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One of the few Beatles compositions to be written directly about, and for, a personal associate, "Hey Jude" was composed by Paul McCartney to John's son, Julian, on the occasion of John's impending divorce from his first wife (and Julian's mother), Cynthia. Paul and Julian had always been close—indeed, closer than Julian and his father had been—and he knew that John's new relationship with Yoko Ono, along with John's desire to distance himself from his old life, had to be hitting the younger Lennon (then age 6) pretty hard. Paul composed the melody and basic lyrics for the song en route to Cynthia's home in Weybridge, where he often visited, during June of 1968. When he returned home that day, he recorded a demo version on his piano. It was originally titled "Hey Jules," but Paul thought "Jude" would be easier to sing.

 The Best Ever Written

When he presented the song to the band, John immediately pronounced it the best thing he'd ever written and fought to get it on the a-side of the group's next single, allowing his own "Revolution " to move to the b-side. Paul originally intended many of the lyrics, especially the line "the movement you need is on your shoulder," as mere placeholders, but John insisted they were perfect just as they were, and there they stayed.

The band recorded a rehearsal of the song at Abbey Road on July 29 and 30, 1968, as part of a planned single session right in the middle of sessions for their next LP, eventually known as "The White Album," but were soon convinced to re-record the whole thing at Trident Studios across town; Trident, which the band learned had fully functional eight-track recording. (Abbey Road studios had just gotten an eight-track system, but it was not completely operative.) The basic track was recorded on July 31, the orchestra overdubs, clapping, and "na-na-na"s of the lengthy coda recorded on August 1. (Part of the rehearsal was filmed for a BBC documentary simply entitled _Music!_; the footage features George playing bass, though he does not play on the final recording.) Four takes were recorded, but the first was deemed best and used for the overdubbing.

 The Arrangement of the Song

During recording, Paul and George became involved in a famous argument over the arrangement of the song: George wanted to echo each of Paul's lines in the verse with an accompanying guitar flourish, as John had done in the rehearsal. Paul didn't see the song this way, and told George so, leaving the guitarist with a chip on his shoulder that would last through the rest of his days as a Beatle. In the end, George's contribution to "Hey Jude" is heard mainly in phrases on the bridge.

Ringo took a bathroom break during the recorded take of this song but managed to finish up and quietly work his way back to the drum kit just in time to begin his part.

The orchestra assembled for "Hey Jude" included two musicians who are known by name: Bobby Kok, a cellist, who went on to become a good friend of George's, appearing on his _Cloud Nine_ album, and Bill Jackman, who had played baritone sax on "Lady Madonna," now sitting in on flute. The other members are largely lost to obscurity. When, in an effort to recapture the spirit of "A Day In The Life," Paul asked the orchestra musicians to sing and clap along with the song (for double the money, mind you), one blustered, "I'm not going to clap my hands and sing Paul McCartney's bloody song!" and stormed out. The rest complied.

WRITTEN BY: Paul McCartney (100%) (credited as Lennon-McCartney)
RECORDED: July 31, 1968; August 1, 1968 (Trident Studios, London, England)
MIXED: August 2 and 6, 1968
LENGTH: 7:11
TAKES: 1

 Musicians

JOHN LENNON: harmony vocals, rhythm guitar (1963 Gibson "Super Jumbo" J-200)
PAUL MCCARTNEY: lead vocals, bass guitar (1961 Fender Bass VI), piano (C. Bechstein)
GEORGE HARRISON: harmony vocals, lead guitar (1961 Sonic Blue Fender Stratocaster)
RINGO STARR: drums (1963 Ludwig Black Oyster Pearl), tambourine
BOBBY KOK: cello
BILL JACKMAN: flute
Unknown orchestra musicians: violins (ten), trumpets (four), trombones (four), violas (three), cellos (three), double basses (two), flutes (two), clarinets (two), horns (two), bass clarinets (two), bassoon, contrabassoon, percussion

FIRST RELEASED: August 26, 1968 (US: Apple 2276), August 30, 1968 (UK: Apple R5722)

AVAILABLE ON: (CDs in bold)

_Hey Jude_, (US: Apple SW 385, UK: Parlophone PCS 7184)
_The Beatles 1967-1970_ (UK: Apple PCSP 718, US: Apple SKBO 3404, APPLE CDP 0777 7 97039 2 0)
_Past Masters Volume Two_, (PARLOPHONE CDP 7 90044 2)
_The Beatles 1_ (APPLE CDP 7243 5 299702 2)

HIGHEST CHART POSITION: US: 1 (nine weeks beginning September 14, 1968); UK: 1 (two weeks beginning September 11, 1968)

 Trivia

-   The subject of "Hey Jude" is open to much debate, despite Paul's insistence that it was about Julian's parents divorcing—Julian himself never learned the song was about him until two decades later. John saw it as a subconscious attempt by Paul to reconcile his own loss of John to Yoko. Some have also seen it as Paul's subconscious attempt to "make it better" by leaving his own girlfriend, Jane Asher, for Linda Eastman. Some claim that there are Jewish connections ("Jude" being German for "Jew"), while others have suggested drug connections due to the "under your skin" line. Several associates and hangers-on have claimed the song is about them, as well.
-   John can clearly be heard shouting something after the last "Let her under your skin," right on the beat, and then exclaiming "f***ing hell!" at 2:58. (It has been suggested that he says "Got the wrong chord!" after flubbing a guitar move.) Remarkably, the expletive has never been removed or censored on the radio.
-   Paul's vocal on the coda may be the Beatles' most famous bit of vocal gymnastics. Triple-tracked, it features two Pauls working their way up over two octaves from low E to high F and a third ad-libbing, breaking off to scat "Make it, Jude" before the explosive high note and the resulting second half. (That second half coda begins at 3:12, and is actually longer than the song it anchors!)Here's the full text of Paul's ad-libbed vocal lines over the entire coda, from 3:58 on:
    "Ju-Judy Judy Judy Judy Judy OW, WAHOW!"
    "Ow hoo, na na na"
    "JUDE Jude JUDE Jude Joooo..."
    "Na na na na na, yeah yeah yeah"
    "Yeah you know you can make it, yeah Jude, you not gotta break it"
    "Don't make it bad Jude"
    "Take a sad song and make it better"
    "Oh Jude, Jude, Hey Jude, WHAAAAOOOOW"
    "Ooo, Juuuude"
    "Yeah"
    "Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey-ee-yay-yay-yay"
    "Hey, hey, hey"
    "Now Jude Jude Jude Jude Jude Jude, yeah yeah yeah yeah"
    "Woh yeah yeah"
    "Ah nanananananana cause I wanna"
    "Nanananana ... nanalala ow ow ow"
    "Oh God"
    "The pain won't come back Jude"
    "Yeah, eh hehe heh"
    "Make it Jude"
    "YEAHYEAHYEAH YEAH! YEAH! YEAH! HA HA HA HA HA...."
    "Goodeveningladiesandgentlemen mymymymy my my mahhhh"
    "oooo"
    "Woooh"
    "A-well a naaaa-nanan" (fade)
    There are 19 repetitions of the "Na... na-na na-na-na-na / na-na-na-na / Hey Jude" chorus in the coda.
-   The original mono release of this song ends after the "A-well a" ad-lib, running 7:11 total; most of the versions found on CD, taken from the stereo mix, fade about four seconds earlier.
-   This was the longest single ever released up to that time in America, the longest #1 single ever in _Billboard_, but not, as some claim, the longest Beatle song officially released -- that honor goes to "Revolution 9" at 8:13. ("I Want You (She's So Heavy)" runs 7:47, making "Hey Jude" the third longest Beatles song.)
-   This was also the first Beatles single—indeed, the first musical release of any kind—to be released on their own custom label, Apple. (Although, curiously, the single featured Capitol / Parlophone label numbers.)
-   "Hey Jude" spent an unprecedented nine weeks at Number One in the US, making it the biggest Beatles single ever in America. It has sold over eight million copies, three million in just the first two months.
-   The rehearsal featured an unplanned intro by John and Paul (John: "From the heart of the black country!" Paul: "When I was a robber in Boston place / You gathered round me with your fine embrace") can be heard on _Anthology 3_. "Boston Place" is a street in London where the group had just set up Apple Electronics (and also the street the lads were chased down in the opening scene of _A Hard Day's Night_, while the "Black Country," was a reference to England's industrial factory center near and in Birmingham.
-   Paul sat down at the piano during the rehearsal of one of Apple's new acts, The Iveys (later Badfinger), and played a full impromptu version of "Hey Jude" for them. "We were gobsmacked," recalled one member later.
-   The lyrics to "Hey Jude" were purchased anonymously for approximately $40,000 at a 1996 Sotheby's auction. It was later revealed that Julian Lennon himself had made the winning bid.

