text:
[Chance the Rapper and Kanye West]

Get your crayons ready. Chance the Rapper is opening up about _Coloring Book_, the first streaming-only project to land on the Billboard 200 in the storied chart’s history.

The Chicago MC spoke with Beats 1 host Zane Lowe about his third offering, a project that features Kanye West, Justin Bieber, Jay Electronica, and Lil Wayne, among others.

During the conversation, Chano also played a few exclusive snippets from tracks that have been vaulted. For example, he shared a portion of alternate versions of Yeezy’s “Famous” and “Waves.” From there, the “Ultralight Beam” star revealed the possibility of a joint album with Mr. West called _Good Ass Job_.

Listen to the interview and check out highlights from the Q&A below.

ON _THE LIFE OF PABLO_: “I think me and Kanye both, in the experience of working on _The Life of Pablo_, both were able to grow and take things from it.”

ON WORKING ON AN ALBUM WITH KANYE WEST: “The main thing we want to connect on is this project called _Good Ass Job_. That’s a thing that we talked about a long time ago and everything that we’ve been working on together has been a piece of it whether we were together in a room or not.”

ON JAY ELECTRONICA: “I’m Jay Electronica’s biggest fan. I’ve always been. From as long as I can remember, back to high school, I was always fucking with Jay Elect. He’s a very well-read, well-educated dude.”

ON JUSTIN BIEBER: “That’s my fucking boy. He’s the shit. He’s just very dope at everything he does, at writing, he’s an amazing vocalist.”

ON RELIGIOUS REFERENCES: “That’s the whole process of this, putting God back in our hands.”

ON RELEASING MUSIC FOR FREE: “Since I was 15-16, passing out mixtapes outside of my high school, I always gave them away for free.”

ON FUTURE PLANS: “I like making mixtapes. I might make a tape with Jay Electronica soon. I might make a tape with anybody…Let me stop doing that.”

question: What project is being discussed?

answer: Chance the Rapper is discussing his album Coloring Book on Beats 1 radio with Zane Lowe.

question: What snippets of other songs did Chance preview?

answer: Chance the Rapper previewed snippets of alternate versions of Kanye West's "Famous" and "Waves".

question: What did Chance say about Kanye West?

answer: That they were both able to grow substantially by working on Kanye's album, The Life of Pablo, and that they are trying to connect for a joint project called Good Ass Job, an homage to a Chance song from an earlier tape called Acid Rap.

question: What religious aspect does Chance involve in his music?

answer: He says he wants to reincorporate religious references in his music, and "put God back in our hands".

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Chance the Rapper is discussing his album, Coloring Book, on Beats 1 radio with Zane Lowe. He was able to play snippets of alternate versions of previously released Kanye West songs that they made in the studio together. He is highly praising of Kanye, saying that he and Kanye both grew substantially by working together on Kanye's album, The Life of Pablo, and that they hope to connect in the future on a joint project called Good Ass Job. One of the recurring themes of Chance and now Kanye's music too are religious references, as both artists attempt to re incorporate God into rap music.


split: train

text:
The sky was a dark and amaranthine black. The moon hung in the air, silvered and shining like a freshly minted quarter. The wind blew lightly over the fruited vineyard. A lone man could be seen walking the rows, inspecting the fruit of his hard labor under the pale moon light. His eyes were shown brightly, even more so than the moon, as he caressed the little grape leaves, plucking and pruning those that stood out as he walked.

In the east, there was a flash of light followed by the rumble of its thunder. The old man's head whipped from its admiration of the vines to survey the coming storm. The wind gusted, nearly knocking him over as he turned. And in the distance, but moving quickly, he could see it. A broad funnel of cloud was touching down.

Terror struck his wrinkled face, twisting it into a ghastly shape. He ran back to the little cottage on the hill as fast as his legs could carry him. His plump little wife, sitting in her lounging chair near the fire let out a sharp scream as he burst through the entryway. Without saying a word, he grabbed her and in a flash they were back outside. She too saw the horror that was whipping itself ever closer, and tried with all her might to stay close to her husband.

He flung open the doors of the wine cellar just as the cyclone reached the field. His wife hurried down the stairs while the little old wine maker looked back over his livelihood, said a silent prayer, and closed the door behind himself.

The cellar door rattled and rumbled as the fierce gales passed over the farm, trying with all their might to rip the door from its frame and hinges. Then it was gone.

The little old man and his wife opened the doors and witnessed the wreckage that remained. The house in shambles, with its roof pried away from the walls, and the vines of the field ripped from their rows and cast about in all directions.

In the center of the field, shining in the pale moonlight, stood a single grape vine.

The weathered man ran with all his might, grapes squishing under his feet as he flew to the vine. With hands now wet from rain and purple from his ruined crop, he reached out to inspect the vine. It clung tightly to the posts that were driven into the ground, its little tendrils wrapped fast around the wire fencing between the posts, and a single cluster of grapes swinging gently in the breeze.

He reaped his diminutive harvest, popped a single grape against the roof of his mouth, and as the juice flowed over his tongue, he could taste every hard days work in a blistering sun, and it was sweet.

He cried silently as he shared the small knot of grapes with his wife, thankful for what he had.

title: Purple.

question: Why does the story end with the farmer being thankful?

answer: The cyclone is a force of nature, and there's nothing the farmer or his wife can do about it. There's a single vine that survived, that's better than nothing, and the farmer is grateful to have something, anything left to taste.

question: What emotions does the story try to evoke in its readers?

answer: Somewhat bittersweet sympathy.


text:
MADLENIANUM OPERA AND THEATRE is an opera house and theatre located in Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia. It is the first privately owned opera and theater company both in Serbia and in Southeast Europe.[1] It is located in Belgrade, Serbia, and was founded on 26 January 1999, by Madlena Zepter, wife of Philip Zepter, Serbian businessman. The name Madlenianum derives from Madlena Zepter's name.

History

It is situated in the Old city core of Zemun, which is Spatial Cultural-Historical Units of Great Importance of Serbia. The Theatre houses opera, ballet, concert programs, drama and musical repertoire.

Madlenianum was officially founded on 25 December 1997 and it is located in the building that previously housed the second stage of the National Theatre of Serbia. After seven years of work and five different stages of reconstruction, a completely refurbished, reconstructed and conceptually enriched edifice opened its doors to the public on 19 April 2005.

Productions

As of February 2013, the following operas, musicals and plays outside of the standard repertoire were produced at the Madlenianum.[2] Premieres marked with “*” are still in the repertory.

+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Name            | Author,         | Premiere        | In repertory    |
|                 | Composer,       |                 | to date         |
|                 | Choreographer   |                 |                 |
+=================+=================+=================+=================+
| _Opera Il       | Domenico        | 1999            |
| matrimonio      | Cimarosa        |                 |
| segreto_        |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Orpheus in the | Ballet by       | 1999            |
| Underworld_     | Krunislav Simić |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Opera The Rape | Benjamin        | 1999            |
| of Lucretia_    | Britten         |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Opera Il       | Gioachino       | 2000            |
| signor          | Rossini         |                 |
| Bruschino_      |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Opera Die      | Carl Orff       | 2000            |
| Kluge_          |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Opera The two  | Bedřich Smetana | 2001            |
| widows_         |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Nijinsky -     | Ballet by       | 2001            |
| Golden bird_    | Krunislav Simić |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Liederabend_   | Gustav Mahler,  | 2002            |
|                 | Ballet by Duška |                 |
|                 | Sifnios and     |                 |
|                 | Vladimir        |                 |
|                 | Logunov         |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Triptych_      | Ballet by Ramón | 2004            |
|                 | Oller           |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Tesla_         | Miloš Crnjanski | 2005            |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Icy Firefly_   | Vladan Radoman  | 2005            |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Opera The      | Jacques         | 2005            |
| tales of        | Offenbach       |                 |
| Hoffmann_       |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Don Quixote_   | Mikhail         | 2005            |
|                 | Bulgakov        |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Prometheus     | Aeschylus       | 2006            |
| bound_          |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Wolfgang       | Ballet by       | 2006            |
| Amadé_          | Renato Zanella  |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Opera Così fan | Wolfgang        | 2006            |
| tutte_          | Amadeus Mozart  |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Quartet_       | Ronald Harwood  | 2006            |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Frida Kahlo_   | Sanja Domazet   | 2006            |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Burlesque on   | Andrej Hing     | 2007            |
| the Greek_      |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Musical Les    | Claude-Michel   | 2007            |
| Misérables_     | Schönberg       |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _The Lady from  | Georges Feydeau | 2008            |
| Maxim's (La     |                 |                 |
| Dame de chez    |                 |                 |
| Maxim)_         |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Opera The      | Grigory Frid    | 2008            |
| Diary of Anne   |                 |                 |
| Frank_          |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _The bereaved   | Branislav Nušić | 2008            |
| family          |                 |                 |
| (Ožalošćena     |                 |                 |
| porodica)_      |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _The Scent of   | Gordana Kuić    | 2009            |
| Rain in the     |                 |                 |
| Balkans (Miris  |                 |                 |
| kiše na         |                 |                 |
| Balkanu)_       |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Cat on a hot   | Tennessee       | 2009            |
| tin roof_       | Williams        |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Opera The      | Ivan Jevtić     | 2009[3]         |
| Mandrake (La    |                 |                 |
| Mandragola)_    |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Wait for me in | Fernando        | 2010            |
| heaven my love_ | Arrabal         |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Opera Rita_    | Gaetano         | 2010[4]         |
|                 | Donizetti       |                 |
| _Opera          |                 |                 |
| Angélique_      | Jacques Ibert   |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Indian summer_ | Ivan            | 2010            |
|                 | Sergeyevich     |                 |
|                 | Turgenev        |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Breakfast at   | Truman Capote   | 2011            |
| Tiffany’s_      |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Celebrating of | Ballet by       | 2011            |
| love_           | Aleksandar Ilić |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _North fairy    | Edvard Grieg's  | 2011            |
| tale_           | Peer Gynt,      |                 |
|                 | Ballet by Staša |                 |
|                 | Zurovac         |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Greta Garbo’s  | Miro Gavran     | 2012            |
| secret (Tajna   |                 |                 |
| Grete Garbo)_   |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Two Serbian    | Dušan Radić,    | 2012            |
| ballets Ballad  | Ballet by       |                 |
| of the stray    | Aleksandar Ilić |                 |
| moon_           |                 |                 |
|                 | Miloje          |                 |
| _Two Serbian    | Milojević,      |                 |
| ballets The     | Ballet by       |                 |
| vallet's broom_ | Aleksandar Ilić |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Musical        | Michael Kunze,  | 2012            |
| Rebecca_        | Sylvester Levay |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Opera for kids | Milan T Ilić    | 2013            |
| Kopriva,        |                 |                 |
| kopriva_        |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Opera for kids | W. A. Mozart    | 2013            |                 |
| The Magic       |                 |                 |                 |
| Flute_          |                 |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Drama Pierrot  | A. Schoenberg,  | 2013            |
| Lunaire / Lenz_ | G. Buchner      |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
|  |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+

