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**The Theater**

While I was sitting outside the coffee shop across from the theater, I overheard a woman’s conversation with what appeared to be her boyfriend. I was waiting for my ride home, so I decided to people watch to pass the time. This woman’s conversation kept catching my ear, however, and I decided to listen for a bit.

The woman spoke to her boyfriend about her children, telling him how one of them is just so funny when you get him talking about something he’s interested in, and how smart her daughter is. She told him about how her children were doing in school, how she loved them so much, and how they were growing up so fast. The man laughed along and nodded in all the right places, and they seemed to be having a nice time together.

Having heard enough of their conversation to satisfy my curiosity, I looked over at the theater. I admired all the arches and pillars and lights that made up the face of the building, and warmly remembered the theater’s opening week. People crowded the stairs, cars filled the parking lot and the outer walls were immaculate white, red letters shining from above the crystal clear glass of the windows that lined the massive, shining glass doors. Now, looking at the theater, I notices streaks of gray stained down the tops of the walls and dull spots on the windows, dimmed lights where the theater’s name used to shine so brightly.

Although it was a warm June day, the sky was filled with clouds and there was a strong wind. Gulls stood on the light fixtures above the flapping movie banners that hung on the theater’s wall, watching the occasional car meander through the parking lot. Other birds flew through the sky, catching the wind when they could and diving down to the ground before rising back into the sky. I watched them flying and felt happy that birds could be so happily excited by something that they were given by nature. In our own way, humans aren’t so different from the birds. Birds were naturally given flight, and humans were naturally given the tools to create.

I saw a group of children playing on a horizontal column of basalt, playing chicken and pretending the ground was lava. They laughed and smiled, having fun in the warm wind as I observed from a distance. The children were supervised by one of their fathers, and although there was so much fun being had around him, he looked bored as he sat watching on the bench carved from basalt across from them.

I looked back at the chatting couple sitting near me and found them kissing. In the moment before I shifted my gaze back to the theater, I caught a flash of gold from the woman’s hand. The ring on her hand had no gem, and was dulled with age. Despite the fact that I didn’t have all of the background on their story, my heart sank at this small detail. I had felt joy at watching a woman who was, to the extent of my knowledge, having an affair with this man.

I glanced back to the theater, gloomily looking at the grayed stairs, disenchanted from the realization that the happy couple was really just a display of infidelity. I saw that the escalators I had once ridden to the gleaming glass doors of the theater were now blocked by yellow tape and perfectly still. The glass roof over the escalators was dulled by rain and sun over the years, making its slow journey to opaqueness. The walls were spotted with brightness in places that were once covered by light fixtures that had long fallen off of it. My eyes slowly rose to the top of the building, where two metal spires reached into the sky, holding in place a great metal circle through which the spot of sun in the clouds shone.

I realized at that moment that I was seeing the building exactly how its imaginer had intended it to be seen, with the sun shining through the centerpiece of his wall. I widened my view to see the whole face of the building as one, rather than as individual, flawed pieces. I was amazed to see how beautiful the building I had been looking at was, and how all of the flaws disappeared when you looked at it all together.

Momentarily in awe, I looked around at all of the people around me.
I caught a glimpse of the couple holding hands, and noticed that the man had a ring to match the woman’s. Along with that, I heard the woman say with a shaky voice how sad she would be when he had to return to serve in the military.

When I looked over to the group of children, I saw the man supervising them smiling and laughing with the children while rounding them up and taking them to his vehicle. I saw the van pull away, carrying the group of children to their little league game.

Then, I heard a tapping sound to my right and saw that a gull had landed on the table next to mine. He pecked up the crumbs left over from the coffee shop’s earlier customers, and flew off again, dipping and rising in the wind.

My ride pulled up in front of the theater and I began walking toward it. I then caught another glimpse of the theater, and was happy to see that it was still as beautiful as it had been during its opening week. My eyes drifted higher and I saw that the sun had slipped from its socket atop the theater, and I smiled, feeling like I had shared a secret with the person who had envisioned the theater.

Although I only rarely see the theater now, I always remember how I felt when I stepped back and saw it for what it really was. I now realize that everything is worth looking at more than once, and that the way you first see things isn’t always how they truly are.

title: My cheesy first short story

question: Summarize all of the animal life that the narrator observes over the course of the story.

answer: There are gulls standing on light fixtures above movie banners. Other birds fly through the sky. One of the gulls lands on the table next to the narrator's.

question: Summarize the narrator's observations of the couple.

answer: The narrator overhears the woman speaking to what appears to be her boyfriend about her children. He later sees the couple kissing. He catches a glimpse of the woman's ring and assumes she's having an affair with the man. He later sees that the man has a matching ring as well, and overhears the woman saying she will be sad when the man returns to serve in the military.

question: What does the story say about the narrator's family?

question: Summarize the negative emotions the characters feel in this story.

answer: The father of one of the children looks bored as he sits watching them. The narrator feels disenchanted after they believe the couple they have been watching is having an affair. The woman is sad that her husband is leaving to serve in the military.


split: train

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SOUTHTOWN, SOUTHTOWNS or SOUTH TOWN may refer to:

-   “Southtown” (song), from the 2000 rap metal album _The Fundamental Elements of Southtown_ by P.O.D.
-   Southtowns, a suburban region in Buffalo, New York
-   _SouthtownStar_, formerly the _Daily Southtown_, a newspaper in suburban Chicago
-   South Town, setting of SNK Playmore's fighting video game series _Fatal Fury_ and _Art of Fighting_
-   South Town, one of the two municipalities that merged to form Pleasureville, Kentucky
-   Southtown, the near south side of San Antonio, Texas
-   Southtown Center, a shopping center in Bloomington, Minnesota

title: Southtown

question: Which album does the song "Southtown" belong to?

answer: The song belongs to the album - The Fundamental Elements of Southtown.

question: Where is Southtown located?

answer: It is located in Buffalo, New York.

question: What is SouthtownStar?

answer: It is a newspaper in suburban Chicago.

question: Where is Southtown Center?

answer: It is a shopping center in Bloomington, Minnesota.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: A Wikipedia page on Southtown.


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		Logic’s Respite

    The dusky glow of the lamps was the only thing between him and the outside world. The winds gusted outside, making the trees creek as if each limb was letting out an emotionless howl. The man listened to the inane chatter of the people on the television, telling him of his impending doom. And he could see it outside. It was as if he felt that by watching the television, something might change. Somehow the meteorologist might tell the man that the storm would go east of him. Or west. It didn’t matter, as long as it didn’t hit him. Or perhaps the man watched the television simply because he needed the comfort of another human voice. He was, after all, completely alone.
	The man was tall, fit, and wearing the not so modest t-shirt of his prestigious alma mater. He was a man who had lived by himself since graduating college, and sat comfortably at 31 years of age. His small, cozy house was a perfect reflection of his personality. It was decorated with colorful artifacts from the various places he had traveled, as well as showcasing numerous books on a wide variety of subjects, most notably philosophy. However, for all of the house’s apparent worldliness, it was all but closed up from the outside world.  All but one of the windows were covered by thick blinds, and the window that wasn’t was a small one that the man was using to watch the sky. Above the fireplace hung a bold picture of the man, apparently camping in some exotic wilderness. And opposite the television hung the skull of an antelope, recovered by the man perhaps on the same camping excursion.
	The man’s tense body was gleaming with sweat. He kept his eyes trained on the television, looking out at the sky whenever he heard a gust, or far off boom of thunder. He tried not looking, but felt uncomfortable when he didn’t know what was happening. The television rambled on at a comfortingly uniform pace.

	It had been 48 minutes. He had counted. The rain came down harder and faster; he felt the house shake as a massive gust swept the landscape; the storm seemed to be upon him, but how could that be so? It was supposed to be another 37 minutes until it hit. He hadn’t planned on this, and being caught so off-guard made the man feel sick. The sirens went off in the distance. To him they sounded like a funeral dirge.
	He tried to relax, but couldn’t. He turned his electric fireplace on, and tried to read a few sentences of his book, written by Aristotle. He threw the book down, and sat in dolorous silence. He jumped every time a strong gust of wind blustered, or a bolt of lightning illuminated the sky. Five minutes seemed like an eternity, and unsurprisingly the storm did not cease.
	The atmosphere quivered and then burst with the explosion of thunder, and quick, deadly arrows of lightning. The man shook, and was tense all over. The dim lights that blanketed the man flickered, and then died. The consoling chatter of the television was silenced, cut off in its prime. The darkness enveloped him, and he felt more alone than ever. The night was suffocating him with its dark shroud, and he nearly screamed. The panic suddenly pounced on him, and he was caught unaware.
	He ran into the kitchen to grab a candle, but there were none. He ran to the drawer in the dining room, and grabbed his flashlight. It was out of batteries. He was unprepared. He berated himself in his head for not having prepared, and swore that if he made it out of the storm, he would make sure his house was completely danger-proof. And he truly believed it. He remembered, in his darkest moment, that he had his cell phone in his pocket, and he still had a signal. He dialed a number he knew by heart, but one he had not dialed in a long while. He hesitated. The rain began pounding harder, and another crash of thunder shook even the inside of the house, causing his precious philosophy books to fall off the shelf. He didn’t pick them up.
	He knew what he had to do, and dialed the number. It rang. Again. Again. Again. Again. The mechanical voice of his mother’s voicemail was the only response he received. A reluctant tear dripped down his face, placing itself on his shirt’s fiery logo.

	The sirens blared louder, and the man ran down the old carpeted stairs of his house into the small basement. The basement was pitch black. The man felt his way into the laundry room, which was without windows, and therefore the safest place to be when the tornado inevitably struck.  The man was cowering against the wall, with no intention of composing himself, when suddenly the unexpected happened. The rain let up. The thunder did not sound. The gusts of wind slowed to mere wisps. He stood up and dusted himself off, starting off to return upstairs. But as he climbed the old stairs, he heard a howling reminiscent of a banshee shrieking. Pieces of debris were slammed into the windows of the house, and almost simultaneously, they all shattered.
	The man bolted downstairs, back to the laundry room. He heard a crash, and it was obvious that the large evergreen tree in the yard had collapsed into the house, perhaps even breaking down the wall. The man was kneeling against the wall, and doing the unthinkable. He had always ascribed to the old theory of Albert Camus, that “religion is philosophical suicide,” and had been adamant about the inexistence of a deity. However in this moment, he prayed harder than anyone had ever prayed before. He swore to whoever was listening that he would forever more be a pious follower of their religion, if he were to be spared. He quietly wept, whilst forming the words of his desperate prayer.

