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The old woman let the childproof lid drop to the floor and tossed one of the white pills to the back of her mouth, feeling that familiar click on her back teeth. She closed her eyes and swallowed it dry, testing the waters. She attempted to swallow another one but it got caught in the back of her dry throat and began to dissolve, filling her mouth with an unbearable chemical taste.

She placed the bottle back on the table beside the keys to the rusted station wagon out front, picked up a newly emptied rock glass and headed to the kitchen.

The woman fished a nearly empty bottle of vodka out of the freezer and turned it upside down into the glass. It was barely enough to stifle the taste of the pill.

On the couch again she scanned the table in front of her. Her eyes honed in on the prescription bottle once more and she leaned forward with complete certainty, but her outstretched arm was frozen in a moment of unconscious deliberation.

For some reason beyond her she instead picked up the car keys that hadn't been touched for days.

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The traffic on I-5 looked beautiful and uniform, like blood through a vein. Exits branched off like capillaries slowing the vehicles as they pressed towards their destinations. Sometimes it's chaotic, horrifying. All these metal caskets hurtling through space, inches from disaster. Today was different somehow.

Through the frame of the bus window he shifted focus from one vehicle to another while his hand - seemingly independent of his body - took notes on the experience of seeing without the usual vertigo.

His hand came to a stop mid-sentence and he flipped back to one of the first pages in his small moleskin notebook. Page 7:

"More and more they seem to fade. Faces you don't see anymore. Like something seen in the periphery of a dream. The memory and the idea of it are vivid but it's difficult to stitch together a clear image.
It's like your brain realizes it doesn't need the information as much since you haven't used it in a while and moves it to some deeper place of storage, one that doesn't need upkeep. Eventually that original space gets filled with more recent and recurring things.
When you spend enough time seeing and thinking about a person it becomes ingrained. your brain keeps them alive, a part of you. There is a readily accessible likeness of a person you know. you can see them anytime. But with time the image fades. Less thought reaches it to keep it alive. There are no new experiences to reinforce the old ones.
Time keeps passing. We meet new people, learn new things; but however prominent they are in your thoughts they always fade to make way for new ones.
If the times and faces are fading then what about the importance we attach to them? Does it really stay unchanged when the memories fade away? Is it realistic or necessary to try to hold on to it?
God , I don't know where I'm going here. I think I'm just drunk. I need to go to bed."

He closed the book and stared back out the window. He has recently taken to writing in a journal as much as possible. Even when there was nothing to say he would just write about his surroundings. Anything that made it's way through any of his senses would pour out onto paper as it was experienced.

It seemed to give him a sense of fluidity, like everything flowed through him rather than pouring in and getting stuck. It was a newer - and less destructive than usual - way of chasing those moments of clarity that came every so often. That state of transient appreciation where everything is coming and going and you are part of it all. Free of attachments. Nothing gained, nothing lost.

A few blocks ahead was the bus stop in front of the grocery store. He put his notebook away, checked the seat to make sure he didn't leave anything behind, and pulled the string that signals the bus driver to pull up to the next stop.

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In the checkout line of a grocery store on 17th avenue an old woman stands impatiently clutching a bottle of Popov Vodka. She is third in line. A blonde woman in her early twenties parks her cart behind the old woman. Her two or three year old daughter sits facing her, laughing and banging a lollipop on the cart's handlebar.

The old woman makes the mistake of looking back and accidentally makes eye contact with the young mother.

"Isn't she Beautiful?"

The old woman looks down at the child, who just dropped her candy on the floor and seems to be in a state of shock, seconds from a meltdown. Mom notices this and pulls another sucker from her breast pocket before the child can even process the loss.

"Yes," she considers ignoring her entirely but something wouldn't let her, "yes. she's darling."

She then realizes that she has accepted an invitation to a conversation that will last the remainder of her wait in line.

The old woman's face begins to express a sort of fascinated contempt as this stranger begins rattling on as if they were old friends. Her eye contact and enthusiasm are intrusive and she finds herself drawing her attention to the rack of candy next to the register in retreat.

"Next!" shouts the man at the register to no one in particular.

A kid steps forward and places a bottle of water and two notebooks on the counter.
The old woman glances down at a drink cooler across from the candy display and then back at the bottle of vodka in her arm and - as if to make it seem like the alcohol isn't the only reason she is in line - reaches in to the cooler for a water. This seems to make no difference to the woman behind her, still caught up in a mostly one sided conversation.

"I don't know what it is about today but something just feels right about it. I found a lucky penny this morning. Maybe that's it. I bet you walk outside and find one too. There really are good things everywhere, you just don't see them if you aren't open to it, you know?"

"Pennies, huh?" the old woman inches closer to the checkout counter while the man behind it hands the kid his bag.

"That'll be 7.99."

The kid looks as if he forgot this part of the transaction was coming and, with a little effort, pulls out a wrinkled ten dollar bill and places it on the counter. He gets his change and thanks the cashier but pauses before leaving to look back at the women behind him. He had been listening to their conversation and was reluctant to leave before it was over.

He steps outside and is momentarily blinded by the sunlight. Squinting, he lifts his right hand to shield his eyes and realizes he is still holding his change: two dollar bills and one copper coin.

He takes a look out across the parking lot, actually taking in his surroundings. Cars lined up in neat rows. people pushing carts full of groceries. All of them with their own thoughts and lives completely separate from each other, yet interconnected, crossing paths and making decisions that change the outcomes of countless others without ever knowing it.

Back inside the old woman turns away from the register with her bottle shaped brown paper bag to make her way towards the exit.

The kid bends down and places the single coin on the sidewalk in front of the store's automatic doors before walking to the nearest bench to sit.

A few seconds later the old woman stops in the same spot to let her eyes adjust to the brightness. She looks at the ground to see a small shiny coin in front of her. She picks it up and holds it in her hand to examine it, tilting her open palm in different directions to see the glare of the sunlight on it's surface.

From his seat on the bench the kid sees the woman smile slightly. She laughs to herself quietly and shakes her head as she puts the penny in her pocket and begins walking back to her car.

He watches her disappear into the parking lot before pulling out one of his new notebooks. He locates a pen in his back pocket and begins to write.

title: [RF] Untitled short story.

question: Summarize everything related to writing.

answer: The character on the bus writes in his small moleskin notebook. He writes his journal as much as possible, even when there's nothing to say. Anything that passes through his senses makes it onto the page. At the end of the story, the boy pulls out a new notebook, locates a pen, and begins to write.

question: What does the story say about the type of person the old woman is?

answer: She considers ignoring the woman she encounters in the checkout line of the grocery store but isn't able to. Her face expresses a fascinated contempt as the woman rattles on.

question: Summarize everything relating to the story's title.

question: Summarize the actions performed by the old woman over the course of the story.

answer: The old woman swallows a pill and then attempts to swallow a second one. She washes it down with vodka. Then she picks up the car keys. In the grocery store checkout line, she talks with a blonde woman who is there with her daughter. When she exits the grocery store, she picks a penny off the ground and smiles slightly before walking back to her car.


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KARL UHLIRZ (13 June 1854, in Vienna – 22 March 1914, in Graz) was an Austrian historian and archivist.

He studied history at the University of Vienna, and from 1877 worked as an employee of the Monumenta Germaniae Historica (diplomatics edition) under Theodor von Sickel. From 1882 he served as a caretaker at the Vienna city archives, where in 1889 he became its director. In 1888 he obtained his habilitation for history of the Middle Ages and historical auxiliary sciences. In 1903 he succeeded Franz Krones as professor of Austrian history at the University of Graz.[1][2]

Selected works

-   _Die Urkundenfälschung zu Passau im zehnten Jahrhundert_, 1882 – The forgeries of Passau in the 10th century.
-   _Geschichte des Erzbistums Magdeburg_, 1887 – History of the Archdiocese of Magdeburg.[3]
-   _Das Archiv der l.f. Stadt Zwettl in Niederösterreich_ (as editor, 1895) – The archive of Zwettl in Lower Austria.
-   _Die rechnungen des kirchmeisteramtes von St. Stephan zu Wien_, 1901 – Account of the magisterium of St. Stephen in Vienna.
-   _Jahrbücher des deutschen Reiches unter Otto II. und Otto III_, 1902 – Yearbooks of the German Empire under Otto II and Otto III.
-   _Österreichische geschichte_ (with Franz Krones; 2 volumes, 1906) – Austrian history.[4]

He was the author of twenty biographies in the _Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie_.[5]

[1] Das K.K. Institut für Österreichische Geschichtsforschung 1854-1904 by Emil von Ottenthal

[2] Uhlirz, Karl UB Graz (biography)

[3] Karl Uhlirz de.Wikisource (bibliography)

[4] [https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Search/Home?lookfor=%22Uhlirz,Karl,1854-1914.%22&type=author&inst= HathiTrust Digital Library] (published works)

[5] Kategorie:ADB:Autor:Karl Uhlirz At: Allgemeine Deutsche Biographie

title: Karl Uhlirz

question: What is Karl Uhlirz known for?

answer: He was an Austrian historian and archivist.

question: List some of his works.