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[1] Madlenianum Opera & Theatre at Sauter

[2] Official website, main page in English

[3] Comic opera “Mandragola”

[4] “Rita” i “Anželika” u Madlenianumu

title: Madlenianum Opera and Theatre

question: Where is the Madlenianum Opera and Theatre?

answer: Zemun.

question: Where is Zemun?

answer: Belgrade, Serbia.

question: What kinds of programs does it house?

answer: Opera, ballet, concert programs, drama and musical repertoire.

question: What year was it founded?

answer: 1999.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The Madlenianum Opera and Theatre is  an opera house and theatre located in Zemun, Belgrade, Serbia. It is the first privately owned opera and theater company both in Serbia and in Southeast Europe. It was founded in 1999 and houses  opera, ballet, concert programs, drama and musical repertoire.


text:
		                    Logic’s Respite

	The dusky glow of the lamps was the only thing between him and the outside world. The winds gusted outside, making the trees creek as if each limb was letting out an emotionless howl. The man listened to the inane chatter of the people on the television, telling him of his impending doom. And he could see it outside. It was as if he felt that by watching the television, something might change. Somehow the meteorologist might tell the man that the storm would go east of him. Or west. It didn’t matter, as long as it didn’t hit him. Or perhaps the man watched the television simply because he needed the comfort of another human voice. He was, after all, completely alone.
	The man was tall, fit, and wearing the not so modest t-shirt of his prestigious alma mater. He was a man who had lived by himself since graduating college, and sat comfortably at 31 years of age. His small, cozy house was a perfect reflection of his personality. It was decorated with colorful artifacts from the various places he had traveled, as well as showcasing numerous books on a wide variety of subjects, most notably philosophy. However, for all of the house’s apparent worldliness, it was all but closed up from the outside world.  All but one of the windows were covered by thick blinds, and the window that wasn’t was a small one that the man was using to watch the sky. Above the fireplace hung a bold picture of the man, apparently camping in some exotic wilderness. And opposite the television hung the skull of an antelope, recovered by the man perhaps on the same camping excursion.
	The man’s tense body was gleaming with sweat. He kept his eyes trained on the television, looking out at the sky whenever he heard a gust, or far off boom of thunder. He tried not looking, but felt uncomfortable when he didn’t know what was happening. The television rambled on at a comfortingly uniform pace.

	It had been 48 minutes. He had counted. The rain came down harder and faster; he felt the house shake as a massive gust swept the landscape; the storm seemed to be upon him, but how could that be so? It was supposed to be another 37 minutes until it hit. He hadn’t planned on this, and being caught so off-guard made the man feel sick. The sirens went off in the distance. To him they sounded like a funeral dirge.
	He tried to relax, but couldn’t. He turned his electric fireplace on, and tried to read a few sentences of his book, written by Aristotle. He threw the book down, and sat in dolorous silence. He jumped every time a strong gust of wind blustered, or a bolt of lightning illuminated the sky. Five minutes seemed like an eternity, and unsurprisingly the storm did not cease.
	The atmosphere quivered and then burst with the explosion of thunder, and quick, deadly arrows of lightning. The man shook, and was tense all over. The dim lights that blanketed the man flickered, and then died. The consoling chatter of the television was silenced, cut off in its prime. The darkness enveloped him, and he felt more alone than ever. The night was suffocating him with its dark shroud, and he nearly screamed. The panic suddenly pounced on him, and he was caught unaware.
	He ran into the kitchen to grab a candle, but there were none. He ran to the drawer in the dining room, and grabbed his flashlight. It was out of batteries. He was unprepared. He berated himself in his head for not having prepared, and swore that if he made it out of the storm, he would make sure his house was completely danger-proof. And he truly believed it. He remembered, in his darkest moment, that he had his cell phone in his pocket, and he still had a signal. He dialed a number he knew by heart, but one he had not dialed in a long while. He hesitated. The rain began pounding harder, and another crash of thunder shook even the inside of the house, causing his precious philosophy books to fall off the shelf. He didn’t pick them up.
	He knew what he had to do, and dialed the number. It rang. Again. Again. Again. Again. The mechanical voice of his mother’s voicemail was the only response he received. A reluctant tear dripped down his face, placing itself on his shirt’s fiery logo.

	The sirens blared louder, and the man ran down the old carpeted stairs of his house into the small basement. The basement was pitch black. The man felt his way into the laundry room, which was without windows, and therefore the safest place to be when the tornado inevitably struck.  The man was cowering against the wall, with no intention of composing himself, when suddenly the unexpected happened. The rain let up. The thunder did not sound. The gusts of wind slowed to mere wisps. He stood up and dusted himself off, starting off to return upstairs. But as he climbed the old stairs, he heard a howling reminiscent of a banshee shrieking. Pieces of debris were slammed into the windows of the house, and almost simultaneously, they all shattered.
	The man bolted downstairs, back to the laundry room. He heard a crash, and it was obvious that the large evergreen tree in the yard had collapsed into the house, perhaps even breaking down the wall. The man was kneeling against the wall, and doing the unthinkable. He had always ascribed to the old theory of Albert Camus, that “religion is philosophical suicide,” and had been adamant about the inexistence of a deity. However in this moment, he prayed harder than anyone had ever prayed before. He swore to whoever was listening that he would forever more be a pious follower of their religion, if he were to be spared. He quietly wept, whilst forming the words of his desperate prayer.

	The five minutes that the storm ravaged the man’s house were hours to the man. He had been spared. He quickly got up and ran upstairs to assess the damage to his house. He picked up a book that had been tossed on the floor, and straightened out his shirt, quickly wiping a tear from his eye. The tree had indeed caved in the wall of his house, and destroyed most of the living room. The man forgot about his prayers, and his self-assurances that he would make preparations for a future disaster, and set to work fixing up the ruin that was his house. He decided he would call the insurance company in the morning, and have a grand time renovating his home, making it even cozier than before. But first he would get a good night’s sleep, and forget all that had transpired.

	But what the man didn’t notice that night was that only one of his exotic decorations had survived the storm. The only artifact that had not been destroyed was the skull of the antelope, hanging quietly and humbly on the wall, seeming to gaze at the destruction with a simple wisdom. The next morning the man noticed the antelope skull on the wall, and, as it brought back memories of the storm, he decided he would give it away. But when he tried to pull the skull off the wall, it wouldn’t budge. The hollow eyes merely gazed past the man, into the distance, where they undoubtedly saw, many miles in the distance, a black storm cloud. And it was heading this way.

title: "Logic's Respite" - short story I wrote. Thoughts? Criticisms?

question: Why are alarms ringing?

answer: The place where the main character lives is experiencing a huge storm.

question: Where does the story take place?

answer: The story centers on a young man's apartment.

question: Who does he call?

answer: He calls his mother but she doesn't answer.

question: What happens during the storm?

answer: The man's house is ravaged by the storm and he prays to unknown deities to survive.

question: What is the antelope skull for?

answer: That information isn't given in the text.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: A man cowers in his apartment alone while a storm approaches. When the storm arrives, his fear grows worse. He hides in the basement while a tree crashes into the upper floor. When the storm is over, his only remaining decoration is an antelope skull that is magically attached to the wall. the skull's eyes are fixated on another large storm in the distance.


text:
It’s midnight and there’s something in the air that tells me that there are better ways.

There’s nothing wrong with large doses of Xanax and weed toppled with large quantities of alcohol.

But there are better ways.

Find God.

Sure, find God and find better avenues to avoid life.

Incidentally, those avenues are much better: God, government, and things like gluten-free diets. That’s what you want to shoot for if you want to be safe about staying alive.

I discourage drugs like I discourage things like joining book clubs and having a good sound investment in a company that may pay out in droves because of how well they can clean your teeth.

My point to the young people is avoid the drugs. Avoid the cigarettes and coffee and ugly fillers of bacon and hamburger. Think of life like a pure root that needs to be forested with clean bills of health and natural solutions that don’t seem too presumptuous: you do not want to seem ugly in your showmanship.