	The five minutes that the storm ravaged the man’s house were hours to the man. He had been spared. He quickly got up and ran upstairs to assess the damage to his house. He picked up a book that had been tossed on the floor, and straightened out his shirt, quickly wiping a tear from his eye. The tree had indeed caved in the wall of his house, and destroyed most of the living room. The man forgot about his prayers, and his self-assurances that he would make preparations for a future disaster, and set to work fixing up the ruin that was his house. He decided he would call the insurance company in the morning, and have a grand time renovating his home, making it even cozier than before. But first he would get a good night’s sleep, and forget all that had transpired.

	But what the man didn’t notice that night was that only one of his exotic decorations had survived the storm. The only artifact that had not been destroyed was the skull of the antelope, hanging quietly and humbly on the wall, seeming to gaze at the destruction with a simple wisdom. The next morning the man noticed the antelope skull on the wall, and, as it brought back memories of the storm, he decided he would give it away. But when he tried to pull the skull off the wall, it wouldn’t budge. The hollow eyes merely gazed past the man, into the distance, where they undoubtedly saw, many miles in the distance, a black storm cloud. And it was heading this way.

title: Logic's Respite - short story I wrote. Thoughts? Criticisms?

question: Explain the lesson learned by the man in the story.

answer: The man learns that he must do everything in his power to protect himself in the future. He feels as though this is important whilst he is in mortal danger, however once the danger has passed he appears to forget tis lesson.

question: Describe what the man is missing in order to be safe.

answer: The man in unprepared in most aspects. He has not boarded up his house and does not have batteries in his flashlight.

question: What is the significance of the antelope skull?

answer: The antelope skull appears to reflect te wisdom of nature. The antelope is prey and therefore understands danger better than anyone, whereas the man promises to protect himself in the future it is implied he will simply fall back into old habits until another storm cloud comes along.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: A man laments the fact he is ill-prepared for a storm that is about to strike in his area, realizing he has none of the necessary things to stay safe, he shelters in his basement and observes the damage one the storm has passed.


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Two broke musicians sat on the curb in front of Murphy's Bar drinking forty ounces out of brown paper bags that crinkled when they grabbed the bottle by the neck. Billy with his low top sneakers and brown leather jacket picked up a rock and flung it at a rusty dumpster with some vulgarity spray-painted red on the side. Zach moved his fingers around the fringed hole on the knee of his blue denims and did little of nothing else.

The DJ at Murphy's came over the outside speaker with his golden voice echoing “This one's for all the single ladies out there!” The crowd inside Murphy's screamed with drunken delight.

Billy reeled his head back and howled, “FUCK YOU!” then he cleared the phlegm from his sinuses and hocked a fat gob of spit on the concrete.

“You got a problem with single ladies Billy boy?”

Billy picked up a few more rocks and pelted the side of the dumpster till it was humming. Then he set his beer down and leaned back on the flats of his palms admiring, not for the first time, the crude street poetry written on the waste receptacle's side.

“Mike Walker is a crusty load sock, sounds like a band name.”

“I like it better as an album,” said Zach as he brought the bottle to his lips again.

Billy grabbed his bottle off the ground, but before he took a drink he pointed at the sign of the bar and said, “You bring Zappa back from the dead to rip a guitar solo and these bitches would vomit blood, but you bring up some coked up it-girl to sign off-key for two hours and everyone loses their shit. Music ain't the same anymore Newman, just a bunch of fabricated shit masquerading as art.”

Zach shrugged, “They seem to be enjoying it.”

“Because people don't know what they fucking like.”

“You think?” he asked, “Maybe you just don't know what people like.”

Billy shook his head and swirled the beer around in his bottle.

“You know what I'd like,” he said, “I'd like to go to that new bar on 8th, order one of those fishbowl drinks, you know the one's that've got a whole fucking fruit salad in 'em? I'd like to drink one of those, then make my way across the street to Jensen's guitar shop. I'd like to saunter up to the counter, drop my jeans on the floor, and piss all over that motherfucker's counter for giving me ONE-THIRD of what my Epiphone was worth. Then I'd take his head and smash his face through the fucking display cabinet. THAT... That is what I'd like.”

“Damn...” Zach reached into his jacket pocket and pulled out a pack of menthols. He lit one and took a slow drag, “Wouldn't even share that fishbowl?”

Billy chuckled, “Fuck no, but I'll tell you what. I'll take that pretty bass guitar of yours hanging behind the counter and hit him in the balls a couple times.”

Zach blew out a crisp puff of white smoke, “Nah, I ain't got nothing against him, I sold my baby, same reasons as you.”

“I sold it 'cause I had no other choice.”

“You had a choice. Sell your guitar or live on the streets ain't much of a choice, but it's a choice all the same”

Billy spread his arms wide, spilling some foam on the sidewalk. “Well we're doing a great fucking job avoiding that aren't we?!” He took the bottle back and drained half of what was left, then he wiped his saliva on the sleeve of his jacket.

“Fucker could've given me half.”

“He could've given you nothing.”

Billy massaged his forehead with his fingers, “I know that.” He took another swig. “But I'd rather be pissed at someone else than myself, at least I can forgive someone else.” He motioned his arm towards the pack of cigarettes Zach left sitting on the ground, “Think I can bum one of those?”

Zach handed him the pack then the lighter.

“Thanks.”

They sat in silence and smoked their cigarettes, letting the sounds of Saturday night crash over them in waves. They watched a group of college kids make their way down the street stumbling and swaying. One of the guys in the group was having trouble figuring out how three people were gonna fit in the back seat when he noticed Billy and Zach staring at him.

He pointed his finger at them and shouted, “UGH!”
A girl in the back of the car screamed “Get in the fucking car Matt!” The guy named Matt stumbled back then made his way into the car without a shred of grace. They watched the red lights fade in the distance then disappear as they made their way around a corner.

“We live another day Billy.”

“I wouldn't call this living.”

Zach flicked his cigarette into a sewer grate.

“I don't know,” He shrugged then took another drink, “I always figured that as long as my heart's still beatin I can make it back up. Digging and scratching maybe, but as long as my heart's still beatin I still gotta chance. Might be shit of a chance, but you know what Billy? Not all singles are gonna be hits, but that sweet bass... Oh, that sweet bass just keeps on rolling.”

Billy looked at him for a long moment before saying, “I hate you.”

Zach laughed “Oh I know,” then he put his hand on his on Billy's shoulder and shook him, “But I love you buddy, don't you fucking forget that.”

Billy let a smirk creep over his face, then they sat in silence and finished their drinks, because there was nothing left to say.

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title: Going for Broke

question: Why is Billy broke?

answer: He sold his guitar and has nothing left to live for.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Two broke musicians sit on the street reminiscing about how the state of music is not what it used to be. They watch a group of college students go down the street drunk. They remark that they lived another day, but there is nothing more to say.


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OUED JENEIEN is a wadi of Taţāwīn, Tunisia.[1] It is also known as Wādī al Janā’in, and Oued Djeneien.[2][3] in the far south of the country.

The wadi is at Latitude 31°39'55.47“, Longitude: 9°49'10.16” and 273 meters above Sea level. The wadi is an internal stream flowing, and dissipating into the Sahara rather than flowing into the Mediterranean[4] The wadi is near the settlements of Gara M'hamed Ali and Tarfa.[5]

[1] Rand McNally, The New International Atlas,1993.

[2] http://mapcarta.com/fr/17286050 Oued Jeneien ] at mapcarta.com.

[3] Oued Jeneien at getamap.net.

[4] Oued Jeneien at geoview.info.

[5] Oued Jeneien at aroundguides.com.

title: Oued Jeneien

question: What is Oued Jeneien?

answer: It is a wadi of Tatawin, Tunisia.

question: What is a wadi?

answer: The wadi is an internal stream flowing, and dissipating into the Sahara rather than flowing into the Mediterranean.

question: What the other names for Oued Jeneien?

answer: It is also known as Wādī al Janā’in, and Oued Djeneien.

question: Where is Oued Jeneien located?

answer: The wadi is at Latitude 31°39'55.47“, Longitude: 9°49'10.16”, and 273 meters above Sea level, near the settlements of Gara M'hamed Ali and Tarfa.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Oued Jeneien (AKA  Wādī al Janā’in) is a wadi of Tatawin, Tunisia, 273 meters above sea level and near the settlements of Gara M'hamed Ali and Tarfa. A "wadi" is an internal stream flowing, and dissipating into the Sahara rather than flowing into the Mediterranean.


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THE BOTH SIDES OF THE WORLD TOUR was a worldwide concert tour by English singer-songwriter and drummer Phil Collins, which took place between April 1994 and May 1995, in support of his 1993 album, _Both Sides_.

Despite the lukewarm reception the album received upon its release, the tour was a huge success, regularly selling out venues across the world. The tour lasted 13 months, which was the longest time Phil Collins has performed on the road, solo, as part of Genesis or his involvement with Brand X and Flaming Youth. It was also the first time Collins played a major tour singing without Chester Thompson on drums since Genesis's A Trick of the Tail Tour in 1976.

Setlist

The setlist for the tour was separated into two parts. The first part, _Black & White_, consisted of songs from the _Both Sides_ album, and other dark, personal songs. The second part, _Colours_, had the more recognisable upbeat songs Collins wrote during the 1980s.

PART ONE: _Black & White_

1.  Drums Introduction
2.  “I Don't Care Anymore”
3.  “Don't Lose My Number”
4.  “Everyday” OR “Can't Turn Back the Years”
5.  “Survivors”
6.  “Another Day in Paradise”
7.  “I Wish It Would Rain Down”
8.  “One More Night”
9.  “A Groovy Kind of Love”
10. “We Wait and We Wonder”
11. “Separate Lives”
12. “Both Sides of the Story”

PART TWO: _Colours_

1.  “In the Air Tonight”
2.  “Hang in Long Enough”
3.  “Find a Way to My Heart”
4.  “It Don't Matter To Me”
5.  “Easy Lover”
6.  “I Missed Again”
7.  “Behind the Lines”
8.  “Only You Know and I Know”
9.  “Something Happened on the Way to Heaven”
10. “You Can't Hurry Love”
11. “Two Hearts”
12. “Sussudio”
13. “Against All Odds”
14. “Take Me Home”

In some cases (f.i. playing more than one show in the same venue) some songs were changed, including cover songs like My Girl, Get Ready or Knockin' on Heaven's Door.

