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} The UCHCHHAKALPA (IAST: Ucchakalpa) dynasty ruled parts of central India during 5th and 6th centuries. Their territory included north-eastern parts of present-day Madhya Pradesh. Their capital was located at Uchchhakalpa, the present-day Unchehara.

The Uchchhakalpas were neighbours of the Parivrajakas, and appear to have been feudatories of the Gupta Empire. The dynasty is known from inscriptions issued by two of its kings: Jayanatha and Sharvanatha.

History

Inscriptions of two Uchchhakalpa kings, dated in an unspecified calendar era, are available: Jayanatha (Year 174–182) and Sarvanatha (Year 191–214). The era is now generally identified with the Gupta era (which begins in 318–319 CE), although some earlier scholars identified it as the Kalachuri era (which begins in 248–249 CE). The Uchchhakalpa inscriptions are written in the central Indian variety of the Gupta script. Moreover, the Bhumara stone pillar inscription names the Uchchhakalpa ruler Sharvanatha and the Parivrajaka ruler Hastin as contemporaries. This suggests that both were vassals of the Guptas, and the calendar era mentioned in the Uchchhakalpa inscriptions is the Gupta era.

According to these inscriptions, the earliest king of the dynasty was Oghadeva. He was succeeded by Kumaradeva, Jayasvamin, and Vyaghra. Jayanatha, the dynasty's earliest king attested by his own inscriptions, was a son of king Vyaghra and queen Ajjhitadevi. Jayanatha was succeeded by Sharvanatha, who was his son from queen Murundasvamini. Nothing is known about the successors of Sharvanatha.

Genealogy

The following kings and queens of the dynasty are known (IAST names):

-   _Mahārāja_ Ogha-deva and _Mahādevi_ Kumarā-devī
-   _Mahārāja_ Kumarā-deva and _Mahādevi_ Jaya-svāminī
-   _Mahārāja_ Jaya-svāmin and _Mahādevi_ Ramā-devī
-   _Mahārāja_ Vyāghra and _Mahādevi_ Ajjhita-devī
-   _Mahārāja_ Jaya-nātha and _Mahādevi_ Murunda-svaminī, r. c. 493–507 CE
-   _Mahārāja_ Śarva-nātha (Sharvanatha), r. c. 508–533 CE

Inscriptions

The following copper-plate inscriptions from the Uchchhakalpa reign have been discovered.

  Find spot   Issued by                                  Year (CE year, assuming Gupta era)   Purpose                                                                                Source
  ----------- ------------------------------------------ ------------------------------------ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------
  Karitalai   Jayanatha                                  174 (493–494 CE)                     Land grant
  Khoh        Jayanatha                                  177 (496–497 CE)                     Grant of a village to Brahmins
  Unchehara   Jayanatha                                  182 (501–502 CE)                     Village grant. See Katni copper-plate of Jayanātha.
  Sohawal     Sharvanatha                                191 (510–511 CE)
  Khoh        Sharvanatha                                193 (512–513 CE)                     Village grant
  Khoh        Sharvanatha                                197 (516–517 CE)                     One of the copper plates is missing, but it appears to be a village grant as it quotes a _Mahabharata_ verse which states that it is the king's duty to protect the land granted by him or his ancestors.
  Navagrama   Sharvanatha and Parivrajaka ruler Hastin   198 (517 CE)                         Grant of a village to the Brahmins of Parashara gotra and Madhyandina Shakha
  Khoh        Sharvanatha                                214 (533–534 CE)                     Grant of villages for the worship of the goddess Pishtapurika
  Khoh        Sharvanatha                                Undated                              Grant of a village to Chhodugomika

Katni copper-plate charter..jpg | Katni inscription of Jayanatha, Plate 1 Copper-plate charter of maharaja Jayanatha, the Uchchakalpa ruler dated circa 502.jpg | Katni inscription of Jayanatha, Plate 2 Katni copper-plate charter of Jayanātha, third plate..jpg | Katni inscription of Jayanatha, Plate 3 513 CE Khoh copper plate inscription, Vishnu Surya temple Hinduism, king Sarvanatha, Sanskrit.jpg | 512-513 Khoh inscription of Sharvanatha 517 CE Khoh copper plate inscription, Vishnu Lakshmi Hinduism, king Sarvanatha, Sanskrit.jpg | 517 Khoh inscription of Sharvanatha 534 CE Khoh copper plate inscription, Lakshmi temple Hinduism, king Sarvanatha, Sanskrit.jpg | 533-534 Khoh inscription of Sharvanatha

Inscriptions of a Vakataka feudatory named Vyaghra-deva have been found at Nachna-Ganj. According to one theory, this ruler may be identical with the Vyaghra of Uchchhakalpa dynasty, but this identification is doubtful.

title: Uchchhakalpa dynasty

question: How long did the Ucchakalpa dynasty last?

answer: The Ucchakalpa ruled parts of central India during the 5th and 6th centuries.

question: Who was the first king of the dynasty?

answer: The earliest king of the dynasty was Oghadeva.

question: When does the Kalachuri era begin?

answer: The Kalachuri era begins in 248-249 CE.

question: Where was the capital of Ucchakalpa?

answer: The capital of Ucchakalpa was located in present-day Unchehara.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article is about the Ucchakalpa dynasty, which ruled parts of central India during the 5th and 6th century.


split: train

text:
'No.'

I couldn't have thought of a better word to say. 1,200 words a middle class child is exposed to. I probably knew about as many curse words at that point, none quite equal to the weight of anger I willingly held onto. It was so impossibly simple. Just claim the consonant and the vowel. Be done with it. Pack up and go home.

'No.'

The more frustrated I became the more powerful the world felt in my mouth. Why couldn't I just say it? Was I too proud? The entire reason I was in this position was because I didn't say anything. I look down at the cloth in my hand. Damp and dishevelled, I should go into the back and get a fresh one to mess. Or maybe i'll wait until no one is at the counter. There it is again, that fucking word. Why is it when you've been backed into a corner the worst decision is always made?

Maybe this time it'll be different. I hook a stray hair behind my ear.

Deep breaths.

'So you can close up tonight?'

This is it. Just do it. A pulse. An echo. A single beat. This could be the turning point of your very life.

'Yeah, no worries.'

Fuck.

title: Shift

question: Which is the word the narrator is talking about?

answer: 'No'

question: What is the narrator rehearsing for?

answer: The narrator is rehearsing to reply to a co-worker (?) who asks if he is willing to close up tonight.

question: How does the narrator respond to the question?

answer: He responds saying that he would close up.

question: Why doesn't the narrator have the courage to deny the request?

answer: It may be implied that the narrator is too concerned about the outcome if he denies the request. He lacks the courage to speak up or maybe he thinks too much of what others would think of him.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer:
All it would take is to say "No". The narrator stands behind the counter, frustrated at himself for not being able to deny the request. The word would reach his tongue but he couldn't say it out aloud. He prepares himself and wonders if this time would be different.

Just then the voice from behind asks "Can you close up tonight?", he tries his best but all he can get out of his mouth is "Yeah, no worries."


text:
LOWER SANTAN VILLAGE is a census-designated place (CDP) in Pinal County, Arizona, United States. The population was 374 at the 2010 census.

Geography

Lower Santan Village is located at (33.142754, −111.78532). According to the United States Geological Survey, the CDP has a total area of , all of it land.[1][2]

Demographics

As of the 2010 census, there were 374 people living in the CDP: 177 male and 197 female. 144 were 19 years old or younger, 75 were ages 20–34, 66 were between the ages of 35 and 49, 75 were between 50 and 64, and the remaining 14 were aged 65 and above. The median age was 26.8 years.

The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.8% American Indian, 1.6% White, 0.3% Black or African American, and 1.3% two or more races. 15.8% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.

There were 98 households in the CDP, 84 family households (85.7%) and 14 non-family households (14.3%), with an average household size of 3.68. Of the family households, 32 were married couples living together, while there were 11 single fathers and 41 single mothers; the non-family households included 9 adults living alone: 6 male and 3 female.

The CDP contained 103 housing units, of which 98 were occupied and 5 were vacant.[3]

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[2]

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title: Lower Santan Village, Arizona

question: Where is the Lower Santan Village located?

answer: It is located in Pinal County, Arizona.

question: What was the population of Lower Santan Village according to the 2010 census?

answer: According to the 2010 census, the population of Lower Santan Village was 374.

question: How can you describe the racial makeup of Lower Santan Village?

answer: The racial makeup of Lower Santan Village can be described as:  96.8% American Indian, 1.6% White, 0.3% Black or African American, 15.8% Hispanic or Latino of any race and 1.3% two or more races.

question: How many housing units were in this census designated place?

answer: There were 103 housing units in the CDP.

question: What was the median age of the people living in Lower Santan Village?

answer: The median age of the people living in Lower Santan Village was 26.8 years.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article describes the census designated place, Lower Santan Village and breaks down its demographics and geography.


text:
The excitement of buying a new home has worn off fast for almost half of Americans.

Forty-four percent of homeowners have some regrets about their current residence or the process they went through when choosing it, according to a survey by Trulia, a residential real estate website. The site polled 2,000 adults in late June.

Buying a house is often the biggest purchase a person will ever make, so it's natural that many experience some buyer's remorse. The median U.S. home price was $252,800 in May, up 5.8 percent from a year earlier, according to the National Association of Realtors.

Trulia found the top homeowner regret was not choosing the correct home size (42 percent), including a third of homeowners who wished they'd bought a larger home. Even among wealthy Americans earning $100,000 or more, 16 percent regretted not buying a larger home.

Home size has been a common gripe over the years, especially as housing gets more expensive and people have to settle for smaller spaces, said David Weidner, managing editor for Trulia's housing economics research team.

"It's probably not something that has just dawned on people after they've been in their home a few years," he said. "I think many people faced with higher mortgages and higher rents are having to settle for less when it comes to space."

