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The POLISH EXCLUSIVE ECONOMIC ZONE (POLISH EEZ) has the area of 30,533 km². within the Baltic Sea.[1]

It includes the following bathymetric basins: Bornholm Basin (part, max. depth 95 m within Polish EEZ), Slupsk Furrow (complete, max. depth 93 m), Gotland Basin (part, max. depth 120 m within Polish EEZ ), and Gdansk Basin (part, max. depth 107 m within Polish EEZ). There are a number of shoals between the basins and the Polish coast, including Odra Bank (min. depth 4.5 m), Slupsk Bank (min. depth 8 m), Stilo Bank (min. depth 18 m) and Southern Middle Bank (min. depth 14 m).[2]

Of mineral resources within the Polish EEZ, best recognized are gravel and sand deposits. [3]

History

Poland has a regulated economic zone with Sweden and Russia. In the case of Russia, the agreement was signed by the then-existing Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, but is recognized as Russia is the legal successor of the Soviet Union.

Poland also had a regulated economic zone with East Germany since 1989. After the reunification of Germany, the new German state recognizes the previous arrangements only as regards the state border, but does not recognize the arrangements with East Germany as regards the exclusive economic zone.

Since the 1980s, the issue of the demarcation of economic zones between Poland and Denmark remained unresolved: the dispute concerned the body of water to the south-east of Bornholm. The Polish state should apply here the provision of the Act on maritime areas of the Republic of Poland, which states that the Council of Ministers may - in the absence of international agreements - define the boundary of the exclusive economic zone by regulation. Since no such act was issued, the regulation of the Council of Ministers (of May 26, 1978) was applied in practice, defining the external borders of the Polish sea fishing zone.[4] However, this zone is not recognized by neighboring countries.[5] The border between the Polish and Danish EEZ was established in November 2018.[6]

[1] EXPLORATION AND EXTRACTION OF SAND AND GRAVEL RESOURCES IN THE POLISH EXCLUSIVE ECONOMICAL ZONE OF THE BALTIC SEA, European marine sand and gravel – shaping the future, EMSAGG Conference 20-21 February 2003, Delft University, The Netherlands

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[4] Dz.U. 1978 nr 13 poz. 57

[5] Wiesław Czajka, _Granice Polski na morzu_, Przegląd Morski 12/2011.

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title: Exclusive economic zone of Poland

question: What is the Polish Exclusive Economic Zone?

answer: An economic zone within the Baltic sea belonging to Poland.

question: How large is the Polish Exclusive Economic Zone?

answer: 30,533 kilometers squared

question: What resources are there within the Polish Exclusive Economic Zone?

answer: There are gravel and sand deposits.

question: Summarize everything relating to East Germany.

answer: Since 1989, Poland had a regulated economic zone with East Germany. The new German state did not recognize the arrangements regarding the exclusive economic zone after the reunification of Germany.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The Polish Exclusive Economic Zone is a 30,533 km² area within the Baltic Sea that includes several bathymetric basins as well as gravel and sand deposits.


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“Bring me the remote.” He brings in the remote on a silver plate. The plate remains resting on the fingertips of his white-gloved hand until I remove the remote from its place. I push the power button and suddenly there is a projection in front of me. News. I can never really watch the news; it disinterests me. The reporter is covering the speech from the president. I couldn’t care less. It’s always the same spiel about how great the new world is, how a perfect society is now in place and how world peace has finally been achieved. “Utopia”, as the president calls it.
The Butler walks in and retreats to the corner where he will always stand, staring straight ahead at the wall adjacent to him until I give him a command. Butler is a hyperbole; he is more of a slave. But what is a perfect world with slaves? After all history has taught us that slaves are unacceptable in a perfect union. Therefore the proper term, deemed by the president of course, is Butler.
I glance at him. He looks revolting. Standing still as a statue, his blue eyes looking straight ahead. His bleach blond hair, cut short on the sides and trimmed to exactly one and a half inches on top, is combed over to the right side of his head. His skin is pulled tight over his cheekbones and jaw making them more pronounced. His pink lips are full and bright. He stands at exactly six feet, the majority of his height stemming from his legs. The light flooding in through the window reflects off his white skin, giving him a sort of glow. I can’t stand to look at him. One would think it would get easier, especially given that all Butlers look close to the same and every household has one. They most definitely are not an uncommon sight. Yet, there is something about them that always stands out, something that repulses me. It’s that stare. They all share the same stare.
“We will continue to evolve! It is our time! Our reign! Our world!” The propaganda continues to spew from the president’s mouth.
I walk to the window and look out over the vast city that is the new capital of the world.
“Have you watered the plants today?” I ask the Butler as I continue to gaze over the city in front of me.
“No, sir” he mutters, “I will immediately, sir”
He walks off into the other room.
The sun’s rays blanket the city turning it into an immense ocean of orange and yellow. I sometimes catch the Butler looking at this ocean, watching the waves of red and purple roll through the clouds. His eyes are different when he watches all these colors. I still cannot figure out how. They don’t themselves change color, nor do they change in size or in any physical way that I can determine. But they are different. When the light glares off a neighboring building is the only time his eyes physically change; they draw together, much the same as the shades on the window would, if I ordered him to pull them shut. After closing them for exactly a tenth of a second those eyes go back to staring, that usual stare that makes me hate the Butlers.
I focus my own eyes on the glare. I look straight into it for ten minutes, waiting. But nothing changes with me. I don’t find this interesting. What does he see?
He returns to his post, again staring at the adjacent white wall.
I focus my attention back to the president’s words. “The tables have been turned, the ruled have become the rulers! The Butler’s provide for us now, as we once provided for them! We have become the dominant species and it is our inherent right, our privilege, and our purpose to dominate them now! Our utopia is built upon the backs of the Butlers as their world was built upon us!”
A loud applause comes from the audience.
The Butler is focused on the colors through the window.
“Shut the shades” I order him. He does it without a sound. I do not want to see that unexplainable change in his eyes at the moment.
I feel myself becoming drained. I need to recharge. I tell the Butler that I am ready to sleep. He disappears for a moment and comes back with a long white chord. I hold my hand up, a gesture for the Butler to wait. I listen to the last little bit of the speech from the president, “our race will forever live in harmony! There will never be conflict! There will never be war! Our race is the perfect race! We are the robot race and it is our world now! Our imperfect human creators will serve us for all time as a constant reminder to how we saved them from their inevitable self-annihilation! This is our planet now and it will be our planet always!”
I motion to the Butler; he opens a slot in my head and plugs in the white chord. I feel the energy pulsing through me to my core. The Butler moves back to his spot and stares ahead. I look into his eyes, I am still perplexed by those staring eyes, they hold something in them; something I cannot comprehend. I start to drift into sleep. I hate him for his eyes, for whatever it is that his eyes hold.

title: Butler

question: What did the Butler's do to deserve to become slaves?

answer: Unclear

question: What is the narrator being plugged into?

answer: Unclear.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator hates how his Butler and all the Butlers of the world stare blankly into nothing. They are called Butlers to be politically correct but really they are little more than slaves. Before, Butlers, the creators of the robots, were the rulers but now the robots have gained control and now punish the Butlers for their past. The narrator notices that his Butler's eyes change when he watches the ocean but can't figure out how or why that is. The narrator then gets plugged in, still thinking about how he hates how his Butler stares.


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The GB designation was introduced by the U.S. Army Air Force in 1941, and covered unpowered glide bombs with some standoff range.

Aeronca GB-1
Bellanca GB-2
Timm GB-3

In March 1941, the U.S. Army Air Corps began the development of a very simple type of air-dropped standoff bomb. The weapon was to be a 900 kg (2000 lb) general-purpose bomb fitted with flying surfaces and a simple gyro-stabilization system for azimuth, so that it could be released by the bombers outside the enemy's main air defenses and glide towards its target. The second motivation for using glide bombs was their shallow flight path, which made it more likely to hit a building in a city than a vertical bomb, which could easily fall into the many free areas of a city doing only little damage. The USAAC (later USAAF) ordered three designs for comparative evaluation, the Aeronca GB-1, the Bellanca GB-2 and the Timm GB-3.

The GB-1 used a simple airframe around an M34 900 kg (2000 lb) bomb. It had a 3.66 m (12 ft)-span wing, twin tails, and a glide speed of 370 km/h (230 mph). The GB-1 did not use a guidance system. It was released when the bomber was at a predetermined altitude and distance to the target, and continued to glide on the preset glide path until impact. Range after a drop from 4570 m (15000 ft) was about 32 km (20 miles).

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The GB-2 and GB-3 both used an AN-M66 900 kg (2000 lb) bomb. The GB-2 was 3.58 m (11.75 ft) long, had a span of 3.66 m (12 ft), glided at a speed of 497 km/h (309 mph), and used the same preset glide path principle as the GB-1. However, compared to the latter, the GB-2 had more adverse effects when carried by the bomber and the control equipment was more difficult to install.

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The GB-3 was 4.30 m (14.1 ft) long, had a span of 3.66 m (12 ft), glided at 270 km/h (168 mph), and had similar disadvantages as the GB-2. Therefore, the GB-2 and GB-3 were cancelled after the initial flight test phase in early 1942, and the GB-1 was selected for mass production.

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Beginning in May 1943, several thousand GB-1 glide bombs were produced, and the first batches were sent to the USAAF bomber force in Great Britain in September that year. However, they were not used initially, because only two GB-1s could be carried by a B-17 (one under each wing), and because the glide bombs were much less accurate than conventionally aimed free-fall bombs. The first combat use eventually occured in May 1944 in an attack against Cologne, but the results were barely satisfactory because of the bombs' low accuracy. Nevertheless more than 1000 GB-1s were subsequently dropped in raids over the Reich.

Production of the GB-1 ended in January 1945, and the glide bomb was no longer used by the post-war USAAF. GB-1 airframes built by Aeronca were also used as the base for most of the guided GB bombs described in the following paragraphs.

USAAF GB-4

In July 1942, the USAAF's Wright Field Equipment Laboratory began the development of the GB-4 guided glide bomb under project MX-108 (later continued as MX-618). The 3.72 m (12.2 ft) long GB-4 was basically an AN-M66 900 kg (2000 lb) general-purpose bomb fitted with a 3.66 m (12 ft) wing and twin tails. Under its fuselage it carried an AN/AXT-2 TV camera and transmitter. The latter's image was displayed to the bombardier, who could then send radio commands to correct the glide bomb's course. The GB-4 flew at a speed of 385 km/h (240 mph) and the accuracy under optimal conditions was around 60 m (200 ft) CEP.

