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|   AWARD                                                               |
|   AACTA International Awards                                          |
|   Academy Awards                                                      |
|   Alliance of Women Film Journalists                                  |
|   Art Directors Guild Awards                                          |
|   Austin Film Critics Association                                     |
|   British Academy Film Awards                                         |
|   Chicago Film Critics Association                                    |
|   Costume Designers Guild                                             |
|   Critics' Choice Awards                                              |
|   Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association                          |
|   David di Donatello Awards                                           |
|   Dorian Awards                                                       |
|   Empire Awards                                                       |
|   Florida Film Critics Circle                                         |
|   Golden Globe Awards                                                 |
|   Hollywood Film Awards                                               |
|   Houston Film Critics Society                                        |
|   IndieWire Critics Poll                                              |
|   Jupiter Awards                                                      |
|   London Film Critics Circle                                          |
|   Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild                             |
|   National Society of Film Critics                                    |
|   Online Film Critics Society                                         |
|   San Diego Film Critics Society                                      |
|   San Francisco Film Critics Circle                                   |
|   Santa Barbara International Film Festival                           |
|   Satellite Awards                                                    |
|   Screen Actors Guild Awards                                          |
|   St. Louis Film Critics Association                                  |
|   Toronto Film Critics Association                                    |
|   Venice Film Festival                                                |
|   Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association                       |
|   Women Film Critics Circle                                           |
|   Writers Guild of America Awards                                     |
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| TOTAL NUMBER OF AWARDS AND NOMINATIONS                                |
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: LIST OF ACCOLADES RECEIVED BY _NOCTURNAL ANIMALS_

_Nocturnal Animals_ is a 2016 American neo-noir psychological thriller film written, co-produced and directed by Tom Ford. Starring Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon and Aaron Taylor-Johnson, the film focuses on the gripping story of a broken-hearted man who wreaks vengeance on his ex-wife decades later with his unpublished novel.[1] The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival on September 2, 2016[2][3] and was released to theaters on November 18, 2016.[4] The film was released to positive reviews, with Rotten Tomatoes gave an approval rating of 74%, based on 237 reviews, with an average rating of 7/10[5] and Metacritic gave a score of 67 out of 100, based on 45 reviews.[6]

_Nocturnal Animals_ received an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nomination for Shannon at the 89th Academy Awards.[7] The film received nine nominations at the 70th British Academy Film Awards, including Best Actor in a Leading Role for Gyllenhaal, Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Taylor-Johnson, Best Direction, Best Adapted Screenplay, Best Cinematography, Best Editing, Best Film Music, Best Production Design and Best Makeup and Hair.[8] The film received three nominations at the 22nd Critics' Choice Awards, including Best Supporting Actor for Shannon, Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Cinematography.[9] The film won the Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture for Taylor-Johnson and was nominated for Best Director and Best Screenplay at the 74th Golden Globe Awards.[10] The film also received three nominations at the 21st Satellite Awards, including Best Film, Best Director and Best Actress for Adams.[11]

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| AACTA     | January   | Best      |           |           | [12]      |
| Internati | 8, 2017   | Supportin |           |           |           |
| onal      |           | g         |           |           |           |
| Awards    |           | Actor     |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| Academy   | February  | Best      |           |           | [13]      |
| Awards    | 26, 2017  | Supportin |           |           | [14]      |
|           |           | g         |           |           |           |
|           |           | Actor     |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| Alliance  | December  | Best      |           |           | [15]      |
| of Women  | 21, 2016  | Supportin |           |           | [16]      |
| Film      |           | g         |           |           |           |
| Journalis |           | Actor     |           |           |           |
| ts        |           |           |           |           |           |
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| y         |           |           |
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| Art       | February  | Excellenc |           |           | [17]      |
| Directors | 11, 2017  | e         |           |           |           |
| Guild     |           | in        |           |           |           |
| Awards    |           | Productio |           |           |           |
|           |           | n         |           |           |           |
|           |           | Design    |           |           |           |
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|           |           | Contempor |           |           |           |
|           |           | ary       |           |           |           |
|           |           | Film      |           |           |           |
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| Austin    | December  | Best      |           |           | [18]      |
| Film      | 28, 2016  | Supportin |           |           | [19]      |
| Critics   |           | g         |           |           |           |
| Associati |           | Actor     |           |           |           |
| on        |           |           |           |           |           |
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| y         |           |           |
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| Australia | March 7,  | Best      | _Nocturna |           | [20]      |
| n         | 2017      | Internati | l         |           |           |
| Film      |           | onal      | Animals_  |           |           |
| Critics   |           | Film      |           |           |           |
| Associati |           | (English  |           |           |           |
| on        |           | Language) |           |           |           |
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| BAFTA     | February  | Best      |           |           | [21]      |
| Awards    | 12, 2017  | Direction |           |           |           |
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| Chicago   | December  | Best      |           |           | [22]      |
| Film      | 15, 2016  | Supportin |           |           |           |
| Critics   |           | g         |           |           |           |
| Associati |           | Actor     |           |           |           |
| on        |           |           |           |           |           |
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| Costume   | February  | Excellenc |           |           | [23]      |
| Designers | 21, 2017  | e         |           |           |           |
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|           |           | Contempor |           |           |           |
|           |           | ary       |           |           |           |
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| Critics'  | December  | Best      |           |           | [24]      |
| Choice    | 11, 2016  | Supportin |           |           |           |
| Awards    |           | g         |           |           |           |
|           |           | Actor     |           |           |           |
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| Dallas–Fo | December  | Best      |           |           | [25]      |
| rt        | 13, 2016  | Supportin |           |           |           |
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| David di  | March 27, | Best      | _Nocturna |           | [26]      |
| Donatello | 2017      | Foreign   | l         |           |           |
| Awards    |           | Film      | Animals_  |           |           |
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| Dorian    | January   | Campy     | _Nocturna |           | [27]      |
| Awards    | 26, 2017  | Film of   | l         |           |           |
|           |           | the Year  | Animals_  |           |           |
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| Empire    | March 19, | Best      | _Nocturna |           | [28]      |
| Awards    | 2017      | Thriller  | l         |           |           |
|           |           |           | Animals_  |           |           |
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| Florida   | December  | Best      |           |           | [29]      |
| Film      | 23, 2016  | Supportin |           |           |           |
| Critics   |           | g         |           |           |           |
| Circle    |           | Actor     |           |           |           |
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| Golden    | January   | Best      |           |           | [30]      |
| Globe     | 8, 2017   | Supportin |           |           |           |
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| Hollywood | November  | Hollywood |           |           | [31]      |
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| Film      | 6, 2017   | Picture   | l         |           | [33]      |
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| IndieWire | December  | Best      |           |           | [34]      |
| Critics   | 19, 2016  | Supportin |           |           |           |
| Poll      |           | g         |           |           |           |
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| Awards    | 2017      | Internati |           |           |           |
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|           |           | Actress   |           |           |           |
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| London    | January   | Film of   | _Nocturna |           | [36]      |
| Film      | 22, 2017  | the Year  | l         |           |           |
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| Artists   | 19, 2017  | ength     | Offers    |           |           |
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| Stylists  |           | Picture – | Malanie   |           |           |
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| Society   | 7, 2017   | Supportin |           |           |           |
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| Critics   |           | Actor     |           |           |           |
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| Francisco | 11, 2016  | Supportin |           |           | [43]      |
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title: List of accolades received by Nocturnal Animals

question: What is Nocturnal Animals?

answer: A 2016 American neo-noir psychological thriller film.

question: What is the total number of awards and nominations Nocturnal Animals received?

answer: That information can't be found.

question: Which Academy Award did Nocturnal Animals receive?

answer: It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

question: Who stars in Nocturnal Animals?

answer: Amy Adams, Jake Gyllenhaal, Michael Shannon, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson.

question: When was Nocturnal Animals released?

answer: 2016

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article lists the accolades, including awards and nominations, received by the 2016 American neo-noir psychological thriller film Nocturnal Animals.