Renters' top regret was wishing they had bought instead of rented (41 percent). Some may have been too cautious because of the lingering effects of the housing crisis, Weidner said.

"In every U.S. major market, it's cheaper to buy a home than it is to rent ... over seven years," he said.

How to handle remorse

One in 5 in the survey told Trulia that a housing mistake they made in the past is holding them back from changing their current circumstance.

Every situation is different when it comes to altering your living arrangements, said Weidner. If you're renting, saving for a down payment may require looking for cheaper housing or taking on a roommate.

"A lot of people are stuck. ... People have to be really creative when it comes to changing their housing situation," he said.

If you recently bought your home, you may want to wait it out a few years before selling, said Greg McBride, chief financial analyst for personal finance website Bankrate.com.

"If you haven't been there for a long period of time, the transaction costs can more than eat up the equity you may have accumulated or the modest down payment you put down," he said.

Tips to help you get over it

While many homeowners have regrets, it's hard to pinpoint where exactly they went wrong during the buying process, said Keith Gumbinger, vice president of HSH.com, one of the nation's largest publishers of mortgage and consumer loan information.

"So many variables go into the decision-making" of buying a home. "It's hard to specifically say, 'Wow, I should've done A or should've done B,'" Gumbinger said.

To avoid buyer's remorse, do more preparation and research, said McBride. Figure out how much you can afford, and then set hard boundaries, before you start perusing listings.

"Unfortunately, too many people go about it the other way, where they start shopping, they fall in love with a house and then they're pulling strings to see how they can afford it," he said. "That's not a recipe for success."

Make sure your credit is in good shape and pay down your debt. That will help you snare more favorable mortgage terms, as well as prepare your finances for the added costs associated with buying a home.

"Make sure you've got enough room in your budget for all the costs involved in home ownership," said McBride. "Not just the mortgage payment, but the property taxes, property insurance and the maintenance and upkeep."

WATCH: The real scoop on tiny house living

question: Why has the excitement of buying a house worn off fast for half of Americans?

answer: Many homeowners are having regrets about the home they bought.

question: Describe the survey from Trulia.

answer: The survey says 44% of homeowners have some regrets about their current residence or the process they went through when choosing it.

question: How does the document suggest to handle remorse?

answer: It's suggested that if you recently bought a home that you regret, you may want to wait a few years before selling.

question: Describe the context of "A lot of people are stuck".

answer: A lot of people are stuck in a living arrangement they don't want to be in, and have to get creative when it comes to changing their housing situation.

question: What is one tip to help you get over buyer's remorse?

answer: One tip is to figure out how much you can afford, and then set hard boundaries, before you start perusing listings.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: At the time of this document, buyer's remorse had become a common thing among homeowner's. This document gives some statistics and advice on how to handle remorse  or get over it.


text:
Peter

As blood dripped from his new American Apparel t-shirt, Peter wondered if he'd made a mistake. It would take an awful amount of time to get it out, it was cotton after all, and had cost him a dear amount of money. He remembered when he bought it, it was a hot, stuffy day and the cashier was a chubby lady called Vicky. His card had been rejected by the machine at least 5 times before he'd gotten it to work. He'd left rather irritated that it had taken so long but pleased that he'd bought a new shirt and some socks. He glanced down at his hand and the still warm Smith and Wesson revolver that rested in his gnarled palm. The smell of smoke from the barrel  and chamber made him screw up his nose in disgust. His father was a smoker, at least he had been till Peter had taken him into the back garden and caved the back of his skull in with a spade for shouting at him one too many times. He cast the revolver aside onto the now red carpet, and brushed himself down. He picked a particularly large piece of flesh from his midriff and held it up to his eyes. He studied it closely before deciding it must be ear, judging by the cartilagenous texture of the skin. He felt his own ear, it was cold to the touch, which was when Peter realised he was still standing in the open doorway of the house. He shut the door briskly and strode over the mangled corpse that lay before him towards the kitchen. He started the kettle, quickly realised it had not been filled, tutted, and then refilled it from the tap. He waited in silence for it to boil and placed a teabag with surgeon-like precision into the Thomas the Tank Engine mug he had taken from the shelf. He poured exactly 375ml of hot water into his mug, stirred six times and removed the teabag before adding a teaspoon of milk. He watched as the reddish brown of the water slowly turned into a more pleasing creamy colour. He returned to the hallway and looked down at the man he had shot in the head. He sipped his tea at regular intervals whilst he pondered this man's story. Had he known this was to be his last day on Earth? Did he know that just 12 and a haf hours after he had woken up and started breakfast that his frontal lobe would be resting on his hallway chandelier? Maybe he'd considered not going into work and just staying in bed, not caring whether or not his spreadsheet would be ready by wednesday. He wondered if this man knew that Peter had followed him home, before entering his house and watching Eastenders for a half hour and eating cheese and pickle on toast. Peter wondered if he should move the body from the hallway, but decided against it as he didn't want blood over any more of the house, that would be unsightly. Instead he walked back into the kitchen and set his empty mug into the wash basin, then ran the water over his fingers until it became warm. He moved the tap head over the basin, squirted some fairy liquid into the mug and began to wash it with a nearby washcloth. Once it was done he decided he may as well continue as not to waste water and took a dirty plate from the counter. He placed into the water and rubbed it clockwise in concentric circles, being careful to clear all crumbs or left over pickle from the china. Peter glanced around the kitchen, impressed by the cleanliness. It was not unlike his own home, the mantelpiece was well dusted and the potted plant, a small spider-plant, appeared to be in good health. There were also some cards stacked neatly on the shelf. Peter dried his hands on his ruined shirt and picked up the first card. It had a picture of a Chinchilla with sunglasses on the front with the caption 'Chinchilling'. Peter allowed a smile to play on his lips before rapidly dismissing it. He opened the card to find the words 'Happy Birthday Dad, we all love you very much - Amy and Jess' in childish scrawl. He placed the card back onto the pile carefully and thought about the two children, Amy and Jessica. He thought they must look like their Dad, but the corpse in the hallway wasn't proving very useful to his mental image so Peter entered the living room in search of a picture of the pair. Adverts droned on quietly from the  old Toshiba television which lit the room with a dim, pulsing glow. Peter's fuzzy shadow lay on the wall, as silent as he was. After a few minutes of searching, Peter recovered a photo of two smiling girls, aged around 3 and 6 and who he presumed to be their mother standing in front of Blackpool tower. Peter had been to Blackpool before with his schoolmates, he'd sat on the end of the pier fiddling with some blu-tak whilst the other children played on the rides or with the fairground games. Mr Hershaw, his science teacher, had approached him and tried to convince him to come and play with the others. Peter had sat in silence wishing Mr Hershaw would leave. Mr Hershaw's cat died the next week, which was unfortunate for him. He placed the picture back on the window sill and sat down cross legged on the floor. The adverts on the television had stopped playing and had been replaced by a loud, tall man with large teeth hosting a family oriented gameshow. Peter grimaced and flicked the tv off with the sauce-stained remote. He now sat in the dark, alone in a foreign house with corpse for his only companion. It was almost funny, Peter felt like laughing; but he didn't laugh. He simply stood up and walked back into the doorway, he didn't need light to navigate, he had already memorized the structure of the small house. He stepped back over the body and grasped the brass doorknob. It was cold and he withdrew his hand quickly. Peter decided it would be wise to leave in more than just his t-shirt. He rolled the man over on to his side, so as he wouldn't have to step back over him. Peter was a skinny man, he always had been, and so rolling over the man's rather hefty frame was no easy task. He scoured the house for a coat, but quickly realised that the cadaver was the only one sporting a jacket. He heaved at the hem of the jacket, pulling it from the body. He did not see any point in un-buttoning it first as there was no head to make removal particularly difficult. He pulled the bloodied Weird Fish coat over his head, it was still warm and had some weight to it. Peter rifled through the pockets and picked out a pair of keys and an embroidered hankerchief. The keys had the words 'Renault' etched into them, and so Peter concluded that they must be for the car that resided in the driveway. Peter considered taking the car rather than walking, it was cold and he was already beginning to hear sirens. He had realised shortly after pulling the trigger that a high calibre handgun was not the most silent of killing devices, and it seemed that someone had noticed.

title: 'Peter' - [unfinished]

question: Who are the major characters in this story?

answer: Peter, the corpse of the man he murdered

question: What does Peter plan to do with the gun?

answer: Peter has already used to gun to murder a man.

question: Describe the relationship between Peter and his father.

answer: Peter's father frequently shouted at him until Peter murdered him with a spade.

question: Where does the story take place?

answer: In the home of the man Peter has murdered. The story seems to be set in England.

question: How old is Peter?

answer: That information can't be found.

question: Why is there blood on Peter's t-shirt?

answer: He has just shot a man dead.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Peter wonders if he's made a mistake after shooting a man dead in his home. He walks around the home and looks at the man's belongings, particularly at pictures of the man's daughters. This isn't the first murder Peter has committed; he also murdered his father. As he's preparing to leave, he hears sirens, and realizes someone must have heard the gunshot and called the police.


text:
McKinsey has another report that curdles the blood – the robots are going to steal billions of our jobs by tomorrow morning. Or perhaps more accurately, 800 million globally and 73 million in the United States alone by 2030.

This is, to use the technical jargon, pish — in the vernacular, perhaps tosh. The report entirely misses two things, the first being how jobs are created and destroyed, the second being that we’ve been doing this for the past 250 years anyway, and there are more jobs than ever. That second is a pretty big thing for a group of management consultants to miss.

Their calculations are straightforward enough. Look at all the jobs out there, estimate how easy it will be for robots or algorithms to do them, declare those jobs to be at risk. Therefore, government needs to invest massively in training and demand management and job creation and possibly even a universal income.

I happen to think the last of those is an excellent idea, but on the grounds that it will be better than the current welfare system, nothing to do with the robots. The rest of it is pish.

