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There’s nothing like vagabonding: taking time off from your normal life—from six weeks to four months to two years—to discover and experience the world on your own terms. In this one-of-a-kind handbook, veteran travel writer Rolf Potts explains how anyone armed with an independent spirit can achieve the dream of extended overseas travel. Now completely revised and updated, Vagabonding is an accessible and inspiring guide to

• financing your travel time
• determining your destination
• adjusting to life on the road
• working and volunteering overseas
• handling travel adversity
• re-assimilating back into ordinary life

  A crucial reference for any budget wanderer.”—_TIME_

  _Vagabonding_ easily remains in my top-10 list of life-changing books. Why? Because one incredible trip, especially a long-term trip, can change your life forever. And _Vagabonding_ teaches you how to travel (and think), not just for one trip, but for the rest of your life.”—TIM FERRISS, FROM THE FOREWORD

  The book is a meditation on the joys of hitting the road. … It’s also a primer for those with a case of pent-up wanderlust seeking to live the dream.”—_USA TODAY_

  I couldn’t put this book down. It’s a whole different ethic of travel. … [Potts’s] practical advice might just convince you to enjoy that open-ended trip of a lifetime.”—RICK STEVES

  Potts wants us to wander, to explore, to embrace the unknown, and, finally, to take our own damn time about it. I think this is the most sensible book of travel-related advice ever written.”—TIM CAHILL, FOUNDING EDITOR OF _OUTSIDE_

question: What does "vagabonding" means?

answer: According to Rolf Potts, vagabonding is time off (four months to two years) from your normal life to experience the world on your own terms in other parts of the world.

question: What can the book, "Vagabonding" teach you?

answer: It can teach you how to finance your travel time, determine your destination, handle travel adversity and reassimilating back to ordinary life, among other things.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Vagabonding by Rold Potts is a book that teaches how to take time off your normal schedule and life to travel the world for an extended period of time. The book gives practical tips like how to finance your travel time, determine your destination, handle travel adversity and reassimilating back to ordinary life, among other things.


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question: Who is Burt Williams?

answer: He is the author of the short story written towards the end of this article.

question: Where was the storyline by Burt Williams shot?

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question: Who was on the set with William?

answer: His kids were on the set many days with him.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article depicts many different story lines with their synopsis and ratings and genres. A short story by Burt Williams is described along with some fun facts about shooting the story.


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CYRIL VII FRANCIS SIAJ (or _Siage_ or _Siagi_) was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1794 to 1796.

Life

Francis Siaj was a monk of the Basilian Salvatorian Order. Between 1760 and 1768 he was an open partisan of Athanasius Jawhar in the clashes for the patriarchate between patriarch Theodosius V Dahan and anti-patriarch Athanasius Jawhar. In this frame he went with Jawhar to Rome in 1762, and when returned to Lebanon he was consecrated bishop of Bosra and Hauran a few days after 23 December 1763, and took the name _Cyril_.[1] Because his consecration was celebrated by Euthymius Fadel bishop of Zahle and Forzol and a partisan of Jawhar,[2] the patriarch Theodosius V Dahan did not recognized his appointment[3] till the appeasement in 1768 between Theodosius Dahan and Athanasius Jawhar.

Cyril Francis Siaj was elected patriarch by the synod of bishops on 11 December[4] 1794.[5] His election was confirmed by Pope Pius VI on 28 June 1796. Cyril VII Siaj died on 6 August 1796[6] at Aitanite, where he was buried.[7]

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question: When was Francis Siaj Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church?

answer: Francis Siaj was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1794 to 1796

question: What order was Francis Siaj a monk of?

answer: Francis Siaj was a monk of the Basilian Salvatorian Order.

question: Who did Francis Siaj support from 1760 to 1768?

answer: Francis Siaj supported Athanasius Jawhar from 1760 to 1768.

question: When was Francis Siaj's election confirmed by the Pope?

answer: Francis Siaj's election was confirmed by the Pope on June 28th, 1796.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Francis Siaj was Patriarch of the Melkite Greek Catholic Church from 1794 to 1796. He belonged to the Basilian Salvatorian Order of monks, and was a supporter of Athanasius Jawhar.


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The tears of the woods

Like every Sunday, the woods were waiting for the man and the child. It was during this time of the year that the hikes of the pair became more regular. You could see them climb up the path early in the morning, when the sun behind the mountain barely managed to filter through the golden trees, which had already started to lose their leaves. Or later in the afternoon, when the light flooded the mountain with a red more intense than the color of the few remaining maple leaves playing hide and seek among the oaks.

Only a couple of the older trees, over there, in the tangle of the interiors, remembered perhaps the first time that a man of that family had come up this way. The man was walking and touching the trees and brushing his feet to make the leaves squeak and fly, creating odd effects with the lights and swirls with the help of the wind. After a few years of lonely walks, the man had started to come together with a child. The two of them walked, the child holding the man’s hand at first, slowly and painfully; then with increased agility as the years passed. And the man was showing the boy the leaves, and calling the names of the trees, pointing at the birds, telling stories of witches and dragons that had long ago lived in those woods, and that maybe – who could deny this with certainty? – were still hiding there, appearing only to those who were afraid.

When autumn arrived, the pair gave the impression to choose the paths where the leaves on the ground were plentiful. And the cracking noise made by their joyful and purposeful stomping filled the terse air.

The years passed, and that first man had time to become old, his beard white, while the boy became a man. But they kept on walking together up these woods, sometimes silent, sometimes playing the fallen leaves as an instrument, with their feet. Then, one day, the man who had been a boy came on his own, without the old man. Still, he followed the same paths, caressing the old barks, following the plants’ scents…until a new boy appeared with the man, holding hands, up the same roads. And the woods were listening to the man telling the boy the same stories of dragons and witches. And in the rapt eyes of the boy, the woods felt as if they were young again: every bark was new, every leaf a symbol of knights of old lineages fighting for princesses; and every broken twig a sword strong enough to defeat monsters.

And so it went, for years and years: until the boys became man, the men grew old, and the new men showed up on the paths alone again. And new boys appeared next to the new men, with new stories of dragons and knights, in a cycle whose length the woods could not quantify, but that it had become an important part of its seasons.

And today the woods are waiting: the man and the boy didn’t come last week, and the woods are trying to retain their colored leaves as long as possible, so that they can cast their shadow over the path of the pair, and fabricate wonder in the mind of the boy, swirling down touching his golden hair.

And here is the footstep of the man, and the woods move their fronds with delight. But a quiver comes to ruin the joy. The woods cannot hear the footsteps of the boy: perhaps the man has him on his shoulders?

The wind brings the news from the valley floor, up until the trees that are waiting on the mountain peak: *the man is alone*. The first trees already saw him coming: he walks curved, as if in his backpack a heavy ballast of years yet to live had suddenly accumulated. But the boy is not with him.

The woods are angry: where is the boy who should have been accompanying the man for many years to come, to learn the secrets of these trees, to make sure that the story of invincible dragons didn’t dry out, forgotten, as dead leaf at the end of November?

And yet the man *is* walking alone. And he doesn’t stop to caress the old barks; nor does he stir up the dead leaves that the woods had purposely hastened this morning to shake from the trees’ branches, to please the boy.

The man pushes forward. His beard is long, gray like the hair on a muzzle of an old dog, his hat down on his forehead. He doesn’t pay attention to the sky veiled by the leaves, nor does he care about the tunnels of lights that reach the floor. And he doesn’t explain to the woods why he is alone.

Suddenly, fast clouds come to darken the sky and the wind shakes the branches of the trees rabidly, as if the woods had called upon the wind’s aid to punish the man for his solitude. The tenderness that the wind had used in the past, to make sure that the boy stopped in awe at the sight of a rain of yellow and red and orange is gone.

Maliciously, the wind channels down the path, cold, running over the man with strength, tearing away branches, throwing them at him. And yet the man keeps on going, head down. Tears seem to obscure his vision, perhaps caused by the strong wind; but the wind is too enraged to even notice.

And the trees of the woods keep on asking loudly *where is the boy? Who will we tell our stories of dragons?* But the man – who had always been able to talk the language of the woods – does not answer. He continues to walk, even now that the rain manages to pass through the branches and hits the ground with a noisy clatter.

