maldonado doing before he was appointed as Bishop of Antequera?

answer: He was an ordained priest in the Cistercian Order.

question: Who served as Bishop Maldonado's principal consecrator and co-consecrators?

answer: He was consecrated bishop by Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona, Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia, with Gregorio Solórzano Castillo, Bishop of Ávila, and Francisco Zapata Vera y Morales, Titular Bishop of Dara serving as co-consecrators.

question: Where and when was Bishop Maldonado born?

answer: Ocaña, Spain in 1660

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Ángel de Maldonado was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Antequera from 1700 until his death in 1728. He was consecrated bishop by Francesco Acquaviva d'Aragona, Titular Archbishop of Larissa in Thessalia.


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She came over.

I cooked up some brown rice, steamed veggies, with marinated pork tenderloin.  Then we left and went to the haunted mill and just happened to get there when they opened because the line went to zero instantly as people were allowed to fill the interior waiting area.  I have to admit, the haunted mill was a great idea because it gives her the excuse to grab hold of you and you have the excuse to hold her hand to ‘protect’ her.  That physical barrier: gone.

When we come out, we notice the line is huge, with about 100 people waiting to go through and we felt lucky that we only waited about 20 min to get in.  I walked over and sat next to the bon fire, it was definitely cold by now.  We sat and talked about the mill, then about family and friends.  We sat and people watched, the various aged couples that were on dates: the older, confident in each other ones, and the young awkward 15 year olds (boys) that were unsure where to put their hands (hands in pockets? Fold arms? Put hand up on wall and look cool?) but the girls seemed a bit more nonchalant about it and tried to act more normal and nonplussed about the awkward energy coming from the boy.  I recognized, in that moment, I was happy that I was no longer that age.  I had a girl on my arm, next to the fire, and I was calm and confident.

There was hot chocolate being sold next to us. I offered.  She declined.  I enjoyed the little bit of quiet and calm that comes with sitting next to a warm fire on a cold night.  Just watching the flames and listening to the crackling.  I talked about hiking the John Muir trail in Yosemite and how serene and quiet it was.  I sat and thought about that experience for a bit. Then, noticing that she didn’t seem as comfortable with sitting in silence as I was, I asked if she wanted some ice cream.  Yes.

We leave, and find ourselves at Wendy’s with 1 chocolate frosty, 1 vanilla frosty, and a medium fry split between us.  Movie? Yeah, I can look up what’s showing.  We talk a few over, and I choose *Gravity*.  She doesn’t like the 3d ones, but the non-3D version isn’t until 11:00 and we wouldn’t be done in time (uni curfew).  3D it is.

Hold hands. Enjoying the company.  Smelling like camp fire.

I take her home, and drop her off and tell her I had a good time. She says we should do something again sometime.

I agree.

title: She came over.

question: What does the narrator like about growing up?

answer: He's not a nervous teenager who doesn't know how to act around girls anymore.

question: List the activities the couple engages in during the date.

answer: They start with eating, then visit the haunted mill. Afterward, they eat ice cream watch a movie.

question: Why does the narrator think it was a good idea to visit the haunted mill?

answer: It gives both of them excuses to be physically close.

question: How did the date go?

answer: They liked spending time together, hence they agreed to see each other again.

question: Write a ~7 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator's date comes over, and he cooks for her. They visit the haunted mill, arriving there just as it opens. The narrator feels good about the idea with the physical barrier gone between them during their trip through the mill. He notices the teenagers around, not knowing what to do around girls, and he's glad he grew up. He notices his date doesn't like to sit in silence, so offers to go to a movie. They watch 'Gravity' and enjoy the company. He takes her home, and they agree to see each other again.


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A terrorist attack targeting the French delegation at the Rio 2016 Olympicshas been foiled by security services, it has emerged.

The head of French military intelligence said “partner agencies” had issued an alert about the alleged plot by a Brazilian Islamist militant, according to a report into the Paris terror attacks in January and November, which killed 147.

No other details about the plans were released and the information was not shared with Brazil’s intelligence agency Abin.

A spokesman for Brazil’s institutional security cabinet, which oversees the country’s information services, told AFP: “We were not the source of information and the Brazilian intelligence agency (Abin) was not officially informed either of this matter.”

The French inquiry report was published as security services in Rio de Janeiro prepared to stage a simulated attack this weekend to test counter-terrorism response plans.

Some 500 officers, troops and first responders will be involved in the exercise at Deodoro station near one of the venue clusters in the north of the city on Saturday.

Earlier this month, Alexandre Moraes, justice minister, said a terror attack during the Olympics was a “possibility” but not a “probability”.

This week, a man from Pakistan was arrested on suspicion of planning an attack on an airport in the capital, Brasília, but he was realised after federal police officers found no evidence of a plot.

According to reports, he had been reported by his Brazilian wife in what appeared to be a domestic dispute.

In the meantime, Brazil’s ministry of defence confirmed it was boosting military presence in the host city at the request of acting governor Francisco Dornelles.

The number of troops deployed in Rio for the Games rose from 18,000 to 21,000, reaching a total of 41,000 including those in the five football host cities.

The total number of security personnel including police will be more than 85,000 – more than double the number for London 2012.

“If necessary, we will deploy more,” said Raul Jungmann, defence minister. “There will be no lack of security in Rio de Janeiro.”

From July 15 there will be 6,000 soldiers on the streets of Riowith the defence operation officially beginning when the Athletes’ Village opens on July 24. It will include 12 ships, 70 armoured vehicles, and 28 helicopters.

Intelligence officers from the UK, US, Spain, Belgium, France, Argentina and Paraguay will also support Brazilian agencies at an Integrated Anti-Terror Centre in Rio while there will also be other centres set up in football host cities and in the capital.

"In all areas, spheres and predetermined places inside and outside the arenas we will have a defence, security and intelligence scheme that will meet all the requirements of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), ensuring security and peace in the hosting of these Games," Mr Jungmann added.

question: What is the main point of discussion of the article?

answer: The main point of discussion of the article is the terrorist attack that targeted the French delegation at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

question: How much have the French embassy felt about this terrorist attack?

answer: The French embassy must have been on high alert and very cautious regarding the terrorist attack on their delegation at the Rio 2016 Olympics.

question: Who all contributed to providing extra protection and working the case behind the terrorist attack?

answer: Intelligence officers from the UK, US, Spain, Belgium, France, Argentina, and Paraguay all worked together to support Brazilian agencies during this intense time of need.


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LEX DOUGLAS HILLIARD (born July 30, 1984) is a former American football running back and fullback. He was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Montana.

Early years

Hilliard attended and played high school football at Flathead High School in Kalispell, Montana.[1] During his sophomore year, he set a school record with 1,384 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns.[2] During his time at Flathead, he was a three-time all-state and all-conference selection, as well as team captain his final two seasons.[3] He finished his career with 3,419 rushing yards, 4,410 all-purpose yards and 44 touchdowns—all school records.[4]

Hilliard also earned three letters in track and one in wrestling.[5] He competed in the 100, 200 and 4x100 meter relay as well as the shot put, earning two all-league selections.

