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 Monday, 7:00 am
The past couple of days have felt slightly... off. Although, I can't explain exactly what it feels like on paper. The best analogy I can possibly generate: everything just feels slightly tinted. The kind of tint that needs to be washed away. But how could this happen? I tried retracing steps countless times; yet nothing jumps out at me. It's the same as it's always been. I wake up at exactly 6:30 and let the alarm ring itself 10 times. I then walk over to the bathroom, making sure that I don't take any more or less than 10 steps to get there.

 I know, it seems strange so far but it's really not that bad. Afterwards, I take the towel off of the shower rod, unfold it; then refold it again and set it back on the shower rod. I routinely proceed to slide the shower curtain to the left, I then step into the shower, and slide the curtain back over to the right making sure to spread it out equally so that no water can escape. Now, I think this might be where everything went wrong. I pulled the shower handle outwards to turn the water on; then turned it all the way to the left. Except there was one thing that didn't fit the puzzle. What could it be though? I've been sitting here trying to figure it out for over 10 minutes now, I still can't put my finger on what it is. Anyways, it's almost 7:30 now; I should probably leave to go to work.

Monday, 5:30 pm

It all makes sense to me now, how could I have been so blind before? While I was walking my way to work; making sure to fit exactly 2 steps in every concrete square on the sidewalk, the solution had finally presented itself to me. It was that damned shower. I had forgotten to make sure that I turned the handle to the left until it clicked. I guess I must have just imagined that I turned it all the way. That makes perfect sense, and it also explains why the water had felt less scalding than it usually does. I'm such an idiot sometimes.
Well, I suppose there's no need for me to write about this anymore. I'm just glad that I can at last wash the tint away.

Tuesday, 7:00 am

No, this cannot be happening to me. The tint is still here. To make matters worse, I think the tint is darker than it was to start with. Maybe I'm just exaggerating, I don't even know what to do anymore. There isn't anything else that could have gone wrong besides the shower, I'm absolutely sure of it. After the shower, the only other part of the routine worth considering is getting dressed. For most people, choosing the right outfit for the day seems to be the hardest part of the morning. For me, it's the least methodical thing I do. Same black dress pants and blue dress shirt every single day. Oh, and of course the pen. I don't know if it's really worth mentioning, but before I walk out of the door I make sure to grab the pen off of the kitchen counter. I have an office job, so it comes in handy. I click it in and back out three times then put it on my dress shirt's chest pocket before leaving to go to work.

No, It's no use, none of those small routines could have been messed up. I'm now more scared than I've ever been before, and I can't help but think: what happens when the tint gets even darker?
I need to pull myself together, it's almost 7:30 now; I should probably leave to go to work.

Tuesday, 3:30 pm

My boss fired me today. He claims that I'm "Completely psychotic." It's strange, I don't know what made me drive the pen into his throat, but I'm so glad that I did. The smile has yet to leave my face. I can hardly believe it, I feel the tint starting to fade away.

P.S. To whomever finds this short journal, don't mind the blood on this last page.

I couldn't find any other pen to write with.

title: Tint

question: What causes the narrator to kill their boss?

answer: The narrator is mentally unsound and getting worse by the day. They are aware that there is a problem but seem incapable of fixing it. The boss has also seen the problem and fires the narrator, telling them that they are completely psychotic. The narrator reacts by stabbing the boss in the neck.

question: What did the narrator could be causing the tint?

answer: The narrator is does everything routinely from how many steps he takes to what he wears and how he folds and unfolds the bath towel. He goes through his daily routines one by one to make sure that he hasn't messed up because he thinks that this may be at the root of the problem. In the end, he rules out any mistake on his part. The tint starts to fade after he kills his boss.


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HARRINGTON is a township municipality in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada, part of the Argenteuil Regional County Municipality. It is located in the Laurentian Mountains, about north-west of Lachute.

Its population centres include Harrington, Lac-Keatley, Lakeview, Lost River, and Rivington.

Geography

Harrington is a land of lakes and rivers, stocked with abundant fish. The Rouge River is the main river flowing through it, and the largest lakes include Lake (Lac) MacDonald, Green Lake, and Lake Harrington, each attracting a large number summer cottage vacationers. Its territory has a characteristic appearance of the Laurentian region with dense forests, rising to an elevation of in the north-east, which is more than Mont Chauve which dominates Green Lake.[1][2]

The Lost River flows for some miles from a spring that disappears under a calcareous rock between Gate Lake and Fraser Lake.[3]

History

Harrington Township first appeared on the Gale and Duberger Map of 1795, but was not settled until 1830 when Scottish pioneers settled in the Lost River area in the east. In 1841, the township is officially established and in 1855, the township municipality was formed.[4]

It is believed that the name Harrington may be attributed to a location in England, however, the local post office was identified under the name of Rivington between 1878 and 1961.[5]

Demographics

thumb|upright=2|Buddhist Monastery of Tam Bao Son in the Township of Harrington Population trend:[6]

-   Population in 2011: 853 (2006 to 2011 population change: 9.8%)
-   Population in 2006: 777 (2001 to 2006 population change: -1.0%)
-   Population in 2001: 785
-   Population in 1996: 730
-   Population in 1991: 729

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents: 436 (total dwellings: 1,361)

Mother tongue:[7]

-   English as first language: 52.6%
-   French as first language: 40.4%
-   English and French as first language: 2.4%
-   Other as first language: 5.6%

Education

The Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord operates French-language public schools.[8]

-   École polyvalente Lavigne in Lachute

Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board operates English-language schools:

-   Arundel Elementary School in Arundel serves a portion[9]
-   Laurentian Elementary School in Lachute serves a portion[10]
-   Grenville Elementary School in Grenville serves a portion[11]
-   Laurentian Regional High School in Lachute[12]

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[6] Statistics Canada: 1996, 2001, 2006, 2011 census

[7] Harrington Census Prolife 2011

[8] “Trouver une école ou un centre.” Commission scolaire de la Rivière-du-Nord. Retrieved on September 24, 2017. For attendance boundary information, click “Par bassin d'école”

[9] “Arundel Elementary Zone.” Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.

[10] “LAURENTIAN ELEMENTARY ZONE.” Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 16, 2017.

[11] “About Us.” Grenville Elementary School. Retrieved on September 17, 2017.

[12] “LAURENTIAN REGIONAL HS ZONE.” Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board. Retrieved on September 4, 2017.

title: Harrington, Quebec

question: What makes Harrington unique when compared to other territories in the Laurentian region?

answer:
Harrington is a township in the Laurentides region of Quebec, Canada. The township was first seen on the Gale and Duberger Map of 1795 but had no one living in it until 1830 when some Scottish pioneers settled near the Lost River.

Harrington has lots of lakes and rivers, especially when compared to other townships in the Laurentian region. Its lakes are full of fish with the largest of the lakes being Lake MacDonald, Green Lake, and Lake Harrington.


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The INDIAN 2-RUPEE COIN is a denomination of the Indian rupee. The 2 rupee coin was introduced in India in 1982. Until then, the Rs.2 was in circulation in banknotes. The old Rs.2 coin was minted with cupro-nickel metal. The new Rs.2 coin was minted in ferritic stainless steel.

Features

Old Rs.2

-   The old Rs.2 coin was of 26mm diameter.
-   The weight of the coin is 6 grams.
-   The shape is eleven-sided (hendecagonal) or cornered.[1]

Rs.2 coin (no rupee sign)

-   The Rs.2 coin (no rupee sign) is of 27mm diameter.
-   The weight of the coin is 5.62 grams.
-   The shape is circular.

Rs.2 coin (new rupee sign)

-   The Rs.2 coin (new rupee sign) is of 25mm diameter.
-   The weight of the coin is 4.5 grams.
-   The shape is circular.

[1] https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/ic_coins_5.aspx#2

title: Indian 2-rupee coin

question: When was the 2 rupee coin introduced?

answer: The 2 rupee coin was introduced in 1982.

question: What metal composition did the old 2 rupee coin have?

answer: The old 2 rupee coins were made of a cupro-nickel metal.

question: What are the new 2 rupee coins made of?

answer: The new 2 rupee coins are made of ferritic stainless steel.

question: What shape was the old 2 rupee coin?

answer: The old 2 rupee coin was eleven sided, or hendecagonal.

question: How much does the new 2 rupee coin, with no rupee sign, weigh?

answer: The new 2 rupee coin, with no rupee sign, weighs 5.62 grams.

question: What is the diameter of the new 2 rupee coin, with the new rupee sign?

answer: The new 2 rupee coin, with the new rupee sign has a diameter of 25 mm.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The 2 rupee coin was introduced in 1982. Before that they were available as banknotes. There have been several versions of the 2 rupee coin. The old design was made of a cupro-nickel metal, and was eleven sided. Newer designs are made of ferritic stainless steel and are circular.


