text:
hack or no hack —

High court refuses to hear appeal of hacking conviction, one-year prison sentence.

[Front row from left, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, and Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, back row from left, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch.]
Enlarge / Front row from left, U.S. Supreme Court Associate Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Associate Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, Chief Justice John G. Roberts, Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, and Associate Justice Stephen Breyer, back row from left, Associate Justice Elena Kagan, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and Associate Justice Neil Gorsuch.

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court let stand the novel hacking conviction of a man who did not hack a computer to gain unauthorized access.

The justices, without comment, turned away the appeal of David Nosal, who was convicted of three counts under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) hacking statute.

Nosal's conviction was based on a hacking conspiracy of sorts.

According to court documents, Nosal used to work at an executive search firm called Korn/Ferry. After quitting Korn/Ferry, Nosal urged a former colleague to give up her credentials to two other Korn/Ferry employees who were cooperating with Nosal. At Nosal's urging, they downloaded proprietary Korn/Ferry information to help the trio start a competing firm. As his punishment for the conspiracy, Nosal was sentenced to a year in prison. He appealed and said the hacking statute did not apply to him.

In seeking the high court's intervention, Nosal's attorneys said (PDF) the San Francisco-based 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals' approval of the conviction was problematic.

  The 9th Circuit's decision exposes a broad range of innocuous, day-to-day activity to criminal prosecution. If a computer's owner has exclusive discretion to grant or revoke authorization, a person could violate the statute any time he logged in to a computer in violation of the owner’s policies or terms of service. Take, for example, a person who uses his spouse's password to log into the family's online banking account to pay a bill. Or an assistant who logs into an executive's email account to print out a presentation. If the banking and email services prohibit password-sharing, the 9th Circuit's reasoning would transform these quotidian acts into violations of the CFAA, punishable by a fine and up to a year in prison, even if the users had no criminal intent.

The hacking section at issue here is the one that punishes whoever "knowingly, and with intent to defraud, accesses a protected computer without authorization, or exceeds authorized access."

The government, in urging the court to let Nosal's convictions stand, said that Nosal and his co-conspirators broke the law.

"The court of appeals correctly determined that petitioner and his co-conspirators accessed Korn/Ferry's computer system 'without authorization' within the meaning of 18 U.S.C. 1030 when they used someone else's credentials to access that system after their own permission to access it had been specifically rescinded," the government argued. (PDF)

The government suggested that Nosal's counsel was being too dramatic when explaining the consequences of Nosal's conviction.

  Most of petitioner's hypotheticals posit that a computer accountholder in the first instance shared the login credentials for his or her personal online account with a third party, and the third party then used those credentials to access the account with the accountholder's permission but in violation of the relevant website's terms of service. Nothing in the opinion below suggests that those fact patterns are CFAA violations...

The Electronic Frontier Foundation, in urging the Supreme Court to hear Nosal's appeal, said the conviction "threatens to turn millions of ordinary computer users into criminals."

question: When was the article written?

answer: Before 2020, since Justice Ginsburg is still on the court

question: Whose appeal did the court refuse to hear?

answer: David Nosal

question: What company was Nosal convicted for conspiring to steal data from?

answer: Korn/Ferry

question: On what grounds did Nosal's lawyers appeal his conviction?

answer: They argued that his conviction would set a precedent that would make many everyday activities such as password sharing illegal

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The Supreme Court has rejected to hear the appeal of David Nosal, who was convicted of three counts under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act.


split: train

text:
The Stapler

I swear to Christ Karen if you stole my fucking stapler I am going to end your life. You do not want to mess with me Karen. I am down to choke a bitch. Yeah that’s right you better go back to your spreadsheet. I will take these scissors that I stole from Kyle in HR and I will shove them right into your brain. That is my stapler I brought it from home because the shitty fucking staplers that they order here couldn’t staple 2 things that should probably be easy to staple together together. And I am hung-over and metaphors are really hard.

I know I smell like alcohol Karen you don’t have to message your fucking friend Liz on IM. I was out drinking Karen. And by out drinking I mean I went to the grocery store to buy some vodka, corn dogs, and kale. Have you even tasted kale, Karen? It’s like eating astro-turf. Of course you’ve had kale. Your body is a fucking temple with your Gluten free everything. Oh I know you have a Gluten allergy. I don’t even think Gluten actually exists. I think it’s a big scam. Betty Ford warned us. But did we listen? The nutritional dietary military industrial complex has lied to the American public.

I know stupid Greg is over in accounts high-fiving the guys and telling them how he gave it to me the other night. God why are men such pigs? I am sure those spray tanned ho buckets are just loving it. They are probably talking about me right now.

I should tell them how he cried for like 45 minutes while I hid in the bathroom eating hot wings. You see Karen if you’d spent your Friday night having the most boring sex since the first time an amoeba split apart asexually, you might want to spend your Saturday and Sunday catching up on reruns of the Golden Girls and drinking a half gallon of Monarch.

Oh my God I was supposed to be on a diet. I’ll have to check the app for how many calories are in vodka. Isn’t vodka what skinny Eastern European models drink? Does pot have calories? Maybe I could smoke pot. Do I know anyone who has pot? How does a grown up get pot? Why do they call it a pot belly? Does pot make you fat? Well fuck Meghan with an H, and her stupid wedding. I’ll smoke all the pot I want. Oh my God am I a grown up?

My head hurts so much I feel like there are tiny men in my head with enormous hammers, well the hammers are enormous in proportion to the tiny men, hammering the shit out of vital parts of my brain. I don’t care how difficult it is to find work when you are that tiny, hammering someone’s brain with a hammer is wrong. Maybe if Karen hadn’t stolen my stapler I could concentrate. Don’t look at me like that Karen. I am fucking ill. I have the fucking Spanish Influenza. Karen your face is annoying. If I had my stapler I would print out a picture of a different face and staple that onto your face.

I should have just stayed home.

This is one of those days where I should have just stayed in bed with my cat Jazzy. I could try to sleep while he pukes up hairballs under my bed and silently judges me.

I shouldn’t even go to Meghan with an H’s stupid wedding. I should stay here. Maybe I could take up knitting. I could knit something. I could knit a tea cozy. What the fuck is a cozy anyway? I’ll have to make a note to check Wikipedia when I get home. Tea cozy. I could knit the shit out of some cozy. Then when people come over to my house they’ll be like damn that is one hell of a cozy.

Oh here comes Greg again. How many times are you going to just happen to walk by my cubicle Greg? Maybe he stole my stapler. God if he thinks I will have sex with him again in exchange for my stapler then he is sadly mistaken. They sell them at Staples, Greg. I can always get another.

Oh my God do I have to go out with him again? I would rather watch Karen sing sappy love songs to her stupid banzai tree for 12 hours than spend another evening listening to Greg talk on and fucking on about his herb garden. They’re plants Greg. No one gives a shit. But if I don’t go out with him again does that mean that I am just a one night stand? Why do guys get to have one night stands and the only thing they get is high fives and chlamydia? Am I okay being the type of woman that has one night stands?

I mean he cried after we had sex. He might even have wept. Although I couldn’t really tell through the door of the bathroom. I am pretty sure there is an unwritten rule in the bible about weeping after premarital sex. Probably in the old testament.

Karen I swear to the eternal baby Buddha Jesus himself that if you return my stapler now I won’t press charges with the police. I have a document Karen. A document, that needs to be stapled, a fucking paper clip is not going to cut it. Nothing? For real Karen? That’s how you are going to play this? Even when I lie and promise you immunity from prosecution? You are just going to sit there typing away pretending to work. That is it. I am going to play Spider Solitaire until someone returns my stapler.

This is a protest game of Spider Solitaire like when Susan B. Anthony refused to move to the back of the bus.

Oprah says if you put your desires out into the universe that the universe will provide. So here it is universe ‘give me back my fucking stapler.’

Yes Greg I can see that you have a stupid perfect smile you don’t have to keep showing it to the whole world. I am just going to tell him that I need to focus on my Spider Solitaire career. I am consistently winning with 2 suits Greg I can’t just slow down this runaway train. I am sure that his magical night with me was the highlight of his life. I can’t help it if your world has been thoroughly and completely rocked.

He didn’t say anything. Just walked on by like some kind of walking on by person.

Maybe he’s embarrassed. I mean he wept. Lord knows I would be mortified.

Why the fuck didn’t he say anything? Is it because he stole my stapler and he thinks he’s being cute? It’s not cute Greg. This is grand larceny. I mean crying after getting your world completely rocked is one thing but resorting to crime is just wrong. Have some self-respect.

Oh here comes Kyle from HR. Well if he thinks he’s getting his scissors back then he’s fucking crazy. They are my scissors now Kyle. You need to learn to deal with it. Maybe take some Xanax or something.  I don’t have time to deal with your fucking policies Kyle. I have a fucking stapler to find. This is literally a stapler emergency. Maybe you could organize a conference or something and get the team involved. Do I need to file a grievance?