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_LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD_ is a 2007 children's picture book of the Brothers Grimm classic fairy tale adapted by Jerry Pinkney.

Reception

Common Sense Media in its review of _Little Red Riding Hood_, wrote “His artwork alone brings an amazing depth to this classic tale, which in his telling goes beyond the expected. He brings a multicultural sensitivity to a story that has long been part of a European tradition. And his language is poetic and captivating.” and " If you want to own one version of Little Red Riding Hood other than the original, this is definitely the one to have."[1] _Kirkus_ and _Publishers Weekly_ both gave starred reviews and also highlighted the multicultural nature of Pinkney's version.[2][3]

_Little Red Riding Hood_ has also been reviewed by _Booklist_,[4] _Horn Book Guide_,[5] _Library Media Connection_ magazine,[6] _School Library Journal_,[7] and _School Library Media Activities Monthly_.[8]

It was a 2008 ALA notable Children's (Young Readers) Book.[9]

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title: Little Red Riding Hood (Pinkney book)

question: Did the 2007 Little Red Riding Hood receive any accolades?

answer: Yes, Kirkus and Publishers Weekly both gave starred reviews and highlighted the multicultural nature of Pinkney's version.

question: Who adapted this book?

answer: Jerry Pinkney

question: What was a comment on the 2007 Little Red Riding Hood?

answer: Common Sense Media said Pinkney's artwork brought an amazing depth to this classic tale.

question: Who reviewed the book?

answer: Common Sense Media, Kirkus, Publishers Weekly, Booklist, Horn Book Guide, Library Media Connection magazine, School Library Journal, and School Library Media Activities Monthly.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article discusses a 2007 children's picture book adaption of the Brothers Grimm classic fairy tale Little Red Riding Hood. It was adapted by Jerry Pinkney, and received favorable reviews.


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Written: 4:45pm

Occurred: 12:40pm

I hear the doorbell ring and realize I've changed. The way I watch myself bound down the stairs tells me I don't understand what I feel as well as I thought. Part of this realization isn't surprising - recently I've come to grasp that only in reflection do I truly find myself.

We greet and it's not awkward, but I don't remember who to be, so I put on as best a casual, semi-joking tone as I'm able.

I still don't understand your disposition fully, but it's changed. That trademark reservation still overcomes the newer, incompletely disguised cheer that implies some sort of excitement my presence now seems to elicit.

We walk up the stairs, and I lose track of what I'd first like to ask, so generic pleasantries come first as we sit on my couch. The weekend-long text conversation was enjoyable, but leaves me blank as to what I'm specifically interested in talking about. The persona I've engaged you with tragically disallows any sort of emotional connection; but we've only got a few minutes anyway. Can I manage to display a shift in mentality? No, I'm not even conscious of the mistake I've already made.

That facebook message was enough for you to disregard the fact that my walls won't come down today; your response of "words cannot express my gratitude for what you've written here". Are you even conscious of it?
You look through my photos and I continue pushing the flirtatious vibes as if I'd met you last week. My roommate asks if we're ready, and as we head down the stairs behind him you ask: "ladies first?"

I treat it as a joke, as if you're implying I should go first. Now I realize it's just a subconscious plea: where's the gentleman I'm starting to understand?

You get in the back seat and as I sit next to you, you don't make an effort to move over too far; we're sitting close. I ask about the new pinky ring with a studded cross, we joke and you ignore a direct answer. Socialization is now required as my roommate's driving in the front. Cordial discussion of Thanksgiving break ensues.

We get to your apartment and your roommates join us. The car's full and we hold hands as we drive off. A few minutes later, we're briefly outcast from the discussion going on in the front of the car. Quiet flirtation between us, subtle enough to be unknown to other passengers, makes me conscious of something - my raw, physical attraction to you. Something I guess I didn't really come to terms with. You're not letting me in at all now, expertly avoiding allowing me to even make a guess at what you're thinking. Aside from what can't be denied - that we're flirting. Everything else is a mystery. Oh, you're good at this.

I fight to avoid the blatant, physical display of arousal any man is anatomically capable of.

We walk to the restaurant and you mention that facebook post your father wrote. I make light of it, identifying the obvious humor on the surface - the type of response you knew was a possibility and probably expected. But there's more to what he said of course; when will I be sensitive enough to let you try to communicate that?

We order food and I wait alone near the counter behind the condiment stand after filling my drink. You walk by to do the same, but after a minute alone I wonder where everyone is. I look over to see you and your roommates sitting there while the other two guys are standing nearby, unconcerned about engaging in the girl-talk.

We get our meals and head outside. You shoot me a fairly casual glance as we walk out the door, not quite directly at me in the sense that it demands a reaction, but acknowledging something more than my mere existence.

Throughout lunch you're distant. Despite the required group conversation, one-on-one discussions are still possible but you never explicitly try to engage me. Only in reflection do I deem this my fault.
Jokes, parking meter, holding hands, better vibes than lunch. We walk down the street. We both act a little differently around each other, a bit more connected on a level we haven't yet talked about.

After ordering Irish coffees, I make a few jokes our friends find hilarious. Your roommates find me funny as always, and even you laugh a little. We discuss the pictures we both took over the weekend, and you're willing to engage. You're enjoying it, but there's a sense of obligation. If I didn't bring it up, would you have?
You're cautious, it seems. I've never been through a bad relationship; you've been recently hurt. How much of your reservation relates to this?

We talk about the holidays. After finishing my drink and you offering yours, I'm moreso in the joking mood than I usually let myself indulge in anymore - I know I can be a dick. I make a joke in bad taste about thanksgiving, stemming from the fact that your parents never thoroughly celebrated Christmas. A sensitive topic.

The car ride back we hold hands, but you're engaging your roommate to the left. I crack a few jokes to be part of the various conversations in the car, all in good taste this time. It seems like you've given up on who I am today: our physical contact rightly identifying your acceptance of my entirety, but a psychological distance coming from your subconscious disapproval of my state of mind.

As your roommates get out of the car and I whisper for you to come back and hang out with me, you good-heartedly let me know you need to study. This is genuine in every respect: you know who I can be when you get me alone, but have an academic discipline that goes unquestioned. We leave, but the bad taste in my mouth only subsides as I finish this reflection.

title: The personality and the identity

question: How is the author being insensitive with his jokes?

answer: He jokes about the girl's parents on how they never celebrated Christmas.


text:
“What do you think that is?”

“Well, Todo we aren’t in Texas anymore.”

Ella laughs and says,” But really, what is that? The sun is in my eyes.”
The Texas sun is blinding and the air is heavy with humidity. The clouds move as fast as the San Marcos River roiling through the man made pathways. There is not an open spot on the grassy hill, and the sounds of faded conversations fill our ears with the nonsense of college students trying too hard to impress each other.

“I think that it is looking at us,” Ryan says in a whisper with a questioning tone.

As our shadows pass over it, its pleading eyes began to open. Glazed over and too weak to move, it felt our presence. Its legs quiver as it looks up at us with pure pathetic eyes. The thoughts cross our minds that it is given to fly. It is using its last breath to grasp our attention or anyone else who might give a damn.

Ryan looks over to it and says,” You alright there little buddy?”

Ella answers with a sigh and says,” I actually think that it’s dieing. I can’t believe that no one else has noticed.”

Ryan says bluntly, “Oh, I think that people noticed. They probably didn’t care.”

Its pink bare skin and some bone are exposed. Its neck is completely mangled with no sympathy. To say the least, its tortured end of life is disturbing to witness and drawing near. Realizing that we are its last hope not to be forgotten, we decided to notify the park service.

