text:
SYLVAN LAKE, Alta. - An Alberta pensioner says she feels like a prisoner after her rental property was claimed as an "embassy" by a man she says identified himself as a Freemen-on-the-Land, a growing movement of so-called sovereign citizens that is raising concerns with authorities both north and south of the border.

"I am an army of one," says Rebekah Caverhill at her home in Sylvan Lake, near Red Deer. Tears stream down her face.

"I've been beat up so badly by people that should be helping that I don't know where to turn."

Caverhill rented half a duplex she owns in Calgary's upscale Parkdale neighbourhood to a new tenant in November 2011 on the recommendation of a friend.

The renter, Andreas Pirelli, had recently moved to Calgary from Montreal and was a self-described handyman. She says he agreed to "spruce up" the property in return for three months of free rent.

What she thought was a good deal soon turned into a nightmare.

A few months after Pirelli moved in, Caverhill went to inspect the work and she says she found the entire kitchen and bathroom had been gutted. All the doors inside had been removed and the floor of the master bedroom had been painted black, she says.

But Caverhill quickly learned she had much bigger problems.

"He walks me to the door and he's yelling at me, 'I'm a Freemen-on-the-Land,'" Caverhill says.

"I said: 'This is my house, not yours.' He said: 'No. This is an embassy house now and it's mine and you have no rights', so then he slams the door."

She says she discovered the locks had been changed and pounded on the door.

"I said: 'How come the key doesn't work?' He said: 'I changed the locks.' He said: 'It's not your home.'"

Caverhill depends on the rental income to supplement her pension.

Pirelli, who sources confirm also went by the name Mario Antonacci, informed her he was willing to pay $775 a month in rent, less than half the $1,500 plus utilities that she says had been agreed to.

She says she later received an invoice from Pirelli's company — CPC Universal Group — for $26,000 in work done to the home.

"I receive a thing in the mail from the Land Titles Office, that the property has been liened for $17,000," she says.

"I'm at wits' end and somebody says to me: 'Oh they're just a bunch of kooks' and I say: 'No, they're not. They're not kooks — they're crazy, yes, they're dangerous, yes.'

"As far as I'm concerned, anybody who sets up a company or an embassy on Canadian land and calls it a foreign entity, for me, that's a declaration of war."

No one came to the door at the home when The Canadian Press sought comment from Pirelli earlier this month.

A black Chevrolet Yukon with tinted windows was parked in front. A decal on the rear window said "No Weapons. No Agents. No Foreign Weapons within 3 metres of a Diplomat of a Foreign Nation."

Pirelli did respond to an email request with a warning sent both electronically and in a letter delivered by courier.

"I don't know who you are? I am telling and ordering to stand down all of the matters that your auhority things (sic) it may have, as this is a private matter," the warning reads. "Any intervening with these private matters have outstandings fees and schedules."

The warning goes on to claim trademarks on the name "Andreas Pirelli" and "The First Nations Sovran Embassy of Earth" and says publishing them "is an infringement of our copyrights, and are subject to trespass of our personal property."

"Everyone PERSON is entitled to their opinion, and what we state are not opinions, but a matter of the fact," the letter says.

Pirelli is listed on his LinkedIn social network page as Senior Chief Justice at Tacit Supreme In Law Court for Sovran Nations Embassies and as Supervisor-Co-ordinator-Estimator of CPC Universal Group of Calgary Division — the same company that placed a lien on Caverhill's home.

The Law Society of British Columbia and B.C. Notaries have both issued warnings about Freemen. In a bulletin last year, the society said the group may number as many as 30,000 in Canada.

RCMP and the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police are developing awareness materials for frontline officers and the movement is the subject of upcoming policing seminars in Vancouver and Toronto.

The FBI considers the movement a domestic terror threat in the U.S.

A 2011 FBI report cites several cases where followers have clashed with law enforcement, including the 2010 shootings of two Arkansas officers during a routine traffic stop. It warns the movement is likely to grow, fuelled by the recent economic downturn and the popularity of seminars being held across the country.

"They may refer to themselves as 'constitutionalists' or 'freemen,' which is not necessarily a connection to a specific group, but, rather, an indication that they are free from government control," the report says. "They follow their own set of laws."

But a Freemen-on-the-Land member in B.C. told The Canadian Press earlier this month that violence is not advocated and has no place in the movement.

Caverhill has already served Pirelli with one eviction notice, but he hasn't left.

Attempts to get help from the police and politicians have been referred to the civil courts on the grounds that it's a landlord-tenant problem.

"It's an awful situation and she feels very powerless, so even though this is firmly in provincial jurisdiction we're trying to do everything we can to help and we've spent a lot of time on this," says Druh Farrell, the Calgary alderman who represents the area.

"I hope the province can come to her assistance because that is where the authority lies," Farrell added.

Calgary Police have been called about the matter on several occasions.

"Based on the information we have received so far, this appears to be a civil matter," says Staff Sgt. Jim Stinson.

"We have referred the homeowner to information on possible civil resolutions and will certainly investigate if we receive further details that indicate this may be a criminal matter."

Alberta's justice minister says he has had his own dealings with the sovereign movement, including being taken to court.

"I have been sued before with an 87 page document and the suit was dismissed ... The logic behind it defies me," says Jonathan Denis. "There was also that lawsuit against myself and the former deputy minister. The lawsuit was for $1,000 quadrillion, more than the size of the U.S. national debt."

Denis says he wants to help Caverhill.

"This is her private property. She is the landlord and is entitled to get certain rents from her property. We definitely want to be working to help her out the best that we can."

Before being elected, Opposition Wildrose Party justice critic Shayne Saskiw, a tax lawyer by trade, was named on a Freemen website as a notary that Alberta members should use to get their legal documents certified.

Saskiw says he isn't sure why he was singled out, but believes the sovereign movement is totally out of line.

"They can't declare themselves a sovereign state and declare they are above and beyond the law. What happens is these wackos go around intimidating people with their made up concepts and it has to stop," he says.

"We're looking at ways of potentially making changes to legislation to give judges more powers to stop these contemptible people from placing false liens, abusing legitimate legal processes and protections and taking advantage of people."

The Liberal member of the legislature for the riding is also lending his support Caverhill.

"I don't think we should be punishing people for unusual beliefs, but when they turn into to actions that restrict other people's rights and freedoms then they have to pay a price," says David Swann.

Caverhill is angry and hurt.

"They are taking away my rights as a Canadian citizen. They do not go along with any Canadian rights," she says, wiping away her tears.

"I'm battling somebody who takes advantage of the system. I'm battling the system itself and I thought I had rights and I guess I don't.

"If I don't like the government — I vote. I'm not doing to take matters into my own hands like a vigilante and to me what they're doing is treason."

ALSO ON HUFFPOST

question: Where does this take place?

answer: Sylvan Lake, Alberta, Canada

question: What does Andreas Pirelli identify himself as?

answer: A Freeman-on-the-land

question: How many Freemen are estimated to be in Canada?

answer: 30,000

question: How is the Freemen movement considered in the US?

answer: The FBI considers the movement to be a domestic terror threat.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: A Canadian renter, Rebekah Caverhill, had her house claimed as an "embassy" by a man who claims to be a Freeman-on-the-land. The man, Andreas Pirelli, removed parts of the house he was supposed to rent for half the price, and claimed the house to be his. Rebekah feels like he is taking advantage of the system and of her.


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text:
A former emergency room doctor who deliberately hit his brakes so that two bicyclists rammed into his car in a road rage incident was sentenced Friday in a case that sparked international interest among cyclists.

Christopher Thomas Thompson, 60, was sentenced to five years in state prison and had been jailed since his November conviction on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, battery with serious bodily injury, reckless driving and mayhem.

The case prompted a deluge of letters and e-mails from cyclists around the world. About 160 people wrote to support Thompson while more than 270 messages, including some from bicyclists and doctors as far away as China, urged a tough sentence.

"Here in the U.K., the cycling community has a saying that, 'If you want to harm or kill someone, a motor vehicle is the weapon of choice,' " wrote Tony Raven, of Cambridge, England.

The letters were submitted to the court by the prosecutor.

"It is time that motorists learn that they must share the road with people on bicycles and that the courts will view assaults on cyclists by motorists as seriously as other assaults with deadly weapons," Deputy District Attorney Mary Hanlon Stone wrote in court papers.

Prosecutors had sought an eight-year term while Thompson's attorney argued for probation.

Judge Scott T. Millington said he did not take into account the letters and e-mails from bicyclists when considering the sentence. However, the judge said he believed Thompson had not shown remorse during the case.

NOT THE FIRST TIME
Prosecutors say Thompson deliberately hit his brakes, causing the bicyclists to hit the back of his Infiniti sedan on July 4, 2008. One rider smashed through the back window, breaking his nose and front teeth. The other crashed to the pavement, separating his shoulder.

At trial, Thompson said that he and other local residents were angry because some bicyclists were ignoring stop signs or riding abreast, impeding cars on a narrow road.

Thompson said several cyclists who were riding side by side had sworn at him and made a rude gesture after he told them to ride single file. The physician said he didn't intend to hurt anyone and only stopped to photograph the riders.