No Kyle I don’t have time to put your meeting on my Outlook calendar. I am really busy right now, solving crimes. Fine I will come to your meeting but I need 5 minutes to yell at everyone about my missing stapler. Kyle no one cares about your stupid agenda. We need to find my stapler. You need to keep your priorities straight.

title: [HM] The Stapler

question: Summarize the setting of this story.

answer: This story is set in an office. It is likely the morning, and the narrator has been out drinking the night before. They say that they smell like alcohol. The office doesn't seem particularly busy, and there is conversation that the narrator suspects is gossip flowing amongst the narrator's coworkers. The time is probably morning, as the narrator has just realized their stapler is missing, and, presumably, they are going to need it to complete the tasks necessary to their job throughout the day.

question: Summarize the theme of this story.

answer: The theme is inanity. The narrator is perturbed by the simple things that keep people's lives going-a wedding, office relationships, parties. They discuss the simple act of getting junk food and cheap alcohol. Their mind is aflutter with thoughts about all of the boring, mundane, everyday things that whirl around in their head when they cannot focus due to their hangover. In this story, these inanities make the narrator feel annoyed and maybe even a little anxious.

question: Summarize who "Karen" is.

answer: "Karen" serves as a placeholder for any annoying woman who generally thinks she does the right thing in all situation-or at least, the proper or appropriate thing. The narrator clearly thinks "Karen" is judging them for all their faults and recent pitfalls: their weight, their alcohol consumption, their having had a one night stand with a coworker. "Karen" would not be sitting their nursing a headache while trying to locate something as trivial yet necessary as a stapler-"Karen" would have all her proverbial ducks in a row, and, furthermore, would look down on anyone who does not-especially in a pattern or a routine, as the narrator seems to perpetuate messing up.

question: Explain the root of the narrator's problems, and why it's not simply a missing stapler.


text:
Malaysia complains about problems with Russian Su-30 fighters

[]

Malaysia, which has purchased Russian Su-30MKM fighters for its Royal Air Force, is complaining of a number of issues that have emerged with the planes. For example, the aircraft are difficult to service, and it is more difficult to send them to Russia for servicing than it would be for aircraft purchased from the US. With Russia, cooperation between manufacturer and client has been hampered by bureaucratic delays, a high-ranking official familiar with the situation in the Royal Malaysian Air Force told Malyasian news portal FMT News.

“The problem with the Russian planes is the Russian way of doing business… They were supposed to support us for a certain time after we bought the planes, but they don’t disclose everything. In the midst of the purchases, we were not informed of the necessity to have certain types of technical maintenance done 10 years later, which only they [the Russians] are capable of doing,” the official said.

The cumbersome Russian system of purchases and maintenance cannot be compared to the American one, he remarked.

“Ultimately this means that everything that was bought from America, including the subsequent servicing, was very reliable,” he added.

The source also observed that the fact that Russian fighters were purchased, instead of equivalent, cheaper and more reliable planes from the US or EU, appears to indicate the extent of corruption involved in the deal.

“The problem with buying military products is that Malaysian officials do not like buying from the US or UK, because with them everything is ‘over the table’. National security is frequently used as a pretext for corruption,” he explained.

At the end of July, Malaysian Defense Minister Mohamad Sabu revealed the poor outcome: only four of the 28 Russian fighters in the Royal Malaysian Air Force are ready to fly. The remaining 24 are undergoing long-term repairs. Officials have proposed to meet the need for fighters by purchasing second-hand F/A-18C/D Hornets from the US.

Between 2007 and 2009, Malaysia received 18 heavy Su-30MKM (multipurpose, commercial, Malaysian) fighters from Russia, a continuation of the Su-30MKI series used by the Indian Air Force. The Indian equivalents have also caused many complaints, with eight of the planes being lost to crashes since delivery.

_ _ Malaysia, Russia, Su-30

Comments

question: What is the Malaysian official's main complaint about the Russians regarding the fighter planes?

answer: The planes require maintenance that can only be done by the Russians, which wasn't disclosed at the time of the purchase.

question: Why do the Malaysian officials do business with Russians instead of the European Union or the United States?

answer: A high-ranking official says that the government doesn't like doing business with the European Union or the United States because the deals are all open. He alleges that national security is used as a pretext for corruption.

question: What problems do the Malaysian Air Force experience with the Russian fighters?

answer: There are 28 fighters in the Malaysian Air Force, of which only 4 are operational. The rest are undergoing long-term repairs.

question: What are the benefits of doing business with the Europeans or the Americans?

answer: The products and the subsequent servicing are very reliable.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: A high-ranking official familiar with the Royal Malaysian Air Force complains about the lack of disclosure regarding the long-term repairs of fighter planes they bought from the Russians. He says the government uses national security as a pretext for corruption. He adds that doing business with the EU or the US is smoother, both in the deal and the subsequent services.


text:
If you’ve just started a ketogenic diet, then you’ll know that it can be really tough to figure out if you’re doing keto right.

_Am I eating too many carbs? Too much protein? Should I still be feeling tired? When is the fat burning supposed to start?_

It’s confusing, and ONE OF THE MOST CONFUSING ASPECTS IS WHAT YOUR OPTIMAL KETONE LEVELS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE.

Unlike most other diets, the ketogenic diet is designed to put your body into a state of ketosis in order to get your body to start burning ketones instead of the glucose that it usually burns when you eat a high carb standard American diet (SAD).

But to know whether you’re in ketosis and whether your body has enough ketones circulating for you to use as energy instead of glucose, you have to measure your actual ketone levels and then determine whether they’re high enough for you to be reaping the benefits of the ketogenic diet.

If you’ve tried searching for this information already, then you’ll know that there’s some controversy depending on which expert you follow. So in this article, we’ll tell you exactly what the different experts are suggesting are the optimal ketone levels as well as give you recommendations for what levels you should be aiming for depending on your goals with a ketogenic diet.

A Few Quick Notes Before We Start…

1.  If you’re looking for signs other than testing your actual body ketone levels as to whether you’re in ketosis or not, then please check out this article instead that provides you with signs you’re in ketosis.
2.  If you’re a type 1 diabetic, then this article is not for you and the optimal levels suggested below are not applicable to you. Please check out the tons of other ketone level articles on the web to ensure your ketone levels do not reach dangerous levels.
3.  And lastly, while the levels of ketones in your body is important, it’s not all that you should be thinking or worrying about. For example, while you may be able to raise your levels by taking exogenous ketone supplements like KETO//OS®, this artificially induced higher ketone levels may not offer the same benefits as when you produce your own. As Marty Kendall put it:

      “The real ketone magic…[occurs when] we deplete glucose [and] we train our body to produce ketones.”

Table of Contents for What Are The Optimal Ketone Levels For A Ketogenic Diet?

This is a comprehensive article but if you want to jump to a specific section, just use the table of contents below to do so.

-   What are ketones?
-   How to measure ketones (and do you need to measure them)?
-   How to interpret your ketone results?
-   What’s the optimal ketone level for your ketogenic diet?
-   Conclusion – Table of Optimal Ketone Levels

What are ketones?

You’ve probably already figured out that on the ketogenic diet you burn fat in the form of ketones. But what are these magical ketones that your body can use for fuel while helping you lose weight, think clearer, and reduce inflammation?

Technically, ketones are a group of water-soluble organic molecules with a very specific chemical structure. However, when people talk about ketones for nutritional ketosis purposes on the ketogenic diet, they’re usually referring to a few specific ketones produced by our body as fuel (and these are technically called ketone bodies).

Our body produces 3 different ketone bodies (and for ease we’ll just call them ketones):

Acetoacetate (AcAc) – found mostly in your urine

[Acetoacetate Structure]

Beta-hydroxybutyrate (BHB) – found mostly in your blood

It’s technically not a ketone because it has a different chemical structure, but it’s commonly referred to as one.
[2-hydroxybutyric acid structure]

Acetone – found mostly in your breath

[Acetone Ketone Structure]

And when we talk about measuring ketone levels, we’re typically talking about measuring levels of one of these three. That’s why there are 3 types of meters you can purchase – one for measuring ketones in your urine, one for measuring the level of ketones in your body, and one for measuring ketones in your breath.

Another definition that’s really helpful to know about these ketones is THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN ENDOGENOUS AND EXOGENOUS KETONES…

_The ketones that are produced naturally by your body are called “Endogenous” ketones. However, you can also take ketone supplements to raise your body’s ketone levels artificially and those ketones supplements are called “Exogenous” ketones._

There’s a lot of debate as to the health and weight-loss benefits of these _exogenous_ ketone supplements right now, so for purposes of this article, the optimal ketone levels suggested are for endogenous ketones – i.e., you produced them yourself rather than relying on supplements.

How to measure ketones (and do you need to measure them)?

Your blood ketone levels are generally considered to provide the most accurate reading of your body’s levels and therefore the best indicator of ketosis (but measuring blood ketone levels is also the most expensive method). That’s why many people measure their urine and breath ketone levels instead.

Here are the 3 methods of measuring your ketone levels:

[How to measure ketones (and do you need to measure them)? #ketogenic #keto #ketones https://ketosummit.com/optimal-ketone-levels-for-ketogenic-diet]

1. URINE STRIPS (KETOSTIX). You basically pee on these or dip them into some of your urine that you collect. The strip will change color in proportion to levels of Acetoacetate (AcAc) in your urine. If you’re just getting started on a ketogenic diet, then these reasonably cheap strips can offer you a quick and easy indicator of if your ketogenic diet is going in the right direction.

2. BLOOD KETONE METERS (ALONG WITH KETONE MEASURING STRIPS). This is very similar to the blood glucose meters (and in fact, they also work as a blood glucose meter if you buy the glucose measuring strips) – you prick your finger with a lancet and then use the ketone measuring strips connected to the blood ketone meter to soak up a small drop of blood. The blood ketone meter will then do its thing and give you a blood ketone level reading.  The main problem with these is that the ketone measuring strips are super expensive (around $3-4 per strip). UPDATE: KETO MOJO RELEASED THEIR METER AND STRIPS AFTER THIS POST WAS WRITTEN. THEIR STRIP PRICES ARE AROUND $1, MAKING IT MUCH CHEAPER TO DO A KETO BLOOD TEST NOW.

3. BREATH KETONE METER (KETONIX). This is a reusable meter that measures ketones in your breath. There’s no prick to draw blood, it charges through a USB plug, and no strips are required. You warm up the meter for a few minutes, blow into the meter for 6-15 seconds, and then it gives you a reading.