“Sorry guys, I don’t know if there is too much we can do to save it. I mean it’s just a vulture. If it was exotic or rare we would have a better chance.” Reluctantly he says, “But I’ll go ahead and give the animal shelter a ring and, uh, see what we can do for yall. Thanks for letting me know. Um, in the mean time I’ll cover it with a trashcan because I don’t want anyone to be disturbed. You know what I mean?”

As they began to walk away Ella lightened the mood by saying, “ Well, I guess not all birds are created equal either.”

Ryan answered, “Yeah, I agree with you. Who knew that man even created a cast system for birds?”

title: Unthought Known Flaws of Man

question: What is the relationship between Ryan and Ella?

answer: They seem to be friends.

question: What is the setting of the story?

answer: They are in Texas, on a grassy hill crowded with college students.

question: What do they discover? How do they feel about the discovery?

answer: They discover an injured and dying vulture. They feel sorry for it, and think that others don't care about it.

question: Is there a conflict? Is it resolved?

answer: They don't know what to do with the dying bird, but they want to help it. They notify the park ranger who tells them there's not much he can do to help the bird. If it were exotic or rare, it would more likely get help.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Two friends, Ryan and Ella, find an injured and dying vulture. They feel sorry for it, and realize that others have noticed it, but don't care about it. They don't know what to do with the dying bird, but they want to help it. They notify the park ranger who tells them there's not much he can do to help the bird. If it were exotic or rare, it would more likely get help.


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ADAM OSBORNE (March 6, 1939 – March 18, 2003) was a British-American author, book and software publisher, and computer designer who founded several companies in the United States and elsewhere. He introduced the Osborne 1, the first commercially successful portable computer.

Early life

Osborne was born to a British father and Polish mother in Bangkok, Thailand on March 6, 1939.[1] His father, Arthur Osborne, was a teacher of eastern religion and philosophy[2] and a lecturer in English at Chulalongkorn University. All members of the family were fluent in the Tamil language. He spent World War II in southern India, with his mother.[3] He attended Presentation Convent School in Kodaikanal until Class 6. In 1950, the Osborne family moved to England.[4] From the age of 11, he was educated at a Catholic boarding school in Warwickshire, England.[5] He graduated with a degree in chemical engineering from the University of Birmingham in 1961,[6] and received his PhD from the University of Delaware in 1968.[7] It was while living in the United States that he learned to write computer code.[8] He obtained a position as a chemical engineer with Shell Oil, in California, but was dismissed.[9]

Publishing

Osborne was a pioneer in the computer book field, founding a company in 1972 that specialized in easy-to-read computer manuals. By 1977, Osborne & Associates had 40 titles in its catalogue. In 1979, it was bought by McGraw-Hill and continued as an imprint of McGraw-Hill, “McGraw-Hill/Osborne”.[10][11] He also wrote several books.[12] One of them, _An Introduction To Microcomputers_, sold 300,000 copies.[13]

Computers

[ An Osborne 1 ]

Osborne was known to frequent the Homebrew Computer Club's meetings around 1975. He created the first commercially available portable computer, the Osborne 1, released in April 1981. It weighed 24.5 pounds (12 kg), cost US$1795—just over half the cost of a computer from other manufacturers with comparable features—and ran the popular CP/M 2.2 operating system.[14] It was designed to fit under an airline seat.[15] At its peak, Osborne Computer Corporation shipped 10,000 units of “Osborne 1” per month.[16] Osborne was one of the first personal computing pioneers to understand fully that there was a wide market of buyers who were not computing hobbyists: the Osborne 1 included word processing and spreadsheet software.[17] This was at a time when IBM would not bundle hardware and software with their PCs, selling separately the operating systems, monitors, and even cables for the monitor.

Adam Osborne's experience in the computer industry gave his new company credibility.[18] Osborne Computer Corporation advertisements compared Adam Osborne's influence on the personal computer market to Henry Ford's influence on transportation.[19] It is said that in 1983, Osborne bragged about two advanced new computers his company was developing. These statements destroyed consumer demand for the Osborne 1, and the resulting inventory glut forced Osborne Computer to file for bankruptcy on September 13, 1983. This phenomenon, a pre-announcement of a new product causing a catastrophic collapse in demand for older ones, became known as the Osborne effect, but according to some new sources, the real reasons for Osborne Computer's bankruptcy were management errors[20] and insufficient cash flow.[21]

Hypergrowth

After Osborne Computer's collapse, Adam Osborne wrote a best-selling memoir of his experience, _Hypergrowth: The Rise and Fall of the Osborne Computer Corporation_, with John C. Dvorak, which was published in 1984.[22]

Software

In 1984, Osborne founded Paperback Software International Ltd., a company that specialized in inexpensive computer software. Its advertisements featured Osborne himself, arguing that if telephone companies applied the same logic to their pricing as software companies, a telephone would cost $600. One of its products was VP-Planner, an inexpensive clone of Lotus 1-2-3, which led to legal action. In 1987, Lotus sued Paperback Software. As a result of the lawsuit, consumer confidence waned for Paperback Software, and its revenues dropped 80% by 1989, preventing the firm from getting venture capital for expansion. In February 1990, the case went to court and on June 28, the court ruled that Paperback Software's product, by copying Lotus 1-2-3's look and feel menu interface, violated Lotus's copyright.[23] Osborne stepped down from Paperback Software the same year.[24] Paperback's database application, VP-Info continued to sell well for many more years, and acquired a second life as Sharkbase.[25]

His final venture, in 1992, was to found the company Noetics Software, to work on artificial intelligence.[26]

Personal life and death

Osborne was a member of Mensa.[27] He married – and divorced – twice, firstly in the mid 1960s, to Cynthia Geddes, an American,[28] and later to Barbara Burdick (Zelnick), Osborne had three children.[29] Both former wives and all his children survived him.[30]

In 1992, Osborne returned to India in declining health, suffering from a brain disorder that triggered frequent minor strokes. He died in his sleep on March 18, 2003, in Kodaikanal, India, aged 64.[31][32][33]

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title: Adam Osborne

question: What impact has Osborne had on the world?

answer: He created the first commercially successful portable computer.

question: Summarize the publishing section.

answer: Osborne was a pioneer in the computer book field and wrote several books about it. The company he founded in 1972 did so well, that by 1979 it was bought by McGraw Hill.

question: How might Osborne have felt about stepping down from Paperback Software?

answer: He may have felt shame.

question: What was Osborne's most important step in his career?

answer: It was probably when he created the Osborne 1.

question: What is the implication of Osborne being one one of the first computing pioneers to realize that some buyers weren't computer hobbyists?

answer: The implication is that Osborne saw a need in a certain market and decided to serve that market with features in his Osborne 1.

question: What did Osborne's bragging about the two new computers his company was developing lead to?

answer: It lead to the destruction of consumer demand for the Osborne 1 and Osborne's eventual bankruptcy. Additionally, the term "the Osborne effect" was coined due to this.


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This is a throwaway account for a project I've been working on where once every few weeks, I pick a theme and over the next 5 nights, write 5 short stories about that theme. Each story can't take more than a night. This story was drawn from the theme, "Let me think".

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When I was young, I moved. I moved like the ground was being pulled in front of me, and every frantic breath measured a stride. I ran. I lived in a sprint.

From outside Atlanta in the sweaty eves to shivering in the awnings at Gare L’est. I am 15, I am 19. A busker with uneven teeth smiles at me and I think she is the world. Jon, my best friend brushes me with his elbow.

-Not this one, he says.
-Rock, paper, scissors, I joke.

