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MARE TRANQUILLITATIS (Latin _tranquillitātis_, the SEA OF TRANQUILLITY or SEA OF TRANQUILITY; see spelling differences) is a lunar mare that sits within the Tranquillitatis basin on the Moon. The mare material within the basin consists of basalt formed in the intermediate to young age group of the Upper Imbrian epoch. The surrounding mountains are thought to be of the Lower Imbrian epoch, but the actual basin is probably Pre-Nectarian. The basin has irregular margins and lacks a defined multiple-ringed structure. The irregular topography in and near this basin results from the intersection of the Tranquillitatis, Nectaris, Crisium, Fecunditatis, and Serenitatis basins with two throughgoing rings of the Procellarum basin. Palus Somni, on the northeastern rim of the mare, is filled with the basalt that spilled over from Tranquillitatis.

This mare has a slight bluish tint relative to the rest of the Moon and stands out quite well when color is processed and extracted from multiple photographs. The color is likely due to higher metal content in the basaltic soil or rocks.[1]

Unlike many other maria, there is no mass concentration (mascon), or gravitational high, in the center of Mare Tranquillitatis. Mascons were identified in the center of other maria (such as Serenitatis or Imbrium) from Doppler tracking of the five Lunar Orbiter spacecraft in 1968.[2] The gravity field was mapped at higher resolution with later orbiters such as Lunar Prospector and GRAIL, which unveiled an irregular pattern.

File:Tranquillitatis basin topo.jpg|Topographic map File:Tranquillitatis basin GRAIL gravity.jpg|Gravity map based on GRAIL

[Lunar nearside with major maria and craters labelled.]

Naming

Mare Tranquillitatis was named in 1651 by astronomers Francesco Grimaldi and Giovanni Battista Riccioli in their lunar map _Almagestum novum_.[3][4]

Landings

[A view of the Apollo 11 landing site at center, facing west, with Maskelyne crater in right foreground] On February 20, 1965, the Ranger 8 spacecraft was deliberately crashed into the Mare Tranquillitatis at after successfully transmitting 7,137 close-range photographs of the Moon in the final 23 minutes of its mission.[5][6]

Surveyor 5 landed in Mare Tranquillitatis on September 11, 1967, after transmitting 19,118 images of the Moon, and was the fifth lunar lander of the unmanned Surveyor program.[7]

Apollo

Mare Tranquillitatis was the landing site for the first manned landing on the Moon on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. After astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin made a soft landing in the Apollo 11 Lunar Module nicknamed _Eagle_, Armstrong told flight controllers on Earth, “Houston, Tranquility Base here. The Eagle has landed.” The landing area at has been designated _Statio Tranquillitatis_ after Armstrong's name for it, and three small craters to the north of the base have been named Aldrin, Collins, and Armstrong in honor of the Apollo 11 crew.[8]

Apollo 11 landed at .[9][10]

Bays

Along the periphery of the mare are several bay-shaped features that have been given names: Sinus Amoris, Sinus Asperitatis, Sinus Concordiae, and Sinus Honoris.[11]

Views

[]These are three views of Mare Tranquillitatis on the Moon, taken by the mapping camera of the Apollo 17 mission in 1972, facing south-southwest from an average altitude of 111 km on Revolution 36 of the mission. At the left is the east side of Mare Tranquillitatis, with the craters Franz (bottom right), Lyell (dark floor, right of center), and Taruntius (upper left). The “bay” of dark mare (basalt) at left is Sinus Concordiae, with “islands” of older, light highland material. At the right is the crater Cauchy, which lies between the Rupes Cauchy and Cauchy rille. The center photo shows the central mare with craters Vitruvius (lower right) and Gardner (bottom center). At the horizon are lighter highlands at the southern margin of the mare, near the Apollo 11 landing site. The crater Jansen is visible at the edges of both the center and right photos. The right photo shows the western mare, with the craters Dawes (lower left) and the large Plinius (43 km diameter), with the Plinius Rilles in the foreground. These photos were taken within minutes of each other as the command module _America_ orbited the Moon. The Sun elevation drops from 46 degrees at left to 30 degrees at right.

In popular culture

-   Israeli psych-progressive rock band Jericho Jones recorded a song named “Mare Tranquilitatas” as the opening track of their UK album release (1971) _Junkies, Monkeys & Donkeys_. The band is also known as The Churchills.
-   “Mare Tranquillitatis” is the name of a composition of music by composer Vangelis on his 1976 album, _Albedo 0.39_ and is in reference to the selenographical term.
-   “Sea of Tranquility” is also a song by the progressive English rock band Barclay James Harvest, included in their 1977 album _Gone to Earth_. The composition was written by the band keyboardist Stuart “Woolly” Wolstenholme.
-   American singer-songwriter Tommy Shaw (best known for his work with the rock band Styx) is associated with a number of references to the Sea of Tranquility. Tranquility Base Songs is his publishing company. He called his farm Tranquility Base Farms. A number of his songs mention Tranquility Base or simply “tranquility.” Examples include: “Boat on the River”, “And all roads lead to Tranquility Base” (from the 1979 album _Cornerstone_), “Everything Is Cool” – “We are a Sea of Tranquillity” (from the 1999 album _Brave New World_), and “These Are the Times” – “We know the end will bring tranquility” (from the 2003 album _Cyclorama_).
-   _Sea of Tranquillity_ is the title of a 1994 novel by Paul Russell.
-   Six Finger Satellite included a song named “Sea of Tranquility, Parts 1 & 2” from their 1998 album _Law of Ruins_.
-   The Dutch stoner rock/space rock band 35007 released a 2001 EP named _Sea of Tranquility_.
-   Dutch producer Maarten van der Vleuten/In-Existence released a song titled “Mare Tranquillitatis” on his album _Vow Of Silence_ released on Tonefloat in 2005.
-   Howard Korder wrote a play called _Sea of Tranquility_.
-   The Brazilian rock band from the 80s RPM mentions the Sea of Tranquillity in their hit song “Radio Pirata”.
-   “Sea of Tranquillity” is a song by space ambient artist, John Stanford.
-   _The Sea of Tranquility_ is the name of a book by Mark Haddon, author of the best-selling _The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time_.
-   _The Sea of Tranquility_ is the name of a book by Katja Millay.
-   _Transmissions from The Sea of Tranquility_ is the name of the album by The Samples, released September 30, 1997.
-   The Houston, Texas based progressive metal band Galactic Cowboys recorded a song named “Sea of Tranquility” as the sixth track on their 1991 self-titled debut album.
-   The hardcore punk band Jeromes Dream released a song called “Remember the Sea of Tranquility on their split 7” with Usurp Synapse.
-   In the 1987 film _Can't Buy Me Love_, Ronald Miller (played by Patrick Dempsey) describes the Sea of Tranquility to Cindy Mancini (played by Amanda Peterson) while viewing it through a telescope on their final date.
-   In the anime _Log Horizon 2_, Mare Tranquillitatis is the name of the sea inside the dimension where characters go when they die.
-   “Mare Tranquillitatis” is the name of a 2016 song by Adam Young.
-   Sea of Tranquility appears in chapter 78 of _Life of Pi_ by Yann Martel.
-   In Touhou 15, _Legacy of Lunatic Kingdom_, Mare Tranquillitatis is the setting of the final two stages of the game.
-   In the Alien franchise of movies, Weyland-Yutani (Often referred to as “The company”) has a major corporate headquarters in the Sea of Tranquility. (Mentioned in the 1979 film _Alien_ as seen on the opening screen of the “Mother” computer, among other sources)
-   “Sea of Tranquility” is a name of a song by Siouxsie on her album _Mantaray_.
-   In the book _Artemis_, the city Artemis is located in the Sea of Tranquility, just north of the Moltke Foothills. The Apollo 11 Visitor Center and reactor/smelter complex is also located in the Sea of Tranquility, 40 and 1 km north and south of Artemis respectively.
-   In John Adams' opera _Nixon in China_, Act 1 Scene 1, Richard Nixon references “the Earth's Sea of Tranquility”.
-   In the Power Rangers' tenth anniversary special _Forever Red_, Lord Zedd's Zord of Serpentera is stated to be located in the Sea of Tranquility, which is where the last known remnants of the Machine Empire have based themselves, digging Serpentera up and planning to use it to destroy Earth in revenge for the death of their leader, King Mondo.
-   Tranquility Base Hotel and Casino is a 2018 album and single by Arctic Monkeys. The name is a reference to Tranquility Base, located within the Sea of Tranquility.

