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Holding onto a Heartbeat
Epigraph:
“If I told you that the crowd was all ears,
Could you find the words to say?
If I told you that you could take home the prize,
Would you know the game to play?
Would you laugh or would you fall to pieces?
Would you lie or would you run?”
-Mad at Gravity, Find the Words

The east window was still open. I sat on her bed and stared at the closet, the door propped open, folded back against the wall by a bronze cleat and ball, third place trophy to some tournament. Fifteen different jerseys and two different referee tops hung in rainbow order, though mostly the same racing green, ending with the single ref black and single ref yellow. I heard the click from the door to the bathroom that separated her and her younger sister’s room and waited for the door to open, wishing for a confrontation. Instead I heard another cracking click as the shower door slid shut followed by the sound of rushing water spraying and splatting against the glass and tub basin. The image of water over her skin was not what I wanted or needed, but my eyes struggled closed, flickering, as I took it in breathing. Pulsing and sometimes shaking hands ran over shoulders, neck, and through hair tingling my neck and chest while constantly struggling to find air in the lapsing ragged breathing. My heart rate accelerated well over one fifty. “We need to learn to be more than soccer,” she had said to me. I struggled to hold onto the words. Four pill bottles rested in her top left desk drawer.
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My first soccer practice was at five. I was lying on the basement floor shag carpeting while watching television with two of my older brothers. I had just woken up from my post half-day pre-school nap. I’m not sure if I really understood after school cartoons at that point or not, but it didn’t really matter because if my brothers were doing it, I did it too or at least pretended to. I was lying on my back shirtless, thinly ribbed, heart beating over and over, blowing spit bubbles, and absentmindedly pulling at the thick gray carpet and swirling it with my hands while staring on at the tv when my mother knelt down next to me and asked a question I didn’t hear. I also liked to rub my feet, bare or otherwise, up and down, kicking my legs out and pulling them back for a slight fibrous foot rub. She asked me the question again and started tickling my feet.
My spit bubble burst, wetting my lips, and I screamed and kicked trying to roll away from her, but she held my leg with one hand while continuing to tickle with the other. My brothers yelled for her to stop because they couldn’t hear the tv over my piercing post toddler fully oxygenated sugary charged shrieking. She stopped and my breathing was all I could hear. I stared at her with eyes all moist, ready for another attack. I finally heard the question when her lips parted again, lined and slightly cracked and dry, turning wet.
“Honey, how would you like to go to the park?”
“Yea, park. Are ****** and ****** coming too?” I asked turning to look back at my brothers lounging on the couch all lazy eyed.
“Hell no pips, ” my twelve year old brother said.
“Actually, you are going to the park with a lot of other boys your age,” mother said almost at once but did not attempt to make a stand against the partial cursing and back talk from my older brother.
“Like ****** and ******?” I asked.
“Maybe, we’ll just have to go and see, now won’t we,” she said winking. “But first I need you to try these…” I was already falling back to staring at the tv when I felt a hand on my leg as my foot was stuffed into a sock. I looked back to see the long blue socks my feet were being forcibly stuffed into and the black shoes with spikes on the bottom like the ones my brothers wore for soccer.
“Ah, good. They fit perfectly,” she said smiling while tying the laces. Some of her soft golden hair had fallen in front of her face as she leaned back to stand up.
“I’m playing soccer at the park?” I said questioning, both in excitement and fear.
“Yes, honey, I already told you that,” she said. I hadn’t remembered it being mentioned any earlier. “Now go up stairs and put a shirt on and wait at the front door for your father to take you,” she said extending her arms away from the tv, towards the stairs.
Forty-seven minutes later.
I leaned my entire body weight against the heavy sedan door for it to close with a thunk and almost slipped on the pavement in my unfamiliar cleats. My father waved to a group of parents and other boys at the end of parking lot. He also shielded his eyes over black sunglasses looking into the orange September sun. I focused on the bits of gravel pavement, uniformly and infinitely different in the mix. My cleats made a clack scraping sound with each step as I held onto my father’s massive hand following his lead.
Thirteen boys, all five-years-old or nearly so, stood, leaned, and swayed, clinging to their respective parent’s legs or presence while still constantly looking around with a sort of rising frustration at being corralled in the park. The parents carried on light conversation punctuated by Sunday grill laughs and smiles. Three of the fathers wore matching green polo athletic shirts. My father shook each of their hands in turn, smiling, his gray-green slacks folding as leaned forward. His brown leather loafers looked overwhelmed in the rising September grass.
My father turned back to me and with a hand on my back pulled me in front of the three men. The tallest of the three half crouched a bit and extended his huge hand, “Hi there, I’m Mr. E****** and will be your new soccer coach.” I took his hand looking up but only saw the orange sun peeking out from behind his neck.
After meeting the other two coaches, my father clapped me on the back as we retreated. “All right, good luck, love you, be back to pick you up,” he said. He kissed me on the head and walked away toward the parking lot.
I watched as his pace quickened, pumping his arms slightly. A few parents trailed my father but still others remained to watch the practice. It wasn’t that I didn’t want my father to go; I just wanted to know why he left. I hesitated only slightly in returning my focus to Coach E******.

title: Before I go... I wrote a few books this is the beginning of them. I almost graduated with an BFA as a 2nd degree before the high horsing begins.

question: Describe the narrator.

answer: The narrator is described as a typical, hyper five year old. He's the youngest brother and gets into soccer.

question: Who are the narrator's brothers?

answer: That information can't be found, but the brothers are older than the narrator.

question: How does the narrator feel about soccer?

answer: The narrator seems excited and apprehensive to try playing soccer for the first time.

question: Describe the narrator's relationship with their father.

answer: It's not clear what the state of the relationship is, but the narrator is confused when his father leaves him alone at soccer practice.

question: What season does the story take place in?

answer: It may be summer or fall because the story takes place in September.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator describes the time his mom took him to his first soccer practice at five years old. The narrator is confused when his dad doesn't stay to watch the practice.


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REMARKABLE Recycled Ltd (05394545 - Incorporated on 16 March 2005) is a UK company that makes stationery products out of recycled materials. With its sister company, Edvironment Ltd, it sells a range of recycled products, such as the recycled CD and vending cup pencil.

History

In 1996, Edward Douglas Miller founded the company with the aim to value waste as a resource.[1] In 1998, it won UK Invention of the Year and a year later won UK environmental company of the year and UK recycled product of the year.[2][3]

In 2000, as part of the UK millennium celebrations a Remarkable product was announced as a 'Millennium Product' by the Design Council’s Cool Britannia awards. For an exhibition in the Millennium Dome the company made 3.75 million pencils, recycled from plastic cups.[4][5] In 2011, Edward Douglas Miller appeared on Channel 4's ''The Secret Millionaire.[6]

In 2002, the company was granted £20,000 by London Remade, and bought brand new binding machines to bind the recycled notepads.[7] This helped Remarkable to be able to create a greater range of products including plastic rulers (also made from vending machine cups), recycled rubber tyres; to make mouse mats and pencil cases.

In 2013, the company held the Guinness World Record for the making of the longest pencil, 323 metres.[8] However, that length has since been surpassed.[9]

Remarkable worked with Keep Britain Tidy (KBT), educating and linking the value of recycling waste and its conversion into recycled products. Products are co branded with the remarkable and KBT logo, with royalties going to support KBT.[10]

Remarkable Eco solutions Ltd was dissolved in 2016 with the closure of the factory in Worcester in 2014, with the loss of some employees,[11] because of a contract being cancelled with a major wholesaler. Some machinery was sold off, with the trade marks and IPR still remaining with the founder and inventor.

In 2017 production continues, turning UK waste into recycled products.[12]

[1] Lindsey Harrad, 'I used to be …’ from _Vegetarian Living_, retrieved 27 September 2018

[2] Remarkable from TheGreenOrganisation.info, retrieved 3 September 2018

[3] Making pencils from plastic cups from _BBC News_, 12 May 2006, retrieved 3 September 2018

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[6] August 2014 from PPDA.co.uk, retrieved 3 September 2018

[7] London Remade-Strategic Partnership in Recycling and Regeneration by Nawon Kim from Institute for Global Environmental Strategies, December 2004, retrieved 3 September 2018

[8] Remarkable from Desertcart.com, retrieved 3 September 2018

[9] Longest pencil from Guinness World Records, retrieved 3 September 2018

[10] Keep Britain Tidy Partnership To Launch Eco-Friendly Stationery by Darren Moore, Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM), 3 November 2015, retrieved 3 September 2018

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title: Remarkable

question: What would have happened if a contract between Remarkable and a major wholesaler were not cancelled?

answer: Remarkable would have not been dissolved in 2016, forcing to close the factory.


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The AUSTRALIAN EARLY MEDIEVAL ASSOCIATION (abbr. AEMA; founded 2003) is a learned society established in the state of Victoria, Australia. The Association was formed to promote and support early medieval studies in Australia. Its membership is open to scholars with an active interest in early medieval studies, broadly defined as from the late Roman Empire to the Norman Conquest that is from approximately 400 CE to 1100 CE, and encompassing all regions of the world. The Association members organise international conferences and publish an annual peer refereed journal Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association which is a key international scholarly journal in early medieval studies.

The Association is managed by a revolving Committee elected by the membership every year.