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The GB-4 was declared combat-ready in July 1944, and the first units were then used by a specially formed bomber group in Great Britain. However, the initial combat results were disappointing, not the least because of technical difficulties but also because the TV image was too fuzzy on anything other than a clear day. More than 1000 GB-4s were produced, but only relatively few were actually used in combat, even though the results somewhat improved over time. The USAAF also tested a pulsejet-powered derivative of the GB-4 as the JB-4, but the GB-4/JB-4 project was terminated at the end of World War II.

Aeronca GB-5, GB-12, GB-13

The GB-5 (project MX-611) was a GB-1 modified with a B-2 light-contrast seeker to home on targets which were either significantly lighter or darker than their surroundings. It was mainly intended for use against ships, and tests began in 1944. The GB-5, which was quite obviously a pure clear-weather weapon, weighed 1110 kg (2445 lb) and glided at a speed of 400 km/h (250 mph). At the war's end, testing had not been completed, and the project was cancelled. There was possibly also a GB-5A variant, but I have no data about this.

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The GB-5C (there are no records of a -5B), developed under project MX-615, was a GB-5 variant with a Hammond-Crosley B-1 light-contrast seeker. It weighed 1130 kg (2500 lb), was later redesignated as GB-12, and was tested briefly in 1945.

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The GB-13 (project MX-619, originally designated GB-5D) was a derivative of the GB-5 with a B-3 flare seeker. It was intended for night attacks, where a lead plane would drop bright, long-burning flares on the target, which would then be homed on by the GB-13. Ten successful test flights were made during the development program, which was terminated in mid-1945.

Aeronca GB-6

The GB-6, which was developed as part of project MX-612, was based on the GB-1 and had an Offner heat-seeking device to home on targets with strong infrared emissions. The GB-6 weighed 1130 kg (2490 lb), glided with up to 450 km/h (280 mph) and had an effective range of about 16 km (10 miles). Testing began in late 1943 and continued until 1946.

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Aeronca GB-7, GB-14

The GB-7 (project MX-613) was another guided derivative of the GB-1, and used a semi-active radar homing device. The GB-7 (sometimes called "Moth") could home on a target which was illuminated by the launching aircraft's radar. Tests were conducted in June 1945, and the flight performance was similar to that of the GB-6. There was possibly also a GB-7A variant, about which I have no further information.

The GB-7B (project MX-616) was a GB-7 derivative with an active radar seeker and was later redesignated as GB-14. At 1180 kg (2600 lb) it was slightly heavier than the other GB-series bombs, and had a typical glide speed of 450 km/h (280 mph). The GB-14 was intended to be used against naval targets, but the program was cancelled after only one test.

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The GB-7C was a variant with a passive radar seeker, i.e. it was pre-tuned to home on the emissions of a specific type of enemy radar. I have no information whether the GB-7C ever reached the flight-test stage.

Aeronca GB-8

The GB-8 was a radio-command guided variant of the GB-1, and was developed under project MX-645. It was equipped with bright flares which allowed the bombardier to visually track the glide-bomb and apply corrective commands on the way to the target.

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USAAF GB-9

Developed under project MX-494, the GB-9 was a derivative of the GB-4 and as such did not use the standard Aeronca airframe of most of the other GBs. After the drop from the parent aircraft, the GB-9 built up speed by diving steeply to a predetermined altitude close to the ground when the radio-altimeter would indicate pull-out. The glide bomb then proceeded for 3 to 8 km (2 to 5 miles) at that altitude. During that glide phase, the bombardier could visually track the bomb and send azimuth-correcting commands via a radio-control link. The GB-9 was primarily intended for use against targets which were relatively immune from attacks from above, like e.g. submarine pens.

Work on the GB-9 began in January 1944, and in November that year a successful test flight occurred. However, the bomb was not selected for mass production and operational service.

Aeronca GB-10

The GB-10 was to be glide bomb with TV/radio-command guidance like the GB-4, but was to use the standard GB-1 airframe instead by employing smaller TV equipment. However, the GB-10 was apparently not built.

Aeronca GB-11

The GB-11, developed under project MX-614, was a derivative of the GB-1 for chemical warfare attacks. Instead of the 900 kg (2000 lb) general-purpose bomb, it used an M33A smoke tank to be filled with the chemical agent, and an M-2 discharge tube. After drop, the GB-11 went into a dive to gain speed, and then continued to glide for about 3 km (2 miles) to disperse its agent from an altitude of 60 to 90 m (200 to 300 ft). The GB-11 had only a simple gyro-stabilization system and could not be guided after it had left its parent aircraft. The program was still in the experimental phase, when it was cancelled at the end of World War II.

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GB-15

The GB-15 was developed under project MX-717, and used a guidance system with radar and/or TV. No further details are available.

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GT-1

The GT-1 (GT = Glide Torpedo) was a variant of the GB-1 which used a Mk.13-2A homing torpedo instead of a general purpose bomb. Like the GB-1, it flew at a preset glide path. However, the GT-1 was equipped with a paravane which trailed 6 m (20 ft) below it, and which upon entering the water triggered the explosive removal of the airframe components from the torpedo. In the water, the torpedo would travel in a preset search pattern like circles or a zig-zag.

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The GT-1 was first tested in late 1943, and was reportedly used operationally a few times by B-25 aircraft in 1944/45.

Specifications

The few available data on the dimensions and performance characteristics of the GB-series bombs are mentioned in the main text.

Main Sources

[1] Frederick I. Ordway III, Ronald C. Wakeford: "International Missile and Spacecraft Guide", McGraw-Hill, 1960
[2] Bill Gunston: "The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rockets and Missiles", Salamander Books Ltd, 1979
[3] US Army Air Forces: "Army Aircraft Model Designations", 1946

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question: When was the GB designation introduced?

answer: 1941

question: Why was the bomb fitted with flying surfaces and a simple gyro-stabilization system for azimuth?

answer: It could be released outside the enemy's airspace and glide to its target.

question: When did the USAAF's Wright Field Equipment Laboratory begin the development of the GB-4 guided glide bomb?

answer: July 1942.

question: How much do both bombs weight (separately)?

answer: 2000 lbs.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Glide bombs were developed in 1941 by the US army. While they have since been refined and the model repertoire has expanded, the general principle is to have a bomb that can be released before it gets to enemy airspace-so it won't be dismantled or shot done immediately-and then glides to its target. Some variants include torpedoes. Most of these variations were developed and tested during and after WWII, with some discontinuations.


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[School sign] BEIJING BISS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL (BISS) ([1]) is an independent co-educational English-language day school located in Chaoyang District, Beijing, People's Republic of China.[2]

Founded in 1994, BISS provides instruction for kindergarten to grade 12 students from the expatriate community of Beijing, using all three International Baccalaureate (IB) programs: the Primary Years Programme, Middle Years Programme and the Diploma Programme.[3] As of 2012, 340 students from 40 different nationalities attend the school.[4]

Luo Wangshu of _Xinhua_ (printed in the _Shanghai Daily_) has reported that the school “has a reputation for providing high-quality education, with its graduates having been accepted by top universities, such as Harvard and Columbia.”[5]

History

Beijing BISS International School was founded in 1994 by its sister school, the International School Singapore (ISS), as an independent proprietary, co-educational, English-language day school offering an international curriculum for Kindergarten - grade 12 students from the expatriate community of Beijing.[6]

BISS was the first International School licensed by The Beijing Educational Commission, and the first school in Beijing to offer all three IB programs.

In 2018 the school encountered a temporary closure, citing financial issues, and teachers went on strike as they failed to receive their wages in a timely manner. In response to ongoing non-payment of staff salaries and entitlements BISS teachers went on strike on September 20, 2018. Some current and former staff are owed as much as 120,000 yuan. Teachers wrote parents a letter stating that “Faculty contracts have not been honored and wages, health insurance.[7] and housing allowances have not been paid”. The Head of School, Mr. Randal Eplin then sent an email to staff stating that the school would be closed the next 2 school days for “internal business reasons”. He also wrote "During this time the business office staff will work with the owner of BISS (Mr. Elvis Tan) to bring stability to the financial challenges that the school is facing.[8]

Campus

The school's 11,000 square meter campus is located near major expatriate residential areas in central Beijing, just off the North Third Ring Road. The campus is close to central Beijing, the Asian Games Village and the Olympic Stadium, the Bird Nest.

The main building holds more than thirty classrooms, a central library, music, drama and art studios, science labs, design and technology lab, multi-purpose auditorium, cafeteria and administration offices. There is a five aside football (soccer) pitch with a newly constructed multi-sport dome for badminton, volleyball and basketball. Air purifiers are installed in every hallway of the building.

Program

Curriculum

BISS offers the Primary Years Programme (PYP), Middle Years Programme (MYP) and Diploma Programme (DP) [9] to all students, from kindergarten through grade 12.

Accreditations, Authorizations, Memberships and Licences[10]

-   Authorized by the International Baccalaureate (IB): BISS was the first school in Beijing and one of the first in China to be authorized to offer all three IB programs
-   Accredited by the National Centre for School Curriculum and Textbook Development (NCCT)
-   Licensed by the Beijing Education Commission
-   Member of the Association of China and Mongolia International Schools (ACAMIS)
-   Member of the East Asia Regional Council of Schools (EARCOS)

Students

BISS provides instruction for kindergarten to grade 12 students from the expatriate community of Beijing. As of 2012, 340 students from 40 different nationalities attend the school.[11]

Class sizes

BISS maintains a relatively low student to teacher class ratios, with classes typically having 15 students or less to 1 teacher. Luo Wangshu of the Shanghai Daily reported that “BISS believes that smaller class sizes make for better academic performance and communication.”[12]

Faculty

BISS faculty members hail from the United States, Canada, Australia, Korea, New Zealand, Singapore, China, Japan, the Philippines, Portugal, and the U.K. In 2017, Search Associates, the most reputable international schools' recruitment agency disassociated itself from BISS because of unpaid fees. As a result, BISS now recruits most of its faculty through its website.