Gallery

File:Mare Tranquillitatis map.jpg|Map of the Sea of Tranquility, showing the landing sites of Apollo 11, Apollo 16, Apollo 17, and Surveyor 5. To the southeast is Mare Fecunditatis, to the northeast is Mare Crisium, to the northwest is Mare Serenitatis, and to the south is Mare Nectaris. File:AP11 FINAL APPROACH.ogv|Neil Armstrong lands the Apollo 11 Lunar Module _Eagle_ on the Moon at Mare Tranquillitatis, July 20, 1969, creating Tranquility Base. Starts approximately 6200 feet from the surface. File:Buzz salutes the U.S. Flag.jpg|Buzz Aldrin salutes the U.S. flag on Mare Tranquillitatis during Apollo 11 in 1969. File:Mare Tranquillitatis pit crater.jpg|Spectacular high Sun view of the Mare Tranquillitatis pit crater revealing boulders on an otherwise smooth floor. Image is 400 meters wide, north is up, NAC M126710873R.

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title: Mare Tranquillitatis

question: What is the Mare Tranquillitatis known for?

answer: Mare Tranquillitatis was the landing site for the first manned landing on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

question: Why does the mare have a slightly bluish tint?

answer: The bluish tint is likely due to the higher metal content in the basaltic rocks or soil.

question: Why did the astronauts tell Houston "The Eagle has landed"?

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At least one dead after violence erupts for first time in week of protests against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

At least one person has been shot dead as Thai government supporters and foes clashed for the first time in a week of demonstrations against the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

Ten people were also injured, hospital sources told Al Jazeera. It was not immediately known who fired the shots.

The shooting in the capital, Bangkok, occurred after dark on Saturday night following scattered violence involving government opponents waylaying and beating several people they believed were going to a rally at a stadium of “Red Shirt” government supporters.

Earlier on Saturday, protesters marched on the country’s two main telecommunications enterprises in Bangkok in an effort to paralyse the government.

They have for the past week occupied or besieged government offices in what they describe as a civil disobedience campaign. They have vowed to seize the prime minister’s offices on Sunday.

A mix of royalists, southerners and the urban middle class, the government’s opponents are collectively called the Yellow Shirt movement and are united by their dislike for Thaksin Shinawatra, the controversial former prime minister.

Thaksin, a one-time telecoms tycoon, was toppled in a military coup in 2006 and lives in self-imposed exile, but he is widely believed to be the real power behind the government of his younger sister Yingluck.

‘DEMOLISH THE REGIME’

Protesters were demanding the removal of the “Thaksin regime” and the replacement of the government with an unelected “people’s council”.

Suthep Thaugsuban, the protest leader and a former Thai deputy prime minister, said the demonstrators remained “very upbeat”.

“If we demolish the Thaksin regime … we will set up a people’s council, which will come from people from every sector,” he said.

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  Thailand protests: Then and now
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Reporting from the city’s centre, Al Jazeera’s Scott Heidler said the government had earlier made an effort to keep the Red Shirts away from the Yellow Shirts.

Turnout was expected to surge over the weekend as organisers seek a final push before celebrations for Thai King Bhumibol Adulyadej’s birthday on December 5, which is traditionally marked in an atmosphere of calm and respect.

The protest organisers have declared Sunday a “day of victory”, with plans to gather near the heavily guarded Government House, besiege more important buildings – even Bangkok’s zoo – and to tighten their blockade of government ministries.

SEVERAL CHALLENGES

Prime Minister Yingluck has faced down several legal and institutional challenges in recent weeks from the opposition Democrat Party, many of whose members have taken to the streets with the anti-government protesters.

The protests escalated after her ruling Puea Thai party tried to introduce an amnesty that could have allowed Thaksin’s return, and have continued despite the Senate’s rejection of the bill.

Puea Thai came to power in 2011 elections on a wave of Thaksin support, after a bloody 2010 military crackdown on Red Shirt protests under the then Democrat-led government left some 90 people dead.

Thaksin is adored by many of the country’s rural and urban working class but hated by many southerners, middle-class Thais and the Bangkok elite, who see him as corrupt and a threat to the monarchy.

In a statement released on Friday, Prayuth Chan-O-Cha, the Thai army chief, urged protesters to respect “the democratic process under the law”, urging people to come together.

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Al Jazeera, News Agencies

question: Why are there protests in Thailand?

answer: They are protesting against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra.

question: Why are they protesting against Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra?

answer: Because it is believed that her brother, Thaksin is actually the real power behind his younger sister Yingluck Shinawatra.

question: Why do people not like Thaksin?

answer: He was toppled in a military coup in 2006 and lives in self-imposed exile

question: When did the protests escalate?

answer: After the ruling Puea Thai party tried to introduce an amnesty that could have allowed Thaksin’s return.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The article is about the protests in Thailand against the government of Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra and the Thaksin regime.


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"How did they know it was bedtime at Michael Jackson's house?" I said, confidently, knowing my golden punchline was ironclad funny. (can't wait!)

"Ummm, like, I don't know. How?" She set me up nicely.

"When the big hand was on the little hand!" I delivered it perfectly. Jazzhanded and breathless in anticipation, I awaited her reaction.

"Like, whatever."

Whatever!?! No tee-hee, not even a measly el-oh-el? I mean, if u don't laugh at that brilliant joke you're incapable of laughter. Her Plenty-of-Fish profile confirmed she loved funny guys. Laughless McGee even wrote it in CAPS. Bewilderment spun around me; i'm dizzy. Horrifically, she added, "The cranberry juice I ordered is for my urinary tract infection," without a detectable wince of humor.

Clarity filled my mind and I became acutely aware I was on a date with the Devil. Surely, nutclamps and enemas would follow me down to the charred walls of the damned that night. I was just another victim; just a padding statistic for the Devil.

*Last blind date, ever!* I thought. I was super-serious this time.

title: The Blind Date

question: Explain the guy's annoyance.

answer: He's sure his joke is funny, but the girl he's on a blind date with doesn't even smirk.

question: Why does the guy think the girl is the Devil?

answer: Not only she didn't react favorably to his joke, but she also made a comment about her UTI out of the blue.

question: What does the scene depict?

answer: A blind date going poorly.

question: Why does the guy get bewildered?

answer: The girl's profile implies that she likes jokes, but she didn't like the narrator's.

question: Write a ~7 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator is on a blind date with a girl whose profile indicates that she likes jokes. He setups a joke, "how did they know it was bedtime at Michael Jackson's house?" His punchline, "When the big hand was on the little hand!", is delivered with jazz hands. The girl just says "whatever", and then comments that the cranberry juice is for her urinary tract infection. The narrator's bewildered. He seriously considers not going on a blind date again.


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CITY OF ANGELS FC is a Los Angeles area men's soccer club based in the San Fernando Valley[1] in Los Angeles, California. They most recently played in the National Premier Soccer League.

History

The foundation of City of Angels FC was announced on January 1, 2017.[2] Its owners are PJ Harrison and Joe Sumner. In July 2017, the club announced [3]Cobi Jones had joined as Director of Football.

The club was established with a view to help an underserviced soccer community in the San Fernando Valley, in particular providing access to affordable youth soccer and creating a pathway to the professional game.

In July 2017, the club partnered with Manchester United and the Manchester United Foundation to host free youth clinics in San Fernando Valley.

The club’s badge was created by LA streetwear brand Undefeated.

Front Office

-   PJ Harrison – _Co-founder_

-   Joe Sumner – _Co-founder_

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title: City of Angels FC

question: Where is the City of Angels FC based?

answer: In San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles.

question: When was the FC founded?

answer: The FC was announced on 1 January 2017.

question: Who owns the club?

answer: The club is owned by PJ Harrison and Joe Sumner.

question: Why was the club established?

answer: The club was established to provide access to affordable youth soccer and creating a way to the professional game.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

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City of Angels FC is a soccer club based in San Fernando Valley, Los Angeles. The club was announced in January 2017. It is owned by PJ Harrison and Joe Sumner.

It is established to provide access to affordable youth soccer and to create a pathway to the professional game.

In 2017, they partnered with the Manchester United Foundation to host free youth clinics in the San Fernando Valley.