answer:
- Die Urkundenfälschung zu Passau im zehnten Jahrhundert, 1882 – The forgeries of Passau in the 10th century.
- Geschichte des Erzbistums Magdeburg, 1887 – History of the Archdiocese of Magdeburg.
- Das Archiv der l.f. Stadt Zwettl in Niederösterreich (as editor, 1895) – The archive of Zwettl in Lower Austria.
- Die rechnungen des kirchmeisteramtes von St. Stephan zu Wien, 1901 – Account of the magisterium of St. Stephen in Vienna.
- Jahrbücher des deutschen Reiches unter Otto II. und Otto III, 1902 – Yearbooks of the German Empire under Otto II and Otto III.
- Österreichische geschichte (with Franz Krones; 2 volumes, 1906) – Austrian history.

question: When was he born?

answer: June 13, 1854.

question: Write a short summary of his career background.

answer: He first studied history at the University of Vienna and worked as a caretaker for a while until 1889 where he became a director at Vienna City Archives. In 1903, he eventually became a professor at the University of Graz.

question: Write a ~8 sentence summary.

answer: Karl Uhlirz was an Austrian historian and archivist. Some of his works include: "Die Urkundenfälschung zu Passau im zehnten Jahrhundert, 1882 – The forgeries of Passau in the 10th century.", "Geschichte des Erzbistums Magdeburg, 1887 – History of the Archdiocese of Magdeburg.", "Das Archiv der l.f. Stadt Zwettl in Niederösterreich (as editor, 1895) – The archive of Zwettl in Lower Austria." Die rechnungen des kirchmeisteramtes von St. Stephan zu Wien, 1901 – Account of the magisterium of St. Stephen in Vienna.", "Jahrbücher des deutschen Reiches unter Otto II. und Otto III, 1902 – Yearbooks of the German Empire under Otto II and Otto III.", and the " Österreichische geschichte (with Franz Krones; 2 volumes, 1906) – Austrian history."


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PHILIP JOHN AMELIO II (3 November 1977 – 1 April 2005) was an American actor and teacher. At age nine, he played Lucille Ball's grandson on the _Life With Lucy_ series.

Early life

Philip was born in Sharon, Connecticut and grew up in nearby Pine Plains, New York. Philip's younger sister, Lindsey Cook Amelio, also appeared on television, including three TV movies, and as spokesperson for 9Lives cat food, with Morris the Cat. At one point during their careers, both siblings' faces were on every major network in one form or another.

In addition to 1986's _Life With Lucy_, Amelio's career included a three-year run (1988–1991) on the daytime soap opera, _All My Children_, and a long string of commercials. He started acting at age four, when he was cast for a Pepperidge Farm commercial. This led to campaigns for Ford Motors, All laundry detergent, and Shake 'N' Bake bread crumbs. Amelio was the first spokesperson for Jell-O Pudding Snacks.

On _All My Children_, Amelio played Scott Chandler, the son of Cindy Chandler, who succumbed to AIDS on the show. After his on-screen mother's death, the character of Scott was adopted by his stepfather, Stuart Chandler (portrayed by David Canary).

Amelio officially retired from show business at age 13 and concentrated on being a “normal teenager” and student.

Career in education and sports

His love of language and history led Amelio to study to be a teacher. He graduated from the SUNY Albany and received a Masters Degree in Education at The College of Saint Rose. For the last two years of his life, Amelio was employed at Duanesburg High School in Delanson, New York as a full-time teacher and modified baseball coach.

Death

In March 2005, after complaining of a sore back, Amelio was diagnosed with a bacterial infection of the heart valve. He deteriorated rapidly and died on 1 April 2005, at age 27, in Boston, Massachusetts from an infection.[1] In his memory, Amelio's father established the Philip J. Amelio, II Scholarship Fund, offered to impoverished schoolchildren who reside in the Pine Plains Central School District and the Duanesburg Central School District to help them maintain their education.[2]

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title: Philip Amelio

question: What are the reasons why John Amelio II stopped acting and appearing in commercials?

answer: He wanted to be a normal teenager.


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How deep is your heart? Can you see across a wall? or heart? How well do you think? You seem cool-ish to me. Do you rhyme like x in ‘sexy’?.... What are you?

I am bitchy, I gulped into being when my mom cried and yelled on delivery bed - just like yours, so don’t act cocky - as if you are talking to angle. Oh, by the way, in rhetoric sense, I angle... and you are shit. A shit who is so dying to get hocked to a bitch!

Thats abuse - to you, and to me too; but put me aside here, and let me hit on you with more intensity, and with different approach. Lets redo it.

title: Left Blank Intentionally

question: What does the author describe in this excerpt?

answer: Abuse

question: How does the author describe themselves?

answer: As being bitchy

question: What do the initial questions that the author write portray to the audience?

answer: Those initial questions show a sense of deep reflection/interrogation into knowing who a person is.

question: What does the author end the text on?

answer: Saying we should redo things but with a different approach

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The author is describing being numb and wants to redo their approach on life.


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The alarm goes off. Slowly, he opens his eyes to see the white-washed ceiling of his bedroom. He reaches for his glasses on the night stand; after groping around for a few seconds he slowly remembers knocking them to the floor the night before. He bends over to pick them up and shambles to the bathroom to take a piss; he displays all the accuracy of someone living alone. After vaguely rinsing his hands and wiping them on a towel he goes back for his phone. Walking into the bedroom he notices an odd shadow halfway up the curtains on the opposite wall moments before they come crashing down and an angry cat goes sprinting past his ankles. Walking to the edge of the bed he sits down and picks his phone up off the night stand to check the time: 6:37 am. He sighs and checks his messages: no calls, texts, or emails. Today, Tuesday, is his birthday. He wonders how long it's been since anyone cared. He proceeds through his usual morning routine: a forceful bowel movement; comfortably warm shower; and indulgent smoke break, all under the watchful glare of his two cats. He checks the kitty litter, fills water bowl, and gives the cats a can of food. Upon completion of this morning ritual he grabs his keys and heads off to work. Three and a half hours later he returns home for lunch, a depressing mix of fast food and cigarettes. He pets his cats and returns to work. Just trying to get through the day, he sits in his cubicle with his headphones on in an attempt to dissuade his coworkers from approaching him, a tactic that rarely works. On this day he is not disturbed. Upon completing another glorious day of data entry he drives back to the home he rents and the cats he shares his life with. More fast food and more cigarettes see him through the evening. Nothing exciting happened on this day or any of the ones that came before it. He went to sleep believing that nothing exciting would happen on the days following either.

The next day begins much the same as the first; his alarm goes off at 6:35 and he wakes up. He rolls to his side to grab his phone and checks it: nothing. He sighs. For some reason, he just can't seem to get out of bed. Around 9 he decides to call in sick but instead chooses not to bother. And so he decides to draw a bath. He walks into the bathroom with determination, plugging the drain and turning the hot water to max. At this point the cats take interest in his actions; one seats itself on the side of the tub and the other, more cautious, upon the tank of the toilet. He disrobes. The tub reaches half full; he steps into it and lowers himself down. The water is quite hot and very comfortable; it makes him smile. He enjoys a cigarette. He grabs the hilt of the knife and checks the blade against the tip of his finger; again he smiles. Taking a firm grip on the knife he slides the blade down the length of his left forearm. He takes a moment to enjoy the pleasure in the pain before dropping the knife onto the bathroom floor. He settles back against the tub. The cats push the knife around the floor and lick up a couple drops of blood before meowing expectantly and walking towards the kitchen.

title: Something I wrote on one of my darker days.

question: What pets does the main character have?

answer: Two cats.

question: What is the character's morning ritual?

answer: A forceful bowel movement; comfortably warm shower; and an indulgent smoke break, he checks the kitty litter, fills the water bowl, and gives the cats a can of food.

question: What's the character's job?

answer: Data entry

question: Why does he kill himself?

answer: It is implied because he was lonely and his life uneventful.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: The character wakes up and goes through his normal morning routine which also involves feeding his two cats. It's his birthday but he has not received any birthday wishes. He feels lonely. He has a normal day at work then goes home to fast food, cigarettes, and his cats. The next day his alarm goes off but it seems he can't get up. He wants to call in sick at work but instead, he kills himself while taking a bath.


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The ashes of music legend Alan Freed, the DJ responsible for coining the term “rock ‘n’ roll,” will be removed from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio.

Freed’s son, Lance Freed, told local news that he was asked by the museum’s executive director, Greg Harris, to pick up the ashes because visitors “scratch their heads and can’t figure out what this thing is.”

Harris told CNN that museums these days preferred exhibits that told a story. “The museum world is moving away from exhibiting remains,” Harris said. The display case will instead hold a pair of Freed’s microphones.

Freed, who hosted a Cleveland radio show in the 1950s, introduced R&B to white audiences at a time when music was segregated on the airwaves as well as at live venues throughout the country. He called the music “rock n’ roll” and hosted what is believed to be the first major rock concert, the Moondog Coronation Ball, in Cleveland in 1956.

His efforts to popularize rock ‘n’ roll and to close the racial divide in the music industry boosted Cleveland’s music scene, and his influence was one of the reasons that Cleveland was chosen as a home for the museum.

Freed’s urn might need to find a new resting place after it’s third move since the DJ’s death, but Harris makes clear that the removal doesn’t diminish Freed’s impact on music history.

“Freed is incredibly important to us,” Harris told local media.