However, a police officer testified that Thompson said he hit the brakes to "teach them a lesson."

Prosecutors said Thompson had braked suddenly in front of bicyclists on two previous occasions but nobody was hurt.

question: Why did Thompson suddenly hit his brakes in front of cyclists?

answer: Thompson says the cyclists made rude remarks to him and ignored stop signs and rode abreast. He says the locals are all angry about these. However, a police officer testified that Thompson said he hit the breaks to "teach them [the cyclists] a lesson".

question: Why was Thompson jailed?

answer: The judge thought he didn't show remorse. He also had two similar incidents previously without injuries.

question: How did the judge reach his conclusion?

answer: He says he didn't take the hundreds of letters from the cyclists all over the world into account. He judged the case based on his conclusion that Thompson didn't show remorse during the trial.

question: What happened to the two cyclists?

answer: One of them went through the back window, smashing his front teeth and breaking his nose. The other crashed to the pavement and separated his shoulder.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Christopher Thomas Thompson, 60, was sentenced to five years in prison on charges of assault with a deadly weapon, battery with serious bodily injury, reckless driving, and mayhem. Thompson had braked suddenly in front of cyclists "to teach them a lesson" according to a police officer. The judge sentenced him because Thompson didn't show remorse and had done similar braking twice in the past.


text:
Some people are meant for great things. Most people live and work and die. I guess I’m one of the latter. It depressed me for a long time. I did well in school, went to college, studied abroad in Tokyo one summer and it was great. Aside from the experiences I’ve gained, I realized I’m not going to leave a mark on this world. The world left one in me. It’s just that way sometimes.

I’m a watcher of those who burst like firecrackers, their colors dancing on our eyes. If there is one thing I am good at it is knowing the bright ones. My best friend in high school (we’re still in touch) went on to start his own charitable organization. My roommate in college transferred and graduated from an esteemed art academy and is now on display. My high school sweetheart is a practicing doctor and we have a sixteen year old who learned how to drive this April. It’s a feeling, a sense. When I look at someone and I see an enormous folded destiny behind them, I know. They smile at me and I can feel it. Then, I step back and watch their colors unfold.

When I was a boy and summers at the lake we lived near murmured with excitement, my father took me to the edge of the water where people had laid out blankets to watch the evening fill with lights and sounds. It was the Fourth of July. He and my uncle set up a place to sit and we lay on it. I watched from between my father and aunt, my uncle on her other side. Halfway through the fireworks, I turned to my father; as a glimmer of red dazzled over the sky I realized he was looking at me and crying. He said he was proud of me.

My daughter was two at his funeral. I didn’t get to be at his side: he died in his sleep during an afternoon nap like a mechanic deciding to retire his tools. I received the call upon returning home from a long day of touring some people through my town: the family was relocating from their old home. It was the caretaker on the other end of the line. She seemed sad but understanding. I remember thinking of my father and that night by the lake when she was born.

I have watched people who had the gifts but not the destiny, their lives like ships of cargo lacking sails. I suppose I had neither. My father was proud of me because my heart was always in the right place. It was a long time before I came to realize that it wasn’t about me. I wasn’t meant for great things. I wasn’t meant to leave a mark on this world, and it wasn’t easy to understand.

She was so little in my arms when I took her, yet so heavy like glass. So many folds weighed her. She smiled at me—the nurses said it was a wonderful sign and that newborns were mostly incapable of such gestures. I remembered my father then and that warm summer night and his tears sparking crimson in his eyes, and I found myself on the other side of those tears, watching colors dance.

I wasn’t meant for great things. She is.

title: Firecrackers

question: Why does the narrator believe they are one of those people who are meant to live, work, and die instead of doing something great?

answer: It seems they believe they just aren't the type to make a mark, and that the world left one on them.

question: What does the narrator mean by "a watcher of those who burst like firecrackers"?

answer: It means the narrator notices when someone has an enormous destiny within them. When he notices this, he steps back watches them grow to their potential.

question: What is the narrator's takeaway from the Fourth of July from their childhood?

answer: His father was overcome with emotion while looking at him watch fireworks, and told him that he was proud of him. It's possible that the narrator's father had seen him as a "firework" (a person with a great destiny) like the narrator describes.

question: How does the narrator feel about their daughter beyond regular paternal love?

answer: Due to her smiling right after she was born, he believes she's destined for great things.

question: Why was the narrator's father proud of him?

answer: The narrator reveals that his father was proud of him because his heart was always in the right place.

question: What type of person does the narrator seem to be?

answer: The narrator seems like an intuitive and good person.


text:
SOUL SYNDICATE, originally called the RHYTHM RAIDERS, were one of the top reggae session bands in Jamaica from the early 1970s to the mid-1980s.

History

In the first half of the 1970s the band from the Greenwich Farm area of Kingston recorded for producers such as Keith Hudson, Winston Holness (under the pseudonym The Observers),[1] Duke Reid and others on some of the most popular and influential recordings of the era. Core members of the band are guitarist Earl "Chinna" Smith, drummer Carlton "Santa" Davis, bassist and founder of Soul Syndicate George "Fully" Fullwood, rhythm guitarist Tony Chin and keyboard player Bernard "Touter" Harvey, later with Keith Sterling on keyboards.[2][3] Other members at various times included drummer Leroy "Horsemouth" Wallace, guitarist Cleon Douglas, and keyboard players Earl Lindo and Tyrone Downie.[4] Freddie McGregor was at one time the band's featured vocalist.[5] The nucleus of the band also recorded under the name The Aggrovators for Bunny Lee. As well as playing on countless releases backing some of Jamaica's top vocalists, including Dennis Brown and Gregory Isaacs, they also released several albums credited to the band. Harvey later became a member of The Wailers Band.[6]

According to guitarist Tony Chin, _Sun is Shining_ was the first song members of the band recorded with Bob Marley.

The Soul Syndicate's “Stalag 17” and “Taxi” bass lines, are among many bass lines created by George “Fully” Fullwood, an instrumental, featuring Ansell Collins on organ who was a resident studio musician for Soul Syndicate in the 1970s, was much-versioned, providing the basis for hits over the two decades that followed for Big Youth, Horace Andy, Augustus Pablo, Frankie Paul, General Echo, Tenor Saw and others.[7]

Soul Syndicate is accredited with performing on singles featuring many vocalists and feature artists including: Roy Shirley, Max Romeo, Cynthia Richards, Keith Hudson, Winston Garrett, Dirty Harry, Bobby Ellis, Lenroy Muffatt & the Soul Tops, Joe Gibbs, Romax & Elaine, Maria Baines, Abdul Sabuza, Leonard Dillon, Junior Byles, Errol Alphanso, African Brothers, Bobby Kalphat, Bim Man, Eli & Chen, Jah Carlos, Dillinger, I-Roy, Junior Delgado, Ingrid Scott, Country Joe, L. Moodie, Phillip Frazer, Freddie McGregor, Tony Tuff, Willie Brackenridge, Ashanti Waugh & D.J. Baller Joe, Augustus Pablo, Sheena Spirit & The Third Eye, King Tubby, King Jango, The Heptones, Nora Jean, Alton Ellis, U Roy, H. Cunningham, Cornell Campbell, Shenley Duffus, The Stingers, Johnny Cool, Sylvan White, Robert Scott, Blue Flame, Jimmy London, Emos McLeod, Mary Mundy, Dr. Alimantado, Dizzy, Lloyd A. Lawrence, Glen Lee & the Vandells, Charles Bennett, Porkey & Cynthia, Derrick Morgan, Badoo, Tony Brevett, Johnnie “Dizzy” Moore, Winston Fergus and Niney.[8]

Reunion

In 2015, the band reunited and performed at Huntington Beach, California. The line-up for the performance included George “Fully” Fullwood, Tony Chin, Earl “Chinna” Smith, Carlton “Santa” Davis, Soul Syndicate's original vocalist Donovan Carless[9] and Keith Sterling.[10]

In Summer 2016, Soul Syndicate re-united once again to perform at Reggae on the River in Northern California. There, they backed six artists including Big Youth, U-Roy, Earl Zero, Marty Dread, Nature and Randy Valentine. The band featured George “Fully” Fullwood on bass, Tony “Valentine” Chin on rhythm guitar, Keith Sterling on keys, Karl Wright on drums, Vince Black on lead guitar, Glenn Holdaway on trumpet, Warren Huang on saxophone and Mad Professor controlling the mix.[11]

Discography

Albums

-   _Harvest Uptown, Famine Downtown_ (1977) London/Soul Syndicate[12]
-   _Moodie In Dub Vol 1_ (1978) Moodie Music (Black Slate & The Soul Syndicate)
-   _Nuh Skin Up Dub_ (1979) Keith Hudson & The Soul Syndicate[13]
-   _Only Jah Can Ease The Pressure_ (1979) Earl Zero And The Soul Syndicate[14]
-   _Was, Is, & Always_ (1980) High Times/Epiphany
-   _Visions Of Love_ (1980) Earl Zero With The Soul Syndicate[15]
-   _Roots Radics Meet Soul Syndicate In Dub_ (198?) Razor Sounds (with Roots Radics)[16]
-   _Friends and Family_ (1996) Epiphany

Compilations

-   _Freedom Sounds In Dub_ (1996) Blood & Fire (King Tubby & The Soul Syndicate)
-   _The Rough Guide to Dub_ (2005) World Music Network
-   _Dub Classics_ (2006) Jamaican Recordings

DVD

-   _Word, Sound and Power_ (2008), MVD

Notes

[1] Thompson, p.194

[2] Larkin, p.279

[3] Thompson, p.462

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[7] Barrow, p.117

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[9]  Reggae from Raleigh, NC|url = https://www.reverbnation.com/donovanandposse%7Cwebsite = ReverbNation|accessdate = 2015-11-16|language = en-us}}

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[11] http://www.reggaeontheriver.com

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title: Soul Syndicate

question: What was Soul Syndicate originally called?

answer: The Rhythm Raiders.

question: Where were they from?

answer: Jamaica.

question: What kind of music did they play?

answer: Reggae.

question: Which song did the band first record with Bob Marley?

answer: "Sun is Shining".

