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_ANACITHARA AXIALIS_ is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Horaiclavidae.[1]

Description

Distribution

This extinct marine species occurred off New Zealand

[1] Marshall, B. (2015). Anacithara axialis (P. Marshall, 1918) †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=831535 on 2016-12-22

title: Anacithara axialis

question: Does the Anacithara axialis still exist today?

answer: No, it is extinct.

question: Where did the Anacithara axialis occur?

answer: It occurred off New Zealand.

question: Who described Anacithara axialis and when?

answer: P. Marshall described it in 1918.

question: To which phylum of invertebrates does Anacithara axialis belong?

answer: It is a marine gastropod mollusk.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Anacithara axialis is an extinct species of sea snail found off New Zealand.


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SYBIL SMOLOVA was a Czech-Austrian dancer and film actress of the silent era.[1]

Selected filmography

-   _Werner Krafft_ (1916)
-   _Children of Darkness_ (1921)
-   _Gott, Mensch und Teufel_ (1924)
-   _Anna and Elizabeth_ (1933)

[1] Mitry p.500

title: Sybil Smolova

question: Why was Sybil Smolova?

answer: A Czech-Austrian dancer and film actress of the silent era?

question: When was Smolova born?

answer: Unclear

question: What was Smolova's first film?

answer: Werner Krafft (1916)

question: What was Smolova's last film?

answer: Anna and Elizabeth (1933)

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Sybil Smolova was a Czech-Austrian dancer and film actress of the silent era. She starred in "Werner Krafft" (1916), "Children of Darkness" (1921), "Gott, Mensch und Teufel" (!924), and "Anna and Elizabeth" (1933).


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Calgary

Anthony Braile, a Calgary police officer fired for discreditable and corrupt conduct has been given another chance to fight for his job, this time at the Alberta Court of Appeal.

The Alberta Court of Appeal will hear arguments in Anthony Braile's case

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Anthony Braile, who was fired for discreditable and corrupt conduct has been given another chance to fight for his job at the Alberta Court of Appeal. (CBC/Google+)

A Calgary police officer who was fired for discreditable and corrupt conduct has been given another chance to fight for his job.

The Alberta Court of Appeal will hear arguments in Anthony Braile's court battle for the reinstatement of his job as a sergeant with the Calgary Police Service.

-   SGT. ANTHONY BRAILE FIRED BY CALGARY POLICE FOR HIGH-SPEED CHASE

Braile — only the second officer in 20 years to be fired from the CPS — was fired in February 2016 following a disciplinary hearing where he admitted to nine counts of professional misconduct and was found to have committed several Police Service Regulation offences.

In June, Braile was charged with criminal harassment, breach of trust and bribery stemming from an unrelated CPS investigation.

The chase

In December 2008, about six months after returning to work from a mental health leave, Braile was working in District 2 when he pulled over a suspected drunk driver.

"Braile engaged in a lengthy and dangerous high-speed chase, contrary to CPS policy, that ultimately ended in a crash that injured a civilian and threatened the safety of numerous others," reads the appeal decision.

-   CALGARY POLICE WANT POLICE ACT REFORMS, CHIEF SAYS

He was also found to have lied to the CPS dispatcher during the chase and to his superior officer afterwards.

At the time, the chief laid 10 charges against Braile and though he admitted to most of the wrongdoing, the officer's defence was that he was suffering from mental health issues at the time of the chase and should be allowed to keep his job.

'Mental disorder'

Braile argued he should not have been sent back to active street duty so soon after returning from mental health leave without being cleared by his psychologist.

Though he was found to be suffering a "mental disorder," the presiding officer decided Braile's dismissal was an appropriate penalty for his misconduct.

-   EX-POLICE OFFICER FIRED OVER HIGH-SPEED CHASE FIGHTS DISMISSAL IN COURT

Last year, Braile's lawyer Jim Shymka said his client had been on leave for severe depression, was under the care of CPS psychologists and had been hospitalized prior to the chase incident.

When Braile returned to duty a few months later, he was supposed to have been assigned to administrative work, Shymka said.

Court of Appeal

The Law Enforcement Review Board ultimately dismissed the appeal but Braile sought to have the Alberta Court of Appeal hear his case.

The court will allow arguments that the board erred in upholding Braile's dismissal, specifically in placing the burden on Braile to prove his innocence instead of CPS proving his guilt.

No date has been set for the Alberta Court of Appeal hearing.

-   MORE CALGARY NEWS | CALGARY POLICE SEEK PERSON OF INTEREST IN 2015 FATAL SHOOTING
-   MORE CALGARY NEWS | DECISION DELAYED IN MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR CALGARY FRAUD AND THEFT CASE

question: Where was Anthony Braille a police officer?

answer: Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

question: Why was Braille fired?

answer: Discreditable and corrupt conduct.

question: What did Braille do?

answer: He engaged in a high speed chase and lied to an EMT/dispatcher, and then tried to use bribery.

question: What is his lawyer arguing in his defense?

answer: Braille is suffering from a mental disorder.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Calgary police officer Anthony Braille is faced with charges of discreditable and corrupt conduct following a high-speed chase and a fight, after which he is alleged to have lied to EMT and then engaged in bribery tactics. Braille's attorney argues that Braille had been sent back to active duty too soon following after returning from mental health leave without having been cleared by a psychologist.


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WOLFRAM WETTE (born 11 November 1940) is a German military historian and peace researcher. He is an author or editor of over 40 books on the history of Nazi Germany, including the seminal _Germany and the Second World War_ series from the German Military History Research Office (MGFA).

Wette's published book, _The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality_ has been translated into five languages and deals with the issue of Wehrmacht criminality during World War II and the legend of its “clean hands”. In 2015, Wette was a recipient of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany, the only federal honour awarded to German citizens for exceptional achievements.

Education and career

From 1971 to 1995 Wette worked at the Military History Research Office (MGFA). Afterwards, he was a professor of history at the University of Freiburg. Wette was a co-founder of the Historical Peace Research Working Group (_Arbeitskreis Historische Friedens- und Konfliktforschung e.V._). He was a member of the municipal council of Freiburg from 1980 to 1989 as a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany, and was also the chairman of the SPD parliamentary group and the SPD city association chairman.

Historian of Nazi Germany

Wette is an author or editor of forty books on the history of Nazi Germany, including the Wehrmacht (armed forces), its leadership and its relationship with Nazism. Wette's works explored topics that at the time of their publication were considered taboo or not widely discussed in Germany, such as desertion, treason and aid to victims of the Nazi regime from military personnel. Despite thousands of executions for “undermining of military morale”, Wette's research has shown that only three Wehrmacht servicemen were executed for helping Jews. Wette explored the topic in his book _Feldwebel Anton Schmid: Ein Held der Humanität [Feldwebel Anton Schmid: A Hero of Humanity]_. The book told the story of Anton Schmid, who aided Jews confined to the Vilna Ghetto. He was sentenced to death by his military superiors and executed in 1942. Because of the controversial nature of Wette's work, he has received death threats.

_The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality_

Wette's 2002 book _Die Wehrmacht. Feindbilder, Vernichtungskrieg, Legenden [The Wehrmacht: Images of the Enemy, War of Extermination, Legends]_ was published in 2006 in English as _The Wehrmacht: History, Myth, Reality_ by Harvard University Press. Building on Omer Bartov's 1985 study _The Eastern Front, 1941–1945: German Troops and the Barbarisation of Warfare_, the book deconstructs the myth of the clean Wehrmacht. According to _The Atlantic_, it shows that “the Wehrmacht—and not, as postwar accounts by German generals would have it, merely the SS—freely and even eagerly joined in murder and genocide, which were central, rather than incidental, features of its effort”.

The book complements the earlier studies that focused on the average _Landser_ (soldier) and also discusses the complicity of the highest levels of the Wehrmacht. Reviewing the work, the historian Geoffrey P. Megargee notes that “until Wette's work, there was no concise, general survey on the Wehrmacht's crimes, at least for an English-speaking audience. Thus, his work fills a significant gap in the literature”. The review goes on to criticize the book for omitting key areas, according to Megargee, for assessing the Wehrmacht's criminality, including the murder of more than 3 million Soviet prisoners of war, the _Bandenbekämpfung_ (bandit-fighting) doctrine of carrying out counter-insurgency warfare with maximum brutality, and criminal orders, such as the Commissar Order.

Awards

-   2015: Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

Selected works

In English

-   _Germany and the Second World War, Volume I: The Build-up of German Aggression_, with Wilhelm Deist, Manfred Messerschmidt, and . Oxford University Press,
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In German

-   _Kriegstheorien deutscher Sozialisten. Marx, Engels, Lassalle, Bernstein, Kautsky, Luxemburg. Ein Beitrag zur Friedensforschung_. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart u. a. 1971, .
-   With Wilhelm Deist, Manfred Messerschmidt, : _Ursachen und Voraussetzungen der deutschen Kriegspolitik_ (= _Das Deutsche Reich und der Zweite Weltkrieg._ Bd. 1). Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1979; aktualisierte Taschenbuchausgabe: _Ursachen und Voraussetzungen des Zweiten Weltkrieges._ Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 1989,
-   With Gerd R. Ueberschär: _Bomben und Legenden. Die schrittweise Aufklärung des Luftangriffs auf Freiburg am 10. Mai 1940. Ein dokumentarischer Bericht._ Rombach, Freiburg im Breisgau 1981, .
-   _Gustav Noske. Eine politische Biographie._ Droste, Düsseldorf 1987, .
-   _Militarismus und Pazifismus. Auseinandersetzung mit den deutschen Kriegen._ Donat, Bremen 1991, .
-   _Die Wehrmacht. Feindbilder, Vernichtungskrieg, Legenden._ S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2002, (translated in English, French, Spanish, Polish)
-   _Militarismus in Deutschland. Geschichte einer kriegerischen Kultur._ Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt a.M. 2011, .
-   _Gustav Noske und die Revolution in Kiel 1918_ (= _Sonderveröffentlichungen der Gesellschaft für Kieler Stadtgeschichte_ Bd. 64.) Boyens, Heide 2010, .
-   _Karl Jäger. Mörder der litauischen Juden._ Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2011, .
-   _Feldwebel Anton Schmid: Ein Held der Humanität._ S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2013, .
-   _Ehre, wem Ehre gebührt! Täter, Widerständler und Retter (1939–1945)_ (= Schriftenreihe Geschichte & Frieden. Bd. 24). Donat, Bremen 2014, .

title: Wolfram Wette

question: How many books has Wette published?

answer: More than 40

question: What awards has Wette received?

answer: The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany

question: Prior to the fall of the Berlin Wall, did Wette live in East or West Germany?

answer: That information can't be found

question: What does Wette conclude about the German Wehrmacht?

answer: He concludes that Wehrmacht was complicit with, and even eagerly joined in, the murder and genocide that the Nazis inflicted

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Wolfram Wette is a German military historian who has published over 40 books on the history of Nazi Germany, including an exploration into the role of the Wehrmacht during the war. For his work, he has received the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany.