Tuition

As of 2009 the school tuition ranges from lower for kindergarteners to higher for older students. Kindergarteners each had a tuition of 96,000 yuan (49,217 Malaysian ringgits ) while a high school senior had a tuition of 172,000 yuan (RM88,181).[13] For kindergarten and first grade classes, as of 2012 the school charged up to 109,800 yuan yearly per pupil.[14] In 2015 the tuition for the year was 300,000 renminbi ($48,330 U.S. dollars). _China Daily_ ranked BISS as the most expensive private school in Beijing.[15]

[1] “教育部公布经批准设立的外籍人员子女学校名单.” (Archive) Jiaoyu Shewai Jianguan Xinxi Wang (教育涉外监管信息网 _Jiàoyù Shèwài Jiānguǎn Xìnxī Wǎng_ “Education of Foreigners Oversight Information Network”), Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. November 21, 2012. Retrieved on July 19, 2013. “5、北京BISS国际学校 (1996/06/11）”

[2] “Home.” Beijing BISS International School. Retrieved on June 19, 2013. “No. 17, Area 4, Zhen Xi Li, Chaoyang District, Beijing 1000029, People's Republic of China”

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[5] Luo, Wangshu. “High kindergarten cost credited to good teachers.” (Archive) _Xinhua_ at _Shanghai Daily_. March 27, 2012. Retrieved on June 19, 2013.

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[13] Balazovic, Todd. “Expats resort to home schooling.” _The Star_. September 13, 2009. Retrieved on June 19, 2013.

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title: Beijing BISS International School

question: What does the article say about the quality of education at BISS?

answer: The "Shanghai Daily" says BISS has a good reputation when it comes to education quality. The school has a very large campus with many facilities. The student-to-teacher ratio is kept low for better education. BISS is an authorized International Baccalaureate school. The only impediment to education is the controversy about teachers not getting paid in 2018 and going on a strike.

question: What does the article say about the student riots at BISS?

question: What does the article say about the demographics of the students at BISS?

answer: BISS serves the expatriate community of Beijing, with more than 40 nationalities represented in its attendees. The school is located in a central area in Beijing. The quality and size of the campus, as well as the high amounts of tuition, point out to a very rich populace at the school. BISS is the most expensive private school in Beijing.


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EUGENIO MARTÍN RUBIO (November 14, 1923 Madrid, Spain - February 21, 2016 Alicante, Spain )[1] was a Spanish meteorologist.[2]

Biography

Graduated in Physical Sciences by the University of Madrid, he started to work in the then National Institute of Meteorology. His leap to television was made gradually, since in the 196's he was called by TVE to replace during absences weather presenter Mariano Medina.

At the end of 1960s he permanently appeared in the night edition of news program _Telediario_. He retired in 1980 when he was replaced by José Antonio Maldonado.

His most remembered anecdote happened when after a long drought in Madrid he promised rain the following day saying: “if tomorrow does not rain, I will shave my moustache”. It didn't rain and Martín Rubio appeared next day shaven.[3]

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[2] Muere Eugenio Martín Rubio in El Correo

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title: Eugenio Martín Rubio

question: Who was Eugenio Martín Rubio?

answer: A Spanish meteorologist

question: What nationality was Eugenio Martín Rubio?

answer: Spanish

question: Summarize Eugenio Martín Rubio's education.

answer: He studied Physical Sciences at the University of Madrid.

question: Describe the most remembered anecdote involving Eugenio Martín Rubio.

answer: After a long drought in Madrid, he promised rain, declaring that he would shave his moustache if it didn't rain. It didn't rain, and he showed up the next day with his moustache shaven.

question: Where was Eugenio Martín Rubio born?

answer: Madrid, Spain

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Eugenio Martín Rubio was a Spanish meteorologist who appeared in the night edition of the news program Telediaro. He is best known for an incident in which he declared during a drought in Madrid that he would shave his moustache if it didn't rain the next day.


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Twitter accounts associated with the far-right Jewish Defense League were swept up in a larger purging of white nationalists accounts as the social media site implemented new rules targeted “violent extremist” groups.

The Twitter accounts @JDLCanada, @jdldotorg, @JewishDefenceNY were all booted offline sometime on Monday, December 19.

Twitter announced in mid-November that beginning Dec. 18, it would consider account user behavior “on and off the platform” when deciding whether to close down an account, as part of an effort to “reduce hateful and abusive content.”

“You may not make specific threats of violence or wish for the serious physical harm, death, or disease of an individual or group of people,” states Twitter’s rule for “violent extremist groups,” which went into effect Monday.

  Twitter begins long-awaited crackdown on hate groups and extremist rhetoric https://t.co/UGSclGoulI— Hatewatch (@Hatewatch) December 19, 2017

“Alt-right” or white nationalist users kicked off Twitter on Monday include Jared Taylor, editor of the “race realist” American Renaissance; Brad Griffin of the League of The South; and Vanguard America, the white nationalist group whose membership included James Alex Fields, who drove his car through counter-protesters in Charlottesville, Virginia.

  Twitter has informed Jared Taylor (@jartaylor) and American Renaissance (@AmRenaissance) that their accounts WILL NOT be restored because of their affiliation with a “violent extremist group”. Jared is the Mr. Rogers of the Alt-Right! https://t.co/Ogk9u0dERH— James Edwards (@JamesEdwardsTPC) December 18, 2017

The Jewish Defense League was founded by the ultra-nationalist politician and writer Rabbi Meir Kahane in 1971. According to the FBI, the JDL has been involved in plotting and executing acts of terrorism within the United States. Since Kahane’s assassination in 1990, the group has fractured and has been dormant for years. Over the last months, though — amidst culture wars convulsing the nation — some acolytes of Kahane have sought to bring his ideas back into the mainstream. Members of the JDL have started showing up a street rallies again, sometimes violently sparring with other protestors.

_Read more about the Jewish Defense League here and here._

_Email Sam Kestenbaum at kestenbaum@forward.com and follow him on Twitter at @skestenbaum_

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question: What is the Jewish Defense League?

answer: A group founded by ultra-nationalist politician and writer Rabbi Meir Kahane. They have been involved in plotting and excuting acts of terrorism in the United States.

question: Why did Twitter close the Jewish Defense League's accounts?

answer: Twitter purged a number of white nationalist accounts as part of a new effort to reduce hateful and abusive content, specifically targeting violent extremist groups.

question: Describe the reaction to Twitter's decision.

answer: That information can't be found.

question: When did this Twitter crackdown occur?

answer: December 19, 2017.

question: Name some other accounts targeted by the crackdown.

answer: Jared Taylor, Brad Griffin, and Vanguard America

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: On December 19, 2017, Twitter began a crackdown on violent extremist groups. The crackdown involved the banning of several accounts associated with the Jewish Defense League, an organization that has been involved in plotting and executing acts of terrorism in the United States.


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His feverish yelling reverberated around me, bouncing mercilessly from dark surface to dark surface - A primal voice crying out again into the black accompanying his physical efforts.

My mind ached as my bloodied ears received the sound. This intolerable pain was increasing immeasurably by the floods of adrenaline that followed the icy jolt of anxiety ripping up through my spine. I cursed my claustrophobia; the room could not have been more than two meters wide, and just over that again in length. In addition to my tight bindings, the shuddering echoes of exhaustion and ragged laughter jumping out from all around me were like cold, violating hands pinching roughly at my clammy slack skin.

Most of my tension had left me now. Fatigue and a growing complacency with my situation had led me to be absurdly relaxed under the coming blows - or perhaps I had just started to feel numb with shock - perhaps my brain had just become too occupied with pain.

A sudden rush of air came from my right, gushing past my cheek. My head flew back and a muted yet moist 'thach' ricocheted off the walls. Strangely my head began to hurt before my face did. I started feeling a strong urge to vomit, as I used what always seemed to feel like the last few bare threads of my energy to pull my head forwards again. As I did, my eyes feel closed in sync, like a child's toy doll.

"I hope you feel that"

My eyes snapped open and my brain, which had been teetering on the edge of unconsciousness, was now utterly alert.

"I hope you fuckin' feel that"

It was the first time he'd spoken - I was so amazed and fearful that the moment might would be lost that I gurgled on my own blood in my excitement to try to engage him. Quickly I tried to clear my throat, but my swollen face and knotted muscles wouldn't comply, so I ended up gnashing and fizzing the blood against my teeth in my derangement.

Coagulated blood was forced through the small gaps in my teeth and spat from the slit I had left for a mouth; I heard loud heavy droplets hit the smooth floor in front of me as the blood mingled slobber crept down my chin.

Naturally when I first woke here and we started this, I cried and screamed and begged for a reason - or even a response - to the blow after blow. The questions burning in my mind as each skin on skin assault left a smoldering ember of hope in me that, maybe, I could feel even just a small crumb of humanity from my assailant. Some leverage.

I started choking - the thick blood in my throat started gushing into my lungs. In my haste I must have opened some internal wound. Every painful quake of my chest, as I desperately clambered for air, seemed to satisfy him.

"Fucking good."

I was seized with terror as I knew he was closing away again - I tried one last staggered attempt to speak with everything I had left. It tore from my larynx like it was wrapped in sandpaper;

"Why"

At this point I didn't even know if it was a question.

In the gloom I just made out his silhouette. He was standing at 90 degree angle facing away from me, I couldn't tell in what direction. My eyes were almost swollen shut so I could hardly ever decipher his proximity from me; his thickness was the most I could manage. In mid-breath, I felt an overwhelmingly powerful slam to my sternum - so powerful the chair was hurled backwards and I felt the metal legs beneath bend as my propelled weight hurled into them at such an angle. I thought they'd broken off as I tipped pathetically to the ground. Due to the confinement, my skull cracked loudly against the wall first, followed by the quiet slap of my body against the damp concrete of the floor.

The pressure in my head was then too much and was released as I convulsed to vomit, violently enough, as fortune had it, to force my solid jaw apart. Just as I started to pass out, I heard a satisfied grunt from the abyss.

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**EDIT** : Anyone who's taken the time to read this, I'd really appreciate some feedback.

title: Begging Stockholm

question: What does the story say about why the narrator is scared and in pain?

answer: The narrator is beaten by someone. He is in terrible pain, his eyes are swollen, his ears are blooded. He gurgles on his own blood and has coagulated blood in his mouth. He starts choking because the thick blood starts gushing into his lungs and desperately clambers for air. He does not even know why the guy is beating him.

question: What does the story say about why the narrator is beaten?


