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Yesterday, I talked about team-level statistics and how a team's shot differential is one of the most important tools for forecasting their future results. Today, we'll move on to a conversation about what some non-traditional stats can tell us about individual contributions.

For starters, if we know that a team's shot differential is a strong predictor of their future results, then it makes sense to look at what their shot differential is with a given player on the ice. Corsi is a metric that is basically like a plus/minus, except based on shot attempts instead of goals; it is an important tool for player evaluation.

Why should we prefer using shot attempts, when goals are what we really care about? Like we talked about yesterday, shooting and save percentages vary quite a bit over small sample sizes, and the ~1000 minutes a player is on the ice for in a season aren't nearly enough for that randomness to even out.

For example, last year Sean Couturier was +18 and Brayden Schenn was -7 in traditional plus/minus. But the Flyers actually got slightly more shots with Schenn on the ice -- the difference between them was all in the shooting percentages. Those percentages are prone to large fluctuations and aren't very predictive; indeed they've reversed this year:

Player
Corsi (per 60 min)
Team sh%
Team sv%
'11-12
2013
'11-12
2013
'11-12
2013
Couturier
-0.5
0.0
9.6%
5.9%
93.8%
87.3%
Schenn
+2.1
+2.3
6.2%
9.2%
91.6%
87.7%
Using Corsi as a shot-based plus/minus lets us strip out a lot of this fluctuation from shooting and save percentages and focus on who generally finds themselves in the offensive zone, generating scoring chances. Nobody is trying to argue that shot attempts are the objective and that players should start shooting from the red line to increase their Corsi; the point is that a player who is doing all of the right things to score goals will also end up on the ice for a lot of shot attempts.

But it's not that simple. (Is it ever?)

If you just rank all of the players in the NHL by Corsi, you come up with a list that does OK but has some clear flaws. The problem is that it is missing context. Does a player play with great teammates? Against weak competition? Starting a lot of shifts in the offensive zone? All of these things could boost his results and inflate his numbers.

Fortunately, we have metrics to try to assess each of these things.

Let's start by looking at how to account for teammates. If Kimmo Timonen were playing behind Minnesota's forwards, we would expect him to find himself pinned in the defensive end a lot more often than if he were playing behind Boston's forwards.

One way we can adjust for this is with a statistic called Relative Corsi (often abbreviated Corsi Rel), which compares the team's shot differential with a player on the ice to their shot differential with him off the ice. The Flyers outshoot their opponents by 6.6 shot attempts per 60 minutes when Timonen is on the ice. They get outshot by 4.1 shots per 60 when he is off the ice, so Corsi Rel would say that he improves the team by 10.7 shots per 60, which is quite good.

Corsi Rel isn't perfect, though. It does a reasonable job of accounting for the forwards in front of Timonen, but it is quite closely tied to their defensive depth -- if the guys who come on the ice whenever he goes off are inept, that will make him look better by comparison. There are ways of trying to tease this apart by looking at the performance of specific pairs of players, but the simplest thing to do is use Corsi Rel with a bit of subjective modification, recognizing that it is easier to have a good Corsi Rel on a team with little depth at your position.

We have more direct metrics for assessing a player's quality of competition. The most widespread is one calculated at behindthenet.ca, called Corsi Rel QoC. Corsi Rel QoC assesses the average Corsi Rel of a player's opponents and does a pretty good job of showing who goes against the opponents' top lines. This tells us something about what a coach thinks of his players, and we often infer that a player who is deployed against the opponents' best is probably good defensively.

The other important piece of context is zone starts. Offensive zone faceoffs are often followed by a shot attempt, so a player who is used for a lot more offensive zone draws than defensive zone draws will see his Corsi inflated by his usage. Behind the Net expresses zone starts as a percentage -- 55% means that the player had 55 offensive zone faceoffs for every 45 defensive zone faceoffs, which means his coach generally used him more in scoring situations.

All of the above combines to give a sense of which way the ice tilted with a player on the ice. One nice visual way to express this is with a bubble chart, where the position of a player's bubble reflects his usage and the size and color of the bubble reflect his results:

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Someone who faces strong competition, starts in his own end a lot, and still has a positive shot differential (like Couturier) is probably doing something right, whereas someone getting outshot by weak competition (like Briere) is probably struggling with something. But these stats don't tell us exactly what that is. The current revolution in advanced stats is starting to break things down from team-level results to individual contributions -- figuring out exactly what a player is doing to help drive shot differential.

We've talked about zone entry data a couple of times this year, and now perhaps you can see how this fits into our evaluations. The stats show that carrying the puck into the offensive zone generates more than twice as many shots and goals as dumping it in, so a player who is very good at gaining the line will help drive his team to have a positive shot differential.

We can also use zone entry data to evaluate off-puck contributions. If players have a lot more zone entries when Timonen is on the ice, we can infer that he is making a good first pass that helps put them in good position (something that can also be assessed more directly with zone exit tracking). At the other end of the ice, we can see whether his positioning and mobility force the opponent to dump the puck in more often.

We are in the early stages of making this transition from assessing results to assessing skills, and the data is not universally available yet. But this is where analysis is headed, and it is an exciting step forward.

question: What is corsi?

answer: It is a metric for measuring shot attempts, not just goals, in hockey. It works as a plus/minus, an overall measurement of impact on score instead of just points.

question: Why use corsi to measure?

answer: One player, Sean Couturier, was +18, while another, Brayden Schenn, was -7. However the Flyers, their team, actually got more shots in with Schenn on the ice. The difference between them was in shooting percentage, percentages which are prone to large fluctuations. It is used to indicate which players are doing the things they need to score goals end up on the ice for shot attempts.

question: Is corsi a perfect measurement?

answer: No. A team built of just the highest ranking players on the corsi scale is mediocre, but there are other angles to the measurement, like relative corsi, which measure a players impact when they are on or off the ice. This helps paint a more precise picture about what a player's impact truly is.

question: What is zone entry data?

answer: Zone entry data refers to instances where the puck is moved between offensive and defensive zones. It measures scoring effectiveness when, for instance, the puck is carried into the offensive zone versus when it is dumped in the offensive zone, the former equating statistically to more goals.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Corsi is a method of measuring player effectiveness like a plus/minus. It uses goals as well as shot attempts to rate players. There are different means of using corsi, one called relative corsi measures a player's impact when they are on or off the ice. This factors into zone entry data, which calculates the probability of scoring given how the puck is moved between offensive and defensive zones, like when it is carried in versus when it is dumped in.


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Hi guys! This is my first posting. Enjoy, and if you comment and suggest, that would be very much appreciated! Thank you in advance!
     It's that time again. It's 6:45 pm on a Tuesday evening. Late September. The most beautiful of the months. It's fascinating how the death of leaves, slowly being
 discolored then dwindling helplessly onto the fine edges of the branches, could be such a remarkable view. Every leaf is unique in its own manner, just as every human being is.
     I approach the two-story brick building from the street in front of it where I parked my car. Although this building has two-stories, it comes no more than 9 feet above the sidewalk. The entrance was followed by a set of seven steps declining to the basement door, the main entrance. The third step from the top has a crack just off to the right of the center, parting the step into two uneven slabs of concrete. I counted them when I came down the stairs for the first time, the second time, and every time following that.
     I proceed down the hall about fifteen feet and enter the door on my left. There, a room with twelve chairs are placed, facing inwards to form a circle. The walls were all white, with only two windows, which didn't allow much sunlight to come in, especially due to the time the sun disappears for the day here in Maryland.
     When I enter the circle, a wave of tension crashes over me. I know nobody in the room personally, only from seeing them in their same spots in this circle previously.
     "Good evening," peeps a woman's voice, "and welcome to our Tuesday night meeting! All familiar faces I see. Thomas, Andrew, Jared. But, I would like to start off with a name that has yet to truly open up to us."
     Shit. That's me. Right? No. We haven't heard from Derrick yet. Please Derrick. Stand up for me.
     "Gregory, would you like to start off our gathering this evening?"
     No. I come here to feel like I have something in common with everyone else. I do now. That's it. Goodbye. But I can't just walk away...
     Against every willing muscle, I rise.
     "Hello, everybody..." I said as relaxed as possible, but still nowhere near the definition of "relaxed".
     "Good evening, Greg," says the room, as well as the woman in the burgundy cardigan, sitting with ideal posture in the chair three seats to my right out of twelve chairs. That cardigan draped just past her hips when she stood, but halfway down the legs of the chair when she sat. A peaceful woman, only in her late 20's, continues with, "would you like to start by letting everyone know your name?"
     Maybe it isn't burgundy. Possibly a maroon. It's dark enough to remind me of autumn and the colors of the oak leaves that fell in my front lawn, but not too dark. Most of the leaves weren't quite as deep of a red as she wore.
     I'm getting very off topic here.
     "Gregory." I finally respond after a mere two seconds of a pause between her question and my answer. But a pause that ling in a room this quiet and empty feels like you could watch Titanic once or twice. I don't like the name Gregory, but that was the first thing to explode from my mouth since entering the circles of chairs on the open room I sat in. I spoke curtly, but nervously, as if embarassed to answer incorrectly.
     "My name", gulp, "is Greg Timsworth," I added to my too short of an answer, saying Greg so people don't assume I prefer "Gregory". Another pause followed my extended response before the woman spoke her couple of sentences.
     "Well, it's great to see you here tonight, Greg. Would you like to tell us why you're here?" she asked me enthusiastically and with a caring tone. She was soft-spoken, but it was as if she were in the wrong meeting. Of course she knew. How didn't she? Everybody in this room was here for one reason.
     Weakly and defeated, I opened up. Finally. I can speak of myself. What dilemma I had to overcome every day of my life. Every aspect of living was different than everyone else except for the ten others in this room that underwent the same treatments as I have. All of the doctors and hospitals and medication and tests and surgeries. I have been attending this meeting for 7 sessions, just sitting idly, listening and observing all other answers that other deform-ees gave the woman in the cardigan. They knew my name because of the nametag I wore. Everything else about me was only assumed. I was nobody. Now I'm somebody. I'm Greg Timsworth, owner of a 1991 Ford Probe that runs not as well as I had originally hoped it would've when I bought it for $3,000 on craigslist. I'm the guy that owns a home with a cat that just gave birth to a litter of 4 other kittens. I am Greg Timsworth,  and now I am a somebody.
     I looked the woman with the cardigan in her eyes. Only her. Only her soft brown eyes to match her soft, long brown hair. I stood. With my heart beating faster, I can almost feel the release of all of my pented up emotions. Everything from work, from school, from life as a while. Finally. I scream, louder than ever before, almost in tears.
     "I am Greg Timsworth, and I have no penis!"
     "This is Alcoholics Anonymous..."