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Surveillance video and a 911 call reveal the chaos that was going on at a Warren hotel as it was being robbed this morning.

It happened at Victory Suites on the I-696 service drive near Dequindre.

Sources say a woman walked into the hotel around 6 a.m. and showed her gun. She demanded money from the hotel clerk. When she grabbed the money, she put the gun down.

That's when the clerk grabbed the gun, but there was a struggle. He and the robber were wrestling on the ground. The gun went off and at least one bullet hit a wall. Thankfully, nobody was hit, but the gunfire didn't stop the clerk and crook from fighting.

The clerk was able to throw the gun down the hall and that's when a guest grabbed it and called 911.

Dispatcher: Who did they try to rob?

Caller: I don't know .. (inaudible) tried to rob the front desk. I don't know if it's a man or a woman. I really can't see. I just heard a gunshot go off.

Dispatcher: Ma'am was anyone shot?

Caller: I don't know.. I don't know. I'm not going back outside my room!

The robber got away with some cash, but police arrested her a couple of hours later in Novi.

They went to the home of the gun's registered owner and then were able to track down the suspected robber. It's believed she is the girlfriend of the gun's owner.

Investigators say she's also suspected of robbing a Days Inn in Roseville recently.

The suspect is a 32 year-old woman from Eastpointe.

Action News talked to the hotel clerk late Thursday afternoon.

He says he had some trouble breathing and was taken the hospital.

He says he reached for the gun because he wanted to protect those at the hotel and get control of the situation.

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question: What is the source of this article?

answer: Scripps Media Inc.

question: When did this occur?

answer: Sometime in 2016, though the exact date is unclear.

question: Where did this occur?

answer: At a Warren hotel near Dequindre

question: Who is the suspect?

answer: A 32 year-old woman

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: A Warren hotel near Dequindre was robbed by a 32 year-old woman. The woman had a gun and after a scuffle, it went off. Nobody was injured, and the woman was tracked using the gun. She is believed to have robbed another motel recently.


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A five-time, Mexican deportee now stands accused of serial rape and assault in Austin, Texas.

In at least one case, the accused rapist allegedly poured gasoline on a woman and attempted to set her on fire.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officials confirmed with Fox 7 News in Austin that Nicondemo Coria-Gonzales was deported five times before returning to commit a series of rapes in the Austin area. The most recent deportation occurred in August 2016.

The previously deported criminal alien has reportedly admitted to picking up prostitutes and beating them out of anger. ICE officials have placed yet another immigration detainer on the suspect.

“There’s bad, really bad people, who want to do us real harm who are coming at us from all different directions north, south, east and west,” Immigration specialist Thomas Esparza, Jr. told FOX 7.

It appears that Coria-Gonzales illegally entered the U.S. six times, committing crimes along the way that earned him deportations.

“Five times deported and he’s still here? What did he do the first time to get himself deported? And why didn’t he learn after the second or the third or the fourth time? But already five times?! And he’s still back?! He’s a determined son of a gun, but at some point the dance is over and so, unfortunately, the dance is going to be over for him and he’s going to be in jail,” Esparza told FOX 7.

Breitbart Texas learned that a request had previously been made to the U.S. Attorney’s Office to prosecute the man for felony illegal re-entry earlier this year but that request was turned down and he was deported again. He then returned to begin the alleged rapes. A request has been emailed to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Antonio requesting confirmation of this information and any related information on the suspect’s criminal and immigration history.

ICE officials told Fox 7 that Coria-Gonzales had been previously convicted of three driving while intoxicated offenses and possibly other criminal charges. His deportations began in September 2012, ICE officials told KXAN.

The man now stands accused of attacking and sexually assaulting at least 10 women in northeast Austin. Some of the incidents date back to December 2015, a time following several deportations of this alleged criminal.

His routine was to pick up women by offering them a ride–or to pick up prostitutes. At least half of the victims were reported to be sex workers, Austin police officials told KXAN.

In July, Coria-Gonzales picked up a 68-year-old woman at a bus stop to “take her to his garden.” The woman, who uses a walking cane, accepted the ride from the man who then drove her to a dirt road where he reportedly beat her and sexually assaulted her.

In another case, Coria-Gonzales attempted to set a woman on fire after taking her to a secluded road. She said she thought she would soon be dead when he brought out a gas can. The woman was reported to be a prostitute and did not immediately report the crime for fear of being charged as such. He reportedly did not try to have sex with her.

Other victims range from age 30 to 60.

Coria-Gonzales sits in the Travis County jail and is being held without bond. ICE officials have issued an immigration detainer.

Concurrently, the Democrat candidate for Sheriff of Travis County, Constable Sally Hernandez, has promised to get ICE officials out of the Travis County jail if she is elected as the next sheriff.

“I just don’t think you solve the criminal justice process by deporting them,” Hernandez _told The Texas Tribune_ during a sit-down interview in her office this week. “We talk about being progressive. I believe we need to lead the way.”

Her Republican opponent, Joe Martinez, favors continuing the ICE program in the Travis County Jail. The current Travis County Sheriff, a Democrat, also supports the ICE program.

“How can you release somebody back into the population to do more harm?” Martinez told the _Texas Tribune_. “Where is it going to stop? When you hurt or maim and kill somebody? An American citizen or another immigrant? The federal government has a job to do. Let’s let them do their job.”

Breitbart Texas reached out to Constable Hernandez to see if the news about Coria-Gonzales would be enough to make her reconsider her plans to turn Austin into a Sanctuary City. No response was immediately available.

_Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior political news contributor for Breitbart Texas. He is a founding member of the Breitbart Texas team. Follow him on Twitter __@BobPriceBBTX_.

question: Who is the five-time Mexican deportee accused of being a serial rapist?

answer: Nicondemo Coria-Gonzales

question: Where do Coria-Gonzales' crimes take place?

answer: Austin, Texas

question: How many women has Coria-Gonzales assaulted, sexually or otherwise?

answer: Authorities know of at least 10 women in northeast Austin who were attacked and sexually assaulted by Coria-Gonzales.

question: Where is Coria-Gonzales now?

answer: At the time of the article, he sits in the Travis County jail and is being held without bond.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The article is about five-time Mexican deportee and serial rapist Nicondemo Coria-Gonzales and the system's broken method of deporting known offenders, only to have them end up back on American soil committing crimes. The report says that Coria-Gonzales has attacked and sexually assaulted at least 10 women in northeast Austin, almost setting fire to one of them. He even beat and sexually assaulted a 68-year old woman who uses a cane to walk. At the time of this article, Coria-Gonzales sits in Travis County jail and is being held without bond.


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Sorry in advance, my new year's resolution was to try my hand at writing at least once a week, so this is my sloppy first attempt at a pointless short story. Bear with me, it really is pretty short.

	I looked down and saw the little pock marks on the long bruises I called arms, and rolled down my sleeves. There was a whistling sound in my head driving me bad shit mad.

...

	So he looked at me with his sad face, with his petty remorse and his puppy dog eyes. “I have to do this, and I’m offering you a place in my committee because I want you to be here with me, making more money than you already do and hopefully living a better life.”

	I was fuming but something was gnawing at me in the back of my head. What if he was saying this kindly, not sarcastically? It took me a second to register that he wasn’t faking any emotions.

	I realized that the entire life I had known him he was a real, authentic individual. I guess the past several years had taken its toll on me, and I may have become slightly cynical. I looked up and into his eyes and saw no dark spots of mal-intent. He was a businessman, yes, and a wealthy and calculated one at that. But he had a core, sensible and clean, that he had always held within him since before he was picking my sorry ass off the floor after fights in junior high. He legitimately cared for me, but as I usually did, I dug deeper. I thought about his goals. He had a family, and however poorly he treated his kids, the real kindness you can find in a man isn’t reflected by how often he treats his children, but simply how he treats them. Molding them to have traits for success isn’t a poor thing of him to do at all, and when he was kind and loving to them it was golden with no itemistic parts. He never treated them to ice cream or toys as rewards, they had birthdays and christmas, but even then maybe a surprise toy wasn’t the worst thing in the world for them. It was more the principle that a reward system was right for his kids, he would rather them be content with what they had. It was important to him, contentedness, the rich, bussiness-expanding, effluent douchebag.

	He just gave them his holy words and that was more than enough to have them happy for that day and give them a lingering dad-high for the rest of the week.