Publications

-   _Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association_, ISSN 1449-9320, which is published annually with online access via Informit 1
-   _Journal of the Australian Early Medieval Association_ on Academia.edu 2
-   ResearchGate Profile 3

title: Australian Early Medieval Association

question: How regular are elections for AEMA?

answer: They are held annually.

question: How many centuries are covered by the Association's interests?

answer: Seven; 400-1100 CE

question: What city is the Association based in?

answer: Victoria, Australia

question: What conferences does AEMA host?

answer: There is insufficient information to answer the question.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article introduces the Australian Early Medieval Association. It discusses their interests, organizational structure, and their scholarly activities


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If Texas A&M defensive end Myles Garrett is the first player selected in the NFL draft on Thursday night, he’ll join a group of 10. The Cleveland Browns, who have the first selection, will hope that he joins a group of three.

Only nine defensive ends have been the first overall pick in the history of the NFL draft. Only two of them – Buffalo’s Bruce Smith and Tampa Bay’s Lee Roy Selmon – reached the Hall of Fame. The Browns are obviously hopeful Garrett has that kind of career.

That is, if the Browns draft him. Recent reports have suggested the Browns might draft North Carolina quarterback Mitch Trubisky with the first pick. NFL Network Analyst Mike Mayock said that would be a mistake.

“I've been on record from day one saying I think they have to take him at number one,” Mayock said. “You can continue to try to move down the board all you want and pick up more picks, and I get that and I respect that. But at some point you better start taking some difference-makers, and I think he's a difference-maker.”

Smith and Selmon were certainly difference-makers.

Smith, from Virginia Tech, was an 11-time Pro Bowl selection and was twice named NFL Defensive Player of the Year during a 19-year career in which he accumulated 200 sacks and forced 43 fumbles. Selmon, out of Oklahoma, was a six-time Pro Bowl selection and was named the NFL’s Defensive Player of the Year in 1979. He was credited with 78.5 sacks and 28.5 forced fumbles in a nine-year career.

 [] Alex Parker, TexAgs If the Cleveland Browns take Garrett with the first pick, he'll become the tenth DE taken No. 1 overall.

Most of the other defensive ends drafted with the first pick had decent NFL careers.

But only two had brilliant careers, although the jury is still out on Jadeveon Clowney, who was taken No. 1 by the Houston Texans in 2014.

Other defensive ends taken first include Notre Dame’s Walt Patulski by Buffalo in 1972, Tampa’s John Matuszak by the Houston Oilers in 1973, Tennessee State’s Ed “Too Tall” Jones in 1974, Penn State’s Courtney Brown by Cleveland in 2000, North Carolina State’s Mario Williams by the Houston Texans in 2006 and South Carolina’s Jadeveon Clowney by the Texans in 2014.

Most had solid careers. Some, particularly Patulski and Brown, were rather disappointing. Clowney’s career path is up in the air, though last season he showed signs of developing into a dominant pass-rusher.

Mayock said he expects Garrett, who posted 31 sacks and seven forced fumbles in his three-season A&M career, to have a pro career that more closely resembles those of Smith and Selmon.

“If you compare him to Von Miller, who came out of the same college four or five years ago, this kid has the same explosion off the ball, the same bend, the ability to pressure a quarterback. And he's 20 pounds heavier,” Mayock said. “So I think his upside is he should be a Pro Bowl defensive end. He should be a huge difference-maker in the NFL in the pass game. The only way that doesn't happen is one of two reasons: one, he gets hurt, or, number two, he doesn't want it bad enough. But his physical talent is awesome.”

Skeptics like SEC Network Analyst Booger McFarland and former NFL star Warren Sapp have express doubts that Garrett should be the first player taken. They’ve suggested he takes plays off, doesn’t fare well against the run and does not dominate opponents. Mayock disagrees.

“The more tape you watch, you see offensive line sliding toward him, taking tight ends into the running backs into his size, and he had to be double- and triple-teamed all year long. And he had to do it playing through a high-ankle sprain,” Mayock said. “He missed two games with that. Played through it with Tennessee and Alabama.

“So from my perspective, did I always see the same consistent explosion off the ball? No, I didn't. But I think there's a reason behind that, and I think it's because of the ankle.”

The ankle is now healthy. The projections for Garrett’s career are healthy, too.

So healthy, in fact, that he should be the first player drafted.

question: Who Myles Garrett?

answer: Myles Garret is the defensive end for Texas A&M and is among the considerations for the Cleveland Brows as a first pick in Thursday night's NFL draft. His performance in the past three seasons lists 7 forced tumbles and 31 sacks. NFL analyst Mike Maynock considers Garrett as a game changer who will have a distinguished pro career. He even notes that Garrett managed to play well with an injured ankle, and now that the ankle is healed, Garrett will play even better.

question: What makes picking Garrett significant?

answer: Because it is not common for a defensive end to be a first pick during a draft. Only 9 defensive ends have ever been picked on a first draft and if Cleveland takes Browns, it means his skill is that good. However, it is also mentioned that among the 9, there are those who have not had illustrious careers.

question: What do critics say about Garrett?

answer: Garrett's critics say he does not dominate, doesn't fare well against the run, and that e takes plays off. Maynock argues that this was mostly due to his injury.

question: What is a defensive end?

answer: The article does not directly explain what it is, but this is implied to be a supporting position in American Football -not quite important enough for teams to commonly make it a priority when making a first pick in a draft.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: NFL network analyst Mike Mayock considers defensive end Myles Garrett should be the first pick for the Cleveland Browns. He says that Garrett is a difference maker as his performance with Texas A&M proves it.


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TARECK ZAIDAN EL AISSAMI MADDAH (; ,[1] born 12 November 1974)[2] is a Venezuelan politician serving as Minister of Industries and National Production since 14 June 2018, and as Minister of Petroleum since 27 April 2020. He previously was Minister of the Interior and Justice from 2008 to 2012, Governor of Aragua from 2012 to 2017 and Vice President of Venezuela from 2017 to 2018. While holding that office, El Aissami faced allegations of participating in corruption, money laundering and drug trafficking.[3] In 2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) added El Aissami to the ICE Most Wanted List, listed by the Homeland Security Investigations unit.[4]

Early life

[El Aissami's great-uncle, Shibli al-Aysami, in a suit beside Saddam Hussein in July 1989.] El Aissami was born on 12 November 1974 in El Vigía, Mérida, Venezuela,[5][6] where he spent his childhood.[7] He is one of five children. His mother, May Maddah de El Aissami, is Lebanese[8][9] while his father, Zaidan El Amin El Aissami, also known as Carlos Zaidan, was a Druze immigrant from Jabal al-Druze in Syria.[10] He was the head of a local Iraqi Ba'athist Party in Venezuela and had connections with leftist political movements in the Middle East.[11][12][13] Another family member of El Aissami involved in Ba'athism was his great-uncle, Shibli El Aissami, who was the Assistant Secretary General of the National Command of the Iraqi-dominated Arab Socialist Ba'ath Party.[14][15][16][17]

El Aissami's father supported Hugo Chávez during the February 1992 Venezuelan coup d'état attempt and was arrested.[18][19][20] Following the news of his father's arrest and the raiding of his childhood home, seventeen-year-old El Aissami became disillusioned with the state of Venezuela.[21][22] A quote from his father stuck with El Aissami for life, “No matter what happens, remember the capable men are the ones who write history, the incapable criticize it”, with his father referring to Chávez as being able to rewrite history.[23] Following the arrest of El Aissami's father in 1992, his great-uncle Shibli El Aissami retired from politics in Iraq, remaining in the country until the 2003 invasion of Iraq.[24]

Education and militancy

Studying both law and criminology, El Aissami attended the University of the Andes (ULA)[25] in Mérida, Venezuela, a city that “for decades has been a haven for guerrilla groups, both domestic and foreign”.[26] While there, he was a student of Adán Chávez Frías, the older brother of Hugo Chávez, who was said to have been a mentor to El Aissami.[27][28] In 1997, he joined the National Youth Directorate of the Fifth Republic Movement to support the election of Hugo Chávez.[29] Near the same time, El Aissami was arrested during an anti-government protest after throwing stones at authorities.[30]

Utopia, a leftist student movement with links to the guerrilla group Bolivarian Forces of Liberation, was active on ULA's campus.[31][32] El Aissami joined Utopia and befriended one of its founders, Hugo Cabezas.[33][34] In 2001, El Aissami became president of the student union at ULA; his tenure reportedly had an increase of radical student and criminal activities according to ULA officials.[35][36] According to the vice rector of academic affairs at ULA, most of the 1,122 students living in the student dormitories at the time were members of Utopia or its allies, that “only 387 are active students and more than 600 have no university connections”, and that there were “always weapons there”.[37][38] Unnamed opponents claimed that during student elections El Aissami threatened other candidates with armed gangs, while former governor Florencio Porras (PSUV) accused him of attempting to rig student elections.[39] Following the September 11 attacks in 2001, it was also reported by witnesses that El Aissami had celebrated the attacks on the United States.[40]

On 27 March 2003, days after the 2003 invasion of Iraq, El Aissami and his father attended a press conference with Iraq's ambassador to Venezuela, denouncing the United States invasion of Iraq and showing “solidarity” with “the defenseless Iraqi people.”[41] El Aissami then first met Hugo Chávez while attending ULA and followed Chávez as a self-described radical chavista since.[42] He dedicated time during his post graduate studies to supporting Chávez's Fifth Republic Movement (MVR).[43] In July 2003, El Aissami lost his reelection campaign as president of the student union by 70% compared to other candidates, with the newly elected student council finding their office robbed and damaged.[44] After graduating with _magna cum laude_ honors, El Aissami maintained his connections with fellow ULA students as he entered into politics, with members of Utopia later obtaining positions in Venezuela's Bolivarian government.[45][46]

Political career

ONIDEX

In September 2003, Hugo Cabezas, El Aissami's close friend from the ULA and Utopia, was appointed to be the head of the National Office of Identification and Foreigners (ONIDEX), a passport and naturalization agency that was part of Venezuela's interior ministry, by President Hugo Chávez.[47][48] The same year,[49] after El Aissami had lost the student reelection campaign, Cabezas invited him to work as his deputy at ONIDEX.[50][51] Cabezas and El Aissami were then assigned to Mission Identidad, a Bolivarian mission tasked with creating national identifications for Venezuelans.[52] Soon after, the program “was criticized for allegedly granting identity documents to unqualified foreign nationals”[53][54]

National Assembly and Interior Ministry

[El Aissami, beside Nicolás Maduro, present Vladimir Putin the Key to the City of Caracas in April 2010.] After being established in the capital city of Caracas, El Aissami later campaigned to become a legislator in the National Assembly, winning a seat in the 2005 parliamentary elections.[55][56]

From 2007 to 2008, he served in the Ministry of the Interior as the Vice Minister of Citizen Security.[57] In September 2008, Hugo Chávez appointed El Aissami as Minister of the Interior and Justice[58][59] In 2009, he stated that anti-drug operations in Venezuela had improved following the expulsion of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) from Venezuela, stating that the Colombian and United States government anti-drug agencies had “turned into important drug-trafficking cartels”.[60] On 24 August 2011, El Aissami announced the ban on the public use of firearms in Venezuela.[61] El Aissami headed the Ministry of the Interior and Justice until he was elected governor in 2012.

