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Fr. Miller noticed that Superman arrived punctually for his appointment and was relieved that his handshake was not too firm. The Man of Steel sat down in the office of this man of God and confided his life’s story. Then he made what would ordinarily be an ordinary request. The priest hesitated, rescheduled, and immediately called his bishop. The bishop was stumped and referred this curious question to Rome: *can Superman be baptized?*

He possessed the necessary desire and had an extensive knowledge of the Faith.  And, despite his seemingly preternatural gifts, he was aware that he had fallen short of the glory of God (in relations with a certain lady.)  However, he was an extraterrestrial, and not a descendant of Adam. Was Christ’s baptism meant for him?

The Vatican responded in the affirmative: “Based upon the philosophical principle that the greater contains the lesser, Superman possesses what it is to be man. Furthermore, Scripture says, *'preach the gospel to all creatures. Whoever believes and is baptized will be saved,'* (Mark 16:15-16) and *'You shall not oppress an alien'* (Exodus 23:9)."

title: Truth, Justice, & the Way [180 words]

question: Who are the main characters of the story?

answer: Superman, Fr. Miller

question: What does Superman want with the church?

answer: Superman requests to be baptized.

question: How did Fr. Miller react to Superman's request?

answer: He didn't know what to do and called his bishop, who referred the request to Rome.

question: Why did the Vatican agree?

answer: The Vatican agreed that Superman was worthy of Christ's baptism despite being an extraterrestrial based on the principle that the greater contains the lesser and Superman possesses what it is to be a man. They also mentioned some scriptures.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Superman requests Fr. Miller if he can be baptized. The issue reaches the Vatican and they agree even if Superman is an alien. Rome's decision is based on scripture and a philosophical principle that the greater contains the lesser and Superman possesses what it is to be a man.


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question: What is the source for these articles?

answer: The source is not mentioned.

question: Who are the main subjects of these article?

answer: Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

question: When are these articles from?

answer: May 5-10, 2016

question: What keyword are these articles labeled?

answer: Democrats

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This webpage includes previews of multiple articles under the category "Democrats." These articles from May 5th to May 10th, 2016 and mostly consist of right-wing conspiracies regarding Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama.


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Every day he went and sat on that same bench. The park was a short three blocks from the house he moved into two years ago, the house that he spent his time and money on. He wanted his dream house and his goal was within his reach, but still he was lonely, and that is why he sat on that bench.  He sat there reading his daily paper, and every day like clockwork she came running.

He dreamed of her, he agonized over her beauty, he waited for the day he could hold her and love her, and be loved back. When she ran, his loneliness was magnified by the constant look of joy across her face. Oh, how badly he wanted her to be his.

Every day he watched her running, hair flowing behind her, her perfect golden brown hair. He wanted nothing more than to glide his hands through her hair, across her body. The mere thought of it had his heart racing.

Sometimes he would walk the path through the park to try and get closer to her. He had always been careful to never get to close, he knew what would happen if he did.  Sometimes he thought she smiled at him with her perfect teeth, but why would she smile at him he thought.

Every day she was there with the same guy, always running a stride or two behind her. The guy didn’t even know what he had or how lucky he was to have it.

Sitting on the bench he always brought a bottle of water, just in the hopes that she would need some on an especially warm morning.  He made sure the bottle was visible and he waited in anticipation for the day she would come to him thirsty.

Every day she passed him by and he felt so alone. Every day he wanted her. Every day he wanted to touch her. Every day he thought about her. Every day he wished he wasn't allergic to dogs.

title: Short piece I wrote at work recently.

question: Who are the main characters in this story?

answer: A man and the person he admires.

question: What is the man's dreams and how will he fulfill it?

answer: He already bought his dream house, he wants the woman of his dreams to live there with them.

question: What keeps the man from talking to the woman?

answer: He was allergic to dogs.

question: What is the man's relationship with the woman?

answer: He does not have a relationship with her, he only dreams of her.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The man visits the same bench at the same time to see the woman of his dreams run by. He has the house of his dreams and he wants the woman to live there with him. Every day he hopes to speak to her, but she just runs by. He wishes with all his heart to have some connection with her. But he is allergic to dogs.


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I sent this as a text message to a friend around 11 one night, hence the good night at the end, she said I should publish it, this is close enough.

Warning, the following text is meant to be funny, but is a true story.

My worst nightmare just came true. There I was, all ready to go to bed, all i had left to do was brush my hair. As I was brushing my hair, I turned around and saw the most horrible thing. It was one of those giant centipedes. There he was, just sitting there, in the 1/2 inch gap between my door frame and the wall. I was scared. I could never squish them cause I could feel their guts explode and it felt weird. So here I was, at 11 p.m. I was at a loss for words. Then I remembered seeing my dad's light on not 15 minutes earlier. I opened my door in the hopes that he was still awake. His light was off. I was on my own.

There was no way I could go to sleep knowing he was there. I had to muster up the strength to kill him. I stood there nearly 10 minutes contemplating my actions. I grabbed a notepad that I use to squash bugs. I thought about if he would be one if the smart ones that would run away as soon as he saw a shadow. I guess he wasn't smart. I finally garnered up the courage, and pressed the notepad against the wall. He fell to the ground, albeit a few legs short. He crawled to the corner. I used this opportunity to squash him once and for all, or so I hoped. He wasn't quite dead yet. I could hear his unattached legs moving on the paper. I quickly scooped him up and put him in the trash. Making sure to squash him once more for good measure.

So there you have it. I conquered my worst nightmare. What an amazing story it was. Now good night my dear readers. And may you never have to face such a terrible horror.

title: My Worst Nightmare short story

question: Does the narrator end up killing the centipede?

answer: Yes.

question: What does the narrator do with the notebook she used to squish the bug?

answer: Information is not found.

question: Does the narrator put the squished bug in the rubbish bin or leaves it on the floor?

answer: Puts the squished centipede in the trash.

question: Was it the first time the narrator has seen a centipede?

answer: Information is not found.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator tells the story of how she found a centipede to a friend. She was about to go to sleep when she was confronted with the beast in her bathroom. She wanted to call her dad for help but he was sleeping. Terrified, she squished it three times, then put it in the trash.


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JAHAR DASGUPTA, (born 1942) is a contemporary painter from India.[1]

Early life and education

Jahar Dasgupta's childhood spent in Jamshedpur where at the small age he used to draw elephants, dogs, trees on the floor. Later their family moved to Dhanbad due to his father Mr. Narendranath Dasgupta who worked in TISCO in an executive post left the job and joined Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research institute as a scientist. At the age of 9 he draw Stalin face and Ma Sarada Devi on the wall. This took the attention of his parents and they decided to send him in some art school. In 1960 he was admitted to Visva-Bharati University at Santiniketan, the place of Rabindranath Tagore. That was a turning point in his life. In Kala Bhavana, he took his primary lessons under mentors like Nand Lal Bose, Ramkinkar Baiz and Benode Behari Mukherjee. In 1964, he obtained diploma from Kala Bhavana.

His first job was an art teacher in a non Bengali school in North Calcutta where he served for many years. In his struggling time, he also took many art tuitions to run his family. Simultaneously he continued to participate art shows regularly.

Career

[Dasgupta in front of his solo exhibition at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata 2006]

Dasgupta had developed his individual style in paintings and drawings. Previously he has painted in oil medium and now he mainly works in ink, pastel and acrylic colour.

His first solo exhibition organised in Birla Academy. His others solo exhibitions took place in Laxmana Art Gallery, Lalit Kala Academy, Chitrakoot, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta. He exhibited his first solo in abroad in 2004 at Gallery Hansmania (Norway) and later at Club Bangladesh (Sweden). Dasgupta also participated many group exhibitions throughout in India and abroad. Group shows like Aakriti Art Gallery, Birla Academy, Academy of Fine Arts, Calcutta, Jehangir Art Gallery, AIFACS, Kamalnayan Bajaj Art Gallery, India Habitat Centre, Nehru Centre, Lokayata Art Gallery, Chemould Art Gallery, Mulk Raj Anand Centre and many other places. His paintings exhibited in South Korea, London, Paris and Canada. He was invited at NABC in 2010 hosted by Kallol a non-profit socio-cultural organization of Bengalis, New Jersey. After that his last solo exhibition was organised by Tagore Society at 60,000 square metres (6.0 ha) performing arts center located in Marina Bay popularly known Esplanade - Theatres on the Bay Singapore in the year 2011.

1969–1971

In 1969, a few kind souls, total seven ex-students of Santiniketan like Jahar and Baroda Art College students came together to form a group named Painters' Orchestra, now one of the oldest artist groups in India. Since that time Jahar Dasgupta is regular participant in the group shows of this organisation and also went for few solos as well. His first solo exhibition was organised in Birla Art and Culture Kolkata, West Bengal. He developed his own style of expression since the beginning of 1970-s after passing through a period of apprenticeship during 1960-s. In this sense he may be categorised as an artist of 1970-s.

