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MARTÍN MARCIALES MONCADA, known as MARTÍN MARCIALES, HIJO (January 18, 1912 – March 6, 2001) was a Venezuelan visionary, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He critically contributed to the development of the city of San Cristóbal during the 20th century. Martín Marciales Moncada was one of the few financially successful Venezuelan entrepreneurs who was never involved in politics. President Velásquez referred to him as a “rarely seen prophet in his own land.” Historian Luis Hernández Contreras researched Martín Marciales Moncada's personal and public life and published his biography in a three-volume tome entitled _Martín Marciales, hijo_, which includes a prologue written by former Venezuelan President Ramón J. Velásquez. Martín Marciales Moncada was one of very few recipients of the Order Francisco de Miranda, Knight Grand Cross (1st Class), the highest rank of the order. It was the only time President Velasquez traveled outside of the capital city to grant the National Order to a citizen.[1]

Early life

Martín Marciales Jaime, Martín Marciales Moncada's father,[2] was a revolutionary in favor of Juan Pablo Peñaloza, the opposition leader to both Cipriano Castro and Juan Vicente Gómez. The opposition were then called “Yellow Liberals.” Martin Marciales Jaime was a carpenter who hid weapons in secret compartments in the furniture he made. The weapons were intended to arm the forces of the so-called “Yellow Revolutionaries” who hoped to oust then dictator Juan Vicente Gómez from power.

When Martín Marciales Moncada was eight years old, his father was sent to prison at El Castillo de San Carlos due to his revolutionary activities. The entire family relocated closer to the prison so they could visit and assist Martin Marciales Jaime. At that time, Martín Marciales Moncada started working to help support his family. He and his mother opened a small shop where they sold groceries and basic goods. Martín Marciales Moncada graduated from elementary school, but did not continue his education.[3]

Return to San Cristóbal

As a young teenager, Martín Marciales Moncada started working as a traveling merchant. He sold spare parts for vehicles, including tires, as well as other goods. In his early twenties, Martín Marciales Moncada returned to San Cristóbal. There, he bought from his father and began managing a Chevrolet car dealership.[4]

During this time, the Germans dominated most of local commerce in the area using their own monetary system; they paid local farmers with custom-made tokens, which could only be used in German-owned shops and businesses. As such, there was no real local currency in circulation. Martín Marciales Moncada played major role in disentangling the local economy from the German influenced system of tokens.

Later, at the age of 28, Martín Marciales Moncada began directly importing General Motors vehicles to San Cristóbal, and was one of two major importers of GM vehicles in the country. This business effort allowed Martín Marciales Moncada to develop enough financial power to contribute significantly to the city's development. Martín Marciales Moncada's biographer, Luis Hernández Contreras, described these efforts as Martín Marciales Moncada's “own diverse ways of being useful.”

On April 7, 1945, Martín Marciales Moncada married Marina González Romero. The couple had four children: Marcial, Mariana, Mariela, and Mario. Marina still resides in San Cristóbal and is a renowned philanthropist and artist.[5][6]

“Diverse ways of being useful”

Philanthropic Ventures

Martín Marciales Moncada either founded or co-founded the following:[7][8][9]

Sports

-   First basketball club
-   Gimnasio Cubierto “Arminio Gutiérrez,” the first public sports facility in downtown San Cristóbal
-   Club Deportivo Los Andes, founding member
-   Los Peligrosos Baseball Club, board of directors
-   Associación Deportiva Táchira, honorary president
-   Instituto Municipal Superior de San Cristóbal, honorary member
-   Guicaipuro, honorary member
-   Cardenales Deportivo, honorary member

Social Clubs

-   Club Táchira, board of directors
-   El Club Demócrata, first vice president

Culture

-   Salón de Lectura de San Cristóbal, the oldest (founded 1907) civil organization in town dedicated to promoting culture, board of directors member (1942)

Health services

-   (ATLA) Foundation to prevent tuberculosis, founding member[10]
-   Policlínica Táchira, the first private clinic in the city, founding member[11]
-   Red Cross of San Cristóbal, founding member[12]

Rotary Club San Cristóbal

He was a founding member of the Rotary Club. Much of Martín Marciales Moncada's philanthropic work was done through the Rotary Club, including:[13]

-   wheelchair bank
-   sponsored schools
-   city parks
-   scholarships for students
-   a free medical assistance unit for children at Clínica Los Andes
-   free distribution of reading glasses for school children

Raffles

Annual donations of cars as prizes for various fundraising raffles

Fire department

In 1951, Martín Marciales Moncada imported the first fire truck to San Cristóbal and founded the local fire department. Many local people reported occasions in which he personally saved their lives as a volunteer firefighter.[14]

Building the Basilica of Nuestra Señora de la Consolación de Táriba

Martín Marciales Moncada used raffle proceeds to help rebuild the Basilica of Our Lady of Consolation, Táriba. He contributed to the raffle by donating two houses, three cars, and ninety sewing machines, which were used as raffle prizes. All proceeds went directly to the Basilica. He was awarded the Order of St. Sylvester for his generosity by Pope Paulo VI on January 11, 1967.[15]

Catholic University, San Cristóbal

Director of the Asociación Civil, an NGO responsible for the financial and administrative management of the university.

Brothers of La Salle (school for boys)

Martín Marciales Moncada contributed in founding a school for boys and built a relationship with his lifelong mentor, Fr. Hermano Basilio. Martín Marciales Moncada also sponsored Fr. Basilio's anthropological research on the Orinoco Delta natives.

Semi-Philanthropic Ventures

Martín Marciales Moncada was also dedicated to many private ventures for the sake of city development. These ventures did not serve as a source of personal income. He either founded or co-founded the following:[16][17]

-   Transportes Aéreos Centroamericanos (TACA). Martín Marciales Moncada created the San Cristóbal branch of the airline TACA and developed the first flight connections between San Cristóbal and the rest of the country.[18]
-   Cementos Tachíra, cement factory, co-founder[19]
-   Central Azucarero de Ureña, sugar plant, member of the promoting board[20]
-   Pasteurizadora Tachira, dairy plant, co-founder
-   Matadero Industrial de la Fría, slaughterhouse, co-founder
-   Pro-Vivienda, non-profit savings and loan institution, co-founder. Pro-Vivienda was dedicated to funding low-income housing development projects.

Private Business Ventures

Martín Marciales Moncada either founded or co-founded the following:[21][22]

-   Creole Petroleum Corporation – Venezuela, representative. Martín Marciales Moncada developed a network of his own gas stations and created a gasoline transportation company to supply both his gas stations and the local airports with gasoline.
-   Bank of Táchira, co-founder[23]
-   Regional Development Bank, Los Andes, co-founder
-   Banco de Occidente, co-founder
-   Seguros Los Andes, insurance company, co-founder

Other activities

-   State Chamber of Commerce, founder. Most of the large industry development initiatives in the state were conducted through the State Chamber of Commerce.[24]

Grandchildren of Note

Martín Marciales Moncada and Marina González Romero have fifteen grandchildren: Irene, María Isabel and Marisela Marciales Arreaza; Marcial Alfredo Marciales Carrilo; Carlos Martín and María Luisa Maggiolo Marciales; Elias Alfredo Issa Marciales; Carolina, Vanessa, Mariel and Edgar Martín Espejo Marciales; Martín José, Mario Alfredo, Mauricio and Marcos Marciales Contreras.[25][26]

Three of Martín Marciales Moncada's grandchildren (Mario Alfredo, Mauricio, and Marcos Marciales Contreras) are national bass fishing champions. All three have represented Venezuela internationally in the National Sports Fishing Team and became the World Bass Fishing Champions, winning the World Championships in 2012.[27]

Orders

Martín Marciales Moncada received the following orders and other honors:[28]

-   Knight Grand Cross, Order of Francisco de Miranda, (1st Class), 1993
-   Knight, Order of St. Sylvester, Granted by Pope Paulo VI. January 11, 1967
-   Order 21 of September 1864. Legislative Assembly of Táchira. Granted on September 21, 1995
-   Order Francisco Javier García de Hevia. Gold Class. Táchira's Executive Branch. First Class. Granted on January 12, 1999
-   Order of Merit in Work. Táchira's Executive Branch. First Class. Granted on March 16, 1988

Other Honors

-   There is a street named after Martín Marciales Moncada in the center of San Cristóbal.
-   Key of the City of San Cristóbal. San Cristobal Municipality, March 1988
-   40 years of Service Button from the Fire Department of San Cristobal. 27 of November 1992
-   “Augusto Pinaud” Medal of Honor from the National Red Cross Committee of Venezuela. Granted on February 23, 1989
-   Paul Harris contributor and member medal from Rotary Club International, April, 1984

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[10] Newspaper Vanguardia, June 5th, 1954

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[12] Newspaper La Nacion, San Cristobal, May 10th, 1990

[13] Vanguardia, San Cristobal, December 2nd 1959

[14] Newspaper El Centinela, May 14th, 1947

[15] Diario Catholico, San Cristobal, March 12, 1968

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[18] Newspaper Vanguardia, January 11th 1945

[19] Newspaper El Centinella August 19th, 1947

[20] Newspaper Van guardia, October 31st, 1950

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title: Martín Marciales Moncada

question: Who was Martin Marciales Moncada?

answer: A visionary, entrepreneur, and philanthropist.

question: Where was he from?

answer: Venezuela.

question: To which city's development did he contribute significantly?

answer: San Cristobal.

question: How old was Martin Marciales Moncada when his father went to prison?

answer: Eight.

question: Write a ~9 sentence summary.

answer: Martin Marciales Moncada was a Venezuelan visionary, entrepreneur, and philanthropist in Venezuela who contributed significantly to the development of the city of San Cristobal. His father was a political revolutionary, a carpenter who went to prison after his activities were found out, one of which being the hiding of weapons in the furniture he made in his carpentry job. While the father was incarcerated, Marciales Moncada and his family moved closer to the prison, and eight-year-old Martin first became politically involved. He never pursued an education beyond elementary school. When his father was released, Martin Marciales Moncada sold spare auto parts before opening up a car dealership with his father in San Cristobal. At the age of 28, he began importing cars to South America, which is how his fortune began. Marciales Moncada married in 1945 and had four children. Martin Marciales Moncada started numerous foundations, clubs, businesses, and built many buildings during his life, and his widow presides over their philanthropic and personal estate now. He passed away in 2001.