College career

As a true freshman at the University of Montana in 2003, Hilliard was originally going to redshirt but was activated for the second game of the season.[6] His 590 rushing yards ranked ninth in the Big Sky Conference that season.[7]

Despite starting just four games as a sophomore in 2004, Hilliard rushed for a team-leading 972 yards and 17 touchdowns on his way to earning first-team All-Big Sky honors.[8] He posted five 100-yard rushing games during the season, and his 17 touchdowns were best in the conference.[9]

Hilliard earned first-team All-Big Sky honors for the second straight season, as well as being named a finalist for the Walter Payton Award, as a junior in 2005 after rushing for 1,322 yards.[10] His rushing total ranked 19th in the nation and second in school history behind only Yohance Humphery in 2001.[11] He had six 100-yard games during the season, including a 237-yard performance against Cal Poly which was the second-highest single-game rushing total in school history.[12]

In 2006, Hilliard was redshirted after suffering a season-ending Achilles tendon injury.[13][14]

Hilliard returned to the field as a fifth-year senior in 2007, appearing in 11 games for the Grizzlies.[15] He rushed for 1,132 yards and 16 touchdowns on his way to second-team All-Big Sky honors.[16] He topped the 100-yard rushing plateau seven times during the season.[17]

During his five-year career at Montana, Hilliard racked up 4,106 rushing yards and 50 touchdowns on 5.0 average.[18] He also added 57 receptions for 591 yards and two touchdowns.[19]

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Professional career

Pre-draft

Following his collegiate career, Hilliard was invited to the NFL Scouting Combine.[21] At his Pro Day on March 19, he measured in at 5-foot-11¼ and 234 pounds.[22] He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.66 seconds, short shuttle in 4.03 seconds and cone drill in 6.93 seconds.[23] He also had a 36½-inch vertical leap and a 10-foot, three-inch long jump.[24]

In early April, it was reported that Hilliard was scheduled to visit with the New York Giants.[25]

Miami Dolphins

Hilliard was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the sixth round (204th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft.[26] On May 19, he signed a four-year contract with the Dolphins.[27] Viewed as a fullback/tailback hybrid,[28] Hilliard stated he had no preference on where he played.[29]

In the 2008 preseason, Hilliard finished third on the team with 68 rushing yards on a 2.8-yard average.[30] He also caught three passes for 24 yards.[31] On August 30, the team waived Hilliard during final cuts.[32] He was re-signed to the practice squad the following day.[33]

[Hilliard with the Dolphins in 2009.]After spending the entire 2008 season on the practice squad, Hilliard was re-signed on January 5, 2009.

Minnesota Vikings

Hilliard signed with the Minnesota Vikings on March 18, 2012. On August 31, 2012 as the Vikings reduced their roster down to league maximum of 53 players, he was released.[34]

New England Patriots

On September 4, 2012, Hilliard signed with the New England Patriots. He was released on September 19, 2012. During his short tenure with the Patriots, Hilliard played in two games recording one rush attempt for two yards.

New York Jets

Hillard was signed by the New York Jets on October 2, 2012.[35] Hilliard was placed on injured reserve on August 21, 2013 after fracturing his right scapula in practice.[36]

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title: Lex Hilliard

question: What does the article say about Lex Hilliard's college career?

answer: Hilliard was a freshman at the University of Montano in 2003 and was activated for the second game of the season although was a redshirt. He earned first-team All-Big Sky honors for the second straight season. He was a redshirt in 2006 because of an injury and returned to the field as a fifth-year senior in 2007, appearing in 11 games for the Grizzlies. During his five-year career at Montana, Hilliard racked up 4,106 rushing yards and 50 touchdowns on a 5.0 average.

question: What does the article say about Lex Hilliard's professional career?

answer: Hilliard was invited to the NFL Scouting Combine. Then he was drafted by the Miami Dolphins in the sixth round of the 2008 NFL Draft. Later, he signed a four-year contract with the Dolphins, then with the Minnesota Vikings on March 18, 2012, and later with the New York Jets on October 2, 2012.

question: What does the story say about what Hilliard does now?


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SHACK MOUNTAIN is a house near Charlottesville, Virginia, that is a tribute to Thomas Jefferson's architectural style. It was designed by and for Fiske Kimball (1881-1955), an architectural historian who was the founder of the University of Virginia School of Architecture, and who is credited with restoring respect for Jefferson's architectural ability. The house derives its name from the Shackelford family, who owned and settled the property in the 18th century.[1][2]

History

Intended as a retirement home for Kimball, the house is based on Jefferson's design for Farmington. The house was built in 1935-36. Like Jefferson at Monticello, Kimball found a site with a commanding view of the wooded hills around Charlottesville. Kimball's intended name for the house was _Tusculum_, but the name “Shack Mountain,” for earlier owners of the property, remained. Kimball and his wife Marie used the house as a retreat, mainly at Christmas and for two weeks in June, until they both died in 1955. They willed the house to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, where Kimball had been director. The museum sold the house to W. Bedford Moore III, a professor of engineering at the University of Virginia.[3][4]

Description

The one-story, T-shaped house features a projecting octagonal space to either side at the front. Fronting the elongated side of the octagon is a Tuscan portico with paired stucco columns. Windows are mostly triple-hung sashes. The roof is a shallow standing-seam metal hipped structure that defers to the portico. Exterior balustrades are in the Chinese Chippendale pattern. Entry is through the portico, with the front door leading into a shallow round vestibule projecting into the half-octagonal parlor to the left side with a curved door, an adaptation of Pavilion IX at the University of Virginia. A corresponding alcove leads to the cross corridor, while another door leads to the dining room which occupies the right side of the front octagonal volume. A wing to the rear contains kitchens and bedrooms, none of which are of unusual design. A basement houses utility spaces.[5]

Shack Mountain was placed on the National Register of Historic Places on September 1, 1976, and was declared a National Historic Landmark on October 5, 1992 for its association with Kimball.[6][7][8] The house is located about north-northwest of Charlottesville.[9]

[1] {{ cite book |title=The Virginia Landmarks Register |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NJa_64aH1iMC&pg=PA20&dq=%22fiske+kimball%22+shack+mountain&hl=en&ei=yDz1TcyNGefSiALR7LSPBw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=%22fiske%20kimball%22%20shack%20mountain&f=false |author=|last=Loth|first=Calder|publisher=The University Press of Virginia|place=Charlottesville|year=1999 }}

[2] {{ cite book|title=Albemarle County in Virginia: Giving Some Account of What It Was by Nature, of What It was Made by Man, and of Some of the Men who Made It|url=https://archive.org/details/albemarlecounty00woodgoog%7Cpage=364|quote=roger shackelford albemarle county.|author=|last=Woods|first=Edgar|publisher=The Michie Company|place=Charlottesville|year=1901}}

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question: Summarize the history of the house.

answer: The house was built in 1935-36. It was used by Kimball and his wife Marie as a retreat until their deaths in 1955. It was then willed to the Philadelphia Museum of Art, who sold it to W. Bedfor Moore III. It was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1976 and declared a National Historic Landmark in 1992.

question: What does the article say about Kimball's early life?

question: Summarize the ownership of the house.

answer: It first belonged to the Kimballs. It then passed to the Philadelphia Museum of art, and then finally to W. Bedford Moore III.

question: What does the article say about the houses connection to the University of Virginia?

answer: The house's designed, Fiske Kimball, founded the University of Virginia School of Architecture. It later was owned by W. Bedford Moore III, who was a professor of engineering at the university. The parlor is an adaptation of Pavilion IX at the University of Virginia.