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question: Who is the music legend responsible for coining the term “rock ‘n’ roll”?

answer: DJ Alan Freed

question: What's happening?

answer: Greg Harris, executive director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, has asked Alan Freed's son, Lance, to pick up his late father's ashes because visitors don't know what it is. Harris also says that the museum is moving away from exhibiting human remains.

question: What were Alan Freed's accomplishments?

answer: Freed hosted a Cleveland radio show in the 1950s and introduced R&B to white audiences at a time when music was segregated on the airwaves. He called the music “rock n’ roll” and hosted what is believed to be the first major rock concert, the Moondog Coronation Ball, in Cleveland in 1956.

question: What will the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum display instead of Alan Freed's ashes?

answer: A pair of Freed's microphones.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: According to the news report, Greg Harris, executive director of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum in Cleveland, Ohio, has asked Alan Freed's son, Lance, to pick up his late father's ashes because visitors don't know what it is. Harris also says that the museum is moving away from exhibiting human remains. Alan Freed was the music legend who coined the term “rock ‘n’ roll," and was the first DJ to introduce R&B to white audiences in the 1950s when music was segregated on the airwaves. He also hosted the first major rock concert, the Moondog Coronation Ball.


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_The Martian_ author Andy Weir’s 2009 short story _The Egg_, originally published online, is a sci-fi tale about rebirth, reciprocity, and evolution. When a man is killed in a car accident, he meets a god-like figure in limbo who tells him of his fate and that he is to be reincarnated. The man subsequently learns that not only is time an illusion, but _he_ is the entire universe, and a continuous sequence of deaths and rebirths is all part of a maturation process: The whole universe is an egg, and when it’s fully grown it’ll ascend to the next level of consciousness.

Maryland rapper Logic’s new album, _Everybody_, is a strangely faithful adaptation of the short story with an emphasis on the endless cycle of reincarnations that’d eventually—hypothetically—cause everyone to be different incarnations of the same person. He weaves his own struggles with race and religion into a complex, panoramic view of humanity, seeking a unified theory of equality, not just for his mortal coil but for the cosmos. If this seems convoluted that’s because it is: Weir’s story was meant as a fanciful (albeit thoughtful) work of fiction, not an intersectional parable. “Every time you victimized someone you were victimizing yourself,” the short story goes. “Every act of kindness you’ve done, you’ve done to yourself.” This is _Everybody_’s central conceit: We are all the same, and every misdeed hurts the human race equally. Logic gets even more literal in the subtext, drawing parallels between this life force balance and his mixed-race heritage. Herein, an existential crisis unfolds.

Never mind the fact that the concept is completely unoriginal, even on a superficial level; _Everybody_ unravels Weir’s tightly coiled micro universe into a nonsensical sprawl. Give an extremely verbose rapper a heady short story and watch it come undone. It operates on a colossal scale, and yet somehow still ends up being myopic.

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, whose last major foray into rap was to wage war with flat Earth truther B.o.B, plays God on _Everybody_. Logic chooses to name the man in his musical adaptation “Atom,” and when he’s not rapping as Logic, he’s rapping from the perspective of a past life. These winking gestures mixing science and religion are insufferable when paired with meditations on racial inequity and social anxiety, constantly raising the stakes until they mean nothing. Not only is it easy to see the seams in this tangled ideological tapestry, they’re constantly fraying.

Logic’s _Everybody_ is the latest in a string of recent rap releases that consider race and perception—Kendrick Lamar’s _DAMN._, J. Cole’s _4 Your Eyez Only_, and Joey Bada$$’s _All-Amerikkkan Bada$$_ among them. But unlike those records, which are self-aware and mindful of their surroundings, this is nearly clueless and without subtlety. His raps, even at their most technical, are all empty loops regurgitating predictable talking points, at times mixing messages. Fake deep aphorisms (“Everybody looking for the meaning of life through a cell phone screen!”) share space with half-witted indictments of student loan policies and flex culture. He addresses mental health and wellness on “1-800-273-8255” and “Anziety,” which is admirable, but there are no real revelations or comforts to be found in either. A song like Kendrick Lamar’s “u,” for example, which really bears out the weight of depression and self-doubt, reveals Logic's takes to be entirely without substance.

For a significant portion of the album, Logic stakes a claim to his blackness with receipts, citing his great-grandfather the slave, his cousin Keisha, and saying “nigga” a few times. None of these race raps do anything meaningful. They say very little about the mechanics of racism and they say next to nothing insightful about being black in America. He spends more time denouncing rioters than killer cops on “America.” Trump gets a single bar of disapproval but Kanye gets several for meeting with him. Logic’s calls for civic action seem woefully ignorant to how oppression and white supremacy work—from the role of private prisons and redistricting to stop and frisks. To that end, not once does he consider how being white-passing could skew his perception of what it means to be black. He never even probes what it might mean when people assume that he’s white; either he refuses to engage thoughtfully here or he’s simply irresponsible. This isn’t just lazy, it’s messy. It's the #AllLivesMatter of rap albums.

Aside from its more sociopolitical shortcomings, _Everybody_ refuses to stop and evaluate why it exists in the first place. A lot has been made of Logic’s technical skill, but it can’t really be considered proficiency if it isn’t efficient. Seconds after Killer Mike delivers an impassioned speech on anti-black tyranny (“Confess”), Logic is criticizing web activists and the social media gratification matrix with the nuance of a 4chan thread (“Killing Spree”). “Take It Back” is a six-minute song with only two minutes of raps. Several tracks have long, preachy monologues appended to them. The same verse fragments are continuously rearranged on “AfricAryaN” for no reason, and with winding effect. The song is 12-minutes long.

If you manage to get to the end of “AfricAryaN,” it pans outward to reveal a shared universe where—oh shit—the album’s contents turns out to be merely walking music for the space travelers who dictated the narrative flow on Logic’s last album, _The Incredible True Story_. The extra layer feels like an even greater slight to the heavy topics discussed within; the further out we venture, the further the issues get pushed into the margins. A final uncredited verse from J. Cole, who is also biracial, unravels the album’s entire cyclical concept: “I’ve been through it before/Can only share with you what I know/To be true, but at the same time, I’ll never be you/And you’ll never be me,” he raps. He seems to know what Logic doesn’t: Equality without identity is merely inactivity. The weight of our experiences shapes us. It is only once we understand why it’s okay to be different that there can be empathy—and change.

question: What does this post explain?

answer: This post explains Logic's new album, tying it to The Egg. The author of the post suggests that Logic's album tries to consider race and perception, but it isn't meaningful. The songs in the album say very little about the mechanics of racism and they say next to nothing insightful about being black in America.

question: What is The Egg?

answer: The Egg is a short story written by Andy Weir. It's a sci-fi tale about rebirth, reciprocity, and evolution.

question: Explain Logic's response to The Egg.

answer: Rapper, Logic's new album, Everybody, emphasizes the endless cycle of reincarnations that'd eventually cause everyone to be different incarnations of he same person.

question: What does the author think of Logic's album?

answer: The author is critical of the album, saying the album is "nearly clueless and without subtlety" with regard to race and perception, and full of "sociopolitical shortcomings".

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: This post explains Logic's new album, tying it to The Egg. The author of the post suggests that Logic's album tries to consider race and perception, but it isn't meaningful. The songs in the album say very little about the mechanics of racism and they say next to nothing insightful about being black in America.


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"Up we go!" She shouted in a cute and childish manner as the elevator brought us up to the third floor of the parking garage.  "So, which one is yours?" She asked. I pointed to a grey Saturn Ion parked at the back of the garage.

"Not that cool I know, but hey I make do." We walked to the edge of the garage and stared at the buildings below us. "This would be an awesome place to play frisbee." She said as she took a seat on the edge of the wall.
"I guess, but what if you throw it off the roof?"

"Ya that would suck"
We sat in silence for a few moments. Only the muffled harmony of the cars below us could be heard.
I reached out and placed my hand on hers. She looked up and we locked eyes. Giggling she turned her head and looked out in the distance.
“Listen.” I spoke. “I... you know.”

“No I don’t.” She replied suddenly, slowly moving her hand out from under mine.
“Yeah you do.” “I mean, isn’t it pretty obvious?”

“I’m just confused.”

“Should I spell it out for you?” She ignored my question.
 “I like you. I want to be with you.”  The silence drew on even longer. “There…” I finished angrily.

“Why would you?” She finally said.

“I dunno. It’s one of those things you know, but can’t explain.” “I guess I like how you find happiness in small things. I can’t do that on my own. I focus too much on large problems. I need someone like you. Someone who isn’t afraid to have fun… The fact that you’re absolutely beautiful doesn’t help either.”

“Shut up” She mumbled.  “I’ve liked someone else for a while now. I kind of just want to try pursuing things on my own.” She added. “To be honest, I envy you. At least you can act on impulse and tell me those things. I can’t even talk to the guy.” She crossed her arms and turned away from me.

“It’s not impulse.” I interrupted. “I guess it’s stupidity.”
“This… is impulse” I turned her around and placed my hand on her cheek. As I moved myself closer to her she pushed me back and turned around again.

“No… that’s stupidity.” She said in a scolding manner.

Upset, I too turned my back. I reached into my pocket and pulled out a lighter. Lighting a cigarette I hopped up on the wall and stared off at the building tops. We sat like this for what seemed like ages. Looking down over the edge of the roof I started thinking. If I were to fall, I thought, would she care very much? Would she remember this night? The night I slipped and fell to my death.  I looked at my phone, it was getting late and obviously the night was over for me anyways. The humming of the cars seemed softer now, almost non-existent.