title: [RF] - The Rise and Fall of Gregory Timsworth - Part One

question: Why was Gregory fascinated with the woman in the burgundy cardigan?

answer: Gregory is the owner of a 1991 Ford Probe which he parked in front of a two-story building on a Tuesday evening in September. He enters a room in the building where he sits with a number of other people... all in a circle. A woman in the burgundy cardigan greets the attendees and called on Gregory to start off the meeting. Gregory seems fascinated with the woman, her coat, her hair, and her voice. It may be that Gregory is falling in love with the young lady, or it may just be that he just likes the colors she wore; after all, Gregory is a man who likes autumn colors and the woman in question seems to be wearing those colors.


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B: While Lucy is in detention, Bethan is standing outside waiting for her and talking to two older boys.

“I was having a real good time before you two wankers showed up”, said Bethan with a cheeky smile. She threw her cigarette and stepped on the bud.

The two boys walked up to her, one of them was Acker. He had gotten Bethans older sister pregnant before he went to jail and had served two months for G.B.H. Allegedly some idiot at a nightclub insulted his babys mother.

“Hi fuckface” he said.
“Well if I’m a fuckface, you’re a cuntface” she replied.

The other guy walking besides Acker was his “colleague” Will. He is standing in his white shirt, with his hands in his pockets. He is skinny like an underfed dog all boney and ribs. He spits through his teeth like a venomous snake and almost hits Bethan, she strikes back with the palm of her hand hitting him, but it doesn’t hurt.

“What you are doing outside the school?” asked Acker

“I’m waiting for Lucy” said Bethan. She’s a grade A student, with nine O levels a prober smart one she is.

“Why does she care so much for her schoolwork, grades and O levels, she won’t use it for anything once she is done.” Said Acker

“She sounds like an uptight Cardiff girl” answered Will.

“I don’t know, but she is smarter than you lot, a brainteaser from her, would melt your brains” Bethan quickly retaliated.

“Do you want to get wasted with us, when you are done here? Asked Acker
“Your sister will be there and some others”

“Sure, Lucy and me will drop by” said Bethan

“Just bring your own drink” said Will.

“Wow, small and cheap, you really are any girls prince charming” replied Bethan.

title: Lucy is in detention, her friend Bethan waits for her outside of the school, when 2 guys show up.

question: Where is Lucy?

answer: In detention.

question: Is Lucy a good student?

answer: Yes, she is grade A with nine O levels.

question: Why did the boys come up to Bethan?

answer: To invite her to a party.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Bethan smokes a cigarette while she waits for Lucy to get out of detention. Two boys, Aker and Will come over and talk with her and invite her and Lucy to a party.


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For several years now, Sherayzen Law Office has been warning U.S. taxpayers about the ever-increasing IRS interest in undeclared accounts in Singapore. On June 22, 2016, the IRS announced that UBS AG has complied with the IRS summons for bank records held in its Singapore office. This news come after repeated initiatives by the IRS to follow the money that was flowing out of what used to be secret Swiss bank accounts into the undeclared accounts in Singapore.

Facts Surrounding the IRS Summons Regarding UBS Undeclared Accounts in Singapore

The IRS served an administrative summons on UBS for records pertaining to accounts held by Ching-Ye “Henry” Hsiaw. According to the petition, the IRS needed the records in order to determine Hsiaw’s federal income tax liabilities for the years 2006 through 2011. Hsiaw transferred funds from a Switzerland-based account with UBS to the UBS Singapore branch in 2002, according to the declaration of a revenue agent filed at the same time as the petition. UBS refused to produce the records, and the United States filed its petition to enforce the summons.

“The Department of Justice and the IRS are committed to making sure that offshore tax evasion is detected and dealt with appropriately,” said Acting Assistant Attorney General Caroline D. Ciraolo of the Tax Division. “One critical component of that effort is making sure that the IRS has all of the information it needs to audit taxpayers with offshore assets. In this case, we filed a petition to enforce a summons for offshore documents, but that’s only one of the tools we have available for gathering information. Taxpayers with offshore assets who underreported their income should come forward before we come looking for them.”

Lessons to be Learned from the Recent Summons of UBS Undeclared Accounts in Singapore

The recent IRS summons of UBS undeclared accounts in Singapore and the startling ease with which the IRS obtained the necessary information, confirm three earlier predictions that Sherayzen Law Office made after the announcing of the DOJ Program for Swiss Banks. First, the IRS takes a keen interest in the undeclared accounts in Singapore and it will not satisfy itself simply with destroying the Swiss bank secrecy laws with respect to U.S. taxpayers. The IRS is actively expanding its investigations beyond Switzerland and Singapore is definitely one of its top targets.

Second, the IRS will continue to utilize in its investigations the information that it obtained from the Swiss Bank Program, the IRS offshore voluntary disclosure programs and the IRS compliance procedures. The IRS has obtained mountains of information from these programs regarding not only the “favorite” countries for opening and maintaining undeclared accounts, but also the main patterns of U.S. tax noncompliance. In fact, the IRS now has evidence at its disposal to prosecute foreign banks far beyond Switzerland (a fact confirmed by recent criminal prosecutions of two Cayman Islands financial institutions). Hence, the undeclared accounts in Singapore and the foreign banks which are holding them are under increased IRS scrutiny today.

Finally, the implementation of FATCA combined with the two trends described above makes the discovery of undeclared accounts in Singapore (and most other countries) increasingly likely. Furthermore, it seems that the IRS also feels more and more confident to ask the courts for harsher penalties against noncomplying U.S. taxpayers.

What Should U.S. Taxpayers with Undeclared Accounts in Singapore Do?

U.S. taxpayers with undeclared accounts in Singapore now face a very unpleasant scenario where their discovery by the IRS can occur at any point with the imposition of draconian penalties and even potential prison time. Furthermore, it appears that such a discovery by the IRS is not only possible, but very likely.

Given the high probability of the discovery of their undeclared accounts in Singapore, the noncompliant U.S. taxpayers should retain as soon as possible an experienced international tax firm to explore their voluntary disclosure options. One of the best international tax law firms that provides these services is Sherayzen Law Office, Ltd.

Contact Sherayzen Law Office for Professional Help with Your Undeclared Accounts in Singapore

If you have undeclared accounts in Singapore (or any other country), you should immediately contact Sherayzen Law Office for professional help. Sherayzen Law Office is an international tax law firm that is highly experienced in offshore voluntary disclosures, including IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program and Streamlined Compliance Procedures (both Domestic and Foreign). You can rely on us with confidence that your case will be handled in an efficient, speedy and professional manner. We will strive for the best result for you!

CONTACT US TODAY TO SCHEDULE YOUR CONFIDENTIAL CONSULTATION!

question: What does the text say about people with undeclared bank accounts in Singapore?

answer: Sherayzen Law Office has been warning US taxpayers for years about IRS interest in undeclared bank accounts in Singapore. It is now very likely that such accounts will be discovered by the IRS and this could lead to the imposition of draconian penalties and even potential prison time. As a result, the author recommends that noncompliant US taxpayers quickly find an experienced international tax firm to explore voluntary disclosure options.

question: What does the text say about Sherayzen Law Office?

answer: Sherayzen Law Office has been warning US taxpayers for years about increasing IRS interest in undeclared accounts in Singapore. The law office is an international tax law firm that is highly experienced in offshore voluntary disclosures, including the IRS Offshore Voluntary Disclosure Program and Streamlined Compliance Procedures. They recommend that if you have undeclared accounts in Singapore, you should contact their office immediately.


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SEITA EMORI (born 1970 in Kanagawa, Japan) is a Japanese environmental scientist whose most noted work focuses upon the worldwide effects of Global Warming.[1] He completed his Doctorate at the University of Tokyo in 1997 and thereafter joined the National Institute of Environmental Studies, Japan, where he is currently the Chief of the Climate Risk Assessment Research Section at the Center for Global Environmental Research.[2] Emori is a contributing author to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and a member of the IPCC Steering Committee for the “Expert Meeting on New Scenarios”, for which the IPCC received a Noble Prize in 2007.[3]

Among Emori's publications are the academic paper “Sensitivity Map of LAI to Precipitation and Surface Air Temperature Variations in a Global Scale” (co-authored with his Japans colleague Hiroshi Kanzawa and Jiahua Zhang and Congbin Fu of the START, Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Beijing, China).[4]

[1] https://www.nies.go.jp/researchers-e/100101.html

[2] http://www.shortshorts.org/2012/en/award/gw-jurors.php

[3] http://s3.isp.unu.edu/groups/cecarweb/wiki/da737/Seita_Emori_.html

[4] http://icaci.org/files/documents/ICC_proceedings/ICC2001/icc2001/file/f24032.pdf

title: Seita Emori

question: Who is Seita Emori?

answer: He is a Japanese environmental scientist whose most noted work focuses upon the worldwide effects of Global Warming and is currently the Chief of the Climate Risk Assessment Research Section at the Center for Global Environmental Research, National Institute of Environmental Studies, Japan.

question: When and where did Emori complete his doctorate?

answer: He completed his Doctorate at the University of Tokyo in 1997

question: Summarize everything relating to Emori and the IPCC.

answer: Emori is a contributing author to the Fourth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and a member of the IPCC Steering Committee for the “Expert Meeting on New Scenarios”, for which the IPCC received a Noble Prize in 2007.

question: What publication did he co-author with colleague Hiroshi Kanzawa and Jiahua Zhang and Congbin Fu of the START Institute of Atmospheric Physics in Beijing, China?

answer: Sensitivity Map of LAI to Precipitation and Surface Air Temperature Variations in a Global Scale

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Seita Emori is a Japanese environmental scientist whose work focuses on the worldwide effects of Global Warming. He is currently the Chief of the Climate Risk Assessment Research Section at the Center for Global Environmental Research of the National Institute of Environmental Studies in Japan. Emori is a member of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) steering committee that won a Nobel Prize in 2007.


