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Plenty of daily events can cause anxiety. Whether it’s triggered by stress at work, relationship problems, current events, or any other emotional event, everyone knows how it feels to be anxious, worried, or panicked. But for some people, simply waking up in the morning and starting a new day can instill this sense of fear. This is called morning anxiety.

Morning anxiety is just what the name would suggest: anxiety that sets in at the start of each day. For some, this means just worrying—about what happened the day before and what might happen today. For others, it can be much more extreme. Katherine Glick, licensed professional counselor, certified holistic health coach, and therapist at Talkspace, tells SELF that for some of her anxiety patients, the morning is their worst time of day. “I had one patient who would have a panic attack like clockwork every single morning,” she says.

While not all people experience anxiety in the same way or at the same magnitude, the reasons morning anxiety happens are similar across the board. And there are ways for everyone to minimize it and look forward to—instead of dread—the start to each new day.

Morning is a prime time for anxiety for a few reasons. One is that most of us don’t get enough quality sleep.

A lot of anxiety comes from a physical, hormonal, chemical place, Glick says. Sleep is one of the best ways our bodies can regulate these physiological aspects of our mental health. “It’s during good sleep that brain chemicals related to mental health are replenished,” Glick says. “So if you don’t get good sleep, you’re going to wake up anxious off the bat.” Skimping on sleep leaves us with elevated levels of stress hormones, “so we're starting off the day in a biologically stressed place.” Considering a third of Americans aren’t getting the recommended amount of sleep, it’s not surprising that many of us feel mentally off in the morning.

On top of that, it’s normal for all of yesterday's worries to resurface the second your brain’s awake.

“Not only physically will you be out of whack, but as soon as your brain shakes away the sleep clouds, it’s going to remember everything that was on your plate yesterday that wasn’t resolved,” Glick says. “Now you have to figure that out while being in a chemically stressed place, which is really tough.”

And you probably also start thinking about everything new you have on your plate today.

“Morning anxiety may be triggered when we are consumed with the ‘what ifs’ of the day or week,” Jamison Monroe, CEO of Newport Academy, a healing center for adolescents struggling with mental health issues, eating disorders, and substance abuse, tells SELF. (Monroe, who was in and out of treatment centers as a teenager, co-founded Newport Academy with his father to provide better options for teens facing the same problems.) He explains that this fear of the future is called “future tripping.” “When someone is focused too much on the future, upon awaking they may be tormented by all the things they have to do for the day, or even worse, all the things that may go wrong.” This worry can be all-consuming and lead to an increasing amount of anxiety.

To quash morning anxiety, you need to first break the mental habit, and then learn how to focus on living in the present.

If you have morning anxiety regularly for a period of time, your brain starts expecting it, even on days when you have no real worries, Glick says. You need to break the cycle by retraining yourself to not fear the mornings. Then, adopt morning habits that foster calmness and living in the present. Here’s how.

1. GET MORE SLEEP. Brush up on your sleep hygiene. “Establish a bedtime routine, and stop looking at screens at least a half hour before bed, do a quick meditation or yoga before bed,” Glick suggests. “Good sleep is really important for biological functioning.”

2. START AN ENJOYABLE MORNING ROUTINE. That means not snoozing until the very last second and then leaving the house in a panicked frenzy. “Set your alarm for early enough to get up, have breakfast, maybe even read the paper for 5 minutes, so you can deliberately start the day with some calm and relaxation,” Glick suggests.

3. SPEAKING OF THE SNOOZE BUTTON—STOP USING IT. You get 8 more minutes of sleep at the expense of confusing the hell out of your body clock. Get up when your alarm goes off.

4. MEDITATE. Glick suggests a breathing exercise like The 4-7-8 Breath, developed by Andrew Weil, M.D., but doing any simple breathing exercise in the morning will help focus and relax your mind and body and train you to focus on the present instead of the past or future. Monroe suggests using an app like Headspace or Calm—“make sure to put your phone in airplane mode so you don’t get interrupted,” he says.

5. USE POSITIVE AFFIRMATIONS. “Say out loud, or to yourself, some positive affirmations such as, ‘I am focused on the present moment,’ or ‘I am happy and healthy,’” Monroe suggests. Positive affirmations are an insanely simple way to train yourself to be more positive and present. There’s a reason therapists recommend them—over time, they do work.

6. WRITE WHATEVER'S ON YOUR MIND. “Write two or three pages in the morning, whatever comes to mind, it doesn't have to be full sentences or make any sense, just get out whatever stuff is in your brain,” Glick suggests. “It’s a nice therapeutic practice and sets up the day in a way that's calm and meditative.”

7. STRETCH OR PRACTICE YOGA. This can be a more physical form of meditation. Taking some time to meditate and relax will help you stay present and face the day with a calmer disposition.

8. GET OUT AND MOVE. Take a walk, go out for a run, or hit the gym. If you’re someone who feels better after getting up and moving (it really does help), work it into your new morning routine. Exercise relieves stress and does a whole load of other great things for our brains and bodies.

question: What does the text say about anti-anxiety supplements?

question: What does the text say about morning anxiety?

answer: Morning anxiety is the type of anxiety that sets in at the start of each day. It is the sense of fear people have simply by waking up in the morning and starting a new day. For some people, this means worrying about what happened the day before and what might happen today. For others, it can be panic attacks every single morning.

question: What does the text say about the relationship between sleep and morning anxiety?

answer: One of the reasons for morning anxiety is not getting enough quality sleep. The brain chemicals related to mental health are replenished during sleep. People are going to wake up anxious off the bat if their sleep quality is low because they are starting the day in a biologically stressed place.

question: What does the text say about the steps needed to keep morning anxiety at bay?

answer: People who suffer from morning anxiety need to first break the mental habit by learning how to focus on living in the present. Having morning anxiety for prolonged periods of time will make the brain expect it, even on days when there are no real worries. Therefore, retraining oneself not to fear the mornings is needed to break the cycle. Adopting morning habits that foster calmness and living in the present will also help, such as waking up early to read the paper or performing yoga and meditation. The use of positive affirmations and writing things down daily helps. Getting out and moving (run, walk, gym) is also a proven way to quash morning anxiety.


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ROBBERT OLIJFVELD (15 August 1994) is a Dutch footballer who plays for Tweede Divisie club IJsselmeervogels.

Career

Early years

Born in Rotterdam, Olijfveld started playing football at age five for SV Bolnes, and would continue his youth career at various clubs in the Rotterdam area.[1][2] In 2010, he joined the Feyenoord academy, where he played alongside Jean-Paul Boëtius, Anass Achahbar and Tonny Vilhena before suffering a knee injury.[3] He subsequently moved to the Sparta Rotterdam youth academy after being released by Feyenoord.[4]

Sparta Rotterdam

On 15 March 2014, Olijfveld made his professional debut for Sparta Rotterdam in the Eerste Divisie, as a substitute against Almere City, a match which ended in a 0–1 loss.[5] A week later he appeared as a starter against Achilles '29 in a 1-1 draw, in which he scored the opening goal in the 61st minute.[6] Olijfveld also started a week later, against FC Eindhoven, in a match which ended in a 4-0 loss.[7]

In parallel, Olijfveld appeared as a starter for the under-21 team of the club, Jong Sparta, in the _Beloften Eredivisie_, the league for reserve teams, where he became top goalscorer in his final season at the club.[8]

ASWH

In the summer of 2015, he moved to ASWH, where he helped the club achieve promotion from the Hoofdklasse to the Derde Divisie, amongst others by scoring the decisive goal in the final game to secure promotion against VV Noordwijk.[9]

IJsselmeervogels

Ahead of the 2017–18 season, Olijfveld joined Tweede Divisie club IJsselmeervogels.[10][11] He made his debut for the club in a KNVB Cup matchup against VV Noordwijk, where he came on as a 79th-minute substitute for Christiaan van Hussen in a 3–2 loss.[12] The following week, on 26 August, Olijfveld made his first appearance in the Tweede Divisie in a 1–0 home win over Kozakken Boys, coming on as a substitute in the 60th minute for Soufian Moro.[13] He finished his first season for IJsselmeervogels with 34 total appearances in which he scored 14 goals,[14] as the club finished 9th in the league table.[15]

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title: Robbert Olijfveld

question: How old was Olijfveld when he started playing football?

answer: He first started playing when he was five, but didn't play professionally until 2014.

question: What happened on March 15, 2014?

answer: Olijfveld made his professional debut or Sparta Rotterdam in the Eerste Divisie, as a substitute against Almere City.

question: How did Olijfveld do while playing for Jong Sparta?

answer: He became top goalscorer in his final season there.

question: What happened ahead of the 2017-18 season?

answer: Olijfveld joined Tweede Divisie club IJsselmeervogels.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article discusses Robbert Olijfveld, a Dutch football player who was born in 1994. He currently plays for Tweede Divisie club IJsselmeervogels.


