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_DUNE_ is an upcoming epic science fiction film directed by Denis Villeneuve with a screenplay by Jon Spaihts, Villeneuve, and Eric Roth. The film is an international co-production of Canada, Hungary, the United Kingdom and the United States, and it is the first of a planned two-part adaptation of the 1965 novel of the same name by Frank Herbert, which will cover roughly the first half of the book. The film stars an ensemble cast including Timothée Chalamet, Rebecca Ferguson, Oscar Isaac, Josh Brolin, Stellan Skarsgård, Dave Bautista, Stephen McKinley Henderson, Zendaya, David Dastmalchian, Chang Chen, Sharon Duncan-Brewster, Charlotte Rampling, Jason Momoa, and Javier Bardem.

_Dune_ is scheduled to be released theatrically in the United States in IMAX and 3D on October 1, 2021, by Warner Bros. Pictures.[1]

Premise

In the far future of humanity, Duke Leto Atreides accepts stewardship of the dangerous desert planet Arrakis, also known as Dune, the only source of the most valuable substance in the universe, “the spice”, a drug which extends human life, provides superhuman levels of thought, and makes faster-than-light travel possible. Though Leto knows the opportunity is an intricate trap set by his enemies, he takes his Bene Gesserit concubine Lady Jessica, young son and heir Paul, and most trusted advisers to Arrakis. Leto takes control of the spice mining operation, which is made perilous by the presence of giant sandworms. A bitter betrayal leads Paul and Jessica to the Fremen, natives of Arrakis who live in the deep desert.

Cast

-   Timothée Chalamet as Paul Atreides, the scion of House Atreides
-   Rebecca Ferguson as Lady Jessica, Paul's Bene Gesserit mother and concubine to Duke Leto
-   Oscar Isaac as Duke Leto Atreides, Paul's father and a nobleman newly bestowed with the stewardship of the dangerous planet Arrakis, source of the spice
-   Josh Brolin as Gurney Halleck, the weapons master of House Atreides and one of Paul's mentors
-   Stellan Skarsgård as Baron Vladimir Harkonnen, the sworn enemy to Leto and former steward of Arrakis
-   Dave Bautista as Glossu Rabban, the brutish nephew of Baron Harkonnen
-   Stephen McKinley Henderson as Thufir Hawat, a Mentat loyal to House Atreides
-   Zendaya as Chani, a mysterious young Fremen woman and Paul's love interest.
-   David Dastmalchian as Piter De Vries, a twisted Mentat loyal to the Baron
-   Chang Chen as Dr. Wellington Yueh, a Suk doctor in the employ of the Atreides family
-   Sharon Duncan-Brewster as Dr. Liet-Kynes, Chani's mother and the leading ecologist and peacekeeper on Arrakis
-   Charlotte Rampling as Gaius Helen Mohiam, a Bene Gesserit Reverend Mother and the Emperor's Truthsayer
-   Jason Momoa as Duncan Idaho, the swordmaster of House Atreides and one of Paul's mentors
-   Javier Bardem as Stilgar, the leader of the Fremen tribe at Sietch Tabr

Production

Shortly after publication in 1965, _Dune_ was identified for potential film prospects, and the rights to adapt the novel to film have been held by several producers since 1971. Multiple attempts to make such a film have been made, and it is considered to be a difficult work to adapt to the screen owing to its breadth of content.[2][3] Famously, filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky had acquired the rights in the 1970s to make an extravagant ten-hour adaptation of the book, but the project fell apart. The effort to make the film later was documented in the documentary film _Jodorowsky's Dune_ released in 2013.[4] There have been two separate live-action adaptations released prior to this film; 1984's _Dune_ directed by David Lynch,[5][6] and a 2000 miniseries on the Sci Fi Channel, which was produced by Richard P. Rubinstein, who held the _Dune_ film rights since 1996.[7]

Development

thumb|upright=0.8|Denis Villeneuve has stated in interviews that making a new _Dune_ adaptation had been a life-long ambition of his. He was hired to direct in February 2017. In 2008, Paramount Pictures announced that they had a new feature film adaptation of Frank Herbert's _Dune_ in development with Peter Berg set to direct.[8] Berg left the project in October 2009,[9] with director Pierre Morel brought on to direct in January 2010,[10] before Paramount dropped the project in March 2011 as they could not come to key agreements with their rights expiring back to Rubinstein.[11]

On November 21, 2016, it was announced that Legendary Pictures had acquired the film and TV rights for _Dune_.[12][13] In December 2016, _Variety_ reported that director Denis Villeneuve was in talks with the studio to direct the film.[14] In September 2016, Villeneuve expressed his interest in the project, saying that “a longstanding dream of mine is to adapt _Dune_, but it's a long process to get the rights, and I don't think I will succeed.”[15] Villeneuve said that he felt he was not ready to direct a _Dune_ movie until he had completed projects like _Arrival_ and _Blade Runner 2049_, and that with his background in science fiction films, “_Dune_ is my world.”[16] By February 2017, Brian Herbert, son of Frank and author of later books in the _Dune_ series, confirmed that Villeneuve would be directing the project.[17]

John Nelson was hired as the visual effects supervisor for the film in July 2018, but has since left the project.[18] It was announced in December 2018 that cinematographer Roger Deakins, who was anticipated to reunite with Villeneuve on the film, was not working on _Dune_ and that Greig Fraser was coming onto the project as director of photography.[19] In January 2019, Joe Walker was confirmed to be serving as the film's editor.[20] Other crew include: Brad Riker as supervising art director; Patrice Vermette as production designer; Paul Lambert as visual effects supervisors; Gerd Nefzer as special effects supervisor; and Thomas Struthers as stunt coordinator.[21] _Dune_ will be produced by Villeneuve, Mary Parent, and Cale Boyter, with Tanya Lapointe, Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, Kim Herbert, Thomas Tull, Jon Spaihts, Richard P. Rubinstein, John Harrison and Herbert W. Gain serving as executive producers and Kevin J. Anderson as creative consultant.[22][23] _Game of Thrones_ language creator David Peterson was confirmed to be developing languages for the film in April 2019.[24]

Writing

In March 2018, Villeneuve stated that his goal was to adapt the novel into a two-part film series.[25] Villeneuve ultimately secured a two-movie deal with Warner Bros. Pictures, in the same style as the two-part adaptation of Stephen King's _It_ in 2017 and in 2019. He stated that “I would not agree to make this adaptation of the book with one single movie” as _Dune_ was “too complex” with “power in details” that a single film would fail to capture.[26] However, all subsequent dealings were to secure the production of the first film, and new production deals will need to be made to start production for the second film.[27]

Eric Roth was hired to co-write the screenplay in April,[28] and Jon Spaihts was later confirmed to be co-writing the script alongside Roth and Villeneuve.[29] Villeneuve said in May 2018 that the first draft of the script had been finished.[30][31] Brian Herbert confirmed by July 2018 that the latest draft of the screenplay covered “approximately half of the novel _Dune_.”[32] Legendary CEO Joshua Grode confirmed in April 2019 that they plan to make a sequel, adding that “there's a logical place to stop the [first] movie before the book is over.”[33] In November 2019, Spaihts stepped down as showrunner on the _Dune: The Sisterhood_ TV prequel series to focus on the second film.[34]

While Villeneuve had seen Lynch's adaptation of _Dune_ and he respected both Lynch and the film, he does not expect to build upon any elements from that, saying that “I'm going back to the book, and going to the images that came out when I read it” when he was a teenager.[35] Villeneuve said of when he had first seen Lynch's adaption that “there are parts that I love and other elements that I am less comfortable with. So it's like, I remember being half-satisfied”, and that there was “still a movie that needs to be made about that book, just a different sensibility.”[36] Further, Villeneuve does not plan to incorporate concepts that Jodorowsky had laid out for his attempt for a _Dune_ film in the mid-1970s, as Villeneuve stated that “Jodorowsky is a very unique visionary. He has a very strong, unique vision. I am a total different human being. It would be very presumptuous and arrogant for me to try”.[37]

In adapting the book written in the 1960s for the 21st century, Villeneuve wanted to reflect on realities that have happened related to overexploitation of the Earth, and considered his screenplay “a coming-of-age story, but also a call for action for the youth”.[38] Other changes included altering some of the arcs of the female characters in the book. According to Rebecca Ferguson, who was cast as Lady Jessica, “Denis was very respectful of Frank’s work in the book, [but] the quality of the arcs for much of the women have been brought up to a new level. There were some shifts he did, and they are beautifully portrayed now.”[39] Lady Jessica was given a more expanded role as a soldier as well as being part of the Bene Gesserit, which the studio labeled as a “warrior priestess”, comparing to the joking label of “space nun” that Villeneuve felt the book gave across.[40] Dr. Liet Kynes, the ecologist on Arrakis who is male in the novel, was also given to a female lead Sharon Duncan-Brewster to help expand the cast diversity.[41] Villeneuve also wanted to move the Baron Vladimir Harkonnen from being a caricature as he was presented in the novel to a more complex antagonist.[42]

Casting

In July 2018, it was reported that Timothée Chalamet had entered final negotiations to play the lead in the film, Paul Atreides.[43] In September 2018, Rebecca Ferguson entered negotiations to join the film to play Atreides' mother, Lady Jessica.[44] She confirmed her casting in January 2019.[45]

In January 2019, Dave Bautista,[46] Stellan Skarsgård,[47] Charlotte Rampling,[48] Oscar Isaac,[49] and Zendaya joined the cast.[50] In February 2019, Javier Bardem,[51] Josh Brolin,[52] Jason Momoa,[53] and David Dastmalchian were cast.[54] Stephen McKinley Henderson joined in March,[55] with Chang Chen entering negotiations.[56][57]