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question: What is Banjo Bear?

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-   01The IBM approach
-   02Putting AI Ethics into practice
-   03Education and toolkits
-   04Watson OpenScale
-   05Collaborations

 Building trust

 AI is embedded in everyday life, business, government, medicine and more. At IBM, we are helping people and organizations adopt AI responsibly. Only by embedding ethical principles into AI applications and processes can we build systems based on trust.

*Source: IBM’s From Roadblock to Scale: The Global Sprint Towards AI Study 2020

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3 in 4 businesses are exploring or implementing AI.

[Graph showing 78%]
78% of senior business decision-makers say it is very or critically important that they can trust that their AI’s output is fair, safe, reliable.

 Featured issues

 The IBM approach

Uniting insights from business, policy, research, and thought leadership

 Responsible innovation

 For more than 100 years, IBM has continuously strived for responsible innovation capable of bringing benefits to everyone and not just a few.

This philosophy is also applied to artificial intelligence: we aim to create and offer reliable technology that can augment, not replace, human decision-making.

We oversee a multidisciplinary, transparent, and shared approach to development, design, management and support of AI. All communities that deal with AI must be involved: those who design and develop the technology, those who deploy it, and those who use it.

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question: Summarize everything relating to ethics.

answer: In order to build systems based on trust, ethical principles must be embedded into AI applications and processes. 78% of senior business decision-makers say it is important that they can trust their AI to be fair, safe, and reliable. The IBM AI Ethics Board was established as a central, cross-disciplinary body to support a culture of ethical, responsible, and trustworthy AI. IBM works with governments, academia, non-profits and industry partners to further the implementation of ethical AI.

question: What does the article say about the future of AI?

question: What does the text say about the purpose of AI?

answer: The purpose of AI is to augment human intelligence. AI should make humans better at their jobs, and the benefits should be for the many, not just the elite few.


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“…damaged goods.” The words seem to escape your lips before you can even realize what you’re saying, but that only makes it worse. You’re always so censored, so guarded, so hearing these words that you let slip out is a glimpse into your true feelings. The ones I never get to see, but so desperately want to. As soon as the phrase rolls off of your tongue a pained look appears in your eyes, and for a moment you seem to regret it.

	“Did you think about that for two days before you said it?” You have a two-day rule; if you have something to say you’ll think about it for two days to see if you really want to say it. I suppose it’s the smart thing to do, but I always believed life is about living in the moment and saying and doing whatever’s on your mind at a given moment. You are always so composed, calculating your every move and interaction. You and I could not be any more opposite. And yet, you and I could not be any more in love.

	At least, until the events of tonight left us and our love broken and tangled like those split ends in my hair, and I’m reminded that I’m due for a haircut. I wait for your response, half expecting you to apologize and take it back. I know you better, though, you’d never lose your cool in front of me.

	“If I hadn’t considered it for so long, I wouldn’t have said it.” As always, you won’t back down or, God forbid, admit you were wrong. Somehow, you escape the general rule that all humans make mistakes. In the unlikely event you do fuck something up, you can always find a way around it, a way to make it look like a carefully planned accident.

	I smile at you, and I can tell it throws you off. You’re so used to me getting upset, yelling, crying – anything but staying calm. “You’re so fucking pathetic.” I laugh quietly to myself, not listening for your response. I’m not finished. “Your pride, your ego, is too fucking huge…is it even possible for you to admit you’ve made a mistake? Is it? Or is that too much to ask? For you to admit you’re a goddamn imperfect human being?”

	“I told you, I’ve been thinking that for a while now.”

	“Oh yeah? Have you?” I can feel my unruffled demeanor beginning to unravel. You frustrate me so badly sometimes, I turn into a person I hardly even know. It’s not like me to lose control, to shout at the people I love and to break down – but you manage to bring it out in me. “If you’d thought about that for more than two seconds, you should know that is a terrible thing to say to someone. Especially someone you’re supposed to love.” I finally look up to meet your eyes. They’re as cold as ever, and I can’t seem to detect an ounce of emotion in them.

	“Why wouldn’t I say it, if that’s what I think?”

	I swear to God, your stubbornness only increases my urge to hit you.

	But I don’t, because unlike you, I try not to hurt the people I love.

	“Because it’s fucking inconsiderate!” I know my voice level is getting increasingly higher, but I don’t care. You said such mean things, and I don’t care. “You do not call a person ‘damaged goods.’ Especially when it wasn’t their fault.”

	“Why not?” You raise your voice to compete with mine, and that stoic exterior is slowly slipping away. “You hurt yourself, I don’t care. Some guy fucked you, I don’t care. You’re damaged goods, but I got over that!”

That’s it. I have the overwhelming urge to slap you, but I know you’d deal it back ten times worse. My fingernails dig so deeply into my palms I worry the skin is going to break. Tears of frustration are brimming at my eyes, and keeping them back is getting harder by the second. I’m not even sure what to say to you, and I know that any words are going to send me over the edge and into an ocean of tears. How dare you say that. How fucking dare you. You’re acting like I wanted all this to happen. You’re making it sound like, at fourteen years old, I wanted some older guy to force himself upon me. Like I wanted to hate myself and hurt myself for years over it. And now you’re trying to tell me that you’re the one who ‘got over it’? I’m pretty sure I had much more ‘getting over it’ to do than you did.

	“This isn’t love.” The three words pass my lips almost without my consent, and come out barely above a whisper. I hear you ask me to reiterate, but I’m too lost in my own mind to pay attention to you. “This isn’t love,” I murmur again, and the phrase keeps repeating itself in my head. Love doesn’t hurt, at least not like this. Love doesn’t play games, hold grudges.

	You are beautiful, and I wanted this to be love so badly that I convinced myself that it was. But it isn’t, and that’s become more and more of an inescapable truth.

	I get off your bed. I will no longer refer to it as ‘our’ bed, because it isn’t. I hear you standing up to come after me, and I smirk sardonically to myself. For once, you put aside your pride. Too bad it came too late. I walk fast, but you’re faster, and you grab my arm and whirl me around. You seem angry, which is amusing since I’m the one who just got insulted.

	“Where do you think you’re going?”

	“I’m leaving you.”

	“No you aren’t.” For a moment, I stop resisting to look at you, and shake my head. Maybe if you had asked nicely, I’d have stayed. Maybe if you didn’t act like I was just your property, some object you could do as you please with. Maybe if you’d admitted you were hurt instead of getting angry, I’d have stayed.

	But you didn’t. You didn’t do any of that. I jerk my arm away from you.

	“Don’t touch me.” Those words seem to get to you, and suddenly you appear to have a change of heart. I turn away and continue walking, hardly interested in whatever apology or sob story you have to offer this time.

	“No, I didn’t mean it, don’t leave…I can fix you.” The comment stops me, and I turn to face you one last time. There is nothing you can say now to save yourself. I consider myself to be a forgiving person, but the things you’ve said and done to me are unforgiveable. I almost pity you, and how you think you can ‘fix’ me. How you think you’re some savoir, God’s greatest gift to the planet. I think that you honestly believe you are all those things, and the sad reality is that you aren’t. Sadder even, is that you’re too blind to realize it.

	“No, you can’t.” You begin to say something, but I cut you off. “You can’t fix something that isn’t broken.”

title: [Damaged Goods] first story ever :3

question: Who is the narrator talking to?

answer: The reader takes on the role of the second character.

question: What are the two characters fighting about?

answer: They argue about one person calling the other 'damaged goods' and for having a big ego.

question: What is one of the speakers trying to fix?

answer: The other speaker

question: What happened to the narrator when they were younger?

answer: They were sexually assaulted.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This story is a dialogue between two characters in which they have an argument about something insulting one of the speakers said.


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Last year, a fellow clergyman mentioned on social media the practice of listening to the Scriptures during the season of Lent. I took up this challenge (a day late — beginning the Thursday morning after Ash Wednesday) and found it to be a very beneficial Lenten discipline.

Adhering to this schedule, however, I did find it particularly challenging at times, what with the additional pastoral responsibilities that take place during Lent and Holy Week. (Let the reader understand.) This year I decided to extend my listening schedule to include the Pre-Lent season, and offer myself Saturdays as “catch–up” days and Sundays as days to focus my meditation upon the prescribed lectionary readings of the day.