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This is what I have so far. Criticism is greatly appreciated and if you guys like it I can add more.

                                         **Sleep Yet**

 	The man awoke, startled as if from a nightmare, yet he recalled no dreams. He sat up and took stock of the

blank room he found himself in. There was a shattered mirror set on a table to his right. A large door could be

found opposite his bed, intact, with the exception of a large gash in the wood where all the light in the room

 seeped from. The most curious object however, was a rather bland looking table with three drawers. It was

approximately 2 feet long and just as wide, with enough height that a chair could be pulled up and an average

sized man could uncomfortably sit. He stiffly shuffled to the mirror. Upon inspection he could see that he was only

 lightly wounded, a few scratches on his face, a  laceration above his eyebrow and a lightly blackened eye. What

really caught his attention though was the amount of stubble visible at least 3 days worth. The man had no

recollection of even coming to this room, let alone having been here for more than a few hours. That’s when it hit

him. He didn’t remember much at all. He reached into the pits of his mind, trying to drag out even the most

superfluous details. Nothing. Not even a date. He made his way to the table, his joints groaning from the

movement, whether from over or under use the man couldn’t say. The rightmost drawer opened easily enough,

revealing a note. After close scrutinization he determined the note to befit the work of either . It read: “My

sanctum, my home. Ye come, I go. Divinity’s blessing, upon us all. Beware, take stock, heed my thoughts, away,

away we go. Learn not what passes, yet to all be keen. My heart, for all within, bleeds.”

title: Sleep Yet

question: What did cause the protagonist's amnesia?

answer: It is not stated.

question: What is the meaning of the note the narrator finds?

answer: It is unclear and confusing.

question: Did the protagonist have a nightmare?

answer: It is not clear. He recalls no dreams.

question: How does the protagonist feel?

answer: He is lightly wounded and has joints pain.

question: When was the protagonist wounded?

answer: He does not know but realizes it must be three days ago since he notices stubble visible at least 3 days worth.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The protagonist awakens in a room. He does not know what happened to him and where he is. He notices scratches on his face and blackened eye. He finds a confusing note and reads it.


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PAUL CHENAILLER, (6 May 1904, Paris – 18 June 1960, Quéven) better known under the pseudonym COLONEL MORICE, was in charge of the French resistance in the Morbihan region Brittany during World War II.

In 1940, at the beginning of the war, he was a “capitaine au long cours” and “lieutenant de vaisseau de réserve”. After some reconnaissance missions at Le Havre, he relocated to Cherbourg, where he took command of the _Marie-Gilberte_ and sailed from Casablanca in Morocco. In 1941, he was demobilised and relocated to the city. He immediately involved himself in the resistance, dealing with the general resupply of Morbihan. Chenailler took the name _Colonel Morice_ after the arrest by the Germans of the commander Maurice Guillaudot, whose responsibilities he then assumed. As the regional commander of the Armée secrète, he assembled and organised different forces, and achieved the amalgamation of the Armée secrète and the Francs-tireurs et partisans into the Forces françaises de l'intérieur. He became commander of an army which would number as many as 12,000 fighters.

Throughout the winter of 1943-1944 Chenailler took delivery of numerous arms drops. From 6 June 1944, at the time of the Normandy landings the arms drops increased at Saint-Marcel, near Malestroit, and soldiers from the 4eme bataillon d’Infanterie de l’Air (2eme RCP / 4eme SAS) were also parachuted in. On 18 June, the maquis de Saint-Marcel was attacked by the Germans, but the parachutists of the SAS and the maquis fighters succeeded in containing the attack and retaliating after nightfall. In August, after linking up with the Allied forces, Chenailler was at the front line at Lorient and at la Vilaine with general Borgnis-Desborde.

At the end of the war, Chenailler was promoted to the rank of Frigate captain, while still remaining lieutenant-colonel of the Armée de terre. He was the founder and director of the daily newspaper _La Liberté du Morbihan_, which had a circulation of 22,000 in 1954, and was distributed in Lorient at the surrounding area.

Distinctions

-   _Officier de la Légion d'honneur_
-   _Croix de la Libération_
-   _Croix de guerre 1939-1945_
-   _Médaille de la Résistance_
-   _Médaille commémorative_ 1939-1945
-   _Médaille commémorative des services volontaires dans la France libre_
-   Bronze Star
-   Order of the British Empire
-   _Étoile Noire du Bénin_

Sources and Bibliography (French)

-   Jean-Loup Avril, _Mille Bretons, dictionnaire biographique_, Éditions Les Portes du large, Saint-Jacques-de-la-Lande, 2002.
-   Roger Leroux, _Le Morbihan en guerre_ (7e édition), Ero, Éditions régionales de l’Ouest, Mayenne, 2000.
-   Jacqueline Sainclivier, _La Bretagne de 1939 à nos jours_, Éditions Ouest-France, Rennes, 1989,

Category:1904 births Category:1960 deaths Category:People from Paris Category:French Resistance members Category:Companions of the Liberation Category:Recipients of the Resistance Medal

title: Paul Chenailler

question: What does the text say about leading an effective resistance?

question: What does the text say about Paul Chenailler during World War II?

answer: Paul Chenailler was the leader of the French resistance in the Morbihan region in Brittany during World War II. He started as a “capitaine au long cours” and “lieutenant de vaisseau de réserve” (“Long-distance captain” and “reserve ship lieutenant”) at the start of the war in 1940, eventually taking command of the Marie-Gilberte after some recon missions. After being demobilized, Chenailler got involved with the resistance, resupplying Morbihan. He took over from Guillaudot after the latter's arrest by the Germans and became the regional commander of the Armée secrète, which later joined with the Francs-tireurs et partisans to form the Forces françaises de l'intérieur. Throughout the winter of 1943-44, Chenailler took delivery of arms drops. At the end of the war, he was promoted to the rank of Frigate captain while still the liutenant-colonel of the Armée de terre.

question: What does the text say about why Chenailler used the pseudonym, Colonel Morice?

answer: Chenailler used the pseudonym, Colonel Morice, after the Germans arrested commander Maurice Guillaudot. Chenailler took the name presumably for continuity because he also assumed all the responsibilities of commander Guillaudot. He chose the name "Morice" probably as a not-so-subtle rebuke of the Germans, to let them know that the resistance will fight on no matter who is in charge. Chenailler and Guillaudot may have also been good friends and using a pseudonym that sounded like the latter's name was a way to honor him.

question: What does the text say about the attack on the Maquis de Saint-Marcel?

answer: Arms drops increased at Saint-Marcel from June 6, 1944, at the time of the landings in Normandy. Soldiers from the 4th Air Infantry Batallion (2nd RCP/4th SAS) were also parachuted in. The Germans got wind of this and attacked the maquis de Saint-Marcel on June 18, 1944. The 4th Air Infantry units and maquis fighters were able to contain the attack and retaliate after nightfall.


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So I'm 16 and was assigned a short story assignmentin english to write about a "grotesque character". I was wondering if I could get feedback about anything you notice that could be improved or was overlooked when I edited or even just writing tips... thanks! ~1400 words
I apologize for formatting...

                                           ** friend.**

"*Friendship is unnecessary, like philosophy, like art…. It has no survival value; rather it is one of those things which give value to survival.*"
– C.S. Lewis