In July 2019, TheMix.net reported that the film would “gender swap” the character Liet-Kynes by casting Sharon Duncan-Brewster in the role.[58] Duncan-Brewster's casting was confirmed in April 2020.[59] According to Duncan-Brewster, Villeneuve felt it was necessary to capture the essence of the character from the book, but was not necessary to remain consistent with all other facets, and thus opted for this change.[60]

Filming

Filming began on March 18, 2019, at the Origo Film Studios in Budapest, Hungary,[61][62][63] and also took place in Wadi Rum in Jordan.[64][65][66] The first part of the movie, which takes place on the planet Caladan, was filmed in Stadlandet in Norway.[67] The movie was also filmed in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, which formed a key backdrop of the planet Arrakis.[68] Primary filming was completed in July 2019.[69][70] Additional filming took place in Budapest in August 2020 but is not expected to alter the release date of the film.[71][72] The film is shot in the IMAX format with an IMAX-certified Arri Alexa LF camera and an IMAX-certified Alexa Mini LF prototype, equipped with Panavision's large-format lenses in the Ultra Vista and H-series line-up.[73][74]

Soundtrack

Hans Zimmer affirmed he would be scoring _Dune_ near the start of the film's production in March 2019.[75] Zimmer had previously worked with Villeneuve on _Blade Runner 2049_. At the time, Zimmer had been approached by Christopher Nolan for composing on his then upcoming film _Tenet_, but Zimmer opted for _Dune_ as he stated he has a personal love for the book.[76]

For the first _Dune_ trailer, Zimmer supervised a 32-person choir via FaceTime (necessitated by COVID-19 restrictions) for the recording of a cover of Pink Floyd's song “Eclipse”. Choir members gathered in groups of four over eight separate sessions in Santa Monica at Zimmer's Remote Control studio while Zimmer conducted from home.[77]

Release

_Dune_ was originally scheduled to be released on November 20, 2020, but was pushed back to December 18, 2020.[78][79][80] The film was then delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this time to October 1, 2021, taking over _The Batman_ release date slot, where it will be theatrically released in IMAX and 3D.[81]

Marketing

_Vanity Fair_ published an extensive first-look report on _Dune_ on April 13, 2020.[82] _Empire_{{'s}} October 2020 issue's cover story included an in-depth look at the film and interviews with cast and crew, providing additional first looks ahead of the film's trailer release.[83]

Merchandising

On February 26, 2019, Funcom announced that it was entering into an exclusive partnership with Legendary Entertainment to develop games related to the upcoming _Dune_ films.[84]

Other _Dune_ franchise works, unrelated to the film, are planned to be released near the same time as the film. The original _Dune_ board game, produced by Avalon Hill in 1979, has been republished after being out of print for many years by Gale Force Nine to tie in with the film, along with the development of new board games based on the _Dune_ franchise.[85] A three-part graphical novel adaption of the books is being written by Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson with illustrations by Raúl Allén and Patricia Martín, with plans to be published by Abrams Books starting in October 2020 to tie into the film's release.[86] In May 2020, Boom! Studios was announced to have acquired the comic and graphic novel rights to the 1999 prequel novel _Dune: House Atreides_, with the intent of doing a 12-issue comic adaptation written by the original authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson.[87] In March 2020, Modiphius Entertainment announced it was helming a new role-playing game based on the franchise, _Dune: Adventures in the Imperium_.[88]

In September 2020, McFarlane Toys announced a line of 7-inch figures modeled after characters from the film.[89] A 12-inch figure of Baron Harkonnen was announced at the same time.[90] As of September 2020, the line was slated for a Fall release.[91]

Future

Planned sequel

Although the sequel has not yet been officially green-lit by Legendary, Villeneuve has stated that the 2021 film will roughly cover the first half of the novel, with a follow up covering the remaining half.[92] He explained, “I would not agree to make this adaptation of the book with one single movie”, says Villeneuve. “The world is too complex. It's a world that takes its power in details.”[93] In November 2019, Jon Spaihts left his position as showrunner of the _Dune: The Sisterhood_ prequel TV series to focus more on writing the sequel film.[94] In June 2020, Greig Fraser said, “It's a fully formed story in itself with places to go. It's a fully standalone epic film that people will get a lot out of when they see it”.[95]

Prequel spin-off series

In June 2019, it was announced that Legendary Television will be producing a spin-off television series, _Dune: The Sisterhood_, for WarnerMedia's streaming service, HBO Max. The series will focus on the Bene Gesserit and serve as a prequel to the film. Villeneuve will direct the series' pilot, with Spaihts writing the screenplay and Dana Calvo as showrunner for the series.[96][97] Villeneuve and Spaihts will also serve as executive producers alongside Brian Herbert, Byron Merritt, and Kim Herbert.[98] However, in November 2019, Spaihts left the series as writer to focus on the sequel film, though will remain on as an executive producer.[99] As of May 2020, the series was set to begin filming on November 2, 2020, in Budapest and Jordan.[100]

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title: Dune (2021 film)

question: What genre would you classify the film, Dune?

answer: Dune is an upcoming epic science fiction film.

question: What can you state about the production of the film?

answer: The film is an international co-production of Canada, Hungary, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

question: When is Dune scheduled to be released?

answer: Dune is scheduled to be released on October 1, 2021 by Warner Bros. Pictures.

question: How would you describe the process of production of this film?

answer: The production of this film was attempted several times. The film was difficult to create due to the breadth of content, and the film went through several different producers.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article extensively describe the movie Dune, an upcoming film. The article describes the synopsis of the movie, the cast, the production, the marketing franchise of the film, as well as the development and writing.


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STEPHEN BRUCE BAYLIN is the deputy director and associate director for research at the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center and Virginia and D.K. Ludwig Professor for Cancer Research and medicine and chief of cancer biology of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. His research focus is epigenetics in the development of cancer, and he was one of the first researchers in this field in the 1980s.

Baylin received his BS and MD from Duke University in 1968.[1] Baylin started his research against cancer during the Vietnam war. “They called us the Yellow Berets — MDs who opted to do their public service by engaging in research at the National Institutes of Health. I was interested in an inherited form of thyroid cancer, called medullary thyroid carcinoma.” He published his findings in relation to that research in the _New England Journal of Medicine_ in 1970.[2][3] He joined the faculty at Johns Hopkins in 1974. In 1991, he was appointed chief of tumor biology.

He and Peter Laird were the original investigators of the epigenetic portion of The Cancer Genome Atlas.[4] He co-leads, with Peter Jones, a Stand Up To Cancer team science initiative in regulatory epigenetics, the VARI-SU2C Epigenetics Dream Team, and as part of this has an appointment to the faculty of the Van Andel Research Institute.[5][6]

In 2010, he was featured in GQ's “Rock Stars of Science” to publicize biomedical researchers.[7]

Awards

-   1990 – Edwin B. Astwood Award Lecture, Endocrine Society
-   2004 – National Investigator of the Year Award, National Cancer Institute SPORE Program
-   2005 – Simon M. Shubitz Cancer Prize and Lectureship
-   2008 – David Workman Memorial Award, Samuel Waxman Cancer Research Foundation
-   2008 – Raffaele Tecce Memorial Lecture, Rome
-   2009 – Kirk A. Landon-AACR Prize for Basic Cancer Research
-   2010 – Alfred G. Knudson Award for Excellence in Cancer Genetics, National Cancer Institute
-   2010 – Nakahara Memorial Lecture, Princess Takematsu Symposium
-   2011 – Medal of Honor, American Cancer Society
-   2014 – SU2C Phillip A. Sharp Innovation in Collaboration Award
-   2014 – Elected fellow of the AACR Academy

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title: Stephen B. Baylin

question: Where did Stephen Bruce Baylin receive his BS and MD?

answer: Stephen Bruce Baylin received his BS and MD from Duke University.

question: Where did Stephen Bruce Baylin publish his findings on medullary thyroid carcinoma?

answer: Stephen Bruce Baylin published his findings on medullary thyroid carcinoma in the New England Journal of Medicine.

question: When was Stephen Bruce Baylin appointed chief of tumor biology at Johns Hopkins?

answer: Stephen Bruce Baylin was appointed chief of tumor biology at Johns Hopkins in 1991.

question: What was Stephen Bruce Baylin featured in to publicize biomedical researchers?

answer: Stephen Bruce Baylin was featured in GQ's "Rock Stars of Science" to publicize biomedical researchers.

question: What award did Stephen Bruce Baylin win in 2004?

answer: Stephen Bruce Baylin won the National Investigator of the Year Award from the National Cancer Institute SPORE Program.

question: When did Stephen Bruce Baylin win the Medal of Honor from the American Cancer Society?

answer: Stephen Bruce Baylin won the Medal of Honor from the American Cancer Society in 2011.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Stephen Bruce Baylin is a researcher focusing on the development of cancer. He was one of the first researchers in this field, and started in the 1980s. Since then he has been published in many journals and has been appointed chief of tumor research at Johns Hopkins. He has also been a part of many high prestige research teams, and has won many awards for his work.


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In the Virginia Tech Shootings, it is reported 33 people were killed and all victims were shot 3 or more times- two to the trunk, one to the dome, like a professional killer.  That's a curious amount of 3s in the land of 33 and it makes one wonder if the _Virginia Tech Massacre_, the worst school shooting in the history of the country is a staged or falsely reported event, no different than the Columbine High School Shooting of 1999, or the Sandy Hook School Shooting of 2012, _where it was reported all victims were shot between three and eleven times_.

The Virginia Tech shooting took place April 16, 2007.  Let us examine the numerology of this date.

-   April 16 = 4/16 = 4+1+6 = 11
-   2007 = 2+0+0+7 = 9
-   Combined, we get 11 and 9

It gets more curious.  The majority of the victims were killed in Room 211, where 11 people were murdered, and 6 injured.  Think about the number 211.  It could represent 11:11, in a nation fixated with numerology and master numbers; 11, 22 and 33.  _11 dead + 2x11 = 11 + 22 = 33. _ It sort of reminds me where K Street meets 33rd Ave and turns into Water St. in Washington D.C.