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RAO NARBIR SINGH is a politician and a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party.[1] He is an active social and political reformer. Currently, he is Vice-President, BJP, Haryana and was Cabinet Minister(2014–19), Government of Haryana for Department of Public Works (B&R), Haryana[2] and Department of Public Health Engineering (Water Supply and Sanitation), Haryana. He won as BJP candidate from Badshahpur constituency during the 2014 Haryana Legislative Assembly election.[3]

Early life

Mr. Singh was born in Rewari which was a city in South Punjab (now in Haryana) on 2 April 1961. Mr. Singh is a grand son of Rao Mohar Singh who was an M.L.C in Punjab state before partition of India and Pakistan in 1942. His father Rao Mahavir Singh was also a former cabinet Minister in the State of Haryana

Political career

He has successfully contested Legislative elections from Jatusana (Haryana) in 1987 and Sohna (Haryana) in 1996. He has previously held the portfolios of State Home Minister in 1987 and Transport, Food & Supply and Cooperation Minister in 1996 in the Government of Haryana. He became the youngest elected representative in the country to hold the office of State Home Ministry at age 26. He also had additional charge of Sports and Printing & Stationery ministry in 1996. He unsuccessfully contested Lok Sabha election from Gurgaon in 2009.

Career graph

-   1982 – Director, Central Cooperative Bank, Gurgaon
-   1983 – Sarpanch, Village Gairatpur Bass
-   1984 – Chairman, Market Committee, Sohna
-   1987 – MLA (Jatusana constituency)
-   1987 – State Home Minister, Government of Haryana youngest minister at age of 25 which is record and hold till now
-   1996 – MLA (Sohna constituency)
-   1996 – Food & Civil Supplies, Transport and Cooperative Minister, Government of Haryana[4]
-   2014 onward – Chairman, Rao Mohar Singh College of Education, Behrampur[5]
-   2014 onward - Vice President, BJP Haryana.
-   2014 - Cabinet Minister, Government of Haryana for Department of Public Works (B&R), Haryana Official website and Department of Public Health Engineering (Water Supply and Sanitation), Haryana[6]

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[2]  Directorate of Information, Public Relations & Languages, Government of Haryana|website=www.prharyana.gov.in|access-date=2019-03-31}}

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title: Rao Narbir Singh

question: Who is Rao Narbir Singh?

answer: He is a politician and a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). He is an active social and political reformer. He is currently the Vice President of BJP Haryana.

question: What government positions has Singh held in Haryana?

answer: He was Cabinet Minister from 2014 to 2019 for the Government of Haryana, serving in the Department of Public Works (B&R) and Department of Public Health Engineering (Water Supply and Sanitation).

question: Summarize everything relating to Singh's father and grandfather.

answer: Singh is a grandson of Rao Mohar Singh who was an M.L.C in Punjab state before the partition of India and Pakistan in 1942. His father Rao Mahavir Singh was also a former cabinet minister in the State of Haryana.

question: What year did Singh start his political career?

answer: His political career started in 1987 when he successfully contested Legislative elections from Jatusana.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: Rao Narbir Singh is a politician and a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP). He is an active social and political reformer. He is currently the Vice President of BJP Haryana. His political career started in 1987 when he successfully contested Legislative elections from Jatusana. Singh is the grandson of Rao Mohar Singh, an M.L.C in Punjab state before the partition of India and Pakistan. His father is Rao Mahavir Singh, a former cabinet minister in the State of Haryana.


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BY ANDREW WALKER
BBC World Service economics correspondent

A SLUMP IN CHINESE SHARES HAS PROMPTED STOCK MARKETS ACROSS ASIA, EUROPE AND THE US TO FALL SHARPLY. WHY IS THIS SO SIGNIFICANT?

What's behind the fall in China?

The wider story is that China's economic growth is slowing and there are concerns that the transition to a slower and more sustainable rate of growth might be disruptive.

That was true of the period of several weeks of volatility the market experienced after it peaked in June last year.

It's true this time too and the link is perhaps rather more direct now.

Why? Because the immediate sparks for the latest bout of instability were warning signs about the wider economy.

The first day when trading was suspended, figures showing a continued decline in manufacturing were one of the factors that set things rolling downhill. On the second day of suspension it was the sliding currency which raised concerns about whether it was a sign that the economy was slowing down more sharply than thought.

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What does this mean for the rest of the world?

The direct financial impact of lower share prices in China is moderate. There is not enough foreign investment in the Chinese market for it to be a major problem. The London consultancy Capital Economics has said foreigners own just 2% of shares

The issue is more about whether the financial turbulence shines a light on wider issues about the economic slowdown in China: is the economy heading for what's called a "hard landing", too sharp a slowdown?

China is now such a big force in the global economy that it would inevitably affect the rest of the world. It is the second largest economy and the second largest importer of both goods and commercial services.

It's not just stocks.

The prices of many commodities have been affected, notably crude oil. It's not just about China, for sure. Abundant supplies have been every bit as important in the oil market in the last eighteen months. But China's problems have been a significant factor adding further downward pressure to the price of crude oil. The price of Brent crude has fallen by about half since mid-June, when the first stage of the Chinese stock market slide began.

China is such a large buyer of industrial commodities that the possibility of lower-than-expected sales to the country has also undermined the prices of copper and aluminium, for example.

Gold has gained ground a little this week. It is seen by many as a safe investment, protection against both inflation and more general financial instability.

There is certainly a possibility of that kind of "safe haven" effect in other markets if the Chinese stock price falls make investors more wary about risks. In the currency markets, the most likely candidates are the yen and the Swiss franc. The dollar could also be affected, though the US currency already has a strong tailwind from the Federal Reserve's interest rate policy. The Fed started to raise rates last month and that has been encouraging investors to buy dollars. But it's a bit early to draw any firm conclusions.

Some of the currencies that investors might sell if they become more risk averse have shown some impact. Turkey, Brazil and South Africa all have problems of their own and their currencies have weakened in the last few days.

There is also some sign this week of investors putting money into safe government bonds or debts, those seen as having negligible risks of default, such as the US, Germany, the UK and Switzerland.

What about ordinary Chinese people?

Those who have borrowed money to buy shares in the last year have already been hit very hard. But most people don't own shares - only one person in 30 does, according to Capital Economics.

For most Chinese the wider issue is about the health of the country's economy. If China manages a smooth transition to a slower and more sustainable growth rate, it is likely to still be fast enough to generate rising living standards for most people. A more disruptive slowdown would mean many business failures and job losses.

What might the Chinese authorities do next?

They have several options to stimulate the economy which can affect the stock markets. They could cut interest rates, they could relax the rules on bank lending or they could increase spending. They could also encourage the currency, the yuan, to fall further to stimulate exports. There are problems with these options. Anything that encourages more lending could mean more distressed borrowers in the future. A falling currency has already fed into the stock market drama.

In addition the authorities have taken steps more specifically targeted on the stock market. They have extended restrictions on large investors selling shares. State investment funds have been buying shares. These measures can have an impact but they are unlikely to provide a definitive solution.

How worried should we be?

Views vary about how healthy the Chinese economy is. Capital Economics have been consistently relatively upbeat about China and they said in a note to clients this week:

"We continue to believe that growth is more likely to pick up than weaken over coming months."

But the investor George Soros is more gloomy, telling an economic forum in Sri Lanka:

"China has a major adjustment problem. I would say it amounts to a crisis. When I look at the financial markets there is a serious challenge which reminds me of the crisis we had in 2008."

A crisis there would be serious for the rest of the world, particularly countries and firms that export to China.

question: What does the text say about why Chinese stocks are falling?

answer: China's economic growth in general is slowing and there are concerns that the transition to a slower, more sustainable growth rate might be disruptive. In the first two days after trading was suspended, figures showed a continued decline in manufacturing and in the currency value, which is sparking concerns about the stability of the economy at large.

question: What does the text say about the effects of the slump on ordinary Chinese people?

answer: Only 1 in 30 Chinese people own shares, so the direct impact should be rather small, however those who have borrowed money to buy shares have already been hit hard. The more pressing concern of most Chinese people is the health of the economy as a whole. However, even as the economy transitions to a slower growth rate, it is predicted to still be fast enough to produce rising living standards for most people.

question: What does the text say about the impact on the world outside of China?

answer: The direct impact of the stock market slump is likely to be small outside of China, as Capital Economics claims that foreigners own only 2% of shares. The bigger concern is whether the slump is indicative that China's economy is in for a "hard landing," which would have a significant impact on the rest of the world, as China is the second largest importer of both goods and commercial services. Capital Economics is optimistic about China's economy, but George Soros has described the situation as a "crisis."


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SIR KEITH JACKA HOLYOAKE, (; 11 February 1904 – 8 December 1983) was the 26th Prime Minister of New Zealand, serving for a brief period in 1957 and then from 1960 to 1972, and also the 13th Governor-General of New Zealand, serving from 1977 to 1980. He is the only New Zealand politician to date to have held both positions.

Holyoake was born near Pahiatua in the Wairarapa region. He left formal education at age 12 to help on the family farm. Before entering politics, he was active in various local farming associations. Holyoake was first elected to Parliament in 1932, representing the conservative Reform Party. He played an instrumental role in the formation of the National Party in 1936. He lost his seat two years later but was earmarked for the safe seat of Pahiatua, which he held from 1943. Following National's first election victory, Holyoake entered Cabinet in 1949. In 1954, he was appointed the first Deputy Prime Minister of New Zealand, under Sidney Holland. Holyoake became Leader of the National Party and Prime Minister two months before the , after Holland's resignation due to ill health. Following an election defeat, he served as the Leader of the Opposition for three years before National returned to power in 1960.