The report is missing the important thing about job destruction and creation. As it happens, about 10 percent of all jobs in the U.S. are destroyed each year (through layoffs, bankruptcy, and downsizing -- not quits where people jump ship of their own accord). About 16 million jobs just go “poof” every 12 months. As you’ve noted, the number of unemployed doesn’t rise by 16 million, or 10 percent of the workforce, each year. That’s because the same economy also creates 16 million (near enough) jobs each year.

No, there is no miracle whereby the new technologies create as many jobs as they extinguish, factories do not blossom because one fails either. Nor is there any careful balancing item in the economy. What does happen is that we humans have unlimited desires and wants – this is an axiom of economics, it is not arguable. So, we work out how to sate one of them using the machines and that means we need less labor.

What happens next is that people, the “entrepreneurs” we call them, note that there’s now labor available to sate some other human desire. So, they get employed to do so. This is how we went from 40 percent of the population growing food to 12 percent working in hospitals – we couldn’t have the healthcare if we didn’t have the tractors doing the food.

That is, people turfed out of jobs by robots go on to do something else.

All of that job destruction includes some of that technological shift as people move jobs. Sure, the redundant coal miner doesn’t jump directly into app coding, but we do indeed all shift along the spectrum all the time. Note how much of this there is. About 10 percent of all jobs a year, 208 million expected in the U.S. alone by 2030, and they’re predicting Armageddon from 73 million? Pikers, aren’t they? Especially if we add the other 208 million jobs changes we expect from quits, all of which will also include some technological change. We’re to have 500 million job changes, and they’re worried about less than one-sixth of that?

Which is where it should be apparent that this is tosh. For we have been doing this for 250 years now. It’s pretty much what the “industrial revolution” means, that we replace human labor with machines. We’ve had the occasional burp here and there as the rate jobs are eaten at becomes too fast to be sure (1930 wasn’t a fun time). But they have been blips and there’s absolutely nothing at all in front of us that tells us that this time is going to be different.

The standard definition of a management consultant is someone who borrows your watch, tells you the time then presents his invoice. If only they were all that useful, eh?

_Tim Worstall (@worstall) is a contributor to the Washington Examiner's Beltway Confidential blog. He is a senior fellow at the Adam Smith Institute._

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question: Describe the job outlook by 2030 according to McKinsey.

answer: According to McKinsey's report, robots are going to steal 800 million jobs globally and 73 million jobs in the U.S. by 2030.

question: Why does the article's author, Tim Worstall, disagree with McKinsey's report?

answer: Tim argues that the industrialized world has been creating and destroying jobs for 250 years now, hence the term "industrial revolution" - which means humans are replaced by machines. There is no miracle where new technology creates as many jobs as they extinguish.


text: You know those times when your standing at the urinal and you look down at the abundance of piss on the floor, just slightly before you notice your untied shoe lace? It's like sure, you could just tie them up, wash your hands and act like nothing ever happened, but at the same time you're still fully aware of the fact that you have to walk around in someone else's piss until the night ends. I thought i asked you how your life was going, he replied. (sigh) Just fine friend, just fine.

title: Shoe Laces

question: Who is the narrator talking to?

answer: More information is needed to answer the question.

question: Does the narrator ever tie their shoe?

answer: More information is needed to answer the question.

question: Who is the narrator?

answer: More information is needed to answer the question.

question: How does the narrator respond to a question?

answer: Just fine friend, just fine.

question: Why does the narrator seem annoyed?

answer: He has to walk on a dirty bathroom floor.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator reflects on their dirty, untied laces.


text:
[Phil Read, who, along with Max Biaggi, holds the most 250cc championships, with four.]

Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into three classes since 1990: 125cc, 250cc and MotoGP. Former classes that have been discontinued include 350cc, 50cc/80cc and Sidecar.[1] 250cc is the intermediate category; the 250cc refers to the size of the engines of the motorcycles that race in that class. The engines have twin cylinders, as opposed to the four cylinders used in MotoGP.[2] The Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship was established in 1949 by the sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), and is the oldest motorsport World Championship.[3] The 250cc class was replaced in 2010 by a new class called Moto2. The 250cc engines were replaced by 600cc engines, which were supplied by Honda to all teams.[4]

Each season consists of 12 to 18 Grands Prix contested on closed circuits, as opposed to public roads. Points earned in these events count toward the riders' and constructors' world championships. The rider's and constructor's championship are separate championships, but are based on the same point system. The number of points awarded at the end of each race to the top 15 qualifying riders depends on their placement. Points received by each finisher, from first 1st place to 15th place: 25, 20, 16, 13, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. Historically, there have been several points systems.[5] Results from all current Grands Prix count towards the championships; in the past, only a certain number of results were counted.[6]

Phil Read and Max Biaggi have won the most championships, with four each. Dani Pedrosa is the youngest to win the championship; he was 19 years and 18 days old when he won the championship in 2004.[7] Italian riders have won the most championships; 13 riders have won a total of 22 championships. Riders from Great Britain have won the second most; four riders have won a total of nine championships. Germans have won the third most, as four riders have won a total of seven championships. Bruno Ruffo won the inaugural championship in 1949. Hiroshi Aoyama was the last rider to win the 250cc championship in 2009. Toni Elías was the first champion of the Moto2 category.[8] Enea Bastianini is the current champion; he won the 2020 championship.[9]

Champions

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   -     Champion also won 500cc Championship in that season
         Champion also won 350cc Championship in that season
         Champion also won 125cc Championship in that season
         Indicates information is not available
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  : Key

-   The “Season” column refers to the season the competition was held, and wikilinks to the article about that season.
-   The “Margin” column refers to the margin of points by which the winner defeated the runner-up.

By season

  Season   Country   Rider   Constructor       Grands Prix   Poles   Wins   Podiums   Fastest laps   Points   Margin
  -------- --------- ------- ----------------- ------------- ------- ------ --------- -------------- -------- --------
  1949                       Moto Guzzi        4                     1      2         0              24       5
  1950                       Benelli           4                     3      4         3              24       10
  1951                       Moto Guzzi        5                     2      4         3              22       4
  1952                       Moto Guzzi        6                     2      5         2              28       4
  1953                       NSU               7                     2      5         2              28       5
  1954                       NSU               7                     5      5         3              32       6
  1955                       NSU               5                     1      3         1              16       2
  1956                       MV Agusta         6                     5      5         4              32       6
  1957                       Mondial           6                     2      5         0              26       10
  1958                       MV Agusta         6                     4      4         5              32       16
  1959                       MV Agusta         7                     2      5         2              28       12
  1960                       MV Agusta         6                     4      6         4              32       4
  1961                       Honda             11                    4      8         3              44       6
  1962                       Honda             10                    6      9         2              48       16
  1963                       Honda             12                    4      9         2              44       2
  1964                       Yamaha            11                    5      7         4              46       4
  1965                       Yamaha            12                    7      9         6              56       14
  1966                       Honda             12                    10     10        8              56       22
  1967                       Honda             13                    5      8         7              50       0
  1968                       Yamaha            10                    5      7         5              46       0
  1969                       Benelli           12                    3      7         3              89       5
  1970                       Yamaha            12                    6      9         3              102      18
  1971                       Yamaha            12                    3      5         3              73       5
  1972                       Yamaha            13                    4      9         6              94       1
  1973                       Yamaha            11                    4      5         2              80       16
  1974                       Harley-Davidson   10                    4      5         3              77       19
  1975                       Harley-Davidson   11                    5      6         4              85       9
  1976                       Harley-Davidson   11                    7      8         7              90       17
  1977                       Morbidelli        12                    1      5         1              85       13
  1978                       Kawasaki          12                    4      8         4              124      6
  1979                       Kawasaki          12                    7      9         7              141      60
  1980                       Kawasaki          10                    4      10        4              128      41
  1981                       Kawasaki          12                    10     11        9              160      65
  1982                       Yamaha            12                    1      8         2              118      1
  1983                       Yamaha            11                    4      6         2              100      27
  1984                       Yamaha            12                    3      8         1              109      9
  1985               *       Honda             12                    7      8         6              127      3
  1986                       Yamaha            11                    6      8         3              114      6
  1987                       Honda             15                    8      8         1              136      28
  1988                       Honda             15                    4      11        2              231      10
  1989                       Honda             15                    7      12        7              262      72
  1990                       Yamaha            15                    7      12        8              223      15
  1991                       Honda             15                    8      12        8              237      17
  1992                       Honda             13                    7      9         3              203      64
  1993                       Yamaha            14                    4      7         3              197      4
  1994                       Aprilia           14                    5      10        8              234      20
  1995                       Aprilia           13                    8      12        7              283      63
  1996                       Aprilia           15                    9      11        9              274      6
  1997                       Honda             15                    5      10        2              250      2
  1998                       Aprilia           14                    2      9         3              204      3
  1999                       Aprilia           16                    9      12        8              309      48
  2000                       Yamaha            16                    3      11        4              279      7
  2001                       Honda             16                    11     13        9              322      49
  2002                       Aprilia           16                    9      12        4              298      57
  2003                       Aprilia           16                    4      10        6              249      14
  2004                       Honda             16                    7      13        8              317      61
  2005                       Honda             16                    8      11        7              309      55
  2006                       Aprilia           16                    8      11        1              289      17
  2007                       Aprilia           17                    9      12        3              312      52
  2008                       Gilera            16                    6      12        4              281      37
  2009                       Honda             16                    4      7         4              261      22
  2010                       Moriwaki          17                    7      8         2              271      70
  2011                       Kalex             17                    4      11        3              274      23
  2012                       Suter             17                    9      14        5              328      59
                             Kalex             17                    6      10        4              265      40
                             Kalex             18            11      7      14        5              346      57
                             Kalex             18                    8      14        1              352      118
                             Kalex             18                    7      10        4              276      42
                             Kalex             18                    8      12        8              308      65
                             Kalex             18                    8      12        3              306      9
                             Kalex             19                    5      10        5              262      3
                             Kalex             15                    3      7         2              205      9

