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The room had a bright white ceiling and floor. The walls were mirrors and the lights were hidden in a panel on the ceiling. We had a test subject stuck in there for us to experiment. He only stares at the white ceiling, oh, and back at the white floor. There was no log on the man, nothing of significance when we found him. He had been in solitary confinement for 23 years - his entire life, really. He has never seen any human being but me and my researcher, Don. Don and I have been designated to care for the man and continue to watch him until something happens. It’s immoral, disgusting, but we’re assigned to do it and it’s really quite an interesting job.

Ding.

That’s the bell. Don and I enter the room with the subject. The subject paid no attention, just doing what he usually does. Never interacted with us in any way, we don’t even know if he’s developed a language. We tried getting words from him since we met him.

“Hello! How is it? Are you feeling okay? Insane? What’s goin’ on up there, buddy?” Don continued to harass the subject into speaking. “You gonna talk? Anything ya need? Jeesh, what’s the matter with ya?”

“He’s not gonna speak Don, just leave it.”

“Well, if he isn’t going to speak, then what the hell do we do? He’s not interacting with us in anyway and it’s become a waste of our time.”

I crouched down with the subject. I opened my hand in front of him, seeing if he would shake it. Or even look at it. Don tapped my shoulders.

“I got a call, I’ll be right back.” Don left the room and sealed the door shut. I was alone with the subject now, for the first time. I still had my hand out in front of him.

“Hand.” The subject looked at my hand. “Hand.”

To my surprise, the subject spoke. I pulled my hand back and waited for something to happen.

“Hey, can you understand English?” I looked at the subject in his eyes. They looked… different.

“Yes, of course I can. You don’t think I have basic knowledge of a language? You beings have trapped me here for several times and you don’t think I captured all of your words and managed to understand them?”

“Well, you just never spoke. I’m sorry, I guess.”

“How can you be sorry when you have trapped me here for all this time? Why do you feel sorry as soon as I speak? What is it that you beings are getting out of this?”

“I, uh - well…” I didn’t have a clue as to what to say. I was completely confused and embarrassed. “It’s just my job and I -”

The door opened. Don came in and stood next to me. “So… anything? Did he speak? Or nothing as usual?”

The subject looked Don in his eyes. “Yes, I have spoken to your friend. Is there anything you would like to say to me, now that I have spoken? Your friend seems to be at lost at words.”

Don laughed and caught himself. “Oh, sorry! Yeah, actually, there is something I would like to say. What’s up with yourself? Why did you speak all of a sudden?”

The subject tilted his head and said nothing. Making the atmosphere of the room even more awkward I decided to play on my phone to stay away from their little conflict.

Don was infuriated. “So, you decided to stop speaking, huh? Like the little bitch you are. Hey, guess what? I have a little surprise for you, and I think you’re gonna like it!”

I was scared what Don was going to do next. I kept quiet and watched Don exit the room to get something. The door opened once again and someone else had entered with Don.

That someone else was the twin of the subject. The twin looked exactly like the subject, same physical features, clothes, haircut, etc.

Don pushed the twin near the subject. “Subject, meet yourself!”

I looked at Don. “Don, what are you doing?”
	“Don’t worry! I’m just introducing Subject to himself.”

The subject looked at the twin and touched it. “Is this… me?”

Don laughed. “Yep! This is your real body, brain, soul, everything really! If this thing dies, you die.”

The subject opened his eyes in shock. “Then, what am I in?”

Don continued to harass the subject. “You’re a robot! You’re just thinking from your real body, this body right here!”

The subject no longer spoke. He just stared at the twin in silence. I wanted to say something to the subject, but I couldn’t. I was eager to see why Don was doing this.”

Don pulled out a handgun. “You see, Subject, like I said: if this body dies, you die. And you have come to the point where you are virtually a waste of matter. So, why not end you, right?”

The subject still sat in silence, staring at the twin. Don pulled the cock on the handgun and aimed it at the twin’s head.

“Should I pull it? Or are you gonna prove to me you’re gonna do something?”

The subject continued to sit in silence, but no longer staring at the twin.

Don smirked. “Ha, okay… If you say sooo…” Bang. The twin fell to the ground.

The subject looked at the dead body of the twin, convinced that he, himself, had really died.

“I’m dead?” The subject touched himself everywhere, vigorously.

Neither Don nor I spoke. We just looked at him in silence, but I was in complete shock.

“What happens to me?! I still feel alive?! Why have you done this?!” The subject started to spaz out. Don and I walked back to the control room to watch the subject.

“Don, why’d you do that?” I asked.”

“He’s doing something now, isn’t he? Let’s just do this and say it was a psychological experiment.”

I was angry at Don, but the experiment had become interesting as ever. The subject started pulling on his hair, trying to bit his skin off, banging his head on the floor, and trying to rip his tongue out. He continued to yell random words such as hatchet, elephant, light, and process. Over and over.

“Okay, Don, I think we’re done with this subject.” I shut the lights off and the subject stopped.

title: [SF] Subject Testing

question: Summarize the narrator's convesation with the test subject.

answer: The test subject says says "Hand" and reveals to the narrator that he knows how to speak English. The test subject asks what the experimenters are getting out of this, and the narrator responds that it's just his job.

question: Summarize everything relating to the test subject's identity.

answer: There was no log on the man or any significant information about him when the experimenters found him. Don reveals to the subject that he is a robot, fashioned after his real body. He claims that if the real body dies, the test subject dies. This turns out to have been a lie, as the test subject doesn't die when Don shoots the real body.

question: What does the story say about the purpose of the experiment?


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Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger says there was an agreement in place to sign Luis Suarez in 2013, but he is just one of many stars who could have been playing at Arsenal...

It was reported that the Gunners tried to sign Suarez by bidding £1 over his £40,000,000 release clause.

Liverpool owner John Henry later revealed that Suarez did indeed have a £40m release clause, but the club opted not to sell the striker.

And the Frenchman has suggested Suarez almost joined the Gunners.

However, the now Barcelona forward was just one of a number of players Arsenal have missed out on during Wenger's tenure in north London, with Manchester United's Paul Pogba, Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo on the star-studded list of names who got away.

Here we take a look at the XI Wenger might have had…

[Arsenal's Nearly XI]

JOE HART

[Joe Hart warms up before Manchester City's Premier League clash with Arsenal]

Image: Wenger tracked Joe Hart while he was on loan at Birmingham

Wenger was first drawn to Hart's talents following a loan spell the goalkeeper had with Birmingham during the 2009/10 season.

The Frenchman enquired about the England international's availability but there was one slight problem, Hart's parent club Manchester City.

"I REMEMBER WHEN HART PLAYED AT BIRMINGHAM, I ASKED ABOUT HIM AND THEY TOLD ME HE IS AT MAN CITY. I THOUGHT HE WOULD BE THE 'KEEPER THERE. HE HAS SOMETHING THAT IS NEEDED FOR A GOALKEEPER TO PLAY AT A BIG CLUB AND I AM NOT SURPRISED HE MADE IT AS NO 1." - WENGER IN 2011.

RAPHAEL VARANE

[Raphael Varane is 'the future of Real Madrid']

Image: Raphael Varane was scouted by Arsenal while he was at Lens

Varane's rise from Lens to Real Madrid has seen him make over 100 appearances for the Spanish giants and win 35 caps for France.

But Arsenal could have had the 23-year-old at their disposal had Wenger and his scouts acted faster when the player was plying his trade at Lens.

"I'M HAPPY FOR HIM BECAUSE HE'S CARVING OUT A ROLE AT ONE OF THE WORLD'S BEST CLUBS, WHICH IS REMARKABLE. YET AT THE SAME TIME, WHEN YOU ARE IN CHARGE OF A CLUB LIKE ARSENAL, YOU HAVE TO WONDER WHY THIS PLAYER IS NOT PLAYING FOR US. HE WAS AT LENS, AND WE MIGHT WELL HAVE CAUGHT HIM THERE." - WENGER IN 2013.

GERARD PIQUE

[Barcelona's defender Gerard Pique celebrates a goal during the Spanish league football match against Sevilla at the Nou Camp.]

Image: Arsenal were interested in Gerard Pique at the time they signed Cesc Fabregas

In the summer of 2003, Arsenal signed a 16-year-old Cesc Fabregas from Barcelona's La Maisa academy, but it could have been even better for the Gunners. Pique, who starred in the same youth team as Fabregas, was also on Wenger's radar but the Frenchman could not get the deal over the line.

A year later the central defender joined Manchester United and spent four years at Old Trafford before moving back to Barca.

"IT WAS AT A PERIOD WHERE FABREGAS CAME. WE WANTED TO TAKE FABREGAS, MESSI AND PIQUE. IT WORKED ONLY FOR FABREGAS." - WENGER IN 2014.

VINCENT KOMPANY

[Vincent Kompany ]

Image: Vincent Kompany was chased by a host of Europe's top clubs while he was at Anderlecht

Before Manchester City signed the Belgium international in 2008, Kompany was one of the hottest prospects in European football.

Wanted by Barcelona and Real Madrid as a 20-year-old at Anderlecht, Kompany was also identified by Wenger as a potential replacement for Sol Campbell. However, the Frenchman was beaten to his signature by Hamburg.

"I HAD MEETINGS WITH EMILIO BUTRAGUENO AT REAL MADRID, THE CLUB LEADERS AT BARCELONA AND BY ARSENE WENGER HIMSELF AT ARSENAL. BUT HEADING TO AN ABSOLUTE TOP CLUB IMMEDIATELY WAS NOT THE RIGHT SOLUTION BECAUSE VINCENT IS SOMEONE WHO FEELS ALONE IN AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE HE IS NOT PROPERLY VALUED. VINCENT IS NOT A THIRD OR FOURTH CHOICE." - KOMPANY'S AGENT JACQUES LICHTENSTEIN IN 2014.

GARETH BALE

[LYON, FRANCE - JULY 06: Gareth Bale of Wales applauds the supporters after his team's defeat in the UEFA EURO 2016 semi final match between Portugal and W]

Image: The Gunners turned Gareth Bale down because they already had two left-backs on their books

Arsenal were tracking Real Madrid forward Bale at Southampton alongside England star Theo Walcott.

Walcott made the move to the Emirates Stadium in 2006 with Bale joining north London rivals Tottenham in 2007, and Wenger has since admitted he made a "huge mistake" in not signing the Welshman.