A sudden strong noise (a broken branch hitting the ground? One of those monsters that his dead father used to talk about?) forces the man to look for shelter.  Away from the path, he sits down with his back against a huge oak, covered by the thick branches that create a cone of quietude against the impending storm.

And it seems as if the oak is trying to pull its branches closer to stop the rain from hitting the man, as if the rage of the woods had suddenly morphed into compassion. While the man lies there, leaning with his eyes closed. Is he asleep? Or is he intent in listening to the tears of the woods for his lost boy?

title: The tears of the woods - first story here

question: Explain why/how the woods have emotion?

answer: The woods have grown accustomed to generations of father and son walking through them and enjoying their beauty. The father tells his son stories of witches and dragons living in the woods. The woods enjoy the father and son as much as they enjoy the woods.

question: Who are the other characters?

answer: Generations of fathers and sons.

question: What is the conflict? Is it resolved?

answer: The conflict occurs when, one year, a father returns to the woods without his son. The woods become angry that he is alone and he won't be able to pass down the stories of the the woods to his son. An oak tree seems to recognize the sadness of the woods and the father and feels compassion.

question: How do the other characters relate to the woods?

answer: The woods are special to the fathers and sons.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: The woods have grown accustomed to generations of father and son walking through them and enjoying their beauty. Each generation of fathers tell their sons stories of witches and dragons living in the woods. The woods enjoy the fathers and sons as much as they enjoy the woods. One year, a father returns to the woods without his son. The woods become angry that he is alone and he won't be able to pass down the stories of the the woods to his son. An oak tree seems to recognize the sadness of the woods and the father and feels compassion.


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The CIA conducted secret operations in Cambodia and Laos for eight years as part of the conflict against Communist North Vietnam.

1954

The National Intelligence Estimate projected relatively little Communist activity in Cambodia as Viet Minh withdraw. With outside help, the Cambodians should be able to build a security apparatus.[1]

1959

[Ngo Dinh Nhu meeting US Vice-President Lyndon Johnson in 1961] In December 1958 Ngo Dinh NhuNgo Dinh Diem's younger brother and chief adviserbroached the idea of orchestrating a coup to overthrow Cambodian leader Norodom Sihanouk.[2] Nhu contacted Dap Chhuon, Sihanouk's Interior Minister, who was known for his pro-American sympathies, to prepare for the coup against his boss.[3] Chhuon received covert financial and military assistance from Thailand, South Vietnam, and the CIA.[4] In January 1959 Sihanouk learned of the coup plans through intermediaries who were in contact with Chhuon.[5] The following month, Sihanouk sent the army to capture Chhuon, who was summarily executed as soon as he was captured, effectively ending the coup attempt.[6] Sihanouk then accused South Vietnam and the U.S. of orchestrating the coup attempt.[7] Six months later, on 31August 1959, a small packaged lacquer gift, which was fitted with a parcel bomb, was delivered to the royal palace. Norodom Vakrivan, the chief of protocol, was killed instantly when he opened the package. Sihanouk's parents, Suramarit and Kossamak, who were sitting in another room not far from Vakrivan, narrowly escaped unscathed. An investigation traced the origin of the parcel bomb to an American military base in Saigon.[8] While Sihanouk publicly accused Ngo Dinh Nhu of masterminding the bomb attack, he secretly suspected that the U.S. was also involved.[9] The incident deepened his distrust of the U.S.[10]

1969

President Richard Nixon asked Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Henry A. Kissinger to explore two potential CIA actions in Cambodia:

:#Creating covert paramilitary harassing operations directed against North Vietnamese Regular Forces in the sanctuary areas just over the Cambodian border

:#CIA capability for eliminating or reducing the arms traffic through Cambodia to communist forces in South Vietnam. After discussion in the 303 Committee, which was then the approval group for US covert actions, the committee endorsed the first, although the CIA recommended against it for two reasons. They believed it would take effort away from operations in South Vietnam, and also would have questionable effectiveness but high cost against the large North Vietnamese forces in Cambodia.

As far as the second, CIA has identified a number of Cambodian army officers who are actively involved in supporting communist forces in South Vietnam, but does not now have direct, secure and controlled access to any of these officers. They doubt any of the officers involved in the arms traffic would be now susceptible to bribery both because of the profits accruing to them from such operations as well as the personal political risks entailed in a relationship involving the United States. Further, they pointed out that if recent U.S. diplomatic approaches to Cambodia result in the formal resumption of full diplomatic relations, CIA will gain an operating base for improved intelligence collection and covert action. With such a base, they would have a better chance to convince Prince Sihanouk that it is in his best interest to make an honest effort to reduce or halt the arms traffic.

Kissinger recommended continuing to monitor rather than taking action. There is no record on file of a Presidential decision on these matters.[11]

1969

A February 19 memorandum from Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Henry Kissinger to President Richard Nixon proposed a bombing attack by B-52 aircraft against what was believed to be COSVN in Cambodia. In this discussion, specific CIA analysis was not discussed, but Kissinger indicated that he believed the target information to be correct:

  On February 18, 1969, Mr. H.A. Kissinger, Secretary of Defense Laird, Deputy Secretary of Defense Packard, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Wheeler, and Colonels Pursley and Haig met in the Secretary of Defense’s conference room and were briefed by a two-officer team from Saigon on the conduct of the proposed Arc Light strike against the reported location of COSVN Headquarters.[12]

Note that no intelligence personnel were present.

At an 11 October 1969 meeting with Nixon, Kissinger, United States Secretary of Defense Melvin Laird, Attorney General John Mitchell and the Joint Chiefs of Staff (i.e., no CIA personnel),[13] several pertinent observations were made.

Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) Earle Wheeler cited two COSVN Resolutions, with the inference that COSVN existed as an organizational entity. In the subsequent discussion of bombing options, there were no mention of COSVN's physical location.

1970

Prince Norodom Sihanouk was ousted by Lon Nol in March 1970. Sihanouk claimed in his 1973 book that the CIA engineered the coup.[14] While this allegation has never been substantiated, it may well be the case that the highest levels of the U.S. government were surprised by the coup: by 2013, there was a developing academic consensus that U.S. military intelligence was aware of and actively encouraged the plot to depose Sihanouk.[15]

1972

Senator Clifford P. Case sponsored a law effective December 1972 cutting off funds for CIA and private military company operations in Cambodia (see the Case–Church Amendment).[16]

1982

In December 1978, Vietnam invaded Cambodia and overthrew the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime, ending the Cambodian genocide and installing a new government led by Khmer Rouge defectors.[17] The Reagan administration authorized the provision of aid to a coalition called the Khmer People's National Liberation Front (KPNLF),[18] run by Son Sann. In 1989, Vietnamese forces were withdrawn from Cambodia, after having successfully quelled the uprising by Khmer Rouge and KPNLF insurgents.

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question: What does the text say about suspicions towards the U.S.?

answer: Several events in Cambodia and Vietnam led to the suspicion of U.S. CIA involvement. A bomb being delivered to the royal palace and a coup attempt in 1959 led Cambodian leader Sihanouk to believe that the U.S. was involved. Sihanouk was ousted by Lon Nol in 1970, and believed the CIA engineered the coup. Despite not being substantiated, by 2013 there was a developing academic consensus that U.S. military intelligence encouraged the plot to depose Sihanouk.

question: Summarize everything relating to South Vietnam.

answer: In 1958 South Vietnam, Thailand, and CIA offered secret financial and military assistance to develop a coup against Sihanouk. Sihanouk later accused South Vietnam of the coup attempt. In 1969 under Nixon, the CIA was considering eliminating or reducing the arms traffic through Cambodia to communist forces in South Vietnam, or opting to create covert paramilitary harassing operations directed against North Vietnamese Regular Forces. However, the CIA was against the latter because they thought it would take effort away from operations in South Vietnam. As for the former option, the CIA didn't have direct, secure access to any of the officers in Cambodia who supported communist forces in South Vietnam.

question: What does the text say about coups?

answer: In 1958, Ngo Dinh NhuNgo Dinh Diem's younger brother began orchestrating a coup against Cambodian leader Sihanouk with Sihanouk's interior minister Chhuon. Sihanouk learned of the coup plans in 1959, and had Chhuon executed. Sihanouk accused South Vietnam and the US of orchestrating the coup attempt. After being ousted in 1970, he once again accused the US of engineering a coup against him. In 2013, there was a developing academic consensus this may be true.