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The 39TH CENTURY BC was a century which lasted from the year 3900 BC to 3801 BC.

Events

[A replica of the Sweet Track]

-   The Post Track, an ancient causeway in the Somerset Levels, England, is built, c. 3838 BC. It is one of the oldest engineered roads discovered in Northern Europe.[1]
-   The Sweet Track, an ancient causeway also in the Somerset Levels, the oldest timber trackway discovered in Northern Europe, is built in 3807 BC or 3806 BC, tree-ring dating (Dendrochronology) enabled very precise dating.[2]
-   Plough in use.

[1]

[2]

title: 39th century BC

question: What's something that didn't happen in the 39th Century BC?

answer: The invention of the internet.


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[]

Slowly but surely a consensus is forming around some of Theresa May’s proposals for reform of corporate governance.

In executive remuneration this means a recognition of the need for simpler structures and an end to complex share schemes. In the matter of corporate relations with stakeholders, it means a concerted effort to beef up Section 172 of the Companies Act, which requires boards to take account of the interests of customers, suppliers and employees.

True, there is still some hard work ahead to put flesh on the bones of these ideas, but we are still much further behind with the third and critical priority of bringing unlisted companies more closely into the corporate governance net. At the IBE we believe this might be achieved by a review of what the government itself calls the “privilege” of limited liability.

READ MORE: Firms should embrace the PM's radical corporate governance reform proposals

Limited liability is a cornerstone of corporate finance because it protects shareholders from being responsible for a company’s debt. This enables them to invest with more confidence and thereby provide the capital that companies, small and large, need to grow and thrive. It would be quite wrong to drop the concept overnight, but it is surely sensible to ask the question of whether it is an inalienable right or instead a privilege that might in extreme circumstances be revoked.

The idea is relevant because it would apply equally to both listed and unlisted companies in a way that most of the current corporate governance framework does not. Getting to grips with privately held companies is important because, as the case of BHS reminds us, some of them are large with considerable social impact.Conversely many of our largest listed companies are not really “British” at all, but in practice multinationals which happen to be listed here even though they have relatively small impact on our society.

The loss of limited liability would be a dramatic prospect for any company since it would mess up its finances completely. Shareholders would rush for the exit and creditors would demand prompt repayment. So giving the government power to remove it is like giving it a nuclear weapon. The idea, however, is not that the government would use this weapon often or even at all. It is more that its mere existence would act as a deterrent to egregious behaviour just as was the case in the nuclear sphere during the Cold War.

READ MORE: Beware the unintended consequences of May’s flawed executive pay proposals

What we need in the first instance is a government-led conversation with the business community and other stakeholders about whether, and if so in what circumstances, limited liability should be withdrawn. Wilful flouting of the Companies Act might be a justification, but there would also need to be a remedy that companies could take to avoid such draconian punishment. Complete replacement of the board might be the answer.

For most companies which act within the law and behave responsibly, in particular smaller companies, life would not change much at all. Those hell-bent on cheating might recognise the danger and behave differently. It is worth remembering that the threatened loss of limited liability would produce repercussions in the credit markets which would serve as a stark warning to those normally inclined not to worry about reputation or a blip in their share price. Similarly companies at risk from a flawed culture might be more inclined to get their act together.

None of this can be settled overnight or in the immediate aftermath of the current Green Paper. The consultation that ends this week is likely to produce some ideas that can be implemented quickly. Change to the way limited liability is perceived would certainly require very careful discussion to forge a real consensus. That will take effort, but a government which takes a long-term view of the health of the economy and the corporate sector should not give up and move on as soon as it has engineered a few useful headlines.

question: What does the text say is a primary factor that might lead to the withdrawal of limited liability from stakeholders and businesses?

answer: Limited liability gives shareholders of a company protection over the company's debts. Therefore, this gives them leverage over other shareholders without this privilege. Having this privilege withdrawn from them might vary on a significant factor, such as violating the Companies Act as they apply. Purposely flouting the rules can then lead to the government withdrawing its limited liability privilege.

question: What does the text say about how the withdrawal of limited liability would affect businesses and shareholders?

answer: Having limited liability access puts stakeholders at an advantage in the credit market and encourages more to invest in businesses with more confidence. However, if they violate the Companies Act, the government might punish them by revoking their limited liability access. Consequentially, shareholders might lose their foothold in the credit market, and this would ruin their finances in its entirety.


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Scratches

She closed the book, and placed it on her kitchen table. Even with the heavy reading she struggled in order to keep her mind off them, the scratches continued to cut into her door, slowly whipping the soft flesh of the old wooden door. With each scratch the hair on the girls arm stiffened, leaving her frozen solid, without a waft of breath to leave her mouth.
	They were long, heavy scratches. Their owner must have been tall enough to reach the top of the door, where the scrapes sluggishly traveled down the outside of her door to the floor, where they finally stopped, only to resume a few seconds later. No other sounds could be heard on the other side of the door: no snarling; no hissing; no whimper. They were intensely simple, each gash ripping out sections of the membrane that kept the girls worst fears at bay.
	As she reached the window, she carefully opened up the blinds, as if they might turn to dust with too sudden a movement. Leaning to the window, she got a good look at the dark world she was trapped in. The stars were dimmer than usual tonight, making them a haunting background to the sinister gloom of the trees surrounding her house. Each one was taller than the girl could see, with dagger-like roots that stabbed the ground, only to reveal themselves a few inches later. They were like tendrils, slowly wrapping around the mind of the small girl, trapping her like a rat in a hole. The moon, with it’s deep pale glow, was like an eye, watching the girl convulse at the loud scratches at her door. The eye illuminated the smallest detail of the damp ground outside but with the new, somber grin of the world outside her window, the girl longed for the moon to return to it’s horizon.
	Stepping away from the window, the girl finally decided to open the door, and release the beast which hid behind it. As she got closer to the door, the scratches became louder, louder, louder. She gripped the doorknob, her hands dripping with frightened perspiration. They clawed at the deepest depths of her ears, pounding like the drums of war. Slowly turning the knob, she hesitated, afraid to follow through. As one scratch began, she swung open the door, and there was no more sound. There was no more scratching.
	The cold breeze of night caressed her arms, cradling her and keeping her safe. The scratches still echoed in her skull but she was pleased that they had finally stopped. Where had they come from? Why did they have such an effect on her door? Questions tunneled through her mind, and she had no answers.
Standing in her doorway, her heart started to beat quickly again. There was no scratches on her door, but she knew something was wrong. Perhaps it was the cold wind which left her, or the moon that almost seemed to turn from a glossy white to an infected tinge of yellow. Her legs started to shake, and a feeling of dreadful sickness fell over her, like the curtain at the end of a magnificent play. She felt delirious, as if she hadn’t eaten for days, and started to frantically run her hands around her waist  as if to make sure she hadn’t disappeared like a flicker of candlelight. She felt her hips, and moved her hands around her thighs, and then up to her stomach, where she felt something odd. Was she turning to liquid? There was a thick trail of fluid running down her stomach, like a deep river, and it was coming from her. She then lifted her shirt, and saw hundreds of scratches marked on her stomach and chest. They were deep, stained red with the broken soul of the girl. She collapsed in the doorway.

title: Scratches - A Short Story I wrote for English Class

question: Who was scratching the door?

answer: This information can't be found.

question: What was the girl expecting would be at the doorstep?

answer: It may be implied from her fear that she was expecting something spooky.

question: Was the girl afraid of the trees surrounding her house?

answer: It may be implied that she was afraid of them since they were extremely tall.


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Hey guys, I wrote a short story that I was hoping to get any feedback/criticism on. This is my first time writing a short story and also my first time posting to Reddit, and I appreciate any feedback.

As they did every Sunday, Nora brought her daughter Jill to a new place for their mommy-daughter day. Jill skipped along side her mother as they made their way towards a towering glass building. Nora knew that Jill looked forward to Sundays because she was mostly absent during the week.

It's a sacrifice, but I'm doing important work.

She would tell herself that while trying to justify that what she was doing was the right thing. After all, it wasn't like Jill's father was around to support them. And these weekends together would make up for the lost time during the week.

The automatic glass doors swooshed open as Jill leapt through.

"C'mon mommy!! Huurrrryy!"

Jill was energetic, curious, and intelligent like her parents. She was only four but was already reading like a second grader.

"Oooo" Jill coo'd as she stared at a sphere hovering above a small pool of water. "Where are we today mommy?"

"This is a One World Science Exhibition honey."

It was after the last World War that the leaders of the world realized our eventual fate. Whether it was because they had finally smartened up or because nearly a tenth of the world's population had died, they finally decided to cooperate. Military funding worldwide was redirected towards science and technology. Together, the smartest minds in the world would come together and invent ways for us to flourish as a species. This was the start of the One World movement. A movement uniting the world towards one goal; longer healthier lives for all people, regardless of race or religion. One World Science and Technology Exhibition's opened up all around the world to showcase the remarkable breakthroughs that were being made and to foster a sense of unity.

"There are places like this all over the world honey. It's like a celebration of what we as humans are capable of imagining."

Jill's eyes darted from one exhibit to the next, eagerly bouncing in anticipation.

"Stay with me, Jilly."

Nora took her hand and led her to each exhibit, explaining the basic idea behind the invention and how it would benefit humanity.

In the distance something caught Jill's eye. Her mother could tell that she wasn't listening to her anymore. Jill was silent. She stared intently down a dimly lit hallway. At the end of the hallway was a girl, barely Jill's age. She stood staring back for a moment and then walked around the corner.

"I see you've noticed the main exhibit. Let's go take a look."

Nora led Jill towards the hallway and around the corner. Against the wall was a cylindrical glass tank filled with water. And floating in the water was the a little girl. The same little girl that Jill had just seen in the hallway.

"What.. who is she?"

"This is Summer. She is the whole reason the One World Exhibits exist"

Before Nora could continue explaining, Jill whispered,

"She's lonely."

"What was that honey?"

"She's lonely and she doesn't understand what's going on."

"Well I imagine she would be quite lonely Jilly"

Nora knew Jill's imagination could run wild.

"No mommy, she's telling me..."

"Jill, Summer can't talk. She's been in here for over hundred years and no one has heard her talk."