"WE DIDN'T TAKE HIM AS WE HAD ASHLEY COLE AND GAEL CLICHY AND DIDN'T WANT ANOTHER LEFT-BACK. I MUST CONFESS IT WAS A HUGE MISTAKE AS HE CAN PLAY IN MIDFIELD. HE STRUGGLED AT THE START AT TOTTENHAM, THEN THEY MOVED HIM TO MIDFIELD AND HE HAS DONE EXCEPTIONALLY WELL. THE CAREER OF A PLAYER SOMETIMES DEPENDS ON PLAYING IN THE RIGHT POSITION." - WENGER IN 2013.

LIONEL MESSI

[Lionel Messi scores for Barcelona]

Image: The Gunners tried to sign Lionel Messi alongside Pique and Fabregas

As previously mentioned, Wenger tried to sign three players from Barcelona's academy in 2003 but the Frenchman could not prise Lionel Messi away from the Nou Camp.

"I THINK IN THE END HE WAS NOT SO KEEN TO MOVE. IT WAS NOT COMPLETELY DOWN TO A FLAT IN THE END, IT WAS DOWN TO THE FACT THAT MESSI WAS COMFORTABLE AT BARCELONA." - WENGER IN 2014.

PAUL POGBA

[Juventus' French midfielder Paul Pogba celebrates during the ceremony of the Scudetto, the Italian Serie A trophy after the Italian Serie A football match ]

Image: Arsenal were interested in Paul Pogba when he left Manchester United in 2012

There was a massive scramble for Pogba's signature last summer and it took a world record transfer fee for Manchester United to take from Juventus.

However, Arsenal could have landed the France international when he was preparing to leave Manchester United in 2012, but the Gunners were too slow out of the blocks and Pogba moved to Juventus.

"THINGS HAPPENED VERY QUICKLY. WE WERE INTERESTED IN HIM. WE TRIED TO GET HIM TO COME HERE. BUT HE VERY QUICKLY SIGNED FOR JUVENTUS." - WENGER IN 2014

N'Golo Kante

[LONDON, ENGLAND - SEPTEMBER 16: N'Golo Kante of Chelsea in action during the Premier League match between Chelsea and Liverpool at Stamford Bridge on Sept]

Image: Wenger twice tried to bring compatriot N'Golo Kante to Arsenal

After helping Leicester to their shock Premier League triumph in 2015/16, Kante is on course to help Chelsea win the title this season. However, things could have been very different for the France international - and for Arsenal - had Wenger brought Kante to the Emirates Stadium.

"I TRIED TO SIGN KANTE WHEN HE WAS IN FRANCE AND WHEN HE WAS AT LEICESTER. WE CANNOT EXPLAIN EVERYTHING - TRANSFERS ARE TRANSFERS - BUT IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS WHEN YOU LOOK AT WHERE HE HAS GONE.

"I BELIEVE KANTE HAS HAD A HUGE IMPACT. IT'S NO COINCIDENCE CHELSEA ARE WHERE THEY ARE AND LEICESTER DID WHAT THEY DID LAST SEASON." - WENGER IN 2017

CRISTIANO RONALDO

[LONDON, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 8: Cristiano Ronaldo of Manchester United clashes with Abou Diaby of Arsenal during the Barclays Premier League match between]

Image: Manchester United beat Arsenal in the race to sign Cristiano Ronaldo

Another Ballon d'Or winner that got away, Ronaldo had a tour of Arsenal's training ground in 2003, where he was impressed by Wenger's approach and what the club could offer him.

However, Arsenal failed to get the deal done with Manchester United assistant manager Carlos Queiroz using his Portuguese influence to help lure Ronaldo to Old Trafford.

"MY BIGGEST REGRET, I WAS SO CLOSE TO SIGNING CRISTIANO RONALDO, AND NOT ONLY DID I NOT GET HIM HE SIGNED FOR MANCHESTER UNITED, SO THAT OF COURSE STILL HURTS TODAY." - WENGER IN 2014.

ZLATAN IBRAHIMOVIC

[<<enter caption here>> at Aon Training Complex on July 1, 2016 in Manchester, England.]

Image: Zlatan Ibrahimovic was offered a trial at Arsenal

Ibrahimovic was a teenager when he met Wenger to talk through a potential move to Arsenal, but things did not quite go to plan as Wenger only offered the Swedish striker a trial.

But Zlatan doesn't do trials...

"ARSENE GAVE ME THE FAMOUS RED AND WHITE JERSEY - THE NO 9 SHIRT WITH IBRAHIMOVIC ON IT AND I WAS SO PLEASED I EVEN POSED FOR A PICTURE WEARING IT. IT WAS A FANTASTIC MOMENT FOR ME. SO THEN I WAITED FOR HIM TO CONVINCE ME THAT I SHOULD JOIN ARSENAL. BUT HE DIDN'T EVEN TRY. HE NEVER ACTUALLY MADE ME A SERIOUS OFFER, IT WAS MORE, 'I WANT TO SEE HOW GOOD YOU ARE, WHAT KIND OF PLAYER YOU ARE. HAVE A TRIAL'. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT. I WAS LIKE, "NO WAY, ZLATAN DOESN'T DO AUDITIONS". - IBRAHIMOVIC IN 2012.

LUIS SUAREZ

[Barcelona's Uruguayan forward Luis Suarez celebrates scoring against Granada]

Image: Arsenal bid £40m and a pound in an attempt to sign Luis Suarez from Liverpool in 2013

Described as the biggest mistake of Wenger's managerial career by _Sky Sports_ pundit Jamie Carragher, Arsenal missed out on Suarez after bidding one pound over his £40m release clause.

The offer did not go down well with Liverpool and after speaking to club captain Steven Gerrard, Suarez, who was thought to be keen on a move to the Emirates Stadium, stayed at Anfield.

He almost fired Liverpool to the title in the following season before moving to Barcelona for £75m.

"I'M VERY HAPPY WITH WHAT I DID. THERE AGAIN, THE DETAILS WILL MAYBE COME OUT ONE DAY - MAYBE NOT IN MY BOOK, BUT SOMEBODY ELSE'S BOOK! I KNOW ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE STORY, BUT WE ALWAYS HAD FAIR RELATIONS WITH LIVERPOOL, WE KEPT IN TOUCH OVER THAT PERIOD. IT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE PROVOCATIVE AT ALL - IT COULD BE INTERPRETED LIKE THAT, BUT IT WAS NOT OUR PURPOSE." - WENGER IN 2013.

SUBS

RONALDINHO

[Ronaldinho played with Lionel Messi at Barcelona]

Image: Ronaldinho played with Lionel Messi at Barcelona

Arsenal were working on a deal to bring the Brazilian star from Gremio to north London in 2001.

With the deal to bring the two-time World Player of the Year to the Premier League almost done, work permit issues scuppered the transfer and left Wenger bemoaning the rules.

"WE COULD HAVE GOT RONALDINHO BEFORE HE WENT TO PSG. I MET HIS BROTHER, WHO IS HIS AGENT, A LONG, LONG TIME BEFORE HE WENT TO PSG - WHEN HE WAS 20 - BUT WE JUST COULD NOT GET HIM TO ENGLAND BECAUSE OF THE RULES HERE." - WENGER IN 2007.

DIDIER DROGBA

[LONDON - MARCH 23: Didier Drogba of Chelsea celebrates as he scores their second goal during the Barclays Premier League match between Chelsea and Arsenal]

Image: Didier Drogba scored 15 goals against Arsenal during his time at Chelsea

Arsenal have suffered at the hands of Drogba over the years but it could have all been avoided for the small fee of £100,000.

Wenger was well aware of the talents of Drogba, who has scored 16 goals against Arsenal during his career, through his time at La Mans but thought he was not ready for a move to the Premier League.

"WE WATCHED DROGBA VERY CAREFULLY WHEN HE WAS AT LE MANS AND HIS VALUE WAS JUST £100,000. BUT WE FELT AT THE TIME HE MIGHT NOT BE COMPLETELY READY… LOOKING BACK NOW, OF COURSE IT WAS A MISTAKE." - WENGER IN 2009.

Dimitri Payet

[101115 Dimitri Payet - (August 2) West Ham United v SV Werder Bremen - Betway Cup]

Image: Wenger decided against signing Dimitri Payet

The former West Ham playmaker took the Premier League by storm last season, scoring nine goals and laying on 12 assists. He continued his excellent form at Euro 2016, scoring three goals as France went all the way to the final.

His performances were no surprise to Wenger, who admitted watching him many times when he was at St Etienne before deciding against signing him.

"HE WAS A TOP TALENT, ALWAYS. BUT [HE] HAD PERIODS OF BEING UP AND DOWN. I'VE LOOKED AT HIM MANY TIMES. I'VE KNOWN HIM FOR A LONG TIME. HE PLAYED AT SAINT-ETIENNE AND WE WATCHED HIM MANY TIMES." - WENGER IN 2016.

YAYA TOURE

[<<enter caption here>> at Wembley Stadium on August 10, 2014 in London, England.]

Image: Yaya Toure featured for Arsenal in a pre-season friendly against Barnet in 2003

Arsenal already had Yaya's brother Kolo in their ranks and they were very close to adding the former after he had a trial with the club in 2003.

However, the Gunners could not beat Metalurh Donetsk to the Manchester City midfielder's signature because he did not have a passport.

Wenger has since admitted it was a huge blow to miss out on the Ivory Coast international, who did wear an Arsenal shirt in a pre-season friendly against Barnet in 2003, but revealed it was beyond the club's control.

"LET'S NOT FORGET THAT TOURE HAD AN AGREEMENT WITH US - AND IT'S NOT BECAUSE WE DID NOT WANT TO SIGN HIM THAT HE WENT TO UKRAINE. WE HAVE MADE MISTAKES, BUT HE IS NOT A MISTAKE." - WENGER IN 2014.

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question: What is the Arsenal?

answer: The Arsenal is a football club managed by Arsene Wenger.

question: What is the article about?

answer: The article is about football players and clubs.

question: Who is Luis Suarez?

answer: It appears he's a football player that both the Arsenals and Gunners want to sign.

question: Who are the Gunners?

answer: A football club.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The article is about football players and football clubs trying to sign them. Some of the players discussed in the article are Luis Suarez, Joe Hart, Raphael Varane, Gerard Pique, Cesc Fabregas, Gareth Bale, Lionel Messi, Paul Pogba, N'Golo Kante, Dimitri Payet, and Vincent Kompany.