Holyoake's government rewrote the criminal legal code, passing the Crimes Act 1961. One of the main features of this act was the abolition of capital punishment, though only ten National MPs voted for its abolition. Among many conservative reforms, his government introduced a form of “voluntary unionism”. In foreign policy, Holyoake supported the United States and sent troops to Vietnam. Holyoake led his party to four consecutive election victories (not since surpassed). In 1972, he resigned as Prime Minister to ease the succession for his deputy and friend, Jack Marshall.

In 1977, the National government of Robert Muldoon appointed Holyoake as governor-general, creating controversy as opponents argued that a former politician should not hold the non-partisan position. Holyoake's term was limited to three years, not the normal five. In 1980, he became a Knight of the Order of the Garter, a rare honour.[1]

Holyoake is to date the third longest serving New Zealand prime minister (just under 12 years), surpassed only by Richard Seddon's 13 years and William Massey's close to 13 years; he was also the first to be born in the 20th century.[2] Holyoake was known for his diplomatic style and “plummy” voice. He was also fondly (or mockingly) known as _Kiwi Keith_, a name given to him in childhood to distinguish him from an Australian cousin with the same name.[3]

Early life

Holyoake was born at Mangamutu,[4] a short distance from Pahiatua, a town in New Zealand's Wairarapa region, the son of Henry Victor Holyoake and Esther Eves.[5] Holyoake's great-grandparents, Richard and Eliza Holyoake, settled at Riwaka near Motueka in 1843, and his maternal great-grandparents, William and Sarah Eves, arrived in Nelson in 1842. Relatives of the 19th-century secularist George Holyoake,[6] the Holyoakes ran a small general store at Mangamutu, and then lived for a time in both Hastings and Tauranga, before settling on the family farm at Riwaka, following the death of Holyoake's grandfather in 1913.[7]

Holyoake was raised in the Plymouth Brethren church, and his social life as a child was very restricted. At age 12, having left school after his father's death, Holyoake worked on the family hop and tobacco farm in Riwaka. His mother had trained as a school teacher, and continued his education at home. After taking over the management of the farm, he became involved in various local farming associations, something that increased his interest in politics.[8]

Early political career

[Holyoake in 1933, age 29] The Reform Party, which had strong rural support, selected Holyoake as its candidate for the Motueka seat in the . The incumbent MP, George Black, held the seat, but died the following year. Holyoake was the Reform Party's candidate in the resulting by-election in 1932, and was successful. He became the youngest Member of Parliament at the time, at the age of 28.[9] In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[10]

In the , Holyoake retained his seat under the motto “Follow England and Vote Holyoake”[11] despite a massive swing against the United–Reform Coalition. In the aftermath of this election, he played a key role in transforming the coalition into the modern National Party. He very quickly gained considerable respect from his colleagues, and was regarded as a rising star in the new party. The 1937 electoral redistribution was unfavourable for him and when the boundary changes applied at the , Holyoake lost his seat to a rising star of the governing Labour Party, Jerry Skinner. Holyoake had been discussed as a possible successor to the party's conscientious but lack-lustre leader, Adam Hamilton, but without being an MP, this was no longer considered an option.

In 1943 he returned to Parliament as MP for Pahiatua, having been lined up by National for that nomination. In 1946, he became the party's deputy Leader.[12]

First National Government: 1949–1957

National won the and formed the First National Government, new Prime Minister Sidney Holland appointed Holyoake as Minister of Agriculture. Holyoake was also for a year (1949–50) in charge of the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, and was Minister of Marketing until the department was abolished in 1953.[13]

As Minister of Agriculture for eight years Holyoake enhanced his reputation as a level-headed good administrator. Farm mechanisation was encouraged, the “extermination policy” achieved nearly eliminated the rabbit pest. Dismantling of marketing producer controls was completed.[14]

Holyoake twice went to London to re-negotiate price levels on meat and wool products,[15] and in 1955 attended the Food and Agricultural Organisation conference in Rome. On his return to New Zealand he visited India and the Soviet Union to seek alternative markets for New Zealand, although his trip bore little fruit.[16] In 1957 he led a delegation seeking to protect New Zealand's access to the British market without notable success.[17]

As Deputy leader of the National Party, Holyoake was acting prime minister whenever Holland was overseas. In recognition of this was made a member of the Privy Council in 1954, only after the Holland made him the first person to be formally appointed Deputy Prime Minister.[18]

First period as prime minister

[Holyoake (right) congratulating Walter Nash on Labour's victory in the 1957 election] Holyoake became Prime Minister two months before the , when outgoing Prime Minister Sidney Holland retired due to ill-health, and also became Minister of Māori Affairs on the retirement of Ernest Corbett. The election was won by the Walter Nash-led Labour Party by a margin of one seat. Holyoake became Leader of the Opposition for the next three years.

Second National Government: 1960–1972

[Prime Minister-elect Holyoake leaving Parliament Buildings with the Clerk of the Executive Council, on the way to Government House. Photographed on 12 December 1960 by an _Evening Post_ staff photographer.]

In the , the National Party returned to power and formed the Second National Government. Historians attribute the victory to Holyoake's skilful campaigning, particularly his attacks on Minister of Finance Arnold Nordmeyer's so-called “Black Budget” of 1958, which had increased taxes on petrol, cigarettes and liquor.[19]

Second period as prime minister

The Holyoake government implemented numerous reforms of the public services and government institutions: for example, it created the Office of the Ombudsman and numerous quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisations, and strengthened parliamentary scrutiny of the executive.[20] Public broadcasting was removed from direct government oversight and placed under corporation control.[21] Holyoake's government rewrote the criminal legal code, passing the Crimes Act 1961; the Act abolished capital punishment, though only ten National MPs voted for its abolition. In 1969, the Security Intelligence Service (SIS) was formally acknowledged to exist, and its minister, the prime minister, publicly acknowledged. That same year the New Zealand Parliament passed an Act covering the agency's functions and responsibilities: the _New Zealand Security Intelligence Service Act_.[22]

In 1960, the Holyoake government published the “Hunn Report”, a wide-ranging summary of Māori assets, and the state of Māori in New Zealand at the time.[23] The report was a damning indictment of past governments' neglect of Māori within society, and Holyoake endeavoured to act on its findings. By embracing the _No Maoris – No Tour_ cause, Holyoake ended the practice of an apartheid sporting body dictating the racial composition of New Zealand rugby teams touring in South Africa.[24] In a 1966 speech directed at the South African authorities, Holyoake delicately defended the principle of racial equality, stating “in this country we are one people; as such we cannot as a nation be truly represented in any sphere by a group chosen on racial lines”.[25][26]

Holyoake accepted the post-war consensus. He believed in the necessity of a mixed economy, championing a Keynesian strategy of public investment to maintain demand and pursuing corporatist policies. However, as an anti-socialist, Holyoake sought to reduce the role of trade unions in industrial relations. The National government introduced a form of voluntary unionism,[27] though the majority of industrial workplaces remained unionised; the policy was hotly debated within caucus, with Holyoake's deputy, Jack Marshall, and Tom Shand, favouring the retention of compulsory unionism. His government's industrial policy brought Holyoake into conflict with union leaders, such as Fintan Patrick Walsh.

Holyoake's government was comfortably re-elected for a second consecutive term in 1963. Holyoake's second term featured by a long period of prosperity and economic expansion. However, moves by the United Kingdom to join the European Economic Community challenged his government.[28] Holyoake deliberately played down the issue, and chose not to vocally oppose British membership of the EEC. A significant step towards diversification was a limited free trade agreement with Australia, negotiated in 1965 by Holyoake's minister of overseas trade, Jack Marshall, who later also negotiated the terms of the arrangements for New Zealand under which Britain joined the EEC.[29]

[Holyoake (fifth from the left) at a meeting of SEATO allies, outside the Old Legislative Building in Manila, Philippines on 24 October 1966.] More controversial were the Holyoake government's relations with the United States at the start of the Vietnam War. The National government's initial response was carefully considered and characterised by Holyoake's cautiousness towards the entire Vietnam question. The fundamental issues, Holyoake said, were simple: “Whose will is to prevail in South Vietnam the imposed will of the North Vietnamese communists and their agents, or the freely expressed will of the people of South Vietnam?”[30] His government preferred minimal involvement, with other South East Asian deployments already having a strain on the New Zealand Defence Force. New Zealand's alliance with the United States was an issue in the , which the National Party won on the back of.[31]

Beginning in mid-1960s, the New Zealand government protested against French nuclear weapons testing in the Pacific region.[32] In 1963, Holyoake announced the policy of banning the storage or testing of nuclear weapons within New Zealand territory.[33]

As the prime minister during the Apollo 11 moon landing, he contributed to messages from 73 world leaders that were etched into a silicon disk left on the surface of the moon. The disk was left in the Sea of Tranquility by Buzz Aldrin.[34]

Holyoake led his party to a narrow and unexpected victory in the . Holyoake appointed a rising backbencher, Robert Muldoon as Minister of Finance in 1967, although ranked him lowly in his Cabinet. In response to falling wool prices and balance of payment problems, Muldoon introduced mini-budgets with Holyoake's approval.[35]