Wait, let me think. It was morning, and I am 43. The island sweats. The dog and I run in silence. The sun has risen and the land heats. We spring up the hill, panting and dizzy. Beyond us in the peninsula, the sea beating foam and white against the granite. I measure sides of granite sliding into the ocean in degrees. 37, 49. It was two years ago since we came here.

-Come on, I say to him.

We cross the end of the of the road and navigate through the boulders and cacti along the path. As we descend, I feel the air thicken. Salt like nettles. Ahead, for some reason, the tide pool is a dark black. I slow, tie the dog to a branch and regard the gleaming layer. For some reason my reflection is nothing more than a dull figurine. The dog whimpers. I reach out with my hand.

And then I vanish.

I am 19, at a horrible electronic music show. The singer pulls a sheet over his body and shrieks into the microphone. I rattle off my list of four letter words and my friends rescue me. They drag me outside where it’s still light and dump me on a curb. I fumble for a cigarette that reaches my lips before I understand how. The light escapes me and suddenly I burn bright. A face, familiar and new acquiesces my premature death. I think I want to marry her and know instinctively that I will never see her again. She gives me a name that I forget and offers a hand. I reach forward.

And then I vanish.

Alexandra always regarded me with caution. We are at dinner. I am 28. I know our marriage won’t last I know she is gaining weight. I know my hair is starting to recede. I am not as fast as I used to be. I still stand straight, but my legs carry more than my frame. She and I once met as youngsters. She and I once fell in and out of love. Now in a different age, we have dinner, forget how we used to be and make vague promises. Land to spread out, air to breathe, a literary life. She turned me to Nabokov and Kinglsey Amis. She taught me that Russian beers are numbered to reflect your drunkenness. She excuses herself from the table, and suddenly the room changes. I see visions of myself stumbling in from every door. I am confused, because just one second ago I was here and I saw this. It lead me to that and now here I am. We shake, trying to clear out the fog. The poor bartender opens a few bottles and slides them down the bar. I am a set of ages and lifetimes. We amble, have the same taste in drinks, love the same songs.

But no, I am 15. Jeff has just run into the street. We’ve been drinking. His sister bought us beer and a couple friends came over. Tonight is sweltering. July, and the Georgia air that stinks of sweat and mosquitos.

We did shots of bad vodka, we swam and goaded the girls to remove their tops before hoping in the pool. The water was warm, and I felt floating through the chlorine and the floodlights that all my senses were deadened. I looked up to see the faint outline of clouds brushing past. Later we lit off fireworks. I remember my trunks still dripping and my feet caked in dirt. The bottle, fully loaded with munitions tips over. Meteors and cannonade stream past me. Jeff is 15 and so am I. He darts into the street hollering. I follow. Two bright stars explode. I pause to think.

The universe tells us that all things are permitted, that in some incarnation I am 37 and swerving along a desert road. That give enough time, maybe not me, but a close approximation is staring down the sights of a rifle at a fine looking doe on a chill November morning. I am one ensemble in the sum of possibility and there are others around me, gathered by the void, we snack on tuna and crackers. We bask in the afternoon sun.

So imagine if you will this. I am in a room at the end of a long day, struggling through drinks, wary that I’ll fail to stomach dinner. Versions of myself meander about. Some grab snacks, others talk quietly. At first, it was such a shock. Even to hear one’s voice projected in a mass, but now after a couple passes, it seems second nature. I converse with myself, I am 45, 52, primes, divisions of 3, dead, mangled, born again.

The maitre d’ announces the first course. We precipitate towards tables, the same habit of crossing left over right and folding the napkin just. But I tarry behind. I think about the time in my youth, a feeling of warmth, sitting on a bed of pine needles. I’ve heard about a distant day from an old friend. About a walk under the Gothic arches of the place I so dearly called home. The creak in my knee is not yet come to pass. The knot in my wrist is only just now begun. I wince at the pinching of nerves and the grinding of joints and the momentary pain awakens me.

I feel as if I can’t breathe, trapped here in this dinner party. Bunel was insufferable enough without himself as a guest. Do you think they remember who it was that told that story? She had brown hair, and I could at least never forget her. I wonder if she would recognize my face now. I wonder if she would notice the difference when I step back into that room. Some things can never be made right. Some things can never be made whole. Many of the others have given up, but I believe the next time through I can get it right.

Around me. Like version of Judas, we conjure and we exist. We permute and arise, crowding an already suffocating room. We sin and we shuffle. God save us in our disgrace, our possibility.

I bound for a door. Who will I be when I return?

title: five stories project: "Let me think"

question: What does the story say about the narrator's youth?

answer: He used to run in his youth. He notices a busker, but his friend Jon dissuades him from pursuing her. The narrator remembers being at an electronic music show with terrible music. His friends rescue him, dragging him outside. There's a girl he loves but knows he won't see again. The narrator remembers drinking vodka and goading girls to remove their tops when he was 15 at a pool party.

question: What does the story say about the narrator's old age?

answer: The narrator remembers running with his dog on an island, aged 43. There are futures when he's struggling at dinner, drinking. His knees groan when he's old, and he remembers nerve pain. He seems to have been at least middle-aged when the multitude of memories started to appear.

question: What does the story say about the many-worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics?


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Productivity is the key to success, so you need to ensure you are setting yourself up to be productive every day you walk into the office.

I should know – when I’m in the office, I need to be as productive as possible. Why? I’m a salesperson with a very long commute (an hour-long bus ride each way, plus a walk!) into the Salesforce New York office, and need to be out of the office by a certain time each day to get home for quality time with my family. If I am not productive while in the office, that leads me to bring my work home, which takes away from the precious time I get with my family. So, I need to make the most of every minute.

I’m here to to share five ways I increase my productivity at work so I can get in, get out, and get all my work done well.

1. BE AN EARLY BIRD

You may hate to hear this, but try getting to the office 30 minutes earlier than usual. Use that half hour for you. Map out your day and get yourself settled before everyone else arrives and the office volume turns up. I like to keep a pad of paper on my desk – every morning I write down each event and meeting I have planned for that day. In between each event, I write out the goals I want to accomplish with that free time. Sound simple, but it allows me to create a checklist for myself and provides better structure to my day.

2. FIND THE BEST ENVIRONMENT FOR YOU

Do you like to be around other people while you work, to collaborate and feed off of their energy? Or do you like being locked into a quiet conference room alone so no one can bother you? Do what best works for you. Personally, I love being on the sales floor with my teammates. I enjoy feeling the energy from everyone else doing their jobs and helping customers be successful. However, if this is not what pushes you, then by all means, find a conference room and get to work.

3. FOCUS ON THE TASK AT HAND

Your calendar is your best friend. Make sure to use it to your advantage! I block off periods of time to help me stay organized. These blocks of time could be for simple housekeeping, prospecting, account management, meetings, or anything else you need to prioritize. If you are not focused on a certain task or goal, then you will have no idea what you accomplished that day. Yes, multi-tasking is a major part of being in sales; however, if you can try to mono-task during certain parts of your day, you will get more things done … and done efficiently.

4. GET THE BLOOD FLOWING.

Sitting at your desk for eight hours a day can get boring and is quite unhealthy. Every hour, try to stand up and move around. I usually mix it up. I like to use the standing desks that Salesforce so graciously affords to us. If you don’t have one, try going for a short walk with a colleague around the office. This allows you to talk about current challenges or successes you are experiencing at work, and also get some exercise in. Plus, it’s amazing what you can learn about someone on a short walk to the coffee machine.

5. MAKE IT A PRIORITY TO UNPLUG.

Make sure to maintain a healthy work and life balance. This is probably the most important point. You need to be happy coming to work. If you don’t create a healthy balance, then work will become a weight on your shoulders. This will make you unmotivated and will certainly make your productivity level drop. So when you get home, put the laptop down, and put the cell phone down. Try unplugging from all of your devices before you sit down for dinner. Enjoy time for yourself or with your family. It will keep you fresh and eager to tackle tomorrow.