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MYATT M. SNIDER[1] (born December 30, 1994) is an American professional stock car racing driver. He is the son of _NASCAR on NBC_ pit reporter Marty Snider. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series, driving the No. 21 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing and the No. 93 Camaro for RSS Racing. Snider is colloquially known as SAUCE BOI, a moniker he picked up in 2018 based on his Louisiana Hot Sauce sponsorship.[2]

Racing career

ARCA Menards Series

Driving the No. 22 Cunningham Motorsports car on a part-time basis, Snider won his first start in the ARCA Racing Series, leading 35 laps en route to victory at Toledo Speedway in 2016.[3] He also captured the pole at Michigan International Speedway and recorded two other top-five finishes in nine starts.[4] In 2019, Snider joined with Venturini Motorsports for a one-off deal at Michigan.[5]

Gander Outdoors Truck Series

Snider made his NASCAR national series debut in 2016, driving the No. 22 truck for AM Racing.[6] He started 19th and finished on the lead lap in 17th.[7] On December 23, 2016, it was announced that Snider would pilot the No. 51 Kyle Busch Motorsports truck for eight races in the 2017 season, including the season-opening NextEra Energy Resources 250 at Daytona International Speedway.[8] Snider moved to ThorSport Racing to drive the team's No. 13 truck to drive full-time in 2018, replacing Cody Coughlin.[9][10] He finished ninth in points and won Truck Series Rookie of the Year.[11]

In 2019, Snider moved to ThorSport's No. 27 to drive part-time that year.[12] Later in the season, he replaced Johnny Sauter in the team's No. 13 for the CarShield 200 at World Wide Technology Raceway at Gateway after Sauter was suspended.[13]

Whelen Euro Series

On April 9, 2019, Snider announced he would compete full-time in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series Elite 2 Division, driving the No. 48 Ford Mustang for Racing Engineering.[14] Snider was originally spurred on by a chance to join fellow American Bobby Labonte's team, but that initial opportunity did not work out.[15]

Xfinity Series

On November 21, 2019, it was announced that Snider would drive select races for Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Xfinity Series in 2020, starting with the season opener at Daytona.[16] His 2020 schedule was increased to 20 races in January when he joined RSS Racing on a limited basis.[17]

In his series debut at Daytona, he won the pole and led 23 laps in the opening stage, but was involved in a crash shortly before the end of the second stage.[18][19] After running the first eight races, Snider committed to a full-time 2020 schedule, contesting all but three races for RSS; he ran the Pocono Raceway, Martinsville Speedway, and Phoenix Raceway rounds with RCR.[20]

Other racing

In March 2019, Snider competed in the Michelin Pilot Challenge sports car race at Sebring International Raceway, driving a Ford for Multimatic Motorsports alongside ThorSport Racing teammates Matt Crafton, Grant Enfinger, and Ben Rhodes.[21]

Personal life

Myatt is the son of NBC pit reporter Marty Snider, he also currently attends UNC Charlotte.[22] He intends to gain a pilot's license down the road.[23]

Motorsports career results

NASCAR

(key) (BOLD – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. _Italics_ – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Xfinity Series

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title: Myatt Snider

question: Who is Myatt M. Snider?

answer: Myatt M. Snider is an American professional stock car racing driver. He's the son of NASCAR on NBC pit reporter Marty Snider.

question: Where does Myatt compete?

answer: Myatt competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series and drives the No. 21 Chevrolet Camaro for Richard Childress Racing and the No. 93 Camaro for RSS Racing.

question: Describe Myatt's personal life.

answer: Myatt is the son of Marty Snider and currently attends UNC Charlotte. He intends to get a pilot's license down the road.

question: Describe Myatt's racing career.

answer: Myatt has competed in numerous racing series such as the Arca Menards Series, Gander Outdoors Truck Series, Whelen Euro Series, and Xfinity Series.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer:
Myatt M. Snider is an American professional stock car racing driver. He's the son of NASCAR on NBC pit reporter Marty Snider.

He competes full-time in the NASCAR Xfinity Series but has also participated in the Arca Menards Series, Gander Outdoors Truck Series, and Whelen Euro Series. He currently attends UNC Charlotte and intends to get a pilot's license down the road.


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This is a short piece I wrote for an old lover when we were pretentious and wrote poems and shorter fiction for each other.  She was doing a writing course and asked me to complete one of the assignments she was doing, I think so she could know me better (which she never did).  The assignment was, in no more than 500 words, to describe a person without ever actually mentioning them or their physical features directly.  Description by circumstances, I suppose.

I'm starting to get back into writing so any objective comp and crit, positive or negative, very much welcome.

**His Office**

Slipping into the office was too simple: the secretary distracted by her call, everyone else staring at their screens as though the sheer intensity of their vision would cause their ears to excluded the nasal tone. But once the door clicked soft shut behind, the whole venture seemed like a mistake.

The desk was covered, drenched, as though some deity had descended to create some new ocean, fallen from pure white skies, allowing it to over run this great mahogany island.  Huge technical diagrams flooded like waterfalls over the edge to break upon the shattered rocks of discarded, crumpled sheets.  Tiny yellow squares were carried amongst the rapids, small-life rafts for the most important thoughts.

Coffee cups – ceramic, cardboard and plastic - rose from the sea of paper like once imperial lighthouses decaying amongst the rising tide.  Fast food wrappers were layered through the in-tray, the base necessities to keep working taking equal standing with the necessary work.

The sheer mass and weight of paper stalled me.

Time was racing, and my heart was keeping beat, so I began.  Naively, like some pulp-fiction sleuth I looked to the picture frames: the antique map of the Highlands, the panoramic photograph of Bannockburn, the signed 1978 Archie Gemmill replica shirt. Only as I let the picture of the two childhood Labradors fall back into place did I realise the ridiculousness of my search – the modular walls too thin, too transient to be a hiding place.

The over-flowing drawers could not be locked, but a fruitless place to search in such little time, filled with essential trivia. Old tickets, exhausted pens, discarded crosswords, even three archaic filo-faxes, aged and dog-eared.  I wasted time, but it was cathartic – every flight a standing ovation missed, every meeting another sports day victory avoided.

The shelf behind the great chair was filled only with emptiness and space, rising high above the undulating chaos.  The heavy, bronze executive toy, rocking backwards and forward under the weight of my footsteps, driving the horse onwards in a futile gallop.  The photograph, glass cracked down the centre, separating left from right, blossoming to a perfect signet-shaped rose-bud over the central face.  The unread Presbyterian bible, the inside cover inscribed with thick, untidy, letters.

More seconds wasted.  The pockets of coats unworn, the insides of blazers unused, the bin up-ended, scattering half-constructed flow-diagrams and marked-up press-releases into the worn plush of the carpet.  The empty drinks cabinet, the soil of the arbitrary desk plant, the recesses of the leather sofa, faintly oiled with subordinate fear.
I bit my lip to stop noises of frustration.  The room stank of sweat and industry and solitude; I was filled with its despair.  I breathed in and surrendered my suspicions.

On the desk, a red light winked at me from beneath the waves, a semi-submerged buoy at the edge of some shipping lane beside the desktop.  With resignation I pressed a button and an unknown voice filled me, at once, with half-forgotten hatred.

title: Writing Exercise - Tangential Description

question: What's the character's job?

answer: The information is not found.

question: What was he looking for?

answer: The information is not found.

question: Did he just get into work?

answer: It is inferred that he did.

question: Who called him?

answer: The information is not found.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The story is written as a way of describing a person without mentioning them or their physical features. It describes how he got into his office and started looking for something. The office is full of papers and other items so he did not find what he was looking for. At the end, someone calls him.


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OLEG NIKOLAEVICH FRELIKH (; 24 March 1887 – 6 September 1953) was a Soviet film and theater actor and director. Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1947).[1][2]

Biography

Oleg Frelikh was born on 24 March 1887 in Moscow. He graduated from the law faculty of the Moscow University and in 1911, the drama department of the Moscow Philharmonic Society. Before and after the revolution he worked as an actor of theater and cinema. Along the way in the mid-20s he started to direct films himself, filming mainly for national studios; Belgoskino, Chuvashcinema, Uzbekfilm, Vostokkino. In 1935, Frelikh became an actor of the Russian Army Theatre and in 1939 came to work at the Moscow State Theatre named after Lenin's Komsomol. On the stage of Lenkom he performed from 1939 to 1941 and then from 1943 to 1951. In total Oleg played in more than 50 films, mostly in silent pictures. He typically played slick adventurers, young and elegant characters. He died on 6 September 1953.[3][4]

Actor Andrei Fajt was Oleg Frelikh's cousin, and at one period they worked together a lot. Fajt wrote a book, _Slave of the Magic Lamp_, which includes pages that are dedicated to working together with Oleg Frelikh.[5]

Frelikh was married to actresses Vera Nikolaevna Valitskaya and Olga Dmitrievna Bystritskaya.[6]

Selected filmography

As actor

-   1923 _A Spectre Haunts Europe_
-   1923 _Locksmith and Chancellor_ - Leo von Turau
-   1949 _The Fall of Berlin_ - Franklin D. Roosevelt
-   1950 _Zhukovsky_ - Aleksandr Stoletov

As director

-   1927 _Prostitute_

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[2] Олег Николаевич Фрелих — Театр Ленком

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title: Oleg Frelikh

question: When was Frelikh born?

answer: March 24, 1887

question: Who did Frelikh marry?

answer: Vera Nikolaevna Valitskaya and Olga Dmitrievna Bystritskaya

question: Where did Frelikh graduate from in 1911?

answer: The Moscow Philharmonic Society

question: When did Frelikh die?

answer: September 6, 1953

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Oleg Frelikh was a Soviet film and theater actor and director. He played in more than 50 films, mostly silent pictures. He was born in 1887, married twice, and died in 1953.


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BP has been accused by a senior US politician of lying to Congress to reduce its liabilities, after an internal company document showed that the oil giant's own worst-case assessment of the size of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico was 20 times its public estimate.

In the document, BP attempts to put a figure on the rate of oil spewing into the ocean. It notes that if the condition of the well bore deteriorates to the extent that crucial parts fall off, the rate could reach 100,000 barrels a day.

When the company handed the document to Congress, it was claiming the leak was only 5,000 barrels a day, and that at very worst the figure could rise to 60,000.

The document was circulated by Ed Markey, the Democratic head of the House sub-committee on energy and the environment. In a statement, he said: "This document raises very troubling questions about what BP knew and when they knew it. It is clear that, from the beginning, BP has not been straightforward with the government or the American people about the true size of this spill."