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Soul Syndicate, originally called Rhythm Raiders, were a very popular reggae band from Jamaica who reached the height of their popularity in the 1970s and 1980s. They recorded with the legendary artist Bob Marley. They released eight albums, the last in 1996.


text:
If Looks Could Kill.

Nothing could describe the fear I felt when I looked into her eyes.
It was cold. Leaves scattered the ground, and the gravel under my back felt like sharpened icicles on my skin.
The physical cold was only compounded by her eyes.
My God, those eyes.
Those piercing, icy blue eyes that seemed to tear a path to my heart like a frozen bullet. Those eyes that
stopped the hypothermia and started melting me from the inside out, igniting a burning passion to thaw out
my long dead love life. The contrasting feelings caused a slight sense of excitement.
But I knew that this couldn't happen.
She reaches down to help me up, I thought she meant to harm.
Where am I? That's all I can think. Who is she? What did she do?
I slap her arm away. She looks offended.
What happened?
I try to sit up, and suddenly feel a sharp pain in my back.
I'm not going anywhere.
My legs don't work.
Upon this realization, my back follows suit, and I quickly feel the pangs of frozen rock on my back.
For the first time in my life, I panic. I truly panic.
She leans in close.
Panic.
Who is she? Did she do this to me?
Suddenly I become aware of sounds. Noises. Like an infant in a game of peek-a-boo, I cannot seem to
comprehend where these sounds were coming from.
But it's starting to clear up.
I look back into her eyes. Crystal blue ice turns to lightning as I feel her gaze connect with mine.
Are you okay? She asks, as if I can understand her.
I should understand.
I can't.
More panic.
The sounds are becoming more clear. Her voice. It was muffled, but I could understand it.
Are you okay?
It's clearing up.
It's being slowly drowned out.
What's that noise?
It's like.. a.. siren. That's what it is.
A siren.
Getting louder.
Are you okay?
No, I'm not. If only I could tell her that. My voice isn't working.
I turn my head sideways. A bicycle. My bicycle? I don't recognize it. But I don't recognize my shirt either.
The siren. It's stopped. The woman. She's getting up.
Don't go.
Please, I'm not scared anymore.
We can happen.
I just remembered, my arms work.
I reach out. Grab her hand.
Static. No, more than a static shock. Something. The connection. It's there. Why is it there?
My back. Oh man, my back. The pain. The fear.
Panic.
I look away. A car. An ambulance creeping up. The car is really close. I can almost touch it. But I'm touching her.
Her, with the frozen bullet eyes.
Two men. Running. To me.
Running to me. I'm not letting go of her hand.
They touch me. She touches me. She has the electric fingers.
They push her away. I wish I could protest, but my voice still betrays me.
She lets go.
I try to keep looking at her, but the men are in my way.
The lights on the ambulance are bright.
But they are getting dimmer.
The men are trying to move me.
It hurts.
They pick me up.
Please, stop. I can't tell you, but please. See my face. I'm hurting. Don't move me.
I swing at the one on my left. He stumbles back and drops me back on the gound.
They tell me to calm down. They are trying to help after all.
Their voices. Getting quieter as they talk.
Panic.
I look around as much as I can.
Every time I make a move, the world gets a bit darker.
Where is she?
I have to see her again.
The men pick me up. I have no more strength to contest.
She's behind them.
Her eyes. Her stormy, lightning blue eyes. Clouded by tears, she just stands there, watching.
I'm watching too.
But not for long.
I want to tell her.
Her eyes are comfort. They are all I needed.
The men move me to the ambulance. I think. I don't really care.
The sounds have faded some.
I can still see her from the back of the ambulance. Wait. They shut the doors.
She's gone.
Panic.
Someone is in here with me. They move so fast that I only see them as a blur.
It's getting darker.
Darker.
Panic.
The blur is asking me questions.
What is my name?
It asks me, but I can't seem to recall.
I can only remember her. Those eyes.
The next question I'm asked fades to silence.
Panic.
What color was her hair?
I didn't even notice.
I've been moving too much.
Things are almost out of sight.
The pain is gone.
I feel like I'm slipping.
Darker.
I'm just going to rest my eyes. I'm sure the blur won't mind. It's too dark to see in here anyway.
This just makes it easier to see her eyes.
I can hear some sounds.
The siren is back.
I think my eyes are still closed.
Either way, it's dark.
I feel like she touched my chest just now. The electricity was there. Both hands, bare flesh. The jolt startled me, and I knew she was there.
I open my eyes. The blur is still there, but she isn't.
Panic.
I try to sit up, but the blur holds me down. The effort must have broke my back.
The pain is back.
My eyes are adjusting to the darkness. I can see the blur. It's one of the men. The one I swung at.
The other one. Where is he?
I look around the best I can.
He's driving.
Someone is in the passenger seat.
A girl.
Her hair. Red. Burning.
It's her. I remember. She has red hair.
I reach out towards her. Point.
The man looks at her.
We stop moving. The ambulance stops screaming.
The men come to the back, and she is there with them.
I take her hand. The men move me out and wheel me on a bed toward a building.
She comes with me.
They are moving me really fast. Everything is blurring, except for her.
But her electric touch is losing its spark. Her icy blue eyes no longer reach as deep. Her burnt auburn hair is getting dimmer.
I'm moving too much.
It's dark again. I heard voices a minute ago, but now it's silent again.
Her touch. The electric fingers on my chest. I feel it. Three times.
But my eyes won't open.
I feel it a fourth time, stronger than ever.
All of my senses come rushing back to me. I can see her.
I wonder if my voice works.
I have to try.
I love you.
I said it.
I heard it.
My voice was weak, but I said it.
And now it's fading again.
I don't think she can bring me back.
The sounds are fading again, but not as fast as my vision.
The darkness returns, and I hear a soft voice.
It's her voice.
It's all I needed. I don't have to wonder.
The voice. It told me what I needed to hear.
I love you too.
She loves me.
It's the last thing I hear before the silence returns.
I don't think I can come back.
Her touch sparks agains my chest.
But it isn't enough.
At least I know how she feels.
The burning hair matched with the freezing blue eyes.
If looks could kill..
If looks could kill then she'd be the last thing I ever see.
I'd be fine with that.

title: Decided to try a little bit of writing, what do you think?

question: What could have possibly caused the accident?

answer:
The narrator is implied to have been in a bike accident. possibly while doing his work. While his loss of memory has been stated many times, the fact that his shirt is something he doesn't recognize means that it stands out as something that should be familiar, this is likely to be a uniform which would point towards a job as a courier or something similar.

The mention of a really close car implies that this had been what the narrator had probably hit or was hit by when he was on his bike.