Tour dates

After nearly two months of rehearsals in Chiddingfold, the Both Sides of the World Tour kicked off on 1 April 1994 in Utrecht, The Netherlands, in what would be the first of 169 performances by Collins and his band.

It was thought after the final London dates in December 1994 the tour was over. However, Collins decided to continue after taking a break. The final leg of the tour, named The Far Side of the World resumed on 17 March in Johannesburg which was one of several cities Collins performed in for the first time. The tour eventually concluded in Fukuoka on 17 May 1995.

  Date                            City                Country                                   Venue
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  Europe #1
  1 April 1994                    Utrecht             Netherlands                               Prins Van Oranje Hall
  2 April 1994
  4 April 1994                    Stockholm           Sweden                                    Globe Arena
  6 April 1994                    Oslo                Norway                                    Oslo Spektrum
  7 April 1994
  9 April 1994                    Utrecht             Netherlands                               Prins Van Oranje Hall
  10 April 1994
  12 April 1994                   Ghent               Belgium                                   Flanders Expo
  13 April 1994
  15 April 1994                   Dortmund            Germany                                   Westfalenhallen
  16 April 1994
  18 April 1994
  19 April 1994
  22 April 1994                   Zürich              Switzerland                               Hallenstadion
  23 April 1994
  25 April 1994                   Milan               Italy                                     Forum Assago
  26 April 1994                   Lausanne            Switzerland                               Patinoire de Malley
  28 April 1994                   Lyon                France                                    Halle Tony Garnier
  29 April 1994                   Paris               Bercy Palais Omnisports
  1 May 1994                      Toulon              Zénith Oméga
  2 May 1994                      Toulouse            Palais des Sports
  4 May 1994                      Barcelona           Spain                                     Palau Sant Jordi
  5 May 1994                      Madrid              Plaza de Toros de Las Ventas
  7 May 1994                      Lisbon              Portugal                                  Estádio José Alvalade
  North America
  17 May 1994                     Mexico City         Mexico                                    Palacio de los Deportes
  18 May 1994
  20 May 1994
  21 May 1994
  23 May 1994                     Monterrey           Teatro Fundidora
  25 May 1994                     The Woodlands       United States                             Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavilion
  26 May 1994                     Houston             The Summit
  27 May 1994                     Dallas              Reunion Arena
  29 May 1994                     Saint Petersburg    ThunderDome
  30 May 1994                     Miami               Miami Arena
  31 May 1994
  2 June 1994                     Orlando             Orlando Arena
  4 June 1994                     Atlanta             Lakewood Amphitheatre
  5 June 1994                     Charlotte           Blockbuster Pavilion
  7 June 1994                     Raleigh             Walnut Creek Amphitheatre
  9 June 1994                     Mansfield           Great Woods
  10 June 1994
  11 June 1994                    Saratoga Springs    Saratoga Performing Arts Center
  13 June 1994                    Montreal            Canada                                    Montreal Forum
  14 June 1994
  16 June 1994                    Toronto             SkyDome
  17 June 1994
  19 June 1994                    Philadelphia        United States                             Spectrum
  20 June 1994
  22 June 1994
  23 June 1994                    Landover            USAir Arena
  25 June 1994                    East Rutherford     Brendan Byrne Arena
  26 June 1994
  28 June 1994                    Auburn Hills        Palace of Auburn Hills
  29 June 1994
  30 June 1994                    Burgettstown        Starlake Amphitheatre
  2 July 1994                     Wantagh             Jones Beach Amphitheatre
  3 July 1994
  5 July 1994                     Hartford            Hartford Civic Center
  6 July 1994                     New York City       Madison Square Garden
  7 July 1994
  9 July 1994                     Hershey             Hersheypark Stadium
  11 July 1994                    Richfield           Richfield Coliseum
  12 July 1994
  14 July 1994                    Columbus            Polaris Amphitheatre
  15 July 1994                    Noblesville         Deer Creek Music Center
  16 July 1994                    Milwaukee           Marcus Amphitheater
  18 July 1994                    Cincinnati          Riverbend Music Center
  20 July 1994                    Rosemont            Rosemont Horizon
  21 July 1994
  22 July 1994                    Moline              The MARK of the Quad Cities
  24 July 1994                    Maryland Heights    Riverport Amphitheatre
  25 July 1994                    Bonner Springs      Sandstone Amphitheater
  27 July 1994                    Greenwood Village   Fiddlers Green Amphitheatre
  28 July 1994                    Salt Lake City      Delta Center
  30 July 1994                    Paradise            MGM Grand Garden Arena
  31 July 1994                    Phoenix             Desert Sky Pavilion
  4 August 1994                   Sacramento          ARCO Arena
  5 August 1994                   Mountain View       Shoreline Amphitheatre
  6 August 1994
  8 August 1994                   Inglewood           Great Western Forum
  9 August 1994
  13 August 1994                  Irvine              Irvine Meadows Amphitheatre
  Europe #2
  30 August 1994                  London              England                                   Fountain Studios
  1 September 1994                Berlin              Germany                                   Maifeld
  3 September 1994                Hanover             Niedersachsenstadion
  4 September 1994
  6 September 1994
  7 September 1994
  9 September 1994                Paris               France                                    Bercy Palais Omnisports
  10 September 1994
  12 September 1994
  13 September 1994
  15 September 1994               Stuttgart           Germany                                   Schleyerhalle
  21 September 1994               Munich              Olympiahalle
  22 September 1994
  24 September 1994
  26 September 1994               Frankfurt           Festhalle Frankfurt
  27 September 1994
  28 September 1994
  30 September 1994               Metz                France                                    Galaxie Amnéville
  1 October 1994
  3 October 1994                  Birmingham          England                                   NEC Arena
  4 October 1994
  6 October 1994                  Sheffield           Sheffield City Hall
  7 October 1994
  9 October 1994                  Dublin              Ireland                                   Point Theatre
  10 October 1994
  11 October 1994
  12 October 1994
  14 October 1994                 Belfast             Northern Ireland                          King's Hall
  15 October 1994
  18 October 1994                 Stuttgart           Germany                                   Schleyerhalle
  19 October 1994
  20 October 1994
  23 November 1994                Sheffield           England                                   Sheffield Arena
  24 November 1994
  28 November 1994                Manchester          G-Mex
  29 November 1994
  1 December 1994                 Glasgow             Scotland                                  SECC
  2 December 1994
  4 December 1994                 Birmingham          England                                   NEC Arena
  5 December 1994
  7 December 1994                 London              Wembley Arena
  8 December 1994
  10 December 1994
  11 December 1994
  13 December 1994
  14 December 1994
  The Far Side of the World leg
  17 March 1995                   Johannesburg        South Africa                              Ellis Park Stadium
  19 March 1995                   Durban              Sahara Stadium Kingsmead
  22 March 1995                   Singapore           Singapore                                 Singapore Indoor Stadium
  23 March 1995
  25 March 1995                   Jakarta             Indonesia                                 Taman Impian Jaya Ancol
  27 March 1995                   Bangkok             Thailand                                  Thai Army Sports Stadium
  30 March 1995                   Perth               Australia                                 Burswood Dome
  1 April 1995                    Adelaide            Adelaide Entertainment Centre
  2 April 1995                    Melbourne           National Tennis Centre at Flinders Park
  3 April 1995
  5 April 1995
  6 April 1995
  8 April 1995                    Brisbane            Brisbane Entertainment Centre
  9 April 1995
  11 April 1995                   Sydney              Sydney Entertainment Centre
  12 April 1995
  14 April 1995
  15 April 1995
  18 April 1995                   Santiago            Chile                                     Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo
  19 April 1995
  22 April 1995
  23 April 1995                   Buenos Aires        Argentina                                 Estadio River Plate
  24 April 1995
  25 April 1995                   Lima                Peru                                      Estadio Nacional
  28 April 1995                   Caracas             Venezuela                                 La Rinconada Baseball Stadium
  29 April 1995                   San Juan            Puerto Rico                               Hiram Bithorn Stadium
  3 May 1995                      Hong Kong           Hong Kong                                 Hong Kong Coliseum
  4 May 1995
  6 May 1995                      Fukuoka             Japan                                     Fukuoka Dome
  7 May 1995
  9 May 1995                      Tokyo               Yoyogi National Gymnasium
  10 May 1995
  11 May 1995                     Yokohama            Yokohama Arena
  13 May 1995                     Taipei              Taiwan                                    Chungshan Soccer Stadium
  15 May 1995                     Manila              Philippines                               ULTRA
  16 May 1995
  17 May 1995                     Fukuoka             Japan                                     Fukuoka Dome

Ticket sales

  Date                      Venue                     City                Attendance   Ticket grossing
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  Tickets sold              Tickets on sale           Percentage sold
  6–7 April 1994            Oslo Spektrum             Oslo                14,874       18,036
  17–18 May & 20–21, 1994   Palacio de los Deportes   Mexico City         71,878       71,878
  23 May 1994               Teatro Fundidora          Monterrey           13,030       14,000
  26 May 1994               The Summit                Houston             11,908       12,888
  29 May 1994               ThunderDome               St Petersburg, FL   12,055       16,500
  30–31 May 1994            Miami Arena               Miami               22,674       22,674
  2 June 1994               Orlando Arena             Orlando             11,390       11,390
  6–7 July 1994             Madison Square Garden     New York City       28,988       29,200
  13 July 1994              Riverbend Music Center    Cincinnati          13,462       18,500
  3–4 Sep & 6–7, 1994[1]    Niedersachsenstadion      Hanover, Germany    225,113      229,000
  Total                     425,372                   444,066                          $15,523,700

  : Ticket Sales

Tour DVD and documentary

The concert in Fukuoka, Japan on 7 May 1995 was recorded and released as a bootleg DVD in 2008. A “fly-on-the-wall”-style documentary, mostly filmed on camcorder, titled _A Closer Look_ was also released and sold at concerts. The proceeds from this video went to charities that helped the homeless.