  : 250cc/Moto2 Motorcycle World Champions

Multiple champions

  Rider   Total   Seasons
  ------- ------- ------------------------
          4       1964, 1965, 1968, 1971
          4       1994, 1995, 1996, 1997
          3       1956, 1959, 1960
          3       1961, 1966, 1967
          3       1974, 1975, 1976
          3       1980, 1981, 1987
          2       1949, 1951
          2       1953, 1954
          2       1962, 1963
          2       1978, 1979
          2       1983, 1986
          2       1988, 1989
          2       1991, 1992
          2       2004, 2005
          2       2006, 2007
          2       2015, 2016

  : 250cc/Moto2 Motorcycle multiple champions

By constructor

  Constructor       Total
  ----------------- -------
  Honda             16
  Yamaha            14
  Aprilia           9
  Kalex             9
  MV Agusta         4
  Kawasaki          4
  NSU               3
  Harley-Davidson   3
  Moto Guzzi        3
  Benelli           2
  Mondial           1
  Morbidelli        1
  Gilera            1
  Moriwaki          1
  Suter             1

  : 250cc/Moto2 Motorcycle world champions by constructor

By nationality

  Nationality   Riders   Total
  ------------- -------- -------
                16       25
                8        11
                4        9
                5        8
                4        5
                3        3
                2        2
                1        2
                1        2
                1        2
                1        1
                1        1
                1        1

  : 250cc/Moto2 Motorcycle world champions by nationality

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title: List of 250cc/Moto2 Motorcycle World Champions

question: What is Grand Prix motorcycle racing?

answer: It is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into three classes since 1990: 125cc, 250cc, and MotoGP. Former classes that have been discontinued include 350cc, 50cc/80cc, and Sidecar.

question: Who established the Grand Prix Road-Racing World Championship?

answer: The sport's governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM), established it in 1949.

question: What is Moto2?

answer: It replaced the 250cc class in 2010. All teams now use 600cc engines.

question: Who is the youngest competitor to win the championship?

answer: Dani Pedrosa

question: Write a ~7 sentence summary.

answer: Grand Prix motorcycle racing is the premier championship of motorcycle road racing, which has been divided into three classes since 1990: 125cc, 250cc, and MotoGP. Former classes that have been discontinued include 350cc, 50cc/80cc, and Sidecar. The 250cc class was replaced by Moto2 in 2010, and competitors now use 600cc engines. Each season consists of 12 to 18 Grands Prix contested on closed circuits, as opposed to public roads. Points earned in these events count toward the riders' and constructors' world championships. At the time of this article, Enea Bastianini is the current champion. He won in 2020.


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1.  2600 Hacker Quarterly Summer 2004

2.  3.  4.  A Guide To Internet Piracy

5.  --------------------------

6.  7.  by b-bstf

8.  charmss5@hotmail.com

9.  10. I've written this article after reading a few

11. letter which show that some readers seem to

12. know little about piracy on the Internet. I don't

13. know everything about piracy on the net, but I

14. would go so far to say that I know a fair bit

15. about it.

16. 17. First off, piracy isn't just a few guys who

18. work at cinemas and software stores taking the

19. odd film or game home and sharing it on their

20. home FTP servers or KaZaA.

21. 22. Piracy on the Internet, or "the warez scene"

23. (as those into it like to call it) is suprisingly

24. organized. Pirated software/games/movies/

25. anything are called warez and will referred

26. to as that from now on.

27. 28. The Piracy "Food Chain"

29. 30. Top

31. 32. Warez/Release Groups - People who release

33. the warez to the warez community. Often

34. linked with Site Traders.

35. 36. Site Traders - People who trade the releases

37. from the above groups on fast servers.

38. 39. FXP Boards - Skript Kiddies who

40. scan/hack/fill vulnerable computers with

41. warez.

42. 43. IRC Kiddies - Users of IRC (Internet Relay

44. Chat) who download from "XDCC Bots" or

45. "Fserves."

46. 47. KaZaA Kiddies - Users of KaZaA and other

48. p2p (peer to peer) programs.

49. 50. We'll start at the bottom.

51. 52. KaZaA Kiddies

53. 54. At the bottom of the piracy food chain we

55. have the KaZaA Kiddies. There appear to be

56. two groups of these KaZaA Kiddies. First, the

57. 13 year old kids with broadband downloading

58. the odd mp3 here and there because they can't

59. afford outrageously overpriced CDs from

60. stores. Harmless kids, costing no one any real

61. money, pursuing their musical interest. Also,

62. these are the people being labeled "pirates."

63. These are the ones "Killing the Music Indus-

64. try." These are the ones who are being sued by

65. the RIAA for thousands of dollars. Sigh.

66. 67. Second are the older, p2p veterans who use

68. other p2p networks (Gnutella, BitTorrent,

69. EMule) and programs as well as KaZaA. In ad-

70. dition to using p2p for music the may also

71. download games, programs, movies, etc.

72. 73. IRC Kiddies

74. 75. Not far up from KaZaA Kiddies we

76. have the pople who go to IRC for their warez

77. fix. These folks can be more knowledgeable

78. about computers and the Internet but tend to be

79. just as irritating as the KaZaA Kiddies. Warez

80. Channels are often run by people who have ac-

81. cess to a fair amount of pirated materieal (more

82. about them later). There are generally two types

83. of these Warez Channels:

84. 85. Fserve Chans. These can often be run by

86. the same KaZaA or IRC kiddies. They don't re-

87. ally have a reason to run them; they just like to

88. feel important. They mainly use the mIRC

89. client's File Server function and some "133t

90. skript" to share their warez direct from their

91. hard drives.

92. 93. XDCC Chans. These are usually run by

94. people into FXP Boards and Sitetrading. They

95. have access to fast, new warez. They "employ"

96. people to "hack" into computers with fast In-

97. ternet connections and install XDCC Clients

98. (usually iroffer - www.iroffer.org) which are

99. used to share out pirated goods. From what I've

100. seen, the people running these channels must

101. primarily do it because they like to have power

102. over a lot of people (being a chan op), but also

103. they will often be given free shell accounts to

104. run BNCs, Eggdrops, etc. by shell companies

105. in exchange for an advert in the topic of the

106. channel.

107. 108. IRC Kiddies can be found on EFnet

109. (irc.efnet.net) or Rizon (irc.rizon.net). Other

110. servers and channels can be found through

111. www.packetnews.org.

112. 113. FXP Boards

114. 115. FXP is the File eXchange Protocol. It isn't

116. an actual protocol, just a method of transfer

117. making use of a vulnerability in FTP. It allows

118. the transfer of files between two FTP servers.

119. Rather than client to server, the tranfer be-

120. comes server to server. FXP usually allows

121. faster transfer speeds altthough it is generally

122. not enabled on commercial servers as it is also

123. a vulnerability known as the "FTP Bounce

124. Attack."

125. 126. The Boards. FXP Boards usually run Vbul-

127. letion (from software from www.vbulletin.org) and

128. its members consist of Scanners, Hackers, and

129. Fillers. There are also usually a few odd mem-

130. bers such as Graphics People or Administra-

131. tors but they don't do much.

132. 133. The Scanner. The Scanner's job is to scan IP

134. ranges where fast Internet connection are

135. knwon to lie (usually university, etc.) for com-

136. puters with remote-root vulnerabilities. We're

137. talking brute forcing MS SQL and Netbios

138. passwords, sacnning for servers with the IIS

139. Unicode bug (yes that three-year-old one). Oh

140. yes, FXP Boards are where the lowest of the

141. low Script Kiddies lurk. The Scanner will of-

142. ten use already "hacked" computers for his

143. scanning (known as scanstro's), using "remote

144. scan" programs such as SQLHF, XScan, Fs-

145. can, and HScan alsong with a nice programs to

146. hide them (hiderun.exe) from the user of the

147. computer. Once the Scanner has gotten his re-

148. sults, he'll run off to his FXP Board and post it.

149. This is where the "Hacker" comes into play.

150. 151. The "Hacker"/Script Kiddie/dot-slash Kid-

152. die. Now I think it's fairly obvious what the

153. "Hackers" do. (They actually call themselves

154. hackers!) Yes, they break into computers.

155. Their OS of choice (for breaking into) is usu-

156. ally Windows. There are many easy to exploit

157. vulnerabilities and *nix scares these people.

158. The Hacker's job is to run his application and

159. "root" the scanned server. The program he uses

160. (of course) depends upon the vulnerability the

161. Scanner has scanned for. For example, if it's

162. Netbios Password he will often either use

163. psexec (www.sysinternals.com) or DameWare

164. NT Utilities. There are various other vulnera-

165. bilities and programs used - too many to list

166. here. Once he has "rooted" the computer (this

167. usually means getting a remote shell with ad-

168. min rights), he will use a technique known as

169. "the tftp method" or "the echo methods" (tftp -i

170. IP get file.exe) to upload and install an FTPD

171. (this is almost always Serv-U) on his target. (In

172. the case of the IRC Kiddies this would also be

173. iroffer.) Once the FTPD is installed and work-

174. ing he'll post the "admin" logins to the FTP

175. server on his FXP Board. Depending on the

176. speed of the compromised computer's (or

177. "pubstro"/"stro") Internet connection and the

178. hard drive space, it will be "taken" either by a

179. Filler or a Scanner.

180. 181. 182. The Filler. Now if the "pubstro" is fast

183. enough and has enough hard drive space, it's

184. the Filler's job to get to work filling it with the

185. latest warez (the Filler usually has another

186. source for his warez such as Site Trading).

187. Once he's done FXPing his warez, the Filler

188. goes back to the board and posts "leech logins"

189. (read only logins) for one and all to use. What

190. a great community!