Get some exercise. Lift some weight and show the masses you are the boss of your body. Get real with yourself.

Or just twist in the wind with some good old fashion book reading and avoiding humans personally.

Hell, get a cabin in the mountains and forget about people altogether.

Make sense of sentences that no longer make sense.

Tell your boss that he or she is the grandest illusion of parenting that you have come across and then quit.

Just don’t go into a stupor.

Plan ahead. Think of the children. If you don’t plan on having children, think of the ones you see on TV. Think about what they will think about when you’re cats to the wind on ugly pharmaceuticals that turn all your rational thought into rhymes from a deranged children’s book.

Think about farming. Think about buying a bike. Think about composting. Think about things that will probably make your horrible life a little more breathable.

Think about things that will make God say “Eh, maybe.”

Because you are not going to impress the heavens; in fact you will probably annoy them.

Get real. Get real with God. God enjoys good honesty and if you are all full of weed and liquor, you should let him know and why you are cursing him this way to Topeka.

Because God lives in Topeka and he barely stomachs chemical abuse problems.

It’s like murder, rape, and then people with drug habits. Those are things God really gets mad about. Also, double parking.

Be warned.

Surprisingly, he has a place in his heart for fat people that ride scooters down the frozen food aisle looking for top quality carbo hits. God is mysterious.

The bottom line is God forgives.

Bum deaths all concluding in cancer. Ugly keyboards all used up in tribal dictations of exact performance. Things that cannot be seen but only shown. Slow red dawns that come cascading through the bottom line. Like bullets shot through paragraphs. Oh, quickly, these aftermaths. Trip a wire three times and you come up with zilich. Bottom dwellers come up like cancer and sink suffocating cancer into tumor'd lungs. We had some times, and they were fun. Twiced diseased. Fool me once, call me a fool, fool me twice and body parts...all over the room.

Enter the Dragon: bargains. Bargains. Please exit left. The bargains all over the place. Cheese at half cost. Bread and sundry items at prices we cannot keep. The owner of the store has been up in the office with a shotgun just waiting for the last the last bargain that will force him to kill himself.

Enter the Dragon: God in pixels. Just this item of information that poses as God and gives forgiveness and he's all over the ads on your internets. He is a false god.

False gods continue to plague the masses and sell cheap broadband.

Lick around the corner. There's a coroner. Something dead and sick sticks its tongue out in non-verbal rebellion.

And God waits.

Waits like a blimp.

Meanwhile,

While we mean well.

Something troubled out on the outskirts.

Termed employees pull up skirts.

Following bombs and diplomacy.

God looks down

In dormancy.

title: [hm] What God Wants

question: What is the main message that this story is trying to send?

answer: The main message that this story is trying to send is to trust God. God will be helpful to you if you stay real with him and God enjoys good honesty. God also forgives, which is the most important thing to note.

question: Is the narrator trying to use the belief of God to his own advantage for his rebellious behavior?


text:
Calgary

Calgary-based Shaw has cut dozens of positions from its workforce as part of a senior management realignment previously announced, CBC News has learned.

Layoffs across organization, with some immediate, some over coming weeks

[]

The layoffs will affect less than 200 positions and are organization-wide although most of them will occur in Calgary. (Evelyne Asselin/CBC)

Calgary-based Shaw has cut dozens of positions from its workforce as part of a senior management realignment previously announced, CBC News has learned.

The layoffs will affect less than 200 positions and are organization-wide, although most of them will occur in Calgary.

Some of the cuts are effective immediately with the rest happening by the end of May.

No one from the company would provide any additional comment Wednesday.

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-   'SKINNY' CABLE TV A DAY AWAY: WHAT'S COMING FOR CONSUMERS
-   POSTMEDIA CUTS 25 JOBS IN CALGARY AS IT MERGES SUN AND HERALD NEWSROOMS

With files from Meegan Read

question: What kind of company is Shaw?

answer: It appears to be a Cable and Wireless company.

question: Why are they laying people off?

answer: It is due to a senior management realignment.

question: How many people are being laid off?

answer: Around 200 people mostly in Calgary, though the layoffs are organisation wide.

question: Why was there no comment from the company?

answer: It is not made clear in te article.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: A short article describing the 200 or so layoffs at a Calgary based company named Shaw.


text:
The CHALARONNE () is a long river in the Ain department in eastern France.[1] Its source is at Lapeyrouse, in the Dombes. It flows generally northwest. It is a left tributary of the Saône, into which it flows between Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne and Thoissey.

Communes along its course

This list is ordered from source to mouth: Lapeyrouse, Birieux, Villars-les-Dombes, Bouligneux, La Chapelle-du-Châtelard, Marlieux, Saint-Germain-sur-Renon, Sandrans, Romans, Châtillon-sur-Chalaronne, L'Abergement-Clémenciat, Dompierre-sur-Chalaronne, Saint-Étienne-sur-Chalaronne, Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne, Thoissey,

Notes

-   _This article is based on the equivalent article from the French Wikipedia, consulted on April 10th 2009._

[1]

title: Chalaronne

question: What is the source of the Chalaronne?

answer: The source of the Chalaronne is at Lapeyrouse.

question: How long is the Chalaronne?

answer: Not answered.

question: What are some of the towns that are on the Chalaronne?

answer: Some communes on the Chalaronne are Lapeyrouse, BirIeux, Villars-les-Dombes, and Bouligneux.

question: How much water flows through the Chalaronne on a daily basis?

answer: Not answered.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The Chalaronne is a river in eastern France that originates in Lapeyrouse, in Dombes.


text:
RYAN VAN DIJK (28 May 1990, Zevenaar) is a Dutch footballer who plays for ASWH.[1][2][3]

Van Dijk participated in the joined youth program of NEC Nijmegen and FC Oss. In July 2009 he moved to Young NEC Nijmegen. In season 2011/12 he transferred free to FC Oss.[4] Next he played for Sportclub N.E.C.[5][6] and now for ASWH.[7]

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answer: Ryan Van Dijk is a Dutch footballer who plays for ASWH.


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Reviewed March 10, 2020 via mobile

We came to the restaurant after seeing it featured on Anthony Bourdain’s show and had the best time. Chef Yasuda was incredibly friendly and interesting, keeping us briefed throughout on the sushi and his process. Chef Yasuda even recommended other restaurants for our stay in...Tokyo and even taught my partner how to use chopsticks! The sushi itself is the best I’ve ever had and the whole experience was a 10/10, would recommend and will definitely returnMore

Date of visit: March 2020

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Reviewed February 10, 2020

Sushi Yasuda was wonderful! The food was amazing and the chef was very kind and attentive. He asked us what we liked and disliked and tailored the meal to our needs. He also educated us on the food and culture. I learned so much and...had one of the best meals of my life! Would definitely go back next time I go to JapanMore

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Reviewed January 31, 2020 via mobile

What a pity, the chef was so proud, so incorrect with us... if you want to eat 8 sushi’s for 150 boxes just go, and with no smile at the bill, bad time in Tokyo

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Reviewed December 27, 2019 via mobile

We were very excited to eat at Yasuda’s Tokyo restaurant. His NYC eponymous restaurant has long been a favorite of mine and it was never quite the same after he moved to Japan almost 10 years ago. We lucked out with a last minute reservation....We opted for the 14-piece a la carte menu (fairly priced) instead of omakase as there is a 15-piece minimum and we didn’t want to binge. Our experience was very disappointing. First, if you are looking for top-shelf, pristine, flawless nigiri-style sushi, this is the place. There is no doubt that Yasuda-sansei is a master sushi chef. However, the food is only part of the dining experience at a sushi bar. This dozen-seat bar should have lent itself to a wonderful interactive experience with the chef. We were the first folks at the first (6 pm) seating. Instead, we must have caught Yasuda on a bad night. We found him to be bitter and aloof, not the charming, engaging guy I remember from his NYC restaurant. There is obviously bad blood between him and his former restaurant because we seemed to strike a nerve when mentioning anything about it. He became visibly upset and appeared to be offended when my wife decided not to eat one of his nigiri pieces (she offered it to me which I gladly ate). For the rest of the meal we felt that we were being rebuked. Frankly I was relieved when we left. Anyway, our dining experience was so disappointing that what should have been a highlight of our stay in Tokyo turned out to be the biggest regret. Thomas Wolfe said “you can’t go home again,” and in this case, at least for me, he was right.More

Date of visit: December 2019

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Reviewed December 10, 2019

Just do yourself a favor and book it, you owe it to yourself. This was one of the best meal of our lives and the best we had during our time in Tokyo. Yasuda-San was very attentive to the allergies we had, which was so...important. He will ask you what you like and don't like. We had the Omakase course which is the way to go. Yes he will make you laugh and offer some insight into his work. Some people take him for having an ego, but if you do the same work for 40 years, I'd have some strong opinions in how it should be done as well. I don't think it's possible in my opinion to have any greater sushi. Cost was expensive, but you already knew that. Just do it!More

Date of visit: November 2019

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Reviewed December 5, 2019

This was my second trip to Japan and there was no way I would miss the incredible experience of eating sushi at Yasuda. Plan your visit in advance. Bookings are made only through internet on the first day of the month, for the following month....You are required to provide dates of stay and airline information to secure your table. Yasuda has worked in NYC for more than 25 years and has returned to Tokyo. He speaks English very well, which is a definite plus for foreign visitors. The restaurant has a counter that seats only 10 people at a time. Yasuda makes everything. I learned what sushi is really about. Rice. It is the center of attention when it comes to sushi. The fish is merely a condiment. You will not only taste the best sushi you have ever had but you will also learn a lot about the art of making it. About the ingredients, about the fish. You can try several different varieties of sea urchin. There is obviously all the fish that you can wish for and then more. There are also clams, oysters, shrimp, octopus and other mollusks. You have very little choice. Omakase menu (chef's choice) or a fixed price assortment of sushi. It is pricey but worth every penny. A visit to Tokyo would simply not be complete without a sitting at Yasuda. Thank you again for the great experience OSUMore