-   K = 11th Letter
-   WATER = 5+1+2+5+9 = 22
-   33 Ave = 11, 22 and 33 all intersecting, where most people would never notice.

Before the shooting, the official timeline of events leading up to the April 16 bloodbath, begins on February 2, 2007.  It should be noted February 2 is the 33RD DAY OF THE YEAR.  On this day, Cho, the accused shooter, purchased a Walther P22 which he would go on to use in the rampage.  Later, on March 13, he purchased a 9mm.  On March 22, Cho went to the PSS Range to test fire his new weapons.  The Numerology of PSS = 711.  On this same day, he used the eBay account Blazers5505 to purchase more ammunition for the Walther P22.  On April 8, he would record his 'manifesto diatribe' and on Friday April 13, three days before the shooting, bomb threats would be called into the buildings where the majority of the killings would occur.

Let us quickly look at some of these numbers from what is reported.

February 22, the 33rd day of the year
33 victims
P22
March 22, or 3/22, or 322, the number for the Secret Society Skull and Bones
PSS = 711.  Virginia Tech is on the 77th Merdian, as is Washington D.C.  7x11 = 77
-   The Pentagon has 5, 77-foot tall walls.  Construction began 9/11/1941
-   The Pentagon also has a 5 acre courtyard and 5 floors

Cho's eBay account is Blazers5505
The Washington Monument is 555 feet tall.
5 of the 13 Colonies have 555 coded into them
-   New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, Pennsylvania and Connecticut

Blazers = 2+3+1+8+5+9+1 = 29 = 11
From that list we can gather 11, 13, 22, 33, 55, 555 and 77; all numbers having much to do with the founding of this country, and other terrorism related events, from the Jamestown Massacre to September 11, 2001.  Washington D.C. is located directly on the 77th Meridian, which is referred to as the 'American Meridian'.  It seems strange that Cho's murderous rampage would incorporate so many important numbers from our nation's history, especially in a school shooting just miles from the nation's capital.

The full name of the shooter is Seung-Hui Cho.  Let us examine the numerology of this name.

-   Seung = 19+5+21+14+7 = 66 = 12 = 3
-   Hui = 8+21+9 = 38 = 11
-   Cho = 3+8+15 = 26 = 8
-   THE SUM OF HIS ENTIRE NAME IS 3+11+8 = 22

Strange, the name Seung-Hui equates to 3-11.  USA also equates to 311.  Even stranger, before simplifying the number to 3, it equates to 66, which is what the sum of the 13 original colonies are, and what the first highway across the nation was called, Route 66.  We already had a long list of strange coincidences.  These additions make this conspiracy pretty hard to deny.  As I've shown all over this blog, the same numbers keep coming up in these worldwide reported mass tragedies.  Please take the time to read the other posts linked at the bottom of this post to decipher if you think this is all one big coincidence.  It was the repetition in the numbers 33, 3/11 and 9/11 that got me digging deeper into these matters initially.  WHAT I HAVE FOUND WHILE COMPLETING THIS RESEARCH SINCE HAS TRULY SURPRISED ME, AND I BELIEVE IT IS VERY CONDEMNING OF WHO IS REALLY BEHIND THESE REPORTS OF TERRORISM, WHETHER THEY BE TRUE OR NOT.

Aside from the numbers, there are many other things that don't add up about this shooting.  While it was taking place, it was reported the shooter was a six foot tall male.  Cho is significantly shorter than this, closer to 5'6".  Further, at the end of the massacre, he killed himself, becoming the 33rd victim.  It is said that his shot to this own temple made his face unidentifiable.  How?  This doesn't make sense.  A 9mm bullet is a small caliber and one that is not capable of destroying someone's face.  It makes one wonder, if 33 people were killed, is it possible the shooter was really someone other than Cho, and maybe Cho was just a patsy?  Supposedly, all victims were shot with two bullets to the chest and one to the head, the way professional assassins kill.  Cho had only purchased his guns four months before the shooting, and only been to the shooting range one time.  _Maybe he was just a quick learner._

Also, the Police did not setup barricades after the report his girlfriend had been killed earlier in the morning, prior to the mass shooting.  This is atypical when a homicide is discovered.  Typically the first thing the police would do is barricade the roads so that the culprit could not escape via motor vehicle.  From the numbers, to the inconsistences, something really stinks about the Virginia Tech Shootings.

Please be sure to read the following blog posts to see how these numbers carryover to the other mass tragedies you've read about in years past.

Related Posts:

question: What are the author's thoughts on violent school shootings such as the Virginia Tech Massacre, Sandy Hook, and Columbine?

answer: Using numerology, the author claims the shootings are all related to a larger conspiracy allegedly perpetrated by a shadowy yet powerful organization operating behind the scenes, using professional assassins to commit the massacres and pinning the blame on the "patsies", or alleged gunmen who are also killed on the scene.


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NEW HAVEN COMMERCIAL HISTORIC DISTRICT is a national historic district located at New Haven, Franklin County, Missouri. The district encompasses nine contributing buildings in the central business district of New Haven. The district developed between about 1890 and 1940, and includes representative examples of Italianate and Art Deco style architecture. Notable buildings include the John P. Altheide Store (c. 1890), Oscar Hoemeyer Hardware Store (1895), New Haven post Office / Farmer's Savings Bank (c. 1897), Frederick W. Pehle Building / Krull's Department Store (1905), Otto Bucholtz Store (c. 1930), and Walt Theater (1940).[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1999.[2]

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title: New Haven Commercial Historic District

question: Where is the New Haven Commercial Historic District?

answer: It is located at New Haven, Franklin Country, Missouri.

question: When was the district developed?

answer: It was developed between 1890 and 1940.

question: What happened in 1999?

answer: The district was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

question: Name two notable buildings.

answer: The Otto Bucholtz Store and Oscar Hoemeyer Hardware Store.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article is about the New Haven Commercial Historic District, a national historic district located in New Haven, Franklin County, Missouri. The district was developed between 1890 and 1940, and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1999.


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It's been abnormally cold out. Not the kind of cold that makes you long for an insulated winter jacket, the kind of cold that slowly forces your joints to stiffen and submit. The chord nearly slips from his perspiring hand. His heart triples in speed. He feels it again. The emotion. The one that consumes him. Drove him here. It's like a mute person speaking for the first time, but the joy that came from communication is dashed because they're only able to mumble gibberish for they haven't grasped how to control their newly birthed vocal chords. Or a person thats never laid eyes on the ocean but is dead set that they'll one day live their fantasy life by the sea.

He's brimming with smug amusement for thinking of such an apt analogy. The feeling is tarnished with the all consuming always present emotion of hate. Hate for oneself. And in this lapse of diligence he forgets what he holds. Panic. This time the chord carelessly slips through his hands like so many other important things he was once trusted to protect. Shock, horror and above all else regret. He didn't mean to. He was only testing himself. Testing the world. Proving a point. Spitting in the face of his shame, only to have shame's ugly face lick that spit off and sneer defiantly. All of this thought in the brief expanse that was less then the second it took for the cinder block at the end of the chord to pull his feet out from under him. He doesn't scream. He doesn't reach for the ledge. He only sighs his last exasperated sigh as he committed his last mistake to add to the tally that was all his life had really ever been.

title: Grotesque

question: Who are the main characters of the story?

answer: The unnamed protagonist.

question: Where does the story take place?

answer: The docks or pier.

question: What is the protagonist doing?

answer: He's standing on the edge of what appears to be a pier and wants to commit suicide.

question: Why does he want to kill himself?

answer: He's full of regret and shame.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: On a cold night, a man who is full of regret and shame drives to the docks to kill himself. He ties one end of the rope around his feet, ties the other end on a piece of cinder block, and drops it in the water. He doesn't scream or try to save himself.


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A shocking new Main Intelligence Directorate (GRU) report circulating in the Kremlin today states that President Barack Obama, while in a rage, ousted four of the United States top ranking military officers after they refused to detonate a nuclear device “in/near” Charleston, South Carolina this past week and, instead, exploded it off the Atlantic Coast.

According to this report, Strategic Missile Forces Command (SMF) notified both President Putin and the General Staff this past Tuesday (8 October) that at 01:58:11 GMT/UTC an atomic device was exploded in the seabed off the US Atlantic Ocean, barely 1,000 km (620 miles) from Charleston, causing a 4.5 magnitude earthquake measurement that SMF experts equate to being a 1-kiloton yield, which is equal to the power of 1,000 tons of TNT.

This report notes that SMF experts are able in differentiate an earthquake from an atomic blast in that in the former the ground starts shaking slowly as plates slide against each other, and then the seismic activity slow picks up as the ground really starts to move. In an atomic explosion scenario, however, the initial blast is extremely powerful, and the subsequent shaking of the ground grows progressively less severe as was the case with the 8 October blast.

The particular atomic device used, this report continues, was a B61-11 Nuclear Bomb Low-Yield Earth-Penetrating Nuclear Weapon, otherwise known as a “mini nuke” which was deployed by the Clinton administration in the post-Cold-War era, but had been rejected for deployment by Presidents Carter, Reagan, and Bush.

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The B61-11 can penetrate and detonate below the earth’s surface, creating a massive shock wave capable of destroying underground targets. In tests the bomb penetrates only 20 feet into dry earth, even when dropped from altitudes above 40,000 feet. But even this shallow penetration before detonation allows a much higher proportion of the explosion to transfer into ground shock relative to a surface burst.

Critical to note, this report says, are that many warnings to this atomic blast were given prior it 8 October, including to the highly influential Infowars.com website who on 3 September reported:

“A high level source inside the military has now confirmed to us that Dyess Air Force base is actively moving nuclear warheads to the East Coast of the United States in a secret transfer that has no paper trail.