1971–1980

End of 1960s and beginning of 1970s was a period of political turmoil. The left movement in the fold of CPI(ML) rose to its peak ushering in deaths and murders in a devastating measure. The Bangladesh liberation war of 1971 also created great commotion. All creative persons were somehow or other affected by these incidents. All these social upheavals had great impact on his creative self. In early phase his paintings often revealed reality in its crudest form. An acrylic canvas of 1994 titled 'Scrap' shows clusters of dilapidated human bodies tied together are being pulled up from a crate by a crane.

1981–1999

[1975 work 'End of an era' by Jahar Dasgupta] Jahar never tried being repetitive with one fixed subject. He explored with various subjects and style in different forms in respective times. In one side 'End of an Era', 'Genocide', 'Waiting for Godo', 'Dark side of Civilization', Series of 'Confrontation', 'Shelter' are the reflection of anger and crude rebellion. On the other side through 'Mermaid' series, 'Fall of Radhika' series, 'Eternal Love' series, he touch the chord of beauty ingrained in life. His paintings at that time swing between the two aspects of this duality, ideal and the real, good and evil, light and darkness.

Rotary Club of Madhyamgram recognised by(Rotary International) facilitated him with Lifetime Achievement Award in Fine Arts in the year 2000.

2000–2009

[Confrontation] In this era, Jahar mainly concentrated on nature, animal and woman in his canvases. The drawings have been mostly done in dry pastel both in monochrome of black and white. The canvases in acrylic open up various aspects of ideal beauty. The widespread nature of rural Bengal reveals its colourful faces. The nature is transformed into supernatural. These paintings narrates full of life, love, spirit, joy and fantasy.

Sandip Ray, young film director from Bengal who filmed Himghar in 1996, met Dasgupta and showed interest for a documentary on artist. Later, in 2001, he completed the documentary named 'Bornomoy Jahar' and screened at Nandan.

2010–present

[An untitled work by Jahar Dasgupta] While attending a talk entitled 'Nadir Bhabna' (Musings of the river) by Shri Alokeranjan Dasgupta, the artist Shri Jahar Dasgupta encountered a mind blowing experience. Acknowledged gratefully by the painter, the inter-face opened for him the doors to the world of Bergson and his revolutionary thinking.

This was his very first acquaintance with the philosophy of the French thinker and evolutionist Henri Bergson (1894–1941). The uplifting spiritual content of Bergson enkindled the thought process of the artist. All the present series and solos is a living tale of the journey. In fact he is the first artist to apply the theory of Bergson into fine art. This is a very rare and unconventional thinking by Jahar where he blends the science and art beautifully into his canvas.

Shri Dasgupta's creative impulse is enthused by this Aristollean 'entelechy' – the endowment that gives rise to the potential of the vital force. This by itself becomes the prime moves of the artist's imagination. In his depiction of the teeming world of the humans, the birds and beasts and the minutest of insects, he does not change the outward form. The artist in him understands that every moment is changing and leaving the imprint of its transience on the inner mechanism of the body. There by it creates an abstract form within which in its turn is represented with a candid intensity of the artist.

[Dasgupta at MGKV Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth University]

Dasgupta's recent work on Jesus Christ series and a huge mural on MADHABI daughter of yayati from Mahabharata is also a notable work from recent times.

Politics

In the 70s, like many people from art and cultural field in West Bengal, Jahar was among those who attracted to left ideologies and immediately attached to Gananatya Sangha. He twice stood on Panchayet vote under left wing parties at Madhyamgram North 24 Parganas in 1974 and 1984.

Jahar Dasgupta was the former President at Academy of Fine Arts in Kolkata where he lives and works. He is also working as a principal of an art academy Swarsangam- Birla Institute of Visual and Performing Arts.

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title: Jahar Dasgupta

question: Summarize Jahar's career experiences from 1969-2010.

answer: After Jahar and six other Baroda Art College ex-students of Santiniketan formed the group Painters' Orchestra, Jahar had his first painting solo exhibition, which took place in 1969 at the Birla Art and Culture Kolkata, West Bengal. In the 70s, the Bangladesh liberation war impacted his creative spirit. Following this, in the 80s and 90s, Jahar's painting took on a different perspective, bordering on the themes of good and evil, light and darkness, and ideal and reality. Furthermore, Jahar's painting focused on nature, women, and animals in the new millennia, primarily in black and white. The paintings told the story of love, life, joy, fantasy, and spirit. Finally, in the 2010s, Jahar encountered a mind-blowing experience with the philosophy of French thinker and evolutionist Henri Bergson. This experience made him become the first artist to employ the theory of Bergson in fine arts, blending the beauty of science and the arts into one work.


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The 29TH PENNSYLVANIA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

Service

The 29th Pennsylvania Infantry was organized in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, beginning May 15, 1861, for a three-year enlistment and mustered in July 1, 1861, under the command of Colonel John K. Murphy.

The regiment was attached to Gordon's Brigade, Department of the Susquehanna, August 1861. 3rd Brigade. Banks' Division, Army of the Potomac, to March 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, Banks' V Corps, and Department of the Shenandoah to June 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, II Corps, Army of Virginia, to September 1862. 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, XII Corps, Army of the Potomac, to March 1863. 2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, XII Corps, Army of the Potomac, to October 1863, and Army of the Cumberland to April 1864. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, XX Corps, Army of the Cumberland, to June 1865. Bartlett's Division, XXII Corps, Department of Washington, to July 1865.

The 29th Pennsylvania Infantry mustered out July 11, 1865.

Detailed service

[The 29th under fire in the trenches at the Battle of Chancellorsville]

-   1861
    -   Left Pennsylvania for Harpers Ferry, Va., August 3
    -   Duty at Harpers Ferry and on the Upper Potomac River until February 1862
    -   Operations about Dams 4 and 5 December 17–20, 1861
-   1862
    -   Advance on Winchester March 1–12
    -   Occupation of Winchester March 12
    -   Pursuit of Jackson up the Shenandoah Valley March 24 – April 27
    -   Woodstock April 1
    -   Edenburg April 1–2
    -   Stony Creek April 2
    -   Operations in Shenandoah Valley May 15 – June 17
    -   Front Royal May 23 (Companies B and G)
    -   Buckton Station May 23
    -   Middletown and Newtown May 24
    -   Retreat to Williamsport May 24–26
    -   Battle of Winchester May 25
    -   At Williamsport until June 10
    -   Moved to Front Royal June 10–18; then to Warrenton and Little Washington July 11–18
    -   Pope's campaign in northern Virginia August 6 – September 2
    -   Battle of Cedar Mountain August 9 (reserve)
    -   Guarding supply trains during the Second Battle of Bull Run
    -   Maryland Campaign September 6–24
    -   Battle of Antietam September 16–17 (provost and rear guard)
    -   Chambersburg, Pa., October 11
    -   Duty at Maryland Heights until December
    -   March to Fredericksburg, Va., December 10–16
    -   Fairfax Station December 12
    -   At Stafford Court House until April 1863
-   1863
    -   “Mud March” January 20–24
    -   Chancellorsville Campaign April 27 – May 6
    -   Battle of Chancellorsville May 1–5
    -   Gettysburg Campaign June 11 – July 24
    -   Battle of Gettysburg July 1–3
    -   Pursuit of Lee July 5–24
    -   Duty on line of the Rappahannock River until September
    -   Movement to Bridgeport, Ala., September 24 – October 3
    -   Reopening Tennessee River October 26–29
    -   Battle of Wauhatchie October 28–29
    -   Chattanooga-Ringgold Campaign November 23–27
    -   Battle of Lookout Mountain November 23–24
    -   Missionary Ridge November 25
    -   Ringgold Gap, Taylor's Ridge, November 27
    -   Reenlisted December 10
    -   Guard duty on Nashville & Chattanooga Railroad until April 1864
-   1864
    -   Atlanta Campaign May 1 – September 8
    -   Demonstration on Rocky Faced Ridge and Dalton May 8–13
    -   Battle of Resaca May 14–15
    -   Near Cassville May 19
    -   New Hope Church May 25
    -   Operations on line of Pumpkin Vine Creek and battles about Dallas, New Hope Church, and Allatoona Hills May 26 – June 5
    -   Operations about Marietta and against Kennesaw Mountain June 10 – July 2
    -   Pine Hill June 11–14
    -   Lost Mountain June 15–17
    -   Gilgal or Golgotha Church June 15
    -   Muddy Creek June 17
    -   Noyes Creek June 19
    -   Kolb's Farm June 22
    -   Assault on Kennesaw Mountain June 27
    -   Ruff's Station or Smyrna Camp Ground July 4
    -   Chattahoochie River July 5–17
    -   Peachtree Creek July 19–20
    -   Siege of Atlanta July 22 – August 25
    -   Operations at Chattahoochie River Bridge August 26 – September 2
    -   Occupation of Atlanta September 2 – November 15
    -   Expedition to Tuckum's Cross Roads October 26–29
    -   Near Atlanta November 9
    -   March to the sea November 15 – December 10
    -   Near Davidsboro November 28
    -   Siege of Savannah December 10–21
-   1865
    -   Carolinas Campaign January to April
    -   Battle of Bentonville, N.C., March 19–21
    -   Occupation of Goldsboro March 24
    -   Advance on Raleigh April 9–13
    -   Occupation of Raleigh April 14
    -   Bennett's House April 26
    -   Surrender of Johnston and his army
    -   March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29 – May 20
    -   Grand Review of the Armies May 24
    -   Duty in Department of Washington, D.C., until July.