“Listen.” I finally spoke. “I’m sorry. I don’t know what I’m apologizing for. I just know that I’m sorry.”
She remained silent.
Annoyed by her silence, I stood up, threw the rest of my cigarette on the ground, and walked over to her. I grabbed her again, but this time I embraced her. Soon I felt her arms wrap themselves around me. I buried my face into her neck, wishing I could do this more often.  Her skin was soft and smooth, I almost thought of kissing her neck, but soon remembered that I had no right to. I held her for maybe a few minutes. Longer than a standard hug, that much is for sure.

“You’re shorter than me.” She giggled.

“I know.” I forced myself to let go. I walked to the opposite side of the garage and leaned over the railing. Would she come over and grab my shoulder? I thought. Maybe she’d spin me around and tell me to stop frowning. Maybe she’d try to cheer me up. Maybe she’d hold me a bit longer.
I heard a door shut behind me and I fell to my knees.
“Fuck.” I whispered as I slammed my fist into the ground.

title: Impulse (First "story")

question: Who is the narrator?

answer: Not really answered, the narrator seems to be a man.

question: Where are the narrator and the woman?

answer: The narrator and the woman are at the top of a parking garage.

question: Who does the woman like?

answer: Not answered in the passage.

question: Why does the narrator like the woman?

answer: Not answered.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator and a woman go to the top of a parking garage. The narrator confesses that he has romantic feelings for the woman, but she rejects him. The narrator places his hand on her face, and she swats him away. The narrator apologizes, and they embrace. He removes himself from her arms, and a door opens behind them.


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"My best friend was telling me last night about his amazing new discovery: some guy on the Internet was telling everyone how to easily make lucid dreams. The trick was to lay still on your bed, for up to half an hour, concentrating on staying awake. Your body would then fall asleep, but not your mind. Interested, he'd tried and told me how great it was, being half in reality and half in a dream.

The same night, I tried to find a comfortable enough position on my bed, but ended up on my back. I closed my eyes and focused my thoughts in resisting sleep. Soon I started aching, wasn't comfortable anymore. Still, it'd been probably over ten minutes and I lacked the motivation to start all over again. Five minutes passed, then ten.

It was at least fifteen later that I realised my body couldn't move anymore. It felt weird, like being paralysed. My imagination started running, and the panic became overwhelming: what if someone broke into my apartment and I just couldn't move? What if I was just dead? My friend hadn't told me anything about paralysis. Did he hide that, or was there a problem?

I was still panicking when I heard steps. My mind was running wild, in contrast to my body that only let me move or close my eyes. Two men in white entered my room and my heart nearly stopped; as one flicked the light switch, I realised I was lying on a hospital bed. All sorts of machines were wired to my arms, and I pictured myself from the point of view of my visitors: a seemingly lifeless body, miserable on its bed.

**No**. I wasn't lifeless, my eyes were moving! But then, they started talking to each other.

"- For how long has he been there?, said the first one.
- More than a week. His brain stopped functioning on the impact. His family wants us to let him go, they believe we're preventing him from finding peace."

"I am going to **die**", I thought. Killed in my dream. My friends would find me days later, and forget about me in a minute. I never achieved the social life I had hoped for. I was going to die before I even truly lived.

"- What about his eyes? He seems to react to our conversation."

**Yes**.

"- Just the remains of his nervous system. That's what kept him alive until he got here, actually."

I wanted to shout at them! "You can't just do this to me, treat me like a corpse! I want to live, this is a mistake!" Not a single word came out of my mouth. So I gave up and kept listening, my eyes shaky from the adrenaline rush.

"- Let me just check him for a minute before I give you the permission to do it.", said the first one.

I didn't allow myself to hope, and kept thinking about my short sad life. It really was a miserable way to leave, I had always hoped for better.
The doctor checked my pulse, breath, and did other things I didn't see. At some point I heard him whisper to my ear "I hope we're not making a mistake. If we are, I'm sorry."

My brain went hysterical after this one; hadn't it been for the paralysis, I would've burst out laughing. But I stood as still as I had been for the past few minutes, and permission to kill me was granted. This doctor had just sentenced me to death.

A button was pushed, and the last thing I heard was the place and time of my death.

I slowly regained control of my body, which was sweaty, thirsty, hungry and still under the effect of the huge adrenaline rush. First thing tomorrow, I'll punch my best friend in the face. "

Thanks for reading my first short story here and please report any mistakes because my first language is French and I want to learn. Thanks!

title: A Lucid Night

question: How does the narrator's belief about his condition differ from reality?

answer: The narrator believes that he is sleeping. He had tried to have lucid dreams by resisting sleep and become paralyzed instead. The reality is that the narrator has been in an accident. He is in a coma as a result and the doctors are about to switch off the machines that are keeping him alive. Or is it all a dream?

question: What caused the accident that left the narrator in a coma?

question: What does the future hold for the narrator?

answer: If you believe he is dreaming then his future may be bright. If, however, he was not dreaming and in a coma, his future is death. The last paragraph seems to suggest that the narrator is, in fact having a lucid dream as he set out to do.


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NGC 7049 is a lenticular galaxy[1] that spans about 150,000 light-years and lies about 100 million light-years away from Earth[2] in the inconspicuous southern constellation of Indus.

NGC 7049's unusual appearance is largely due to a prominent rope-like dust ring which stands out against the starlight behind it. These dust lanes are usually seen in young galaxies with active star-forming regions. NGC 7049 shows the features of both an elliptical galaxy and a spiral galaxy, and has relatively few globular clusters, indicative of its status as a lenticular type.[3] NGC 7049 is the brightest (BCG) of the Indus triplet of galaxies (NGC 7029, NGC 7041, NGC 7049),[4] and its structure might have arisen from several recent galaxy collisions. Typical BCGs are some of the oldest and most massive galaxies.[5]

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title: NGC 7049

question: What is NGC 7049?

answer: A lenticular galaxy.

question: What does "lenticular" mean?

answer: The text does not fully and clearly explain, but it's a galaxy with a lens-like shape.

question: How many light-years away from earth is it?

answer: About 100 million.

question: What feature is indicative of its being a lenticular galaxy?

answer: It has the features of both an elliptical galaxy as well as a spiral galaxy, and has relatively few globular clusters.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: NGC 7049 is a lenticular galaxy that spans about 150,000 light-years and lies about 100 million light-years away from Earth in the inconspicuous southern constellation of Indus. It has the features of both an elliptical galaxy as well as a spiral galaxy, and has relatively few globular clusters.


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PARK PLACE ENTERTAINMENT, later named CAESARS ENTERTAINMENT, INC., was a casino company based in Paradise, Nevada. For a time it was the largest casino operator in the world. It was formed in 1998 as a corporate spin-off of the gaming division of Hilton Hotels, and renamed as Caesars Entertainment in 2003. The company was acquired in 2005 by Harrah's Entertainment, which later took on the Caesars Entertainment name.[1]

History

[Caesars Entertainment logo (2003–2005)] Hilton's involvement in the gaming industry began in 1947, with its approval to operate what would be the Caribe Hilton Hotel and Casino in Puerto Rico.[2][3] Other Caribbean casinos followed, including the Havana Hilton[4] and El Panama Hilton.[5] Hilton's international hotels were spun off as a separate company in 1964.[6]

Hilton returned to gaming in 1970, buying a controlling interest in Kirk Kerkorian's International and Flamingo hotels in Las Vegas.[7] Its casino holdings grew to ten properties over the years,[8] accounting for more than half of the company's revenues.[9]

Hilton unsuccessfully tried to sell itself in 1989 and again in 1995.[10] The failures were partly attributed to gaming regulations that would make a purchase by a foreign company difficult, leading the company to consider a spinoff of its gaming operations.[11]

By 1996, new CEO Stephen Bollenbach, a financial expert with experience in the hotels industry and 1990-1992 CFO of The Trump Organization, had set a goal of becoming the biggest company in the gaming industry, discarding the idea of a spinoff.[12] With growth in the number of gaming jurisdictions stalled, Bollenbach aimed to expand through acquisitions, especially in Atlantic City, where Hilton had no presence.[13] Bally Entertainment, with five casinos, including two in Atlantic City, was a natural target. Its midscale clientele, heavy on slots revenue, would provide balance to the volatility of Hilton's high-end baccarat players.[14] Hilton beat out ITT Corporation with an offer of $2 billion in stock plus $1 billion of assumed debt,[15] and the purchase closed in December.[16] Bally CEO Arthur Goldberg joined Hilton as president of gambling operations.[17]

By 1998, Hilton was again trying to split its gaming and hotel operations, believing that its stock price was dragged down by involvement in the highly competitive gaming industry.[18] Efforts were hampered by the need for a merger to provide a business purpose to qualify the spin-off for tax-free status. Negotiations for a spinoff and purchase of Circus Circus Enterprises broke down over disagreements about price and management, and concerns about Hilton's debt level.[19] An agreement was finally reached for Hilton to spin off its casinos as a new public company, Park Place Entertainment, which would immediately buy Grand Casinos, owner of three properties in Mississippi, for $650 million in stock plus $550 million in assumed debt.[20] Grand's operations outside of Mississippi, including three Indian casinos it managed, were spun off as a separate company, Lakes Entertainment, before the merger. Goldberg was installed as CEO of the combined company, which had eighteen casinos.[21]

In 2000, Park Place purchased Caesars World, whose casinos included Caesars Palace and Caesars Atlantic City, from Starwood for $3 billion. The four Caesars Pocono Resorts were excluded from the sale.