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The Miami Heat and San Antonio Spurs seem to be involved in a pretty even matchup heading into Game 3 of the NBA Finals, allowing the location of the next few games the potential to cause a bit more havoc than it would in most series. The location, of course, will be the AT&T Center in San Antonio because -- since 1985 -- the NBA uses a 2-3-2 format for the championship series.

The guise of homecourt advantage isn't always as advantageous as some would like to believe, but the fact that Miami wasn't able to take a 2-0 advantage at home before heading into Texas with three games in opponent territory has caused some to wonder if the Spurs might be able to finish the series in Game 5 in front of their home fans instead of ending up in Miami for Games 6 and 7.

The belief that San Antonio should now win the series simply because they didn't lose both games in Miami isn't exactly sound logic, as the above link explains in great detail, but it's always sort of interesting to know what has happened in previous series as a sort of benchmark for the current one. No NBA Finals is created the same, obviously, but it's sometimes fun to see how things unfolded in the past.

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  Home games won   No.   Won series
  Game 3 only      2     0
  Game 4 only      3     1
  Game 5 only      0     0
  Games 3 and 4    4     2
  Games 3 and 5    5     1
  Games 4 and 5    5     1
  All 3            3     3
  None             6     0
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The 2011 Dallas Mavericks are the only team to ever win Games 4 and 5 and also win the series, but the above statistics show that it's obviously a good indicator that if the home team takes cares of business during the "3" portion of the 2-3-2 format, that team is going to have a pretty good chance of winning the series.

The rest isn't necessarily important as anomalies are abundant and all over the place -- aside from no team ever winning a Finals series by going undefeated exclusively on the road -- but it's likely not an exercise in complete futility if one wants to say that winning NBA Finals home games are a good indicator of whether or not teams are going to win the series ... however obvious it might be to most readers.

Whether or not the 2-3-2 format needs to be changed is going to largely be up to personal preference, but it does seem a 2-2-1-1-1 format or something similar might be more beneficial to evening things out. If that were to occur, however, many other concerns would likely pop up ... and the anomalies regarding home teams winning might occur just as often.

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• Turnovers doom Spurs | Flannery: Off-day stories with T-Mac.

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• Julius Erving and the loss of innocence.

• Grizzlies lose Hollins, but shouldn't panic

question: Who are matched up?

answer: The NBA basketball teams the Miami Heat and the Antonio Spurs.

question: Which game of the finals is it?

answer: Game 3

question: Who is the only team to win Games 4 and 5 of the series?

answer: The 2011 Dallas Mavericks.

question: Do home teams usually win?

answer: According to the author of this article, there is no evidence either way.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The Miami Heat and the Antonio Spurs are playing Game 3 of the finals at the AT&T Center in San Antonio because the NBA uses a specific format for the championship series. The author of this article contends that where the games occur-at home or away-seems to have little bearing on the outcome of the games.


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BOCAS DEL TORO DISTRICT is a district (_distrito_) of Bocas del Toro Province in Panama. The population according to the 2012 census was 16,815;[1] the latest official estimate (for 2019) is 21,396.[2] The district covers a total area of 433.2 km². The capital lies at the town of Bocas del Toro.[3] Major industries include tourism and agriculture.

Administrative divisions

Bocas del Toro District is divided administratively into the following _corregimientos_:

-   Bocas del Toro
-   Bastimentos
-   Cauchero
-   Punta Laurel
-   Tierra Oscura

Table of Islands

  Nr     Island                       Capital              Other Cities                                                                 Area (km²)   Population
  ------ ---------------------------- -------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------ ----------------------------------------------------- --- ------------------------- ------------ ----------------------------------------------------- ------- -------
  1      Cauchero Mainland area       Cauchero             Tierra Oscura, Hope well, Secretaria, shark Hole,                            185          3455
  2      Bocas del Toro Archipelago   Bocas Town           Bastimentos, Punta Laurel, Isla Popa                                         248.2        12730
  2.1    Bastimentos Island           Bastimentos town     Red Frog, Quebrada de Sal, Bahia Honda,                                      52           1663
  2.2    Carenero Island              Caranero Town        Playa Buccaneer, Brown Point, Playa Acuario,                                 1            737
  2.3    Cayo Agua Island             Puebla Limon         P. Piedra Roja, P. de Tiburon, P. de Nispero, P. Norte, Playa Resorte Agua   16           529
  2.4    Cayo Coral                   Cayo Coral                                                                                0.05         4
  2.5    Cayo Mono                    Cayo Mono                                                                                0.11         18
  2.6    Cayos Zapatilla              Cayo Sur Station     Cayo Norte, Cobler Point,                                                    0.48         2
  2.7    Colon Island                 Bocas Town           Big Creek, Boca Del Drago                                                    61           6629
  2.8    Cristobal Island             Botabite             Bocatorito, Big Bight, Redmans, Valle escondido,                             37           1329
  2.9    German Soldier cay           German Soldier cay                                                                                0.2          1
  2.10   Isla de Bagui                Bagui Town                                                                                0.38         56
  2.11   Isla Loma                    Loma Partida         Punta Sumwood                                                                3.56         225
  2.12   Isla Pastores                Pastores Town        Playa starfish, Punta Fors, Punta Vergayo, Punta Maya                        2.45         50
  2.13   Jack Analy Cays              Jack Analy sur       Jack Analy norte                                                             0.06         1
  2.14   Popa Island                  Popa Town            Punta Laurel, Punta Tigre                                                    53           1201
  2.15   Solarte Island               Solarte Town         Punta Hospital, Tucker Bight, Punta Juan Brown,                              8            285
  2.16   Other Islands                Cayo Rodlan                                                                                12           0 |- style=“background: #DDD;” | class=“sortbottom”

Climate

Bocas del Toro is a coastal location with a tropical climate. The area does not have a predictable dry season. The driest times are late August to mid-October, February, and March.[4] Bocas del Toro is humid. Thundershowers and heavy rain are common. Normal temperatures are consistent all year (Hi: 83-90, low: 71-75). Due to its low latitude, sunrise is around 6 AM, and sunset is around 6 PM local time. These times vary slightly during the year. Weather data is collected at Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport:

Transportation

The district consists of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago and a coastal mainland area. Ferries, water taxis, and private boats provide transportation to many locations. Buses connect boat docks and mainland commununities to adjacent districts and the rest of Panama. Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport provides passenger and cargo flights to Panama and Costa Rica. Roads are usually dirt or gravel. Larger highways may be paved.

Infrastructure

Bocas del Toro is a rural district. Schools and medical clinics operate around the district. Sanitation is limited. Water filtration and treatment facilities are non-existent in most communities. Sewage treatment is non-existent. The government is working on building more infrastructure in rural areas.

[1]

[2] Instituto Nacional de Estadística y Censo, Panama.

[3]

[4] Frommer's Panama (2E, 2009), .

title: Bocas del Toro District

question: What is the Bocas del Toro District?

answer: It is a district of Bocas del Toro Province in Panama that covers a total area of 433.2 km² and has an estimated population of 21,396 as of 2019.

question: What is the climate of Bocas del Toro?

answer: Bocas del Toro has a humid, tropical climate that experiences regular thundershowers and heavy rain. Normal temperatures are consistent all year (Hi: 83-90, low: 71-75). The driest times are late August to mid-October, February, and March.

question: How do people get around in Bocas del Toro?

answer: Since the district consists of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago and a coastal mainland area, ferries, water taxis, and private boats provide transportation to many locations. Buses connect boat docks to mainland communities. Bocas del Toro "Isla Colón" International Airport provides passenger and cargo flights to Panama and Costa Rica.

question: What are the major industries in Bocas del Toro?

answer: Major industries include agriculture and tourism.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: The Bocas del Toro District is a rural district of Bocas del Toro Province in Panama that covers a total area of 433.2 km² and has an estimated population of 21,396 as of 2019. Major industries include agriculture and tourism. Bocas del Toro has a humid, tropical climate that experiences regular thundershowers and heavy rain. Since the district consists of the Bocas del Toro Archipelago and a coastal mainland area, ferries, water taxis, and private boats provide transportation to many locations. Buses connect boat docks to mainland communities. The "Isla Colón" International Airport provides passenger and cargo flights to Panama and Costa Rica.


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It sits in the middle of the jewel-encrusted chamber, pulsating with power. Not even the candlemaker can comprehend the curious article as he stands there in awe. It was just as the legend recounted - the very legend which, over the years, was taught to him and the others back in the citadel. Very few have ever been able to feel the artifact's forces, let alone be in the same room as it. Of all the possible people, someone of the candlemaker's standing would not normally be considered for the journey, yet, for reasons only known to the leaders, he was chosen. Whatever plan they had for him, only the divines could ever know.

