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***NOTE - THIS IS UNFINISHED - this is my first time writing and would love some feedback as to whether it is any good. I know it sounds silly but I have had a couple of beers at home alone and just wanted to give it a try. If I get enough positive feedback I will write more :) ***

The IT Guy

5:30 AM. Darren heard the alarm that he had set on his iPhone the night before singing away merrily. He hated the tone the alarm used – as a matter of fact, he had two of them, since he hit snooze so often he needed some vague way of knowing how often he had hit it. Apex and Chimes – they seemed the most relaxing tones at the time when he chose them months ago, but now they were nothing more than the harbingers of the weeks general monotony; the iconic start to the five day rhythm.

He knew exactly how to change the alarm tones, but for whatever reason (largely a combination of lazy- and forgetful-ness) had simply never gotten around to doing it. Instead, around 6:00 and three snooze button-hits later, he eventually hauls himself out of bed and rubs his eyes. Most weekends involved drinking, making Monday mornings an especially unpleasant chore, and even after a weekend of sobriety the Monday was generally nothing more than a signal of a weekend that probably could have gone better. Darren knew in his heart of hearts that he was probably a borderline alcoholic, but didn’t really care – although he often found a certain craving for alcohol, especially at the end of the week, he knew his family and work obligations came first, and thus usually never let it get in the way. He did, however, understand perfectly that should those factors be removed, his function as a human being would become somewhat decremented very quickly. Nevertheless, after a short time of upright pseudo-sleep and irrationally debating the value of paid work versus the extra two hours of sleep, he slowly begins to waken.

Approximately 6:20 Darren begins searching for work clothes. He gently whispers to his wife to watch her eyes as he turns on the light. She sleeps lightly enough that she hears him and covers her face so as not to be rudely awakened by the bright power saving light globe, but isn’t much more receptive than that. He searches for a work shirt and a pair of business pants, which he finds in the pile of unsorted laundry that seems to perpetually occupy the base of their bed, and begins the futile search for a pair of matching socks.  He knows he generally won’t find a pair, and will often simply settle for any two similar looking victims – most of the time even similar styles will suffice, since the only things that change between them will be the colouring of the toes and the heel, that as far as he was concerned were never seen inside his $12 business shoes and thus didn’t make a difference anyway.

Ironing was the next step of the morning ritual. He didn’t particularly dislike ironing, but had that almost certain feeling that he wasn’t particularly efficient at it. He wasn’t terrible at ironing, and his clothes generally looked good as a result of his labour, but nearly every time he turned the iron on he imagined some Asian lady in a busy city dry cleaner, who could churn out three business shirts in the time it took him to finish laying out his first one. Efficient or not, he works his way through the shirt and pants; creased sleeve, creased cuff.

6:45 AM, and it is time to get his two daughters up for school. Ellie, seven years old and the eldest, was a lot like Darren; a logical thinker, mature for her age, and an old soul. Susie was a lot more like her mother; a beautiful creature at both the mercy and awe of the world, both artistic and naive. The both of them awaken and stretch out slowly in their bunk beds. Darren loved that portion of the morning; to him, watching his daughters wake slowly was like watching a flower open – they don’t look like much until they begin to waken, but then their beauty really shines. He quickly reminds them to actually wake up (they’ve often drifted immediately and seamlessly back to sleep without this reminder), and proceeds back down the hallway to finish getting ready.

7:00 AM. Darren and the girls pile in the car. Mum generally doesn’t get up unless she needs to; there is a good chance she won’t be up until at least 10 if allowed to sleep freely. Darren listens to the general get-ready-ness going on in the back seat – the shuffle of car booster seats, the fumbling of seat belts, and the eventual “I’m ready Daddy” or “Got it!” to signify the successful completion of the car safety ritual. With the girl’s Nanny’s house being 12 minutes away and work being a further 8 past that, there wasn’t a lot of time to muck around of a morning in order to be on time for the early 7:30 shift, but somehow even though he was sleepy, often a little hung-over, and somewhat unwilling, he managed to be not only on time, but even early nearly every day. After kissing the girls goodbye, reminding Ellie to grab her homework and for Susie to shut her door, he begins the drive to work.

7:30 AM, Darren trudges up two flights of stairs, sits at his desk, and the call forward gets taken off the IT helpdesk lines. He often thinks of this period of time as the twilight ten; the totally unpredictable ten minutes after the calls are able to start flowing in that determine how much of a bad day he is in for. Generally, a good day won’t have a call during this time – he is able to open up his emails (which, god-willing, will generally not contain notifications from Internet ISP’s, servers, PABX phone controllers or anything else to suggest his day is going to suck), put his headset on so he can hear a phone ringing whilst he makes a coffee, and browse a couple of tech news articles before moving onto the eternal job list.

On a bad day, however, the phone will ring so quickly he almost thinks he somehow dialled himself, and knows that for every ten minutes a problem exists, he will spend at least three minutes repeating himself to whichever staff member has reported the same issue, thinking they were the first to notice and exercising their diligence in informing the seemingly unknowing IT department. Those days sucked. Darren was fairly in the loop with most planned outages, and thanks to the help of several watch-dog services on various servers keeping a constant eye on the important aspects (and sending their emails of doom to whomever was responsible for said distressed item), he generally wasn’t really taken by surprise by the unplanned ones.

7:32 AM, and Darren knew it was going to be one of those days. A network adapter issue at one of their client sites had stopped a number of virtual servers working, effectively taking down emails, file shares and a few other key servers all at once, which meant the phones were ringing off the hook. Luckily, this issue had occurred before and had a somewhat easy fix; which meant, since it took approximately ten minutes to fix and there were likely 20 staff on site to notice the outage, he was probably only going to have to repeat himself another two times to the next two staff members to report that ‘there was something wrong with the network’, and in an effort to sound respectful be vaguely intrigued by their self-diagnosis of what they thought the problem was – which, depending on the user, could be anything from time of day to their outlook archive emails giving them problems ‘like it did last week’.

title: [NF] A day in the life of an IT guy

question: How long does it take Darren to get out of bed after the first alarm and what does he do with the time?

answer: Darren takes 50 minutes to get out of bed. During that time he hits the snooze button 3 times. Then, he sits up, partly asleep and starts to consider the value of paid work.

question: What is Darren's favorite morning ritual?

answer: Darren loves to wake his daughters. He loves watching them awaken as they don't look like much when they are sleeping but their true beauty shines through as they awaken. He reminds them not to go back to sleep and then goes to finish his morning ritual.

question: What determines the quality of Darren's day?

answer: Darren takes the phone off call forward when he gets. The first ten minutes determine the quality of the day. On a good day, the phone is silent and Darren can open his email and read the news. On a bad day, the phone starts to ring immediately and he must answer repeated calls about the same thing.

question: Why does Darren's wife not get and help in the morning?


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The Cell

(Tribute to Kafka)

“How did I get here?” I exclaimed.

It was a moderately large room, lit by soft electric light. I was walking along, hand brushing the cold walls.

I noticed a door that I opened when I came upon it.

On the other side was darkness, pure and unadulterated darkness. I peered into it, even leaning my head across the threshold into the blackness of the room. Inside I could see nothing and pulled myself back after a moment. I shut the door.

I continued to circle, hand brushing the wall, for I had nothing else to do. I counted fourteen paces to a side. Twelve well timed breaths and I could encircle the whole room.

Nothing else was here with me.

After the boredom of walking had gotten to me, I returned to the door that led to the darkness and opened it again. Staring into the emptiness I felt an anxiety deep within me. I wondered what the room could contain, could eyes be peering back at me from the other side of the doorway.

I stood there; hands braced against the door frame and continued to wonder what could be concealed in the blackness. I felt a cool breeze blow in from the doorway, or maybe I just imagined it, either way my heart seemed to be chilled by the wonder of what was hidden before me.

I shut the door again and took a seat on the floor in the center of the well lit room that I occupied. From my seat I passed judgment on my surroundings. I was held by cold stone walls, the same rough stone covered the floor and the ceiling. A small light bulb hung from a wire in the center of the ceiling, and the wooden door stood in the center of a wall.

I stood and looked up at the light bulb. It wasn’t anything spectacular, a mere piece of round glass, encasing a fiery filament. But it did shower light down upon the entire room, softening the cold stone walls. The wire that it was attached to seemed to jut directly into the stone above it. I assumed that it was attached to a battery, or possibly directly to an electrical plant. Yet, from my position inside of the room, I could not see where thee wire extended to beyond the ceiling.

I reached up, stood on the tips of my toes, but the bulb was out of my range. I wasn’t sure what I would have done if I had been able to touch it, I don’t know how it would have satisfied my curiosity, yet I still attempted it.

After my evaluation of my source of light, I turned my attention to the door.

It amounted to just that and little more. It was a dark slab of wood with a nob for a handle. The face of the door was as plain as could be; the only detail to be gained by staring at it was to familiarize myself with the pattern of its grain. When I turned the nob a small metal bar pulled inside of the door and allowed it to swing open from the wall, where a small recess remained for when the metal bar was put back into place. There were also two hinges on my side of the door, allowing it to open only in my direction.

I pondered the room, the light and the door for as long as I could sanely ponder anything. Yet my thoughts kept circling upon themselves in a more rapid fashion each time.

I don’t know when exactly, but I do know that there were times I slept. I recall dreams about the light going out, dreams about hands grabbing at me from the inside of the dark room, dreams of beasts salivating while they begged for me to cross the threshold into the darkness of their lair, dreams that I had in fits, dreams that I would wake up from with screams fresh in my throat and sweat on my brow.

Time passed, seconds, hours, weeks, maybe even years. In the room I couldn’t judge the passage of time well at all. I only knew that I had exhausted all of the thoughts that I could possibly have inside of the room.

I kept my sanity as well as I could. I wondered why I was here, but was given no reason. I wondered who was responsible for the creation of the room, who made sure the light kept shining, who had built the door, but my mind held no answers.

I peered towards the doorway with trepidation. I wished there was a way I could secure it in the closed position better than simply with the little bar that was triggered by the nod, but there was nothing to use to slow it from being opened.