I invite you to join me this year in listening to the Holy Scriptures during Lent (and Pre-Lent). Here is my listening schedule for this year. Feel free to use or modify this schedule as you wish.

There are many different ways to listen to the Scriptures. I personally use Audible and listen to the NKJV Voice Only Audio Bible narrated by Bob Souer. I would suggest listening to a non-dramatized version, as opposed to a dramatized one, in order that you can focus purely on the Word of God (without the audio distractions that dramatized versions contain). The choice, ultimately, is yours; the important thing is to pick a version and stick with it through the end. Perhaps next year (or sooner), you’ll try a different version.

God bless your listening and your various Lenten disciplines.

question: Explain the benefit of listening to scripture over Lent.

answer: The author explains that it is a good way to reconnect to the Word of God over the period of Lent.

question: What is the suggested way of listening to scripture?

answer: The pastor suggests using Audible, and more specifically listenin to a non-dramatized version of The Bible, using the time to get from start to finish.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: A clergyman explains a new discipline for Lent, in which he listens to Scriptures daily.


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I don't want to read about a "veneer" and what's beneath it. I don't want to read about glass and wires and the new noir.

It's the way that you think of the concrete in an alleyway, the door that you look at with the blue light buzzing overhead in its wire-caged socket. I mean:

I hack away furiously at a keyboard, minding the sirens in the distance —and this time, for the first time, I'm sure that they're for me— and she bursts through the door and slips on the tile for a second, just catching herself. "Shitshitshit! Come the fuck on! Come on!"

I jump up, barely catching up to the moment. Her coat is blown by strong gusts from outside. Then I see a blinding white spotlight stream through the doorframe into the room right in front of me, painting her into halves before I hear "zeeowwhap! zeeowwhap!" and she's too shocked to scream as she looks down at the torn fabric and dark spots, all the blood. She looks up at me. She won't make it, and as soon as I realize that, I feel like throwing up. But there's no time. I grab the memfile and I run through the narrow hallway towards the front of the place. There are already people shouting at the back entrance as I make my way onto the street. I slam the door behind me, as if that would somehow separate me from what's coming to get me.

As I run down the stairs, I lock eyes with a guy standing right next to my bike. He and I both know what's happening and he widens his stance and squares towards me, taking deliberate steps over the curb, past the parking meter. He's not pulling a gun; he wants me alive. That's even worse... I'm fighting panic, the urge to run. This guy is fucking moving on me. What am I doing? There, in the gutter next to the steps: the vodka bottle. I pick it up and rush him, and he seems to get what's going on, but he's pissed off, like he expected the confrontation to go a lot smoother, like me not surrendering doesn't fit into his schedule. But he doesn't feel what I feel, which is all the unused adrenaline from a docile life (a life that, undoubtably, is past and gone now) surging and spiraling through my veins like bobsleds made of electricity. And rage— rage because they killed her and I didn't even know what she was like, because now she can't be "like" anything anymore, because they want to kill me too and I don't want to be killed.

So it proceeds that, as he tries to reach for the bottle to grab it out of my hands, to go on with his plan of subduing me without becoming dead, I yell and swing as hard as I can. His eyes get big. I hit a home run. It's nothing like the movies, the bottle doesn't break. He doubles over and screams because his nose and part of his face are broken. Still yelling, I pull the bottle in an imaginary arc through the side of his head, like driving a golf ball— the sound is sort of the same too, "WHOP-ping!" except it's followed immediately by another scream and the guy is stumbling and falling onto the ground. He is about as angry as someone can get, reaching out desperately with one hand to hook my leg or something. I step back and dart to my bike, turn the key in the ignition. Come on. Thumb the start. Ok. Pull as hard on the throttle as I can. Shit. The other people are bursting out of the front door now, still yelling. "Shit!" From a few hundred feet behind, they're firing at me— I know because I can see lines of air and things spraying sparks and bits of themselves all around me. I'm ducking and turning sharply into the next street.

The air is freezing. The night is dark. Streetlights and neon pass by as lines of fire; almost nobody is driving. It's terrifyingly empty. About a half hour later, I'm out of the city. I pull behind an abandoned gas station, cut my engine, step off of my bike, and collapse into the wall. I can't seem to cry or think about what I'll do next. All I can do is stare and think about how fucked it all was, how I want to go back to before it all happened.

title: The Protean Incident

question: Summarize the plot of the story.

answer: The story starts with the narrator hacking into something, probably saving a file onto a "memfile." Someone comes in and tells the narrator to hurry and gets shot. The narrator runs to their bike, beating up someone along the way. They get away on their bike, but the pursuers keep trying to shoot the narrator. Eventually the narrator hides in an abandoned gas station outside the city, and wishes that they could go back before it all happened.

question: Summarize the setting of the story.

answer: There is not much specific information about the setting of the story, but a general setting can be inferred. The story contains neon, computers, guns, and motorbikes, so it cannot be too far in the past. The narrator also has something called a "memfile" which may indicate that the story takes place in the near future. At the end of the story the narrator flees the city, so the bulk of the story probably takes place in a city sometime in the near future.

question: Summarize the narrator's escape.

answer: The narrator is warned by the woman to "come on" and the narrator watches her die. The narrator then grabs the file and runs, slamming the door as they run. The narrator then fights a man guarding their bike with a vodka bottle. The narrator wins, and escapes on their bike as the pursuers shoot at them.


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question: How long can the Nexus 7 playback HD video?

answer: The Nexus 7 can play up to 9 hours of HD video.

question: How much does the Nexus 7 weigh?

answer: The Nexus 7 weighs 0.64 lbs.

question: What processor does the Nexus 7 have?

answer: The Nexus 7 has a Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor.

question: What resolution does the Nexus 7 display?

answer: The Nexus 7 displays in 1080p.

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text:
**The Oncoming Storm**

A man sits, watching the stars. His breath calm, his eyes focused.

Five people walk up to the man. All in grey robes. They encircle him looking anxious, at the ready, wary of the man. A man speaks older than the others in his group "We are sorry." As he removes his weapon, a steel sword, from his belt while the man stays silent. The rest bring out their weapons, all made of cold steel glinting in the dark. "We have come to take you in. We know of your plan, we can not allow it."

The man gets up slowly, and the circle of people spring back in defensive position but the man just only speaks. "You warned me once, not to come, but here I am at the end." He says the last bit sardonically. He sigh’s. "It is the only way."

"We thank you, what you did saved us, saved us all. Can’t you see why we forbade you. You are worse than any threat the legion were."

"You thank me, yet in your next breath you still claim what I did was wrong, you still speak of me as a runaway child, not of the one who turned back the legion, the man who united the five armies prevented the fall of the Empire. Without me, you would all be dead." He spits the last words out.

"We argued for patience"

"You argued for **death**!"

The man’s voice silences the very earth. Not a creature, the wind or even the nearby camp of the million men he man commanded could be heard.
"The legion is broken, these men should not be doomed just for your revenge."

The man starts to laugh. "Revenge, I do not do this out of revenge. You have not seen what I have seen, the legion are nothing compared to what is coming."
"Then why do you plan to destroy them and your army, can’t you see it is madness!"

"Madness." As he speaks, he pulls out his own weapon, a weapon not of steel but of black metal. "Madness was watching as the legion broke the borders and we sat doing nothing." As he speaks the man paces the circle, inviting them to attack. "Madness was forbidding those of the order not to join me, madness was watching as the valley of Banyan burn!"

The youngest of the group attacks the man, as his back was turned. As if in slow motion the man turns around, grabs the blade with his hand and uses his own to slice the man’s stomach. "I am sorry little Yanni." The man says as his assailant, little more than a boy collapses to the ground.  "Stop this, you can not win. Put down your weapons and see why I must do this!"

"Yanni, no!" An older man, the boy’s teacher react’s at the loss of his pupil. He can not hold back his own attack, and strikes a blow, but the man blocks it with his own sword.
"Gabriel, I am truly sorry." The man’s foot comes out of no where and pushes Gabriel to back, and he falls to the ground. The man pounces down but his strikes was stopped by another of the order. The man spins and finds room away from the group.

 "Ah, Omar. I had always hoped to fight you, but upon different circumstances." Omar’s eyed the man while he extends his hand to Gabriel, bringing him up off the ground.

"As you warned me once, and I did not listen, I now shall warn you, and know you will not listen. Drop your weapons."