But in the end, he valued his family over me. He knew that in the end, he would have to do something about me, and bringing me in was the best he could do. No, he just wanted to do it, the difference being that I could tell he wanted this all along, for me to with him.

I selfishly said no.

I told him I had more important things to do than to be in his heartless rich-boy 401k club and told him my family relied on me and it was all lies, every word. I wanted to tear up and give him the hug I had held in since junior high, but my head was somewhere else. It was as if somebody else had taken over my body and was headstrong, pessimistic, and a complete and utter liar. I told him to fuck off, and I told him to kill himself. I wanted to be dead. My family hated me and I was going down the rabbit hole. I was going to be homeless in a week and a day if by tomorrow he decided to go through with his plan.

	I walked up, sarcastically thanked him, feinted him a handshake and then punched him in his jaw. As hard as I possibly could. Who did he think he was? Toying with my emotions as he did.
	 He took another blow to the face. Somebody other than me was doing it, I swear. I was next to the man doing it, looking at HIM over his shoulder, but he was getting bloodier and bloodier. I got up and saw blood on my knuckles. That’s weird, I thought. There was no blood from my first hit on him. His lip split on the third blow. I shrugged, confused, and left the room. I could hear him crying. Maybe it was me. My world was bending, swirling into a hole, and I wasn’t even fighting the current dragging me into it. I laughed and fell into the rabbit hole, cursing love and intentions, where they could never hurt me again. I looked up, saw the sky and broken glass, which was falling, increasing in velocity, but never passing me. It was a curious sight, I wonder why it wa-

title: Out of place and into the dark (Cheesy as fuck title)

question: Describe the initial reactions of the main character towards the other man.

answer: The main character is very angry with the second man. The main character had always assumed that the second man was real and authentic, and know he was a wealthy and calculated businessman. Yet, the main character felt that the man had toyed with his emotions and was so angry that he punched the man over and over again.

question: Would the second man fight back and send the main character to jail?

question: Summarize how the main character felt as he was punching the man.

answer: The main character felt like he was having an out of body experience when he was punching the man. He felt as somebody other than him was punching the man as he saw the man get bloodier and bloodier. The main character was even confused with what was happening and confused with what he was seeing as his surroundings. The main character showed signs of being manic as he started laughing.


text: My visor powered down. I sat there, in shock and disbelief. I was being blamed for something the god damned botters had done. My account was on the verge of permaban. I had been accused of forging digital currency. Bad, very bad. It means that in about five minutes the feds will be banging down my door and taking me into custody. I was on ice so thin, I could pass it off as glass. So, I began doing what I rationalized as last resort. I threw a few days worth of clothes in a duffle bag along with a few provisions to keep me safe for a while, and sprinted out into the cold December night not knowing where I would be heading next.

title: The ban hammer has spoken.

question: What does the narrator mean by their visor "powering down"?

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

question: Who are the botters?

answer: That isn't mentioned in the story, but it seems they were the ones who forged digital currency.

question: What could the narrator pass off as a glass?

answer: They're saying they're on such thin ice metaphorically that it could pass as glass.

question: Why is the narrator heading somewhere?

answer: The feds are coming to take him into custody after he's been accused of forging digital currency.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: In a futuristic world, the narrator is being falsely accused of forging digital currency. They know the feds are coming to take them into custody soon, so they pack a bag and leave, not knowing where they are heading next.


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NICOLÁS CANAVESSIO (born 17 September 1993) is an Argentine professional footballer who plays as a defender for Arcos CF.[1][2][3]

Career

Canavessio's career began with Ben Hur of Torneo Federal B.[4] He remained there for two years, notably playing in twice in the 2012–13 Copa Argentina, before joining Argentine Primera División club Atlético de Rafaela.[5][6] He appeared on Rafaela's bench once, in March 2015, before he departed on loan to Torneo Federal B team Central Norte.[7] He returned to Rafaela in 2016 and subsequently made his debut for them on 3 December in the Primera División versus Defensa y Justicia.[8] One further appearance followed prior to the club getting relegated at the end of the season.[9] He failed to feature during 2017–18.[10]

Arcos of the Tercera División in Spain completed the signing of Canavessio on 3 August 2018.[11]

Career statistics

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  Club                   Season               League             Cup[15]   League Cup   Continental   Other   Total
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  Division               Apps                 Goals              Apps      Goals        Apps          Goals   Apps
  Atlético de Rafaela    2014                 Primera División   0         0            0             0       —
  2015                   0                    0                  0         0            —             —       0
  2016                   0                    0                  0         0            —             —       0
  2016–17                2                    0                  0         0            —             —       0
  2017–18                Primera B Nacional   0                  0         0            0             —       —
  Total                  2                    0                  0         0            —             —       0
  Central Norte (loan)   2016                 Torneo Federal B   6         0            0             0       —
  Arcos                  2018–19              Tercera División   0         0            0             0       —
  Career total           8                    0                  0         0            —             —       0

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title: Nicolás Canavessio

question: Who is Nicolas Canavessio?

answer: Nicolas is an Argentine professional footballer.

question: Which club does he belong to?

answer: He belonged to Torneo Federal B  and then joined Argentine Primera Division club, Atletico de Rafaela.

question: When did he return to Rafaela?

answer: He returned to Rafaela in 2016.

question: How many games did he play while with Torneo Federal B?

answer: Two games.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Nicolas Canavessio is an Argentine professional footballer. He plays as a defender for Arcos CF. Canavessio's remained with Torneo Federal B for two years before joining Atletico de Rafaela. He departed to Torneo Federal B  in 2015 and returned to Rafaela a year later.


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The sign spells "Oleander's". A fitting name, perhaps, for oleander can be either a deadly poison or a potent medicine depending on which parts and how much you choose to process. Much like alcohol. Since I'm already here, I might as well sit down and treat myself to an evening glass of something, and so I ask for a glass of mojito.

 For a tavern, it's strangely quiet and vacant, unlike all those depictions of the establishment in stories everywhere. There's no barfight, no quarrel, nothing above a whisper. Maybe the rain has driven the customers away, maybe it's a local tradition to not drink on this day, or maybe the bar is inadequate for the folks' tastes.

There's a homely feeling to this place, as I notice. I suppose it's the quietness that's rarely associated with any place that allows alcohol consumption. I'm not a crowd person. If I had to choose to live between rotting in a chair alone and associating with others incessantly, I would pick the former of the two. It's never until you've talked to so many people that you started to cherish the precious silence with a book, or a hot cup of chocolate by your side.

On my left sits an old, rusty, scarlet-colored Hecker radio. Heckers, having been out of production since 1985, are undoubtedly rare now. Carla Bruni's *Quelqu'un M'a Dit* is playing, fully accompanied by crackles and static and everything you'd expect from such an old model. The song sounds better this way, as do most French songs, I recognize.

"Mister? Here's your mojito. Please enjoy!"

I look up and catch the waitress' gaze. She has clear, hazel eyes. The type of eyes that would never give away what they are hiding behind. Just like yours.

I thank her and take a sip. For a moment, I see you also looking back at me through the fogged glass.

April 12

title: Taverns and mojitos

question: Who is the narrator of the story?

question: What are the major events of the story?

answer: The narrator enters a tavern called Oleander's for an evening drink. The tavern is empty. The narrator enjoys the silence. He orders a mojito. He listens to a French song on an old radio.

question: Explain why the narrator decided to enter Oleander's.

answer: The narrator acknowledges the double meaning of the name. He decides to enter because he is already there and might as well treat himself to an evening drink.

question: Explain why the narrator does not like crowds.

answer: The narrator believes that it is never until you have talked to so many people that you start to cherish the precious silence.

question: Write a ~7 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator enters a tavern called Oleander's for an evening drink. The tavern is quiet and vacant, strange for an establishment of this nature. The narrator wonders at this. The narrator orders a mojito and enjoys the homeliness of the place. He listens to a French song on an old radio. His mojito arrives. He makes eye contact with the waitress and sees somebody else's eyes in the fogged glass.


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THADDEUS KIRKLAND (born January 12, 1955) is an American politician from Pennsylvania who has served as mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania, since 2016. He served as a Democratic member of the 159th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District[1] from 1993 to 2016.

Early life and education

Born in Chester, Kirkland graduated from Chester High School in 1973 and Cheyney University in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary. [2] Kirkland is a graduate of the Widener University Leadership Academy and is a member of Wine Psi Phi and Omega Psi Phi fraternities.[3][4]

Kirkland was a community service coordinator at Crozer Chester Medical Center, where he directed outreach and educational programs for teenagers.[5]

Career

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

In 1993, Kirkland was elected as a Democratic member to the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 159th district. He was reelected 10 times, serving 11 consecutive 2-year terms.[6]

Kirkland served as the Democratic Chairman of the House Tourism and Recreational Development Committee and as a member of the Pennsylvania Legislative Black Caucus. In 2002, he was named to the PoliticsPA list of Best Dressed Legislators.[7]

He was not a candidate for reelection in 2016 and was succeeded by his nephew, Brian Joseph Kirkland.[8]

Sponsored legislation

In the 2015-2016 session, Kirkland sponsored several bills, including: HB 418 concerning human-shaped targets at shooting ranges,[9] HB 419 concerning crimes that could not be expunged from a criminal record,[10] and HB 420 concerning body cameras to be worn by police officers.[11] None of these bills were voted on. Kirkland has been involved in areas of prayer in school, video surveillance, technical training, and Head Start programs.[12]

Chester-Upland School District controversies

In June 2011, Kirkland announced that if $20 million worth of cuts were not restored to the Chester-Upland school district, he planned to file a federal lawsuit against Pennsylvania to close the three public high schools in Chester.[13] However, the school board did not support Kirkland's plan, calling a press conference where they stated that they were “fully capable of speaking for” themselves and “totally disagree” with what Kirkland wanted to do.[14] In August 2017, Kirkland welcomed the opening of the Chester Charter School for the Arts, a $25 million public, non-profit charter school on an 11-acre campus on Highland Avenue with kindergarten through 11th grade classes with a focus on music, dance, theater and visual arts.[15]