Casualties

The regiment lost a total of 187 men during service; 3 officers and 99 enlisted men killed or mortally wounded, 1 officer and 84 enlisted men died of disease.

Commanders

-   Colonel John K. Murphy – discharged April 23, 1863, due to disability
-   Colonel William Rickards, Jr. – discharged November 2, 1863, due to wounds received in action at the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain
-   Colonel Samuel M. Zulick

title: 29th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment

question: What was the 29th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry?

answer: It was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War.

question: When was this infantry created?

answer: May 15, 1861

question: What happened on July 11, 1865?

answer: The infantry mustered out.

question: How many casualties did the infantry face?

answer: It lost 187 total men during service.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article describes the 29th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment, which was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It began May 15, 1861 and mustered out on July 11, 1865.


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Dozens of male gymnasts from Brazil have come forward to accuse their former coach of sexually misconduct.

Over 40 men say coach Fernando de Carvalho Lopes sexually abused them over the course of several years. The alleged abuse included watching them shower, touching their genitals, and asking them to masturbate in front of him during training sessions and on trips.

Many of the men were teenagers at the time.

RELATED: WHY DO PEOPLE HAVE SO MUCH TROUBLE BELIEVING MALE VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT?

“I was woken up more than once by his hand down my pants,” 26-year-old national team gymnast Petrix Barbosa tells the Globo TV show “Fantastico” in a shocking interview aired earlier this week.

Barbosa now lives in the Miami and won a gold medal at the 2011 Pan-American Games.

Lopes was removed as national team coach and put on administrative leave prior to the 2016 Rio Olympics after a complaint was lodged against them. He insists he never sexually assaulted anyone and says he has “a clear conscience.”

RELATED: GYMNAST IS FIRST MALE TO ACCUSE USA GYMNASTICS DOCTOR LARRY NASSAR OF SEXUAL ASSAULT

Clube MESC in Sao Paulo, where Lopes worked as a coach, says it fired Lopes after the story broke.

Sao Paulo have confirmed they are investigating the matter but would not provide any more details because the case is under judicial seal.

Many have noted that the allegations are strikingly similar to those lodged against former US gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar, who admitted to sexually abusing some of the country’s top gymnasts, including while he worked at USA Gymnastics and Michigan State University.

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question: Who is Fernando de Carvalho Lopes?

answer: Fernando de Carvalho Lopes is a Brazilian gymnastics coach who has had over 40 men come out and accuse him of sexual abuse.

question: How many men are accusing Lopes of sexual misconduct?

answer: Over 40 men are accusing Lopes of sexual misconduct.

question: Why was Lopes removed as a national team coach in 2016?

answer: This is not fully answered, but the article mentions that a complaint was lodged against him, prompting his removal.

question: Who is Larry Nassar?

answer: Larry Nassar is a former US gymnastics doctor who admitted to sexually abusing some of the country's top gymnasts.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article briefly describes the allegations of sexual misconduct and abuse of Fernando de Carvalho Lopes against over 40 Brazilian male gymnasts.


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Sunday, May 07, 2017 by:
_Tags: AAP, autism, efficacy, evidence, medical literature, Medicine, safety, science, vaccines_

[Image: American Academy of Pediatrics declares “no science” needed to prove vaccines are safe, because they BELIEVE]
(Natural News) After publicly declaring that all vaccines are safe and not linked to autism, the American Academy of Pediatrics refused to provide a single shred of scientific evidence to support their claims. Even more laughably, the AAP said that THERE’ NO NEED TO PROVIDE ANY EVIDENCE AT ALL, since the safety of vaccines is _assumed to be true_. Thus, who needs science when there’s such a widespread _feeling_ of certainty?

This is the sad state of the abandonment of science by the entire medical establishment, which now employs TROLL FARMS to viciously smear and attack any person who refuses to mindlessly worship the “Religion of Vaccines.” Vaccines are uniquely declared exempt from all scientific scrutiny — or even any convincing, legitimate evidence of safety — based entirely on the woo woo feelings of vaccine promoters whose actions resemble PSYCHOPATHIC CULT MEMBERS more than defenders of legitimate science.

Read this astonishing report by Jeremy Hammond from JeremyHammond.com to understand more:

When asked whether it could provide studies to support specific claims it made about vaccine safety, the American Academy of Pediatrics ultimately declined.

On January 10, 2017, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) issued a press release to express its opposition to a federal commission that has been proposed by the Trump administration to examine vaccine safety and efficacy. The AAP argues that since we already know that vaccines are safe and effective, therefore there is no need for further examination into their safety and efficacy.

This argument, however, begs the question — it presumes in the premise the proposition to be proven (the _petitio principii _fallacy). And the press release itself illustrates why, apart from the question of whether there should be a federal commission, critical examination of public vaccine policy is very much warranted.

In its press release, among other things, the AAP stated that:

-   Vaccines prevent cancer.
-   Claims that vaccines are linked to autism “have been disproven by a robust body of medical literature”.
-   Claims that vaccines “are unsafe when administered according to the [CDC’s] recommended schedule” have likewise “been disproven by a robust body of medical literature”.

According to the AAP, its own claims are backed by solid science. Yet when asked whether it could provide citations from the medical literature to support its claims, the AAP first failed to do so, then essentially offered a “No comment” when pressed for a comment about its failure to do so.

With respect to the claim that vaccines prevent some forms of cancer, the AAP was asked:

-   Can you please direct me to any studies in the peer-reviewed medical literature showing any vaccine prevents cancer?

With respect to the other two, the AAP was asked the following questions:

-   Can you please direct me to the studies you are referring to in this body of literature that took into account the possibility of a genetically susceptible subpopulation?
-   Can you please point me to the studies in this body of literature that have compared health outcomes, including but not limited to developmental regression (i.e., autism), for children who’ve receive the CDC’s full schedule of vaccinations with children who’ve remained completely unvaccinated?

An initial email to the AAP containing these questions went unanswered.

The email was followed up with a phone call. Lisa Black, the AAP’s Media Relations Manager, assured that she would get back with answers to the questions. In a subsequent email, Ms. Black replied, “Please see information that AAP has posted for parents on this page”, which was followed by a link to a list of studies on the website HealthyChildren.org.

However, none of the listed studies on that page supports the AAP’s claim that “vaccines prevent … forms of cancer”.

None apparently considered the possibility of a susceptible subpopulation with a genetic susceptibility to adverse reactions to vaccines.

And none compared health outcomes of fully vaccinated children with completely unvaccinated children.

The list provided _does_ contain numerous studies finding no association between vaccines and autism, but even the listed safety review by the Institute of Medicine (IOM) doesn’t go so far as to say that the hypothesis has been “disproven”.

On the contrary, the IOM acknowledges that it is biologically plausible that vaccines might cause autism in a genetically susceptible subpopulation, but characterizes this hypothesis is still “speculative” and “unsubstantiated”.

That is a world apart from saying it has been “disproven”.

One would think that the IOM’s conclusion, if its inquiry was a scientific one, would be that since this is such an important question and this specific hypothesis is plausible and not well studied, therefore there should be further study into this question of whether vaccines could trigger autism at least in some children with a genetic predisposition to vaccine injury.

But rather than calling for more research into this area, the IOM actually advocated that no further studies to test this hypothesis be done. Its stated reason for this was partly medical, but at least equally political — and certainly favorable to the profits of the pharmaceutical industry. The IOM’s reason was:

  Using an unsubstantiated hypothesis to question the safety of vaccination and the ethical behavior of those governmental agencies and scientists who advocate for vaccination could lead to widespread rejection of vaccines and inevitable increases in incidences of serious infectious diseases like measles, whooping cough, and Hib bacterial meningitis.