According to the high level military source, who has a strong record of continually being proven correct in deep military activity, the Dyess Air Force Commander authorized unknown parties to transfer the nuclear warheads to an unknown location that has been reported to be South Carolina, where the warheads will then be picked up and potentially utilized.”

Many other reports of an impending “event” engineered by the Obama regime to cause chaos in the United States we had, likewise, reported on in our reports Pentagon Warns To Expect “Radical” Change In US Government Soon and Obama Retreats To Secret Bunker As “Big Event” Draws Near.

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In the aftermath of the Obama regimes failed false flag nuclear attack on Charleston, GRU analysts in this report say, was the Presidents unprecedented ousting of Americans top two military nuclear commanders, US Navy Vice Admiral Tim Giardina and US Air Force Major General Michael Carey, and two of the US Marines top officers, Major General Charles M. Gurganus and Major General Gregg A. Sturdevant.

Admiral Giardina and General Carey, this report says, were ousted by Obama due to their being the officers responsible for leaking the information about this impending nuclear attack on Charleston to Generals Gurganus and Sturdevant, who in turn began leaking this information to various global intelligence sources, including Infowars.com and France’s highly respected dedefensa.org.

While Admiral Giardina and General Carey were the first to note Obama’s transferring of nuclear weapons to Charleston outside of the normal chain of command, GRU experts say in this report, Generals Gurganus and Sturdevant were tasked with leading US Marine troops from Camp Lejeune in North Carolina to begin the implementation of martial law after this false flag attack had taken place.

Equally important to note, this report continues, is that a further warning of this Obama regime false flag attack on Charleston was given this past August by South Dakota Senator Sheldon R. Songstad who warned of the unprecedented actions being taken in FEMA Region III (which includes Washington D.C.) in preparation for it, and included:

  “Nine-week training course for UN Peacekeepers in CONUS to learn Urban Warfare, English, and US weapons systems beginning 4th week of July for 386,000 troops to be completed by October 1st;

  $11 million in antibiotics to be delivered to FEMA region III by October 1st ordered by CDC;

  FEMA purchase orders for over $14.2 million for MREs and heater meals to be delivered to Region III by October 1st;

  FEMA purchase orders for 22 million pouches of emergency water to be delivered to region III by October 1st;

  FEMA purchase orders for $13.6 million for MREs and heater meals to be delivered to Austin by October 1st;

  2800 MRAPs must be delivered to DHS by October 1st”

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US Senator Lindsay Graham further warned South Carolinians about the threat of a “terrorist nuclear attack” on the same day that Infowars.com warned that high level military intel revealed to them that nuclear warheads were being shipped to South Carolina from a major Texas air force base under an “off the record” black ops transfer.

While the predictable US propaganda media organs loyal to Obama have reported that these military officers firings were due to incompetence, gambling issues, and (maybe) alcoholism, this GRU report notes that these “pathetic excuses” are to beyond belief to give credence to as these four distinguished officers were “beyond reproach” and held the highest security clearances anyone could hold in the United States.

Even though this report doesn’t speculate on what Obama’s next move will be after his failure to nuke Charleston, it does grimly note that the former Presidential candidate and US Congressman Ron Paul has added his voice this week to those warning the American people of an impending state of martial law and economic collapse being engineered around them.

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question: Where was the news about President Barack Obama and a nuclear device circulating?

answer: In Russia.

question: What kind of nuclear weapon was reported used?

answer: It was a B61-11 Nuclear Bomb Low-Yield (knowns as "mini-nuke").

question: What was B61-11 last deployed?

answer: It was deployed during the Clinton era.

question: Why did President Obama oust the military officers after the detonation of the bomb?

answer: Because the detonation was leaked to the press before it happened.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer:
A piece of shocking news was circulating in Russia about the United States detonating a nuclear bomb near Charleston, South Carolina.

Prior to the detonation of the B61-11, there have been rumours in the press of nuclear warheads being moved to Charleston. President Obama fired two military officers in the aftermath of this leak.


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The SIOUX CITY FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY is a historic building located in Sioux City, Iowa, United States. The library was located in a section of the Municipal Building, no longer extant, between 1892 and 1913. It had outgrown the space when the Library Board contacted Andrew Carnegie in 1910 about providing the funding for a new library building. Their request was initially turned down. They chose to work with New York City architect Edward L. Tilton, an architect preferred by Carnegie, in place of local architect William L. Steele who was working with the board previously.[1] Local resident George Murphy donated the property for the new building. Meanwhile, Tilton designed the two-story brick Renaissance Revival building. On April 8, 1911, Carnegie approved the project and donated $75,000 for the building's construction.[2] The new building was dedicated on March 6, 1913, and it is considered “an excellent early twentieth century example of the architectural development of library planning and design.”[3] It was Tilton's only building in Iowa.

Plans were made to enlarge the building in 1938, but the bond issue failed. The library remained in its cramped quarters until 1989 when it moved into a former bank building downtown. Ownership of the Carnegie building was transferred to a group of investors in 1996 who transformed it into apartments. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places the following year.[4]

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title: Sioux City Free Public Library

question: Who is the architect of the building?

answer: Edward L. Tilton.

question: Where was the library previously?

answer: The library was a part of the Municipal building.

question: When was the new building built?

answer: In 1913.

question: How much did the building cost?

answer: $75,000.

question: Write a ~8 sentence summary.

answer:
Located in the Sioux City is the Sioux City Free Public Library. The library was initially situated in a section of the Municipal Building but it soon outgrew.

The Library Board contacted Andrew Carnegie to fund a new library building. The building was designed by Edward L. Tilton, an architect Carnegie preferred.

In 1911, the project was approved and $75,000 donated for the construction. The Renaissance Revival building was ready in 1913.

The library could not be enlarged further and hence they moved into a former bank building downtown. The Carnegie building was transformed into apartments by a group of investors.


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    High school would be starting next week. Until this morning, that had been the only thing on 15 year old Allerton Solvaire’s mind. He had gone shopping for new clothes yesterday with his mother. Although none of his classmates were old enough to drive, he seemed to be the only one that had to show up at the mall with a parent. How his classmates managed to get to the mall always eluded him.
Now, here in the forest behind his home, the other end of the universe seemed closer than yesterday at the mall. Al realized he could not remember the last time he had walked this path, nor could he remember why he stopped coming. His mother would have a similar realization next Sunday when she would attend Mass at St. Peter’s for the first time in almost 25 years.
    The mourning doves above him and the ferns on either side of his path stood in stark contrast with the sparsely scattered beer cans and candy wrappers. He hurried his pace just a bit. It wasn’t so much that he was in hurry to get anywhere as much as he wanted to increase the distance from where he had come.
He passed the spot where seven years earlier, he and his then best friend Jimmy Radcliffe from next door had built one of their countless tree forts. The forts had never consisted of much more than large branches, rope, and bits of scrap wood that Al had managed to smuggle from his father’s shed. On the day that Jimmy and Al were building the fort that he now passed, Jimmy had told him how his father would often come home from work drunk and angry and hit Jimmy and his mother. Jimmy told him how his father would yell at them both, calling them “ungrateful fucks.”
    This day was two firsts for Al. It was the first day that he had ever really heard “the f-word” said aloud, and it was the first day he had ever felt real hatred for a person: Mr. Radcliffe. Al and Jimmy didn’t speak much of the rest of that day while they worked on the fort.
Al stayed awake in bed that night crying quietly to himself.
Because his best friend’s father was a monster.
Because there was nothing he, a stupid little kid, could do about it.
Because for the first time he realized things aren’t always okay.

    Al reached the part of the forest where the path opened into a small field with tall pine trees along the perimeter. He surveyed his old territory. The same patch of tall blue flowers along the west. The same zigzag streak of clovers hugged close to the ground in the center. Even the same inexplicable rustying car door opposite the path that brought him here. The car door still defying logic by lying in a field almost 400 yards from the nearest road.
He and Jimmy used to imagine ways that the car door had ended up here. Each time they would pass the it, the story would become more elaborate and the two of them would laugh endlessly, as only two eight-year old boys can do.
    Al walked to the patch of clovers and sat down. It was almost 11am on a breezy Friday in September and Allerton Jeffrey Solvaire wished that he was crying. Crying the way he heard his mother this morning as he slipped out the backdoor into the woods.

    It always had seemed to Al that when he cried, all of the conflicting thoughts and emotions circling each other in his mind were simplified into one compressed outburst. Things make sense when you are crying, even if the feeling is horrific, at least it makes sense. The only thing Al wanted more than to cry was for it to be yesterday, or for him to wake up in bed and realize today was just a dream. Since this wasn’t going to happen, he continued to sit in the patch of clovers.
Jimmy Radcliffe’s drunken father was the first person Al had ever felt hate for. Today, he felt a new type of hate. The idea of hate stemming from a deep love was a few year’s beyond Al’s understanding, but you don’t have to fully understand something to experience it full force.
It was just like Rob to do this.
Rob was 23.
Was.
Rob was Al’s only brother.
Was.

Al was sitting down in the living room watching TV after breakfast this morning. His parents were in he kitchen washing dishes with the radio on.
“And she‘ll have fun, fun, fun ‘til her daddy takes her T-Bird awaaaaay…”

Al’s least favorite Beach Boys song.

    Al glanced out the window and immediately saw the men with the flag walking up to his front door. He saw the man carrying the flag and knew.
It was just like Rob to run off to some goddamned foreign country to protect other people’s families and leave his own behind. Just like him to not think of Al. Just like Rob to go off and get blown up or shot or run over or… or whatever, and die and leave him here alone.
Rob was an army officer.
Was.
From now on, everything about him would be past tense.