Governor

He served as the Governor of Aragua from 2012 until 2017. The Iranian military company Qods Aviation, which was sanctioned under the 2007 UN Security Council Resolution 1747, has operated in Aragua since 2008 in collaboration with the Venezuelan Military Industries Company Ltd.[62] The joint project continued throughout El Aissami's tenure.[63]

According to analyst David Smilde of Washington Institute on Latin America (WOLA), while serving as Governor of Aragua, El Aissami “presided over a police force that came to be one of the most violent and abusive in the country”.[64] Despite enacting 21 security plans for Aragua, violence continued to increase, with the murder rate at 142 murders per 100,000 citizens in 2016.[65]

Vice Presidency

President Nicolás Maduro appointed El Aissami as Vice-President on 4 January 2017.[66][67] As a result, he was the head official of the Bolivarian Intelligence Service (SEBIN), Venezuela's intelligence agency that is dependent on the office of the vice presidency.[68]

Due to controversy surrounding El Aissami, the appointment was contentious. If the then-proposed recall election were to occur in 2017, he would have become the President of Venezuela until the end of what would have been Maduro's remaining tenure into 2019.[69]

Decree powers

On 26 January 2017, President Maduro ruled by decree that El Aissami could use economic decree powers as well, granting El Aissami powers that a Vice-President in Venezuela had not held before and power that rivaled Maduro's own powers. El Aissami was granted the power to decree over “everything from taxes to foreign currency allotments for state-owned companies” as well as “hiring practices to state-owned enterprises”. The move made El Aissami one of the most powerful men in Venezuela.[70][71]

Minister of Industry and National Production

In June 2018, El Aissami was named the Minister of Industry and National Production, being tasked with overseeing Venezuela's domestic production.

While serving in the ministry, El Aissami was also named as an External Director of Venezuela's state-run oil company, PDVSA.[72]

Minister of Petroleum

In April 2020, he was named the Minister of Petroleum. His appointment marks a blow to an era of military control at Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA).[73]

Controversy

Drug trafficking and money laundering allegations

Since 2011, the Homeland Security Investigations branch of the United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration have investigated El Aissami for his alleged acts of money laundering in the Middle East, specifically in Lebanon.[74] According to _The Wall Street Journal_, El Aissami has been under investigation by the United States for his alleged activities in drug trafficking since 2015.[75] Rafael Isea, the preceding governor of Aragua, stated that El Aissami was allegedly paid off by drug kingpin Walid Makled (es) in order to receive drug shipments in Venezuela.[76] Before being extradited to Venezuela Makled allegedly told DEA agents that from 2007 to 2012, he paid El Aissami's brother, Feras El Aissami, and told them to launder the money in the Venezuelan oil industry.[77]

On 13 February 2017 El Aissami was sanctioned by the US Treasury Department under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act. US officials accused him of facilitating drug shipments from Venezuela to Mexico and the US, freezing tens of millions of dollars of assets purportedly under El Aissami's control.[78][79] A day later, Venezuela's opposition-controlled National Assembly voted in favour of opening an investigation into El Aissami's alleged involvement in drug trafficking.[80] El Aissami has denied any criminal wrongdoing while President Maduro defended him saying “Venezuela will respond, step by step, with balance and force ... They will retract and apologize publicly to our vice president”, while also stating that El Aissami had arrested more than 100 drug traffickers, with 21 being extradited to the United States.[81][82] In an open letter, published as an advertisement in the New York Times, El Aissami stated: “I have no assets or accounts in the United States or in any country of the world, and it is both absurd and pathetic that an American administrative body —without presenting any evidence— adopts a measure to freeze goods and assets that I do not own at all.”[83]

In 2019, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) added El Aissami to the list of 10 most wanted fugitives.[84] On 26 March 2020, the U.S. Department of State offered $10 million for information to bring him to justice in relation to drug trafficking and narco-terrorism.[85]

_Narcosobrinos_ incident

Following arrests surrounding the _Narcosobrinos_ incident, an event that resulted in the arrest and conviction of President Maduro's nephews found guilty of attempting to smuggle 800 kilos of cocaine into the United States, links were allegedly found between El Aissami and an accomplice who was arrested in Honduras.[86] According to a source speaking to _El Nuevo Herald_ about the incident, Roberto de Jesús Soto Garcia, a Honduran man who provided logistical information on drug shipments for Maduro's nephews, assisted El Aissami as well.[87] The source stated Soto Garcia worked with a group of Venezuelan officials, called the Cartel of the Suns, and that he worked “particularly with the operation headed by Tarek El Aissami, and his company. He's someone who has been working with them for some time now.”[88] According to testimony from the nephews, the cocaine that was to be transported to the United States by the two was allegedly supplied by El Aissami.[89]

Terrorism network allegations

In 2003, the _U.S. News & World Report_ recorded statements by an anonymous US official that “several thousand” people from “terrorism-sponsoring countries” were obtaining Venezuelan identifications from ONIDEX while El Aissami was part of its leadership.[90] The official further stated that, “Colombians were the largest group; there were more than a thousand of them. It also included many from Middle Eastern 'countries of interest' like Syria, Egypt, Pakistan, Lebanon. It was shocking to see how extensive the list was”.[91]

According to _PanAm Post_, US prosecutors have alleged that El Aissami was Venezuela's “liaison” with Hezbollah and has provided passports to “terrorist organizations.”[92] A report by the Center for a Secure Free Society released in 2014 alleged that El Aissami has “developed a sophisticated financial network and multi-level networks as a criminal-terrorist pipeline to bring Islamic militants to Venezuela and neighboring countries, and to send illicit funds from Latin America to the Middle East.” The alleged “pipeline” consists of 40 shell companies which have bank accounts in Venezuela, Panama, Curacao, St. Lucia, Miami and Lebanon and is also involved in drug smuggling.[93]

Former Vice President José Vicente Rangel, who served under Hugo Chávez, denounced the SFS study, stating that it was a “combined campaign” by SFS and the Canadian government to attack Venezuela, though Ben Rowswell, the Canadian ambassador in Venezuela, denied the accusations by Rangel.[94]

In a 2015 report by the United States Department of State, “There were credible reports that Venezuela maintained a permissive environment that allowed for support of activities that benefited known terrorist groups.”[95] New York County District Attorney Robert M. Morgenthau stated that while El Aissami was head of ONIDEX, Venezuela's passport and naturalization agency, he provided passports to Hamas and Hezbollah members. He also stated that it was possible that El Aissami was recruiting Arab Venezuelans to train under Hezbollah in southern Lebanon.[96] Joseph Humire, executive director of SFS, states that “Tareck’s network is less ideological and more of a service provider ... It’s not so much built on an ideological affinity to anybody, but who wants to pay to play.”[97]

In February 2017, CNN reported in its article “Venezuelan Passports, in the Wrong Hands?”, an investigation performed focusing on the sale of Venezuelan passports to individuals in the Middle East, specifically Syria, Palestine, Iraq and Pakistan. According to Misael López Soto, a former employee at the Venezuelan embassy in Iraq who was also a lawyer and CICPC officer, the Bolivarian government would sell authentic passports to individuals from the Middle East, with the Venezuelan passport able to access 130 countries throughout the world without a visa requirement. López provided CNN documents showing how his superiors attempted to cover up the sale of passports, which were being sold for from $5,000 to $15,000 per passport. A confidential intelligence report obtained by CNN linked El Aissami to 173 passports and ID's given between 2008 and 2015 to individuals from the Middle East, some of whom were purportedly associated with Hezbollah.[98][99][100]

The Venezuelan government did not investigate the allegations made by López and instead initiated an investigation against him for his act of leaking “confidential” documents and stated that he had abandoned his duty.[101] Following the release of the CNN report, President Maduro demanded that CNN leave Venezuela, stating that the network had sought to “manipulate” Venezuelans.[102]

Sanctions

El Aissami has been sanctioned by several countries.