Time continued to pass. I could feel old age setting into my body but could do nothing to prevent it from happening. My breaths became shorter and my legs became quickly tired of walking around the room, which took more and more steps to encircle. The light seemed to be further and further from me as days passed. My brain moved slower, trying to evaluate what secretes could possibly be held by the room I occupied.

In the end, I lay on the floor, its hard stone being my only comfort. There I closed my eyes. It felt like the light above me finally went out, yet some part of me that was far away knew that it was the light inside of me that flickered before it was extinguished.

Only then did I wonder why the darkness of death was less fearful than the darkness of the unknown.

title: The Cell (967 words)

question: Does the narrator figure out how they got to the moderately large room?

answer: No, they never find out why they were put there.

question: How old is the narrator?

answer: That information isn't made clear, but by the end of the story they say that they feel old age settling in.

question: Describe what is behind the first door mentioned.

answer: There is only darkness behind the door, leaving the narrator clueless about what resides behind the door.

question: Why is the narrator's sanity at risk?

answer: They're trapped in a room with no way out other than the mysterious door.

question: What does the narrator seem most scared by?

answer: It's revealed the narrator is most scared of the unknown, even more so than death.

question: How much time does the narrator spend in the room?

answer: That isn't clear, but the narrator mentions they had been in there so long they feel their old age creeping in.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator is unaware of how they got stuck in a stone room that has no way out and only one overhead light. The room features a door, but behind it is only pure darkness. The darkness and unknown of the door scares the narrator to such an extent that he remains in the stone room until he dies. As he's dying, he wonders why the darkness of the unknown is more scary than the darkness of death.


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ANTI-CHRISTMAS GRINCHES HAVE UPPED THE ANTE IN THE ANNUAL WAR ON CHRISTMAS, MOVING BEYOND OPPOSITION TO NATIVITY SCENES AND WISE MEN TO DENYING THE VERY EXISTENCE OF JESUS.

A new article in _Big Think_ claims that more and more, “historians and bloggers alike are questioning whether the actual man called Jesus existed.”

Trendy atheists like Richard Dawkins and the late Christopher Hitchens also dabbled in the denial of the historical Jesus, with Dawkins asserting that it is possible “to mount a serious, though not widely supported, historical case that Jesus never lived at all, and Hitchens averring that Jesus’ existence is “highly questionable.”

Many of the writings we do have are “tainted,” Philip Perry now pronounces in _Big Think_, and historical sources are few. Even in the bible, Perry writes, “whole chunks of his life are missing. Jesus goes from age 12 to 30, without any word of what happened in-between.”

“What we do have are lots of sources completed several decades after the fact, by authors of the gospels who wanted to promote the faith,” he writes.

Moreover, the “gospels themselves are contradictory,” he adds, with “competing Easter stories” and no real names attached to many of them, “but rather an apostle’s who ‘signing off’ on the manuscript.” There is also “evidence that the gospels were heavily edited over the years.”

Perry does acknowledge that Roman historians Josephus and Tacitus do make “a few, scant remarks about his life,” but that was a century after Jesus’s time, he says, and their testimony could have been tampered with by Christians.

While holding that “the historical record itself is thin,” meaning that there are “no birth records, no trial transcripts, no death certificates,” Perry fails to note the very obvious fact that we actually have very little evidence for _anyone_ in the ancient world, especially if the person wasn’t an emperor, general or aristocrat.

As one more sensible atheist has written, we possess “about as much evidence for Jesus as we have for other, analogous preachers and prophets of his time. In fact, we have slightly more for him than most.”

Atheist scholar Tim O’Neill notes that almost all _non-Christian_ scholars fully accept evidence from Tacitus and Josephus, “as being evidence that Jesus was, in fact, a historical figure.”

“The mentions of him by those writers are exactly what would we expect if someone like Jesus existed,” he observes.

Or as Dr. James Kennedy, himself a Christian, has written: “The evidence is all on Christianity’s side. Let’s take a tally: twenty seven books of the New Testament, nineteen pagan writers, and three Jewish writers testify to Jesus Christ’s historical reality.”

In point of fact, we “know” Jesus of Nazareth really existed just as far as we can know any historical fact. That is to say, none of us was present on the earth two thousand years ago to empirically verify Jesus’ existence, so we must rely on the historical record. But the historical record is as conclusive as we could possibly hope for, and much better than the record of many people whose existence no one doubts.

As Theodore Dalrymple noted some years ago in _The City Journal_: “If I questioned whether George Washington died in 1799, I could spend a lifetime trying to prove it and find myself still, at the end of my efforts, having to make a leap, or perhaps several leaps, of faith in order to believe the rather banal fact that I had set out to prove.”

In other words, when it comes to history, what you believe depends on what you are willing to believe.

Christians may take some consolation in the fact that more than 2,000 years after his birth, Jesus Christ continues to stir up debate and controversy.

Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.

_Follow Thomas D. Williams on Twitter_ Follow @tdwilliamsrome

question: Summarize what a new article in Big Think claims.

answer: It claims that more and more historians and bloggers are questioning whether the actual man called Jesus existed and that much of the evidence we have is tainted. It states that there are whole chunks of Jesus' life missing and that the gospels are contradictory and may have been edited. Despite acknowledging that Roman historians do mention Jesus, the article poses that their testimony might have been tampered with too.

question: Does the author of the text agree with the claims in the Big Think article?

answer: No, he doesn't.

question: What does the atheist scholar Tim O'Neill state?

answer: That almost all non-Christian scholars accept evidence from Tacitus and Josephus as being evidence that Jesus was a historical figure.

question: What did Dr. James Kennedy write about the issue?

answer: That there is a lot of evidence, with 27 books of the New Testament, 19 pagan writers and three Jewish writers testifying to Jesus' historical reality.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The text gives and debates different opinions on the existence of Jesus as a real historical figure. It cites different articles and scholars, concluding with the author's belief that Jesus did in fact live.


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The ocean was calm as the sun began to fall behind the horizon.

On the veranda of a home long since filled with happiness and love stood a man who looked as one that had been a prisoner by the harshness of time.

"I never realised until now how beautiful the dark blue of the ocean is" said the man in a voice that has known much agony. "It is beautiful don't you think.." he staggered, as if a painful memory invaded him at that moment. Slowly he turned, and glanced around to find the room still untouched and void of life.
Though the ocean air was cool, the room around him felt constraining and hot, as if every breath heeded more effort than the next.

"..the ocean is beautiful, it can at one moment be the embodiment of tranquility and then in the next be filled with uncompromising wrath, and injustice" he continued. "For she was the beauty that the ocean radiates, we were the peacefulness that love fulfills and you..you were the injustice that took it all away" said the man as anger began to arise.

He turned and walked inside the room. He made his way slowly towards the mantel piece that stood as a shrine of past memories. Outside the waves behind him began to stir, as the wind lifted and the signs of a storm were revealing itself. Next to the mantel, he reached and gripped a photograph, and lost himself in the image.

He began to speak as if directed to someone listening; "this is how I try to remember her, forever young, forever
beautiful." "In the rare nights that sleep finally found me, I would dream of her as she once was, then, in a cruel twist she fades into a shade that you felt she needed to become." "I was not her only companion on those nights, for the coldness of death that you bring was there too, and it toyed with her, bringing pain but never release" he said as the emotion of the past overwhelmed him.

As the waves crashed against the rocks, breaking the silence that was surrounding him, he turned to the ocean once more. "A storm is building, I once believed that the calmness before a storm was a peaceful thing, but after those long nights waiting, I now see that the calm is the storm itself." In deep thought her continued; "For to wait for what is to come is always far greater than what arrives." "How I yearn for the time that the darkness was far from you, now it shall never let you go" he said as his voice regained composure.

At this time he drew an object from his pocket, clenching it tightly in his first, then slowly releasing until it sat exposed on his open palm. There laid a crucifix, one that was once proudly worn, now a symbol of loss; "perhaps that is what it truly is... loss" he thought to himself. "I understand the cycle of life; that death finds us all, this was not what has filled me with scorn; not the time in which it was inflicted, nor that it was to us, but for a so called loving and caring God, what you let us endure alone, toying with us with cures then relapses was too much to bare: his voice began to rise with conviction. "Your servants in the old covenants could not find the wisdom to guide us other than that what has been recycled through generations of disconnected men" he raged.

"I blamed you, this idea of a God that now sits on my hand, for all that caused me pain and suffering, yet now I realise, you were never the conductor of this. He paused and thought for a moment, then continued; "there is neither good nor evil that you commit, for you do not exist". "Even after all that I went through, the idea that your existence was nothing more than I fairy tale was a leap that I could not take" he moved his gaze to the storming ocean and said to God, fate, circumstance or anything that would listen "The thought that my sweet was at least in a better place gave me comfort and allowed me to continue to grieve, but that was a false comfort, just as a child craves their blanket to keep them safe, I… we crave you". "This is why those men of faith could not comfort me, for I realised then that no truth could come from a lie, he said as he continued to reflect on what seemed as a time long ago.

The storm was now raging, and the rain poured down. He for a last time looked down on that crucifix, and whispered. "Peace can only be found, when the truth is accepted", then he cast it into the ocean.
He still grieved her loss, and those nightmares dwelled with him until the end of his days.

Yet he never again allowed that comfort to dictate his life; for you are never truly free, until you let everything go.

title: I wrote my first short story today. I thought, screw it let's post it on reddit.

question: Who is the man speaking to?

answer: It is implied that he is speaking to his memory.

question: When does this take place?

answer: It does not really state it, but based on the language the man uses, it would indicate this is a period piece.

question: Does the narrator come to a conclusion?

answer: That he should no longer blame God for the pain he has endured, nor use God as a comfort for the pain he has endured. He appears to conclude that he is a master of his own fate.

question: What is this style of writing?

answer: There is an element of philosophical purpose to the text. A dramatic set-piece exploring the nature of loss.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: A man looks back at the loss of someone special to him, and considers who is to blame for the pain he has felt, seemingly coming to accept his own blame in how he feels.


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Couples are always looking for ways to make their wedding stand out, but when it comes to photos, you don't always want to stray too far from the traditional. Here are 11 shots that will never be cheesy or go out of style.

[Photo: indiaearl.com][]

Getting ready.