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Date of visit: November 2019

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Reviewed November 25, 2019

We decided to come here for dinner after recommendations from a few friends and we are SO happy we did. We made our reservation about a month in advance on his website and did the Yasuda Style Omakase. For starters, Yasuda is soo friendly, fun,...entertaining and talkative. Coming from an old school sushi omakase spot the night before where the chefs literally ignore you, this was such a nice change. Not only did we enjoy the food we were eating but felt the experience was a 10/10. Now onto the sushi, every bite was amazing and Yasuda’s philosophy of the sushi rice being just as, if not more important than the fish comes through with every piece. The way he crafts his sushi is truly an art to watch (before you go watch Anthony Bordain’s Parts Unknown episode where he goes to Yasuda and talks about his technique). I’ll also add that Yasuda is great about dietary requirements- we only eat kosher and he had a kosher omakase option (he worked in NYC for over 20 years so knows kosher well). While this is not a cheap meal, we felt the value was totally worth it and not to mention half the price of some of the old school omakase places in Tokyo. In all, cannot recommend this place more! Trust me you won’t regret itMore

Date of visit: November 2019

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Reviewed November 1, 2019

A friend recommended Sushi Bar Yasuda to us. As a foreigner it was tough to get reservations at top restaurants, relying on the hotel concierge or paid services. This place was simple - just an online reservation system. We did the omakase menu, and the...chef was very accommodating to our preferences. He called out what was next up, and he'd make something else if we wanted to pass. For example, I'm not an eel fan so he made me salmon instead. The sushi he served was fantastic. He'll talk to you about how rice is the key ingredient to great sushi, but in my opinion, his combination of the rice, fish, wasabi and soy sauce made everything perfect. He ended the omakase with a half roll, and then asked if we were still hungry. I was completely full at that point, but my husband went for a couple more pieces of his favorites. Beyond the food, the chef is also wonderful. For those less experienced with sushi, he talked them through how to pick up the pieces (come from the side with the chopsticks, not the top.) He spent a long time in NY, so chatted with us about top sushi restaurants in the US. The chef's passion for his work, and also for entertaining his guests made this the best meal of our trip.More

Date of visit: October 2019

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Reviewed September 30, 2019

Just as good as we remembered when the chef was still working in New York City. The restaurant is a bit hard to get to. But I am sure die hard fan will make their way out to check out his new spot in Japan....Chef Yasuda is not only a master at sushi, he apparently is also a master in body building. Just ask him about body building and he will be happy to showcase his muscle. :D Always a pleasure to eat at his restaurant.More

Date of visit: October 2018

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Reviewed September 12, 2019 via mobile

I visited this place last month with my girl. Was an impromptu visit cos I googled where to dine while doing our shopping at Ginza district. Never in my life, I waited and queued outside the restaurant for almost 3 hours just for these few...pieces of above average sushi! Overall, the sushi is fine but no ‘wow’ effect 😮 Maybe , some unknown or hidden places serve much better and fresher sushi . If I were to shop at Ginza again, will not return if need to queue another 2-3 hours . Not worth to wait for the food !More

Date of visit: August 2019

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question: Why did Yasuda leave his restaurant in New York?

answer: It is not stated in the post. It is evident that there is bad blood between Yasuda and his restaurant in New York. He worked in New York for 25 years.

question: How does Yasuda's restaurant in Tokyo differ from old school sushi spots?

answer: For starters, Yasuda is soo friendly, fun,...entertaining and talkative. Coming from an old school sushi omakase spot the night before where the chefs literally ignore you, this was such a nice change

question: What does omakase mean?

answer: Chef's choice.

question: Does Chef Yasuda accommodate different dietary preferences?

answer: Yes. He enquires and he is very accommodating.

question: What hobby does Yasuda have?

answer: He is a body builder.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Sushi Bar Yasuda in Tokyo, Japan is reviewed. You have to reserve a spot a month in advance, seated around the sushi bar Yasuda shares his secrets and caters to your preferences. The best thing to order is the omakase.


text: There was once a strikingly beautiful young Lady who tragically and without warning had her Heart broken badly. She was so hurt emotionally by her former lover that desperation began to set in. She was distraught. She put on a beautiful red dress she had worn on their first romantic meeting, walked to the edge of a cliff on the Sea and plunged 111 feet into the icy Abyss below. The Daemons, Siren, and Leviathan beneath the water licked their fangs and waited to ravish her body and Soul, because they knew, as a suicide, the depths of Hell were pulling her down. Unfortunately for her, the Almighty would not protect her directly from what was happening as she sank helplessly into the depths, so instead a Diver was filled with Spirit and Inspiration. A Diver whose Soul was also lost somewhere between Heaven and Hell felt the anguish in her Heart, and as is his natural instinct he sank into the fire and water column leading to Hell. As he descended, the Viscious Sea creatures attacked him, but he tore them to shreds, and their ilk was disheartened. The pressure and heat of the Dive was very disorienting, but the Diver focused on her Spirit which was so passionately intense that it was illuminating his Path and drawing him in. Once the Diver reached her, he never let her go; she is his World now. They are bonded in Eternity. Now as you can imagine, he has brought her back to the Netherworld where their true journey begins. Together they will break free of any limitations, and their new Love will take them much higher, away from the darker depths of emotion that way heavy and Hellish.

title: The Diver and the Lady's Anguish

question: Who are the major characters?

answer: The lady, the diver, and various mythical malicious sea creatures.

question: Why does the Diver go after the Lady?

answer: He senses the pain in her heart and follows his instinct to save her.

question: Why is the Lady going to Hell?

answer: She was initially damned because she chose to die by suicide, but she ends up going to a more peaceful Netherworld.

question: Why is the Diver lost between Heaven and Hell?

answer: This is not made clear in the story.

question: What is the Lady's goal?

answer: To die, which she succeeds in doing.

question: What happens to the sea creatures?

answer: They abandon their pursuit of the lady after the diver tears some of them apart.

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answer: A heartbroken lady commits suicide and is saved from the plunge into hell, full of mythical sea monsters, by a diver who takes her to his netherworld.


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BOBBY SARMA BARUAH is an Indian Film maker, Producer and Screenwriter who provides narrative content of socio cultural issues through cinema across North East and Assam. Her debut feature film Adomya[1][2][3] was awarded best film in spiritual category at the 13th Dhaka International Film Festival,[4] with a content exploring the sensitivity and emotional side of women. Her second work of art “Sonar Baran Pakhi”,[5][6] a biopic based on life and time of the legendary folk singer of Assam Late Padmashree Pratima Barua Pandey[7] has been recently completed. As director, producer and scriptwriter, Bobby Sarma Baruah has a number of short films, documentaries, music videos and TV serials on various indigenous folk cultures. She is also an accomplished poet and short story writer in Assamese language.

Early life

Bobby Sarma Baruah’s father was a sculptor, a painter and an artist. Oldest among the three siblings, she grew under the encouragement of her mother and learnt to sing and dance, participating in various cultural competitions. She began with her literary skills since the fifth grade, publishing her poems in local regional news papers and ever since has been continuing with her literary pursuits.

Education

She completed her schooling from Gohpur and during her Higher Secondary days married Mr Basanta Baruah, a businessman and a cultural activist from the same vicinity with whom she later founded her production house. She completed her graduation from B. Borooah College Guwahati, majoring in Education. She then completed her B.Ed Degree and went on to complete her Master Degree in Assamese Literature from Guwahati University. She also completed her Master degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from Guwahati University, Assam during this time.

Currently she is pursuing her doctoral research for a PhD on influence of folk culture of Assam in Assamese cinema.

Career

Bobby Sarma Baruah began her professional career in media in 2006, starting with making quickies highlighting the Tea Tribes of Assam. She also produced and directed music video films Sontora, Sohoror Godhuli and Sohoror Tita Mitha in 2006-2008. She made a number of documentaries and quickies based on regional Agriculture in 2009-10. She directed a popular T V serial for Doordarshan named Jivan Jatra, various short films like “Waiting for a Call”, Deuta and Mirror, a thirteen-episode documentary on folk culture of different ethnic communities of Assam like Puta Pukhurir Bak, Kushan, Dhiniki Dhin Dao, Lagon, Alou Guyti Tolou Guti, Ural and Bishu. In the year 2009, she produced a stage drama Maya, and directed a documentary film Santosh based on the Postal features.

She also made quickies on behalf of World Bank in 2012-13. After that there she went on to make a six-episode serial for Axom Sarba Siksha Abhijan Mission in 2012-13

Released films

In 2014 she made her debut as a director with the feature film Adomya.[8][9][10] Her first film Adomya[11][12] was awarded best film in spiritual category at the 13th Dhaka International Film Festival besides being screened in film festivals of London, Goa, Mumbai, Singapore, Delhi, Bengaluru, and Chennai. She has also served as juror[13] at the prestigious Dhaka International Film Festival and Lucknow Children’s Film Festival, both in 2016. Her second directorial venture work "Sonar Baran Pakhi“[14] a biopic based on life and time of the legendary folk singer of Assam, Late Padmashree Pratima Barua Pandey has been recently completed.