Mayor of Chester

In the 2015 Democratic mayoral primary, Kirkland defeated incumbent Mayor John Linder 1,818 to 721.[16] Just before taking office on January 4, 2016, he promised to reduce violence in the city by improving the schools and police force and using body cameras.[17][18]

Kirkland decided to stay on as the representative of Chester, as well as serving as mayor of the Delaware County community. He is the first representative who has resigned and then rescinded his resignation. The House Democratic spokesman stated that because of this action he will not be taking a mayoral salary until he departs from the House, and instead will take his legislative pay and continue to count toward his pension credits.[19]

Personal life

Kirkland is the pastor of the Community Baptist Church in Chester, Pennsylvania.[20]

Kirkland is also the Vice President of the West End Ministerial Fellowship of Chester and Vicinity and is a former Board of Trustee member of Lincoln University.[21]

Kirkland is married to Susie and together they have five daughters.[22]

Kirkland is the younger brother of former professional basketball player Wilbur Kirkland.[23]

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title: Thaddeus Kirkland

question: What was Thaddeus Kirkland's political affiliation?

answer: He is a Democrat.

question: List two positions Thaddeus Kirkland held.

answer: Mayor of Chester, Pennsylvania and a Democratic member of the 159th District Pennsylvania House of Representatives.

question: Where was Thaddeus Kirkland born?

answer: Chester, Pennsylvania

question: Describe Thaddeus Kirkland's personal life.

answer: His wife is named Susie, and he has five daughters with her. His older brother, Wilbur Kirkland, is a former professional basketball player,

question: Explain the Chester-Upland School District controversies.

answer: Kirkland announced that he intended to file a lawsuid against Pennsylvania to close Chester's three public high schools if $20 million worth of cuts were not restored to the Chester-Upland school district. The school board did not support Kirkland's plans.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Thaddeus Kirkland is a politician from Chester, Pennsylvania. He has served as mayor of Chest, Pennsylvania and as a Democratic member of the 159th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District.


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MARCO ENEIDI (November 1, 1956 - May 24, 2016) was an American jazz alto saxophonist. He was primarily associated with free jazz.[1]

Eneidi grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he took lessons with Sonny Simmons. He moved to New York City in 1981 to study with Jimmy Lyons. He started to play with Jackson Krall, William Parker and Denis Charles. In 1984, he was hired by Bill Dixon to teach at Bennington College. In the early 1990s, he recorded his first important dates as a leader, such as _Final Disconnect Notice_. He was hired by Cecil Taylor, with whom he played in Europe. Eneidi moved back to the West Coast in the late 1990s, notably playing with Glenn Spearman. In 2005, he moved to Vienna, where he ran weekly free improvisation sessions until his move to Mexico in 2015.[2]

Notes

Discography

As leader

-   _Vermont, Spring, 1986_ (Botticelli)
-   _The Marco Eneidi Coalition_ (Botticelli)
-   _Final Disconnect Notice_ (Botticelli)
-   _For Our Children_ (Botticelli)
-   _Creative Music Orchestra_ (Music & Arts)
-   _Marco Eneidi & The American Jungle Orchestra_ (Botticelli)
-   _Live at Radio Valencia_ (Botticelli)
-   _Cherry Box_ (Eremite, 2000)
-   _Ghetto Calypso_ (Not Two)
-   _Live at Spruce Street Forum_ (Botticelli)
-   _American Roadwork_ (CIMP)
-   _Sound on Survival Live_ (Henceforth)
-   _Outpost Live_ (Botticelli)
-   _Panta rei_ (For Tune)

[1] Kelsey, Chris. “Marco Eneidi.” _AllMusic_.

[2] Crépon, Pierre. “Contrary Motion: Marco Eneidi, 1956-2016.” _Point of Departure_ 57, December 2016.

title: Marco Eneidi

question: Explain free jazz.

answer: The text doesn't contain a definition but it is likely a genre of jazz that involves a lot of improvisation.

question: What was Marco Eneidi hired by Bill Dixon to do?

answer: Teach at Bennington College.

question: List 6 albums Marco Eneidi played on.

answer: Creative Music Orchestra, Marco Eneidi & The American Jungle Orchestra, Live at Radio Valencia, Cherry Box, Ghetto Calypso, and Live at Spruce Street Forum.

question: How long did Marco Eneidi live in Vienna before he moved?

answer: Approximately 10 years.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This text offers a brief introduction to American jazz alto saxophonist Marco Eneidi, including details about his early career and discography.


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Your eyes open slowly, and then close them again at the glare of the sun streaming in through the window.  Why didn't you remember to close the blinds last night before you went to bed? You shake your head.  Your mind is foggy and your brain is practically throbbing in pain.

You open your eyes again and force yourself to slide from between the sheets.  You almost stumble as your feet hit the ground; still drunk from the night before?

You stand up and stagger towards your closet, stopping briefly to look at yourself in the mirror.  You see:

A.  A skinny woman, attractive woman in her mid-twenties wearing a t-shirt and a pair of running shorts.

B.  A shirtless man in his late twenties, with a relatively fit body and a few scars criss-crossing your chest

title: Choose Your Own Adventure - Random

question: What mood is the author trying to evoke?

answer: The mood of a hangover with a bit of mystery.

question: What is the main idea of paragraph 1?

answer: To set the scene. Particularly, to indicate that that the person in the scenario given by the author went to bed disoriented and is waking up the same way.

question: Explain what the title means in relationship to the story.

answer: Given the two options at the end of the story, i.e. the woman or the man, the title seems to indicate that the reader is given the option of choosing their form for the upcoming adventure, like virtual or alternative reality.

question: Does the age of the two choices of people in the story relate to the age of the author?

answer: The text doesn't say.


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The Indian 25[INDIAN_PAISA_SYMBOL.SVG] coin, popularly called CHAWANNI is a former denomination of the Indian rupee. The 25 paisa coin is worth of a rupee (1 rupee = 100 paise).

Introduction and Demonetization

The 25 Paisa coin was introduced in 1957. Prior to this, the 25 paise coin was known as the “ rupee”, which was equivalent to 4 annas (1 rupee = 16 annas). On June 30, 2011, the 25 paisa and all lower denomination coins were officially demonetized.

Features

-   Ferritic Stainless Steel was used to mint the 25 paisa coin.[1]
-   The diameter of the coin is 19 mm.
-   Weight of the coin is 2.83 g.
-   In 1964-1983 the 25 paisa coin was minted in Copper-Nickel.

[1] https://rbi.org.in/Scripts/ic_coins_5.aspx#25

title: Indian 25-paisa coin

question: When was the 25 Paisa coin introduced?

answer: It was introduced in 1957.

question: How much is one annas worth?

answer: One annas is worth one-sixteenth of a rupee.

question: When was the 25 paisa demonetized?

answer: It was demonetized on June 30, 2011.

question: What material was the 25 paisa coin made from?

answer: It was minted with Ferritic Stainless Steel; however, from 1964-1983, the coin was minted in copper-nickel.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article is about the 25 paisa coin, a former denomination of the Indian rupee. The 25 paisa coin was a quarter of a rupee.


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Charlie gazed at the rain outside. He saw advertisements for glasses and movies, and many other things to entertain the human mind. He was surrounded by many like him, either eager or calm to get to where they wanted to be. He could not count the amount of people with ear phones in there ears or the girls wearing hipster like clothes. None of it mattered, for it only got in the way of his view: The rain.

People argued on this bus ride. People bobbed their heads to tunes on this bus ride. But Charlie alone wished to be different.

Not unique.

Not special.

Not important.

Just different.

A calm song took him away. A beautiful girl made him sigh, and work was 20 minutes away.

title: Through the bus window...

question: Who is Charlie?

answer: The protagonist of the story, shown to be introspective.

question: What does Charlie see through the bus window?

answer: Rain and advertisements.

question: What does Charlie observe on the bus?

answer: People, some ear phones in, some bobbing their heads to music, some arguing, some wearing hipster clothes.

question: What does Charlie want?

answer: Charlie wants to be different, unique in some way.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Charlie is taking the bus to work, wishing he was unique in some way, observing the people around him on the bus and the staring at the rain outside.


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Kerryon Johnson

Kerryon Johnson, running back from Auburn, is one of the most well rounded running back prospects in the 2018 NFL Draft. His strong combination of power, balance, vision, and patience, coupled with his violent and effort-driven running style help make him a very intriguing prospect that will likely make him a good value pick if he falls due to the depth of this very strong 2018 running back class.

He has all of the tools to be a three-down running back at the next level and is talented enough to be an immediate contributor on whatever NFL team drafts him.

Kerryon Johnson Strengths:

Kerryon Johnson Has Good Vision And Patience

It all starts at the line of scrimmage. While Kerryon Johnson doesn’t have the elite level vision of someone like a Nick Chubb, but Kerryon Johnson certainly has good vision and ranks somewhere in the upper tier of that area in this 2018 running back class. He doesn’t necessarily have the elite lateral agility to fully utilize his cutback lanes and cross back across his blockers, but his vision helps him correctly identify running lanes and find holes in the defense.

Something that immediately stands out when watching Kerryon Johnson is his patience. He takes his time behind the line of scrimmage and uses jump cuts to his advantage. Despite his consistent patience, Johnson rarely finds himself in trouble behind the line of scrimmage. Some of this can be attributed to good offensive line play, but Kerryon Johnson does a good job of recognizing pressure from the defense and getting upfield before it becomes problematic.