Hopefully after reading this, you can take a few of these points and insert them into your daily activities. Hey, they certainly help me, so I would suggest giving them a shot!

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question: What does the text say about the importance of being productive at work?

answer: Productivity is vital in any workplace because it keeps the workers highly motivated and boosts a healthy workplace environment. When workers maintain productivity, it means they would be more efficient at their work, which would increase the firm's success as a whole. Being productive also helps workers to manage their time and achieve faster and more effective results.

question: What does the text say about the importance of maintaining a healthy work-life balance?

answer: Every worker needs to maintain a healthy work-life balance to help them be more effective at work. If workers cannot find time to indulge in personal engagements and are fully absorbed in their jobs, it would lead to a future of unhappiness and frustration. And when an employee is unhappy and frustrated with virtually everything, it would affect the outcome of their work or attitude to work. Therefore, it's necessary to prioritize a "me" time after work by relating with family and friends. This would also keep the workers energized and motivated for the next day's work.


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from the _there's-the-intention-and-then-there's-the-actual-application..._ dept

Well, now we know what the UK's anti-terrorism law does best. The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) expanded powers for security/law enforcement agencies. For safety. For the nation. And, ironically, for the prevention the sort of thing it was recently amended to prevent. While it may occasionally be used to track down terrorists, it seems to be more often deployed by the watchers to watch those watching the watchers.

So far, multiple stories have emerged showing the law has been used to snoop on whistleblowers and journalists -- two entities consistently voted Least Likely to Participate in a Terrorist Attack. Critics said the law would be abused. It didn't take long to prove them right.

Yet another story of twisting RIPA to serve the state's own self-interest has emerged. William Turvill of the UK's Press Gazette has more details.

  _A BBC journalist suspects that Police Scotland snooped on him without judicial approval to try and find his sources while he was investigating the force._

  _Eamon O'Connor has claimed that a "very dependable source" believes he was targeted by the force's Counter Corruption Unit._

  _The revelation comes after the Sunday Herald quoted an inside source as saying that Police Scotland was one of two forces to have accessed phone records, under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA), to find journalistic sources without judicial approval since the law was changed in March to prevent this._

And now an investigation unit is investigating the investigators. Police Scotland refuses to confirm or deny any of its people are under investigation by the Interception of Communications Commissioner's Office (IOCCO), but the oversight agency _has_ confirmed that is in the middle of an investigation into these allegations.

O'Connor can't say for sure why he was targeted by the police but figures it has something to with his investigations into an unsolved killing that saw millions of pounds spent but no significant arrests or charges brought.

  _Police Scotland mounted a massive operation to catch Emma's killers. They spent £4m of the taxpayers' money and ended up charging four Turkish men with her murder. But the man was released and no trial took place._

  _"I made a Radio 4 documentary for File on Four earlier this year which highlighted a number of very serious problems with the way in which the original investigation was run. I can only assume that that has caused some concern inside Police Scotland._

This lack of details also makes it unclear whether the new RIPA stipulations have actually been abused or whether the police performed this surveillance under the old form. Presumably, this will all be sorted out by the IOCCO investigation. And, presumably, most of what it uncovers will be withheld from the public -- pretty much a given when alleged abuse of powers has a nexus with anti-terrorism laws.

O'Connor notes that he's not personally afraid of the police paying him extra attention in return for the "extra" attention he's paid to their actions. But he notes that this sort of thing can easily chill future examinations of police misconduct/failures.

  _"I'm not frightened for my personal safety or anything of that kind. But I do feel that this is likely to intimidate and impede whistleblowers and people who want to come forward to tell the truth about something they believe shouldn't have happened…_

  "If I'm intimidated or impeded from doing that, and my sources are intimidated and impeded from doing that because they fear they are being monitored, then proper journalism can't be done."

If so, then it would appear the unlawful snooping has done _exactly_ what Police Scotland hoped it would: chill further examination of its incompetence.

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question: What has the Regulation of Investigatory Powers been used for?

answer: To snoop on whistleblowers and journalists.

question: Who suggests that Police Scotland has been snooping on him?

answer: A BBC Journalist, Eamon O'Connor.

question: Does Eamon O'Connor feel afraid of the surveillance?

answer: No, but he is worried on behalf of future whistleblowers.

question: Does Eamon O'Connor know why he was targeted by the police?

answer: No, but it had something to do with an unsolved killing that saw millions of pounds being spent.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The author laments the misuse of Britain's Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act after a journalist comes forward that he is being surveilled by the police for no clear reason. The journalist, Eamon O'Connor, is not worried about the surveillance for himself but is concerned that it might discourage future whistleblowers later on.


text:
For my fear of copyright laws and so forth I only have here a few paragraphs of a fantasy epic I plan on and have already begun writing.
The main problem with these things is they take forever, and I would really appreciate some reassurance that people might actually be interested. Thanks.

Nark had never been more exultant. The air reeked of blood, sweat and the blistering cold of the great eastern mountains of Norskabba. The half-light of dusk cast an eerie glow off the thick rock hard snow. This Nark regarded with intense interest; he had always found it fascinating how the entire world would change in nature so incredibly drastically in a matter of hours.
Earlier a heavy blizzard had suffocated them, but now the battle worn fellowship stood in a world completely frozen. They had fought under a blanket of ice cold blades, each of which had stung with such mind numbing pain Nark felt sure that by the end of the slaughter he would be riddled with scars. Indeed, the young adolescent warrior was covered head to toe in frozen blood, though none of it was his own. The ice had done no more than the swords, and even when three burly pale men had targeted him at once he had not flinched. These men were armed and armored with steel, iron and bronze, but their glorious trinkets cost them their speed, and though the metal was impenetrable it provided no comfort from the cold, and for this the men became lumbering bulks of roars and self pity. The ice stung their eyes, their discomfort in this strange new frozen wasteland stung their hearts, and Nark’s narwhal tusk dirk stung their exposed throats. His three opponents had fallen as one, and as their life’s blood ebbed from them, wept as one.
Nark sank into his furs and his thoughts while around him his companions did the same. There were ten of them now. Earlier there had been twelve; but Zrej and Barlask had been given the appropriate rites and burnt. They had died bravely and honorably, and even when Barlask had been found, his stomach torn open and a thousand writhing black snakes pouring out, neither had begged nor cried nor wept. Nark approved, and cut off a lock of hair for each of them with the others during the rites. Throughout this, and the battle, no one had spoken. There was no need, and sound carried on the ice plains. That was how they had found the enemy.
There had been a hundred of them- perhaps two hundred- clattering their way down a river bed between two ridges. For whatever reason they had thought the roar of the blizzard would muffle any sound they might make, and so had made it their mission to complain their way through the wet and cold. The Norsk warriors had fallen on them in silence. The blizzard was their ally, and the cold all the armor they had required. They had spared no survivors.

title: Sample from Fantasy Epic; Feedback Appreciated

question: Who is Nark?

answer: Nark is an adolescent warrior.

question: Who has Nark been fighting?

answer: Unclear, not stated.

question: Whose bodies are being burnt?

answer: They seem to being doing funeral rites for their fallen comrades.

question: Who won the battle?

answer: Unclear, but it seems as though Nark and his companions are still alive and therefore, victorious.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Nark stands triumphantly among the bodies  of his enemies. They seem to have won the battle, even while a blizzard had raged on. Nark and his companions perform funeral rites for their fallen comrades.