The glimmering chamber stands on the peak of a giant, seaweed-smothered rock in the middle of the fearful Caseitic Ocean. The candlemaker's rowing boat waits patiently at the dock, which marks the beginning of the long, disused path, leading to the mysterious mansion at the summit. The candlemaker had noticed the most unusual creatures as he made his way to the peak: those that wielded opulent golden tentacles and outstanding sharpened claws. Their behaviour was interesting; it was as if they helped guide the candlemaker up the mountain, using their various appendages to point the way. They were not the slightest bit hostile. For an apparently long-abandoned landmass, their ecosystem boasts its stability.

It was after the candlemaker had navigated his way through winding corridors and up fragile staircases that he made it to the main chamber. Appreciating the seriousness of the situation, he wipes a veil of sweat from his brow, flicking it to the floor. The sweat appears to react with the regal purple carpet, giving off a mild, surprisingly fragrant vapour, which the man could only identify as spoiled crab meat. He was greatly acquainted with the scent, being a regular client of the fish-market back home.

The artifact which proudly rests in the center of the room glows so brightly that its true form cannot be perceived. One would have to place their hands on it to find out, though there is no knowing whether it is dangerous to the touch. The candlemaker has wasted enough time gazing at the item, and there is nought he could do but walk up to it and learn its true nature.

Approaching the artifact, the candlemaker squints as he walks into the light. He reaches out to the mysterious object with his hands, and penetrates its surface. A wave of power surges through him, and the light radiating from the object begins to fade. Opening his eyes, he sees that the artifact is a jade crab, perched on a wrought iron stand. With a glowing expression on his face, he takes the crab, admiring it even more than he did so before.

Strangely, the crab begins to glow again, and a large crack appears down its center. A bright green liquid starts to flow from it, as if it were a glowstick. The liquid visibly irritates the candlemaker's bare hands and he panics; however, he is unable to put it down. It refuses to be put down. As the skin is dissolved from his fingers, he speaks worriedly into his mouthpiece:

"It's the arthropod. The arthropod is leaking."

Soon after, a sinister voice replies:

"It is a reflection of your lowly craftsmanship. No wonder the other citizens could not trust you."

There is nothing the candlemaker could do but scream as the acid spread up his arms and through his body. He eventually lets the jade crab fall to the floor, where it splits into two pieces. The corroded remains of the unfortunate candlemaker are strewn across the carpet, and the stench of crab meat fills the air.

His earpiece, however, remains intact. It lets out a menacing laugh.

question: What is the setting of the story?

answer: The setting is in chamber on a rock in the middle of a the fictional Caseitic Ocean.

question: Does this story have an antagonist?

answer: The antagonist appears to be those who sent the candlemaker (the sinister voice) to find the artifact

question: What is the candlemaker's name?

answer: That information can't be found.

question: Why is the candlemaker sweating?

answer: The candlemaker worked up a sweat by navigating through corridors and up staircases.

question: What is the candlemaker being tasked with?

answer: The leaders choose the candlemaker to go on a journey to find an artifact, an arthropod that has special forces, in a jewel-encrusted chamber.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: A candlemaker is sent by the leaders of his citadel to find a powerful, legendary artifact in a chamber in the middle of the Caseitic Ocean. After completing the journey, and finding the main chamber, he sees the glowing artifact, a jade arthropod. A bright green liquid flows from it and corrodes the candlemaker. A sinister voice in the candlemaker's earpiece says it is a reflection of his lowly craftsmanship.


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Apple has become the latest U.S.-based multinational to acquire an Israeli technology company — in this case, the flash storage firm Anobit Technologies. According to Wharton’s Leonard Lodish, the purchase reflects a larger trend of Israeli innovations in the digital signal processes arena.

Apple’s recent $390 million acquisition of flash storage company Anobit Technologies marks a minor milestone for the technology firm: Apple’s first acquisition of an Israeli company. Herzliya-based Anobit already supplies high-performance controllers that Apple uses for optimizing the memory capabilities inside such best-selling products as the iPhone and iPad. With the acquisition of Anobit, Apple will be able to secure its supply of that key technology for years to come.

Beyond its implications for Apple, the acquisition of Anobit reflects a broader trend of long-term significance, notes Wharton marketing professor Leonard Lodish. The purchase of Anobit “brings home the fact that the great majority of technical innovation that comes out of Israel involves digital signal processes at its core roots,” says Lodish. “And this is something that people learn in the military.” It’s no accident that signal-process technology is also used in the world of electronic warfare, where real-time location tracking is a vital concern. “In Israel, everyone goes into the military, so a lot of smart people [are working in] the Israeli military,” Lodish adds.

The technology supplied by Anobit “processes electrical signals at orders of magnitudes faster” than other technologies, he adds.  A significant number of iPhone users in Israel use this kind of technology to view real-time data about traffic flows generated by signals sent from the cell phones of people moving about the country. Thanks to Anobit’s advanced signal-processing technology, iPhone apps can drill down to an unprecedented level of local detail about traffic movements.

Apple is just one of a list of U.S. multinationals that have invested in an Israeli high-tech firm. Other firms that have bought Israeli companies include Google (QuickSee, LabPixies), 3M (Attenti), IBM (Storwize), and Motorola (Bitband.) In addition, Oracle has bought Convergin, a provider of network software, while AOL has acquired five Israeli technology firms, including ‘5min’ (free instructional videos), Mirabilis (instant messaging), Relegence (financial information search), Yedda (a questions and answers site), and Quigo (contextual search engine marketing.) Intel, which operates 4 R&D centers and two manufacturing plants in Israel, announced last November that it will invest $25 million over the next five years, to strengthen its cooperation with Israeli academia. Google has said that it will establish an incubator for Israeli start-ups this year.

question: Where are the Anobit headquarters?

answer: Herzliya

question: Why is Apple's purchase of Anobit a form of vertical integration?

answer: Anobit Technologies already supplied components to Apple at the time of the acquisition so the purchase was a move to backward integration.

question: What would Apple's major objective be in buying Anobit?

answer: They want to secure key technologies for the uninterrupted manufacture of the iPhone and iPad technologies.

question: Why is the purchase a minor milestone?

answer: It signifies Apple's first acquisition in the Israeli tech industry.

question: How has the military driven Israel's growth in the tech industry?

answer: Signal process technology is used in the military. All Israelis do military service and many make a career in the military. In addition to this real-time location-tracking is essential for military operations.

question: What do regular citizens use the signal process technology for?

answer: They use it to track real-time data on traffic flows generated by the cellphones carried by traveling people.


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The KICKER STATUE is a sculpture created by sculptor Josef Tabachnyk. It stands in front of the new building of the Kicker sport magazine at Badstraße in Nuremberg. It depicts a football player performing a bicycle kick, where the player performs a kick of the ball with his foot above his head. The statue was erected on 22nd May 2014 and Toni Schnell (business leader of the Olympia Publishing House), Josef Tabachnyk and numerous employees of the Kicker sport magazine were present. [1]

The green granite symbolises the football field, the _k_ is the logo of the magazine Kicker. After overcoming the earth’s gravity, the dynamic figure of the football player The Bicycle Kicker floats in the air.

The measurements of the statue are 320x200x140 cm.

According to Josef Tabachnyk the ball rises to the peak of the foot, as it is above all “a symbol of the spirit of sport, the passion for the beauty of the game, the love of millions for this sport”.[2][3][4][5][6]

[1] Statue for the kicker

[2] article 'Der Nürnberger Kicker aus Bronze', newspaper 'Nürnberger Nachrichten', 23rd May 2014, page 11

[3] article 'Hommage an Eleganz und Kraft des Fußballs', newspaper 'Nürnberger Zeitung', 23rd May 2014, page 11

[4] Video: football player

[5] The Sporting Statues Project

[6] Nürnberg - Kunst im öffentlichen Raum

title: Kicker Statue

question: Who created the Kicker statue?

answer: Josef Tabachnyk.

question: What does the green granite symbolize?

answer: The football field.

question: What football field?

answer: Seemingly any generic football field.

question: What would football be called in the United States?

answer: Soccer.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The Kicker statue was created by sculptor Josef Tabachnyk that stands at the front of the new building of the Kicker sport magazine in Nuremberg. The statue depicts a soccer player's performing a bicycle kick. It was erected on May 22, 2014.


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TalkTalk became aware something was up in September 2014 after customer complaints began rolling in. Scam callers had been targeting subscribers under the pretense of providing technical support, and knew their names, addresses, TalkTalk account numbers and, of course, their phone numbers. Ironically, these wannabe identity thieves had actually gleaned this information from a customer database belonging to Wipro, a company that resolves complaints and provides _legitimate_ tech support on TalkTalk's behalf.

Upon lengthy investigation, TalkTalk discovered three Wipro employee accounts had been used to access customer details unlawfully. As it turned out, employees could access the data by logging in from any device with an internet connection, and simple search terms would allow staff to view and export the data of 500 customers at a time. It was this lax approach to data handling that the ICO found to be a breach of the Data Protection Act, hence the fine of £100,000 today.

This kind of breach is completely different to the "significant and sustained cyberattack" that hit the provider in 2015, but we imagine TalkTalk would just like to pay the piper and let us go back to forgetting this earlier breach ever happened.

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question: What happened in September 2014?

answer: Customer complaints of scam callers that had customers' personal information alerted TalkTalk that some sort of data breach.

question: What is Wipro?

answer: Wipro is a company that resolves complaints and provides technical support on behalf of TalkTalk.

question: How many users were affected by the security breach?

answer: Not answered.

question: How big of a fine was put on TalkTalk?

answer: Unsure if the fine fell on TalkTalk or Wipro, but the total fine was £100,000.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: TalkTalk had a breach of security in September of 2014, that was brought to their attention by an increase in customer complaints of spam callers that had their personal information. The attack originated after the thieves stole information from Wipro, a company that resolves complaints and provides tech support on behalf of TalkTalk.


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The 1960 NEW MEXICO GUBERNATORIAL ELECTION took place on November 8, 1960, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Democrat John Burroughs ran for reelection to a second term.