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A professor of wildlife ecology at Ohio State University says urban coyotes, the largest of the mid-size carnivores, may be setting the stage for their larger brethren to start migrating to cities.

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A coyote peers down from a backyard of the Neville Park ravine in Toronto. First it was foxes, skunks and raccoons. Now coyotes are setting up shop in increasing numbers within urban settings in North America. (Silvio Santos/Canadian Press)

First it was foxes, skunks and raccoons. Now coyotes are setting up shop in increasing numbers within urban settings in North America. Are larger carnivores next?

A professor of wildlife ecology at Ohio State University says urban coyotes, the largest of the mid-size carnivores, may be setting the stage for their larger brethren to start migrating to cities.

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Ecologist Stan Gehrt suggests that animals like bears, wolves and mountain lions may be the next carnivores to move into cities. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)

"They're the ones that are kind of pushing the envelope right now," Stan Gehrt said, suggesting animals like bears, wolves and mountain lions may be next.

"It used to be rural areas where we would have this challenge of co-existence versus conflict with carnivores," said Gehrt, who gave a talk on the topic Friday at a conference in Columbus, Ohio.

"In the future, and I would say currently, it's cities where we're going to have this intersection between people and carnivores."

In an interview earlier this week, Gehrt suggested cities probably evolved because it was safer for people to live in mass settlements. When people lived in a dispersed fashion "we were prey," he said.

But that freedom from predation also works to the advantage of wild animals, which are pushing into cities in huge numbers. Gehrt described Toronto's raccoon population, for instance, as "humongous" — a description no Torontonian would argue with.

Coyotes on the rise in North American cities

While pet owners and home owners in cities have been tussling with skunks and raccoons for years, coyotes have recently made appearances in urban centres far from the open range with which people associate them. "They don't have any predators in the cities," he explained.

Greater Chicago, with a population of nine million people, is home to at least 2,000 coyotes, said Gehrt, who has been studying the animals in Chicago for the past 12 years. "That's minimum. That's a really conservative estimate," he said.

He and colleagues even found a pack of coyotes living about eight kilometres from O'Hare International Airport, one of the world's busiest airports. The animals live in the smallest coyote territory ever observed, less than half a kilometre.

As the animals have lived at the site for years, the environment must be meeting all their needs, Gehrt said, adding that what scientists are learning about urban coyotes defies much of what was thought about the animals in the past.

Canadian cities and towns are seeing coyotes with increasing frequency as well. Calgary has a large population of the animals; some people estimate as many as 600 to 700 live in the city.

-   Toronto urges residents to report coyote sightings

They are also seen in Saskatoon, said Dr. Emily Jenkins, a professor in the University of Saskatchewan's department of veterinary microbiology and school of public health.

While those cities might not seem so far off the beaten track for the animals, Toronto certainly is — and yet coyotes are seen in the city from time to time. And recently in New Waterford, N.S., wildlife officials killed four of the animals after a teen girl was attacked by a coyote.

Reasons for migration

Why are carnivores encroaching on urban centres? Gehrt said the reasons are complex, and may differ from species to species.

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Easy access to garbage is also a draw for some carnivores, such as bears. "They're just big raccoons," says Gehrt. (Graham Hughes/Canadian Press)

The ranks of coyotes have swelled in recent years, with fewer people hunting and trapping the animals. But the animals are territorial and can only tolerate so many members in a pack. When numbers get too large, young males are expelled and have to find new territory for themselves, Gehrt said. In some cases, cities have filled that need.

Jenkins said the easy access to garbage is also a draw for some carnivores, such as bears. "They're just big raccoons," Gehrt agreed.

The plentiful supply of raccoons and the occasional house pet may be a draw for mountain lions, which don't eat garbage, he said.

With new animals may come new health challenges for people. Jenkins has been involved in research tracking the presence of a dangerous tapeworm in urban coyotes, _Echinococcus multilocularis_.

-   Coyote tapeworm that infects dogs, humans spreading to cities

But Gehrt noted that if larger carnivores prey on urban raccoons, the risk from raccoon roundworm might actually decline.

Co-existing with carnivores

Jenkins didn't necessarily agree that coyotes would serve as ice-breakers for larger carnivores.

But she suggested the design of cities may be drawing the animals into closer contact with people, with ravines and green belts and river valleys acting as virtual highways for animals trying to traverse territories fragmented by urban sprawl.

"It's not uncommon to hear about cougars and moose coming through town because they've just sort of naturally funnelled into the river valley and then pop out at a really bad place — like 8th Street in the middle of Saskatoon, which we've had happen," she said.

"It goes both ways. Are we in their territory? Are they in our territory? It's kind of a moot point when we all just have to figure out if we're going to co-exist or if we're going to try and fight these battles as we traditionally have with bullets and trapping and poison."

Municipal planners need to keep these kinds of issues in mind and should consult with wildlife ecologists, Jenkins said.    Gehrt said it is difficult to predict how this convergence of cities and wildlife will turn out.

"Basically it's an uncontrolled experiment that's going," he said. "It's hard to say for sure exactly what's going to happen."

question: What does ecologist Stan Gehrt predict?

answer: Stan Gehrt predicts that urban coyotes may be setting the stage for larger carnivores to migrate to cities.

question: What carnivores might be moving into cities next?

answer: bears, wolves, mountain lions

question: Which animal is currently on the rise in North American cities?

answer: Coyotes

question: What reasons are given for the carnivores' migration into cities?

answer: Easy to access garbage. Growing animal populations force members out of the pack/area. The design of cities- green belts, river valleys.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Stan Gehrt predicts that urban coyotes may be setting the stage for larger carnivores, like bears, wolves, and mountain lions to migrate to cities.


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EMIL Karl Alexander FLAMINIUS (1807, Küstrin - 7 October 1893, Berlin) was a Prussian architect and master builder.

History

[The Berliner Bauakademie on the Schleusenbrücke, 1915] Flaminius grew up in Küstrin during the Napoleonic Wars and the period of reconstruction after the departure of the Napoleonic occupying forces in 1814. For twenty years he worked on the Oder and Warthe dykes in his home town. In 1828 he moved to Berlin to study architecture at the Bauakademie, where he came into contact with Karl Friedrich Schinkel. He frequently collaborated with Schinkel in the following years and even began to implement some of Schinkel's projects whilst still studying. For example, aged only 21, he worked with Schinkel on repairing the Frankfurter Marienkirche after the collapse of its south tower - the project did not replace the south tower, but did produce one of the largest works of Brick Gothic.