The United States Treasury Department sanctioned El Aissami on 13 February 2017 under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act after being accused of facilitating drug shipments from Venezuela to Mexico and the United States, freezing tens of millions of dollars of assets purportedly under El Aissami's control.[103][104]

Canada sanctioned El Aissami on 22 September 2017 due to rupture of Venezuela's constitutional order following the 2017 Venezuelan Constituent Assembly election.[105][106]

The European Union sanctioned El Aissami on 25 June 2018, with his assets frozen and being banned from travel. The European Union stated that when El Aissami was Vice President of Venezuela, the SEBIN intelligence service, under his command, made him “responsible for the serious human rights violations carried out by the organization, including arbitrary detention, politically motivated investigations, inhumane and degrading treatment, and torture”.[107]

Switzerland sanctioned El Aissami on 10 July 2018, freezing his assets and imposing a travel ban while citing the same reasons of the European Union.[108][109][110]

Personal life

El Aissami is married and has two children. His sister served as Venezuela's ambassador to the Netherlands until 2016. El Aissami is often seen surrounded by his bodyguards, whom he personally selects.[111]

El Aissami and his father both showed support for the government of Sadaam Hussein following the 2003 invasion of Iraq. His father, Zaidan, wrote the article “Proud to be a Taliban”, describing United States President George W. Bush as “genocidal, mentally deranged, a liar and a racist” while also describing the leader of Al-Qaeda as “the great Mujahedeen, Sheik Osama bin Laden”. Zaidan El Aissami also alleged that the United States may have been responsible for the 11 September terrorist attacks to create an excuse to invade Afghanistan.[112]

On 4 February 2015, it was revealed that Aragua FC had signed him as a striker.[113] Aragua FC was heavily sponsored from El Aissami's state and there are no records of him receiving playing time on the field as of January 2017.[114]

Prior to his participation in dialogue between the opposition and Venezuelan government as well as his appointment to the vice presidency, members of El Aissami's family, including his father and mother, traveled to stay in the United States for unknown reasons in late October 2016.[115]

During the pandemic in Venezuela, El Aissami tested positive for COVID-19 on 10 July 2020.[116]

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title: Tareck El Aissami

question: List the named members of Tareck El Aissami's family.

answer: Shibli al-Aysami (his great-uncle), May Maddah de El Aissami (his mother), Zaidan El Amin El Aissami (his father)

question: What position has Tareck El Aissami held since 2018?

answer: Minister of Industries and National Production

question: What schools did Tareck El Aissami attend?

answer: The University of the Andes

question: Why was Tareck El Aissami added to the ICE Most Wanted List?

answer: He was involved in drug-trafficking

question: Summarize Tareck El Aissami's career at ONIDEX.

answer: His close friend, Hugo Cabezas, was appointed head of ONIDEX and invited El Aissami to work as his deputy. The pair were assigned to Mission Identitad, tasked with creating national identifications for Venezuelans.

question: Explain the Narcosobrinos incident.

answer: President Maduro's nephews were arrested for attempting to smuggle cocaine into the United States. El Aissami was linked to one of the accomplices and allegedly was the one who supplied the cocaine.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Tareck El Aissami is a Venezuelan politician. He currently serves as Minister of Industries and National Production as well as Minister of Petroleum. He has also been accused of corruption, money laundering, and drug trafficking. As a result, he was added to ICE's Most Wanted List in 2019.


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_THE NAKED TRUTH_ is a 1957 British film black comedy starring Terry-Thomas, Peter Sellers and Dennis Price. Peggy Mount, Shirley Eaton and Joan Sims also appear.[1] It was produced and directed by Mario Zampi and written by Michael Pertwee. It was released in the U.S. as _YOUR PAST IS SHOWING_.[2]

Plot

Nigel Dennis (Dennis Price) is a blackmailer who threatens to publish embarrassing secrets in his magazine _The Naked Truth_. After attempting to blackmail a famous scientist (who commits suicide), and an MP (who suffers a heart attack in parliament, and probably succumbs), his latest targets are Lord Henry Mayley (Terry-Thomas), television host Sonny MacGregor (Peter Sellers), writer Flora Ransom (Peggy Mount), and model Melissa Right (Shirley Eaton). Several of them decide independently that murder would be a better solution than paying. However, it is Mayley who by sheer bad luck nearly ends up the victim of both MacGregor and Ransom's schemes. The four eventually join forces and try again. That attempt also fails, but Dennis is then arrested for an earlier crime.

When Dennis threatens to reveal all at his trial, Mayley comes up with a scheme to break him out of prison and send him to South America, with the help of hundreds of his other victims. They phone in numerous fake calls for help, distracting the London police, while Mayley, MacGregor, and MacGregor's reluctant assistant Porter (Kenneth Griffith), disguised as policemen, whisk Dennis away. Knocking Dennis unconscious periodically, they finally end up in the cabin of a blimp on the way to a rendezvous with an outbound ship. To their dismay, when he comes to, Dennis refuses to go along with their plan, as he in fact never wanted to reveal any of their secrets in court. He was, in fact, optimistic about the trial anyway, and reveals that the evidence was his copies of “The Naked Truth” which had been destroyed by the plotters earlier. Happy to have outsmarted his opponents again, but unaware of where he is, Dennis then steps out for some air and plummets to the ocean below. When MacGregor celebrates by shooting his pistol, it punctures the blimp, which shoots away into the distance.

Cast

-   Terry-Thomas as Lord Henry Mayley
-   Peter Sellers as Sonny MacGregor
-   Peggy Mount as Flora Ransom
-   Shirley Eaton as Melissa Right
-   Dennis Price as Nigel Dennis
-   Georgina Cookson as Lady Lucy Mayley, Henry's wife
-   Joan Sims as Ethel Ransom, Flora's daughter and reluctant accomplice
-   Miles Malleson as Reverend Cedric Bastable, Flora's fiancé
-   Kenneth Griffith as Porter
-   Moultrie Kelsall as Mactavish
-   Bill Edwards as Bill Murphy, Melissa's rich Texan boyfriend
-   Wally Patch as Fred - paunchy old man
-   Henry Hewitt as Gunsmith
-   John Stuart as Police Inspector
-   David Lodge as Constable Johnson
-   Joan Hurley as Authoress
-   Peter Noble as Television Announcer
-   Victor Rietti as Doctor
-   Wilfrid Lawson as TV Contestant
-   Ronald Adam as Chemist
-   Michael Ripper as Greengrocer

Critical reception

Allmovie wrote, “A prescient satire of tabloid journalists and celebrity culture, The Naked Truth, is a well-acted British comedy that doesn't quite succeed in melding its black and broad comedy”;[3] whereas _Radio Times_ wrote, “This black comedy supplied Peter Sellers with some of his funniest, and finest, pre-Hollywood material. It's based - as the best British humour often is - on class and sex...Mario Zampi directs the gags in Michael Pertwee's satisfying script with superb timing.”[4] and Leonard Maltin noted, “Sellers (cast as a television star) is a special treat in this amusing satire.”[5]

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title: The Naked Truth (1957 film)

question: Why does the famous scientist commit suicide?

answer: Presumably because Nigel Dennis blackmailed him.

question: What happens to MacGregor at the end of the movie?

answer: Presumably he dies when the blimp crashes.


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There are three certainties in life: death, taxes and questions about cloud computing. Resolve one question and two more spring up in its place. Enterprise concerns about security and control, for example, have diminished significantly, but tiering data to the public cloud isn't a given because of new questions about policy, public cloud service offerings and hybrid cloud strategies.

Just as certain as the ongoing cloud discussion? That data is growing faster than the data center capacity of most enterprises. Even if an organization stores data in a colocation data center, costs and management overhead can get overwhelming.

A frequent executive cry is: Let's cap the data center growth. Since it's impossible to cap data growth from new data generators -- and with some medical-related regulations sometimes mandating that data be retained for as long as 30 years -- diminishing the reliance on the data center is the natural solution.

But before tiering data to the public cloud either for backup or archives, I recommend mulling over the following considerations for cloud tiering to come up with the right approach for your organization.

DATA RESIDENCY AND RETENTION

Because Igneous' customers are all multinational organizations, I see firsthand the challenges for these companies to adhere to diverse regulations intended to enforce data privacy. Data residency regulations focus on where they store their data. Data retention requirements dictate how long they keep it.

Many organizations keep all their data on-premises to ensure they comply with local data residency regulations, even better if they can keep primary and secondary storage in-country. Often, enterprises don't want to keep their data longer than they have to because of storage costs, but some organizations manage digital assets and keep data practically indefinitely. That creates a huge data storage need.

ENCRYPTION POLICY

Enterprises want reassurances that their intellectual property is protected from both hackers and law enforcement agencies. Encryption in motion (when data is transferred) and encryption at rest (for data sitting in the public cloud) offer reassurances of security and privacy.

In November 2014, Sony Pictures suffered a cyberattack that erased 3,262 of the company’s 6,797 personal computers and 837 of its 1,555 servers. Before destroying Sony's data, the hackers stole it, releasing confidential files onto public-sharing sites. The data included everything from intellectual property like unreleased scripts to personal information like salary lists.

"Once [a company's] intellectual property is stolen, there is little chance of recovering it," said Rick Holland, vice president at the digital risk management firm Digital Shadows, primarily because the material is so easy to replicate. "Instead, they need to investigate and determine how the attackers compromised their environment."

INTERNET SPEED

Consider internet speed in terms of both the frequency with which you can upload data (recovery point objective or RPO) and the speed with which you can recover previously uploaded data (recovery time objective or RTO). While cost-effective, some public cloud options build in delays that can stretch data tiering out by hours.

Enterprises typically can't simply replicate everything to the public cloud in real time because of internet speed. If your organization needs the ability to quickly recover a data set, that data isn't a good candidate for tiering. On the other hand, older data that isn't frequently modified or accessed that must be retained because of regulations could be ideal for tiering.

CLOUD SERVICE SELECTION

Several important factors come into play. Ask yourself these questions when considering public cloud offerings: How much geo-redundancy do you want or need? Are there any built-in transfer delays that could slow down your tiering? How much does the cloud service cost? How fast can you retrieve data?