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A man sat wondering when will I die? The question plagued him until he could think of nothing else. In desperation he begged death to tell him. Death appeared as a whisper and said "You will die when you are truly happy."

The man is despair never enjoyed a moment more, haunted by the words of cruel certainty.

After many years of only existing, he stared in to broken glass and thought "I can never die." A slight smile appeared on his face.

In that moment death came and took him never to enjoy a moment more.

title: [OF] Despair

question: What was the man desperate for?

answer: He was desperate to know when will he die

question: What was Death's response to the man's question of wanting to know when will he die?

answer: Death said he would die when he was truly happy.

question: Explain why the man couldn't enjoy another moment.

answer: He was haunted by the words of cruel certainty.

question: Why did Death come and take the man?

answer: Because the man then believed he can never die.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The man was desperate to know when he would die. Death responded, saying he would die when he was truly happy. The man was then happy to know that he can never die, which is when Death came and took him.


text:
The sun is setting and the sky is ablaze with long steaks of garnet and gold. A boy and a girl are standing around a crippled bird, its wing is broken in all but two places. A large laceration left splintered bone exposed to the wind and blood painted on the small tufts of feathers that still clung to the battered wing. Nearby, the cat licked its paws and flicked its tail towards the boy and the girl.
The boy looks at the girl. Her long, Spanish hair danced in the wind before landing delicately atop her breasts.

“What can we do?” the girl asks. She collects her hair and pulls it into a ponytail in a single practiced motion. The boy takes a knee beside the bird and assumes a calculated face and scratches the corner of his mouth with his thumb.

“The wing is pretty messed up. The cat grabbed him here.” The boy says, using his hand to mime a biting action near the wound. “Can you do anything?” The girl asks, shifting her weight from one leg to the other and letting her hand drop at her side.
“We can try to wrap the wing and make the bird comfortable. Do you have any medical tape?” The boy asks. The girl watches his hands; they travel steadily but with nervous haste. She scratches her head and glances towards home.
“My mom might have brought some home from the hospital, let’s look in my house.”

The boy carefully scoops up the bird in his hand and makes a light clicking sound with his tongue. “It’s okay.” He says. “It’s okay.”
The boy and the girl walk to the house, the girl leads the way. From behind, he watches her walk. Her muscular calves pull her body forward and with each step, her hips sway with the wind. He continues to whisper to the bird, which appears to have accepted to his presence.
Inside the house the air is dense and heavy. The smell of old cooking oil is baked into the walls. The lights are as dim as candlelight. On the wall hangs a rosary and the sound of a TV novella echoes from down the hallway.

The bird stirs in the boy’s hand and makes an attempt to escape, failing to actually do so. “He hurts.” The boy said. “Find the tape.” The girl hurriedly jogs off to a separate corner of the house.
The boy gently places the bird on the kitchen counter next to a half-sliced onion. Its breathing is becoming deeper and its blinking slows. The boy unrolls his flannel sleeves and looks at a wilted bunch of roses sitting in the windowsill.

From a bedroom, the boy hears arguing. The mother is not speaking English at the girl and neither of them is speaking pleasantly. A door slams and the girl reappears next to the boy at the counter.
Her eyes, red and wet, meet his. She bites her lip to stop it from trembling. His face is pale and his arms, chilled, were crossed.
“How’s the bird?” She asks. The bird is still. He places a bloody hand on her shoulder.

title: Had to write a micro-story that didn't use any exposition, flashbacks, backstory, or interior descriptions. Here's "Broken Wing"

question: What happens to the bird in the story?

answer: The bird is attacked by a cat. A boy and a girl find it and try to help it, but the bird dies.

question: What is the relationship between the boy and the girl?

answer: It is not explicitly stated, but it seems that the boy is in love with the girl.

question: What happens when they enter the house?

answer: The girl goes to find some medical tape, but she ends up arguing with her mom in Spanish.

question: What does the boy do in the end?

answer: He tries to comfort the girl.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The text is a short story about a boy and a girl who found a wounded bird. They take it to the girl's house to try to help it, but the girl gets into an heated argument with her mother, presumably in Spanish. The bird dies and the boy tries to comfort the girl.


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Jerry Chavez hardly ever said a word. A damn shame because he knew so many good ones. Lascivious, licentious, and lethargic all laid latent. He even invented some new ones that would have been a boon to society:

Escube:  to get ready for the day at work or a night out on the town by  shitting, showering, and shaving

(hygienically speaking the best order to perform them in).

Potanic: any item possessing the potency of Titanic proportions.

Yet, Jerry's laconic manner cursed the air with the language of a mundane nature: shit, fuck, double-fuck, cock, bitch, hell, that 'c' word, Jesus, and sugar. All paltry words and a pantry one too.

Jerry would spend most of his time creating the most wonderful worlds. Staying alive it might seem only to live in his daydreams. That was until the gift bag came.

Jerry, returning to his cheap motel-style apartment complex from an appointment with a doctor, found a lavishly adorned gift bag on his welcome mat. “Is it my birthday,” he thought. Jerry looked at his watch. “No, much too cold to be my birthday.” Truly placing a temperature gauge on a watch is a brilliant idea, you are able to see how cold it is outside which helps you to realize if you have dressed appropriately. Or in this case it helped Jerry realize that this present was too early or much too late for his July birthday. Without a reason for the gift bag coming to mind Jerry still took it into his somnolently decorated apartment. Jerry was never one to look a gift horse in the mouth, mainly because the giving of horses as presents seemed to have fallen out of fashion. At least that is in the circles Jerry ran in. Although the only circles Jerry ran in was down at the high school. But this was not a horse track. And obviously it's not the right track for getting a horse either. But I digress, actually looking back on how long that tangent was it would be more appropriate to say I trigressed or even quadgressed.

Jerry in the meantime had grabbed himself a beer and sat down on his couch with the gift bag. He said something to himself which I intend was “Go for it you pussy.” and then he opened the gift bag. The first thing he found was what seemed to be a normal everyday yellow, Ticonderoga, number 2 pencil. Next was a brown leather bound journal, with which one would assume was to be written in with the pencil. The card followed. Jerry opened it with no haste, and read only this:

What you write with this Pencil into this Journal will come

true in that you will be able to fully participate in it so long

as you pop one of those Purple Pills.

Jerry daunted but determined checked the back of the card. Exactly as he thought, it was not a Hallmark. He now turned his attention to the dilemma of the pills. That is, where are they? The card's removal had emptied the gift bag. But as Jerry went to grab the bag again he heard the distinct sound of pills rattling in a bottle. And there they were. The purple pills were in his left hand.

Jerry removed the magic lid from the magic bottle, and took out the magic cotton swab, and grabbed a magic pill. Jerry said something silently to himself which I intend was “Hell, why not.” and then swallowed the pill with the help of a swig from his beer bottle.

Its taste was not bad. Jerry now felt he had done something wrong. Maybe, he was to have written first. But before he was to become too worried a story came to him and he began to write.

It was a very good story. In the vein of Rip Van Winkle. A young lad, who Jerry would play, fell asleep on top of a hill overlooking a dystopian city. He was very unhappy in this world. He wished he could change it not just for himself, but for all. When the young man awoke he found himself on top of the hill looking down though on an unfamiliar city. He came down from his mount and walked around this new and as he found better city. Being quite confused he rested on a park bench. An old man seeing this unnerved young man sat down beside him hoping he could assuage the youth's pain. Jerry told him about the world he came from and how happy and surprised he was to see this one. Jerry asked how it became such and how it maintained its wonderfulness. The old man, who was quite knowledgeable, told him the story. He told the version that was not too long to allow the listener to become uninterested and not too short as to leave anything of importance out. It was a very good story and at the end of this he asked Jerry a question, “Shouldn't you be on your way?”

“To where?” Jerry replied.

“Home.” said the old man. Jerry paused. He believed senility had finally caught up to the old man.

“I have no home here.”

This made the old man smile making Jerry now certain of the old man's brain being gone. The old man said, “Then maybe here is not the place you should stay. Your home is there. You might want to go back and share with others the story that you have found here.”

Upon hearing this Jerry knew what he must do. He would return to his dystopian world and share this gift, the one he was given, with others.

As great as this would have been you must already know that this is not what happened. Our world has no magic pencil or magic paper. Neither does it have magic pills. Just regular pills which purpose is to help. The kind you might get after an appointment with a psychiatrist. Pencils and journals with which we can write our feelings and thoughts in and one day share with others.

No, Jerry never came back to our world. Damn shame too for he had so many wonderful stories to tell.

title: The Gift Bag

question: Why is there so much alliteration?

answer: The author is trying to demonstrate Jerry's love for words.

question: Why does it look peculiar and out-of-place for a lavish-looking bag to be outside his apartment?

answer: The apartment is run-down and sort of cheap.

question: What color is the diary?

answer: Brown.

question: Did Jerry really disappear?

answer: The text is not clear on this.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: Jerry Chavez is a man who loves words. One day for his birthday he receives an anonymos gift outside his apartment. It's a lavish-looking journal with a magic pill.  Jerry takes the pill and writes a story in the vein of Rip Van Winkle. He tells it to an old man, who tells him he should go home. Jerry doesn't want to go home, so he stays in the dystopian world.


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— Opening announcements for the many high-profile restaurants and bars in the Hotel Zachary across from Wrigley Field are coming fast and furious, and WEST TOWN BAKERY & TAPnow has an opening date too. The boozy sweets spot from The Fifty/50 Group will start serving cake-inspired cocktails, hooch milkshakes, and non-alcoholic cakeballs, doughnuts, and more on April 3, ownership revealed via Facebook and Instagram. Stay tuned for more coverage.