ADDITIONAL METHOD OF DETERMINING YOUR KETONE LEVELS WITHOUT KETONE METERS
As Marty Kendall has pointed out, there is a clear link between your blood glucose levels and blood ketone levels. As your blood glucose levels decrease, your blood ketone levels will increase. However, the exact relationship between these two varies from person to person so you won’t be able to have an exact ketone measurement based on your glucose measurement. But by taking your blood glucose measurements, you can get a good indicator of what your ketone levels might be.

Do you really need to measure your ketone levels on a ketogenic diet?

We know all that all this testing equipment is expensive as well as a hassle to use. So, do you really need it?

The simple answer is no, you definitely don’t need to know your exact ketone levels in order to enjoy the benefits of a ketogenic diet. And some people like Luis from Ketogains suggests not bothering to measure at all except in a few specific circumstances.

However, others raise the importance of measuring ketones especially when you first start the diet – different people will require different levels of carbohydrates and proteins in order to get into nutritional ketosis and knowing how your levels change over time will give you a good idea of whether you’re on the right track or if you need to tweak what you’re eating.

Tracking your ketone levels can also be important for troubleshooting your keto diet – e.g., if your weight-loss stalls.

But regardless, don’t obsess about your ketone levels – knowing your levels is supposed to help you tweak your keto diet, not stress you out!

How to interpret your ketone results?

All 3 methods of measuring ketones are pretty easy to use and come with instructions as to what your results may mean and in the next section, we’ve found what the experts consider to be “optimal” levels. However, 2 problems typically arise when you measure your ketone levels:

What units are my ketone results in?

The first issue is that different meters/sticks from different countries will sometimes provide your results in different units. It’s sort of like someone telling you the temperature in degrees Celsius (C) when you only know temperatures in degree Fahrenheit (F).

When doing a keto blood test, most people measure using _millimol per liter (mmol/L)_ as the unit of measurement but on some meters and ketone strips, you might see _milligram per deciliter (mg/dL)_ instead. All you need to know is that if your blood ketone results are in mg/dL then you can convert them to the typical mmol/L by dividing by 10.4 (thank you to one of our readers for pointing out the previous mistake here – please note this conversion is for ketones, not glucose, which is why the conversion number is NOT 18).

Convert Ketones mmol/L to mg/dL:

A lot of people have emailed confused about this, so let me pull out my chemistry knowledge and try to resolve this question once and for all.

For Acetone, the molecular mass is: 58 g/mol
For Beta-hydroxybutyrate, the molecular mass is: 104 g/mol

The rest is just fiddling around with decimal points to get all the units in order.

That’s why for ACETONE, the conversion factor (CF) is: 5.8 (or the reverse is 0.17)

So for concentrations of Acetone ketone bodies, 1 mmol/L = 5.8 mg/dL or 1 mg/dL = 0.17

And for BETA-HYDROXYBUTYRATE, the conversion factor (CF) is: 0.096 (or the reverse is 10.4)

So for concentrations of Beta-hydroxybutyrate ketones, 1 mmol/L = 10.4 mg/dL or 1 mg/dL = 0.096

Hope this gets rid of all the confusion around converting concentrations of ketones around.

Should I be Converting Acetone or Beta-hydroxybutyrate For My Ketone Levels?

Most of the online converters I’ve seen are converting acetone levels. And if you’re peeing on the urine ketone sticks, then you’re measuring your acetone ketone levels in urine.

As I explain below, this is NOT very accurate at all. If you drink more water, then your urine ketone concentrations will go down.

That’s why all the ketone levels that experts tell you about are blood ketone concentrations (measurements of beta-hydroxybutyrate). So, when they say you should have a ketone reading of 1, they’re talking about your blood ketone measurements made using a blood ketone meter.

You cannot convert your urine ketone levels to your blood ketone levels.

So, use the urine ketosis sticks for some basic knowledge of your ketone levels, but use the blood ketone meter if you really want to know your ketone levels.

How accurate is my ketone meter or stick?

Your blood ketone meter will give you more precise readings than a rough color change on your Ketostix.

But, what people mean when they say measuring ketone in your urine (or using Ketostix) is inaccurate is that knowing how much ketones you have in your urine doesn’t tell you much. Your Ketostix could be pink even if you’re in deep ketosis.

Also, the urine sticks (like Ketostix) only measure acetoacetate levels and those found in your urine are the excess acetoacetate that’s excreted. So, it’s not a good indicator of how much there is in your cells ready to be used for energy.

AGAIN, THE ADVICE HERE IS SIMPLY TO NOT OBSESS ABOUT YOUR KETONE LEVELS.

What’s the optimal ketone level for your ketogenic diet?

As you might have suspected, there isn’t a one-size fits all answer to this question. Part of the answer depends on what your goals are.

The optimal ketone levels you’ll want to achieve will likely be different depending on whether you’re looking to lose weight, get improved mental clarity, improve your athletics performance, or to cure/prevent illnesses like cancer. And the numbers may also vary depending on your body’s current insulin resistance (e.g., if you have type 2 diabetes or if you’re pre-diabetic then your optimal levels at the beginning may also differ from someone who has healthy levels of blood glucose).

Bearing all of those different factors in mind, below are some ranges proposed by different ketogenic diet experts and below that you’ll see a table of our suggestions based on those expert’s opinions.

NOTE – again, these ketone levels are for optimal nutritional ketosis and should not be used if you’re a type 1 diabetic!

Jeff Volek and Stephen Phinney

Dr. Thomas Seyfried

[tom-seyfried]

Dr. Thomas Seyfried, a professor of biology at Boston College who researches cancer and the uses of a ketogenic diet in curing and preventing cancer, states in the The Complete Guide to Fasting book: _“The key to therapy is prolonged therapeutic ketosis (blood ketones in the range of 3–6mM), together with reduced blood glucose levels (3–4 mM).”_

Dominic D’Agostino

Luis Villasenor

[luis]

Luis from Ketogains.com who helps many bodybuilders on a ketogenic diet has repeatedly suggested that search for high ketone levels is not always beneficial. He regularly tells people: “don’t chase ketones; chase results.”

Marty Kendall

[marty-kendall]

Marty, an engineer who runs the website and Facebook group, Optimising Nutrition, states that: “If your aim is exercise performance or fat loss then ketones between 0.5mmol/L and 1.3mmol/L might be all you need to aim for. I also think loading up on dietary fat at the expense of getting adequate protein, vitamins and minerals may be counterproductive in the long term.”

Marty also points out that not everyone on a ketogenic diet will get high levels – for example, Sami Inkenen only had around 0.6mmol/L when he was rowing from the US to Hawaii on an 80% fat diet.

Tommy Wood

We asked Tommy Wood, the chief medical director at Nourish Balance Thrive, for his thoughts as he co-hosted the Keto Summit with us. This is what he wrote:

“If you’re looking for therapeutic ketosis for cancer (especially) or a neurological disease, I would go towards Seyfried’s target range. Plus a target GKI of 1, or at least <2.

For anybody looking for weight loss or athletic performance, I think Marty’s last point and Luis Villasenor’s view are what I’d side with. You want a healthy ketone-based metabolism, but the absolute numbers don’t really matter that much, in my opinion.

Your absolute ketone levels tell you nothing about how well you are a) making ketones b) using ketones, or c) retaining ketones (i.e. preventing wasting via the urine). The number you measure is just a balance of all three. So you could be running purely on ketones but using everything you make, and end up with “low” levels – Sami Inkenen is a good example.

There’s no such thing as an optimal recommendation for everyone because we just don’t know how to measure or understand all those processes as much as we’d like to think we do!”

Conclusion – Table of Optimal Ketone Levels

Based on the current expert opinions, below is a table of what you might want to see your ketone levels at depending on what your goals are.

[Optimal Ketone Levels #ketogenic #keto #ketones https://ketosummit.com/optimal-ketone-levels-for-ketogenic-diet]

Weight-loss: above 0.5mmol/L
Improved athletic performance: above 0.5mmol/L
Improved mental performance: 1.5-3mmol/L
Therapeutic (e.g., to prevent or cure certain illnesses): 3-6mmol/L

Again, these are general ranges and if yours doesn’t fall within the range, it’s NOT a definitive indicator that you’re doing something wrong, but it is a helpful guide to ensure you think about tweaking and testing your keto diet to see if something can be improved.

question: What is ketosis?

answer: A state where the body starts burning ketones instead of glucose.

question: Describe a ketogenic diet.

answer: A diet in which fat is burned in the form of ketones.

question: Explain the controversy mentioned in the article.

answer: There's controversy as to what the optimal ketone levels are, although there isn't much detail provided about this.

question: How can ketones be measured?

answer: Ketones can be measured using urine strips, blood ketone meters, or breath ketone meters.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: An overview of ketones and how to measure ketone levels and how to interpret the results for people on a ketogenic diet--a diet in which fat is burned in the form of ketones. A table is provided for optimum ketone levels.


text:
Today. He sits on his balcony, as discontent as he was born 18 years ago.
No achievements to smile at and no ambitions to look forward to. He is a nobody. Tolerated by his peers, if he could even call them that.

Below average in every respect and thus he is given none

Day in and day out he quietly weeps for attention but he'll never know what it feels like to be liked . As he gives nobody a reason to like him or even have an opinion on him .

Not charming enough to be a friend of society and clearly not daring enough to be an enemy. Therefore to society,he is nothing.
Through out his life. His only thoughts have been regrets. Firstly his existence and finally his existence.

He knows that eventually this day too shall pass. Nothing holds him on to this world but fear and gravity.

Eventually ,he will die in this state, ignored.

Forgotten in life and surely in death.
He knows this.