The National government was humiliated in early 1970 in a disastrous by-election.[36] Having already received the customary Companion of Honour, Holyoake was knighted as a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George in the 1970 Queen's Birthday Honours.[37] Political commentators speculated about when Holyoake would retire, and by the early 1970s his closest allies, including Jack Marshall, were privately encouraging him to step down. The government was perceived as careworn—two of its strongest ministers had died, and the party caucus was increasingly divided. After more than a decade in power, Holyoake's dogged conservatism appeared out of touch with an increasingly liberal society. However, it was not until 1972 that he resigned to ease the succession for Marshall. By then he had become the senior statesman of the Commonwealth. Holyoake remained in Cabinet as Minister of Foreign Affairs until National lost office at the end of the year.[38]

Retirement

When National under Marshall was defeated, Holyoake remained prominent in opposition. He played an active part in the campaign for the , which saw National regain power again under Robert Muldoon. Muldoon appointed Holyoake to the specially-created sinecure of Minister of State.[39]

Governor-general

[A statue of Holyoake outside the State Services Commission, Molesworth Street, Wellington] In 1977, Holyoake was unexpectedly and controversially appointed Governor-General of New Zealand by Queen Elizabeth II on the advice of the then Prime Minister Robert Muldoon. The announcement was made by the Queen at the end of her tour of New Zealand on 7 March 1977, from the Royal Yacht HMY _Britannia_ in Lyttelton Harbour.

This choice was deemed controversial by some, as Holyoake was a sitting Cabinet minister and a former prime minister. Many opponents of Muldoon's government claimed that it was a political appointment. The Leader of the Opposition, Bill Rowling (himself a former prime minister) stated that he would remove Holyoake as governor-general if the Labour Party won the , and openly suggested that he would have appointed Sir Edmund Hillary as governor-general.[40] That suggestion was, in turn, criticised by the government, as Hillary had backed Labour in 1975 as part of the “Citizens for Rowling” campaign.[41]

As a result of the appointment, Holyoake resigned from Parliament, leading to the Pahiatua by-election of 1977. He was succeeded from his seat by John Falloon.

Holyoake's conduct while in office, however, was acknowledged to be fair and balanced. In particular, Holyoake refused to comment on the 1978 general election, which gave Labour a narrow plurality of votes but a majority of seats in parliament to National. Social Credit leader Bruce Beetham said Holyoake as governor-general had “...a scrupulous impartiality that confounded the critics of his appointment”.[42] His term as governor-general was only for three years, on account of his age. Usually, governors-general serve for five years, but Holyoake was the oldest governor-general to date (at 73 years old). His term ended in 1980.

Death

Holyoake died on 8 December 1983, aged 79, in Wellington. His state funeral took place on 13 December 1983 in Wellington Cathedral of St Paul.[43]

Personal life

Holyoake twice married Norma Janet Ingram: first in a civil ceremony on 24 September 1934, and again on 11 January 1935 at their Presbyterian church in Motueka. The couple had five children: two sons and three daughters.[44] His daughter Diane married National MP Ken Comber.[45] In the 1980 Queen's Birthday Honours, Norma, Lady Holyoake, was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George, for public services since 1935.[46]

Decorations, awards and memberships

-   Member of Her Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council (PC), 1954 New Years Honours List
-   Freeman of the City of London
-   Doctor of Laws, Honoris Causa, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
-   Doctor of Laws (Agric), Honoris Causa, Seoul National University, South Korea
-   Member of the Order of the Companions of Honour (CH), 1963 New Years Honours List
-   Knight of the Most Venerable Order of St John of Jerusalem (KStJ)
-   Knight Grand Cross of the Order of St Michael and St George (GCMG), 1970
-   Companion of the Queen's Service Order
-   Knight of the Order of the Garter (KG), 1980

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title: Keith Holyoake

question: What was the most significant position held by Holyoake?

answer: Prime Minister of New Zealand and Governor-General of New Zealand. Both are the highest positions in the country, but they are separate and neither is definitively higher than the other.

question: How long did Holyoake live?

answer: Approximately 79 years.

question: Describe common themes in Holyoake’s projects.

answer: Holyoake prioritized economic development in the popular Keynesian style of the time, which encouraged corporate involvement in public works.

question: What is the general/public consensus on Holyoake?

answer: Being elected as Prime Minister for two terms after serving as acting PM indicates he was regarded as competent, and probably charismatic. He was respected for his level-headedness. His government's anti-socialist policy during a time of prosperity for the country was well-received, for the most part.


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Good morning beautiful, what a wonderful day outside its been. Oh how the trees sway and the children play. To feel the wind upon my face, instead of this warm embrace. Life is so wonderful here with you, to show its true, I keep staring deep into those eyes I get lost in the mask you see. If it wasn't such an imposition maybe we could host an intervention for this hour glass is slipping...

"No one ever tells you that forever looks like home inside your head"

The paintings on the walls are nice, they hide the fist shape holes inside. I erect a statue, a Picasso of sorts to express all that I am. Even Hellen Keller could tell its not quite right but you love it anyway the same way you do when the kids bring a drawing home for the fridge.  So we put on the mantle next to the urn, proudly for all to witness. Such a life so great as this only comes once in awhile. Our song fills this place, the echoing grows louder throughout this house even from the floorboards. As the breeze starts to grow and the house goes the way of Jericho.

The green grass rolls on for miles wind in my face now longing for her embrace.  Isn't it a good morning, beautiful?

title: Good Morning Beautiful

question: Who is the author addressing as "beautiful?"

answer: The text doesn't say but mildly implies it may be the author's lover.

question: How does Hellen Keller fit into this text?

answer: Something is so obvious to the author that even she could see it (she was blind.)

question: Is this text the lyrics to a song?

answer: Can't say for sure but it seems like it is.

question: What does "the house goes the way of Jericho" mean?

answer: In the text, a breeze grows, and "the house goes the way of Jericho" seems to be another way to say that it falls down as a result (like the ancient city).

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This text seems like it could be song lyrics addressed from one lover to another. There is some kind of appreciation woven into the lyrics from the author to the person addressed as "beautiful."


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The SAMARGA () is the northernmost river in the Primorsky Krai territory in the far eastern part of Russia. It is long, and has a drainage basin of ,[1] making it the largest coastal river in the northern Sikhote-Alin mountain range. It flows into the Sea of Japan. The river system is a unique and relatively untouched centre of biodiversity in the Eastern Sikhote–Alin mountains because it is in a remote and mountainous region.

Location

The river is located in the northeast Primorsky territory of Russia. The northern and western boundaries of the river's watershed form the border between Primorsky territory and Khabarovsk territory. It confluences into the Sea of Japan at Samarga, a small town on the coast of the sea. In the estuary on the sea side, there is a kind of blind creek named the “Samrga duct” which extends for about .

Tributaries and watershed

Numerous small tributaries form a dense and extensive network in the watershed of the river.

The major left-hand tributaries of the Samarga, facing downstream, are: the Perepadnaya ( long), the Dagdy (), the Moi (), the Isimi (), and the Agzu ().[2] The Sobu, Zova, Dzolu, Kalashnikov, Takhalo, and Kipreinyi, among others, are minor tributaries.

The major right-hand tributaries are: the Pukhi ( long), the Kuksi (), and the Bolshaya Sokhatka ().[3] The Bugu, Zaami, and Unty are minor tributaries.

The Samarga’s average discharge is between per second. Its catchment area is around .[4] The length of the watershed boundary is . Floods are common in the summer and autumn.

Fish

The Samarga watershed is so far the only place in the Primorsky territory with very high fish biodiversity and high natural fish productivity. The diversity of habitats provides for a wide variety of fish species.

A wide variety of fish, nearly 20 species –such as pink salmon, masu salmon, chum salmon, cherry salmon, Dolly Varden, white-spotted char, and grayling salmon – are abundant in the river and its tributaries. The river basin is also home to the largest population of a rare salmonid species – Sakhalin taimen. The Anadromous salmon (pink, masu, chum, and the less abundant coho) comprise a substantial part of the river biomass. The pink salmon stock is the largest, comprising 10% of the total population of pink salmon of the Russian mainland Sea of Japan coast. Masu salmon stocks rank second after pinks, and char are fairly abundant.

The production topography of the Samarga is also very interesting. The lowest part of the river – from Unty Creek to the river mouth – is a zone of pink salmon, chum, rainbow smelt, and grayling salmon. The middle part of the river – from Zova Creek to Unty Creek – is an area of pink salmon, adult masu, taimen, lenok, and grayling salmon. The upper reaches of the river – upstream from Zova Creek – are home to juvenile masu, taimen, and grayling salmon.

Ecosystem

The Samarga basin is a unique ecosystem comprising many rare species of fora and fauna, including Japanese yew, ginseng, Amur tiger, Himalayan bear, Amur mountain goral, Gould’s merganser, and Blakiston's fish owl.