"But mommy..."

"Listen Jilly..."

Nora led her right in front of the glass tank. She took her hand and placed it on the glass.

"Summer isn't alive. Do you know what that means?"

"Yes mommy"

"She died a long time ago and her body was preserved using technology."

Jill was silent. Staring past Nora and straight into the blueish glow of the tanks water. But something was wrong. Nora turned around. Her eyes went wide as they stared straight at Summer's lifeless face. She was such a beautiful young girl. Much too young to have had her life taken from her. Her features were soft and her skin a light blueish gray.

"Mommy..."

Nora stood entranced by Summers face.

"Mommy... she's not dead"

Her eyes opened. And Nora screamed.

title: The Main Exhibit

question: Where does Nora take her daughter?

answer: A One World Science Exhibition

question: Who is Summer?

answer: A little girl who died over a hundred years ago and whose body has since been preserved

question: In what time period is the story set?

answer: Sometime in the future, following another World War

question: Why does Nora scream?

answer: Summer, who she believes to be dead, opens her eyes

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: On a Sunday, Nora takes her daughter Jill to a One World Science Exhibition, which showcases new technologies developed since the last World War. Jill sees a little girl at the end of a hallway. They go there and see a little girl's body in a tank, and Nora explains her name is Summer; she died over a hundred years ago and is the reason the Exhibition exists. Jill says that Summer isn't dead, and as Nora stares at Summer's face, Summer opens her eyes, causing Nora to scream.


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Arcade Games And Electricity Costs

[Arcade Games And Electricity Costs]

Whether your an operator or a hobbyist you’ve probably wondered how much it cost to run your arcade games. Electric bills can be a concern of your location owner or your significant other depending on the circumstances. In this post, we will discuss approximately how much it costs to run an arcade game per month.

ARCADE GAMES AND ENERGY COSTS

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In our testing, we used a P4400 Kill-A-Watt Electricity Meter by P3 International. This meter outputs the kilowatt-hours used by any device that you plug into it. We used a Donkey Kong arcade machine as our test arcade game. We left it on for 1 hour playing it intermittently during this period. We approximated that we played it about 25 minutes out of that hour. Just as the hour ran up, the kilowatt-hours reading clicked over to 0.09. So we have approximated that this arcade game uses 0.09 kilowatt-hours per hour or 0.09 kWh/hr.

For our price per kilowatt-hour, we are using $0.12 per kWh or $0.12/kWh as this is the average for residential Texas customers according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration. By multiplying the 0.09 kWh/hr by $0.12/kWh, we find that the cost per hour of running an arcade game is approximately $0.0108 per hour or a little more than a penny. Since most people are billed monthly for their energy use, we can take this figure, multiply it by the number of hours we wish to run the game and then multiply it by 30 days to simulate a month. When we use this formula, we find that if we run an arcade game for 2 hours a day the result would be approximately $0.65 a month. Please see the chart below for the hourly break down per month.

[Arcade Electricity Costs Per Month]

At this point you might be wondering how an arcade game compares to other appliances in your house. We did some research and found that most appliances under normal operation will be more expensive to run than running an arcade game for 2 hours a day. Please see the chart below for some of the numbers we found. These kilowatt-hour monthly usage numbers are taken from the Keys Energy Services website.

[Appliance Electricity Costs Per Month]

As you can see, running an arcade game is not as expensive as most people think. Keep in mind that different arcade games draw more power depending on factors such as the size of the monitor and how the game controls. Please post any questions or suggestion in the comments section below.

question: How much does it cost to run an arcade game per month?

answer: $0.65

question: List the arcade games mentioned in the article.

answer: Donkey Kong

question: How did the author of the article calculate the price?

answer: They used a P4400 Kill-A-Watt Electricity Meter to measure how many kilowatt-hours were used by a device. They then calculated the price using the average for residential Texas customers, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration.

question: What conclusion did the author of the article draw from their tests?

answer: They found that running an arcade game for 2 hours a day would cost roughly $0.65 per month, which is less than the cost of most appliances.

question: Who is the author of the article?

answer: That information can't be found.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The author summarizes a test they conducted to measure the monthly cost of running an arcade game. They used a Donkey Kong arcade machine and a P4400 Kill-A-Watt Electricity Meter to conduct the test. Using average electricity prices for residential Texas customers, they concluded that running an arcade machine costs about $0.65 per month.


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[Former Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou (centre) was found guilty of leaking details of a judicial matter. Photo: AFP]

Former Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou (centre) was found guilty of leaking details of a judicial matter. Photo: AFP

Prosecutors win appeal at Taiwan’s High Court, but Ma could yet be spared prison by paying US$4,000 fine

Topic |   Taiwan

[Lawrence Chung]

Published: 1:45pm, 15 May, 2018

Updated: 11:32pm, 15 May, 2018

[Former Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou (centre) was found guilty of leaking details of a judicial matter. Photo: AFP]

Former Taiwan president Ma Ying-jeou (centre) was found guilty of leaking details of a judicial matter. Photo: AFP

question: Who was found guilty of leaking details of a judicial matter?

answer: Former Taiwan president Ma Ying-Jeou

question: Who wins the appeal at Taiwan's High Court?

answer: The prosecutors win the appeal at Taiwan's High Court

question: What could Ma pay to be spared prison?

answer: A US $4,000 fine

question: Where was the case argued?

answer: In Taiwan at Taiwan's High Court

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Former Taiwan president Ma Ying-Jeou is being tried for leaking details of a judicial matter. The prosecutor wins the appeal at Taiwan's High Court but Ma could avoid jail time if the payment of a fine of $4,000 is made.


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I'm posting this in a moment of weakness. Please sympathize with me and don't be a jerk. And yes their are some stupid parts. I'm a freshman and high school. I thin it's not half bad.

The Fake Relationship

The wind pressed against my face.  It was 6:30 in the evening and I was praying on the forward of the ship. The sun was setting now, leaving a wonderful streak of red and light pink. We had  embarked four days ago and I had enjoyed the cruise with a host of new friends. Caitie, a beautiful blond, was the first of many teenagers my age that I spent my days with. She had a step-sister, Lexie, and they were both from Witicha, Kansas. After I had finished my prayer, I laid against the glass that protected the miniature golf course from the powerful wind. The best nights to pray were the nights where the ship was traveling directly into the wind. Physics where against me, but I broke the equilibrium and stood face first in to a wonderful stream of cooling air. Ecstasy, The cruise ship I was traveling on, had thirteen decks with a mixture of staterooms, restaurants, shops, and clubs for many different age groups; Because of my age, I was placed into the high school  teen's club. I checked the time- 7:08-, I began my walk down stairs to meet up with Emily, a short, brown-haired sixteen year old. Emily had a later eating time then myself so we arranged a time to meet up and go to the teen's club. I walked down two fleets of stairs and came to the grand entrance where I boarded the ship. The grand entrance had two main elevators and two secondary elevators, but I never used them because they were much to slow. Luckily, I had taken the time on the first day to learn where everything on the ship was and where the corridors went. When I approached Emily, she was wearing tan shorts and a tank top over her bikini.

"Hey! How was dinner?", I asked.

"It was pretty good," She had a high pitched voice that for some reason was not annoying to listen to. The conversation we had was pointless, but if everything in our life had to have meaning it would be pointless. I checked the time again- a habit I had made to check if it was a dream or not- and it was 8:34. By this time, a large number of people had walked into the club and began socializing and enjoying the latest songs. Then, Zulay began passing along white tee shirts to everybody in the room and placed a tub of markers on a table for every to sign each other's shirts. I picked up a maker immediately began signing people's shirts.  Caitie, who 'hated' me, wrote, "I freakin' hate you" all over the front of my shirt. I laughed. Later on in the night, I handed my shirt to Emily who wrote half a paragraph about how she would miss me and I should never stop talking to her. The smile on her face was genuine and made me believe with every strain of muscle in my heart that she meant every single word; so, we continued on with the night like every other teenager, with our heart in the moment.

"I'm going to go back to my stateroom. I have to fly home tomorrow and hurry to my cheerleading completion." Every word from her mouth seemed to slow time and at the thought that tomorrow morning will be the last time I see her my heart turned to stone.

"oh, It's alright. Hey. Um before you go what's your number so I can talk to you later." The nervousness grow in my voice as I said the last few words. She gave me her number and as I typed in the last few numbers she had already left the room. I hurried out of the club to joined her. We walked downstairs and to her stateroom. I said good night as if it was the last time I would see her. After this, I went to my room and feel asleep.

The next day, I woke and found myself already missing her, but I had hope because I had her cell phone number so after today I could text her often. So I lived that day as a normal day before the embankment, texting friends and listening to music on the two hour ride home.

A few days later, I felt like it was time to continue my relationship with Emily; so, I texted her. She responded a few minutes later and I had a conversation with her, but she wasn't talking like she was on the cruise. She used one-word answers and never sent more than three words in a text, but I disregarded it.

June 16, half a month after my last conversation with Emily and I had not had a reply. I wasn't sure what to think of the situation so I forced it out of my mind. But, the festering idea that she had forgotten about me still remained. I couldn't let such an amazing person out of my life; so, I tried again. My phone went off, I had high hopes but it was Callie. She told me that she was going to drink with some 'friends.' I persuaded her not to, but it was set in her heart that she wanted to; so, I franticly texted Emily and explained the situation and how she always had good ideas and solutions for problems.To my surprise, I got a reply and I read the words slowly dissecting every single one. She sounded friendly, but it was only words on a screen. She expressed her concern and what she would have done. Most of which, I had already did. After a few more text messages about Callie, I said, "It would be nice if we talked every now and again." So, we did and it was so wonderful reconnecting with her. I remembered the five wonderful days with her and the level of reality I felt when I was with her. It was getting late so I said good night and how it was nice to reconnect. I had hoped that this would be the new beginning for our relationship, but she had other plans. The next day, I texted hoping we could talk some more like last night. She did not.

This struck me like a car slamming into a 18 Wheeler. I had no hope about reconnecting anymore; because, my idea that she had forgotten me for whatever reason was true and she just wanted me gone. And then I remembered, It was a small detail but an important one. She had said that the jacket she was wearing was her boyfriends. All emotion left me. I felt nothing, not rage nor tears. I just felt empty so I went to bed.