No, I'm not a dreamer.

title: No, I'm not a dreamer.

question: Who is this 18-year-old boy the narrator is talking about?

answer: He's talking about himself.

question: What made the narrator say he's not a dreamer?

answer: He says he's not a dreamer because he thinks he's a nobody without ambitions.

question: What are the boy's regrets?

answer: It's not specifically stated what his regrets are, but perhaps every bad life decision he's made.

question: Is the boy willing to change his negative mindset?

answer: It's not stated in the story.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The 18-year-old boy has low self-esteem and thinks he is nobody as he has no ambition and purpose in life.


text:
[In WWII this banner was the banner of the North Caucasian Legion, which was created on the basis of the Caucasian-Mohammedan Legion (as well as the Mountain-Caucasian and Azerbaijanian Legions)]

The CAUCASIAN-MOHAMMEDAN LEGION (German: _Kaukasisch-Mohammedanische Legion_) was a volunteer unit of the German Army. The Legion was created on January 13, 1942[1] by order of General Infantria Olbricht. The unit was composed of Muslim Northern Caucasians and Azerbaijanians. In accordance with the decree of February 19, 1942, volunteers from the peoples of the North Caucasus were August 2, 1942 allocated on a national-territorial basis separately to the North Caucasian Legion / Mountain-Caucasian Legion. The initial placement of the Legion was Wesel.

History

[] [The swastika of mythological so-called “Horse Parking”. According to N. Napso, a similar symbol was depicted on the uniform of the soldiers of the Mountain-Caucasian legion.]

In October 1941, one for each of the Turkestan and Caucasian prisoners of war (the operation of the Abwehr “Tiger B”) was created for the special purposes of Abwehr and controlled by the Stab Walli (in June of 1941, it consisted of 21 Abwehr commandos, at least 70 Abwehrgroups and many sabotage-intelligence schools) and subordinated to the two officers of the Abwehr, Major Andreas Meier Mader and Theodor Oberländer. Professor Oberleutnant Oberländer was the Head of the Department of Social Sciences department in Königsberg, Greifswald and Prague before the war. Oberleutnant Oberländer was also the political leader of the Nachtigall Battalion.

CAUCASIAN-MOHAMMEDAN LEGION was created on 13 January 1942 by order of General Olbricht, commander of the reserve army. For this purpose, a German training headquarters was established, headed by Major Andreas Meier Mader. He was assigned the task of replenishing the 7 companies of the respective nationalities created by prisoners of war before that. Suitable prisoners of war were to be checked, released from captivity, and after a short trial period, dressed in German uniform. On the basis of the Mayer-Mader union, it was allowed to form the Caucasian-Mohammedan and Turkestan legions. On the 19 February, the chief of armaments and the commander of the reserve army ordered the Caucasian-Mohammedan and Turkestan legions were separated. On 2 August 1942, the representatives of the Caucasian peoples were consolidated into a separate North Caucasian legion. The Legion consisted of Abkhazians, Circassians, Kabardians, Balkars, Karachais, Chechens, Ingushes, and the peoples of Daghestan. The Kurds, Talyshs and North Ossetians appeared later.

In 1943 the headquarters of the North Caucasian Legion was created in the town of Mirgorod of Poltava region under command of Lt. Col. Ristov. In the summer of 1944, the formation of the North Caucasian and Caucasian SS regiments began on the basis of 70 and 71 police battalions. At the end of the war in Northern Italy, the North Caucasian combat group joined the Caucasian Unity of the SS troops. The commander of the Standard Army of the SS, a former officer of the White Army Kuchuk Ulagay, joined the regiment as a regiment.

In addition to the reinforced 9 field battalions,1 battalion of the _Sonderverband “Bergmann”_ (Special Unit “Miner”) of the and one combat group of the Caucasian Waffen-SS unit, the natives of the North Caucasus were part of a separate Sonderkommando Schamil consisting of three groups of forces up to a platoon, three sapper, railway and road-building companies, as well as two serf regiments. According to the researcher Traho R. “The total number of North Caucasian volunteers since the beginning of the war against the USSR and until 1945 amounted to 28-30 thousand people”.

[1]

title: Kaukasisch-Mohammedanische Legion

question: What does the article say about the Caucasian-Mohammedan Legion?

answer: The Caucasian-Mohammedan Legion was a volunteer unit of the German Army in WWII. The Legion was created in 1942 and was composed of Muslim Northern Caucasians and Azerbaijanians. The Legion was created by order of General Olbricht, commander of the reserve army. A German training headquarters was established for this purpose. Suitable prisoners of war were checked, released from captivity, and after a short trial period, dressed in German uniform. In August of 1942, representatives of the Caucasian peoples were consolidated into separate North Caucasian legion. The Legion consisted of Abkhazians, Circassians, Kabardians, Balkars, Karachais, Chechens, Ingushes, and the peoples of Daghestan. The Kurds, Talyshs and North Ossetians appeared later. In addition to the 9 field batallions, natives of the North Caucasus were part of a separate Sonderkommando Schamil consisting of three groups of forces up to a platoon, three sapper, railway, and road building companies, and two serf regiments. The total number of North Caucasian volunteers was up to 30 thousand people.


text:
HARRY MARTINSON (6May 190411February 1978) was a Swedish author, poet and former sailor. In 1949 he was elected into the Swedish Academy. He was awarded a joint Nobel Prize in Literature in 1974 together with fellow Swede Eyvind Johnson “for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos”.[1] The choice was controversial, as both Martinson and Johnson were members of the academy.[2]

He has been called “the great reformer of 20th-century Swedish poetry, the most original of the writers called 'proletarian'.”[3]

Life

Martinson was born in Jämshög, Blekinge County in south-eastern Sweden.[4] At a young age he lost both his parents whereafter he was placed as a foster child (_Kommunalbarn_) in the Swedish countryside.[5] At the age of sixteen Martinson ran away and signed onto a ship to spend the next years sailing around the world visiting countries including Brazil and India.[6] [The headstone on Martinson's grave in Silverdal, Sollentuna – north of Stockholm] A few years later lung problems forced him to set ashore in Sweden[7] where he travelled around without a steady employment, at times living as a vagabond on country roads.[8] At the age of 21, he was arrested for vagrancy in Lundagård park, Lund.[9]

In 1929, he debuted as a poet. Together with Artur Lundkvist, Gustav Sandgren, Erik Asklund and Josef Kjellgren he authored the anthology _Fem unga_ (Five Youths),[10] which introduced Swedish modernism. His poetry, characterized by linguistic innovation and a frequent use of metaphors, combined an acute eye for, and love of nature, with a deeply felt humanism.[11][12] His popular success as a novelist came with the semi-autobiographical _Nässlorna blomma_ (_Flowering Nettles_) in 1935, about hardships encountered by a young boy in the countryside. It has since been translated into more than thirty languages. The novel _Vägen till Klockrike_ (_The Road to Klockrike_, 1948) was another huge success, and in 1949 Martinson became the first proletarian writer to be elected a member of the Swedish Academy.[13]

One of his most noted works is the poetic cycle _Aniara_, which is a story of the spacecraft _Aniara_ that during a journey through space loses its course and subsequently floats on without destination. The book was published in 1956 and became an opera in 1959 composed by Karl-Birger Blomdahl.[14][15] The cycle has been described as “an epic story of man's fragility and folly”.[16]

From 1929 to 1940, he was married to Moa Martinson, whom he met through a Stockholm anarchist newspaper, _Brand_.[17] He travelled to the Soviet Union in 1934.[18][19] He and Moa were divorced due to her criticism of his lack of political commitment.[20] Moa became a writer; Harry married Ingrid Lindcrantz (1916–1994) in 1942.[21][22]

Controversy

The joint selection of Eyvind Johnson and Martinson for the Nobel Prize in 1974[23] was very controversial as both were members of the Swedish Academy and thus on the Nobel panel.[24] Graham Greene, Saul Bellow and Vladimir Nabokov were the favoured candidates that year.[25]

Death

The sensitive Martinson found it hard to cope with the criticism following his award, and committed suicide on 11February 1978 at the Karolinska University Hospital in Stockholm by cutting his stomach open with a pair of scissors in what has been described as a “hara-kiri-like manner”.[26][27]

Legacy

The 100th anniversary of Martinson's birth was celebrated around Sweden in 2004.[28]

Bibliography

Titles in English where known.

Novels

-   _Kap Farväl_ (Cape Farewell) 1933
-   _Nässlorna blomma_ (Flowering Nettle) 1935
-   _Vägen ut_ (The Way Out) 1936
-   _Den förlorade jaguaren_ (The Lost Jaguar) 1941
-   _Vägen till Klockrike_ (The Road) 1948

Essays

-   _Resor utan mål_ (Aimless Journeys) 1932
-   _Svärmare och harkrank_ 1937
-   _Midsommardalen_ (Midsommer valley) 1938
-   _Det enkla och det svåra_ (The easy and the hard) 1938
-   _Verklighet till döds_ (Reality to death) 1940
-   _Utsikt från en grästuva_ (Views From A Tuft of Grass) 1963

Poems

-   _Spökskepp_ 1929
-   _Nomad_ 1931. Illustrated edition 1943 with new poems and drawings by Torsten Billman
-   _Passad_ (Trade Wind) 1945
-   _Cikada_ 1953
-   _Aniara_ 1956
-   _Gräsen i Thule_ 1958
-   _Vagnen_ 1960
-   _Dikter om ljus och mörker_ 1971
-   _Tuvor_ 1973

Radio plays

-   _Gringo_
-   _Salvation_ 1947
-   _Lotsen från Moluckas_ 1948

Stage play

-   _Tre knivar från Wei_ 1964

Psalms

-   _De blomster som i marken bor_

[1]

[2] Örjan Lindberger “Människan i tiden. Eyvind Johnsons liv och författarskap 1938–1976” Bonniers 1990, pp. 445–447

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

[15]

[16]

[17]

[18]

[19]

[20]

[21]

[22]

[23]

[24]

[25]

[26]

[27]

[28]

title: Harry Martinson

question: How could Martinson's divorce have been avoided?

answer: If he had been more committed to politics.

question: Why was it controversial that Martinson was on the Nobel Panel when he was awarded the prize?

answer: Because he could have voted for himself--it was a conflict of interest.

question: How would his life have been different if he hadn't received the Nobel prize?

answer: He might not have committed suicide.

question: How might Martinson's sailing have influenced his writing?

answer: It might have compelled him to write about spacecrafts.


text:
Chapter 1

"Everything you can imagine is real"
-Pablo Picasso

Picasso's quote remained the last thing on the art room wall from the days lesson, an hour spent that will be quickly forgotten and disregarded by all but a handful of recipients. The classroom was bustling with loud cliques and annoying 'besties' rushing to get out this prison for winter break. I sat in my own silence and took note of the many people who returned my disconcerting attitude towards them. Another extended weekend of video games and internet browsing awaited me, so I was not in a rush to leave. The calm creativity of the room beckoned my attention; amateur abstract paintings lined the walls, and painted paper sculptures hung from the ceiling above the long rectangular tables. I sighed, knowing I might as well get out of here before the teacher wonders what I'm up to.