The congressman, who has hounded BP on its handling of the crisis, said on Sunday's Meet the Press on NBC: "First they said it was 1,000 barrels, then they said it was 5,000 barrels, now we are up to 100,000 barrels."

From the beginning BP had either been lying to limit their liability or were "grossly incompetent", delaying a "full response to the magnitude of this disaster".

The document makes clear that the likelihood of the crucial bits of equipment — the blow-out preventer and wellhead — being removed from the well was low. But the fact that BP itself estimated the worst possible leak in the Gulf at 100,000 barrels a day, in contrast to its own lower public estimates, adds to the growing sense in Washington that the company has not been fully transparent over the scale of the disaster.

The renewed pressure on BP came as US rig operators and other offshore oil services companies prepared to go to court tomorrow to try to overturn President Barack Obama's moratorium on deepwater drilling. The companies claim that the ban will result in more economic damage to the region, as rigs and jobs move overseas.

The US government has said that it will not lift the ban until more is known about the causes of the accident, and the industry's safety procedures are reviewed.

It emerged this month that BP's disaster response plan was so inadequate that it listed a wildlife expert who had died in 2005. It outlined how walruses would be affected by a spill, even though they do not live in the Gulf. Exxon Mobil, ConocoPhillips, Chevron and Shell used the same firm to prepare their disaster plans, which are identical in huge chunks. US politicians said that the companies were just as unprepared as BP to handle a spill in the Gulf, accusing them of "Xeroxing" their disaster plans.

BP sought to downplay American anger at BP chief executive Tony Hayward going yachting on the Isle of Wight at the weekend. Photographs of Hayward on board his 52ft yacht, Bob, racing around the Isle of Wight provoked uproar in Washington.

The White House chief of staff, Rahm Emanuel, joked to ABC's This Week that "He's got his life back, as he would say," a reference to Hayward's much lamented comment. "I think we can all conclude that Tony Hayward is not going to have a second career in PR consulting," he added.

US media accused Hayward of "turning his back" on the Gulf, reporting that the US BP executive Bob Dudley had taken control of the oil response effort. Hayward will spend more time running the rest of the BP business in the UK and around the world.

But Hayward will still spend more than half his time in the US and will continue to oversee the effort, according to company sources.

question: What has BP been accused of?

answer: Lying to Congress about the size of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico in order to reduce its liabilities

question: What is the object of the court case?

answer: To try to overturn President Obama's moratorium on deepwater drilling.

question: What kind of company is BP?

answer: An oil company

question: Who is Ed Markey?

answer: The Democratic head of the House sub-committee on energy and the environment

question: What are the contents of the document Ed Markey circulated?

answer: BP's estimate of the rate of oil spewing into the ocean. In the document, it is noted that if the well bore deteriorates, the rate could reach 100,000 barrels a day.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: BP has been accused of lying to congress about the extent of the oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico in order to reduce its liabilities. A document circulated by Ed Markey makes it clear the worst possible leak is estimated at 100,000 barrels a day. Rig operators and other offshore oil services companies are going to court to try to overturn President Obama's moratorium on deepwater drilling, but the government will not lift the ban until more is known about the causes of the accident. BP is also attempting to downplay anger at chief executive Tony Hayward, who provoked uproar by going yachting.


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This is a short I wrote for my English class awhile ago. It's based off a story about me when I was little that my parents tell a lot. Thanks for reading.

      I’m on another errand trip with mom, but I don’t mind because I get to go for a ride in the car and she always ends up buying me things at the places we go to. We pull into a parking spot and my mom lifts me out of the car. I tightly squeeze her hand as we walk across the street because everyone drives so fast. We get inside the bagel shop and get in the back of a huge line and now I’m bored. There is nothing to do and I don’t want to hold my mom’s hand anymore, but she won’t let go because she thinks I will wander off like last time. The line is taking forever and I just want my bagel. My mom leans down and says, “Ian do you want a plain bagel?” I think of how much fun a plane bagel would be, but remember that helicopters are so much cooler. I say, “No, I want a helicopter bagel.” My mom gives me a look and says, “There’s no such thing as a helicopter bagel.” This really upsets me because now I have decided I want a helicopter bagel and will not settle for a plane one. I say it louder, “I want a helicopter bagel.” My mom asks me what a helicopter bagel is, so I start spinning around with my arms out making helicopter sounds. Now the whole store is looking at me and my mom is telling me to be quite, so I start yelling, “I want a helicopter bagel!” over and over again. So finally my mom agrees to get me one. I am so excited. I get in the car and my mom hands me my bagel. It looks like the one I always get, so I tell my mom she gave me the wrong one. She turns around and says, “No that is the helicopter bagel.” That’s when I realized I had been getting a helicopter bagel all along.

title: The Trip to the Bagel Store

question: How old was the author when the events of this story happened?

answer: We are not sure. The narrator did mention they were "little" at the time but did not specify how old.

question: Why did the narrator squeeze his mom's hand are they walk across the street?

answer: Because he was nervous about the traffic.

question: How many times has the narrator wandered off while with his mom?

answer: No idea. However, we do know he's done it before.

question: How did the narrator describe a helicopter bagel to his mom?

answer: By spinning around and making helicopter noises.

question: Write a ~9 sentence summary.

answer:
The author narrates a story about his childhood. He writes about a particular time he followed his mom to a bagel shop. On this day, the queue in the shop was long and the author was getting bored. His mom asks him if he would prefer a plain bagel so they won't have to wait too long in the queue. The narrator, being young, misunderstood this question, thinking the mom was speaking of a plane bagel. The narrator tells his mom that he would prefer a helicopter bagel instead of a plane one.

The narrator was unhappy when his mom purchased the same bagel she's always got for him. When he pointed out her mistake, she told him that that is how a helicopter bagel looks like. The narrator was satisfied with the explanation and was happy with his bagel.


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[Tunisia Map.]

AIN-DJOUKAR also known as JOUGAN is a locality in Tunisia,[1][2] located at 36° 14' 50" N, 9° 56' 24" E. It is 371 meters above sea level and at the head waters of the Oued Miliane wadi. The springs at [3] this location near the Djebel Bargou mountains was recognised by the Romans as an important water source and a Roman aqueduct was constructed to Carthage.[4]

File:Zucchara.jpg|ruins at Ain-Djoukar. File:Zaghouan aqueduc.jpg|Zaghouan aqueduct

Remains of the aqueduct of Zaghouan can be seen today.[5][6][7]

[1] Aïn Djoukar: Tunisia.

[2] Aïn Jougar - Chinci.com .

[3] Ain Djoukar at getamap.net.

[4] Pierre-Louis Viollet, Water Engineering in Ancient Civilizations: 5,000 Years of History (CRC Press, 1 Jul. 2007) p151.

[5] Carte de l'Atlas archéolgique de la Tunisie: Feuille 42, footnote 16-17.

[6] Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 32 E4

[7] pictures of the Aqueduct.

title: Ain-Djoukar

question: Where is Jougan located?

answer: Jougan is located in Tunisia.

question: What is the sea level of the area?

answer: The locality is 371 meters above sea level.

question: What is the name of the springs?

answer: Oued Miliane wadi.

question: Where is the wadi located?

answer: The wadi is near the Djebel Bargou mountains.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Locally known as Jougan, the Ain-Djoukar is a locality in Tunisia. It stands at 371 meters above sea level. The Oued Miliane wadi is located near the Djebel Bargou mountains. The spring was recognized by the Romans as an important source of water. The Romans constructed an aqueduct to Carthage.


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[speedforce]

Last night, _The Flash_'s season finale, which was as mind bending as it was heartbreaking, aired on CW. We're all left wishing we could travel through time and watch season 2, but unlike Barry Allen, we can't do that. Be warned, spoilers  follow if you have not yet seen the season finale of _The Flash_.

Flash and his team figured out a way to travel through time. Barry sprinted to the opportunity which gave him a chance to save his mother. However, when Barry was traveling through time, he saw several instances of different times. Not only did he see what appeared to be the past but he also saw the future - or maybe even an alternate universe.

BARRY IN JAIL

[LOCKEDUPWONTLETMEOUT]

This is arguably the most interesting thing Barry sees when traveling through time - a look at himself in prison. At first glance, it was easy to assume we were seeing Barry visiting his father and talking at the prison, but look closer. Barry is handcuffed. It could be the future, it could be a parallel universe... It raises infinite questions.

FLASH MUSEUM

[MUSEUM]

The image flashing by that got everybody most excited seems to be the Flash Museum. The Flash Museum is dedicated to the several people who have been The Flash. More than once in the comics has it been destroyed and rebuilt while Barry Allen and Wally West took on the burden of being the Flash. Originally located in Central City, the Flash Museum moved to Keystone City after being destroyed by Hunter Zolomon.

LEGENDS OF TOMORROW

[LEGENDS]

Imagine what this shot would've done to fans had the _Legends of Tomorrow_ trailer not dropped last week? Barry gets a peek into the apparent future when he sees White Canary, Captain Cold, the A.T.O.M. and himself assembled as the Legends of Tomorrow and subsequently the giant robot foot protrudes through the ceiling.

KILLER FROST

[KILLERFROST]

As of now, Caitlin is friend but as of this image, Caitlin is foe. Barry saw a glimpse of Caitlin Snow as the super villain Killer Frost. Killer Frost has connections to H.I.V.E., an organization that's been referenced in _Arrow_, and is most closely associated with the hero Firestorm, whose stepmother in the comics was Felicity Smoak, a regular character on _Arrow_.

JOE WEST

[DTJW]

This obviously feels like just another look at Joe West, Barry's father figure, but it may be more than that. There's the chance it was just thrown in for a dramatic build on the fact that Barry's memory of Joe may be erased if he saves his mother, but it may wind up being a key scene from the future.

YOUNGER SELF

[YOUNGBARRY]

Among the scenes Barry looked at was a happy scenario from the past where his parents put him to bed. Of course, Barry was trying to focus on the memory of his mother's murder, so this was short-lived.

MOM'S MURDER

[MAMAFLASH]

As Barry arrived at the time of his mother's murder, he saw her, trapped by the fight of his older self and Eobard just before he stepped into the setting.

What do you think will result from Barry Allen traveling through time? Now that Eobard is erased from existence, do you think there will be parallel universes?