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary was won by incumbent governor John Burroughs.

Results

Republican primary

The Republican primary was won by former governor Edwin L. Mechem.

Results

General election

Results

title: 1960 New Mexico gubernatorial election

question: What date did the 1960 New Mexico gubernatorial election take place?

answer: November 8th.

question: Who won the Democratic primary?

answer: John Burroughs.

question: Who won the Republican primary?

answer: Edwin L. Mechem.

question: Who won the election?

answer: Burroughs.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The 1960 New Mexico gubernatorial election took place on November 8, 1960, in order to elect the Governor of New Mexico. Incumbent Democrat John Burroughs ran for reelection to a second term.


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A state of emergency has been declared in West Virginia following a spill into the Elk River of a chemical used to treat coal before it’s burned, called “4-methylcyclohexane methanol” — some details from ThinkProgress:

Residents of nine counties in West Virginia have been told not to use or drink their water after a chemical used by the coal industry spilled into the Elk River on Thursday. Gov. Earl Ray Tomblin declared a state of emergency as more than 100,000 customers, or 300,000 people, are without safe drinking water.

“Don’t make baby formula,” said West Virginia American Water Company president Jeff McIntyre. “Don’t brush your teeth. Don’t shower. Toilet flushing only.”

The chemical, 4-Methylcyclohexane Methanol (MCHM), is used to wash coal of impurities and spilled from a tank at Freedom Industries into the river. While the amount of MCHM that spilled wasn’t immediately known, West Virginia American Water has been conducting water quality testing every hour. According to Laura Jordan, a spokesperson with the water company, they believe the chemical is leaking at ground level and “there is a possibility this leak has been going on for sometime before it was discovered Thursday,” WSAZ reported.

Mary Anne Hitt, a resident of West Virginia and the director of the Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal Campaign said, “Our thoughts are with the more than 300,000 people in eastern West Virginia affected by this toxic chemical spill, upstream from the largest drinking water source in West Virginia. Coal mining communities are faced with the dangers of water pollution from coal mining and pollution every day. This spill pulls the curtain back on the coal industry’s widespread and risky use of dangerous chemicals, and is an important reminder that coal-related pollution poses a serious danger to nearby communities. Americans, and the people of West Virginia, deserve greater accountability and transparency about coal industry practices.”

As West Virginia Public Broadcasting points out for those impacted by this spill, more information is needed to assess what the impacts might be for “exposure at the levels being experienced in the air and water.” The patent page for the process in which 4-methylcyclohexane methanol is used has some background information:

In the coal industry, various types of shale and clay are produced as a mixture with the coal. To increase the heating value of the coal and to reduce the hauling costs, a complex process of coal washing is normally used to reduce the total ash content. In this process the coal is graded to a certain size, usually less than six inches, and then fed into a slurry bath in which the density of the media is closely controlled. The coal floats in the heavy media bath while the heavier rocks sink to the bottom.

Here’s how the coal industry’s PR machine sought to characterize this process, from a 1979 ad in the _Wall Street Journal_: “Raw coal is crushed, exposing more of its natural inner impurities. The crushed coal is passed through a bath of heavy liquid. The lighter “cleaned” coal floats to the top and the heavier impurities sink to the bottom.”

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Note that this ad is referring to the same coal scrubbing process in which 4-methylcyclohexane methanol is used, but that particular chemical wasn’t created until later, replacing other chemicals that may have been even more toxic (more detail about that in the patent page link above).

“Clean coal” is a PR phrase that the coal industry has used for decades, going back at least as far as this 1921 ad in the _New York  Times_. In reality, coal can never be clean, it poisons our air and water at every stage, from extraction to transportation, processing to burning. Toxic chemicals like 4-methylcyclohexane methanol are used to scrub some impurities from coal, which then contributes to the risk of disasters like the one in West Virginia. When scrubbers are installed to remove some forms of pollution from smokestack emissions, we’re left with enormous quantities of coal ash and toxins that leach into drinking water. Efforts to capture and sequester the carbon pollution from coal plants deep underground (if it ever becomes cost effective) will create new pollution problems, like somehow ensuring that the injected CO2 could never leak. And from West Virginia to Wyoming, all these efforts to “clean” coal fail to address the impacts of mountain top removal and strip mining.

The only clean coal is coal left in the ground, where it poses no threat to our air, water, and climate.

question: What chemical was spilled?

answer: 4-methylcyclohexane methanol.

question: Where was the chemical spilled?

answer: West Virginia.

question: In what river was the chemical spilled?

answer: The Elk River.

question: What is 4-methylcyclohexane methanol for?

answer: Treating coal before it is burned.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The article is about a spill of a chemical for treating coal into West Virginia's Elk River. It discusses the politics and industrial processes behind coal mining and why it is a persistent economic and environmental issue.


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_Spoilers through Season 6 of 'The Walking Dead' follow._

Season 6 of _The Walking Dead_ has been a mixed bag, to say the least.

We started off on a really strong note.

Rick and company found a quarry filled with zombies, and decided to herd them far away from Alexandria.It was kind of a dumb idea, but the action that ensued was fun and tense.

At the very end of the season premiere, we heard a horn go off---coming from the direction of Alexandria. This caused the herd to break in half. All the zombies with good hearing headed toward Alexandria, while all the deaf zombies kept following Daryl, Abraham and Sasha. (Or something like that.)

The second episode was even more crazy and action-packed. The strangely psychotic Wolves attacked Alexandria while most of the best fighters were out dealing with the quarry zombies. The ensuing fight was insane and bloody and tense and a bunch of extras were killed.

We also discover that a truck the Wolves drove into Alexandria's walls is what's making the horn sound. Maggie, Carol, and Morgan save the day.

In episode 3, we leap back to Rick and the others, some of whom are heading back to Alexandria, trying to stay ahead of the herd. Rick runs to get the RV and hopefully use it to distract the walkers. It's crazy! People we don't care about are dropping like flies to the slow and lumbering zombie herd.

And then this happens.

Nicholas and Glenn find themselves trapped in an alley, zombies all around them!

The zombies are trying to grab their feet!

They're not sure what to do, and Nicholas starts to freak out!

Glenn is like "NICHOLAS! NICHOLAS!"

But Nicholas just can't handle the pressure. He's saved one in the chamber all for himself, and with a firm grip on Glenn he pulls the trigger...

And down they tumble...

Into the zombies, like an accidental buffet.

At this point, I think "Surely he's dead." I'm watching a screener, mind you, so I don't watch _The Talking Dead_ afterwards, and haven't seen the clues by the time my review posts. Those clues point to Glenn actually still being alive.

Actor Steven Yeun didn't show up on the post-show talk-show, and there was no memorial to Glenn in the bit where they tip their hats to the dead. People started theorizing that he pulled himself under the dumpster, miraculously getting away from dozens of walkers who were all around him without a bite or a scratch.

Then we had an episode about Morgan's past, and how he became the man he is today.

That was okay. I figured they wouldn't tell us what happened to Glenn right away. The show bounces back and forth between story-lines even when there aren't massive cliff-hangers like this.

And the story of Morgan and Eastman was actually really good.

But then...

...then we got a story about these people. An entire episode devoted to the Alexandrians and Rick and a tiny bit of Maggie and nothing else.

No Glenn. Not even a hint to his survival.

That alone would have been bad enough, but we also didn't get any of the other core characters who were in Alexandria like Carol and Michonne. It was like, for a moment, there had been no attack by Wolves. No possibly dead Glenn. We were supposed to sit around and listen to a bunch of whiny Alexandrians and an over-the-top Rick do...nothing.

But that was okay because we were all pretty certain that we'd get back to the good stuff and find out about Glenn the following week! Only...

Nope. More people we don't care about in one of the most plodding episodes in the show's recent history.

Sure, we got some Daryl and we all love Daryl, but the writers also decided this was a good time to introduce us to new characters, a new group of possible villains, and a weird flirtation between Abraham and Sasha.

Because these are all things that we care about more than Glenn or the survivors back in Alexandria actually, you know, _talking about what just happened._

Too bad Abraham didn't get that Humvee though.

So let's take count here.

The season started off with three really good episodes, culminating in the mystery of Glenn's death.

Then the showrunners spent _three more episodes_ essentially refusing to move the plot forward. We got one good backstory, and then two episodes where almost nothing happened to anyone we cared about. We learned that Maggie was pregnant and that's about all.

Then finally---_finally!_---in the seventh episode we found ourselves back in a familiar place...

Walkers feasting on intestines in an alleyway! Could it be? Could it be we were about to find out Glenn's fate, just three (and a half, since Morgan's episode was 90 minutes) episodes later?

Yes! And the theories were right! Glenn had pulled himself out from under Nicholas and made his way beneath the dumpster!

And this was good news! But...also sort of a letdown. Killing off Glenn felt like a really bold move to me, even though I didn't like it. My not liking it, being so sad and disturbed by it, was probably the strongest I've felt about _The Walking Dead_...ever. I can't think of another moment so powerful in the entire show's run.

But it was a head-fake. They were just tricking us. Worse still, they tricked us and then dragged it out for weeks, effectively killing off all the tension we had at the end of episode 3.

This gave us all far too much time to think about the circumstances, as well. And we did. We thought about it a lot and we started to think, "This doesn't really add up." I mean, Nicholas and Glenn fall off the dumpster into a mob of zombies. Let's look at that scene a little more closely. Watch around the 1:30 minute mark in the below video:

Notice how Glenn and Nicholas fall away from the dumpster? They very clearly fall with their heads going the other direction, down the alley. Their feet would be near the dumpster. And yet, when Glenn pulls himself to safety, somehow---miraculously!---his head is pointing toward the dumpster and he's able to escape.

Okay, so we can blame that on some inconsistent directing and cinematography. But what about the plausibility of Glenn actually dragging himself to safety?