I thought about that last line of lecture as I flipped the book shut and slowly slid back from the table. Art wasn't my thing, but it's like in that instance, Picasso was talking directly to me. It had seemed like forever since the bell rang when I finally stood up, chuckling under my breath. I turned around and started heading towards the exit, making one last quick cautious glance around the room. As I expected, the gaggle of unassuming students were paying no mind to me, and the teacher was busy packing up her things.

I paused in my path to the exit, and thought about the desk chair that I had not pushed in. A fleeting moment of doubt almost let me keep walking toward the door, but I swallowed and pushed back the uncertainty as my heart rate rose. My focus became shaper and my worries distant. I thought about the chair sitting behind me, with it's bumpy plastic texture and it's cold touch, imagining the rounded edge of the back's top portion. The more I thought about it and imagined it, the more I realized it was as if I could actually feel it. In my hands? In my mind? I really wasn't sure. Regardless, it was working the same as it had when I first discovered it, whatever 'it' was. Finally I squeezed the hands that were still dangling next to me, despite the obvious redundancy, and gripped the top of the chair. With my mind, but somehow my arms, I pushed. I pushed harder, yet here I was in the middle of the room, with only the musty school air to fill my palms.

Despite the impossibility, the metal legs on the ceramic art room floor made the satisfying rumble behind me as it slipped neatly under the table, now flush and proper. There I stood, still for another instant, reveling in the new found power that had managed to work yet again. It took an involuntary smirk to pull me out of my awed trance, upon which I casually glanced around the now near-empty room, and continued to proceed towards the exit. Barely able to contain my excitement, I slipped out the door in similar fashion to the 'cool guys who don't look at explosions,' not bothering to look at the newly replaced chair as I rounded the corner out into the hall.

I had no idea why it worked, let alone how... but indeed it worked, as it had for the first time in my room just a few days ago. I was still getting used to the sensitivity of it, having only exercised the talent a few times, but it was amusingly useful as I could tell so far. As I made my way closer to the end of the hall, the light from the courtyard lit up like a beacon of freedom to the flowing and churning river of students. It was a comforting sight for me as well, but more so for the fresh air and escape to blissful solitude. I finally left the building having accomplished what I'd set out to for the day; use my power in public. There was a strange adrenaline producing fear that came from it, one that I knew I had to control if this thing were to ever be of any use to me. My next goal, I thought to myself as I made my way toward the parking lot, was to find the limits of my ability and master the simple tricks; after that, who really knows.

My thoughts drifted from the subject when my car finally came into view, along with Ren who was leaned patiently up against it.

"What took you so long?" He shouted. "It's break man, let's get the hell out of here.

"Yeah sorry," I retorted as I hopped in the drivers seat, "I had something to take care of."

title: [SF] Beginning of an idea. (Maybe? Idk, just bored)

question: Summarize the reactions to class ending and letting out for winter break.

answer: The classroom begins to bustle with people rushing outside for winter break. The teacher is busy packing things up, and later there is a river of students trying to get out of the building and towards their freedom. Despite everyone else's eagerness, the narrator isn't in a rush to spend the extended weekend playing video games. When the narrator reaches their friend Ren outside, Ren tells him they need to get out of here. This insinuates he can't wait another second to start his break.

question: Summarize the narrator's talent.

answer: The narrator appears to have just discovered they have the gift of telekinesis a few days prior in their room, but they're not quite sure what it is or how they can do it. They decide to practice this by moving a chair in their art class. They are able to focus their mind enough and imagine the chair in their hands. This results in them being able to push the chair into the desk without touching it. They see this talent as new found power and it causes them excitement.

question: Summarize everything relating to a school setting.

answer: The classroom the narrator is in contains cliques of people rushing to leave as school is no longer in session. A bell was what let every one know school was out for winter break. The room the narrator is in is covered in various artworks and has long rectangular tables, a hallmark of a school art room. There is a teacher packing up for the end of the day. In the hallway, there is a river of students trying to get out of the school.

question: What does the text say about the narrator's romantic interest?


text:
Review

1.

    L. Shapiro¹,*,
2.

    H. H. McAdams¹,
3.

    R. Losick²

1.
    ¹Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305, USA.
2.
    ²BioLabs, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA.

1.

    ↵*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: shapiro{at}stanford.edu

 See allHide authors and affiliations

Science  27 Nov 2009:
Vol. 326, Issue 5957, pp. 1225-1228
DOI: 10.1126/science.1175685

You are currently viewing the abstract.

View Full Text

Abstract

Despite their small size, bacteria have a remarkably intricate internal organization. Bacteria deploy proteins and protein complexes to particular locations and do so in a dynamic manner in lockstep with the organized deployment of their chromosome. The dynamic subcellular localization of protein complexes is an integral feature of regulatory processes of bacterial cells.

View Full Text

question: What is the topic of the abstract?

answer: Bacteria

question: Describe bacteria.

answer: Based off the document, bacteria is described as being small with a remarkably intricate internal organization.

question: What universities are mentioned in this document?

answer: Stanford University and Harvard University

question: What is subcellular localization?

answer: That information can't be found in the document.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This document provides an abstract to a paper about bacteria and its intricate internal organization.


text:
Is “Be in a Fantastic Relationship” Your #1 Resolution?

You’re in luck. On this edition of the Love, Happiness and Success Podcast I’m interviewing Denver Dating Coach Jessica Small about things that you can do to attract a happy new relationship into your life in the New Year.

I wanted to do a podcast on this subject right now because we are quickly approaching DATING SEASON. Yes, there is such a thing. In fact, there are people all over Denver just like you who endured well intentioned questions from their grandma about when they were going to “settle down,” mingled at holiday parties without their +1, and wished they had someone to smooch under the mistle-toe. Right about now they’re all firing up their laptops, scrolling through possible profile photos, and wracking their brains for a pithy opener for their profile statement.

And maybe one of them is the ONE you’ve been hoping to meet. But how? You’ve been on dates, you’ve been trying to meet people, and it hasn’t been working out. It can take a toll on your self esteem, and raise your anxiety. Dating can ratchet you back up to Junior-High era levels of self consciousness — even if you’re poised and self confident in every other area of your life.

Modern dating can be rough.

Here’s the thing about dating: You have to have a strategy. You have to have insight, self awareness, clarity and a PLAN that will help you not just make a good first impression, but turn a great first date into a fantastic relationship. It’s a tall order, and one fraught with possible hazards.

So — help is here. On today’s episode of the Love, Happiness and Success Podcast I’m enlisting the support of my Growing Self team-mate and expert dating coach Jessica Small to answer all your dating “how to” questions.

We’re giving you actionable advice that will help you get better results in your dating life. We’ll also be talking through questions like:

-   What’s the biggest dating mistake you’re making before you even go out on a first date?
-   What are things you can do to make it a great first date… that leaves them wanting more of you?
-   How can putting a priority on “chemistry” distract you from the most important ingredients for a healthy relationship?
-   What’s going on with people who just disappear, and “ghost” you after the first date?
-   How to balance being selective enough to meet people you’re attracted to, without being so selective that you’ve got no “matches.”

All these questions and many more are answered on this edition of the Love, Happiness and Success podcast. Be prepared to take notes!

How to “Find the One” in 2016: Listen Now

Music Credits: Shocking Blue, “Send Me a Postcard”

question: What is the main topic of this post?

answer: This is an advertisement for an edition of the Podcast, Love, Happiness, and Success. The host interviews Denver Dating Coach Jessica Small about attracting a happy new relationship.

question: According to the Podcast host, when is dating season?

answer: It seems that dating season is right after the winter holidays.

question: What is the one thing the Podcast host says a person needs for dating?

answer: The host says a person needs to have a strategy.

question: What year is the podcast from?

answer: 2016

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This is an advertisement for an edition of the Podcast, Love, Happiness, and Success. The host interviews Denver Dating Coach Jessica Small about attracting a happy new relationship.


text:
To celebrate the Miami Hurricanes’ success this football season, J. Wakefield Brewing will create a new India pale ale called Turnover. The name references the 10-karat-gold, Cuban link Turnover Chain that has been used this season to reward defensive players for forcing an interception or touchdown.

The chain has gone viral on social media, as the ’Canes have yet to lose a game this season. Fans and pets have been seen wearing replicas of the chain.

The beer will be a Northeast IPA, with citrus and floral notes.

Wakefield says he plans to brew the 30-barrel batch on Monday, Nov. 27. It should be ready the second week of December, and the Wynwood brewery is set to host a release party on Saturday, Dec. 9.

The IPA will be brewed in partnership with former Miami Hurricanes linebacker D.J. Williams, who was a member of the 2001-2002 national championship team.