Rob was in the army.

Rob was my brother.

Rob was enough of a jerk to leave me here with no brother.

“Now he’s just a goddamned flag and a medal that we’re gonna hang over the mantle and stare at,” Al said aloud without realizing it.

    He stood up, dusted off the bottom of his jeans and approached one of the large pine trees along the edge of the field. As he began to climb the branches, he imagined the scene back at his house. The two Army officers would have left by now. His father would be standing next to his mother. His father silent, with one hand holding his coffee and one around Al’s mom.

title: [RF] thousand words about a boy and his brother. Any comments welcome.

question: What does the story say about Jimmy?

answer: Jimmy was Al's best friend when they were really young. They would build tree forts together. They also used amuse themselves by coming up with scenarios for why a car door ended up in the field. Jimmy had an abusive drunken father who would hit him and his mother. Jimmy confided this in Al one day, and they didn't talk much for the rest of the day.

question: Summarize the nature descriptions.

answer: On a breezy morning, the path where Al is walking includes mourning doves and ferns on either side. The forest's path opens up into a small field where tall pine trees line the perimeter.  The field contains patches of tall blue flowers on one side, and streaks of clovers in the center.

question: Summarize Al's main conflict.

answer: Al's main conflict is the death of his brother Rob and his emotions towards this news. Before he learned that his brother died, he was only thinking about starting high school and now this is all he can think about. He wants to cry, and wishes for it to be yesterday or realize this is only a dream. He feels hatred towards Rob for dying, and feels that he abandoned him selfishly.

question: What does the text say about Al's feelings towards Rob?

answer: Al believes it's just like Rob to go run off to a foreign country as an army officer to protect other people's families while he leaves his own behind. He believes it's typical of Rob to not think of him. He is hurt and sees Rob as a jerk for leaving him without a brother. With Rob dead, he believes now all he is is a flag and medal that can be hung over the mantle and stared at.

question: What does the text say about Al's family comforting him?


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APS Go! is a community-wide, school-driven process that raises awareness and provides incentives, information and encouragement related to walking, biking, transit, car/vanpooling and school busing. APS Go! is a part of the school district’s efforts to proactively assess the needs of the community, respond to growth and demand, and develop forward-thinking transportation programs. The information collected as part of the survey will be used to update and measure progress on the APS Go! comprehensive, long-term Transportation Demand Management (TDM) Plan for APS. For more information on APS Go! please visit www.apsva.us/aps-go/

This survey is intended for parents of APS students in grades Pre-K through 10. It includes a maximum of 22 questions and should take less than 5 minutes to complete.

If you have more than one child attending APS, please answer this survey only for the child in grade Pre-K through 10 whose birthday is coming up next on the calendar. For example, if you have one APS student with a December birthday and another APS student with an April birthday, please complete the survey for the student whose birthday is in December.

This survey is completely anonymous. Responses are being compiled and summarized by Toole Design Group on behalf of APS. No individual responses will be shared.

If you have any questions about this survey, please contact Zachary Larnard at zachary.larnard@apsva.us.

Thank you for your participation!

question: What is APS Go!?

answer: APS Go! is a part of a school districts effort to raises awareness about  walking, biking, transit, car/vanpooling, and school busing.

question: What is the purpose of the post?

answer: It is a questionnaire/survey that will be used to measure progress for the long-term Transportation Demand Management plan for APS Go!

question: Who is the survey intended for?

answer: The survey is intended for parents of APS Go! students (Pre-K through 10).

question: Where is the survey?

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This post is a questionnaire/survey that will be used to measure progress for the long-term Transportation Demand Management plan for APS Go!APS Go! is a part of a school districts effort to raises awareness about  walking, biking, transit, car/vanpooling, and school busing.


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MAGANG (GROUP) HOLDING CO., LTD.,[1] or known as MASTEEL GROUP, is one of the major Chinese iron and steel enterprises. Since 2019, it is a joint venture of central government owned China Baowu Steel Group and Anhui Provincial People's Government's State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC). It is headquartered in Ma'anshan, Anhui province. The group produced iron and steel via its listed subsidiary Maanshan Iron and Steel Company Limited, which was a listed company since 1993. However, the group had a significant part remained unlisted.

In Chinese language, the company was nicknamed as “_A flower of Jiangnan_”.[2]

History

[former logo] Masteel Group, as a steel plant, was founded in 1953 as “Ma'anshan Iron Mining Plant”.[3] () In 1958, it was renamed to “Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Company”,[4] ( or transliterated as “Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Corporation”). In the 1950s, it was considered as one of the 5 medium-sized steel plants of the People's Republic of China, behind the top 3 at that time: Anshan, Wuhan and Baotou.[5]

According to the company, the steel plant was the first Chinese manufacturer of train wheel and tires, which was first produced in 1962.[6] As of 1993, the train wheel and tire production lines of the group were unique () in the People's Republic of China.[7]

In 1970, a limestone mine located in Chuanshan, Zhenjiang city, was under the administration of the group. However, after the establishment of Shanghai Baoshan Iron and Steel, the mine became a supplier of Baoshan Iron & Steel instead. The administration of the mine was also transferred to the metallurgical bureau of Zhenjiang city.[8]

According to _Financial Times_, in the 1980s to 1990s, 85% of the tax revenue of the Ma'anshan city, were contributed by the group. The group also employed 90,000 out of 2 million citizens at its peak.[9]

1990s to present

In 1993, a subsidiary was incorporated as Maanshan Iron and Steel Company Limited (), which the original “Ma'anshan Iron and Steel Company” was renamed to “Magang Holding Company” ().[10] The former was listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong on 3 November 1993[11] and the Shanghai Stock Exchange on 6 January 1994;[12] the latter, was renamed to Magang (Group) Holding Company Limited () in 1998.[13] Magang (Group) Holding Company Limited was also known as Masteel Group () for short. Maanshan Iron and Steel Company Limited was one of the first state-owned enterprises of the People's Republic of China to be a listed company.[14] It was also the largest H shares initial public offering at that time.[15]

After the split, Masteel Group had transformed into a holding company which owns the controlling stake of the listed company, as well as other auxiliary divisions such as education, hospitals and mining.[16] According to news report, the unlisted portion of the group also had a property development division. In 2012, the public relation division of the group had told the journalist that the real estates were for the employees of the group, and not-for-sale to the general public.[17] However, some of the fellow steel producers were selling their developed property to the general public.[18] Nevertheless, Masteel Group purchased a land in 2009, but sold the land and the properties that was under construction to other investors in 2018.[19] A section of that land had been developed by Masteel Group and the apartments and house were sold already.[20]

In 2003, the university of the group for the continuous education of the staff (), was transformed into Anhui Vocational College of Metallurgy and Technology (). The university itself was founded in 1983.[21]

In 2004, Masteel Group transferred 17 primary and secondary schools to the relevant provincial authority.[22] In 2005, the hospital of the group was sold to the employees of the hospital, with the group retained 27.79% shares.[23] Hengkang Medical Group (), a listed company, was attempted to purchase the hospital from the new owners in 2018.[24] As of 2018, Masteel Group still owned 6.48% shares of the hospital.[25]

After not involving in steel business directly since the establishment of the listed subsidiary in 1993, the Masteel Group and the listed subsidiary formed a joint venture in trading scarp steel in 2012,[26] which Masteel Group owned 55% stake of the joint venture, while the listed subsidiary owned 45% stake. In 2019, a capital increase of the scarp steel trading joint venture was announced.[27]

In terms of assets, as at 31 December 2015, Masteel Group, including the listed subsidiary, owned of total assets in consolidated financial statement in the Chinese accounting standards.[28] In the same reporting period, the listed subsidiary owned .[29]

According to a news report, the mining subsidiary of Masteel Group () had significantly invested in mine rehabilitation, which from 2014 to the date of the news article was written (circa 2018), the subsidiary had planted 12,000 trees, as well as a capital investment of more than .[30] The subsidiary was established in 2011 by merging subsidiaries and divisions into one subsidiary; The mining subsidiary owned 5 mines, namely: , , , and .[31]

In mid-2019, central government owned China Baowu Steel Group acquired 51% stake of Masteel Group from the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission (SASAC) of for free. The acquisition also included the indirect controlling stake (45.54%) of the list subsidiary Maanshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd..[32] Baowu was owned by Central Government (The State Council)'s SASAC. According to World Steel Association, China Baowu Steel Group was the world second-largest steel producer by volume in year 2018, while Masteel Group was ranked the 16th. In 2018, China Baowu Steel Group and their subsidiaries had produced 67.43 million metric tons of steel, while Masteel Group, including the subsidiary Maanshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., had produced 19.64 million metric tons.[33]{{#tag:ref|The listed subsidiary of Masteel Group, disclosed that the company had produced 19.64 million metric tons of crude steel and had further processed into 18.70 million metric tons of steel.[34]|group=“nb”}} It was speculated by the journalist that the enlarged China Baowu Steel Group could reach 100 million metric tons of steel production capacity by their methodology,[35]{{#tag:ref|For example, World Steel Association had stated “30%-50% ownership, pro-rata tonnage is included” and not including minority ownership (less than 30% ownership).[36]|group=“nb”}} despite by equity ratio, Baowu only owned 22.23% shares of the indirect subsidiary Maanshan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., the steel production entity of Masteel Group.

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title: Masteel Group

question: Summarize the politics involved in owning a steel company in China.

question: Summarize the roots of the Masteel Group.

answer: It was a steel plant founded in 1953 in the People's Republic of China-one of the top four in the nation, all in different parts of the country. It was the first to manufacture train wheels and tires, first made in 1962, and the train wheel and tire production would be deemed unique in China in 1993. At its peak, the company employed 90,000 citizens of the two million residing in the city of Ma'anshan.