Tour band

-   Phil Collins – vocals, drums, Yamaha CP-70 electric grand piano
-   Daryl Stuermer – guitars
-   Nathan East – bass guitar, backing vocals
-   Brad Cole – keyboards
-   Ricky Lawson – drums
-   Amy Keys – backing vocals
-   Arnold McCuller – backing vocals
-   Daniel Fornero – trumpet
-   Harry Kim – trumpet
-   Arturo Velasco – trombone
-   Andrew Woolfolk – saxophones

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title: Both Sides of the World Tour

question: What was the worldwide concert tour by English singer-songwriter and drummer, Phil Collins, called?

answer: The Both Sides of the World Tour

question: What was the concert tour for?

answer: The tour was to support Collins' 1993 album, Both Sides.

question: How long did Both Sides of the World Tour last?

answer: The tour lasted 13 months

question: What other bands was Phil Collins involved with?

answer: Genesis, Brand X, and Flaming Youth

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The Both Sides of the World Tour was a worldwide concert tour by English singer-songwriter and drummer Phil Collins, which took place between April 1994 and May 1995, in support of his 1993 album, Both Sides. While the album received a lukewarm response, the tour was a huge success and lasted 13 months. The tour kicked off in Utrecht, The Netherlands, on April 1, 1994, and ended with the Far Side of the World Tour in Fukuoka, Japan, on May 17, 1995. Collins and his band gave a total of 169 performances.


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ERIC ARTHUR FREDERIC WORRELL (MBE), (27 October 1924 – 13 July 1987) was an Australian naturalist, herpetologist and writer whose collection of snake venom was essential in the production of snake anti-venom in Australia.[1]

History

Eric was born at Granville, New South Wales the son of salesman[2] and taxidriver[3] (Charles) Percy Frederic Worrell and his wife Rita Mary Ann Worrell (née Rochester). Eric was educated at Glenmore Road Public School in Paddington then Sydney Boys High School. By the age of 10 he was keenly interested in wildlife, keeping reptiles and other animals at home (first at Paddington then around 1938, to Cecily Street, Lilyfield). He was encouraged in his hobby by his parents and by George Cann, the “Snake Man of La Perouse”,[4] and latterly Keeper of Reptiles at Taronga Park Zoo.[5]

He left school at 13 and spent several years in work gangs in regional New South Wales and Queensland, studying drawing and photography in his spare time.[6] During the Second World War he worked as a civilian blacksmith on the installation of shore artillery in Darwin and other work at Katherine, where he had many opportunities to study the local wildlife. After the war he and his friend, the poet Roland Robinson returned to the Northern Territory in 1946, collecting specimens for zoos and museums, and writing articles on Territory wildlife for magazines such as _Walkabout_.[7]

In 1949, Worrell opened the Ocean Beach Aquarium at Umina Beach on the New South Wales Central Coast. It was here in 1951 that he first started supplying tiger snake venom to the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories (CSL) in Melbourne. Taipan venom followed in 1952. He later expanded his repertoire to include spiders such as the Sydney funnel-web spider and exotic snakes.[8] In 1955 CSL provided Worrell, together with Ken Slater and Ram Chandra with some of the first doses of Taipan antivenom, in recognition of the dangers involved in their work.[9]

In 1958, he purchased land at Wyoming, New South Wales, establishing the Australian Reptile Park, which opened in October 1959, with a large number of exotic as well as Australian animals. In 1963 he had a giant dinosaur statue erected at its entrance as a tourist drawcard, one of Australia's first “Big Things”.[10]

In 1985, beset with personal, health and financial problems, he tried to sell the Reptile Park, but was bailed out with financial assistance from entertainer Bobby Limb and local businessman Ed Manners.[11]

He died of a heart attack at his home in the Reptile Park and was cremated.

In 1996, after Worrell's death, the Park was moved to Somersby.[12]

Personal

Worrell married Rene Carol Hawkins, a shop assistant, on 31 July 1948 and had three children. They divorced in 1971.

He married his secretary Robyn Beverley Innes on 16 June 1973. They divorced in 1985.

Among his friends were the naturalist Vincent Serventy, zoologist Jock Marshall, photographer Jeff Carter and artist Russell Drysdale.

Recognition

-   A 1964 sketch portrait of Worrell, _“The Snake Man”_ by Russell Drysdale, is held by the National Gallery of Australia
-   In 1970 Worrell received an MBE in recognition of his lifesaving role in the development of snake anti-venoms.[13] In the same year the ARP began supplying funnel-web spider venom to the CSL in the process of developing an anti-venom.
-   He and Robyn received the National Australia Bank's humanitarian award for their contribution to the development of an antivenene for the Sydney funnel-web spider in 1981.
-   _Snake Bitten_, a book about Worrell, was published in 2010.

Bibliography

Apart from numerous scientific papers and popular natural history articles in Walkabout, Wildlife, Australian Outdoors, Pix and People Magazine, books authored, coauthored or contributed to by Worrell include:[14]

-   1952 – ''Dangerous Snakes of Australia '' (Angus and Robertson). (2nd edition 1953; 3rd edition, 1957. (Some or all of these editions are undated but Worrell states that the 1st edition was published in 1952 in the first printing of _Dangerous Snakes of Australia and New Guinea_; see next entry)).
-   1961 – _Dangerous Snakes of Australia and New Guinea_. (Angus and Robertson). (Described by Worrell as the 4th edition; 5th edition,1963, reprinted 1966; 6th edition, 1969).
-   1958 – _Song of the Snake_. (Angus and Robertson)
-   1962 – _Australian Reptile Park (A.R.P.)_. (Angus and Robertson)
-   1964 – _Reptiles of Australia_. (Angus and Robertson)
-   1966 – _Australian Wildlife_. (Angus and Robertson)
-   1966 – _Australian Snakes, Crocodiles and Tortoises_. (Angus and Robertson)
-   1966 – _The Great Barrier Reef_. (Angus and Robertson)
-   1966 – _The Great Extermination_. (part author) – (Heinemenn) by Alan Moorhead
-   1967 – _Trees of the Australian Bush_. (co-author with Lois Sourry) (Angus and Robertson)
-   1968 – _Making Friends with Animals_. (Angus and Robertson)
-   1970 – _Australian Birds and Animals_. (Angus and Robertson)
-   1977 – _Things that Sting_. (Angus and Robertson)

[1] Everything: Eric Worrell

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[3] Nancy Cushing and Kevin Markwell _Snake-Bitten: Eric Worrell and the Australian Reptile Park_ University of New South Wales Press (2010)

[4] Kevin Markwell and Nancy Cushing, 'Worrell, Eric Arthur Frederic (1924–1987)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/worrell-eric-arthur-frederic-15631/text26832, accessed 18 January 2013.

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[9] Mirtschin, P. (2006); “The pioneers of venom production for Australian antivenoms”, in: _Toxicon_, Vol. 48, p. 899-918. Retrieved online, 18 June 2017.

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[12] Australian Reptile Park Official website

[13] Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister & Cabinet It's an Honour Official website

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title: Eric Worrell

question: What is the ironic danger in the collection of venom?

answer: The purpose of collecting venom is for the development of antivenom, however, in cases where antivenom does not exist yet, the ones collecting the venom are in the highest danger of exposure.


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John didn’t feel like a homeless guy, because he had been a lot of other things before he was a homeless guy. Apartment tenant. Middle-manager. Depressed. Broke. Couch surfer. Scavenger. Survivor. Now, homeless. Really, though, he was a man without a safety net. That was all it was, and maybe that wasn’t so bad.
John didn’t have to worry about paying his credit card bill on time.
John didn’t give a shit whether he missed the first five minutes of his sitcom or he couldn’t get the copier to print double-sided at the office or his amazon.com order came three days later than he expected it to.
He was comforted by the fact that these comforts of modern life didn’t bother him anymore.
By moving backward on society’s scale, John had moved forward.

This isn’t to say that John was enlightened by his homelessness.
At least not in the way that the crazy men who yelled about Jesus on the street corners were enlightened, and certainly not in the way that that jackass Saul who lived next door to John’s old apartment was enlightened by his herbal teas and sunrise yoga and smooth-flowing chakras or whatever the Grand Master Swami High Priest Chief Guru told him to meditate about that week.
John was simply at peace with the way he lived in a way that all those society-bound hivemind slaves tried to forget that they weren’t.
Organizing the weekly soccer carpool and using the same color pen on the grocery list because it looks nicer that way is not anyone’s natural lifeblood, yet it gets people going because it is the closest they can get to being in control of their lives while staying firmly put in their minivans and ergonomic rolling desk chairs, and the closer they can get to control is the closer they can get to feeling alive.
And it never works.
Soccer moms still sneak cigarettes after their kids get on the bus, and Saul still jerks off furiously into recycled hemp fiber tissues with his eyes squeezed shut in shame until it’s over because nobody is satisfied.
It’s against the natural order of life to live like this, but we tell ourselves it’s better.
We’re better than nature.
We’re more advanced than that.
And we still rot in the earth like any other animal after we die, and people wonder why society has an uncomfortable time talking about death.
John wasn’t satisfied by life either, but he was closer to a natural outlet for his frustration than Saul and the millions of other drones who didn’t even consciously process advertising anymore because it was everywhere.
John didn’t spray paint his name on the sides of bridges, seeking the rush of rebellion but allowing his indistinct thoughts to lead him blindly into adding another layer of grime to the filthy buildup of the human impact on the world.
John didn’t live within the boundaries of the capitalist system and bring his money, so valued and coveted yet useless in practicality’s eyes, his worthless scraps of paper, to the convenience store to trade for a bottle of purple hair dye to show his rebellion against the man.
John didn’t use humane, PETA-approved traps on the rats that came into his section of living space under the bridge.
He killed them.
Because that is how nature works.
John wasn’t appointed his living space by a signed slip of paper issued in standardized form by a group of self-appointed leaders who follow each other in circles until they slow down and get replaced by newer, identical pieces.
He lived there because the space was there, and his body was in that space, and just by doing that he physically overcame the theoretical importance of every tax document that was ever filed away for later reference.
John cut through some of the bullshit of human society by living a taboo.
His priorities were in a much more natural order than those of the businessmen who owned three different kinds of aftershave and spent his limited waking moments on matching his cufflinks to his tie each morning, and so John was living backwards.
SOCIETY IS SICK OF ITSELF
And every hypocritical, dissatisfied, angry young idealist was jealous of John, and every business-suit wearing lump of coal whose spark had been doused by the dirty dishwater of society’s ideas of goals and propriety comforted the raw confusion that John made him feel by telling himself that John was sad that he didn’t have the stupid luxuries that his life had, when really it was all he could do to keep talking to drown out the primal screams of his inner human being as it tried to hang itself with the tangled USB cord of his Blackberry phone.
SET ME FREE
And of course John was not jealous, and he was crushed in the bottom of his throat by his pity for those who carried their self-imposed burdens in their Starbucks cups and laptop cases and plugged up the flow of their natural desires and human impulses with clumps of advertising and white picket-fence posts and the hundreds of pages of their financially-responsible retirement plans that they would never even enjoy because they would be DEAD.
And everyone dies as atoms and molecules and matter and clay and filth and dust and hair and teeth and every brain is a tangible thing
And when people die, their repressed, crushed-up, malnourished souls try to uncurl themselves and fly away to live in the natural world with the trees and the animals and the other shit that makes things live, and they FAIL because they’re too beaten down and they were never allowed to hope, and their willpower is weak so they give up just like their bodies and their brains and their hearts did, and they die too inside the cage of bones that used to keep them safe and so they return to the earth but not in the way that they were meant to
And John’s soul will fly away when he dies, because he saw that he was gripping it too tightly and flattening it under his piles of tax-report forms and so he let it go and he nursed it back to life with real food that he grew in the earth and songs that he sang because he felt them inside himself and he wanted to sing them and not because anyone else cared if he did or not and he drank and he smoked and he fucked for pleasure and not for rebellion or pride or shame and every person he had ever met asked him why he was ruining his life and he told them no, he was living it and so they turned around and plugged their ears and turned up the TV because they felt what he said in their hearts and it pulled on them more than they were used to and they wanted it but they were scared and so they didn’t let themselves think about it and another layer of cotton grew around their hearts so it would be even harder for something to get in next time it tried.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?
WHY DO YOU WANT
DO YOU WANT
CAN YOU WANT
I WANT TO NEED
And all I know is want
And I’m torn and it makes me just as bad as everyone else
Worse
And what is stopping me-
And I’m a bystander in my own life-
And what am I waiting for-
And I am the biggest hypocrite of all---