In 2001, Park Place was named to the Gaming Hall of Fame.

In September 2003, at the annual shareholder meeting a resolution to change the name of the company to Caesars Entertainment was approved and on January 6, 2004 the name change officially took effect. The company's ticker symbol was changed to CZR. The primary reason for the name change was that management felt that it would help the company to capitalize on the Caesars brand name.

On June 18, 2004, Caesars sold the Las Vegas Hilton hotel-casino to Colony Capital for $280 million. A Caesars spokesperson stated that the sale would help the company focus on its major casinos on the Las Vegas Strip.

On July 14, 2004, Harrah's Entertainment agreed to purchase Caesars Entertainment for over $5 billion. The acquisition was completed in 2005. In turn, Harrah's was itself acquired and taken private in 2006 by a group of private equity funds including Apollo Global Management, The Blackstone Group and TPG Capital and later took on the Caesars Entertainment name.

The company sold Caesars Tahoe in June 2005 for $45 million to Columbia Sussex, owner of the nearby Horizon Casino. It was one of a series of sales made by Caesars and Harrah's to avoid anti-trust issues with their proposed merger.

Properties owned when acquired by Harrah's

-   Bally's Atlantic City, including Claridge Casino at Bally's and Wild Wild West Casino, Atlantic City, New Jersey
-   Bally's Las Vegas
-   Bally's Casino Tunica
-   Caesars Atlantic City, Atlantic City New Jersey
-   Caesars Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada
-   Caesars Palace at Sea — no longer on board Crystal Cruises
-   Caesars Indiana, Elizabeth, Indiana
-   Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada
-   Flamingo Las Vegas, Las Vegas, Nevada
-   Flamingo Laughlin, Laughlin, Nevada
-   Grand Casino Biloxi, Biloxi, Mississippi — Reopened after destruction by Hurricane Katrina
-   Grand Casino Gulfport, Gulfport, Mississippi — Destroyed by Hurricane Katrina, land sold and new casino Island View Casino
-   Grand Casino Tunica, Tunica Resorts, Mississippi
-   Paris Las Vegas
-   Sheraton Casino and Hotel Tunica, Tunica Resorts, Mississippi

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-   Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada
-   Caesars Tahoe, Stateline, Nevada
-   Bally's New Orleans

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title: Park Place Entertainment

question: Summarize what the text describes as the history of Hilton's involvement in the gaming industry.

answer: The text provides a detailed synopsis of the history of Hilton's involvement in the gaming industry. His involvement began in 1947, with an approval to operate the future Caribe Hilton Hotel and Casino in Puerto Rico.  He returned to gaming in 1970 when he decided to buy a controlled interest in Kirk Kerkorian's International and Flamingo hotels in Las Vegas. The casino holdings grew for many years and Hilton tried to sell himself out in 1989, and in 1995, with no success. Hilton faced many on and off ventures in hotel operations until Hilton could spin off its casinos as a new public company, Park Place Entertainment.

question: Which hotel and casino enterprise is the most successful?

question: Summarize some of the most interesting facts stated in the next about Park Place Entertainment.

answer: Park Place Entertainment was a casino company in Paradise, Nevada. It was considered the largest casino operator in the world for a period of time. It has been renamed as Caesars Entertainment and was acquired by Harrah's. The casino company went through a roller coaster ride until it was finally acquired by Harrah's Entertainment.


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[Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of the Swedish furniture chain Ikea. All his life, he practiced thrift and diligence, and he saw those traits as the basis for Ikea’s success.

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Credit...Ikea

-   Jan. 28, 2018
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Ingvar Kamprad, a Swedish entrepreneur who hid his fascist past and became one of the world’s richest men by turning simply-designed, low-cost furniture into the global Ikea empire, died on Saturday at his home in Smaland, Sweden. He was 91.

His death was confirmed by the company in a statement on Sunday.

He grew up on a farm in the lake-dotted province of Smaland, in southern Sweden, a dyslexic boy who milked cows and found it hard to concentrate in school. His family was poor, and he earned money selling matches and pencils in villages. At 17, he registered his mail-order business in household goods, calling it Ikea, formed of his initials and those of his farm, Elmtaryd, and village, Agunnaryd.

Over the next seven decades, Mr. Kamprad built Ikea into the world’s largest furniture retailer — an archipelago of more than 350 stores in 29 countries across Europe, North America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia, with sales of 38.3 billion euros ($47.6 billion), more than 930 million store visits and 210 million recipients of catalogs in 32 languages.

It made him wealthy beyond imagining. Bloomberg Billionaires Index listed him as the world’s eighth-richest person, worth $58.7 billion. But his driving ambition led to alcoholism, years of fascination with fascism and, trying to lead his employees by example, into a life of almost monastic frugalities.

All his life, Mr. Kamprad practiced thrift and diligence, and he portrayed those traits as the basis for Ikea’s success. He lived in Switzerland to avoid Sweden’s high taxes, drove an old Volvo, flew only economy class, stayed in budget hotels, ate cheap meals, shopped for bargains and insisted that his home was modest, that he had no real fortune and that Ikea was held by a charitable trust.

It was not exactly so, as reporters found. His home was a villa overlooking Lake Geneva, and he had an estate in Sweden and vineyards in Provence. He drove a Porsche as well as the Volvo. His cut-rate flights, hotels and meals were taken in part as an exemplar to his executives, who were expected to follow suit, to regard employment by Ikea as a life’s commitment — and to write on both sides of a piece of paper.

Image[An Ikea store in Hicksville, N.Y.

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Credit...G. Paul Burnett/The New York Times

Ikea was indeed operated through a charitable trust in the Netherlands, and a complex series of holding companies, all controlled by the Kamprad family to avoid any chance that Ikea might be taken public or broken up. It also provided tax shelters and a structure for preserving the company intact after Mr. Kamprad’s death.

He sought to control his work force, too. In 1976, he wrote a manifesto, “The Testament of a Furniture Dealer,” with biblical-style commandments listing simplicity as a virtue and waste as a sin. Employees were expected to absorb “the Ikea spirit,” to be humble, clean-cut and courteous, not just knowledgeable about Ikea’s products but enthusiastic about its corporate ideology — principles to work and live by.

Mr. Kamprad was, like his designer wares, a studied Everyman. He cultivated a provincial openness: curious about everything, but a face lost in the crowd. He was bespectacled and balding, with wisps of graying hair plastered down the sides, jowls and a pointed chin. His blue denim shirts and khaki pants might have been a gardener’s, but there was hard individuality in the dark eyes and compressed lips.

While he lived mostly in seclusion, he traveled to Ikea stores around the world, sometimes strolling in anonymously and questioning employees as if he were a customer, and customers as if he were a solicitous employee. He spoke at Ikea board meetings and occasionally lectured at universities. He rarely gave interviews, but made no secret of his alcoholism, saying he controlled it by drying out three times a year.

To millions of Ikea customers and the general public, he was largely unknown beyond the authorized version of his life and Ikea’s success — his “Leading by Design: The Ikea Story” (1999), written with Bertil Torekull. Its themes had been sounded for decades in Ikea publicity and reiterated in profiles of Mr. Kamprad and the company.

Ikea had been achieved, he said, by frugality: building stores on less costly land outside cities; buying materials at a discount; minimizing sales staff to let customers shop without pressure; putting no finishes on unseen furniture surfaces, and packaging items in flat boxes to be carried away by customers for home assembly (instructions provided).

In 1994, the Stockholm newspaper Expressen uncovered Mr. Kamprad’s name in the archives of Per Engdahl, a Swedish fascist who had recently died. They showed Mr. Kamprad had joined Mr. Engdahl’s fascist movement in 1942, and had attended meetings, raised funds and recruited members. Even after the war’s end in 1945, he remained close to the leader. In a 1950 letter to Mr. Engdahl, Mr. Kamprad said he was proud of his involvement.

Mr. Kamprad responded humbly to the disclosures. In a message to his employees, he said his fascist activities were “a part of my life which I bitterly regret,” and “the most stupid mistake of my life.” He said that he had been influenced by his German grandmother, who fled the Sudetenland before World War II, and that he had been drawn to Mr. Engdahl’s vision of “a non-Communist, socialist Europe.”

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For Swedes, the revelations reawakened disquieting memories of World War II. While Sweden was officially neutral, German troops had traveled across the country from occupied Norway, and an unknown number of Swedes were Nazi sympathizers. After the disclosures, Jewish groups called for a boycott of Ikea, but its business suffered little, if at all, and Mr. Kamprad soon returned to themes of frugality.

“Well, I’m known as a very thrifty person, and the stores are meant for people like me,” he told The New York Times in 1997 when asked about his contributions to the culture of Ikea. “I don’t fly first class on the airplanes, and the stores’ executives don’t either.”

Ingvar Feodor Kamprad was born in Pjatteryd, Sweden, on March 30, 1926. He attended local schools and studied business in Goteborg. He founded Ikea in 1943, using money his father gave him for chores to register his mail-order business.

In 1950, he married Kerstin Wadling. They had a daughter, Annika, and divorced in 1960. In 1963, he married Margaretha Sennert. They had three sons, Peter, Jonas and Mathias. His second wife died in 2011. He is survived by his daughter and sons, The Associated Press reported from Stockholm.