In other words, since studying this hypothesis further would undermine public vaccine policy with its one-size-fits-all approach to disease prevention, therefore no further research to test the biologically plausible hypothesis should be done.

The AAP was sent a follow up email noting that none of the studies listed appeared to support the claims it made in the press release. The AAP was welcomed to correct the record, but did not dispute the observation that _none_ of the studies listed showed that vaccines can prevent cancer, considered genetic susceptibility to vaccine injury, or compared health outcomes for vaccinated and unvaccinated children.

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The coffee was strong and the city was vibrant, as it always is in Paris. Autumn was when the city always looked its best we’d exuberantly agreed, both rather fueled with a passion for the city that surfaced whenever the cork to the red wine was popped.

‘Everything is still slow and happy from a long summer’ Ed croaked as he reached over me and teased a cigarette out of its box, his voice deep and sleepy. ‘But when the trees turn orange and glow with the evening lights of the city again you remember why Paris is the city of love’ he teased, leaning in with a kiss. His eyes glinted at me as a playful smile spread across his face. He didn't care much for artsy or philosophical musings, and tonight it was obvious that talking was the last thing that he wanted to do.

‘You just like it because it stays darker longer, which means you can come out on the balcony to smoke and drink with your bottom exposed to the street’ I said, slipping from under his encroaching arm with a grin and walking across to the ledge. But despite his mocking he was right. The city came alive at night. The streets beat with the sound of heels across pavement and a laughing exclamation as friends met at the entrance to a bar.

‘But you know I do that regardless of what time of day it is’ he laughed, lighting up a cigarette as he followed me over.

title: [RF] A BALCONY ON 58th STREET

question: Who is Ed?

answer: the narrator's lover

question: Why does Ed like Autumn?

answer: because in Autumn it's darker longer, so he can be naked on the balcony

question: What kind of person is Ed?

answer: Ed is playful and likes alcohol and tobacco. He doesn't like intellectual chatter.

question: What time of day is it?

answer: evening

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator and her lover, Ed, sit on a Balcony in Paris and discuss their love of Autumn.


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-   Overview
-   News & Reports
-   Resources & Organisations
-   Further Information

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  Country   PORTUGAL
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+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Ministry responsible              | Ministry of Justice               |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Prison administration             | General Directorate of            |
|                                   | Reintegration and Prisons         |
|                                   | (Direção-Geral de Reinserção e    |
|                                   | Serviços Prisionais - DGRSP)      |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Contact address                   | Travessa da Cruz do Torel, No. 1, |
|                                   | 1150-122 LISBON Codex, Portugal   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Telephone                         | +351 21 881 2200                  |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Fax                               | +351 21 885 3653                  |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Website                           | http://www.dgsp.mj.pt             |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Head of prison administration     | Romulo Mateus                     |
| (and title)                       |                                   |
|                                   | Director General                  |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Prison population total           | 11 271                            |
| (including pre-trial detainees /  |                                   |
| remand prisoners)                 |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Prison population rate (per       | 109                               |
| 100,000 of national population)   |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Pre-trial detainees / remand      | 19.8%                             |
| prisoners (percentage of prison   |                                   |
| population)                       |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Female prisoners (percentage of   | 7.1%                              |
| prison population)                |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Juveniles / minors / young        | 0.1%                              |
| prisoners incl. definition        |                                   |
| (percentage of prison population) |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Foreign prisoners (percentage of  | 15.8%                             |
| prison population)                |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Number of establishments /        | 49                                |
| institutions                      |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Official capacity of prison       | 12 923                            |
| system                            |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Occupancy level (based on         | 87.2%                             |
| official capacity)                |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Prison population trend           |   ------ -------- -----           |
| (year, prison population total,   |   2000   12,944   126             |
| prison population rate)           |   2002   13,918   133             |
|                                   |   2004   13,152   125             |
|                                   |   2006   12,636   120             |
|                                   |   2008   10,807   102             |
|                                   |   2010   11,613   110             |
|                                   |   2012   13,614   130             |
|                                   |   2014   14,003   135             |
|                                   |   2016   13,779   134             |
|                                   |   2018   12,900   126             |
|                                   |   ------ -------- -----           |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+

News

Prison guards call two-day strike as ministry fails to apply accord

Portugal’s prison deaths double European average

Prison guards continue strike action

Portugal: Anti-torture unit wants “effective measures” to cut rising prison population

Reports

European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) visit reports: Portugal

US State Department Human Rights Country Report 2013: Portugal

Judicial systems in Member States - Portugal

Prison Conditions in Portugal

Author:

European Prison Observatory

Resources

A Human Rights Approach to Prison Management: Handbook for Prison Staff. First edition. Portuguese Version

-   Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend
-   Female prison population: trend
-   Prison population trend up to 2000

Pre-trial/remand prison population: trend

The table below gives an indication of the recent trend in the pre-trial/remand prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.

It consists of the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that pre-trial/remand prisoners constituted on that day.

The final column shows the pre-trial/remand population rate per 100,000 of the national population.

                                                    PORTUGAL

+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Year            | Number in       | Percentage      | Pre-trial/reman |
|                 | pre-trial/reman | of total        | d               |
|                 | d               | prison          | population rate |
|                 | imprisonment    | population      | (per 100,000 of |
|                 |                 |                 | national        |
|                 |                 |                 | population)     |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 2000            | 3,854           | 29.8%           | 38              |
| 2005            | 3,044           | 23.6%           | 29              |
| 2010            | 2,307           | 19.9%           | 22              |
| 2015            | 2,316           | 16.3%           | 22              |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 2020            | 2,233           | 19.8%           | 22              |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+

It should be noted that the number of pre-trial/remand prisoners fluctuates from day to day, month to month and year to year. Consequently the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.

The pre-trial/remand population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.

Female prison population: trend

The table below gives an indication of the trend in the female prison population. The final row shows the latest figures available.

It consists of the number of female prisoners in the prison population on a single date in the year (or the annual average) and the percentage of the total prison population that female prisoners constituted on that day.

The final column shows the female prison population rate per 100,000 of the national population.

                                                      PORTUGAL

+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Year            | Number of       | Percentage      | Female prison   |
|                 | female          | of total        | population rate |
|                 | prisoners       | prison          | (per 100,000 of |
|                 |                 | population      | national        |
|                 |                 |                 | population)     |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 2000            | 1,216           | 9.4%            | 11.9            |
| 2005            | 875             | 6.8%            | 8.3             |
| 2010            | 627             | 5.4%            | 5.9             |
| 2015            | 862             | 6.1%            | 8.4             |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| 2020            | 788             | 7.1%            | 7.6             |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+

The number of female prisoners fluctuates and so the above figures give an indication of the trend but the picture is inevitably incomplete.

The female prison population rate is calculated on the basis of the national population total. All national population figures are inevitably estimates but the estimates used in the World Prison Brief are based on official national figures, United Nations figures or figures from other recognised international authorities.

(If the rate were calculated on the basis of the number of females in the national population it would of course be approximately double the figure in the final column).

Prison population trend up to 2000

The figures below give an indication of the prison population trend in the years up to 2000. They supplement the more recent figures that are shown at the foot of the Overview page and in the graphs below.

                                                PORTUGAL

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Year                  | Prison                | Prison population     |
|                       | population            | rate                  |
|                       | total                 | (per 100,000 of       |
|                       |                       | national population)  |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 1971                  | 5,544                 | 64                    |
| 1975                  | 2,532                 | 28                    |
| 1980                  | 5,454                 | 56                    |
| 1985                  | 8,231                 | 82                    |
| 1990                  | 9,051                 | 92                    |
| 1995                  | 12,343                | 123                   |
| 2000                  | 12,944                | 126                   |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

question: What website is this information drawn from?

answer: The Portuguese Ministry of Justice website (the specific webpage is focussed on the prison population)

question: What kind of statistics are being shown?

answer: Prison population, broken down by rate, type of prisoner, occupancy, prison establishments, and trends across pre-trial/remand and female prisoners specifically.

question: Does this website take a stance on the prison population, and if so, what is it?

answer: It does not appear to take a stance apart from presenting the statistics and trends (only to note that the statistics may present an incomplete picture).

question: What kind of news does the website cover?

answer: The news is related to prisons - specifically Portugal's prison deaths, the prison guard strike, and international human rights reports on Portugal.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The webpage covers the prison administration of Portugal. This includes a breakdown of statistics on the prison population, and trends regarding the population, pre-trial/remand prisoners, and female prisoners over the years. The webpage also displays news related to Portugal's prisons, including the prison guard strike and reports from international organisations.