No matter how hectic that time of getting ready will be and no matter how much a bride and everyone else involved will not feel like pictures, it's worth documenting the hassle, nerves and the excited anticipation, says Yana Shellman of Yana Shellman Photography. "And looking at those photos you will remember how excited you were at those brief moments and what wonderful things were happening just minutes after this."

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The bride's look.

Debi Buckley of Southern California Wedding Resources says that a photo of the bride's dress hanging up, as well as a shot of the dressed and ready bride looking at her reflection in the mirror, are pictures that will be treasured for years to come.

[Photo: Ryan Ray Photo]

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The first look.

Many couples are choosing to have "first look" portrait sessions before the wedding for a variety of reasons--and the results are usually gorgeous and always-emotional, says Kim Forrest of WeddingWire.

[Photo: Ryan Ray Photo]

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Walking down the aisle.

It is done at every wedding, but it's a photo that never goes out of style, says Shellman. "It's a treasured representation of your parents or a dear person in your life, giving you away into the arms of this new person."

[Photo: Ryan Ray Photo]

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The groom's reaction.

CJ Thomas of CJ Thomas Photography enjoys capturing the raw emotion between the couple, like when the groom is watching his beautiful bride walk down the aisle.

[Photo: Ryan Ray Photo]

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The first kiss.

The first kiss as husband and wife signifies the beginning of a new life together as couple, says Antonio Crutchley of White House Wedding Photography."It is generally a good idea for the Officiant or the Minister to step aside to allow the photographer to get an unobstructed shot of the couple as they kiss."

[Photo: Ryan Ray Photo]

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Exiting the ceremony.

"My favorite is the sweet moment right after the couple exit the ceremony,” says Shannon Menary of Shaun Menary Photography. "In their first few moments as husband-and-wife, the couple are brimming with joy, and with the ceremony behind them, they are finally fully relaxed and soaking in the moment."

[Photo: Shaun Menary Photography]

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Traditional family portraits.

Some people think they are a boring waste of time and it would be so much for fun to go and hang out at the cocktail hour. "Family is the most treasured group of people in your life," says Shellman. "Everyone must have a simple photo of your closest people standing by your side on a very important day of your life."

[Photo: Ryan Ray Photo]

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Traditional photos of the couple.

Yes, candids are super fun, but you want some shots of the two of you looking at the camera. "There is a reason classic poses never go out of style," says Ashley Sue Braswell of Ashley Sue Photography. "Being trendy is fantastic and can be fun but make sure you have a photographer that will capture the traditional poses that you'll cherish for a lifetime as well."

[Photo: Ryan Ray Photo]

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Guest candids.

You planned with care so everyone would have a great time at the wedding, so you'll want to document people on the dance floor, making toasts and laughing with one another, says Shellman.

[Photo: Ryan Ray Photo]

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The exit.

This photo is a classic because it shows the happy couple going off to start their new lives together. Many couples give guests sparklers to hold while the newlyweds walk past, which gives the pictures a special look.

[Photo: Ryan Ray Photo]

question: What does the article say about traditional wedding photos?

answer: The author says that couples usualy want to have traditional photos of their weddings. Some of them are: photos of the bride getting ready,  a shot of the dressed and ready bride looking at her reflection in the mirror, walking down the aisle, the groom's reaction when he sees the bride, the first kiss, traditional family portraits, and traditional photos of the couple looking at the camera.

question: What does the story say about marriage statistics?


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[a plate of stacked zucchini fritters, surrounded by ingredients]

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Lately, I’ve been getting a lot of zucchini in my farm share (side note – I highly recommend a farm share if there’s a program available near you… you get so many vegetables for so much less expensive than you pay in store). So, I’ve been trying to use up this glut of summer squash in more exciting ways than just making endless zucchini noodles. I really like zucchini fritters, but just haven’t felt like babysitting a stove lately. So, I decided to make these low carb vegan zucchini fritters…without frying them.

These vegan keto zucchini cakes are actually baked instead of fried, which I think makes them much easier. Not only do you not have to deal with making sure to flip them at exaaaactly the right moment so they’re perfectly browned and don’t break, but you also don’t have to sit there and babysit a pan forever. I much prefer to just stick something in the oven and be able to walk away and do dishes or laundry or finish building a new house in the Sims. You know, normal things.

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Anywho, in addition to being vegan (so egg-free and dairy-free) and keto-friendly, these low carb zucchini cakes are also gluten-free, nut-free,  coconut-free and soy-free. I’ve made these baked vegan zucchini fritters easily 4 times this week. They’ve rapidly become my new favorite treat and I hope you guys like them, too! If you do make them, I’d love to see/hear about it. Tag me on Instagram to share pics or leave a comment. 🙂

Okay, on to the recipe…

[a plate of zucchini fritters with zucchini and mustard]

Notes on Making Vegan Keto Mustard Dill Zucchini Cakes (gluten-free, coconut-free, nut-free, soy-free)

-   You can make these low carb zucchini cakes without protein powder by using either lupini flour (super low carb but a bit spendy), soy flour or chickpea flour (pretty cheap but a little higher in carbs) in place of the pea protein powder.
-   If you don’t love mustard and/or dill, you can omit them and add in whatever seasoning you prefer.
-   You could also replace the olive oil, mustard, dill, and garlic with 2 heaped tablespoons of pesto.
-    Using either parchment paper or a silicone baking mat really helps these to release from the baking sheet much, much easier.
-   You don’t need to flip these halfway through, but it does make them brown more evenly.
-   To increase the protein, you could add in either another 1/4 cup (28g) or soy flour or you could use pea protein powder.
-   I used Anthony’s Pea Protein powder to calculate the macros for these low carb zucchini cakes, but if you used a different brand, you may have different results. Just something to keep in mind!

Vegan Keto Mustard Dill Zucchini Cakes (gluten-free, coconut-free, nut-free)

[Vegan Keto Mustard Dill Zucchini Cakes (gluten-free, coconut-free, nut-free)]

These low carb vegan zucchini cakes are easy to throw together, super tasty and gluten-free, egg-free, dairy-free, nut-free, soy-free and coconut-free. They're also a good source of protein!

Ingredients

-   12oz/ g grated zucchini or summer squash (about 2 rounded cups)
-   1/2 teaspoon salt
-   1 tablespoon chopped fresh dill
-   1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
-   1 tablespoon prepared mustard
-   1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic
-   1/4 cup (28g) pea protein powder OR soy/chickpea/lupini flour if you don't want to use protein powder

Instructions

1.  In a medium mixing bowl, stir the salt and grated zucchini together and let sit for about 20 minutes. Press out any excess moisture (I do this by smushing everything down with a spoon and then draining off the liquid).
2.  Preheat your oven to 350F (190C) and line a rimmed baking sheet with parchment paper or a silicone baking mat.
3.  Stir dill, oil, mustard, and garlic into the zucchini mixture until everything is well combined.
4.  Mix in the pea protein and divide the dough into four equal portions.
5.  Form four patties on the baking sheet and flatten to about 1/2 inch/1.3cm.
6.  Bake for 35-40 minutes until golden brown on both sides, flipping halfway through.
7.  Remove from the oven, let cool for a few minutes and enjoy.

https://meatfreeketo.com/low-carb-vegan-mustard-dill-zucchini-cakes-gluten-free-coconut-free-nut-free-soy-free/

question: Why is this zucchini recipe healthy?

answer: Because it is low in carb, vegan, and gluten-free.

question: What are the ingredients needed?

answer: Zucchini, salt, fresh dill, extra virgin olive oil, mustard, garlic, and pea protein powder or soy/chickpea/lupini flour.

question: Why is baking the fritters easier than frying them?

answer: Because there is no need to flip them at the right moment so they’re perfectly browned.

question: What are the alternatives to pea protein powder?

answer: Soy/chickpea/lupini flour.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The writer shares a vegan keto zucchini cakes that is baked, not fried.


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SAMUEL CHARLES BELLAMY (2 November 1913 – 4 June 2005) was an English professional footballer who played as a full back in the Football League for Birmingham.

Life and career

Bellamy was born in 1913 in the Small Heath district of Birmingham, the son of Samuel Bellamy, a labourer, and his wife, Eliza _née_ Kempson.[1][2] A full back, he played youth football for St Andrew's OSL before moving into adult local football. By 1936, he had played as an amateur for Birmingham's third team as well as having trials with Aston Villa. He answered Birmingham Combination club Tamworth's advertisement for players, and got through to the final trial,[3] but chose to continue on Birmingham's books as an amateur, “figured with considerable success in the third team” during the 1936–37 season, and was signed as a professional.[4]

He made his first senior competitive appearance for the club on 13 November 1937, deputising for the injured Cyril Trigg against Blackpool in the First Division. Birmingham won 3–0, which was their first away win of the season. He was retained for the 1938–39 season,[5] and was a regular in the reserve team in the Central League, mainly at left back; in the last match of the season, he suffered a concussion and was taken to hospital.[6] He made no more first-team appearances before the Football League was suspended for the duration of the Second World War.[7]

When war broke out, Bellamy was a single man living with his parents and three younger siblings in Graham Road, Yardley. He worked for Revo Electric, manufacturers of domestic equipment, as an assembler.[8] He played football for Revo's works team,[9] as well as appearing occasionally for Birmingham in the various wartime competitions, before joining the Army in 1940.[10] He spent time serving in the Middle East.[11] Bellamy rejoined Birmingham after the war, appeared for their Central League team, and was given a free transfer at the end of the 1946–47 season.[12]

He signed for Tamwortheleven years after his trial with the cluband was a first-team regular for three seasons.[13] However, a knee injury in April 1950 and another injury early in the following season, by which time he was 37 years old, hastened the end of his senior career.[14]

Bellamy died in Solihull in 2005 at the age of 91.[15][16]

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title: Samuel Bellamy (footballer)

question: What position did Samuel Charles Bellamy play?

answer: Samuel Charles Bellamy played in the full back position.

question: When did Samuel Charles Bellamy make his first senior competitive appearance?

answer: Samuel Charles Bellamy made his first senior competitive appearance on November 13th, 1937.

question: Where did Samuel Charles Bellamy work when World War Two broke out?

answer: Samuel Charles Bellamy was working for Revo Electric when World War Two broke out.

question: When did Samuel Charles Bellamy join the Army?

answer: Samuel Charles Bellamy joined the Army in 1940.

question: How old was Samuel Charles Bellamy when he died?

answer: Samuel Charles Bellamy was 91 when he died.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Samuel Charles Bellamy was an English professional football player. He signed with several different teams over the course of his career, and he fought in World War Two from 1940. He retired at 37 and lived until he was 91.