In 1953, he opened a showroom in Almhult; in 1958, it became the first Ikea store. In the 1960s, Ikeas opened in Stockholm, elsewhere in Sweden, as well as Denmark and Norway. Alarmed by the company’s growing sales, its competitors organized a boycott by Ikea’s suppliers, but it backfired: Mr. Kamprad went to Poland for materials and manufacturing, which cut costs further.

In the 1970s, Ikeas opened in Switzerland and Canada. In 1985, the first Ikea in the United States opened near Philadelphia. In the 1990s, Ikea became popular across Eastern Europe, and by 2000, there were Ikeas in Russia and China. The company owned the vast majority of its stores, though about 10 percent were franchise operations.

In 1976, Mr. Kamprad moved to Switzerland. In 1982, he transferred control to the Dutch foundation, and in 2013 he stepped down from the board of Inter Ikea Group, a key company within the business, and named his youngest son, Mathias, as its chairman. His other two sons also held key positions. Mr. Kamprad announced his retirement in 1986, but continued traveling to his stores and making major decisions.

“I see my task as serving the majority of people,” he told Forbes in 2000. “The question is, how do you find out what they want, how best to serve them? My answer is to stay close to ordinary people, because at heart I am one of them.”

question: What does "Ikea" stand for?

answer: An amalgamation of his initials and those of his farm and village.

question: What was ironic about Kamprad's dedication to frugality?

answer: He actually lived quite lavishly.

question: How was Ikea operated?

answer: Through a charitable trust and a complex series of holding companies all controlled by the Kamprad family to avoid Ikea being taken public or broken up, it also provided tax shelters.

question: Besides frugality, what else characterized Kamprad?

answer: He was an avid fascist.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Ingvar Kamprad, founder of the Swedish furniture chain Ikea, passed away Saturday at his home in Smaland, Sweden, aged 91. Building his furniture empire from nothing, he died the 8th richest person in the world. His life was characterized as an adamant proponent of frugality, though he actually lived quite lavish, alcoholism, and a sincere commitment to fascism. The article details the path toward dominance of the furniture company.


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DETROIT, MI - The auction company is calling it a "Lakefront Luxury Playground."

It's the 28,000-square-foot, French Chateau-style estate built by Art and Mary Ann Van Elslander, and it's headed for an on-site auction later this month. That's according to Grand Estates Auction Company, which is working with Realtor Jaime Rae Turnbull of Higbie Maxon Agney, Inc. to help sell the nearly-4-acre estate on Lake St. Clair.

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Built by the founder of Art Van Furniture in 1991, the property sits on 265 feet of shoreline.

“No other property can compare to this trophy lakefront estate in the heart of this exclusive community,” Grand Estates Auction Company director of sales development Stacy K. Reich said in a statement. “Grand Estates is exceedingly proud to market this mansion to a global audience. Some fortunate bidder is going to walk away on October 28th owning what has been referred to as the crown jewel of Michigan.”

The home itself has six bedrooms and 12 bathrooms, as well as an indoor pool and spa. Outside, there is another pool, as a well as tennis courts and a putt-putt golf course.

The property first hit the market a year ago with an asking price of $15.9 million. At the time, the Van Elslanders were said to be downsizing.

The main level of the home, which has an elevator to all three levels, is the most ornate, according to Grand Estates Auciton Company.

"It starts with the soaring, two-story foyer and a floating curved staircase. In the adjacent formal living room are a stunning Rococo-style fireplace and a 21-vertical foot-glass window with lead glass overlooking the serene lake," the listing states. "The dining room is equally impressive; it is 36 feet long and has a table that expands to seat 26 guests. The gourmet kitchen on this level is fully equipped to cater a lavish banquet with its state-of-the-art wood paneled appliances, breakfast nook and hearth room with limestone stone fireplace."

Out in the terrace area, there's a movie theater, game room and massage room. Beyond that, there’s a playground and another pool, as well tennis and basketball courts and a putting green.

The property is set for live auction at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 28, with a preview of the property on Friday, Oct. 24. Want to throw a bid down? A minimum deposit of $200,000 is required to register.

_David Muller is the automotive and business reporter for MLive Media Group in Detroit. Email him at dmuller@mlive.com or follow him on Twitter._

Note to readers: if you purchase something through one of our affiliate links we may earn a commission.

question: How many bedrooms does the home have?

answer: 6.

question: How many bathrooms does the home have?

answer: 12.

question: How many pools does the home have?

answer: 2, one inside and one outside.

question: What is the asking price?

answer: $15.9 million.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The article is about a home being sold in Michigan that is incredibly large and expensive.


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Many opportunities exist for the application of SYNTHETIC BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS in the biomedical area particularly in the fields of tissue engineering and controlled drug delivery. Degradation is important in biomedicine for many reasons. Degradation of the polymeric implant means surgical intervention may not be required in order to remove the implant at the end of its functional life, eliminating the need for a second surgery.[1] In tissue engineering, biodegradable polymers can be designed such to approximate tissues, providing a polymer scaffold that can withstand mechanical stresses, provide a suitable surface for cell attachment and growth, and degrade at a rate that allows the load to be transferred to the new tissue.[2][3] In the field of controlled drug delivery, biodegradable polymers offer tremendous potential either as a drug delivery system alone or in conjunction to functioning as a medical device.[4]

In the development of applications of biodegradable polymers, the chemistry of some polymers including synthesis and degradation is reviewed below. A description of how properties can be controlled by proper synthetic controls such as copolymer composition, special requirements for processing and handling, and some of the commercial devices based on these materials are discussed.

Polymer chemistry and material selection

When investigating the selection of the polymer for biomedical applications, important criteria to consider are;

-   The mechanical properties must match the application and remain sufficiently strong until the surrounding tissue has healed.
-   The degradation time must match the time required.
-   It does not invoke a toxic response.
-   It is metabolized in the body after fulfilling its purpose.
-   It is easily processable in the final product form with an acceptable shelf life and easily sterilized.

Mechanical performance of a biodegradable polymer depends on various factors which include monomer selection, initiator selection, process conditions and the presence of additives. These factors influence the polymers crystallinity, melt and glass transition temperatures and molecular weight. Each of these factors needs to be assessed on how they affect the biodegradation of the polymer.[5] Biodegradation can be accomplished by synthesizing polymers with hydrolytically unstable linkages in the backbone. This is commonly achieved by the use of chemical functional groups such as esters, anhydrides, orthoesters and amides. Most biodegradable polymers are synthesized by ring opening polymerization.

Processing

Biodegradable polymers can be melt processed by conventional means such as compression or injection molding. Special consideration must be given to the need to exclude moisture from the material. Care must be taken to dry the polymers before processing to exclude humidity. As most biodegradable polymers have been synthesized by ring opening polymerization, a thermodynamic equilibrium exists between the forward polymerization reaction and the reverse reaction that results in monomer formation. Care needs to be taken to avoid an excessively high processing temperature that may result in monomer formation during the molding and extrusion process. It must be followed carefully

Degradation

Once implanted, a biodegradable device should maintain its mechanical properties until it is no longer needed and then be absorbed by the body leaving no trace. The backbone of the polymer is hydrolytically unstable. That is, the polymer is unstable in a water based environment. This is the prevailing mechanism for the polymers degradation. This occurs in two stages.

1. Water penetrates the bulk of the device, attacking the chemical bonds in the amorphous phase and converting long polymer chains into shorter water-soluble fragments. This causes a reduction in molecular weight without the loss of physical properties as the polymer is still held together by the crystalline regions. Water penetrates the device leading to metabolization of the fragments and bulk erosion.

2. Surface erosion of the polymer occurs when the rate at which the water penetrating the device is slower than the rate of conversion of the polymer into water-soluble materials.

Biomedical engineers can tailor a polymer to slowly degrade and transfer stress at the appropriate rate to surrounding tissues as they heal by balancing the chemical stability of the polymer backbone, the geometry of the device, and the presence of catalysts, additives or plasticisers.

Applications

Biodegradable polymers are used commercially in both the tissue engineering and drug delivery field of biomedicine. Specific applications include.

-   Sutures
-   Dental devices (PLGA)
-   Orthopedic fixation devices
-   Tissue engineering scaffolds
-   Biodegradable vascular stents
-   Biodegradable soft tissue anchors

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title: Synthetic biodegradable polymer

question: Summarize all the information relating to synthetic biodegradable polymers used as dental devices.

question: Summarize the implication of degradation of the polymeric implant.

answer: It means that surgical intervention may not be required to remove the implant at the end of its functional life, eliminating need for second surgery and leaving no trace in the body once it is absorbed. It is important that the degradation time match the time required and the polymer must remain sufficiently strong until the surrounding tissue has healed. The polymer is hydrolytically unstable and will dissolve in a water based environment in two stages: water penetrates the bulk of the device and surface erosion of the polymer takes place.

question: Summarize the opportunities in tissue engineering.

answer: Biodegradable polymers can be designed to approximate tissues, providing a polymer scaffold that can withstand mechanical stresses, provide a suitable surface for cell attachment and growth and degrade at a rate that allows the load to be transferred to the new tissue. It is important that the mechanical properties match the application and remain sufficiently strong until the surrounding tissue has healed. Mechanical performance of a biodegradable polymer depends on various factors which include monomer selection, initiator selection, process conditions and the presence of additives as these factors influence the polymer's crystallinity, melt and glass transition temperatures and molecular weight.

question: Summarize the inherent properties that are important when selecting a synthetic biodegradable polymer.

answer: When investigating the selection of the polymer for biomedical applications, the most important criteria to consider are that it does not invoke a toxic response, that is metabolized in the body fully after fulfilling its purpose and that it degrades within a specific period of time.