text:
The cover of the first Yuri on Ice home video release volume.
 is a Japanese sports anime television series about figure skating. It is produced by MAPPA, directed by Sayo Yamamoto and written by Mitsurō Kubo. The character designs were by Tadashi Hiramatsu, and the music was composed by Taro Umebayashi and Taku Matsushiba. The figure skating choreography was by Kenji Miyamoto. It revolves around the relationships between Japanese figure skater Yuri Katsuki; his idol, Russian figure-skating champion Victor Nikiforov, and up-and-coming Russian skater Yuri Plisetsky; as the two Yuris take part in the Figure Skating Grand Prix, with Victor acting as coach to Yuri K.
The series first premiered on TV Asahi on October 6, 2016 and finished airing on December 22, 2016 with a total of 12 episodes. The series was made available for streaming by Crunchyroll shortly after its broadcast in Japan, Funimation also provided an English dub of the series, for their customers. starting on October 24, 2016, at 10:00 p.m. ET.
The opening theme was "History Maker" by Dean Fujioka, which reached number 43 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart. The ending theme was "You Only Live Once" by Wataru Hatano, and peaked at number 11 in the Billboard Japan Hot 100.
The Japanese release of Yuri on Ice will have six Blu-ray/DVD sets; the first Blu-ray/DVD set was released on December 30, 2016. Each Blu-ray/DVD will include special goods and bonus features, such as booklets, staff audio commentary, costume designs, and choreography videos about the anime.
In April 2017, it was announced Yuri on Ice would return with a film of the series featuring an original story.
On February 6, 2018, Funimnation released the series in the USA on a combined DVD and Blu-Ray boxset, with extras including textless opening and closing, trailers, commentary from the 11th episode, and the "Welcome to the Madness" original video anime. There is also a limited edition version including a chipboard collector's box with "cracked ice" holographic finish and silver foil, three art cards, and an 80-page book of illustrations and behind-the-scenes interviews with Sayo Yamamoto, Mitsurou Kubo, and Kenji Miyamoto.
 Broadcast and distribution
Yuri on Ice aired on TV Asahi from October 6 to December 22, 2016. The anime was produced by MAPPA, directed by Sayo Yamamoto and written by Mitsurō Kubo, with character design by Tadashi Hiramatsu, music by Taro Umebayashi and Taku Matsushiba and figure-skating choreography by Kenji Miyamoto. The episodes were made available for streaming by Crunchyroll, and Funimation began streaming an English dub on October 24, 2016, at 10:00 p.m. ET.
Yuri on Ice will have six Blu-ray and DVD sets released in Japan. The first set, containing the first two episodes, was released on December 30, 2016. Each set will include bonus content such as booklets, production audio commentary and costume-design and choreography videos.
The anime's opening song was "History Maker" by Dean Fujioka, and its closing song was "You Only Live Once" by Wataru Hatano. A compilation CD entitled , with the anime's 24 original songs, was released on December 21, 2016. The insert song "Yuri On Ice" was included in Piano Solo Chū Jōkyū Figure Skate Meikyoku-shū ~Hyōyō ni Hibiku Melody~ 2016-2017, a piano book released on January 21, 2017 with music used by figure skaters (including Mao Asada and Yuzuru Hanyu). It was the only anime song in the music book release.
 Episode list
 Television series

title: List of Yuri on Ice episodes

question: When did the series premier?

answer: October 6, 2016

question: How many episodes did the series have?

answer: 12

question: When will the film be released?

answer: That information can't be found, but it was announced in April 2017

question: When was the Blu-ray/DVD set released in the USA?

answer: February 6, 2018

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Yuri on Ice is a Japanese sports anime television series about figure skating. The series premiered in October 2016 and consisted of 12 episodes. In April 2017, a film return was announced.


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VADIM ANTONOV () born May 25, 1965 is a Russian-American software engineer and entrepreneur. He is known for his work on operating systems, Internet backbone networks, network router hardware, computer security, and data warehouses. He is also known for his role in organizing civil resistance to 1991 Soviet coup d'état attempt notable for pioneering the use of Internet to effect the political change.[1]

Soviet coup d'etat attempt

During 1991 Soviet hardline Communist coup d'état attempt Vadim Antonov and his colleagues at RELCOM used their network facilities to gather and disseminate independent information about the current situation in the country, thus undermining the censorship in mass media ordered by the coup plotters.[2][3] As a co-founder of RELCOM, Vadim Antonov was well known to the users of the network,[4] which gave him credibility to act as the moderator for the stream of situation reports during the crisis; he anonymized the reports to protect the sources in case if the coup succeeded. In an interview to PBS Mr. Antonov explained that providing the alternative to the official narrative was necessary to discourage the regional government officials from joining the coup leaders.[5]

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title: Vadim Antonov

question: What does Vadim Antonov do?

answer: He is a software engineer and entrepreneur.

question: What did he have to do with the 1991 Soviet coup d'etat attempt?

answer: Vadim Antonov and his colleagues at RELCOM used their network facilities to gather and disseminate independent information about the current situation in the country, thus undermining the censorship in mass media ordered by the coup plotters.

question: How did he protect sources?

answer: By anonymizing the reports.

question: Which agency did he co-found?

answer: RELCOM.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Vadim Antonov is a software engineer and entrepreneur. Originally from the former Soviet Union, Antonov co-founded RELCOM, he and his colleagues thwarted a hardline Communist attempted coup d'etat in 1991. He is notable for using his internet credibility in pioneering the use of the internet to effect political change.


text:
	Once when I was younger I came into the house bleeding from
the nose, staining my shirt a deep red.  Some got onto the hardwood
floor and also the carpet, which left a stain like someone had spilled
tomato soup or ketchup.  I was punished though I never knew why
and spent the rest of the day and that evening trying to remove it
but I couldn't.  Every time I saw that stain, and still do when I go
home, I remembered that day and how the neighbor kid punched me
in the face whereafter I tackled him and stuck his face in the snow.  I
remember the blood in his hair and against the white.  He got up and
ran home and I was angry so I tossed some ice which skidded against
his head.  We were both eight years old.  The next day we went
sledding.  There was a big hill at the high school where we always
went with hot cocoa, heavy boots and the cold wind which burnt my nose.

title: Nose

question: How did the narrator get a bloody nose?

answer: His neighbor had punched him in the face when they were both eight years old.

question: Where did the blood from the narrator's bloody nose stain?

answer: onto the hardwood floor and carpet

question: What did the narrator do the next day after fighting his neighbor?

answer: Go sledding

question: Was the narrator punished for staining the floor and carpet with his bloody nose?

answer: Yes

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator gets a bloody nose fighting with his neighbor when they were 8 years old. The bloody nose stains the hardwood floor and carpet of the narrator's house and he gets punished.


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2019 TREMÉ CREOLE GUMBO FESTIVAL
Brass Bands & Local Favorites in Armstrong Park
Plus: Gumbo Cooking Demonstrations

Welcome to the 12th annual Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival – New Orleans’ premier brass band showcase. If you love brass bands and gumbo   – or, better yet, enjoying some delicious gumbo while listening to New Orleans jazz in a beautiful downtown park – then we've got you covered!

The 2019 Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival takes place Saturday, Nov. 16, and Sunday, Nov., 17, from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. both days in Louis Armstrong Park. Admission is free. The festival is produced and presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation, the nonprofit that owns the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell.

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NEW: TREME CREOLE GUMBO FESTIVAL AND CONGO SQUARE RHYTHMS FESTIVAL WILL COMBINE FORCES TOGETHER ON ONE WEEKEND!

This fall, the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation will present two of its  popular festivals on one weekend  - Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival and Congo Square Rhythms Festival. The festivals will take place Saturday, November 16th and Sunday, November 17th in Congo Square and Louis Armstrong Park.  Admission is still free and open to the public. There will be two stages of music celebrating the New Orleans traditions that spring from the African diaspora: jazz, funk, contemporary and traditional brass band, gospel and rhythm & blues!  African drumming and dance will be a continued highlight at Congo Square Rhythms Festival, as well as, the annual Mardi Gras Indian “battle” – with tribes from various neighborhoods.

More than just music, this double-festival weekend will feature loads of local food and an incredible arts market.

There will be two food courts, each offering a mix of classic New Orleans cuisine.  We’ll, of course, have a smorgasboard of New Orleans’ signature dishes: varieties of gumbo, red beans and rice, crabmeat beignets, deep fried bell peppers, jambalaya, poboys, fresh produce, seafood and more!

We will have two art markets. The Congo Square Market will feature art, crafts, jewelry, locally produced bath and beauty products and imported items from Africa, the Caribbean and Latin America.

The Tremé Market will feature original local art, crafts, jewelry and unique handmade items. These festivals are our way of paying tribute to our ancestors and our cultural traditions-  through food, music, drumming and dance.  By bringing these two festivals together– we are hoping to make a bigger impact on our city. A complete line-up is listed below:

TREME CREOLE GUMBO
_Saturday, Nov. 16_
11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

RED HOT BRASS BAND
12:30 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.

COLE WILLIAMS BAND
2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.

JAMES ANDREWS & THE CRESCENT CITY ALL-STARS
3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m.

BIG SIX BRASS BAND
4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.

CHARMAINE NEVILLE BAND
5:45 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.

TONYA BOYD-CANNON

_Sunday, Nov. 17 _
11:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

LPO BRASS BAND
12:30 p.m. to 2:00 p.m

FREE AGENTS BRASS BAND
2:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

TREMÉ BRASS BAND
3:45 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

HOT 8 BRASS BAND
5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m

PINETTES BRASS BAND
6:15 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

REBIRTH BRASS BAND

CONGO SQUARE RHYTHMS
_Saturday, Nov. 16_
10:45 a.m. to 11:45 p.m.

DRUM CIRCLE
11:45 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

HARBINGER PROJECT
12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.

GLENN HALL & BACKATOWN
2:00 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.

COREY HENRY & THE TREMÉ FUNKTET
3:30 p.m. to 4:45 p.m.

BIG SAM'S FUNKY NATION
5:00 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

KERMIT RUFFINS & THE BBQ SWINGERS
6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.

SOUL REBELS

_Sunday, Nov. 17 _
11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

DRUM CIRCLE
12:00 p.m. to 2:20 p.m.

AFRICAN DANCE
12:00 p.m. to 12:10 p.m.

Tekrema
12:15 p.m. to 12:30 p.m.