The only reason he's alive still is because Nicholas's corpse is laying on top of him. The zombies are eating Nicholas's intestines, and ignoring Glenn for some reason. It's dumb luck, which okay, we can accept that.

But now imagine being pinned under somebody else's dead body, which is in turn being pressed upon by a bunch of undead. Imagine how heavy this would be, and then imagine laying on your back and somehow dragging yourself out from under it.

Let's say, fine, Glenn had some serious adrenaline and it gave him superhuman strength and he was able to pull himself under the dumpster.

But then...why did none of the zombies go after him?

This is a show where fully able-bodied adults who can walk, and who move about twice as fast as zombies, get ambushed by loud, mouth-breathing walkers who can't do more than a shuffle. Regularly. Inexplicably. And yet here, while Glenn is prone, pinned, and disoriented, he somehow manages to drag himself under a dumpster and escape.

Right.

EVEN ZOMBIE SHOWS NEED TO BE BELIEVABLE

I mean, yes, this is just a zombie show so why I am complaining so much!? I know some of you are thinking that, just itching to post a comment along the lines of "It's just a TV show, why can't you just enjoy it? Stop whining, blah blah blah."

The thing is, I expect a bit of plausibility even in my zombie TV. For the drama to work, for me to be fully immersed in the story, for the tension to grab at me, I need things to make sense, even if the premise is as far out as a zombie apocalypse. And _The Walking Dead_ consistently doesn't make sense. Glenn's return from the dead is simply too implausible. And it saps all the good drama from the initial death scene.

Add to this the long break between death and resurrection, and _The Walking Dead_ really has dropped the ball this season.

WAS IT WORTH IT?

You know the sad thing? This whole process of keeping such a big secret from fans was also a process of keeping a big secret from friends and family of Yeun.

“I have not been out much,” Yeun said on _The Talking Dead_. “My apartment looks like a hoarder’s house.

“I feel bad that I couldn’t say anything to everyone and family and friends. I’m pretty sure I’ve lost friendships along the way. But yeah, it’s kind of been overwhelming. I didn’t even really know how to take it all.”

That's crazy to me. He lost friendships for staying mum _about a TV show. _Some friends, sure, but also...was it worth it? If _The Walking Dead_ had simply moved on to reveal Glenn's fate in episode 5 instead of episode 7 that's two fewer weeks of keeping a secret, and two fewer weeks of draining tension and mounting annoyance in the fan base.

I mean, plausibility aside, just a bit of good old-fashioned pacing would have made this entire fiasco better, and likely would have prevented all this analysis and nit-picking from happening to begin with. It could have been seen as a dramatic win for the show, instead of just...mediocre. Oh well.

TL;DR: _The Walking Dead_ really screwed the pooch with Glenn's death, the weeks of waiting to find out what happened, and his eventual return. It's this kind of thing that really keeps AMC's flagship show from achieving greatness. The ratings may be stellar, but good ratings don't excuse bad writing and direction.

Thoughts?

question: What is the focus of the article?

answer: The article details (including spoilers) Season 6 of the tv show, The Walking Dead.

question: Who is the target audience for this article?

answer: It seems the article is written for fans of the show who are already familiar with the characters.

question: The author of the article seems irritated about what?

answer: The author seems irritated that the first 3 episodes are action-packed, and they leave the audience in suspense about what happened to Glenn. The audience doesn't find out until episode 7 that Glenn was able to save himself from the zombie horde. The author also believes that Glenn's survival is fully unrealistic.

question: Did the author think that Glenn's character should've died?

answer: While the author likes Glenn's character, killing him would've been a really bold move.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The author of the article is very irritated with the writers of The Walking Dead Season 6. The author seems irritated that the first 3 episodes are action-packed, and they leave the audience in suspense about what happened to Glenn. The audience doesn't find out until episode 7 that Glenn was able to save himself from the zombie horde. The author also believes that Glenn's survival is fully unrealistic.


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The DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE was a department in the Government of New Brunswick, Canada. It was responsible for management of the Province's Agriculture industries. The member of the Executive Council responsible for the department was initially called the COMMISSIONER OF AGRICULTURE. The department would become known as the DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT in the late 1990s.

From 1882, the Department of Agriculture was also responsible for fisheries until 1963 when the government of Premier Louis Robichaud created a separate Department of Fisheries. This department would be renamed the DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES & AQUACULTURE which in 2000 was merged with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development to become the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Aquaculture. This department lasted until October 3, 2006 when Premier Shawn Graham split the departments into the Department of Agriculture and Aquaculture and reestablished the separate Department of Fisheries.

Ministers

  1.     Minister               Term                                     Administration of:
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  1.     George J. Colter       May 5, 1882 - February 26, 1883          Daniel Lionel Hanington
  2.     William Elder          1883 - 1883                              Andrew George Blair
  3.     James Mitchell         February, 1890–1897                      Andrew George Blair
  4.     Charles H. LaBillois   July 1897 - 1900                         Henry Emmerson
  5.     Lauchlin P. Farris     September 1, 1900 - March 20, 1908       Tweedie/ Pugsley/Robinson
  6.     David V. Landry        1908–1914                                J. D. Hazen/J. K. Flemming
  7.     James A. Murray        January 22, 1914 – 1917                  George J. Clarke
  8.     J. F. Tweedale         April 4, 1917 - December 21, 1920        Walter Foster
  9.     D. W. Mersereau        December 21, 1920 - September 20, 1925   Foster/Veniot
  10.    Lewis Smith            September 20, 1925 - 12 July 1935        Baxter/Richards/Tilley
  11.    Austin C. Taylor       July 16, 1935 - October 8, 1952          A. Dysart/J. B. McNair
  12.    Cyril B. Sherwood      October 8, 1952 - July 12, 1960          Hugh John Flemming
  13.    J. Adrien Levesque     July 12, 1960 - November 12, 1970        Louis Robichaud
  14.    A. Edison Stairs       November 12, 1970 - July 18, 1972        Richard Hatfield
  15.    J. Stewart Brooks      July 18, 1972 - February 21, 1973        Richard Hatfield
  16.    George E. Horton       February 21, 1973 - December 3, 1974     Richard Hatfield
  17.    Malcolm MacLeod        December 3, 1974 - February 13, 1985     Richard Hatfield
  18.    Hazen Myers            October 3, 1985 - October 27, 1987       Richard Hatfield
  19.    Alan R. Graham         October 27, 1987 - October 9, 1991       Frank McKenna
  20.    Gérald Clavette        October 9, 1991 - April 25, 1994         Frank McKenna
  21.    Doug Tyler             April 28, 1994 - May 14, 1998            Ray Frenette
  22.    Stuart Jamieson        May 14, 1998 - June 21, 1999             Camille Thériault
  23.    Milton Sherwood        June 21, 1999 - March 23, 2000           Bernard Lord

Category:Defunct New Brunswick government departments and agencies New Brunswick Category:Ministries established in 1882

title: Department of Agriculture (New Brunswick)

question: What does the article say about the history of the name of the Department of Agriculture in the Government of New Brunswick?

answer: the Department of Agriculture in the Government of New Brunswick was initially called the Commissioner of Agriculture. Then it was called the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development in the late 1990s. It was renamed the Department of Fisheries & Aquaculture.


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__ February 14, 2018

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question: Where does Josh Brisco work?

answer: CPC Strategy

question: What type f service do they discuss?

answer: Dynamic Search Ads

question: What webcast series is advertised?

answer: The Art of Advertiser Science

question: What is the niche of the podcast mentioned here?

answer: Digital marketing

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: This article is a description of an upcoming episode of a digital marketing webcast series. They are interviewing experts on Dynamic Search Ads. Some details about the webcast series are also provided.


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KENTUCKY ROUTE 526 is a state highway that provides a short rural connecting route between KY 185 and US 31W/US 68/KY 80 north of Bowling Green. Running through the north-central part of Warren County, the route is known locally as Mt. Olivet Road.

Route description

KY 526 begins at a junction with KY 185 approximately halfway between the community or Richardsville and the city of Bowling Green in Warren County. The route heads east on two-lane undivided Mt. Olivet Road, passing through a mix of farmland and woods with some homes. The road curves southeast before heading east again. KY 526 reaches an intersection with the northern terminus of KY 957 in Mount Olivet. Past this intersection, the road continues east through more rural areas with some development and comes to an intersection with the southern terminus of KY 1320 near Ephiram White Park, a large sports complex in the Warren County Parks and Rec. System. The route curves to the southeast and passes to the west of a residential neighborhood, coming to a junction with the southern terminus of KY 2630. KY 526 continues to its eastern terminus at US 31W/US 68/KY 80 in Bristow.[1][2]

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title: Kentucky Route 526

question: Where does Kentucky Route 526 begin and end?

answer: It runs from KY 185 and US 31W/US 68/KY 80 in Bristow.

question: What is the overall length of Kentucky Route 526?

answer: That information can't be found.

question: What are some landmarks Kentucky Route 526 passes by?

answer: Mount Olivet and Ephiram White Park

question: What is Mt. Olivet Road?

answer: A local name for Kentucky Route 526.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Kentucky Route 526 is a state highway that runs from KY 185 and US 31W/US 68/KY 80 in Bristow. It is known locally as Mt. Olivet Road.