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"He won’t see!  We’ve done this like three times already." her voice was deep for a girl, but very sexy, at least he always thought so.  He let her pull him by his right arm as she led him down the white and brown checkered hallway.  They ducked under the office window and then dipped behind a set of lockers just in time to avoid someone walking by.

She turned around from her squatted position behind the lockers, held her index finger to her lips and made a “shhh” gesture with her lips.  Her lips were beautiful, at least he always thought so.  He pointed with his head to check if the coast was clear and she eased herself forward and looked right then left.  She gave a subtle tug on his arm and they moved quickly to the left and out the door.  She pushed it open and released her hold on his arm.  He wished she hadn’t let go.  She stepped outside and stood up and he followed.  She turned and looked him in the eye for a moment then pecked him gently on the lips.  He smiled then playfully spanked her ass.

She ran towards his car but he got there first.  He leapt in the driver’s side and pushed the lock down on the passenger door.  She pulled on the handle a few times before he let her in.  He always thought that was funny and he smiled.  She punched him hard in his right arm and he almost felt it go numb.  He turned to face her still smiling, he couldn’t look at her without smiling.  She began pulling at the sleeve of his t-shirt.

"Hold on" he said.
"He hasn’t left his office yet I don’t want him to see"
"Fuck you I told you he won’t see! Why would he look out the window to the parking let alone right at YOUR car!"
"He might and thats all it takes!"

She punched him again in the chest, softly, flirting.  He didn’t move for a moment and then he grabbed her by the arm and pulled her onto his lap.  She reached down and hit the lever to lower the seat and they fell backwards with a quick jerk.  Their heads bumped softly and they laughed.

"Shhh!" he said and held up a finger to his lips.
"You’re serious?"  "Yeah don’t be too loud!"
"Yeah cuz he can fuckin hear us from his third floor office you fucking bitch"
"I feel like you want us to get caught!"
"What the fuck no I don’t"
"What the FUCK" he said in a high pitched mocking tone.

She knew the tone.
"No I dooooon’t"  he said and made a face.
She knew it.  It always made her laugh.  She hit him playfully again in his ribs and he pretended like she broke it.
"Where’s it hurt where’s it hurt I’ll kiss it" she said in frantic playful tone.

He pointed to his ribs, then to his stomach, his leg, his chest.  They were kissing, their eyes closed.  He stopped kissing for a second.  She kissed him once more then paused with her lips still touching his.  He opened one eye and moved his head slowly to the right.  He was looking at the principal’s office window.  She caught the joke and said

"You’ll pay for that you-" and he winked and kissed her before she could finish.

"The principals not at his desk right now so he must be out for lunch already."  he noted in his head.  He slid his fingers down her side and rested them on her hips.  He checked one more time, the window, just to make sure.  He saw the top of the principal’s head begin to appear at the window as it would if he was walking towards his desk.

"Fuck" he thought.  His eyes shifted back to her and he kissed her again but his mind was elsewhere.  "Fuck" he told himself, "whats the fucking asshole doing in his office still? GO TO FUCKING LUNCH!" he yelled in his mind.

He stopped moving for a moment, and looked into her eyes, faded blue, but beautiful.  He kissed her again and pushed her head back with his as he lifted himself upright.  He pulled his lips off of hers and began to unbutton her shirt.  He kept his eyes on his fingers but his thoughts were on the principals office.  He kissed her bare chest and she leaned back on top of him and kissed his lips.  He peered around her head and saw the principal still sitting at his desk.

"Shes right," he thought, "what are the chances he’d look out the window down at the parking lot, let alone this specific" before he could finish that thought, he saw the principal turn his head towards the door as if he heard someone knocking at the door.  He watched just to see what would happen.

He saw the principal stand up from his desk and walk towards the door.  He saw the door open and the principal stand there for a moment talking to the visitor.  She stared at him with a face of flirtatious disappointment but then she saw that his face was serious.

"This is a dream" he thought.
"Hey why’d you stop?" she asked and he realized that he hadn’t moved his body for some time because he was watching the window.
"Shhh" he said briefly.
"I’m starting to think you have a crush on him you fucking queer" she laughed.  "Why do you keep staring at hi-" he reached his hand up and gently pushed her cheek towards the window.

As she turned she saw what he was looking at.  She saw the silhouette of a man in the far corner of the room, to the right of the window, opposite the wall the desk was facing.  She watched the principal shut the door and walk back to his desk.  As he turned, he spotted the intruder and shrunk back in fear.

The intruder stepped calmly forward and raised a long knife.  The sunlight reflected off the blade briefly before it was thrust into the principal’s chest.  The intruder caught and lowered the limp body to the ground and then stood up.  He wiped the blade and wrapped it in a black cloth before turning to face the door.  He exhaled and placed his hand on the doorknob, twisted, flicked off the lights, and took a step into the hallway.  They saw him turn to the right and pull at the mask.  He began walking down the hall and walked out of sight just as the mask came off.  The couple sat there in the car looking at one another.

Neither one spoke, neither one moved.

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question: What does the story say about what happens to the principal?

answer: The principal is in his office, sitting at his desk. Someone knocks at the door, the principal opens the door and talks to the visitor shortly. Then the visitor is leaving, and the principal walks back to his desk. The principal suddenly notices an intruder and shrinks back, and the intruder kills him.

question: What does the story say about the two kids hiding in the principal's office?

answer: A boy and a girl are in his car and kissing and talking. The boy is worried that the principal could see them through the window. Then they see the principal entering the office and keep quiet. Then they see an intruder killing the principal and leaving. The is shocked.

question: What does the story say about who kills the principal?


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[Whisky Chocolate Pairings New Years Eve - 2016]

For the last 7 years, we don’t go out for New Year’s Eve. We stay at home.  We watch the fireworks from the patio and try some interesting whisky chocolate pairings.  This is our idea of a perfect New Years Eve celebration. Ending an old year and starting a new year with a few great whisky chocolate pairings.

In October already, we start to look around for interesting chocolates to pair with whisky. Ok… who am I kidding… buying and tasting chocolate in October for New Year’s Eve is actually just an excuse to eat chocolates in October already.

By the end of November, I have sampled quite a few slabs of chocolates.  We find the chocolate first and then look at the tasting notes to pair it with a whisky. After a discussion on Twitter with Paul, I added a new twist on our traditional whisky chocolate pairings. I added some macarons as well. Again… after some extensive testing…

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My Whisky Chocolate pairings for New Years Eve was…

FROZEN BLACK BOTTLE WHISKY & ORGANIC 72% DARK CHOCOLATE

[whisky chocolate pairings Black bottle NYE2016]

During a chat to Pierre Meintjies, (SA’s own Master of the Quaich), he suggested that we put our BLACK BOTTLE whisky in the freezer for a week and pair it with dark chocolate. Shortly after Christmas our bottle went into the freezer to chill. We paired it with a bar of organic dark chocolate from Woolworths.

The 72% cacao chocolate has an intense fruity flavour and is slightly spicy. The Black Bottle came out of the freezer syrupy and ice-cold.  It paired very nicely with the bitter dark chocolate. Adding a bit of water, softened the whisky and helped to enhance the pairing. A great combination.  Thank you Pierre, for the recommendation.

THE BALVENIE GOLDEN CASK WHISKY & LINDT PAPAYA CHOCOLATE

[whisky chocolate pairings Balvenie NYE 2016]

My sister sent me a Lindt Papaya chocolate from London. She knows me very well. It is full cream chocolate with a papaya and milk cream filling. I decided to pair it with THE BALVENIE GOLDEN CASK, which was matured in traditional oak casks for 14 years, and then finished in rum casks.

The fruity chocolate enhanced the tropical fruit notes of the Golden Cask whisky and the whisky smoothed out the creamy sweet notes of the Papaya Chocolate. It made for a wonderfully rich and decadent fruit combination.  Just to experiment, we also tried the Lindt Papaya with the Balvenie Caribbean Cask which was also aged in Rum, but this Golden Cask whisky chocolate pairing worked the best.

BUNNAHABHAIN 12 YO WHISKY & BEYERS ESPRESSO CHOCOLATE

[whisky chocolate pairings Bunnahabhain 12 yo NYE2016]

Beyers Chocolates have been supplying quality chocolates and chocolate products for more than 25 years. It’s one of the largest manufacturers of boxed chocolates in South Africa. The Espresso release was made in South Africa and contain creamy milk chocolate infused with ground Arabica coffee beans. I decided to pair it with one of my personal favourites, the 12 yo BUNNAHABHAIN.