He trudged through the snow of the harsh Alaskan winter; the snow engulfed the ankles of his black snow boots and went up to his knees. The cold winter chill turned his nose and face red and was beginning to freeze the snow on his hat and gloves. Carrying animal pelts from his recent hunt, 28-year-old Bernard Helmholtz, a fur dealer, heads towards his home to prepare the pelts for sale.  As he trudges along through the under the faint moonlit sky in the Alaskan night, he sees one other person in his entire 13-mile trek. The small town of Ketchikan, Alaska is home to several hundred inhabitants who all know Helmholtz as the man who sells pelts in the town. He is a reasonably tall man with shaggy black hair and an unkempt beard that doesn’t connect to his mustache. He has an athletic build with pale, hairy skin and even paler blue eyes. Helmholtz is a timid and quiet man, not only because he is mute, but because he lives alone. He lives in the hills on the outskirts of town and makes little contact with people with the exception of his monthly sales. Living in Ketchikan since birth, Helmholtz is familiar with most members of the town. The people of Ketchikan have little to do with him because no one is able to, or desires to, communicate with him.
	Helmholtz hasn’t been mute since birth, he stopped speaking in his later adolescent years from intense psychological trauma. Garrity Helmholtz, his father, was an alcoholic and abused Bernard for much of his childhood. Lashing out at Bernard for small offenses, Bernard is often reminded of his childhood by the scars from thick leather belts on his back and arms which he tries to keep hidden. By hiding his scars, he often hides himself. His mother divorced his father and left the family when he was young causing his father to spiral out of control in his own life and into control of Bernard’s life. Bernard never had friends and never received a formal education. The only person he was ever close to was his older half-brother, Winston, who taught him how to read and write as a child.
	One morning in Bernard’s childhood, his brother was teaching him in the dingy basement of their tiny house when their dad came down to get more whiskey. Garrity was adamantly against having Bernard become literate. Those were the last few minutes Bernard ever saw of his beloved brother. Garrity grabbed him by the collar and dragged him upstairs and all Bernard heard was Winston’s struggles and screams coming from the kitchen. The worst sound Bernard ever heard was the sound of his brother’s murder and watching the viscous blood dribble down the stairs scared him more than anything he would ever witness in his life. Bernard could tolerate his father’s rule with the accompaniment of his brother. When his brother was killed, so was Bernard’s ability to cope. Everyone he loved was gone. When he spoke he was hit. Garrity didn’t want his son to develop a personality so he couldn’t hurt him like his mother had. When he spoke he was punished and when he cried he was beaten. Bernard’s safety stemmed from his silence. The only form of salvation were the small dreams that he wrote down. His writing was how he kept his brother alive. It kept him sane. The dreams he had were the only way for him to escape his miserable existence. But even in his dreams his father was there – beating him. He physically and mentally curled up into a ball and was unable to express his desire for true human connection. What he wanted most in life was for his brother to come back and to forge a meaningful relationship with another human being.
	Years later, after his father’s death, the mental scarring from his childhood warped his perception of others. Everyone who became close to him either died or couldn’t handle his problems and left. There was no one and Bernard was on his own.
	As an adult he found a job and stayed in his tiny old home that set him far away from people. He wanted more than anything to be connected with people but the townspeople saw him as a freak. He lived on the outskirts of town and wouldn’t - couldn’t - properly communicate with them. The town doctors assumed he was sick in the head and left him alone. No one knew of his past and no one bothered to find out.
	Bernard still writes his dreams of being with people down on the little scraps of paper from sale receipts. He looks at them and weeps as he burns them into ashes. As he sits alone in his room he dreams of others. He hears voices. Voices of his mother, the screams of his brother, and the scolding of his father all continue to haunt him. He often looks out the window and sees a person passing only to open to the door to greet them when nothing is there.
        As he reaches his home in the midst of the night he sets the dead bodies of the animals in his freezer. He pulls one out and sets it on his cold, steel table. He uses the same knife his father used on his brother to gut the animals he hunts. For Bernard it is a release – a release of pent up aggression towards the man who warped his current psychological being. As he carves the animal open and removes the innards he hears a faint knocking at the door. He assumes he is hearing things again and nods his head as he continues to skillfully remove the skin from the animal. He hears a louder rapping at his door. He assumes it must be an animal so he grips his knife harder until his knuckles are white like the ivory handle of the knife. He walks to the door and opens it. Before him stands a girl – a petit young girl with wavy blond hair glistening in the yellow light of his porch lamp. He relaxes his grip and stares as if he is looking into her soul. Wearing his apron splattered with blood and holding a knife, the girl is visibly uncomfortable. She warily asks to use his phone. He nods and steps out of the way of the door and points her in the direction of the phone. She walks over to it and looks visibly distressed from the pungent odor of the animals and taste of fresh blood in the air. With Bernard still staring, she begins to dial the phone. She turns to him after a few minutes and asks if he has another phone because she doesn’t hear any sound. Bernard, awkward and uncomfortable in the presence of another person, shakes his head no from the other room. She asks to stay the night; it’s late and she doesn’t want to go back to town at night by herself. Bernard nods with approval. He puts his apron on the hook and directs her to the couch. He goes upstairs.
	After several hours pass and the girl is asleep, he puts his apron back on. He walks cautiously through the kitchen and grabs his knife off the table without shifting his eyes away from her. Cupping her mouth, he grabs her and brings her into the kitchen and down the basement stairs. He hurriedly grabs a rope and ties her to a supporting pole in the middle of the dark, chill room. He holds her head steady as he mutes her panicky screams with duct tape.
	He goes back upstairs and goes to sleep. When he returns the next morning he brings her food. He places the plate of undercooked meat and scrambled eggs in front of her and carefully peels off the tape. The smell of the eggs does little to mask the aroma of dry blood, death, and rust in the basement. She has the same empty look in her eyes that he had after hearing his brother killed. He looks at her with his boyish blue eyes and chapped pink lips and utters his first word since his teenage years: “friend?”

title: Hey r/shortstories, I'm new here and am looking for some feedback

question: Who are the main characters in the story?

answer: Bernard Helmholtz; His father, mother and half-brother is also mentioned; A girl that asks him for help.

question: What are the main events of the story?

answer: Bernard Helmholtz heads home to prepare pelts for sale. He is mute, he lives alone and he dreams of human contact. A girl knocks on his door and asks to use his phone. He waits until she is asleep and ties her down in the basement. When she wakes up he asks if they can be friends.

question: Why is Helmholtz mute?

answer: He suffered severe abuse at the hands of his father.

question: Why did his mother leave?

answer: It is not clear from the text. It might be the lifestyle in rural Alaska, his father's prospects or disposition.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: Bernard Helmholtz heads home through the Alaskan winter to prepare pelts for sale. He is mute due to severe abuse at the hands of his father. He dreams of human contact. A girl knocks on his door and asks to use his phone. He waits until she is asleep and ties her down in the basement. When she wakes up he asks if they can be friends.


text: Their eyes meet and he smiles, his face illuminated and bright. He has never seen anyone so beautiful in his life. She has plain features and limp drab hair, but to him she is perfect. Framed in shadow, she sees him and a look of shock transforms her face. The happiness in his face flickers; maybe he shouldn’t put his burdens on her. But no, it’s too late to go back. Thoughts race and build inside him, the noise around him bringing up latent memories. He is six years old, standing behind a door and quietly crying as his parents scream at each other. He remembers the heavy sting of alcohol filling his nostrils and the crack of his father’s hand across his mothers face. He is twelve, a failing test grade in one hand and a crumpled cigarette in the other as his mother tells him that he is the reason his father left.  Fifteen, dropped out of high school, working two jobs just to eat, while his mother lies passed out on the couch, still clutching the syringe that she traded the food stamps for. This is all he knows of life, a hardness that grew up with him, grew inside him. He has never trusted anyone until now. As he gazes towards her, he knows that she can help, knows that she can erase the twenty-two years of hell. A tear trickles down his cheek, shining in the headlights of her pre-owned mid-size sedan as it hits him at 43 miles per hour and sets him free.

title: Angel

question: Who is the person he can trust?

answer: Unclear

question: Why does he commit suicide?

answer: His childhood trauma

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: A man stands ready to commit suicide. He steps out in front of a car driven by a woman he trusts. He sees her horrified expression as what he is doing registers in her mind and momentarily feels guilty for putting the burden of his suicide on her. It isn't enough to make him change his mind though and he stays the coarse. As the headlights blind his he recalls his childhood trauma of alcohol, drugs and abuse and is happy he is finally going to be set free.


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The year 2004 in birding and ornithology.''

Worldwide

New species

    _See also Bird species new to science described in the 2000s_

-   The Togian hawk-owl from Indonesia is described as new to science in the _Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club_.
-   The Rubeho akalat from Tanzania is described as new to science in the American journal _The Auk_.
-   The Acre antshrike from Brazil is described as new to science in the American journal _The Auk_.
-   The Calayan rail from the Philippines is discovered and described as new to science in the journal _Forktail_
-   The Serendib scops-owl from the Sri Lankan rainforests is described as new to science in the _Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club_
-   Mees's nightjar from Flores and Sumba, Indonesia is described as new to science in _Zoologische Verhandelingen_ PDF.

'' TO BE COMPLETED''

Rediscoveries

-   The rusty-throated wren-babbler was rediscovered on 18 November in the Mishmi Hills of eastern Arunachal Pradesh; the species had only previously been known from the type specimen, collected c.50 km away in 1947
-   The ivory-billed woodpecker is reported as having been discovered in Arkansas in April, although the reports attract considerable controversy.

'' TO BE COMPLETED''

Taxonomic developments

'' TO BE COMPLETED''

Ornithologists

Deaths

-   7 August - Colin Bibby (born 1948)

Europe

Britain

Breeding birds

-   Osprey bred for the first time in Wales.[1]

Migrant and wintering birds

'' TO BE COMPLETED''

Rare birds

-   A small influx of long-tailed tits of the white-headed northern race _caudatus_ in the early part of the year gave many British birders their first opportunity to observe this form in Britain.
-   Britain's first chestnut-eared bunting and rufous-tailed robin were both found on Fair Isle in October.
-   Britain's first purple martin was found on the Butt of Lewis, Outer Hebrides in September.
-   Britain's first masked shrike, a juvenile, was found in October at Kilrenny Common in Fife, and seen by large numbers of birders.
-   Britains's first Scopoli's shearwater off Isles of Scilly waters on 2 August.[2]
-   The third great knot for Britain was seen on the Wyre Estuary, Lancashire in August.
-   A cream-coloured courser on the Isles of Scilly during September and October is the first in Britain for 20 years.