Flaminius graduated from the Bauakademie in 1830, after only two years' study.[1] Between 1832 and 1836 he worked to erect a new home for the Bauakademie, using designs by Schinkel.

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title: Emil Flaminius

question: Who was Emil Flaminius?

answer: A Prussian architect and master builder.

question: What did Flaminius do at age 21?

answer: He repaired the Frankfurter Marienkirche after its south tower collapsed.

question: Where was Flaminius born?

answer: That isn't stated, although he grew up in Küstrin.

question: What is the Bauakademie?

answer: A school where Flaminius studied architecture.

question: Summarize everything relating to Karl Friedrich Schinkel.

answer: Flaminius met Schinkel at the Bauakademie. The two collaborated often, including on repairing the Frankfurter Marienkirche. When Flaminius erected a new home for the Bauakademie, he used Schinkel's designs.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Emil Flaminius was a Prussian architect and master builder. He studied at Bauakademie and was a frequent collaborator of Karl Friedrich Schinkel.


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[Iron kentledge weights upon a platform used in static load testing in Haikou, Hainan, China] KENTLEDGE (fr. _ballast_), or KENTLEDGE WEIGHTS, are slabs or blocks of concrete or iron (usually pig iron, sometimes with a cast-in handle for assist moving). They are used within ships or boats as permanent, high-density ballast. They may also be used as counterweights in cranes such as tower cranes or swing bridges as is found in the Victoria Swing Bridge. On construction sites, prior to the erection of a building, static load testing may use a large number of kentledge stacked onto a platform. This platform is used to drive piles into the ground beneath to test the integrity of the foundation.[1][2]

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title: Kentledge

question: What is Kentledge?

answer: Kentledge weights are slabs or blocks.

question: Where is it used?

answer: They are used in ships or boats as permanent, high-density ballast. They can also be used as counterweights in cranes.

question: How are they used on construction sites?

answer: Before the erection of a building, kentledge is used for static load testing.

question: What is Kentledge made of?

answer: Kentledge is made of concrete or iron.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Kentledge or Kentledge weights slabs or blocks of concrete or iron. They are usually used in ships or boats as permanent high-density ballast. They are also used before the erection of a building for static load testing.


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AEROSUCRE FLIGHT 157 was a domestic cargo flight operated by Colombian cargo airline Aerosucre using a Boeing 727-200. On 20 December 2016, the aircraft crashed shortly after taking off from Germán Olano Airport in Puerto Carreño, Colombia, on a flight to Bogotá. The jet overran the end of the runway, struck the perimeter fence and other obstacles before becoming airborne, but lost control and crashed about two minutes later and from the airport. Of the six people on board, only one survived.[1][2]

The subsequent investigation found that a number of factors, including a take-off weight in excess of the maximum permissible, an incorrect take-off technique and a slight tailwind resulted in the failure of the aircraft to become airborne within the available runway length.[3]

Accident

The Boeing 727 arrived at Puerto Carreño on the day of the accident at 14:48 local time, after a cargo flight from Bogotá. The crew unloaded 20,423 pounds of cargo. Although the weight and balance manifest of the accident flight was not found, investigators presumed that slightly less than 20,000 pounds of cargo distributed on nine pallets was loaded for the return to Bogotá. The 727 then taxied onto Runway 25 threshold; the crew set the flaps at 30 degrees, the plane was trimmed for takeoff, and the plane started its takeoff run at 17:18.

The 727 used all of the runway, but was still not airborne. It traveled another over grass and struck a perimeter fence. It then crossed a road, hit a shed and a tree before finally becoming airborne. Due to the impact, the right main landing gear detached from the aircraft, the inboard right flap was damaged, engine 3 lost power, and one hydraulic system was damaged and leaking. The aircraft achieved an altitude of , entered a slight right hand descending turn which completed a near 270-degree arc and then impacted flat terrain, bursting into flames.[4] The accident was captured on video by motorcyclists near the airport.[5]

Aircraft and crew

[The aircraft involved photographed in 1994, while in operation with Air Jamaica under a previous registration] The aircraft involved in the crash was a Boeing 727-200 registered HK-4544 with serial number 21105. It entered service in 1975, operating as a passenger aircraft for Air Jamaica until 1997. It was then converted into a cargo aircraft.[6] The aircraft began operating for Aerosucre in 2008.[7]

The captain was 58-year-old Jaime Cantillo, who had been with Aerosucre since 1997 and was licensed to fly the Boeing 727 in 2005. He had logged 8,708 flight hours, including 6,822 hours on the Boeing 727. The first officer was 39-year-old Mauricio Guzmán, who had been with the airline since 2008 and had 3,285 flight hours, all of which were on the Boeing 727. The flight engineer was 72-year-old Pedro Duarte, who joined Aerosucre in 2013 and had logged 1,612 flight hours, though his flight experience on the Boeing 727 was unknown.[8][9][10]

Victims

The flight plan indicated five people aboard, but there was an undocumented sixth person on the flight. Four died immediately and two survived the impact, but one of the two died later from injuries.[11] The sole survivor was flight technician Diego Armando Vargas Bravo.[12]

Investigation

The Colombian government's Air Accident Investigation Group (Grupo de Investigación de Accidentes Aéreos; GRIAA) concluded that three factors extended the aircraft’s take-off run by , resulting in a runway excursion that eventually lead to the crash:

-   The crew incorrectly calculated a rotation speed that was higher than necessary.
-   The chosen take-off runway was subject to a tail wind.
-   The pilot rotated the aircraft too slowly, at about 1° per second instead of 2°~3°.

Furthermore, although initial calculations suggested the aircraft was operating within its weight limits, the investigators believe, based on the take-off speeds used by the crew, that the aircraft was actually almost a tonne above its maximum permissible take-off weight of .[13][14]

The investigation also determined that following the loss of pressure in both main hydraulic systems caused by the impact with ground structures, the crew did not activate the standby hydraulic system, which would have enabled them to maintain control of the aircraft.[15]

The operator Aerosucre was found in breach of regulations, since Puerto Carreño airport was not approved for operations with the Boeing 727-200, and such breach was allowed to continue for years due to lack of supervision by the Colombian civil aviation authority.[16][17]

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question: What plane was Aerosucre Flight 157?

answer: Aerosucre Flight 157 was a Boeing 727-200.

question: What day did Aerosucre Flight 157 crash?

answer: Aerosucre Flight 157 crashed on 20 December 2016.

question: How many flight hours did the captain have at the time of the accident?

answer: The captain had logged 8,708 flight hours at the time of the accident.

question: Was Puerto Carreno airport approved for operations with the Boeing 727-200?

answer: No, Puerto Carreno airport was not approved for operations with the Boeing 727-200.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Aerosucre Flight 157 was a Colombian domestic flight from Puerto Carreno to Bogota. The plane was a Boeing 727-200 and was barely able to take off and crashed shortly after. An investigation revealed that it crashed due to pilot error, a tail wind, and overloading of the aircraft.