The old man of the order speaks, "We can not. Attack!" The old man charges forward and his fellow order members join in the fray. The man responds not with a block but with a jump forward stabbing the old man in the chest. The other’s seemingly uncaring with the loss of the old man attack the man but he pulls out his weapon quickly to block the strike to his left while using the old man as a shield to block the one from his left. Out of nowhere Omar blade comes forward striking. The man escapes downward but Omar’s blade pierces his cheek.

**"Enough"** The man’s speaks and the the ground convulses.

The order members fall to the ground violently. All except Omar who ignores the rumbling ground. He charges towards the man, the shaking ground seemingly nothing to him. Omar’s blade comes over his head but suddenly he stops, and falls, an arrow in his back.

The man see’s a woman, her hair white, walk over, knocking the order’s men out with her blunted weapon. "It is time Arashi, the sun is rising." Her voice is sorrowful, she knows what is about to happen.

The man nods, "I sense it."

The woman, picks her arrow from Omar’s body and walk back to the camp.
The man starts tying up the surviving order, his thoughts of their use and of the oncoming storm.
"Arashi, you must not do this."

"The old man lives, huh." Arashi walks toward the old man, and get on his knees. "Teacher, the world is burning, this will stop it. You must see why I do this"

The old man’s voice gets quieter as he speaks, "What you are doing is wrong."

Arashi speaks pulling out another weapon, a small black knife, "I know." A black knife pierces the man’s heart.

title: The Oncoming Storm

question: Why does the man disagree with the group of robed men?

answer: The group think that the man wants revenge. He tells them that they don't understand what they are up against and that they are mad to have stopped the onslaught against the powers that come.

question: Does the man have superhuman powers?

answer: He may do. He is able to fight off five men and when he has had enough. He shouts and the men and the earth trembles.

question: Who killed Omar?

answer: It would appear that the woman with the long white hair did, but she may have had soldiers with her.

question: Why do they kill the old man?

answer: Because he won't support their plans. he continues to believe that they are wrong.

question: Write a ~14 sentence summary.

answer:
A man sits watching the stars, five robed men walk to him. They bring out their weapons and tell him that they are taking him in because they know his plans. They thank him for saving them. He points out that he defeated the legion, uniting five armies and prevented the fall of the Empire. The man tells them that he saved them from death and they have no idea of what is coming.

The youngest of the group attacks the man with his knife. The man grabs the blade and uses his own to slash the man’s stomach. Sorry Yanni he says as the boy collapses. The teacher, an old man, attacks and is killed. The ground begins to shake Omar lifts his blade, above the man’s head. As he is about to bring down the blade, an arrow hits him between the shoulder blades.

A woman with long white hair walks towards the man and tells him it is time. She sees that the old man still lives. She kills him with a small black knife.


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TAPIOLA CHOIR () is a world-renowned and award-winning children’s choir from Espoo, Finland. During its history, Tapiola Choir has evolved from a school choir into one of the world’s best-known children’s and youth choirs.[1] The pedagogy of singing, coined as 'Tapiola Sound' by critics, has been praised widely, and now includes a book[2] and a DVD of the method.

Tapiola Choir was founded by Erkki Pohjola in 1963. His work was continued by Kari Ala-Pöllänen between 1994 and 2008. From 2008 onwards, the artistic director is Mr. Pasi Hyökki, also an alumnus of the choir.[3]

Around 70 young musicians between the ages of 9 to 18 sing in the choir. They all play an instrument, too, in addition to singing. The choir is known for its rich combination of singing, playing instruments and choreography.

Tapiola Choir performs actively in Finland and abroad. The annual Christmas concerts have been a tradition since the 1960s. The choir has made dozens of recordings and won several distinguished choral competitions, such as the Silver Rose Bowl, main prize of the BBC Let the Peoples Sing choir competition (1971), and the UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts (1996). Over the years, Tapiola choir has made over 60 international concert tours everywhere around the world.[4]

In 2017, the Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland awarded Tapiola Choir with Lapsenpäivä-palkinto for excellence in Art Education.[5]

Conductors

-   Erkki Pohjola (1963–1994)
-   Kari Ala-Pöllänen (1994–2008)
-   Pasi Hyökki (2008–)

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[5] Viisi lastenkulttuurin tekijää palkittiin. Ministry of Education, 17 November 2017.

title: Tapiola Choir

question: What does the Tapiola Choir do?

answer: They perform all over the world and teach musicianship.

question: How did the Tapiola Choir evolve?

answer: They began as a school choir and turned into one of the best youth choirs in the world.

question: How many people are in the choir, and what do they do?

answer: They have 70 young musicians. They all play an instrument, sing, and sometimes do choreography.

question: List the awards and recognitions received by the Tapiola Choir.

answer: They won several competitions, including the Silver Rose Bowl in 1971 and the UNESCO Prize for the Promotion of the Arts in 1996. They received the Lapsenpäivä-palkinto for excellence in Art Education from the Ministry of Education and Culture of Finland in 2017.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Tapiola Choir is a world-renowned and award-winning children's choir from Espoo, Finland. Founded as a school choir by Erkki Pohjola in 1963, Tapiola Choir evolved into one of the best children's and youth choirs in the world. Their pedagogy of singing, called "Tapiola Sound", has a book and a DVD of the method. Their director was Kari Ala-Pöllänen from 1994 to 2008, and it's Mr. Pasi Hyökki ever since, who is an alumnus of the choir. The choir is known for its rich combination of singing, playing instruments, and choreography.


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KUNG CHAO-YUAN (1836 – July 20, 1897) was a Chinese Ambassador.

-   In 1888 he was Shanghai Custom Taotai responsible for the public investment in the Huahsin Spinning and Weaving Company in Shanghai.
-   From 1893 to 1896 he was sent by Li Hongzhang as ambassador to the Court of St James's and was concurrently accredited in Rome.
-   In London he trapped Sun Yat-sen in his legation, but had to release him under British pressure.[1]
-   In 1896 he left London already seriously ill.[2]

[1] release of Sun Yat-sen from the Chinese legation, than he assured the Chinese minister that Her Majesty's government would do all that was 'legally in their power to prevent any British territory being used for preparing conspiracies against the Chinese government or its officers. 12

[2] Léon Wieger, China throughout the ages, Hsien press, 1928, 508 pp.p. 346

title: Kung Chao-Yuan

question: Who was Kung Chao-Yuan?

answer: He was a Chinese Ambassador.

question: What was Kung Chao-Yun responsible for in 1888?

answer: He was responsible for the public investment in the Huahsin Spinning and Weaving Company in Shanghai.

question: What occupation did Kung Chao-Yuan have from 1893-1896?

answer: He was an ambassador to the Court of St. James's and was concurrently accredited in Rome.

question: Why did Kung Chao-Yuan have to release Sun Yat-sen?

answer: He had to release him due to British pressure.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article describes the political career of Kung Chao-Yuan.


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[A soup and sandwich meal, served with chips]

The SOUP AND SANDWICH combination meal consists of a soup accompanied by a sandwich. It has been a popular meal in the United States since the 1920s. Some U.S. restaurant chains specialize in the meal, and it has been mass-produced as a prepared frozen meal.