— STEPHANIE IZARD’s new cookbook “Gather & Graze” will also go on sale everywhere on April 3 and the goat queen will hold a launch party that evening at the Goose Island Barrel Warehouse at 603 W. Sacramento Boulevard at 6:30 p.m. Tickets for the event, which cost $50 and include a copy of the book, food samples and drinks, are available here.

— “THE SHINING” popup Room 237 will hold its last two nights on March 30 and 31 at The Rookery at 2109 W. Chicago Avenue.

— Swanky acclaimed steakhouse MAPLE & ASH is unexpectedly planning an Arizona location in Scottsdale, the _Phoenix Business Journal_ first reported. It’s scheduled to open in late 2018 or early 2019 and _The Republic_ has more details.

— And finally, SUNDA has gone all Frankenfood by creating a CHICAGO-STYLE MAKI ROLL, _Time Out Chicago_ reports. Staff at the Rockit Ranch Asian fusion restaurant in River North tops a spicy tuna roll with twists on Chicago-style hot dog fixings. It’ll be available from April 2-9 for $15.

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question: Which kinds of restaurants are making opening announcements?

answer: High-profile restaurants.

question: How much does the ticket for Stephanie Izard's new cookbook event cost?

answer: $50.

question: When is Scottsdale's Maple & Ash opening?

answer: Late 2018 or early 2019.

question: When is The Shining holding its last two nights?

answer: March 30 and 31.

question: Write a ~0 sentence summary.


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Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion, but could not compete after announcing her pregnancy in July 2016.

Karolína Plíšková won the title, defeating Alizé Cornet in the final, 6–0, 6–3.

Seeds

The top two seeds received a bye into the second round.

Draw

Finals

Top half

Bottom half

Qualifying

Seeds

Qualifiers

Lucky Losers

1.  ''' Kateryna Bondarenko

Qualifying draw

First qualifier

Second qualifier

Third qualifier

Fourth qualifier

title: 2017 Brisbane International – Women's Singles

question: Who was Victoria Azarenka?

answer: The defending champion

question: Why could Victoria Azarenka no longer compete?

answer: She became pregnant

question: When did Victoria Azarenka announce her pregnancy?

answer: In July 2016

question: Who won the title?

answer: Karolína Plíšková defeated Alizé Cornet in the final.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Victoria Azarenka was the defending champion but could no longer compete after announcing her pregnancy. Karolína Plíšková won the 2017 Brisbane International defeating Alizé Cornet in the final.


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_THE KING OF ROMANCE_ () is a 2016 Taiwanese television series created and produced by Eastern Television. It stars Lego Li, Cindy Lien, Gabriel Lan and Serena Fang.[1] First original broadcast began on December 3, 2016 on TTV airing every Saturday night at 10:00-11:30 pm.

Synopsis

A popular Chinese folklore tells of how the Jade Emperor, the king of gods, expelled the angels Golden Boy and Jade Girl from heaven to the human world. There, they are cursed to a romance that spans seven lives, during which they could never be together. Gao Bing Bing (Cindy Lien) is a modern-day woman who believes she is the reincarnated Jade Girl. When she is reunited with two childhood friends, Wang Zhen (Lego Lee) and Li Ru Long (Gabriel Lan), can she determine which is her Golden Boy and break the ancient curse?

Cast

Main cast

-   Lego Lee as Wang Nuo / Wang Zhen
    -   Roy Tu as young Wang Nuo / young Wang Zhen
    -   Li Bin s young Wang Nuo / young Wang Zhen _(stand-in)_
-   Cindy Lien as Gao Bing Bing
    -   Wang Cai Han as young Bing Bing
-   Gabriel Lan as Li Ru Long （Bruce Li）
-   Serena Fang as Shen Yi Le
-   Ricie Fun as Ren Ai Zhen

Supporting cast

-   Yankee Yang as Fang Wen Qing (Xiao Fang)
-   Una Lu as Wu Bai He
-   Angel Ho as Ah Meng
-   Titan Huang as Ding Xiao Qiang
-   Fang Yu Xin as Qin Ai Bao
-   Wu Fan as Wang Nuo and Wang Zhen’s father
-   Tang Chih-wei as Ai Zhen’s father
-   Lin Shi En as Bing Bing’s father
-   Peace Yang as Wang Min
-   High Ka as Ah Hong
-   Liao Hai Cheng as Ah Qi
-   Money Chien as Gui Lian

Cameo

-   Hsiao-Lao Lin as Zhou Xiu Qin
-   Cai Cheng Yi as plumber
-   Yang Sheng Da as Da Pang
-   Liu Guo Shao as Lu Rui Yang (Xiao Lu)
-   Lin Rou Jun as Ah Xing
-   Lai Pei En as nursing staff
-   Lin Shu Han (Ah Tui) as nursing staff
-   Jin Mei Man as Grandma Wu
-   Lin Mo Xi as Pei Pei

Soundtrack

-   It’s You by Elvis Tian
-   Broken Heart 不要再見面 by Elvis Tian
-   Pinky Swear 打勾勾 by Elvis Tian
-   The One 唯一 by Lego Lee
-   Fade Out 句點 by Wang Yan Wei
-   Goodbye 忙著說再見 by Yan Li Fei
-   Girls Can Too by Tyler Van Den Berg
-   One by Greg Nicholoson

Broadcast

  Network             Country            Airing Date             Timeslot
  ------------------- ------------------ ----------------------- -------------------------------
  TTV                                    December 3, 2016        Saturday 10:00-11:30 pm
  EBC Variety         December 4, 2016   Sunday 10:00-11:30 pm
  Astro Shuang Xing                      June 9, 2017            Monday to Friday 4:00-5:00 pm

Episode ratings

COMPETING SHOWS ON RIVAL CHANNELS AIRING AT THE SAME TIME SLOT WERE:

-   CTS - Genius Go Go Go
-   FTV - Just Dance
-   CTV - Mr. Player
-   TVBS Entertainment Channel - Stand by Me, Family Time
-   PTS - Family Time

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| Dec 3, 2016     | 1                                 |                                          | 4                         |
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| Dec 10, 2016    | 2                                 | 1.02                                     | 3                         |
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| Dec 17, 2016    | 3                                 | 0.84                                     | 4                         |
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| Dec 24, 2016    | 4                                 | 0.86                                     | 4                         |
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| DEC 31, 2016:   |
| NO EPISODE WAS  |
| AIRED DUE TO    |
| TTV AIRING OF   |
| NEW YEAR’S EVE  |
| SPECIAL PROGRAM |
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| Jan 7, 2017     | 5                                 | 1.05                                     | 4                         |
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| Jan 14, 2017    | 6                                 | 1.04                                     | 4                         |
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| Jan 21, 2017    | 7                                 | 1.02                                     | 4                         |
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| JAN 28, 2017:   |
| NO EPISODE WAS  |
| AIRED DUE TO    |
| TTV AIRING OF   |
| CHINESE NEW     |
| YEAR SPECIAL    |
| PROGRAM         |
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| Feb 4, 2017     | 8                                 | 1.56                                     | 2                         |
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| Feb 11, 2017    | 9                                 | 1.39                                     | 3                         |
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| Feb 18, 2017    | 10                                | 1.44                                     | 2                         |
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[1] 不再藍瘦香菇！！！台、陸、韓「古今穿梭Style」新劇即將報到啦～ Retrieved December 21, 2016

title: The King of Romance

question: What is the King of Romance about?

answer: Gao Bing Bing believes she is the reincarnated Jade Girl, who was an expelled angel along with Golden Boy from heaven to the human world. They were cursed to a romance that spans seven lives, during which they could never be together. She is reunited with two childhood friends and wonders if she can determine which is her Golden Boy and if she can break the ancient curse.

question: Who stars in the King of Romance?

answer: It stars Lego Li, Cindy Lien, Gabriel Lan, and Serena Fang.

question: Name two people from the supporting cast.

answer: Yankee Yang and Angel Ho

question: When was the show first broadcasted?

answer: December 3, 2016

question: What network was the show on?

answer: TTV

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article describes The King of Romance, a 2016 Taiwanese series that stars Lego Li, Cindy Lien, Gabriel Lan and Serena Fang. The story revolves around a Chinese folklore.


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_LUMP OF SUN_ () is the debut novel of Bosnian writer Zaim Topčić.[1] It was published by the Belgrade-based publishing house Rad on 24 November 1958.[2] The story revolves around Ustasha concentration camps of World War II.

The novel received the Annual Award of the Association of Writers of Bosnia and Herzegovina for best book published in 1958.

It was preceded by the collections of short stories released in 1952 and 1955, respectively.[3]

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title: Lump of Sun

question: What is Lump of Sun?

answer: debut novel of Bosnian writer Zaim Topčić

question: Who published Lump of Son?

answer: Belgrade-based publishing house Rad

question: When was Lump of Sun published?

answer: 24 November 1958

question: What novel received the Annual Award of the Association of Writers of Bosnia and Herzegovina for best book published in 1958?

answer: Lump of Sun by Zaim Topčić

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Lump of Sun is the debut novel of Bosnian writer Zaim Topčić.


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There is no title. It's the beginning of something I've been messing with. It's mostly just fancy word play, it's coherent enough to follow, yet schizophrenic enough to personify what it's like to feel insane and confused -shrug- figured I'd share it. You're supposed to feel like you're in the mind of a mad man, I'm not sure how well I did.
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My mind warped and twisted. Thoughts and images of demons danced within my mind and around the room as I tried to hold onto reality. Shadows swirled, and I heard laughter coming from all around me. Screams cut through the silence and fires burned on the metal walls. I did my best to ground my feet in what I knew was rational, but it still felt like I was falling down a never ending hole; thoughts of grandeur, false senses of security, and overall apathy swept across my blank mind.