The public cloud is increasingly becoming part of the typical enterprise's data storage strategy, and cost is often not the primary reason. Instead, agility is a big motivator.

HYBRID CLOUD COMPATIBILITY

From conversations with enterprise executives about data storage, I know most enterprise data lives on-premises in the form of image files, videos and other unstructured data. But these executives recognize the value of tiering some of their data to the public cloud as part of a larger hybrid approach.

Hybrid cloud remains the "preferred enterprise strategy," according to RightScale’s 2017 State of the Cloud Report (registration required), with 85% of technical professionals reporting they have a multi-cloud, hybrid strategy, up from the 82% who reported a similar approach in 2016.

Determining the right balance of on-premises data storage with cloud storage is critical for enterprises. Tiering data to the cloud has traditionally been a very manual, labor-intensive process involving intensive infrastructure management for IT teams and IT tickets for business users.

A modern approach must involve automation. Enterprises want to tier data quickly to the cloud, restore data fast whenever needed, and free up IT and business users to focus on the jobs they were hired to do.

question: What factors should a business consider when looking for cloud data storage?

answer: A business should consider regulations on both where their data may be stored, and how long they must retain it. They should also consider encryption options in order to protect their intellectual property, both during data transfer and while it is stored. It is also important to consider the internet connection speed of the service for both uploads and downloads. Finally, they should consider the various features and limitations that each public cloud offering places on their services.

question: Summarize why encryption is important for cloud storage.

answer: The text gives the example of a cyberattack on Sony Pictures in November 2014. The attack erased 3,262 of the company's 6,797 personal computers and 837 of its 1,555 servers. Some confidential data was leaked to public-sharing sites, which included intellectual property and personal information. A cybersecurity expert says that once intellectual property is stolen, it is very difficult to recover.

question: What does the text say about the average cost of cloud data storage?


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The PARAMAYA INN is an inn in Shilo Village. It is run by Kaleb Paramaya, who gives players a reward for completing part of the Karamja Tasks. Players can purchase wine for one coin and beer for two coins. Also if players want to, they can purchase a Paramaya ticket and rent a room for the night, though there is no point in doing this, other than to visit the top floor or claim the XP lamp from Carnillean Rising. On the top floor (the area requiring a Paramaya ticket to enter) are only some beds and cabinets. However, the Inn was useful before sleeping bags were added to RuneScape Classic as beds were necessary for players to rest on to restore their fatigue.

v • d • e

Bars, pubs, inns, and taverns

Free-to-play
-   Blue Moon Inn
-   Dancing Donkey Inn
-   Jolly Boar Inn
-   Karamja Wines, Spirits, and Beers
-   Long Hall
-   Falador Party Room
-   Rising Sun
-   Rusty Anchor
-   Pick and Lute
-   Toad and Chicken (Historical)

Members
The Asp & Snake Bar
The Big Heist Lodge
Blurberry's Bar
Dead Man's Chest
Dragon Inn
The Esoterican Arms
Fight Arena Bar
Flying Horse Inn
Forester's Arms
The Golden Scarab Inn
The Green Ghost
Hair of the Dog
Harpoon Joe's House of 'Rum'
King's Axe Inn
Laughing Miner Pub
The Other Inn
PARAMAYA INN
The Poison Arrow
Rellekka Longhall Bar
Skull in a Chest Inn
Not in-game
Flying Donkey Inn
Removed from game
Rat Pits bar (Keldagrim)
Rat Pits bar (Port Sarim)
Rat Pits bar (Varrock)

-   Bars and inns
-   Shilo Village city

Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.

question: What might a person be able to purchase with three coins?

answer: Either wine and a beer, or three wines.


text:
A short white flash, then darkness. When the room started to become visible again the walls were close, too close to be comfortable. But this was not the first time. Seb knew what to do.

"Get up." He said it slowly, commanding himself to expand, just the way he had trained it. But even after so many times it still didn't work.
"Get up! Get up! Get up!"

Finally his body began to expand, legs protruded from his limb round torso, fingertips slowly pushed through the rubbery sides, reshaping the ball in an incomplete star. Finally his eyes began to move upwards and with them the room began to expand. Not just upwards, as it always did, this time it also expanded to the sides, the way Subject 3 had described it.

Seb would have had a smile on his lips, if he had had a face, but it was still beginning to form. His body was still just an egg-shape with spikes at the bottom and sides.

While suppressing the pain that his tearing skin signaled to his brain he thought to himself that this must be what giving birth feels like. Maybe he should stop making jokes about women after all.

After an hour of effort he had shaped all of his hands and the stumps of his arms nearly up to the elbows. The right hand protruded further than the left, and it also felt bigger. But was that really the right? He wasn't sure on which side his eyes would end up.

The team had warned him against trying too much at once, but all went smoothly and so Anton decided to try his luck. Exerting pressure on what felt like his stomach or lungs, he slowly pressed downwards and ignored the feeling of ripping tissue that accompanied the push.

His legs formed quicker than his arms. He already had his knees completely shaped before he refocused on his arms, bit his unformed lip and pushed to painfully protrude the bigger part of his right biceps. Through trial and error - getting the angle right was still not easy - he finally managed to shape his right shoulder. That was a first.

The left shoulder formed quickly and he barely felt the torn skin. There was a disturbing feeling - a sound, or maybe a smell - but that was maybe just a normal event at this level, after all he was one of the first to reach this state.

Shifting his focus again to his legs he pushed harder on his stomach and was surprised that his legs seemed to be surrounded by a slimy and warm texture. Despite, or maybe beause of the gentle lubrication, his legs kept forming with relative ease. Muscles and bones smoothly moved into place, even the pain seemed to fade away.

He felt a slight pressure on his shoulder and there was distinct chattering in the background, but he was too far to stop. His legs were nearly complete, his hips clicking into place for the first time and it was time to push harder to form his head. But a white flash interrupted him.

"Aaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh!!"

The sudden scream scared Seb and made him scream even louder. It took him a few moments to be back in the world, to remember that breathing was normal and that the water he could hear rushing through his ears was just the blood his heart was pumping around his body. Then the stench hit him, sour with a note of curry and bile.

The lab assistant, Mark, stood smiling at his side. He didn't seem to mind the vomit.

"You got far this time, didn't you?"

"Yeah, I was nearly complete!" Anton was proud of his accomplishment. "Why did you pull me out?"

Mark hesitated. "Do you have any idea how long you were in there?" Anton responded with a frown. "It was six hours, and you threw up on yourself a while ago. We had to get you out."

After cleaning the largest pieces off with dry tissues Seb stood up on his shaking legs and signed the registration sheet. The young female researcher whose name he just never seemed to be able to remember handed him €120. She smiled at him. "Well done." He looked at her nametag. 'Sarah'.

"Thanks, Sarah." Seb turned and walked out.

"Well done." He repeated to himself on the way out into the cold autumn day.

***
*Critique welcome*

title: Subject 4 [Chapter/short short]

question: Why can't Seb remember Sarah's name?

answer: Seb does not respect women, as alluded to earlier in the story.

question: Who is Subject 3?

answer: Subject 3 is another test subject who has made it, until today, further in the process than Seb ever has.

question: Why is Seb pulled from the chamber?

answer: Seb is pulled from the chamber because he vomited on himself twice, which concerned the researchers.

question: Are Anton and Seb the same person?

answer: the story does not make this clear

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Seb, a test subject, is placed into a chamber in which he grows a new body for himself. Near completing the new body, he is pulled from the chamber by Mark. Seb is frustrated to have to stop while so close to finishing.


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ASRIEL is son of Manasseh in the Bible.

Asriel may also refer to:

-   Asriel (band), a Japanese rock band
-   Lord Asriel, a character in Philip Pullman's _His Dark Materials_ trilogy
-   Asriel Dreemurr, a character in the 2015 video game _Undertale_

title: Asriel (disambiguation)

question: Who is Asriel the son of in the Bible?

answer: Asriel is the son of Manasseh in the Bible.

question: What nationality is Asriel the rock band?

answer: Asriel the rock band is from Japan.

question: Where is the character Lord Asriel from?

answer: The character Lord Asriel is from His Dark Materials.

question: Where is the character Asriel Dreemurr from?

answer: The character Asriel Dreemurr is from the video game Undertale.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The name Asriel is found in numerous media, from the bible to a band to books and video games.


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"I'm sorry baby I'm tied up right now" I fruitlessly told the woman.

In all her glory... wholesome and surreal in way, with her intentions seemingly bent on mischief, she never hesitated to express herself freely.

"Do you like seafood?" She asked me bluntly.

I suggested a place not too far from the immediate vicinity. Although I reminded her of my predicament, it's as if she was relishing the moment, with utter disregard for my current state of affairs... Was I whipped? I'd rather not give an answer, but behind closed doors I was hers alone.

It was a wet November Sunday. A convenient blackout hit York Region without warning, so candles were lit, refrigerators were emptied of perishables, and quiet suburbia carried on with no apparent calamity, save for the occasional emergency vehicle siren fading to and fro. Ah, the comfort of my chambers warm and soft. The missus was enjoying this with primal glee, as the unexpected but welcome change of pace opened her imagination in ways I've never experienced before.

"Come, hitherto the moon has never been more romantic. I desire time to wait for us while we take a dip. For sure I just want this to last as long as we can make it...." She mumbled with a murmured stutter.