Overview

[A grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup] The soup and sandwich combination meal is common in the United States.[1][2] Depending on the intended size of the meal, the sandwich might be either half or a whole sandwich, and the soup may be served in either a cup or bowl.[3] The combination of a grilled cheese sandwich with tomato soup is a common example in American cuisine,[4][5] and has been described as a comfort food.[6][7]

History

The soup and sandwich combination became a popular lunch dish in the United States in the 1920s, and remains as a common dish at American luncheonettes and diners.[8] It was also a common lunch dish in some earlier U.S. department stores that had dining rooms.[9] In contemporary times, it is sometimes consumed as a light dinner.[10] Some soup kitchens, outreach organizations and churches routinely provide the dish to the needy.[11][12][13][14]

Restaurants

Some American restaurants specialize in soup and sandwich meals, such as the Panera Bread Company, Hale and Hearty, and Zoup! restaurant chains.[15][16][17] In September 2016, the fast casual restaurant Panera Bread had a total of 2,024 stores at North American locations, some of which go by different company names.[18][19] Panera plans to expand its product delivery availability, which began in early 2016, to include 35% to 40% of its store locations by the end of 2017.[20] In October 2016, Zoup! has a total of 96 stores in the United States, with 93 franchise stores and three company-owned ones.[21]

Prepared meals

The soup and sandwich combination has been mass-produced in the United States and purveyed to consumers on a national level,[22][23] the Campbell's Souper Combo frozen soup and sandwich meal being one example.[24][25] Initially, the product realized promising sales revenues, but consumer interest later tapered off, with the initial high sales attributed to consumer curiosity about the new product and “one-off” purchases per this initial interest.[26] The Souper Combo was a short-lived product, and was eventually discontinued.[27][28]

[A Stouffer's frozen prepared soup and sandwich meal after heating]

The Corner Bistro is a line of mass-produced frozen prepared soup and sandwich meals marketed under the Stouffer's brand.[29] The sandwiches are manufactured as stuffed melt sandwiches.[30]

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title: Soup and sandwich

question: What is the "soup and sandwich?"

answer: A popular meal combination since the 1920s.

question: What is the quintessential soup and sandwich?

answer: In American cuisine, a grilled cheese sandwich and a cup or bowl of tomato soup.

question: How common is the combination in restaurants?

answer: Very common, with many specializing in the meal.

question: How popular are prepared soup and sandwich combinations, e.g. frozen combos?

answer: Some initial interest, but after lacking sales the combination has mostly been discontinued.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The "soup and sandwich" meal combination has been popular in the US since the 1920s. Popularized in American luncheonettes and diners, soup and sandwich became ubiquitous in department stores and dining rooms. Although frozen meals were initially popular, the combination has fallen out of demand.


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_ALESTES BAREMOZE_, the PEBBLY FISH or SILVERSIDES, is a species of characin fish from the freshwater systems of northern and western Africa. It has some importance as a commercially exploited food fish.

Description

_Alestes baremoze_ is a silver-coloured fish with a bluish-grey dorsum and a white belly, the fins are greyish with an orange coloured lower lobe of the caudal fin.[1] The maximum published length is 43 cm and the maximum published weight is 500g, although sexual maturity is reached at about 20 cm.[2] It belongs to order Characiformes, family Alestidae, and genus _Alestes_. Histomorphological observations and stomach content analysis suggested that _A. baremoze_ has morphological adaptations for omnivory[3]

Distribution

In eastern Africa it is found within Lake Albert, the White Nile and Lake Turkana. In Northern Africa _Alestes baremoze_ was formerly distributed along the whole of the River Nile in Egypt, including the Nile Delta lakes, Rosetta Branch and Lower Nile, but it has now been confined to the upper Nile after the construction of the Aswan High Dam, and no longer occurs in northern Egypt. _Alestes baremoze_ occurs in the Bahr el Ghazal River and Bahr el Jebel systems; the White and Blue Niles in Sudan, north to Lake Nasser. It has also been recorded in Ethiopia's Baro River. It is widespread in West Africa in the basins of Chad, Niger, Volta, Comoé, Bandama, Sassandra, Geba, Gambia and Senegal.[4]

Ecology

_Alestes baremoze_ is mainly diurnal and is mainly found in the inshore zones of lakes, but is also shows potamodromous and benthopelagic behaviour. It is a rather generalist feeder with considerable flexibility in its diet, shifting from zooplankton to zoobenthos, detritus and macrophytes as the density of plankton declines. When breeding both sexes occur in sheltered bays on lake shores. Non breeding adults migrate upriver from lacustrine environments when the rivers are in flood, where they gather in shoals and feed.[5][6]

Nutrition

_Alestes baremoze_ commonly known as Angara in Uganda is highly marketable and valued fish in Northern Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan and in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Many consumers, especially in the West Nile region appreciate the taste, special flavour and texture characteristics of this fish. Salting is not only a method to prolong shelf life, but a method to produce fish products that meet demand of consumers. The crude protein values of A. baremoze according to different sizes were reported to be in the range of (17-18%) and zinc was the most abundant micro element while potassium was found to be the macro-mineral with highest concentration.[7]

In Lake Chad spawning takes place from in the late afternoon and evening, between 16:30-20:00 h. The eggs are shed in a single batch which represents 15% of the weight of female. When spawning the mature females are dispersed and do not form groups.[8]

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_Alestes baremoze_ is caught and salted in the Nile, especially in Egypt.[9] On Lake Chad it is caught in seine nets and gill nets at different season.[10]

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title: Alestes baremoze

question: How is Alestes baremoze caught?

answer: Alestes baremoze is caught and salted in the Nile, especially in Egypt. On Lake Chad it is caught in seine nets and gill nets at different seasons.

question: Summarize the information relating to the uses of Alestes baremoze.

answer: Alestes baremoze is a highly marketable and valued fish in Northern Uganda, South Sudan, Sudan and in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Many consumers, especially in the West Nile region appreciate the taste, special flavor and texture characteristics of this fish. The fish is salted to prolong shelf life and to meet the demand of consumers.

question: Summarize all the information relating to the distribution of Alestes baremoze.

answer: In eastern Africa Alestes baremoze is found within Lake Albert, the White Nile and Lake Turkana. In Northern Africa it was formerly distributed along the whole of the River Nile in Egypt, but it has now been confined to the upper Nile after the construction of the Aswan High Dam. Alestes baremoze occurs in the Bahr el Ghazal River and Bahr el Jebel systems; the White and Blue Niles in Sudan, north to Lake Nasser. It has also been recorded in Ethiopia's Baro River. It is widespread in West Africa in the basins of Chad, Niger, Volta, Comoé, Bandama, Sassandra, Geba, Gambia and Senegal.

question: What is Alestes baremoze also knows as?

answer: Alestes baremoze is commonly known as Pebbly fish, Silversides or Angara in Uganda.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Alestes baremoze is a species of fish from the freshwater systems of northern and western Africa. It has some importance as a source of nutrition.


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As I slept, I dreamt, and as I dreamt, I wandered. I wandered first through a forest of gray. The slate gray of the shrubbery almost drowned out the noise of the waterfall that I couldn't find. There were trees that went up to the sky and spread their leaves amongst the clouds.

I kept along the path and discovered canyon. Down the center, I stumbled across a large mound of small white pills. I picked one up to get a closer look, and I saw a small print saying "eat me." As it comes apart in my mouth, I tasted the dissolving dejection and the world started to spin. My surroundings blur until I no longer could make out a thing.

Eventually, my head cleared, and I found myself in a cemetery. The grass was green, and the headstones were gray. Upon each stone, there was nothing but names, followed by a number from one to ten. Humans, reduced to digits and figures. The most primitive, intrinsic value of life represented with an identifying label. At the end of the rows of graves, I found a hole in the ground too deep to see the bottom. A gravestone bearing my name with no number lay at the head.

I close my eyes and jump into the hole, and fall fifty yards before landing on what must be a cloud. My eyes flutter open and I see that I'm in the sky, and the cloud beneath me is dropping a boiling rain on the ground, miles beneath us. I look around and see the world's a cacophony of sounds and sights and passions, and I decide that the cloud is where I should stay, and so I do.

title: In which Logic does not Apply

question: How does the color gray drown out the noise of the waterfall?

answer: Maybe it is distracting.

question: How does the pill taste like dejection?

answer: It is not clear in the text.

question: Why does the narrator dive into their own grave?

answer: It seems they are under the influence of drugs.

question: Was the grave real?

answer: It is likely a hallucination.

question: Write a ~7 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator dreams, and in their dream, they are in a grey world. They walk a path and come upon a mound of pills. They take on, and the world becomes clearer and greener. They find themselves in a cemetery, and follow a row of graves. At the end is their own, and they dive into it. They fall 50 yards and land on a cloud. Opening their eyes, they decide to stay on the cloud.


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All at once your anger dissipates, so fast as to be smoke from a fire. You look and me and smile, a twisted line drawn across a clown's face.
"Wanna see something cool?" You ask me, knowing how eager I would be to agree. You walk to the window and chirp, a bird like whistle that has me leaning in, fascinated. A bird, a robin with eyes brighter than the midday sun and wings like pointed razor blades hops closer, seemingly compelled to follow you. Closer, closer and closer still until it crosses the boundary, enters our world through the portal of a window frame. You reach out a hand, so slowly you are barely moving. And, to my surprise, it lets you.
"Beautiful," I say, barely more than a breath.
You continue reaching, until, at last, you finger brushes its wing. At once, it hops backwards, soaring straight for the window, but you get there first and slam it shut. The bird flies straight into it, chirping angrily; showing true terror in every action.
You turn to me. "This is what they do to us" You say, expression blank, angry. "That's not beautiful, that's cruelty."
And, despite the hurt done, I learnt more in that conversation than in all my years of schooling.

title: The Ornate Cage

question: How would you describe the actions of the main character to the bird?

answer: The actions of the main character towards the bird is very cruel and inhumane.

question: What feelings is the main character trying to express via their actions toward the bird?

answer: The main character is trying to express anger and hurt via their actions toward the bird.