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Before the war, he told me, all the kids went around munching mumpsicles. "Mumpsicles? What is that?" I asked. "What does it sound like," he said with a snort. That's the way it always was with Uncle Hobo. He had seen it all before and who was I to second guess him.
I suppose I should be happy that I get to go to his practice for free, ever since I moved in on his street and my parents got stabbed. A kind heart in that one. But every time I go in for a check-up, his remarks make me less than a little bit comfortable.

"Come on in, Gordon. Take a seat. Have a lolly, won't you?" Always with that smile. That's the thing about it- he always respects you first, reels you in with some prospect and then disappoints. Gordon's my name, all right, but I sure as hell dont see no lollies.

And that's not the half of it. He wasnt my uncle anyway but he doesnt like formal titles like "doctor." Says they make him feel old. Threw away his diploma years ago- I sure havent seen it. Hell, he doesnt even wear the garb- calls it pretentious and what have you.

We go through the procedure, same as always: he puts his stethoscope to my bare chest, checks in my eyes and ears, and tells me to say "ah." The only thing that concerns him is my blood pressure. I'm not a big salt eater so this comes as a surprise. "Since when is my blood pressure high, Uncle Hobo? I've been eating my greens, I swear!"

"Have you now, boy?" says Uncle Hobo rifling through some papers, barely looking up. A long pause as he grunts to himself. "Have I ever told you how blood works, Gordon?"

I considered his question. "No, sir, I don't believe you have." I replied, bracing for one of his wordly explanations.

"Well then, to understand why blood is important, we must first turn to veins and arteries."

I listened intently, taking my hand out of my pocket and then putting it back in.

He continued, peering through his spectacles, "Now you see, Gordon, blood is like dogs and veins are like dog racing tracks. Have you ever been to a dog race, Gordon?"

"Yes, sir, I sure have," I exclaimed.

"Well then you of all people should know that veins are like racing tracks for medium-sized dogs, arteries are like racing tracks for large dogs, and capillaries are tracks for small dogs."

I listened intently. I let the knowledge wash over me like awakening to a sunrise.

"In your arteries you got your Alpine Spaniels, your Cesky Terriers, your Lapponian Herders, oh and your Otterhounds..."

I quietly inserted my hand into my pocket, my eyes fixated on his.

"...Gotta remember your Polish Lowland Sheepdogs, your Giant Schnauzers, your Japanese Spitz..."

I began to move my hand back out of my pocket, staring at his face.

"...Your Great Danes in the arteries too, of course. And in your veins, that's where you find your Dachshunds, your Labradors, your Dalmatians, a good deal of Collies..."

I put both of my hands into my pocket and took one of them out, then I put one hand in as I took the other hand out. I was still listening to his fascinating words.

"...your Mastiffs and Boxers. Not to forget your Bloodhounds in your veins and your Bulldogs..."

This time I took both hands out of my pockets and my eyes never left his. I couldnt believe what I was learning about blood.

"In your capillaries--they're the tiniest--you have your Chihuahuas, Pomeranians and Chow Chows, your Poodles, your Bassett Hounds, your Cocker Spaniels, can't forget your English Setters..."

Trying to encourage Uncle Hobo, I shouted at the top of my lungs "WOOF! WOOF! WOOF!" He took it as encouragement and kept talking.

"Also, Gordon, in your capillaries you have your Pugs, your Jack Russell Terriers (remember Wishbone, Gordon?), your Miniature Schnauzers, and your Shitzhus. See what I mean?"

I nodded excitedly and shouted "I sure as hell understand, Uncle Hobo. Better than I ever did before!"

Uncle Hobo looked satisfied. He gazed at me and then reached for something.

"Gordon, it's time for me to give you something." proclaimed Uncle Hobo.

He got a hypodermic needle in his shopping cart. We were on the sidewalk at the time, where he sleeps. He stabbed his shoulder, extracted some blood. Then he stabbed the needle into my shoulder and with a push of his thumb, all his blood entered my bloodstream.

Uncle Hobo explained: "There- now you can see the color 'threeve.'"

Sure enough, there it was all around me. The sky had tinges of 'threeve' and passersby had 'threeve'-colored hair and even there was 'threeve' in a discarded hamburger wrapper on the street. Why couldn't I see 'threeve' before? Was it a special property of Uncle Hobo's own blood? Whatever it was, I was grateful. 'Threeve' would be my new friend.

I thanked Uncle Hobo and left my appointment, but not before giving him a present of my own. I reached into my pocket and pulled out the little man I had hidden there: he stood on my extended palm and performed gymnastic feats before bursting in an explosion of scalding blood. The blood got into Uncle Hobo's eyes and blinded him. I told him it was okay because now he can always see the color 'bars,' because I was a police and he was under arrest. He laughed and he licked my cheek. I handcuffed him- he wasnt a doctor or my uncle. He was a filthy hobo. Case solved.

title: No twist ending

question: Why was Gordon barking like a dog at Uncle Hobo?

answer: To encourage him to keep talking

question: Why was Uncle Hobo giving Gordon an explanation about blood, veins and arteries?

answer: Gordon had gone for a check-up and was found to have high blood pressure.

question: Explain what happened after Uncle Hobo pulled out a needle from his shopping cart.

answer: He stabbed his own shoulder, extracted blood and stabbed Gordon with it, pushing his blood into Gordon's bloodstream.

question: Who did Uncle Hobo turn out to be?

answer: He wasn't actually Gordon's uncle or a doctor, he was a filthy hobo and Gordon was there to arrest him.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Gordon visits Uncle Hobo's practice for a check-up and gets lectured for his high blood pressure. It turns out that Uncle Hobo wasn't actually his uncle or a doctor. Uncle Hobo was a filthy hobo living on the street, shooting drugs and Gordon was there to arrest him.


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The ANASTASIAN WAR was fought from 502 to 506 between the Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire. It was the first major conflict between the two powers since 440, and would be the prelude to a long series of destructive conflicts between the two empires over the next century.

Prelude

Several factors underlay the termination of the longest period of peace the Eastern Roman and the Sassanid Empire ever enjoyed. The Persian king Kavadh I needed money to pay his debts to the Hephthalites who had helped him regain his throne in 498/499. The situation was exacerbated by recent changes in the flow of the Tigris in Lower Mesopotamia, sparking famines and flood. When the Roman emperor Anastasius I refused to provide any help, Kavadh tried to gain the money by force.[1]

War

[Roman and Persian Empires in 500, also showing their neighbors, many of whom were dragged into wars between the great powers.]

Kavadh I's campaign of 502

In 502, Kavadh quickly captured the unprepared city of Theodosiopolis, perhaps with local support; the city was in any case undefended by troops and weakly fortified.[2] Martyropolis also fell in the same year. Kavadh then besieged the fortress-city of Amida through the autumn and winter (502-503) and captured it after a lengthy siege, although the defenders were unsupported by troops.[3] Many people, particularly the population of Amida, were deported to Pars and Khuzestan in Persia, in particular, to the new city of Veh-az-Amid Kavad (Arrajan).[4]

Anastasius' campaign of 503 and Kavad I's counterattack

The Byzantine emperor Anastasius I dispatched an army in May 503 against the Sasanians. The army was the largest Roman force in the East since Julian's invasion of Persia. The force gathered at Edessa and Samosata. It operated in three divisions under _magister militum per Orientem_ Areobindus, _strategos_ Patricius, and Hypatius. Hypatius and Patricius attacked Amida, which was held by a 3,000-strong garrison under Glones. Areobindus, together with Romanus and the Arab _phylarch_ Asouades (Aswad) (probably a Kindah leader) attacked Nisibis, in which Kavadh I was residing.[5][6] Procopius also mentions Celer as a fourth commander.[7] Notable officers associated with this force include _“hyparch”_ Apion I (the Egyptian),[8] _comes_ Justin (the future emperor),[9] Patriciolus and his son Vitalian (who later revolted against Anastasius), the Colchian Pharesmanes, and the Goths Godidisklus and Bessas.[10]