My face was like stone as I sat and looked out the window, the world racing by, night raining down like ash as it covered the world in darkness.  I felt like I was drowning as I sat, felt the water swirling around my ankles and the shackles as they clanked against the floor. It felt needles being pressed into my skin, and bugs crawling inside me. I brought my bound and chained hands to my forehead and pressed as hard as I could to keep my skull from splitting open. I screamed as the voices inside my head began to howl, and the world around me began to transform and mold itself around my “insanity”, or so they called it.
 “Hey…you…you. Shut the hell up! Stop yelling! I said stop!”

I heard the blow echo through my head even before I felt it. A blunt pain ripped through my skull, it was like the demons in my head had been smashed out. I saw flashing lights, like the cameras outside the court room on the day they convicted me. I heard ringing in my ears, like the sirens as they walked me in chains to my doom. The room seemed to be spinning on itself as I slumped over in the ratty bus seat, dizzy and lightheaded, gasping for air, trying not to choke on my own tongue and vomit.

 “Fucking nut cases.” I heard the guard mutter under his breath, as he wiped the butt of his rifle off with a rag and made his way to the front of the bus.
The vibration under me shivered and rattled up my spine, the wheels of the bus tore forward against the road, softly easing the sickly spinning. The world was coming to an end. My head had slumped on my shoulders, bobbing with the bumps on the road. I was too weak to hold my head up, from the corner of my eyes I saw the moon laughing at me. The scratched and tinted, metal barred windows seemed to twist the light in concerto with the trees outside as they blocked the moon from my sight, I grinned at the thought that the trees outside would do me such a favor.

 My hands ached. The water bellow me had retreated, I wondered…was ever there in the first place…? I looked at the floor below me, scuffled and scratched like the windows above…and everything else on this god forsaken bus. The shackles on my ankles clanked and clashed against the floor, while the orange on my arms seemed to burn my skin like an acid, the jump suit itching at my throat. I could almost taste the color. I smiled, closed my eyes and started to snicker again. I felt my head throbbing, pounding, trying to split from my body. I was helpless to lift my hands from my lap or sit up from my shackles, and that orange, that sickly orange seemed to be chasing me. I shut my eyes tighter and hoped it would leave, hoped it would all just stop...It was the only color, the only thought, the only feeling besides the sickly crimson, caked and scared onto my knuckles from the nights before. The entire world seemed to be a mess of black, gray and orange, and I wondered if the guards would let us trick or treat a few days early, since we were all already in costume. I heard laughter in front of me; I guess one of the prisoners found humor in that thought as well.

The bus rocked and swayed, like a subway, as it drove through the night. It was like a symphony. The beat of a bass tremorred around my head as the wheels bellow me kicked up rocks on the dark road and roared against the pavement. The percussions of the brass, as the chains and shackles clashes against the floor, the hums and howl of the winds as the night swept in through a cracked window. I found myself humming to fill the void of the strings, it was the only thing that gave me comfort as the bus pushed forward, closer to my fate, to my hell. I was glad it was almost over. All of this is so…familiar. The colored outfit, the guns, the moon, the bus ride…I guess it ends where it began, I thought with a smile on my face… Three years running. Three years since the razor wire fence maimed my finger as I leapt back into the realm of the living… Three years since my first escape. . . This time, it was all going to end. This time, there was no escape.

title: Schizophrenic Prisoner [870 words]

question: Where does the story take place?

answer: On a bus

question: Why is the prisoner locked up?

answer: Not enough information is given to answer.

question: Who says to "shut up"?

answer: A guard says this to the narrator.

question: Where are the prisoners being taken?

answer: It is implied they are being taken to a firing squad.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: A mentally ill prisoner is hearing voices and experiencing hallucinations while boarding and riding a bus. The guards verbally abuse the prisoners. When they arrive at the location of the firing squad, the narrator recalls a previous escape attempt. He prepares himself for death.


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DEEMA SHEHABI (born 1970) is a Kuwaiti-born poet and writer. She has widely published in journals and wrote her first book of poetry in 2011. It was followed by an anthology which she co-edited in 2012 in response to the bombing of Baghdad's historic literary district and in 2014 a collaboration with another exiled poet of a collection of renga-style poems.

Biography

Shehabi was born in Kuwait in 1970. She is of Palestinian heritage; her mother was from Gaza and her father from Jerusalem.[1] She attended The American School of Kuwait, with other Palestinian exiles. The Kuwait of her childhood was a haven for freedom, education, work and a place where she learned to be proud of her Palestinian culture.[2] In 1988, she came to the United States to attend Tufts University and attained a BA in history and international relations. She earned a Master's in 1993 in journalism from Boston University.[3]

She is the vice president of Radius of Arab-American Writers, Inc. (RAWI),[4] and has sponsored national events annually since 2009 to bring artists together.[5]

Shehabi has published poems in many journals including _Contemporary Arab-American Poetry_, _Crab Orchard_, _DMQ Review_, _Drunken Boat_, _The Kenyon Review_, _Literary Imagination_, _Poetry London_ and _The Poetry of Arab Women_ among others and was nominated for a Pushcart prize four times. Her work has been translated into Arabic, Persian, and French.[6] Her first book, _Thirteen Departures from the Moon_, was published in 2011 and through poetry discussed the feeling of being trapped between two worlds.[7][8] A special section of _American Book Review_ in its November–December 2012 issue reviewed Arab American literature. Shehabi was one of the authors whose works were reviewed in-depth and was mentioned elsewhere in the issue as masterful in her use of ghazal.[9]

In response to the 2007 bombing in Baghdad's Al-Mutanabbi Street, the historic literary district, Shehabi and Beau Beausoleil edited an anthology in 2012 called _Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here_ of people's responses to the bombing. Contributors include Yassin Alsalman and Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Anthony Shadid;[10] Rijin Sahakian, U.S.-based Iraqi television producer and Nazik Al-Malaika as part of the 100 participants.[11] The book won the 2013 _Recognition Award_ from the Northern California Book Awards presented 19 May 2013 at the San Francisco Public Library.[12] Rebecca Foust, Dartmouth Poet in Residence at the Frost Place, praised the editing of alternating prose and poetry as creating a coherent rhythm and a powerful reminder that what happened on Al-Mutanabbi Street could happen anywhere.[13]

Her most recent publication is a collaboration with a Jewish-American poet, Marilyn Hacker, written in the style of a Japanese renga, a form of alternating call and answer. The book, _Diaspo/renga: a collaboration in alternating renga_ explores the emotional journey of living in exile.[14] The collaboration began in 2009 as an exchange of poems expressing thoughts on the 2008-2009 Gaza hostilities. It is an interweaving of dialogue on the conflict, which explores the inability to be apathetic, as war remains in the mind as the background of even mundane daily tasks.[15]

Selected works

-   Shehabi, Deema. “Requiem for Arrival”, _Mississippi Review_, Volume 32 No. 3 (2004), pp 263–264
-   Shehabi, Deema. “At the Dome of the Rock”, _Mississippi Review_, Volume 32 No. 3 (2004), p 262
-   Shehabi, Deema. “The Narrative”, _The Kenyon Review_, Volume 30 No. 1 (2008), pp 115–117
-   Shehabi, Deema. “Helwa's Stories”, _The Massachusetts Review_, Volume 50 No. 1–2 (April 2009), pp 144–147
-   Shehabi, Deema. “Ghazal”, _Callaloo_, Volume 32 No. 4 (December 2009), p 1161
-   Shehabi, Deema. _Thirteen departures from the moon: poems_, Press 53, Winston-Salem, NC (2011) ()
-   Beausoleil, Beau and Deema Shehabi, eds. _Al-Mutanabbi Street Starts Here: Poets and Writers Respond to the March 5th, 2007, Bombing of Baghdad's “Street of the Booksellers”_, PM Press, Oakland, CA (2012) ()
-   Hacker, Marilyn and Deema K Shehabi. _Diaspo/renga: a collaboration in alternating renga_, Holland Park Press, London (2014) ()

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title: Deema Shehabi

question: What happened in 2014?

answer: Shehabi did a collaboration with another exiled poet of a collection renga style poems.

question: Describe Shehabi's family.

answer: She is of Palestinian heritage, as her mother was from Gaza and her father was from Jerusalem.

question: Name three of the journals that have published Shehabi's poems.

answer: The Kenyon Review, Poetry London, and DMQ Review

question: When did Shehabi move to America?

answer: She came to the U.S. in 1988 to attend Tufts University.

question: What is Shehabi's relationship to Marilyn Hacker?

answer: They collaborated together on a book called Diaspo/renga, which explores the emotional journey of living in exile.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article discusses the life and works of Deema Shehabi, a Kuwait-born poet and writer of Palestinian heritage. She was born in 1970.


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    During life people are called many things, some good, some bad. Within a short eight years I’ve been called; a student, worker, son, good listener, hero, savior, and many more. Since I was ten I’ve been talking people out of suicide online. During my eight years of helping people, I’ve helped many people, created an online organization, and learned many new things. This has forever and will constantly change my life.

    Many people ask me, how did this happen? How does a ten year old get mixed up with people’s lives? It was three days after my tenth birthday, the smell of my moms homemade cake was still tangible in the air. I logged onto the computer and found a chat room. I came across a man inside the room. He was talking about ending his life because his wife was cheating on him and getting his kids. My heart was in my ears beating hard, my palms were clammy and wet like a river. I talked with him till late in the night past any ten year olds bed time. This man was set and ready to die, a mere child stopped him. Me.

    A few months after helping the man, I met a girl my age who was rather interested in the “work” I did. She wanted to be part of the action. Lillie and I decided to work together helping people we would find in chat rooms. This continued for about a year. Lillie started to struggle with herself, the constant pressure of someone’s life in your hands at that young of an age takes a heavy toll upon the beholder. Lillie messaged me one night, “Dominic I have a problem” I asked her what it was and she stated, she wanted to die. She couldn’t take helping people anymore. I remember crying, panicking, wanting her to see it my way and not do what she was planning. It all ended so fast only three words remained “Lillie Signed Off.”