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Stan Munro tinkers with a dragon skeleton Halloween display at 107 Sandra Dr., North Syracuse. Photo by Katrina Tulloch.

NORTH SYRACUSE -- When people see the elaborate Halloween displays on the property of Stan Munro and Suzi Campanaro, they often tell Munro, "You're lucky you have a wife who lets you do that."

How little they know about the creative couple.

"I say, 'Are you kidding me? She started it!'" said Munro, laughing. "Suzi's the one who pushes me to do it. She says, 'You know you always love it when the kids come by.'"

On Saturday, Munro and his buddy Tony Zelinsky of Brewerton finished building a gigantic dragon skeleton in the front yard of Munro and Campanaro's house at 107 Sandra Dr. in North Syracuse.

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Stan Munro, Suzi Campanaro and Tony Zelinsky created the dragon skeleton Halloween display at 107 Sandra Dr., North Syracuse. Photo by Katrina Tulloch.

The skeleton, made from hundreds of pieces of cheap particle board, wood paneling and Masonite hardboard, took about a week to complete.

"This year wasn't expensive at all; most of it is recycled wood from previous projects," Munro said. "We keep our costs down and labor is free. Tony gets paid in steak."

On Tuesday, Oct. 6, Munro wore a (human) skeleton T-shirt as he repainted black teeth onto the dragon's skull.

Gauzy porch screens drape the wing bones and catch the light as the sun goes down. A 14-bone rib cage, tall enough to walk underneath, tapers down to a massive tail which extends around the entire lawn and wraps around a tree.

"If we're going to make a dragon, we might as well use the whole yard," Munro said.

At least 1,000 trick-or-treaters visit the couple's house each year. In 2007, police had to block off Sandra Drive because so many people came to see the display.

"The neighbors love it, I think, or they're lying to me," Munro said. "We try to keep it quiet, but one year we had a ghost disco and played disco music every night. [The neighbors] may have gone a little crazy that year."

  Halloween Lawn 2015 is ALSO OPEN!!!

  Posted by Toothpick World on Saturday, October 3, 2015

A DECADE OF HALLOWEEN HOOPLA

The tradition began in 2005, when the couple built a giant spider with human cocoons on their roof. In the last decade, they've created a different scene nearly every year.

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Stan Munro's "Evolution of Execution" display for Halloween 2006.

In 2006, they made a "History of Execution" display, with a working gas chamber and exhibits of lethal injection, hanging, an electric chair and 15-foot-tall guillotine.

"That kind of bordered on disturbing, but it was all for fun," Munro said.

In 2007, the couple's giant spaceship drew the attention of a North Syracuse code inspector, who issued Munro a ticket because he thought they were building a gazebo on their front lawn.

"Once we explained it wasn't permanent, everything was fine," Munro said at the time.

The smoking, flying saucer "wreckage" and its dead alien pilot cost Munro close to $1,000. The dead alien was $400, but Munro says it's "still a member of our family."

He also created a ghost disco (2008), Death Star gas station with Darth Vader (2013) and zombie family (2014), all of which are featured on halloweenlawn.com.

Munro is known around Central New York as the toothpick engineer behind the extravagant Toothpick City displays at the Milton J. Rubenstein Museum of Science and Technology and the New York State Fair.

His toothpicking has been featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not museums in Orlando, Fla. and Branson, Mo.

"These [dragon bones] are just giant toothpicks to me," Munro said.

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question: What does the text say about Munro's Halloween displays from years past?

answer: Munro began building the displays in 2005, and they draw at least 1,000 trick-or-treaters each year. The first display was a giant spider with human cocoons on the roof, and the following year they made a "history of execution" display. In 2007, they made a giant spaceship which caught the attention of a North Syracuse code inspector and caused police to block off Sandra Drive due to the large number of people who came to see it. Other highlights were a ghost disco (2008), a Death Star gas station with Darth Vader (2013), and a zombie family (2014), all of which were featured on halloweenlawn.com.

question: What does the text say about Munro's Halloween display this year?

answer: This year, Munro and his friend Tony Zelinsky built a gigantic dragon skeleton in the front yard of Munro and Campanaro's house. The skeleton is made from hundreds of pieces of cheap particle board, wood paneling, and Masonite hardboard. Most of the material was recycled from previous projects, which kept cost low, and Tony was only paid in steak. The skeleton has a 14-bone rib cage which is tall enough for someone to walk underneath, and the massive tail extends around the entire lawn and wraps around a tree.

question: What does the text say about how Munro's family and neighbors feel about his Halloween displays?

answer: Munro claims his wife is the one who pushes him to create the displays every year. At least one of Munro's friends, Tony Zelinsky, supports him enough in it to help him with it. Munro believes the neighbors like it too, but he notes that the year he set up a ghost disco might have been a bit annoying for them.

question: What does the text say about Tony Zelinsky's family?


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“What in the 7th Level is going on?”

Shun ran down the hall in the direction of the scream. He wasn’t much use in a fight, but perhaps his presence alone would be enough to send any would be robber away. Who wasn’t afraid of the son of a Council Head?

He made it to the foyer and saw what had caused the scream. He sighed and picked up the mouse that had wandered too far into his home.

“Lorelei, if you cause a commotion like that over a little mouse again I’ll see you sent to the kitchens. Is that understood?”

“Yes sir… I’m sorry Sir, it won’t happen again; it just scared me is all, ran right up and started nibbling at me socks.”

Lorelei was a pretty little thing, she’d come on staff just recently but he’d never seen a less pick up the intricacies of a household quite as fast as she did. She was fair of skin like Devi, except not as pale. She was a little fuller of body as well although not by much.

Shun was beginning to wonder if all the women from the less were scrawny.

The next thing he knew he was laying on his back in the foyer with fire spreading around him. The glass from the stained windows had shattered outward; he could see the center table was torn to bits and a tingling on his arm.

Lorelei was nowhere to be seen.

He tried lifting up his right arm, the arm he’d handled the mouse in and couldn’t. He tried to sit up and barely lifted his head before he saw Devi crouched over him, wiping away the blood on his face.

“S’good you tossed that mouse when I yelled or you woulda lost ye arm.”

He closed his eyes and laid his head back to the ground only for her to scoop him up as if he were a babe. She walked out of the main door with him and quickly ran down the stone walkway to the right of the main road leading to his estate. There she laid him down in a thicket and took up a careful watch of the area.

“But… Devi, what happened? Last I can recall I’d picked up the mouse Lorelei was… Lorelei, where is she?”

“Prolly halfway to Nine Moons Pub by now, good riddance to the Jìnǚ.”

“Nine Moons… Devi what are you on about? We have to make sure she’s alright. Father will be cross if his favorite servant were dead. Where are you taking me? The hospital is too far to carry me, take the mobile.”

Devi looked annoyed, it was the first time he’d seen her with any real emotion on her face. Well, it was the first time he’d seen her face. She was beautiful, her eyes a light shade of amber shining as if the light were on them and a light blue eye shadow. Her lips pressed together hard into a thin line but the color enthralled him, a vibrant blue. Her hands were soft against his skin.

“Listen papa’s boy, ye not goin’ to no doc, and ye not goin’ near ye dad. Lorelei was hired by ye pap to kill ye. It’s the why of it I don’t yet know. You’ll be fine, just weak from the blast and a little shock.

The mouse was the new bio-bomb ye papa ordered made. Basically out of this whole damned city, I’m the only one wants ye alive. So here’s what ye gonna do, ye gonna shut ye mouth until we get where we goin’, and ye gonna thank me when we get there.”

Shun paled, he’d known his father was working on something for inter-city warfare but not like this. Although it didn’t surprise him his father wanted him dead. Ever since mother made the sacrifice instead of just getting him a new chip he’d done nothing but either avoid him or show his disdain.

He decided he may indeed just be better off going with her.

“Alright Devi, I trust your judgment but I will require a proper explanation for when we get, wherever we’re heading.”

“Fair enough I guess, can ye walk yet?”

“I think I can, is it far? I’m not sure how long I’ll be able to; this is my first explosion after all.”

She giggled a bit before helping him up.

“S’not too far, only a couple blocks into the less’ quarter. Lucky for me ye live close by or we may have been in trouble.”

As they headed through bushes and back alleys a thought occurred to him, one he wasn’t able to recognize until after the initial shock was over. Who is this woman?

title: [SF] One of Many - Part 2

question: What is Lorelei initially afraid of?

answer: Lorelei is a afraid of a mouse. The main character goes and picks it up. He informs her if she causes a commotion again she will be fired. It turns out, however, that she is lying.

question: What is the twist in Lorelei's character?

answer: Lorelei seems like the new girl in the restaurant. But actually she is an assassin hired by the narrator's father to kill him. After the bomb blast the narrator learns that she is not what she seemed. The mouse was in fact a bomb.

question: Who is Devi?

answer: It is not clear who Devi is but she is the "only one who wants" the narrator alive in the "whole damn city." The narrator speculates to her identity. She seems to have an incredible amount of understanding of what is going on.