COVERED BY: Area Code 615, Chet Atkins, The Bar-Kays, Count Basie, Shirley Bassey, John Bayless, Mr. Acker Bilk, Bill Black, Ace Cannon, Ray Charles Singers, Petula Clark, Richard Clayderman, Judy Collins, Jessi Colter, Ray Conniff, Bing Crosby, The Crusaders, De Danann, Pete Drake, Don Ellis, Jose Feliciano, Maynard Ferguson, Arthur Fiedler and the Boston Pops, Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Frees, Grateful Dead, Wayne Gratz, The Guess Who, Ofra Harnoy, Woody Herman, John Holt, Willis "Gator" Jackson, Tom Jones, Stan Kenton, King Curtis, Al Kooper, James Last, Yusef Lateef, The Lettermen, Enoch Light, Arthur Lyman, Peggy March, R. Stevie Moore, The Music Machine, Peter Nero, Wilson Pickett, Elvis Presley, Boots Randolph, Jorge Rico, Smokey Robinson, The Supremes, Earl Scruggs, The Shadows, George Shearing, O.C. Smith, Sonny and Cher, Stars on 45, Ray Stevens, Take That, The Temptations, Tiny Tim, Toots and the Maytals, Stanley Turrentine, University of Iowa Marching Band, Sarah Vaughn, Tony Vega, The Ventures, Jr. Walker and the All-Stars, Dionne Warwick, Robbie Williams, Roger Williams

question: The track "Hey Jude" was for which of the Beatles album?

answer: The White Album.

question: Was the track a lead single for their album?

answer: It is not stated.

question: What caused the grudge George had against Paul during the arrangement of the song?

answer: George wanted to echo paul's lines accompanied by a guitar.

question: In what year was the track released?

answer: It is not stated.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: This article describes how the Beatles song "Hey Jude" was recorded and how John Lennon's divorce from his first wife inspired Paul McCartney to write the track for Lennon's 6-year-old son, Julius. Initially, the track was titled "Hey Jules," but Paul later changed it to "Hey Jude," and Lennon loved it. It was later included in the a-side of their upcoming album, The White Album, and was recorded in July 1968.


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question: What would have happened if Phoenix Marie did not hear the Sniffy Panty Burglar?

answer: The Sniffy Panty Burglar would have successfully stolen items for pawning as well as some of Marie's panties.


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This is just the first bit of a story I wrote for an intro to electrical engineering class.  Huzzah!

I wake up at the crack of 4pm every day for a vigorous workout regimen of trying to vomit the shame out of my body and watching Teletubbies reruns.  Then, I remember that cyborgs can’t vomit, and I haven’t paid the cable bill in three months, so the only form of entertainment I get is looking for rats in my apartment and throwing them out of the window.  On a normal day, I might crawl back into bed and shut off my audio/visual receptors for another couple of hours, but my in-eye interface opens up my calendar for today.  Looks like I’ve got a client in half an hour.  Better find a clean shirt.
	As soon as I finish putting on my Hawaiian button up with hardly any stains on it, there’s a knock at the door.  Not the standard three-knock shindig, but a more aggressive than usual intro to “Shave and a Haircut.”  Leaving off those last two knocks is supposed to make me rush to the door to usher them in, but it only serves in making every micrometer of my cybernetic thought processors overheat and lower in efficiency, something humans call “hate.”  It happens all too often with me.  I’m going to not have a good time with this job.  I get the door anyway.
	“Come in.  Don’t touch any of the furniture; I’m pretty sure it’s growing some type of fungus.”  It’s not actually growing anything, but I tell every client this because it’s my apartment and I’ll be damned if I’m having strangers come in and touch all of my stuff.
	“Uh, okay.  Should I just stand then?”  The dame walks in with a look on her face like she’s better than me, but with the posture and grace like she has polio.  I shouldn’t have answered the door.
	“I don’t care if you sit on the floor, do a handstand, or just leave.  Although frankly, it would be pretty impressive to see you get that fat center of gravity over your fat stupid face.  What do you want?”  The dame wasn’t even overweight, but just like in high school, if you put them down enough, they’ll put out more.  Or in the case, pay more.
	“I hear you’re Jake Bullet.  I hear you’re the meanest private dick this side of the pond, and you have what it takes to get the job done.”  The dame was easily six feet tall and the voice coming out of her sounded like a grizzled ex-con.  I could almost see her five o’clock shadow.
	“Lady, when you moonlight like I do, you don’t use words like “private” and “dick” so close together unless you got the green to throw down.  Now tell me what the job is, Golden Girls is on soon.”
	“It’s my husband, Jake.  Every night he goes out, and I don’t see him again until morning, right before he leaves for work at the energy plant!  I think he’s cheating on me, with prostitutes no less!  I checked our bank statement from last month, and, well. . .”  Her optical moisture ports starts spouting like the zits on an eighth grader.  Humans can just be so illogical.  That moisture could be used for a lot of other things, like spitting on the homeless (one of my favorite Sunday past times), or sweating for thirty minutes on the treadmill.  Her story was boring me, so I started checking her out with my peripheral scanners, and she could definitely stand to drop a few.
	“All right, quit your blabbering.  I charge fifty bucks a day, not including meals, snacks, expenditures imperative to the job, expenditures not imperative to the job, movie tickets, pony rides, salsa lessons, etcetera.  I’ll call you when I have something.”
	After getting her nasty human-eye-watering face out of my apartment, I write down in my schedule that I should probably go check this creepy guy out.  Just then, I notice I have an appointment today.  The appointment is written in blue ink.  Looks like I’m missing Golden Girls today.

title: Cyborg Detective Prostitute.

question: What does the story say about cyborg traits?

answer: The narrator is a cyborg. In this story, cyborgs have audio/visual receptors and an in-eye interface that can be turned on or off. They also of optical moisture ports than can produce saliva, tears, or sweat. However, this does not account for vomiting, which they are incapable of doing. When the narrator experiences hate, their cybernetic thought processors overheat and lower in efficiency.

question: Summarize the interaction between the narrator and their guest.

answer: The narrator isn't pleased to have the woman come into his home, and lies about his furniture being gross so that doesn't sit down. The woman tells him that he's Jake bullet, a mean and effective private detective, and asks for his help to investigate her possibly philandering husband. The narrator is rude to her and is bored by her story, but ultimately decides to do the job for her. She leaves after this.

question: Summarize how the narrator describes the woman's physical appearance.

answer: The narrator describes the woman as six feet tall with a voice like a grizzled ex-con. He says she has the posture and grace of someone who has polio, but with a look on her face that says she thinks she's superior. The narrator sees her as needing to lose some weight. He also describes her as having a nasty, crying face.

question: Summarize the narrator's journey finding the woman's husband.


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He had been going to the same coffee shop for nearly a year now. All for her.

She was his everything. He thought about her while working. He thought about her while eating. Hell, he even thought about her while thinking about her. To him, she was perfect. And he had never even said so much as a single word to her.

He first saw her clearing tables across the restaurant; her tight black skirt giving the perfect outline of her backside. The way she had glanced back as if she could feel his eyes burning holes in the fabric made his heart race. Her raven colored hair and rounded, black eyeglasses made her porcelain skin glow even more. He could remember it like it happened mere seconds ago.

A taut white blouse, black skirt, and glossy black sneakers. She always wore the same outfit to work. It was the same attire the others wore, but he never paid enough attention to them to make the connection. When he was in the coffee shop, he only had eyes for her.

Each day he went to the coffee shop to see her. He noticed she was quite shy and even when nearing his section, she kept her head down. This never bothered him, so long as she was close by he would take what he could get.

He noticed she was being trained to replace an elderly server retiring soon. If only she would come by his table, he would be able to profess his love for her.

Then one day, he got his wish.

She seemed to glide as she made her way to his table. “I’m Amy. I’ll be your waitress today,” she breathed, as she looked up from the checkered tile floor toward his expectant gaze.

Finally, their eyes met. Her beautiful smile was the perfect match to his glowing face. As she brushed her hair softly behind her ear, she slowly pulled her glasses down from her face. In that moment, his heart seemed to burst from his chest, for she had a lazy eye.

“Welp, plenty of fish,” he murmured to himself as he exited the shop.

title: Love in a Coffee Shop

question: What is this story about?

answer: A man who falls in love with the waitress?

question: What is the ending of the story?

answer: The man does not make a move to tell the waitress how much he loves her.

question: Where does the story take place?

answer: In a coffee shop.

question: What is the theme of the story?

answer: Unrequited love.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This is a story who goes to the same coffee shop for over a year, develops a crush on a waitress, but cannot bring himself to make a move.