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The Vicious Zoo

The cages rattled as the animals within them grew restless. They had, as usual, resorted to their primitive nature in an effort to get what they want. They often took the circumstances of their captivity as an excuse to behave even more territorial and violent than they would in their natural habitat. Indeed, it’s incredibly rare for any of these creatures to exhibit the kind of civilized respect one might expect from an animal in captivity.
“Officer, prepare the riot squad.  I have a bad feeling about this,” I heard one of my fellow zookeepers say.
	 The animals we kept here were too despicable to even be compared with their wild counterparts. They were part of the handful who had found their way to be the scum of the earth, despite being born into the most civilized species. This fit they were having, unfortunately, was one of the more chaotic days at the Aldo Correctional facility. What was worse was that there was no particular reason for them to be acting this way, other than to try to make us mentally breakdown.
“Roger that!” I yelled back as I dodged a clump of bodily waste that was hurled at me by a creature on the second floor. My reflexes had increased sharply over the years.
In this particular unit of the prison, we had kept the worst of them: murderers, rapists, arsonists and every other inmate who failed to exhibit the faintest of humanity. For some reason, our warden thought it would be better for them to all be in one area to rot together. We understood there was no hope for these men. We understood that, as guards, we were obliged to treat them as such.
“The next one of you vermins to chuck shit at me is going to be real sorry!” I snapped. My proposition was met with a mocking. These inmates felt that they could treat me with even less respect because I was a woman. Despite having years of experience under my belt, as well as a semi-automatic pistol and pepper spray, they could never quite take me for more than just a piece of meat.
Finally, we managed to tame them through coercion. This was such a common occurrence that we went on about our days as if it had never happened. I had to take a shower to expel all the filth that had found its way to me. It was times like this that I questioned on why on earth I took this job. Why, both literally and metaphorically, my life had come down to dodging shit.
It was pointless trying to punish them; we knew that they ran the prison, not us. After all, the inmates knew that, in numbers, they could make us literally clean up their mess. Guards were mopping the dull gray floors feverishly, trying to rid them of the foul stench that the animals identified as victory.
It was 6:30 P.M., time for rounds. Today, I had the displeasure of making sure every brute was in his cage. As I marched through the different levels of Unit 2, my presence was met with objectifying whistles and whispered intentions that were anything but romantic. When I first started working here, I could barely make it halfway through the first floor without crying, but the zoo eventually managed to vacuum the weakness and replace it with a spine.

After rounds I went to the guard lounge. Even with low budget funding, the lounge was still an incredible luxury compared to my unit. Just as I sat down, the warden marched in.
“We have a fresh new batch of fish today, boys,” he exclaimed with delight. “There’s no more room in Unit 4, so we’re going to have to accommodate these among the beasts in Unit 2”. That was my unit. He went on, “I’m hoping that mixing these white collars in can bring some class to the unit!”
The others seemed to brighten with that idea. I saw the flaw in his theory.
“Sir, if I may” I hesitated. “These men will not stand a chance at survival”.
“Well Officer Penny,” he said as if he was talking to his wife, “I’m sure that if you have managed here for this long, they won’t find it too difficult!”
The rest of the officers laughed like he was the popular girl in high school. I had to force a smile; I wasn’t going to let them get to me.
Newcomers. The inmates so affectionately nicknamed them “fish” as a testament to their inevitable helplessness. These fish were to be thrown in the same aquariums as the sharks, where they would eventually be swallowed, after being chewed a couple of times.
Aldo greets prisoners of all kinds, most with looks that exhibit the throbbing despair associated with the idea of spending time in prison, but usually the ones destined to Unit 2 wore a confidence as if they were hyenas returning to the savannah. This group of pencil-pushing scumbags had the look of prize winning dogs that had just been shaved bald and put in the pound.
“Okay ladies, let’s get undressed” another officer yelled with a slight grin on his face.
We spent the next few minutes searching them for drugs in places we knew they wouldn’t bother to put them, but this process was more symbolic than anything. We gave them their new permanent clothes, and watched them create paths of self-pitying tears to their respective cells.

One inmate stuck out in his absence of expression. He didn’t quite look satisfied, but merely used to misery. He looked like a man who had nothing in his outside life to miss, almost like an orphan. Of all the new helpless fish, he was definitely a guppy. I tried to look away, but he was too conspicuous in his lack of emotion. Was it a mask he was wearing? I must have been staring hard enough to prick his senses because he shifted his vision from the ground to my eyes. I realized that he was walking towards me.

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title: 1st half of my short story (character limit)

question: Summarize the relationship between the narrator and the new inmate.

question: Summarize the ways in which the prisoners disrespect the guards.

answer: They hurl feces at the guards and all over the prison, forcing the guards to clean up the mess. The inmates make objectifying whistles and whisper vulgar things as the narrator passes by.

question: Summarize everything relating to the crimes the prisoners have committed.

answer: The prisoners in the narrator's unit are murderers, rapists, and arsonists. The new batch of prisoners committed white collar crimes.

question: Summarize all the instances where the inmates are likened to specific animals.

answer: The warden announces the arrival of a fresh new batch of fish. The inmates nickname newcomers fish because of their helplessness. These fish are forced to live among sharks (the established inmates). The prisoners destined for Unit 2 are usually confident like hyenas returning to a savannah. One of the new inmates, according to the narrator, seems to be a guppy among the new helpless fish.


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FREITAL-HAINSBERG STATION is a station on the Dresden–Werdau railway in the district of Hainsberg of the municipality of Freital in the German state of Saxony. The Weißeritz Valley Railway branches off to Kipsdorf from the station. Since 31 May 1992, the station has been served by the Dresden S-Bahn.

History

Name

The station has had four different names in its history:

-   until 12 January 1918: _Hainsberg_
-   until 12 Dezember 1933: _Hainsberg (Sa)_
-   until 29 September 1965: _Hainsberg (Sachs)_
-   since 29 September 1965: _Freital-Hainsberg_

Operations

[Track plan of Hainsberg in 1895] It is not known how the tracks of Hainsberg station were laid out at the time of the opening of the Dresden–Werdau railway. In 1874, the station received its first entrance building.[1] The most important station in modern Freital at that time was Freital-Potschappel, which had the most connections to the existing coal mines in Freital. There was no significant growth in transport services at the railway station until the opening of the Weißeritz Valley Railway in 1883. The track systems were expanded and included seven standard-gauge tracks and four narrow-gauge tracks. The tracks were still on the same level. A four-stall locomotive shed of the narrow-gauge railway lay in the eastern part of the station area.[2] The station never had a locomotive shed for standard-gauge operations.

In the area used for the transfer of goods between the standard-gauge tracks and the narrow-gauge tracks, the standard-gauge tracks lay to the east and the narrow-gauge tracks to the west. The entrance building was located approximately on the site later occupied by the former signalbox.[3] Passengers had to cross the tracks on the level to reach the trains. The station also included a small goods shed, a loading ramp, a four-stall locomotive shed for the narrow-gauge vehicles with maintenance facilities, a Rollbock pit and a ramp for loading narrow-gauge wagons on standard-gauge wagons.