On the play below, watch Kerryon Johnson take his time behind the line of scrimmage and let his blocking develop in front of him. He is careful not to lag behind his pulling lineman too far, minimizing the risk of getting caught behind the line of scrimmage. He finds the running lane, breaks out from behind his blocker cleanly and shows off his tough running style as he pushes forward for the tough yards.

Something that you will notice about Kerryon Johnson is that he has very good situational awareness. In short yardage situations, Kerryon Johnson does a good job of balancing his patience with urgency. This is important in short-yardage situations. Paired with his tough running style and exemplary effort level, Kerryon Johnson is among the best prospects in terms of short yardage situations.

Watch in the play below how Kerryon Johnson runs patiently but makes sure to keep moving forward while he waits for a running lane. He keeps enough forward momentum to attack the line of scrimmage when the opportunity presents itself. He does a nice job of picking his way through traffic and finishing the run with strength to convert for the touchdown.

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question: How does the NFL draft choose candidates to be elected onto NFL teams?

answer: Top candidates are judged on various characteristics and teams vie for them in a successive fashion.


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GONGSUN LONG (, BC[1][2]) was a Chinese philosopher and writer who was a member of the School of Names (Logicians) of ancient Chinese philosophy. He also ran a school and enjoyed the support of rulers, and advocated peaceful means of resolving disputes in contrast to the wars which were common in the Warring States period. However, little is known about the particulars of his life, and furthermore many of his writings have been lost.[3] All of his essays — fourteen originally but only six extant — are included in the anthology _THE GONGSUN LONGZI_ ().

In Book 17 of the _Zhuangzi_ anthology, Gongsun thus speaks of himself:

  When young, I studied the way of the former kings. When I grew up, I understood the practice of kindness and duty. I united the same and different, separated hard from white, made so the not-so and admissible the inadmissible. I confounded the wits of the hundred schools and exhausted the eloquence of countless speakers. I took myself to have reached the ultimate.

He is best known for a series of paradoxes in the tradition of Hui Shi, including “White horses are not horses,” “When no thing is not the pointed-out, to point out is not to point out,” and “There is no 1 in 2.” These paradoxes seem to suggest a similarity to the discovery in Greek philosophy that pure logic may lead to apparently absurd conclusions.

White Horse Dialogue

In the _White Horse Dialogue_ (), one interlocutor (sometimes called the “sophist”) defends the truth of the statement “White horses are not horses,” while the other interlocutor (sometimes called the “objector”) disputes the truth of this statement. This has been interpreted in a number of ways.

Possibly the simplest interpretation is to see it as based on a confusion of class and identity. The argument, by this interpretation, plays upon an ambiguity in Chinese that doesn't exist in English. The expression “X is not Y” (X非Y) can mean either

-   “X is not a member (or subset) of set Y”
-   “X is not identical to Y”

The sentence “White horses are not horses” would normally be taken to assert the obviously false claim that white horses are not part of the group of horses. However, the “sophist” in the dialogue defends the statement under the interpretation, “Not all horses are white horses”. The latter statement is actually true, since — as the “sophist” explains — “horses” includes horses that are white, yellow, brown, etc., while “white horses” includes only white horses, and excludes the others. A.C. Graham proposed this interpretation and illustrated it with an analogy. The “Objector” assumes that “a white horse is not a horse” is parallel to “a sword is not a weapon,” but the “Sophist” is treating the statement as parallel to “a sword is not a blade.” [4] Other interpretations have been put forward by Fung Yu-lan and Chad Hansen among others.[5]

This work has been viewed by some as a serious logical discourse, by others as a facetious work of sophistry, and finally by some as a combination of the two.[6]

Other works

He was also responsible for several other essays (), as short as 300 characters.[7]

-   “On Pointing at Things” (): An enigmatic discussion on reference and the referent, or designation and the designated. Some believe it to be an ancient practical joke that is intentionally self-contradictory.[8]
-   “On Understanding Change”[9] ()
-   “On Hardness and Whiteness”[10] (): based on the example of a stone that is both hard and white.
-   “On Name and Substance”[11] ()
-   “Storehouse of Traces” ()

Popular Culture

He was in Kingdom, as a Zhao general.

Notes

[1] Zhou, Yunzhi, “Gongsun Long”. _Encyclopedia of China_ (Philosophy Edition), 1st ed.

[2] Liu 2004, p. 336

[3] McGreal 1995, p. 31

[4] A.C. Graham, _Disputers of the Tao: Philosophical Argument in Ancient China_ (Chicago: Open Court, 2003) [1989]

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title: Gongsun Long

question: How could pure logic result in absurd conclusions?

answer: White horses are not necessarily a subset of horses.

question: If the statement proposed is, "all flowers are red until they're not", what do you call the person who supplies evidence of this?

answer: The sophist.

question: What can the "white horses" statement and its subsequently worked out logic be broken down to in non-specific terms?

answer: Class and identity (where "broken down" is another way of saying "simplified").

question: In what kind of popular media was Gongsun Long portrayed recently?

answer: Television show.


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Thirty thousand feet up in the air, why decide that this row was the right one to move him to. Certainly, there’s more legroom, but there’s also the sensation. Looking to the left, ideas begin to form.

The little voice says, “Do it. Do it and let yourself go.”

But he can’t.

Thinking about the plunge. The sensation of falling. Stomach dropping, G-forces rippling his face, tearing at his eyes, his clothes. Attempting to rip him apart before he inevitably strikes the ground at hundreds of miles per hour.

And after the impact, darkness. The end.

Yet that can’t happen.

As the stewardess hands him his peanuts, he returns his attention to page twenty-three of the financial report he owes his boss when he lands.

He pours himself a drink. A four and a half hour flight with two-hour delay, three hours to his office because of traffic, twenty minutes of listening to his boss yell at him because he’s such a failure and another hour home.

Drinking his scotch, his mind returns to the row. The sensation that almost overwhelmed him. That almost forced him to leap from thirty thousand feet. That almost ended him.

Here it was again.

Dragging himself to the balcony he looks over the edge. The people seem so small and insignificant from his vantage point, as if they were ants, following their daily routines. He gazes up at the iconic statue, stationed in the harbor, which once welcomed his great-grandparents to the home of the brave.

He climbs up onto the railing; still undecided.

A flag whips about in the gust of wind.

And a woman screams.

title: This is a short story I wrote that I'm just looking for feedback on. It's called 'Exit Row'.

question: Who is the narrator referring to?

answer: Information can't be found.

question: Where is the story set?

answer: In an airplane.

question: Is he suicidal?

answer: Yes.

question: Why did the woman scream?

answer: The story implies he had attempted suicide.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: A man thinks about jumping out of a plane but decides against it. He climbs up onto the railing of a balcony after they arrive and a woman screams at the sight of him attempting to jump off.


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Hour 60 without power:

As I awoke this morning from the brief respite provided by the sweaty sleep, it occurred to me just how forsaken we were. The ritualistic sacrifices of vegetables from our fridge had clearly appeased no power god known to man, our choreographed dances and songs to the same purpose were unheard and unseen, and charging my iPhone™ from the car was just plain annoying. We had realized about 20 hours after the power was out that we would have to fend for ourselves for food – and to this end we had begun to drive around 15 miles to the Tysons area for food. Forsooth, we were a ragged crew. The locals had, for the most part, abandoned our powerless village for more fluorescent pastures, and the choice few that remained had sold their family members for generators and the requisite gas to make them run. And yet we had stayed, clinging to order in a brutish world; and yet we had stayed, when the hours turned to days and the gluttonous eating of food before expiration had begun; and yet we had stayed, and harbored hope that Prometheus would once again bring us fire. Perhaps you’re right – we were foolish. A though that had more than once occurred to us as we looked about or shelter, vestiges of power hauntingly lacking that jolt which gave them their life, their purpose. But we were young. We were foolish. We were naïve. And while you sit swaddled in cooled air, your electric addiction fueled by your latest hit, think of us powerless ones. Remember us fondly. Because a world in which I can’t crank up the AC, reach into the cool fridge for a chilled beverage, and watch trashy television is a world I cannot long endure.

title: I lost power for a total of 114 hours over the weekend. I wrote a fake survival diary. This is the first entry.

question: Who is the narrator?

answer: That information can't be found

question: Who are the main characters, besides the narrator?

answer: There are no other characters

question: How does the narrator cope with the power outage?

answer: The narrator sacrifices vegetables and choreographs dances and songs to appease the gods, they charge their phone from their car, and they drive to look for food.

question: Where does the narrator live?

answer: That information can't but found, but it is approximately 15 miles from the Tysons area

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator has gone 60 hours without power. They have tried to appease the gods, but to no avail. They drive to the Tysons area to look for food, and they find the outside world in ruin. The narrator laments their naivete, and says they cannot endure much longer.


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[Eran Kalmanson]

When I joined YouNow in mid-2013, the live social video landscape looked drastically different; the scene was nascent and there were no major players besides Twitch, which was focused on gaming. The stars were starting to align though, lowering the barriers to entry for companies building live streaming solutions: “Smart” mobile devices were becoming common; the public internet infrastructure was offering better performance at home and on the move. Most importantly, the building blocks for a scalable, low-latency video solution were becoming available.

Back in the day, the number one KPI that the YouNow video team looked at was end-to-end latency. Our hypothesis was that latency had a defining impact on the level of engagement between the broadcaster and the viewers, and therefore the overall product experience. Engagement was key, and we invested in it. We practically wrote the playbook on how to build an engaging live video streaming application.

In 2013, our number one priority was to build Guest Broadcast — a few-to-many experience. We thought it was going to be a killer feature. At the time, our entire video infrastructure was built around Flash Video, and RTMP. HLS and MPEG-DASH were coming to prominence, and many of our competitors decided to use HTTP-based protocols for their streaming solutions. We needed low latency, and Flash slowed us down. It was clear, too, that Flash was dying, and on the way out, and that we needed to find an alternative.