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NEW for 2020: Live hands-on, online classes

We are pleased to announce that we have decided to offer the MASTERS SUMMIT MODULES AS LIVE HANDS-ON ONLINE CLASSES, until it is safe to return to live events. Pricing will be on a per module basis of $249 USD, so that you can pick and choose the topics that are most relevant to you.

These sessions are now available for registration:

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What are the Masters Summit for Qlik® live events?

Three-day advanced training for Qlik® developers

The goal of the Masters Summit is to take your QlikView® and Qlik Sense® skills to the next level and help you become a Qlik® master. Through hands-on sessions, we will demonstrate how to use best practices to deploy Qlik® as an enterprise solution and to build maintainable and scalable solutions.

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We organize these conferences on an ongoing basis with 2 to 3 events per year in locations all over the world. If you can’t make our next event, there’s always the one after.

Why attend a Masters Summit?

__World Class Expertise__

Masters Summit teams with the world’s best Qlik® experts to bring you hands-on, specialized knowhow from the trenches. Enjoy privileged access to the rock stars of the Qlik® community through workshops and social opportunities.

__Next Level Content__

Take your Qlik® skills to the next level with our intensive training format and guru-style tips and tricks.  Our specialists will open your eyes to the advanced potential of Qlik® and provide insights not popularly available.

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Masters Summit combines technical training with an international user conference format giving you the opportunity to meet and swap notes with your peers from around the world. The social component of this forum lets you mingle with the masters and have a chance to pick their brains.

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Don’t let technology get in the way of you and your most relevant data.  Through staff involvement in our Masters Summit employers can ensure they fully utilize the power of Qlik®’s unique Business Intelligence platform with advanced data analysis and visualization to help you make more informed business decisions.

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Consolidate your knowledge and pick up new tips and tricks. Feel empowered with your skill set and dominate the tools at your disposal.  Enhance your contribution to your workplace or improve your employability.  As the premiere Qlik® training forum, Masters Summit is highly regarded and recognized by employers worldwide.

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Attendees of Masters Summit for Qlik®, as well as the incredible benfits listed above, will also gain entrance to an exclusive personal network of Qlik® professionals headed by our expert speakers who share their knowledge, expertise and findings through online channels such as our private LinkedIn group. Here, we discuss techniques, secret tips and new developments within Qlik® and the wider community.

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answer: It's educational so Qlic developers can better utilize it. The Qlik Masters Summit focuses on expert-level tips and tricks with the world's best experts. It's also a good opportunity to meet other Qlik users. The Summit offers ready resources for attendees and helps business decision-makers with key insights.

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KITCHENER CITY HALL is a stop on the Region of Waterloo's Ion rapid transit system.[1] It is located alongside Duke Street, just east of Young Street, in downtown Kitchener. Just west of the station is its namesake, Kitchener City Hall. It opened in 2019.

The station serves northbound trains only; the nearest southbound platform is at Victoria Park station, about away down Young and Gaukel streets.

The station's feature wall consists of glass tiles in a pattern of alternating horizontal stripes in two shades of green and in white; this mimics the coloration of the office tower of the namesake City Hall.

The platform is connected with Duke Street's sidewalks at either end, and pedestrians passing through walk along the platform.

Locations in the vicinity of the station include Kitchener's main Catholic precinct to the north (including St. Mary's Church and the headquarters of the Waterloo Catholic District School Board); its former St. Jerome's College building to the west now houses Wilfrid Laurier University's Faculty of Social Work. Immediately south of the station is the 'City Centre' condominium development.

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title: Kitchener City Hall station

question: What is Kitchener City Hall?

answer: A stop on the Region of Waterloo's Ion rapist transit system.

question: When did it open?

answer: 2019.

question: What does the station's feature wall look like?

answer: It consists of glass tiles in a pattern of alternating horizontal stripes in two shades of green and white.

question: What will the design mimic?

answer: The coloration of the office tower of the namesake City Hall.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Kitchener City Hall is a stop on the Region of Waterloo's Ion rapid transit system. It opened in 2019 and sits west of its namesake, Kitchener City Hall. Its featured wall consists of glass tiles in a pattern of alternating horizontal stripes in two shades of green and white, a design that mimics that of its namesake.


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On this particular chilly Eugene evening, I am on a bus headed for campus. Park lights illuminate the Willamette with their reflection off the dark surface of the water. The metal beams of the bridge flash in a green blur as the bus pushes its way toward the university campus. The time is 9:04 pm as I get off the bus which means I have some time to walk around before my shift begins at 9:30. I work at a cafeteria on the university’s campus washing dishes as a way to make some extra money.
I walk through campus, passing buildings I see every day, in the silent, cold night. The lampposts littering campus and the music coming through my earphones are the nearest thing to company I have. Looking down the long stretch of vacant asphalt, I feel lonely in this empty environment of concrete and bricks. In search of something comforting, I decide to venture to some nearby neighborhoods. Less than a year ago, my friends and I would walk around the neighborhoods south of campus to talk about classes and smoke. These ritualized walks became a staple in my daily routine and the foreign area of Eugene became familiar to me. Coming from Las Vegas, and being a freshman in college, the entire university experience was new to me. Being a newcomer to Eugene, and the overall atmosphere of the northwest, I held a certain amount of anxiety to living in a new place and meeting new people. After a short while, I met a few guys, who lived in the same hall I did, and we spent a lot of our free time together conversing, venting, smoking, and learning, but I digress. I venture off the cracked sidewalk and cross the street. Just past the sidewalk is a large, wooden tunnel that towers over me as I pass through. On the other side of the tall, wooden tunnel is a grey and black ball of fur and fangs standing in the middle of a patch of grass.
A raccoon the size of an overweight bulldog stares at me while its mouth hangs open, flashing sharp rows of teeth and fangs where he stands just five feet away from me. Our eyes meet. I could see the reflection of the lamps by the museum shining off his black eyes. I freeze, fearful that any move I make may scare the raccoon and cause him to attack me. I feel mad for a split second because I am too afraid to pass the raccoon, to test his patience; he claims this area. He kept eye contact with me, marking his territory, standing his ground. I see the open sidewalk in front of me, but I cannot move. Instead I am confronted by a living, wild road block in the form of a raccoon. He could attack me at any moment, jump at my shaking legs and claw at my body till he was finished. I can feel the thumping of my pulse in my chest and around my jugular. My pounding pulse surely must be visible to the raccoon. I am powerless against his brute force and wild instincts. I imagine the raccoon scratching at my neck, fangs out biting at my body for any piece of flesh he could get a hold of. The raccoon’s mouth opened even wider as he took a step closer to me. It was time for him to get rid of the intruder. My heart elevated to my throat. Fight or flight.
I begin to back up without realizing it. About face and then I fast-walk back to campus as discretely as I can. I don’t want to show fear, for the raccoon could smell it and would take any advantage he could. A city in the middle of the desert doesn’t have wild animals lurking the streets, there are only diseased pigeons who avoid people. Encountering a feral raccoon is an experience I have never had, and knew right away I would not want to come across one of these creatures again. My fear arises from ignorance. Once I crossed the street, I turned my head and the raccoon was nowhere in sight.
I can breathe again. A moment of anticipation and joy interrupted and ruined with a glance. The memory of the raccoon’s dark eyes lives with me, always watching. My memories of the wooded, charming neighborhoods are tainted by the vacant gaze of a raccoon flashing his feral fangs as a warning. The international sign for no trespassing. There is still an inkling of space in the back of my mind that wonders if the raccoon meant no harm and would have idly watched me pass by his temporary residence in the grass. Perhaps I should have tried; perhaps I am smart not to have tried.

title: An Encounter with a Raccoon (criticism/comments appreciated!)

question: What is the overriding feeling the reader can deduce from the narrator's relationships with wild animals?

answer: He seems to be in mortal fear of them, regardless of how small or big they are.

question: What is the primary reason for the narrator's fear of wild animals?

answer: Ignorance mainly, as he had lived most of his life mainly in cities.


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FRANCIS BOUDREAU-AUDET (born November 8, 1993) is a Canadian pair skater, currently competing with Nadine Wang for Canada.

He previously competed with Sumire Suto for Japan, and was the 2016 Toruń Cup champion and a two-time Japanese national champion.

Early career

Boudreau-Audet began learning to skate in 2001.[1]

Partnership with Koga

His partnership with Japan's Ami Koga lasted two seasons. In December 2013, they were awarded the junior silver medal at the Japan Championships, having finished second to Sumire Suto / Konstantin Chizhikov. Making their international debut, they won silver in junior pairs at the Bavarian Open in February 2014.

Koga/Boudreau-Audet competed in the 2014–15 ISU Junior Grand Prix series, placing 4th in Tallinn and 6th in Zagreb. In March 2015, they finished 6th at the 2015 World Junior Championships in Tallinn. They were coached by Richard Gauthier, Bruno Marcotte, Cynthia Lemaire, and Sylvie Fullum in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.[2]

Partnership with Suto

2015–16 season

Boudreau-Audet teamed up with Japan's Sumire Suto in the spring of 2015.[3] They decided to represent Japan in senior pairs, coached by Richard Gauthier and Bruno Marcotte in Montreal, Canada.[4] Their international debut came in December 2015 at the Golden Spin of Zagreb, where they placed 7th. Later that month, they won the Japanese national title, ahead of Marin Ono / Wesley Killing and Miu Suzaki / Ryuichi Kihara.