[Hainsberg station tracks after reconstruction in 1910, looking towards Dresden] In order to separate the operations between main-line and local traffic, the tracks in the Freital area were elevated, which greatly altered the track layout. The standard-gauge tracks were increased to four tracks and the freight tracks were separated from the passenger tracks.[4] As a whole, the station moved further east. In 1904, a new entrance building was built on the south side of the station. The old building was demolished together with the old narrow-gauge locomotive depot by 1905.[5] The narrow-gauge tracks were built at the level of the freight tracks between the freight tracks and the higher passenger tracks. Passengers could now access the platforms through a passenger subway without crossing any tracks. The 300 metre-long island platform between the standard-gauge passenger tracks with a useful length of 500 metres indicates the length of the trains used on the state railway at the time. For the transport of luggage, a separate tunnel ran from the entrance building to the platform, where there was a baggage lift.[6] Two passenger tunnels were built between the north and the south parts of the station.[7] With the reconstruction of the tracks, the at-grade crossings of the tracks of the Dresden–Werdau railway and the Weißeritz Valley Railway disappeared, the freight sheds were newly built, a loading road was laid out, and signal boxes were built to control the station tracks.[8] In total, the station had 13 standard-gauge tracks and, with the tracks to the locomotive shed, nine narrow-gauge tracks.[9] The narrow-gauge tracks were completely remodelled. The locomotive shed was placed on the west side of the station next to the connecting track to the paper factory. Originally, it also had four stalls,[10] but in 1932 it had three tracks and six stalls.[11] On the east side of the station, there were pieces of equipment for handling goods on the standard-gauge track, such as a Rollbock pit and a goods hall. With the rebuilding of the station, a connection was created from the Weißeritz Valley Railway to the narrow-gauge Freital-Potschappel–Nossen railway for the exchange of rollingstock with the building of the Potschappel–Hainsberg railway.

Since the rebuilding of the station, there has been a rail connection to the Freital steelworks. In the case of the narrow-gauge tracks, the tracks were somewhat too confined, so that some equipment had to terminate in the former Freital Coßmannsdorf station.[12] In 1918, the name of the station was given with the suffix _Sachs_. In the 1930s, the station received a small locomotive shed.[13]

[Railway tracks of Hainsberg station after reconstruction in 1910, looking towards Tharandt] Evidently after 1945, an approximately 600 metres of normal gauge freight train was dismantled as reparations with the end of the Second World War.[14] Since freight traffic on the narrow-gauge line fell in the 1960s, a long timber loading ramp, a transhipment platform and an open transhipment hall were shut down and demolished.[15] On the standard-gauge line, general traffic was handled at the Freital-Potschappel station, so the freight yard was used for other purposes. In 1964, the station's name was changed to _Freital-Hainsberg_.[16] At the end of the 1970s, freight traffic at Freital-Hainsberg station was still so great that a locomotive of class V 60, which had been specifically installed here, was used. In particular, the provision of wagon loads for the Freital stainless steelworks and the provision of wagon loads for the narrow-gauge line took up the yard’s capacity. The siding to the paper factory, which can be seen on old track plans, no longer exists.

After 1989, the freight traffic at the station declined significantly, so that today a small locomotive is sufficient for occasional shunting. From 2003 on, the railway systems are controlled by an electronic interlocking. The mechanical signal boxes were closed in 2003 and demolished in 2006.[17] The narrow-gauge railway now has colour light signals as entrance and exit signals. A bus stop and bicycle parking spaces were established in the station forecourt.

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title: Freital-Hainsberg station

question: Where is the Freital-Hainsberg station?

answer: In the district of Hainsberg in the municipality of Freital in Saxony, Germany.

question: When was the Freital-Hainsberg station built?

answer: The station received its first entrance building in 1874.

question: List the previous names for the Freital-Hainsberg station.

answer: Hainsberg, Hainsberg (Sa), and Hainsberg (Sachs).

question: What happened in 1905?

answer: The old building was demolished, as was the old narrow-gauge locomotive depot.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Freital-Hainsberg station is a station in the German district of Hainsberg. It is part of the Dresden-Werdau railway. It received its first entrance building in 1874 and was reconstructed in 1910.


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Alex Sanderson at last month's Gallagher Premiership launch Credit: Getty Images Europe

They may have relinquished their European crown to a superb Leinster side last season, but Saracens ended the 2017-18 campaign on a triumphant note – for a number of reasons.

Besides riding through a difficult spell before Christmas to take the Premiership title, the club re-signed influential players and locked down their highly-rated coaching team until 2022.

Alex Sanderson, who oversees the forwards and defence at Allianz Park, has been a central figure in Saracens’ recent success. At last month’s Gallagher Premiership launch, he spoke about why he has opted to stay put and how his team will strive to evolve.

CM: HOW DO YOU REFLECT ON A SEASON THAT FEATURED SOME DISAPPOINTING PERIODS BUT ENDED WITH WHAT MARK MCCALL CALLED YOUR BEST PERFORMANCE IN A FINAL?

ALEX SANDERSON: I think it probably was, actually. I haven’t watched it back and done the stats and everything else. But going back to your original question, speaking on behalf of the coaching staff and probably most of the players, it’s been the hardest, most demanding but most rewarding season of the last 10 years because of how we brought it around as a squad.

It’s not the coaches that stood up there and said: ‘We need to do this, this and this.’ As a team, as friends, as guys I’ve known for 10 years now, we had a lot of small, hard conversations over a length of time to get us back on the same page and the right page. That’s the rewarding thing – not the silverware, the fact that we turned it around. If we hadn’t won at the end of the season, it would have still felt the same because we were back in a good place.

Saracens celebrate beating Exeter Chiefs in last season's Premiership final Credit: Getty Images

SARACENS HAVE RETAINED A LOT OF THEIR FLAGSHIP PLAYERS AND, AS A COACHING TEAM, YOU’VE SIGNED ON UNTIL 2022. HOW MUCH OF A BOOST IS THAT FOR THE FUTURE OF THE CLUB AND HOW EXCITING IS IT TO BE AT THE HEART OF IT?

I am but a cog in a finely-tuned machine. I’m not the heart of it at all. Look, it’s the place I love and I want to stay at. I’m aware of the fact that there are perhaps different propositions out there that might be better for me as a personal ambition…

…TEST RUGBY, FOR EXAMPLE?

…whatever they may be. But that’s not where my heart is. I can’t foresee myself doing it and taking myself away from a group of people that I trust and I am loyal to and I want to work for. That’s my motivation, not my own personal ambition in that respect. To get everyone signed up that we wanted to get signed up, to get all the coaches signed up – who have the same pressures, opportunities and temptations – is a testament to the kind of culture and environment that we’ve created there.

I think we’re all in it together for the long haul, which is outstanding isn’t it? Because that’s when you can really build on what you’ve laid down as foundations already. As I’ve said before, it’s not about staying the same. It’s about getting better and I think there is more to come.

WHERE DO YOU GO FROM HERE AS A SQUAD, THEN?