We decided to take a major bet and transition all of our clients from RTMP-based clients to WebRTC. The idea was to create an asymmetric solution: publishing would happen in WebRTC, and consumption would continue using our battle-tested RTMP infrastructure. It was a double win — real time between broadcasters thanks to WebRTC, and low end-to-end latency at scale courtesy of RTMP.

A few years ago, WebRTC had very little adoption, particularly in our space. Introducing a young technology into a production used by millions was risky, but we had conviction in our design and asked our top engineers to build the magic box that would power our Guest Broadcast features.

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Figure 1 — The original engineering design for a pipeline in the “magic box”

Four months later, we had our magic box, and the results were eye popping. Across the board, Guest Broadcast improved our main KPIs by double figures. In turn, the broadcasters made the tool their own, and have come up with new use cases for the technology.

Guest Broadcast has become a cornerstone of the product and engineering culture we have in the company. We see ourselves as innovators who lean into bold technological decision-making.

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Figure 2 — The impact of Guest Broadcast

Props Project is the natural evolution of the same thought process behind Guest Broadcast, taking it to the next level. From few to many, to many-to-many.

Our mission is to create a robust developer-oriented network to accommodate a wide variety of consumer facing interactive video experiences. A myriad of interconnected Selective Forwarding Units (SFUs) creates an adaptive WebRTC cloud-of-streams, and allows for an efficient delivery of real-time streams between all participants.

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Figure 3 — Many-to-Many network built on SFUs

We are building this network with the intention of it becoming a blank canvas for developers to paint on, and make it their own. We believe that we are offering the community the best available technology to create distributed video apps, making it easier for developers to create elaborate, powerful apps whether or not they are hardcore video streaming experts.

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Figure 4 — Multiple use cases using Props Many-to-Many technology

We plan to provide open-source client SDKs for iOS and Android powered devices, and a complimentary Server API. Both will encompass key functionalities like authentication, messaging, token and Video APIs, and will enable developers to build their own video room UI/UX on top of it. Each developer can decide from which video topologies to choose — one-to-one, one-to-many, few-to-few, or few-to-many — and have it up and running in no time.

It is our goal to make the creation of highly engaging digital media applications more accessible, and to compensate developers for their dedication in making this vision come to life. We’re setting this infrastructure up for you so that thousands of developers can contribute to this one-of-a-kind ecosystem and earn in proportion to the quality of their work and their efforts.

To learn more about the Props Project and to get involved, join our Telegram and sign up for our mailing list.

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question: When did the author join YouNow?

answer: 2013.

question: What was drastically different in 2013?

answer: The live social video landscape.

question: What major players were there in 2013?

answer: Only Twitch.

question: What was their number one priority in 2013?

answer: To build Guest Broadcast.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator discusses a project from 2013 and how the live video gaming social media industry has changed since then.


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I.

I counted the pulses on her wrist while spotting my watch.  This was the third time I’d done so in the last ten minutes.  It had spiked somewhere around 200 right after she collapsed.  I couldn't actually count fast enough to tell.  She was under the influence of the dystopian trippy result of two boxes of OTC sleeping pills downed with a pint of  vodka that could peel paint off a Soviet tank.  The last check put it near 120, but now it had slipped to around 30.  Her muscles had wobbled as if composed of jelly, interspersed with spastic and trembling motions of the limbs, right before she fell.  She had tried to say something, but was incoherent when her tongue could only produce mumbles and garbled pronouncements.  Now, laying on the floor, her lips appeared sculpted in a pale blue pucker.

They've likely said their last words.

II.

She was a tall brunette, unkempt hair and features similar to a horse, with broad shoulders slouched over a saddlebag belly.  Not terribly fat, but without the curves of most women her twenty-something age.  Although her choice of clothes did nothing to flatter her shape: natty grey t-shirts slung over average unpropped breasts, and baggy pants with enough extra to stash a bag of potatoes.  None of it had been replaced in years.

I know her as my roommate’s ex-girlfriend.  They were together when he and I worked in the same office, punching the same clock, pulling the same paycheck.  Small as it was I needed couch space and he was kind enough to oblige with a blanket and a word of warning.

Shortly after I’d arrived, she had cheated and gotten kicked out.  It was all drama with her, or maybe addiction, or maybe outright emotional ignorance, that led to her flighty and reckless escapades.  She had started doing speed with a coffee-shop coworker, then disappeared with him for three days after they were mutuallly terminated.  Eventually she'd plied her way back with my friend, promising various sex acts that would make a retired hooker blush.

I guess my friend was into that kind of thing and had taken her back.

III.

When I’d gotten home she asked me for a cigarette in an alert paranoid tone, her eyes glazed and bulging.  I figured her for tweaking, so tried to pay her state no mind and didn't give her one.  She trotted from the kitchen to bedroom and back again while I mindlessly got stoned to Jeopardy.  Hadn't noticed she was downing the pills three or four at a time, washing with big gulp pulls straight off the bottle with every trip.

When I stepped onto the balcony on the cell having a smoke I heard her gurgle and told earshot I disagreed with whatever her head was doing.

“What the fuck are you on?”

My roommate was out on his bed, nauseated by the same ham and mayonnaisse sandwich for the eleventh day in a row.  He had no notion he was sleeping through her overdose; the pills were for him in the first place.  He probably left out an open pack that she found.

Didn't notice when she stole a cigarette of mine, but saw her return holding grocery store coupons, like one off every seven dollars or some horrible delusion like that, as an offer.  Apparently the drugs gave her a sense of guilt, and she could still form words and phrases, so had proferred this strange barter.  With minimal exasperation I agreed with a hand wave and a nod, then turned away into my cell.

She lit the wrong end of the cigarette.

IV.

Of course, “normal” didn't come easy to this couple to begin with, and there was no normal to return to.  The apartment stunk of vitriolic statements that would hang in the air for an hour, like the stench of a wound changing its gauze.  After airing out the awkward they'd begin the violent make-up sex, and I would have to recuse myself to the bar with the other couch surfers.  At least I knew those nights that by the time I got to it I wouldn't really care that I was sleeping on a couch.

She had always talked of depression and nervous breakdowns, and the breakup had provided the perfect opportunity – I didn't understand why she hadn't done it then.  After a couple weeks of drunken exile it didn't sound like a bad idea to me either.  A suicide fog had formed in the apartment, with the only community we had being one of shared despair.  Words would fall as dust to the floor, questions remained unaswered, indifferences solidified, and not enough confidence to sweep it back up again.

Not much living in this place.

V.

And now, I find myself in a world of wonder; the wasteland of what-ifs.  The phone is operable, as are several other means of communication, but... “Does anyone need to know, I mean…”.

I conjure for a moment - death’s possibilities - and what the experience would be to be front row at a fatality, to see the gripping collapse as the deceased comes into focus, the closure of a lifetime of memory, the end of a single-play tape with no rewind.

The third pulse check also reveals an artic core, and I know she's not long.   She is thoroughly poisoned now, a gloss developing over her thoughts, and the voyeurs want to watch, the vicarious get a taste, the morbid have satisfaction.
She twitches on invisible strings, curled on the floor, eyes rolled, jaw clenched, head tilted, throat taught, mouth foamed, convulsing as the nervous system shuts down.

She succeeded in suicide and I am her witness.

Edit: Formatting.

title: A Unique Audience

question: What does the story say about the couple's problems?

answer: They used to date before splitting up because the girl cheated on the narrator's friend. She used to abuse various substances, including hard chemicals. She got back in the narrator's friend's life by promising various sexual acts. The narrator says she was always involved in some sort of drama. She commits suicide using the sleeping pills of her boyfriend for unknown reasons.

question: What does the story say about loving life?


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The concept that lingerie and undergarments were visually appealing did not become a thought until the late nineteenth century during the Victorian Era. At that time, some of the best lingerie that could be purchased came from France. In fact, it was common for nineteenth century English and American visitors to travel to France to purchase French lingerie for their wedding trousseau.

[Victorian French Lingerie: Example of a New and Elaborate Under-Petticoat in 1899. This one is made with turchon lace and French embroidery with hem-stitiching between the lace and embroidery. Author's Collection ]

Example of a new and elaborate under-petticoat in 1899. This one is made with turchon lace and French embroidery with hem-stitching between the lace and embroidery. Author’s collection.

Besides the visual appeal, Victorian French lingerie was worn for other reasons. Some women found they obtained some form of personal enjoyment from it. After all, many pieces of French lingerie captivated the eye because they were practically works of art with their fine embroidery and pretty ribbons and bows. The French also viewed lingerie in a different light than did most English or American women. Their view allowed Victorian lingerie wearers to focus on how they felt rather than how they actually looked in it. This in turn allowed wearers of French lingerie to enjoy an aristocratic elegance even if they belonged to the ordinary working class. However, there was also this tidbit about French lingerie:

  “A woman’s underclothing is more a part of her, is more truly indicative of her real nature, than all the fine gowns that she may have in her wardrobe. It tells whether she has innate, refined taste, for no matter how plain one’s nightdresses and petticoats may be, it is always possible to have them dainty.”[1]

[Victorian French Lingeries - Young Girls in Their Lingerie Dressing for Dinner in 1896]

Young girls in their lingerie as they dress for dinner in 1896. Author’s collection.