The next morning, I still felt nothing, but I was inspired. So I wrote onto a notepad, "I dream about you every now and again. Even after you rejected me. I can't help my subconscious. You're too deep for me to forget you.  Nor do I want to forget.  I dream about you every now and again. When I do, it's always comforting. You give me hope about how you forgot me, but I'm dead and gone to you. Please don't make me beg; the only outcome I want is you accepting that I should be in your life. But what is your reason now? Or better yet. Is it you who fail to accept me in your life? Or is it him." Unlike an English paper, The words just flowed from my mind. I recalled the events in my head, The true was that I had been blind to the reality that not everyone you meet is who they really are. Some people will lie to you and will make you believe they care for you, but to her I was just a flirt.

title: The Fake Relationship. I wrote this for a class forever ago. Forgive the grammatical errors please. I haven't had time to fix them and it's almost hard to work on this story anymore. [First]

question: Explain the significance of the title.

answer: The main character believes he was in a fake relationship with Emily since she seemed like she was interested in him but in actuality she already had a boyfriend.

question: Describe the narrator's religious beliefs.

answer: It is unclear what specific religion they subscribe to, but they are religious.

question: During what month is the narrator on the cruise ship?

answer: Presumably May


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MARK MCLEOD (born 15 December 1986) is an English football midfielder who plays for Harrow Borough.

He made six appearances for Darlington in the Football League,[1] played in Sweden for Östavalls IF, and his other non-league clubs include Harrogate Town, Durham City, Workington, Newcastle Blue Star, Sunderland RCA, Walton & Hersham, Chipstead and Aylesbury.

Life and career

McLeod was born in Sunderland. He began his football career with Darlington, and captained their youth team.[2] He spent time on loan to Harrogate Town of the Conference North[3] and to Northern League club Durham City[4] before making his first-team debut for Darlington on 18 March 2006, replacing Jonjo Dickman after 80 minutes of a 5–0 home defeat against Carlisle United in League Two.[5] He made what the _Evening Gazette_ described as “an impressive full debut” two weeks later as Darlington beat Lincoln City 4–2.[6] He signed a professional contract at the end of the season.[7] He played four matches in the first couple of months of the 2006–07 season,[8] and then spent time on loan with another Conference North club, Workington.[9]

McLeod was not retained for 2007–08,[10] and he and former Darlington teammate Richard Logan played in Sweden for lower-league club Östavalls IF.[11] On his return, he joined Newcastle Blue Star, managed by Tommy Cassidy for whom he had played at Workington,[12] while completing his A-Levels at South Tyneside College.[13] He went on to take a degree in economics at York University,[14] and played for the university football team,[15] and for Sunderland RCA of the Northern League when his studies allowed.[16]

After graduating, McLeod worked in London as a civil servant in the Cabinet Office. A friend suggested he resume playing football on a part-time basis, and he joined Walton & Hersham of the Isthmian League Division One South.[17] Since then, he has also appeared for Isthmian League clubs Chipstead and Harrow Borough, with a brief interlude at Aylesbury.[18]

Style of play

McLeod describes himself as “a sitting midfielder, not really a box-to-box type. I'm good at breaking up play, but I don't play football just to run around and make tackles. I do like to get on the ball and play a bit as well, so the part where we actually have the ball is my favourite bit.” In contrast, his Harrow Borough manager, Steve Baker, signed him to “bring physicality. He can play, too, which is great, but he can put his foot in, he's physical and every other team seems to have one like that, so we want one here.”[19]

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title: Mark McLeod (English footballer)

question: What position does Mark McLeod play?

answer: midfielder

question: What club does Mark McLeod play for?

answer: Harrow Borough

question: What was Mark McLeod born?

answer: Sunderland

question: Who manages Harrow Borough?

answer: Steve Baker

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Mark McLeod is an English football midfielder who plays for Harrow Borough.


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Philip Roe}} [Philip L. Roe] PHILIP L. ROE is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor.[1] He is known for his work in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics and Magnetohydrodynamics. Roe made fundamental contributions to the development of high-resolution schemes for hyperbolic conservation laws. He has developed approximate Riemann solver called Roe solver for compressible flows with shocks.[2]

Career

After completing his education at Cambridge University, UK, Roe worked for the Royal Aircraft Establishment from 1962 to 1984. Initially he worked in the field of missile aerodynamics and later shifted to CFD and devised the Roe solver for numerical computation of compressible flows with shocks. He published this work in the seminal paper titled “Approximate Riemann solvers, parameter vectors, and difference schemes” which appeared in the Journal of Computational Physics in 1981.[3] In 1984, Phil Roe left Royal Aircraft Establishment and joined Cranfield University. Subsequently, in 1990 he moved to the University of Michigan where he is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering.[4]

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title: Philip L. Roe

question: What is Philip L. Roe well-known for?

answer: Roe is is professor of Aerospace Engineering and is well-known for his work in Computational Fluid Dynamics and Magnetohydrodynamics.

question: Where did Roe attend university?

answer: We are not sure if he attended anywhere else. However, he did attend Cambridge University, UK.

question: Which of Roe's papers appear in the Journal of Computational Physics in 1981?

answer: His seminal paper, “Approximate Riemann solvers, parameter vectors, and difference schemes”.

question: Where is Roe working at the moment?

answer: He moved to the University of Michigan in 1990 where he is a professor of Aerospace Engineering.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer:
Philip L. Roe is a Professor of Aerospace Engineering at the University of Michigan. He is well-known for his work in the field of Computational Fluid Dynamics and Magnetohydrodynamics.

His seminal work, “Approximate Riemann solvers, parameter vectors, and difference schemes”, appeared in the Journal of Computational Physics in 1981.


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The BATTLE OF ZEPITA, also known as the Battle of Chua Chua, was fought between the forces of future Peruvian president Santa Cruz and the Viceroyalty of Peru. Santa Cruz's army captured 240 rifles, 52 saddles, 240 lances and 63 sabers from the Royalist army.[1]

[1] Publicado por Jhon Miller, “Memoirs of general Miller, in the service of the republic of Peru”, Volumen 2, pág. 74

title: Battle of Zepita

question: Who were the sides in the battle?

answer: It was between the future Peruvian president Santa Cruz and the Viceroyalty of Peru.

question: Who emerged as the winner?

answer: Future Peruvian president Santa Cruz's forces won.

question: Where was the battle fought?

answer: The article doesn't contain the answer.

question: What did the winner gain from the battle?

answer: rifles, 52 saddles, 240 lances, and 63 sabers.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The Battle of Zepita, also known as the Battle of Chua Chua, was fought between the forces of future Peruvian president Santa Cruz and the viceroyalty of Peru. Santa Cruz's army captured 240 rifles, 52 saddles, 240 lances, and 63 sabers from the Royalist army.


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My brother wrote this a few years back. I always thought it was amazing and should be exposed to more people...Enjoy.

IT'S 'A BREAKIN 'A NEWS!

Early this morning the body of Mario Mario was found in his Venetian penthouse.  Health officials at the scene classified the cause of death as heart attack.  It is reported that Mario has suffered from mild obesity, high cholesterol, and Type 2 Diabetes for several decades.  It has long been alleged by Mario’s former mistress, Daisy, that he continued use of mind-altering mushrooms long after rehab.

The particular fungus is commonly found under the droppings of goombas.  Mario repeatedly insisted that he had not taken mushrooms in several years, and when he did, use was always medicinal.  Since they are smuggled into the country by Lakitus, police have yet been able to apprehend any suspects to prove illegal activity.  Whether mushrooms or any other foreign substance played a role in the iconic hero’s death is yet to be determined.  Coroners will run a toxicology screening when the autopsy is performed tomorrow.

Meanwhile, a candlelight vigil is being held in front of Mario’s home; it is led by his beloved but infinitely jealous brother, Luigi Mario.  He declined comment to Channel 120 news, but he addressed the vigil’s supporters with a poem written on the back of a letter from princess peach:

Oh, oh! – Mario.
How did it come to this?
You always appeared most resilient.
Jumping, sprinting, you would swim a mile.
Always, ever-glowing,
A virtual, gleaming smile.

Oh, oh!  My Mario.
Who knew the effect of being consumed,
Transparent, gliding mushrooms?
A staple of your diet, indeed.
Fitting for a Reptilian Fiend.
How they did make you grow.
And you grew – and grew!
Birthed forth, as from a glowing green egg
Was popularity for you.

Oh, oh! Your Mario.
How age knocks,
Sprouting like a heavenward beanstalk.
But, we must admit, we always saw it approaching,
On the horizon, in the loam.
You’re now driving, everlasting,
On Rainbow Road.
Worries, perils no longer.
Of suffering not a spell.
No need to look behind,
For an impending turtle shell.

Oh – oh!  Our Mario.
In 1985, you touched
A star in the sky.
We thought your influence would
Never deplete.
But, like with all glowing stars,
The music must sometime cease.
Your journey now – complete.

But, were I not to loudly sing, that
For just one more level,
I would gladly trade five times twenty –
Nay!  A thousand golden, precious bling.
Were this desire not to sound, would be for me
As a liar to be found.

Goodbye, Mario.
Now, at this stone, beneath
Which your legacy we lowered,
I lay aloft – three flowers:
One red, one white, one blue –
The token shades of your adorned costume.
Not of flowers that spring and bite
(Though, I’m sure of them you would surely smite)!
These are flowers of peace,
Flowers of an end.
We are sorry, Mario.
Save the princess,
You will not do again.

title: Mario's Eulogy, first time posting here.

question: What is the cause of Mario's death?

answer: A heart attack, possibly connected to use of mushrooms

question: Who reads the poem at the vigil?

answer: Luigi Mario, Mario's brother

question: What news network is reporting?

answer: Channel 120 News

question: What pre-existing health problems did Mario have?

answer: Mild obesity, high cholesterol, and type 2 diabetes

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Mario Mario has died of a heart attack in his Venetian penthouse. His death may be connected to the use of mushrooms, but this can't be confirmed until a toxicology screening is run at the autopsy. During a candlelight vigil, Luigi Mario, Mario's brother, reads a poem on the back of a letter from Princess Peach.


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The ORIOLES will activate second baseman JONATHAN SCHOOP from the disabled list before tonight’s series opener against the Royals that begins an nine-game homestand. The corresponding move could involve utility infielder ENGELB VIELMA if they decide to keep JACE PETERSON on the 25-man roster.