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[The platform: triple missile launcher to the left, Type 901 radar on the right] The CLAUSEN ROLLING PLATFORM was a missile launching platform, built at the coastal missile test range of RAE Aberporth, West Wales, in the 1950s. It used a floating platform in a pool of water to simulate the rolling of a ship at sea, without the drawbacks and costs of going to sea. The Platform was first used for development trials of the Seaslug missile.[1][2]

Most of the Aberporth site is on a plateau above 450 foot cliffs. The platform was a 750 ton circular steel caisson floating in a diamond-shaped pool, on a concrete platform just above sea level. The pool was across and deep.[3] Access down the cliffs was made by a cable funicular, taking 11 minutes to descend with a loaded 20 ft long, two-ton missile.[4][5]

The action of the platform was controlled by actuators fixed to the land. They could move the caisson in both 20° roll and 10° pitch axes independently.[6] Variable water ballast within the caisson allowed its dynamic behaviour and period of oscillation to be adjusted.[7][8] Its movement could be so violent as to induce seasickness in even experienced sailors, leading to its informal name of 'HMS _Rock'n'Roll_'.[9][10]

The platform was fitted with a triple launcher for the missiles and a mounting for the Type 901 fire-control radar. Both of these mounts were stabilised and held a constant direction as the platform rolled beneath them. The radar mount tracked the position constantly, the missile launcher moved in discrete steps.

The Type 901 radar provided the beam-riding guidance for the missile.[11] This tracked the missile and broadcast control signals to it. Separate radars were used to search for targets, track them and estimate their height. At Aberporth these were provided by existing radar equipment, not dedicated to the platform, mounted on top of the cliff. Additional radio equipment was used to control the target drones used, and to receive telemetry from test missiles.

The first Seaslug launch was made from the platform in April 1954.[12] Further tests of the complete system were made from the dedicated missile trials ship , off the coast of Aberporth and in the Mediterranean around Malta, beginning from the summer of 1957.[13][14] Testing at Aberporth continued for the improved Seaslug GWS.2 until 1968.[15] The solid-fuel _Gosling_ rocket boosters for Seaslug GWS.1 were produced at RNPF Caerwent in South East Wales. Caerwent also carried out motor trials on these. The last _Gosling_ was produced there on 14 June 1966.[16]

Like that on , the launcher was a triple launcher. The intention was that Seaslug would be launched in salvoes, to guarantee a successful interception. After successful trials, the size of these salvoes was reduced and the production launchers installed on the County-class destroyers were simplified to a dual launcher. The platform's launcher was reloaded from the static ground alongside the platform and there was no capacity to test reloading ability under rolling conditions.

The platform was named for Hugh Clausen (1888–1972), who had worked on Royal Navy fire control since World War I and was the driving force for the construction of the platform.[17] It was shown off to the public press on occasion, being visited by the _Daily Express's_ science correspondent Chapman Pincher[18] and the Duke of Edinburgh in 1959.[19]

The platform remained in service for testing naval radar and satcom terminal stabilisation. It was also used for testing other sea-launched missile launchers, including Seaslug's successor Sea Dart. Developments in missiles made them smaller and lighter, and no longer requiring to be pointed in such an accurate alignment before launch. Much of this was due to the shift from beam-riding guidance (LOSBR) to Automatic Command to Line-Of-Sight (ACLOS) or similar systems. These no longer required the missile to be launched on a precise alignment from a trainable launcher, so that they could be gathered into the command beam. Later missiles such as Sea Wolf would be launched from simpler vertical launchers, which require no training at all, but the sextuple launcher for the original Sea Wolf GWS-25 conventional launch block was also tested at Aberporth.[20]

The platform was decommissioned in 2004 and most surface buildings removed, although the underground bunkers remain.[21] The caisson has now been removed but the pool remains and can be seen on public mapping services.[22]

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title: Clausen Rolling Platform

question: Where was the platform?

answer: The coastal missile test range of RAE Aberporth, West Wales

question: When was the platform in use?

answer: From 1954 to 2004

question: Who was the platform named after?

answer: Hugh Clausen, who had worked for the Royal Navy fire control since World War I and was the driving force behind the construction of the platform

question: What was the first use of the platform?

answer: Development trials of the Seaslug missile

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The Clausen Rolling Platform was a missile launching platform in West Wales which was active from 1954 to 2004. It was named for Hugh Clausen, a member of the Royal Navy who was the driving force behind the platform's construction. Designed to simulate the rolling of a ship at sea, its first use was in development tests of the Seaslug missile.


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    Red Ribbon

    	Each blink is more difficult and it takes me just a bit more effort to open my eyes than it did the last time. The     cold of my bathtub is comforting. I lean back, take a deep breath and slowly exhale. My mind hasn't stopped     racing, showing me images from my childhood, from my adolescence, from high school, from college.
	At four years old, I ran away from a camping trip to try to catch up to my parents on a hiking trail. I didn't know which direction they had gone, so I just followed the river. Ten minutes later, I was still alone and it started to sink in. No one is going to take care of me but myself. “#%!^, that's a scary thought. How will I be able to eat? I don't know how to do anything...” I wandered for what felt like forever, never straying from the security of the path I was on. Ah, the path.
	I snapped back to the present. That path. Nearly thirty years later and I realized I was jealous of that path. It had a direction, it knew where it was going. The only surprises on that path came from off the trail. Was this the right way to live my life? Is this how I would find happiness? Should I become a singularly focused individual, striving only for one goal, ignoring anything outside of that? This path is more soulful than I would have imagined a dirt road could be.
	I blink again. My eyelids feel sticky. I'm in my kitchen and I'm nine years old. Our kitchen is being remodeled and the floor is missing. I can see the dirt, spiderwebs, the century of unuse under the house. There is no rot, there is no termite damage, there is no foundation. Our house sits directly on the dirt hillside, raised up just enough to allow air to flow underneath. The house feels sturdy but there is nothing holding it in place, it could slide down the hill at any moment. Who cares? What does this mean?
	The hole in the floor of the kitchen is all I can think about when I open my eyes again. This house has lasted for more than 100 years. All without any sort of foundation, in earthquake country. It has been shaken and beaten more then I ever could be. It refuses to collapse but instead welcomes new people and wraps them in its love. This house is like a grandmother nearing senility; a shaky foundation, but a strong outward presence. A welcoming hug every time you enter through the front door. Is this how I should live? Wandering the earth, rootless, searching for a place to make a stand and show my love for my fellow man? I tried that in college, it didn't work. Free love and no foundation made me completely insecure. At any moment I could be cast aside and would have nothing to fall back on.
	My eyes lose focus as I follow the wall down from the ceiling to the bathtub, finally coming to rest on the floor of the bathtub. The rouge river winds down hands to my knees and finally pools at my heels until there is enough to continue its one-way journey. The thin thread heads straight into the darkness at the end of the tub, where it drips nosily into the drain.
	I blink twice. The second blink takes me away again. It's my Sophomore year of high school and I'm in love for the first time. Her name was Carrie, she was blonde with blue eyes. She was the co-captain of the JV Cheer squad and she always smelled like a freshly picked peony. We went on our first date together when I asked her to the Winter Formal. When I picked her up, I had to sit through “the talk” from her father while I waited for her to put her finishing touches on. After the dance, we went to an after party thrown by one of the Seniors. I didn't drink at all (it was part of “the talk”) but she did and by the time I got her back to her house, the alcohol was in full effect. We made out for half an hour. That 30 minutes was all it took, I knew I was in love. Our relationship lasted for the rest of the year but it didn't make it past the Summer she spent working on her uncle's ranch in Wyoming. I got two reasons out of her, and I've never known which one was more true. She said, “You're just too....nice” and “Cowboys.” My soul crushed, I spent the next two months sad and pitiful. First love, first loss, first time the nice guy finished dead last.
	My eyelids are heavy, but I open them and sigh. I'm back in the bathtub. I'm not an adolescent any more. I sigh again, this time in relief. The bathtub isn't so cold anymore, it has stolen my body heat giving only white porcelain in return. I brush my hand against the side of the tub, leaving irregular streaks as I move my fingers and paint with my essence. I see bits of Van Gogh and Cezanne in the chaotic crimson my fingers trail behind. I shut my eyes and am transported to my friends dorm in college. Jill is seated on her bed with Starry Night peaking at me over her right shoulder. There are two other friends in here, but I can't see their faces or remember their names. We have been discussing which super power we would want to have and why for the last three hours. I have held to my contention that being able to stop time would make one unstoppable while heavily debating flight and superspeed. We finally stop debating at 2am and I go home to sleep. In the morning, I hear from friends in the dorms near Jill. They are all asking me what I was talking about last night, apparently they could hear my laugh from the next dorm over. I tell them. They laugh more. I feel ashamed that my laugh has made me recognizable from hundreds of feet away. I am embarrassed by our conversation. I make a mental note, which I will immediately forget, to tone down my laugh.
	As I open my eyes from this memory, I realize the truth. I have spent most of my life running from my emotions. They crippled me time and again. My brain doesn't see it that way however, it relishes the emotions, the differences, the change, the unique. The problem is that I don't. My brain is pleading with me in the only way it knows how. It is pleading for me to reverse this process. It is imploring me to lift myself up, to stand up again. I finally relent and lift my heavy hands, attached to heavy arms, to the edge of the tub. I set my feet flat against the floor of the tub, toes pushing against the side so I don't slip in the pooled and partially coagulated blood. I see my phone, it is across the room. It is now my only chance for survival. I strain my muscles to stand.

My eyes close.

title: Red Ribbon [1200 words] (first post here, feedback welcome, please comment)

question: Who is the narrator?

answer: The narrator is an unnamed man.

question: What realization does the narrator have after his memories?

answer: He realizes that he has spent most of his life running from his emotions.

question: Where is the narrator presently?

answer: He is in his bathtub.

question: Is the narrator alive by the end?

answer: It seems likely, as he is dying. If not, he has lost consciousness.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator in his bathtub, bloody. He is having various memories from his childhood, adolescence, and early adulthood. He realizes that he has spent most of his life running from his emotions. His body tells him to get his phone across the room. He attempts to get up and closes his eyes.


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It's been a few weeks since lawmakers let the interest rates on subsidized Stafford student loans double to 6.8%, reportedly adding an additional $1,000 to borrowers' burden after graduation.