With its notes of Sherry, malt and a bit of smoke, it made a perfect pairing to this coffee chocolate. The coffee notes in the Bunnahabhain finish enhanced the coffee in the chocolate and it was probably one of our favourite pairings of the evening.

LAPHROAIG PX CASK WHISKY & WOOLWORTHS COCONUT MACARONS

[whisky chocolate pairings Laphroaig PX Cask NYE2016]

Late in 2015 we opened the LAPHROAIG PX CASK and just loved it. At about the same time, Paul mentioned that he loved pairing macarons with whisky. So, I picked up some macarons, just to test Paul’s comments. The vanilla macarons from Woolworths added the perfect balance to this sweet peaty dram. We tried to bake some vanilla macarons during December, but it did not come out very well.

So I had to go back to Woolworths again.  Unfortunately, the only macarons I could find was coconut macarons. With hesitation, I decided to try this pairing but was pleasantly surprised when the Laphroaig paired beautifully with the sweet coconut.

And that signalled the end of a wonderful year.  We start 2016 on a sweet note.  We wish all our readers a dramtastic 2016 full of life, laughter and love.

SLÁINTE
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question: What is the topic of this post?

answer: The post covers whiskey chocolate pairings.

question: What does the author indicate is the their idea of a great New Year's Eve?

answer: To celebrate New Year's Eve, they watch the fireworks from the patio and try interesting whiskey and chocolate pairings.

question: How many pairings did the author share in the post?

answer: Four different pairings.

question: Which pairing does the author say was one of the favorites of the evening?

answer: Bunnahabhain 12 yo whisky and beyers espresso chocolate

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: To celebrate New Year's Eve, the author watches the fireworks from the patio and tries interesting whiskey and chocolate pairings. The post includes 4 whiskey chocolate pairings.


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The MAGNESIUM ARGIDE ion, MGAR+ is an ion composed of one ionised magnesium atom, Mg+ and an argon atom. It is important in inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry and in the study of the field around the magnesium ion.[1] The ionization potential of magnesium is lower than the first excitation state of argon, so the positive charge in MgAr+ will reside on the magnesium atom. Neutral MGAR molecules can also exist in an excited state.

Spectrum

The spectrum of MgAr+ can be observed. It resembles that of Mg+, however some lines are blue shifted and others red shifted. In Mg+ the ground state is termed ²S. A first excited state has a 3s electron moved to the 3p orbital and the state is termed ²P. But because of spin-orbit coupling it is actually split into ²P and ²P with energy 35,669 and 35,761 cm−1.[2] In comparison the ionic molecule has a ground state called ²Σ+. The corresponding excited state is significantly split into two depending on whether the p orbital of the magnesium is pointing to the argon or is perpendicular. When the electron in the p orbital is perpendicular to the Mg-Ar axis, the argon sees a greater electrostatic force from the magnesium atom and is more tightly bound. This lowers the energy level of what is called the ²Π level. This too is split into ²Π and ²Π. When the excited electron is in line with the argon the state is called ²Σ+ and corresponds only to ²P and so is not split.[3]

The MgAr+ spectrum shows bands, with the first one at 31,396 cm−1, which is redshifted 4300 cm−1 from Mg+. The band is blue degraded. The band consists of a series of doublets. The two lines in the doublet are separated by 75 cm−1, and from one pair to the next one is 270 cm−1. This band is due to A₂Π ← X²Σ+.[4]

Properties

In the ground state the binding energy or MgAr+ is 1281 cm−1 and in the A²Π state is 5554 cm−1 (3.66 kcal/mol).[5] The A²Π state has a stronger bond because a p electron overlaps the argon atom less, and thus has less repulsion.[6] The dissociation energy of the ground state ion is 1295 cm−1 (15 kJ/mol).[7]

The bond length is 2.854 Å for the ground state, and 2.406 Å for the excited state. The ²Π state is predicted to have a radiative lifetime of about 6 nanoseconds.[8]

Neutral molecule

Unionized MgAr (magnesium argon) can also exist as a van der Waals molecule or temporarily in an excited state termed a Rydberg molecule.[9] The neutral molecule can be formed by evaporating magnesium metal using a laser into argon gas, and then expanding it through a supersonic jet.[10] When evaporated many magnesium atoms are excited into a 3s3p state (from the ground 3s3s). These can then attach an argon atom by way of a three body collision to yield Mg(3s3pπ ³PJ)Ar ³Π. Then this excited state can lose energy via collisions to form Mg(3s3pπ ³PJ)Ar ³Π0+,0−.[11] MgAr is mainly held together with dispersion forces which vary as the inverse sixth power of the separation. The ground state MgAr has electron configuration Mg(3s3s ¹S₀)Ar ¹Σ+[12]. The triplet states with one excited electron include Mg(3s3pπ ³P₀)Ar ³Π0+, Mg(3s4s ³S₁)Ar ³Σ+, Mg(3s3dδ ³DJ)Ar ³Δ, and Mg(3s4pπ ³PJ)Ar ³Π0+. A singlet single excited electron state is Mg(3s3pπ ¹P)Ar ¹Π.[13]

The different excited states can be studied by resonance-enhanced two-photon ionization and mass spectroscopy.[14] The absorption spectrum of MgAr shows bands due to electronic transitions combined with vibrational and rotational transitions. The spectrum involving electronic transition in the argon atom and a change in the d orbital of the magnesium, is very complex with 18 different branches[15]

A doubly excited state, where two electrons on the magnesium atom are boosted to 3p sub-orbitals, has a strong binding energy, even higher than in MgAr+.[16] Normally an ion would bond an inert gas atom more strongly, as attraction varies as 1/R⁴, compared to 1/R⁶ for a van der Waals molecule, and in an ion, the electron cloud shrinks due to the more positive charge attracting it. However in the doubly excited state both of the magnesium atoms are in p suborbitals, which can be arranged so that electron density is on a line perpendicular to a potential argon atom bond. This allows the two atoms to approach each other closer.[17]

The neutral molecule has cas number 72052-59-6.[18]

  state[19]   electron state         Mg excitation energy cm−1   MgAr excitation energy cm−1   bond length Å _r_e   ωe      dissociation energy cm−1   _B_₀     _B_e     αe       D₀ centrifugal distortion
  ----------- ---------------------- --------------------------- ----------------------------- -------------------- ------- -------------------------- -------- -------- -------- --------------------------- --
  ground      Mg(3s3s ¹S₀)Ar ¹Σ+     0                           0                             4.56                         small
  singlet     Mg(3s3pπ ¹P)Ar ¹Π      34770                       34770                         3.31                         175[20]
  triplet     Mg(3s3pπ ³P₀)Ar ³Π0+   21850–21911                 21760                         3.66                 102.7                                                         1250
  [21]        Mg(3s4dσ ³DJ)Ar ³Σ+                                53462                         2.88                 88.2                               0.1338   0.1356   0.0037   800
  [22]        Mg(3s4dδ ³DJ)Ar ³Δ                                 53063                                              104.1                              0.1438   0.1462   0.0037   1199
  [23]        Mg(3s4dπ ³DJ)Ar ³Π₀                                53037                                              99.4                                                          1225
              Mg(3s4s ³S₁)Ar ³Σ+     41197                       40317                         2.84
              Mg(3s3dδ ³DJ)Ar ³Δ     47957                       46885                         2.90                 103.5   160[24]                    0.1274   0.1291   0.0035   1140
              Mg(3s3dπ ³DJ)Ar ³Π                                                               3.27                 49.05   290[25]                    0.1019   0.1049   0.0061   289
              Mg(3s4pπ ³PJ)Ar ³Π0+   47847–47851                 46663                         2.84                         1250[26]
  [27]        Mg(3s5pπ ³PJ)Ar ³Π₀                                53049                                              110.1                                                         1272
  double      Mg(3p3pπ ³PJ)Ar ³Π0+   57812–57873                                               2.41                         2960[28]

Solid

Under pressures over 250 gigapascals, MgAr is predicted to be stable as a solid with either an anti-NiAs or CsCl structure dependent on pressure. Mg₂Ar is predicted to be a stable solid with localized electrons in the structure, making it an electride.[29] These pressures are higher than found in the Earth's mantle, but magnesium argides could form minerals in super earths.