"Don't make me beg your pardon but, come again?" I chuckled as she raped me.

title: Busy Body: A Short Story

question: Who is the narrator in dialogue with?

answer: Presumably, the woman is the narrator's partner.

question: Where is the setting in the story?

answer: York region

question: What do main characters experience unexpectedly?

answer: They enjoy the change of pace that came with the blackout that hit the region.

question: Who suggested seafood?

answer: The woman, presumably the narrator's partner.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer:
The narrator's partner seemingly "wears the pants" in the relationship. The pair discusses options for dining out.
Later, on a wet Sunday evening, a blackout hits York region without warning. They enjoy a romantic evening and welcome the unexpected change of pace.


text:
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question: What are these pants made out of?

answer: linen and cotton-mix fabric

question: Do these pants have pockents?

answer: yes

question: Are these pants machine washable?

answer: yes

question: Are these pants intended for men or women?

answer: women

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This is a product listing for Asos petite tie waist linen peg pants.


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Typing is the easiest way I know to scream at the dark.

Because you know it's out there, circling you. Never had much of a singing voice and there's always so many ears. Listening. Makes your own voice sound painful and ridiculous. Makes you sound small. So very small.

But words. Type written words. Ink on page. It's like you're invincible. Once they're written down, they have been written. Something that can't just be taken away, something real, something that happened. An actual. Actually.

And you huddle around them, these words, for warmth. Like a tiny fire lighting a tiny light in the middle of the deepest darkest woods. Maybe staring at the fire makes the shadows harder to see.

Maybe if I stare long enough, I'll forget her. You'll forget her.

It's why you do this you know. Reading and writing and listening to music and watching your shows, that's fucking why right there: Her. Desperately searching for some anecdote, some scene, some paragraph that will make you feel like you did the first time you noticed her. Really noticed her. Something that'll make your insides bubble up and take all those cold bitter years you thought you had and make you feel like some dumb school boy in love again, that's fucking why. And it's the damn truth and you know it.

No amount of somebody else's words or even your own written hastily on some coffee house napkin about how cute you think she is in 4 lines or less, rhyming preferred because you want to be clever, with an ending that makes you seem mysterious, is going to change that. The fact that right now you're here reading this and not with HER, or whoever.

That the truth is there are just these words. These words and the darkness.

title: These words and the darkness.

question: What kind of mood is the narrator in?

answer: They seem bitter and hurt.

question: What is the context surrounding "It's why you do this you know"?

answer: He believes he writes so that he can either forget the woman he's thinking of or to recreate the feelings he had with her.

question: Why is the narrator writing this?

answer: They are writing this because they believe writing is the best way to get their emotions out.

question: How does writing make the narrator feel?

answer: They feel that it makes them invincible because you can't take away what's been written.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator writes how writing makes them feel invincible and is the easiest way to express their emotions. They see writing, anything creative they do, or watching television as a way to either recreate the emotions they felt with a certain woman or to forget her. However, they believe that no amount of their words or anyone else's is going to change the fact that they're not with her.


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You cut off its foot so you have luck. it grows another and runs away but you have luck on your side and other hunters traps are laden around the forest, waiting for the unique rabbit to get clumsy and fall prey to the traps. You run just as fast as the rabbit, but since it is unique, it can't do the same thing as any other being, so it slows down, already being at its top speed. You catch up to it, never running out of breath and happen to have a water bottle in your pocket to keep hydrated. It takes around 1 hour, 34 minutes and 36 seconds for the rabbit to reach its home, you following close behind.

      Now, the rabbits hole isn't just a simple hole in the ground. It has a French Two Door opening with small circular windows in each frame, small ornate handles and inside is something completely intricate I won't even begin to explain. It's beautiful though. A maze of tunnels formed by the rabbit dug like no other rabbit. You follow him inside, get lost, but happen to find the way the rabbit is going, into his secret bunker UNDERNEATH his tunnels. You find it, crawl in the hole and the rabbit is sitting in the corner crying and with his knees to it's chest. You walk over to it, knife in hand, say "why are you crying?" the rabbit says back through its tears, "I am unique, I'm not supposed to die like the rest of my people..." You sit down next to the rabbit, and think for a minute. (should I kill him? I have this deep pit in my stomach that says I shouldn't or else something really bad will happen to ME...)

     You look at the rabbit, and say "so what's your story?" the rabbit looks at you, wide eyed, still scared but kinda happy someone finally took interest in him, and gave him another unique thing, and says "my dearest close-to-be-murderer, I have lived a long time. I have quite a story to tell..." you look around the room, see too fluffy chairs, one small and one close to your size, a fireplace, and a small lamp lit. You stand up, walk over and sit down in the chair, Mel into it a little, and say "well, since I'm gonna be here a while, may I have some tea?" the rabbit hops up, beams at you, "you'll just love my earl grey, I make it with fresh herbs I pick every day." he hops up out of the bunker, makes the tea, and comes back with a tray, tea pot, and two cups waiting to be filled with herbal delight. He sets them down on the small table in between them, pours them both, and begins to tell his tale.....
The End.
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title: When Faced With the Question "How do you catch a unique rabbit?"

question: Who are the main characters of the story?

answer: The unique rabbit and the man hunting it

question: What happened when the hunter cut off the unique rabbit's foot?

answer: The rabbit grew another foot.

question: Why did the hunter cut off the unique rabbit's foot in the first place?

answer: For luck.

question: Why didn't the hunter kill the unique rabbit when he found it?

answer: He was having second thoughts and felt deep down in the pit of his stomach that something bad would happen to him if he killed the unique rabbit.

question: Write a ~8 sentence summary.

answer: A hunter cuts off the foot of a unique rabbit, but it grows one back and runs away. The hunter has luck on his side now, courtesy of the rabbit's foot, so he chases the unique rabbit hoping it would fall prey to his traps. Being unique, the rabbit can't do the same thing as any other being, so it slows down to let the hunter catch up. They reach the rabbit's hole, but it is more than simple as it has French doors and ornate, circular windows. Inside is a maze of tunnels, but the hunter was able to find the rabbit's secret bunker underneath the tunnels after getting lost. Cornered, the rabbit starts crying and says he's unique and not supposed to die like the rest of his people. The hunter has a gut feeling that something bad will happen to him if he kills the rabbit, so he sits down and talks to it. They have tea, and the unique rabbit tells the hunter his tale.


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I just stumbled upon this subreddit and I'm sure this story has been told in some shape or form, but here's my version of it.

My junior year at university, I took a pizza delivery job in a small town in central New Jersey. The owner, my boss, was straight off the plane from Italy; he had become a fixture in the neighborhood as the standard by which everyone judged their Italian food, supplementing the palate-appealing pizzas and appetizers with a little home grown Sicilian charm. He was only a businessman to the extent he was a pizzaman, with his passion for casually conversing with customers as he cooked calzones and pizzas propped up only by his need to make a living. For years he ran that restaurant, coming to know everyone in the town - from the cops who wanted a slice between cutting tickets, to the regulars who just didn't feel like cooking after a hard days work, to the creeps and villains alike.

So it's Thursday, one of the busier nights, and the phone rings. I answer it and begin to take the order. I had only been working at the restaurant for about two weeks, and was unfamiliar with the area but finally catching on to how it worked.

"[Our Restaurant], this is [me], how may I help you."

"Hi, yes." Says a scratchy voice on the other side of the phone. "I'd like to order one large plain pizza." A cough rang out of the end of the sentence. It was a woman. Old, more than likely, probably trying to squeeze in a slice or two before her last episode of Murder She Wrote before bed.

"Great." I said, as I followed the textbook script informing her it would cost $18.12 and would be ready in 30 minutes, mindlessly jotting down her address and phone number.

"Excellent I'm looking forward to it... when are you getting here sir, are you the one who's going to make the delivery?" An odd inquiry I thought, but perhaps just a polite gesture of concern and amicability that still exists among older generations.

"Yes, ma'am, shouldn't be too long."

"Great, see you soon sweetheart."

*click*

I collected the ticket and walked it over behind the black and white tile counter, submitting the order to the already backed up docket of orders. My boss hadn't paid any particular attention to me as I slipped it in the order-rail pursuant to practice - Thursdays were always this busy, and he didn't want to lose concentration between kneading the dough and covering it with sauce and cheese. He looked up at the ticket as he always did to see what, if anything, special he had to prepare for a potentially different order, this time staring for a few seconds longer than he usually did. He glanced back down at the dough, a with a smirk forming on his face.

"This is a good one." he said, peering at me over his glasses with dough being pressed roughly between his knuckles and the cold tile counter.

I paid no mind to it and went about my business, serving the customers in the restaurant and taking more orders.

Thirty minutes passed, and he handed me the single box of pizza with the heater bag.

I drove to the address. It was part of an apartment complex with the doors to the apartments on the outside, duplexes with a main door opening up to a staircase that led to the second floor apartment and the first floor apartment door immediately to the left. I rang the doorbell and waited outside the main door, examining the various contents and decor of the house - a green wreath, withered from the cold, stared me back in the face.

That's when it hit me. My ruminations were interrupted by the overwhelming stench of cigarette smoke, filling my nostrils and my lungs like an unrelenting wave. Before I could register the overpowering scent, the door opened, and a figure stood leaning against the door frame. She was short, maybe 5'4", and I couldn't make out anything about her face because it was dark out and the light behind her was temporarily blinding me. She dragged her cigarette without breaking posture, leaning on the frame with one elbow tucked under the other in front of her waist.

"Well hello." I recognized the scratchy voice I heard on the phone, but face-to-face, it was different - it was sultry, or at least the best attempt at sultriness that an older woman's voice box would allow. Smoke exited her mouth as she tilted her head, beckoning for me to come inside.

As my eyes adjusted to the indoor lights, I could make out that she was wearing a robe. Blue. Sapphire Blue. With pink clouds sewn on the cotton, peppering the garment in a random pattern.