FUCK YOU—
NO ONE IS CONTENT-
Shave your head and say what you want to people and mean what you say to people and never feel embarrassed and fuck society and fuck in society and don’t be careful at all because you are alive and you need to feel it and things can happen to you and you shouldn’t die with wasted potential and energy that you didn’t use and you can feel everything so let yourself feel everything and do it RIGHT NOW
Destroy yourself because you can and you need to do everything you can do and you can do bad and good and you can feel bad and good so do both and feel both and that way you will live

title: Started as a story, became a rant of my feelings

question: Summarize the ways in which John believes he is different from other people.

answer: He is at peace with the way he lives. He is closer to having a natural outlet for his frustration. He lives as a taboo.

question: What does the story say about John's family life?


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ERIC NATHAN TURKHEIMER is the Hugh Scott Hamilton Professor of psychology at the University of Virginia.

Early life and education

Turkheimer is the son of Nathan Turkheimer, the former board chairman of the public relations law firm Turkheimer & Ryan, Inc.,[1] and his wife, Barbara Tack Turkheimer. He grew up in Croton-on-Hudson, New York, where he graduated from Croton Harmon High School in 1971. He is Jewish.[2] He received his B.A. in psychology from Haverford College in 1976. He earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Texas at Austin (UT-Austin) in 1986, where he studied under Lee Willerman and John Loehlin.[3][4]

Career

In 1986, Turkheimer joined the faculty of the University of Virginia, where he became an associate professor in 1992 and a full professor in 2001.[5] He was Director of Clinical Training there from 2003 to 2008.[6]

Research

Turkheimer is known for studying the effects of socioeconomic status and genes on IQ, especially in regards to gene-environment interactions. For example, in a 2003 study, he and his colleagues found that the environment accounted for about 60% of the variance in IQ among low-income children, while genes accounted for almost none of it. In contrast, this study also found that the reverse was true for wealthy children.[7][8][9][10][11] A subsequent meta analysis showed this effect did not replicate outside the US, and even within the US the effect size was a third of Turkheimer's.[12] Since then, along with his University of Virginia colleague David Fask, he has published other studies that also suggest that IQ is more heritable among wealthy families than among poor ones.[13][14] In a 2011 commentary about environmental influences on human behavior,[15] he wrote that “The nonshared environment, in a phrase, is free will. Not the kind of metaphysical free will that no one believes in anymore, according to which human souls float free above the mechanistic constraints of the physical world, but an embodied free will, tethered to biology, that encompasses our ability to respond to complex circumstances in complex and unpredictable ways and in the process to build a self.”[16]

Media

Turkheimer has been featured on multiple Youtube talk shows, including Stefan Molyneux,[17] The Majority Report w/ Sam Seder,[18] and David Pakman Show.[19] In 2017, Turkheimer along with Richard Nisbett and Paige Harden, published a piece in Vox criticizing Charles Murray and Sam Harris' views on race and intelligence, following an appearance of Murray on Harris' show.[20]

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[17]  Eric Turkheimer and Stefan Molyneux|date=2015-10-18|url=https://lbry.tv/@freedomain:b/does-poverty-impact-intelligence-eric:6%7Caccess-date=2020-09-22}}

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title: Eric Turkheimer

question: Summarize everything relating to Turkheimer's education.

answer: Turkheimer received his B.A. in psychology from Haverford College in 1976 and earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Texas at Austin.

question: What is Turkheimer known for?

answer: Turkheimer is known for studying the effects of socioeconomic status and genes on IQ.

question: What is Turkheimer's view on intelligence?

answer: Turkheimer thinks that IQ is more heritable among wealthy families than among poor ones.

question: Why has Turkheimer criticized Charles Murray and Sam Harris?

answer: Because he disagrees with their view on race and intelligence.

question: Is Turkheimer an assistant professor?

answer: No, he is a full professor.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Eric Turkheimer is the Hugh Scott Hamilton Professor of psychology at the University of Virginia. He earned his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Texas at Austin. He is known for studying the effects of socioeconomic status and genes on IQ. Turkheimer thinks that IQ is more heritable among wealthy families than among poor ones.


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KENNETH KENDALL (7 August 1924 – 14 December 2012)[1] was a British broadcaster. He worked for many years as a newsreader for the BBC, where he was a contemporary of fellow newsreaders Richard Baker and Robert Dougall. He is also remembered as the host of the Channel 4 game show _Treasure Hunt_, which ran between 1982 and 1989, as well as the host of “The World Tonight” in the 1968 science fiction film _2001: A Space Odyssey_.

Early life

Kendall was born in India where his father, Frederic William Kendall (d. 30 May 1945), worked.[2] He was brought up in Cornwall. Kendall was educated at Felsted School in Essex, England. He read Modern Languages at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, for one year before being called up to the British Army.

Military service

Kendall joined the Coldstream Guards where he was commissioned as a lieutenant. He arrived in Normandy ten days after D Day but was wounded about a month later. In 1945, he was among 100,000 British military personnel sent to Palestine. In 1946 he was demobilised from the Guards as a captain.

Broadcasting career

After leaving the army, Kendall returned to Oxford to complete his Modern Language degree. He hoped to join the Foreign Office but instead joined the BBC in 1948 as a radio newsreader. In 1954 he transferred to television. Although he was not the first newsreader on BBC television, Kendall was the first to appear in front of a camera reading the news in 1955.[3] As he was employed on a freelance basis by the BBC, he also worked as an actor for a repertory company based in Crewe, and briefly at the menswear retailer Austin Reed in Regent Street, where he met actor John Inman and offered him a job in the Crewe theatre company.[4]

Kendall became known for his elegant dress sense and was voted best-dressed newsreader by _Style International_ and No.1 newscaster by _Daily Mirror_ readers in 1979. He left the BBC in 1961, and from 1961 to 1969 was a freelance newsreader, working occasionally for ITN and presenting Southern Television's _Day By Day_. He appeared as himself in the _Adam Adamant_ episode “The Doomsday Plan”, in which he is kidnapped and impersonated. He also appeared in the _Doctor Who_ serial _The War Machines_.

He rejoined the BBC in 1969 and finally retired from news reading on 23 December 1981.[5] Kendall's retirement allowed him to work on the popular Channel Four programme _Treasure Hunt_ throughout its first run (1982–1989), which featured Anneka Rice as a “skyrunner”. He also presented the television programme _Songs of Praise_.

Later life

Soon after retirement from news reading, Kendall lent his voice to the BBC Micro as part of Acorn Computers' hardware speech synthesis system.[6]

In 2010 he took part in BBC's series _The Young Ones_ in which six well-known people in their 70s and 80s attempt to overcome some of the problems of ageing by harking back to the 1970s.[7]

Personal life

Kendall lived in Cowes on the Isle of Wight with his partner Mark Fear, whom he had been with since 1989. Fear was the owner of a marine art gallery and a beekeeper. The couple entered into a civil partnership in 2006.[8]

Death

Kendall died on 14 December 2012, following a stroke a few weeks previously.[9] On 29 April 2013, his partner Mark Fear was found hanged. An inquest concluded that he had committed suicide because he was “overcome by grief”.[10]

Filmography

-   _The Reckless Moment_ (1949) - Man (uncredited)
-   _The Brain_ (1962) - TV Newscaster (uncredited)
-   ''Doctor Who: The War Machines (1966) – Himself (Credited, TV cameo)
-   _They Came from Beyond Space_ (1967) - Commentator
-   _The Exorcism_ - from the _Dead of Night_ BBC TV series. (1972) (Credited)
-   _2001: A Space Odyssey_ (1968) - BBC-12 Announcer (uncredited)

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[3] Dennis Barker Obituary: Kenneth Kendall, _The Guardian_, 14 December 2012

[4] Obituary of John Inman - 'The Independent' newspaper

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title: Kenneth Kendall

question: Can Kenneth Kendall be considered a charming person?

answer: The article lists many jobs Kendall held as a public persona while noting that he was praised for his elegant dressing. He's charming based on these qualities.

question: Why would Mark Fear be overcome with grief?

answer: It seems he and Kendall were very close as a couple. With his partner deceased, Mark Fear may have felt that he didn't have anyone to live for.