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Last night Everett and I went to our “icky Kroger” for a few essentials.  I had planned to go alone and leave the boys with Jason, but Everett insisted.  Mostly because he did not trust that a treat would end up in the bags; if he wasn’t the one pushing the cart.  I conceded, but secretly was looking forward to an hour of aimless wandering without any boy noises or fighting.  We pulled in about eight pm and went through our parking lot ritual of jumping over all the yellow lines.  Ever’s nonstop enthusiasm and chatter lost on me; as I went over the mental list of items we needed for the week.
 The cart I chose was stuck to another one. This seems to happen to me more than most people. Then again, maybe I just don’t have an understanding of how the buggies all fit together. I would have moved to another one; but, at that point I felt committed.  So I plastered on a smile and yanked just hard enough not to draw attention to my overflowing frustration.  When I finally set my purse inside it and walked through the automatic doors I was annoyed, tired, and dead set on getting out of there as fast as I could.
“Mom, Mama, Mom…”  I hear it so much that sometimes I don’t respond; just to see how long they can keep it going without changing tactics.   This time it was about a cookie. See, Everett knows that the bakery keeps a stand with them out for kids.  Unfortunately for him, and me, they didn’t have any left at that time of night; and to his growing horror they didn’t have any donuts either.  I managed to keep him distracted with the Little Debbie choices long enough to throw some bread in the cart.  After only a minor melt down at the thought of Kroger brand go-gurts, we moved on.
About that time is when I noticed her- Out of my hurried, grumpy haze I saw that someone was shopping the aisles with me. She was young, maybe nineteen, but it was hard to tell with the infant seat perched on the cart in front of her.  She filled her basket and made her way through the store just as I did.  After that, I never gave her another thought and went about finishing my chore.
 Now, I’m not sure what it is about the grocery checkout line that makes my children have a form of temporary insanity, but it does.  They run around pressing all the switches and buttons. They touch every piece of candy on the shelf and, if I’m not watching, will end up getting some of it in the cart.  This time I thought I had it beat though, because I wasn’t outnumbered.  I sent Everett to pick out some bubble gum and watched as my total climbed.
“I’m sorry; it’s just not going through”
“Please, just try it again. I don’t know what’s wrong, it should work.”
I turned to see that young mother in the lane behind me.  Her panicked eyes shifting from the cart to the cash register.  I watched as the card was declined again, her heart breaking with the news. The cashier was sympathetic but ready to move past the mother’s sad eyes and finish her shift. The mother looked into her cart calculating which was the most important item- milk, formula, or diapers.  That’s when I heard my little boy’s voice…
“My Mama’s card always works.” He told the few others in line.
“Yes it does, Everett.” Was my thought as I took the card in my hand, the one I was about to swipe for my groceries, and handed it over to the other cashier.  The women looked at me like I was crazy and asked if I was sure, glancing at the total.  I just nodded my head and pressed the card into her hand.  The mother broke down and with tears in her eyes thanked me.  She took her basket and baby and went out the door saying God bless you- And I knew that he already had.  Everett and I took our food and walked out to the car…
This time I jumped over the yellow lines with the joy and enthusiasm that only God’s Grace can give.

title: This moment

question: Summarise the possible motivation of the narrator to help the young mother with her grocery shopping.

answer: While shopping, the narrator spotted a young lady with a baby strapped to her shopping cart and estimated her age to be around nineteen years. When they converged at the checkout counter, she realized the lady's card was repeatedly declined, and she could see the desperation and disappointment on her face. The narrator decided to help her pay for her groceries, possibly out of pity for her young age and the baby she had with her. Being a mother herself, she empathized with her, perhaps understanding what she must've been feeling at the moment.

question: What does the story say about why the narrator's children always get restless at the checkout line?

answer: Naturally, the narrator carries her children along when she goes shopping. However, when it's time to pay at the checkout point, her kids start misbehaving. Possibly, like most kids, the long queues and lack of patience make them very irritable. Sometimes, when they get too restless, they start fiddling with buttons and throwing in extra items for sale into their mother's shopping cart. This mischievous act might be their way of drawing attention to themselves.


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Students using GI Bill receive incorrect housing payments due to VA technical errors

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WASHINGTON — About 340,000 students attending school using the GI Bill received slightly smaller housing payments in August than they’re eligible for under federal law, according to the Department of Veterans Affairs.

Monthly housing allowances help student veterans pay for their housing costs, utilities and food. Veterans who started the 2018-2019 school year last month received incorrect payments caused by delays at the VA Office of Information and Technology with complying to new rules on how stipends are calculated.

The VA is still working to fix the problem, and officials have not said whether this month’s payments will be corrected.

In a letter this week to VA Secretary Robert Wilkie, 15 veterans groups described it as “an organizational and customer service failure at the highest level.”

“These incorrect payments are asking veterans, their families, and schools to bear the burden of VA’s problems,” the groups wrote. “They have left students and schools confused, with improper payments, and absent a clearly articulated timeline for when these issues will be fixed.”

Last year, Congress approved the Forever GI Bill, which included numerous changes to veterans’ education benefits. One change calls for calculating veterans’ housing allowances based on the ZIP codes of the campus where they attend classes, rather than defaulting to the main campuses.

Because of technology problems, the VA failed to meet an Aug. 1 deadline to implement the change. VA officials told lawmakers that it would be done by mid-August, but that deadline came and went, too, without a fix.

When the fall semester started, the VA sent student veterans their housing allowances based on 2017 rates. For about 340,000 students, that means they received payments that didn’t account for cost-of-living increases in 2018. According to the VA, the incorrect housing stipends were an average of 1 percent less than they should have been.

In Fort Collins, Colo., the difference between the amount veterans received and the amount they are entitled to receive was $138 per student.

Marc Barker, director of adult learner and veterans services at Colorado State University in Fort Collins, said student veterans are flooding his office with questions about the incorrect payments.

About 1,400 students at Colorado State are veterans who use VA education benefits. They’re adult students, and in some cases have mortgages and children, Barker said.

“Many of them have outside responsibilities, and they’ve made the transition back to higher education in good faith that their benefits will be delivered to them on time and accurately,” he said. “They’re counting on that. When that’s not happening, it becomes a barrier to their success in the classroom. They’re focused and worried about these things they shouldn’t have to be concerned about.”

The VA isn’t communicating with affected students, Barker said, and Colorado State hasn’t been able to receive concrete answers from the agency to share with students. If veterans at Colorado State receive incorrect payments again when housing allowances are disbused at the end of September, the school is prepared to pay the difference to each affected student in October, he said.

“They’re kicking the can down the road,” Barker said. “What we’re losing sight of is the impact on the students.”

The 15 veterans groups who wrote to Wilkie also charged the VA with not being upfront about the problems.

“It took several weeks into the current semester before any communication was sent to students, and schools have received little information beyond, ‘wait and see,’” their letter reads. “Transparency on what to expect and when to expect it, from all levels of leadership at VA, is critical to helping students and schools make informed decisions.”

On Wednesday, VA Press Secretary Curt Cashour said the VA is continuing to run tests on the new IT program that will be used to calculate housing stipends and will begin using it “as soon as possible.” Students who are underpaid will get that money back once the fixes are made, he said.

Elsewhere, some veterans are receiving payments that are too much because of cost-of-living changes from 2017. Cashour said the VA would not require students to pay back the excess amounts.

The 15 groups that wrote to Wilkie want reassurance.

“VA should strongly stress to students and schools that they will not bear any undue financial burden for [the VA Information Technology]’s delays,” they wrote.

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question: How many student veterans received lower GI Bill payments than they are eligible for in August of 2018?

answer: About 340,000 students.

question: What caused the errors and delays in payments?

answer: It was due to the Veteran Affairs Office of IT complying with the new rules on how stipends are calculated.

question: According to Veteran Affairs, how was is the percentage difference between the allowances the student veterans received and what they are entitled?

answer: Around 1%.

question: List one of the new changes to the GI Bill?

answer: Veterans' housing allowances are now based on ZIP codes of the campuses the claimants attend.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer:
The GI Bill payments the student veterans received in August 2018 was less than it should be. This reduction was said to be an error caused by the Veteran Affairs' attempt at compliance with the new rules on how stipends are paid.

More than 10 veteran organizations have condemned the Veteran Affairs for the way have handled this issue.


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	There she sat, across the table, with those shadowy pools of mud looking me over. She was a stranger, yet in that dark room, I felt we were one in the same.

	“Let’s play a game shall we?” she said with a sandpapered voice, broken down by countless cigarettes and what sounded like battery acid.  Her familiarity with me was unsettling, like a cold hand on my shoulder.

	“What’s this game called?” I said, inflating my voice beyond capacity.

	“It doesn’t have one.”

	“Well how do you win?”

	“You don’t.”

	“Then why play?”