Other events

-   The British Birdwatching Fair has Peru as its theme for the year.
-   The West Midland Bird Club celebrates its 75th anniversary.

Scandinavia

_TO BE COMPLETED_

North America

_TO BE COMPLETED_

[1] Balmer, D. and Vickery, “Birds.” In Branson, A. (2006) Wildlife Reports. _British Wildlife_ 17: 198–200.

[2]

title: 2004 in birding and ornithology

question: What is one possible reason the Serendib scops-owl wasn't discovered until recently?

answer: The Serendib scops-owl lives within the rainforest of Sri Lanka, so it probably stays far away from civilization and may be hard to spot.

question: Why would the ivory-billed woodpecker reports be controversial?

answer: The ivory-billed woodpecker reports may be controversial because the animal may be thought extinct, or may not be native to Arkansas.

question: When was the West Midland Bird Club founded?

answer: The West Midland Bird Club was founded in 1929.


text:
[Revealed: Who's in series 2 of Taskmaster | Comics try to impress Greg Davies] © UKTV Gold
Comics try to impress Greg Davies

The contestants have been announced for the second series of Taskmaster.

Jon Richardson, Richard Osman, Joe Wilkinson, Katherine Ryan and Doc Brown are the comedians who will be set challenges by Greg Davies.

And Alex Horne, who also devised the show, will again be keeping score when the show returns to. Dave later this year.

Taskmaster started out as a live show at the 2010 Edinburgh, transferring to TV last year with Roisin Conaty, Tim Key, Romesh Ranganathan, Frank Skinner and Josh Widdicombe. Widdicombe even resorted to getting Greg’s name tattooed on his foot to secure his place as series victor.

The series was was nominated for Best Entertainment Programme at the 2016 Broadcast Awards and was last year’s most-watched commission on UKTV’s  catch-up  service, UKTV Play.

Published: _11 Mar 2016_

question: When was this article published?

answer: March 11th, 2016.

question: What year did Taskmaster transfer to TV?

answer: 2015.

question: Who devised Taskmaster?

answer: Alex Home.

question: What channel hosts Taskmaster?

answer: UKTV.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The article explains who is in series 2 of Taskmaster, a UKTV show. The show started as a live show in 2010, later transferring to TV in 2015. The show has been nominated for Best Entertainment Programme at the 2016 Broadcast Awards.


text:
The Vicious Zoo

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

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

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

EDIT: second half is in comments

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

question: Who is Officer Penny?

answer: She's the only female guard in the prison.

question: Where does the story take place?

answer: The Aldo Correctional facility.

question: What were the inmates doing that necessitated the riot squad?

answer: The inmates were acting up and throwing feces at the guards.

question: What did the warden do with the new white-collar inmates (or fish)?

answer: He mixed them in with the violent offenders.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: Officer Penny is the only female in the prison, but after years of taking the job, she has grown a spine. She sometimes questions why she's working at the Aldo Correctional Facility, dodging feces and attracting the attention of the most violent criminals. After doing her rounds one day, the warden goes to the guard's lounge to announce he's mixing white-collar criminals in with the violent offenders. Officer Penny voices her concern that these men will not survive, but the warden brushes her off. During a routine inspection of new inmates, Penny notices one that stuck out as having an absence of expression, which was too conspicuous. The prisoner notices her staring and starts walking towards her.


text:
The hikers had left a map of the area which gave us a vast layout of the land. It wasn't good. There were woods, woods, and  more woods. No place was safe, the dead had already begun to infest the forest as we knew, and hunting became harder and harder. The animals were nearly all gone and we were dangerously low on food, but no one wanted to get that conversation started. Our only option was to look for shelter in one of the surrounding towns. That's when I first heard Ryan's voice. I don't think he'd used it in about a month. He had to give it a couple of tries before the words came out smooth.
“My high-school's in the next town over, it's right at the edge of forest. There's a broken lock on a second story window, the chemistry lab. The cafeteria's full of cans and stuff.”
“There's probably people there already.” I said.
“Gotta try.” Spencer replied, “Ain't nuttin' else to do.”
	And again, he was right. The forest wasn't an option anymore and our food supply would only last another day or two. Soon, we would barely have the energy to stay awake much less trek through the woods hunting for squirrels. I'll skip the journey. It wasn't easy and it wasn't pretty.
	We got there two days after we started walking and had the last bit of rations about ten minutes before we saw the school. The possibility of food almost hurt- and I realized that the point I had made earlier was moot, even if there were people here, we were going to take whatever was inside, anything else would mean our deaths. Spencer and Ryan reached the clearing first. Emily and I fell behind when she had to stop to use the bathroom. I stood guard while the others walked on, I would have told Spencer he should stay with his girlfriend but I would rather have him as far from her as possible. When she came out she thanked me for staying with her, “...You took off your bow tie?” She asked. I had almost forgotten I was wearing a tuxedo. The white shirt had turned yellow and I’d long since ripped off the cummerbund. I took the tie out of my pocket, “I was going to throw it away but thought it might be useful some day. Don't know why I thought that.”
“You should keep it.”
“Why?”
“No reason, I just like it.” She said with a weak smile and walked ahead of me. I had never seen her smile before. It was nicest thing to happen in weeks.
	The school sat quiet. We stayed by the treeline for a few minutes before Spencer passed out the weapons. “Ryan'll go in through the broken window and open the back door for us, Emily, you can be the look out in case any wal-” Spencer stopped himself when he saw her. A girl of no more than sixteen, behind her another girl a couple of years younger. They were both in dirty white dresses, their eyes had sunk and they walked on slow frail legs. It took a minute of watching to see that they were not walkers but starving. The eldest girl bent down and picked up two pale yellow flowers from the ground. She put one behind her ear and the other in her sister's hair. They started to walk back, hand in hand but the youngest stopped- they stood for a moment and looked up a the sky. I looked at Spencer, at Emily, no one seemed quite sure of themselves anymore. The girls disappeared into the school.
	I gave Ryan a boost- he climbed the rest of the way up himself, he was gone a minute before the door clicked open. “See anything?” I asked him. He shook his head. We went in slow and quiet. We had learned the silent walk technique in the woods. Dry twigs were death traps. We were almost to the cafeteria when we heard the shots.
	All weapons went up- the gunfire came from the gymnasium Ryan told us. Five shots, four in quick succession and a space of about ten seconds until the last one. We had to move fast now, walkers would have heard the shots, we kept the doors unlocked behind us in case we had to run. And if there were walkers in the building- either way we had to know what happened. Ryan had to show Spencer the way and Emily was outside on watch. So I went to the gym alone, I was given five minutes before they would be out of there with or without me. I see it now like I saw it then.
	Walking into that gym, that was when I knew. The hope I had for a military rescue, that spark in the middle of your heart that tells you things will be okay eventually- that things are bad now but a day would come when everything would be like it was before, that was the moment my light went out. Five sisters had come to this school for safety. They'd made it as long as they could, they'd eaten all the food but the world outside hadn't changed. They had no one to take care of them. No parents, no policemen. All they had was a gun with five shots left inside. The younger ones had lines up, that ten seconds before the last shot- that was the oldest looking at her family and turning the gun on herself. I've thought about that day every day since. I've thought about running from the clearing and telling that sixteen year old that things would be okay- that she could come with us. And I've had dreams when she did, and Spencer was excepting and Emily was like a mother to the littlest of them. In my dreams we were all alive, we all belonged to the each other and when one of us was sick or hungry the others would take care of them. And those girls would play the games that children play.
	As I stood there and watched their blood spread out and pool together- I prayed for something to happen, anything that could change what I was feeling. I didn't care if it was a bomb going off or a military parade outside, I just needed to feel something other than that hopelessness. And then something did happen. The youngest of the girls stood up. Her sister had aimed for the heart. We thought only a bite could turn someone, but now I saw that that wasn't true. This wasn't an infection, this wasn't a disease. This was Hell, and it was coming for me in a white cotton dress and flowers in its hair.

title:
The Walking Dead: Winter Chronicles
Chapter Four: Five Sisters

question: What does the text say about the titular five sisters?

answer: A group of five sisters were hiding in the school gym. The main characters saw two of the girls picking flowers before going back inside, and then they heard gunshots. The narrator later learns that the gunshots were from the five girls killing themselves. As the narrator looks at their bodies, one of them stands up as a zombie.

question: What does the text say about the narrator?

answer: The narrator's name is never given. All we know about them is that they are wearing a tuxedo, but the shirt has yellowed and they have ripped off the cummerbund and taken off their bow tie.

question: What does the text say about where the main characters are at the start of the story?

answer: They are somewhere in a vast forest, and a group of hikers has previously left them a map of the area. At the start of the story, they realize that the dead are beginning to infest the forest, and the animals are disappearing, which is causing them to run low on food.


text:
The 641ST AVIATION REGIMENT is an aviation regiment of the U.S. Army.