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Job growth in the US remains stagnant, and has slowed for the tech industry, according to Glassdoor.

  Building a slide deck, pitch, or presentation? Here are the big takeaways:

-   _Annual median base pay in the US grew 1.1% year over year in December 2017, to $51,210. -- Glassdoor_
-   _Tech industry wages are slowing down, with year over year pay growth at 0.5%, down from 3% in December 2016. -- Glassdoor_

Wages across all US industries are growing only slightly, and those in the tech industry appear to be slowing down, according to a new report from job site Glassdoor--suggesting that the tech job bubble may be starting to decline.

Annual median base pay in the US grew 1.1% year over year (YOY) in December 2017, to $51,210--down from 3.5% in January 2017.

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"This stagnation is part of the continued recovery after the large dip in pay growth in May, June and July of 2017, likely due to the changing composition of the U.S. workforce," Andrew Chamberlain, chief economist at Glassdoor, said in a press release. "As the economy improved, many sidelined workers rejoined the labor market at below-average wages to get their foot in the door with employers. This impacted overall U.S. pay and is likely the reason for the dip and slower recovery."

SEE: JOB DESCRIPTION: DATA SCIENTIST (TECH PRO RESEARCH)

The tech sector in particular is seeing mixed wage growth and slowdowns, according to the report: YOY pay growth was just 0.5% in December 2017, down from 3% the year before.

Certain positions are seeing gains, the report noted, including technical support specialists (up 3.5%, to $45,526) and web developers (up 2.4%, to $64,050). But others, including Java developers (down 2.5%, to $73,029), continue to decline.

Even demand for data scientists--ranked by Glassdoor as the best job in America for the past two years--is beginning to level off: Median base pay levels for data scientists ($95,713) and data analysts ($58,855) increased just 1.1% in December 2017, matching the US average overall, the report said. However, it should be noted that many of these tech salaries are still above the national average.

Meanwhile, the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is beginning to have consequences for employees, as automation begins to replace some roles and impact the wages of others. That means some traditional roles and their wages are on the decline, including loan officers (down 6.1%, to $42,983), machine operators (down 1.9%, to $38,460), and office managers (down 1.1% to $44,958).

"Apps, automated processes and new software are beginning to replace many of the responsibilities traditionally done by people -- like AI meeting schedulers and automated credit approval processes, and this is starting to impact wages for these roles," Chamberlain said in the release. "On the flip side, the interest in data science has led to an influx of new workers in this field, dampening the rapid pay gains for data roles we have seen in recent years."

It's not all bad news: Topping the list of jobs across industries with the fastest rate of pay growth are medical technologists (up 6.2%, to $55,670), restaurant cook (up 4.8%, to $28,563), paralegal (up 4.8%, to $48,900), warehouse associate (up 4.1%, to $42,361), and design engineer (up 4%, to $72,514).

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question: What is the median base pay in the U.S. in 2017?

answer: $51,210.

question: How much did the median base pay grow year over year?

answer: 1.1%.

question: What is the acronym for year over year?

answer: YOY.

question: How much was median base pay growing in January 2017?

answer: 3.5%

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The article summarizes wage growth for industry in the United States, especially the tech industry, and speculates about the rise of artificial intelligence.


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MICHAEL EDWARD FAIREY (born June 1948) is the chairman of Hastings Insurance since June 2015.[1][2] He was previously deputy chief executive of Lloyds TSB bank. He is the chairman of the trustees of the Lloyds TSB Pension Funds.[3] He is non-executive chairman of OneSavings Bank plc, a position which he will leave in 2017.[4][5][6]

In May 2017, he was appointed as non-executive director of Bibby Financial Services.[7]

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title: Mike Fairey

question: Which company does Fairey work with?

answer: Hastings Insurance

question: How old was Fairey at the time this article was written?

answer: Not enough information is given to answer.

question: Who was Fairey's previous employer?

answer: Lloyds TBS bank

question: What position is Fairey Leaving?

answer: Non-executive chairman with OneSavings Bank

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article introduces Mike Fairey, a banking and insurance executive. It mentions a few of his current and past positions.


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If you would like to discuss your design ideas before deciding please contact us at Customer Support, and one of our staff will spend time reviewing with you, and discussing your design.

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question: What are the BABYDOL Collections?

answer: Custom-designed clothing available for sale on this page.

question: Is it clear from the text what Jody is selling?

answer: In can be inferred, but it isnä explicitly stated.

question: Who is Jody BABYDOL Gibson?

answer: An author, designer and creator who owns the rights to Bespoke BABYDOL's Closet.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: A welcome page for Bespoke by Babydol's Closet.


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BARRY HICKEN (born August 8, 1946) is a Canadian politician and farmer. He represented 5th Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1986 to 1996 as a Liberal.[1]

Hicken was born in 1946 in Pembroke, Prince Edward Island.[2] He was educated at Montague Regional High School and Holland College, and was a mechanic by career.[3] He married Louise Alice McHerron in 1972.[4]

Hicken first attempted to enter provincial politics in the 1982 election, but was defeated by Progressive Conservative Lowell Johnston.[5] Hicken ran again in 1986, and was elected councillor for the electoral district of 5th Kings.[6] He was re-elected in 1989.[7] On June 6, 1989, Hicken was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Minister of Energy and Forestry.[8] In November 1991, he was moved to Minister of Community and Cultural Affairs and Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture.[9] In January 1993, he was given an additional role as Minister responsible for Francophone Affairs.[10] Hicken was re-elected in the 1993 election,[11] and was appointed Minister of Environmental Resources on April 15.[12] In the 1996 election, Hicken was defeated by Progressive Conservative leader Pat Binns in the new Murray River-Gaspereaux riding.[13]

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question: Who is Barry Hicken?

answer: He is a Canadian politician and farmer who represented 5th Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island as a Liberal.

question: How long did he represent 5th Kings in the Legislative Assembly?

answer: Ten years, from 1986 to 1996.

question: Summarize everything relating to Hicken's education.

answer: He went to Montague Regional High School and Holland College.

question: When was Hicken appointed Minister of Environmental Resources?

answer: April 15, 1993.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Barry Hicken is a Canadian politician and farmer who represented 5th Kings in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island as a Liberal from 1986 to 1996. His last post was as Minister of Environmental Resources in 1993.


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[Norsk Riksmålsordbok, second edition] [Norsk Riksmålsordbok, first edition]

_NORSK RIKSMÅLSORDBOK_ () is a Norwegian dictionary for the unofficial written language form Riksmål. The work was initiated by _Riksmaalsvernet_ around 1920. Its first edition was completed in 1957, and was printed in four volumes. Two extra volumes were issued in 1995. Editors for volume 1, 2 and 3 were Trygve Knudsen and Alf Sommerfelt, and volume 4 had the same two editors, in addition to Harald Noreng. Noreng was editor for volume 5 and 6, from 1995.

Background

Following a speech by teacher and language activist Jens Mørland in 1918,[1] _Riksmaalsvernet_ was founded 30 October 1919.[2] A dictionary committee was established at a meeting 12 December 1919, and started its work after some delay in 1921.[3]

A preliminary wordlist issued by _Riksmaalsvernet_ in March 1921 led to a fierce linguistics debate in newspapers and in the cultural and literary magazine _Samtiden_.[4][5][6][7] In 1922 Alf Sommerfelt was appointed as editor for the dictionary.[8] Trygve Knudsen joined the work in 1924, and was co-editor for the project from July 1925.[9][10] Harald Noreng joined as secretary in 1938, and as co-editor from 1940.[11][12] The dictionary was issued in parts, starting from 1930, and the work was completed in 1957, and printed in four volumes.[13][14][15] From 1981, the Norwegian Academy for Language and Literature has been responsible for the dictionary.[16] A reprint of the four volumes was issued in 1983, and again in 1991.[17][18]

Following the issue of the four volumes, plans for an additional volume were initiated. After Sommerfelt's death in 1965, and Knudsen's death in 1968, Noreng continued this work.[19] Noreng's extra material resulted in two new volumes, issued in 1995 as volume five and six of the dictionary.[20]

The dictionary work continues in cooperation with the publishing house Kunnskapsforlaget, under the name _Det Norske Akademis store ordbok_ (new name from 2005), and the goal is a revised and extended edition to be completed in 2014.[21]

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title: Norsk Riksmålsordbok

question: What is Norsk Riksmålsordbok?

answer: A Norwegian dictionary.

question: When was the Norsk Riksmålsordbok initiated?

answer: Around 1920.

question: When was the first edition of Norsk Riksmålsordbok completed?

answer: 1957.

question: Who initiated Norsk Riksmålsordbok?

answer: Riksmaalsvernet.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article is about Norsk Riksmålsordbok, a Norwegian dictionary.


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PITTI IMMAGINE UOMO

Pitti Immagine is an Italian company devoted to promoting the fashion industry worldwide. According to Pitti Immagine the trade fair must create clear and stimulating relationships involving the exhibitors, their collections and the buyers and public, by offering information, and knowledge.

WHITE SHOW MEN

WHITE is a breeding ground of ideas, it is fashion culture as a lifestyle which embraces art, design, music, communication and the new frontiers of the web medias.

CAPSULE MEN'S

Capsule is the premiere gathering of the finest apparel and accessories brands from around the world. More than a tradeshow, the brands who participate in Capsule make up a community that is shaping the future fashion landscape. In our case, different really is better.

WHITE SHOW

WHITE is the international contemporary fashion showcase, but also a cultural reference for a generation of designers, stylists and artists who consider the fair in via Tortona 27, 35 and 54 a valuable take-off field.

TRANOI

More than a commercial gathering, Tranoï – which literally means “between us” – is an artistic platform with a stern selection of more than 1000 premium designers from all over the world, created for them to meet the most influential fashion ambassadors.

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WUSHU RUYI

The Wushu Ruyi story is tied to the two Milanese brothers: Walter and Paolo Lorini, renowned Wushu masters.
Wushu is a physical discipline as well as a source of wisdom: literally, the translation of the term discloses its true meaning, that is “Martial Art”.
In 1985 the brothers created the first shoes specific for this sport: that’s how the Wushu Ruyi brand was born.
Authentic and unmistakable, only Wushu Shoes are characterized by the RU YI: a very ancient Chinese symbol of good fortune.