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[Illegal buildings fall like house of cards in Vasai-Virar demolition drive]

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MUMBAI: Residential buildings and chawls sold out to gullible buyers in the Vasai-Virar region are falling like a house of cards with at least two illegal structure being razed down daily.
The Vasai-Virar Municipal Corporation (VVMC) has begun the tearing down of the buildings in Pelhar, Valiv, Nalasopara and Virar using excavators, indicating the quality of the structures.
So far, around 4,500 vertical and horizontal structures have been brought down. “We are aiming at pulling down atleast two to three vertical structure a day,” said VVMC Commissioner Satish Lokhande. The structures are three to four storeys constructed on government land by forging documents. Most of the flats have been sold out.
“Unauthorised chawls constructed over the weekends and sold for Rs 2-3 lakhs are also being demolished,” said Lokhande, adding that a number of illegal structures have existed for over a decade.
A special cell has been created to keep a record of illegal structures. Most of the illegal buildings are in Nalasopara. Civic officers said that in many cases buildings have been sold and builders have vanished. Illegal buildings occupied by people and those come up in violation of Floor Space Index (FSI) are also being pulled down.
Around 70 personnel from the Maharashtra Security Force (MSF) have been deployed at demolition sites. In addition, a team of 100 civic officers and employers travel together to the demolition site. Over 350 police cases under the Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices (MRTP) Act has been registered and a number of property developers are cooling their heels in jail, said Lokhande. Atleast 300 illegal buildings have obtained court stay.
The civic administration has launched an awareness drive to educate prospective flat buyers. The VVMC has begun displaying a list of approved constructions on its website (www.vvcmc.in). Prospective buyers have been advised to visit civic offices and verify the building plan before investing in flats.
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answer: It may be implied that the realtors would make more money this way and hence do it for personal benefits.

question: Is what the builders did ethical or unethical?

answer: The builders did what is considered illegal and hence it is also unethical.

question: What may have made the residents buy these flats?

answer: It may be implied that the residents would not have verified the documents correctly before purchasing and hence could not distinguish whether the construction is legal or not.

question: What can be done to help those who've lost their homes?

answer: It may be implied that the government could reimburse them a part of the cost of their homes as a relief fund for the loss that they have suffered.

question: What further actions can the municipal body take to ensure that such cases do not repeat?

answer: It may be implied that the municipality could regularly overlook their land to make sure there is no illegal construction coming up.


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WO VIRUS is bacteriophage virus affecting bacteria of the genus _Wolbachia_, hence its name. This virus is notable for carrying DNA related to the black widow spider toxin gene, becoming an example of a bacteriophage with animal-like DNA, implying DNA transfers between eukaryotes and bacteriophages.[1][2]

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title: WO virus

question: What kind of virus WO virus is?

answer: WO virus is bacteriophage virus.

question: What is Wolbachia?

answer: Wolbachia is a genus of bacteria.

question: What is WO virus notable for?

answer: WO virus notable for being an example of a bacteriophage with animal-like DNA.

question: How is Wo virus related to the black widow spider?

answer: Wo virus carries DNA related to the black widow spider toxin gene.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: WO virus is bacteriophage virus affecting bacteria of the genus Wolbachia. The virus carries DNA related to the black widow spider toxin gene.


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The WINTERBOTHAM ESTATE is a historic former estate property at 163 South Willard Street in Burlington, Vermont. Developed beginning about 1820, it is a prominent local example of a Federal period country estate, with many later additions. The property was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1975,[1] at which time it housed the city's school administration. It now houses administrative offices of Champlain College, and is called SKIFF HALL.

Description and history

The former Winterbotham Estate consists of at the southwest corner of South Willard and Main Streets. The estate contains three buildings on manicured and landscaped grounds: the main house, a combined carriage barn and stable, and a law office. The main house, set nearest the street corner, is a rambling 2-1/2 story painted brick building that exhibits a variety of Federal and later period styles. Significant features include an octagonal cupola in the Italianate style, and a Greek Revival portico on the north facade facing Main Street. The carriage barn and horse stable are matching gable-roofed wood-frame clapboarded buildings facing South Willard south of the house. The law office is a single-story temple-fronted building facing Main Street west of the house.[2]

The estate house, carriage barn and stable were all built in 1820 by Jonathon Potwin, a merchant based in Troy, New York. In the 1830s it was acquired by an attorney, who built the law office in 1838, and was responsible for most of the Greek Revival alterations to the main house. In 1927 it was acquired by Joseph Winterbotham, who bequeathed it to the University of Vermont in 1954. The university sold it to the city in 1956, which used it to house school administration offices.[3] It is now owned by Champlain College.

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title: Winterbotham Estate

question: Where is the Winterbotham Estate located?

answer: The estate is located in Burlington, Vermont.

question: What has the estate been transformed into?

answer: The estates are now administrative offices of Champlain college.

question: Describe a few features of the estate.

answer: The main house exhibits Federal and later period styles. The features include an octagonal cupola in the Italianate style and a Greek Revival portico.

question: Who built the estate?

answer: Jonathan Potwin.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: The Winterbotham Estate is a historic property located in Vermont. It contains three buildings. The main building exhibits a variety of Federal and later period styles. The estate house, carriage barn and stable were built by Jonathan Potwin. The estate was later acquired by an attorney who built the law office. The estate is now owned by Champlain College and now houses the college's administrative offices.


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A note to the reader:   I’ve recently completed a guide to travel on the ground once you arrive in Eritrea – it’s the most up to date and comprehensive guide on travel in the country (not to toot my own horn) as of September 2018, and I hope to keep it updated as more folks share their personal accounts of travel there with me.  You can find that article here!

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The primary reason for our trip to Eritrea was architecture.  A close second was that we hadn’t been to Africa, but had it not been for the clandestine architectural splendor of Asmara, the country’s capital, we probably would have headed elsewhere for our first foray into the continent.  Fact of the matter is, the architectural diversity mixed with a culture we knew almost nothing about (save injera) made Eritrea almost an obvious choice for our 2018 kickoff destination. We’d pondered including Sudan and Egypt as the precursor to the architectural orgasm that would be Asmara, but in the end, spent a week frustrated in a rental car in Albania instead.  Normal, everyday problems, I know. What were we talking about even?  Oh right, Asmara’s architecture.

While our arrival to Asmara in the middle of the night wasn’t without issues (I’ll be writing a post on practical information for potential visitors to Eritrea later), the following days we spent in the city were as lovely as any we can remember while on a trip (like, Paramaribo status).  Super-chilled beers in hotel courtyards provided the respite we needed from the previous week driving questionable roads in Albania. Not to mention, the opportunity for architecture scouting was so vast that there’s no need for a map – walk the city, and you’ll trip across Italian Futurist/Art Deco/Fascist/Simply Delicious architecture around every corner.

For maps and details, skip to the end of the post to see a map of the buildings we visited.  There’s even a book about it, which hasn’t been further away than arm’s reach from me for at least a year.  While I’ve covered the bare minimum, scratch the surface highlights of the city’s architecture in this post, “Asmara: Africa’s Secret Modernist City” gives the modernist architecture enthusiast a complete background on the founding and building of modern Asmara.

That said, let’s get to the good stuff:

-   Cinema Dante (1910)
-   Medebar Market (1914)
-   Hamasien Hotel (1919)
-   Central Market (1938-52)
-   Agip Service Station (1937)
-   Fiat Tagliero Service Station (1938)
-   Cinema Odeon (1937)
-   Bar Zilli (Late 1930s)
-   Shops and Apartments (1940s)
-   Practical Information

CINEMA DANTE (1910)[]

The Cinema Dante building is the sweetest.  A big part of my love for this building is the sea foam green typography.  Dante’s sleekness and effortless style sets my design sensibilities a’tingling.  It also happens to be the oldest Italian cinema in the city.  There’s a cafe in the lobby where you can have a cup of coffee served by immaculately-dressed staff.  It’s right in between Harnet Ave. and the Central Market on Mata Ave., a part of Asmara that I could never quite meander through without lots of head-scratching.

There may or may not be a movie showing that day at the Dante, but fear not, you can always catch the latest episode of Game of Thrones at the Cinema Impero, the most famous of Asmara’s modernist cinemas, on Harnet Avenue.

Seriously, Game of Thrones was the only thing playing the whole week we spent in Asmara.  Eritreans are deep into that Targaryen drama.

MEDEBAR MARKET (1914)[]

We visited the Medebar market looking for a nice pair of shida – the sandals worn by EPLF fighters during the 30 year war for independence.  They’re so important to the Eritrean national psyche that there’s a monument to them in the city. We immediately forgot about our desire for jelly sandals when we saw the walls of the market.  Gorgeous bricks on bricks on bricks. Medebar is one of the oldest colonial buildings in the city, and remains in spectacular condition. Not to mention the fact that everything made in the market, from Eritrea’s famous jelly sandals, to kitchen utensils, to oil drums, are made from recycled material.