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Nerd: an intelligent but single-minded person obsessed with a nonsocial hobby or pursuit
	My place among the nerds was and has never really been defined; I’ve just always felt that I was one. It probably stemmed from the weird person I was in middle school who nobody really knew because I was shy, awkward, and didn’t have anyone who understood me. Now I realize that that was all of us, but of course no one told me until now. I never knew where my place was just that my attributes were smart, shy, funny, temperamental at times, loved everything comic books, and, most importantly, has a strong love for music. Music has always been a way for me to realize that I’m never alone because if I can relate my life to a song then someone else has been where I am. It only made sense to learn how to play an instrument and to make my own music.
Place #1: Band Geeks
	I’ve always loved that term. Band Geek. It just rolls off the tongue right? It was also a title and a group of people who felt like I did and wanted to belong somewhere. What most people don’t know is that even though band is a clique of it’s own, there are different sections within a band which you choose to join from day one. It begins with three words: Woodwind, Brass, or Percussion? This loosely translates into: Would you like to play an instrument that you have to constantly sink money into for reeds and repairs, one where you feel like your lips will fall off after playing, or do you have anger management problems/ADD and want to hit stuff? I first chose Brass, realized I couldn’t really play the trumpet AT ALL, and went back to choose Woodwinds. The next choice was: Which one? Clarinet was the definite answer because it was small, looked easy to play and fun. It’s one of the best choices I’ve ever made in my entire life because the clarinet section consisted of the coolest people I had ever met. We were the talented, smart, funny, socially awkward people that eventually become the awesomest people in high school. That was my home until I came out of my shell and met the greatest influence on my middle school carrier, Mrs. Gilchrist.
Place #2: Thespians
	Mrs. Gilchrist was the reason I joined the fall play. She was the new Drama/Choir teacher that year and she made middle school bearable for me. She also pushed me to do things that she knew I would love, but hadn’t had the guts to do yet because I was shy, like acting and singing in front of a crowd. I had the smallest part in the whole play, an old woman who ran a hotel with her two sisters, but she hadn’t prepared me for the shocker I found in the script.
	That’s right. Not only was I going to make my acting debut, I had to sing a song and make up the tune for it too. I was terrified! I had NEVER sung or acted for anyone, especially the whole school and their families. How did we know if I even COULD sing?
	Opening night finally came, my nerves were all over the place and my singing scene was coming up. I walked across the stage, sat down and right on cue sang the lullaby of my own creation. It was perfect and the crowd clapped and cheered for me, a new rush I had never experienced before that filled me up with adrenaline and happiness. I had caught the Thespian bug and could never go back. I had become an acting junkie who’s inner nerd desperately wanted people to see her for the loud, funny person she was. After that, everything was a whirl of acting, memorizing, changing lines, rehearsing, singing and getting that ultimate prize of the thrill of applause, the high of being complimented, and the feeling of being noticed. Finally noticed.
To Be Continued...

title: [RF] My Place Among The Nerds

question: How many categories does the narrator feel they fall in?

answer: Three.

question: Who was the theater teacher?

answer: Mrs Gilchrest.

question: What indicates the narrator has not felt seen all these years?

answer: They state that theater and acting made them feel like they were finally noticed.

question: How many instruments, according to this story, do they play?

answer: Two.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator has categorized themselves as a nerd, a band geek, and a thespian, showing a degree of pride and contentment in embodying traits from each category.


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While all 32 NFL teams have returned to the practice field, some of them are a little short-handed. There are injured players, players staying off the field as they fight for new contracts and star players who received the franchise tag.

Absent a long-term deal before or on the July 15 deadline, it wouldn't be a surprise if neither participated in organized team activities or mandatory minicamp. History has shown that players in this situation can miss most of training camp, as Chiefs safety Eric Berry did last year. Ingram is more likely at this point to potentially miss minicamp and potentially part of training camp, but no firm decisions have been made.

For the Steelers and Bell, neither side seems particularly worried about it. Pittsburgh clearly prioritizes him, and though there hasn't been an update for some time, it has engaged in some negotiations with him. Bell surely will want to be the highest-paid back on a long-term deal, though he already set to make $12.1 million on a one-year tag. His added ability to catch the ball out of the slot only increases his value.

For the Chargers and Ingram, there might be reason to worry.

The Chargers have identified Ingram ($14.6M on the tag) as a potential face of the defense. Their first major story as an L.A. team likely will be that one of their top players is not in the building. And in the past, the Chargers have struggled to strike deals for players on the tag -- Vincent Jackson and Darren Sproles are recent examples.

Ingram isn't nearly the household name Bell is. But he has 18.5 sacks over the last two seasons and only two NFL players have 50-plus tackles and 8-plus sacks over the last two years -- Ingram and Raiders star Khalil Mack.

There is the added question of how being in defensive coordinator Gus Bradley's scheme will affect Ingram. But unlike Bell, Ingram might have a template for a deal. Jones, who plays the same position, signed a five-year, $82.5-million deal ($16.5M per year) with the Cardinals earlier this offseason. Pierre-Paul signed a four-year, $62-million deal ($15.5M per year), though that might not be a great comparison because he was injured at the time.

question: How many NFL teams have returned to the practice field?

answer: All 32 NFL teams.

question: Why are some players staying off the field?

answer: Injuries, and players preparing for new contracts.

question: When is the deadline for deals?

answer: July 15.

question: How much is the tag on the Chargers identifying Ingram?

answer: $14.6M

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: All NFL teams have returned to the practice fields, however there are still players staying off the field as they prepare for new contracts.


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It occurred to me while listening to the radio the other how animalistic popular music has become. I mean animalistic as in; how close we have come to our primal root.

At some point in human evolution, we shifted from ignorance of ourselves as a species to an obsession with our own superiority. Two legs and a complex brain, and now we are something quite different. This is widely accepted as fact, that we are better because we are smarter. We are human.

However, the truth is that we still are animals at some level. Our hearts are made one part good, one part evil, one part human. Mixed in among the blend  is an animalistic element, and it is the single most terrifying truth of our existence.

We have spent thousands of years building gaps between ourselves and our animal heart. We organize ourselves in ways animals don’t and retain self-image in ways animals wouldn’t think to. We pleasure seek, explore, invent and create, converse and enjoy each other’s company in ways animals can’t. We would like to forget our embarrassing past among the tall grass, sucking on bone marrow to survive, hunched against the cold in our dingy, primeval cave.

But as I drove down the highway, the highway that civilization spawned, that technology brought forth from unevenness, smoothed by progression and innovation, and as I listened to the radio that man invented, that harnesses and controls some part of the natural spectrum of existence, the same existence that man claims superiority too, I heard the pound of the bass, the beat of the song. The beat of our animal heart, breaking through an art form. It was loud, meant to be heard but more importantly meant to be felt. It was sex, wild, unrestricted, unmodified, thoughtless. It was adrenaline, murder, blood-thirst, terror, the possibility of hunting and being hunted.

All that matters anymore is the beat. It is instinctual. It is the easiest part of ourselves to facilitate. Being human is more complex and carries with it melodies and verses filled with societal responsibilities, a conscious awareness of self and shamefulness, and need for intellectual stimulus. We do not understand it, we cannot control it, and most often we repress it in pursuit of animalistic ambition. It is societies’ greatest irony that our animalism, our animal heart, is our most grievous embarrassment as well as our most facilitated being.

title: Animalism

question: How has the music become animalistic?

answer: The narrator believes that our music has become animalistic in the sense that we have come closer to our primal roots.

question: What are our hearts made up of according to the narrator?

answer: One part of our heart is good, one evil, and one part is human.

question: How are we different from animals?

answer: According to the narrator, humans organize themselves in ways that animals don't. We also try to retain a self-image, something that animals do not do.

question: What is the only thing that matters now?

answer: The beat is all that matters. It is instinctual.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer:
As the narrator drives down the highway, he realizes how our music has become animalistic, in the sense that we are going closer to our roots. Although we are smarter than other species, we are in the end, animals.

We have tried to build gaps between ourselves and our animal hearts but it isn't easy to change who you are. The beat of the song is the beat of our animal hearts. All that matters now is the beat. It is instinctual.


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If one can concieve of things so terrible, in an unconsiounce state of mind, say sleep. Does that have any bearing on one's actul mental state?
My dreams are constantly full of terrible terrible things. Things that most people would find not only disturbing but very troubling to think about
without getting in to specifics let's say death and evil evil things are constant themes as I dream. I often wake up disturbed and troubled by
not only my thoughts but my state of mind during the dream. Sometimes I feel afraid as if actions against me may be iminent. But the way I seem to feel
the way I accept the evil of my nightmares seems to be troubling. The way I look at death, is extremely unattached you can say. But when I wake up
I can't believe the things I've thought or the way I had felt.

Do you understand why we're at this point? Why I'm here right now?

Because I feel I'm dreaming I feel like you and me at this point is just another nightmare I'm having. Something isn't right here.

Please give me some sort of sign that you're real.

A faceless genderless person is all I can see, all I saw. No sign nothing. Just a feeling like it was afraid of me. Like I was acting against it
in the worst possible fashion.

Tied to a chair of some sort in a sitting position,

Why am I speaking to it. Do I justify my actions before hand? Before I act against this creature this almost human thing. This it that I feel
empathy I feel for it. Almost.

I must speak to it.

Do you understand what I'm doing right now? I feel crazy.

Why am I here can I not stop what I'm about to do.

The rest is something so awful and so terrible I can't explain. There is no blood no..... specifics. Just an ..... of torture.

Of this person being acted against in the worst possible manner, terrified almost tortured.... But nothing.....

I sit here wondering what could have happened to make a person feel that way. The way I feel for the person being acted against. I feel I touched it.

Like I felt sorry for it and disgusted by it. Like I made it feel everything I felt and thought about it and I felt what it felt, it was afraid of me
it was terror, no physical pain just the darkest type of fear, like a fate worse than death. Acted against in the worst possible way.

Fear beyond terror, something that death is preferable to.

title: A very disturbing nightmare

question: Is the narrator asleep?

answer: Yes they are having a nightmare.

question: What is the nightmare?

answer: A faceless genderless entity.

question: How does the narrator feel?

answer: The narrator feels empathy, and like it was afraid of them.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator has a horrible nightmare but it is not of something scary - it is of a faceless, genderless person in the midst of deep suffering and the narrator is disgusted by it. The narrator feels responsible for this person's suffering, and that terrifies them.