Structure

-   2nd Battalion[1]
    -   Headquarters and Headquarters Company (OR ARNG)[2]
    -   Company A (OR ARNG)[3]
        -   Detachment 1 at Army Aviation Support Facility #1 at Lincoln Airport (NE ARNG).
        -   Detachment 2 at Columbus, Ohio (OH ARNG)[4]
        -   Detachment 3 (ME ARNG)
        -   Detachment 4 (AZ ARNG)
        -   Detachment 5 (WI ARNG)
        -   Detachment 6
        -   Detachment 7 (LA ARNG)
    -   Company B (MI ARNG)
        -   Detachment 1 (PA ARNG)
        -   Detachment 2 (CT ARNG)
        -   Detachment 3 (NV ARNG)[5]
        -   Detachment 4 (AL ARNG)
        -   Detachment 5 (SC ARNG)
        -   Detachment 6 (IA ARNG)
        -   Detachment 7 (TX ARNG)
    -   Company C (AK ARNG)
        -   Detachment 1 (KS ARNG)
        -   Detachment 2 (MD ARNG)
        -   Detachment 3 (HI ARNG)
        -   Detachment 4 at Army Aviation Support Facility, South Valley Regional Airport and Roland R. Wright Air National Guard Base, (UT ARNG)[6]
        -   Detachment 5 (SD ARNG)
        -   Detachment 6
        -   Detachment 7 (PR ARNG)

2nd Battalion is part of the 63rd Aviation Brigade and is administratively supervised by the OR ARNG through the 82nd Troop Command Brigade.[7]

[1] Article on Scramble Magazine, July 2020

[2]

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[7] http://currentops.com/unit/us/army/641-avn/2-bn

title: 641st Aviation Regiment (United States)

question: Which army is the 641st Aviation Regiment a part of?

answer: The U.S. Army.

question: How many companies does it consist of?

answer: Three.

question: Which brigade is the 2nd Battalion a part of?

answer: The 63rd Aviation Brigade.

question: Who supervises the 2nd Battalion?

answer: The Oregon Army National Guard.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The text is about the 641st Aviation Regiment of the U.S. Army.


text:
Last Words

(Tribute to Vonnegut)

All of us in that box car, like sardines in a can, it was beginning to smell that way too. So many men in such a small space is unnatural. We were so packed in that we had to sleep in shifts. At any time men’s legs were like fence posts, buried to the knees with sleeping people like mud holding them in place.

We were all privates, all POW’s. I was stuck in a corner, propped up next to a vent. I could see out into the train yard, see more box cars just sitting and waiting. I could also dump the helmets full of shit out that vent.

The man next to me told me how he’d been a hobo before the war, “I’ve been hungrier then this.” he said, “This ain’t so bad.

One day word finally got back to us the war was over. They began shipping the box cars out. We were part of a train that moved so slow, it felt like forever between the clicks from one rail to another. That’s how we began to measure time, maybe a thousand clicks till we got out. Every once in a while we would leave a box car at a station. A slow moving train of refugees getting smaller along the way.

We finally stopped. It was my first encounter with Russians, their first with Americans, but they were familiar with the cargo. We slowly funneled out, almost like a slow moving liquid. One plopping out after another. I needed help, I felt like I would break if I plopped at all.

All but one drop of that strange liquid squeezed out of that box car. Before the war he said he was a hobo. His last words were, “This ain’t so bad”

title: Last Words (300 words)

question: Who is the narrator?

answer: An unnamed POW.

question: Who helped free the men in the story?

answer: The Russians

question: What happened to the man who said "This ain't so bad."?

answer: He died

question: What was the man before the war?

answer: A hobo

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Many POWs are packed in a box car without food. They find out the war is over and they box car gets stopped by Russians, who let them out. One of the men in the car doesn't make it out alive.


text:
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What do you know about the San Bernardino shooting? That a married couple – Syed Rizwan Farook, 28, and Tashfeen Malik, 29 – on December 2, shot and killed 14 people at the Inland Regional Center, and that hours later the American Muslim duo died in a shootout about 3.5 miles away? Well, the fact is, you only know what the investigators, the FBI and the mainstream media want you to know.

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THE FBI DIRECTOR, JAMES COMEY WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE:

_They [the ‘terror couple’] were actually radicalized before they started courting or dating each other online, and online as early as the end of 2013, they were talking to each other about jihad and martyrdom before they became engaged and then married and lived together in the United States. We also believe they were inspired by foreign terrorist organizations. We’re working very hard to understand exactly their association and the source of their inspiration._

WHAT THE INVESTIGATORS WANT YOU TO BELIEVE:

_Police have discovered a potential link to Islamic extremism, saying they believe Malik posted a pledge of allegiance to the Islamic State on Facebook. While there was no evidence ISIS had directed the couple to stage the attack, the FBI claims there was enough evidence of “extensive planning”, and the case was being investigated as an act of terrorism._

_THE NEW YORK TIMES_ WANTS YOU TO BELIEVE:

_About 11 am, Farook and Malik, dressed in combat gear, entered the building’s east side and sprayed 65 to 75 rounds with assault rifles. A fire alarm was triggered, perhaps by a bullet, setting off the sprinklers. People in nearby buildings sheltered in place, remaining hidden in their offices for two hours. Within four minutes, the police began clearing the scene and evacuating the injured. The suspects had escaped in a black SUV. At about 3 pm, police reported shots fired on a local police scanner. The suspects fired 76 rifle rounds at the police. Local TV stations showed Farook on the ground, near a black SUV riddled with bullet holes. Malik was shot dead in the car, where police discovered 1,600 unused rounds._

[shooting]

THE EYEWITNESS ACCOUNTS THAT NEITHER THE FBI/INVESTIGATORS NOR THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA WANT YOU TO BELIEVE:

WITNESS 1: Witness Sally Abdelmageed, who works at the Inland Regional Center, told _CBS_:

_WE SAW THREE MEN DRESSED IN ALL BLACK MILITARY ATTIRE WITH VESTS_ _on. They were holding assault rifles and as soon as they opened the door to building three, one of them started to shoot all over into the room, that’s the room that we typically have conferences in, and we just heard more gunshots go off. I reached for my phone. I called 9-1-1 and I just hid under my desk…_

_I couldn’t see his [gunmen’s] face, he had a black hat on and from my view all I could see was a black hat and black long sleeve shirt, possibly gloves on. He had black cargo pants on, the kind with the zippers on the side and the big puffy pockets. He had a huge assault rifle and he had extra ammo… It looked like THEIR SKIN COLOR WAS YEAH, WAS WHITE. They looked like they were athletic in build and they appeared to be tall._

WITNESS 2: Mark Stutte, who works in information technology for the county’s public health department, said his daughter called him from the scene, at the Inland Regional Center, and described the exact same thing.

_It was like a Christmas party, an award party that we were having. She went to the restroom and she called me. She was huddled up in the restroom, and three gunmen came in and they started shooting people — colleagues that I work with._

WITNESS 3: Chris Nwadike, a third San Bernardino shooting eyewitness, recently told reporters he received a phone call from an unknown person at around 7 pm, on the evening of the shooting. Nwadike said that the person who called him, told him that he must say that Farook was the shooter [Video].

_No it’s not him [Farook]. I told them about it. He’s quiet. He doesn’t make any trouble. He was just spraying bullets everywhere. But the gunman was not Syed, or his wife._

WITNESS 4: Juan Hernandez, another eyewitness, told a local _NBC_ affiliate he saw “three white men in military fatigues” leaving the scene.

_“The hunt for one to three suspects was taking place near a San Bernardino center where as many as 20 people were shot Wednesday, authorities said,”_ _Fox News_ reported an hour after shots rang out at the Inland Regional Center.

  #BREAKING: 14 people killed, 14 wounded in San Bernardino shooting. 3 suspects on the loose. @myfoxla

  — FOX 11 Los Angeles (@myfoxla) December 2, 2015

  #BREAKING: Reports of an active shooter in San Bernardino. Police looking for 3 white males dressed in military gear. At least 20 injured

  — FOX 11 Los Angeles (@myfoxla) December 2, 2015

_Fox News_ tweets were followed by _BuzzFeed News_ tweets that indicated police had apprehended a third person:

  #SanBernardino police chief: Third person was seen running from SUV scene, person is detained. Unknown if involved pic.twitter.com/oFniWLpGIu

  — BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) December 3, 2015

David S. Chelsey, an attorney for Farook’s family, describes numerous ways that the official story of that horrible crime “doesn’t add up”.

_There’s a lot of disconnects, and there’s a lot of unknowns, and a lot of things that quite frankly don’t add up… Farook and his wife didn’t appear to have the necessary background and skill set… Malik, who was nursing a newborn child, was only about 90 pounds, so it’s unlikely she could even carry a weapon, or wear some type of a vest, or do any of this._

Dr. Steve Pieczenik, former United States Department of State official, told Alex Jones he is skeptical of the official narrative.