	“To figure some things out.”

I was more confused than when I entered the room, yet was more comfortable with her.  Her tattered clothes and boots suited her as a dress and heels on a night out in the city.  Her voice even became more pleasing, more like a hum of a record player than channel surfing a sea of static.  She roles two dice over to me.  They cut the heavy silence like a pair of rabid dogs, landing in my lap.

	“What are these symbols?”

	“You tell me, they’re your dice.”

I drop the stones on the table, they come up with a stopwatch and a knife.

	“So who do you want to kill?”

	“I don’t want to kill anyone!” Oh, now this girl knows what they mean? I move to get up, there’s nothing for me here.

	“What are you waiting for?”

	“What do you mean?  I’m waiting for some answers you are not providing.” I move towards the door, maybe I’ll find my answers out there.

	“You are waiting for something that’s going to hurt, aren’t you?”  I felt the weight of my feet plunge into the ground. Shackles around my ankles chained me to the floor, numbing growing up my legs.  “Or are you waiting for something to heal?”  I sit down.

               “Who are you?”

She nods at the dice, willing me to continue this cycle.  A flag and a star.

“You don’t strike me as a patriotic man”

“I’m not.”

“Then what are you so proud of you need to claim so ferverously?”

I took a minute to respond, looking at her, looking at myself.  Not finding anything in my studies.  I’m not really proud of anything, but don’t want to show her that she’s getting anywhere.

“Why aren’t you playing this game?” I said with a snap.

“I am.”

“Why aren’t you answering then?”

“I am. You just aren’t listening.”

“Fine. I’ll listen, now you roll them.” I slam the dice down in front of her, not really understanding my anger fully.  I guess I haven’t felt this vulnerable in a while.  She looks at them, and then up at me with such a piercing glare, the cold numbing has turned to radiant heat.  She picked up the dice and rolled.  The dice seemed to clatter around for an eternity before coming to a peaceful rest.  A telescope and a mirror.

“Oh, so are you supposed to tell me who I am?  Are you supposed to be my tired old subconscious, willing me to find myself?”  The heat of my sarcasm is palpable, as I find myself growing more comfortably into her role, the enforcer.  Her sharp glare softens, as the pools of mud saturate.  She seemed for the first time, at a loss for words, paralyzed.

“I am nothing like you. I am not your cliché subconscious.  I am so distant and disillusioned I can’t care for anything, can’t claim anything to be proud of.  I sit and wait for everyday to end so I don’t feel this numbing anymore.  You haven’t learned anything because you haven’t been listening.  I’m trying to help you.  This game isn’t for winning, but you don’t have to lose either.”

She got up and headed towards the door.  I wanted to say something. I wanted to alleviate her sorrows, tell her things weren’t all that bad.  I didn’t though, wrought with a paralyzing guilt, and stricken with immense sadness.

As she walked out of the threshold, I heard the door close on my cell, cutting me off from the outside world.  As I sit in silence, I hear the faint click of the lock behind me. I smile a slight crack and look down at the dice.  They stare back at me intently, with a glowing presence.  I reach down and grab them for a minute, before laying them down again. I have some questions first, some listening to do.

title: I was bored and decided to write this. Still needs editing, but I'd like your opinion first.

question: What's the relationship between the girl and the narrator?

answer: It seems the girl was his subconscious.

question: What is the setting of the narration?

answer: In a prison cell.

question: Why was the narrator in a cell?

answer: It is not stated.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator engaged in a mind game with what seemed like his subconscious, an unidentified girl, in his cell.


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LASTARRIA is a stratovolcano that lies on the border between Chile and Argentina. It is part of the Central Volcanic Zone, one of the four segments of the volcanic arc of the Andes. Several volcanoes are located in this chain of volcanoes, which is formed by subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate.

Lastarria is formed by two volcanic edifices and one subsidiary lava flow field. There is no recorded eruptive activity, but the volcano displays vigorous fumarolic activity. It is located on top of older volcanic rocks and features both andesite and dacite.

Lastarria has produced a large landslide deposit as well as flows of molten sulfur. A progressive uplift of the terrain around Lastarria and farther south has been recognized.

Geography and structure

Lastarria is situated in the Central Andes, in the Antofagasta Region of Chile, and straddles the border with Argentina. The city of Antofagasta lies northwest of Lastarria. The area of the Central Andes is difficult to access and its volcanoes are usually poorly monitored. There are no human populations within of Lastarria. From the former Catalina railway station west, an unpaved road leads to Lastarria.

Lastarria is part of the Andean Central Volcanic Zone, which extends over from Peru to Chile. Over 1,000 volcanic edifices have been identified in this zone, of which about 50 volcanoes are active or potentially active, with many exceeding in altitude. In addition, the zone features 18 monogenetic volcanoes and about 6 caldera/ignimbrite systems.[1]

Edifice proper

Lastarria is formed by two coalesced edifices, the main cone and the older South Spur (__),[2] which are joined at an altitude of about and form a long ridge. The main cone comprises lava domes, lava flows, pyroclastic flows, and scoria,[3] and reaches a summit height of . Most of the volcano is covered by pyroclastic material, some of which extends to the southeastern margin of the .[4] Lava flows are exposed mainly on the northwestern slope, where they reach thicknesses of . The South Spur has also generated lava flows.[5] The volcano covers a surface area of about .[6]

Five overlapping craters are aligned in a north-south line on Lastarria's main cone, the craters 5-4 and 3-2 are nested within each other (counted from south to north). Volcanic activity has migrated north during the history of Lastarria, and the most recent eruption products are found on the northern and western slopes. A lava dome sits on the northernmost crater rim. The South Spur has two craters.[7]

The volcano rises from a terrain of about altitude and has fairly steep slopes. Much of the surface, including the Southern Spur, is covered by deposits left by volcanic ash fall. Some parts of the Southern Spur display evidence of hydrothermal alteration. The total volume of the edifice is about .

The (also known as Big Joe) lava flow complex lies southwest of the Lastarria volcano and covers an extensive surface. It is formed by several massive flows erupted from a single vent during three or eight pulses;[8] the longest reaches a length of . These lavas are block lavas with flow ridges and levees.[9] The total volume of the lava field is about and it is often considered together with Lastarria and South Spur as the Lastarria Volcanic Complex.

Neighbouring mountains include Chili volcano northeast, the high northwest and the high close to Negriales de Lastarria in the southwest. Almost due north of Lastarria lies the , a salt pan with a waterbody that is almost a lake, its name is a reference to the sulfur deposits of Lastarria.[10] This waterbody may be a source of water for the fumarolic system[11] Water levels in the lake were higher in the past, as evidenced by two recognizable shorelines, and the lake's surface area reached .[12] A valley and a lake lie on the southeastern foot.

Landslide scar

A major sector collapse occurred on Lastarria's southeastern flank, leaving a clearly defined north-south scarp in the volcano that opens to the east-southeast. The scarp reaches a maximum height of and forms a semicircle just under wide; the northern part is longer than the southern and the western part directly abuts the margin of the southernmost crater of Lastarria. The highest point of the scarp lies at an altitude of .

The debris avalanche deposit is long and well preserved[13] with landforms such as lobes, levees and hummocks. After exiting the collapse scar over its northern opening, it overrode an older scoria cone before coming to rest. The slide, bordered by levee-like structures reaching a height of , formed wide and high lobes. Unlike many debris avalanche deposits, the Lastarria debris avalanche lacks large blocks and has only a few hummocks. The velocity of the avalanche has been estimated to have been over , a fairly high velocity for a volcanic debris avalanche, while later research proposed a maximum speed of . It is possible that air was entrained in the debris, which thus assumed properties similar to an ignimbrite. The collapse occurred without any preceding instability of the edifice.

The avalanche deposit consists mostly of loose material such as ash, lapilli, pumice, with only a few lithic blocks. This loose consistency may explain the lack of megablocks. Its total volume is about , less than the volume of the Mount St. Helens and Socompa deposits. It is comparable to the volume of the landslide that the Ancash earthquake triggered on Huascarán in Peru in 1970, resulting in more than 20,000 fatalities. Evidence points to previous flank collapses at Lastarria.[14]

Sulfur

The fumaroles on Lastarria have created widespread deposits of sulfur. The sulfur has also formed flows, of which the two largest are and long. The longer flow is partly buried by the shorter one and has already lost part of its surface structure. No vents have been found; sulfur flows appear to emerge from the fumarolic terrain. One andesite lava flow has generated several subsidiary sulfur flows that resemble pahoehoe flows and have widths of . It is likely that sulfur deposited by fumaroles formed such flows. Some fumaroles currently release centimetre-long sulfur flows. Flows of sulfur are highly fragile constructs that can easily be destroyed.