191. 192. FXP Boards are mostly full of Script Kid-

193. dies and people with too much time on their

194. hands. They like to think the FBI are after them

195. and get very paranoid, but in reality no one re-

196. ally gives a damn what they're up to except the

197. unlucky sysops who get all their bandwidth

198. eaten up because they forgot to patch a three

199. year-old vulnerability. The true "n00b" FXP

200. Boards can be found on wondernet (irc.won-

201. dernet.nu) so, if you like, go sign up on one

202. and see what it's all about. Tip: Pretend to be

203. female. This will almost guarantee you a place

204. on a board. Say you can scan/hack dcom, net-

205. bios, sql, apache, and have a 10mbit.eu 0hour

206. source.

207. 208. Site Trading

209. 210. Next on the list and pretty much at the top

211. or near the top (as far as I've seen) are the Site

212. Traders. These are generally just people with

213. too much time on their hands who have possi-

214. bly workrd their way up through FXP Boards.

215. Site Trading is basically theraing of pirated

216. material between sites.

217. 218. The Sites. These sites have very fast Inter-

219. net connections (10mbit is considered the min-

220. imum, 100mbit good, and anything higher

221. pretty damn good) and huge hard disk drives

222. (200GB would probably be the minimum).

223. These sites are often hosted at schools, univer-

224. sities, people's work,, and in Sweden (10mbit

225. lines are damn cheap in .se). These sites are re-

226. ferred to as being "legit." This means that the

227. owner of the computer knowns that they are

228. there and being run. Fast connections mean a

229. lot to some people. If you have access to a

230. 100mbit line (and are wiling to run a warez

231. server there), there are people who would quite

232. happily pay for and have a computer shipped

233. to you just for hosting a site that they will

234. make absolutely no profit from (you can meet

235. them on EFnet). Unfortunately, this is where

236. credit card fraud can come into Site Trading.

237. This is frowned upon by pretty much everyone

238. (there is already enough paranoia and risk in

239. Site Trading) but some people do use stolen

240. credit card information to buy hard drives and

241. such. To be fair, Site Traders aren't a bad bunch

242. - the majority don't even beleieve in making any

243. money out of it and insist they are just do-

244. ing it for fun. Anyways, back to the sites.

245. GLFTPD is considered to be the FTPD to use

246. (in fact, a lot of Site Traders and warez groups

247. will not join a site unless it is running

248. GLFTPD). This also means that *nix is the OS

249. of choice (as there is no GLFTPD win port).

250. As well as running FTPD, the sites run an

251. eggdrop bot with various scripts installed. The

252. bot will amke an annoucement on an IRC

253. channel a directory is made or up-

254. load completed. It will also give race informa-

255. tiopn.

256. 257. The People. There are basically two ranks

258. in sitetrading: "SiteOps" and "Racers."

259. 260. SiteOps, as you will have guessed are the

261. administrators. There are usually between two

262. and five SiteOps. One is often the supplier of

263. the site, another the person who found the sup-

264. plier and guided them through the installation

265. of the FTPD. The other will be friends and

266. people involved in the arez scene. One or

267. more of the SiteOps will be the "nuker." IT is

268. his job to "nuke" any releases that are old or

269. fake (more about releases shorly).

270. 271. Racers are the folks who will "race" re-

272. leases between sites. Usually they will have

273. access to a number of sites and will FXP re-

274. lease as soon as they're released. FXPing a re-

275. lease will gain credits. The ratio is usually 1:3,

276. so FXPing 100MB will get them 300MB cred-

277. its on the site, allowing them to FXP 300MB of

278. data from that site, which will gain them

279. 900mb where they FXP that, etc., etc. "Rac-

280. ing" of releases occurs when two or more rac-

281. ers are uploading the same file. The "race" is to

282. upload the most of the release at the fastest

283. speed. Racing happends shortly after a release

284. is... released.

285. 286. Warez/Release Groups/"grps"

287. 288. These are the ones basically supplying

289. everyone with the warez. These are the ones

290. the MPAA and RIAA don't seem to be too wor-

291. ried about, or at least aren't making a big pub-

292. lic fuss about. However, these groups are

293. known to the FBI and they know that the FBI

294. and whatever other authorities are watching

295. them and collecting evidence. They know that

296. one day these authorities will strike as they

297. have done in the past. A lot of these people are

298. just hoping that they won't be caught when it

299. happens. As a result of this, anyone "high up"

300. is extremely paranoid. Most users will use

301. multiple BNCs (BouNCer, an IRC proxy) be-

302. fore even going near an IRC network. A lot of

303. large groups will own their own IRC Networks

304. and SSL is used at every opportunity (FTP,

305. IRC, etc.) It's hard to understand why these

306. people actually do it when there is such a risk.

307. The main reasons are, in my opinion, boredom.

308. At the end of the day, if you're sitting in front

309. of your computer for most of your life you may

310. as well be doung something other than flaming

311. AOLers on IRC, and this sort of thing keeps

312. you busy. Another reason is geekiness. Know-

313. ing that you were one of the first people on the

314. Internet to see that film, or that's because of

315. you that thousands of people are now playing

316. that leaked Halflife 2 alpha and there are news

317. articles everywhere about this "anonymous

318. leaker" - it feels good, in a geeky kind of way.

319. A lot of these people (not all, not all) may have

320. rather uneventful lives and to know that, al-

321. though at schol, college, or work they're con-

322. sidered a loser, they can go home at night and

323. be looked upon as some kind of god within

324. their group of online friends would feel good.

325. 326. I do not believe that profit is a factor. These

327. groups insist that they don't do this soft of

328. thing for money, and I believe them.

329. 330. There's a quote from a DEViANCE.nfo file:

331. We do this just for FUN. We are against any

332. profit or commercialisation of piracy. We do

333. not spread any release, others do that. In fact,

334. we BUY all our hames with our own hard

335. earned and worked for efforts. Which is from

336. our own real life non-scene jobs. As we love

337. game originals. Nother beats a quality origi-

338. nal. "If you like this game, BUY it. We did!"

339. 340. A quote from Team Razor .nfo file: SUP-

341. PORT THE COMPANIES THAT PRODUCE

342. QUALITY SOFTWARE! IF YOU ENJOYED

343. THIS PRODUCT, BUY IT! SOFTARE AU-

344. THORS DESERVE SUPPORT!!

345. 346. Releases

347. 348. A release is a piece of pirated material

349. packaged and released by a warez group. The

350. format of the release varies, but in the case of

351. games or programs the release is usually in

352. bin/cue, compressed with RAR, and split into

353. 15,000,000 bite files. The naming of the re-

354. lease will usually by something along the lines

355. of "New.Game.3-ReLEASEGROUP".

356. 357. The types of releases vary. In games there

358. are mainly either CD Images (bin/cue format)

359. or Rips. Movies are either DivX/Xivds (two or

360. three bin/cue files). There are many different

361. types of movie releases. A great list of these

362. can be found at www.vcdquality.com. Releases

363. will almost always be accompanied by a .nfo

364. file. This will provide information about the re-

365. lease and the group.

366. 367. Additional Info

368. 369. The following information is not from first

370. hand experience, like the past information has

371. been. This has been obtained from text files,

372. told to me by people, and assumed. It will be

373. mostly accurate, but there may well be errors.

374. 375. The main members of any release group

376. are:

377. 378. The Supplier. This is the guy working at the

379. local cinema or games store, the guy with the

380. digital camera happy to sneak into the cin-

381. ema , etc. Generally these people have to have

382. access to new material, usually before anyone

383. else gets to it. Often they will also have to have

384. a fairly decent upload speed.

385. 386. The Cracker. (only in games/apps groups)

387. This wlll vary between groups. For example, a

388. VCD/SVCD group would not require a

389. cracker. But the cracker plays an important

390. role. He will have to crack the game's protec-

391. tion that stops the game from being pleyed

392. without the official CD. This guy usually has a

393. fair bit of programming experience and can be

394. quite smart.

395. 396. Site Supplier. Similar to Site Trading, how-

397. ever warez groups are often more picky about

398. the sites they choose. The minimum speed is

399. usually 100Mbit and often groups will only

400. accept site that are being supplied by the ac-

401. tual System Ops/Admins themselves.

402. 403. Courier. This guy's role is basically Site

404. Trading. He has to distribute the group's re-

405. lease to other sites.

406. 407. Terms you may have hard and their mean-

408. ings:

409. 410. PRE/PRE'd. When a release is released an-

411. nouncements will be made across many IRC

412. channels called "PRE Chans." This is called

413. the "PRE Time" and is the official time of re-

414. lease. PRE Time is used mainly in site trading.

415. 416. 0*. This is reference to how new the re-

417. lease is.

418. 419. 0sec. This is a dream - n00b IRC Chans of-

420. then use this term but they are lying.

421. 422. 0hour. Mean the release was PRE'd under

423. an hour ago.

424. 425. 0day. Mean the release was PRE'd under a day

426. ago. (Typo-error in article, was "an hour ago".)

427. 428. And so on...

429. 430. Nuked. If a release is Nuked, the uplaoder

431. of the release will lose credits on the site he is

432. Nuked on. A release is Nuked when it is break-

433. ing site rules (like eight hours of PRE or ear-

434. lier).

435. 436. Pubstro/Stro. This is a computer that has

437. been compromised and has an FTPD running

438. on it. It will be used to share warez, mainly to

439. the FXP Community.

440. 441. ScanStro. Similar to the above, but is used

442. to scan for other vulneralbe computers.

443. 444. Pub/Pubbing. Pubs are dard. These are

445. from the old days when many university and

446. business FTP servers had write access enabled

447. on anonymous accounts. So instead of break-

448. ing into a computer, the warez kiddies would

449. just upload their warez and give the IP address

450. to their friends. This war very popular but died

451. out for obvious reasons.

452. 453. Tagging. Once found a Pub would be

454. "tagged" (a folder with the name

455. "tagged.by.lamepubkiddie" or something simi-

456. lar would be made). The idea was that if a Pub

457. war already "tagged" other Pubbers would

458. leave it alone. This apparently worked for a

459. while, with people respecting other people's

460. tags and leaving the Pubs alone. But it cer-

461. tainly hasn't worked for a very long time.