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question: Who is in prison in the future?

answer: Barry, the main character.

question: What is the Flash Museum?

answer: A museum dedicated to several people who have been the Flash.

question: Who destroyed the Flash Museum?

answer: Hunter Zolomon.

question: Who is erased from existence?

answer: Eobard.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The article discusses the season finale of the TV series The Flash. The main character, Barry, time travels in an attempt to save his mother, and the article lays out some of the eras he travels through.


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October 5, 2015 6 min read

Opinions expressed by _Entrepreneur_ contributors are their own.

When I sold my company, AdKarma, the CEO of the acquiring company said, “Just remember, Bobby, it’s not the money you make, it’s the money you keep.”

RELATED: WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER START JUST ONE BUSINESS

I've found that to be a wise piece of advice, because deciding how to invest my earnings entailed a lot of work. What was even more challenging was the question of "what next?” It wasn't until my first day out of the office following the acquisition that I truly felt free to think about what was next. Here are five things I’ve learned in sorting through my post-sale financial and business future:

1. THE SALE HAS VALUE OUTSIDE OF THAT PILE OF CASH IN THE BANK.

The money you make from the sale of your company and the financial security it offers is the most important thing. But the value of the sale is bigger than just your financial take. Building and selling a company is a hard thing; 93 percent of all tech companies fail, according to the Startup Genome Report. You not only started a company, you also made it successful enough that someone bought it. This will give you a lot of credibility with potential future investors.

Investors and partners want to do business with those who know how to build companies and make profits. Make sure that you use the narrative of your successful sale to stimulate financing or acquire the tools needed to pursue your next venture.

2. FINANCIAL ADVISORS CAN HELP WITH MORE THAN JUST FINANCE.

Finding a competent and trustworthy financial advisor is not as easy as it seems. After the sale, you will be swamped with advisor introductions and pitches. It’s quite a challenge digging through the presentations and making a choice.

What you will also find is that many of those presentations and projections look the same. For me, the "winning" advisor was more than just a good money manager. The firm had previous experience with post-sale owners like me and as part of its service, connected me with like-minded and driven individuals. This was a value that went beyond just financial planning. The firm help me connect and gather resources for my next steps.

3. FEAR IS GOOD. FEAR IS BAD.

Fear is good because it makes you think about your choices. Fear is bad because it keeps you from making choices. I heard Ariana Huffington speak once about the fear of failing. She thought that the reason so many successful entrepreneurs have only one success is that they are afraid of failing with their next company.

Better to quit while you are ahead! I've experienced this fear myself, even though I've started multiple successful companies. Fear can keep you from making the bold choices that made you successful at the start. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. So what you've got to do is recognize your fear and come to terms with the idea that failure is a possibility and that that is OK. If you choose to start another company or venture, remember to go after it the same way you did with its predecessor.

RELATED:DON'T BE AFRAID TO START A SECOND COMPANY IN AN UNRELATED INDUSTRY

4. BE TRUE TO YOURSELF.

There are many ways to make money. After the sale, you will have countless opportunities to invest in projects. I myself had a variety of investment opportunities. And they all had the potential to be lucrative. But, I asked myself, did I just want to make more money?

I think there are two ways to be true to yourself. The first is to invest and continue to pursue opportunities that you are good at. If you are a tech guy, do tech -- that’s what you're good at. If you are a banker, do banking, that’s what you're good at. The second way to be true to yourself is to pursue your passion.

And keep in mind that there's one thing in this world money cannot buy: time. That means time with your family, time making the world a better place, time just living. So, if you can choose how to spend your time, be true to yourself and spend it on something you are passionate about.

5. IT’S OK TO DISAPPOINT PEOPLE.

People will want you to do a variety of different things. It’s OK to say no. It’s healthy to say no. This will disappoint some people, and they may very well resent you. I've been asked, for example, to donate, serve on committees and boards and take different leadership roles since the sale. Yet I couldn't possibly do 25 percent of the things I have been asked to do.

You will also be asked for advice, and it is OK not to give it. I received some good tips from an investor who told me he doesn’t give advice very often because he believes most people do not want to hear the truth. I agree that people often just want to be reaffirmed and not truly hear what needs to be done. After your sale, you could spend every day giving advice. I would advise you to save it for the people who will truly listen.

Hopefully, my experiences will help you navigate the post-sale world. Growing your company all those years may have felt like going to war. All you thought about was keeping it alive and winning the battles. But now the war is over and you’ve come home. Sometimes that’s harder than the fight. Take time to appreciate your accomplishment. Then carefully decide what’s next.

RELATED: EAGER TO START ANOTHER BUSINESS? 6 THINGS YOU NEED TO KEEP IN MIND.

question: Summarize what the text means when it says financial advisors can help with more than just finance.

answer: This section of the text discusses how having a "winning" advisor meant more than just a good money manger. It means working with a firm that has experience with post sale owners that connect with like-minded and driven individuals. Finding a financial advisor is not easy, and finding the one that helps you the best is life-changing.

question: Summarize what the text says when it gives the tip to be true to yourself.

answer: The text provides two ways to be true to yourself. The first way is to invest and continue to pursue opportunities that you are good at and then to be true to yourself to pursue your passion. The text also states that the one thing money cannot buy in this world is time, so it is important to choose how you want to spend your time.

question: What target audience would benefit the most from reading this article?

question: What does the text state about having fear?

answer: The text states that having fear is good and bad. Fear can make you think about your choices and it can keep you from making the bold choices that made you successful from the start. The most important thing to do is to recognize your fear and come to terms with the idea that failure is a possibility, and that is okay.

question: What does the text say about disappointing people?

answer: On the topic of disappointing people, the text emphasizes how it is okay to say no, and that is a healthy thing to do. Some people will be disappointed and resent you, but you cannot please everyone and you cannot advise everyone. Most people want to be reaffirmed and not hear what needs to be done. Save your advice for the people who will listen.


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JOSEPH PELL LOMBARDI is a New York City-based architect and real estate investor, heading The Office of Joseph Pell Lombardi, Architect.

Born in New York City where he spent his childhood, Lombardi moved to Irvington, NY for his high-school years.[1] He received his Bachelor of Architecture degree from Carnegie Mellon University and went on to obtain a Master's degree in Historic Preservation from Columbia University. Lombardi established his architectural firm in 1969 to specialize in restoration, preservation, adaptive reuse and contextual new buildings - an unconventional specialty in a period when modernist architecture and new construction were the norm.

In 1976, Lombardi purchased and restored the National Historic Landmark, the Armour-Stiner (Octagon) House[2] and was given a Preservation Award for this work by the Metropolitan chapter of the Victorian Society in America in 1990.[3]

Other examples of his work are the conservation of the Château du Sailhant, a 12th-century castle in Andelat, France[4] and the conversion to residential use of Liberty Tower, an early 20th-century 33-story New York City Financial District Gothic skyscraper. In Manhattan, he has converted over 150 commercial buildings to residential use and restored more than 100 townhouses.

Lombardi is also the owner of many of his historically significant projects, and the New York Times has described him as “some people collect salt and pepper shakers, Joseph Pell Lombardi collects houses” and that “like an architectural Sherlock Holmes, Mr. Lombardi patiently unravels houses' secrets, then fervently restores them”.[5] Widely known as an expert in historic preservation and adaptive re-use, Lombardi has been sought out as a speaker on the subject by varied institutions, including Yale University and Brazil's Viva Centre.[6]

[1] The Real Deal: New York City Real Estate news “Inside the home of Joseph Pell Lombardi: Preservation architect moonlights on his own home, the 19th-century Octagon House”, article by Marc Ferris, 11/03/2008

[2] Upstate House,“Victorian Splendor: How architect Joseph Lombardi restored this treasured Irvington home, bringing it back from the brink of decay to its exotic grandeur.” article by Jacqueline Coleman-Fried, with photos by Linda Bell Hall

[3]

[4] Architectural Digest, “Treading on Medieval Ground: Rediscovering a Forgotten Château in France’s Auvergne Region”, Restoration Architecture and Interior Design by Joseph Pell Lombardi, Text by Joseph Giovannini, Photography by Jaime Ardiles-Arce, January 2010

[5] The New York Times, “One Man, Three Homes, One Mission: Preserving Architectural Treasures”, article by Patricia Leigh Brown 07/05/1990

[6] Viva Centre 2001 Events listing

title: Joseph Pell Lombardi

question: When was Lombardi born?

answer: That information can't be found

question: Where did Lombardi get his master's degree?

answer: Columbia University

question: How many commercial buildings has Lombardi converted for residential use in Manhattan?

answer: Over 150

question: What award did Lombardi receive in 1990?

answer: A Preservation Award from the Metropolitan chapter of the Victorian Society in America

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Joseph Pell Lombardi is a New York City-based architect and real estate investor. He received a Master's degree in Historic Preservation from Columbia University, and he established his architectural firm, The Office of Joseph Pell Lombardi, Architect, in 1969. In addition to his historic preservation work, he has converted over 150 commercial buildings in Manhattan for residential use.


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        Sally and James were sitting together on the stone curbs lining the exterior of the observatory. It was 9:52 PM and they had just attended a three hour lecture about sleep and dreams. Sally was waiting for her brother to come pick her up and had asked James to keep her company while she waited, James agreed. They had gotten to know each other in the past few months and found common ground, enough to warrant a natural kind of friendship, and it was nice for James to have a female friend with little pretext for anything else.

	They sat in a comfortable silence together, James was admiring the fallen leaves, Sally was admiring James. He sat with his head down and his spine curled, then he spoke.

	"I have this dream at night, about kissing someone. It's like a romance and it's not lustful, but it is erotic. Do you know what I mean? I meet a girl in my dream who is basically my opposite, she is unafraid to live in the moment and she controls it too.  We hide away, breaking into someone's backyard, and we kiss, laying on the grass. I know it's wrong but that's what I want, I don't want a wife or even a partner, I want to meet a girl who is naturally passionate now, in the Fall, because there's something in the air. I want to feel the sadness and guilt of making that mistake."

	"Well, you've got about one week before it starts to snow and the magic will be lost."

	"I know. It's not real but those are my dreams."

	"I've got dreams like that sometimes. I know what you mean about it being romantic but not lustful. It's more like a state of naive wonder about promiscuity, and it's not unbecoming in a dream. I wake up from those kinds of dreams and feel... melancholy. And it's good."

	"Yes. That's how I feel today."

	They didn't talk again for some time. James was wrapped up in that melancholy, thinking about how his youth was already lost. At 26, his passion and oversensitivity to stimulation was starting to wear. He thought about how this meant that he was maturing into someone who could better handle the life of an adult, but truthfully he was much more concerned about the loss of his irregular curiosities and his flippant behaviours, childish as they were. He had lost control of his life in a different way now, to the human condition.