N'Kafu & Culu
12:35 p.m. to 12:50 p.m.

Kumbuka African Dance & Drum Collective
12:55 p.m. to 1:10 p.m.

N'Fungola Sibo
1:15 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Chakra Dance Theatre
1:35 p.m. to 1:55 p.m.

Seguenon Kone
2:00 p.m. to 2:20 p.m.

Garifuna
2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

BAMBOULA 2000
3:45 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

MARDI GRAS INDIAN BATTLE
4:45 p.m. to 6:15 p.m.

BIG CHIEF BO DOLLIS JR & THE WILD MAGNOLIAS

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ARTS MARKET

As always, we will feature a large Arts Market, with dozens of local artists showcasing handmade fine art and home furnishings. A complete list of vendors is available here.

FOOD VENDORS
If you love dark roux chicken and sausage gumbo, Creole filé gumbo, seafood gumbo and all sorts of other great stuff – from po-boys to shrimp ’n’ grits – then come hungry. A complete list of vendors is available here.

KIDS ACTIVITIES
As we have done in the past, we are merging our Arts Market with our Kids Area, with local artists leading interactive and creative workshops for young people. So come enjoy the festival knowing that there will be supervised activities for the kids. Check back for a complete list of Arts Market vendors.

BLUE BIKES
Thanks to a partnership with Blue Bikes, the Congo Square Rhythms Festival and Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival are easier to attend than ever! From November 16-17, Blue Bikes is offering a promo for festival guests. To take advantage of this great deal, download the Social Bicycles app (iTunes App Store & Google Play) available for Android and Apple devices or Create an online account at bluebikesnola.com. Select the Blue Bikes New Orleans network and sign-up for the Pay As You Go plan. Enter promo code [GUMBO2019] when prompted and press “Apply.” Confirm that an account credit has been applied before completing the registration. Once your account is created, simply enter your account number and PIN on any available bike to start riding.

BIKE VALET
Once again, our friends at Bike Easy (a nonprofit that promotes bicycle ridership) will staff a free bike valet. So ride to the festival and leave your bike safe and secure.

PUBLIC TRANSIT
The festival takes place in Armstrong Park, which is right along the RTA bus route 91 (Jackson-Esplanade, map), and the Rampart-St. Claude streetcar line (map).

PARKING
Parking in the parking lots of the Mahalia Jackson Theatre is available.  Enter via Basin Street.  Additional parking is available in the lot at Basin Street Station (501 Basin Street) for $20/day.

FREE ADMISSION - DONATIONS ACCEPTED
Admission to the Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival is free. But we will have donation boxes set up at most of the park entrances. If you want to help us keep our events free, please support us with the donation of your choice. Thank you.

NO PETS, NO OUTSIDE FOOD OR BEVERAGES, NO RECORDING
Like all of our events, the Tremé  Creole Gumbo Festival is completely free and open to the public - part of the community investment made by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. PLEASE: Except for those with small children or dietary restrictions, please do not bring outside food or beverages to the event - no coolers are permitted.

We realize that Armstrong Park is usually open to pets. But for the safety and comfort of our large audience, we ask that you respect your neighbors and leave your companion animals at home (except for service animals, of course). Thank you.

Please: No audio or video recording of our performers.

The Tremé Creole Gumbo Festival is produced and presented by the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Foundation. The Foundation is the nonprofit that owns the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival presented by Shell, and uses the proceeds from Jazz Fest for year-round programs in education, economic development and cultural enrichment. For more on what we do, please visit us at www.jazzandheritage.org.

This program is supported in part by a Community Arts Grant made possible by the City of New Orleans.

Click the links below to download documents.

question: Approximately when was the article written?

answer: In or possibly just before November of 2019

question: Where is the event described taking place?

answer: Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans

question: What is the price of admission for an adult?

answer: Free

question: Can people bring pets?

answer: No, except for service animals

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The 2019 Treme Creole Gumbo Festival takes place on November 16th and 17th in Louis Armstrong Park in New Orleans. There will be a variety of food, local crafts for sale, music, and activities present. Admission is free.


text: Back in the Days of wind powered Sailing Vessels, Sailors used to warn each other to avoid the Horrors of the Horse Latitudes. A colonial ship headed to the New World loaded with farm animals and supplies once drifted too far south, about 30 to 35 degrees north of the Equator. In this particular region of the ocean there is little if no Wind. A Ship caught in the windless environment would be stuck for weeks or possibly months without changing location. The Sailors used to refer to this phenomenon as "the Doldrums". After weeks had passed with no Wind, water reserves had begun to dwindle. The sailors decided to throw the Horses they had brought overboard to conserve water. The Horses were thrown off the ship but not without a fight, and when they hit the water, they tried desperately to swim back to the Ship. The Horses were terrified and made horrrific, shrill sounds similar to screaming. Eventually, the Horses drowned, but it had shaken the Sailors tremendously. Some of them who were superstitious saw the event as a bad omen. The dead carcasses of the Horses floated to the surface near the Ship and did not drift away. The stench of the rotting flesh was a constant reminder to the Sailors of the recent tragedy and of their hopeless situation. Some of the sailors went mad and were never seen again. Eventually, the Ship made it to safe harbor in the New World of America, but the Sailors who survived were forever changed. It is said that most of them had True Nightmares the rest of their days, hearing the screams of the drowning Horses and remembering the awful stench of the rotting horseflesh in the Doldrums.

title: Tale of the Horse Latitudes

question: Briefly describe "The Doldrums."

answer: The Doldrums was a phenomenon described by sailors as a region of the ocean without wind that could prevent a wind-powered vessel from moving for weeks or months without changing location.

question: Why was the horse latitude such a dreaded place for sailors to be?

answer: Because the horse latitudes, nicknamed after the tragedy of the drowned horses in the doldrums, was a windless environment that could prevent ships from moving for weeks or months.

question: Why did sailors warn each other against the horrors of the horse latitudes?

answer: Because of the tale of the horses that drowned in the windless environment, which was considered a bad omen.

question: Why did sailors throw the horses off the ship?

answer: The sailors wanted to conserve water.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Some sailors headed toward the New World of America on a wind-powered boat loaded with farm animals one day. Unfortunately, they drifted too far away and found themselves north of the equator - a windless environment that could keep boats stuck for weeks otherwise called "The Doldrums." Desperate to continue their journey, the sailors offloaded horses from the vessel into the sea, but since the horses couldn't swim, they drowned. This horrifying event terrified the sailors and drove some insane. Eventually, they made it to their destination; however, scarred for life.


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-1-The Beginning

	It goes without saying that there has always been a rift between two food groups us humans eat, fruits and vegetables. As humans we have always just assumed that the rift would never escalade to the point where these food groups would develop so much anger that they begin a war. There had been an almost war earlier in time that almost destroyed an entire country, named by humans as the Potato Famine. In the fruit and vegetable world it goes by another name, the Slaughter of the Many Potatoes. Attributed to other variables, we overlooked what was right in front of us. Fruits had become upset with sharing the limelight with vegetables and decided to strike. Send a message. So they slaughtered many potatoes. There was nothing left but mashed mess. The vegetables and potatoes especially were not prepared for this surprise attack as it was a peacetime between the food groups. It came out of nowhere and almost turned into the first world war between vegetables and the fruits. If not for one savior. Tomato Tom. Tomato Tom was the first Tomato picked during that season of the slaughter. Tomato Tom was a trained warrior but also a great delegate. He spoke two languages, that of the fruits and that of the vegetables. He was able to single handedly get the two sides to the table and agree to a settlement. The fruits would no longer slaughter the potatoes as long as the sides would be referred to as ‘Fruits and Vegetables’ and not ‘Vegetables and Fruits’. It seemed easy enough, and we forgot as time went on about the Slaughter of the Many Potatoes. Until one night, and attack on the grape community set the course for war….

2-The Attack

The community of grapes was a peaceful one among fruits. They were the brains behind establishing stems to get members of their community nutrients. They often stayed together and were very close. It was one night when they least expected it – a peacetime. A spider entered their community with one target. His purpose was to find the Great Loom Grape. The GLG was one grape of legendary status. In fact, he was a member of the Fruit of the Loom society and they were the original Fruits to sign the aforementioned No Slaughter Potato Treaty. Now as a human, you may be wondering why a spider is involved in this attack and why is the GLG his target. Spiders are known accomplices for the vegetables and natural enemies of humans. When approached with this opportunity from the vegetables to spark a war that could possibly end humanity’s ability to eat Fruits or Vegetables Post-War, the spider jumped at it.  And the target. Taking out the Great Loom Grape would nullify the peace treaty and send shock waves throughout the fruit world that would surely start the war.
The Assassin Spider, known simply as Ace, made it into the grape bowl with ease. Simply lowered himself with his web while they slept. He made his way over the stem to where the Great Loom Grape slept. He then laid many eggs of baby spiders inside the Great Loom Grape’s head. The spiders hatched instantly due to the change in climate, killing the Great Loom Grape instantly. Being hungry, the spiders then proceeded to eat all the other grapes. Leaving only a stem and cobwebs behind.