The Turnover IPA will be available on draft and in cans. Wakefield says about 900 four-packs will be sold, with each costing $16. He says 90 kegs will be distributed across the tricounty area.

_J. Wakefield Brewing is located at 120 NW 24th St., in Miami. Call 786-253-7779 or go to JWakefieldBrewing.com._

_TJMEDINA@SOUTHFLORIDA.COM, FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, TWITTER._

-   Miami Hurricanes
-   Football

question: Who is J. Wakefield?

answer: He is a brewer at J. Wakefield Brewing and also seems to be a fan of the Miami Hurricanes.

question: What is Wakefield doing to celebrate the success of the Miami Hurricanes?

answer: He is creating a new India pale ale called Turnover.

question: When was this celebration scheduled to take place?

answer: The release party for the ale was scheduled to be held on Saturday, December 9th of the year in which the article was written.

question: Where was the celebration set to take place?

answer: The release party was set to be hosted at the Wynwood brewery.

question: How did the the Miami Hurricanes perform during the season that Wakefield is celebrating?

answer: At the time of the article, they had yet to lose a single game.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: To celebrate the performance of the Miami Hurricanes during the latest season, in which they had yet to lose a single game as of the writing of the article, J. Wakefield Brewery plans to create a new India pale ale called Turnover. The launch party for the ale will take place at the Wynwood brewery on December 9. The IPA will be available both on draft and in cans.


text:
SOUTHCOMM COMMUNICATIONS was a media company that owned a number of alternative newspapers and other news sources in the United States such as the _Nashville Scene_[1] and _Washington City Paper_.[2] It was based in Nashville, Tennessee.

SouthComm was formed in late 2007 and spent much of its first two years acquiring media properties in Alpharetta, Georgia, Nashville, Tennessee, and Louisville, Kentucky.[3]

In 2011 and 2012, SouthComm bought a number of publications from Creative Loafing[4] including _Creative Loafing (Atlanta)_, _Creative Loafing Charlotte_ of Charlotte, North Carolina,[5] and _Creative Loafing Tampa_ of Tampa, Florida.[6] Womack Newspapers bought _Creative Loafing Charlotte_ in 2014.[7] Also in 2014, SouthComm acquired the trade publisher Cygnus Business Media.[8]

In 2017, _Creative Loafing Atlanta_ was bought by Ben Eason, the son of _Creative Loafing_ founders Debbie and Elton Eason.[9] On December 21, 2017, it was announced that D.C.-area venture capitalist and philanthropist Mark Ein would buy the _Washington City Paper_.[10] Also in December 2017, according to reports, _The Pitch_ was sold to a local owner. In 2017 _The Pitch_ was sold to Stephanie Carey and Adam Carey. [11][12] _Creative Loafing Tampa_ was sold to Euclid Media Group in 2018. In May 2018, real estate company Freeman Webb acquired the _Nashville Scene_ and _Nashville Post_.[13] In June 2018, the trade magazines owned by SouthComm were sold to Endeavor Business Media.[14]

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11]

[12]

[13]

[14]

title: SouthComm Communications

question: When was SouthComm Communications founded?

answer: SouthComm Communications was founded in 2007.

question: Where was SouthComm Communications based?

answer: SouthComm Communications is based in Nashville, Tennesee.

question: What kind of media company was SouthComm Communications?

answer: SouthComm Communications owned a number of alternative newspapers and other news sources in the US.

question: What is Washington City Paper?

answer: Washington City Paper was an independent newspaper.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: SouthComm Communications was a media company founded in 2007 and based in Nashville, Tennessee. It owned a number of alternative newspapers and other news sources in the US such as the Nashville Scene and Washington City.


text:
The best Foo Fighters songs always work exactly like Dave Grohl wants them to: Joy-buzzer power-pop hooks, thickly packaged guitars, a couple of throat-shredding screams—since he started the project in 1994, he has never shown much interest in doing something trickier. In this steady, somewhat plodding way, he’s built catalog deep enough for a greatest hits album and earned the mantle of World’s Most Okay Rock Band. What the Foos don’t offer in inspiration, they make up for it with durability and dependability. Hot dog, squirt of relish, daub of mustard, squishy bun—you make it the same way every time for a reason.

But over the last ten years, listening to Foo Fighters has begun to feel more like watching the Food Network than eating: You mostly yearn for what you’re not getting. As Grohl embraced his Ambassador of Rock role, joining awards show lineups and one-offs by the handful, his own music grew mushier and grainer. By 2014’s _Sonic Highways_, recorded as part of a documentary series traversing the country’s regional rock scenes, the transformation was complete: Foo Fighters albums were Dave Grohl’s enthusiastic PSAs about the life-changing power of other people’s rock music.

_Concrete and Gold_ is their ninth album, and like _Sonic Highways_, it comes with an outsized goodwill gesture accompanying it: Grohl announced its release date along with the launch of a huge festival, a modern-rock update to the 1974 Cal Jam. He also recently revealed that he was planning to record the album in front of a live audience, before PJ Harvey’s similar _Hope Six Demolition Project_ discouraged him. Nearly all new Foos albums come with one of these PR flourishes now, a near-tacit admission that a new album of Foo Fighters songs might not be news enough for anybody, even Grohl. But maybe having one of his campaigns derailed helped Grohl focus a bit: _Concrete and Gold_ feels more interested in the granular details of rock songwriting and craft of rock album-making than anything the Foos have made in years.

The album begins with a faux-humble, aw-shucks bit of Grohllery: Over a few finger-picked acoustic guitar notes, he croons: “I don’t wanna be king/I just wanna sing a love song/Pretend there’s nothing wrong/You can sing along with me.” Seconds later comes the chandelier-shattering full band entrance, with a stack of vocal harmonies tall enough to demolish the Paradise Theatre. The flourish announces the polishing touch of Greg Kurstin, member of The Bird and the Bee and a pop producer flexible and collaborative enough for both Adele’s “Hello” and Kendrick Lamar’s “LOVE.”

Kurstin’s touch helps inject some flavor into the empty carbs larding Grohl’s songwriting, which remains a series of enthusiastic gestures that sometimes trip over each other. First single “Run” has one of Grohl’s biggest choruses in years, the kind of thing I would gladly holler along to in a stadium, and Kurstin sweetens it nicely with synth and piano. But the song lurches like a three-legged chair between that chorus and a gut-churning two-note riff paired with Grohl’s post-hardcore screaming, a battle between Snow Patrol and Chavez that no one wins.

No one could question Grohl’s grasp of rock history, but moments like this remind you that there is a slightly weightless, _Lego Movie_ feel to his use of it. On the goofy and invigorating Farfisa organ-greased boogie rock “Make It Right,” this works to his advantage: It makes me think of Kid Rock, until it makes me think of Aerosmith’s “Last Child,” until it makes me think of KISS. “Hop on the train to nowhere, baby!” Grohl exhorts, forever unafraid of a t-shirt slogan, and Kurstin boosts the hi-hat until it sounds like it’s made from ten tons of iron. “The Sky Is a Neighborhood,” meanwhile, lands in some alt-rock uncanny valley between Eve 6’s “Inside Out” and “Where Is My Mind?”, a territory as nonsensical as the song title. But Grohl builds a big old rafter-raising chorus there anyway, and as it often does, his enthusiasm makes it go over. It’s all rock‘n’roll to him.

There are all kinds of guests floating by as usual: Alison Mosshart of the Kills guests on “The Sky Is a Neighborhood” and “La Dee Da.” Shawn Stockman, of Boyz II Men, harmonizes on “Concrete & Gold.” Hell, Paul McCartney pops in to play drums on “Sunday Rain.” Grohl told _Rolling Stone_ that Justin Timberlake dropped by the studio one day, but Timberlake remains uncredited, leaving us in the dark, since everyone on a Foo Fighters album sounds like Foo Fighters. That holds as true for Bob Mould, who appeared on 2011’s _Wasting Light_, as it does here for smooth jazz saxophonist Dave Koz, who turns up somewhere, entirely inaudibly, on “La Dee Da.”

Grohl having fun is usually preferable to him flipping the chair around and getting serious, but there are some affecting moments on _C&G_. Years of belting and screaming have finally put a few notes of grain in his eternally boyish tenor. “Happy Ever After (Hour Zero),” the album’s best song, is a real ballad, not the foot-dragging, somber face he usually pulls when he goes quiet. “There ain’t no superheroes now/They’re underground” he sings jauntily, over a little dancehall bounce. The song is wry, winsome, acidic; unlike most Foo Fighters songs, it sounds like one person wrote it to express a single, legible emotion, parceling out feeling in a beaker instead of from a bucket. Most miraculously, it fades out before any windmilling power chords can wreck the mood.

Rock music has had few ambassadors as affable and tireless as Grohl, and over twenty years on, it remains impossible to dislike the Foo Fighters. Enjoying them, is a spottier proposition, and loving them seems to be out of the question. There are boring Foo Fighters albums and pretty good ones; _C&G_ is a pretty good one, and in two years there will probably be another. Grohl has spent his entire career arguing for rock music’s ability to transcend and change lives, but his own music sends a different, sadder message: Rock doesn’t have to be transcendent or life-changing at all, and all your fantasies can be rendered just as dull and workaday as the rest of your life.

question: Write a short summary of the narrator's opinion on the Foo Fighters.

answer: The narrator feels that over the last ten years the Foo Fighters have not done enough.

question: What songs are in their new album?

answer: Information can't be found.

question: What makes the new album different?

answer: Kurstin made contributions to the project.

question: What's the author's opinion on Kurstin's contribution to the album?

answer: The narrator feels "Kurstin's touch helps inject from flavor into the empty carbs larding Grohl's songwriting."

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator talks about the Foo Fighters' new album and how Kurstin's touch makes it more unique than their previous albums.


text:
If a Shelby farts in the woods, am I still hard?