Pro tip: don’t look at the light coming from the welders.  Apparently it’s not good for you.  There was no shop class at my private high school, and I’m sorry about it.

HAMASIEN HOTEL (1919)

We moved to the Hamasien Hotel for night three of our stay in Asmara, in search of working electrical outlets and running water.  We found one of the two in this most elegant of buildings. The Hamasien Hotel is located south of Harnet Ave., but is difficult to miss.  Known for its high tower and once-stately rooms, it’s in the part of Asmara dotted by foreign embassies. While it’s not futuristic like much of the other architecture in Asmara, the colonial-era building definitely projects vibes of more elegant times past.  It’s also located directly north of the Embasoira/Imperial Hotel, whose interior is pretty spectacular as well (good wifi, too!).

CENTRAL MARKET (1938-52)[]

The Central Market’s rows of arches seem more Ottoman-influenced, than Italian – proven by the fact that most of the construction was completed after Italy relinquished control of its colony in 1947.  What’s spectacular about the Central Market in Asmara is not necessarily the architecture of the place, but how the architecture and the people mix. Many will say that Harnet Ave. is the heart of Asmara.  We contend that it is actually the area surrounding the Central Market, starting across from the entrance to Enda Mariam Cathedral and running westbound (also bordered by the Grand Mosque), is the real hub of activity in Asmara. We visited the market daily, dodging buses to more remote parts of the country, and side-eyeing homemade sambusa in fear of food-borne illness.

AGIP SERVICE STATION (1937)

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This is low-key my favorite building in Asmara.  It’s on the fringe of the city – I knew beforehand so asked our driver (Daniel, you’re the best) to take us there after visiting the Tank Graveyard (whoo boy, lots to unpack there).  The station is still functioning, albeit more as a place for social gathering rather than actually purchasing gas.  []

Ultimately, it had the perfect combination of architectural and coincidental elements to win me over: salty dudes hanging around, a sweet puppy, and lots of portholes.  Honestly…that’s all it takes.

FIAT TAGLIERO SERVICE STATION (1938)[]

I buried this one in the middle so I’d keep your attention.  For modernism/art deco lovers, Asmara’s Fiat Tagliero building is iconic.  It’s located 1500m down Sematat Avenue (from the western terminus of Harnet Ave.) and is impossible to miss.  There’s not much going on around the building, which is exactly why you need to see it as soon as possible.  I honestly don’t have words to describe it other than it really just has to be seen in person.

Harsh angles in the carefully formed concrete slabs interact harshly with the surrounding bougainvillea and people walk by without registering its splendor.  How this building has managed to make it through nearly a hundred years of social and political tumult is beyond my personal comprehension.

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Legend has it that the night before the unveiling of the building, city authorities placed support columns underneath the building’s wings. Upon noticing Giuseppe Pettazzi, the architect of the building, flamboyantly held a gun to a man’s head, demanding the supports be removed.  They followed his demands, and lo and behold, the wings still stand (or float?) today.

The Fiat Tagliero building, perhaps alongside the Cinema Impero, is what catapulted the effort to get Asmara on the UNESCO World Heritage List.  Today it is surrounded by a chain link fence.  It will be interesting to see how the local government treats this building moving into the future, especially with hopes of attracting more tourist dollars.

CINEMA ODEON (1937)[]

The Cinema Odeon is located very close to the Hamasien Hotel, near Asmara’s foreign embassies.  We stumbled upon it for the first time in search of a hotel with running water and electricity (we eventually found one!), but came back for photos later!  It was not showing movies when we visited, but was certainly worth a look over upon passing.  I wish I’d spend more time lurking around this building – pictures of the interior look amazing.

BAR ZILLI (LATE 1930S)[]

Portholes, check.  Sexy typography, check.  Papayas the size of a horse’s head for sale in the retail space, check.  The Bar Zilli gets an A.

SHOPS AND APARTMENTS (1940S)

Somewhere in the no man’s land between the Central Market and the western terminus of Harnet Ave. lie a number of crisscrossed streets bisecting the main east to west thoroughfares. Here lie the superb fascist-style homes and shops Mussolini dreamed of for his African capital.  Sadly, these buildings exist in a space and time that I’m not super familiar with, so I can’t include them on my guide map below.  Rest assured knowing that, if you spend fifteen or minutes or so exploring Asmara’s backstreets, you’ll be similarly rewarded by secret architextures all around.

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Practical Information

Asmara is an incredibly walkable city.  With the exception of the Shell (now Tamoil) Service Station in the far south of the city, all of the buildings detailed above would be easy to see on a day’s walk.  If you’re in Asmara, it’s easiest to combine seeing that building with seeing the Tank Graveyard, if you’re so inclined.[]

Here’s a map of the sites detailed in the post above.  I’ve included some additional markers for places we didn’t see but that I think are of note.  Coming to mind first are the Cinema Roma, public swimming pool, bowling center, and Enda Mariam Church.
Some good resources for practical information on Asmara include:

This Dutch site with regularly-ish updated information on tourist information in Eritrea

This article on UNESCO and Asmara

If you’re in Asmara, there is a great map that is in light circulation that you should try to find.  We bought ours from a man on Harnet Ave. for 100NFA (about $6USD), but the map was also available at the Crystal Hotel when we visited.  It’s a carefully constructed guide to the architecture of the city, published in 2003 by Eritrea’s Cultural Assets and Rehabilitation Project.  Here’s a solid jpeg.

By far the best information I read was in the book I mentioned at the top of the article – Asmara: Africa’s Secret Modernist City.  The dates and some stories included in the text above are from the contents of this beautiful and enlightening book.

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I’m still processing a lot of what I saw in Eritrea, and I’m doing my best to figure out a way to best share it with you all.  As I’m sure you’re aware, it’s an incredibly complex country with a troubled past, and I want to make sure I write in the most respectful way possible.

question: What is the purpose of this blog post?

answer: It is a guide to travel in Eritrea; as of 2018, it's the most comprehensive guide for the country.

question: What were the main reasons for their trip to Eritrea?

answer: They traveled to Eritrea for the architecture, and because they hadn't been to Africa.

question: What book does the author recommend reading?

answer: Asmara: Africa’s Secret Modernist City

question: Did the author eat the homemade sambusa?

answer: No, because of the fear of food-borne illness.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: It is a guide to travel in Eritrea; as of 2018, it's the most comprehensive guide for the country. They traveled to Eritrea for the architecture, and because they hadn't been to Africa. The post describes 10 architectural structures to visit.


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Happiness at work is hot. People and organizations all across the world are eagerly trying to improve the way we work. Not just to improve the lives of the large number of disengaged employees, but also to make companies, NGOs, hospitals and schools more successful, effective, and productive. And there's a good reason for it: there is a huge amount of untapped potential within organizations since only a tiny part of the workforce is truly engaged with their work. The fact that happiness at work is trending seems to be a good thing, but the way most companies are trying to "implement it&am

In an effort to create a better workplace, lots of companies believe that there is a fixed model available that will solve their problems instantly: implement this magic model and a "happy company" is guaranteed. Unfortunately, this ain't true for a bit. Because, if such a model did actually exist, a lot more than the current 13% of the world's workforce would be engaged.

While the intention of increasing _happiness at work_ is a good thing, the way it's executed is often doomed to fail. Let's summarize some of the lessons we've learned during our research.

Don't copy-paste

One of the most commonly made mistakes we encounter is simply copy-pasting a model that proved to be successful in another organization. The assumption often seems to be: “if it works somewhere else, it will work here too”. However, this assumption has proven to be wrong time and time again.

We see it happening all around us. The successful organizational model of Buurtzorg is being “adopted” by other health care organizations. A quickly growing number of companies are using the Agile Scrum methodology to run their projects. And Holacracy is being implemented as an off-the-shelf solution leaving companies like Zappos heavily struggling with it.

By copy-pasting models from other organizations, the most important thing for successful organizational change is often overlooked: the specific needs of employees and their environment. Even more painfully, the input from employees is very often not even taken into account in the first place.

Listen to your employees

The simplest and (unfortunately) least practiced technique for _happiness at work_ is simply listening to employees. We witness time and time again that the best companies to work for are the ones that actively listen to what their employees want and care about. Whether it’s in terms of how to do business or how to organize their work. Not only does this make them feel valued, it also leverages the combined intelligence of all those who are involved.

The idea that the CEO knows everything better than his employees is outdated (if it ever was applicable) and painfully arrogant. Better start by listening to the people that are doing the actual work; production workers who are handling the manufacturing equipment, teachers who are in front of their students all day, and nurses who are taking care of patients day in, day out.