Schoop went 1-for-3 with two RBIs and a walk last night at Single-A Frederick and finished 2-for-13 with six strikeouts on his rehab assignment. He made the decision to play for the Keys instead of taking the night off and returning to Baltimore.

An oblique injury sustained in an April 13 game in Boston forced Schoop onto the disabled list and planted a revolving door at the position. The Orioles were 5-9 after the loss and carry an 8-26 record into tonight’s game.

[sidebar-Schoop-white.jpg]Three wins without Schoop, which doesn’t make him the symbol of recovery tonight. He can’t do it alone. But he carries a more imposing bat than his replacements and too many regulars aren’t producing at the plate.

MANNY MACHADO is batting .346/.430/.623 in 34 games and MARK TRUMBO is 7-for-24 with two doubles since coming off the disabled list. TREY MANCINI’s average is down to .258. He’s 9-for-43 (.209) with 15 strikeouts since jamming his right knee into the brick wall at Camden Yards on April 20.

Is there a correlation? It’s complicated.

“I don’t think so,” Mancini said. “When I’m hitting it’s not bothering me. I think maybe subconsciously when I came back from the injury. I load a lot on that back leg, my right leg, and I thought I was, but I watched some video and I’ve been working with Cooley (Scott Coolbaugh) on it, too. But I watched some video and since I’ve been back I haven’t really been loading like I was before.

“I think subconsciously I didn’t want to put pressure on it. But again, nothing structurally hurt or anything, and I feel like I can go out there and play to my fullest, so I’m going to do that. That’s certainly not the reason why I’ve been struggling.”

Mancini was removed for a pinch-runner Saturday night in Oakland, didn’t start the following day and reached as a pinch-hitter on a high chopper in front of the plate. The slump isn’t officially done based on an infield single.

“These things happen throughout the course of the season,” he said. “It’s been tough. It’s been really tough. Just as a team, obviously, we’ve been struggling. It’s been a tough road trip, and I think sometimes I just try to do too much myself at the plate, and I think that’s more it than anything. I think it’s more mental than anything with my knee.”

Mancini said the condition of his knee hasn’t worsened. He described it as “not too bad.”

“It’s improved since I came back,” he said. “It’s not 100 percent, I’d say, but when I’m playing and going after balls and running the bases, I don’t think about it at all. It’s not feeling too bad, but two days off of it I think will be pretty big. It’s obviously a very important part of the body. You use it in every aspect of the game. Just trying to get it back to 100 percent and, hopefully, these two days will do that.”

The rest of the averages settle below Mancini’s, with ADAM JONES batting .245, Schoop .230, DANNY VALENCIA .214, PEDRO ÁLVAREZ .205, CHANCE SISCO .203, ANTHONY SANTANDER .202, Peterson and CRAIG GENTRY .179, CHRIS DAVIS .171 and CALEB JOSEPH .148. TIM BECKHAM was hitting .179 before going on the disabled list. COLBY RASMUS was 2-for-21 with 13 strikeouts.

Put it all together and the Orioles have registered a .220 average that ranks last in the majors. The Marlins are 29th at .226.

The .650 OPS is 29th, ahead of only the Marlins (.626). The 115 runs also are 29th, two more than the Marlins have scored.

A team built for the long ball is tied for 19th with 34 home runs.

The Orioles batted .201 on their six-game trip out west. The opposing starters were Nick Tropeano, Andrew Heaney, Jaime Barria, Daniel Mengden, Trevor Cahill and Andrew Triggs. Let me know how many Cy Young votes they collect after the season.

Schoop had back-to-back two-hit games before the injury. His only home run came on April 3 in Houston. Take away Schoop’s seven hits in the Astros series and he’s 7-for-48 (.146).

The Orioles’ 26 errors were tied for third with the Cubs and Phillies before last night, and the number doesn’t reflect all of the ground balls that aren’t turned into outs or double plays. Schoop’s return to second base could allow manager Buck Showalter to use Peterson more frequently at third.

To keep Álvarez’s bat in the lineup against right-handers would require Trumbo to play right field. For whatever reason, Trumbo is a career .280/.337/.522 hitter in right.

The Royals are starting left-handers Danny Duffy and Eric Skoglund in the first two games of the series, which pushes Álvarez to the bench and likely puts Valencia at third base. Left-handers hit .204 against Duffy in his career and they’re batting .207 this year. Right-handers are hitting .288.

Schoop is 6-for-15 lifetime against Duffy. Trumbo is 4-for-10 with a home run.

Jones is 2-for-23 with nine strikeouts, Davis is 1-for-13 with a double and six strikeouts, Machado is 3-for-17 with two doubles and eight strikeouts and Gentry is 0-for-11 with four strikeouts.

Will Schoop represent the only change to the Orioles heading into tonight’s game? They made it through the off-day without any firings. The rumors will continue to swirl and gain momentum. Players are unsure what’s going to happen, but they don’t make it a prime topic of conversation inside the clubhouse.

“You try not to think about it,” Mancini said. “It’s certainly not anything that we’ve talked about. We come in here and do the same thing every day and try to win a game. Like they’ve always done here and like we did throughout last year. So no, nobody talks about that. We haven’t really had too many conversations about that.

“You hope not. It’s kind of tough to explain exactly what’s gone wrong, but it’s obviously been pretty tough for us and we’re trying to break out of it. Hopefully, we can get it going here.”

question: What factors play into a baseball player's performance?

answer: Physical condition, whether they're injured or coming back from an injury, and psychological.


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ANDERS OPEDAL (born 4. May 1968)[1] is the incumbent chief executive officer, and former chief operating officer, of Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor.

He joined the company in 1997 having previously worked for Schlumberger and Baker Hughes.[2][3][4][5][6] He stepped down from the COO position and became Equinor's country manager in Brazil in January 2017.[7][8][9] On 10 August 2020, Equinor announced Opedal's selection as the company's next chief executive officer, from 2 November 2020 onwards.[10] Opedal holds an MBA from Heriot-Watt University and an engineering degree from NTH.

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title: Anders Opedal

question: What is Equinor?

answer: Equinor is a Norwegian oil and gas company.

question: Who is Anders Opedal?

answer: Anders Opedal is the incumbent chief executive officer of the Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor.

question: How long has Anders Opedal been working at Equinor?

answer: Anders Opedal has been working at Equinor for 24 years.

question: How long has Anders Opedal been working as a chief executive officer?

answer: Anders Opedal has been working as a chief executive officer for less than a year.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Anders Opedal is the incumbent chief executive officer of the Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor. He had joined the company in 1997 and became a chief executive officer last year.


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I awoke suddenly. As if I were still in a dream, I stumbled to my feet, rubbed the sleep from my eyes, and wandered out to find what the world would bring me. I cried out to anyone who would listen. Oddly, no one responded to my call. I repeated the call, but similar results returned. Not even an animal stirred. I, approaching  full alertness, wandered in and out of possible places for any person to reside. Slowly it dawned on me that I was alone. The only sign of my isolation was the lack of company, but I was sure that was what I was in.

As I became more aware and life became less lucid, a cloud of confusion descended ‘round my head. The cloud followed me around while I in vain hoped to find some sign of remaining life. As the feeling of being placed in solitary confinement beat down on me, the cloud of confusion evaporated along with my joie de vivre. Unable to consider what else to do I made the conclusion that here was not the place to be.

I stepped into the cool light of twilight, and set out at a controlled meander down a regularly frequented boulevard. My very essence strained to dash forward towards the uncertain future; to make that mad dash until the air burned in my lungs like the exploding gases in a combustion engine. I remained cool, calm, collected, and continued my dreaded walk towards, or maybe away, from whatever it is that lay beyond. The world remained silent, odd, and nonchalantly empty. It didn’t yet feel deserted, but it quickly enough encroached on that feeling.

I couldn’t shake the ambiance of fear that dropped like an iron cloak around my shoulders. My heart throbbed in my chest as if hoping to run itself out of juice just to end its own suffering. The muscles in my legs twitched to be called to action, to begin sprinting forward. My eyes burned and seared, begging for light, begging for quiet, asking silently to be closed, so that they might not see that which was not there. My head pounded with the oppressive silence.

Every building front grinned at me, the ever hungry maw of the street was open as always, and the street lights beckoned for the absent travelers to take a brief rest at their hearths. I felt the stinging in my eyes slowly fade; my heart drop off to a sane rate, and my muscles ceased their spastic desire for freedom. The world around was unchanged. Silent, empty, a smiling shell, a maddeningly empty snow globe, set in the dead of summer.

I hadn’t yet abandoned hope, yet surely I was warned that I must.  Around every corner I expected to fall into some terror more horrible than the one I was already in. Yet all that awaited me was more of the same. The sheer empty seclusion of this new existence I found myself in was more horrifying than anything I have ever experienced.

I prayed for one moment, one movement. I raised my sight to the stars in a silent plea. A solitary star fell, in quiet mockery of my dilemma. I did not wish upon it.

title: A Sudden Awakening

question: What is the setting of the story?

answer: That information is not known.

question: Why did the narrator awake from sleep suddenly?

answer: It is not stated.

question: In what timeframe was this story set?

answer: That information is not known.

question: Why was the narrator in a confusing state of solitude?

answer: It is not stated, but it might be deduced that the narrator might still be dreaming.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator found his/herself in a sudden empty world in what felt like a dream within a dream. It is not certain what led the narrator to his/her current circumstance.


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NASA's highly experimental Earth Observing-1 satellite mission was supposed to last just a year. It did that, and then survived 16 more---all the while testing NASA's riskiest, oddball ideas. It's been a proving ground for everything from multi- and hyperspectral imagers, to a self-piloting AI. But EO-1 is finally out of fuel, and at the end of the month the craft's operating team will close up shop.

Already out of fuel, EO-1 itself will continue to slowly shuffle off its orbital coil until it burns up in Earth's atmosphere. Such is the life of an expendable spacecraft. And while that may make EO-1's team a little misty eyed, funding these high risk, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯—reward missions---and letting them thrive or burn up as they may---is all part of the life cycle for innovative orbital science.

EO-1 got its start in 2000 as part of NASA's now-defunct New Millennium program, designed to develop and test bleeding edge space tech. "We asked scientists from every department for their 30-year vision," says former NASA Chief Scientist Ellen Stofan. "And they told us what technology we needed to invest in."