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Special Mention 1st Diorama International Film Festival & Market (2019) for the film MISHING

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title: Bobby Sarma Baruah

question: List Baruah's awards.

answer: Best film in the spiritual category at the 13th Dhaka International Festival, Special Mention 1st Diorama International Film Festival & Market (2019) for the film MISHING.

question: What is the educational background of Baruah?

answer: She completed her schooling at Gohpur. She graduated from B. Borooah College Guwahati, majoring in Education. She got her B.Ed and Master's degrees in Assamese Literature from the Guwahati University. She also has another Master's degree in Mass Communication and Journalism from the same university. She's currently pursuing her doctoral research on the influence of the folk culture of Assam in Assamese cinema.

question: What topics did she cover in her documentaries?

answer: Regional agriculture. Postal features.

question: List Baruah's films.

answer: Adomya, Sonar Baran Pakhi, Santosh, Maya.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Bobby Sarma Baruah is an Indian filmmaker, producer, and screenwriter who covers socio-cultural issues through cinema. Her debut feature film Adomya was awarded best film in spiritual category at the 13th Dhaka International Film Festival, with content exploring the sensitivity and emotional side of women. She also writes short stories and poems, with many short films, documentaries, music videos, and TV serials on various indigenous folk cultures under her belt.


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GU XIAOBO (born 1912) was a Chinese ambassador.

-   From April 1952 to April 1955 he was vice-chairman of the Tianjin Municipality Trade Union.
-   In May 1953 he was member of the executive committee of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions.
-   In August 1955 he was chairman of the Tianjin Municipality Trade Union.
-   From July 1958 to 1960 he was vice-chairman of the Trade Union of Hebei Prov..
-   From October 1958 to December 1964 he was deputy for Hebei to the 2nd National People's Congress.
-   In 1959 he was vice-presisdent of the Tianjin University of Radio & TV.
-   From July 1962 to December 1965 he was ambassador to Khartoum Sudan
-   From June 1965 to January 1966 he was ambassador to Cotonou (Benin).
-   From December 1977 to April 1982 he was ambassador to Amman (Jordan).[1]

[1] , Who was who in the People's Republic of China, Volume 1, K.G. Saur, 1997, [https://books.google.de/books?id=x2m6AAAAIAAJ&q=%22Vice-chm,+Tianjin+Municipality+TU,+Apr+1952+-+Apr+1955%3B+mem.,+Executive+Comte,%22&dq=%22Vice-chm,+Tianjin+Municipality+TU,+Apr+1952+-+Apr+1955%3B+mem.,+Executive+Comte,%22&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y p. 120]

title: Gu Xiaobo

question: Who was Gu Xiaobo?

answer: He was a Chinese ambassador.

question: What did he work as in April 1952?

answer: He worked as the vice-chairman of the Tianjin Municipality Trade Union.

question: When did he become the chairman of the Tianjin Municipality Trade Union?

answer: IN August 1955.

question: What was his last job?

answer: He worked as an ambassador to Amman, Jordan.

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answer: A Wikipedia page on Gu Xiaobo.


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THE JASMINE MINKS are a British indie pop band, whose early singles were amongst the first releases by Creation Records.

History

Formed in Aberdeen in 1983, the band were initially a quartet of Jim Shepherd (guitar/vocals), Adam Sanderson (vocals/guitar), Martin Keena(bass guitar), and Tom Reid (drums/vocals). After sending a demo tape to _Melody Maker_, the band were recruited by Alan McGee to record for the fledgling Creation label. Their first single, “Think!” was recorded for £50 at Alaska Studios, Waterloo. The 4 piece line up was augmented by keyboards from Dave Musker, and the single produced by Joe Foster. The small brown plastic electronic organ was the same one that had previously been used on “Blue Boy” by Orange Juice. Prior to recording, Sanderson had been listening to the Buzzcocks' _Spiral Scratch_ EP, and repeated the two note refrain from “Boredom” at the end of “Think!”. Later, Edwyn Collins of Orange Juice was to reference “Boredom” and repeat the same two note refrain on Orange Juice's hit single “Rip It Up”. “Think!”/“Work For Nothing” was released in March 1984, and reached single of the week status, jointly with The Pastels single that Alan McGee released at the same time.

The band recorded and released their second single, “Where the Traffic Goes”/“Mr Magic”, once again at Alaska for a similar budget, with Foster producing again. McGee had the idea to promote “Where The Traffic Goes” by doing a one-day busking tour, an idea which he may have “borrowed” from the Violent Femmes, an American band the Jasmine Minks had supported. They played eight gigs in one day, all on acoustic instruments, were moved on by the police, were invited into pubs, and then went to McGees's club, the Living Room to perform that night’s gig. By then bored with the acoustics, the band played an all-electric set, amps cranked up to the max, with a 1-2-3-4 between each song, Ramones style. The press were there, and the energy surprised them. They received outstanding reviews, and were chosen by the _NME_ as one of the eighteen most hopeful bands in Britain and were invited to play at the _NME_ showcase along with Lloyd Cole, The Triffids, The Go-Betweens, The Pogues and others. Jasmine Minks records were played on national radio, and the band began to attract a good reputation as a live act. McGee gave them over £400 to record a six track mini-album, _One Two Three Four Five Six Seven, All Good Preachers Go To Heaven_ (1984, Creation) and some major labels showed an interest in the band, to the extent of booking them sessions in very expensive studios.

Unfortunately, the _NME_ showcase happened during the National Union of Journalists strike, the music press was heavily involved, and the _NME_ was not printed; In short, there was no publicity for the music event of the year, and the band played to a very sparse audience. The expected boost in the band's popularity didn't happen.

At the end of 1984 the band toured mainland Europe as part of a Creation package including McGee's band Biff Bang Pow! and new Creation signings The Jesus and Mary Chain.[1] The JAMC single “Upside Down” was released while the tour was in progress. When the tour was over, McGee found himself increasingly preoccupied with the rising success of the Jesus and Mary Chain. During this period, the Jasmine Minks recorded a four track EP, inspired by listening to the Buzzcocks “Time's Up” bootleg over and over. It sat on a shelf while McGee was forced to pursue other interests, eventually surfacing as a seven-inch single of “What’s Happening”/“Black & Blue”, which was largely ignored by the music press.

Their self-titled debut album was recorded in Ellon, Aberdeenshire, on a budget of £600 and released in 1986. The idea had been to record a low budget, high quality song based album, but McGee did not like the finished result and dropped some tracks. Some earlier recordings were used for the album, including the track “Cold Heart”, which had originally been recorded during the _One Two Three Four Five Six Seven, All Good Preachers Go To Heaven_ sessions.[2] In 1986 the band recorded their only Peel session.[3] Cold Heart was released as a single in 7" and 12" formats and was _NME_’s single of the week. It was the Jasmine Minks' biggest selling single. At this point Sanderson left the band.

Shepherd became the lead vocalist and was joined by keyboardist Paul Cooper. Dave Arnold from Kent band The Claim filled in the guitar spot for the _Another Age_ album (1988) and subsequent gigs, with Ed De Vlam performing guitar duties on _Scratch the Surface_ (1989). A permanent guitarist was later found in Walter Duncan from the band's hometown of Aberdeen.

Despite the albums _Another Age_ and _Scratch the Surface_ drawing critical acclaim the band ceased activity for a few years. They reunited in 2000, releasing the album _Veritas_, before the band signed to McGee's Poptones label for the release of _Popartglory_ (2001). The Popartglory album track Daddy Dog, featuring Scottish Socialist politician Tommy Sheridan as vocalist, was released as the only Jasmine Minks single on the Poptones label.

In 2010 a 4 track EP, “Poppy White”, was released on the Oatcake Records label.

The band played a show in London's Borderline venue on 23 July 2011 - their first live gig in London for ten years - and a second at the Lexington on 25 July 2011, both featuring the early lineup of Shepherd, Sanderson, Keena, Reid and Musker, together with David Arnold. They also appeared at the 2012 Indiefest in the original 1984 lineup.

Discography

Singles

-   “Think!” (1984), Creation
-   “Where The Traffic Goes” (1984), Creation
-   “What's Happening” (1985), Creation - UK Indie #27[4]
-   “Cold Heart” (1986), Creation - UK Indie #17[5]
-   _Pure_ EP (1987), Esurient Communications
-   “Daddy Dog” (2001), Poptones - Jasmine Minks featuring Tommy Sheridan
-   “I Heard 'I Wish It Would Rain'” (2003), Bus Stop Records
-   “Poppy White” EP (2010) Oatcake

Albums

-   _One Two Three Four Five Six Seven, All Good Preachers Go To Heaven_ (1984), Creation
-   _The Jasmine Minks_ (1986), Creation
-   _Another Age_ (1988), Creation
-   _Scratch the Surface_ (1989), Creation
-   _Veritas_ (2000), Genius Move
-   _Popartglory_ (2001), Poptones

Compilations:

-   _Sunset_ (1986), Creation
-   _Soul Station_ (1991), Creation
-   _The Revenge of Jasmine Minks: Best of the Creation Years_ (2004), Rev-Ola
-   _Cut Me Deep - The Anthology 1984 - 2014_ (2014), Cherry Red

[1] Kellman, Andy “[ The Jasmine Minks Biography]”, Allmusic, retrieved 2010-10-09

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[4] Lazell, Barry (1998) _Indie Hits 1980-1989_, Cherry Red Books, , p. 122

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question: Summarize the history of the formation of the band, the Jasmine Minks.

answer: The band, Jasmine Minks, was formed in Aberdeen in 1983. The band was recruited by Alan McGee to record for the fledgling Creation label. Then, the band had their first single recorded at Alaska Studios, Waterloo. Afterwards, the band continued to grow and come out with many more singles.

question: How successful was this band and what attributes to their success?