"Just put the pizza on that table over there." I did as instructed. "I'm going to the kitchen to get your money baby."

For a second I thought about what she had just said - did I hear that correctly? The self-questioning I put myself through was abruptly halted as she emerged from the kitchen, with the living room light finally illuminating her front enough for me to make our her features. 75, minimum, with great posture for such age. Her face was straddled with wrinkles and her walk was of casual demeanor, staring me down with two eyes that matched her gown. She got close to me, grabbed my palm and softly plopped a $20 bill and closed my hand, not letting go. What I thought was happening was actually happening.

She pushed me backwards, her fragile, pruny hands pressing against my sternum in the direction of the door. I turned around with the pizza heater sleeve and hurried out the front, failing to give the usual gesture that implied a $1.88 tip is bullshit, caught between a mix of feeling petrified and how fucking hilarious this story is going to be to tell my roommates when I get back home. I nearly ran outside down the two stairs that led to the sidewalk, noticing that a silhoutte was stalking me, cast taller than I against the sidewalk in front of me.

I turned around.

"Next time," she said, leaning in a similar manner against the frame she was when she answered the door, smoke billowing out of her nostrils as she stared at me like prey, "I'll have to order the sausage pizza." She winked, and slammed the door shut.

They say that when you're in shock you cannot really register anything. I drove back to the restaurant, unable to even engage in my favorite activity of flipping through the radio stations and expressing discontent at awful cocktail of commercials and shitty music DJs try to peddle to listeners; I ran the line through my head over and over. "Sausage Pizza."
I walked through the door and my boss started laughing hysterically as if he had a sense of clairvoyance that allowed him to witness the situation that happened only a few miles away.

"Have fun?" My boss continued to laugh, adjusting his glasses. "Did she ask for the extra sausage?"

I had repressed that memory until coming across this subreddit, and I'm sure it's happened to one of you guys before. But I hope you enjoyed hearing it as much as I did telling it.

title: Special Delivery [x-post from TalesfromthePizzaGuy]

question: Who is the narrator?

answer: The narrator is a junior in college who works at a pizza restaurant.

question: Who is the woman?

answer: The woman is a customer who ordered a pizza to be delivered to her house.

question: Where is the narrator driving to?

answer: The narrator is driving to the customer's house.

question: Why is the narrator thinking about sausage pizza?

answer: The narrator is thinking about sausage pizza because the customer used it as a double entendre when the narrator left her apartment.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator works at a pizza restaurant, and receives an order that he will have to deliver. The pizza gets made and he drives off to the delivery location. He arrives at the apartment, where he is greeted by an older woman. She pays him, and on his way out, she makes a sexual innuendo about wanting to order a sausage pizza next time. The narrator drives back to the restaurant and contemplates the comment.


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NAOMI KATE WYNN WILSON (born 27 January 1940) is a former teacher and Tanzanian-born Australian politician. Daughter of the second bishop of Central Tanganyika, William Wynn-Jones[1] and Ruth L. Taylor[2] and great grand daughter of former senator and Premier of Tasmania, Henry Dobson, she was a National Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland from 1995 to 1998, representing the district of Mulgrave.[3]

Wilson entered state parliament at the 1995 state election by defeating incumbent Labor Party MP Warren Pitt for the seat of Mulgrave.[4] When the National Party came to power under the leadership Rob Borbidge in February 1996, Wilson was appointed Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Families, Youth and Community Care. In February 1998 she won promotion to the ministry, becoming the Minister for Families, Youth and Community Care.[5] Wilson held this position until her defeat the following June at the 1998 state election, where she finished in third place behind Labor's Warren Pitt and victorious One Nation candidate Charles Rappolt.[6]

When Rappolt retired prematurely in late 1998 Wilson stood as the endorsed National Party candidate for the Mulgrave by-election, losing narrowly to Labor's Warren Pitt.[7] At the 2001 state election she stood as the National Party candidate in the neighbouring district Cairns and was defeated by incumbent Labor MP Desley Boyle.[8]

Wilson was born in Arusha, Tanganyika (now Tanzania). Prior to entering state politics she was a Mulgrave Shire councillor from 1991 to 1995.[9]

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title: Naomi Wilson

question: What was Naomi Wilson's political affiliation?

answer: She belonged to the National Party.

question: Where was Naomi Wilson born?

answer: Arusha, Tanganyika (now known as Tanzania)

question: Name three positions Naomi Wilson held.

answer:
Mulgrave Shire councillor
Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Families, Youth and Community Care
Minister of Families, Youth and Community Care

question: List the named members of Naomi Wilson's family.

answer:
William Wynn-Jones and Ruth L. Taylor (her parents)
Henry Dobson (her great gandfather)

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Naomi Wilson is a Tanzanian-born Australian politician. She was a member of the National Party and served as Minister of Families, Youth and Community Care.


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Tridan Engineering, based in the UK, relied on Renishaw machine tool probes to align complex castings as part of a motorsport machining contract for Ricardo Performance Products. For a project that normally would’ve taken about two months to complete, the turnaround time on the first batch of parts was compressed to 17 days without any compromise in the quality standards demanded by the client.

[Tridan machinist holding casting]

This casting is for an axle assembly commissioned by Ricardo Performance Products on short notice, compressing a two- or three-month project into a mere 17 days. Renishaw technologies helped Tridan Engineering deliver on time.

Part of the Langham Industries Group, Tridan was established in 1968 to provide a total outsourcing partnership and machining service to international customers. The company currently employs around 60 people and is approved to both AS9100 and ISO:14001 certifications. Sectors served include aerospace, military, automotive, motorsport, medical and marine.
The machine shop has CNC grinding and sliding-headstock turning capabilities as well as a tooling department. Its 14 CNC machining centers include Mazak Variaxis i-600 five-axis machines and HCN500 HMCs. The latter are configured with twin pallets and 80-station tool carousels.

“Ricardo Performance Products was having problems in the testing of a rear axle for a Rally car that we had manufactured on previous occasions,” explains Paul Coupland, machine shop manager at Tridan. “The issue was one of design and strength, so they needed a new ‘beefed-up’ axle to test. A project like this would normally take eight to 10 weeks as we arranged meetings with the customer, offered design-for-manufacturability recommendations to help remove cost, prepare tooling and so on. However, we were given just 17 days in order to meet a date slot that had already been booked at the test house.”

Using On-Machine Probes to Locate Complex Castings

Two complex castings make up the rear axle assembly: a cover and a main case.

-   MAIN CASE: The first two operations are performed on a Mazak HMC. The part is then transferred to a five-axis machining center for a single operation before returning to the horizontal machine for a finishing operation with it bolted to the cover.
-   COVER: This part is machined complete on a five-axis machining center over the course of three operations.

“On our five-axis machines, we used Renishaw RMP600 probes, which enable us to balance the cover castings accurately on the first operation,” Mr. Coupland says. “That way, we can guarantee to Ricardo that the holes and features are where they need to be. Similarly, on the horizontals we use Renishaw OMP60 probes, which are again used for balancing the main case castings on the first operation to ensure we supply good parts to the customer.” He adds, “This proved vital for the first batch, as Ricardo had precious little time between assembly and delivery to the test facility. There was no margin for problems or delays at the assembly stage. The parts had to fit the first time.”

[Renishaw RMP600]

The Renishaw RMP600 inspects the machined Ricardo casting of the axle assembly’s cover portion.

When machining a casting, it is important to create a datum or some other point from which to work. By setting the position and alignment of the casting using Renishaw machine tool probe technology, Tridan makes sure that the machining process automatically adapts to any variation in stock condition. In this scenario, the work coordinate system is automatically aligned correctly to each part. Optimal part setup can help avoid undercuts.

The process requires a measurement dataset of the blank casting to be aligned to the position and orientation of datum and machined features, which is where the Renishaw probes come into play. Standard routines built into modern CNC controls simplify the integration of probing cycles into machining operations.

Post-Machining Inspection — (It’s Only FAIR)

[Renishaw PH10MQ]

The Renishaw PH10MQ, attached to a coordinate measuring machine (CMM), inspects the finished main case.

After separate machining of the cover and main case components, the two parts are bolted together and machined as an assembly on Tridan's HMCs. They are then separated and kept in pairs before tooling holes are machined as the final operation (once again on a horizontal machine).

But the work doesn't end there. “With every batch of castings machined for Ricardo, we have to supply a FAIR (first-article inspection report), detailing all critical dimensions on the part,” Mr. Coupland says. “For this, we use our coordinate measuring machine (CMM) with a Renishaw PH10MQ probe head to deliver complete peace of mind for both ourselves and the customer. We use various attachments with the PH10MQ, including the Renishaw TP20 kinematic touch trigger probe.”

The Renishaw probe on the CMM allows Tridan to access the internal recesses and awkward features on the castings. This CMM is also used to perform first-off inspection for machined castings, although some features are checked using Tridan's manual CMM.

“Accuracy is the main reason we use Renishaw technology,” Mr. Coupland says. “I don't think we could do half of what we do without their probes.”

Speed and Efficiency (and Hard Work)

[Paul Coupland]

Paul Coupland, head of Tridan's machine shop, proudly displays one of the finished Ricardo axle assemblies.

The ability to align the castings accurately and efficiently using Renishaw machine tool probes and perform dimensional checks using Renishaw CMM probe technology meant that Tridan could give its customer a quality product in the short timeframe specified.

“Without doubt, speed and efficiency are the major benefits,” Mr. Coupland concludes. He reckons that without the Renishaw equipment, the parts might have taken days to measure manually.  Even still, he adds, “The tolerances involved would make manual measurement almost impossible.”