Another reason for French lingerie purchases by women was provided by a nineteenth century fashion magazine when it stated, “Love of dainty underwear is innate in womankind.”[2] Of course, there was no daintier lingerie in the world than French lingerie. Daintiness meant pretty flairs on gowns and delicate handwork or embroidery on pieces. French lingerie was also regularly trimmed with silk, ornamented with clusters of pleats or tucks, and embellished with fine embroidery. Ruffles were another popular addition, and ribbons also added a feminine touch. Ribbons were usually pale or delicately tinted in shades of pinks, blues, or lavenders. One particular color that was popular on French lingerie in 1896 was lilac, partially because it matched well with the scent of violets:

  “All of her lingerie has a dash of lilac peeping about in lace frills, and there is an unmistakable odor of violets about her boudoir. … Just a few drops of toilet water sprinkled on lingerie before being folded always gives a delightful, lasting odor.”[3]

[Example of Valenciennes Bobbin Lace (1850-1900), Courtesy of Wikipedia]

Example of Valenciennes bobbin lace (1850-1900). Courtesy of Wikipedia.

Lace was another dainty addition to Victorian French lingerie, and one of the more popular laces on French pieces was Valenciennes lace. It was devised in the seventeenth century to use up flax yarn and women of Valenciennes began to make bobbin lace with early versions of the lace grounded with fancy mesh. As more open versions of the lace developed, the lace then became known as Valenciennes lace for the town where it was made. The open mesh continued to evolve over the eighteenth century and nineteenth century, until by the twentieth century, little of the famous lace was still made in Valenciennes (production had moved long ago to Belgium). Moreover, by the nineteenth century the lace could be made by machine rather than by hand.

Although Valenciennes lace may have originated in the town of Valenciennes, that was not the main reason why the French preferred it. Valenciennes lace also offered practical advantages: first, it had a variety of patterns so lingerie sets could easily look different; second, it sported little eyelets, which made it was easy and practical to run delicate and dainty ribbons through it; and third, and perhaps, the best advantage, Valenciennes lace looked nearly perfect even after repeated laundering.

Lingerie advertisements of the 1850s included jacquettes, jupons, camisoles, crinolines, cages, and bonnets de nuit. Later, lingerie advertisements included other pieces, such as corsets, corset-covers, drawers, petticoats, chemises, night-robes, nightgowns, and lounging robes when mentioning lingerie. These pieces of lingerie were created primarily from nainsook, linen, long-cloth, muslin, or fine cambric, although one Victorian writer claimed that the when it came to lingerie, the well dressed and most fashionable women chose to have their best pieces made from the “finest batiste.”

Certain pieces of French lingerie pieces also served a dual purpose, such as robes and nightgowns. For instance, besides looking pretty in daylight, these pieces were said to be a requirement for mornings when traveling aboard a ship or a train as they could be worn in a private stateroom. They could also be worn at home “for breakfast in one’s room or for [accepting] informal calls in one’s private parlor.”[4] To accomplish this feat of practicality and prettiness, robes and nightgowns often sported soft colored ribbon belts or unique needlework.

[French Corset of Silk, 1891, Courtesy of the Met Museum ]

French corset of silk, 1891. Courtesy of the Met Museum.

Corsets were also extremely popular as a Victorian French lingerie item. In fact, there were several types of corsets that Victorian Era women could buy. To demonstrate the versatility of the corsets, the following list mentions five different corsets that one nineteenth century woman bought:

-   high black satin corset to be worn with her tailor-made street gowns.
-   white satin corset with rosebuds that was worn with evening gowns and was long on the hips but extended hardly four inches above the waist line.
-   support corset that had straps over the shoulders and barely reached to the waist line that was worn with tea gowns.
-   stiffened girdle corset, just four inches wide, worn with golf blouses and tennis outfits.
-   and, the ever necessary bicycling corset designed to give free movement to the hips.

For many years, French lingerie that was sold was primarily white in color, but in early 1897 that changed. Newspapers began reporting on a new lingerie fashion fad that hit America with the _St. Louis Post-Dispatch_ reporting:

  “Lingerie of solid lace has often been dreamed of, and now and then an appropriation of it has been actually seen. Always, however, the lace garments have been white. But in the very latest development of fancy lingerie, the garments are not only of solid lace, but the lace is black.”[5]

[Victorian French Lingerie - Corset Covers and Combination Suits B. Altman & Co. Catalogue, Winter 1886-87. Author's Collection]

Corset covers and combination suits B. Altman & Co. Catalogue, winter 1886-87. Author’s collection.

Women were told that black was not necessarily a somber color but rather that it produced a “charming effect.” However, to embrace the black lingerie fad, Victorian women found it costly. The French believed that undergarments should not clash or be of opposing colors, just like they didn’t believe in women wearing mismatched lace on undergarments. French lingerie was also intended to coordinate with whatever a woman wore as they were considered an ensemble. So, that meant women had to buy all new pieces in black. This included underwear, petticoats, corsets, corset covers, and undervests. Moreover, one New York newspapers claimed that scores of fashionable women had already embraced the fad despite the cost.

The French thought a great deal about lingerie and the best way to make it. Surprising as it may be, French lingerie and the needlework that accompanied it was often made in convents. One visitor to the convent lingerie workshops wrote about her visit in the 1870s:

  “We enter … a spacious, airy, whitewashed room, having a crucifix over the mantelpiece and religious mottoes painted on the walls. It has large windows on each side, and seldom anything in the shape of a curtain to keep off the dazzling light of mid-day summer. Sitting on high benches without backs are twenty, thirty, or fifty girls, as the case may be, of all ages from four to twenty-one, busily plying their needles. At each end of the room presides a sister, often over a sewing-machine, and her quaint nun’s garb is the only break in the prevailing monotony — a large, bare, over-lighted room rows of little children in white night caps, blue-checked, dresses and white aprons, who stitch away silently, automatically, as the bright summer hours pass by. As we enter all rise, and remain standing whilst we inspect their work. The sister takes us from one little needlewoman to another, proudly exhibiting the stitching or embroidery she has in hand. Then finished garments are produced, and we gaze in wonder, first at the elaborate piece of needlework, and then at the feeble-looking workers who have produced it.”[6]

There was also great consideration how about to market fine Victorian French lingerie. Unlike, other countries where lingerie was hidden away, the French openly displayed it in shop windows. This caused one Victorian woman to report:

  “In the shops of Paris one doesn’t feel duty bound to make a bee-line for a saleswoman, and then whisper gently in her ear that one’s errand is the purchase of lingerie.”[7]

Furthermore, the woman’s visit to Paris in the late 1800s resulted in her seeing what she called a “white window.” It was filled with satin lingerie and was so popular it supposedly attracted endless attention. The “white window” also included some elaborate garters described in detail below:

  “Over the elastic was frilled cameo ribbon in delicate colors, edged with a very full frill of real lace three inches wide. At the side was a bow or ribbon on the lace, and a beautiful oblong buckle of brilliants.”[8]

Garters were not the only things on the minds of buyers when they looked in shop windows and found simple displays of Victorian French lingerie. Such lingerie also possessed the most dainty needlework that was of a quality unsurpassed by any other country. French designs were also reportedly the most tempting and the most stylish, which explained how they easily enticed dollars, pounds, or ducats away from any woman holding a purse. One Victorian writer agreed and commented that French lingerie was so pretty and dainty with its billows of snowy lawn, exquisite embroideries, and eyelet Valenciennes lace that it was too appealing to not show:

  “One cannot help but feel that it is a shame to hide all of this loveliness beneath the somber exterior of a plain … dress, and yet, such of course, that is the fate of the season’s lingerie.”[9]

References:

-   [1] “Lingerie of My Lady,” in _The Inter Ocean_, 9 October 1898, p. 30.
-   [2] _The Delineator_, Volume 58, 1901, p. 198.
-   [3] “Parisian Lingerie,” in _The Topeka Daily Capital_, 25 Jul 1896, p. 3.
-   [4] Ibid.
-   [5] “Black Lace Lingerie,” in _St. Louis Post-Dispatch_, 11 April 1897, p. 28.
-   [6] Betham-Edwards, Matilda, _A Year in Western France_, 1877, p. 162-163
-   [7] “Parisian Lingerie,” in _The Topeka Daily Capital_, p. 3.
-   [8] Ibid.
-   [9] “Beautiful Lingerie,” in _Logansport Reporter_, 14 October 1899, p. 7.

question: Write a ~0 sentence summary.


text:
**Seven.**

Anna had just turned seven when she first discovered she had the ability to impose stasis on objects she willed so.

She had received a lava lamp from her father, a thing she had made space for on her study table, to be placed in between her reading lamp and the stuffed bear. She had wanted one since everyone could remember. Cake and ice cream were ignored as she ran up the stairs to her room, two steps at a time.

As Anna pushed her door open, however, she felt the lava lamp slip from her small hands and it began to fall. She quickly understood that her new treasure; her prize and fortune — as children consider things such — was to meet the wooden floor boards and, consequently, break. Her young mind reeled from realization, to the utter horror of it, and to the sheer sadness of losing something that was hers for such a short while.

She could not decide whether to berate herself for her clumsiness or the unnecessary celerity, feeling tears welling up. She watched uselessly as the lamp fell, and fell, and fell some more. She did not mean for it to happen, and she did not think it fair. She did not want the lamp to hit the floor.

Then it stopped.

Anna wiped her eyes as she stared at the lava lamp. She smiled.

She sat before the lamp, and studied it. It hung suspended in the air and flickered, as if a television image that suffered from bad reception. The blobs of blue and red wax within ceased to float around as it should. Amongst the noises of her family downstairs, she could hear the faint drone of static. The flickering and sound disappeared as she plucked the lava lamp from the air. Then the world around her turned black.