Application

MgAr+ can interfere with determination of copper or zinc isotopes when using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry, particularly when using a desolvated plasma. When analysing mineral specimens, magnesium is a common element found in rock matrix. It can react with the argon ions present in the plasma.[30] In analysis of soil, MgAr+ interferes with detection of ⁶⁵Cu, though common isotopomer has a molecular weight of 64.95 compared to 64.93 for the copper 65 isotope.[31] This is called isobaric interference.

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title: Magnesium argide

question: What is magnesium argide?

answer: An ion composed of one ionised magnesium atom and an argon atom.

question: Describe the applications of magnesium argide.

answer: It can interfere with determination of copper or zinc isotopes when using inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry. It can also react with the argon ions present in the plasma. Additionally, it interferes with detection of ⁶⁵Cu, though common isotopomer has a molecular weight of 64.95 compared to 64.93 for the copper 65 isotope.

question: What is the cas number for the neutral molecule?

answer: 72052-59-6

question: What sort of charge does magnesium argide have?

answer: It has a positive charge.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Magnesium argide is a positively charged ion consisting of one ionised magnesium atom and an argon atom. Neutral magnesium argide molecules can also exist in an excited state.


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Rear admiral DESMOND JOHN HOARE (25 June 1910 – 26 April 1988) was a Royal Navy engineer officer and educator.

Biography

Hoare was educated at Wimbledon College and King's School, Rochester. He joined the Royal Navy in 1929 and after engineering training served in 1936–39, on Arctic convoys 1942–44 and 1949–51, and at the apprentice training establishment HMS _Condor_ 1951–53, besides spells at the Admiralty. His final post was Chief Staff Officer, Technical, to the Commander-in-Chief, Plymouth, 1960–62.[1] He was appointed CB in the 1962 New Year Honours.[2]

In 1962 Hoare took early retirement from the Navy to become the first headmaster of Atlantic College.[3] With the help of students he conceived, designed, and built what is now the world’s most widely used craft for inshore rescue, the rigid inflatable boat (RIB). Hoare finally patented the design in 1973 and handed over all rights to the RNLI for the nominal fee of one pound. He did not cash the cheque.[4] He retired from Atlantic College in 1969 and was vice-president of United World Colleges.

[1] HOARE, Rear-Adm. Desmond John, _Who Was Who_, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)

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title: Desmond Hoare (Royal Navy officer)

question: When was Desmond John Hoare born?

answer: Desmond John Hoare was born on June 25, 1910.

question: Where did Desmond John Hoare go to school?

answer: Desmond John Hoare went to school at Wimbledon College and King's School, Rochester.

question: Why did Desmond John Hoare take an early retirement from the Navy?

answer: Desmond John Hoare retired early from the Navy to become the first headmaster of Atlantic College.

question: What does the acronym RIB stand for?

answer: The acronym RIB stands for rigid inflatable boat.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Desmond John Hoare was a rear admiral, engineer officer and educator for the Royal Navy. He ended up headmaster at Atlantic College, and with the help of students invented the first rigid inflatable boat.


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I heard about SUNY Maritime through ambush. I was woken early one Saturday morning at an insulting time by my mother. She told to get up because we’re going to see a college. I hadn’t visited any schools yet and this was October of my senior year. I didn’t even ask where I was so sleepy. I simply put on a heavy coat, took a blanket and pillow and lay my six foot wide frame in the back seat and slept. At some point in the five hour ride from D.C. to New York I remember waking up and asking where we were going, she might have said more but all I caught was New York. I remember thinking, “cool, that’s perfect, far enough, close enough,” and then falling asleep again. She woke me just as we approached the Throggs Neck exit.
I recall being bewildered by the unfamiliar street and having to ask somebody for directions from his car. We weren’t to far, and lowering the window after all that time let in the sea air – it was fantastic even if it was the Hudson. We took the turn down a long narrow back street, the only way in or out for that matter. When we finally came to a small round about with a giant stone wall opposite us with a connecting lever gate. At the entrance stood a guy in uniform, dress blues (how I know thee well). I had neither the heart nor the will to tell my mother after such a long drive I wasn’t going to do military school. But we still drove down the street, which ran along the northern side of the peninsula. At its widest it couldn’t be more than a hundred yards wide save a narrow strip the stretches out called the point. What I then thought to be a mile but later would learn was about half was the road we traveled on, a strait drive to the back of the school then back around again in a circle. From there it was your standard college open house, lots of bewildered and shy highschoolers shadowed by there parents. As a black kid I instantly noticed how few of me there were. We crowded into an auditorium to hear them ejaculate onto us and then tell us how it was the best ejaculate because it was a maritime ejaculate. I expected as much, then they asked us to divide into groups for the first half of the day, I remember thinking, I could do that in an hour (I actually would, often). We were taken through boring halls and standard classrooms. Two things of note and the only positives of that place: The Fort Schuler and the waterfront estate, damn I loved that water (never got in it though.). Then we were told to divide into our interest, I picked naval architecture. I loved to draw then and wanted something similar to my interest, but almost picked something else when m mom suggested it. Glad I did though, I walked into one of the classrooms in the science wing of the S & E (science and engineering). I saw a girl there with the last name Porshe, I don’t know why but she stuck with me, not particularly hot, little bit of a flat face and a sharp chin but it played well to me.  After they made jokes about the courses they basically said you don’t have to be in regiment to take this major. Regiment being the uniformed students, there was a minority of non-regimental ‘civilians’ that attended the school with out the hassle of regiment. But Porshe was regiment. We left the room and I recall wanting to make friends with the one guy who spoke up in there for the highschoolers just to be like “hey, you’re not the only fearless one among us,” but I couldn’t think of a reason to start a conversation when he was in front of me when they were filing out. We followed this with lunch, where I interacted with another prospect who was a total meat-head lax-bro who made vast proclamations about himself and what he’d do if he came there. (He did, and he sorta held true to the work out goals; what else do you do when you have a cheating gf, only weekend leave, and near no attractive girls. Not to say the girls aren’t talented, but they can’t help there anatomy. Another lesson I learned after enrolling). We separated from our parents at this point, they said they wanted to separate us like we inevitably would be on the day. Just champion stuff these guys, eh? This is when they drove home that the regiment is tough, fair, and easily manageable. I already lived most of the lifestyle, save the working out part, with all the private schooling I was ready. By then it was time to either tour the ship or leave, I was tired from all forced ejaculate they kept pinching my nose to give me so we left. My mother and I still left that place with an overall good view. Sadly fo future me, I knew that was to be my school the moment I saw the water.

title: This is a true story excerpt from the auto-biographic novel I'm working up. I wonder if you'll like the first draft (unspell-checked). Names are changed for here. This is Titled: Intro to SUNY.

question: What is the setting of this passage?

answer: The passage is set at SUNY Maritime College

question: What is the regiment?

answer: There seems to be military activities that certain students must participate in while attending SUNY Maritime. Those students involved in such activities seem to be called the "regiment."

question: What kind of classes does the narrator take?

answer: The narrator seems to have selected naval architecture as their area of interest.

question: Describe the narrator.

answer: The narrator is a high school age boy who is visiting the SUNY Maritime College campus with his mother.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator is woken by his mother to visit the SUNY Maritime College campus as a prospective student. The facilitators of the orientation explain the ins and outs of life at the school.


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Thousands of high street takeaways fear that the huge growth of food-ordering websites such as Hungry House and Just Eat could put them out of business.

Two of the biggest federations, representing Chinese and Asian takeaways in the UK, have described joining the internet platforms, which allow customers to view takeaways that have signed up in their local area and order meals online, as “like taking a drug”.

The warning that stores should beware of the downsides of what can at first appear a good business deal comes after the boss of Just Eat revealed this week that the company kicks hundreds of underperforming takeaways off its site each year.

Yawar Khan, the chairman of the Asian Catering Federation, told _The Independent_ that the websites “were good for our members when it started as it would give a boost to their business, but now so many takeaways are on the platform, it is no longer a benefit, with many of the same customers returning, rather than new customers joining.”

He added: “It’s like a drug. Just Eat would offer great incentives to join, but once they’ve got you hooked it becomes very addictive and then they put their fees up.”

Mr Khan, whose organisation represents 1,500 takeaways, said it was now encouraging its members to take control of their own online ordering systems by setting up their own websites in an attempt to undercut Just Eat and Hungry House and avoid the high fees.