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The 2017–18 INDIAN SUPER LEAGUE SEASON was the fourth season of the Indian Super League, one of the top Indian professional football leagues. It was established in 2013. The regular season started on 17 November 2017 and ended on 4 March 2018,[1] The finals began on 7 March 2018, concluding with the final on 17 March 2018. ATK were the defending champions from the 2016 season, however they could not advance to the playoffs. Chennaiyin won their second Indian Super League title by defeating Bengaluru 3–2 in the final.[2]

Two new sides joined the league as expansion teams: Bengaluru and Jamshedpur. The two new clubs are the ninth and tenth teams in the league. This made it the first edition of the ISL in which there are more than eight teams participating.[3] As well as expanding two teams, the league also expanded two more months, being played in five months instead of three.[4]

Teams

Stadiums and locations

  Team               City/State              Stadium                          Capacity
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  ATK                Kolkata, West Bengal    Salt Lake Stadium                [5]
  Bengaluru          Bengaluru, Karnataka    Sree Kanteerava Stadium          [6]
  Chennaiyin         Chennai, Tamil Nadu     Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium         [7]
  Delhi Dynamos      Delhi                   Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium         [8]
  Goa                Margao, Goa             Fatorda Stadium                  [9]
  Jamshedpur         Jamshedpur, Jharkhand   JRD Tata Sports Complex          [10]
  Kerala Blasters    Kochi, Kerala           Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium         [11]
  Mumbai City        Mumbai, Maharashtra     Mumbai Football Arena            [12]
  NorthEast United   Guwahati, Assam         Indira Gandhi Athletic Stadium   [13]
  Pune City          Pune, Maharashtra       Balewadi Stadium                 [14]

Expansion

On 11 May 2017, it was announced by the Indian Super League organizers, Football Sports Development, that they would be inviting bids for new teams to join the league for the upcoming season.[15] The bids would be for ten cities, namely Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Cuttack, Durgapur, Hyderabad, Jamshedpur, Kolkata, Ranchi, Siliguri and Thiruvananthapuram.[16] It was also clarified that if Kolkata were to win at least one bid for a team, the new “Kolkata” side would have to play away from the city for two seasons.[17]

On 25 May 2017, it was announced that bidding for new teams had ended and that the league's appointed external validator would look over the bids.[18] It was also announced that Bengaluru, the two-time champion of the I-League, India's top-tier professional football league, had submitted a bid.[19] Two weeks later, on 12 June, it was officially announced that Bengaluru (for Bangalore) and Tata Group (for Jamshedpur) had won the bids for the new teams.[20]

Personnel and sponsorship

  Team               Head coach                        Kit manufacturer   Shirt sponsor
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  ATK                Robbie Keane _(Player Manager)_   Nivia[21]          CESC Limited[22]
  Bengaluru          Albert Roca                       Puma[23]           JSW[24]
  Chennaiyin         John Gregory                      Performax[25]      Apollo Tyres[26]
  Delhi Dynamos      Miguel Ángel Portugal             T10 Sports[27]     Kent RO Systems[28]
  Goa                Sergio Lobera                     None[29]           Deltin[30]
  Jamshedpur         Steve Coppell                     Nivia[31]          Tata[32]
  Kerala Blasters    David James                       Admiral[33]        Muthoot Pappachan[34]
  Mumbai City        Alexandre Guimarães               T10 Sports[35]     Ace Group[36]
  NorthEast United   Avram Grant                       Performax[37]      McDowell's No. 1[38]
  Pune City          Ranko Popović                     Adidas[39]         Suzuki Gixxer[40]

Head coaching changes

  Team               Outgoing coach     Manner of departure     Date of vacancy      Position in table       Incoming coach        Date of appointment
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  Goa                                   Contract finished       18 December 2016     _Pre-season_                                  6 June 2017[41]
  Delhi Dynamos                         Mutual consent          14 June 2017[42]                             29 June 2017[43]
  Chennaiyin                            Mutual consent          6 March 2017[44]                             3 July 2017[45]
  Jamshedpur         _Expansion club_                           14 July 2017[46]
  Kerala Blasters                       Mutual consent          12 July 2017[47]                             14 July 2017[48]
  ATK                                   18 December 2016                             14 July 2017[49]
  NorthEast United                      15 May 2017[50]                              17 July 2017[51]
  Pune City                             15 September 2017[52]                        25 September 2017[53]
  Kerala Blasters                       Sacked                  3 January 2018[54]   8th                     David James           3 January 2018[55]
  NorthEast United   João de Deus       3 January 2018[56]      9th                  Avram Grant             12 January 2018[57]
  ATK                                   24 January 2018[58]     8th                  _(Interim)_             24 January 2018[59]
  ATK                                   Resignation             2 March 2018[60]     9th                     _(Player Manager)_    3 March 2018[61]

Roster changes

Overseas players

Unlike during the first three seasons of the Indian Super League, the 2017–18 season saw the maximum number of foreign players per team reduced to eight from 11.[62] Also unlike the previous three seasons, the maximum number of foreigners allowed on the pitch at the same time was reduced to five from six.[63]

+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| ATK (8)     | Bengaluru   | Chennaiyin  | Delhi       | Goa (8)     |
|             | (8)         | (8)         | Dynamos (8) |             |
+=============+=============+=============+=============+=============+
| Robbie      | John        | Iñigo       | Paulinho    | Bruno       |
| Keane       | Johnson     | Calderón    | Dias        | Pinheiro    |
|  Zequinha   |  Juanan     |  Raphael    |  Matías     |  Hugo       |
|  Conor      |  Erik       | Augusto     | Mirabaje    | Boumous     |
| Thomas      | Paartalu    |  Rene       |  Gabriel    |  Coro       |
|  Jordi      |  Dimas      | Mihelič     | Cichero     |  Ahmed      |
| Figueras    |  Toni       |  Jaime      |  Kalu Uche  | Jahouh      |
|  Tom Thorpe | Dovale      | Gavilán     |  Manuel     |  Chechi     |
|  Ryan       |  Miku       |  Jude       | Arana       |  Manuel     |
| Taylor      |  Daniel     | Nworuh      |  Edu Moya   | Lanzarote   |
|  Martin     | Segovia     |  Gregory    |  Jeroen     |  Edu Bedia  |
| Paterson    |  Víctor     | Nelson      | Lumu        |  Mark       |
|             | Pérez       |  Henrique   |  Xabi       | Sifneos     |
| Sibongakonk |             | Sereno      | Irureta     |             |
| e           |             |  Maílson    |             |             |
| Mbatha      |             | Alves       |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Jamshedpur  | Kerala      | Mumbai City | NorthEast   | Pune City   |
| (8)         | Blasters    | (8)         | United (8)  | (8)         |
|             | (8)         |             |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Tiri        | Iain Hume   | Lucian      | Marcinho    | Emiliano    |
|  Sameehg    |  Courage    | Goian       |  José       | Alfaro      |
| Doutie      | Pekuson     |  Gerson     | Gonçalves   |  Marcos     |
|  Memo       |  Nemanja    | Vieira      |  Sambinha   | Tébar       |
|  Kervens    | Lakić-Pešić |  Éverton    |  Martín     |  Marcelinho |
| Belfort     |  Wes Brown  | Santos      | Díaz        |  Rafa       |
|  Andre      |  Paul       |  Rafa Jordà |  Danilo     |  Jonatan    |
| Bikey       | Rachubka    |  Léo Costa  |  Hélio      | Lucca       |
|  Matheus    |  Dimitar    |  Márcio     | Pinto       |  Diego      |
| Gonçalves   | Berbatov    | Rosário     |  Maic Sema  | Carlos      |
|  Izu Azuka  |  Guðjón     |  Achille    |  John       |  Marko      |
|  Wellington | Baldvinsson | Emaná       | Mosquera    | Stanković   |
| Priori      |  Pulga      |  Thiago     |             |  Lolo       |
|             |             | Santos      |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+

League table

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL |update=complete |source=Indian Super League

|team1=BEN |team2=CHE |team3=GOA |team4=PUN |team5=JAM |team6=KER |team7=MUM |team8=DEL |team9=KOL |team10=NEU

|status_CHE=C |note_CHE=Qualified for 2019 AFC Cup qualifier

|result1=FIN |result2=FIN |result3=FIN |result4=FIN

|win_KOL=4 |draw_KOL=4 |loss_KOL=10 |gf_KOL=16 |ga_KOL=30 |win_BEN=13 |draw_BEN=1 |loss_BEN=4 |gf_BEN=35 |ga_BEN=16 |win_CHE=9 |draw_CHE=5 |loss_CHE=4 |gf_CHE=24 |ga_CHE=19 |win_DEL=5 |draw_DEL=4 |loss_DEL=9 |gf_DEL=27 |ga_DEL=37 |win_GOA=9 |draw_GOA=3 |loss_GOA=6 |gf_GOA=42 |ga_GOA=28 |win_JAM=7 |draw_JAM=5 |loss_JAM=6|gf_JAM=16 |ga_JAM=18 |win_KER=6 |draw_KER=7 |loss_KER=5 |gf_KER=20 |ga_KER=22 |win_MUM=7 |draw_MUM=2 |loss_MUM=9 |gf_MUM=25 |ga_MUM=29 |win_NEU=3 |draw_NEU=2 |loss_NEU=13 |gf_NEU=12 |ga_NEU=27 |win_PUN=9 |draw_PUN=3 |loss_PUN=6 |gf_PUN=30 |ga_PUN=21

|name_KOL=ATK |name_BEN=Bengaluru |name_CHE=Chennaiyin |name_DEL=Delhi Dynamos |name_GOA=Goa |name_JAM=Jamshedpur |name_KER=Kerala Blasters |name_MUM=Mumbai City |name_NEU=NorthEast United |name_PUN=Pune City

|show_limit=5 |class_rules = 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal difference; 4) head-to-head goals scored; 5) goal difference; 5) number of goals scored; 6) fair play ranking; 6) drawing of lots

|res_col_header=QR |col_FIN=green1 |text_FIN=Qualification for the semifinals

}}

Results

{{#invoke:sports results|main | source = Indian Super League | update = 4 March 2018 | a_note = | matches_style = FBR

|team1=KOL |team2=BEN |team3=CHE |team4=DEL |team5=GOA |team6=JAM |team7=KER |team8=MUM |team9=NEU |team10=PUN

|name_KOL=ATK |name_BEN=Bengaluru |name_CHE=Chennaiyin |name_DEL=Delhi Dynamos |name_GOA=Goa |name_JAM=Jamshedpur |name_KER=Kerala Blasters |name_MUM=Mumbai City |name_NEU= |name_PUN=Pune City