3-War Begins

It wasn’t until the morning that Ben the Banana noticed that all the grapes were just dead as fuck. He yelled to the Protector Apples who proceeded to tell the King Watermelon. Within three minutes, war preparations were being made. King Watermelon himself would led his fruit troops into battle. Meanwhile, the vegetables were more than prepared. The element of surprise was sure to be to their advantage. Their king, Tomato Tom the Fifth…
Tomato Tom the Fifth was tired of hearing all the damn stories of his super great ancestor who stopped war. This Tom was amped after a night with a jello shot and decided he had the greatness in him to betray his family and its legacy. He realized only a fruit-vegetable hybrid could truly decide the outcome of the war. He just needed to start it. It was too easy. He had his troops ready and headed into battle.

4- Death A Common Ground

The war was quick, deadly and magnificent. The common fruits and vegetables were the first to go. The apples and oranges were met by the potatoes and celery. One apple with a family of seeds to feed was ravaged by a group of potatoes. And two pieces of celery were cut in half by a rolling orange. Henery the Orange was cut down by Tomato Tom. All that was left was a pool of orange juice..with pulp..
Eventually all that was left was Tomato Tom and King Watermelon. A final showdown ensued. But of course after witty banter. King Watermelon yelled to Tom to stop the madness. Tom replied that he got off on this kind of stuff. King Watermelon tried to reason with Tom, that his ancestor was doing the right thing – for everyone. Peace had allowed the fruits to flourish and Tom even slightly crazy and senile had realized that the vegetables had gotten the short end of the stick. He raised his little green thing on the top of a tomato to strike the King. Before Tom could lay a blow, the King simply rolled Tomato Tom over. Splashing Tomato Sauce all over. It was a mess and it was cleaned up a couple days later.

5- A fitting End

Seeing all the bloodshed as a human made me realize something. All my fruit and vegetables were old and rotten, except for the watermelon in my fridge. So I threw everything out except the watermelon. I cut that and ate it, because watermelon is good and I am in fact a black writer. And not to be racist but blacks can be writers too. You thought I was going to make a black and watermelon joke. But anyway, I went grocery shopping and got new food. No war. Also, this was my imagination. In no way, were any fruits or vegetables harmed, except ironically the watermelon who was the only survivor of the war. But I hope this tale helps you realize how much we depend on fruits and vegetables. Next time you see one, say thank you.

title: Battle of Fruits and Vegetables

question: Who is the leader of the vegetables?

answer: Tomato Tom the Fifth

question: Who is the leader of the fruits?

answer: King Watermelon

question: Whose assassination triggers the war?

answer: The Great Loom Grape

question: Who is the last survivor?

answer: King Watermelon

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Fruits and vegetables have never gotten along. The event that humans call the Potato Famine was in fact an attack by fruits against vegetables, and it nearly caused a war until Tomato Tom brokered peace. Later however, his descendant Tomato Tom the Fifth decides to assassinate the Great Loom Grape, a revered fruit, causing a war. The battle rages until King Watermelon crushes Tomato Tom, making him the sole survivor of the war.


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JEAN-MARC MICHAUD (October 24, 1923 – August 26, 2008) was a Canadian politician. He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick from 1960 to 1963 as a member of the Liberal party. He is the son of Joseph-Enoil Michaud, who served in the Canadian Parliament.[1]

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title: Jean Marc Michaud

question: Who is Jean-Marc Michaud?

answer: Jean-Marc Michaud is a Canadian politician.

question: Who is Jean-Marc Michaud the son of?

answer: He is the son of Joseph-Enoil Michaud, who served in the Canadian Parliament.

question: Where did Jean-Marc Michaud serve?

answer: He served in the Legislative Assembly of New Brunswick as a member of the Liberal party.

question: From what years did Jean-Marc serve in the Legislative Assembly?

answer: He served in the Legislative Assembly from 1960-1963.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article briefly describes Jean_Marc Michaud's political career.


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_LEONARDUS_ is an extinct mammal genus from the Late Cretaceous (Late Santonian to Maastrichtian) of South America.[1] It is a meridiolestidan dryolestoid, closely related to the also Late Cretaceous _Cronopio_ and the Miocene _Necrolestes_,[2][3] and potentially also modern marsupial mole.[4]

Description

_Leonardus_ is a fairly small mammal, similar in size to _Necrolestes_ and _Notoryctes_. It is known from two specimens, the holotype MACN-RN 172, composed of a left maxilla, four associated molariform teeth and two pairs of alveoli, and MACN-RN 1907, a right mandible with two molariforms. Said molariforms are vaguely peg-like, with a dome-like stylocone.

Discovery

_Leonardus_ is currently only known from the Los Alamitos Formation, Argentina. The holotype was found in 1990, while the second specimen was described more recently in 2010.

Classification

_Leonardus_ was originally referred to Dryolestidae, but the lack of a parastylar hook on the molariforms, as well as a few features of the stylocone, suggest that it was grouped with other South American and African dryolestoids at the exclusion of Laurasian species, in a clade known as Meridiolestida.[5] Within Meridiolestida, it consistently groups with _Necrolestes_ and _Cronopio_.[6][7][8]

Paleobiology

_Leonardus_' teeth are noted as being unique among dryolestids and the animal would have had an orthal and transverse jaw-stroke with tooth-to-tooth shearing,[9] though no further comments have been made on its diet.

[1] _Leonardus_ at Fossilworks.org

[2] Guillermo W. Rougier, John R. Wible, Robin M. D. Beck and Sebastian Apesteguía (2012). “The Miocene mammal Necrolestes demonstrates the survival of a Mesozoic nontherian lineage into the late Cenozoic of South America”. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 109 (49): 20053–20058. doi:10.1073/pnas.1212997109.

[3] Alexander O. Averianov, Thomas Martin and Alexey V. Lopatin (2013). “A new phylogeny for basal Trechnotheria and Cladotheria and affinities of South American endemic Late Cretaceous mammals”. Naturwissenschaften. 100 (4): 311–326. doi:10.1007/s00114-013-1028-3.

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[5] Laura Chornogubsky, New remains of the dryolestoid mammal Leonardus cuspidatus from the Los Alamitos Formation (Late Cretaceous, Argentina), Article in Paläontologische Zeitschrift 85(3):343-350 · September 2011 DOI: 10.1007/s12542-010-0095-4

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title: Leonardus

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article gives information on the extinct mammal genus, Leonardus, from the Late Cretaceous of South America.


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_CHRONICLE IN STONE_ () is a novel by Ismail Kadare. First published in Albanian in 1971, and sixteen years later in English translation, it describes life in a small Albanian city during World War II.

Translated by Arshi Pipa, an Albanian émigré who lived in the United States, the book was initially published in English without the translator's name. Pipa had entered into a conflict with the publisher and/or with the author, and demanded to have his name taken off the translation. Pipa claimed that the several references to homosexuals, and homosexual activity throughout the novel (such as the bisexual Argjir Argjiri and the “woman with a beard,” which Pipa takes to mean lesbian) were intended to raise the question of Enver Hoxha's own sexuality, a dangerous claim at the time.[1]

The current edition was translated by David Bellos. He was chosen by Kadare, as he had received a Booker prize for translation work.

Each chapter is followed by an alternate chapter, a short “Fragment of a Chronicle” written by the town's official chronicler. The regular chapters are written in the first person, in the voice of a child, an alter ego of the young Kadare. He is fascinated with words, and reads _Macbeth_, as Kadare himself did when he was eleven. He applies human drama, imagining blood and crime everywhere. In Kadare's home town, ravaged by history, we see characters walking down the street with severed heads under their arms; the Italian fascists hang several young Albanian rebels, the Greek occupants kill “enemies” chosen according to the whims of their spies, and the Germans indulge in the killing of hundred-year-old women.

[Ismail Kadare at a reading in Zurich.] Toward the end of the novel, the absurdity of the political situation culminates in a whirlwind-like scenario, in which within two weeks or so, the town changes hands several times: from the Italians to the Greeks, back to the Italians, back to the Greeks, the Italians, the Greeks, until finally no one is in control. Each time the Italians come, they bring along two groups of women, one of nuns and one of prostitutes. Each time the town changes hands, another proclamation by another garrison commander is posted and another flag is raised. Each time another flag is raised, the Albanian Gjergj Pula changes his name to Giorgio (when the Italians come), to Yiorgos (for the Greeks) and to Jürgen Pulen with the arrival of the Germans, a name he never gets a chance to use because the Germans kill him as soon as they enter the town, nor does he get to use “Yogura,” which he prepared in case of a Japanese invasion.

With its flavour, tone and spectacular events reminiscent of an ancient epic, _Chronicle in Stone_ is probably the funniest, and at the same time, most tragic of Kadare's novels, depicting a world in which people believe in black magic, women live to be a hundred and fifty, and girls are drowned in wells by their families for having kissed a boy. Its characters, the folklore and mythology infusing historical circumstances are reminiscent of some Caribbean novelists or even post-colonial African storytellers, and one cannot help compare its blend of surreal situations and political drama based on real events to South American novels, although Kadare apparently dislikes the label “magical realism” applied to his novels. It is not hard to imagine why: as some South American novelists have said, he too could say that the world he describes is not “surreal” or “magical-realist”; it is simply the real, pre-modern world of the Balkans, albeit a world which is universalized through esthetic transfiguration.