    Three years have passed since Lillie’s death, I created an online organization, filled with teens helping people out of dark thoughts. I created this organization in memory of Lillie. DarkShadows. DarkShadows, was constructed of teens from around the world, looking for people with suicidal thoughts that wanted to help prevent suicide. One hundred and ninety-seven teens joined DarkShadows. Each night we would have meetings and we would talk with one another to see if everyone was ok. I learned that this “job” is to hard for one child to take on alone day in and day out, there needs to be an escape route. DarkShadows showed some amazing results, the teens in DarkShadows were able to talk to five hundred plus people out of suicide. With every construction there is a destruction.

    I had a hard time destroying DarkShadows for I was proud of it. I closed down DarkShadows because the stress was enormous, two people were talking people into suicide, three people committed suicide from the pressure, and people started to not care. DarkShadows lasted three years and I was shocked that I could uphold it for so long, but I knew it had to go. I will never forget what I’ve learned from these past experiences.

    I’ve learned, many things over the past few years. I’ve learned that even though the world seems to burn like a raging fireball, there are many people out there still that care for others. I’ve learned that it doesn’t take a hero to save someone, you don’t need a utility belt, powers, cape, gadgets, or a “cool” name to save someone. All you need is a heart, and the will power, and the determination. Everyone is a hero in a way, you’re a hero to your kid, give someone some change for the bus, do something that is not expected from you. You are a hero.

    My life has changed drastically due to this “job”. I have become a better listener, I became mature, I met new people. I think back from when I was ten, I would have never imagined that helping that one guy would take me this far. I feel that due to this, I have a good understanding of people. I can “read” them easier. At times I have thought is it worth it? Is it worth spending hours upon hours helping someone that I don’t even know? When you help someone the end result of them being alive thanks to you is by far the best feeling you can think of. My life will never be the same due to this and for that I am grateful.

    During my short life span I’ve been a lot of things and experienced even more things. Do these names and experiences define me? Or simply give a better understanding of me? By helping one man live through the loss of his wife and kids. I met a great friend that I hold dear in my heart. I became a leader, making tough decisions for a lot of people. I learned, people still care for one another in this world. This has ultimately affected, and effected my life forever and I will never forget it. To be a Hero, you don’t need a cape or a utility belt, just a heart.

title: To Be A Hero You Need A Heart (True Story)

question: What would have happened if Lillie did not kill herself?

answer: The narrator, Dominic, would not have realized that the "job" is too stressful. One major change is that Dominic would not have had the reason or motivation to start his DarkShadows organization -and therefore, anyone the group would have helped would have had to seek help elsewhere. Another major change that could happen is that instead of Lillie, it would be Dominic who ends up crushed by the weight of the emotional burden -and should Dominic commit suicide because of it, then it would be Lillie creating an organization in his memory.


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CHOZ-FM is a Canadian radio station based in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Its main St. John's transmitter broadcasts at 94.7 MHz, with additional transmitters located throughout the island. The station, known as _OZFM_, is one of the various media properties of the Stirling family; this includes local television station CJON-DT.

History

CHOZ launched on June 15, 1977 at 93.9 FM, soon after Geoff Stirling sold his interest in what is now CJYQ. It was originally a full-time rock station known as _Radio OZ, The Rock Of The Rock_. It eventually transitioned to a combination CHR/Classic rock format under the _OZFM_ brand; nonetheless it kept “The Rock Of The Rock” slogan.

On August 1, 1984, CHOZ was approved to move to 94.7 FM.[1] [Logo used from 2007-2009] During most of the 1990s it was the most popular FM radio station, both in the province and in the core St. John's market. The station's success was driven largely by the strength of its eclectic morning show, _The Dawn Patrol_, with Randy Snow, Deborah Birmingham and Larry Jay.

By the early 2000s its newly strengthened competitor Newcap Radio had begun to cause a significant effect, particularly in St. John's. Already the owner of the city's dominant AM radio station VOCM, Newcap effectively split CHOZ's market by converting VOCM-FM (as well as several other stations across the province) to classic rock, and soon after CKIX-FM to CHR/Top 40. Another strong contender, Coast Broadcasting's station CKSJ-FM (then adult contemporary, now classic hits), launched in 2004.

Since CKSJ and CKIX only operated in the St. John's area, CHOZ was now in the problematic situation of competing primarily with female-skewing FM stations in its largest market, and with a single male-skewing FM competitor in the rest of the province. [On January 2, 2012, CHOZ's website consisted of this lone image. It depicts the current logo in the foreground, with the one used from 2009-2012 in the background] CHOZ can still boast having the largest audience of any FM radio station in the province, largely because it is the only station with a province-wide network of transmitters, all carrying identical programming, which can therefore be accumulated for ratings purposes as a single station. In contrast, other provincial radio services such as CBC Radio One, VOCM and K-Rock are made up of separate local stations with some unique programming, while several stations operate only in the immediate St. John's area.

In the summer of 2003, Snow left the Dawn Patrol to join CKIX-FM to host his own morning show. His replacement was Brian O'Connell, who left the VOCM to join CHOZ.

By 2004, CHOZ removed the classic rock from their playlist and shifted towards hot adult contemporary, with slogans like “More Music, More Variety” and “Newfoundland's #1 FM Station”.

In April 2007, O'Connell took over as station manager for the OZFM Network and host of the daily _Electric Lunch_ program. Then, O'Connell left CHOZ and now works with Stingray Radio hosting afternoons. Paul Kinsman was O'Connell's on air replacement, joining longtime Dawn Patrol veterans Birmingham and Jay.

[Logo used from 2009-2012] On August 14, 2009, CHOZ changed its format to active rock, forcing rival CKIX-FM taking the hot AC format, but continue to report on the Mediabase/Nielsen BDS Canadian top 40 panel.

On January 2, 2012, CHOZ flipped back to hot AC, with a new slogan “Today's Best Music”. This ended the use of their longtime slogan “The Rock of the Rock”. The station also resurrected their longtime heart-rainbow logo that was used from the late 1980s to 2007. The following month, the station surfaced on the Mediabase Canadian hot AC panel.

In August 2012, Kinsman and Jay left the Dawn Patrol, which was renamed _The Morning Rush_ and featured a new host, Robert Shawn, alongside the only remaining original host Birmingham. In January 2013, the pair were joined by their former behind the scenes producer, Laura Woodworth. Birmingham left the station in January 2014 and her replacement on the Morning Rush was Stephanie O'Brien, previously with VOCM-FM.

In November 2014, Woodworth left CHOZ and now resides in Prince Edward Island. Shawn and O'Brien continued to host the Morning Rush until Shawn switched places with Stephen Lethbridge in July 2015. The Morning Rush was then renamed _The OZFM Rush_. Lethbridge and O'Brien hosted without a third co-host until Hugh Campbell joined them in December 2015.

On July 31, 2016, O'Brien uploaded a video to Facebook of her telling her parents that she is pregnant. O'Brien gave birth to her daughter, Charlie, on December 29, 2016. Shannell Lewis co-hosted the OZFM Rush with Lethbridge and Campbell throughout 2017 and early 2018. As of February 2018, O'Brien is back from her maternity leave.

On August 26, 2019, Snow returned to CHOZ after 16 years with CKIX-FM, As a result, the OZFM Rush became _The Morning Jam_ with Snow joining O'Brien as the new host, replacing Lethbridge and Campbell. In addition, CHOZ tweaked its format to playing a mix of hits from the 1990s to today, much like many hot AC stations. The station previously had a top 40-leaning playlist. CHOZ became known as _Newfoundland’s Music Mix, The New OZFM_. In May 2020, the station started to drop the “new” from their moniker.

On Sunday mornings, the station plays the _Jigs and Reels Show_ hosted by Danielle Butt, featuring local Newfoundland music.

Controversy

In January 2011, the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council admonished CHOZ-FM for playing the unedited version of Dire Straits' _Money for Nothing_, following a complaint from a listener that stated that the song contained the word “faggot”, a slur for a homosexual person. Even though the song has won numerous awards and has been played countless times on Canadian radio, the CBSC felt that the unedited version has become unacceptable for airplay, as the term “faggot”, which was once an acceptable term, has since become an unacceptable slur.[2][3] In response to the ruling, at least two stations, CIRK-FM in Edmonton[4] and CFRQ-FM in Halifax,[5] played the unedited version of _Money for Nothing_ repeatedly for one hour out of protest. On January 21, 2011, the CRTC asked the CBSC for a review on the ban, in response to the public outcry against the CBSC's actions; the regulator requested the CBSC to appoint a nationwide panel to review the case, as the decision on the ban was reviewed by a regional panel for the Maritimes and Newfoundland.[6]

On August 31, the CBSC found the slur to be inappropriate; however, due to considerations in regard to its use in context, the CBSC has left it up to the stations to decide whether or not to censor the song. Most of the CBSC panelists thought the slur was inappropriate, but it was used only in a satirical, non-hateful manner.[7]

Transmitters

CJMY and CKMY were previously known as CKCV-FM and CHOS-FM respectively, up to at least 2002.[8] The changes were apparently made to reserve appropriate call signs for “My FM”, Newfoundland Broadcasting's proposal for a second FM service, which went before the CRTC later that same year.[9] (The licence in question eventually went to a different company as Coast 101.1.)

In 1997, CHOZ added a rebroadcaster at Stockholm, Saskatchewan with the callsign CFZY-FM; the low-powered repeater is locally owned by Jody Herperger.[10][11] The station was decommissioned in 2007.