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Description

Wingspan 30-38 mm. The only British Burnet with six red spots on forewing (red patch at base is divided by a vein and counts as two spots).

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Habitat

Occupying meadows, woodland clearings and sea-cliffs.

When to see it

It flies from June to August.

Life History

The larvae feed mainly on Bird's-foot Trefoil.

UK Status

This is the commonest of Britain's day-flying Burnet moths, and is found throughout Britain, with a coastal bias in the north. In a recent survey to determine the status of all macro moths in Britain this species was classified as common.

VC55 Status

Fairly frequent but not common in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = B (scarce resident or restricted distribution or regular migrant)

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question: What is the British Burnet?

answer: It is a common, day-flying moth found throughout Britain except for Leicestershire and Rutland.

question: Where is the Burnet moth's habitat?

answer: Occupying meadows, woodland clearings, and sea-cliffs.

question: What months can the moths be seen flying?

answer: June to August

question: What is does L&R Moth Group status "B" mean?

answer: Scarce resident or restricted distribution or regular migrant

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The British Burnet is a common day-flying moth found throughout Britain except for Leicestershire and Rutland. The larvae feed on Bird's-foot Trefoil. Its habitat includes occupying meadows, woodland clearings, and sea cliffs. The Burnet moth flies from  July to August and falls under L&R Moth Group Status "B."


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On 20 December 2016 the Democratic Republic of the Congo's president, Joseph Kabila, announced that he would not leave office despite the end of his constitutional term. Protests subsequently broke out across the country, which had never had a peaceful transfer of power since it gained independence in 1960. The protests were met with the government's blocking of social media,[1] and violence from security forces which left dozens dead. Foreign governments condemned the attacks against protesters.

On 23 December an agreement was proposed between the main opposition group and the Kabila led-government under which the latter agreed not to alter the constitution and to leave office before the end of 2017.[2] Under the agreement opposition leader Étienne Tshisekedi will oversee that the deal is implemented and the country's Prime Minister will be appointed by the opposition.[3]

Background

[Joseph Kabila (as seen in April 2016)|left] In the wake of the 2014 Burkinabé uprising, the Democratic Republic of the Congo experienced a series of protests (e.g. the 2015 Congolese protests) in which Congolese citizens demanded that President Joseph Kabila not alter the presidential term limits in the country's constitution so that he could run for another term in office and not delay the country's planned elections.[4] These protests and others in 2016 were often violent and took place within the broader context of frequent mass protests against authoritarian governments in Africa (e.g. in Burundi, Uganda, Ethiopia, Gabon, Republic of the Congo, Zimbabwe, and Cameroon).

In 2016 Kabila's government was mentioned in the Panama Papers and it asked and received permission from the country's constitutional court to allow Kabila to remain in power after his term ended if a successor had not been elected.[5] Following protests in mid-2016 and calls by members of the opposition to hold talks Kabila's government announced the appointment of several nominally opposition politicians into cabinet posts but continued to claim that elections would be impossible to hold due to financial constraints and that the earliest possible date for elections would be April 2018.[6] In September, the United States imposed financial sanctions on two of Kabila's advisors, Major General Gabriel Amisi Kumba and John Numbi, preventing the two from accessing assets within the US and engaging in financial transactions with US citizens.[7] In December, the United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control added Interior Minister Évariste Boshab and intelligence agency leader Kalev Mutondo to its sanctions list,[8] while the European Union froze assets and banned travel of Ilunga Kampate, leader of the DRC's Republican Guard, as well as six more unnamed officials.[9]

Events

On 14 December 42 people were arrested in Goma according to Human Rights Watch.[10] Meanwhile, an anti-Kabila protest was held outside the University of Kinshasa.[11]

On 20 December security forces killed 19 civilians in Kinshasa, 6 civilians in Boma, 4 civilians in Matadi, and 5 civilians in Lubumbashi.[12] Protesters held red penalty cards[13] and blew whistles signifying the end of Kabila's term in office and their desire for him to leave power.[14] Protesters in Kinshasa were attacked by security forces with tear gas, water cannons and live ammunition.[15] According to the United Nations, at least 113 people had been arrested between the 17th and 19th.[16]

On 21 December, protests in the country's second largest city, Lubumbashi, left 10 protesters dead and 47 wounded according to a local NGO.[17] Other protests in cities across the country left a total of at least 26 dead for the day, according to the Human Rights Watch, which said that military and police personnel had been deployed in Lubumbashi and Kinshasa.[18] The government reported only nine deaths,[19] while saying that the police had arrested 275 people.[20]

On 23 December an agreement was proposed between the main opposition group and the Kabila led-government under which the latter agreed not to alter the constitution and to leave office before the end of 2017.[21] Under the agreement opposition leader Étienne Tshisekedi will oversee that the deal is implemented and the country's Prime Minister will be appointed by the opposition.[22]

Mediation efforts by DR Congo's Roman Catholic Church

DR Congo's Roman Catholic Church has been mediating talks between members of the country's political opposition and the government.[23][24]

International reactions

-   Belgium: The Belgian government said it would review its relationship with the DRC.[25]

-   France: The French government called on the European Union to review its relationship with the DRC.[26][27] The foreign minister, Jean-Marc Ayrault, said, “We can’t continue to pretend as if nothing is happening”.[28]

-   Germany: The German foreign office stated on 21 December that “The negotiations on development cooperation scheduled to take place next year will be postponed indefinitely. The German Government reserves the right to take further steps.”[29]

-   United Kingdom: Tobias Ellwood, the British Minister for Africa and the Middle East, said, “The government must urgently set a date for timely elections to prevent the situation from escalating further.”[30]

-   United States: The American government released a statement saying, “We remain ready to impose additional sanctions on those – whether government or opposition – who perpetrate violence or impede DRC’s democratic institutions”.[31]

Aftermath

By late January Congo's Catholic Bishops Conference (CENCO) announced that the December 31st deal was at risk of collapsing as Kabila's regime and the opposition disagreed over appointments to the electoral monitoring council and ministerial posts.[32]

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title: December 2016 Congolese protests

question: Who is the Democratic Republic of the Congo's president?

answer: Joseph Kabila

question: What groundbreaking event happened that lead to the Congolese protests?

answer: The announcement of the Congo's president, Joseph Kabila, not leaving office despite the end of his constitutional term lead to Congolese protests.

question: What agreement was proposed on December 23rd in regards to the protests?

answer: The agreement proposed stated that the main opposition group and the Kabila led-government under which the latter agreed not to alter the constitution and to leave office before the end of 2017.

question: How did the protests impact international relationships with other countries?

answer: Many international countries said they would review their relationship with the DRC in light of what they had seen and heard about the current environment in DRC.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article discusses the Congolese protests that happened in December 2016. The background of why these protests occurred, the events leading up to and during the protests, and the reactions of international countries were all described in this article.


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One day, a Boy went to his first day of elementary school
His mother drove him. She was healthy and youthful
The Boy was scared and sad. He wanted to be alone
He cried, but he went to school anyway
Because he was told that he should
The kids at school didn’t like The Boy. And he didn’t like them
His mom told him he would make friends, and it would be ok

One day, The Boy went home after another day of 6th grade
James had called his mother a whore, and James was in 8th grade
The Boy had a fight with James
He didn’t want to, but he was told that he should
The Boy’s mother tended his black eye
And she smoked a lot, but she cared for him
The Boy was ashamed, but he held back most of his tears
His mother told him people would forget, and that it would be ok

One day, The Boy went to his last day of high school
Jenny had cheated on him with Darrel
Darrel wasn’t afraid of The Boy
And The Boy was embarrassed, but he didn’t cry
He wanted to fight Darrel, but he was told he shouldn’t
The Boy didn’t see his mom that day, so he told himself it would be ok

One day, The Boy became a Man, and he went to a graveyard
He wasn’t lonely, sad, or embarrassed,
He had no problems with his mother, friends, or ex-girlfriend,
He did what he wanted, and it wasn’t what he was told he should do
Nobody beat him, told him what he should do, or took advantage of him

And nobody wondered why he killed himself

title: [Okay] Submitted this to r/poetry a few days ago and got no response.

question: Why was the boy ashamed?

answer: It is unclear whether the boy is ashamed of his smoking mother or the fact that he has a black eye and was in a fight.

question: Why did the boy want to be alone?

answer: Perhaps the boy suffered from depression or anxiety. He seems to do a lot of crying

question: Why did James call the boy's mother a whore?

answer: Perhaps the mother was free with her favors or maybe James is just being mean and bullying the boy

question: Why did the man kill himself?

answer: He had no friends or family and nobody cared enough to even wonder why he had killed himself.

question: Write a ~13 sentence summary.

answer:
The young healthy woman drops her son at the elementary school for the first time. He doesn’t want to be there. He is scared and sad, but he goes because he’s told he should. The kids at school don’t like him. One day James from the 8th grade calls the boy’s mom a whore. The boy is in 6th grade. The boy’s mom tends to his black eye. The boy’s mom smokes a lot and he’s ashamed of her.

Jenny, his girlfriend cheats on him with Darrel. He wants to hit Darrel but he’s told he shouldn’t.