_Chronicle in Stone_ was published in Albania during the years of Enver Hoxha, who came to power with the Communist Party after World War II, and stayed there until his death in the mid-eighties. In this context, we can speculate on the reasons for the episodic appearance toward the end of the novel of a character described by the Italian garrison commander as “the dangerous Communist Enver Hoxha.” Since the dictator, like Kadare himself, came from the city of Gjirokaster (which with its steep hillsides and stone streets resembles the city of the book), this aspect of the protagonist's experience is probably authentic. However, government control of the Albanian publishing industry during the Hoxha regime may have provided an incentive for the dictator's inclusion, beyond narrative necessity.

Reception

“A triumph . . . A beguiling conjunction of realism and fantasy.”[2] —_The New York Times_ Book Review

“No mere curiosity but a thoroughly enchanting novel–sophisticated and accomplished in its poetic prose and narrative deftness, yet drawing resonance from its roots in one of Europe’s most primitive societies.” —John Updike, _The New Yorker_[3]

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title: Chronicle in Stone

question: What does the text say about Arshi Pipa?

answer: Arshi Pipa is an Albanian emigre who lived in the United States. They were the first to translate Chronicle in Stone into English, but their name was not included in the published translation due to a disagreement between them and the publisher. Pipa claimed that the novel's references to homosexuals were intended to question Enver Hoxha's sexuality, which was a dangerous claim at the time.

question: What does the text say about Ismail Kadare?

answer: Ismail Kadare is the author of Chronicle in Stone. Some elements of the novel are autobiographical, and it is considered Kadare's funniest and most tragic novel. Kadare is from the Albanian city of Gjirokaster, which the city in the novel resembles.


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Suto Papik

‘Suto Papik’ is Armenian, for ‘grandfather Suto.’

Walking to the pool for the first time is a memory that I’ll always hold dear. I was five years old, and my grandfather thought it was past time I learned how to swim. Mixed emotions of terror and exhilaration filled my heart. Naturally, I was scared. As a child I remember hearing horror stories of children drowning in the turbulent Ahkurian River. At the same time, I recalled watching the Discovery Channel with wonder as divers swam to the depths of the ocean observing life forms. We left our Soviet bloc style apartment complex, located on the outskirts of the city, at early noon. We made the long journey towards the center of Yerevan. I remember it was a beautiful summer day in Armenia – the sun dodged the distant nimbus clouds, and shined in all its glory. Making our way towards the pool, the sights of fully blossomed trees and flowers were simply breathtaking. In particular, the gladiolus or ‘sword lilies’ radiated hues of pink and purple among the shrubbery. As we made our way towards the market square, I caught a glimpse of the statue of Saint Vardan riding his steed valiantly into battle. This sight settled my nerves. I was filled with inspiration and was undaunted by the task at hand, as I rode my metaphorical steed to overcome my challenge. Pushing on, we passed the blaring, crowded markets of Republic Square. Hundreds of people were huddled around haggling, as vendors bellowed bargain priced apples and walnuts. Alluring aromas of seasoned kabobs sizzling next to toasty na’an bread permeated the market. As we made our final strides towards the pool, the noises and smells gradually faded away.

Finally, there it was, in all its glory, the city pool; the sight brought back hints of doubt in me. I tried to recollect the feeling I had as we passed the statue of Saint Vardan, but my efforts were pointless. The possibility of failure and death seemed imminent. Seeing my demeanor, my grandfather was naturally concerned. Suto Papik reassured me saying, “I will guide you the entire time and with my direction and assistance, you will not fail.” In that moment, my nerves settled and I decided that I would enter the pool. I remember my grandfather first testing the temperature of the water with the tip of his toe. The test seemed to provide the desired result. Suto papik turned to me smiled, nodded, and beckoned to me. He picked me up by my torso, and gently eased me into the water. My grandfather gently guided me across the pool, giving simple swimming instructions: “Kick your feet, right arm, left arm, and breathe!” This lesson, and our day together lasted merely several hours, but I have relived and reimagined that day with Suto Papik countless times. Most specifically, I will never forget the firm tone in which he spoke, gallantly leading the way.

In all honesty, to this day, I don’t know how to swim. When I go to the pool, I ‘doggy paddle’ and try to use my natural buoyancy to stay afloat. However, my day with my grandfather taught me a valuable lesson. Suto papik showed me that I have nothing to fear if I encounter a new, overwhelming task. Whenever I face a difficult challenge, I reminisce about that day and think that if as a child I overcame the fear of drowning, I can overcome and conquer any task.

At the age of seven, I immigrated to America with my parents and brother. We left everything and everyone dear to us behind for better opportunities. Four years after our departure, Suto Papik passed away. Suto Papik had diabetes, and the cumulative factors of age and a poor healthcare system resulted in his death. Sadly, I cannot recollect another memory that I shared with my grandfather. I have been told stories of his incredible deeds, but I can only personally attest to one. Suto papik was a surgeon during the height of the Cold War, when Russia invaded Afghanistan. During dinner parties, family friends and acquaintances of my grandfather never failed to remind me of his reputation. The miraculous deeds he performed when innocents were being ravaged by war are simply awe-inspiring. I have been told by his colleagues that he refused to see nationality as a dividing barrier, and that he provided aid to civilians on both sides of the conflict. I don’t remember my grandfather boasting to others of such efforts; perhaps he was a modest man, or maybe what I’ve been told are exaggerations.

However, based on the memory I have of him, I choose to believe my grandfather was as grand as I’ve been told. In fact, I regret that the only memory I have of my grandfather is of him taking me to the pool. And although I knew him for such a brief period of time, the figure of Suto papik is ingrained in my memory and has had more influence on me than anyone else.

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title: This is a short narrative I had to submit for my English class. Reddit, what are thoughts on the paper?

question: What does the story say about the qualities that make a good swimmer?

question: What does the story say about Suto Papik?

answer: Suto Papik (Armenian for grandfather Suto) is the narrator's grandfather who taught the narrator how to swim. By all accounts, he seemed like a good and modest man who was a surgeon during the height of the Cold War when Russia invaded Afghanistan. Suto Papik was said to perform miraculous deeds when innocents were being ravaged by war. He refused to see nationality as a dividing barrier and provided aid to civilians on both sides of the conflict. Suto Papik was left behind when the narrator's family immigrated to America and died four years later due to diabetes and a poor healthcare system.

question: Describe the impact Suto Papik had on the narrator's life.

answer: Although the narrator knew Suto Papik for a brief time, the latter is ingrained in his memory and has had more influence on him than anyone else. The narrator has relived and reimagined the day he spent with Suto Papik learning how to swim countless times. He will never forget the firm tone in which his grandfather spoke, gallantly leading the way. The day with Suto Papik taught the narrator a valuable lesson that he has nothing to fear if he encounters a new, overwhelming task. The narrator reminisces about the day he spent with Suto Papik as a child whenever he faces a difficult challenge and overcomes it.

question: What does the summary say about the narrator?

answer: The narrator recalls a time when he was five years old and Suto Papik (his grandfather) decided to teach him how to swim - a day he would always remember and relive. Suto Papik made such a positive impact on the narrator's life, he reminisces about the day his grandfather taught him how to swim whenever he faces difficult challenges in life. When he was seven years old, the narrator immigrated to the U.S. with his family and they left everyone behind, including Suto Papik.


text:
  This job would get boring if you didn’t mix things up a little. After 20 years this lecture hall holds a lot of memories for me; some good (Jenna), some bad (Danielle), some ugly (Katie). A few years back, an awful rumor about me was started, students claimed my motto was: “easy lays score easy A’s.” What bullshit that was- I prefer a challenge. If a student cares to put in some extra time towards the class, the least I could do is award extra credit. After all I am still teaching them a real world business lesson: moving up the corporate ladder, quickly.

  It wasn’t always this way. At the beginning, I really did set out to mold these half-stoned minds into the next generation of Trumps. Every year, 200 students flooded my classroom wanting to become the next great entrepreneur. Their yawning faces scribbled down notes as I lectured through the absurdly priced book- did I mention the school has a deal with the publisher. The few great students would engage in debatable business topics and the material would actually sink into their hung-over brains; however, most just aimed for C’s. C’s earn degrees right?

  After about 5 years, I had it with these “high”-er education students. No more giving C’s for minimal work. The course became more difficult, the dropout rate increased significantly, and my score on that ratemyproffessor site dropped. It worked though; finally, I had students who actually cared and worked for a decent grade.