In 1998, CHOZ added a rebroadcaster at Kuujjuaq, Quebec with the callsign VF2321, owned by Société Kuujjuamiut.[12][13]

On November 30, 2012, the stations rebroadcaster at Red Rocks, CKSS-FM 96.9 had closed. This transmitter served the Port aux Basques area. The station has cited the age of the tower and the costs of the upkeep. CHOZ, however, announced plans to reactivate it from another location, pending approval from the CRTC. As of 2018 CRTC approval has never been granted.[14] CHOZ also originally planned to also temporarily close CIOS on the same day, but had second thoughts in doing so, and opted to keep it open from the same location instead.[15] The application to move the CIOS transmitter to a new location has been approved on November 8, 2013.[16]

On September 15, 2015, the CRTC approved a new transmitter for a new CHOZ rebroadcaster in Gander, CFAZ-FM 97.7, with an effective radiated power (ERP) of 2,800 watts (effective height of antenna above average terrain of 137.4 metres). The new transmitter would resolve coverage problems within the Gander area from its Grand Falls-Windsor outlet CKMY, which offered fringe reception in Gander.[17] CFAZ began broadcasting on August 9, 2016.

CHOZ-FM is simulcast across Canada on Bell Satellite TV satellite channel 951,[18] locally on Rogers Cable channel 925, and in the St. John's area on subchannel 21.2 of CJON-DT.

[1] Decision CRTC 84-636

[2] Canadian Press, via CBC: “Censor Dire Straits song: broadcast panel”, January 13, 2011.

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[7] Canadian Press, via CTV: “'Money for Nothing' slur inappropriate, council says”, August 31, 2011.

[8] Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2002-23

[9] CRTC public hearing transcript, December 10, 2002

[10] Decision CRTC 97-316

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[15] radiowest.ca: “Canadian Radio News for December, 2012”, January 2, 2013.

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title: CHOZ-FM

question: What did CIRK-FM in Edmonton think of the controversy regarding the Dire Straits song?

answer: They thought the controversy was unwarranted and did not support the ruling.

question: What would have happened if a new transmitter hadn't been approved in 2015?

answer: There would continue to be coverage problems in the Gander area.

question: How long was CHOZ on 93.9 FM?

answer: 7 years

question: Was Snow leaving Dawn Patrol overall a positive or negative career move for him?

answer: It seems to be positive, as he left to start his own morning show.


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Butcher's got three eyes.

I know this because I was playing in the sausages kept all coiled up like a great big snake in one of those rolling recycling bins that look like a giant robot foot all turned upside-down.

I was pretending it was a swimming pool and balanced myself on the side on all fours like one of those cartoons where that stupid cat in the funnies doesn't wanna take a bath and he keeps getting pushed in so he puts out all his legs and presses up so he doesn't touch the water. I was doin it like that and pretending I was one of those Olympic swimmers cept I was in my undies and not a speedo and it was a buncha sausage not water.
Anyway I was crouching over it like that and I dipped my toe into the great big thing of sausage and Butcher's choppin up a pig on this cold slab in the middle of the room and not even looking at me when I hear "Wutcha doin back there Tony? I got one big evil eye in the back of my head ya know" and it spooked me so hard that I fell in. There's sausage everywhere I look. I was drownin in this meat and Butcher don't even lend a hand. Just took that great big knife and kept slappin the back of that pig's neck with it. So I start feelin my way out of the strings and climb up out of the pool into the "Industrial Cooling and Freezing Apparatus" as Butcher likes to call it (cause Butcher's so damn proud of getting this big-ass freezer) and haul my ass out on to the floor and at this point I'm dyin of hypothermia. My clothes are still upstairs in the apartment and to get up there I gotta get past Butcher so I gotta make a distraction.

Butcher's smackin away at that pig's neck so I run back and look at the conveyor line with all them pigs hangin on hooks like an undiscovered species of fish that you just caught twenty of. I figure I can grab onto this pig and ride it right past Butcher to the stairway so I take a running start and leap onto this pig's big blubbery body and dig my fingernails into his creepy dead skin to hang on. With my left leg I smack the button behind me and vroom off goes the conveyer line into the front of the store and that's when Butcher turned around to see all those pigs flyin through the air stinkin up the place like a piggy morgue. I'm hangin on tight to this mad pig in my skivvies feeling like I'm gonna die and then I hear a fat "rrrrrippp!" comin from my pig and it falls off the hook near the staircase.

I'm trapped under this giant pig and Butcher looks maaaad. The conveyor line stopped and Butcher sees my fallen pig and my stupid face out under it and grabs me by the ear and hoists me up. I can feel the skin at the bottom of my ear starting to separate from my head like the pig from the hook and it's so soft but so close to my ear that I can hear it echo in my head. "Rrrrrripp!" I start screaming and crying and Butcher puts me down and slaps me across the face.

"You just cost me a pig boy!" She says in her big tough voice and throws her Butcher knife in the pig on the floor next to me. It sinks in deep into the flesh with a little trickle of juices.

"Sorry Butcher." I say, rubbing my ear. "I was just horsing around."

"As long as I'm the person that carried you, you will call my Mother in my shop!"

"Okay Ma."

She smacks me again.

My face lands in the face of the pig, its dead eyes looking back it me, tongue lolling out the side. The snout on my cheek feels unreal. Like when I touched my father's nose at his funeral in the backyard. My grubby little hand felt down his forehead and to his nose, all rubbery and cold before Butcher said that I need to "Get the fuck back in the house before you make a scene." So I sat in my room while Butcher dug a hole for him in his best suit to cover up the gun holes in his chest.

"MOTHER." Says Butcher looking me in the eye. "Say it with me."

"Muh-ther." We both say, me mumbling with her shouting.

Butcher goes back to choppin her meat up and I stumble upstairs clutchin my ear to see if there's anything besides pork chops to eat.

There ain't.

title: Butcher

question: Why does the narrator have difficulty calling the Butcher his mother?

answer: The narrator was horsing around in a shop where there are loads of pigs hanging from the hooks. He fells, disrupting the pig carcasses on the conveyor belt. The narrator apologizes but the butcher smacks him, ordering him to call her mother instead of "butcher". The narrator recalls his father's funeral where the butcher reprimanded him for touching his father's face. The narrator probably doesn't feel a lot of emotional connection to the butcher, enough to call her mother.


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The NATIONAL FEDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL WORKERS (NFPW) was a trade union federation in the United Kingdom.

History

The federation was founded on the initiative of G. D. H. Cole and Robin Page Arnot as the FEDERATION OF PROFESSIONAL, TECHNICAL, ADMINISTRATIVE AND SUPERVISORY WORKERS.[1][2] It aimed to encourage professional, clerical and government workers to join trade unions, and for those unions to co-operate where possible. This was principally through co-ordinated lobbying of Parliament, particularly on issues of pension rights and health and safety; and also through the co-ordinated production of relevant statistics.[3] While an earlier National Clerical and Administrative Workers' Joint Committee had filled a similar role, it had collapsed during World War I.[4]

In November 1919, Cole persuaded Alexander Walkden to organise a meeting at the Essex Hall in London, with representatives of all eligible unions invited. This was held on 7 February 1920, and established the federation.[5]

In 1927, the Trades Disputes Act banned civil service unions from membership of any federation containing other organisations. Those unions therefore had to disaffiliate and focus on activity in the Civil Service Alliance and Civil Service Federation. The law was repealed in 1946, and total membership of affiliated unions soon doubled to 500,000.[6]

Most remaining unions which were eligible for membership joined in the 1960s, notably including the National Association of Local Government Officers, the Institution of Professional Civil Servants, the National Association of Schoolmasters and the Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions.[7] By the end of the 1970s, 41 unions were affiliated, representing more than 1,500,000 workers,[8] but the federation was in a very poor financial position. Its members were unwilling to increase their affiliation fees, most believing that the NFPW's services were now better provided by the Trades Union Congress, so the organisation dissolved in 1982.[9]

General Secretaries

    1920: William C. Keay
    1929: Stephen W. Smith
    1950: P. H. M. Hoey
    1962: John Fryd

Presidents

    1920: E. H. Walker
    1921: George Lathan[10]
    1937: George Walker Thomson
    1948: Anne Godwin
    1956: Jim Bradley
    1960: Jim Mortimer
    1962: Laurence Welsh
    1964: Arthur Palmer
    1966: John Dryden
    1969: Eric Winterbottom
    1971: Terry Casey
    1973: Geoffrey Drain
    1975:

Treasurers

    1947: Percy Heady[11]
    1949: James Haworth[12]
    1956: Ray Gunter[13]
    1960: Lord Lindgren[14]
    1963: Tom G. Bradley[15]
    1967: Walter Johnson[16]
    1979: Jim Mills[17]

[1] Jim Mortimer, _A History of the Association of Engineering and Shipbuilding Draughtsmen_, p.74

[2] Malcolm Wallace, _Single or Return?: The History of the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association_, pp.112-113

[3] University of Warwick, “National Federation of Professional Workers”

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question: Why was the NFPW founded?

answer: The NFPW was founded to encourage professional, clerical, and government workers to join trade unions and for those unions to co-operate when possible.

question: What did the Trades Disputes Act ban?

answer: The Act banned civil service unions from membership in any federation containing other organizations.

question: List the General Secretaries.

answer:
William C. Keay
Stephen W. Smith
P. H. M. Hoey
John Fryd

question: Which remaining unions joined later?

answer: The National Association of Local Government Officers, the Institution of Professional Civil Servants, the National Association of Schoolmasters, and the Association of Teachers in Technical Institutions.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer:
The National Federation of Professional Workers (NFPW) was a trade union in the United Kingdom. It was founded to encourage professional, clerical, and government workers to join trade unions and for those unions to co-operate when possible.

In 1927, the Trades Disputes Act had banned civil service unions from membership in any federation containing other organizations. The law was repealed in 1946 and the total membership of affiliate unions had doubled.

Unions including the National Association of Local Government Officers and the Institution of Professional Civil Servants joined in the 1960s.

The organization was dissolved in 1982.


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Jordan Peele's directorial debut _Get Out_ is absolutely killing it at the box office in the US, already taking $113m (on a budget of $5m). It's a brilliant, frightening and funny horror about modern liberal racism (check out our review), which has gone down a storm with critics and audiences alike.

One of the things that stands out about the film though, is that it's a story that's rarely told. In fact black protagonists in horror films, and black directors of horror films, are a rarity.