Shelby. Let’s get going with that bitch.
Oh the dry desert queen. How many tears must I lash on you to make you wet. Lemme sing you a song you cunt. Shelby. Are you listening? It doesn’t matter. This is about me. This is about ME. My love for you doesn’t exist inside you. It exists in magnetic fields surrounding the FUcKING MIDWEST OF AMERICA. MAGNETIC FIELDS. You’re a SIMPLETON Shelby, you don’t even know what that means. Hell, with those golden locks, you don’t need to know up from down, you sexy flooze.
Ahh, the good ol’ days. Remember when I used to go down on you for hours? No? That’s because I didn’t. You weren’t worthy.

…Who am I kidding, I wasn’t worthy. Lemme break down to you right now. (Would Tom Cruise say that to you?)

I love your laugh. I don’t even love it, but I love that you do laugh. I love your fucking smile. When you get too drunk I want to smash your head in. I feel the same way around small dogs that don’t bark loud. Listen bitch. You’re a dime a dozen, but that don’t make you drab. NOT A SCAG SHELBY.

Let me touch your butt, I’m a scientist.

Shelby listen, time’s running out. They’re coming for me soon, and when they come, they’ll drag me back into STEVE. STEEEEEEVEEEE. STEEEEEEEEEEEEEVE. What a spineless cocksucker. I’m gonna take you away one day baby, far away. Somewhere where the weather suits your clothes, and my God, wear a tight red dress. I won’t cum in my pants, I’ve never done that unintentionally.

I’ll never hit you unless you hit me. IF you hit me, I’ll hit you hard in the legs. You got milky legs, I wonder what your moms legs looked like, maybe there are some pictures somewhere. Either way, don’t believe any of this 2012 stuff. I don’t. But, you never know.

Kinda like you never know if we’ll meet again!!!! I can only hope so. Right now I can hear them coming. They want Steve back. They’re gonna get him.

One of these days I’ll show them it’s not okay to play God. I’ll show them I’ve been my own God this whole time, moving mountains with ease and taking no pleasure in things untrue. You’re first class cunt, Shelby. The only reason I called you that name one time was because you deserved it, but you didn’t deserve that other thing. Don’t bring that up ever again.

Anyways, They’re getting closer. MAN it’d be good to touch your ass right now Shelby!
One more thing bitch. When you apologize, you’re a sheep. But unlike the other sleazy sheep shape shifters I encounter everyday, your fur is golden. Pure gold. Ain’t that a bitch?

Keep crying for me, my fragile, ohsobreakable playdoll.

title: Unedited RANT about SHELBY

question: Summarize the narrator's romantic history with Shelby.

question: Summarize the narrator's references to sexual activity.

answer: The narrator references cunnilingus and says they didn't deem Shelby worth of it. They reference premature ejaculation. They also reference groping.

question: What does the story say about Shelby's physical appearance?

answer: She has golden locks and milky legs.

question: What are all of the derogatory names the narrator calls Shelby?

answer: Bitch, dry desert queen, cunt, simpleton, flooze, first class cunt, sheep, playdoll.


text:
# The Run -- By MagicalDaveGuy

They had long escaped the far reaching echos of shouting guards through the streets and outpaced the speeder teams through the derelict and cratered slums at the edges of San Francisco, but they still ran, armour thudding on the cracked and abandoned tarmac with every long stride. It began to rain, mud began to fill the cracks in the road and every step was accompanied by a splash until at long last the pair had reached their destination. It was once a grand hotel, dozens of stories tall, but the war had seen an end to it, with most of the windows blown out and boarded up, the place was abandoned, a dying steel and stone skyscraper. The two entered the wounded behemoth with a careful tread. They clomped up the stairwell, boots grinding against the concrete until they reached a large door labeled, "Floor Twenty Nine". The taller of the two raised a gauntleted fist to the door and it clicked open. They stepped through the doorway and the door clicked behind them. The room was black from the overcast sky, and the shadows of the building, and the black marble of the ceiling and the floor. Faint lights flickered from a bank of computers in the corner, and their boots clinked on the ground as they turned to face each other. Their armour was matte black, both illuminated by sets of colored streaks. One red, one blue.

*****

   The armoured figure illuminated in blue dropped to their knee, head bowed before their partner. The taller shadowrunner in red gently grasped the helmet of their partner and disengaged the EV seals with a faint pop-hiss. They tugged the helm off and placed it on the ground, letting their partner breathe unfiltered air once more. She looked up at him, impassive face lit blue in the darkness, eyes smiling up at the faceless visor. She didn't look like an assassin, a mercenary or a wanted criminal, but more like an artist, or a singer. That didn't change the facts. Blonde hair skittering over her armour, she grabbed her partners hand and lifted herself up as the other knelt down. Gauntlets enclosed the helmet and the seals cracked open, and she slid the helmet off carefully. He looked up at her with dark eyes and a look of calm on his face before lifting himself off the ground to meet her. He had the look of a man saddened by tragedy, harrowed and heavy, looking like a surgeon instead of a murderer, a spy and a shadowrunner. He turned around, arms out from his sides and she slipped his and her gauntlets off, revealing the pale skin underneath. She worked on his armour, working past clips and velcro straps, fingers dancing over his muscles through his skinsuit before finally loosening the plating on his arms enough to slide off. She tapped his shoulder and turned around, letting him reciprocate her efforts. He went about the task almost reverently, leaving no room for force or frustration, like it was a practised art.

*****

   As he set the plates on the ground she turned around, beginning to drop to her knees. She unstrapped his boots and pulled them off, turning her attention to the black plates covering his legs. Each lace was tied in a delicate but strong knot, and her hands traced over the familiar ground undoing each string with a rapid precision, tearing off velcro and gingerly setting each piece on the marble floor. She finished her work on the other leg and stood up.

*****

   "Take off my chestplate." He said, voice quiet but strong, reverberating through the wide open chamber.
She looked at him, but said nothing as her fingers clicked over the studs securing the armour together. It popped and the rigid plates went slack, slipping off over the shadowrunner's head. His companion looked at him confused for a moment, then realized why he had done it. As he went to work on finishing removing her plating she stood in honour and wonder. He had made himself vulnerable, made himself lesser than another, and willingly. He trusted her with his life.

*****

As the last plate clinked on the ground, he walked off to the computer to finish their work. She stood at the edge of the building, thinking about him and what they had accomplished that day, thinking about the dozens they had killed and the dozens they were to kill.
She looked out at the ocean, towards the storm that was coming in.

title: The Run

question: What does the undressing represent in the story?

answer: The armoured figures remove their armour piece by piece, slowly and methodically, which represents their trust in each other. It also represents to an audience 'revelation', we start to see the truth of the people underneath the armour. Once they are fully unarmored we then also find out the truth of what they were running from and towards. It also represents intimacy between the protagonists.

question: Are the characters described in the story 'good guys'?

answer: It becomes clear early on that the characters are running from something they have done. The characters are also self-described murderers and assassins. The male of the pair has clearly been impacted by what he has seen whereas the woman doesn't look impacted at all. The pair need more context given as to who they are to know if they are good or bad.

question: How do colors represent the characters in the story?

answer: The blue character is male, and affected by what he has seen, described as sad and hit hard by unknown tragedies, which the color blue lends itself to. The woman in the story is represented by the color red, and is described as someone who looks like an artist or a singer. The woman also has a more sensual quality applied to her descriptions, and sex is generally associated with the color red.

question: What are the meanings behind the character's names?


text:
LENTENG AGUNG STATION (LNA), is a railway station located on Jl. Lenteng Agung Timur, Lenteng Agung, Jagakarsa, South Jakarta. The station, which is located at an altitude of +57 meters, is included in the Jakarta Operational Area I and only serves the KRL Commuterline route. Similar to Lebakjero Station in West Java, the railroad at this station is curved, forming an S curve.

Services

The following is a list of train services at the Lenteng Agung Station

KRL Commuterline

-   Red Line, towards and (Depok branch)

-   Red Line, towards Jakarta Kota and

-   Yellow Line, towards and Depok (Depok branch)

-   Yellow Line, towards and (Nambo branch)

-   Yellow Line, towards Jatinegara and Bogor

Intermodal support

  Public transport type              Line                                                                                Destination
  ---------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  TransJakarta                       4B                                                                                Station-University of Indonesia (integrated with corridors (4H))
  D21                                Station-University of Indonesia (integrated with corridors )
  JAK-44 (Mikrotrans Jak Lingko)     Station-Pondok Labu
  JAK-64 (Mikrotrans Jak Lingko)     Station-Cipedak
  Transjabodetabek Reguler           DJ1                                                                                Depok Terminal–Lebak Bulus Termilan (via Margonda-Lenteng Agung Raya-T.B. Simatupang)
  DJ2                                Depok Terminal-Kalideres Terminal (via T.B. Simatupang-Metro Pondok Indah-Sultan Iskandar Muda-Daan Mogot)
  Angkot[1]                          D83                                                                                Cipedak-Lenteng Agung Market
  D129                               Tugu-Pasar Minggu Terminal
  Koperasi Wahana Kalpika (KWK)[2]   S02                                                                                Lenteng Agung Market-Pondok Labu
  T19                                Kampung Rambutan Terminal-Depok Terminal
  Mikrolet[3]                        M17                                                                                Pasar Minggu Terminal-Lenteng Agung Market
  Miniarta[4]                        M03                                                                                Depok Terminal–Pasar Minggu Terminal
  M04                                Abadijaya–Pasar Minggu Terminal

[1]

[2]

[3]

[4]

title: Lenteng Agung railway station

question: What is Lenteng Agung Station?

answer: A railway station.

question: Where is it located?

answer: Jakarta.

question: What country is Jakarta in?

answer: Indonesia.

question: How many different train services does it have?

answer: Five.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The Lengteng Agung railway station is a railway station located in South Jakarta, Indonesia. It has five train services on the commuter line.


text:
Oba OSINLOKUN or ESHINLOKUN (died 1819) reigned as Oba of Lagos from 1780 to 1819 . His father was Oba Ologun Kutere and his siblings were Obas Adele, Akitoye, Prince Olusi and Prince Akiolu making the Ologun Kutere Obaship line the dominant one in Lagos.[1] Eshinlokun had sixteen children who survived him. They are in the order of seniority: Kosoko, Olufunmi, Odunsi, Ladega, Ogunbambi, Akinsanya, Ogunloye, Akimosa, Ibiyemi, Adebajo, Matimoju, Adeniyi, Isiyemi, Igbalu, Oresanya and Idewu Ojulari. Out of his children, Kosoko and Idewu-Ojulari became obas of Lagos. Idewu Ojulari was not survived by any child, thus leaving the Royal Family with 15 existing lineages.