	"I could be that girl... If you want."

	 James had to pause a second to think about Sally's words before responding. He wanted to take her offer seriously but he wasn't sure that she meant for him to.

	"I know you Sally, and I don't think that'd be wise. It wouldn't be in the nature of the dream anyway, and I'm hardly lost in my dreams when I'm awake."

	"You don't know me that well, James" Sally pushed up against James and put her hand on his thigh.

	James was taken aback by Sally's forward gesture and he arose from his slouch with his eyes angled down at Sally's hand, then towards the expression on her face. He didn't expect this kind of behaviour from her. It's true that he didn't know her very well but he thought well enough, at least to know that she was not a girl who would fulfill his fantasy. Though he did think she was pretty, her dark eyes were always inviting and her reddish brown hair was the fancy of many men. He was also particularly fond of the tiny scar beneath her right eye, as well as her boyish smile. She whispered into his ear.

	"We can jump the wall and break into the observatory, just say the word" and she nestled her forehead into his hair.

	There was a wistful daze about James now, and after a brief semblance of what was taking place, he turned to her so that they were cheek to cheek, his eyes closed now, taking her hand in his. But James was still shaken and couldn't react to Sally's invitation in a whimsical manner, as he could in his dreams, so he began to retreat. This moment was realized by both of them now and before the moment was lost all together, Sally got up and beckoned James to follow her onto the expanse of field across the sidewalk.

	James didn't believe it yet but Sally wasn't fooling around. She wanted to dream too and she ran with it like it were second nature. The dead leaves cracked under her feet as she danced on the grass, smiling and watching as James shyly got up from the stone to follow her lead. She fell to the ground, cross legged, and looked up at the stars. James, quiet and curious, leaned up against a tree a few feet away. He watched as she maneuvered into a comfortable seated position, and she watched him back.

	"Do you ever go the movies" he began, "and the person behind you is putting their feet up. Not directly behind you I mean, but a few chairs over, and you can still feel a slight kick every time they move? I always wonder if they even notice how it's bothersome."

	"They don't, it happens in class too. You know that girl, Michelle I think? She sat behind me on day one, flirting with this guy, talking about her outdated textbook, and every time they weren't talking she would put her feet up. No doubt she didn't notice my irritation, and I can't imagine she would've cared either way."

	James took a few steps toward Sally, she grabbed him and pulled him down to his knees. "Kiss me" she said.

	He wasn't nervous anymore and Sally was so beautiful, she looked at him with eyes lit up by the moonlight. Her name is Sally, she lives with her family in Etobicoke, she has a collection of four leaf clovers she found when she was young and she paints pictures of women. Her brother's name is Vincent and in an half hour he would be there in the observatory parking lot to bring her home. Her family name is the same name of a wealthy farm they own, "McMillan's". You wouldn't think you would find a farm in Etobicoke but there are some. She used to run around on the farm with her dog and find four leaf clovers.

	"I can't, Sally"

	James looked to the construction site at the other end of the field where a research facility was being built, it was covered in dry dirt and plastic and he hated it. He dropped down beside Sally in the grass and they lay there together, silent, looking up at the stars.

title: [RO] Sally & James

question: What does the story say about James and Sally's relationship?

answer: Sally and James are classmates who had just attended an evening lecture together about sleep and dreams. They sit together for a while and talk about each other's dreams of kissing and falling romantically for someone. Sally confesses that she can be that special girl to James, however James declines her offer. She asks him to kiss her but he insists that he can't.


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Liang Wenbo is playing Stuart Carrington in the first round of the World Snooker Championship at the Crucible.

In the second frame of the match, with Liang having won the first, the Chinese player found himself in a tricky situation.

With the cue ball stuck in the pack of reds, Liang needed to hit the green.

The world number 13 went off four cushions and found safety with a glorious escape shot.

'They don't come any better than this,' declared Dennis Taylor on commentary for BBC.

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question: How did Liang Wenbo get out of the tricky situation of being stuck in the pack of reds and needing to hit the green?

answer: Liang went off four cushions and found safety with an escape shot.


text:
_DANCE DANCE REVOLUTION DVD GAME_ is a 2006[1] DVD-based game in the _Dance Dance Revolution_ series (or _DDR_ series) hosted by Roxee, a member of the Australian children's entertainment property, The Funkees. It is unique from other _DDR_ games for a number of reasons. It was the first _DDR_ game not to be developed by the creators of the original series, Konami. The only other non-Konami-developed _DDR_ game is the _Disney Channel Edition_. To date it remains the only game neither developed nor published by Konami and, perhaps more significantly, it is the only game in the series which lacks input.

Gameplay

Although several members of the Plug-n-Play subseries of _DDR_ games (most notably _My First Dance Dance Revolution_) featured simplified (2-step[2]) or smaller scale[3] dance pads for children, the 2 dance pads which come bundled with[4] _Dance Dance Revolution DVD Game_ are scaled-back to the point where they no longer allow input to the game. The reason for this is that as a game intended for players of ages 5 and older,[5] those players on the younger end of the spectrum could have technical difficulties in gameplay and, as such, input can be seen as akin to maladaptation. Rather, the _Dance Dance Revolution DVD Game_ instruction booklet sets up a subjective scoring system where 1-4 players[6] vote on each other's dance moves (style) and adherence to the rhythm.

Music

_Dance Dance Revolution DVD Game_ features 30 unique songs referred to as Dance Sessions. As these songs are played the exuberant host and personal dance instructor,[7] Roxee, encourages players and exhorts them to keep up the good work. The energetic Roxee is a member of the Australian children's entertainment property, The Funkees.[8]

Dance Sessions featured are listed in the following table:

  Songs from Dance Dance Revolution DVD Game[9]
  -----------------------------------------------
  Jamaican Gingerbread
  Get Your Groove On
  Mini Monsta
  Just Let It Go
  Starting Over Again
  Turn Up Ya Rhythm
  Under Construction
  Loupe de Loupe
  Overclocked Tribute
  Eleven-Twenty-Nine
  Nitro Scooter
  Turn It Up
  Commodore '65
  Beyond the Silence
  Help Me Dr. Dance
  The Love Returns
  Feel the Music
  It's Electrified!
  Time to Jam
  Short Stop in Paradise
  Don't Just Sit There
  Dust Off the Vinyl
  Where's My Hero?
  Red Hat Revival
  All You Need to Know
  Escape the Energy
  Shake Your Body
  Put It Together
  Superslider
  Going Round Again

Reception

_Dance Dance Revolution DVD Game_ was released in 2006 for the North American (NTSC) market and in 2007 for the UK and Australian (PAL) markets. Since its release, sales were lackluster despite earning the National Parenting Center's “Seal of Approval.”[10] GameSetWatch's Simon Carless anecdotally suggests that when a player learns that the game mat doesn't have any connection to the DVD player, “a little piece inside of him die[s].”[11] Kotaku's Brian Ashcraft emphatically denounced the product as “not a game.”[12] Due to its membership in Konami's _Dance Dance Revolution_ series, however, it has been purchased by collectors and investors speculating on future collectible value.

[1] allgame ((( Dance Dance Revolution DVD Game > Overview )))

[2]

[3] Konami Insider News - December 2006 Page 2

[4] Imagination Entertainment - Dance Dance Revolution DVD Game - 4026

[5] Imagination Games Home Page

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[7]

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[9]

[10] Amazon.com: Dance Dance Revolution DVD Game: Toys & Games

[11] Carless, Simon. _Dance Dance Revolution... Not So Interactive DVD Game?_. GameSetWatch. 5 July 2007.

[12] Ashcraft, Brian. _Dance Dance Un-Revolution_. Kotaku. 7 July 2007.

title: Dance Dance Revolution DVD Game

question: What does the article say about the game's financial success?

answer: The game wasn't received or reviewed well due to it lacking input. However, speculative investors still bought the game for potential future value as a collector's item. In general, the financial performance was poor.

question: What does the article say about DDRJake?


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"Mr. Billingmyer's Seventy-Fifth Halloween" by Ryan Sheffield

The doorbell rang for the first time that evening around half past six, and the excitement that brought Thomas Jacob Billngmyer to his feet was that of a grade school child. This was to be his seventy-fifth Halloween, but with such gleeful enthusiasm in his arthritic bones, one might have easily mistook it for his first. An old man he was, yes, but a child at heart. And how he loved the children.

“Trick or treat!” was the chorus they sang, and to Mr. Billingmyer it was more lovely a sound than any Yuletide carol could ever be. The costumes grew more unrecognizable to him as the years passed—the children of late preferring their popular television characters to the more classic Halloween staples to which he was accustomed—but he loved them just the same. For one night every year they could be anything. For that one wonderful night, they were no longer burdened by the strict rules of school marms or the limits of the adult world. Adults preferred the rules and rigid routine, growing up and out of their imaginations and leaving them behind like a snake’s old skin—much to their own detriment, in the opinion of Thomas Billingmyer. On this night, he could be anything and there were no rules.

“Happy Halloween to you all!” he proclaimed, and dropped a piece of candy in the baskets, bags and buckets of the smiling children. They thanked him and ran off down the drive, back to their imagination-deprived parents who waited in their boring, everyday clothes to lead the little ghosts and ghouls to the next well-lit house on the street.

He watched them go and shut the door, too excited to sit down again. He wished he had had the foresight to purchase a carving pumpkin during the day. But he supposed it was best this way. His searing joints did not share his festive mood. Such spoilsports they were! He missed his youth dearly, and though seventy-five Halloweens were more than most could hope for, he would trade it all to have stayed young. To have never known that awful world of responsibility and toil and boredom that all adults must occupy. To never shed the precious gift of childhood imagination.

 In the two hours that followed his first evening visitors, the doorbell rang but four times. Each time was a grand time—tiny witches and pint-sized devils joyous and shouting and thankful—but it was so much fewer than the year before. And so the pattern had gone for years. Perhaps the children these days grew up too quickly. The world was changing and adulthood intruded on their little lives too soon. The old man wondered if a year would come when there would be no Trick-or-Treaters at all. He wouldn’t likely live to see that terrible night, and for that he was grateful. He would not be alive to mourn the world’s imagination. He would see to that.

It was nearing 9o’clock and Mr. Billingmyer had all but given up when the doorbell rang again. He made his way to the door as quickly as his grumpy, old skeleton would allow. But this time he was not greeted by the shouts of princesses and goblins. The young man that darkened his doorway had long since shed and forsaken childhood, his scary costume nothing more than his own skin and that putrid symbiont, desperation.