Peele wants to do something about that.

Talking exclusively to DIGITAL SPY, he offered this to would-be black movie-makers...

[Actor/director Jordan Peele speaks onstage at 'Get Out' Q&A]

Paras Griffin/Getty Images

"For young black horror filmmakers, if you have a script, reach out and I'll try to help it get made. Monkeypaw Productions is my production company and we're really trying to promote untapped voices in genre."

Peele blames the lack of diversity in Hollywood on a couple of things.

"One is there's this misconception in Hollywood - that is hopefully nearing its end - that black leads in films don't do well, particularly overseas," he explained.

"But I think even more, the reason we don't see more films about the African American experience is because we haven't nurtured black talent, we haven't encouraged young black filmmakers to dream big.

"When you have that, that's when you have this systemic problem where artists aren't getting their platforms, aren't given their platforms.

"Some stories it's impossible for a white person to tell."

[Get Out with Daniel Kaluuya and Allison Williams]

Universal

Peele says he has plans for four more horror movies "with each one to take on a different demon embedded in society".

In the meantime, he offers this advice for up and coming filmmakers: "I would say, write your favourite movie that hasn't been made."

_Get Out_ is out now in UK cinemas.

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question: What is Peele offering in this passage?

answer: Peele is offering to further advance black protagonists in horror films along with black directors of horror films. He is trying to overcome the misconception in Hollywood that black leads in films don't do well.

question: Do you think Peele's plans for four more horror movies will be a success?

answer: Yes, Peele is an amazing director and his plans for four more horror movies will be greatly anticipated by movie watchers.

question: What is the main idea of the first paragraph of the passage?

answer: The main idea of the first paragraph of the passage is to describe the horror film, Get Out, and explain its significance of modern liberal racism.


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*This was inspired by a dream i had. I woke up and decided to write it down as true as I could to my dream. What do people think? I'm no writer, but any comments would be appreciated*

“I’m no hero” he said as he remembered picking Cpl. Glasser’s brains out of his hair. As he remembered the thunder of the pistol as it scattered blood and bone and skin and hair all over the boiler room. As he remembered the thump of the lifeless body hitting the metal floor. Blood squirting from the crater on the cpl’s head as the heart clamored for life.

“I’m no hero”, tears began to streak down his face, he contorted as he sobbed uncontrollably. He remembered scurrying into the corner behind the engine as he saw shadows slide by and the metallic beat of footsteps. Flashlights glazing over the boringly painted room. Voices of some strange dialect.

“I’m no hero”, he was still in the corner. Crashing inside his chest, looking down he was struck by the way he could visibly see his heart beating. The engine of the ship had long been turned off, but his own engine had been awakened by primordial fear. Fear of the shadows. Fear of the footsteps. Fear of the gunshots he could hear coming from distant corners of the battleship.

He remembered blackness. Then other voices. Lights swam in his eyes as frantic, not confident footsteps, began to surround him. Shouts. Hope. Cheering. The rhythmic swatting of helicopter blades against the virgin ocean air. Then blackness again.

Three years passed. Over his heart which once nearly tore itself out, over the tailored military dress suit now were adorned medals for bravery. Citations and medals of honor. Everywhere he went he was celebrated. On sticky summer days on the boardwalk his face obligated children to salute and their parents to nod.

He was content to mask his internal trauma with a smile and waving. Feigning interest in what other people had to say about his ordeal.  The air conditioned auditorium that smelt of learning and childhood brought some serenity. He pointed at hands in the sea of bright faces, and whoever he pointed nearest to would stand up and belt a question at him. This was fine. Was fine.

“Mister, are you a hero?”

title: I'm No Hero

question: Why did the narrator kill Corporal Glasser?

answer: More information is needed to answer the question.

question: How does the main character feel after they kill Glasser?

answer: They are panicking.

question: what is the main character's profession?

answer: They seem to be a soldier

question: What is going on outside of the room where the main character kills Glasser

answer: It might be inferred that there is a battle going on.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: In this story, the main character is panicking about killing another soldier. Three years later they are addressing a class of students.


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The EDREMIT GULF is an Aegean gulf in Turkey's Balıkesir Province. It is named after Edremit, an ilçe (district) of Balıkesir Province which is situated close to the tip of the gulf at . Biga Peninsula is to the north. The southern coast belongs to the ilçe of Ayvalık, while the western entrance is enclosed with the northern part of the Greek island of Lesbos.[1]

thumb|upright=1.3|Historic settlements in the Edremit gulf

In ancient history there were many settlements lying close to the north coast of the gulf; Hamaxitus, Polymedium, Assos, Lamponeia, Antandrus and Adramyttion, were some of these.[2]

Currently there are a number of ilçe centers or bigger towns around the gulf such as Behramkale, Küçükkuyu, Altınoluk, Akçay, Havran, Burhaniye , Armutova, Ayvalık and Cunda Island (from the north west). There are summer houses and holiday camps along the long northern coast and the long southern coast of the gulf.

The gulf is famous for European sprat production.[3]

[1] Map page

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[3] Balıkesir University bulletin

title: Edremit Gulf

question: Where is the gulf?

answer: In Turkey's Bahkesir Province

question: What is the gulf named after?

answer: Edremit, a district in the Bahkesir Province

question: What is at the western entrance to the gulf?

answer: The Greek island of Lesbos

question: What is the gulf famous for?

answer: European sprat production

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The Edremit Gulf is an Aegean gulf in Turkey's Bahkesir Province. A number of large towns border the gulf, and it is famous for European sprat production.


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_WITHOUT A TRACE_ is a 1983 American drama film directed by Stanley R. Jaffe and starring Kate Nelligan, Judd Hirsch, David Dukes and Stockard Channing. It is based on the novel _Still Missing_ by Beth Gutcheon. The story is partly based on the disappearance of Etan Patz.

Plot

Susan Selky is a well-known English professor at Columbia University. She lives in a Brooklyn brownstone with her 6-year-old son Alex (Danny Corkill). One March morning, Susan sees Alex off to school, which is only two blocks away. Alex turns to wave to his mother, then disappears around the corner.

Susan returns home after work, and becomes increasingly alarmed when Alex is late. She calls her friend and neighbor Jocelyn Norris, whose daughter is a classmate of Alex's, and learns Alex never went to school. She immediately calls the New York City Police Department, and officers descend on the townhouse, led by Lieutenant Al Menetti. Susan is questioned closely on all aspects of her life and her son's, and the police initially suspect her estranged husband, Graham, a professor at New York University, but he produces an alibi.

Susan's case generates attention from the local media, and citizens help in the search by distributing posters. Susan is initially criticized for allowing her son to walk to school by himself. Susan takes a polygraph test that clears her as a suspect. Numerous leads are checked out, including several reports that Alex may have been seen in the back seat of a blue 1965 Chevy. A psychic is also called in, but each lead fizzles.

The investigation drags on, and Graham is at odds with Menetti after budget cuts force Menetti to dismantle the command center in Susan's apartment and run the case from the precinct. Menetti's attention is soon diverted to other cases, but the Selky case is always a priority. At one point, Graham takes matters into his own hands after he receives a ransom call. Given a beating, he requires a hospital stay.

A break in the case finally happens on the Fourth of July, when Susan's housecleaner, Philippe, is arrested as a suspect. A pair of Alex's bloody underpants was found in his apartment, where the gay Philippe was picked up with a 14-year-old male prostitute. Susan visits Philippe in jail, and he tells her that the bloody underpants came about when he used them to stop bleeding after he cut himself washing dishes in Susan's house. Convinced Philippe is innocent, Susan tries to persuade Menetti to drop the charges, but he refuses, citing undisclosed physical evidence.

The renewed media coverage generated by Philippe's arrest dies down, and Susan faces increased pressure to drop the matter and accept that Alex could be dead. Susan's feelings come to a boiling point when a magazine cancels an article she wrote about Alex, and Jocelyn advises her to give up. Susan tries to resume her normal routine, although she never loses faith. One day, she receives a phone call from a woman in Bridgeport, Connecticut, named Malvina Robbins, who says Alex is living with neighbors. Menetti tells Susan he has also heard from Robbins, but Bridgeport police told him the woman is a crank. The investigation is closed, he says, and Philippe goes on trial within weeks.

On a day off, Menetti takes a drive with his son. When he sees a sign for Bridgeport, Connecticut, he checks out the lead personally. He recruits his young son as his partner on the case. Once he is sure that the lead is false, Menetti hopes to browbeat Robbins from disturbing Selky. When Menetti arrives at Robbins' address, he is shocked to see a blue Chevy (in which witnesses had reported seeing Alex) parked in the driveway of the neighboring house. Realizing that Robbins was telling the truth, he uses her phone to contact the Bridgeport police. They find Alex alive and unharmed. His kidnapper wanted the boy to care for his disabled sister who lives in the house.

Menetti drives Alex back to New York with a huge police escort (which grows with each jurisdiction it passes through), and the New York media is tipped off that he has been found, converging on Susan's Brooklyn house. Susan returns from grocery shopping in time to see Alex stepping out of Menetti's car. In front of delighted bystanders and reporters, mother and child are reunited.

Cast

-   Kate Nelligan as Susan Selky
-   Judd Hirsch as Al Menetti
-   David Dukes as Graham
-   Stockard Channing as Jocelyn Norris
-   Danny Corkill as Alex
-   Louise Stubbs as Malvina Robbins
-   Keith McDermott as Philippe
-   David Simon as Menetti's son

Production

The film's screenplay was written by novelist and screenwriter Beth Gutcheon, who kept the film relatively faithful to her novel _Still Missing_, a work of fiction. The one glaring difference between the book and the film is that the book was set in Boston, while the film was set and filmed in New York. The film was originally supposed to be titled _Still Missing_, but was changed by the studio to avoid confusion with the 1982 film _Missing_.