_“You had a woman who was supposedly a Pakistani who went to Saudi Arabia, was less than a hundred pounds being able to wear a vest…carry guns, and at the same time shoot and twitter, absolutely impossible,”_ Pieczenik said, adding that the incident transposes Sandy Hook and its underlying predicate is gun control for Obama. _“HIS LAST WISH, HIS DYING WISH… IS THAT WE HAVE GUN CONTROL IN THE UNITED STATES.”_

Was San Bernardino a false flag? What would you like to believe?

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_This Article (San Bernardino Shooting Witnesses Claim 3 White Men, Not The Muslim ‘Terror Couple’, Carried Out The Attacks) is free and open source. You have permission to republish this article under a Creative Commons license with attribution to the author and AnonHQ.com._

question: Why was the San Bernardino shooting being pinned on Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik?

answer: The author of the article implies this was a racist accusation by the FBI to pin terrorism on Muslims. The eyewitnesses in the case have repeatedly contradicted the accusations against them.


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ST. ALBANS GENERAL STORE, also known as HEAD'S STORE, is a historic commercial building located at St. Albans, Franklin County, Missouri. It was built in 1892, and is a two-story frame building with a large one-story ell. It features a one-story, wrap-around porch. The main block has a steeply-pitched truncated hip roof. Also on the property is a contributing blacksmith shop constructed in the 1920s. It is a significant example of a rural general store and residence.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.[2]

Origins

The store was built by a group of 10 area residents. Each resident contributed 60 dollars to finance the store. The details of the agreement were documented in the “Day Book of the St. Albans Store Building” which was kept by Charles Becker, the first director and treasurer for the store company [3]

[1]  (includes 14 photographs from 2002)

[2]

[3]

title: St. Albans General Store

question: What is St. Albans General Store also known as?

answer: Head's Store

question: Who maintained the Day Book of the St. Albans Store Building?

answer: Charles Becker, the first director and treasurer of the store company

question: When was St. Albans General Store added to the National Register of Historic Places?

answer: 2003

question: Where is St. Albans General Store located?

answer: St. Albans, Franklin County, Missouri, US

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: St. Alban's General Store is a historic commercial building located at St. Albans, Franklin County, Missouri, US. It was built in 1892.


text:
Your Birthday is today. You celebrated last night with a few friends. Classes today are killing you, and the drive in almost did. You wish Winter was over already, and so do I.
We have so much in common, We love all the same bands. I’ve watched all of your favorite movies. I’m almost done with the last book you have listed on your page, I’ve read them all. I’ve done this all so when I come over to your house tonight, and bring you my gift, we will be able to talk all night. I think I may call you blocked once more, before we speak for the first time later. I was so excited the day your phone number showed up in my address book online. I’m so happy you finally added me. I know why you didn’t before, I just had to make some mutual friends and wait.

Why would you take a last minute trip to the city? Tonight was going to be our night. I bought a new sweater for tonight. It was very spontaneous of me, but after I noticed you checked in at the mall I headed down there and saw you looking at the mens sweaters in Hm. Now your just going to have to wait to see me in it. I was on my way over to your house when I got your status; “City wit da gurls Xoxo” texted to my phone. I really don’t want to go to the city tonight, but i cant let you spend your 21st without me.

So what to say about last night? I’m a little bit disappointed on how you were acting. You might as well get the drinking out now because it’s not happening after we’re together. And I don’t understand your infatuation with these boys. I almost lost you after you all left the second bar while I was in the bathroom. I walked out and realized you were gone and didn’t leave a post on where you were. But because it’s fate your friend Jackie updated what bar you guys were at, and I arrived just in time to smell your hair as I leaned over the bar where you were slumped over to order a drink.

Sometimes I stare at myself in the mirror just to see if I’m really see through. How can you not see someone who only sees you? I tried to talk to you today after your class. You said you were getting out at noon, so I waited around the hall. First I felt you, all of the air escaping my lungs. Then I saw you, floating through the sea of mediocracy with  such grace. I dropped my books in front of you with the pre conceived notation that you would stop to help, like I’ve seen you do in the past for a few unfortunate classmates that were trying to juggle too much at one time. You didn't even look down. I almost called out to you, but thought twice about it. If that wasn’t ‘our time’, I dont want to rush it. I want it to be perfect.

Why are you in a relationship with Kyle Rodgers? I thought you told your best friend Jackie all he wanted was sex. I just signed on and my top feed is that your in a relationship with that douche. Way to start out my fucking day. Why couldn't you just wait for me? This isnt my fault, I tried to get you to see me. I guess I’ll just have to try harder.

Next time you will see me.

title: Weekend update 001

question: Who are the main characters of the story?

answer: The creepy stalker guy and the girl he is stalking

question: How does the stalker guy know everything about the girl?

answer: It is implied that he uses social media to get all the information he can on her to stalk her online and in person.

question: Why does the stalker guy stare at himself in the mirror?

answer: To see if he's really invisible (see-through) because he's boggled the girl can't see someone who only has eyes for her (more of noticing him)

question: What do the stalker guy and the girl have in common?

answer: They attend the same school.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: A creepy guy likes a girl from school and is under the illusion that they will be together. He uses social media to stalk her all over the internet, using her posts and "check-ins" to anonymously follow her around town. He knows almost everything about her because of her social media profile, from her favorite movies to the last book she read. He is perplexed that she can't see him or she sees right through him. He vows to try harder to get her to notice he exists the next time he follows her around.


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Pokemon characters are showing up in malls, libraries, parks – and maybe schools.

With the resurgence of the wildly popular 90s game this summer, teachers may have to brace themselves for the distraction it could cause when school is back in session. But some experts say there is a big opportunity to use the rebooted childhood favorite as a learning tool.

“I don’t think there’s inherent learning value to the game itself, but it presents tons of learning opportunities that I think teachers can maximize in the classroom to really engage students,” said Rebecca Randall, vice president of education programs and partnerships at Common Sense Education, an organization that follows edtech trends and reviews classroom apps.

Through the app, which uses a real-world gaming platform, players physically search their surroundings to find beloved old characters, like Pikachu and Charmander. As they search, their smartphones indicate when they are near a Pokemon character. When the colorful creature appears on their screen, players aim their phones to “throw a Poke Ball” and catch the character.

The virtual reality aspect of the game ties in with a lot of what students are now doing in school.

“This is so significant in an education context, because Pokemon Go is really showing us the potential of augmented and virtual reality apps and devices,” said Jonathan Godfrey, vice president for public affairs at ACT The App Association, a group that represents apps and information technology firms.

Education experts say that the added augmented reality is what really attracts people of all ages to the game now. For example, Randall said her 19-year-old son wasn’t interested in Pokemon when it reigned as a card game and a TV show, but now, he is totally immersed.

“We should use these games as a teachable moment, and as an opportunity to engage with our students and children, because they are really excited, and you can make connections,” she told EdScoop.

Experts also say they think there are many ways the game can be used in school. For example, educators can use it to teach history. Many of the locations that players are directed to, called “Poke Stops,” are local landmarks – like statues, libraries and parks.

The game also requires players to walk a certain distance to hatch eggs and unleash new characters, which can be incorporated into physical education classes. That means kids can get active while expanding their Pokemon collection at the same time.

While the game has been extremely popular since its launch last week, it also poses privacy and safety issues, Randall said.

The Pokemon Go developer, Niantic, Inc., is still working to find a solution to its biggest privacy challenge – when users register to play using their Google account information, the app is granted “full access” to their Google accounts. It captures almost all of their data and shares their location with other users.

“We know already that people have been targeted for assault and robbery because the perpetrators found them through the app,” Randall said.

That happened in Anaheim Park in California on Wednesday, when a man who was playing the game was stabbed several times by a group of people in their teens or early 20s, according to NBC Los Angeles. Two men also on Wednesday fell off a cliff while engrossed in the hunt for characters, according to the Los Angeles Times.

In addition to revealing personal information, the app has also led players to sketchy locations. In one incident, the app led players to a living facility that houses registered offenders, the L.A. Times reported.

Common Sense, in their recent Pokemon Go review, recommended that kids ages 13 and older play the game, which “should be used with trusted adults, guidance and co-engagement,” Randall said.

While there are always some risks involved in using technology and games in the classroom, kids and adults need to learn how to use them wisely, cautioned Simon Hauger, principal of Workshop School in Pennsylvania.

“People have to be responsible to ensure that the game isn’t used for bad,” he said. “The idea behind the Pokemon Go game is still very strategy-based, so there are a lot of critical thinking skills being developed while [kids] play.”

The innovative high school in Philadelphia promotes digital citizenship in its curriculum, and students are allowed to bring their cell phones to class and use them when they are part of an assignment. Kids are also allowed to use their phones during their lunch period.