Gather inspiration

Apparently copy-pasting specific models isn't a good idea when you desire to successfully create a happier workplace. But it is very powerful to gather inspiration from a plenitude of success stories readily available. Most of the successful companies we visit(ed) have their own specific sources of where they draw their inspiration from. Ari Weinzweig is inspired by various anarchists, Nearsoft's Matt Perez was influenced by the unusual combination of pirate ships and Ricardo Semler.

Or as Jean Francois Zobrist puts it: _“I strongly believe that there are no universal models, as there are no models that can give a soul to a collective. What can be done is to listen to testimonies and get inspiration from them.”_

Find your own way

So if you're looking for ways to further grow the engagement and happiness within your own team or organization, please take the above described lessons into account. And definitely don't just blindly copy-paste what others are doing.

Instead, listen to your employees and team members, gather inspiration from various sources, and find your own unique path towards happiness. It might sound a lot harder than just copy-pasting an existing model, but if you truly want to make a positive change, it's well worth the effort.

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question: What is the value of happiness in a working environment?

answer: The article uses the word "engagement" as the desired output from having happy employees -implying the active use of previously untapped potential. Employees in a good emotional state are more likely to be productive -not only in daily output, but in the overall growth of the company. However, the article also implies that achieving happiness is not taken as seriously by companies. Despite spending the money and effort to increase employee happiness, the common approach is to often follow what other companies have done -which is an inefficient and thoughtless approach to something that actually requires a lot of consideration. As such, it can be said that on paper, most companies consider employee happiness as very important, but in practice, it is not that deeply valued to prepare for fully.


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[“Now then, Mossoo, your Form is of the Manliest Beauty, and you are altogether a most attractive Object; but you've stood there long enough. So jump in and have done with it!”
Cartoon by du Maurier from _Punch_]

GEORGE LOUIS PALMELLA BUSSON DU MAURIER (6 March 1834 – 8 October 1896) was a Franco-British cartoonist and writer known for his work in _Punch_ and for his Gothic novel _Trilby_, which featured the character Svengali. He was the father of the actor Sir Gerald du Maurier and grandfather of the writers Angela du Maurier and Dame Daphne du Maurier and artist Jeanne du Maurier. He was also the father of Sylvia Llewelyn Davies and grandfather of the five boys who inspired J. M. Barrie's _Peter Pan_.

Early life

George du Maurier was born in Paris, the son of Louis-Mathurin Busson du Maurier and Ellen Clarke, daughter of the Regency courtesan Mary Anne Clarke. He was brought up to believe his aristocratic grandparents had fled from France during the Revolution, leaving vast estates behind, to live in England as émigrés. In fact, du Maurier's grandfather, Robert-Mathurin Busson, was a tradesman who left Paris in 1789 to avoid charges of fraud and later changed the family name to the grander-sounding du Maurier.[1]

Du Maurier studied art in Paris and moved to Antwerp, Belgium, where he lost the vision in his left eye. He consulted an oculist in Düsseldorf, Germany. He was reportedly studying chemistry at University College, London, in 1851.[2] He is recorded in the 1861 England Census as a lodger at 85 Newman St in Marylebone.[3] He met Emma Wightwick in 1853 and married her a decade later, on 3 January 1863, at St Marylebone, Westminster.[4][5] Moving frequently over the course of their marriage, the couple first settled in Hampstead in 1869, initially at Gang Moor near the Whitestone Pond for three years, before moving to 27 Church Row and later at New Grove House in 1881.[6][7][8] In 1891, the family is recorded as residing at 2 Porchester Rd in Paddington.[9] They had five children: Beatrix (known as Trixy), Guy, Sylvia, Marie Louise (known as May) and Gerald.[10]

Career

[George du Maurier's former home at 91 Great Russell Street, London]

Cartoonist

Du Maurier became a member of staff at the British satirical magazine _Punch_ in 1865, drawing two cartoons a week. His commonest targets were the affected manners of Victorian society, the bourgeoisie and members of Britain's growing middle class in particular. His most enduring cartoon, _True Humility_ (1895), popularised the expressions “good in parts” and “a curate's egg”. In it, a bishop addresses a humble curate, whom he has invited to breakfast: “I'm afraid you've got a bad egg, Mr. Jones.” The curate replies, “Oh no, my Lord, I assure you – parts of it are excellent!”[11] The gag was not original to du Maurier, however, as it had appeared in a similar cartoon a few months earlier in _Judy_, a less widely read competitor to _Punch_.[12] In an earlier (1884) cartoon, du Maurier coined the expression “bedside manner”, with which he satirised medical care.[13] Another of his notable cartoons depicted a fanciful videophone conversation in 1879, using a device he called “Edison's telephonoscope.”[14]

While producing black-and-white drawings for _Punch_, du Maurier created illustrations for several other popular periodicals: _Harper's_, _The Graphic_, _The Illustrated Times_, _The Cornhill Magazine_, and the religious periodical _Good Words_.[15] Furthermore, he did illustrations for the serialisation of Charles Warren Adams's _The Notting Hill Mystery_, which is often seen as the first detective story of novel length to have appeared in English.[16] Among several other novels he illustrated was _Misunderstood_ by Florence Montgomery in 1873.[17]

Writer

[George du Maurier in the middle of his career] His deteriorating eyesight caused du Maurier to reduce his involvement with _Punch_ in 1891 and settle in Hampstead, where he wrote three novels. His first, _Peter Ibbetson_ (1891), was a modest success at the time and later adapted for stage and screen, most notably in a 1935 film, and as an opera.[18]

His second novel, _Trilby_, published in 1894, fitted into the gothic horror genre that was undergoing a revival. Hugely popular, it tells of a poor artist's model, Trilby O'Ferrall, transformed into a diva under the spell of an evil musical genius, Svengali. Soap, songs, dances, toothpaste, and even the city of Trilby in Florida, were named after her, as was the variety of soft felt hat with an indented crown worn in the London stage dramatisation of the novel. The plot inspired Gaston Leroux's 1910 novel _Phantom of the Opera_ and innumerable works derived from it.[19] Du Maurier eventually came to dislike the persistent attention the novel was given.

The third novel was a long, largely autobiographical work entitled _The Martian_, published posthumously in 1898.

Death and legacy

Du Maurier died on 8 October 1898 and was buried in St John-at-Hampstead churchyard in Hampstead.[20] The success of his writings and illustrations allowed du Maurier to leave a then staggering amount of £47,555 in his will.[21]

Du Maurier was a close friend of Henry James, the novelist; their relationship was fictionalised in David Lodge's _Author, Author_ (2004).

[“A Legend of Camelot”
Illustration by du Maurier for _Punch_, 17 March 1866, parodying Pre-Raphaelitism]

Bibliography

-   _Peter Ibbetson_ (1891), also 1917 play; adapted in 1935 by Henry Hathaway into a film starring Gary Cooper; also adapted as an opera by Deems Taylor in 1931
-   _Trilby_ (1894) published first as a magazine serial in 8 parts
-   _The Martian_ (1898)
-   _Social Pictorial Satire_ (1898) (Harper's New Monthly Magazine)

Film adaptations

-   _Trilby_ (1914), starring Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Viva Birkett
-   _Trilby_ (1915), starring Wilton Lackaye and Clara Kimball Young
-   _Forever_ (1921), starring Wallace Reid and Elsie Ferguson
-   _Trilby_ (1923), starring Arthur Edmund Carewe and Andrée Lafayette
-   _Svengali_ (1927), starring Paul Wegener and Anita Dorris
-   _Svengali_ (1931), starring John Barrymore and Marian Marsh
-   _Peter Ibbetson_ (1935), starring Gary Cooper and Ann Harding
-   _The Guilt of Janet Ames_ (1947), starring Melvyn Douglas and Rosalind Russell
-   _Svengali_ (1954), starring Donald Wolfit and Hildegard Knef
-   _Svengali_ (1983), starring Peter O'Toole and Jodie Foster

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[2] London, England: Oxford University Press; Volume: Vol 22; Page: 370. Ancestry.com. _Dictionary of National Biography_, Volumes 1–22 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. This collection was indexed by Ancestry World Archives Project contributors. Stephen, Sir Leslie, ed. _Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922_. _Volumes 1–22._ London, England: Oxford University Press, 1921–1922. Dictionary of National Biography, 1921–1922, Oxford University Press, London, England.

[3] Class: _RG 9_; Piece: _66_; Folio: _57_; Page: _37_; GSU roll: _542567._ Ancestry.com. _1861 England Census_ [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. _Census Returns of England and Wales, 1861_. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1861. Data imaged from The National Archives, London, England.

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[5] London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; Reference Number: _P89/mry1/235._ Ancestry.com. _London, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1932_ [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Church of England Parish Registers. London Metropolitan Archives, London.