David Buttress, chief executive officer (CEO) of Just Eat.

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Just Eat – the biggest takeaway web platform in the UK – typically charges each takeaway a joining fee and takes a cut of every order received – of around 12 per cent. Extra charges can be added to allow a takeaway to appear higher up the list.

Mr Khan added that Just Eat also pushed its listed businesses to offer 20 per cent off online orders – which the takeaway must cover, further squeezing profits, although Just Eat insisted this was mainly Mondays to Thursdays during quiet periods.

Just Eat has grown rapidly in recent years after being founded by the Danish businessman Jesper Buch in 2000. The concept has been adapted for several countries in Europe and last year it joined the London Stock Exchange, where its shares have jumped more than 100 per cent in a year to value the company at £2.8bn.

Releasing its latest results this week, chief executive David Buttress said “a few hundred” outlets had been removed due to “detrimental consumer retention” by being late with orders, delivering the wrong food, or not taking orders at all.

Hungry House was launched in 2003 by Shane Lake and Tony Charles, with the pair rising to fame after appearing on Dragons’ Den. The company charges less than Just Eat in commission, but is not as popular as its larger rival.

Thomas Chan, the chairman of the Chinese Takeaway Association, which represents 10,000 takeaways across the country, suggested that Just Eat and Hungry House were taking advantage of many businesses which effectively had to sign up to the platforms or risk losing business.

He said: “Our members feel like they are in a dilemma – do you put in more effort to churn out more meals, meaning you maintain your business but with much more work and much less profit, or do you leave and run the risk you go out of business.

“They worry that it gives the platforms too much power over their destiny.”

Mr Chan added that Just Eat had approached him to discuss gaining accreditation from his organisation, but he declined because of the concerns of his members.

A spokesman for Just Eat said: “Just Eat takes pride in bringing significant value to our restaurant partners and customers. We take the weight off thousands of small businesses so they can focus on what they do best.

“The great majority of our 25,000 UK restaurants are highly professional family firms who provide a great experience to our customers. We continue to drive up the standards in the takeaway sector and work with our partners to try and improve their services. However, we occasionally remove restaurants from our platform if they continuously fail to deliver on customer expectations.”

Hungry House did not reply to requests for comment.

BRITAIN’S MOST POPULAR TAKEAWAY FOOD

PIZZA: Recently pushed Chinese into second place thanks to the growing appetite for authentic Italian pizzas, with sourdough bases and buffalo mozzarella.

CHINESE: A firm favourite of takeaway fans, Chinese food has topped the list for the past decade but has slipped as customers look for healthy options.

INDIAN: A long-term favourite, the curry house also features the dish that is still riding high as the nation’s favourite, chicken tikka masala.

THE FASTEST GROWERS

GREEK: Just Eat believes the rise in Greek food is due to the view of some customers that fresh salads and simple cuisine provide a healthier alternative to curries.

AFRICAN: Another fast growing area, foodies are keen to experience more exotic foods and a more diverse population is helping this cuisine grow.

question: What's the main point of the article?

answer: That a lot of food businesses are being forced into choosing between joining food-delivery services like Just Eat and being talked advantage of or risking losing business.

question: Why are some businesses kicked off Just Eat's platform?

answer: Because they fail to deliver good customer service.

question: What are Just Eat's fees?

answer: They typically charge each takeaway a joining fee and take a cut of every order received – of around 12 percent. Extra charges can be added to allow a takeaway to appear higher up the list.

question: What's Britain's most popular takeaway food?

answer: Pizza

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The article explains how food-ordering websites as Just Eat and Hungry House are taking advantage of their listed business.


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There are plenty of formulas you could try to see if you're on track, but before you start plugging in numbers, it's helpful to look at the big picture first. Here are five factors to consider when setting your retirement savings goal.

Most people realize the importance of saving for retirement, but knowing exactly how much they need to save is another issue altogether.

The conventional wisdom is that you should draw no more than 4% of your retirement accounts, coupled with any entitlements, each year for living expenses. However, that advice may not be as effective as people are living longer in retirement than ever before. Many people want to continue their lifestyle as they did in their working years, or possibly even be more lavish.

From something as small as setting up a 401(k) at your first job to looking at advanced longevity studies, you should take note of where you are in the retirement-planning process as well as thinking about how you are doing. Depending on your own situation, lifestyle, goals and the type of retirement you hope to have, the actual amount you need to save for retirement may be higher or lower than conventional thinking.

While there may not be an exact number that will apply to your situation, planning for retirement is about having confidence and freedom. There are some seen and unseen obstacles in your path that you may have to deal with along the way. Here are five factors to consider when determining a retirement savings goal:

1. Retirement Age

Many people anticipate that they will retire later than they actually do. The discrepancy can be seen in the latest Retirement Confidence Survey from the Employee Benefit Research Institute. The survey shows that while 38% of today's workers expect to retire at 70 or older, only 4% actually left the workforce that late. Unexpected issues, such as health problems or workplace changes (downsizing, etc.), tend to stand in their way.

Of course, the earlier you retire, the more money you will need to last throughout retirement. It is important to prepare for unanticipated occurrences that could force you into an early retirement. Markets go up and down, but planning for retirement will require sacrifices today for rewards in the future. Having a long-term, written plan that you review regularly can help make the bumps in the road seem less harsh while going over them.

2. Life Expectancy

You should take into account your family history — how long your relatives have lived and diseases that are common in your family — as well as your own past and present health issues. Also, consider that life spans are growing with recent medical developments. More people will be living to age 100, or perhaps even longer. According to AARP, today in the United States, people 100 and over represent the second-fastest-growing age group. Those over 85 are the fastest-growing segment of the population.

Longer life spans are becoming the new normal these days with advances in health, diet, nutrition, medicine and quality of life. There is a good chance that you will need more money than you are planning for just on an annual basis if the years spent in retirement are longer than you think.

3. Social Security

Many retirees believe that they can rely on their future Social Security benefits. However, this may not be true for you in the future as it once was in the past. As a budget item, Social Security is fast approaching the $1 trillion mark. The Social Security system is under increasing strain as more Baby Boomers are retiring and fewer workers are available to pay their benefits.

Even if no benefit cuts were to occur, the after-tax benefits of your check may not be enough to cover your particular needs. In 2017, the average monthly benefit for retired workers was $1,369, according to the Social Security Administration. With more people living longer and better lives, you should consider what your living expenses are very carefully when making the projections of what you will need. The SSA has a calculator that you can use to project what you will need in today’s dollars or even in future dollars.

4. Inflation

If you think you have accounted for every possibility when constructing a savings goal but forget this vital component, your savings could be far from sufficient. Inflation has the potential to lower the value of your savings from year to year, significantly reducing your purchasing power over time. It is important for your savings to keep pace with or exceed inflation. Regardless of how much you save, if you do not prudently invest, then that saved money will not buy as much in the future as it did today due to rising prices.

Think about how much a gallon of milk, a movie ticket, a car or even a house cost 30 years ago compared to what they do today. Now think about 30 years into the future. Kiplinger ran a story recently about inflation projections for 2018 being higher than in 2017.

The bottom line is that even if you’re retired, you still need to be in the stock market to keep ahead of inflation. I recommend that my clients — even those who have retired — position their accounts with growth in mind at first and then take on less risk in looking for current income as they advance through their retirement years.

5. Health Care Needs

Health care costs have been rising much faster than general inflation, and fewer employers are offering health benefits to retirees. According to a 2017 Fidelity report, the average couple retiring at age 65 will need $275,000 to cover their medical expenses through retirement.

Long-term care costs are another factor, considering that the median annual cost of a private nursing room is $97,455. These costs could severely dip into your savings and even result in your filing for bankruptcy if the need for care is prolonged.

There are no two ways around it: If you have an emergency, then your retirement plans could be put on hold, possibly forever. Taking proactive steps to plan for retirement involves planning for long-term care, sickness, accidents and liability claims. Those ideas should be included automatically as part of an integrated retirement plan.

Did you know?

Retirement should be viewed more as a starting point to the next phase of life than a finish line for the previous part. The modern idea of retirement is very different than for previous generations, and there could still be planning to do. RETIREMENT SAVING IS LESS ABOUT A FIXED NUMBER AND MORE ABOUT HAVING AN ADEQUATE LEVEL OF COMFORT based on a plan that adapts to changes in your life and your world.