“We’re trying to empower students to learn how to use their phones responsibly,” Hauger said. “Banning cell phones would be an easy solution to kids wanting to be on them all day, but [then] you give up the students’ ability to learn how to use them responsibly.”

Cell phones and games can be a distraction, Hauger admits, but he hopes his school will be able to design a project that is centered around Pokemon Go. He sees potential in the problem solving, collaboration and physical activity involved with the game.

Experts agree that Pokemon fever will likely not die down – and the game will still be popular when September rolls around.

“Pokemon Go shows that we’ve only scratched the potential for augmented and virtual reality,” said Godfrey. “We’re at the earliest stages of adoption, and the technology is still progressing rapidly.

“We see the promise that this technology holds, particularly in an educational setting, and we’re really excited about the possibilities.”

_Reach the reporter at darlene.aderoju@edscoop.com and follow her on Twitter @buuukky and @edscoop_news._

question: How are Pokemon characters showing up?

answer: Through the game app Pokemon Go.

question: Who is the author of the article?

answer: Darlene Aderoju.

question: What is the subject of the article?

answer: Pokemon Go - the educational advantages and the potential social dangers.

question: Whom does the author quote?

answer: Common Sense Education VP Rebecca Randall, ACT The App Association VP Jonathan Godfrey, and Workshop School Principal Simon Hauger.

question: Which Pokemon characters are mentioned in the article?

answer: Pikachu, Charmander.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The article reports on the educational advantages and the potential social dangers of the mobile application game Pokemon Go.


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RIFAH AFGHANISTAN INSTITUTE (Persian: انستیتوت مسلکی رفاه افغانستان) is one of the private vocational education[1][2][3] institutions in Afghanistan[4] that provides vocational education in Business Economics, Journalism and Computer Science, associate programs. This institute was established in 2014. The institute also provides free-of-cost education and applies no tuition on students that can pass the entrance test with top grading or for the students who can not finance their education costs.[5]

History

Rifah Afghanistan Institute was established in 2014 after registering with the Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority of Afghanistan and Afghan Ministry of Education. It started its educational activities in Kabul, Afghanistan. Rifah Afghanistan institute was established in 2014 in Kabul. The Institute's slogan was Commitment, Expertise, Efflorescence. After the institute began the activities, 330 students joined in 2014. The institute added the Journalism Department in 2015 and, after that, 450 students joined to the institute. After two years, 780 students graduated and earned associate degrees.[6] Rifah Afghanistan Technical Vocational Institute is recognized as Institute of Computer Sciences and Management by the Ministry of Education MoE and Technical Vocational Education and Training Authority TVETA in 2019. ICSM is also the institute of Commitment, Expertise, Efflorescence; we are proud of our experiences. The institute's administrative units are Rectorate; Directorate of Students Affaires; Directorate of Financial Affaires and Directorate of Culture, Relations and Publications.

Missions and Vision

Afghanistan is a country that has recently improving, and educational institutions are working to provide education for all the people of the country, without discrimination or privilege. In this regard, the Institute of ICSM pursues the great goals of the Ministry of Education by placing this great goals in the priorities of its educational programs. Among other goals, the following points can be mentioned: First: The institute intends to fulfill its existential, national and human duty by generalizing technical and professional higher education. Second: the institution is determined; Pursue implementation of training programs by creating expertise and professional commitment. Third: Raising the quality level of technical and vocational higher education, taking into account national and international standards, is one of the goals of implementing its educational programs. Fourth: Using the instructions of the holy religion of Islam, institute of ICSM takes action to train the professional cadres of the country. Fifth: The use of contemporary educational methods to implement academic programs is an urgent need in promoting science, which is a duty of conscience, humanity and faith. Sixth: Creating new curricula on Afghanistan studies and Afghanistan Development Basis is important among other curricula to honor national values and attitudes. Seventh: Calls the implementation of effective and efficient programs to improve and enhance the scientific capacity of the mission. Eighth: It is an honor to use the youngest and most worthy cadres in educating students. , institute of ICSM have employed a specialized and skilled force. Ninth: Implementation of all laws of the Government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan and bills, approvals, regulations and laws of the Ministry of Education is one of the main goals. [7]

Academic programs

Rifah Afghanistan Institute has fourassociate level programs: Journalism, Business Aministration, Computer Science and Banking. The programs' curriculum is approved by Afghan Technical and Vocational Education and Training Authority and Afghan Ministry of Education.[8][9]

The Computer Science Department provides Database and Networking education and training programs; the Economics Department provides Business Aministration and Management educational programs; and the Journalism Department provides Radio-Television education and training.

The Department of Islamic Studies is responsible to educate Islamic Culture and Science for Muslim students studying in this institute and the Department of Foreign Languages teaches foreign language for students.[10]

Academic activities

Rifah Afghanistan Institute is trying to provide better education by preparing the practical curriculum, standard books, and necessary educational equipements and now is reaching this goal by planning next three year's plan.

The institute is publishing the _Rifah Afghanistan Academic Magazine_ to reflect the cultural activities and make a probability to the instructors and students to be able to publish their academic topics and researches.

Rifah Afghanistan Institute signed an agreement with Mars Educational Organization that prepares a background to share the academic experiences between these two institutions.

Rifah Afghanistan Institute signed two agreements with Ahead International to hold Project Management Training series and Financial Management Training supported by Afghan Ministry of Education and USAID in 2015 and 2016 and trained about 86 students. The institute prepared a German language proficiency course and educated seven students.

Institute's Committees and Communities

Introduction The structure of university committees is dynamic. We need to keep committees relevant, focused, bring together the right set of people for the tasks assigned to them so that they can achieve a specific scientific goal for improvement, do their work quickly and efficiently. And make the best decisions possible to enforce the rules and achieve the goals. These goals should be achieved in a participatory environment in such a way as to ensure that all relevant opinions are heard and taken into account.

Decipline Committee The members of the committee are selected from among the professors and students, so that one student from each class is introduced to the committee and the president of the institute appoints the chairman of the committee. The duties of this committee are as follows. - Implementing and enforcing the laws and regulations of the Ministry of Education, regarding the ethics and discipline of students. - Efforts to improve order - Encourage students to observe public ethics and national culture The meetings of this committee are held weekly and monthly by the order of the president of the institute. Download the Committee Members Informations, Plans and Activities.

Academic Committee A scientific committee has been established to coordinate scientific and teaching affairs. The members of this committee are selected by the president of the institute and from among the professors. The meetings of this committee are held monthly or for six months. The duties of this committee are as follows: -Curriculum Review. -Design effective curricula -Control of teaching affairs of teaching departments -Making decisions in academic matters Download the Committee Members Informations, Plans and Activities.

Students Association The Institute Students' Association includes all the students of this educational institution who have gathered to share their thoughts. The president of this association is chosen by the students. The meetings of this association are held once or twice a year and its content is to exchange opinions and share the honors gained by the students. Download the Activity Logbook.

Alumni Association The Alumni Association is composed of all the alumni of this institute. The meetings of this association are held annually and the president of the association is elected by the members. The role of this association in the institute is to exchange scientific opinions, cooperate to improve and share scientific achievements and to welcome the abilities of the graduates. Download the Activity Logbook.

Institute’s Publication

Introduction The scientific journal of the institute, which is published monthly with a circulation of 1000, covers various topics. Scientific research of professors, studentes researches, statistics and public opinions are reflected through this publication. The journal is published in four sections, important scientific topics and recent advances in technology; important social statistics and cultural issues and public opinions; scientific researches of professors, articles of students; and scientific achievements of members and institute. This publication is registered by the Ministry of Information and Culture and is a non-political publication. Responsible of Publications The editor or responsible of the Institute publications has a duty to consider the articles from a written, literary and social point of view. Collecting articles, registering articles in online archives and internal archives are also things that are done by the person in charge of the publication. He is also in charge of publishing and publishing publications. The person in charge of the publication is introduced to the Ministry of Information and Culture by the institute. Download our latest Journal To download our latest journal, you must refer to the Institute Online Archieves. Open Archieves Topics Send Your Topics If you want to send your topics please share your topic with us through our email address; you can search our email address in google. We will contact you about the edits and necessary changes. Advertisements Please note that we do not advertise for commercial purposes. We only share the programs and products that are related to the social aspects. Topic Requirements If you want your topic to be published in our journal, please read these rules: - Topics must be Cultural and Scientific, not Political. - Topics must be your own and to not be the intellectual property of another person. - You must follow the gramatical and puctuation rules in your topic. - Standard topics are morely confirmed. - Topics must not have any other goal than culture. - Topics must follow the rules and regulations of Ministry of Information and Culture of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan. - You must send your topic from first to twinty fifth day of every month. - Please be on contact through email address or phone Number when you have sent your topic. If you do not answer our emails, we will not consider your topic.