The conditions surrounding the emplacement of the sulfur have caused the sulfur to assume various colours, including black, brown-orange, orange, red, yellow, and yellow-orange. These colours vary along the length of the flows and between various flows, indicating that temperatures varied between one flow and another. Liquid sulfur has different viscosity and rheomorphic properties at different temperatures, and some variation occurred at Lastarria's flows as well.

Such sulfur flows are rare on Earth; they may be more common on the Jupiter moon Io. On Earth, they have been found at Kawah Ijen in Indonesia, Mount Iō (Shiretoko) in Japan, Mauna Loa on Hawaii, Momotombo in Nicaragua, and Sierra Negra on the Galapagos Islands.

Internal structure

The internal structure of a volcano can be visualized with a technique known as seismic wave tomography. An inverted funnel-shaped low velocity anomaly with a width of extends to a depth of beneath the volcano and appears to be associated with areas of high fumarolic activity; it may be the hydrothermal system. An even stronger anomaly at depths of may be the magma chamber of the volcano and an associated fluid-filled system. Magnetotelluric imaging showed structures similar to those revealed using seismic imaging.

Geology

Off the western coast of South America, the Nazca Plate subducts beneath the South America Plate at a rate of . Volcanism in the Andes occurs in four distinct regions: the Northern Volcanic Zone, the Central Volcanic Zone, the Southern Volcanic Zone, and the Austral Volcanic Zone. All but the last are geographically associated with the subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate; the Austral Volcanic Zone involves the subduction of the Antarctic Plate beneath the South American Plate. Magmatic processes important in the Central Andes include the partial melting of the subducting plate and its sediments and of mantle peridotite, and fractional crystallization in the crust.[15]

The earliest volcanic activity on the west coast of South America goes back to the Jurassic, when the South Atlantic started to open.[16] During the late Cenozoic, a volcanic chain was formed on top of Mesozoic and Paleozoic rocks and reached a width of in the area of Lastarria. This volcanism began 25million years ago, and the rocks are mostly acidic rocks.

Local

Lastarria and Cordón del Azufre form a group of volcanoes on the Altiplano, on the border between Chile and Argentina. They were active during the Quaternary. The Bayo volcano is sometimes considered part of this complex as well. Lastarria and Cordón del Azufre, together with some more local volcanic centres, may be part of a larger silicic volcanic complex that has not yet formed a caldera. This complex is characterized by a high doming with a central depression. The large Los Colorados caldera lies south-southeast of Lastarria. Farther south lie volcanoes such as Wheelwright Caldera and Cerro Blanco, the last of which shows evidence of recent unrest.

Lastarria is located on a basement formed by andesite–dacite volcanic rocks in the form of ignimbrites, lava flows, and lava domes. They are of Miocene to Pleistocene age[17] and are in turn underlaid by Paleozoic metamorphized volcanic and sedimentary rocks. The basement underneath Lastarria appears to have a different composition to that beneath Lascar. A major crustal lineament known as the Archibarca lineament intersects the main volcanic arc at Lastarria. Other volcanic centres such as Galán and ore deposits are also found on this lineament. The intersection between this lineament and the arc may act as a weakness zone that focuses the ascent of magma. Other lineaments in the region include the Imilac-Salina del Fraile and Pedernales-Arizaro faults of Miocene age.

Geologic record

The Altiplano started to form during the Eocene, when subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate caused compression along the plate margin. Strong volcanism and tectonic uplift occurred between 15and 20million years ago.

Composition

Lastarria is composed of rocks ranging from basalt over andesite to dacite, and define a potassium-rich suite characteristic of calc-alkaline magmas of the Central Volcanic Zone. The appearance of Lastarria lavas is porphyritic. Phenocrysts include plagioclase in andesite with smaller amounts of amphibole, biotite, clinopyroxene, and orthopyroxene. Apatite and zircon form accessory minerals. Dacites have similar composition but also contain hornblende. Olivine is found in the andesites and quartz in the dacites.

A number of alteration products are also present, some of which have been visualized by aerial imagery. Fumarole deposits contain encrustations and sublimates.[18] They broadly consist of several components, mainly native sulfur, sulfates like anhydrite, baryte, gypsum and rhomboclase, borates like sassolite, oxides like quartz and less commonly sulfides like galena, orpiment and pyrite. Cristobalite and magnetite are found in high-temperature vents. These form multicoloured deposits, ranging from yellow-white over grey to yellow-orange and red.

The petrogenesis of Lastarria rocks, like those of other volcanoes in the Central Volcanic Zone, involves the prolonged interaction with crustal rocks in magma chambers as well as the fractionation of certain minerals. Enriched lower crust and upper mantle might also contribute. Finally, the mixing of magma chamber contents with new and more mafic magma shortly before each eruption played an important role in rock genesis. In the case of Lastarria, this mixing occurs in a stratified magma chamber, with active convection occurring between lighter and colder upper contents and hotter and denser lower contents. Some rocks display “banding” features, implicating the mixing of different magmas during their formation. Some chemical differences exist among the Negriales rocks, the Lastarria lavas, and the Lastarria pyroclastics. The Negriales rocks are the richest in silicon dioxide, and their trace element composition sharply diverges as well. The Negriales rocks may originate from parental magmas that are different from the main Lastarria magmas.

Climate and vegetation

Lastarria has a montane climate characterized by extreme aridity as it is located at the intersection between the summer rain region of the Altiplano and the Atacama Desert. Temperatures of [19] and precipitation of have been recorded on Lastarria, although the precipitation may be underestimated.

Low bush vegetation exists in the area.

Eruptive history

The South Spur edifice is the oldest structure found at Lastarria. The Negriales lava field formed later. The five craters of Lastarria proper formed in five different stages. An alternative view holds that Negriales formed before the South Spur, and that the main edifice formed in ten different stages.[20] Block-and-ash flows, hot avalanches, lava domes, lava flows, and pyroclastic flows have all been involved in the activity of Lastarria. Most deposits on the northern slopes were erupted during the last two stages, with the exception of several exposures of the older stages on the northwestern flank and the western “pink pyroclastic flow” deposit. Overall, later and Holocene activity at Lastarria was highly explosive, unlike the more effusive earlier eruptions including the Negriales eruptions.

Potassium–argon dating of Lastarria has yielded ages of 600,000 ± 300,000 and less than 300,000 years ago. The older date refers to the Negriales lava field, which has also been dated at 400,000116,000 ± 26,000 years ago. The South Spur is dated at 150,000 ± 50,000 years ago. The main edifice started forming 260,000 ± 20,000 years ago.[21] One andesite lava flow was dated at 51,000 ± 13,000 years ago by argon–argon dating. There was then a lull in volcanic activity until the Holocene. Three ignimbrites were erupted during the Holocene between 4,850 ± 40 and 2,460 ± 40 years ago and were emplaced around the volcano, in particular north and west of the edifice. Holocene explosive eruptions were separated by intervals of about 2,390 - 1,660 years. The landslide also occurred during the Holocene, 7430 (+136,−156) years before present.

The lava dome on the northernmost crater rim is the youngest vent of Lastarria. The youngest dated deposit is 2,460 ± 50/60 years old, but at least one younger pyroclastic flow is present.[22][23] No historical eruptions are known but earthquakes have been recorded at the volcano.

Noticeable thermal hotspots are visible from ASTER imagery and are associated with the fumarolic areas. Temperatures observed at the hotspots are around .

Fumarolic activity

[Vigorous fumarolic activity on the west slope of Lastarria. Note the yellow sulfur.] Lastarria displays vigorous fumarolic activity on the summit and down the northwestern slopes. Such activity has been observed since the European discovery of Lastarria, in the late 19thcentury. Lastarria is the only volcano in the area with ongoing fumarolic activity. It manifests in fumaroles forming high chimneys, small cones reaching heights of , and fractures, as well as degassing through cracks and fissures on surfaces. Individual fumaroles have been found in the craters, on the crater edges, and on the slopes. A northwest–southeast striking fracture is associated with some of the fumaroles. Four different fumarole fields have been found, one along this fissure on the northwestern slope at altitudes of about , two on the rims of the fourth crater, and one in the fifth crater. The fissure field is the largest, covering a surface area of , while the other fields can be as small as . The alignment of fumarolic vents suggest that their position is controlled by the structure of the volcano.

The fumaroles release gases with temperatures ranging from . Carbon dioxide is the most important non-hydrous component of the gases; other components are hydrogen in variable amounts, hydrogen chloride, hydrogen fluoride, hydrogen sulfide, and variable amounts of nitrogen and sulfur dioxide. Additional components are alkanes, alkenes, argon, carbon monoxide especially in hotter fumaroles, helium, methane, and oxygen. The composition of the fumaroles indicates that most gases are of magmatic origin with little contribution from the atmosphere. Likewise, most water comes from the magma rather than from precipitation, as indicated by the oxygen isotope ratios. It is likely that the arid climate of the region reduces the input of meteoric water to the volcanic system.