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Posted this in another thread about a fedora found on a garbage can. I came up with a back story but it was buried so I doubt anyone got to read it. First time poster too so let me know what you think. If you like it I'll try and continue. It's in the style of a 40s or 50s detective. Here it goes

I was about to follow up a lead on the biggest case of my career. I had tracked down a lead who knows something more about the Magic the Gathering heist. We were to meet at Target. My mom had just pulled up when I spotted him. Gangly looking fellow. Couldn't have been no more than 40. He looked nervous. I had to play it cool. Didn't want to spook the fella. I rolled out of the minivan but he was already running. I took off but he was too fast and in the heated 50 ft jog I lost my lucky hat. I loved that hat. Had the sweat stain and greasy lining just like I liked it. I went back home defeated. Had to drown my sorrows for the two losses of the day. That's when it happened. The moment that would change my life forever. She walked in from the upstairs door. My mom had let her in. She was short. Straight black hair with blue highlights. Had friendzone written all over her. She eyed the room. Could tell I was a wreck. Mountain Dew bottles and Pokemon cards strewn about. She had a plastic bag. Said she saw me lose this today. Wanted to return it. As I placed my lost love upon my head she asked but one question. "Sir, what is your name"? I looked her nervously in the eyes from beneath my brim and say. "Fedora, Tips Fedora M'lady

title: The neckbeard detective

question: Why is the lining of the hat greasy?

answer: because the narrator wears the hat often

question: How did the narrator lose his luck hat?

answer: chasing a potential informant

question: What is the narrator's name?

answer: Tips Fedora

question: Who does the narrator live with?

answer: his mother

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator, while investigating the Magic the Gathering Heist, loses his lucky hat. Later, a woman returns it to him.


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question: Who is hosting this web seminar?

answer: A group called "Health Data Management" is hosting the seminar.

question: What will be the focus of the seminar?

answer: The focus of the seminar is on how technology can be used by clinicians and business stakeholders alike to make sure they both can do their jobs while also ensuring compliance, privacy and cost efficiency.

question: How long is the seminar?

answer: The seminar is one hour long.

question: Is the seminar free to attend for all?

answer: Yes, the seminar is free.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article is about a free web seminar about how technology can be used in healthcare to give clinicians and business stakeholders the tools they need to do their jobs while ensuring compliance, privacy and cost efficiency.


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ROBERT GENE JACKSON (born November 3, 1985) is a former American football linebacker who played six seasons in the National Football League (NFL). He was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft as a defensive end. He played college football at Kansas State University.

Early life

Jackson prepped at West Haven High School, West Haven, CT, where he was considered the No. 16 overall prospect in New England by SuperPrep. He earned All-Area and All-State honors at defensive end in 2003 when he Totaled 72 tackles, including 12 sacks. He won a state championship in 2002 in high school.

College career

Jackson attended junior college at Fort Scott Community College, located in Fort Scott, Kansas. He had 35 tackles (28 solo), including nine for losses (six sacks) in eight games on defense and caught four receptions for 90 yards as a tight end and totaled 45 tackles (34 solo) in nine games as a freshman and led the Kansas Jayhawk Community College Conference in sacks during 2004 with 9. He played both defensive end and tight end as a sophomore. He was a two-time first-team All-Jayhawk Conference defensive selection. Jackson then went on to play collegiate football at Kansas State University. In 2006, he started 12 of 13 games and earned honorable mention All-Big 12 after making 36 tackles (8.5 for losses and 4.5 sacks, two pass break-ups and one forced fumble. In 2007, Jackson started 11 of 12 games. He ended the season with 25 tackles, 4.5 for loss, and 2 sacks and one pass broken up.

Professional career

Pre-draft

Jackson measured in at a height of 6' 3⅜" and a weight of 257 pounds at his Pro Day. He ran the 40-yard dash in 4.78 seconds and he measured a 28" vertical jump and completed 13 repetitions on the 225-pound bench press.

Washington Redskins

2008 Season

Jackson was selected by the Washington Redskins in the seventh round (242nd overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft on April 27, 2008. The pick represented the Redskins’ ninth pick of the 2008 Draft. He made his NFL debut against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 4 of the 2008 season. Jackson finished his rookie season playing in only three games and recording only a single tackle.

2009 Season

On September 5, 2009, Jackson was waived by the Redskins. He was signed to the Redskins' practice squad the next day. Jackson was promoted to the active roster on November 30, 2009 due to injury of Jeremy Jarmon.

2010 Season

On September 4, 2010, Jackson was released by the Redskins.[1] The next day, he was signed to the Redskins' practice squad again. Originally being a defensive end, Jackson was converted into an outside linebacker when the Redskins switched to a 3-4 defense in the 2010 NFL season.[2] Jackson was promoted to the active 53-man roster on December 20, 2010 due to Brian Orakpo suffering a groin injury. In the Week 16 of the against the Jacksonville Jaguars, Jackson recorded his first career sack, which helped the Redskins beat the Jaguars in overtime.[3]

2011 Season

In the 2011 season, Jackson was made the backup right outside linebacker for Brian Orakpo. In Week 17 against the Philadelphia Eagles, Jackson subbed in for Orakpo in the second half of the game after the latter injured his shoulder after sacking Michael Vick. At the end of the season, Jackson played all 16 games for the first time in his career.

2012 Season

In Week 3 against the Cincinnati Bengals, Jackson had his first career start at the right outside linebacker after Brian Orakpo was placed on injured reserve after tearing his left pectoral muscle in Week 2 against the St. Louis Rams.[4][5] In the game, he scored the Redskins' first touchdown after he intercepted Andy Dalton and landed in the endzone; it was his first career interception and touchdown.[6] He recorded his second career interception on Eli Manning in the Week 7 game against the New York Giants.[7] In the Week 14 game against the Baltimore Ravens, Jackson managed to strip the ball away from Joe Flacco as he was sacking him and recovered the ball.[8] This turnover would lead to the Redskins scoring a field goal helping to tie the game and eventually winning in overtime. The following week, he would record his third career interception in the win over the Cleveland Browns.[9] Two weeks later, he secured his fourth interception of the year against the Dallas Cowboys in a win that won the team the title of NFC East Champion.[10]

2013 Season

Set to be a restricted free agent in the 2013 season, Jackson agreed to re-sign with the Redskins on a one-year deal on March 9, 2013.[11][12] On March 20, it was announced that Jackson would be suspended for the first four games of the season due to violating the league's substance abuse policy.[13]

2014 Season

Jackson re-signed with the Redskins again on April 4, 2014.[14] He was released on August 24.[15]

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I woke up sweating. Not from fear, mind you. It was actually hot. This all seems normal, albeit annoying, until I remember having enlisted in the Defense. Let me clarify. The Defense is the people of earth's representative military. They fight earth's wars all across the galaxy. I'm surprised I didn't remember joining. After all, I went through seven years of training to get in! Enough of this. I shake my head. The heat means something is seriously wrong. Heat meant that the cold sleep chamber was malfunctioning. I was lucky, then. Cold sleep malfunction kills most people, dispensing too much anesthetic, flooding the chamber with emergency coolant at random, or skewing the temperature, literally roasting the inhabitant as they sleep.

I'm getting distracted again! I should check my system for chemicals. The monitor says everything normal. Good. "Disengage pod," I command. Nothing happens. "Disengage pod," I state again, louder. It responds this time. My pod slides out with a cool hiss, exposing me to the even warmer interior of the sleep bay. At least life support is working.

Inspecting the other pods, I seem to be the only one out of two hundred who managed to regain consciousness. It really hits me after I close the last pod. I'm alone, seventeen parsecs from te nearest colony.