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The BATTLE OF DJAHY was a major land battle between the forces of pharaoh Ramesses III and the Sea Peoples who intended to invade and conquer Egypt. The conflict occurred somewhere on the Egyptian Empire's easternmost frontier in Djahy or modern-day southern Lebanon, in the eighth year of pharaoh Ramesses III or about c. 1178 BC.

In this battle the Egyptians, led personally by Ramesses III, defeated the Sea Peoples, who were attempting to invade Egypt by land and sea. Almost all that we know about the battle comes from the mortuary temple of Ramesses III in Medinet Habu. The description of the battle and prisoners is well documented on temple walls where we also find the longest hieroglyphic inscription known to us. Temple reliefs feature many bound prisoners defeated in battle.

Historical background

In Egypt, Ramesses III was fighting to save his country and Empire in the midst of the Bronze Age collapse, a prolonged period of region-wide droughts, crop failures, depopulation, invasions, and collapse of urban centers. It is likely that the Nile-irrigated lands remained fruitful and would have been highly desirable to Egypt's neighbors. During this chaotic time, a new warlike group of people from the north, the Sea People, repeatedly attacked and plundered various Near Eastern powers.

Ramesses III had previously defeated an attack by the Libyans on the Egyptian Empire's western frontier, in his fifth year. A greater threat was posed by a group of migrating peoples called the Sea Peoples. These were times of crisis in the Mediterranean, as many 12th century BC civilizations were destroyed by the Sea Peoples and other migrating nations. The great Hittite Empire fell, as did the Mycenaean civilization, the kingdom of Alashiya (which consisted of part or all of Cyprus) and Ugarit, and other great cultures.

Whatever their origins, the Sea Peoples moved around the eastern Mediterranean, attacking the coasts of Anatolia, Cyprus, Syria and Canaan, before attempting an invasion of Egypt in the 1180s. We know that the Sea Peoples were great warriors, and some evidence suggests they had a high level of organization and military strategy. Egypt was in particular danger because the invaders did not merely want the spoils and goods of the land, but the land itself; and there was no country with better soils and access to gold than Egypt. The Egyptians say that no other country had withstood their attacks, as these inscriptions from the mortuary temple of Ramesses III in Medinet Habu attest:

  The foreign countries (i.e. Sea Peoples) made a conspiracy in their islands. All at once the lands were removed and scattered in the fray. No land could stand before their arms: from Hatti, Qode, Carchemish, Arzawa and Alashiya on, being cut off (i.e. destroyed) at one time. A camp was set up in Amurru. They desolated its people, and its land was like that which has never come into being. They were coming forward toward Egypt, while the flame was prepared before them. Their confederation was the Peleset, Tjeker, Shekelesh, Denyen and Weshesh, lands united. They laid their hands upon the land as far as the circuit of the earth, their hearts confident and trusting: 'Our plans will succeed![1]

Battle

Prior to the battle, the Sea Peoples had sacked the Hittite vassal state of Amurru which was located close to the border of the Egyptian Empire. This gave the pharaoh time to make preparations for the expected onslaught by the invaders. As Ramesses III notes in an inscription from his mortuary temple at Medinet Habu: “I equipped my frontier in Zahi (Djahy) prepared before them.”[2] The Sea Peoples' “land forces were moving south along the Levantine coast and through Palestine when they were confronted and stopped by Ramesses' forces at the Egyptian frontier in Djahi in the region of later Phoenicia” writes the Hittitologist Trevor Bryce.[3]

Ramesses III refers to his battle with the Sea Peoples in stark, uncompromising terms:

  The [Egyptian] charioteers were warriors [...], and all good officers, ready of hand. Their horses were quivering in their every limb, ready to crush the [foreign] countries under their feet...Those who reached my boundary, their seed is not; their heart and soul are finished forever and ever.[4]

Aftermath

While the battle ended with a great Egyptian victory, Egypt's war with the Sea Peoples was not yet over. The Sea Peoples would attack Egypt proper with their naval fleet, around the mouth of the Nile river. These invaders were defeated in a great sea battle during which many were either killed by hails of Egyptian arrows, or dragged from their boats and killed on the banks of the Nile river by Ramesses III's well-prepared forces.

Although the pharaoh defeated them, Egypt could not ultimately prevent them from settling in the eastern parts of their empire decades later. With this conflict, and a subsequent second battle with invading Libyan tribes in Year 11 of Ramesses III, Egypt's treasury became so depleted that it would never fully recover its imperial power. The Egyptian Empire over Asia and Nubia would be permanently lost less than 80 years after Ramesses III's reign under Ramesses XI, the last king of Egypt's New Kingdom.

Reliefs depicting the battle

Egyptian reliefs depicting the battle in the mortuary temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu provide much of the information regarding the battle. Featured are Egyptian troops, chariots and auxiliaries fighting an enemy that also employed chariots, very similar in design to Egyptian ones.

[1] Medinet Habu inscription of Ramesses III's 8th year, lines 16-17, trans. by John A. Wilson in Pritchard, J.B. (ed.) Ancient Near Eastern Texts relating to the Old Testament, 3rd edition, Princeton 1969., p.262

[2] Extracts from Medinet Habu inscription, trans. James H. Breasted 1906, iv.§§ 65-66

[3] Trevor R. Bryce, The Kingdom of the Hittites, sub-chapter 'The Fall of the Kingdom and its Aftermath', Oxford University Press, 1998. p.371

[4] Breasted, op. cit., pp.65-66

title: Battle of Djahy

question: Summarize the factors that helped Egypt win.

answer: While the Bronze Age collapse affected everywhere, the farmland around the Nile remained fertile. The Sea People attacked many civilizations and destroyed them. Especially their attack on Amurru, a neighbor of Egypt, alerted Ramesses III. He prepared his armies in advance, which resulted in Egypt's victory. A similar scenario played out when the Sea People attacked with their navy. Ramesses III was ready for them.

question: What does the article say about Ramesses III?

answer: He's the King of Egypt during troubled times; droughts, crop failures, and invasions are common. He manages to repel the Libyans on his fifth year as King and the invasion by the Sea Peoples on his eighth year. The Sea People's attack on their neighbors allows Ramesses III to prepare, and he repeats this feat later when the Sea People attack with their Navy. However, the Libyans attack on Ramesses III's 11th year, which depletes Egypt's treasury. Despite the victory on the battlefield, they never manage to recover economically.

question: What does the text say about the pyramids?


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DREFONG (foaled February 19, 2013) is a Thoroughbred racehorse who was named the American Champion Sprint Horse at age three after winning the King's Bishop Stakes and Breeders' Cup Sprint. He also won the Forego Stakes at age four.

Background

Drefong is a bay horse sired by three-time Eclipse Award winner Gio Ponti, who was best known as a route runner on the turf, but also finished second to Zenyatta in the Breeders' Cup Classic. Drefong is from Gio Ponti's first crop, which also included Queen's Plate winner Sir Dudly Digges.[1] His dam Eltimaas is an unraced daughter of Ghostzapper, who won races such as the Met Mile, Woodward, and Breeders' Cup Classic. Eltimaas is a half-sister to juvenile champion Action This Day.[2]

Drefong was sold as a weanling in November 2013 for $200,000 at the Keeneland Sales, then was resold as a yearling for $450,000. He is the first racehorse owned by Charlie Chu's Baoma Corporation. Drefong is trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert, who helped pick out the colt at the sales based on his excellent conformation.[3][4]

Racing Career

2015: Two-year-old season

Drefong began his two-year-old-season on October 24, 2015 in a Maiden Special Weight at Santa Anita Park at a distance of furlongs. He lost ground when he missed the start, made an “eye-catching” move to gain position, but then ducked in at the sixteenth pole fell back to finish fifth. He made his next start at Del Mar on November 14, going off as the 5-2 second choice. He went straight to the lead while setting fast early fractions, then pulled away down the stretch to win by lengths. The impressive victory earned the colt the “TDN Rising Star” designation for _Thoroughbred Daily News_.[5]

2016: Three-year-old season

To start off his sophomore season, Drefong ran in a six-furlong allowance optional claimer at Santa Anita on May 30, 2016 against older horses. Drefong broke well and battled for the lead with Saint of Saints to his inside and Gutsy Ruler to the outside. The three completed the first quarter-mile in an exceptionally fast 21.43 seconds, after which Saint of Saints gave way. Gutsy Ruler continued to challenge through a half mile run in 44.12 until he too started to drop back. Drefong continued to draw away and won by lengths in a time of 1:08.50.[6]

On July 4, Drefong ran in another allowance optional claimer, this time at a distance of furlongs. He chased the early leader Guy Code on the outside, then angled in towards the rail and passed Guy Code on the far turn. He continued to draw away down the stretch under a moderate hand ride and won by lengths.[7]

King's Bishop Stakes

Drefong stepped up to Grade I company in the King's Bishop Stakes at Saratoga on August 27 where his main rivals in a field of twelve were horses that had qualified for the Kentucky Derby, Mohaymen and Tom's Ready. Starting from the outside post position, Drefong was urged by jockey Mike Smith to the lead, then moved over to the rail and slowed down somewhat to complete the first quarter of a mile in 23.11 seconds. He relaxed around the turn and then drew away down the stretch to win by lengths in a fast time of 1:21.25.[8]

Breeders Cup Sprint

Drefong returned to California and trained up to the Breeders' Cup Sprint held on November 5 at Santa Anita. The field included Triple Bend winner Masochistic and Alfred J Vanderbilt stakes winner A.P Indian, who also was riding a six race winning streak. However, the likely favorite Lord Nelson was scratched due to an infection. Drefong was bumped at the start but quickly recovered and entered into a speed duel with Masochistic. The two completed the first quarter in :21.49 and the half in :44.03. The two continued to duel into the stretch when Drefong started to edge away, winning by lengths. Mind Your Biscuits closed rapidly to finish third and was eventually promoted to second after a positive drug test disqualified Masochistic. “I knew it was going to be a battle,” said Baffert. “About the three-eighths pole, it looked like Masochistic was going to have the edge on us. But this little horse, when the running started, he just brought it, and at the eighth pole, he showed the will he has to win.”[9][10][11]