Of five volcanoes analyzed in 2012 (Lascar, Lastarria, Ollague, Putana, and San Pedro), Lastarria had the highest flux rates. Individual gas fluxes in tons per day are registered as:

  Volcano     Carbon dioxide   Hydrogen bromide   Hydrogen chloride   Hydrogen fluoride   Hydrogen sulfide   Sulfur dioxide   Water
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  Lascar      534              0.15               199                 9.4                 30                 554              5,192
  Lastarria   973              0.6                385                 5.8                 174                884              11,059
  Ollague                                                                                150
  Putana                                                                                68.5
  San Pedro                                                                                161

The composition of Lastarria's gases has changed over time, with an increase in the magmatic component between 2009 and 2012, which may be due either to different measurement methods or to changes in the volcanic activity at Lastarria. Decreased temperatures have been observed after rainfall.

The gases of Lastarria come from a geothermal system and, with temperatures ranging from and , supply the colder and hotter fumaroles, respectively. In turn, a magma system at depths of underpins and feeds this geothermal system. During their rise, the gases interact with the rocks of the surrounding country and with aquifers.

Arsenic is a harmful pollutant that occurs in above average concentrations in waters of northern Chile. Fumarolic exhalations at Lastarria can reach over of the fumarole sediments and the volcano is considered to be an important source of arsenic of the southern Central Volcanic Zone.

Ground uplift

InSAR observations performed in the years 1998 to 2000 have yielded evidence of a pattern of ground uplift centered between Lastarria and Cordón del Azufre. This pattern, also known as “Lazufre”, covers a surface area of . This uplift appears to be caused by the injection of magma at depth, with a pattern of progressively increasing flux between 2003 and 2006. The source of this uplift appears to lie at depths of , later recalculated at . This uplift may have been ongoing for about 400,000 years and has influenced the final position of lava flows of Lastarria and other volcanoes in the area.

Ground uplift has been detected at Lastarria itself, amounting to . The uplifting region has either a surface area of or is wide, smaller than Lazufre. The Lastarria uplift started later than the Lazufre uplift and may be influenced by the latter. Possibly, magma injected into a Lazufre magma chamber is influencing the Lastarria hydrothermal system, with changes in fumarole output observed in 2006-2012. Modelling indicates that the source of this uplift lies at a depth of about and has the shape of a sphere. Another estimate places the source inside the volcanic edifice and assumes a size of , with the volume increasing by about .

Ground uplift is still underway but with a slowdown between 2006 and 2016. At other volcanoes, such uplift has been associated with changes in fumarolic activity or even the start of an eruption.

Threats

The volcano is in a remote area and thus constitutes little risk to human settlements. The closest populations are at , , and .[24]

The Chilean SERNAGEOMIN published a volcano alert rating for Lastarria.[25] A permanent seismometer was installed on the volcano in late 2013. It is considered the 45th most dangerous volcano in Chile.[26]

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title: Lastarria

question: Where is the Lastarria volcano, and is it dangerous?

answer: It's on the border of Chile and Argentina in the Central Volcanic Zone. There are no human settlements nearby, so it's considered to be not dangerous. It's listed at number 45 of the most dangerous volcanoes.

question: What evidence suggests that the water levels in a nearby lake were higher in the past? What does this imply?

answer: The lake's shores contain two higher shore marks. This suggests that the fumes vented around Lastarria may be drawing their water from the lake.

question: Explain the argument about Lastarria's debris avalanche not containing major blocks.

answer: The soil characteristics of Lastarria's debris mostly consist of loose material. Since the lithic blocks are few, it's natural that the loose soil didn't form large blocks by itself.

question: Explain the significance of sulfur flows found on Lastarria.

answer: They are a very rare occasion on our planet. They are also very fragile. Based on the temperature of the flows sulfur can have many different colors. The conditions making it possible are more common on Jupiter's moon Io than the Earth.

question: List the known volcanoes around Lastarria.

answer: Lastarria and Cordón del Azufre form a group of volcanoes on the Altiplano, on the border between Chile and Argentina. The Bayo volcano is sometimes considered part of this complex. The large Los Colorados caldera lies south-southeast of Lastarria. Further south lie volcanoes such as Wheelwright Caldera and Cerro Blanco.

question: List other places on the Earth that contain sulfur flows.

answer: Kawah Ijen in Indonesia, Mount Iō (Shiretoko) in Japan, Mauna Loa on Hawaii, Momotombo in Nicaragua, and Sierra Negra on the Galapagos Islands.

question: How old is Lastarria?

answer: The main edifice started to form around 260,000 years ago. However, various parts of the volcano and its surroundings formed at different times, ranging from 600,000 years ago to 2,460 years ago.

question: How many eruptions happened in Lastarria? How often do they occur?

answer: There are two different theories, one saying five and the other saying ten different eruptions occurred. Holocene explosive eruptions were separated by intervals of about 2,390 - 1,660 years.

question: Write a ~8 sentence summary.

answer: is a stratovolcano that lies on the border between Chile and Argentina. It is part of the Central Volcanic Zone. Several volcanoes are located in this chain, which is formed by subduction of the Nazca Plate beneath the South American Plate. A nearby lake is thought to provide the water for Lastarria's fumarolic activity. It is one of the six locations on Earth containing sulfur flows, ranging in color depending on its temperature. The volcano's main edifice is believed to be formed 260,000 years ago. The Holocene explosions were separated by 2390 - 1660 years. There are no nearby settlements, and Lastarria lies in 45th place in the most dangerous volcanos list.


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JAMYANG NAMGYAL (died 1616) was a 17th-century Namgyal dynasty king (_gyalpo_) of Ladakh, India from 1595 till his death in 1616 AD. He was succeeded by his son Sengge Namgyal in the year 1616 AD.

Biography

Jamyang Namgyal was born to and was the eldest son of Tsewang Namgyal who was the king of Ladakh from 1575 to 1595 AD.[1][2] Jamyang Namgyal took the reign of the Namgyal dynasty of Ladakh in 1595 AD and continued to be in power until his death in 1616 AD.[3][4][5] Jamyang Namgyal was married to _Gyal Khatun_, the daughter of Ali Sher Khan Anchan who attacked Ladakh and imprisoned Namgyal.[6]

Battle with Ali Sher Khan Anchan

Jamyang Namgyal during his reign decided to support the Sultan of Chigtan and to capture Skardu. Namgyal's army was crossing the mountain passes towards Purig during the winter season where his troops disappeared due to violent storm. Ali Sher Khan Anchan's well trained army attacked Namgyal's army on the way and held them there until all the passes and valleys were blocked with snow; compelling Namgyal to surrender. Namgyal was imprisoned by Ali Sher Khan in Skardu. Sher Khann then attacked Ladakh, took control of the place, destroyed historical monuments and records.[7] After returning to Skardu, Sher Khan asked Jamyang Namgyal to marry his daughter _Gyal Khatun_ in exchange of his release. Namgyal married Ali's daughter and returned to Ladakh.[8]

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question: Who was Jamyang Namgyal's father?

answer: Jamyang Namgyal's father was Tsewang Namgyal, the king of Ladakh, India, from 1575 to 1595.

question: How was Jamyang Namgyal related to Sengge Namgyal?

answer: Sengge Namgyal was Jamyang Namgyal's son who succeeded him.

question: Summarize Jamyang Namgyal's Battle with Ali Sher Khan Anchan.

answer: Jamyang Namgyal decided to capture Skardu. His army was crossing the mountain passes towards Purig during the winter season. Ali Sher Khan Anchan's army attacked Namgyal's army on the way and held them there until all the passes and valleys were blocked with snow; compelling Namgyal to surrender. Namgyal was imprisoned by Ali Sher Khan in Skardu.

question: What happened to Jamyang Namgyal after his imprisonment?

answer: Sher Khan asked Jamyang Namgyal to marry his daughter in exchange for his release. Namgyal married Ali's daughter and returned to Ladakh.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: Jamyang Namgyal was the king of Ladakh, India, from 1595 till his death in 1616. He was succeeded by his son Sengge Namgyal.  Jamyang Namgyal was the eldest son of Tsewang Namgyal, the king of Ladakh. Jamyang Namgyal was married to Gyal Khatun, the daughter of Ali Sher Khan Anchan, who imprisoned Namgyal after a battle. Sher Khan asked Jamyang Namgyal to marry his daughter in exchange for his release. Namgyal married Ali's daughter and returned to Ladakh.


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question: What kind of curtains are best for privacy?