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SEMPACH

Milan based label Sempach
creates timeless pieces that draw
inspiration from the design and
materials of Swiss army gear.

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STUTTERHEIM Raincoats

Stutterheim's vision is to bring great rainwear and accessories, filled with craftmanship, passion and authenticity, to you in a true way.

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PITTI IMMAGINE UOMO

Pitti Immagine is an Italian company devoted to promoting the fashion industry worldwide. According to Pitti Immagine the trade fair must create clear and stimulating relationships involving the exhibitors, their collections and the buyers and public, by offering information, and knowledge.

WHITE SHOW MEN

WHITE is a breeding ground of ideas, it is fashion culture as a lifestyle which embraces art, design, music, communication and the new frontiers of the web medias.

CAPSULE MEN'S

Capsule is the premiere gathering of the finest apparel and accessories brands from around the world. More than a tradeshow, the brands who participate in Capsule make up a community that is shaping the future fashion landscape. In our case, different really is better.

WHITE SHOW

WHITE is the international contemporary fashion showcase, but also a cultural reference for a generation of designers, stylists and artists who consider the fair in via Tortona 27, 35 and 54 a valuable take-off field.

TRANOI

More than a commercial gathering, Tranoï – which literally means “between us” – is an artistic platform with a stern selection of more than 1000 premium designers from all over the world, created for them to meet the most influential fashion ambassadors.

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WUSHU RUYI

The Wushu Ruyi story is tied to the two Milanese brothers: Walter and Paolo Lorini, renowned Wushu masters.
Wushu is a physical discipline as well as a source of wisdom: literally, the translation of the term discloses its true meaning, that is “Martial Art”.
In 1985 the brothers created the first shoes specific for this sport: that’s how the Wushu Ruyi brand was born.
Authentic and unmistakable, only Wushu Shoes are characterized by the RU YI: a very ancient Chinese symbol of good fortune.

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SEMPACH

Milan based label Sempach creates timeless pieces that draw
inspiration from the design and materials of Swiss army gear.

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STUTTERHEIM Raincoats

Stutterheim's vision is to bring great rainwear and accessories, filled with craftmanship, passion and authenticity, to you in a true way.

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Blackboard srl — P.I. 05706920963 / Via Livraghi 14 / 20126, Milano — t +39 02 255151.1 / info@blackboard.it

question: What does the article say about racism in the fashion industry?

question: What is the emblematic color of Pitti Immagine Uomo?

answer: White. For several different shows and events, the Italian company uses the "WHITE" branding. These include the "WHITE SHOW" and the "WHITE SHOW MEN".


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MARJORIE RYERSON is an American editor, photographer, and politician. She represented the Orange-Washington-Addison district in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2013–2017. She is a member of the Democratic Party.

Ryerson earned her MFA at the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. She worked as an editor and photojournalist for a publications including _The Times Argus_, _The Boston Globe_, _The Burlington Free Press_, and others. From 1991 until 2005 she taught photography and non-fiction writing at Castleton State College. In 2001, she was named a Vermont State Colleges Faculty Fellow. The same year she took a sabbatical to work on books. During this time, she published a photography book, _Water Music_, featuring her photographs of water along with quotes from musicians.[1][2] In 2013, she was appointed to fill the Orange-Washington-Addison District seat in the Vermont House of Representatives vacated by the death of Larry Townsend. Her appointment made the Vermont legislature the fourth in the United States to have a majority of seats held by women.[3][4] She was re-elected without opposition in 2014 and left office at the end of her term in January 2017.[5]

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question: What is Marjorie Ryerson's profession?

answer: Ryerson is an editor, photographer, and politician [former Congresswoman].

question: With which political party is Marjorie Ryerson associated?

answer: The Democratic Party in the U.S.A.

question: Summarize everything relating to Ryerson's time in office.

answer: Ryerson represented the Orange-Washington-Addison district in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2013-2017 as a Democrat. She was appointed after the death of Larry Townsend and was re-elected in 2014 without opposition, making Vermont the fourth U.S. state to have women in the majority of legislative seats. She left office at the end of her term in January 2017.

question: Describe Ryerson's experience in education.

answer: Ryerson obtained an MFA from the University of Iowa Writers' Workshop. She taught photography and non-fiction writing at Castleton State College. She was a Vermont State Colleges Faculty Fellow.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Marjorie Ryerson is an editor, photographer, and Democratic Party politician who held office in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2013-2017. She has an MFA from the University of Iowa.


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ISLAMABAD: In an appreciable move, the PML-N government Tuesday issued tax directory of all the tax payers of Pakistan which shows top leaders of three leading political parties of Pakistan and their families gave nominal taxes.
The directory revealed the details of taxes of former President Asif Ali Zardari and his family members for the first time as in past they were not bound to share their tax details under law. All members of family of former president and PPP chief Asif Ali Zardari, who are supposed to pay taxes are registered tax payers.
The tax directory issued by FBR and details available on FBR website show that Asif Ali Zardari has NTN: 0295839-2, tax paid by him for the year ending June 30, 2013 is Rs1,385,025. The former president has salaried income and he was registered as tax payer on November 2, 1995 with RTO-III Karachi.
His son Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has NTN: 3661901-9 and he paid Rs303,692 tax for the year 2013. FBR site mentions Bilawal’s principal business activity as “other personal service activities N.E.C”, while his business nature is given as ‘Service Provider’. Bilawal was registered as tax payer on Jan 08, 2011 in RTO-I Karachi.
Elder daughter of the former president, Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari has NTN: 3661902-7. Rest of her details regarding business and date of tax registration are same as that of Bilawal. Aseefa Bhutto Zardari is not registered yet obviously because of her younger age.
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif who also heads ruling PML-N has NTN: 0667649-9 while he paid Rs2,646,401 tax for the year 2013. The prime minister take salary income from Chaudhry Sugar Mills, 146-A, Abu Bakar Block, Garden Town, Lahore. FBR website mentions principal activity of the prime minister as “manufacturing of sugar”. He was registered as tax payer on Nov 15, 1995 with RTO-I Lahore.
Mian Muhammad Shahbaz Sharif has NTN: 3100878-0 while he paid Rs3,644,003 tax for the year 2013. He has salaried income only and was

registered as tax payer on April 9, 2008 with RTO-II.
Muhammad Hamza Shahbaz Sharif has NTN: 2382109-4 and paid Rs4,383,138 tax for the year ending June 30, 2013. Hamza’s income is salaried income from Ramzan Sugar Mills and he was registered as tax payer on June 28, 2005 with RTO-II Lahore.
PTI chief Imran Khan has NTN: 0801424-8 while he paid Rs194,936 tax for the year 2013. FBR has released a list of all tax paying companies, businesses and individuals along with their NTNs and tax paid.

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question: How many taxes did Asif Ali Zadari pay in taxes in June 2013?

answer: Rs1,385,025.

question: What office in Pakistan's government did Asif Ali Zadari once hold?

answer: President.

question: How much money did Nawaz Sharif pay in taxes?

answer: Rs2,646,401.

question: What office does Nawaz Sharif hold?

answer: Prime Minister.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The article summarizes the amount of money leading officials from Pakistan's three ruling parties paid in taxes for the fiscal year 2013. This previously had not been required by law, so had not been done before.


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J. WALTER DUNCAN JR. (November 26, 1916 – February 21, 2009) was an American businessman. He was born in Illinois, but moved to Oklahoma in 1949. He worked in the oil and gas industry. He held a 90 percent interest in the New Jersey Generals for only one season before he and co-owner Chuck Fairbanks sold the United States Football League (USFL) franchise to Donald Trump on September 22, 1983.[1]

[1] Goldaper, Sam. “Generals Are Sold to Trump,” _The New York Times_, Friday, September 23, 1983. Retrieved September 27, 2018

title: J. Walter Duncan

question: What is the relationship between J. Walter Duncan Jr. and Donald Trump?

answer: J. Walter Duncan Jr. sold his majority stake in the New Jersey Generals to Donald Trump after only one season of ownership.

question: What is the relationship between J. Walter Duncan Jr. and Chuck Fairbanks?

answer: They owned a majority stake in the New Jersey Generals for only one season.

question: What age was J. Walter Duncan Jr. when he moved from Illinois to Oklahoma?

answer: He was 33 years old.

question: How did J. Walter Duncan Jr. make his money?

answer: He worked in the oil and gas industry.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: J. Walter Duncan Jr. owned a majority stake in the New Jersey Generals for only one season before selling to Donald Trump. He worked in oil and gas.


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This story is from a recent car crash I was a part of and the events leading up to it.

**Car crash from last night, as I remember it.**

Two thirty-two ounce Jeremiah Reds and we still looked sharper than a butcher's knife. It takes a real man to order a bottle of red, and even more so to take them as effortlessly as we did. It was quite a sight for the regular crowd. Three manly men enjoying their drink and catching up on some sports down at the, always welcoming, BJ's brew house.

As it turns out, and although it may seem like it, not everything always goes our way. The home team lost a crucial playoff game, beers were running low, and I hadn't been offered sex all night. This combination of unfortunate mishaps started giving me an odd feeling. I needed to shake off this funk, but I was out of smokes. My good friend Mauri sensed my discomfort, that or my childish fidgeting from craving a smoke. Whatever the case, it worked. He spotted a friendly, slanted eyed, sports fan that headed out for an opium break. Lucky for us he happened to smoke regular stuff as well. Our type of stuff. Some quick witted banter later and we were three cigarettes richer. We took care of the first two immediately.

Mauri put away our third friend for a later puff. Normally he'll do it with such elegance, I swoon. This time though, it strangely grazed his slightly large, but still handsome, earlobe. What normally wouldn't affect a frail or even a wet cigarette, this time destroyed our last piece of lung candy. Things were happening. Bad vibes were definitely out tonight. I decided at this point, it was up to me to keep bad shit from happening. I didn't mention any of these strange occurrences to Mauri or Mikey, I had to keep my composure. Lead by example and example the lead. It works.

It was getting late and it began to feel as if we had overstayed our welcome, that or this one fat headed bartender felt threatened. He offered free beer in exchange for our absence. I'm no cheap man whore, but no man in their right mind would turn down free beer. As a matter of fact no man in any state of mind would. No man.