Well, there’s always rugby intelligence, right? We’ve got a group of core lads who lead the team. They’ve been there since they were 16 or 17 – all the names that are in the England team, really. And now they’re 26 and 27. They’ve got another five years of getting better, of knowing the game and knowing each other and how to get the best out of some of the younger lads. There’s that part of it. And then there’s a process to the game.

Newcastle, statistically, if you look at the raw data, were the best defensive team in the league. It doesn’t sit well with me, that. I want to take that mantle back. Even if we did concede the fewest tries, there’s more in us defensively. We scored the most tries, but we made quite a lot of handling errors so we can sharpen our skills. The way the game is going, the breakdown is having a bigger and bigger influence both in attack and defence, so I think that’ll be a big focus as well.

EARLIER YOU MENTIONED THE BREAKDOWN, WHICH HAS BEEN IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND BALL RETENTION WAS A BIG PART OF YOUR SUCCESSFUL RUN AT THE END OF THE PREMIERSHIP SEASON. CAN YOU TALK ABOUT HOW YOU FELT THE BREAKDOWN EVOLVED WITH THE NEW LAWS?

The refereeing changed last year to make sure the tackling player came through the gate...

...DO YOU THINK TOO MUCH WAS MADE OF THOSE CHANGES?

...as always, when new directives come in, the meter shifts too far one way and then it comes back to some kind of sensibility. Hopefully, we’ll see that. I think, roughly, there were about 70 per cent of penalties in favour of the attack, going onto 80 per cent for the most part.

That meant teams, rather than playing attacking rugby to break the gain-line – mentioning no names – just looked to keep the ball for 20 or 30 phases and looked to win penalties. That’s boring in itself. Good defences weren’t rewarded as they should have been, so it becomes a bit one-sided. I think people want to see a competition when a good collision or a good piece of play is rewarded in both ways. But I’m sure the pendulum will move back to the defence a little more. I hope it will.

Owen Farrell and JP Doyle speak during last season's Premiership semi-final Credit:  PA

AS IT HAS IN TEST RUGBY?

As in Test rugby, yeah – for the benefit of the game. I understand why they did it last season, but last season in some part was evidence for it to come a bit more towards the defensive side. Have I answered the question there? I’ve rambled a bit.

IT’S A DIFFICULT ONE TO ANSWER DEFINITIVELY.

There’s the refereeing aspect and the international aspect, because it is played differently and refereed differently, and then what impact has the Premiership has on international rugby? It’s got to have an impact on international rugby, so you’d rather the two be closer together. Certainly, we coach the breakdown differently for Europe than we do for the Premiership because it’s refereed differently. There are more bigger players and they compete more.

All of those things are on the radar but I generally think that teams are getting better at keeping the ball and, as such, you have to be more adept at taking it off them or at least slowing it up. Then, for yourself, keeping the ball is one thing but having quick ball is an entirely different prospect, so how can you maintain quick ball and quick ball and quick ball. That’s when you get your breaks.

IT FEELS LIKE ENGLAND ARE TRYING TO SETTLE ON THEIR PREFERRED PROFILE FOR AN OPENSIDE FLANKER. HOW DO YOU SEE IT AT SARACENS?

Ours is quite varied as well. We have three or four lads who are all different types of players. There’s Schalk Burger, for instance. He’s good ball-in-hand but he’s a menace around the ball. I guess Calum Clark is pretty similar. Jackson Wray has played there for us as more of a ball-carrying seven.

It’s important that you have a spread of people who are good at slowing opposition ball down within your pack. We look at our pack first and foremost for set piece and then for defence, then we see if we’ve got enough ball-carriers – those are our priorities.

Mako [Vunipola] is good over the ball, Jamie [George] is good, Juan Figallo can do it , Vincent Koch is, Maro [Itoje] is good at going through the rucks. For us, it doesn’t matter that we don’t have an out-and-out openside because we have jackallers in those positions already. It’s about balance! After all of that, the short and the long of it is that you need to have balance. If you have people that are good, it doesn’t necessarily have to be that it is your openside’s forte.

question: Write a ~0 sentence summary.


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CHARLES EVERINGHAM IV (also known as CHAD EVERINGHAM or CHARLES “CHAD” EVERINGHAM) is an attorney and former U.S. Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

Career

Everingham obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree _cum laude_ from Stephen F. Austin State University, majoring in Political Science and minoring in history.[1] He then obtained his Juris Doctor degree _cum laude_ from Baylor Law School in 1993, where he was named the “Highest Ranking Student in the Graduating Class” and also served as lead articles editor on the _Baylor Law Review_.[2]

Everingham served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Howell Cobb, U.S. District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas from 1993-1994 and then entered private practice by joining the firm of Brown McCarroll & Oaks.[3] He then served as a permanent law clerk to T. John Ward, U.S. District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas from Jan 3, 2000 to April 2007.[4]

On April 1, 2007, Everingham was appointed as U.S. Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, serving in the same Marshall, Texas federal courthouse as the judge he had previously clerked for, U.S. District Judge T. John Ward.[5] In October 2011, Everingham retired from being a U.S. Magistrate Judge and joined the Longview, Texas office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld.[6] His post was succeeded by Judge Roy S. Payne.

Patent Law Legacy

During his tenure on the federal bench in Marshall, Texas, which was growing to become the busiest patent docket in the nation, Everingham handled over 140 Markman hearings (according to Lex Machina) and tried more than 20 complex patent cases.[7] He also served as the U.S. Magistrate Judge to the judge he had previously served as a permanent law clerk to for over seven years, U.S. District Judge T. John Ward, who also heard the most patent cases in the country during his time on the bench and who had also introduced the Local Patent Rules to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas.

[1] Michael C. Smith, Chad Everingham named magistrate judge in Marshall, http://mcsmith.blogs.com/eastern_district_of_texas/2006/12/chad_everingham.html

[2] Charles Everingham IV, Akin Gump, https://www.akingump.com/en/lawyers-advisors/charles-everingham.html

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[7] Akin Gump, Press Release, Akin Gump Expands IP Practice With Addition of Partners Chad Everingham and David Stein, Oct 3, 2011, https://www.akingump.com/en/news-insights/akin-gump-expands-ip-practice-with-addition-of-partners-chad-everingham-and-david-stein.html

title: Charles Everingham

question: When was Everingham born?

answer: That information can't be found

question: What law school did Everingham attend?

answer: Baylor Law School

question: Who was Everingham a clerk for just before being appointed as a U.S. Magistrate Judge?

answer: T. John Ward, U.S. District Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas

question: What did Everingham do after retiring from his tenure as a U.S. Magistrate Judge?

answer: He joined the Longview, Texas office of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Charles Everingham IV is an attorney and former U.S. Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. He received his Juris Doctor degree from Baylor Law School in 1993. He served as a U.S. Magistrate Judge from 2007 to 2011.


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I was awoken by the alarm again.Had to find the phone to turn it off.

The day began like it usually did.

*6:32*

Time to head out and wait for the bus again.

*6:52*

It came faster this time.I wonder why..

I'm on the bus,sitting alone,as always.