In January 2016, Suto/Boudreau-Audet were awarded gold at the Toruń Cup. They went on the place 9th at the 2016 Four Continents in Taipei and 22nd at the 2016 World Championships in Boston

2016–17 season

Suto/Boudreau-Audet began their season on the Challenger Series, placing fourth at the 2016 U.S. International Classic. They finished 7th at their Grand Prix assignment, the 2016 NHK Trophy. The two repeated as Japanese national champions, outscoring Suzaki/Kihari by 14 points for the title.

Programs

With Suto

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Season                | Short program         | Free skating          |
+=======================+=======================+=======================+
|  |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 2017–18               | -   Sakura (Spring    | -   The Beatles       |
| [5]                   |     Blossom)          |     Medley            |
|                       |                       |     -   Girl          |
|                       |                       |     -   Let It Be     |
|                       |                       |     -   All My Loving |
|                       |                       |     -   I Want to     |
|                       |                       |         Hold Your     |
|                       |                       |         Hand          |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 2016–17               | -   Sakura (Spring    | -   The Umbrellas of  |
| [6]                   |     Blossom)          |     Cherbourg         |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| 2015–16               | -   La Vie en rose    | -   The Umbrellas of  |
| [7]                   |                       |     Cherbourg         |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

With Koga

+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+
| Season                | Short program         | Free skating          |
+=======================+=======================+=======================+
| 2014–15               | -   Un bel dia        | -   Spellbound        |
| [8]                   |                       |     Concerto          |
+-----------------------+-----------------------+-----------------------+

Competitive highlights

_GP: Grand Prix; CS: Challenger Series; JGP: Junior Grand Prix_

With Wang

          International[9]
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               Event
            U.S. Classic
               Warsaw
            National[10]
          Canadian Champ.
    TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew

With Suto

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| International[11]                                                     |
+:=====================================================================:+
| Event                                                                 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| World Champ.                                                          |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Four Continents Champ.                                                |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NHK Trophy                                                            |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Rostelecom Cup                                                        |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Nebelhorn Trophy                                                      |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| U.S. Classic                                                          |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Toruń Cup                                                             |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| National[12]                                                          |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Japan Champ.                                                          |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Team events                                                           |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| World Team                                                            |
| Trophy                                                                |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  TBD = Assigned; WD = Withdrew                                        |
| T = Team result; P = Personal result.                                 |
| Medals awarded for team result only.                                  |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

With Koga

+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| International[13]                                                     |
+:=====================================================================:+
| Event                                                                 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| World Junior Champ.                                                   |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Croatia                                                               |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Estonia                                                               |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Bavarian Open                                                         |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Challenge Cup                                                         |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| National[14]                                                          |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Japan Junior Champ.                                                   |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Team events                                                           |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
| World Team Trophy                                                     |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+
|  J = Junior level                                                     |
| T = Team result; P = Personal result.                                 |
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------+

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title: Francis Boudreau-Audet

question: When was Francis Boudreau-Audet born?

answer: November 8, 1993.

question: What nationality is Francis Boudreau-Audet?

answer: Canadian.

question: What country did he previously compete with?

answer: Japan.

question: How long did his partnership with Japan's Ami Koga last?

answer: Two seasons.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article is about Francis Boudreau-Audet, a Canadian pair skater who used to skate for Japan.


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The Painter.

A few hours before sunset on the longest day of the year. An artist sat on the peek of a hill, and took a deep breath as he looked at the landscape which was sitting in front of him. He breathed in his surroundings and began to paint.

The people in the city below, distant, were making their way from point A to point B like mice in a maze designed by man, which they were never to escape from. They knew nothing of the humble painter. Although they were unknowingly sharing a profound moment with him.

He saw the world in poetry, art and music. His reality was his only reality, he saw through the many curtains of our little world and he knew who he was.

The artist saw not cars and materials but only vibrant colour, each representing forgotten ideologies in there own right. And he heard only notes of music in the horns and sirens which symbolised so little to so many.

As the sun began to set it, shone a powerful melancholic light across the city, which was toe be subject to immortalising before the moon had risen.

The sun had shone many days before, and would shine many days following, but it would never shine like this again. It was a long moment so perfectly captured, one not observed by any one other than the artist.

As the day began to slide away, the strokes began to get shorter and shorter as the night drew closer, and when the light of the sun had faded to black and darkness engulfed the skyline, he had performed the final stroke.

His final stroke, so profound, releasing his last colourful gift to the world. With it he painted not canvas but the landscape itself. A dark rogue, his final piece, beautiful immortality.

Many would look with unpoetical eyes and sigh, although others would see profound dedication. A dedication and a message to humanity. His last vision perfectly captured, in the landscape on the eisle which stood before him. Finally man could see as he saw. And his body may have been cold and lifeless by midnight, but his last painting contained the best of his years, his warmth, to be found in that captured moment until the end of time.

title: I'm a young writer, I rarely share what I write so no one has ever given me feedback to help me grow. Heres a short story that I wrote tonight called "The Painter." I would appreciate feedback greatly.

question: Describe the painter.

answer: He sees art in everything, and he is suicidal.

question: What is the artist's final act?

answer: He killed himself jumping off a building.

question: What role do the passers-by play in this story?

answer: They are witnesses to the suicide.

question: Why does the artist do this?

answer: No reason is given. More information is needed to answer the quesion.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: An artist takes one final look at the city before he jumps off a building.


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W. A. YOUNG HOUSE, also known as the YOUNG PLACE, is a historic home located near Salem, Dent County, Missouri. It was built about 1871, and is an eclectic cruciform plan Late Victorian dwelling. It features a Greek Revival style interior woodwork and 34 large, symmetrically arranged windows.[1]

It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.[2]

[1] ] (includes 9 photos from 1988)

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title: W.A. Young House

question: What is W. A. Young House?

answer: a historic home located near Salem, Dent County, Missouri

question: What is another name for W. A. Young House?

answer: Young Place

question: When was Young Place built?

answer: 1871

question: What style is Young Place built in?

answer: Late Victorian

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: W.A. Young House is a historic home located near Salem, Dent County, Missouri. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1989.


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Brands we carry include E3D, Micro Swiss, Bondtech, Wanhao, Flashforge, Creality, Flexion, Duet3D, Monocure, FunToDo, BlueCast, Gates, Igus, BuildTak, Mean Well, Misumi, Olsson Ruby, Noctua, MKS Makerbase, Raspberry Pi, Watterott and more!

Free shipping by Canada Post Expedited on orders over $140.

All prices are in $CAD.

It is recommended that 3D printers are used in a well ventilated area.

SEE OUR LATEST NEWS.

question: Where is this store based?

answer: It is based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

question: Does this document specify a brand name?

answer: The name of the store isn't mentioned.

question: What are some of the things this store provides?

answer: 3D Printers, 3D Printer Parts, hot ends, heaters, and glass beds

question: What is recommended about 3D printers?

answer: It's recommended that they are used in a well ventilated area.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: This document is an advertisement for an online and retail store based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. At the time of this document, they specialized in the sale of 3D Filaments, 3D Resins, 3D Printers, 3D Printer Parts, 3D Printing and 3D Printer Training. Products and brands that are sold at the store were listed.


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The Brisbane Lions have made five changes to their playing list. The Club has informed Ryan Harwood, Jarrad Jansen, Jonathan Freeman, Josh Clayton and rookie Blake Grewar that their contracts will not be renewed in 2018.

Grewar, Jansen, Clayton and Freeman all played in the NEAFL’s Grand Final win over the Sydney Swans on Saturday night.

General Manager of Football Operations David Noble said, “This time of the season is always difficult, especially when you have to let good people go. On behalf of the Brisbane Lions we’d like to thank the players for their service to the Club.”

Harwood played 81 Senior games for the Lions since making his debut in Round 17, 2010 but has battled numerous injuries throughout this career.

Freeman was the first member of the Hyundai Lions Academy to graduate to the Club’s Senior list. Since making his debut in 2014 he played 14 games for the Club, but like Harwood, suffered injury setbacks.

Jansen joined the Lions in 2014 and played eight AFL matches, his last game for the Lions was Round 19’s loss to West Coast in Perth.

Clayton joined Brisbane as a father-son selection in the 2014 AFL draft and played two Senior games in the 2016 season.

Grewar came to the Lions in 2016’s NAB AFL Rookie Draft, after regularly starring for Redland in the NEAFL competition. This year he celebrated 100 NEAFL games.

question: What sport do the Brisbane Lions play?

answer: Football

question: What are the five changes the Brisbane Lions made to their playing list?

answer: The contracts of five players (Ryan Harwood, Jarrad Jansen, Jonathan Freeman, Josh Clayton, and Blake Grewar) will not be renewed.

question: Which of the five players has been with the Brisbane Lions for the longest?

answer: Ryan Harwood

question: Which of the five players is the newest addition to the Brisbane Lions?

answer: Blake Grewar

question: Why are the contracts not being renewed?

answer: That information can't be found.

question: What league does the Brisbane Lions belong to?

answer: The AFL

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The Brisbane Lions have chosen not to renew the contracts of five of their players (Ryan Harwood, Jarrad Jansen, Jonathan Freeman, Josh Clayton, and Blake Grewar) in 2018.