By working closely with Ricardo and operating 24 hours a day, seven days a week, Tridan was able to deliver the new axle castings at 10 a.m. on the day prior to the scheduled test.

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question: What are the two complex castings which make up the rear axle assembly?

answer: The main case and the cover make up the rear axle assembly. The first two operations are performed on a Mazak HMC before being transferred to a five-axis machining center for a single operation before returning to the horizontal machine for finishing operation with it bolted to the cover.

question: What does the Renishaw RMP600 do?

answer: It inspects the machined Ricardo casting of the axle assembly's cover portion. The process requires a measurement dataset of the blank casting to be aligned to the position and orientation of the datum and machined features. Tridan makes sure the machining process automatically adapts to any variation in stock condition.


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Here’s a round-up of how the Spring Statement impacts the property market.

Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the 2019 Spring Statement in the House of Commons on Wednesday. We've sifted through the detail and picked out the main announcements that impact housing.

1. FUNDING FOR 37,000 NEW HOMES

Hammond announced plans to use £717m from the £5.5bn Housing Infrastructure Fund to unlock up to 37,000 NEW-BUILD PROPERTIES at sites including Old Oak Common in London, Didcot, Cambridge and Cheshire.

Money from the fund is given out to local authorities in the form of a grant and is used to provide the infrastructure that is needed to enable DEVELOPERS to get planning permission for sites.

While the funding is good news for these communities, it is likely to be a while before it leads to new-build homes becoming available to buy or rent, as the money is used at the very start of the development process.

2. SUPPORT FOR 30,000 AFFORDABLE HOMES

The Government will guarantee up to £3bn of borrowing by housing associations in England to support the delivery of around 30,000 affordable homes.

The money, available via the Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme, should enable affordable housing providers to boost their output through lower borrowing costs.

While the move is obviously good news for the affordable homes sector, the 30,000 properties the scheme will help to deliver is only a fraction of the Government’s target of having 300,000 new properties built across the UK every year.

3. MORE PROPERTIES FOR OXFORD-CAMBRIDGE ARC

A further £445m is being unlocked from the Housing Infrastructure Fund to unlock more than 22,000 homes in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc.

Further details on how the money will be used were not given, but it is likely to be spent on providing the infrastructure that is needed to enable housing developments to go ahead.

Housing affordability pressures in the Oxford-Cambridge Arc have intensified in recent years as the output of new homes has failed to keep pace with the creation of new jobs.

It is hoped that these pressures can be eased through building more properties to meet the growing demand.

The Government has previously committed to building one million new homes in the Arc by 2050.

4. SMALL BUILDERS LENDING SCHEME TO LAUNCH

Hammond confirmed that the previously-announced scheme to support smaller house builders would be launched next month.

Under the scheme, which was first announced in LAST YEAR’S BUDGET, the Government is providing £1bn of guarantees to support lending to small and medium-sized house builders through the British Business Bank.

It is hoped that the scheme will help to boost housing supply by enabling more small-scale sites to be developed through lowering funding costs for smaller house builders.

5. PLANNING PERMISSION REFORM

The Government announced plans to introduce new planning guidelines in the coming months to support housing diversification on larger sites, after a report by Sir Oliver Letwin concluded greater differentiation in the types and tenures of housing delivered on these sites would increase building rates.

A package of reforms will also be introduced allowing greater change of use between premises and a new permitted development right for existing buildings to be extended upwards to create new homes.

Finally, a green paper will be published detailing proposed improvements to accelerate the planning process.

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question: Summarize the purpose of the Spring Statement.

answer: The statement is an update report of projects that have been launched and/or funded by the UK government. Details of each project are not given, only confirmation that promised projects are going forward and announcements of previously unknown ones. The passage only gives insight into the property market content of the statement, so the extent of its purpose is unclear.

question: What does the passage say about the authors of the Spring Statement?

answer: The authors are not explicitly named. It is a report compiled by members of the sitting government. Chancellor Philip Hammond delivered the statement in a speech in the UK House of Commons.

question: Who is the target audience for this article?

answer: The target audience is readers interested in buying, building, selling, or renting a home. It is aimed at UK residents negatively affected by the shortage of housing supply, particularly in specific areas where job creation has increased like the Oxford-Cambridge Arc. Housing affordability and support of smaller construction/development businesses are the main considerations, so it is likely also aimed at the lower to middle class.

question: What does the passage say about the UK Prime Minister?

question: What does the passage say about inheritance laws?


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"God only throws at you what you can handle", she sighed peering through the window of her tiny apartment.

"What"

"Nothing.."

"Come sit with me"

She glanced back at him. He was completely shirtless, he side smirked exposing a dimple on his  left cheek, his messy brown hair shining. His dark brown eyes flickered with excitement. He looked like a Greek God, his abs ascending and descending with eat breath he took. She placed her hand on the window, and felt the cold glass on her finger tips. She backed away from the window slowly and turned toward him .

"Come sit." He purred.

she climbed onto the twin bed and laid in his arms, it felt like home. Her brown eyes glanced at his for just a moment, and then she nestled her head into his bare chest. Her long black wavy hair cascading onto his chest and over his broad shoulders. She closed her eyes, feeling his chest move up and down made everyone of her thoughts and worries stop racing. She slowly drifted into sleep.

She awoke to a door closing quietly, she sat up, alone. Her feet hit the floor, and she ran to the window watching the Greek god like figure make footprints in the snow, as he walked away from the apartment.

"Damnit!"

She threw herself on the bed, and checked her cellphone.

"No messages." She muttered.

She threw her phone on the futon, and turned over. She decided to let herself sleep for three more hours, and swore off men for an eternity.

title: Torn

question: Who is the man?

answer: It may be implied that the man is someone the woman probably met at a bar/ club and headed home with him. He was a stranger to her.

question: What emotions does the lady feel sleeping in his arms?

answer: His arms felt like home to her. Lying in his arms made each of her thoughts and worries leave her mind.

question: Why does the man leave?

answer: It may be implied that the man was here only for the night.

question: What makes the woman angry?

answer: The woman hears the door close and runs to the window to watch him leave. As he leaves, she checks her phone to see if he left any messages, there were none. This makes her angry.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer:
The woman stands near the window watching outside while the man sat on the bed. He asks her to sit beside him and she curls into his arms placing her head on his bare chest.

The woman wakes up to the sound of the door closing and decides to check her phone if he left any messages, but there were none. She throws her phone on the futon angrily and swears off men for eternity.


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"Are you Matthew Harding?", Asked one of policemen,he had green eyes and a small baby face and a big round shape for his body.

"Yes I am,why?",Matt asked back,he knew the answer but he was denying the truth anyway he could.

"We are sorry to inform you this Matthew,but your mum was found dead this morning,as well as your relatives and anyone related to you in any way." Said the other policewoman,she was slightly small in height and had long curly black hair which complemented her brown eyes.                                                                                He could not accept the truth,it all crushed down on him like he was holding the whole universe on his shoulders.He turned back to see his hallway turned from a bright colourful hallway into a long,twisted passage of darkness all around.His doormat was a trap of spikes that flew up without warning,spiking his feet till he couldn't feel anything. His heart pounded so fast it felt like it could off pounded out of his body.

"No...", Matt could only utter that one word,his pain was increasing so fast second by second that he was sure in no time at all he would just drop dead.

"YOUR LIEING,THEY CANT BE DEAD!", Matt screamed,he knew the truth but he didn't want to believe any of this at all,he wouldn't.

"Again,we are sorry for your loss,your going to have to come with us for the night where we will give you free hospitality and tomorrow find somewhere for you to live temporarily", Said the woman.

"...", Matt tried to argue back but didn't have the strength to utter a single word now so he just done what they said and followed them down to the car with the last remaining strength he had.

(please note,this paragraph is purely my imagination as I've never actually been inside a police station)

When they arrived at the police station it looked like any normal building,white painting and the parking slot was full of police cars ready to get out on the roads and the word "POLICE" written in big capital letters.When they got inside it looked just as plain and dull,a big building with white walls everywhere.They escorted Matt to a small dull room with the only thing in there simply being a bed,it looked exactly how he imagined a cell to look like,painted with grey instead of white this time though.

"This is where you'll be sleeping for the night,sorry its a bit dull but its just for one night",said the woman smiling kindly. They then escorted him through a dark corridor to a large can-tine,flooded with a lot of rough looking people,presumably prisoners.

It was exactly 6:00pm when they gave him his dinner,a full roast dinner with chicken, potatoes,vegetables and Yorkshire pudding. Normally he would devour any kind of food given to him,but after what had been confirmed this morning his appetite still hasn't grown  back yet. Fortunately, the policewoman allowed him to leave it and head to bad,she seemed nice and was certainly the only one Matt would trust if he had to trust any of them. He decided it would be best if he called it a day and went to bed,besides,he would prefer to be in his room away from everyone else right about now. When he was laying in his bed he still found this all hard to believe,like they were all involved in a huge prank involving him,but he decided to just let it go for tonight.It took about 3 hours to get to sleep but finally he drifted off into a deep sleep.

title: The chosen 6 (part 2) (re-upload)

question: Summarize the main source of tension throughout this piece.

answer: Matt learns that his entire family has been murdered. He is struggling to come to grips with that fact, as he doesn't want to believe it.

question: Summarize the acts of kindness the police officers show Matt.

answer: They offer him free hospitality for the night and offer to find him somewhere to live the next day. They provide dinner for him, consisting of a full roast with chicken, potatoes, vegetables, and Yorkshire pudding. The policewoman allows him to leave his food and go to bed.

question: What does the story say about the methods by which the murders were conducted?