Ascendancy

Around 1780, Osinlokun seized on the unpopularity of his younger brother Oba Adele, who was frowned upon for the introduction of the Egun masquerade, which at the time was seen as unbecoming.[2] by forcibly taking the throne in a violent coup. Adele was exiled to Badagry where he assumed headship of the town. While in Badagry, Adele attempted to violently retake the Lagos throne but his efforts were futile.

Death

Osinlokun died in 1819 and was succeeded by his son Idewu Ojulari.

[1]

[2]

title: Osinlokun

question: Who is Osinlokun?

answer: He reigned as Oba of Lagos from 1780 to 1819.

question: What is an Oba?

answer: Information can't be found.

question: What happened in 1780?

answer: He ascended to the throne when he seized his brother, Oba Adele.

question: When did he die?

answer: He died in 1819.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Oba Osinlokun was an Oba of Lagos from 1780 to 1819. He ascended to the throne when he seized during his brother's reign. He then passed in 1819 and was succeeded by his son Idewu Ojulari.


text:
[Nurduran Duman (Beijing - November 2017), photo by J.Pijarowski] NURDURAN DUMAN (born 23 October 1974, in Çan-Çanakkale) is a Turkish poet, writer, translator, editor, culture & art journalist.

Nurduran Duman is a Turkish poet and playwright who lives in Istanbul. She wrote her first poem when she was 8 years old. When she was 9, she promised herself that in the future she would be a writer. She liked poetry, so she became a poet. Pursuing her passion for the sea, she received a degree as an Ocean Engineer and Naval Architect from the Istanbul Technical University. And, she’s a columnist in one of the most prestigious newspapers of Turkiye, Cumhuriyet. She is also a member of the Turkish PEN.

Life

Her books include Yenilgi Oyunu, the 2005 Cemal Sureya Poetry Award winner, and Mi Bemol. Semi Circle, a chapbook of her poems translated into English, was published in the United States in 2016, and “Selected Poems” (2017, Macedonian-English-Turkish) in Macedonia, “Selected Poems” (2019, Dutch-English-Turkish) in Belgium. Her poetry collection “Steps of Istanbul” (2019, Chinese-English-Turkish) was published in China in 2019, and was awarded as “The Poetry Collection of the Year of the Second Boao International Poetry Award”. She featured in the #internationalwomensday2018 (#IWD18) Modern Poetry in Translation (MPT) list of ten women poets in translation from all over the World in 2018. (http://modernpoetryintranslation.com/ten-women-poets-in-translation-for-international-womens-day-2018/). Her poems also have been translated into Finnish, Chinese, Spanish, Azerbaijani Turkish, Bulgarian, Romanian, Slovak, French, German, Occitan, Macedonian, and Italian etc. The poem “act” for Alexandre Hollan’s painting, she wrote upon request of Paul Valéry Museum in France, was published in the book of museum “Peinture et Poésie (Painting and Poetry)”. She is a poet included in the European poetry platform, Versopolis.

Individual translations of her poems have been published in Gallerie (India), Colorado Review, Interim, Faultline, Eleven Eleven, Asymptote, and other international journals. Recently, Duman was featured in the American art-literature magazine BRN with an interview conducted by Victor Hernandez Cruz, poet and Chancellor of the Academy of American Poets. Her article about the relationship between world peace and literary translation “Translation of Literature Means Peace” was originally written in English and appeared in the Finnish magazine Kaltio, translated into Finnish by Paavo J. Heinonen.

Duman also actively translates literature into Turkish. She translated Alma Alexander’s book The Secret of Jin-shei, published in Turkey in 2007. Her poems, translations (poems and stories), poetic articles, book reviews and interviews with foreign writers (e.g. Eileen Gunn, Karen Joy Fowler, Yiyun Li, Anna Tambour, Monica Arac de Nyeko, etc.) have been published in numerous magazines and newspapers. She has also translated the poems of Anne Sexton, Sara Teasdale, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Slyvia Plath.

Duman was elected as a board member of the Writers Syndicate of Turkiye and is an active member of Turkish PEN. She presented the literature programme ‘Yazın Küresi – Sphere of Literature’ and the children literature programme ‘Kitap Hazinesi – Treasure of the Book’ for radio and television. She has also been involved in many theatre activities as an actress, director throughout her career, and as a playwright nowadays. Her play “Before the Fly” was accepted into the repertoire of Turkish State Theaters. She teaches the course “Sociological Analysis in Turkish Literature” at Bahçeşehir University and she moderates literature activities as a curator in various platforms. She curated two events in Istanbul in 2019, in the name of the World Poetry Movement. Duman actively participates in a wide range of international literary events.

She is giving creative writing lessons and poetry lesson in Metot Sanat Academy.

Awards

-   Cemal Süreya Poetry Awards for _Yenilgi Oyunu_
-   “Steps of Istanbul” (2019, Chinese-English-Turkish) was published in China in 2019, and was awarded as “The Poetry Collection of the Year of the Second Boao International Poetry Award”

Literary works

Books

-   Yenilgi Oyunu (The Defeat Game) (Poetry, 2006, Istanbul; Komşu Publishing, Yasakmeyve Books)

-   İstanbul’la Bakışmak, Salacak (Exchanging Glances With Istanbul, Salacak) (Prose, 2010, Istanbul, Heyamola Publishing)

-   Mi Bemol (Mi Bemol) (Poetry, 2012, Istanbul, Noktürn Publishing)

Translations of her works

-   Semi Circle, (a chapbook of translations of the poet published by Goodmorning Menagerie in USA in January 2016)
-   Selected Poems for Versopolis (Poetry, 2017, Turkish-Macedonian-English, published by Struga Poetry Evenings)
-   Steps of Istanbul(Poetry,2019,Turkish-Chinese-English,translated by Cao Shui)

Book translations

-   Jin-shei Kız Kardeşlik Sırları (The Secret of Jin-shei) (2006, İstanbul, Writer: Alma Alexander, Literatür Publishing)

title: Nurduran Duman

question: What does the article say about Duman's published works?

answer: She has three published books, two novels, and a poetry book. Additionally, her works have been translated and published in more than a dozen countries in several languages. She also translates foreign literature into Turkish. While not strictly a publication, a play of hers was accepted into the Turkish State Theaters repertoire. The Paul Valéry Museum in France commissioned a poem that was published in their book. Finally, her poems appeared in many magazines.

question: What does the article say about Turkish Delight?


text:
play

Meek Mill enjoys his freedom at 76ers' game (0:41)

After Meek Mill is released from prison, he attends the 76ers' Game 5 matchup against the Heat and is warmly welcomed by the crowd. (0:41)

Rapper Meek Mill traveled to Boston for Thursday night's Game 2 of the 76ers-Celtics playoff series.

The team tweeted out a photo of Mill before the Celtics' 108-103 win at TD Garden. Mill sat courtside between 76ers co-owner Michael Rubin and New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft.

Mill, a Philadelphia native, was released from a Pennsylvania prison April 24 on bail. Rubin picked him up in a helicopter and brought him to the Sixers' closeout Game 5 victory over the Miami Heat.

Mill, whose name is Robert Rihmeek Williams, has become friends with several Sixers stars and met with players and team personnel before and after the Game 5 win in Philadelphia.

The rapper has been fighting a two- to four-year sentence for a probation violation. He was jailed in November 2017 after failing a drug test, traveling out of the region and getting arrested for allegedly fighting and other related offenses.

Prosecutors have said they believe Mill should get a new trial because of questions raised about the credibility of the officer in his 2007 arrest.

His controversial incarceration had drawn responses from the sports community, including 76ers players, Philadelphia Eagles players and Kraft.

_ESPN's Ian Begley contributed to this report._

question: Why was Meek Mill's incarceration controversial?

answer: While this is not explicitly stated, it may have to do with the questionable credibility of the officer involved with his arrest.

question: How did Meek Mill get his stage name?

answer: The "Meek" part probably comes from his middle name, "Rihmeek". It is also possible that "Mill" was inspired by his surname, "Williams".


text:
SCISSORS NOT INCLUDED

PATCH TAPE:

Patch Tape is polyester cloth tape with a silky smooth texture that will help reduce friction upon release. To get out of tight thumb hole or prevent blister or callous, use Patch Tape to replace messy slide powders or liquid skin products. Patch Tape is ultra thin. You'll hardly know you're wearing it. It doesn't smell, sting or burn like skin and release products and can be easily removed without residue.

-
-   ROLL IS 2" WIDE BY 14' LONG

question: What is Patch Tape made out of?

answer: Polyester cloth

question: What are the benefits of Patch Tape?

answer: Its smooth texture reduces friction upon release. It is also ultra thin. It doesn't smell, sting, or burn.

question: What can Patch Tape be used for?

answer: To replace messy slide powders or liquid skin products.

question: What tools need to be purchased separately?

answer: Scissors

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: An advertisement for a product called Patch Tape.