|match_KOL_KOL= |match_KOL_BEN=0–2 |match_KOL_CHE=1–2 |match_KOL_DEL=1–0 |match_KOL_GOA=1–1 |match_KOL_JAM=0–1 |match_KOL_KER=2–2 |match_KOL_MUM=1–2 |match_KOL_NEU=1–0 |match_KOL_PUN=1–4

|match_BEN_KOL=1–0 |match_BEN_BEN= |match_BEN_CHE=1–2 |match_BEN_DEL=4–1 |match_BEN_GOA=2–0 |match_BEN_JAM=0–1 |match_BEN_KER=2–0 |match_BEN_MUM=2–0 |match_BEN_NEU=2–1 |match_BEN_PUN=1–1

|match_CHE_KOL=3–2 |match_CHE_BEN=1–3 |match_CHE_CHE= |match_CHE_DEL=2–2 |match_CHE_GOA=2–3 |match_CHE_JAM=1–1 |match_CHE_KER=1–1 |match_CHE_MUM=1-0 |match_CHE_NEU=3–0 |match_CHE_PUN=1–0

|match_DEL_KOL=4–3 |match_DEL_BEN=2–0 |match_DEL_CHE=1–1 |match_DEL_DEL= |match_DEL_GOA=1–5 |match_DEL_JAM=0–1 |match_DEL_KER=1–3 |match_DEL_MUM=5–1 |match_DEL_NEU=0–2 |match_DEL_PUN=2–2

|match_GOA_KOL=5–1 |match_GOA_BEN=4–3 |match_GOA_CHE=0–1 |match_GOA_DEL=1–1 |match_GOA_GOA= |match_GOA_JAM=2–1 |match_GOA_KER=5–2 |match_GOA_MUM=3–4 |match_GOA_NEU=2–2 |match_GOA_PUN=0–2

|match_JAM_KOL=0–0 |match_JAM_BEN=0–2 |match_JAM_CHE=0–1 |match_JAM_DEL=3–2 |match_JAM_GOA=0–3 |match_JAM_JAM= |match_JAM_KER=2–1 |match_JAM_MUM=2–2 |match_JAM_NEU=1–0 |match_JAM_PUN=0–1

|match_KER_KOL=0–0 |match_KER_BEN=1–3 |match_KER_CHE=0–0 |match_KER_DEL=2–1 |match_KER_GOA=1–2 |match_KER_JAM=0–0 |match_KER_KER= |match_KER_MUM=1–1 |match_KER_NEU=1–0 |match_KER_PUN=1–1

|match_MUM_KOL=0–1 |match_MUM_BEN=1–3 |match_MUM_CHE=1–0 |match_MUM_DEL=4–0 |match_MUM_GOA=2–1 |match_MUM_JAM=1–2 |match_MUM_KER=0–1 |match_MUM_MUM= |match_MUM_NEU=3–2 |match_MUM_PUN=0–2

|match_NEU_KOL=0–1 |match_NEU_BEN=0–1 |match_NEU_CHE=3–1 |match_NEU_DEL=0–1 |match_NEU_GOA=2–1 |match_NEU_JAM=0–0 |match_NEU_KER=0–1 |match_NEU_MUM=0–2 |match_NEU_NEU= |match_NEU_PUN=0–1

|match_PUN_KOL=3–0 |match_PUN_BEN=1–3 |match_PUN_CHE=0–1 |match_PUN_DEL=2–3 |match_PUN_GOA=0–4 |match_PUN_JAM=2–1 |match_PUN_KER=1–2 |match_PUN_MUM=2–1 |match_PUN_NEU=5–0 |match_PUN_PUN= }}

Playoffs

Bracket

{{#lst:2017–18 Indian Super League playoffs|Bracket}}

Semi-finals

{{#lst:2017–18 Indian Super League playoffs|semis}}

Final

Season statistics

Scoring

Top scorers

  Rank               Player            Club            Goals
  ------------------ ----------------- --------------- -------
  1                  Coro              Goa             18
  2                  Miku              Bengaluru       15
  3                  Sunil Chhetri     Bengaluru       14
  4                  Kalu Uche         Delhi Dynamos   13
  Manuel Lanzarote   Goa
  6                  Emiliano Alfaro   Pune City       9
  Jeje Lalpekhlua    Chennaiyin
  8                  Marcelinho        Pune City       8
  9                  Balwant Singh     Mumbai City     6
  Éverton Santos     Mumbai City
  Robbie Keane       ATK
  Source:[64]

Top Indian scorers

  Rank                Player                  Club            Goals
  ------------------- ----------------------- --------------- -------
  1                   Sunil Chhetri           Bengaluru       14
  2                   Jeje Lalpekhlua         Chennaiyin      9
  3                   Balwant Singh           Mumbai City     6
  4                   Adil Khan               Pune City       4
  Seiminlen Doungel   NorthEast United
  C.K. Vineeth        Kerala Blasters
  7                   Lallianzuala Chhangte   Delhi Dynamos   3
  8                   Rohit Kumar             Pune City       2
  Jackichand Singh    Kerala Blasters
  Mandar Rao Desai    Goa
  Bipin Singh         ATK
  Mohammed Rafi       Chennaiyin
  Anirudh Thapa       Chennaiyin
  Dhanpal Ganesh      Chennaiyin
  Source:[65]

Hat-tricks

  Player              For                Against            Result    Date   Ref
  ------------------- ------------------ ------------------ --------- ------ ------
  Coro                Goa                Bengaluru          4–3 (H)          [66]
  Coro                Goa                Kerala Blasters    5–2 (H)          [67]
  Marcelinho          Pune City          NorthEast United   5–0 (H)          [68]
  Iain Hume           Kerala Blasters    Delhi Dynamos      3–1 (A)          [69]
  Seiminlen Doungel   NorthEast United   Chennaiyin         3–1 (H)          [70]
  Sunil Chhetri       Bengaluru          Pune City          3–1 (H)          [71]

Discipline

[72][73]

-   Most yellow cards (club): 47
    -   Chennaiyin

-   Most red cards (club): 4
    -   Delhi Dynamos

-   Most yellow cards (player): 9
    -   Dhanpal Ganesh (Chennaiyin)

-   Most red cards (player): 2
    -   Pratik Chowdhary (Delhi Dynamos)

Cleansheets

+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Rank            | Player          | Club            | Clean           |
|                 |                 |                 | sheets          |
+=================+=================+=================+=================+
| 1               | Subrata Pal     | Jamshedpur      | 7               |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Gurpreet Singh  | Bengaluru       |
| Sandhu          |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Karanjit Singh  | Chennaiyin      |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Vishal Kaith    | Pune City       |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 5               | Paul Rachubka   | Kerala Blasters | 5               |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 6               | Debjit Majumder | ATK             | 4               |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 7               | Rehenesh TP     | NorthEast       | 2               |
|                 |                 | United          |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Amrinder Singh  | Mumbai City     |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Naveen Kumar    | Goa             |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Source:[74]     |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+

Average home attendances

  Team
  ------------------ ---- ----------- -------- -------- --------
  Kerala Blasters    9    285,870     37,986   16,796   31,763
  Jamshedpur         9    192,367     24,212   8,178    21,374
  Bengaluru          11   209,584     25,753   12,564   19,053
  Goa                10   176,038     18,600   16,221   17,604
  Chennaiyin         10   155,377     19,013   12,499   15,538
  ATK                9    114,021     32,816   3,165    12,669
  Pune City          10   87,111      9,968    6,612    8,711
  NorthEast United   8    65,736      21,151   1,121    8,217
  Delhi Dynamos      8    55,086      11,453   2,332    6,886
  Mumbai City        9    58,039      8,597    4,222    6,449
  Total              93   1,399,409   37,986   1,121    15,047
  Source:[75]

Awards

-   Source: Indian Super League website

Hero of the Match

  Match      Hero of the Match       Match              Hero of the Match   Match                   Hero of the Match
  ---------- ----------------------- ------------------ ------------------- ----------------------- ------------------- --------------- ----------------------- -----------------
  Player     Club                    Player             Club                Player                  Club
  Match 1    Nemanja Lakić-Pešić     Kerala Blasters    Match 33            Jeje Lalpekhlua         Chennaiyin
  Match 2    Marcinho                NorthEast United   Match 34            Éverton Santos          Mumbai City
  Match 3    Manuel Lanzarote        Goa                Match 35            Marcelinho              Pune City
  Match 4    Sunil Chhetri           Bengaluru          Match 36            Sunil Chhetri           Bengaluru
  Match 5    Lallianzuala Chhangte   Delhi Dynamos      Match 37            Edu Bedia               Goa
  Match 6    Raphael Augusto         Chennaiyin         Match 38            Mark Sifneos            Kerala Blasters
  Match 7    Mehtab Hossain          Jamshedpur         Match 39            Izu Azuka               Jamshedpur
  Match 8    Éverton Santos          Mumbai City        Match 40            Marcinho                Northeast United
  Match 9    Marcelinho              Pune City          Match 41            Jeje Lalpekhlua         Chennaiyin
  Match 10   Erik Paartalu           Bengaluru          Match 42            Juanan                  Bengaluru
  Match 11   Gerson Vieira           Mumbai City        Match 43            Iain Hume               Kerala Blasters
  Match 12   Coro                    Goa                Match 44            Bruno Pinheiro          Goa
  Match 13   Memo                    Jamshedpur         Match 45            Zequinha                ATK
  Match 14   Halicharan Narzary      NorthEast United   Match 46            Maílson Alves           Chennaiyin
  Match 15   Jerry Lalrinzuala       Chennaiyin         Match 47            Lallianzuala Chhangte   Delhi Dynamos
  Match 16   Balwant Singh           Mumbai City        Match 48            Iain Hume               Kerala Blasters
  Match 17   André Bikey             Jamshedpur         Match 49            Memo                    Jamshedpur
  Match 18   Jeje Lalpekhlua         Chennaiyin         Match 50            Sunil Chhetri           Bengaluru
  Match 19   Miku                    Bengaluru          Match 51            Seiminlen Doungel       NorthEast United
  Match 20   Coro                    Goa                Match 52            Diego Carlos            Pune City
  Match 21   Marcos Tébar            Pune City          Match 53            Wellington Priori       Jamshedpur
  Match 22   Achille Emaná           Mumbai City        Match 54            Edu Bedia               Goa
  Match 23   Miku                    Bengaluru          Match 55            Emiliano Alfaro         Pune City
  Match 24   Wes Brown               Kerala Blasters    Match 56            Anirudh Thapa           Chennaiyin
  Match 25   Arana                   Goa                Match 57            Juanan                  Bengaluru
  Match 26   Maílson Alves           Chennaiyin         Match 58            Deependra Singh Negi    Kerala Blasters
  Match 27   Zequinha                ATK                Match 59            Thiago Santos           Mumbai City
  Match 28   Gerson Vieira           Mumbai City        Match 60            Matheus Gonçalves       Jamshedpur
  Match 29   Miku                    Bengaluru          Match 61            Subrata Pal             Jamshedpur
  Match 30   Karanjit Singh          Chennaiyin         Match 62            Marcelinho              Pune City
  Match 31   Adil Khan               Pune City          Match 63            Gurpreet Singh Sandhu   Bengaluru
  Match 32   Robbie Keane            ATK                Match 64            Coro                    Goa