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question: Are custom curtains available?

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question: Can you wash cotton curtains in the washing machine?

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FREQUENCY-DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS (FDMA) is a channel access method used in some multiple-access protocols. FDMA allows multiple users to send data through a single communication channel, such as a coaxial cable or microwave beam, by dividing the bandwidth of the channel into separate non-overlapping frequency sub-channels and allocating each sub-channel to a separate user. Users can send data through a subchannel by modulating it on a carrier wave at the subchannel's frequency. It is used in satellite communication systems and telephone trunklines.

Method

Alternatives include time-division multiple access (TDMA), code-division multiple access (CDMA), or space-division multiple access (SDMA). These protocols are utilized differently, at different levels of the theoretical OSI model.

Disadvantage: Crosstalk may cause interference among frequencies and disrupt the transmission.

-   In FDMA, all users share the satellite transponder or frequency channel simultaneously but each user transmits at single frequency.
-   FDMA can be used with both analog and digital signal but it generally used with analog signal.
-   FDMA requires high-performing filters in the radio hardware, in contrast to TDMA and CDMA.
-   FDMA is not vulnerable to the timing problems that TDMA has. Since a predetermined frequency band is available for the entire period of communication, stream data (a continuous flow of data that may not be packetized) can easily be used with FDMA.
-   Due to the frequency filtering, FDMA is not sensitive to near-far problem which is pronounced for CDMA.
-   Each user transmits and receives at different frequencies as each user gets a unique frequency slots.

FDMA is distinct from frequency division duplexing (FDD). While FDMA allows multiple users simultaneous access to a transmission system, FDD refers to how the radio channel is shared between the uplink and downlink (for instance, the traffic going back and forth between a mobile-phone and a mobile phone base station). Frequency-division multiplexing (FDM) is also distinct from FDMA. FDM is a physical layer technique that combines and transmits low-bandwidth channels through a high-bandwidth channel. FDMA, on the other hand, is an access method in the data link layer.

FDMA also supports demand assignment in addition to fixed assignment. _Demand assignment_ allows all users apparently continuous access of the radio spectrum by assigning carrier frequencies on a temporary basis using a statistical assignment process. The first FDMA _demand-assignment_ system for satellite was developed by COMSAT for use on the _Intelsat_ series _IVA_ and _V_ satellites.

There are two main techniques:

-   Multi-channel per-carrier (MCPC)
-   Single-channel per-carrier (SCPC)

title: Frequency-division multiple access

question: What makes FDMA unique from other methods of data accessing systems?

answer: It allows different users to send data through a single transmission system.


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“Please sit down.” The lady is old with fraying grey hair. “You got into another fight. What was it this time?” Her disapproving glare only matches the backdrop of disappointment and anxiety that is my high school.

I keep my mouth shut. How can I explain to her the secret smirks of the other students? How can I tell her of the way they all stop talking as soon as I round the corner? They have names for me, I know they do. They are written on bathroom stalls, whispered secretly from ear to ear, and sometimes left in a crumpled note in my classrooms.

Will she understand me if I tell her the fight was just to send a message? My abusers are not bigger than me, they are not stronger than me, and in fact they are not even people. Rather they are a collective movement. They are a wall of bullies masked by smiles and shrugs. None of them hate me, or dislike me for any reason; I was simply ‘selected’.

I look at the tired eyes of the Principle, a lifetime’s worth of dealing with hate born of nothing but spite lay behind those eyes. In that moment, I know that she knows. She can’t admit to it though because then she would have to do something and she knows there is nothing she could do for me. The feigned ignorance is to give me hope, a false hope that there might still be a chance for me. Too bad I know that there is nothing anyone can do for me anymore.

So I take her lecture, I take the blame, I take the fault and I discard the false hope she tries to instill within me. Three more days and it will all be over. One way or another, I promise you, I will end it.

title: To my bullies

question: Who is the narrator?

answer: They are an unnamed student.

question: How does the narrator feel?

answer: They feel hopeless.

question: Who is the narrator talking to?

answer: They are talking to the principal.

question: Why is the narrator talking to the principal?

answer: They have just gottn into a fight.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator, a student, is brought to the principal's office for a fight. They know it is not their fault but they take the reprimanding from the principal anyways. The narrator feels like everyone is abusing and bullying them, but stays silent. They believe that the principal knows there is nothing they can do. The narrator alludes to taking some kind of action in three days.


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_EXCITABLE BOY_ is the third studio album by American musician Warren Zevon. The album was released on January 18, 1978, by Asylum Records. It includes the single “Werewolves of London”, which reached No. 21 and remained in the American Top 40 for six weeks. The album brought Zevon to commercial attention and remains the best-selling album of his career. A remastered and expanded edition was released in 2007.[1]

Music and lyrics

“Excitable Boy” and “Werewolves of London” were considered macabrely humorous by some critics.[2] The historical “Veracruz” dramatizes the United States occupation of Veracruz; likewise, “Roland the Headless Thompson Gunner” is a fictionalized account of former mercenary David Lindell's experiences in Africa. “Lawyers, Guns and Money” is a tongue-in-cheek tale of a young American man's adventures in Cold War-era Latin America. In addition, there are two ballads about life and relationships (“Accidentally Like a Martyr” and “Tenderness on the Block”), as well as the funk/disco-inspired “Nighttime in the Switching Yard”.

Critical reception

Reviewing in _Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies_ (1981), Robert Christgau wrote:

Track listing

Personnel

-   Warren Zevon – lead, harmony and backing vocals, piano, organ, synthesizer
-   Jorge Calderón – harmony and backing vocals, Spanish vocals on “Veracruz”
-   Danny Kortchmar - guitar, percussion
-   Russ Kunkel – drums

Additional personnel

-   Karla Bonoff – harmony vocals on “Accidentally Like a Martyr”
-   Jackson Browne – guitar, harmony and backing vocals
-   Luis Damian – jarana on “Veracruz”
-   Kenny Edwards – bass guitar on “Veracruz”, “Tenderness on the Block” and “Lawyers, Guns and Money”
-   John McVie - bass on “Werewolves of London”
-   Mick Fleetwood – drums on “Werewolves of London”
-   The Gentlemen Boys (Jackson Browne, Jorge Calderón, Kenny Edwards, J. D. Souther and Waddy Wachtel) – backing and harmony vocals
-   Arthur Gerst – Mexican harp
-   Bob Glaub – bass guitar on “Roland the Headless Gunner”, “Excitable Boy” and “Nighttime in the Switching Yard”
-   Jim Horn – recorder on “Veracruz”; saxophone on “Excitable Boy”
-   Greg Ladanyi – bells on “Nighttime in the Switching Yard”
-   Rick Marotta – drums on “Veracruz” and “Lawyers, Guns and Money”
-   Jeff Porcaro – drums and percussion on “Nighttime in the Switching Yard”
-   Linda Ronstadt – backing and harmony vocals on “Excitable Boy”
-   Leland Sklar – bass guitar on “Johnny Strikes Up The Band” and “Accidentally Like a Martyr”
-   J.D. Souther – backing and harmony vocals
-   Manuel Vasquez – requinto on “Veracruz”
-   Waddy Wachtel – guitar, synthesizer, harmony and backing vocals
-   Jennifer Warnes – harmony vocals on “Excitable Boy”

Charts

  Chart (1978)                       Position
  ---------------------------------- ----------
  United States (Billboard 200)      8
  Australia (Kent Music Report)[3]   9

Certifications

  Organization    Level      Date
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  RIAA – U.S.     Gold       April 17, 1978
  CRIA – Canada   Gold       June 1, 1978
  RIAA – U.S.     Platinum   November 7, 1997

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title: Excitable Boy

question: How long has the Excitable Boy been a platinum record in the U.S.?

answer: It became a platinum record in 1997. Since we're in 2021, that means the Excitable boy has been a platinum record in the U.S. for 24 years.

question: What themes are present in the album?

answer: Anti-war sentiment and criticism of authority are present in addition to macabre humor according to some critics.