This article was written by and presents the views of our contributing adviser, not the Kiplinger editorial staff. You can check adviser records with the SEC or with FINRA.

Justin J. Kumar, Investment Adviser Representative

Senior Portfolio Manager, Arlington Capital Management

Justin J. Kumar embraces a proactive, systematic investment management approach with a customized, proprietary system to help guide his clients toward their financial goals.

question: What does the article say about life spans?

answer: Life spans are growing with recent medical developments. More people will be living to age 100 or even longer. Longer life spans are becoming the norm with advances in health, diet, nutrition, medicine, and quality of life.

question: Summarize everything relating to spending.

answer: Conventional wisdom is that one should draw no more than 4% of their retirement accounts each year for living expenses. But many people want to continue living their lifestyle as they did in their working years, or possibly even be more lavish. People should consider their living expenses very carefully when making projections of what they will need. According to a 2017 report, the average couple retiring at age 65 will need $275,000 to cover medical expenses through retirement. Long-term care costs can also dip into savings.

question: What does the article say about how to live past the age of 100?


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-   National
-   Opinion

This was published 7 years ago

Saying as little as possible about misused funds puts Government out of step with public.

The media, like nature, abhor a vacuum.

Since his elevation to the role of Prime Minister on September 7, Tony Abbott has fronted the media in doorstop interviews a handful of times, making good on his vow to moderate his media appearances and ''take politics off the front page''.

[Illustration: Matt Davidson.]

Illustration: Matt Davidson.

It's a marked change from the frenetic media pace of Labor under Kevin Rudd - and, to a marginally lesser extent, Julia Gillard - and an admirable ambition.

There's a real sense that Australians are roundly sick of politics after what felt like a three-year election campaign without relief, with seemingly endless political scandals, factional infighting and leadership destabilisation.

But there's a real difference between slowing the pace of government and trying to shut down debate by refusing to respond to legitimate questions.

With the new government largely making good on Abbott's vow to keep politics off the front page, and in the absence of other political news, the expenses saga has dominated federal politics for three weeks now, becoming a wildfire that has swallowed all the oxygen around it and gathered a pace all of its own.

And the government must shoulder some of the blame for the media storm that has erupted; not only has its handling of the saga been found wanting, it has given the chattering classes very little else to talk about.

Last month so-called ''father of the house'', Philip Ruddock, offered some advice to the new government that turned out to be prescient. Speaking to Fairfax to mark his 40th anniversary in Parliament, Ruddock, the chief whip, was asked to compare the governments of Abbott and his political mentor, John Howard.

Ruddock said: ''In the initial period, I would hope - and I would expect - that Tony and those around him would be very much aware of some of the difficult issues that John Howard had to manage in his first year and second year of office in relation to matters of conflict of interest.''

In Howard's first two years, seven cabinet ministers were forced to resign after they breached new rules requiring ministers to divest shares in portfolios they oversaw and to be truthful in Parliament.

Unlike Howard, who dealt decisively with the issue, Abbott's approach to the rolling revelations of misused taxpayer funds has been like that of a policeman trying to hurry along motorists and pedestrians who are dawdling at the site of a car crash trying to get a closer look.

''I'm not proposing to change the system,'' he said in one of his few public comments on the matter two weeks ago. ''We don't want to fixate on this.'' What do you mean ''we'', Mr Abbott?

It must be said that some of the examples of dodgy expense claims are far from recent and arguably should have been uncovered at the time politicians filed their claims. But they are damning, and any suggestion that politicians have been misusing the taxpayer-funded and generous entitlements they receive as part of their remuneration packages should be investigated.

Don Randall, the West Australian MP, this week spent days refusing to answer entirely legitimate questions about what he was doing in Cairns on ''electorate business'' in November last year, having spent more than $5259 in taxpayer funds on flights for himself and a family member. Just a week after taking the trip, he and his wife took possession of a new house in Cairns.

On Thursday night he announced he would repay the money, but maintained that he was satisfied his claims ''meet the guidelines''.

Likewise, Abbott has spent the past three weeks maintaining that while there are problems around the edges, there are no systemic problems that would warrant the expenses system being reformed.

But unlike Howard's decisive action in the early weeks of his first term, Abbott's approach has been to say as little as possible about the matter and have his ministers quietly repay the money in the apparent belief it will make the whole thing go away.

It's an approach that seems extremely out of touch with the reactions of mainstream Australia to revelations that MPs - including Abbott - have used their entitlements to pay their way to weddings, for sporting events, large libraries, book tours, and to buy multiple copies of _Guinness World Records_.

And it's worse when those, such as Randall, with serious questions to answer, simply refuse to engage.

The compact between parliamentarians and the public is built on trust, and the public has every right to expect their elected representatives to conduct themselves with honesty and be willing to be held accountable.

Like many other Australians, I've spent much of the past week pondering why some of our federal parliamentarians appear to be so damn out of touch with the rest of Australia.

Two weeks ago Howard told _The Australian_ that political parties ''have become captured by people with zealous attitudes to certain issues and these issues are not the preoccupations of mainstream voters who vote for the party''.

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BIANCA HALL IS _THE SUNDAY AGE_'S POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT.

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question: Who is the "father of the house?"

answer: Philip Ruddock

question: What's questionable about Don Randall, West Australian MP, spending time in Cairn?

answer: He billed $5000 in travel to public funds claiming "electorate business," and soon after bought a house there.

question: Who refuses to answer questions about misappropriation of funds?

answer: Don Randall

question: Why is not answering questions such a big deal?

answer: It violates public trust.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The expenses saga has dominated Australian politics for weeks. With so many politicians taking advantage of federal funds, it's a wonder Prime Minister Abbott and the rest of the government have so poorly handled the situation. The author suggests misuse of taxpayer funded and generous entitlements should be investigated. One example is MP Don Randall who spent $5000 in travel to Cairn where he soon after bought a house. He refuses to answer questions, violating public trust.


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Six national parties had been brought under the ambit of the transparency law and they had strongly opposed it.

 FP Staff August 01, 2013 19:24:06 IST

[Cabinet agrees to amend RTI Act to keep political parties out of it]

[Cabinet agrees to amend RTI Act to keep political parties out of it]

All the parties had agreed that political parties need to be kept out of the purview of RTI. Reuters

After evolving a consensus among various political parties, the Cabinet today decided to amend the Right to Information Act in order to keep political parties out of the legislation's ambit.

The Cabinet today has decided to amend the RTI Act in order to keep political parties out of its ambit, reported _CNN-IBN. _

The Central Information Commission had ruled that six national political parties came under the ambit of the transparency law as they were public institutions, on account of getting concessions from the state.

The six parties had been told to create a mechanism to handle RTI queries by 15 July but the directivewas  ignored by all the political parties.  RTI activists had also written to the Prime Minister to keep political parties under the ambit of the act.

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question: When was the article written?

answer: August 2013

question: What country is the article talking about?

answer: That information can't be found

question: What does RTI stand for?

answer: Right to Information

question: By when were the six parties supposed to have a mechanism to handle RTI requests?

answer: The 15th of July

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Six national parties were brought under the ambit of a transparency law, despite their strong opposition. The parties have ignored a deadline to create a mechanism to handle requests under the law.