One day when the boy is a man. He has no problems with friends, his mom or ex-girlfriend and no one tells him what to do. Nobody wonders why he killed himself in the graveyard.


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American automaker Ford and Chinese search giant Baidu are working hard on developing their own self-driving technology, but the two companies know it's sometimes smarter to buy expertise from elsewhere. Today, Ford and Baidu have announced a joint investment of $150 million in Velodyne — a Silicon Valley firm that makes LIDAR sensors essential for guiding autonomous cars. The investment will be used to make the company's sensors cheaper to produce, hopefully lowering the cost of self-driving tech.

LIDAR essentially works like radar, bouncing a signal off nearby objects to gauge their distance. However, while radar uses radio waves for this, LIDAR uses light waves — allowing for the creation of more detailed 3D maps of the sensor's surroundings. In a press statement, Velodyne said it's expecting an "exponential increase" in the demand for its technology, and that its aim is to make its sensors as cost effective as possible. "This investment will accelerate the cost reduction and scaling of Velodyne’s industry-leading LIDAR sensors, making them widely accessible and enabling mass deployment of fully autonomous vehicles," said the company's CEO and founder David Hall.

And they will certainly be put to use. Earlier this year, Baidu announced it was building a 100-person team in Silicon Valleyto develop autonomous vehicles, going head-to-head with rival Google on the US company's home turf. Ford, too, is working on self-driving tech (along with every other major automaker), and this year plans to triple the size of its US test fleet.

question: What is LIDAR?

answer: A system that works similar to radar, but uses light waves the bounce signals off nearby objects rather than radiowaves.

question: Why did Ford and Baidu invest in Velodyne?

answer: Both companies are working on developing autonomous vehicles and will benefit from the LIDAR technology Velodyne is working on.

question: Describe the relationship between Ford and Baidu.

answer: They are both companies working on self-driving tech, and they have made a joint investment in Velodyne.

question: Who is David Hall?

answer: The CEO and founder of Velodyne.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Ford and Baidu have made a joint investment of $150 million in Velodyne, a company developing a technology called LIDAR. LIDAR is similar to radar except it uses light waves instead of radio waves. The technology will be useful for the development of autonomous vehicles, which both Ford and Baidu plan to produce.


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The 2009 MEN'S DIVISION III RUGBY TOURNAMENT is a tournament which involved 103 schools playing in a single-elimination tournament to determine the national champion of men's NSCRO Division III college rugby as a culmination of the 2008–09 rugby season. It began in the fall 2008 season in the northeast, midwest and mid-atlantic, and picked up again in the spring 2009 season for the southern teams, and concludes with the Fearsome Four, a final four-style semifinals and championship games co-hosted by South Jersey RFC on April 25-6 in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

National Championship Bracket

Fearsome Four – Cherry Hill, New Jersey

National Semifinal

The National Semifinals were held on a warm sunny day, on a badly worn pitch at Green Acre Park in Cherry Hill, NJ. Sadly, the event was not well publicized. Each match was attended by about 40 rugby fans, friends and family members. The event host, South Jersey RFC, had a small concession lean-to, offering pretzels, sodas and event T-shirts.

In the first match of the day, New England Rugby Football Union Champion Salve Regina met NY State Rugby Conference Champion SUNY Oswego. Salve Regina was the only true small college in the tournament (having approximately 500 male students to SUNY's 3000), and it showed. SUNY's large squad took advantage of poor SRU tackling up the middle and took a 22-0 lead into halftime. The first half was led by the dominance of Oswego flankers Matt Moir (senior)with 4 tries, Kandu Agmibson, fly half Jordan Storie (senior captain), and outside center Jay McGukin (senior captain).

In the second half, Oswego replaced four of its starters including starting scrum half and senior captain Alex Rufer among others due to injury and conservation for the finals match, which was to be determined. Consequently, SRU showed some spirit and put points on the board, exchanging tries with SUNY, but they never really got the hang of EPRU referee Pete Hesler's refusal to penalize an offside. And on those other penalties that were called, SRU was physically restrained from quicktapping on multiple occasions by Hesler to allow Oswego to adequately retreat. One such restraint took place on the Oswego 5m line, evoking a barrage of criticism from the SRU sideline, and for which they probably should have been disciplined. Overall, SUNY Oswego was by far the better team on the day, running in multiply tries from outside the 22m.

In the second match, VRU Champion Longwood met USA Rugby South Champion Coastal Carolina. The two teams were well coached and matched up very well. Again, however, the large college program carried the day. Coastal Carolina was physically larger, and took an early lead, but Longwood battled back, playing smart rugby and making some key kicks for points. At halftime, Coastal Carolina held a 17-13 lead. In the second half, fitness seemed to be an issue, not so much for the teams, but for the officiating crew, all of whom seemed to be approaching 60 years old and overweight. Apparently, the event host had some difficulty arranging referees, and had to do some last minute scrambling to obtain referee coverage. Longwood took a brief lead, before giving it back to Coastal Carolina for good about midway through the second half. Coastal Carolina was the best team on Saturday. They were big, fit, aggressive and knowledgeable. Longwood matched them in every category but size and points.

Regional Brackets

Northeast Regional Bracket

The Northeast Regional Bracket is the home of USA Rugby territorial union Northeast Rugby Union (“NRU”) (partial). More specifically, it is the home of NRU's largest local area union, the New England Rugby Football Union (NERFU), and its twenty-four (24) Men's College Division III Rugby teams.

NERFU plays its regular season in the fall. At the end of the regular season, the top two teams in each of its four conferences participate in the NERFU College Men's Division III Cup Championship, which also serves as the NSCRO Northeast Regional Championship. In November 2008, Salve Regina University defeated Southern Connecticut State University 21-20 to win the regional championship. See 2008 NERFU College Men's Division III Rugby Tournament.

In this bracket were one union champion and three conference champions:

-   Salve Regina University - New England Rugby Football Union Men's College Division III Champion
-   Tufts University - NERFU East Men's College Division III Champion
-   Southern Connecticut State University - NERFU South Men's College Division III Champion
-   Keene State College - NERFU West Men's College Division III Champion

New York/Midwest Regional Bracket

The New York/Midwest Regional Bracket is the home of USA Rugby territorial unions Northeast Rugby Union (partial) and Midwest Rugby Union, and their twenty-six (26) men's college division III rugby programs.

In this bracket were 3 union champions and one conference champion:

-   SUNY Oswego - New York State Rugby Conference Men's College Division III Champion
-   William Paterson University - Metropolitan New York Rugby Union Men's College Division III Champion
-   Fairmont State University - Allegheny Rugby Union Men's College Division III Champion
-   Clarkson University - NYS East Men's College Division III Champion

Mid-Atlantic Regional Bracket

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Bracket is the home of USA Rugby territorial union Mid-Atlantic Rugby Football Union or MARFU and their twenty-two (22) men's college division III rugby programs.

In this bracket were 3 union champions and a runner-up:

-   Widener University - Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union Men's College Division III Champion
-   Penn State Berks - Eastern Pennsylvania Rugby Union Men's College Division III Runner-Up
-   American University - Potomac Rugby Union Men's College Division III Champion
-   Longwood University - Virginia Rugby Union Men's College Division III Champion

South Regional Bracket

The South Regional Bracket is the home of USA Rugby territorial union USA Rugby South (“USARS”) and their thirty-one (31) men's college division III rugby programs.

In this bracket were 4 conference champions and their runners-up:

-   Lee University - USARS Men's College Division III - Conference A Champion
-   Tulane University - USARS Men's College Division III - Conference B Champion
-   Coastal Carolina University - USARS Men's College Division III - Conference C Champion
-   Elon University - USARS Men's College Division III - Conference D Champion

title: 2009 NSCRO Men's Division III Rugby Tournament

question: How many schools were involved in the 2009 Men's Division III Rugby tournament?

answer: 103 schools.

question: What is the Fearsome Four?

answer: It is a final four-style semi-finals and championship games co-hosted by South Jersey.

question: Name the teams that played the first match of the 2008-2009 Fearsome Four?

answer: New England Rugby Football Union Champion Salve Regina and SUNY Oswego

question: Name the teams that played the second match of the 2008-2009 Fearsome Four?

answer: VRU Champion Longwood and Coastal Carolina.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer:
The 2009 Men's Division III Rugby Tournament is a single-elimination tournament involving 103 schools.

It begins in 2008 and ends with the Fearsome Four, which is a final four-style semi-finals and championship games co-hosted by South Jersey.

The 2008-2009 edition was played by Salve Regina, SUNY Oswego, Longwood, and Coastal Carolina.


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This, this a story without a planned plot, protagonist, antagonist or even a climax at that. Why, do you ask? Leave it to personal opinion to tell you that life doesn't have a story line, a good guy, or a bad guy, and it could end mid sentence, or after three hundred pages. So with that said, meet Riley, Riley Mattheux. A quiet kid, with loud noises in his head. Didn't say a whole lot, but that doesn't mean he had nothing to say. He had a hard time speaking when put on the spot, driving peers and people affiliated with him absolutely crazy. He was gentleman, a little less of a scholar, and even less of a manly man. He would never break six foot tall, or know the luxury of having the opposite sex swoon over him. This is a transcript of my conversations with Riley, see how he starts off keeping to himself, and slowly opens up. I hope you all get to know him as well as i did.

Me: Good morning Riley, how are you doing this morning.

Riley: Im good.

Me: Just good?

Riley: Yeah.

Me: No elaboration on how well you slept or how the events of your morning affected your good mood?