We left to resume our night. The feelings that manifested at the bar had followed to the parking lot. Maybe it just wasn't my night, maybe I was being a pussy, maybe fuck you reader, but I didn't even put up a fight for the front seat.

"Shotgun!" Mauri called enthusiastically.

I let out a quiet sigh, he rushed to the front. I'd usually sneak my way to passenger, tonight shotgun didn't appeal to me. I figured I should stop worrying and just enjoy my night. Mikey decided to play the classic sounds of our favorite trio, the Beastie Boys. With our last set of Reds in our hand and our heads boppin' he began to lay out the plan for the night.

"We're gonna head over to jack in the box to try that new jalapeno burger..." He said with such anticipation, and reassurance I had never heard from him. He was leading by example.

Just when I was starting to feel right for the night, my gut instinct struck again. I was nice and buzzed but these goddamn spidey senses were tingling. Before I knew it, everything slowed down. My senses were amplified. I had a moment of clarity in my drunken stupor. I looked around to see if the guys felt this moment of divine lucidity, but all I could make out was Mikey going on with the plans and Mauri trying to rap to the B-boys. I closed my eyes. This was it. Whatever bad energy that was following us, it was here and it was about to blow. It was up to me to try to decipher where it was going to come from. I presses my eyelids shut. And I knew.

"Holy shit!" Mauri yelled in the front.

I quickly fastened my seat belt and braced myself for impact. Some dumb bitch had made the roughest turn any of us had seen. Although alert Mikey reacted as fast as he cums, it wasn't fast enough for a clean escape. Mauri's glasses flew, Mikey's pride stung, and I had let them down. I should've said something. But men don't think in 'should'ves', we think for the moment and at that moment Mauri and I knew we had to dispose of any incriminating substance. We played the part.

"What the fuck?!" Mauri exclaimed as he stepped out.

"Ahh mah shoulder!" I played along.

"Are you guys ok?" A worried voice shouted from the other car. We had them.

I quickly grabbed my bottle of Red and made my way to some stairway away from the crash. Mauri followed, Mikey worked on damage control. Mauri and I did what we do best and chugged those big Reds until their last drop. No man wastes a free beer and we example by lead. I was clearly drunk after this. We found our way back to the mess. Scolded the girl on her driving skills, but there's only so much you can do for a woman driver, and I was glad the bad vibes ended with something so trivial as a car crash. We waited, smoked, took tourist pictures of the sight and decided it was as good moment as any to call it a night.

question: What must have the narrator anticipated would happen?

answer: It may be implied that the narrator knew that something bad was coming for them but there isn't much information on what he thought it may be.

question: What may have been the reason for the others to not sense this feeling?

answer: It was an internal feeling and these feelings differ from person to person which is why the others may not have been able to get the same feeling.

question: For what reasons must the girl have made a rough turn?

answer: It may be implied that the woman was already speeding and probably tried turning without reducing the speed, which led to the accident.

question: What is the relevance of 'as I remember it' in the title?

answer: It may be implied that the title says 'as I remember it' because the narrator and all his friends were drunk when the accident took place hence there may be bits of it that the narrator may not be able to recall.


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The Sugaring Off Festival celebrates the arrival of spring and the production of Manitoba maple syrup.

Sugaring-Off Festival   Poster

Open to the public
Saturday and Sunday
10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Free Admission

Sugaring-Off School Program

The Sugaring Off Festival school program offers students the unique opportunity to visit our "Cabane à Sucre", where they will learn first-hand about the production of maple syrup. With that comes the joy of tasting our delicious "taffy on the snow", taking a tour of the museum and the Goulet House, join in a sing-along, and enjoy a horse-drawn wagon ride! Maple sugar products such as maple candies, maple syrup are available for purchase.

To book your school tour contact
museestpierrejolys@live.ca

question: Name the event.

answer: The Sugaring Off Festival.

question: Where does the event take place?

answer: Manitoba, Canada

question: What is the event all about?

answer: The Sugaring Off Festival celebrates the arrival of spring and the production of Manitoba maple syrup.

question: Explain the Sugaring Off Festival school program.

answer: It offers students the opportunity to visit the "Cabane à Sucre" where they will learn about maple syrup production, taste "taffy on the snow", take a tour of the museum and Goulet House, join a sing-along, and ride a horse-drawn wagon ride.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: With the arrival of spring and maple syrup production, Manitoba celebrates the Sugaring Off Festival this coming Saturday and Sunday, from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm. The event is open to the public and admission is free. The festival also offers a Sugaring-Off School Program for kids.


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(I submitted a story on /r/writingprompts where I had to include the phrase, "She was laying in the bed with the window open and she couldn't stop staring at the moon."  Wondering if you guys could offer any feedback.)

None of it was my fault.

It might've been my ex-wife's fault. I wouldn't have needed the money if she hadn't gotten the house, the kid, and the dog in the divorce. Hell, I bought the goddamn dog before I met her.

It might've been my brother's fault. It was his idea that I could make some money on the side by breaking into houses. Mom always said he was trouble.

It might've been my boss's fault. The guy get's a 30% cut of what I steal in exchange for security codes and info on when the owners are out of town. 30% of the profit while accepting 0% of the risk. What a prick. He got the codes right but he was wrong about the couple being out of the house. They were there.

Maybe it was the husband's fault for coming after me with a baseball bat. I understand that you have to investigate a strange noise in your house but he didn't have to attack me. I didn't want to hurt anyone. But he could've killed me if I hadn't acted.

It might've been my girlfriend's fault for insisting I take a knife with me for protection. If I hadn't had the knife, who knows how things would have turned out. That husband might still be alive today.

None of it was my fault. Who could blame me for doing what I did? I couldn't just let the man beat me to death with a baseball bat, could I? And I couldn't risk going to jail, could I? I have children to think about.

When I went upstairs, I saw the wife. **She was laying in bed with the window open and she couldn't stop staring at the moon.** She knew what had happened downstairs and she knew what was going to happen to her. She knew I couldn't just leave and let her call the cops. If she didn't judge me, then how could you?

None of it was my fault.

title: (Feedback) (<350 words) Blame

question: What is the narrator blaming the ex-wife for?

answer: He blamed his wife for leaving him broke after the divorce, which drove him to break into houses.

question: Why is the narrator putting the blame on other people for his mistakes?

answer: Perhaps because he is a narcissist and can't see what's wrong with himself.

question: What crimes did the narrator do?

answer: Burglary and murder.

question: Did the narrator kill the woman in the end?

answer: It's not directly stated in the story, but it's most likely.

question: How is the narrator's boss involved in the narrator's crime?

answer: His boss gave him security codes to the houses he was going to break into, including info on when the owners were out of town.

question: How did his last burglary go wrong?

answer: The owners of the house were around when he broke into it.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator broke into a house, thinking the owners were not around. The husband attacked him, so the narrator stabbed him to death. He couldn't accept that it was his own fault and blamed a lot of people.


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There are at least 63 NAMED LAKES AND RESERVOIRS IN MILLER COUNTY, ARKANSAS.

Lakes

-   Adams Cut-off Lake, , el. [1]
-   Alligator Lake, , el. [2]
-   Candler Lake, , el. [3]
-   Clark Lake, , el. [4]
-   Clear Lake, , el. [5]
-   Cypress City Lake, , el. [6]
-   Cypress Lake, , el. [7]
-   Elliott Slough, , el. [8]
-   First Old River Lake, , el. [9]
-   Fish Lake, , el. [10]
-   Ford Slough, , el. [11]
-   Goose Lake, , el. [12]
-   Haley Lake, , el. [13]
-   Harper Lake, , el. [14]
-   Keller Lake, , el. [15]
-   Kennedy Lake, , el. [16]
-   Kuykendall Lake, , el. [17]
-   Little Pond, , el. [18]
-   Long Slough, , el. [19]
-   Mathis Slough, , el. [20]
-   Mercer Lake, , el. [21]
-   Moes Slough, , el. [22]
-   Nineteen hundred and forty Cut-off Lake, , el. [23]
-   Palmer Lake, , el. [24]
-   Pinhook Lake, , el. [25]
-   Red Lake, , el. [26]
-   Scott Lake, , el. [27]
-   Second Old River Lake, , el. [28]
-   Snaggy Lake, , el. [29]
-   Snake Lake, , el. [30]
-   Tobe Lake, , el. [31]
-   Whites Camp Lake, , el. [32]
-   Willow Lake, , el. [33]
-   Winham Lake, , el. [34]

Reservoirs

-   Arkla Lake, , el. [35]
-   Boyce Lake, , el. [36]
-   Browns Lake, , el. [37]
-   Buford Lake, , el. [38]
-   Coca Cola Lake, , el. [39]
-   Country Club, , el. [40]
-   Cox Lake, , el. [41]
-   Crabtree Lake, , el. [42]
-   Davis Lake, , el. [43]
-   Davis Lake Number Two, , el. [44]
-   Eason Lake, , el. [45]
-   Gill Lake, , el. [46]
-   Hensley Lake, , el. [47]
-   Jones Lake, , el. [48]
-   Lower Lake, , el. [49]
-   Lower Moore Lake, , el. [50]
-   Mitchell Lake, , el. [51]
-   Old Bitty Lake, , el. [52]
-   Paradise Lake, , el. [53]
-   Robinson Lake, , el. [54]
-   Smith Lake, , el. [55]
-   Smith Lake, , el. [56]
-   State Line Lake, , el. [57]
-   Upper Lake, , el. [58]
-   Upper Moore Lake, , el. [59]
-   Wadley Lake, , el. [60]
-   Westmoreland Lake, , el. [61]
-   Williams Lake, , el. [62]
-   Wooten Lake, , el. [63]

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title: List of lakes of Miller County, Arkansas

question: How many named lakes and reservoirs are in Miller County, Arkansas?

answer: There are 63 named lakes and reservoirs are in Miller County, Arkansas.

question: Is Kennedy Lake a lake or reservoir?

answer: Kennedy Lake is a lake, not a reservoir.

question: How many reservoirs are listed?

answer: There are 29 reservoirs listed.

question: How many Smith Lakes are in Miller County, Arkansas?

answer: There are two Smith Lakes in Miller County, Arkansas.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Miller County, Arkansas has at least 63 named lakes and reservoirs. Included is a list of known named lakes and reservoirs.