Anna had collapsed from fatigue, the doctor said, and for the next two days, she remained in bed.

title: The Story of the Once Called Stasis Girl pt.1

question: Why did Anna collapse from fatigue?

answer: Because she used her powers to impose stasis on the lamp.

question: What would have happened to the lamp if Anna hadn't imposed stasis on it?

answer: It would have smashed on the floor.


text:
Today, Second Lady Karen Pence hosted a breakfast at the Vice President’s Residence for the Military Family Advisory Network (MFAN), a community of spouses from all military branches. Mrs. Pence met with 24 leaders within the organization to kick off their network’s fifth anniversary and annual MFAN Solutions Summit on Saturday, August 11 in Washington, DC.

During the breakfast, Mrs. Pence offered words of support and encouragement to MFAN.

“The Military Family Advisory Network serves an important purpose to our Armed Forces,” said Mrs. Pence. “I am encouraged by the organization’s commitment to address some of the greatest challenges facing military families such as military spouse employment, education, and the effects of frequent moves.  Their work on these issues will play an important role in helping to identify how we can better assist military families.”

This year’s MFAN Solutions Summit will discuss the primary challenges of military families highlighted in their 2017 Military Family Support Programming Survey. According to their report, military families’ greatest challenges are health care coverage, employment, childcare, education, food security, and the effects of frequent moves. The goal of their research is to understand which military family support resources are effective, and identify where military families need more assistance. Based on their recent survey, MFAN has recommended prioritizing health care, encouraging community involvement, and offering financial education for active duty serving families and retirees.

Since starting the role of Second Lady of the United States, Mrs. Pence has participated in roundtable discussions with military spouses throughout the United States and parts of the world. Through those listening sessions, she has gained a better understanding of life in the military.

To stay updated on Mrs. Pence’s events, follow her on Twitter at @SecondLady.

ABOUT MILITARY FAMILY ADVISORY NETWORK

The Military Family Advisory Network is a nonprofit organization comprised of military and veteran families who connect fellow military families with the right resources to support their unique needs. To learn more about the Military Family Advisory Network, visit https://militaryfamilyadvisorynetwork.org/.

question: What is MFAN?

answer: It is the Military Family Advisory Network, a nonprofit organization composed of military and veteran families which provides care and support for the families of actively serving men and women in the military. They help aid finding employment and education for the families -especially since military families tend to move a lot.

question: What are the main concerns for the MFAN Solutions Summit?

answer: Health care coverage, employment, childcare, education, food security, and the providing support for the effects of frequent moves.

question: What are the negative effects of frequent moves?

answer: This information is not provided in the article, but one can assume that the benefits of establishing long term roots in a location would be one major thing that will be missing: the security of having familiar roads and locales, forming bonds and friendships with neighbors and nearby store owners and service givers, and psychological value of having a visually consistent home environment, etc.

question: Where was the MFAN Solutions Summit held?

answer: It was held in Washington DC.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: It is the Military Family Advisory Network, a nonprofit organization composed of military and veteran families, held a Solutions Summit in Washington DC. They provide care and support for the families of actively serving men and women in the military. In the summit, they are focusing on the problems of health care coverage, employment, childcare, education, food security, and the providing support for the effects of frequent moves. Second Lady Karen Pence joined the summit and met with the 24 leaders of the organization.


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Upon entering the courtyard of this beautifully preserved colonial building, you are instantly transported back to 19th-century Mexico. A unique hotel-antique gallery concept, the Mesón features guest rooms decorated with regional antiques for sale. Fantastic shopping aside, the hotel´s restaurant serves the finest traditional Pueblan cuisine imagineable.

[hoteles-boutique-de-mexico-meson-sacristia-de-la-compania-info-1]From the exterior, Mesón Sacristía de la Compañia looks like a simple colonial building with typical Spanish terraces and heavy wooden doors. Once you enter its courtyard, you are instantly transported back to 19th-century Mexico. The decor is a combination of beautifully preserved colonial antiques and rustic furniture. The traditional Talavera pottery of the area is used along with exquisite gold-leaf detailing around the door frames. Each room at Mesón Sacristía de la Compañia is uniquely decorated in antiques, and if you like what you see, you can buy the whole ensemble and take it home! How so? For generations the Espinosa family has sold antiques in the Los Sapos area of downtown Puebla. There´s even an antique gallery that features anything from furniture and tapestry to figurines and religious art. Their award-winning cuisine of traditional Pueblan dishes is served in the courtyard with patio-style seating and live music daily. Experience colonial Mexico at its best and be pampered with exemplary service in Puebla.

CONSIDER THIS ...

The city of Puebla has much to offer and should be visited. Neighboring Cholula is equally enticing and certainly the perfect combination for a well-rounded visit of the area and its intriguing history.

 YOU'LL SPECIALLY LOVE

Almost all items that are used to decorate the guest rooms are for sale. This is not only a hotel but also a live showroom.

YOU MAY WANT TO KNOW

That Mexico City and Oaxaca can be reached by first-class bus (and it really is!) in under a few hours. Mesones Sacristia de la Compañía´s popular restaurant features live music from 9:30 - 11:30 pm on Friday and Saturday nights. Guestrooms are located above this area so it may be a bit noisy for early sleepers that choose not to partake in this activity. Please also note that the restaurant closes at 6pm on Sunday nights and alternate plans should be made for dinner. The hotel staff can happily assist you in finding the perfect alternative. The owners will be opening Sacristía de Fray Juan, what promises to be Puebla's most cutting-edge hotel, in May 2012. Stay tuned.

[HOTELES-BOUTIQUE-DE-MEXICO-MESON-SACRISTIA-DE-LA-COMPANIA-INFO-2]WHAT'S FABULOUS HERE

The location, the cuisine, the decor and the unsurpassed hospitality. This is authentic Puebla at its finest!

WHO IT WOULD APPEAL TO

Foodies and antiquarians will adore Puebla and more so, this charming hotel which specializes in wonderful pueblan cuisine classes and mexican antiques.

WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID (RELATED LINKS)

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Puebla: 5 Places To Eat In Mexico’s Food Mecca

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Rates

Rates from

$160 USD

All suites are unique in layout and size and are beautifully decorated with antique furnishings. All have private bathroom, telephone, cable TV, coffee maker, alarm clock, hairdryer and iron.

Note: Rates are quoted in US dollars and are subject to change without notice. Please note that hotels will charge in Mexican pesos at current exchange rate when payment is processed. We invite you to contact us if you need rates for the following year and do not see them on our site.

[Junior Suite King]

Junior Suite King

Standard room with one King bed. Beautifully decorated with antique furnishings.

[Junior Suite Double]

Junior Suite Double

Standard room with two double beds. All are uniquely decorated with antique furnishings, most of which are for sale. Private bathroom, telephone, cable TV, coffee maker, a alarm clock, hairdryer and iron.

[Master Suite]

Master Suite

Beautifully decorated suite with antique furnishings. One king-size bed and a small sitting area.

Terms and Conditions

DEPOSIT POLICY:

To confirm your reservation, you must prepay 50% of your total stay when booking. The remaining 50% is due three day before arrival, or 7 working days before the arrival if the payment is made with American Express.

If your reservation is made 7 days prior to your arrival date, full payment is required for your whole stay.

For reservations with arrival dates between December 20th and January 6th, 100% payment for the total stay is required.

CANCELLATION POLICY:

Stays of less than seven days: No penalty will be charged for cancellations received 48 hours or more prior to arrival date. Cancellations received 24 hours prior to arrival date will be charged 50% of the normal rate for one night, less than 24 hours prior will be charged the normal rate for one night. Stays of seven days or more and groups: No penalty will be charged for cancellations received seven days or more prior to arrival date. Cancellations received less than seven days prior to arrival date will be charged 30% of the entire stay. No-shows will be charged one night.

CREDIT CARDS:

 MasterCard / Visa / American Express

Includes

16% tax. Welcome platter of regional sweets. Daily a la carte breakfast for two. Daily newspaper. Parking. Car wash.

Notes

Children under 12 at no charge; maximum two children sharing parents room.

Check - In: 3:00 p.m. | Check - Out: 1:00 p.m.

Transportation

Transportation from Huejotzingo Airport and Mexico City airport with previous notice and adittional cost. The trip is 30 minutes.

[Honeymoon Package]

Honeymoon Package

Starting at $329USD

Valid through Decenber 15th, 2019

-   One night stay in Junior Suite
-   Upgrade to a Master Suite (subject to availability)
-   One bottle of sparkling wine
-   Flowers and welcome fruit basket in your room
-   Special one-night decoration with red roses and candles in your room.
-   Tax included.

[Weekend Romance Package]

Weekend Romance Package

Starting at $440USD

Valid through December 15th, 2019

-   Three night accommodations in a Junior suite
-   Upgrade to a Master Suite (subject to availability)
-   One bottle of sparkling wine
-   Flowers in your room
-   Daily breakfast for two a la carte
-   One dinner for two in El Confesionario restaurant (beverages not included)
-   Special one-night decoration with petals and candles in your room.

[Anniversary Package]

Anniversary Package

Starting at $428USD

Valid through December 15th, 2019

-   1 night stay in a Junior suite
-   Upgrade to a Master Suite (subject to availability)
-   One bottle of sparkling wine
-   Flowers and welcome fruit basket in your room
-   Romantic decoration with red roses and candles in your room
-   One dinner for two at either of the hotel’s restaurants (beverages not included)

question: Summarise what the text says about the appeal of antiques to the antiquarian customers in Mesón Sacrista de la Compania.

answer: The text indicates that the antiquities of the hotel are likely to appeal to antiquarians who would also cherish the ancient beauty of Mesón Sacrista de la Compania and, at the same time, experience colonial Mexico. Each of the rooms is decorated with different exquisite antique items, and any visitor who may wish to possess the antiques is allowed to buy the whole ensemble. Furthermore, the hotel houses an antique gallery that features anything from tapestry to religious art to furniture.