Riley: Any elaboration on how much you really wanna psycho-analyze me for your putrid tests?

Me: All I asked is how your morning was...

Riley: And "good" wasnt good enough? You asked me a question, and i answered it, in a timely manner, and directly, what else do you want from me?

Me: Well, I would like to have a normal conversation, without the hostility, and without you looking to deep into implications that do not exist.

Riley: Okay then, continue.

Me: Well, what is it you like? Any hobbies, interests, passions?

Riley: Music is my passion.

Me: What kind of music do you enjoy?

Riley: I just said I love music, all music, there isn't a certain genre i love more than another, I appreciate art, I appreciate the emotions and the fullness of the heart that was poured into that little four minute composition. You can always tell a good song by how it makes you feel, it it doesnt make you feel anything, it's garbage. If you feel anger, sadness, happiness etc, then the artist has done what they were looking to do. Which is all anyone wants anyway, is the piece of mind know that they accomplished what they set out to do.

Me: Wow, i wasn't expecting an answer that in depth.

Riley: I'm an in depth guy.

Me: I'm starting to see that.

Riley: Well i would hope so, you got four sets of eyes there to see it with.

Me: Fair Enough. Im noticing that your answers to my questions are very black and white, is that how you view life?

Riley: As a matter of fact it is. It is yes or no, this or that, right or left, simple as that, when you start making things more complicated is when problems arise, whether it be a small or huge problem. Life isn't that hard of a thing to figure out, once you simplify it, all the complications become clear, still complex nonetheless. Its kinda like taking pre-calculus, you learn the hard complicated way to work all the problems out to get the same answer, as opposed to calculus, you learn why, instead of how, and sometimes knowing why is better than knowing how.

Me: So, you are saying that everything is black and white, but your explanations as to why that is so is all colors of the rainbow. If its so simple, why does it require explaining? If it were as cake as you say, it would just require common sense to understand that nothing is as hard as we make it?

Riley: Sense, is not a common thing anymore.

Me: Why do you say that?

Riley: What the hell do you mean, why do I say that? I say that because i believe it, if you have to ask, you are walking proof that sense is an uncommon trait.

Me: Anger, Riley, watch it, I'm asking you why you believe that common sense is a dying trait.

Riley: It doesnt matter why i believe anything, no one is going to care what i think. I tell you what though, if someone would just sit the fuck down, shut up, and listen, I have it figured out, as god as my witness, I have this life figured out, and how it works, and why it works, and why the path we are going down is gonna be the end, and a new beginning at the same time.

After that, Riley got worked up, and left the room. I personally believe i can break to the inner core of this kid, there is something interesting that i am seeing, and something even more interesting that i have yet to see. Is anyone else interested in my future conversations with Riley?

title: Emotions Overriding Configurations

question: Describe Riley.

answer: Riley Mattheux is described as a quiet kid with loud noises in his head, a gentleman, less of a scholar, and probably average looking. Based off the interview, he seems quick to get angry.

question: What is the narrator's relationship to Riley?

answer: That information isn't clear based off of the text. It can be assumed that they are peers of some sort.

question: Why does Riley say that he is an in depth guy?

answer: The narrator comments that he was surprised by the depth of Riley's answer.

question: What is the narrator's goal with Riley?

answer: The narrator's goal seems to be to break through to Riley's inner core. The narrator wants to get to know Riley and get him talking.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator decides to interview a peer of theirs, Riley Mattheux. Riley is a quiet, average kid, but the narrator believes he has a lot to say. The narrator asks Riley about his hobbies, interests, and his views on life. Riley ends up getting worked up after answering a question about common sense, and storms off from the interview. The narrator feels encouraged despite this, and hopes to break into Riley's inner core.


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Baby Carriers...

Baby carriers have been around for thousands of years.   Prior to the early 1900’s, parents worldwide used a variety of long cloths, shawls, scarves and even bed sheets to snuggle up their babies and get the chores done.

Babywearing was not something 'special' and different as it is perceived today in the Western world, but just what they did to cope. And cope they did!  Mothers had to work incredibly hard and didn't have time to stop and entertain baby, so baby just came along for the ride.  It was common sense for mother to use a baby carrier to make her life a little easier.

Even today many traditional types of carrier are still used in developing countries, although this is usually restricted to indigenous communities where babywearing is totally normal, a necessity and way of life.

A Carrier for every country....

Each country/area of the world has a traditional baby carrier designed to meet their particular needs, i.e. hot/cold climate, type of work mothers do, cultural/traditional wearing positions.

For instance Mexican people use the Rebozo, which is a square of woven cloth tied over one shoulder with baby usually on the back- sometimes called a Chal, depending on the length.

Peruvians have a Manta which sits over both shoulders like a cape, and baby sits high on mother's back.

Guatemalans use Parraje- similar to a Rebozo.

European mothers used a mixture of pouches, wraps and short cloth carriers.

Alaskan/Canadian people have the Amauti which is a very thick arctic jacket with a baby 'pocket' in the back, baby even fits under the over-sized hood!

Papua New Guinea mothers use a Bilum- a net bag held at the forehead with baby hanging at the back (very strong necks!)

Indonesian mothers use a Selendang which is a long ornate wrap.

Aboriginal mothers used to keep their babies in carriers made of bark, similar to the cradleboards used by Native Americans but without the cloth covering.

Asian mothers use a variety of carriers including Mei-tai /Hmong/ Bei(China), Onbuhimo (Japan), Podaegi (Korea) plus many use a carrier of long straps which go under baby's armpits and thighs for back carries.

Welsh mothers used to wear their babies in warm shawls, called 'Siol Fagu' (nursing shawl ).

Ethiopian mothers use a blanket with top straps, similar to the Onbuhimo.

African mothers use a 'Khanga' which is a short-ish piece of cloth tied around the torso, so baby sits low on the back.

Maori women carried their babies in a cloth inside their cloaks, or in a flax Pikau (backpack).

The decline and rise of babywearing....

Sadly, in many of those countries babywearing has  become less common because it is seen as something 'poor people do', and since only rich people can afford strollers, they *must* be desirable.  (Forget that they are often totally impractical for the terrain etc) The more you have, the better off you apparently are.

Ironically, even though the women from the developing countries are trying to 'be more like the Americans' by  NOT wearing their babies, babywearing is rapidly gaining in popularity with the exact people they are trying to emulate.

Interestingly, strollers were recently marketed in an African city but met with amusement and dismal failure to sell.  The mothers wondered why on earth they would need such contraptions, and what was wrong with white people's babies that they would need to be in such isolation!

With the introduction of self styled 'baby trainers' in the middle of last century, and the ensuing movement to make babies independent and stop them being spoilt by too much love and attention, babywearing declined in western countries.  Mothers stopped learning mothering from other mothers, and instead took the advice of men, deemed 'experts' because they were male, and doctors.  Never mind that men and women have been shown to have totally different parenting styles and expectations (not wrong, just different).

Babies were put in strollers and cots, instructed not to be touched, and a whole range of inventions to avoid the 'bad habit' of carrying your baby.  This move away from traditional mothering followed the move of birthing from home to hospitals, and seeing mums as 'just another silly mother', not to be trusted with the welfare of her own child.  Sue Kedgley (1996) "Mum's the Word- the untold story of motherhood in NZ"

The State was determined to 'rescue' babies from their unknowlegeable families and encourage what they deemed proper medically lead care.  It only took the first half of the 1900's  to undo centuries of mothering knowledge and support, and it has taken another 30 years to even begin healing this rift.

Later research has quashed the 'spoilt baby' theory and we know now that lack of love and touch actually severely delays babies' development.  They need and indeed crave bodily contact and movement in order to thrive.  (We all know about the devastating situation of the Romanian orphans , left in cots without love and touch, and how they have missed out on so much potential development as a result.  This sadly shows just how important it is.)

Until recently, baby slings were seen as only for hippies and native people', made of pieces of cloth and not easy to use.  But as Dr Maria Blois says in her book 'Babywearing' (2005), that changed  in Hawaii in 1981. That year a man called Rayner Garner invented a sling with two rings and padded edges, for his wife Sachi to wear their baby.  His design was so popular and useful that in 1985 Dr William Sears bought the rights and continued making and promoting slings.  The basic sling design still exists today in many variations, and many brands and types to choose from.

Dr William Sears coined the term 'babywearing' which has gained in popularity (along with soft carriers/slings) since the 1980s.  He sees baby slings as an extension of the womb environment, bringing with it many benefits for baby's development and parents' sanity!

Today....

Babywearing is becoming increasingly recognised in the UnitedStates and Europe as an important parenting tool, and there is even a very highly sought after  'wrapping school', Die Tragenschule, with branches in Dresden and Europe. People in the medical and baby worlds are beginning to realise the value of babywearing as a means of bonding with baby and aiding development.  This generation of parents are gradually learning to trust their instincts again, and feel confident to follow their intuition.  After all, babywearing is a thousand year tradition, and the last century is only a speed-bump to rediscovering the joy of parenting the way you feel is right for you.

question: Why would people carry their babies with them?

answer: Because mothers had to work hard and they had to carry their babies with them to make life easier.

question: How are people feeling about baby carrying today?

answer: It is most common in indigenous communities and developing countries but people in the western world are starting to come back to this.

question: Why has babywearing become less common?

answer: Because it is seen as something poor people do.

question: What do Peruvians use to carry a baby?

answer: A Manta which sits over both shoulders like a cape, and baby sits high on mother's back

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This text is about babywearing, what mothers used to carry babies, and how the practice declined in the recent century, recently gaining popularity again.