Rare plant species listed as endangered found in the Samarga watershed include: Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata Siebold et Zucc. ex Endl.), woodland peony (Peonia obovata Maxim), ladyslippers (Cypripedium macranthon Sw., C. calceolus L., C. guttatum Sw.), two-rowed and candlestick lilies (Lilium distichum Nakai, L. pensylvanicum Ker-Gawl), Palibin’s edelweiss (Leontopodium palibinianum Beauv), and false juniper (Microbiota decussata Kom), among others.

Resources and economy

The Samarga basin is very rich in timber, metals, and hunting and fishing resources, but because it is in an extremely remote and mountainous region, with harsh climatic conditions, the accessibility and extraction of the natural resources in this river system is very poor.

There are currently four small towns in the area: Yedinka, Peretychikha, Samarga and Agzu in the watersheds of the Yedinka and Samarga. According to the 2001 Census, the total population in the riverine watersheds is about 800 people, representing various ethnic groups. Out of this number, 140 belong to the Udege people, an indigenous ethnic group. The present-day Udege population of the basin lives primarily in one village – Agzu – while the residents of the remaining three towns are largely of Slavic origin. Almost the entire people of the river system is actively involved in fishing – pink salmon and Dolly Vardena only.

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title: Samarga

question: What is unique about the Samarga river?

answer: It is the northernmost river in the far eastern part of Russia and has relatively untouched biodiversity because of its remote location.

question: Which sea does Samarga confluences into?

answer: It confluences into the Sea of Japan.

question: What is the level of biodiversity for fish around the Samarga watershed?

answer: It has a high level of fish biodiversity and high natural fish productivity - nearly 20 species.

question: What is unique about the fauna found around the Samarga?

answer: The Samarga has rare plant species that are listed as endangered - Japanese yew, woodland peony, and false juniper among others.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer:
The Samarga is the northernmost river in the far eastern part of Russia. It confluences into the sea of Japan at Samarga, a small town on the sea coast. The Samarga river contains wide fish biodiversity - nearly 20 species such as the pink salmon, grayling salmon, Dolly Varden, etc

The Samarga basin also has a large variety of flora and fauna including rich deposits of minerals, timber and metals. However, a lot of these resources are inaccessible because of the harsh climatic conditions and the remoteness of the area.


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OKAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY was a private university in Dania Beach, Florida, offering bachelor's and master's degree programs.

History

OIU was founded in 2015. Its main campus is in Dania Beach, Florida, just north of Miami.

Curricula

Okan International University (OIU) offers bachelor's and master's degree programs.

-   B.A. – Business Management
-   B.A. – Healthcare Management
-   B.A. – Hospitality and Tourism Management
-   M.B.A. – Master of Business Management
-   M.A. – Healthcare Management
-   M.A. – Hospitality and Tourism Management

Accreditation

OIU is licensed by Florida Department of Education.[1]

OIU is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges, Alexandria, VA. meeting the requirements of the U.S. Department of Education and SEVIS administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

Okan is a member of the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges.[2]

In July 2017, Okan International University applied to the Florida Board of Nursing for LPN/RN, Bachelors of Nursing and Masters of Nursing Degree Programs.

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title: Okan International University

question: How many degrees does OIU offer?

answer: Six

question: How many students are enrolled at OIU?

answer: There is insufficient information to answer the question.

question: Describe OIU's accreditation?

answer: OIU is licensed by Florida Department of Education. OIU is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges, Alexandria, VA. meeting the requirements of the U.S. Department of Education and SEVIS administered by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Okan is a member of the Florida Association of Postsecondary Schools and Colleges. In July 2017, Okan International University applied to the Florida Board of Nursing for LPN/RN, Bachelors of Nursing and Masters of Nursing Degree Programs.

question: Who are some well-known faculty at OIU?

answer: There is insufficient information to answer the question.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article introduces Okan International University. It describes its programming and its accreditation


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KLONDIKE HILL is a summit in southern St. Francois County in the U.S. state of Missouri. The summit has an elevation of .[1] The broad hill lies about three miles southeast of Doe Run and Doe Run Creek flows past its north and east sides to enter the St. Francis River just southeast of the hill. Wachita Mountain lies adjacent to the southwest. Missouri Route AA traverses across the hill from northeast to southwest.[2]

Klondike Hill takes its name from Klondike, Yukon, since this area of St. Francois County was also a mining center.[3]

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title: Klondike Hill

question: How high is the Klondike Hill summit?

answer: That information cannot be found in the article.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This is a short article on klondike hill, which derived its name from Klondike, Yukon.


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_Today’s post is excerpted from Scott Miller’s memoir_ THE BOOK OF A MORMON: THE REAL LIFE AND STRANGE TIMES OF AN LDS MISSIONARY.

_In it, Miller (with co-author Mark Hubble) chronicles the ups and downs of his Mormon mission to Sweden in the 1970s, during which he came to question many of the beliefs he’d grown up with. Short version: These were not “the best two years,” even though they were, in the end, a catalyst to growth and change._

_As one reviewer put it on Amazon, the book “captures the authentic experience in all its agony and goodness.” It’s not aiming to discredit Mormonism, but it does challenge many of the assumptions that Miller once held dear — in particular, that obedience for its own sake is a spiritual good. — JKR_

[SDMHEAD]EXCERPT FROM _THE BOOK OF A MORMON: THE REAL LIFE AND STRANGE TIMES OF AN LDS MISSIONARY_

by Scott D. Miller and Mark A. Hubble

LDS Church members refer to missionary service as “the best two years” of a young person’s life.   As soon as kids are out of diapers, they learn the Sunday school song “I Hope they Call Me on a Mission” (“When I have grown a foot or two/ I hope by then I will be ready/ To teach and preach and work as missionaries do . . .”). Think otherwise and you are unworthy in the sight of God.

The experience irrevocably changed me. One weekend, I was surfing the sunny shores of southern California. The next, I was marching lockstep in service to an organization I quickly discovered I knew very little about and which, to my complete dismay, cared nothing about me, the other young men with whom I served, or the people I’d been sent to save.

Boots on the ground, going door to door—known as “tracting”—was how we spent most of our time. Each week we were also expected to stop one hundred people on the street and secure a commitment to visit with them in their homes.

I understood the urgency. These were the “latter days.” Everyone that could be saved must be saved now.

Within a month of trolling the dark, snow-strewn streets of Sweden, I noticed people were avoiding us. When they saw us coming, they quickly crossed the street or darted into a shop—anything to get away from us. Doors slammed. Some people raised their fists and swore. Most, glimpsing us through the peepholes of their apartment doors, refused to answer.

Over and over I wondered if this could be what God intended. When I asked church leaders about the wisdom of what we were doing, I was told, “Don’t ask!” The program was inspired of God. It was to be followed without question. Period.

A little over six months into my mission, I found my answer. I was riding a bus. It was one of those rare times I was alone, traveling to my next assignment. At a stop along the way, a man boarded the bus and sat next to me. I learned he was a Lutheran minister who worked with street kids in the southern part of the country.

He asked about my experience as a missionary, including my signature attire. In addition to the regulation blue suit, we were forced to wear a black felt fedora more befitting a Prohibition-era gangster than a messenger of Christ.

Just as he inquired, the bus driver stepped on the brakes, bringing us to an abrupt halt. Overhead, a voice crackled on the speakers, “I’m sorry, it looks like there’s been an accident.”

A large truck and two small sedans were involved. One car was wedged under the truck, the top peeled back like a sardine can. The other was smashed into the back of the first. Clouds of smoke and steam billowed up from its engine.

That’s when my fellow traveler stood up. “I’m going to help,” he said, then paused and looked at me expectantly.

Seeing my reluctance, he reached over and, with his free hand, patted me lightly on the shoulder. “I must go. Goodbye, Scott.” Up the aisle he ran and was gone.

Shortly, the bus began inching forward. Along with the rest of the passengers, I watched out the window.   People were milling about, obviously dazed.   A woman sat by the side of the road, holding a baby and crying, her face and hands streaked with blood. Next to her was the minister. He was coatless—his dark, down parka now wrapped around her shoulders. He was leaning in close, speaking to her.

As we passed by the accident, I turned away from the window and looked ahead. I had never felt more ashamed in all my life. I struck both legs with my fists, hard. I would never have acted like this before becoming a missionary. Of the two of us, my new acquaintance was the true Christian, the real servant of the Messiah.

From that moment on, everything became clear to me. Yes, we Mormons were on a mission. But what was the mission? To emulate the example of Jesus? To do unto others as he would have us do, on Earth, now?   Apparently not.   Our job was to be obedient, wear a funny hat, knock on doors, annoy people on the streets, and follow the script.

No more, I decided. _My_ mission would be to serve rather than be servile, consequences be damned.

_Scott Miller, Ph.D., is a psychotherapist and the founder and director of the INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR CLINICAL EXCELLENCE. He is married with two sons._

question: What made Scott quit their life as a missionary?

answer: He realized life as a missionary was not for him the day he encountered an accident and he did nothing to help. He felt this wasn't very Christian of him to do.

question: Who is Scott?

answer: Someone who quit life as an LDS missionary.

question: What made him believe his missionary organization did not care about him?

answer: Information can't be found.

question: When did Scott start questioning his life as a missionary?

answer: He had always had doubts about it but a little over six months into his mission, he found his answer.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Scott quits life as an LDS church missionary when he realizes it is not the path for true Christians.