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DAVE or DAVID JACKSON may refer to:

Sports

-   Dave Jackson (ice hockey) (born c. 1964), Canadian National Hockey League referee
-   David Jackson (basketball, born 1978), American basketball player in Italy, South Korea and Turkey
-   David Jackson (basketball, born 1982), American basketball player in Novo Basquete Brasil and Liga Sudamericana de Básquetbol
-   David Jackson (basketball, born 1986), American basketball player in International Basketball League and Euroleague
-   David Jackson (American boxer) (born 1976), American Olympic boxer
-   David Jackson (Ugandan boxer) (born 1949), Ugandan boxer
-   David Jackson (New Zealand boxer) (1955–2004), New Zealand boxer
-   David Jackson (cricketer) (born 1953), former English cricketer
-   David Jackson (footballer, born 1937), English footballer
-   David Jackson (footballer, born 1958), English footballer
-   David Jackson (golfer) (born 1964), American professional golfer
-   Paddy Jackson (David Patrick Lindsay James Jackson, born 1992), Irish rugby player

Politicians

-   David Jackson (Australian politician) (1889–1941), member of the Australian House of Representatives
-   David Jackson (Manitoba politician) (1852–1925), politician in Manitoba, Canada
-   David S. Jackson (1813–1872), U.S. Representative from New York

Others

-   Dave Jackson (Maine game warden) (1902–1978), Allagash Wilderness Waterway guide
-   David Jackson (British actor) (1934–2005), British actor
-   David Jackson (comics), American comic-book letterer and artist of _Warrior_
-   David Jackson (delegate) (1747–1801), American physician, Continental Congressman for Pennsylvania
-   David Jackson (director) (active since 1983), American television director and writer
-   David Jackson (rock musician) (born 1947), musician and former member of the band Van der Graaf Generator
-   David Jackson, founder of Seeking Alpha in 2004
-   David Edward Jackson (1788–1837), American explorer, frontiersman, and trapper
-   David M. Jackson, Canadian mathematician
-   David Noyes Jackson (1922–2001), American writer, collaborator of James Merrill
-   D. Hamilton Jackson (1884–1946), civil rights leader, resident of the United States Virgin Islands
-   Oliver David Jackson (1919–2004), Australian Army officer
-   David Jackson (judge), judge in the Supreme Court of Queensland
-   David Francis Jackson on List of judges of the Federal Court of Australia
-   David Jackson (art historian) (born 1958), professor of Russian and Scandinavian art histories
-   David J. Jackson, political science professor

title: David Jackson

question: What can you assume about the name Dave or David Jackson?

answer: This is a very common name and many famous people like sportsmen and politicians have this name.


text: Okay so there was this kid,lets name him Timmy. He's in kindergarten and there's this 1st grader,lets name him Tyler, that always picks on him and beats him up. Well one day Tyler throws him down and little Timmy's glasses fall and shatter on the asphalt.. Little Timmy knew he couldn't take him on alone so he went around and gathered 5 of his friends and they waited until they saw Tyler go inside to go to the bathroom and then they followed when they got in there he turned around trash talking them and they just looked at each other and then...Little Timmy gave the signal and they all just tackled him to the ground and started biting,punching,kicking, and pinching and they finally stopped after 15 minutes of the beating and then from then on Tyler never touched Little Timmy again...

title: Little Timmy's Revenge..

question: Why is the narrator giving people in the story fictional names?

answer: It is implied that it's a true story and the fictional names are to prevent readers from identifying the real people involved.

question: What is Timmy's relationship with Tyler?

answer: They are in the same school.

question: When is this story taking place?

answer: The text doesn't say.

question: Is the narrator one of the characters in the story?

answer: The text doesn't explicitly say but it seems like the narrator is "Timmy."

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator offers a true story with fictional names in order to recount a tale of revenge against a bully.


text:
The Wizard

	Michael shared a low bed in his attic room with his black acoustic guitar. His friends sat in bean-bag chairs around a coffee table in front of him. They passed a smoking bowl among themselves. Light from the sun outside came through the closed window, hitting the smoke which lingered in the air. The entire room was covered in a light haze. An air conditioner at the other end of the room rattled, keeping the room from substantially over heating. A television set on mute sat in the room, but no one was focusing on it. He wore a dull red plaid shirt, cargo shorts, and plain brown sneakers. On his bed next to him lay the acoustic guitar, which he now only played when he was high. On the wall was an orange Chudley Cannons poster.]

	He held his own packed glass bowl in his left hand, and a yellow Bic lighter in his right. The inside of the bowl was covered in a thin amber layer of cooked residue; he needed to get around to cleaning it. He lit the lighter, staring at the yellow flame. He wasn’t in a rush to start smoking.

He absentmindedly moved the Bic, no longer lit, through the fingers on his right hand. He listened intently to the music playing, paying no attention to the others in the room. He lied back against the bed, staring straight up. Focusing intently on the pale glow-in-the-dark stars barely visible against the white-wash ceiling, he realised that he had yet to eat breakfast.

	He remembered waking up. He looked outside, and saw the sun, well past noon, linger in the sky. He estimated about 3:00, maybe 3:30. It was the first day of summer.

	Thinking about the final he took yesterday, he frowned. It wasn’t that he had bombed it, but rather that he had passed it without any deal of effort. He hadn’t even reviewed his notes. Hell, he hadn’t studied for that class all year. It wasn’t that he was a bad student, or even that he relished doing poorly in school, as he noted some kids his age did. He was simply not challenged.

	Certainly he wasn’t the most organized kid. He decided that this was the root of his problems. His disorganized mannerisms must have been perceived by his teachers as a lack of substantial intelligence. He had missed the cutoff for honors tracking, and even if he desired now to move up, he would be at a hopeless disadvantage, being far behind in the curriculum by the honors standard.

	He wished someone had pushed him. His parents must have bought into the teachers conclusions of mediocrity. They had accepted him as mediocre, and maybe were a little disappointed, but not surprised. They hadn’t been special either.

	He turned to look at his friends. The bowl lay on its side on the coffee table. A thin stream of smoke rose from it. His friends were discussing the latest Jersey Shore. He hated that show. He looked back up at the ceiling.

	Perhaps he really was mediocre, and this self-denial was just his coping mechanism with not being special, his only defense against his belief in not being worth anything. But this was a lie. He knew, deep down that he, at least at some point, had not been average, was not as worthless as he came across. He thought about his long lost love for reading. He had read and reread every Harry Potter book, had finished each of them for the first time within a week of their release. He turned to the bookshelf next to the TV. He could make out most of the series on the shelf, but it was hard to read the lettering through the smoke. That wasn’t savant level, but at least that was something. More important to him, however, was the emotion connected with his hours spent face down in a hard-cover. They represented his childhood, a reckless one inspired by Calvin and Hobbes comics and the Dangerous Book for Boys which had taught him almost everything he knew about anything important.

	But this childhood seemed long gone. In some ways, it had been pushed aside against his will, through homework and social obligations. But in other ways, his present reality was the result of his own decisions. He sustained to his friends that he didn’t cry at the end of the last Harry Potter movie.
His hand rested on the guitar which lay at his side. He plucked at the strings with no particular song in mind. He used to practice everyday. He would ride his bike to his lessons, and then come home and teach himself even more from the internet. He still played it every now and then, but only absentmindedly, not with the vigor of before. His teacher had told him that he was a talented musician. Now he was only average.

He told himself to relax, to pass these thoughts out of his mind. But he was always relaxed he thought to himself, high or not. This annoyed him. It wasn’t that he felt guilty about relaxing, but he felt bad that he had nothing to relax from.

	He picked up the bowl again, held it in his left hand, and sparked the lighter. But he didn’t bring the flame down to the bowl. He lifted his thumb and let the flame die.
	The word “average” interested him. He thought it odd that a word which by definition described the majority of people could have such a negative connotation.

	“We should do something today,” he suggested to his friends. His words were met with giggling.
	“I don’t think my brain has control over my toes, so I don’t think I’m walking anywhere.”

	“I was thinking about doing something today,” he said sincerely. “You know, like REALLY doing something.”

	“What, like driving to Taco Bell?” The speaker nudged the other friend, who was zoned out eyes glued to the TV. It was tuned to the cooking channel were Rachael Ray was preparing a cake.

	Michael rolled his eyes at his friends. “Nah man.  Something exciting, something you don’t get to do everyday.”

	“Like watching a movie!” His friend reached for the remote, turning the television off of mute. He flipped through the channels, stopping at ABC Family. The fourth Harry Potter movie was on. Michael watched as Harry dove around the quidditch pitch on his broomstick.

	Michael picked up the bowl again. He lit the lighter, held it to the bowl, and inhaled.

title: The Wizard

question: What does the story say about Michael's character and habits?

answer: Michael likes to play the guitar when he is high. He does not learn enough and is not very organized. He lacks motivation in learning. He likes reading and he watches TV with his friends.

question: What does the story say about if Michael is mediocre?

answer: Michel is not motivated in learning and is lazy, and his teachers and parents think he is mediocre. However, Michael thinks that he is not mediocre as he likes reading and believes that he just needs to be pushed by someone. He thinks that he is mistakenly perceived as mediocre just because he is not organized and challenged.

question: What does the story say about what kind of drugs Michael is taking?

question: What does the story say about how successful Michael is?

answer: Michael is not successful. He hardly passed his final and is taking drugs. He is not motivated to learn. He is perceived as mediocre by his teachers and his parents are disappointed.