The young man pulled a knife from his shoulder bag and pushed Thomas Jacob Billingmyer backward into the house. He locked the door behind him and peeked nervously through the blinds on the window.

“Keep your mouth shut, old man. I swear to God, I will cut you.” He gestured with the knife and Mr. Billingmyer did as it commanded, backing away slowly toward the living room.

“Sit down.” The knife directed him to the wooden chair he had set out for resting between doorbell rings. He did as he was told. The young man dug through his bag and pulled out a roll of duct tape which he used to bind Mr. Billingmyer, most uncomfortably, where he sat.

The young man was desperate indeed. He dug through all the drawers—even the kitchen pantry!—looking for valuables he never would have sought had youthful imagination not been so cruelly discarded. Mr. Billingmyer did not truly blame him. Adulthood encroaches as it will.

He watched patiently as the young man darted into the bedroom, rummaged around, and returned with handfuls of jewelry. Most were obviously “costume” fakes, but the young man did not strike him as someone with a very discerning eye. He felt bad for him, really.

“What time is your wife supposed to be gettin’ home, old man?” he asked as he filled his shoulder bag with the worthless trinkets.

“I never married,” replied Mr. Billingmyer.

“What, are you some kind of fruit? Why you have all this shit? Nevermind. Cash. Where is it?” The young man held out the knife. It wasn’t very threatening. It seemed to be serving more as punctuation than anything else.

“I’m afraid I don’t have any,” said the old man.

“You don’t have any? Bullshit. Don’t lie to me, man. I’m not kidding around here!” The punctuation was sharp but weak.

“I’m terribly sorry. I really can’t help you, son.”

The young man threw his arms in the air and began pacing.

“You’re lying,” he said, though it seemed to be directed more at himself. “Shit!”

He took a few minutes to quickly—and most ineffectively—ransack the house in search of money that was not there. He gave up easily. Mr. Billingmyer assumed the young man had done so a great many times before.

“Shit… shit…” He threw himself into a chair and ran his fingers through his hair. It was a sad and pitiful sight. Mr. Billingmyer wished he didn’t have to see it. After a moment, the young man got up in a huff and grabbed a piece of candy from the Trick-or-Treat bowl.

“That candy is for the children!” shouted the old man. He was incensed and his lip was trembling. “It’s for the children, not for you!”

“Shut the hell up, old man,” he said weakly. He unwrapped the candy and ate the entire bar in one bite. “No money… liar…” he mumbled. And then he fell facedown on the living room floor.

His body shook with spasms and blood began to pour from his mouth, nose, ears, and even his tear ducts. The poison worked so much faster than Mr. Billingmyer thought was possible. And such a mess…

Though his bones put up quite a fuss, the old man was able to wriggle free of his restraints after only a few minutes of trying. Goodness, the place was a mess!

It was getting late and he supposed he should probably be on his way. The night was waning, the little ghouls were returning home with their bounties, and the homeowners would likely be back soon. And to find such a mess! He felt rather apologetic, but there was little he could do but make himself scarce before they arrived.

Thomas Jacob Billingmyer’s seventy-fifth Halloween was going to end as a disappointment. He hoped the next would be better, if fate saw fit to let him live to see it.

Then the doorbell rang. Mr. Billingmyer rushed to the door and opened it just a crack.

“Trick or treat!” sang the children. The old man smiled. Oh, to be young forever. Adulthood was the end of dreams. And no one deserved that.

The children extended their baskets, buckets and bags and the old man gave them each a piece of candy.

“Happy Halloween to you all!” he said. And looking into their smiling faces, all the disappointment and misfortune vanished from his mind as though it were never there.

Yes, he thought. It was a wonderful night.

title: I challenged myself to write a short horror story for every day in October. I thought I'd share one with you guys. Happy Halloween!

question: How old is Thomas Jacob Billingmyer?

answer: 75

question: What is his favorite holiday?

answer: Halloween

question: Where's Thomas' wife?

answer: He never married.

question: How does the intruder die?

answer: He eats the Halloween candy.

question: Write a ~10 sentence summary.

answer: Thomas Jacob Billingmyer loves Halloween more than anything. At seventy-five-years old, he has never married, and he takes delight in being around the children in their costumes that evening. This Halloween, when Thomas is almost certain the trick-or-treating is over, he hears the doorbell ring around nine'o'clock. He opens it and a man with a knife rushes in, telling him to sit down and threatening him. Thomas complies and sits, tied up, as the man ransacks his house. The man finds no money or jewelry and, exasperated, eats a piece of candy. Thomas cries out that it's for the children. The man seizes and falls to the floor. Thomas frees himself and thinks he must be moving on. The candy is for children-who must never grow up!


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August 22, 2012 at 9:57 am

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CHICAGO, IL - JANUARY 23: A GENERAL VIEW FROM THE ENDZONE IN THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME BETWEEN THE GREEN BAY PACKERS AND CHICAGO BEARS AT SOLDIER FIELD ON JANUARY 23, 2011 IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS. (PHOTO BY DOUG PENSINGER/GETTY IMAGES)_(credit: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)_

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(CBS) From time-to-time, the conversation about a second NFL team in Chicago comes up. This time, it’s former Mayor Richard M. Daley who is bringing up the conversation.

In an interview with Comcast Sports Net, Daley said the city should build a new stadium and add a second NFL team to the market.

“I really believe we could get a second football team,” the former mayor said. “I’ve always believed — the Chicago Cardinals, Bears — why is it that New York has two? Florida has three, San Francisco has two. Now you think of that, we could easily take — Chicago loves sports and we could get a second team in here.

“You could build a new stadium, you could have huge international soccer teams come in, you could do the Final Four, you could do anything you wanted with a brand new stadium.”

Many in Chicago believe the city should have a stadium with a retractable roof to be able to host events like the Super Bowl and the Final Four. Renovations to Solider Field left the stadium as the second smallest in the NFL. That, coupled with the lack of a roof, makes it a longshot to host a Super Bowl.

But where would the money come for a new stadium?

“It would be privately funded, the government could help a little bit,” Daley said. “But I’ve always believed we could take a second team. And every Sunday we would have a team playing in the National Football League. That would be unbelievable.”

Los Angeles is currently trying to recruit an NFL franchise back to the city with a new stadium. The St. Louis Rams, Oakland Raiders and San Diego Chargers are the teams that have been linked to a move to L.A.

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question: Does Chicago have a second NFL team?

answer: No, not yet.

question: Who brought up the idea of a second NFL team?

answer: The idea has been around for a while now, but this time it was brought up by Chicago's former Mayor Richard M. Daley.

question: Which other states have two teams?

answer: New York and San Francisco have two teams each.

question: Has Chicago hosted any Super Bowl?

answer: This information can't be found.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer:
The idea of Chicago having two football teams has been around for a while. This time the idea was brought up by the city's former Mayor Richard M. Daley. He also suggests they build a new stadium.

The stadium can host huge international soccer teams. Daley says the new stadium would have to be privately funded although, the government could help a little.


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Silver Heart
By Tom Brosman

Three silver salmon with dark green backs and chrome colored sides rested in the clear water of Charlie Creek.  They were less than a mile from home where they would spawn and they could smell their “home waters” where they began their lives.

Charlie Creek was eight feet across.  It drained with the outgoing tide into Grays Harbor and at full tide it was several feet deep.  The three great fish had made the perilous trip home from the ocean into Grays Harbor and found the smell of Charlie Creek like the welcoming porch light to a weary traveler.   It was a journey to spawn and start more journeys.

Noland saw them there in the clean cold water.  He had parked his pickup by the 3 big fir trees and walked slowly through the salt grass.  He smelled the air and felt the warm sun on his shoulders like an act of kindness to another weary traveler.  He closed his eyes to see her again, to feel her, to perhaps breathe some of the last air that she had breathed.  He could just hear her voice now, just smell her hair and feel the tug inside of him of the abiding, forever love he carried for her.

He stood there, with his fishing pole and thought of happier times and a love that was rooted deeply in the bottom of his soul.  It was an unrequited love that he still dangled upon.  He could hear them, Noland and Jenny when they were six years old playing along these banks.  He remembered those years of youth and times with Jenny.  He remembered her hair and her laughter.  She always said that he was too serious about things and that she made it a point never to be.

Noland was a complex man, except for how he loved.  He was born and old soul with room for only one woman and for her, there was and abundance of nurturing, protection and devotion.  Jenny it was and Jenny it would always be.  Jenny was a kind girl with a yellow pony tail and laughing eyes.  She was never meant to be someone’s’ soul mate.  “What an odd concept” she had thought.  She gave Noland friendship and laughter and even dated him in their high school years, but she would belong to no one.

Noland had fallen for her when they were children.  When he was 12, he had mowed lawns all summer and taken the money to Herbig Jewelers and bought a sterling silver heart with a loop in the top for her to hang it in her bedroom.  The heart filled her palm and he told her that she owned his heart forever.  She was gracious as always and gave him a kiss on the cheek.

Jenny came to his high school football games and many nights they walked the banks of Charlie Creek and talked as the moonlight made the water sparkle and sent long shadows from the big fir trees.

A flock of Canadian Geese flew over him as he visited the past.  He felt at home there on Charlie Creek.  It was the best place to remember her.  Not only were the smells and sounds the same, but the trees and rocks along the creek remembered Jenny and her laughter.  So, he was among friends who understood.

It was at Christmas time in their senior year at Aberdeen High School that his fears came true and Jenny found a new boyfriend that was “more fun”.  A few days after graduation, his dad and mom had driven him to SeaTac where he caught a plane for Marine Corp boot camp and a new life.

The Corp was a haven to Noland and he took to the lifestyle.  He won two Purple Hearts  fighting in the Middle East.  He had just finished his 23rd year as a Marine, when a letter from his mother found him in Iraq.  He was the sergeant of the Stryker Brigade and as the Humvee bumped along, he opened her letter.  Usually his mother told him about the salmon runs or how it was time that his dad retired from Weyerhaeuser, a job he loved.
This letter was short.  “Son, I am so sorry.  Jenny passed away from cancer this morning.”  The decorated sergeant, strong from battle who shared the Humvee with 5 of his men began to sob.  The marines around him gave him his privacy and looked the other way.  Loss was a part of life to them and to a man, they understood.