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Tour the Spellman House That's Fit for a Witch

Welcome home, witches.

Now that Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is finally out on Netflix, it's time to take a deep dive into the magical world of Sabrina Spellman. Specifically, we're going deep into the Spellman house, which doubles as a mortuary and even features its own embalming room. Fun!

What's actually very fun is that when we visited the Vancouver set, we got Aunt Hilda herself, AKA LUCY DAVIS, to give us an exclusive tour of the house, including the secret doors and hidden passageways that lead either to somewhere magical or to nowhere at all.

While we're not yet sure we'd like to live there (especially with all of Hilda's spiders), but it's definitely a place we'd be happy to hang out to watch some spooky magic go down.

_Chilling Adventures of Sabrina_ is currently filming season two, which of course Davis didn't want to spoil for us, but stay tuned to E! News for what the cast could and did tell us about what's coming up for Sabrina.

question: What is the Spellman House?

answer: The Spellman House is one of the locations of the TV show "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina."

question: Who is Sabrina Spellman?

answer: Sabrina is the main character in the TV show "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina."

question: Who is Aunt Hilda?

answer: Unclear, but the character of Aunt Hilda is played by Lucy Davis

question: What is coming up for Sabrina?

answer: not answered

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The artille profiles the show "Chilling Adventures of Sabrina."


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SONY ERICSSON W205 is an entry-level dual-band GSM/GPRS Walkman phone with a focus on music playback. It was announced on 7 April 2009 under the marketing tag ‘your first Walkman phone’.

“The W205 is perfect for those who love portable music but have never had the Walkman phone experience,” said Timo Maassmann, Marketing business manager at Sony Ericsson.[1]

The phone comes in a various colour schemes: Ambient Black, Creamy White, Sakura Pink and Windy Blue.[2]

Standby time (GSM/GPRS) is up to 425 hours (17 days and 17 hours), while talk time is up to 9 hours. Music listening time is up to 13 hours.

It has since been succeeded by the Sony Ericsson Spiro a year later.

Hardware

The device is a slider phone featuring a 1.8-inch, 16-bit high color (65k) TFT screen, with a resolution of 128×160 pixels. It features a rear-mounted 1.3 MP camera with up to 2.2× digital zoom and video recording[3] (mp4v 128×96 px, at 15 frames per second).

[FastPort female plug on a Creamy White _W205_.] The phone's front side presents menu access, call start and stop, and navigation buttons that also double as playback controls. The left side of the phone includes hardware volume buttons and the FastPort outlet. The top right side features the memory card inlet covered with a rubber band. In addition to the camera, the back of the device includes a speakerphone for hands-free audio playback without the headset.

The W205 contains an FM radio with RDS and an integrated antenna. The ability is provided to record radio either onto the 5 MB of internal memory or up to 2GB of external memory to the Memory Stick Micro (M2) memory card. Such recordings can also be saved and used as ringtones.[4] Activation of the FM radio requires a FastPort-compatible headset connected to the phone; the headset is required to function as an antenna.

The phone employs a proprietary FastPort outlet for the charger, headphones and the data cable. The latter facilitates USB connectivity, and requires the model DCU-60 or compatible cable. USB charging via FastPort is not supported with this phone model.

Software

Software-wise, the device includes a Walkman player, which supports MP3 and AAC files, plus playlists, shuffle and loop modes, display of album art, and track identification via Sony Ericsson’s TrackID service.[5] Uncharacteristically for a device that was _Walkman_-branded and specifically marketed as audio-centric, its playback software does not feature an equalizer or equalizer presets for different musical genres.

On Internet access, the phone features a native WAP 2.0 browser and the Java-based Opera Mini.[6][7] Different connectivity profiles can be configured for the native browser and Java apps (Opera Mini); like, respectively, 'WAP' for very light-weight browsing and 'Internet' for complex content.

Other features include multiple phonebooks, copy and paste functionality of text snippets and numbers, a file manager, sound recorder, alarm clock with several alarm settings, calendar, torchlight (uses the phone's screen), tasks, notes, timer, stopper, and calculator.[8][9]

Marketing

In September 2009, the _W205_ was available in the UK for £99.99 SIM-free; at the time, UK Vodafone offered it for £40 on a pay-as-you-go plan.[10]

At the start of the 2010 Football World Cup on June 11, 2010, South African mobile operator and official event sponsor MTN had exclusive rights to the _W205_ phone, which was pre-loaded with World Cup-related content, such as FIFA wallpapers, themes, screensavers, and the FIFA 2009 soundtrack.[11]

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title: Sony Ericsson W205

question: How was the Sony Ericsson W205 marketed at the time?

answer: Sony used the marketing tag 'your first Walkman phone'. It was also marketed heavily during the 2010 Football World Cup in South Africa.

question: What color schemes does the Sony Ericsson W205 come in?

answer: Ambient Black, Creamy White, Sakura Pink, and Windy Blue.

question: What camera is available on the Sony Ericsson W205?

answer: The phone features a rear-mounted 1.3 MP camera with up to 2.2× digital zoom and video recording (mp4v 128×96 px, at 15 frames per second).

question: Summarize everything relating to the phone's capabilities as a music player.

answer: The W205 includes a Walkman player, which supports MP3 and AAC files, plus playlists, shuffle and loop modes, album art display, and track identification via Sony Ericsson’s TrackID service. However, its playback software does not feature an equalizer or equalizer presets for different musical genres, despite the device's Walkman branding marketed as audio-centric. The device also has an FM radio with recording capabilities.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The Sony Ericsson W205 is an entry-level dual-band GSM/GPRS Walkman phone with a focus on music playback. It was announced on 7 April 2009 under the marketing tag ‘your first Walkman phone’. Color schemes include Ambient Black, Creamy White, Sakura Pink, and Windy Blue. The W205 includes a Walkman player, which supports MP3 and AAC files, plus playlists, shuffle and loop modes, album art display, and track identification via Sony Ericsson’s TrackID service. The phone features a rear-mounted 1.3 MP camera with up to 2.2× digital zoom and video recording.


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It was the dark end of a bright time. The lights went out at the same time, everywhere. It was strange at first not having any light. Then we became better accustomed to the dark. Slowly, we changed.

In the beginning, many people were angry. Some of them went stumbling around blindly, sometimes dying as a result of it. Their screams seemed to become sharper in the blackness. Cold chills tickled my spine each time. Slowly we learned to avoid movement.

Time loses value in the blackness, as our perception is based on sight. With no light around, we learned to see through other senses. Some said their other senses grew stronger as a result of it. I just started to get pissed.

Living in the blackness caused mild insanity in all of us. We came to expect what could never occur, the light returning to us. I stopped opening my eyes entirely, what was the point? Still more people died.

Starvation, depression, violence, all set in. At least the violence was mostly self-inflicting, not that it was ever intended that way. It's hard to fight when you can't see. We learned how much we needed sight.

I too began suffering from these ailments. My mind created fantasy worlds to fill time. I would doze off and find myself back home again, before the incident. Often, I would wonder where you went that day, the day the light left. Since that day, absolute blackness is all that I've known.

title: Once darkness fell

question: What causes the darkness?

answer: It's not mentioned in the story.

question: Explain the reason behind almost all violence being self-inflicted.

answer: People intend for violence to happen to others, but they can't fight well when blind and end up hurting themselves.

question: What does the narrator dream of?

answer: The narrator dreams of being back at home before everything went dark.

question: What do people dream of?

answer: They dream of the light returning.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The entire world succumbs to darkness. Without being able to see, lots of people die. Most violence, while intended for others, ends up causing more harm to the ones initiating it. The narrator dreams of being at home before everything went dark.


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PETITIONING (also known as LETTERS AND CALLS, CORRESPONDENCE AND RECEPTION, XINFANG or SHANGFANG) is the administrative system for hearing complaints and grievances from individuals in the People's Republic of China.

Origins

In ancient imperial times, petitioners were called “people with grievances” (). Petitioners who needed justice would come to the yamen of the County magistrate or high official and beat a drum to voice their grievances. As such, every official court was supposed to be equipped with a drum for this sole purpose. Sometimes petitioners would throw their bodies in front of a sedan chair of the high official. When no one else at the local level was able to help, petitioners would travel to the then empire's capital to seek higher official's help.