462. 463. Dir Locking. This war used in Pubbing to

464. stop people other that your warez group find-

465. ing and downloading your warez (and slowing

466. the server down). You would hide it, using di-

467. rectory names such as "com1" and "." These

468. directory names would also be hard to delete or

469. even open, so it could take some time before

470. the warez were found by the server admin.

471. 472. Raping. The act of Raping an FTP server is

473. when someone downloads pretty much every-

474. thing then can from it at a very fast speed. It's

475. frowned upon.

476. 477. Leeching. Downlaoding a lot without up-

478. loading.

479. 480. PubStealing/Rehacking. Back "in the day"

481. this would have been referring to as uploading

482. to an already tagged Pub. Now it means replac-

483. ing someone else's Serv-U with yours- Pub-

484. Stealing is frowned upon and people will often

485. be banned from FXP Boards if they are found

486. to be doing it.

487. 488. Securing. The act of Securing a pubstro

489. would involve deleting key files such as

490. ftp.exe, tftp.exe, cmd.exe, etc. or changing the

491. username/password. Securing methods depend

492. upon the vulnerability.

493. 494. Some warez related links:

495. 496. www.nforce.nl - a site that archive .nfos and

497. releases. This site is frowned upon by people

498. in "the scene".

499. 500. www.isonews.com - a site seized by the federal

501. government.

502. 503. www.vcdquality.com - for movies specifically.

504. 505. www.fxp.nl - fxp stuff

506. 507. www.jtpfxp.net - rather large archive of

508. fxp/script kiddie tutorials.

509. 510. www.packetnews.org - XDCC search engine.

511. 512. www.downhillbattle.org - not related, but fuck

513. the RIAA!

514. 515. If I've mentioned a program and not give a

516. link it's because it can be easily found through

517. Google.

518. 519. That's all. I hope this has give someone a

520. better view of piracy.

521. 522. ---------------------------------------------------

523. ASCII CONVERSION BY DALEK

524. ----------------------------------------------

question: Explain piracy on the Internet.

answer: Piracy is described as the "warez scene", an organized system. The system involves a Piracy food chain, with Warez/Release groups at the top and KaZaA kids at the bottom.

question: What are the author's credentials?

answer: That information can't be found, but the author says that they wrote this article after reading a few letters about readers who don't know much about piracy.

question: Describe site traders.

answer: They are people who trade the releases from release groups on fast servers

question: Who is at the bottom of the piracy food chain?

answer: The author says that the KaZaA kids are at the bottom. They are made up of two groups: the 13 year old kids with broadband downloading the odd mp3 here and then there are the older, p2p veterans who use other p2p networks

question: Who is the author talking about when they say "once he has rooted the computer"?

answer: The narrator is referring to the Hackers.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The author describes piracy on the Internet.


text:
ZAHIR AL-DIN MAR'ASHI () was a Persian commander, diplomat and historian. He is the author of several books on the history of Tabarestan. He was born in 812 AH (1412 AD) and died after 894 AH (1489 AD). He was from Mar'ashi family, an originally seyyed family in Tabarestan who dominated the region from the later 8th/14th century until the province's incorporation into Safavid Empire by Abbas I of Persia in 1005/1596. He stemmed from the main branch of Mar'ashis, that of Kamal al-Din ibn Kiwan al-Din. He owned states at Bazargah at Gilan and was employed by Sultan Muhammad II of Kar Kia line in Gilan and then by his son an successor Mirza Ali. He was sent to resolve militarily a succession dispute in adjacent Rustamdar and he led other expeditions, including an unsuccessful siege of Nur in 868/1463.[1]

[1]

title: Zahir al-Din Mar'ashi

question: When was Zahir al-Din Mar'Ashi born?

answer: 1412 AD

question: Describe Zahir al-Din Mar'Ashi's family.

answer: The Mar'Ashi family was an originally seyyed family in Tabarestan who dominated the region from the later 8th/14th century until the province's incorporation into Safavid Empire by Abbas I of Persia in 1005/1596.

question: What is Zahir al-Din Mar'Ashi the author of?

answer: Several books on the history of Tabarestan

question: Who was Zahir al-Din Mar'Ashi?

answer: He was a Persian commander, diplomat, and historian.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article is about Zahir al-Din Mar'Ashi, a Persian commander, diplomat, and historian. He lived from 1412 AD to 1489 AD.


text:
The Woes of the Smitten

Rick Thorn, as nervous as an Altar Boy, went up the dark and creaky stairs in the neighborhood of Emporium Street, and inspected the name on each of the doors until he found the one he wanted.

He pushed open the door, as he had been told to do, and found himself in a tiny room, which contained no furniture but a plain kitchen table and a rocking chair. On one of the dirty walls were a couple of shelves, containing about a dozen bottles and jars. An old man sat in the rocking chair, reading a newspaper. Rick, without a word, handed him the card he had been given.

“Sit down, Mr. Thorn,” said the old man very politely.

“I am glad to make your acquaintance… but I must ask now, for I will simply collapse if I hold it in any more. Is it true that you have a certain mixture, that has, um, extraordinary effects?”

“Mr. Thorn,” replied the old man, “my stock is not very large. I don’t deal with normal narcotics like pain relievers, anti-depressants, and anti-histamines. I think nothing I sell has the effects which could precisely be described as ordinary.”

“Well, here’s the thing…” began Rick.

“Here, for example,” interrupted the old man, reaching for a bottle from the shelf. “Here is a liquid as colorless as water, almost tasteless, quite imperceptible in coffee, wine, or any other beverage. It is also quite imperceptible to any known method of autopsy.”

“Do you mean it is a poison?” cried Rick, very much horrified.

“Call it a glove-cleaner if you like,” said the old man indifferently. “Maybe it cleans gloves. I don’t know- I have never tried. One might call it a life cleaner. Lives need cleaning sometimes.”

“I want nothing of the sort,” said Rick.

“Oh, that’s probably for the best,” said the old man. “Do you know the price of this? For one teaspoon, which is enough, I ask twenty thousand dollars. Never less.”

“I hope all your mixtures are not as expensive,” said Rick apprehensively.

“Oh dear, no,” said the old man. “It would be no good charging that sort of price for a love potion, for example. Young people who need a love potion very seldom have twenty thousand dollars. Otherwise, they would not need a love potion.”
“I am glad to hear that,” said Rick.

“I look at it like this,” the old man contemplated. “Please a customer with one article, and he will come back when he needs another. Even if it is more costly. He will save up for it, if necessary.”

“So,” said Rick. “You really do sell love potions?”

“If I did not sell love potions,” said the old man, reaching for another vial, “I should not have mentioned the other matter to you. It is only when one is in a position to oblige that one can afford to be so confidential.”

“And these potions,” said Rick. “They are not, just, um…”

“Oh no,” said the old man. “Their effects are permanent, and extend far beyond the mere casual impulse. But they include it.”

“Dear me!” said Rick, attempting a look of scientific detachment. “How very interesting!”

“But consider the spiritual side,” said the old man.

“I do, indeed,” responded Rick.

“For indifference, she will substitute devotion. For scorn, adoration. Give one tiny measure of this to the young lady- its flavor is imperceptible in orange juice, soup, or cocktails- and she will change forever. She will want nothing but solitude with you.”

“I can hardly believe it,” said Rick. “She is so fond of parties and other people!”

"She will not like them any more,” said the old man. “She will be afraid of the pretty girls you may meet.”

“She will actually be jealous?” cried Rick in a rapture. “Of me?”

“Yes, she will want nothing but you. You will be her sole interest in life.”

“Wonderful!”

“She will want to know all you do. All that has happened to you during the day. Every word of it. She will want to know what you are thinking about, why you smile suddenly, why you are looking sad.”

“This is love!”

“Yes, how carefully she will look after you! She will never allow you to be tired, to stand when you could sit, to neglect your food. If you are an hour late, she will be terrified, and think that you have been killed.”

“I can hardly imagine a Diana like that!” cried Rick, overwhelmed with joy.

“You will not have to use your imagination. And, by the way, since there are always impulses, if by any chance you should, later on, slip a little, you need not worry. She will forgive you, in the end. She will be terribly hurt, of course, but she will forgive you.”

“That will not happen,” said Rick fervently.

“Of course not. But, if you did, you need not worry. She will never divorce you. She will never even be angry at you.”

“And how much is this wonderful mixture?” asked Rick.

“It is not as dear as the glove cleaner. No, that is twenty thousand dollars. One has to be older than you to indulge in that sort of thing. One has to save up for it.”

“But the love potion?”

“Oh, that,” said the old man, opening the drawer in the kitchen table, taking out a tiny, rather dirty looking vial. “That is just a dollar.”

“I can’t tell you how grateful I am,” said Rick, watching him fill it.

“I like to oblige. Then, customers come back, later in life, when they are better off, and want more expensive things. Here you are, You will find it very effective.”

“Thank you again,” said Rick. “Good-bye.”

“Au revoir (until we meet again).”

title: The Woes of the Smitten (Story #1)

question: Who sent Rick Thorne to Emporium Street?

answer: Rick has a card that he hands to the old man. It is not stated where he got the card from.

question: Why was Rick Thorne sent to the old man?

answer: He is looking for a love potion for Diana.

question: What mixtures do the old man sell?

answer: He sells all kinds of mixtures. He speaks about two with Rick - a love potion and an untraceable poison.

question: What extraordinary effects are referred to here?

answer: The love potion substitutes indifference for devotion and scorn for adoration. She will never divorce you or become angry with you. The effects are permanent.

question: Why does he not sell anything with ordinary effects?

answer: He makes good business with his mixtures.

question: What does Rick Thorne want the mixture for?

answer: He wants a love potion to win Diana.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Rick Thorne enters an apartment and hands his card to an old man. Rick asks for a certain mixture, the old man states that he does not sell anything with normal effects. He speaks of a colorless, flavorless potion that causes death which sells for a lot of money. Rick asks for a love potion. The old man describes its effects and states clearly that it is cheap because he is sure Rick will be back for the more expensive potion.


text:
[Places and Companies are fictional] It was just like any other day. I had my morning coffee at 6:30 before heading off for work. I do IT for a regional company called ExpressPark. They build parking meters for cities all across the Midwest. I live in Zionsville, Indiana. It’s a small suburb north of Indianapolis. Nothing ever happens there. It’s a grey smattering of office buildings and chain restaurants. It is just a reflection of my personality, an uneventful state of apathy. Is it ironic or sad that I am indifferent about that?