I kick off from the far wall, and drift back to my pod. I slide back under the dark ceiling of the chamber silently. Then the last life form on the ship closes his eyes,

And dies.

title: Cold Sleep

question: Why does the man wake up from his sleep?

answer: His sleeping chamber becomes too hot.

question: Why does the man die at the end?

answer: It seems that he commits suicide because he's completely alone.

question: What organization is the man a part of?

answer: The Defense, Earth's military.

question: Why is the cold sleep malfunction is a commonplace event if it can kill so easily and in so high numbers?

answer: That is not elaborated in the story. Either the human lives are extremely cheap, or there's gross incompetence involved.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator wakes up sweating in his sleeping pod, realizing the cooling has malfunctioned. He gets out of it to check on the other 199 pods, only to find out he's the sole survivor. He's seventeen parsecs from the nearest colony, utterly alone. He gets back to his pod, closes the lid, and dies.


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“Hands”

It began almost as soon as I woke up. In fact, it was what caused my awakening. It sounded like there was something crawling within the walls of my bedroom. Mice, I thought. I rubbed my eyes and got out of bed.

I shower silently. I never understood people who listened to music or sang in the shower. Silence is what I liked. Even the sound of the running water made me cringe. The warm water pounded at my back. I felt something soft on my shoulder. I turned around quickly, a chill running up my spine. I turned down the cold water.

I tried to relax again, but the chill never went away. I stepped out of the shower and over to the sink. I pulled a razor and shaving cream out of the medicine cabinet. As I closed the cabinet, I saw the towel that was hanging up drop to the floor in the mirror. I turned around quizzically. Shaking my head and sighing, I bent down to pick up the towel and put it back on the rack just as I saw something scurry across the tiled floor to the sliver of space between the opened bathroom door and the wall. Fuck, it has to be rats. I quickly finished shaving and went downstairs to the kitchen.

Starting a fresh pot of coffee, I tried to remember if I had any rat traps left somewhere. Maybe that would warm me up. I opened the door to the pantry and stood on my toes so I could see the contents of the top shelf. I saw the outline of something and reached my hand in. I felt around until my fingers ran into something soft. It moved just as I went to grab it. I jumped and stepped back. Instinctively, I put my hand over my chest to calm myself. I heard the last few drops dripping into the coffee pot. I poured myself a cup. As I sat, sipping at my coffee, I convinced myself that it was only my imagination. Imagination? Wow, I haven’t used that in years. It was hard for me to even remember the last time my mind wandered elsewhere. Well, there were those times when I- no, I won’t go into that.

I heard a child outside, screaming with joy. I stood up and walked to the kitchen window. Pushing back the curtain, I could see the young boy running through a sprinkler. He screamed again, causing my fist to clench and jaws to lock. There was a sudden, loud crash behind me. I whipped around to find the coffee pot lying in hundreds of pieces on the floor. How had it fallen? Did the rat knock it over? I sighed and went to the hallway closet for rags and a broom.

I threw away the broken glass, and washed the mug I had used. I decided to check the garage for something to kill this rat that kept ruining my morning. I moved past the plastic containers, which were now starting to fill up the garage, to the tools. I really needed to clean them off from the last time I used them. I rustled through a box until I found an old poison rat trap. I opened it and saw it had already been used.

I heard the clicking of heels on the driveway outside the garage door. I sighed to myself and threw the trap away. I heard the doorbell ring and started making my way to the front door. As I was closing the garage door, I felt a tug at the bottom of my pant leg. I looked down, hoping to catch the rat red-handed, but the doorbell rang again. I huffed and stomped to the front of the house. I opened the door halfway.

“Hi,” a young blonde woman was standing on the old welcome mat, smiling at me.

I opened the door fully, “Hello.”

“I just wanted to introduce myself. I just moved in next door,” she smiled and held her hand out.

I looked down at her hand for a moment, then back up to meet her eyes. I shook her hand slowly.

When she pulled away, I noticed her fidgeting with her bracelets, “Well, it was nice meeting you. If you ever need anything, don’t be afraid to ask.”

I flicked my tongue across my lips, still staring at her hands. I smiled at her, “I’ll be sure to do that.”

I closed the door silently and wiped my face with my hand. I turned around and saw grey everywhere. Rats weren’t the cause of my shake up this morning. All around me were severed hands. Shit, I left the garage door open. They began to climb up my pant legs. I tried shaking them off, but they held tight. I began swatting at them. They covered my eyes and mouth. There were just too many.

title: "Hands" a short story I wrote for my English class

question: Is there a rodent in the narrator's home?

answer: No. There were severed hands in his house.

question: Who is the young blonde woman?

answer: She has moved in next door.

question: Is the narrator in any way attracted to the blonde woman?

answer: This information can't be found.

question: Is the narrator a man or a woman?

answer: It may be assumed that he is a man.

question: Write a ~7 sentence summary.

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The narrator is taking a relaxing shower when he feels something on his shoulder. He thinks it's a mice but then dismisses the thought. The rodent then goes on to break his coffee pot. Irritated with the incident, the narrator goes to his garage and finds an old poison rat trap. Suddenly the doorbell rings.

He opens the door to find his new neighbor introducing herself. As she leaves, the narrator turns around to find severed hands all around him.


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UZI EVEN (, born 18 October 1940) is an Israeli professor emeritus of physical chemistry at Tel Aviv University and a former politician well known for being the first openly gay member of the Knesset (the Israeli Parliament).

Biography

Uzi Even was born in Haifa during the British Mandate era. He earned a BSc and MSc in physics at the Technion, and a PhD at Tel Aviv University. His specializations are spectroscopy of super cold molecules, molecular clusters and cluster impact chemistry, and the quantum properties of helium clusters. He then worked as a scientist at the Negev Nuclear Research Center near Dimona. He was officially a soldier in the Israel Defense Forces during his work as a nuclear scientist, and eventually reached the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. In 1968 he abandoned his job at the reactor and joined Lekem, an Israeli intelligence agency responsible for collecting scientific and technical information from abroad.[1]

In May 1981, Even leaked the news of preparations to carry out “Operation Opera” to opposition leader Shimon Peres. Peres subsequently wrote a letter of protest to Prime Minister Menachem Begin, and the operation was delayed for a month.[2]

In 1993, Even participated in the first Knesset hearing on gays and lesbians, and revealed that the IDF had dismissed him and revoked his security clearance after it discovered he was gay. His testimony led to Yitzhak Rabin's government changing the law and regulations to allow homosexuals to serve in the army in any position, including one requiring a high security clearance.[3] In 1996, after Even's employer, Tel Aviv University, refused his then-partner, Amit Kama, spousal rights equal to those it granted to the spouses of staff in heterosexual marriages, he sued the university with help from the Association for Civil Rights in Israel. Even won the case, setting a legal precedent.

In 2004, Even and Kama married in Canada. On 10 March 2009, the Family Court ruled that Even and Kama could legally adopt their 30-year-old foster son, Yossi Even-Kama, making them the first same-sex male couple in Israel whose right of adoption was legally acknowledged.[4]

In December 2012 Even set yet another legal precedent by divorcing Kama. The divorce was granted by the Family Court, since the Rabbinical Court does not recognize same-sex marriages. This might lead the way for straight couples to bypass the religious establishment as well, which - in Israel - holds monopoly on marriage and divorce affairs.

Political career

A member of Meretz, he narrowly missed out on being elected to the fifteenth Knesset in 1999, but as the next placed candidate on the party's list, he became an MK when Amnon Rubinstein resigned in 2002, making him the first openly homosexual member of the Knesset.[5] For the 2003 elections he was placed 15th on the party's list,[6] and lost his seat when they won only six seats.

In 2006, Even announced he was leaving Meretz and joining the Labor Party, feeling comfortable doing so after he noticed that Labor promised equality to all citizens in its election manifesto.[7]

[1] https://www.haaretz.co.il/1.1528736

[2] http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Between-Baghdad-and-Teheran

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[6] Candidates for the 16th Knesset Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs

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title: Uzi Even

question: Why is it important that Even and Kama's marriage, adoption, and divorce are legal precedents?

answer: Since the courts allowed a gay couple to marry, adopt, and eventually divorce, this would mean that gay couples would have the same rights as heterosexual couples.

question: What could've been the opinion of religious authorities about Even and Kama's marital life?

answer: The religious authorities don't acknowledge gay marriage in any way. Hence, they probably disapprove and see the events as sinful.