Petitioners in recent years sometimes search for justice through the legal system or local petitioning bureaus. However, those who feel that justice has eluded them often still travel to Beijing as a last resort to appeal to the rulers in the age-old manner.[1]

System

Under the system, the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration and local bureaus of letters and calls (“petitioning bureaus”) are commissioned to receive letters, calls, and visits from individuals or groups on suggestions, complaints, and grievances. The officers then channel the issues to respective departments and monitor the progress of settlement, which they feedback to the filing parties.[2]

Petitioning bureaus are ostensibly a communication channel between the government and the citizenry, and have been relied on since the establishment of the PRC in 1949. Petitioners may begin their attempts for redress at the local level with letters and calls to offices, which are located in courthouses or in township-level government offices. If unsatisfied, they can move up the hierarchy to provincial level offices and, at the highest level, the National Public Complaints and Proposals Administration in Beijing.[3][4]

The number of petitioners in Beijing alone has allegedly reached more than 100,000 people, not counting those that remain at provincial capitals. The number of people using the petitioning system has increased since 1993, to the extent that the system has been strained for years. Official statistics indicate that petition offices annually handled around 10 million inquiries and complaints from petitioners from 2003 to 2007.[5] However, despite its enduring nature and political support, the system has never been an effective mechanism for dealing with the complaints brought to it.[6]

Response to petitioners

Interception

Provincial capitals have been accused of hiring people in Beijing to abduct petitioners who have travelled from their areas and force them to go back home; this is known as “intercepting.” The apparent aim of interceptors is to prevent citizens from appealing in Beijing because local officials face reprisals if citizens from their areas seek redress in the capital.[7]

Imprisonment and abuse

Human rights organizations have accused Chinese authorities of arbitrarily imprisoning large numbers of petitioners in black jails or other illicit detention facilities. In 2009, Human Rights Watch produced a report alleging that large numbers of petitioners, including children, are detained in black jails, and documented several allegations of torture and mistreatment in the facilities.[8][9]

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[7] Tania Branigan, “Chinese petitioners held in illicit 'black jails,' report claims” The Guardian, Nov 12 2009.

[8] Human Rights Watch, “An Alleyway in Hell”, Nov 12 2009.

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title: Petitioning (China)

question: What is petitioning in China defined as?

answer: It's defined as the administrative system for hearing complaints and grievances from individuals in the People's Republic of China.

question: Describe petitioners in ancient imperial times.

answer: They were called "people with grievances" and would come to the yamen of the County magistrate or high official and beat a drum to voice their grievances. When no one at the local level was able to help, petitioners would go to to the empire's capitol to seek higher official's help.

question: What are petitioning bureaus?

answer: They are commissioned to receive letters, calls, and visits with those who have grievances. They are also a communication channel between the government and the citizenry.

question: What have human rights organizations accused Chinese authorities of?

answer: They have accused them of arbitrarily imprisoning large numbers of petitioners in black jails or other illicit detention facilities.

question: What is intercepting?

answer: Intercepting is when provincial capitals hire people in Beijing to abduct petitioners who have travelled from their areas and force them to go back home.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article describes the origins, system of, and response to petitioning in China. Petitioning is defined as the administrative system for hearing complaints and grievances from individuals in the People's Republic of China.


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BENEDICT Cumberbatch has written a letter to Santa Claus asking him to distract children "from the realities of a world gone mad".

The Sherlock star asked Father Christmas for "a little more time for children to be children" and mentioned those who may be "hiding in buildings as bombs rain down", in the note marking national letter writing day.

Cumberbatch also joked that he never did receive the lightsaber he asked for and promised to leave out extra port and mince pies.

The letter is part of an event called Letters Live which is a celebration of the power of literary correspondence.

The Cumberbatch family hails from Sussex with his grandfather having lived in Wadhurst.

Benedict was educated in the county, going to Brambletye School in East Grinstead.

He wrote: "This is what I'd like to ask you to help with. A little more time for children to be children. Stretch the moment of magic and playfulness.

"Distract them from the realities of a world gone mad so that they can laugh with their breath rather than sob with their tears.

"Especially those caring for family members, or suffering illness, hunger or poverty.

"Especially those hiding in buildings as bombs rain down, or being handed shaking with fear or cold into a boat to escape environmental disaster or war. Please help to light up their worlds with a moment of joy and hope."

Speaking about adults, he said: "Now we get our own presents, control our own fates, take responsibility for our own actions, and live in the world we have created ... so it's not for us to turn around and plead for your help with the environment, the migrant crisis, the NHS, education, food banks, human rights, fundamentalism and wars.

"Though God knows we need all the help we can get with all these man-made problems and more."

He added: "You are for the children. Children who need some magic in a world where the borders between innocence and responsibility, playful imagination and cold, adult obstacles are continually shrinking."

Cumberbatch, a father of one, ended the letter by writing: "I feel a little sorry for you. And I guess I've done exactly what I said I wouldn't ... Asked you to help with adult problems and solve some of the greatest worries we have for our children. I promise to leave some extra port and mince pies for you."

Other big names to have penned letters to Santa include Annie Lennox, Russell Brand, Thom Yorke and Thandie Newton.

Letters Live is inspired by Shaun Usher's international best-selling Letters Of Note series.

Each show always features an array of performers reading letters written over the centuries and from around the world.

Letters Live is at Freemasons' Hall in London next March.

question: Who does Benedict Cumberbatch write to?

answer: Santa Claus.

question: On whose behalf does he write?

answer: The children.

question: What does he ask Santa for?

answer: A few more years for the children to be children in a world gone mad.

question: Who else penned letters to Santa?

answer: Annie Lennox, Russell Brand, Thom Yorke and Thandie Newton.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Benedict Cumberbatch writes a letter to Santa asking for help ending all the things in a world gone mad which keep children from being able to be children. He does not ask for help with things in the adult world because he says adults already have enough gifts and can handle their own responsibilities. He ends the letter by saying he had asked for help with the adult problems as well, in that he asked for help with the children's problems.


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I could never get into kale. Heck, I’ve long been timid about greens in general — the delicate ones like baby spinach and arugula were easy but as soon as things got a little heavier, I got nervous. When I finally found a respectable green I found palatable — Swiss chard, which I think of as the green for spinach people — I went to town with it: a tart, a spaghetti dish and then gratin. But I still couldn’t warm to kale. Because I didn’t like the way it tasted. And I don’t care if something is chock-full of vitamin A, C and calcium, I don’t care if it makes you live longer or feel stronger or fixes the budget deficit, I’ve got this hang-up wherein I won’t eat food if it doesn’t _taste good_ to me. (My offspring is a little less particular, it seems.) And kale just didn’t.

[sorry-looking kale]

But in February, I began seeing a recipe for baked kale chips flitting about the internet. I’m not sure where it started (or re-started, as I see folks have actually been making this for years), but I’m guessing with a Dan Barber recipe in Bon Appetit that month. His version used whole leaves and arranged them daintily in a pitcher; the more rustic version I’d seen on blogs (and hooray for that) was simple to de-stem the kale, cut or tear it up, toss it with a bit of oil and bake it until crisp.

[kale, ready to bake]

Yes, _crisp_. I would never lie to you when it comes to chips, as I take crackly crunch quite seriously. Baking kale transforms the qualities I always loathed in kale — the dense bitterness — into something impossibly light, with a nice depth of flavor from the oil and salt. This isn’t a stewy stick-to-your ribs kale braise and it is not something you eat because you _ought to_, it’s something you’d eat because you _like it_. Revolutionary stuff, people.

[kale, ready to bake into chips. really.]

[Psst. And possibly even more so if you do this to it (hat tip):]

[kale-dusted popcorn]

THIS WEEK: We have flown the coop! We’re splashing in the Caribbean! Thus, comment responses will be slow and spotty. But new posts will appear, as if by magic, as I take you through my cooking backlog. Fun for everyone!

ONE YEAR AGO: Bialys
TWO YEARS AGO: Swiss Easter Rice Tart
THREE YEARS AGO: Rich Buttermilk Waffles

BAKED KALE CHIPS
Adapted from a bunch of inspiring places

1 bunch (about 6 ounces) kale (I used Lacinato or “Dinosaur” Kale but I understand that the curlier stuff works, too, possibly even better)
1 tablespoon olive oil
Sea salt, to taste

Preheat oven to 300°F. Rinse and dry the kale, then remove the stems and tough center ribs. Cut into large pieces, toss with olive oil in a bowl then sprinkle with salt. Arrange leaves in a single layer on a large baking sheet (I needed two because mine are tiny; I also lined mine with parchment for easy clean-up but there’s no reason that you must). Bake for 20 minutes, or until crisp. Place baking sheet on a rack to cool.

KALE-DUSTED POPCORN If you’re making the chips with the intention to grind them up for popcorn, I’d use less oil — perhaps half — so they grind without the “powder” clumping. I ground a handful of my chips (about half) in a mortar and pestle (well, actually the “pestle” was MIA so I used the handle of an OXO reamer, not that anyone asked) and sprinkled it over popcorn (1/4 cup popcorn kernels I’d cooked in a covered pot with 1 1/2 tablespoons oil over medium heat, shaking it about with potholders frequently). I seasoned the popcorn with salt. I liked this snack, but I think _Parmesan and Kale-Dusted Popcorn_ would be even more delicious. Next time!

question: How does the narrator feel about kale?

answer: Narrator initially describes a strong dislike to kale.

question: What does the narrator discover that transform their opinion of kale?

answer: Baked kale chips

question: What does the narrator begin to see on the internet?

answer: Recipes for baked kale chips

question: How does the narrator conclude the blogpost?

answer: With their own recipe for baked kale chips.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer:
In a recipe blogpost, the narrator describes a strong dislike of kale but doesn't mind other greens. Narrator goes on to describe coming across recipes for kale chip which revolutionized the way they viewed kale.
The post concludes with a narrator's own recipe of kale chips.


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JOHANNES GERHARDUS MYBURGH (born 22 October 1980) is a former British-South African cricketer who played domestic cricket in England for Somerset County Cricket Club.