Emerging Player of the Match

  Match      Emerging Player of the Match   Match              Emerging Player of the Match   Match                   Emerging Player of the Match
  ---------- ------------------------------ ------------------ ------------------------------ ----------------------- ------------------------------ --------------- ----------------------- ------------------
  Player     Club                           Player             Club                           Player                  Club
  Match 1    Hitesh Sharma                  ATK                Match 33                       Jerry Mawihmingthanga   Jamshedpur
  Match 2    Hakku Nediyodath               NorthEast United   Match 34                       Nanda Kumar             Delhi Dynamos
  Match 3    Jerry Lalrinzuala              Chennaiyin         Match 35                       Ashique Kuruniyan       Pune City
  Match 4    Abhinas Ruidas                 Mumbai City        Match 36                       Lalruatthara            Kerala Blasters
  Match 5    Sarthak Golui                  Pune City          Match 37                       Brandon Fernandes       Goa
  Match 6    Jerry Lalrinzuala              Chennaiyin         Match 38                       Ashique Kuruniyan       Pune City
  Match 7    Lalruatthara                   Kerala Blasters    Match 39                       Jerry Mawihmingthanga   Jamshedpur
  Match 8    Abhinas Ruidas                 Mumbai City        Match 40                       Seminlen Doungel        NorthEast United
  Match 9    Bipin Singh                    ATK                Match 41                       Nanda Kumar             Delhi Dynamos
  Match 10   Vinit Rai                      Delhi Dynamos      Match 42                       Subhasish Bose          Bengaluru
  Match 11   Kamaljit Singh                 Pune City          Match 43                       Lallianzuala Chhangte   Delhi Dynamos
  Match 12   Mohamed Ali                    Goa                Match 44                       Brandon Fernandes       Goa
  Match 13   Jerry Mawihmingthanga          Jamshedpur         Match 45                       Prabir Das              ATK
  Match 14   Lallianzuala Chhangte          Delhi Dynamos      Match 46                       Ashique Kuruniyan       Pune City
  Match 15   Dhanpal Ganesh                 Chennaiyin         Match 47                       Nanda Kumar             Delhi Dynamos
  Match 16   Davinder Singh                 Mumbai City        Match 48                       Lalruatthara            Kerala Blasters
  Match 17   Albino Gomes                   Delhi Dynamos      Match 49                       Jerry Mawihmingthanga   Jamshedpur
  Match 18   Bipin Singh                    ATK                Match 50                       Udanta Singh            Bengaluru
  Match 19   Lalthuammawia Ralte            Bengaluru          Match 51                       Anirudh Thapa           Chennaiyin
  Match 20   Brandon Fernandes              Goa                Match 52                       Sahil Panwar            Pune City
  Match 21   Souvik Chakrabarti             Jamshedpur         Match 53                       Nanda Kumar             Delhi Dynamos
  Match 22   Jerry Lalrinzuala              Chennaiyin         Match 54                       Brandon Fernandes       Goa
  Match 23   Isaac Vanmalsawma              Pune City          Match 55                       Farukh Choudhary        Jamshedpur
  Match 24   Lalruatthara                   Kerala Blasters    Match 56                       Jerry Lalrinzuala       Chennaiyin
  Match 25   Narayan Das                    Goa                Match 57                       Seiminlen Doungel       NorthEast United
  Match 26   Nishu Kumar                    Bengaluru          Match 58                       Munmun Lugun            Delhi Dynamos
  Match 27   Debjit Majumder                ATK                Match 59                       Brandon Fernandes       Goa
  Match 28   Davinder Singh                 Mumbai City        Match 60                       Jerry Mawihmingthanga   Jamshedpur
  Match 29   Subhasish Bose                 Bengaluru          Match 61                       Farukh Choudhary        Jamshedpur
  Match 30   Lalruatthara                   Kerala Blasters    Match 62                       Lalruatthara            Kerala Blasters
  Match 31   Vishal Kaith                   Pune City          Match 63                       Subhasish Bose          Bengaluru
  Match 32   Hitesh Sharma                  ATK                Match 64                       Seiminlen Doungel       NorthEast United

Fans' Player of the Month

  Month      Player of the Month   Reference
  ---------- --------------------- ----------------- ------
  Player     Club
  November   Paul Rachubka         Kerala Blasters
  December   Jeje Lalpekhlua       Chennaiyin
  January    Iain Hume             Kerala Blasters
  February   Maílson Alves         Chennaiyin

Fans' Team of the Season

  Position   Player                  Club[80]
  ---------- ----------------------- -----------------
  GK         Gurpreet Singh Sandhu   Bengaluru
  DF         Sandesh Jhingan         Kerala Blasters
  DF         Lucian Goian            Mumbai City
  DF         Lalruatthara            Kerala Blasters
  DF         Tiri                    Jamshedpur
  MF         Manuel Lanzarote        Goa
  MF         Raphael Augusto         Chennaiyin
  MF         Wellington Priori       Jamshedpur
  FW         Coro                    Goa
  FW         Sunil Chhetri           Bengaluru
  FW         Miku                    Bengaluru

End of season awards

  Award                           Player           Club
  ------------------------------- ---------------- -----------------
  Hero of the League              Sunil Chhetri    Bengaluru
  Emerging Player of the League   Lalruatthara     Kerala Blasters
  Golden Glove                    Subrata Pal      Jamshedpur
  Winning Pass Award              Udanta Singh     Bengaluru
  Golden Boot                     Coro             Goa
  Fittest Player of the League    Iñigo Calderón   Chennaiyin
  Best Pitch of the Season        Delhi Dynamos

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title: 2017–18 Indian Super League season

question: When did the 2017-2018 Indian Super League Season begin?

answer: 17 November 2017.

question: When was the Indian Super League established?

answer: 2103

question: What new sides joined the league as expansion teams?

answer: Bengaluru and Jamshedpur.

question: When did the finals for the 2017-2018 season begin?

answer: 7 March 2018.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The article is about the 2017-2018 Indian Super League Season. It discusses the history of the league and gives a list of participants and teams.


text:
-   SEN. RICHARD SHELBY EXPLAINED ON SUNDAY WHY HE DIDN'T VOTE FOR ROY MOORE.
-   THE SENIOR US SENATOR FROM ALABAMA SAID HE WROTE IN ANOTHER REPUBLICAN, BUT REFUSED TO DISCLOSE THE REPUBLICAN'S NAME.
-   SEVERAL WOMEN HAVE ACCUSED MOORE OF SEXUAL MISCONDUCT, AND PURSUING THEM WHEN THEY WERE TEENAGERS AND HE WAS IN HIS 30S.

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Republican Sen. Richard Shelby of Alabama spoke out against GOP candidate Roy Moore in an interview just two days before the special election to fill the state's US senate seat.

In an interview on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday, Shelby explained that he did not vote for Moore and instead voted for an unnamed Republican write-in, citing the numerous accusations that Moore engaged in sexual misconduct with teenage girls.

"I couldn't vote for Roy Moore, I didn't vote for Roy Moore, but I wrote in a distinguished Republican name, and I think a lot of people could do that," Shelby said.

"I think the Republican party can do better," he added at the end of the interview.

Shelby said the he believed the women who have accused the GOP Senate nominee, noting that there was "a lot of smoke, gotta be some fire somewhere," but understood why President Donald Trump was continuing to back Moore.

"I understand where the president is coming from; we would've liked to retain that seat in the US Senate," Shelby said. "But I tell you what, there's a time — we call it a tipping point. And I think so many accusations, so many cuts, so many drip, drip, drip. When it got to the 14-year-old story, that was enough for me. I said I couldn't vote for Roy Moore."

Shelby, who supported Sen. Luther Strange in the Alabama Republican primary, previously suggested that Moore should consider dropping out, joining a number of Senate Republicans who have opposed Moore's candidacy since reports revealed the former judge's history of alleged repeated sexual misconduct.

The Senator's comments came just days before the election that recent polls show is a virtual toss up. Moore has denied all of the accusations, painting the women's stories as a liberal smear campaign.

A number of national Democrats have descended on Alabama in recent days to hit the trail for Moore's opponent, Doug Jones, a former US attorney. The special election is on Tuesday.

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question: Who is Roy Moore?

answer: Roy Moore is a GOP candidate in Alabama running in a special election for the US senate seat.

question: What did Sen. Richard Shelby say about Moore?

answer: Shelby said he couldn't vote for Moore because of the sexual misconduct accusations against Moore. He feels that the Republican party can do better than Moore; he thinks Moore should drop out.

question: What is Moore accused of?

answer: multiple instances of sexual misconduct, including some with teenage girls

question: Why did Trump continue to support Moore?

answer: Shelby believes that Trump continued to support Moore because the Republican party needs to retain that seat in the US Senate.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The article is about Roy Moore, a GOP candidate in Alabama, running in a special election for the US senate seat. Sen. Richard Shelby said he couldn't vote for Moore because of the sexual misconduct accusations against Moore. He feels that the Republican party can do better than Moore; he thinks Moore should drop out.