EO-1's primary objective was to test the the Advanced Land Imager, the forebear of instruments now on Earth-observing Landsat missions. But it also carries that technology's likely replacement: Hyperion, a hyperspectral imager that sees over 220 spectral bands. (For context, NOAA's newest, fanciest weather satellite only gets 16.) "When there was a methane leak in Aliso Canyon, Hyperion could see it in the atmosphere," says Steven Chien, head of the artificial intelligence group at JPL. "And we could process those images onboard."

Which brings us to EO-1's arguably most revolutionary feature: the autonomous science experiment, which let EO-1's onboard computer decide what images to take and when. According to Chien, this is a pretty big leap forward in terms of spacecraft autonomy.

Before EO-1's AI flew the craft for well over a decade, the longest an AI had flown a spacecraft was 48 hours. "When I tell people about the mission, even inside NASA or the Department of Defense, they always ask me when it's going to fly," Chien says. "And I have to tell them, 'No, it's been flying for years.'"

Not only was EO-1 self-piloting and capable of onboard science processing, it had a autonomous scheduling function that helped it decide what to target, and even when to send that information to its humans. Scheduling is one of satellite-tending's most important jobs, meeting the huge demand for satellite data means efficiently partitioning each sensor's work day, and making sure you're pointing your instruments at the most vital targets. Plus, it was part of a sensor web of interlinked satellites that can delegate targets or alert one another when their systems detected something of interest---in EO-1's case, that was usually floods, fires, and volcanic eruptions.

The EO-1's on-board computer was often more efficient than the satellite's human operators, cutting down its operational costs 100-fold. Ashley Davies, a vulcanologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, tells a story about a colleague reaching out during an eruption of the notoriously dangerous Nyamuragira volcano in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, hoping that EO-1 might be able to spot the lava vent, which would help them determine which communities would need to be evacuated. EO-1 had already snapped a picture the day before, a performance it repeated with the equally notorious Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull.

So why retire it at all, especially when people have come to depend on it in a disaster? "A lot of satellites have redundant strings. We only have one of everything," says EO-1 mission director Daniel Mandl.

But EO-1's impermanence is actually a good thing---it's evidence of NASA being able to deliver results when going way out on a limb. That goes way beyond rogue volcanoes on Earth. "It's a template for monitoring other planets," Davies says. "On Io, volcanic activity is unpredictable, and on the next orbit, you've missed it. It doesn't have to be just volcanoes, either. It could be fast-moving storms on Jupiter." Satellites don't have to sleep, and besides, waiting for instructions to be relayed to Earth and back again for creates significant lag time.

"In normal operations, you never get to try new things. It's so expensive, you don't want to mess anything up," Mandl says. "But when you have a platform to test things, a whole area of space technology evolves faster." According to Chien, this is especially true of artificial intelligence, which NASA long thought was too risky for its hypothetical reward. EO-1 changed that---the Mars 2020 rover will have a number of autonomous systems.

Which is why it's too bad the New Millennium Program lost its funding in 2009. "I was really sorry when the program ended," Stofan says. "Everyone shares this frustration." But while NASA's budget inches ever downward, it's hard to think this far ahead, or put dollars down on a gamble when you're trying to keep the lights on. But you might think that EO-1's legacy would encourage NASA to roll the dice.

question: What does the text say about the equipment on EO-1?

answer: EO-1's primary objective was to test the Advanced Land Imager, but it was also equipped with Hyperion, a hyperspectral imager that can see in over 220 spectral bands. It's onboard computer is also able to make decisions about what images to take and when, as well as when to send that information to its humans.

question: What does the text say about NASA's New Millennium program?

answer: The New Millennium program was a NASA program that was started sometime around 2000 and lost funding in 2009. One of the projects to come out of the program was EO-1. Due to cuts to NASA's budget, the program has to be cancelled.

question: What does the text say about the future of AI in spacecraft?

answer: Until EO-1, NASA believed AI was too risky for its hypothetical reward, but the Mars 2020 rover will have a number of autonomous systems. In addition, it's predicted that AI could be useful for monitoring geological and meteorological activity on moons and planets like Io and Jupiter, as it would save the crafts from having to wait for instructions to be relayed to and from Earth.


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This dulce de leche is dank. You can add it to your coffee, stuff it in cookies, drizzle it on your favorite sweet treats--oh, the possibilities!

DANK DULCE DE LECHE
_Makes one 8 oz jar_

INGREDIENTS
• 4 g flowers
• 1 can condensed milk

DIRECTIONS
1. Place cannabis flowers in a spice grinder and pulse until fine. Seal and sous vide decarb for maximum THC activation--about 1 hour.
2. Take an 8oz canning jar and fill it with condensed milk.
3. Pour hot, decarbed cannabis powder into the jar and mix well.
4. Set your water bath to 85ºC (185ºC) and place the condensed milk jar inside. Sous vide for 6 hours.
5. Remove from water bath after 6 hours and strain through a fine mesh sieve.
6. Use a teaspoon of dulce de leche at a time to test the potency--it will be strong! Keep in refrigerator.

_*Note: The amount of cannabis dulce de leche specified in this recipe is a very loose suggestion; the actual amount you use should be modified based on the strength of your dulce de leche and the potency you desire. Dosing homemade edibles can be tricky, so the best way to test for potency is to start with one portion of a serving, in this case, a teaspoon, and wait one to two hours, then make an informed decision on whether to consume more. Always dose carefully and listen to your body, and never drive under the influence of cannabis._

question: What are the ingredients of Dank Dulce De Leche?

answer: It uses a can of condensed milk and 4 grams of cannabis.

question: Why does the author warn about dosing?

answer: Cannabis is a psychoactive substance. Hence the dosage may affect users adversely if they aren't careful.

question: How is cannabis dissolved in milk?

answer: It's first heated with sous vide in powdered form while inside a sealed container. Then it's combined with milk in a jar. Additional sous vide, for about 6 hours, combines the two.

question: Where can this recipe be used?

answer: It can be added to coffee, stuffed in cookies, drizzled on sweet treats, and more.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: The author tells how to make ~8 oz of Dank Dulce de Leche from a can of condensed milk and 4 grams of cannabis. The cannabis should be ground fine, and sous vided in a sealed container. It's then combined with hot milk, and more sous vide for 6 hours. It's then strained through a fine mesh sieve. One teaspoon is the recommended dose. Always dose carefully and never drive under the influence of cannabis.


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COMEDY CENTRAL is a Polish pay television channel focusing on comedy which was launched on 19 October 2006. It was the first channel outside the United States to use the Comedy Central name and the fourth channel launched by MTV Networks International in Poland. It broadcasts some local TV series and a variety of imported comedy programming, including older sitcoms such as _The Cosby Show_ and newer series such as _Sex and the City_.

Since 2008 the channel broadcasts Polish shows like _Włatcy móch_, _1000 złych uczynków_, _Camera Café_, _Kasia i Tomek_, _Król przedmieścia_ and classic show _Kariera nikodema dyzmy_.

On 12 June 2012, Comedy Central Poland, together with its sister channel Comedy Central Family Poland, started broadcasting in 16:9 picture format.

Programming

-   The Office - in Polish “Biuro”
-   South Park
-   Family Guy
-   How I Met Your Mother - in Polish “Jak Poznałem Waszą Matkę”
-   30 Rock - in Polish “Rockefeller Plaza 30”
-   The Big Bang Theory - in Polish “Teoria Wielkiego Podrywu”
-   It's Always Sunny In Philadelphia - in Polish “U Nas w Filadelfii”
-   Two and a Half Men - in Polish “Dwóch i pół”
-   The Middle - in Polish “Pępek świata”
-   Californication
-   Mike & Molly
-   Weeds - in Polish “Trawka”
-   Call Me Fitz - “Mów mi Fitz”
-   Scrubs - in Polish “Hoży Doktorzy”
-   My Name Is Earl - in Polish “Mam Na Imię Earl”
-   Rules of engagement - in Polish “Sposób użycia”
-   Better Off Ted - in Polish “Korporacja według Teda”
-   The New Adventures of Old Christine - “Nowe przygody starej Christine”
-   Accidentally on Purpose - in Polish “Przypadek zgodny z planem”
-   Arrested Development - in Polish “Bogaci Bankruci”
-   Saturday Night Live
-   Reno 911! - in Polish “Posterunek w Reno”
-   Trailer Park Boys - in Polish “Chłopaki z Baraków”
-   IT Crowd - in Polish “IT Crowd - Technicy Magicy”
-   Everybody Hates Chris - in Polish “Wszyscy nienawidzą Chrisa”
-   Teachers - in Polish “Nauczyciele”
-   According to Jim - in Polish “Jim Wie Lepiej”
-   Desperate Housewives - in Polish “Gotowe Na Wszystko”
-   Peep Show
-   Sex and the City - in Polish “Seks w Wielkim Mieście”
-   Keen Eddie - in Polish “Inspektor Eddie”
-   King of the Hill - in Polish “Bobby kontra wapniaki”
-   Knights of Prosperity - in Polish “Jak Obrabować Micka Jaggera”
-   The King of Queens - in Polish “Diabli Nadali” - moved to the Comedy Central Family
-   My Wife and Kids - in Polish “On ona i dzieciaki”
-   Everyone Loves Raymond - in Polish “Wszyscy Kochają Raymonda” - moved to the Comedy Central Family
-   Yes, Dear - in Polish " “Tak Kochanie”
-   8 Simple Rules - in Polish “8 Prostych Zasad”
-   Drawn Together - in Polish “Przerysowani”
-   SpongeBob SquarePants - in Polish “SpongeBob Kanciastoporty”
-   The Penguins of Madagascar - in Polish “Pingwiny z Madagaskaru”
-   Włatcy móch
-   1000 złych uczynków
-   Blok Ekipa

title: Comedy Central (Polish TV channel)

question: Describe some interesting facts about the Comedy Central (Polish TV channel).

answer: The Comedy Central is a Polish pay television channel that was the first channel outside the United States to use the Comedy Central name. It was also the fourth channel that was launched by the MTV networks in Poland. The channel broadcasts some older sitcoms such as The Cosby Show and even Sex and the City. This channel also has a sister channel known as the Comedy Central Family Poland.

question: Could American people watch or access this Polish pay television channel?