Work is work. Again, just like Zionsville, there is no variety in day to day activities. I am doomed to an unending cycle of computer problems and printer malfunctions. I’m just the IT geek to everyone. No one gives it a second thought. Not that I mind. I would rather eat lunch alone than talk sports with the former high school quarterback still stuck in his glory days.

Still, although I am content with my life, I feel like it lacks something. I ponder this thought on the way home. As I stop at a red light, I look out and see two twenty-somethings smoking cigarettes in front of a drug store and listening to music on a boom box. Their heads are banging up and down to the heavy guitar, their long hair whipping back and forth. They didn’t care about the damages to their lungs that the cigarettes would cause or the fact that a boom box is comically outdated in 2014.

I wished I could let go like that. Listen to music from a boom box. Headbang. Smoke. Quit my job. Drop all of my dress clothes off at Goodwill and get some wax black skinny jeans, and a leather jacket. Meet up with these two and rock out in front of the drug store. It could break me out of the constant indifference that haunts me. I could feel alive. It’s been so long since I’ve felt true happiness, or had fun. There’s so much I’ve never done. There’s so much I’ll never do, if I continue to live this way. I’ve never been to a crazy party, been drunk and in love, kissed someone in the rain, smoked pot, or pulled an all-nighter with a friend. Do I even have friends? I take a long look at the headbangers.

Something holds me back. Something tells me not to do this. My job is safe. There is no risk in keeping it. Just keep saving money. I can use it later in life. I can retire, have some good years at a beach house in Florida before I die. That sounds good, right? Before I can answer my own question, the light turns green and I drive off, always left to wonder what might have been.

title: Apathy

question: What does the narrator work as?

answer: The narrator's work profile includes solving computer problems and printer malfunctions.

question: What does the narrator feel lacking in his life?

answer: The narrator watches two boys smoking in front of a drug store listening to music. And feels that his life lacks that amount of freedom. He wants to be like them, free and doing whatever they like.

question: What does the narrator wish to do in his life?

answer: The narrator has lived a mundane life, doing nothing crazy or fun. He wanted to meet up with the two boys outside the drug store wearing some wax black skinny jeans and a leather jacket. And then rock to the music in front of the drug store with them.

question: Does the narrator quit his mundane job?

answer: No, he does not quit his job, although the thought does cross his mind. He knows his job is safe and plans to save up for his retirement and live at a beach house in Florida.

question: Write a ~8 sentence summary.

answer:
The narrator works at an IT company. There is no variety in his work. He is content with his life but feels like it lacks something.

At a signal he watches two kids jamming outside a drug store and wonders what fun it would be to be like them, absolutely careless and free. He has lived a mundane life so far.

He holds back the thought and realizes he has a safe job. He could save up the money and live at a beach house in Florida after he retires.

The signal turns green and he drives off.


text:
WASHINGTON—U.S. counterintelligence officials in early 2017 warned Jared Kushner, President Donald Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser, that Wendi Deng Murdoch, a prominent Chinese-American businesswoman, could be using her close friendship with Mr. Kushner and his wife, Ivanka Trump, to further the interests of the Chinese government, according to people familiar with the matter.

U.S. officials have also had concerns about a counterintelligence assessment that Ms. Murdoch was lobbying for a high-profile construction project funded by the Chinese government in Washington, D.C., one of these people said.

The project, a planned $100 million Chinese garden at the National Arboretum, was deemed a national-security risk because it included a 70-foot-tall white tower that could potentially be used for surveillance, according to people familiar with the intelligence community’s deliberations over the garden. The garden was planned on one of the higher patches of land near downtown Washington, less than 5 miles from both the Capitol and the White House.

Ms. Murdoch in 1999 married Rupert Murdoch, who is the executive chairman of News Corp, which publishes The Wall Street Journal. Mr. Murdoch filed for divorce in 2013. Ms. Murdoch still uses her married name.

The counterintelligence officials didn’t provide Mr. Kushner with details about their assessment of Ms. Murdoch, the people familiar with the interaction said. The warning was part of an effort by national-security officials to highlight to Mr. Kushner, who was new to government, the need to be careful in his dealings with people whose interests may not align with those of the U.S., the people added. Ms. Trump, who in late March announced she would take a formal White House role, wasn’t present for the counterintelligence warning. Neither Ms. Murdoch, Mr. Kushner nor Ms. Trump has been accused of any wrongdoing.

question: If the counterintelligence officials are correct, what type of person is Wendi Deng Murdoch?

answer: A shady and disingenuous person.

question: What might be Wendi's motivation for still using her married name?

answer: Perhaps she wants to come across as more American. It is also possible that her married name has more brand recognition.


text:
Jimmie E. Gates

JACKSON, Miss. — A Senate judiciary committee passed a  "Blue Lives Matter" bill Tuesday that would add the targeting of law enforcement and other first responders to the state hate crimes statute.

[Last year, officers with the Flowood Police Department and Rankin Sheriff?s Department enjoy a free lunch as part of the "Blue Lives Matter" law enforcement appreciation luncheon.]
Senate Bill 2469 adds language that if a crime is committed because the victim's actual or perceived job is law enforcement, firefighter or emergency medical technician it would be considered a hate crime just as it would if a person was targeted due to race, gender or religion.

Targeting law enforcement officers and other first responders would lead to enhanced penalties under Mississippi's hate crime law if it passes, says Senate Judiciary A Chairman Sean Tindell, R-Gulfport.

Tindell said a person who kills a law enforcement officer is already subject to the death penalty under state law. However, under the proposed legislation, a person convicted of aggravated assault or other crimes on a law enforcement officer would also face enhanced penalties, in many cases double the standard sentence with no early parole.

'Blue Alert' bill, signed with fanfare, now stalled in Justice Department

Last year, Louisiana passed a similar law that added law enforcement officers to the protected class under that state's hate crime statute. Other states have been considering such bills.

"I think everyone is aware where law enforcement were targeted, especially in Dallas," Tindell said, referencing the slaying of five police officers by a gunman last year.

Sen. Chad McMahan, R-Guntown, tried unsuccessfully to amend the Mississippi bill to add that it would apply to an attack on uniformed law enforcement and other first responders.

McMahan said there would be no question of an attacker's motive if he or she knew the victims were law enforcement.

Louisiana governor signs 'Blue Lives Matter' law

However, Sen. Briggs Hoison, R-Vicksburg, said that if a victim were an undercover officer, and the attacker knew it, the law wouldn't apply then.

Sen. Barbara Blackmon, D-Canton, argued the bill should include that if a law enforcement officer kills or injures someone when not following proper procedure, that officer should be charged with a hate crime.

Tindell said since the hate crime law applies to everyone, he was opposed to adding the language Blackmon proposed.

"I don't think this is the appropriate bill for that," Tindell said.

Blackmon gave an impassioned statement about how her two sons had been stopped by law enforcement in the Jackson metro area, saying that it was because they were black and because of the type of vehicles they drove.

Blackmon's amendment failed.

Several "Blue Lives Matter" bills were filed this year in the Legislature. Gov. Phil Bryant also threw his support behind such legislation during his State of the State address last week.

Mississippi ACLU Executive Director Jennifer Riley-Collins has expressed opposition to the measures.

Riley-Collins has said unnecessary "Blue Lives Matter" legislation is being proposed in states across the country. This legislation increases protections for law enforcement officers without balanced protections for residents against abusive and intrusive police practices, she said.

Proponents of SB 2469 "pay lip service to protecting the police without actually doing so," she said Tuesday.

"Not only is this bill unnecessary, but there is absolutely no evidence it will make police safer. Statistics show that violence against police is down. There are already severe, enhanced penalties for assaults on police officers in Mississippi. This bill, and others like it, prioritize police over people," Riley-Collins said.

Blue Lives Matter started after Black Lives Matter protests over deaths of some African Americans at the hands of police.

Senate Bill 2469 now goes to the full Senate. If the bill passes in the Legislature, it will become law July 1.

_Follow Jimmie E. Gates on Twitter: @jgatesnews_

SENATE BILL 2469IN BY HAROLDGATER ON SCRIBD

question: What is the point of the document?

answer: The point of the document is to discuss the Senate judiciary committee passing a "Blue Lives Matter" bill in Mississippi, which adds the targeting of law enforcement and other first responders to the state hate crimes statute.

question: What politicians are mentioned in this document?

answer: Sean Tindell, Chad McMahan, Briggs Hoison, Barbara Blackmon, and Phil Bryant

question: What is the "Blue Lives Matter" bill?

answer: It adds the targeting of law enforcement and other first responders to the state hate crimes statute. If it is passed into law targeting law enforcement officers and other first responders would lead to enhanced policies.

question: What was the "similar law" Louisiana passed?

answer: It is the "Blue Lives Matter" law.

question: Who is Riley-Collins?

answer: She is the Mississippi ACLU Executive Director and is against the "Blue Lives Matter" laws.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The document discusses when the Senate judiciary committee passed a "Blue Lives Matter" bill in Mississippi, which adds the targeting of law enforcement and other first responders to the state hate crimes statute.


text:
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The 28 room Campbell Castle is located in Wichita Kansas. It was built by Colonel Burton Harvey Campbell between 1886 and 1888. The Campbells owned the castle untill 1910, when Walter Morris purchased it. In 1960 it was purchased by Maye Crumm who began calling it Crumm Castle, and for a while, it housed the Belle Carter High School which was operated by Crumm. In 1994 the castle was purchased by Terry and Paula Lowry for $300,000. To date, over two million dollars has been spent renovating the Castle and today it is a bed & breakfast known as The Castle Inn Riverside.