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[7] Class: _RG10_; Piece: _192_; Folio: _4_; Page: _2_; GSU roll: _823312._ Ancestry.com. _1871 England Census_ [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. _Census Returns of England and Wales, 1871_. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1871. Data imaged from the National Archives, London, England.

[8] Mary Cathcart Borer (1976), _Hampstead and Highgate: The story of two hilltop villages_. London: W. H. Allen & Co., p. 169.

[9] The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Class: RG12; Piece: 15; Folio: 174; Page: 3. Ancestry.com. 1891 England Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2005. Census Returns of England and Wales, 1891. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1891.

[10] Class: _RG11_; Piece: _166_; Folio: _99_; Page: _19_; GSU roll: _1341036._ Ancestry.com and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. _1881 England Census_ [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004. _Census Returns of England and Wales, 1881_. Kew, Surrey, England: The National Archives of the UK (TNA): Public Record Office (PRO), 1881.

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[13] Benham, W. Gurney. _A Book of Quotations, Proverbs and Household Words: A Collection of Quotations from British and American Authors, Ancient and Modern._ J. B. Lippincott, 1907, p. 458.

[14] Ivy Roberts (2017) “Edison's Telephonoscope”: the visual telephone and the satire of electric light mania, _Early Popular Visual Culture,_ 15:1, 1–25, DOI: 10.1080/17460654.2016.1232656

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[16] The original edition illustrated is available at the Internet Archive: Section 1 Retrieved 1 February 2013. _Once a Week_, Vol. 7, p. 617, 29 November 1862 and at weekly intervals.

[17] _The Feminist Companion to Literature in English_, eds. Virginia Blain, Patricia Clements and Isobel Grundy (London: Batsford, 1990), p. 752.

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[20] Ancestry.com. _UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current_ [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012. _Find A Grave_. Find A Grave. http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi.

[21] Ancestry.com. _England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995_[database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010. Principal Probate Registry. _Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England_. London, England.

title: George du Maurier

question: How was George du Maurier able to leave so much wealth in his will?

answer: Due to his success in his writings and illustrations.


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_LA QUINTA ESENCIA_ (“The Fifth Element”) is the fifth studio album by the power metal band WarCry, released on September 18, 2006, and distributed through Avispa Music. Front man, and lead vocals Víctor García said that this album is a mixture of all the works from their four previous albums.

_La Quinta Esencia_ was the last work to feature drummer Alberto Ardines and guitarist Fernando Mon, who left on August 29, 2007, the reasons remained between the members, as accorded from both sides.[1] They were replaced by Rafael Yugueros, an Asturian heavy metal drummer who had worked for the band on _Demon 97_,[2] and José Rubio[3] better known as the former guitarist of the band Trilogy.

Later, on February 18, 2008 keyboardist Manuel Ramil left the band due to the distance between his home in Galicia to the rest of the members in Asturias, it was also said that Manuel could only attend to the new album's recording in the studio just a 10% compared to the rest of the members.[4] All three members, along with vocalist Toni Amboaje reunited to form an alternative/power metal band, called Sauze.

Track listing

1.  “¡Que vengan ya!” (“[Let Them] Come Now!”) – 4:14
2.  “Ulises” (“Ulysses” or “Odysseus”) – 5:28
3.  “Tu Recuerdo me Bastará” (“Your Memory Will Be Enough for Me”) – 4:43
4.  “La Vieja Guardia” (“The Old Guard”) – 4:29
5.  “Un Poco de Fe” (“A Little Bit of Faith”) – 5:21
6.  “El más Triste Adiós” (“The Saddest Good Bye”) – 5:31
7.  “Buscando Una Luz” (“Looking for a Light”) – 5:04
8.  “Ha Pasado Su Tiempo” (“His Time Went By”) – 4:03
9.  “Redención” (“Redemption”) – 4:56
10. “Mirando al Mar” (“Staring at the Sea”) – 7:18
11. “Más Allá” (“Beyond”) – 4:53

Awards

+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Type        | Nominated   | Award       | Result      | Position    |
|             | work        |             |             |             |
+=============+=============+=============+=============+=============+
| ROCKFERENDU | _La Quinta  | Best Album  | Won         | 1st Place   |
| M           | Esencia_    |             |             |             |
| 2007        |             |             |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| _La Quinta  | Best CD     | Won         | 1st Place   |
| Esencia_    | Coverbox    |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| “Ulises”    | Song of the | Nominated   | 2nd Place   |
|             | Year        |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| “Tu         | Song of the | Nominated   | 3rd Place   |
| Recuerdo Me | Year        |             |             |
| Bastará”    |             |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| METALZONE   | “La Vieja   | Best Song   | Nominated   | 2nd Place   |
| 2007        | Guardia”    |             |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+

Credits

Band

-   Víctor García – vocals
-   Pablo García – guitars
-   Fernando Mon – guitars
-   Roberto García – bass
-   Manuel Ramil – keyboards
-   Alberto Ardines – drums

Production

-   Sergio Blanco – Photos
-   Daniel Alonso – Design

[1] Ardines & Mon leave WarCry metallerium.com Retrieved August 29, 2007

[2] Yugueros as the new drummer rafabasa.com/ Retrieved August 30, 2007

[3] José Rubio becomes WarCry's new guitarist metalzone.biz Retrieved September 21, 2007

[4] Manuel Ramil leaves WarCry metalmas.com Retrieved February 18, 2008.

title: La Quinta Esencia

question: What does the article say about the lineup of the band?

answer: Víctor García is the front man of the band. The album is the last to feature their drummer Alberto Ardines and guitarist Fernando Mon, both of whom left the band in August 2007. They were replaced by Rafael Yugueros and José Rubio, respectively. In February 2008, keyboardist Manuel Ramil left the band. Other members at the time of the album include guitarist Pablo García and bassist Roberto García.

question: What does the article say about conflict between the band members?


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Harold's Chicken opening Cedar Rapids, Iowa City stores

[Harold's Chicken Shack coming to Cedar Rapids (and Iowa City). Photo via the Harold's Iowa Facebook page.]
Harold’s Chicken Shack coming to Cedar Rapids (and Iowa City). Photo via the Harold’s Iowa Facebook page.

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A 65-year-old Chicago fried chicken restaurant chain will open its first Iowa stores next month in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City.

Harold’s Chicken, founded in 1951 by Harold Pierce, plans to open a store at 316 E. Burlington St. in Iowa City in mid-September.

Gerald Seals, CEO of Harold’s Chicken Iowa, a sister company of Harold’s Chicken, said a store at 200 First Ave. NE in Cedar Rapids, the former location of Milio’s in the Roosevelt hotel, will open in late September.

Seals, 37, who moved to Iowa from Chicago 21 years ago, now lives in North Liberty. He said he was born on 39th Street in Chicago, where Harold’s Chicken was founded by Pierce and his wife, Hilda, as a small operation.

Seals said Pierce saw the need for a restaurant chain on Chicago’s South Side at a time when other fast-food chains avoided predominantly Black neighborhoods. When Seals was looking for a new business to invest in, he was impressed by the history of Harold’s Chicken.

“It’s a business started by a black entrepreneur, targeted to a black audience,” Seals said. “I wanted to throw my support behind that idea.”

Seals said renovations are progressing on the Cedar Rapids and Iowa City locations. The Iowa City restaurant will open ahead of the Cedar Rapids location. Kristen Pierce — Seals’s business partner, Harold’s Chicken CEO and daughter of the founder — will prepare chicken for customers and train employees.

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“She will bring Harold Pierce’s recipe with her,” Seals noted. “The company has 45 stores, all in Illinois and most of them in the Chicago area. It has never allowed franchising of Harold’s Chicken.”

Seals said more than 500 people have applied to work at the Iowa City store. He said former Chicagoans have been known to drive back to the city to buy Harold’s Chicken.

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question: When was Harold's Chicken founded and how long have they been in business?

answer: Harold's Chicken was founded in 1956 and is 65 years at the time of this article.

question: Who is the founder of Harold's Chicken?

answer: Harold Pierce

question: Where was Harold's Chicken founded?

answer: Chicago, Illinois

question: Who is Gerald Seals?

answer: He's the business partner of Harold's daughter, Kristen Pierce, and the CEO of Harold's Chicken Iowa.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Chicago's famous fast-food chain, Harold's Chicken, is opening its first Iowa stores in Cedar Rapids and Iowa City. Harold Pierce and his wife founded Harold's Chicken in 1956 when other fast-food chains avoided Chicago's predominantly black South Side neighborhoods. Harold's Chicken grew from a small operation to 45 stores, mostly in the Chicago area. The stores in Iowa will be known as Harold's Chicken Iowa, according to CEO Gerald Seals, and will be the stores outside of Illinois. Seals' business partner is Kristen Pierce, Harold's daughter.