Noland finally cast his lure upstream from the salmon and twitched it down to them.
A large male took the lure and he set the hook and fought the fish until he could beach him.  The fish was just what he needed for his parent 55th anniversary and he placed it in the gunny sack he had carried and wet it in the water to keep the fish fresh until he could get it home and clean it.  He put the fish in the shade and went back to his memories.

There was a big boulder that Jenny and Noland used to set on talk and joke.  He found his old place there and dangled his legs in the warm sunshine.  Without thinking, the wounded man reached into a crevice in the rock that was protected from the weather.
It had been their secret hiding place and their post office where they left notes for each other.  He reached inside and felt a plastic object.  He placed it on his lap in wonder.
With his knife he cut the strings and unwrapped several layers of plastic garbage bag.
There was a tremble that ran from body to soul in the retired Marine.  There was a wooden box inside with a hinged lid.  He slowly opened it and found a folded piece of paper, on top of more plastic.  Just as the magnificent salmon had come home, so had he.
Again he cried, as he read a message from across the veil.

“My Dearest Noland,
When you find this, I will have gone.  I never thought much about life and it’s complexities like you do.  That is, until the Dr. said I had a month or less to live.
I knew I was sick, but avoided getting it checked.  Until Dr. Erickson gave me my death sentence, 20 minutes was the most I thought into the future.  When he said, ‘I am sorry Jenny, you haven’t long to live,’ it dawned on me, that I have lived, through children and marriages and never deeply loved!  Sitting beside the Dr. while he was trying to comfort me, I fell head over heals, deeply, madly in love with you, Noland.  I am so sorry I missed our life together and I am tormented by the off hand way I treated you.  You who loved only me, deeply, forever.  At the bottom of this box, is my most prized possession.  It is your heart that you gave me that you worked so hard for.  It is mine and I give it back to you.   I am yours Noland, at last.

Love,
Jenny”

The clouds moved in and the sunlight changed and still he sat, holding her heart to his.
Hours passed and tide went out and a cool breeze came in from the sea and enveloped the man who belonged as much to the wind and the rocks and to Charlie Creek as he did to his folks and the men he had fought with.  It was a quiet man who cleaned the fish at his parents’ house and left the bright orange fillets in a container in their fridge.

He dad got him a job with Weyerhaeuser and he worked there until he retired.  He never did marry.  His folks left him the house and the garden out back with the apple trees.
The mayors of Hoquiam and Aberdeen, the towns along the Harbor, spent many coffee catches trying to figure out who it was that paid the doctor bills, the flat tires, the late rent for those on the Harbor who came up short at the end of the month, or were just stranded on their way to  somewhere.  Noland always left cash in an envelope at the right time, for the right people, those in dire need.

Noland had an attorney deliver the money when there was no way of hiding his gift.
His attorney kept his secrets and he was the executor to Nolands' sizeable estate.
When Noland passed away and crossed the river to Jenny, he was given a hero’s funeral.
His attorney sent some of the money to a cousin of Nolands’ and the rest, was donated to the Aberdeen Rescue Mission.  The attorney directed the completion of Nolands’’ most important wish.

At Grays Harbor Memorial Graveyard there are two headstones, side by side on the edge of the property that looked out on Grays Harbor and across to Charlie Creek.  The brick mason that the attorney used had been hand picked for his skill and his understanding.  The mason had joined the headstones and built a recess in the center where he had mounted an object that had hung in Herbig Jewelers window six decades before, their silver heart.

title: "Silver Heart" is a romantic short story about love lost but still deep, still strong, even past the grave.

question: What is the relationship between Noland and Jenny?

answer: Soulmates.

question: What was the significance of Charlie creek to Noland?

answer: His childhood memories with Jenny.

question: Why was Noland given a hero's funeral?

answer: He was a decorated sergeant, winning two Purple Hearts for fighting in the Middle East.

question: Explain why Noland never married.

answer: Jenny was the love of his life.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Noland was a complicated man who loved and cherished Jenny, his childhood sweetheart. When they got to high school, Jenny got another boyfriend whom she considered more exciting. Noland only had room for one woman in his life, Jenny, which was why he never married. Jenny passed away after battling cancer, and a heartbroken Noland, who took up service in the army, only had memories of his time with her. He died a heroic, wealthy, yet devastated man.


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The 1957–58 ST. LOUIS HAWKS SEASON was the third for the franchise in St. Louis and the 12th season overall in the National Basketball Association (NBA). Coming off their trip to the 1957 NBA Finals, the Hawks won the Western Division by 8 games with a record of 41 wins and 31 losses. Bob Pettit ranked 3rd in scoring and 2nd in rebounding.[1] In the Western Finals, the Hawks would beat the Detroit Pistons in 5 games. The Hawks would then face the Boston Celtics in the NBA Finals. After Games 1 and 2, the teams headed to St. Louis with the series tied at a game apiece. The Hawks took Game 3, as the Celtics lost Bill Russell to an ankle injury.[2] Despite playing without Russell, the Celtics were triumphant in Game 4. The Hawks pulled out a 2-point victory in the Game 5 to take control of the series. Needing one more win for their first NBA Championship, the Hawks beat the Celtics 110–109 in Game 6. Bob Pettit scored 50 points playing against an injured Bill Russell as the Hawks and owner Ben Kerner won their first NBA Title.[3]

The Hawks were the second St. Louis-based pro sports team to win a major championship, joining the, then, six-time World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals of Major League Baseball. They would be followed by five more World Series championships by the St. Louis Cardinals, a championship by the St. Louis (now Los Angeles) Rams in Super Bowl XXXIV, and a championship by the St. Louis Blues in the 2019 Stanley Cup Finals which made St. Louis the eighth city to win a championship in each of the four major U.S. sports.

Roster

Regular season

Season standings

Record vs. opponents

  1957-58 NBA Records
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  Team
  Boston
  Cincinnati
  Detroit
  Minneapolis
  New York
  Philadelphia
  St. Louis
  Syracuse

Playoffs

West Division Semifinals

The Hawks had a division semifinal bye.

West Division Finals

(1) ST. LOUIS HAWKS vs. (2) Detroit Pistons: _Hawks win series 4–1_

-   GAME 1 @ St. Louis: ST. LOUIS 114, Detroit 111
-   GAME 2 @ Detroit: ST. LOUIS 99, Detroit 96
-   GAME 3 @ St. Louis: DETROIT 109, St. Louis 89
-   GAME 4 @ Detroit: ST. LOUIS 145, Detroit 101
-   GAME 5 @ St. Louis: ST. LOUIS 120, Detroit 96

LAST PLAYOFFS MEETING: 1956 Western Division Finals (Pistons won 3–2, while still in Fort Wayne)

NBA Finals

  Game     Date       Home Team   Result    Road Team
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  Game 1   March 29   Boston      102–104   ST. LOUIS
  Game 2   March 30   BOSTON      136–112   St. Louis
  Game 3   April 2    ST. LOUIS   111–108   Boston
  Game 4   April 5    St. Louis   98–109    BOSTON
  Game 5   April 9    Boston      100–102   ST. LOUIS
  Game 6   April 12   ST. LOUIS   110–109   Boston

_Hawks win series 4–2_

Awards and honors

-   Bob Pettit, All-NBA First Team
-   Slater Martin, All-NBA Second Team
-   Cliff Hagan, All-NBA Second Team

[1] http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com/nba/stlhawks/stlhawks.html

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[3]

title: 1957–58 St. Louis Hawks season

question: Summarize the achievements of the St. Louis Hawks.

answer: They won the NBA in the 1957-58 season after finishing first in the Western Division. Bob Pettit was 3rd in scoring and 2nd in rebounding. He managed to score 50 points at the NBA Finals match 6. This was the first time the St. Louis Hawks won the NBA.

question: What does the article say about the Eastern Division of the NBA?


text:
A man was asleep when a venomous snake bit him. When he realised he won't survive, he bit into his wife's wrist so that they could die together, as it was the man's last wish.

-   New Delhi
-   June 13, 2017
-   UPDATED: June 13, 2017 18:33 IST

Photo for representation: Reuters

A man in Bihar was bitten by a venomous snake. After he was bitten by the snake, the man bit his wife in the wrist.

The man's last wish was to die together with his wife, and to make it happen, he tried his best but the woman was luckily saved by doctors.

However, the man died, according to a Gulf News report. The incident happened in Samastipur district on Saturday.

TILL SNAKE BITE DO US APART

Resident of Birsingpur village -- Shankar Rai -- was asleep when a lethal snake bit him. Upon waking up, he found his condition deteriorating and suddenly turned emotional.

When Shankar realised that he won't make it through, he went up to his wife Amiri Devi and bit her hands saying that he loved her very much and wanted to depart this world together.

After Shankar bit his wife Amiri, both fell unconscious.

THE LAST WISH

Soon the couple was rushed to a local hospital where Shankar died soon but the doctors managed to save Amiri.

"THE WOMAN COULD BE SAVED AS HER TREATMENT BEGAN ON TIME. SHE IS SAFE NOW," a local medical practitioner Dr Jaykant told the local media on Monday.

According to Amiri Devi, her husband dug his teeth into her wrist. He wished to die together and also wanted to remain united even in afterlife, but his last wish wasn't fulfilled.

"HE TOLD ME HE LOVED ME TOO MUCH AND WANT TO DIE TOGETHER BEFORE GRABBING MY WRIST AND SINKING HIS TEETH INTO IT. I ALLOWED HIM TO DO SO," the woman told the media.

FYI || WATCH: RAT BECOMES SNAKE'S SNACK AFTER SERPENT COMES OUT OF AC TO EAT THE RODENT ||

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question: What type of snake bit Shankar?

answer: That information can't be found, although it is mentioned that the snake was venomous.

question: What happened to Shankar after he was bitten?

answer: Shankar bit his wife and then fell unconscious, dying soon after.

question: What was Shankar's dying wish?

answer: His dying wish was for his wife to die along with him.

question: Was Shankar's dying wish fulfilled?

answer: No--his wife, Amiri, was rushed to a local hospital, and doctors managed to save her.

question: Where did the incident in question take place?

answer: The incident took place in the Samastipur district of Bihar, India.

question: When did the incident in question take place?

answer: The incident took place on Saturday, June 11, 2017.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: A man named Shankar in Bihar, India was bitten by a venemous snake. His dying wish was for his wife, Amiri, to die along with him, so he bit her in the hand to pass the venom on to her. They were both rushed to the hospital. Shankar died soon after, but doctors managed to save Amiri's life.