Despite having only two Grade I wins, Drefong was named the American Champion Sprint Horse of 2016.[12]

2017: 4-year-old season

Drefong's next race was supposed to be the Malibu Stakes but he spiked a fever and missed the race. He was then considered for the Dubai Golden Shaheen[13] but Baffert decided the colt would not be able to handle the travel.[14] Drefong finally make his seasonal debut in the Bing Crosby Stakes on July 29, 2017. He broke well but then veered sharply inwards at a gap in the rail where the starting chute meets the main track. Mike Smith lost his balance and fell onto the track. Now riderless, Drefong attempted to take the lead and then forced the other frontrunners, Roy H and Moe Candy, very wide at the top of the stretch. This helped Ransom the Moon to sneak through on the rail and hold off both Roy H and Moe Candy. Both Drefong and Mike Smith were checked for injuries as a precautionary procedure after the race, but both were uninjured. “There are a lot of ways to get beat and that's one of them,” said Baffert. “You just are glad everybody is fine and safe. He could have just as easily broken a shoulder, but all is good.”[15]

On August 26, Drefong redeemed himself with a “straight and true” victory in the Forego Handicap at Saratoga. Although never seriously pressured, his time of 1:21.12 was less than two-fifths of a second off the track record for seven furlongs.[16]

Drefong trained up to the Breeders' Cup Sprint, held on November 4 at Del Mar – the same track as his disastrous run in the Bing Crosby. He was made the 3-2 favorite in a very deep field that also included Roy H (Santa Anita Sprint Championship), Imperial Hint (Smile Sprint), Mind Your Biscuits (Belmont Sprint) and Takaful (Vosburgh). Drefong broke poorly and settled towards the back of the field, then angled out at the top of the stretch and tried to make a run. However, he came up flat and finished sixth, well beaten by the winner Roy H. “I knew in the first 100 yards it was over when he couldn't make the lead,” said Baffert. “I knew the inside post would be tough on him and I could tell when he went across the gap there that Mike (Smith) was a little hesitant with him.”[17]

Retirement

Drefong was retired to stand stud at Shadai Stallion Station in Japan. His first crop will be of racing age in 2021.[18]

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title: Drefong

question: Who is Defrong?

answer: Defrong is a Thoroughbred racehorse.

question: How would you describe Defrong's racing career?

answer: Defrong's racing career was long and hectic. It start off rocky in the races but then slowly became better as his career went on.

question: In what country did Defrong retire?

answer: He retired in Japan, while his first crop will be trained to race.

question: How much was Drefong sold for in November 2013?

answer: He was sold for $200,000 at the Keenland Sales.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article highlights in detail the racing career for Defrong, a thoroughbred racehorse.


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The Pit of The Earth fell silent, those magnificent trees which remained, those whose boreal ancestors once sat and kept watch over the earth and its children, quivered in a strange wind.

And the last of the Gods, Tomon, mumbled a quatrain as he stood atop The Pit of The Earth and tears fell from his sole eye as he cast himself into the oblivion below. And man was alone.

Strange fluids, a torrent of some foul ichor, bled from the earth, and Carnek the Mighty Roc wavered as he clung to the mountain top,mortally wounded. Pride forbade him from showing pain, and yet the host below could see the thin flechettes that protruded from his breast, and the blood that stained the sandstone. And he too was cast into pit.

By this time the earth had been re-built many times over and resembled that of a cube rather than a spheroid , and the seas of lava and nickel and iron were no more, only vast caverns of glass and steel that housed the myriad of creatures that were once surface dwellers. For only the brave or foolish would set foot on the land or wade the now shallow seas, for there dwelt The White Buds and their thralls.

But whilst the Gods were no more mankind had one last hope.  A million years had been spent labouring deep within the earths mantle, and great engines aided by man and beast had built something truly awe inspiring,  a great weapon of clay and metal, stone and flesh, blood and iron, would be sent forth to the surface world.

And The White Buds, mankind did hope, would taste revenge at last. And the warcry of Earth kind, the bellow of the hippo creatures and elephant analogues merged with the roar of the lion and a trillion voices which burst forth from the caverns and crags and echoed in the mountains above. And yet The White Buds sat in cold silence, oblivious to the terror which would soon be unleashed upon them.

title: [MF] The White Buds - Part 18

question: When does the story take place?

answer: Millions of years in the future

question: Who is the last of the gods?

answer: Tomon

question: Who is Carnek the Mighty Roc?

answer: That information can't be found

question: What are The White Buds?

answer: Some race of beings which dwell on the Earth's surface, and which mankind sees as an enemy

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The Pit of The Earth goes silent and the last of the gods, Tomon, falls into it. The Earth has been reshaped over time into a cube, and The White Buds dwell on the surface. Inside the Earth, mankind has built a great weapon which they want to use in revenge against The White Buds.


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Tobias stayed a short while longer, but eventually restlessness hurried him out the door into the cold. He felt lazy, and content. He smiled at the people hurrying past him, they all looked so red and bundled and flustered. Why are they so flustered? Didn’t they know it would be cold today? The thought made him laugh, and as he laughed he saw a transformation on the river-like-flow of people’s faces, he saw them let go and smile at him, they smiled as if they had just remembered something fantastic. Tobias was struck by the contradiction. “Why are they smiling? I just mocked them in my mind, did I not? Is that why? Maybe they are sharing my mockery. Is everyone so full of confusion that they are constantly ready to laugh at themselves? Look, it is still happening. I smile, they smile. If only they knew what I was thinking. Perhaps they do, perhaps it gives them some sort of strange comfort! Have I not felt the same way many times? I say something foolish, and only after I was mocked did I realize what I said, and didn’t that make me smile, and laugh at myself? Didn’t it brighten the mood? Wait, what has happened to me, in that same situation, afterwards? Did I not go home and curse myself for speaking like an idiot, and curse those who pointed out I was speaking idiotically? Oh no, is that happening to the people I laugh at right now? Do they leave my presence happy, and later hate themselves for fretting the cold, and hate me for smiling at their fretting? They must. Or perhaps, oh no, perhaps they do see me laughing at them, and perhaps they laugh at that, at me. Maybe they give so little value to my enjoyment that they laugh at it. Those heartless… Wait, why should they give it value? I’m laughing at them… aren’t I? Am I? I must be, I must be…” Tobias dropped his eyes and looked at the sidewalk before him. He turned towards his house, frowning now, feeling very cold. “Am I mocking them? Do they mock me for mocking them? Are people truly that confident? No, I think not. They are stupid, as stupid as I. They don’t know what they laugh at, they only mimic my face, like sheep. They mimic because they are scared, scared that they are doing something wrong, and seeing a smiling face reminds them they are acting foolishly. A smiling face reminds them of their shortcomings, and they cover up those shortcomings with a smile, a hideous, scared, sad smile.” As he walked down the street towards his home outside of the inner city, he got colder and colder. No longer were people smiling, no longer was Tobias smiling. He passed a restaurant, and saw a man leaving, all bundled up and red in the face, who bellowed “Why is it so damn cold!”, and those he were with laughed and spoke freely. There was something oddly familiar about that man and the laughter of his company. Tobias tried to place what it was… But he could not. He only stared emptily at the man, who was now beating his hands against his chest and jumping up and down. For the rest of the walk home, Tobias thought of the time when he had offered a hot dog to a man who appeared to be homeless, and the man slapped it out of his hands and asked who he thought he was. Tobias was sobbing by the time he opened his front door.

Danna too had left the sandwich shop smiling. She thought of her trip to Brazil, and of what she was going to tell Tobias about it, next time they met. She wondered when that time would be. “I hope it’s soon,” she thought, then stopped herself. “He probably talks to tons of girls at sandwich shops. But maybe he doesn’t.” She started walking to the bus station. “He’s different… He’s so strange. That’s why I like him. The way he looked at me at first, did I imagine that look? He did not appear to be checking me out, physically, yet he certainly seemed interested in me… and then the way he spoke to me… effortlessly, he’s certainly charismatic, sincere too… hmm. I don’t know. I like him. Even though he’s strange, no, because he’s strange, I like him.” She did not have to wait long for her bus. She put on headphones and every song sounded the way it was supposed to.

Tobias and Danna dated for a few months before Tobias broke things off. He told her she was assuming things of him, she denied any such thing. She writhed curtains in her hand as she watched him drive away. She felt like the burnt end of a knot.

title: [RO-RF] Classic Tobias

question: What does the text say about mocking people?

answer: In his mind, Tobias mocks the people who walk by him for being flustered about the cold. They smile, and it makes him wonder why people would smile about being mocked. He notes that when he mocks himself for saying something stupid, it lifts his mood. He also hates those who mocked him for saying something, and believes those he mocked must hate him too. He wonders if they mock him for mocking them.

question: Summarize how Tobias feels about himself.

answer: Tobias doesn't believe he's truly confident, and thinks he's stupid. He finds that his mood is brightened after he mocks himself for saying something foolish. He curses himself for speaking like an idiot, and those who critiqued him.

question: Summarize how Danna feels about Tobias.

answer: Danna has romantic feelings for Tobias. They used to date, and she felt hurt when he broke up with her for apparently assuming things of him. She hopes she sees him soon, and wonders if he talks to lots of girls. She liked the way he looked at her and spoke to her when they first met, and found him to be charismatic and sincere. She likes him because he's different and strange.

question: What does the story say about Tobias's thoughts on dating?


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Dear John,
	      Fourteen years, two months, one week, and six days ago you told me my mind was like a bomb waiting to go off. You were right.