Release

The film was released in North America on February 4, 1983, and grossed $9.6 million.[1]

Reception

Janet Maslin of _The New York Times_ called it “a reasonably well-made film” on its own terms but said it “deserves more thoughtful and imaginative treatment”.[2]

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title: Without a Trace (1983 film)

question: Summarise briefly what the text says about the plot of the movie "Without a Trace."

answer: With the rampant occurrence of child kidnapping in that era, the movie producers were led to tell a kidnapping story based loosely on a widespread case of the disappearance of Etan Patz. Without a Trace talks about a young boy named Alex Selky who was abducted from New York City and taken by his kidnapper to Connecticut to look after his disabled sister. The young boy is eventually found unharmed by the police, the kidnappers are taken into custody, and the boy is safely reunited with his mother with the assistance of a large police escort. Without a Trace is based on a novel by Beth Gutcheon titled Still Missing. The producers of the movie decided to rename it to avoid confusion with a 1982 movie titled Missing.


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_NEXT WORLD_ was BoA's second remix album after her Peace B. Remixes album in 2002. It featured many remixes of her hit songs, and collection of several English version of her songs from previous singles.

Track listing

1.  “Holiday” (Palmdrive featuring BOA & Firstklas)
2.  “Kiseki / 奇蹟” (Soul'd Out Remix)
3.  “Flying Without Wings” (Westlife featuring BOA)
4.  “Show Me What You Got” (Bratz featuring BOA & Howie D.) (DJ Watarai Remix)
5.  “Jewel Song” (Akira's Canto Diamante Version)
6.  “Shine We Are!” (Remixed by G.T.S) (Groove That Soul Remix)
7.  “Flower” (Remixed by Daisuke Imai featuring Lisa) (D.I's “Luv Hurts” Remix)
8.  “Winding Road” (featuring Dabo)
9.  “Everything Needs Love” (Mondo Grosso featuring BOA) (Piano-pella)
10. “Valenti” (English version)
11. “Every Heart: Minna no Kimochi” (English version)
12. “Listen To My Heart” (English version)
13. “Amazing Kiss” (English version)

title: Next World

question: What type of art is "Next World"?

answer: Music.

question: Which boy band was featured on the track "Flying Without Wings"?

answer: Westlife

question: What is the eleventh track on Next World?

answer: “Listen To My Heart” (English version)

question: Besides English, what are language are BoA's songs in (on this album)?

answer: Japanese.


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It was the middle of the night when I heard continuous tapping. Slightly, I opened my eyes to see a light in the hallway and noticed that there was a lack of warmth by the side of my bed. My wife, Annie must’ve have been tapping, so I went downstairs to figure the situation out. My eyes were still adjusting to the dim light, but I quickly noticed a grisly shadow. It was an unfamiliar figure, it was a bitter looking intruder, and next to him was my wife, cold on the floor. Then the intruder’s black eyes coldly shot mine, and with his rough hands, he shot me.

A gleam of light shines in my eyes and I quickly rise up. I panic, it seems as though I’ve been in deep slumber for a long time. As I rise up, I pulled on something which went into my skin; it was an IV needle which I detached. Unclear to this situation, I look at my surroundings. My IV bag is completely empty, the Hospital is filled with complete silence and the room is faint. My situation doesn’t seem to make sense, as it seems nothing is operating and no one is working. Quickly, the stood up on my feet but felt as though I would fall a second later, but with enough effort I reached the bathroom. In the view of the dark room, I can see myself through the filthy mirror. It reflected an image of a ghostly pale man with a beard. I could not conclude anything just yet, and needed more information about my situation. I barely manage to jog through the hospital’s mysterious hallway with the only sound being my footsteps and my breath. Why was no one here to care for me? Why was I alone? I quickly grew frustrated as my questions only developed.

I opened the door at the exit and felt an eerie gust of wind blow at my face. The polluted smell of dead bodies came rushing through my nose, yet I saw no dead bodies. In fact I didn’t see a body in sight, dead or alive. Everything was put at a complete stop. Traffic of cars was abandoned in the middle of streets and a row of stores went unmanaged. Yet I was more abandoned than any car or store as I was completely alone without another human. The cars were kept together by road and stores merged by shared walls. Suddenly, I felt a harsh pressure hit my chest and fell to the ground without much effort.

I opened my eyes to look at the empty world. Then, I saw someone. Someone was alive in this desolated place, and she was coming towards me. Once we met, she told me her name was Anne; she looked familiar but seemed to be in dangerous condition. The massive amount of lipstick on her mouth contrasted with paleness. After an aggressive set of dry coughs, I managed to agree to travel with her.

Rough Draft is Rough. Can anyone help give me some pointers or critiques?

title: Alone, Awake, Helpless

question: What can the audience assume about the patient's panic state?

answer: The patient's panic state seems to be appropriate for the situation that they are put in.

question: What would have happened if the patient had not seem someone in the empty hospital?

answer: Most likely, the narrator would have fallen down sick from the fragile position they were in.


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Greetings, Citizens ~

Unfortunately I was hit by the flu three weeks ago and only could work again for the past week. Because of that, this will be another bugfixing round, as the time was far too short to complete other features in the queue. I’m feeling well again, though.

Something you have probably noticed is that StarMade now uses semantic versioning; while this doesn’t affect gameplay, it’s an industry standard, and will allow us to more easily (and accurately) identify revision/hotfix versions.

Other notable improvements in this release:

-   We have added a new model for the Marker Beam.

-   Shield hits now scale with weapon power.  (For example: your pistol will no longer light up the entire ship when fired inside.)

-   We have made some small changes to the lighting shader which improves graphics at longer distances.

-   The atmosphere of planets now looks better when viewed from different a sector.

-   Mirror Cubes is now enabled by default.

-   The yellow/red build box now has a new appearance, and scales with box dimensions.

-   Shipyard computers now have an [Edit Design] button to access ship cores without having to manually get in.

Confirmed fixes:

T1294 star reflection makes some blocks appear white

T1293 Shipyards able to take over an existing entity

T1292 thrust circle slider can go under or above 100% total thrust

T1276 turning off gravity un-aligns you from ship

T1267 exit tutorial dialog menu appears on top of confirmation dialog

T1244 Missile Tracking inaccurate vs smaller ships

T1226 Cannot modify rotational thrust using out-of-ship thrust menu as astronaut

T1221 fleet on sentry or defend doesn't fight back if enemy is out of weapon range

T1211 AI aim is nearly 100% accurate, regardless of difficulty setting

T1248 "Preview Block to Place" appears inside Galaxy Map

T1185 Carrier recall first uses an old flagship position to home in

T1177 Faction description can't be blank (no warning message issue)

T1081 "Select Nearest Entity" while inside a ship core selects your astronaut

T1065 Unable to unlink weapons and effects in weapons menu

T1020 Diminishing returns of Inherited Thrust is based off the dock, not mothership

T971 storage pull on asteroid results in class-cast exception

T897 tooltip not showing for ship hotbar 2 -> 10

T798 Chat main log blank after first 100 lines

T794 Transporters preserves alignment but not gravity on the same ship

T778 scrolling through ship hotbar is jumpy

T709 LOD of planets are the wrong colour seen from other sectors

T8 Sector change moves players in gravity/alignment

We’ll continue to do bug fixing till the end of the month, while preparing and then moving on to a long awaited change. Along the way we’ll include smaller features with those bug fixes.

Thanks for playing StarMade!

 ~ The Schine Team

question: Why did the developers of StarMade start using semantic versioning when it doesn't affect gameplay?

answer: They started using semantic versioning because it is an industry standard that allows them to identify revision/hotfix versions accurately and easily.


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Earlier this year we celebrated our 5th Anniversary, officially in April when we opened the store back in 2006 and unofficially on January 1st when we established the store. At that time there were no other stores in North America or Europe with a lineup of imported Japanese selvage denim brands and we took on the challenge of being the first to do so. We started with just a very small inventory from a handful of brands, a street address, and a telephone - no advertising, no website, no online store - and within these 5 1/2 years we've grown to become known worldwide as a premier resource for Japanese selvage denim jeans with a customer base spanning the globe, and for this we give thanks. To everyone who's supported us throughout the years, we'd like to further extend our thanks and gratitude, and hope that we can continue to provide our services and resources for your continued support in the years to come.

For the occasion, we've produced a 5th Anniversary Limited Edition jean using our store original N-01 slim fit silhouette and a newly developed denim from one of our earliest denim suppliers, and offering them at a very special price. This new denim was 10 years in the making and combines everything learned in his 40+ years in the denim industry in Japan and abroad, and one that he's most proud of.

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It's a 15oz Right Hand Twill unsanforized selvage denim that weighs in at 16oz after washing. The cotton used is a blend of extra long fiber Zimbabwe cotton and extra short fiber USA cotton giving the texture a look of nep fabric with loads of White cotton and Indigo tufts poking through the face and backside of the denim (for those familiar with the earliest Samurai Texas Cotton denim or the Left Field Tweed denim, it has a similar look to those).

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Typically the warp and weft yarns are spun in the right hand direction prior to weaving but for this denim the warp and weft yarns were spun in reverse creating a tighter weave and giving the denim a stiff and crunchy texture. This also results in the warp yarns being more pronounced, similar to how a Left Hand Twill denim looks but done in a Right Hand Twill weave, and also intensifies the vertical color fading results.

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In addition, the warp yarns are deep Indigo dyed with a Green Sulphur topping and interwoven with Beige dyed weft yarns for an overall muted and subtle green cast. The backside of the denim has a plush and soft hand due in large part to the extra long fiber Zimbabwe cotton and will continue to soften and smooth over time, eventually creating a smooth and refined texture on the face as well. For more details and info about our 5th Anniversary Model please visit us in the store or online here

question: What brand is being discussed?

answer: Not answered.

question: How long has this brand been in business?

answer: The brand has been in business for about 5 years.

question: Where is the cotton in the denim from?

answer: The cotton is a mix of extra long fiber Zimbabwe cotton and extra short finer USA cotton.

question: How much does the denim cost?

answer: not answered.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article is about a new piece of denim being put out for a brand's fifth anniversary.