Institute’s Facilities

Library Our Library contains of 2000 books in Persian, Pashto English and French Languages. You can download the list of books here. Online Library Our online Library contains of million books for free download. Open Online Library Computer Labs We have two computer labs to assist students in campus to work online. Check Avaibility and using schedule Publishing Center We have two publishing machines which functions for printing books, journals and other publications. Free Wifi Access Students can use free wifi unlimited in campus. Services Transport The institute arrange Transportation for students from their home to the campus. If you are interested to this facility, please contact us from contact us platform in our website. Prayer Room A place for worshing and respect the confirmity. Cafeteria Here is a place for students to come together and feel tranquile when they are free of lessons. See Cafeteria Page

Institute Administration & Governance

We are leading university in Social Sciences Leading a university is more important than leading a country because the students that are the future leaders are being educated in universities; we know that concept and are focusing on the guides of Government and American Universities which makes our leadership skilled and powerful. Management Basis We manage the university affairs by the directorates working under the rules and regulation of government and leadership. Our education system is Online and On-Campus. We offers online programs with the high standards like European Universities. We manage university affairs by electronic systems which are online and have student easy interfaces. Our students are more powerful than we think.

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title: Rifah Afghanistan Institute

question: When was the institute established?

answer: 2014

question: What is the institute's slogan?

answer: Commitment, Expertise, Efflorescence

question: How many students joined the institute after 2015?

answer: 450

question: What degrees does the institute offer?

answer: Associates degrees in Business Economics, Journalism, and Computer Science

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The Rifah Afghanistan Institute is a private vocational education institution in Afghanistan. It was founded in 2014 and offers associates degrees in Business Economics, Journalism, and Computer Science. It provides free-of-cost education for students who pass the entrance test with top grading or who cannot finance their education costs.


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MILLENNIUM ALLIANCE FOR HUMANITY AND THE BIOSPHERE is an organization originated at Stanford University which focuses on the creation of a new paradigm by the use of foresight intelligence to systematically examine likely and possible futures so as to determine what behavioral and institutional changes are necessary to ensure a sustainable and equitable future for all.

Strategically, MAHB is aiming to bridge the gap between scientific knowledge and policy action so as to alter public perception of these issues as well as to understand why desperate conservation needs are barely responded to.[1]

Process

Emphasis is focused upon population growth and increasing consumption by the already well off as well as economic, racial and gender inequality. It aims to bring together civil society groups and related organizations to build networks, share information and act together.[2]

History

At the beginning of the 21st century when the MAHB was born, it was known as the Millennium Assessment of Human Behavior, making the point that it was following the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment (MEA) but focusing on human behavior and collective actions leading to global collapse. But that name led to considerable confusion, especially because another global behavioral assessment was underway, and because MAHB activities range from research related to how behavioral, cultural, and institutional change toward a sustainable path can be accomplished to generating fora to discuss and illuminate that path.[3]

Thus it was decided to retain the well-known acronym and re-focus the name to a more accurate description: the Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere.

In April 2014 a chapter detailing the MAHB's scientific approach and research agenda for sustainability was included in the book _Understanding Society and Natural Resources: Forging new strands of integration across the social sciences_ (ed. Michael J. Manfredo, Jerry J. Vaske, Andreas Techkemmer, and Esther A. Duke, Springer). The chapter, "Millenniuam Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere (MAHB): Integrating Social Science and the Humanities into Solving sustainability Challenges", was co-authored by Ilan Kelman, Eugene A. Rosa, Tom R. Burns, Paul Ehrlich, Joan M. Diamond, Nora Machado, Donald Kennedy, and Lennart Olsson.

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[2] Ceballos, G.; Ehrlich, A. H.; Ehrlich, P. R. (2015). _The Annihilation of Nature: Human Extinction of Birds and Mammals_. Baltimore, Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 174 – via Open Edition.

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question: Does the Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere have any political affiliation?

answer: The text doesn't explicitly say but the words like "sustainable" and "equitable" may slightly indicate a democratic socialist affiliation.

question: Who founded the Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere?

answer: The text doesn't explicitly say but says it originated at Stanford University.

question: What year was the Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere founded?

answer: Toward the beginning of the 21st century.

question: Who wrote this text?

answer: The text doesn't say.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This text is a brief introduction to the Millennium Alliance for Humanity and the Biosphere, an organization that uses foresight intelligence to examine likely and possible futures to determine what behavioral and institutional changes may be necessary to attempt to ensure natural sustainability and equitable outcomes for everyone.


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BASKETBALL TRAINING CAMP IN ALICANTE SPAIN

An INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL TRAINING CAMP IN SPANISH AND ENGLISH, with coaches and assistants from both Spain and the USA.

This is a DEVELOPMENT BASKETBALL TRAINING CAMP FOR CAMPERS FROM THE AGE OF 14 TO 18 who already have a minimum of 4-5 years playing experience.

An average of 4 hours per day devoted to basketball training: basketball training focused on individual technique, group training and competitions. Intense basketball training with a variety of teaching techniques are used to achieve optimum results.

A development BASKETBALL TRAINING CAMP WITH A RATIO OF 1 COACH PER 6-8 PLAYERS to ensure participants receive personalised training and support.

Regarding the age, we try to have a balance camp, and we form the training groups according to the age and basketball level.

The Camp will develop both individual and team Basketball techniques. Competitions are important, but not as much as DEVELOPING INDIVIDUAL BASKETBALL SKILLS.

The camp is designed for players who seriously want to improve their game.

An average 4 hours per day Monday to Friday of intense basketball training to improve your technique and get results.

  _Basketball lectures (30 min)_

On several days basketball training sessions starts or ends with basketball lectures covering a wide variety of topics:

-   Psychology and basketball
-   The 10 commandments of the bench
-   Learn by watching a basketball match
-   Being a basketball player: the pros and cons
-   Work and succeed
-   Shooting training and group training

  _Warm-up / strength and conditioning (20 minutes)_

-   Initial warm-up in whole group with a dynamic and fun game that adapts the rules of basketball
-   Games with stretches
-   Stretching in groups to begin concentrated individual technique sessions.

  _Individual Basketball technique training stations (12 minutes per station)_

-   intense ball hand-ling drills
-   shooting off the dribble
-   pass and play
-   receptions
-   playing without the ball
-   defense balance, defense press...

  _Dribbling & Shooting station (20 minutes)_

Basketball drills in real shooting situations designed to correct mistakes, improve technique and to help players perfect their mecha-nics:

-   free throw,
-   3 pt. shot,
-   pull-up jumper,
-   step back shot,
-   spin move,
-   euro-step, etc.

  _Teamwork in basketball (1 hour)_

Stations to develop team play with focus on reading the defense, passing situations, use of locks:

-   1 on 1, 2 on 2, 3 on 3, 4 on 4, 5 on 5
-   Games and competition

  _Coaches and assistant coaches_

-   David Gil, senior basketball coach and assistant coach in the Spanish League, is the sports consultant in charge of planning training sessions.
-   Camp coaches include Mladen Jegdic, FIBA senior basketball coach from Serbia; Shay Millar West, professional basketball player from US and other senior coaches.
-   Assistant coaches with extensive experience of coaching at youth levels and at camps
-   On-site physiotherapist at training sessions.

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  Basketball Camp facilities

  _Players train every morning in indoor sports._
  _The basketball facilities are carefully selected to ensure the best conditions for players and avoid the heat and humidity of the summer months on the Mediterranean coast._
  _3 Sports Halls (18 hoops) near the hotel 10 or 15 minutes walking.
  Provided transports when needed.
  Both venues have female and male changing rooms and toilets, and comply with all safety requirements established by law._

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  _LEARN SPANISH, TAKE PART IN AN INTERNATIONAL BASKETBALL TRAINING CAMP, MAKE FRIENDS FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES, ENJOY THE BEACH AND HAVE FUN IN A SUMMER CAMP IN SPAIN_

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    ZadorSpain, a Language Services Company with more than 24 years of experience, organises and promotes Language & Basketball Summer Camps in Spain. ZadorSpain, operating in Vitoria since 1990 and in Alicante since 2004, organises study abroad programs for foreigners in Spain.

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question: Summarize the main context of this article.

answer: The main context of this article is to describe an international basketball training camp. This developmental basketball training camp is for those the age of 14-18 and have 4-5 years of playing experience. The camp will help to develop both individual and team basketball techniques.

question: Summarize an average day at the basketball training camp.

answer: An average day at the basketball training camp is usually a four hour daily limit. The day starts with 30 minutes of basketball lectures, and the lectures cover a variety of topics like psychology and basketball, being a basketball player: the pros and cons, and the 10 commandments of the bench. Afterwards, warm-ups and strength and conditioning happens for 20 minutes, then the players go to individual basketball technique training stations. After, the players go to a dribbling and shooting station, then to a teamwork station for an hour. A day at the basketball training camp is quite extensive.

question: Would someone who finished this basketball training camp be considered equipped with good basketball playing skills?