I had always felt I was blessed, the right side of my brain that of a mathematical savant and the left side that of the next Michelangelo. I could work out the most difficult equation in mere moments and draw a picture worthy of being in the Louvre. I always felt my skill came from the two working together as in my art I used maths to make perfect shapes where as in my maths I used art to solve the equations. I suppose it is then only ironic that they hung perfectly from the fan which was travelling at a perfect 3.14159 meters per second with their blood making a perfect circle in the floor underneath them. The Police didn't appreciate that, stubborn arse's.

I suppose you need explaining for that last bit, four days ago at thirteen o'clock I had a mental black out for three hours and fourteen minutes. When my mental displacement ended I found myself holding a blood stained knife in front of several corpses four hanging from the aforementioned fan and the remaining three with assorted numbers and phrases carved into them. Four minutes and seven seconds after that the police came and arrested me refusing to see the perfect maths and art in my work. After a short journey in their car I found they had left me a hairpin which I used to remove my handcuffs choke the police officer on the right and subsequently kill the police officer on the left in the inevitable crash. Shortly after taking their gun and altering their faces so that they had the golden ratio (this I did with my knife they kept in the boot) I swiftly left.

I am currently writing from the warehouse on main street where I am waiting for you to come so that I may kill you as well. For you are no doubt thinking 'why should I should go' let me explain why you should. Upon reflection I came to the conclusion of my murder. fifteen minutes after my black out you daughter Abigail took me upstairs to help her with her math homework. She as usual treated me like a demented peasant and my brain crashed possibly due to stress or too much genius. This resulted in me performing a slow and brutal rape against your daughter where I forced myself upon her at knife point. Her screams of disgust did not leave the room however as she was foolish enough to have had her room sound proofed for when she performed mating rituals with her boy friend. After I finished the rape I swiftly killed her and carved 'dirty, dirty bitch' into her chest. I then calmly went downstairs to our parents and your son as well as my brother. Upon seeing the blood on me the children and your mother swiftly ran out leaving only your father and my parents. Within seconds I had sliced open a hole in their necks reached in and ripped out there intestines for the time I left them on the floor (with hindsight I am disappointed and will apologize for their inconvenient and un artistic or mathematical layout on the floor as it caused me great grief later on to see the lack of symmetry). After killing them I proceeded to the kitchen where the mother held a knife and the children stood behind her she yelled 'why, why, you were such a good boy' though I did not waste time with small talk and merely knocked the knife out of her eye and in a Van Gough inspired act ripped off her ear with my teeth. Such Adrenaline it gave removing the ear which encouraged me then to removed her eye though that was less pleasant which inevitably encouraged me to slice open her head and rip out the brain (I left it neatly for you in the sink). I quickly killed the children with a slice to the neck and brought the body's to the main room. There I added your mother's body to the other adults and (after rearranging there poorly displayed corpses) hung them from the fan by the intestines with a perfect meter of it showing.  I then wrote the equation for the time it took me to do the deed on your son's forehead and carved the Mona Lisa into my brothers chest, tragically I felt I got the nose wrong but I'm sure you will forgive such a minor incident. Your Sister soon joined them so as that all the guests lay (or hanged) in the room. It was around this point that the aforementioned story took place.

Now back to the question why does this story make you want to come to me and perhaps more importantly why do I want to kill you. They are both simple, you want revenge and you will no doubt read half this letter perhaps getting up to the rape then march to me in anger resulting in either me or your death not calling the police or aid as you will be blinded by anger (this is why I described my deeds to you) If that is the case I suspect you are reading this next to my body and swearing profusely as you think of how to explain this to the police. (All the murders are on you at this stage in time as I left a message stapled to that stupid picture your mother had that was drawn without skill or taste - This letter will be worthless as I typed it so they can claim it was you who did it and this twist is within your brain capacity). However the second question is more interesting, I killed your family so why should I kill you, quite simply because it's an odd number, 7, its odd I need to kill you so that I may have eight kills to my name. In addition you always rustled my hair a simple act but an annoying one none the less (I made your sister apologize for that whilst I raped her, she cried your name out so many times but you never came, in truth it made me laugh her uselessness) it is for these reasons that I wish to kill you. Oh and by the way, I'm watching you read this but you can't see me, I'm sharpening my knife and laughing but you can't see me.

Best Wishes,
	         Jacob 'Weirdo' Chatsworth

title: Dear John

question: Summarize math's relevance to the story.

answer: The writer of the letter Jacob believes that he is a mathematical genius. As he describes his actions in the text, he points out the numerical relevance of the actions he takes. Jacob also displays regret at not getting everything perfect.

question: What makes Jacob a disturbing character?

answer: Jacob is a self-described artistic and mathematical genius, suggesting some level of narcissism. His compulsion to kill is also spurred on by numerical values, such as the fact he needs to kill 8 people, since 8 is an even number. Jacob also describes his horrific crimes in detail including rape and mutilation of his own family - deeply disturbing acts.

question: What are the main points of Jacob's plan?

answer: Jacob's plan is to bai his brother John into a situation where one might kill the other. His reasoning appears to be how to John's ruffling of his hair. Jacob writes a letter to John describing his horrific crimes, but in doing so he expect John not to read the full letter - Jacob believes that if John finds him and kills him John will be accused of Jacob's crimes. Jacob watches John read the letter whilst readying himself to kill his brother.

question: What is the point of cutting recreations of classical art into the victims in the story?


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TEM (, “transport and energy module\unit”, NPPS in English) is an under development nuclear propulsion spacecraft with the intention to facilitate the transportation of large cargoes in deep space.[1] It will be constructed by the Russian Keldysh Research Center,[2] NIKIET (Research and Design Institute of Power Engineering) institute,[3] and Rosatom.

Mission

A Russian project to create an uncrewed nuclear electric rocket spaceship for Solar system exploration. The first reactor tests are scheduled for the early 2020s; as of May 2020, the first orbital flight test of the reactor is planned for no earlier than 2030.[4]

Specifications

Reactor

-   Coolant: 78% helium/22% xenon.
-   Heat power: 3.8 MW
-   Electric power: 1 MW

Spacecraft

-   Mass: 20,290 kg (limited by Angara 5 carrying capacity)
-   Thrust: 18 N
-   Specific impulse: 7000 s
-   Space-launch vehicle: Angara

Project history

2009 - Project started.

March 2016 - First batch of nuclear fuel received

October 2018 - Successful initial tests of the water droplet radiator system

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title: TEM (nuclear propulsion)

question: What does TEM stand for?

answer: Transport and Energy Module.

question: What is the purpose of the TEM?

answer: It is a spacecraft for the transportation of large cargo into deep space. It is also designed for exploration of our solar system.

question: Who designed it?

answer: It is of Russian design.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: A page regarding a new nuclear propulsion system called TEM (transport and energy module), designed by the Russians.


text:
"For Murdering Alexander Stell, I pronounce you guilty of Murder!" I stood there, watching the Executioner with his bloody axe, the Bastardise of the King of the Fire. I didn't want to see my brother die, yet it was soon to be, as I saw him kill that man. That insane man, who should have died a long time ago, along with his mother. My brother was shoved to the brick, where his head would be cut off. The executioner swung his axe, but before he did, I withdrew my sword. " Nobody needs to die today, leave, or I shall cut your throats!" I yelled. Yet, a minute before I spoke, I felt a pain on my shoulder. I fell to the ground to where the crowd was, yelling at Athena Akolite's stupidity. The last thing I saw, was the arrow in my shoulder, and the shadow's of the men taking me away.

Suddenly, I started chanting the words of the old god, and the men fell, blood spraying from their eyes. I laughed, as I walked away, leaving the crowd staring, too frightened to move. I chanted more words, and a dragon flew down in  front of me, and I simply rode it out of that city. I heard that the King of Fire had been killed by a riot of peasants, but I didn't care. I now say goodbye, my children, and may the god's watch over you.

title: The Shadows Bleed With Me

question: Did his brother still get killed?

answer: Unclear

question: Is the narrator a sorcerer?

answer: He seems to have cast spells but it does not say explicitly

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator is present for his brother's beheading. Before the man can cut his head off though, the narrator steps forward with his sword. The men grab him so the narrator starts to chant to the gods which makes the men's eyes bleed. Free now the narrator says a different chant which summons a dragon and hops on to leave the city.


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JOSHUA NDERE MAKONJIO (27 July 1981[1] – 18 November 2011) was a Kenyan amateur boxer.

Career

Ndere represented Kenya at African, Commonwealth and World Championship level. As a light heavyweight boxer he was a bronze medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers and 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.[2] He made the second round of the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships.

Due to his military commitments, he missed out on the 2008 Summer Olympics, which he was considered likely to have qualified for.[3]

Death

While driving near Samburu in 2011, Ndere was killed in a head-on crash with an on-coming vehicle. He had just started annual leave and was on the road to Nairobi from his Mombasa base.[4]

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title: Joshua Ndere

question: Who is Joshua Ndere Makonjio?

answer: He was a Kenyan amateur boxer.

question: What made Joshua miss out on the 2008 Summer Olympics?

answer: His military commitments.

question: Summarize everything relating to Joshua's career.

answer: He represented Kenya at the African, Commonwealth, and World Championships as a light heavyweight boxer. He was a bronze medallist at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, and the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. He made the second round of the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships.

question: How did Joshua die?

answer: He was killed in a head-on crash with another vehicle while driving near Samburu in 2011 coming from his Mombasa base.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Joshua Ndere Makonjio was a Kenyan amateur light heavyweight boxer. He won a bronze medal at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, the 2007 All-Africa Games in Algiers, and the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi. He made the second round of the 2009 World Amateur Boxing Championships. In 2001, he was killed in a head-on collision with another vehicle while driving near Samburu from his Mombasa base.