For more information, contact:
The Castle Inn
1155 N. River Blvd.
Wichita KS 67203
(316) 263-9300
Reservations: (800) 580-1131
Fax (316) 263-4998
E-Mail: 1castle@gte.net

Visit their homepage by clicking here.
To return to this page, click on the BACK button.

Later, I received E-Mail that said:

There is a castle in Wichita Ks that is commonly referred to as "Crumm" castle. It has been restored into a bed and breakfast. Probably for the last eight years or so. I know it has been here many years, and the material (limestone) was brought down the river several years ago... Here is a link to the castle webpage

http://www.castleinnriverside.com/castle.html

question: Describe the 28 room Campbell Castle.

answer: The castle was built between 1886 and 1888 and was repurchased several times until 1994, when it was turned into a bed and breakfast.

question: Who created the castle?

answer: The castle was built by Colonel Burton Harvey Campbell.

question: Describe the setting of the castle.

answer: The only information that can be found is that it is in Wichita, Kansas.

question: How much does it cost to stay in the castle?

answer: That information can't be found

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The Campbell Castle in Wichita, Kansas is described.


text:
Rastus, the stand-up comic, grabbed the mike and began his routine:

“Yowie, Yowie, Yowie—fun night—Friday night. How are we—fun people?” He stretched the word “night” out and put a mad, contorted look on his face.

A few women laughed. What most of the audience didn't know was that Rastus was not funny at all; he was, like all the comics or professional funny people I’d met to date, a very serious and rote minded character.

He routinely stole jokes and one liners at every opportunity. For instance he would sit or stand around BBQ’s asking people if they knew any good jokes. If one came up, he would never laugh, never.

But he would say,”Hey, that is funny!”

In the same way another person might admire a piece of art.

Most people when they hear a funny or humorous line take their joy in the act of laughing or being amused, not a comedian, they only analyze it and put it in their bag of tricks, a collector of what makes people laugh without real enjoyment in the simple act of laughter and humor itself.

Rastus’s real name was Vinnie Vincenszo, now that is a perfect name for a funny guy—Vinnie Vincenszo, not Rastus, which is a contrived silly name of someone, quite obviously trying to be funny.

We had this conversation many times, I would say,

“Vinnie drop the Rastus, thing man, it’s not funny”

“I am Rastus, he is funny, you ask anyone, Rastus is the Funster, Vinnie is not funny—I don’t want to have this conversation again— O.K.!”

Vinnie had just finished half his gig and I had called around to see him perform. I don’t know why really, he was the most boring, repetitive comic. It did annoy me that other people would be amused by his antics.

A tipsy woman came passed us and noticed Vinnie, she said. ” My God, Rastus, you are the funniest guy ever, hilarious!”

Vinnie smiled and said. ” Yowie, Yowie, Yowie—thank you!”
She walked away giggling.

“You see that, you see that—that’s what Rastus does! Learn from the master if you ever want to get a laugh.” Vinnie bragged.

“Are You kidding, that woman would not know funny, you think that Yowie, Yowie crap, is funny, that is not funny, man, get rid of it, show some class, funny; that’s not funny Vinnie!” I said getting quite annoyed.

“You know what, it’s you who doesn't know funny, you know that. These people love me, they know funny— funny is Rastus!” Vinnie was raising his voice now.

He continued, “why do you come here every night, it’s always the same, you come to criticize me, I’m going to ban you, if you keep it up. You know your problem, you’re a comedian wannabe, that’s it, isn't it. You can’t stand the fact that people get a real lift out of my stuff—because you my friend would like to be funny like me, but can’t because you got no sense of humor, you’re an unfunny guy, that’s your problem.”

Vinnie actually had a grin on his face, he was enjoying himself now, he felt the flow, the roll of it. I on the other hand was really annoyed; perhaps there was some truth in what he said, maybe there was a component of the comic wannabe that kept me coming back.

He let out one final jab, “I’m going to ban you—unfunny guy.” He was laughing now and headed back to the floor.

Grabbing the mike he made a sort of “stewwwww,” sound, followed by a longer “naaaagggooa,” almost spitting into the mike. People actually sniggered in their beer over this puerile sound-blast.

“You know what peeps, I have a friend, I call him the unfunny guy. He’s the opposite of funny. I betcha when he was born he came out with a sour look on his face. Thing is he wants to be funny; he’s the sort of guy that does a course in How to be the *Funny Guy at Parties.* Anyway I’m going to ban him from my show. You hear that—Mr. Unfunny guy.”

The audience picked up on Vinnie’s enthusiasm, they were with him, he was carrying their expectancy and his delivery had a confident punch to it.

He was looking straight at me; it was time for me to leave. People laughed at my departure, it was a good joke at my expense. My point had been proven, Vinnie could only be funny with my help, I’d be back, he needed me.

title: Funny Guy (feed back, improvements?)

question: Basing off the narrative, what would be considered as the most ironic trait for a comedian?

answer:
Despite being funny enough to make the people around them laugh, the narrator notes that comedians are very serious and calculate their words and actions in order to get laughter.

The irony being that comedians are actually the least fun people when they are finally known on a closer basis. They steal the jokes of their friends and their punchlines comes at the expense of those who try to be close to them.


text: I wake up and wonder where my phone is and get up and carefully walk through the wreckage of my room to the bathroom and take a very satisfying morning piss.  My head is throbbing as I make my way to the refrigerator to see if there is any more alcohol.  I'm wearing boxer shorts and a presumably very dirty plain white t shirt and can only assume that my phone is in my pants where ever they are.  There are two beers and a mostly empty bottle of  whisky and I drink the remainder of the latter and light a cigarette.  I feel like I'm walking through water as I make my way into the other room and look at the dead girl on the floor I knew was there all along.  She is very pretty and I feel sad that she is dead but I can't help feeling that she is nothing but a nuisance at this point.

title: A Story About a Girl part 1

question: Why does the narrator need his phone?

answer: Unknown.


text:
One beer down and two to go, a can tossed from the window. A foot on the pedal and his mouth to metal he chokes on his barley and rye as the light is such sights for his sore eyes. With a flick of his wrist the lights dimmed to darkness of the mist. Gripping the wheel with force, speed became the moment of his source.

“Fuck her”. Jeremy cried. With his fist balled he punched the dash only to find that he changed the station. Life couldn't get any worse. Just today he lost his job and while coming home he found another man in bed with his wife. And now,a good song, lost in frequencies of his own stupidity. Thumbing for the tune, his eyes drifted from the road. “ Don't leave me too”. Jeremy whimpered as his fingers slipped pass the dial. Reaching for the head lights his eyes jerked forward. A dark silhouette in the middle of the windshield raced towards his car. With a twist of his fingers, an array of white shinned in the face of his wife. “Emma!”. Jeremy shouted.

The car thumped and rocked from side to side. With two feet on the brake, his heels dug into the floorboard as red flashed into his eyes from the shine of the rear view mirror. He kicked open the door and flung himself out into the road. “It cant be you. I killed you and your mutt.” Jeremy screamed. Walking slowly around his car he noticed he didn't have any damages and neither a body of any type to be found.

Jeremy walked back to his car. His seat warm and wet, he nestles back into position slamming the door behind him. While adjusting the mirror the radio broke into an emergency broadcast. “ THIS JUST IN. ESCAPED MENTAL PATIENT ON THE LOOSE. TWO DEAD. FUGITIVE WEARING A WOMANS BLOUSE AND THE SKIN OF HIS VICTIM. DO NOT APPROACH. HE IS ARMED AND DANGEROUS. I REPEAT. ARMED AND DANGEROUS". Glancing to his left and right, Jeremy changed the station. “ Ha! What idiots. I'm going to get away with this scot free. Some retard is gonna get the book thrown at him for what I've done”. Revving the engine Jeremy thrust the gears into drive while smoke boiled beneath the tires.

A few miles down the road and one twenty on the speedometer, a cop appears from behind. Blue lights and sirens wailed for him to pull over. “Shit”, Jeremy thought. “Keep calm. It will all be over soon. Let him give me a ticket and ill be on my way”. A flash light tapped the car window. “ Could you roll down your window please, sir”.

“What seems to be the problem officer”? With a pen in hand, paper followed. The officer began to write. “license and registration”. Jeremy reached for his glove compartment and saw his gun on the floorboard. Not to bring any attention to it, he quickly opened the glove box and grabbed his registration. “Mr. Barns do you know how fast you were going”? Jeremy tried to remember but the thought of getting caught clouded his mind. “No officer I don't But I bet your gonna tell me”. The officer turned on his flash light and looked inside the car window. “Have you been drinking tonight”? The officer asked. His hands cupped his face to get a better look in the back seat. “No officer, I haven't ”, Jeremy said with a smile of confidence to follow.

The officer turned towards Jeremy and stared right into his eyes. “ What about her”? Asked the officer. With a scorn look of fear Jeremy sat still. twisting towards the back seat, a knife ran against his throat. Looking in the face of his wife he noticed her eyes weren't the same color as before. With her skin welted and withered, blood dripped from the cracks of her lips. A smile emerged from the floppy flesh when a deep voice of a man said, “What wrong honey. You don't love me any more!”.

title: Criminally Insane

question: Why is Jeremy feeling so down?

answer: Jeremy is depressed because he has lost his job. On returning home he found his wife in bed with another man. To top it all he has just lost a good song when he punched the dash.

question: What does Jeremy think he's got away with?

answer: Jeremy has killed his wife. Now he hears on the radio that the police are looking for an escaped mental patient who is armed and dangerous. The mental patient is suspected of killing two women.

question: Who is in the back of the car and how did he get there?

answer: The escaped mental patient is in the back. He is dressed in the skin of Jeremy's dead wife. The mental patient must have hopped in the back when Jeremy got out of the car to check the damage after he had seen his wife on the road ahead of him.