Beyond the initial blow of extra interest payments, graduates could also lose a considerable amount of cash on tax credits, according to a new analysis by NerdWallet Taxes.

Whenever students pay interest on a federal student loan, they are able to claim those interest payments as a deduction on their taxes.

The IRS caps interest rate deductions at $2,500 per year, which means graduates may wind up paying more in interest than they're able to deduct. For example: If Bobby pays $3,500 in interest on student loans today, he will only able to claim $2,500 as a credit on his taxes.

It gets worse for high-earning graduates. Once grads start earning $75,000 or more, they no longer qualify for the interest rate deduction at all.

Over a 10-year repayment period, the top 5% of high-earning graduates could lose up to $4,000 in possible tax credits, according to Nerdwallet. When you also factor in the cost of the doubled interest rate, that would add another $4,800 to their load, totaling $8,800 over a decade.

Now, if the IRS decided to expand its interest rate deduction rule by an extra $1,000 to compensate for higher interest rates, Nerdwallet estimates graduates could save up to $7 billion over 10 years in taxes alone.

Unfortunately, that outcome isn't looking likely.

"Even though student loan rates have doubled, the $2,500 limit is not set to increase anytime soon, as the IRS set the limit for years 2001 and beyond back in 1986 in the Internal Revenue Code," Nerdwallet's Dana Lime notes.

As for raising the cap on interest deductions, Lime points to a bill introduced by House Rep. Charles Rangel, who suggested raising the cap from $2,500 to $5,000.

According to Govtrack.us, a government transparency monitor, the bill has "only a 1% chance of making it through committee and is unlikely to be passed in time to help students."

SO, WHAT'S A CASH-STRAPPED COLLEGE GRAD TO DO?

1. MINIMIZE LOANS. If you're still in school, you've got time to minimize your student loan damage. That means steering clear of private loans (and their sky-high interest rates) altogether, and researching tuition rates rigorously before enrolling. You can offset costs with scholarships and grants whenever possible, which may involve a lot of pre-planning.

2. CONSIDER CROWDFUNDING. For a cash-strapped college graduate who has exhausted every repayment option possible and is still struggling, the hot new trend in fundraising is online crowdfunding. This can be as simple as launching a page on GoFundMe.com and passing it around to your friends and family to contribute online. If you're on the entrepreneurial track and have a solid business plan, you could stand a chance at getting your loans paid off with investor dollars via sites like Upstart.com.

3.  RESEARCH OTHER TAX CREDITS. The Lifetime Learning credit or American Opportunity credit are both viable options.

ALSO, SEE OUR GUIDE TO PAYING DOWN STUDENT LOANS WHEN YOU'RE BROKE »

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question: When did the IRS set student loan rate limits?

answer: 1986

question: How likely is a limit increase to $5000 to pass the House?

answer: 1% according to Govtrack.us

question: How much would students save if the IRS expanded interest rate deduction by $1000

answer: $7 billion over ten years

question: What are cash strapped college students recommended?

answer: To minimize loans, consider crowdfunding, and research other tax credits

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Interest rate deductions were capped at $2,500 per year by the IRS, which means graduates may wind up paying more in interest than they're able to deduct. Graduates could lose a considerable amount of cash on tax credits. Rates aren't expected to be increased as the current rate was established in 1986. A bill introduced by House Representative Charles Rangel suggested raising the cap to $5,000, but the bill only has a 1% chance of making it through committee. Students should try to minimize loans, consider crowdfunding, and research other tax credits.


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DAVID HUGHES (c. 1794 - 2 March 1862), known by his bardic name of EOS IÂL, was a Welsh poet and publisher.[1] Hughes is known as the author of the plygain carol .

Early life

Hughes was born at “Brynllwynog”, Bryneglwys near Corwen, Denbighshire and lived, from 1824 until 1831, a few miles away in Cynwyd, in the parish Llangar. He married twice, the first time to a girl from Cynwyd, with whom he had eight children, and who is buried at Llangar Church. He lived in “Nhŷ yr Ardd”, Pentre, a hamlet near Bryneglwys. In his youth, he was fond of drink, but came under the influence of the evangelical temperance movement and soon was one of their leaders, becoming influential in the cause. He was an active member of the Oddfellows. He was a member at the Baptist church in Cynwyd and then at the Baptist church at Llansantffraid Glyn Dyfrdwy, where he is buried. He died aged 67.[2][3]

Poet

In 1824 he won an Eisteddfod in Corwen and remained a keen competitor until 1835. In 1839 he published a volume of verse, which proved enormously popular. says, of his 1839 collection: “Much of its content is of a popular appeal and of ephemeral value.”[4][5] The majority of his poems criticized the social and moral decay he saw during his lifetime.[6]

Printing and publishing

In 1837 he built a wooden printing press at his home, acquired some moveable type from Thomas Thomas, a printer from Chester, and used it to print a few books and a number of carols and ballads.[7]

Works published

-   “Ffrwyth y Profiad neu Waedd yn Erbyn Meddwdod” (“The Fruit of Experience or Tirade against Drunkenness”) (pamphlet)
-   “Araith Beelsebub Tywysog y Fagddu Fawr” (“The Great Prince Beelzebub”) (pamphlet)
-   “Udgorn y Jubili a'r Gynadledd” (“Trumpet of the Jubilee and Conference”) (held by Bangor University Library)

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title: David Hughes (Eos Iâl)

question: What bardic name was David Hughes known by?

answer: Eos Iâl.

question: List two groups in which David Hughes was named as a member?

answer: Oddfellows and the Baptist churches in Cynwyd and Llansantffraid Glyn Dyfrdwy.

question: Is David Hughes known for writing any genres other than poetry?

answer: The text doesn't say.

question: What device did David Hughes build in his home?

answer: A wooden printing press.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This text provides a brief biography of David Hughes (Eos Iâl), a 19th-century poet and publisher. Hughes underwent a moral transformation early in life and much of his poetry offered commentary on the moral decay he witnessed in his lifetime.


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Sweden is launching its biggest military drill in 23 years on Monday, in one of the greatest displays of its own defense capabilities since the end of the Cold War.

The historic military exercise in one of Europe's last neutral states will include the U.S. and some of its NATO allies, and comes at the same time Russia flexes its own muscles in a controversial drill nearby.

The Scandinavian state and its eastern neighbor Finland have endured an uncomfortable few years as tensions in their neighborhood, between the West and Russia, have intensified exponentially.

Aurora 2017, a three-week exercise drafting 20,000 troops into a scenario in which Sweden is under attack by a foreign military, coincides with Russia and Belarus's own war game, held just on the other side of Europe's Baltic Sea. The drill will have almost half the Swedish armed forces "on the move," according to its organizing officer.

Despite Sweden's decision to stay out of military alliances such as NATO, the Aurora 2017 drill will involve 1,000 U.S. troops, which was a "statement of intent" in itself, Sweden's Defense Minister Peter Hultqvist told the _Financial Times_ on Friday. The exercise is a sign of renewed concern in Stockholm about the country's security situation; however, Hultqvist also said U.S. involvement was informed by the European nation's belief that there is "a need for U.S. presence in this region."

"It's about handling the realities of the security situation in our part of Europe," said Hultqvist. "It's an important signal to the Swedish population, and also to other countries and partners, that we take this security situation seriously."

Since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine and backed separatists in Ukraine's east in 2014, the U.S. and NATO's relationship with Moscow has deteriorated to a post–Cold War low. The Baltic Sea has been the scene of several interceptions of Russian jets by NATO members in 2017—Europe's northern sea is bordered by Russia and some of its biggest critics in NATO members Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia and Poland. Neutral Sweden and Finland sit between these diverging parties, and debate over their potentially joining NATO has reopened.

Earlier this summer, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued one of several warnings to Sweden, saying that Russia's military would change its view and strategy toward Sweden were it to join NATO.

As Russian air force forays near NATO allies have increased, Finland and Sweden have often had to intercept the same Russian jets that NATO tails. As recently as 2013, a flyover of bombers from Russia was so rapid that Swedish pilots were unable to respond to the strange maneuvers on the eastern edge of the Stockholm archipelago that local media outlets said resembled a large-scale bombing over Sweden.

Danish NATO jets scrambled to identify and escort the Russian detachment, stirring mass ridicule of the Swedish government at home. Since then, Sweden's ruling party has changed, as has Europe's security situation.

Hultqvist, a Social Democrat, told the _Financial Times_, "We criticized this at the time, but now we have an organization and a level of preparedness so it won't happen again." In its strategic shift, Sweden began deploying forces in its eastern Gotland region in 2015 for the first time in a decade. That is where U.S. marines, troops and helicopters will be based, and they will not be the only participants from NATO. Personnel from NATO members Denmark, Estonia, France, Lithuania and Norway will also take part, as will forces from neighboring Finland.

The scenario of the drill will envisage attacks on both Gotland and Stockholm, finishing with an assault south of Sweden's main city, according to exercise director Major General Bengt Andersson. The drill will be mainly kinetic, without cyber-defense elements, Andersson said.

"This is the first time—we don't want to make it too difficult," he added. Sweden won't be waiting another 23 years for a similar simulation—the military plans another big exercise in 2020.

question: Why is Sweden launching its biggest military drill in 23 years?

answer: This is not explicitly answered, but it is suggested that Sweden is running the drill in order to assert dominance in the region, specifically against Russia.

question: How many US troops will the drill involve?

answer: The drill will involve 1000 US troops.

question: Why has the US and NATO's relationship with Russia been deteriorating?

answer: The relationship has been on a downward spiral due to Russia annexing Crimea from Ukraine in 2014.

question: What scenario will the Swedish military drill be running?

answer: The drill will run a scenario in which Sweden is under attack by a foreign military. This comes as Sweden and its neighbors have been experienced increased tension with Russia in the last few years, as well as Russia's aggression in the region.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article describes Aurora 2017, Sweden's largest military drill in 23 years.