Initially, Areobindus gained the upper hand in Nisibis, but Kavadh I's counterattack defeated him, plundered his fort Apadna, and forced him to retreat westward; Hypatius and Patricius attempted to assist him, but it was too late.[11] They failed to join with Areobindus and were decisively defeated between Apadna and Tell Beshme and retreated to Samosata. According to Zacharias, their cavalry suffered heavily during the retreat, falling from the cliffs of mountains. Kavadh continued westward to Constantia but failed to capture it, though received supplies from its inhabitants. In early September, Kacadh reached near Edessa. Areobindus rejected Kavadh I's demand of of gold in exchange for peace. Sasanians and Lakhmidss overran much of Osrhoene but attempts to attack the fortified city failed. Meanwhile, Byzantine forces under Pharesmanes attacked Amida, who killed the Sasanian commander Glones through cunning. This, together with Hunnic incursions, the arrival of Byzantine reinforcements, and Kavadh I's lack of supplies, all forced him to withdraw to Persia. This further contributed to the reputation of Edessa as being impregnable.[12][13] Meanwhile, the _dux_ of Osrhoene, Timostratus, defeated the Lakhmids, and the Tha'labites (Byzantine Arabs) attacked Lakhmid capital al-Hira.[14]

Anastasius' renewed assault

In the summer of 503, Anastasius sent reinforcements under _magister officiorum_ Celer and canceled taxes from Mesopotamia and Osrhoene, while Hypatius and Apion were recalled. Patricius moved to Amida, defeated a force sent against him, and invested the city; Celer joined him later in the spring of 504. While the siege was ongoing, Celer raided Beth Arabaye, while Areobindus raided Arzanene. Sasanian weakness at this point is apparent by defections to the Byzantine side by the renegade Constantine, a certain Arab chief Adid, and the Armenian Mushlek. The Byzantines eventually captured Amida.[15][16]

Peace treaty

In the same year, an armistice was agreed as a result of an invasion of Armenia by the Huns from the Caucasus. Negotiations between the two powers took place, but such was the distrust that in 506 the Romans, suspecting treachery, seized the Persian officials; once released, the Persians preferred to stay in Nisibis.[17] In November 506, a treaty was finally agreed, but little is known of what the terms of the treaty were. Procopius states that peace was agreed for seven years, and it is likely that some payments were made to the Persians.[18] The Persians did not keep Byzantine territory and no annual tribute was paid so it seems the peace treaty was not harsh on the Byzantines.[19]

Aftermath

The Roman generals blamed many of their difficulties in this war on their lack of a major base in the immediate vicinity of the frontier, a role filled for the Persians by Nisibis (which until its secession in 363 had served the same purpose for the Romans), and in 505 Anastasius therefore ordered the building of a great fortified city at Dara. The dilapidated fortifications were also upgraded at Edessa, Batnae and Amida.[20]

Although no further large-scale conflict took place during Anastasius's reign, tensions continued, especially while work continued at Dara. This construction project was to become a key component of the Roman defenses, and also a lasting source of controversy with the Persians, who complained that its construction violated the treaty agreed in 422, by which both empires had agreed not to establish new fortifications in the frontier zone. Anastasius, however, pursued the project, deflecting Kavadh's complaints with money.[21] The Persians were in any case unable to stop the work, and the walls were completed by 507/508.[22]

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title: Anastasian War

question: Why did the Persian king, Kavadh I, invade Roman territories?

answer: The Byzantine Empire and the Sasanian Empire had peace for many years until 502. This disruption in peace happened when the Hephthalites threatened the Persian king, Kavadh I, to pay the substantial debts he owed them. At the time, the Persian kingdom was also experiencing a drought due to a change in the flow of River Tigris, causing drought and famine. Kavadh I had no choice but to turn to the Roman Emperor Anastasius I for help. Unfortunately, Anastasius I declined to help thus forcing Kavadh I to resort to war against the Romans.


text: It feels good to write. To get it all out, for my story must be said, even if no one will listen. I grew up in New York, in the sprawling metropolis at its height. The war was over, and the soldiers were home, well at least they appeared to be, but many of us soon found out their minds were still at war. I am the son of a soldier, a veteran of the war in Europe, one of many babies born shortly after the war. My childhood was fucking miserable. My dad left when i was 3, and I was left in the care of my alcoholic mother. She beat me relentlessly. I am an only child, and lived in a poverty-stricken neighborhood, and I was alone. I went to school, which was the highlight of my day, though the other kids ignored me, but I didn’t mind. Their was so much to learn, and I was good at that, memorizing pointless facts a spouting them back out, it was almost to easy. But my trials at home made up for my ease in school, as my mother sunk further into her self-destructive inferno, her punishments worsened. She blamed me for everything, for my father leaving, for her perpetual unemployment, for her alcoholism. She belted me, burned me, broke me, every day, but I still had school, so I survived. Once I reached middle school the other kids realized what I had known all along, that I was different. And they did what we were not-so-subtly taught, to fear what we can not understand, and fear so easily turns to hate. They didn’t get why I wanted to read books instead of play, because to them books were so boring. They didn’t get how I always knew the answer in class. So my torments bled from my home to my school, to my refuge, my only safe haven. It started out as simple exclusion, which didn’t bother me, I was used to being alone. Then came the names, then the fights. “fights” may not be what happened, but thats what was in the reports, on the detention slips. In high school, the suffering was unreating, for the others got bigger and stronger, whilst I seemed to only get smaller, weaker. But their was one final moment for me, one final catalyzing event that sealed my fate. A girl in my grade took her own life. She was like me, tormented, alone, and sad, and it wasn't fair. The others lived out their days, unbothered, unencumbered, free of the guilt they should have felt. It was their fault she was dead. So my sadness was replaced with a new feeling, rage. And it gave me purpose, meaning for the first time in my short, miserable life. I knew what I had to do. I had a purpose. So I took my dad’s pistol and headed off to school. And as I walked out that door for the final time I was sure of one thing. At least today wouldn't be boring.

title: A story

question: What's the story about?

answer: It's about a boy who grew up in an abusive and neglectful home and was constantly bullied at school. One day he decides to take the law into his own hands.

question: Who is the lady the narrator is referring to?

answer: A classmate of his that was also bullied and tormented by others.

question: Who is the narrator?

answer: A young boy who grew up with his abusive and alcoholic mother and without a father.

question: In which setting does this transpire?

answer: A family and school setting.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator grew up in New York. His dad was a veteran soldier that abandoned them when he was 3, and he was left in the care of his alcoholic and abusive mother. He's constantly abused and maltreated at home but performs exceptionally in school. Once he reaches middle school, the other kids begin bullying him due to him being different. The catalyzing moment comes when a girl that's also bullied takes her life. From then, he resolves to take the law into his hands, carrying his dad's pistol to school the next day.


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CARONPORT (2016 population: ) is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan within the Rural Municipality of Caron No. 162 and Census Division No. 7. The village is west of the City of Moose Jaw on the Trans-Canada Highway.

History

Caronport incorporated as a village on January 1, 1988.[1] It was named for the predecessor World War II British Commonwealth training base for pilots near the hamlet of Caron, i.e. Caron Airport. The airbase, RCAF Station Caron, operated from December 17, 1941 to January 14, 1944. Although the runways are now all defunct, the layout of the village was determined by the original runway placement.

Demographics

In the 2016 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, the Village of Caronport recorded a population of living in of its total private dwellings, a |994|1}} change from its 2011 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2016.[2] Caronport is the largest village in Saskatchewan by population.