A right-handed batsman and occasional off break bowler, Myburgh was also a talented fielder, and is the current holder of the record for the youngest scorer of a double-century in South African domestic cricket, breaking the record of Graeme Pollock in 1997 when aged 17.[1]

Though born in South Africa, he emigrated to New Zealand in 2007, where he planned to qualify for the national team.[2] Myburgh has since abandoned his New Zealand ambitions and moved to the UK, where he has played for Hampshire and Durham. He joined his third English county, Somerset, in 2014.[3]

Career

South Africa

Myburgh was born in Pretoria, along with his brother Stephan, who has played international cricket for the Netherlands.[4] Myburgh made his first-class debut in 1997 for Northerns B.[5] Myburgh played four Under-19 Test matches and seventeen Under-19 ODIs for South Africa,[6] including all six of the team's matches during the 1998 World Cup, which took place in South Africa.[7]

After two years playing for Northerns B, Myburgh was elevated to the full Northerns side for the 1999/00 season.[8] On 7 January 2001, during a one-day game, he scored an opening partnership of 156 with Jacques Rudolph before being dismissed for 95.[9] On 15 October 2004 he scored 102 against Easterns during a first-class match,[10] and on 9 January 2005 he scored 100* against Border.[11] Myburgh first played for the Titans, the franchise formed from the merger of the Northerns and Easterns, in the 2004/05 season.[12] Late in 2005, Myburgh scored 56* against the Warriors,[13] and he became the Titans' leading run scorer in the Standard Bank Cup in 2005/06, hitting 237 runs in ten matches with a high score of 59*.[14]

In 2006, playing for Northerns, Myburgh scored a 50 as they faced Western Province on 8 April,[15] and then scored another 55-ball 50 against the South African national cricket team in September.[16]

New Zealand

In 2007, Myburgh emigrated to New Zealand, in order to replace the retiring Nathan Astle at Canterbury.[17] Myburgh was aware that he needed to play only three seasons in New Zealand to qualify for their national team.[18] He quickly cemented his place in the Canterbury side when he scored 148* off 154 balls with four sixes as his team moved on to 344/1,[19] and followed this with another century in December,[20] a fifty in January 2008,[21] and a 98-ball 87 in February against England.[22]

England

After three years with Canterbury, Myburgh was originally due to sign for Auckland for the 2010/11 season,[23] but he declined his contract offer in order to pursue a career in England,[24] to where he relocated, living with his English wife.[25] If he had played one further season in New Zealand, he would have been eligible to play international cricket for New Zealand. In contrast, he would only become eligible for the England team after four seasons in England.[26] Myburgh joined Hampshire as a Kolpak registration, making his debut for the county in the 2010–11 Caribbean Twenty20,[27] in which the county ended as runners-up. After one season with Hampshire, Myburgh was released by the county,[28] having not played for the first team since May.[29] He later signed for Durham for their 2012 Friends Life t20 campaign.[30] Myburgh's contract with Durham was extended until the end of the season, following impressive performances during the FLt20.[31]

Myburgh spent much of the summer of 2013 playing club cricket as captain of Sutton CC, a team in the Surrey Premier League. He had previously played for the same side in three matches in 2003.[32][33]

Myburgh signed for Somerset, his third English county, for the 2014 season. He rejoined Director of Cricket Dave Nosworthy, who was previously coach for the Titans and Canterbury whilst Myburgh played for those teams.[34] Myburgh scored a century on the opening day of the 2015 season at home to Middlesex and enjoyed success as an opener in the Natwest T20 Blast in the same season. He signed a white-ball contract for 2018, to play in the One-Day Cup and the T20 Blast.[35] In August 2018, Myburgh announced his intention to retire at the end of the season.[36]

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title: Johann Myburgh

question: What does the text say about Myburgh's play as a member of the New Zealand National Team?

question: What does the text say about why Myburgh left South Africa?

answer: Myburgh left South Africa because he wanted to play international cricket. He emigrated to New Zealand to replace the retiring Nathan Astle at Canterbury and qualify for their national team after three seasons. However, during his final season, Myburgh declined his contract offer for Auckland and decided to relocate to England with his English wife, forfeiting his chance to play for the New Zealand national team. He will be eligible for the English national team and international play only after four seasons in England.

question: Summarize everything in the text about Johann Myburgh.

answer: Myburgh was born on October 22, 1980. He is a right-handed batsman and occasional off-break bowler who had an excellent cricket career in South Africa. He is also a talented fielder and holds the record for the youngest scorer of a double-century in South African domestic cricket at age 17. Though he was born in South Africa, Myburg emigrated to New Zealand in 2007, hoping to qualify for their national team so he can play international cricket. However, with a season left before his NZ national teal eligibility, he abandoned those plans to move to the UK with his English wife. He has played for Hampshire, Durham, and Somerset.


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_VOLUMES OF BLOOD_ is a 2015 American horror anthology film directed by P.J. Starks (segment “Ghastly”), Jakob Bilinski (segment “13 After Midnight”), Nathan Thomas Milliner (segment “The Encyclopedia Satanica”), John Kenneth Muir (segment “A Little Pick Me Up”), and Lee Vervoort (segment “That’s A Wrap!”).[1] It stars Kristine Renee Farley, Jason Crowe, Jim O'Rear, and Roni Jonah.

Premise

A sociology student and three friends meet in a library and craft four new urban legends.

Production

Director P.J. Starks and Jim Blanton of the Daviess County Public Library in Owensboro, Kentucky developed the “Unscripted Film School” program so people from Owensboro could experience filmmaking for themselves.[2][3] Their first project was an eight minute horror short and their second would be _Volumes of Blood_. Using Kickstarter, the crew raised over $4,000 for the film.[4][5]

Reception

_JoBlo.com_ awarded the film 7/10.[6] _Bloody Disgusting_ called the film “the Best Damn Anthology This Year.”[7]_Dread Central_ awarded the film 3.5 stars and praised it to have “all the right bits in place to entertain the horror masses”[8]

Sequels

In a 2015 interview, P.J. Starks said he had ideas for a second and third volume.[9] A sequel, entitled _Volumes of Blood: Horror Stories_, premiered on October 29, 2016 at the Owensboro Convention Center in Owensboro, Ky.[10] _Fangoria_ has called it “hands down, the most entertaining anthology in years.”[11] In an interview with _Dread Central_, producer P.J. Stark announced a second and final sequel called _Devil’s Knight: Volumes of Blood 3_.[12]

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title: Volumes of Blood

question: When was "Volumes of Blood" produced?

answer: in 2015.

question: Who directed "Volumes of Blood"?

answer: PJ Starks, Jakob Bilinski, Nathan Thomas Milliner, John Kenneth Muir, and Lee Vervoort.

question: Who stars in "Volumes of Blood"?

answer: Kristine Renee Farley, Jason Crowe, Jim O'Rear, and Roni Jonah.

question: What rating was the film awarded?

answer: JoBlo.com awarded the film 7/10.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: "Volumes of Blood" is an American horror anthology film produced in 2015 and portrays a sociology student and three friends who meet in a library to craft four new urban legends.


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The UTAH GENERAL ELECTIONS, 2018 were held in the U.S. state of Utah on November 6, 2018. One of Utah's U.S. Senate seats was up for election, as well as all four seats in the United States House of Representatives, fourteen Utah Senate seats and all of the Utah House of Representatives seats.

United States Senate

Incumbent Senator Orrin Hatch was eligible for re-election, but did not run in 2018.[1] Republican Mitt Romney was elected to the U. S. Senate, defeating Democratic nominee and Salt Lake County Council member Jenny Wilson.[2]

United States House of Representatives

All of Utah's four seats in the United States House of Representatives were up for election in November. In districts 1, 2, and 3, Republican incumbents were re-elected. In district 4, Salt Lake County Mayor Ben McAdams defeated two-term incumbent Republican Mia Love.

Utah Senate

Fifteen Utah Senate seats were up for election in November.

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  nowrap style=“font-size:80%”| After 2018 elections    |_23_                                 _6_      29
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Utah House of Representatives

All 75 seats in the Utah House of Representatives were up for election in November.

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  nowrap style=“font-size:80%”| Before 2018 elections     |62                                   13       75

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  nowrap style=“font-size:80%”| After 2018 elections[3]   |57                                   18       75
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[2] Dennis Romboy (November 6, 2018). “Mitt Romney is headed to Washington after all — as U.S. senator for Utah”. _Deseret News_.

[3] Wendy Leonard (November 7, 2018). “Democratic presence grows in Utah Legislature”. _Deseret News_.

title: 2018 Utah elections

question: When were the Utah general elections of 2018 held?

answer: November 6th.

question: Which seats were up for election?

answer: One of Utah's U.S. Senate seats was up for election, as well as all four seats in the United States House of Representatives, fourteen Utah Senate seats and all of the Utah House of Representatives seats.

question: Who did not run for re-election?

answer: Incumbent Senator Orrin Hatch.

question: What happened in districts 1, 2, and 3?

answer: Republican incumbents were re-elected.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The article is about the Utah General Elections of 2018, and summarizes what seats were up for election and which party took those seats.