*7:50*

Arrived at the bus station.I didn't need to go to the first lesson,since the teacher was sick.The same happened with second lesson.Eventually,the third lesson started,which was math,I hate it.The same routine went on: Look at the board,write down the exercises,and tell the answers when you finished solving them.

*10:45*

Finally,break time.I had nothing to do for these past 10 minutes,I usually spend them being alone.

*10:55*

IT lesson came up,we don't do anything much during the lesson,so I've decided to look through "My Documents",since there's a lot of students doing work in Word and Excel,I thought maybe I could find something interesting.I found a folder with 3 pictures,a Word,and an Excel documents titled "business".I decided to check the document first,and they were just a list of regular household items.

Fridge $200

TV $400

And so on..So I thought nothing interesting.Then I decided to check the Word document.It was about "Sproto sausainiai".

Now,Sproto means "Drunk guy",and "sausainiai" means "cookies".And now,the 2 pictures had a guy,which looked drunk,making 2 different poses,and another one was a baby sitting on a table,and on the table was a glass of beer.I started to laugh when I've read  the whole document,I figured the guy was selling cookies.I hope he didn't put any alcohol or something like that in them.There's a classmate who looked similar to him.Another classmate began joking about the whole cookie situation when he saw what I saw.It was pretty funny.

I forgot to ask if he's still selling them.I can only imagine him going bankrupt,if he ever sold these.

By now,it was 13:20,and the lesson was over 20 minutes ago.My bus home is at 13:40.I was pretty bored.

*13:30*

I was sitting on a bench,until I saw her.My 2nd grade crush,now she's 19,like me,and I saw her walking around with her friend.My heart LITERALLY began beating insane-ly when I saw her.Her beautiful brown eyes,her cute pink jacket,and her gorgeous brown hair.She's walking past me,and I'm shaking not to mess this up.She and her friend said "Hi!" to me,to which I responded the same.(Her friend is also a girl)..

She's heading out with her friend somewhere,and my heart is still racing..I could only watch her walk.That hair and that pink jacket just looks so perfect on her.We're both pretty shy,except I am EXTREMELY shy.It really saddened me when she left.Maybe if it wasn't for her friend,I could have stopped her and asking if she would like to walk around for a little.

I really hate her "boyfriend"..He's more than an asshole,and doesn't let her talk to me neither on Skype,norFacebook.

I would ask a random question about her ''boyfriend",to find out if she's still with "him".

Even more questions would be raised before they could be answered.

The bus came.

I,still sad,looked throughout the window,revealing white nature  behind the curtains.We're halfway there.

Coldplay's Paradise came up.

I remember us in 3-4th grade,in choreography class.Each of us  had to pick a girl to dance with.No one EVER picked her,but I did.I didn't had the choice,she was always the single one that was left.And I'm glad I always had that opportunity.

I think it would be nice to remind her of this,only if 2 of us would be alone,just walking,and talking...

I love her so much.

I CANNOT live without her.

title: [RF] Crush

question: What does the story say about the narrator's gym class?

question: What does the story say about the narrator?

answer: The narrator is a 19-year-old student. He rides the bus to school and goes through the same boring routine every day. The narrator usually spends his 10-minute break alone. He has a crush on a girl he has been classmates with since they were in 2nd grade. However, the narrator is extremely shy to do anything and his crush has a boyfriend who wouldn't even let her talk to him via Skype or Facebook.

question: What does the story say about what the narrator discovered during IT class?

answer: The narrator looked through the "My Documents" folder since other students save their Word and Excel work in it, thinking he could find something interesting. The narrator found a folder with pictures, a Word, and an Excel document titled "business". The Excel file contained nothing interesting, but the Word document was about "Sproto sausainiai" (Sproto means "drunk guy" and sausainiai means "cookies"). The pictures were of a drunk guy in two different poses and a baby sitting on a table with a glass of beer. The narrator thinks the guy was selling cookies.

question: What does the story say about how the narrator feels about the girl?

answer: The narrator has had a crush on the girl since they were in 2nd grade. He thinks he loves her and cannot live without her. He crushes on the girl so hard, he is literally shaking and his heart is beating insanely fast when he sees her. All he wants is to get her alone so they could walk and talk for a little bit, but she's either always with her friend (a girl) or boyfriend, whom the narrator hates. He wants to remind her of the time when they were in 3rd or 4th-grade choreography class and no one wanted to be her partner (no one picked her) except for him.


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You hear about it all the time now, I mean, people just started disappearing. Kids first. Easy targets I guess. You'd hear stories about girls who disappeared in the woods of Maine. Inner-city kids, vanishing. All over the place. Just gone.

We knew. I mean deep down, we did. Something in our psyche expressed it in our culture. Subtle shit, movies where children were possessed or disappear. Slenderman, I guess, was I guess the big one for a while, but that was years ago. Back before shit really started to get bad.

My name is Ian. The reason I know about this stuff, about what's really going on, is because when my daughter was nine she was taken from me. Not by some monster, not by some disease or accident. If only she was so lucky. She was taken by the government. She was taken from me and experimented on and now, I don't even know. Okay, let me tell you how it all started.

Actually, I can't really tell you how it started, the law books have been locked up a long time now, decades. But I can tell you what I think happened. You know those laws, the big ones, the long motherfuckers that nobody spends the time reading. Well. Shit started getting added in, bit by bit, stripping us of our rights. Nothing horrifying at first. No big jumps, nothing drastic, and like a bunch of frogs in hot water we just sat there and took it. Like we were the lucky ones in the Jacuzzi.

She was eligible. That's the word they used: "Eligible." Like she was the luckiest kid in school because we were allowed to pay for healthcare. You know, she was never really all that sick. That's the fucking thing. Just a little cough, never bad, and she had really dry skin. God, she hated that, she just wanted to have nice skin. She'd see the pictures of these beautiful models, and she'd come home from school and tell me that one day that was going to be her. She wanted to look like that.

She had the prettiest smile too. I'll never forget that, must have been pretty much the best damn thing in the world.

But you don't know the stuff they do. You get there, and it's this beautiful facility and the people at the desk are exceptional. And they take your picture and you get this slick looking white card. On every one I've ever seen these people have these smiles. Like there isn't anything that could go wrong with the world. The kind of smile that says "Okay, I'm here. I made it. I finally made it." and we wait, and we wait, and we wait. and when they finally do see us they won't let her see the doctor with me in the room, because I wasn't "eligible."

And she looked at me, with this little scared, sad smile. And gave me this little nod. Like it was all going to be okay, because she was going to be brave. And the door slid closed. And that's the last time I ever really saw my Anna.

title: American Horror Story. Part 1

question: Who took the narrator's daughter, according to them?

answer: The government.

question: What's his daughter's name?

answer: Anna.

question: Why did the government take her?

answer: She was "eligible", according to him.

question: What was "wrong" with her, according to the narrator?

answer: Her skin is a little dry.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator talks about how his daughter was taken from him by the government on account of her being "eligible", though the narrator claims she was only a little sick and had dry skin. They haven't seen their daughter, Anna, since then.