In the 2011 Census of Population, the Village of Caronport recorded a population of , a |919|1}} change from its 2006 population of . With a land area of , it had a population density of in 2011.[3]

Caronport's population swells on a seasonal basis due to students enrolled at the Briercrest College and Seminary and the Briercrest Christian Academy.

Education

Briercrest College and Seminary

Briercrest College and Seminary is a private Christian post-secondary educational institution. It consists of a college and a seminary, both of whom offer Christian education. since 1963, every year in February, Briercrest has hosted a teen youth conference known as Youth Quake.

Briercrest Christian Academy

The Briercrest Christian Academy is a high school within the Christian faith. It offers small class sizes and opportunities for students to participate in athletics and the arts. It is operated by Briercrest College and Seminary and shares many of the same facilities as the college such as cafeteria, gymnasium, and chapel.

Caronport Elementary School

Caronport Elementary is a Kindergarten to Grade 8 school, with an enrollment of about 115 students, and is part of the Prairie South School Division.

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title: Caronport

question: What is Caronport?

answer: a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan

question: When was Caronport incorporated as a village?

answer: On January 1, 1988.

question: What was Caronport named after?

answer: For its predecessor World War II British Commonwealth training base for pilots near the hamlet of Caron.

question: Explain what occurs to Caronport's population.

answer: Population swells on a seasonal basis due to students enrolled at the Briercrest College and Seminary and the Briercrest Christian Academy.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Caronport is a village in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. Its population swells on a seasonal basis due to students enrolled.


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The MUSKAU HEATH (, Upper Sorbian: _Mužakowska hola_), is a natural region in Saxony that lies south of the town of Bad Muskau. It has an area of 400 square kilometres.[1]

Description

It is a gently rolling terraced region, much of it underlain by Miocene brown coal seams. The height of the terrain varies between 120 and 170 metres above sea level. The dunes, which were created by wind action about 10,000 years ago during the postglacial period of the Weichselian Ice Age, form the largest area of inland dunes in Germany.[2] Between Nochten and Rietschen they extend for about 30-40 kilometres. These dunes were oriented westwards by the prevailing west winds. Their southernmost point forms a sharp boundary with the natural region of the Upper Lusatian Heath and Pond Landscape. The uninitiated often do not recognise the dunes as such because of their vegetation.

In general, the region is dominated by dry and nutrient-poor sandy areas that are a long way above the groundwater table. There are gley, bog and anmoor or half-bog soils in the basins of the lowlands.

Climate

The climate of the Muskau Heath is weakly continental, with warm dry summers and long periods of fine weather, and cold winters. At 650 mm, the annual precipitation is relatively high compared with the dry regions of northwest Saxony, but the water quickly seeps through the sands and the risk of forest fires in this area is relatively high.

Flora

The potential natural vegetation consists of birch and oak and pine forests. Today, forestry has resulted in pine monocultures in many areas. Other areas, on the other hand, are ecologically still very valuable, as in the north-western part of the ancient forest of Weißwasser and the Trebendorf Wildlife Park.

Fauna

The heath is home to red deer, roe deer, fallow deer, wild boar and, more recently, wolves migrating from Poland. The numerous ponds offer habitats to water birds as well as otters, beavers, white-tailed eagles and ospreys.[3]

Ranges

The only military firing range in Saxony is located on Muskau Heath.[4]

[1] Wurlitzer, Bernd and Kerstin Sucher. _Sachsen_. Berlin: Trescher, 2013, pp. 353-354.

[2] _Wolfsregion Lausitz_ at www.wolf-sachsen.de. Retrieved 22 Dec 2016.

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title: Muskau Heath

question: What is the climate in Muskau Heath?

answer: The climate of the Muskau Heath is weakly continental, with warm dry summers and long periods of fine weather, and cold winters.

question: What is the annual precipitation in Muskau Heath?

answer: The annual precipitation in Muskau Heath is 650mm.

question: What kind of flora does Muskau Heath have?

answer: Birch and oak and pine forests.

question: What kind of fauna does Muskau Heath have?

answer: Red deer, roe deer, fallow deer, wild boar, wolves,  water birds, otters, beavers, white-tailed eagles, and ospreys.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Muskau Heath, a natural region in Saxony that lies south of the town of Bad Muskau, is dominated by dry and nutrient-poor sandy areas. It has a weakly continental climate. Its vegetation consists of birch and oak, and pine forests. The heath is home to red deer, roe deer, fallow deer, wild boar, wolves,  water birds, otters, beavers, white-tailed eagles, and ospreys.


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JEHANZEB JAMALDINI is a Pakistani politician and a member of Senate of Pakistan, affiliated with Balochistan National Party (BNP-M). Dr. Jehanzeb got his MBBS degree from Dow Medical College in 1978. He is Central Sceretary General of Balochistan National Party (Mengal).[1] He was elected from Balochistan on General Seat of Senate of Pakistan. His tenure is from March, 2015 to March, 2021.[2] He is currently chairperson of Committee on Committee on Rules of Procedure and Privileges.[3] He is also member of following standing committees.[4]

-   The Drafting Committee of the Committee of the Whole[5]
-   Business Advisory Committee[6]
-   The Performance of PIA
-   Bipartisan Special Oversight Committee
-   Ethics
-   Interior and Narcotics Control
-   Human Rights
-   Problem of Less Developed Areas
-   The Project of China-Pak Economic Corridor

His son Sangat Jamaldini died on 8th of August, 2016 in a blast in Civil Hospital Quetta.[7][8]

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title: Jehanzeb Jamaldini

question: Who is Jehanzeb Jamaldini?

answer: He is a Pakistani politician and a member of Senate of Pakistan, affiliated with Balochistan National Party.

question: How many standing committees is Jehanzeb Jamaldini a member of?

answer: He is a member of 9  standing committees.

question: Where did Jehanzeb Jamaldini get his MBBS degree from?

answer: He got his MBBS degree from Dow Medical College.

question: How did Jamaldini's son die?

answer: His son died in a blast in Civil Hospital Quetta.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article describes the political achievements of Jehanzeb Jamaldini, a Pakistani politician.


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In recent weeks there has been a relentless stream of output from modelling groups on the topic of Brexit - all of it negative. This has included long-term and short-term reports from not merely the Treasury but also CEP at LSE, PWC, Oxford Economics, the NIESR, the OECD and the IMF. The common element in the consensus outside EfB is that after Brexit, under the WTO option, the UK continues to maintain protectionist tariffs and other trade barriers against the rest of the world, including the EU. By contrast, EfB assumes unilateral free trade after leaving the EU.

What has emerged from considering all these approaches used by different modelling groups, is that they all assume post-Brexit, the pursuit of protectionist policies on imports by the UK. This reduction of the scope of free trade predictably would damage UK output and productivity whatever methodology is used.

The key difference in EfB is the use of the unilateral free trade assumption under which Brexit is a move towards free trade. This not only gives a long-term boost to output but also boosts the short-term outlook by the standard route of expectations; with suitable policies it can be generally popular and beneficial across all sectors. It also enables the UK to be strong in negotiations and take control of its own policy environment, independently of any actions by our EU neighbours. This in turn closes down short-term ‘policy uncertainty’, avoiding the ad hoc rises in credit and other financial costs. Thus the consensus has, in short, misrepresented the post-Brexit potential outlook quite seriously to UK voters in this referendum. It is the intention of EfB to bring this clearly to these voters’ attention.

question: What does EfB stand for?

answer: Not stated in the article.

question: Is there potential for the UK to do well economically after Brexit?

answer: The writer asserts that if it were to follow a unilateral free trade model then both short-term and long-term output would show an increase.

question: Were UK voters mislead before the referendum?

answer: In the bias of this article, yes.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: An article about the potential shortcomings of the economy in a post-Brexit Britain and how it was misrepresented before the referendum.