  That’s when the bureaucrats rolled in.  You know the type, pompous folk in designer suits. After a class they rolled in and sat me down at my meticulously organized desk. There I sat- with my half yawning face- in my reclining chair as they scribbled away on the whiteboard. . For about 2 hours they lectured me, a teacher with an MBA, on how businesses make money.  My dropout rate was costing them money. Either fix it or leave they ranted. That’s when extra credit became a viable option.

title: Extra Credit (300 words)

question: What is the moral of the story?

answer: If you encourage mediocrity, you'll get it in spades and demotivate your best employees

question: Does the professor give extra credits easy lays?

answer: It appears that he does.

question: How is the professor teaching the girls a real-world lesson?

answer: By giving them an extra credit for services rendered, he cynically claims to be teaching them how to climb the corporate ladder.

question: Write a ~11 sentence summary.

answer:
The narrator is a professor. He has worked at the same college for 20 years and had some fun with the female students. At one stage there was a rumor that his motto was “easy lays score easy A’s”. He does give them an extra credit for learning how to quickly climb the corporate ladder.

In the beginning he set out to create a generation of Trumps. Every year 200 students and most of them achieved C’s. After five years the narrator had had it with students who did little work. He made the course more difficult and created more dropouts. He finally had students that cared and worked for a decent grade.

Then the bureaucrats pointed out that businesses don’t make money on dropouts. That is when the extra credit became a viable option.


text:
PRECIADO is a Spanish surname. Notable people with the surname include:

-   Ayrton Preciado (born 1994), Ecuadorian footballer
-   Carlos Preciado (born 1985), Colombian professional soccer player
-   Édison Preciado (born 1986), Ecuadorian footballer
-   Enrique Villa Preciado (born 1951), Mexican politician
-   Francesco Preciado de la Vega (1713–1789), Spanish-Italian painter in neoclassical style
-   Francisco Preciado (1713–1789), Spanish painter, active mainly in Italy
-   Francisco Preciado (dancer) in Ballet San Jose, ballet company in California
-   Gregory Preciado (born 1983), American soccer player
-   Harold Preciado (born 1994), Colombian professional footballer
-   Jaime Preciado of _Pierce the Veil_, American rock band from San Diego, California
-   Jonathan Romero Preciado (born 1986), Colombian boxer and Olympic bantamweight competitor
-   Jorge Luis Preciado (born 1972), Mexican politician affiliated with the PAN
-   Julio Preciado, banda singer based in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico
-   Léider Preciado (born 1977), retired Colombian football striker
-   Lenin Preciado (born 1993), Ecuadorian judoka
-   Leobardo Curiel Preciado (born 1947), Mexican politician
-   Manuel Preciado Rebolledo (1957–2012), Spanish footballer
-   María Rodríguez Preciado (born 1978), Mexican politician
-   Nativel Preciado (born 1948), Spanish journalist and writer
-   Paul B. Preciado, (born 1970), contemporary writer, philosopher and curator
-   Preciado Bakish, rabbi and a Bulgar member of the Zionist Movement

title: Preciado

question: What kind of surname is Preciado?

answer: It's of Spanish origin.

question: List all Preciados born in the 1970s.

answer: Jorge Luis Preciado, Léider Preciado, María Rodríguez Preciado, and Paul B. Preciado.

question: What is Paul B. Preciado's profession?

answer: He is a contemporary writer, philosopher, and curator.

question: Can Preciado be a Jewish name?

answer: The text doesn't explicitly say but it is implied that it can be since Preciado Bakish was a rabbi and member of the Zionist Movement.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This text lists a number of notable people with the Spanish surname Preciado, along with their professional affiliations.


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KENJI GERARDO FUJIMORI HIGUCHI (born 19 May 1980), popularly known as KENJI, is a Peruvian congressman[1] and _Fujimorista_ politician. He is the son of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori and former Peruvian First Lady and congresswoman Susana Higuchi. He has three siblings: Hiro Alberto, Sachi Marcela and Keiko Fujimori. In 2011 he ran for congress for Fuerza Popular, a political party led by his sister Keiko, being the most voted congressman in 2011. On January 31, 2018 he resigned from Fuerza Popular,[2] and in March 20th announced the creation of a new political party Cambio 21. In June 2018, following the _“Kenjivideos”_ scandal, congress suspended Kenji and two other congressmen of his party for the alleged crimes of influence peddling and bribery.[3]

Early life

Kenji Fujimori was born to Japanese Peruvian engineers, Alberto Fujimori, at the time dean of the science faculty of the National Agrarian University in Lima, and later President of Peru, and Susana Higuchi. He has three elder siblings. His father won the 1990 presidential elections, in 1992 he suspended the constitution and neutralized the Congress and the opposition. Kenji's mother soon disagreed with her husband, and they divorced in 1994. After this, Kenji's 19-year-old sister Keiko was named “First Lady”. Alberto Fujimori resigned in 2000 after a massive corruption scandal and went to exile in Japan. He was extradited to Peru and sentenced to jail in 2007.

Education

From 1999 to 2004, Kenji Fujimori studied agronomics at Kansas State University, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree. Since 2008, he has been the general manager of a Lima private security and surveillance company. In March 2009, he founded his own enterprise, offering “independent services”. Moreover, he holds executive positions in three other companies.[4]

Political career

In 2006, he unsuccessfully ran for Governor of the Lima Region, representing his father's Si Cumple party. In 2010, he was a founding member of Fuerza 2011, led by his sister. Since March of that year, he has been the national secretary of youth of this party. In 2011 he ran for Congress in the constituency of Lima. He was elected and served for the 2011–2016 term[5] and was reelected for the 2016–2021 term.[6]

_Kenjivideos_ scandal

On 21 March 2018 two days before President Pedro Pablo Kuczynski faced an impeachment process for a second time, a video was released of Kuczynski allies, including his lawyer and Kenji Fujimori, attempting to buy the vote against impeachment from one official.[7] Following the release of the video, Kuczynski presented himself before congress and officially submitted his resignation to the Council of Ministers.[8][9]

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[8]  LaRepublica.pe|date=21 March 2018|work=La República|accessdate=21 March 2018|language=es}}(Spanish)

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title: Kenji Fujimori

question: What does the text say about agronomy?

question: Summarize the most interesting things relating to Alberto Fujimori.

answer: Alberto Fujimori was a Japanese Peruvian engineer who once worked as the dean of the science faculty at the National Agrarian University in Lima. He won the presidential election in Peru in 1990 as leader of the Si Cumple party, and in 1992 he suspended the constitution and neutralized the Congress and opposition. He was divorced from his wife in 1994 after severe disagreements and retired in 2000 after a massive corruption scandal. He fled to Japan but was expedited to Peru and sentenced to jail in 2007.

question: Summarize what happened to Kenji Fujimori in the 2000's.

answer: Kenji Fujimori studies agronomics at Kansas State University until 2004, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree. In 2006 he unsuccessfully ran for Governor of the Lima Region. Since 2008 he has been the general manager of a Lima private security and surveillance company and in 2009 he founded his own company offering independent services.

question: What does the article say about politics in Peru?

answer: The Peruvian constitution and Congress was suspended in 1992 by then-president Alberto Fujimori thereby neutralizing any opposition. Fujimori resigned in 2000 after a corruption scandal. In March 2018 two days before then-president Pedro Pablo Kuczynski faced an impeachment process for a second, a video was released of his allies attempting to buy the vote against impeachment from one official. After this scandal, Kuczynski resigned. With this as evidence it can be said that there is a lot of corruption in Peruvian politics and that it is not a strong democracy.


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EDINBURG (sometimes spelled EDINBURGH) is an unincorporated community in Scotland County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

History

A post office called Edinburg was established in 1841, and remained in operation until 1845.[2] The community was named after Edinburgh, in Scotland, the ancestral home of government surveyor.[3]

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title: Edinburg, Scotland County, Missouri

question: What is Edinburg described as?

answer: It is described as an unincorporated community.

question: Where is Edinburg located?

answer: It is located in Scotland County, Missouri.

question: Who was Edinburg named after?

answer: Edinburg was named after the ancestral home of government surveyor.

question: How long was the post office in Edinburg operation for?

answer: The post office in Edinburg was in operation from 1841 to 1845.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article describes Edinburg, an unincorporated community, and a brief history about it.


text:
I walked a mile to burn you, over parking lots and highways, across crowded children's playgrounds and the greenest of parks, through cricket games and grass half as tall as me, to a place under a tree where a man led me to ask for a lighter for his already-lit joint and to say I'd like a London kisser, a place littered with empty cans and torn up newspapers. It took three tries to light you, my thumb sore from endless fags and holding on to moving trains. Your smoke pooled around me despite how hard I tried to blow it all away, settling in my hair and skin. I immolated you while an aeroplane roared over the music in my head (praying for the death of a man i'll never meet) and cricketers shouted soundlessly, a field away. I watched you burn, cross-eyed, right down to your end, to the very first scrawled letter.

It was your idea, really, writing names on cigarettes.

title: Lucky fag.

question: What is the narrator of the story describing?

answer: The narrator is talking about their journey while smoking a cigarette.

question: What's special about the cigarette?

answer: It has a name written on it.

question: Describe the narrator's journey.

answer: They travel a large distance to a tree where they light a joint for a man noticing the litter strewn around them.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: A person goes for a walk and lights a cigarette. Along the way they meet a man smoking a joint and then describe the way it feels to smoke the cigarette.