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 Charles stumbles up the stairs mumbling complaints about his bad leg, the broken elevator and his good for nothing landlord who had procrastinated in fixing it. The leg that had carried him up the stairs solo now throbbed with agony of strain. Standing on the last platform before his floor he sweat and began hopping and tossing his body up each step. At last he reaches the flat floor and dramatically throws his hands in the air and rejoices for the flat ground he could now swagger upon. Charles opens the door to find a pair of shoes he hadn’t seen in a while. “At least she had the dignity to let me know she is here” he thought. He flipped the main room’s light on and immediately noticed one of the bulbs was out, “Just one more thing” he said aloud to nobody.
 Charles turned to find both the mother of his child and his sweet innocent Chloe sitting in a chair placed in the center of the room. It was unfair she had brought her now, at this time of night. Sharon was dressed in red and the dim light sketched her eyes with red. “The Devil in flesh” he thought. Even though he smelled of sweat and alcohol Chloe approached and hugged her father. He hated himself at that moment, for not being a better father; for not doing more with his life, his time, for not being sober. She looked up at him smiling and stood hugging his waist. They stood like that for a moment, “How was your day” he wanted to say. But his moment was lost when Sharon stood and approached the little girl. Gently yet sternly she said “Daddy and I are going to have to talk now ok? Why don’t you go try to sleep?” Chloe turned and said “Night daddy.” And ran to the part of his home he dedicated to her privacy.
Once she was out of earshot the apparently tender and loving mother turned into the biblical creature she reminded him of. With malice in her voice she said “What’s wrong with you? You haven’t said a word outside of the shout you gave outside and the mumble you made when you came in.” “Whaz it got to do with me and you?”  He said, not completely understanding why he had said it.  His eyes swam over her mocking smile and suddenly she had her hand out and was speaking. He realized she was demanding money and something about the car.
He sobered up pretty fast at that moment and said “That’s mine thank you, there’s a few things you can’t get your greedy hands on that’s mine, and my daughter and my car are completely beyond you.” Her face reddened matching her choice of clothing and suddenly she was ablaze full of anger and hate. “It’s our daughter actually!”, she screamed he had been blown away by how loud she suddenly got. “and she is more mine than yours simply because I birthed her you snotty, drunken, imbecile.” She raised her hand and smacked him square in the face making it more of a palm punch and less of a smack. In a flash of drunken stupor and adrenaline he threw his arm up and caught her in chin. She flailed her arms and screamed loudly as she stumbled over the chair, luckily the floor caught her.
He heard a sad sound that made his heart drop, he heard crying. “I’m so sorry I wasn’t even trying to..” he was cut off as she turned and said to him with dry eyes “Look what you’ve done now you idiot”. He turned and let his heart break. She stood huddled against the frame of the door crying and frightened, of him.

title: The Loser

question: List the main characters.

answer: Charles, Sharon, and Chloe

question: Where is the story set?

answer: Inside Charles's apartment

question: Why does Sharon go to Charles's apartment?

answer: She demands money from Charles

question: Why does Charles's heart break?

answer: His daughter, Chloe, sees him hit Sharon, and she's frightened of him

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Charles stumbles back to his apartment drunk and finds his daughter, Chloe, and Chloe's mother, Sharon, inside. Sharon sends Chloe to bed and then demands money from Charles. Sharon slaps Charles and he hits her back, causing her to fall to the floor. Charles realizes Chloe has seen this and his heart breaks because she is scared of him.


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The CONFÉDÉRATION GÉNÉRALE DU TRAVAIL UNITAIRE, or CGTU (), was a trade union confederation in France that at first included anarcho-syndicalists and soon became aligned with the French Communist Party. It was founded in 1922 as a confederation of radical unions that had left the socialist-dominated General Confederation of Labour (CGT), and in 1936 merged back into the CGT.

Foundation

The CGTU emerged from a split in the General Confederation of Labour (CGT: _Confédération générale du travail_), which had been torn by confrontations between socialist members of the French Section of the Workers' International (SFIO: _Section Française de l'Internationale Ouvrière_) and the more radical anarcho-syndicalists and members of the French Communist Party (PCF: _Parti communiste français_). The CGTU took the majority of the CGT with it. Initially the syndicalists and anarchists outnumbered the communists.

Joseph Tommasi, a member of the PCF executive committee, attended the congress in Saint-Étienne on 25 June – 1 July 1922 at which the syndicates, unions and federations that had been excluded from the CGT founded the CGTU. The dynamic new organization was attached to peace and to the anti-imperialist and anti-colonialist struggle. As a member of the anarcho-syndicalist minority of the CGT, Gaston Monmousseau became General Secretary of the CGTU, a position he held until 1933.

History

Over the first two or three years many of the syndicalists joined the communist movement, including leaders such as Alfred Rosmer and Pierre Monatte. Later the syndicalists became disillusioned with the control exerted by Moscow over the party, and the Trotskyite purges. Marie Guillot founded a new “unitary” confederation of teachers, with its first confederal Congress held at Saint-Étienne in June 1922. Marie Guillot took an intermediate position in the continuum of revolutionary syndicalism, while recognizing the merits of the Soviet Revolution. Guillot was appointed to the confederal Bureau of the CGTU after the withdrawal of her colleague Louis Bouët. This was the first time a woman was part of the Confederation Office, according to the _L'Humanité_.[1] The cohabitation of revolutionary syndicalists with supporters of unconditional international centralism did not last long, and Guillot resigned from her responsibilities within the CGTU in July 1923.

In November 1922 Monmousseau represented the CGTU at the second congress of the Red International of Trade Unions (Profintern) in Moscow. Pierre Semard, a leader in the PCF, played an important role in the debate between Communists and Anarcho-Syndicalists over the role of the CGTU at its Bourges Congress in September 1923. Semard proposed a motion, passed by a great majority, that the CGTU would commit itself to a tireless struggle for the defense of workers. This was a victory for the Communist faction. In 1923 CGTU became a Profintern affiliate. The communist fully controlled the CGTU after 1924. They introduced changes to the original constitution. Union officials were now eligible for reelection, votes were proportion to the number of union members represented. Efforts, generally unsuccessful, were made to replace local organizations by regional ones, with officials loyal to the party rather than to their local base.

Lucie Colliard was a deputy member of the PCF's 24-member steering committee (CD: _Comité Directeur_) from 1922 to 1924. She was a member of the female secretariat of the CGTU from 1923 to 1925. In 1926, some of the CGTU members left to create the Confédération Générale du Travail-Syndicaliste Révolutionnaire (CGT-SR). Some syndicalists stayed with the CGTU and others returned to the CGT. Marie Mayoux and her husband François Mayoux, leaders of the teachers' union, were expelled from the PCF at the party congress held in Paris on 16–19 October 1922 as “unrepentant sydicalists”. In 1929 they were also expelled from the CGTU.

The CGTU membership steadily declined in comparison to the CGT due to internal disagreements, ineffective strikes and troubles within the Communist Party. During the Popular Front period the CGTU merged back into CGT. Monmousseau participated in founding the reunified CGT in 1936.

[1] 2 August 1922, Compte-rendu du Congrès

question: Summarize the founding of the Confédération générale du travail unitaire.

answer: The Confédération générale du travail unitaire was founded in 1922. Several groups of radical unions that left the socialist dominated General Confederation of Labour to form the CGTU. Initially, syndicalists and anarchists outnumbered communists. The CGTU was attached to peace, anti-colonialism and anti-imperialism. Gaston Monmousseau became General Secretary of the CGTU at its founding.

question: Summarize what happened to the Confédération générale du travail unitaire.

answer: The Confédération générale du travail unitaire merged back into the General Confederation of Labour in 1936. CGTU membership was steadily declining in comparison to the CGT. Some problems the CGTU was having included internal disagreements, ineffective strikes, and troubles with the Communist Party. The CGTU merged back into the CGT during the Popular Front period with the help of Monmousseau.

question: Summarize what the Confédération générale du travail unitaire accomplished.

answer: During its 14 years of existence the Confédération générale du travail unitaire accomplished several things. At first the CGTU included many anarcho-syndicalists but quickly became aligned with the French Communist Party. Some goals of the CGTU included peace, anti-imperialism, and anti-colonialism. In 1922 the CGTU attended the second congress of the Red International of Trade Unions in Moscow. The CGTU committed itself to a tireless struggle for the defense of workers. In 1924 efforts were made to replace local organizations with regional ones


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BOSSIER PARISH SCHOOL BOARD is a school district headquartered in Benton, Louisiana, United States. The Superintendent of Bossier Schools is, as of 2009, D.C. Machen. The district serves Bossier Parish.

History

The first school built by Bossier Parish School Board was Benton High School in 1890. By 1905 It had three teachers and one graduating class. The school taught grades 6–12 with no more than 25 students per grade, with some grades missing students. In May 1969 the Supreme Court issued Desegregation in schools. The only black school in Benton, C.H. Irion High School, became Benton Elementary School; for the first time in Bossier School History blacks and whites were able to go to the same school. Benton High School currently teaches grades 9–12.[1]

Controversies

Bossier Parish Schools was criticized when staff emails were published displaying a cavalier attitude about teaching creationism directly from the bible to students. One teacher, Carolyn Goodwin, mentioned that "We pray at school functions and probably break the law all the time!!” [2]

In February 2017, Americans United for Separation of Church and State filed a federal lawsuit alleging a variety of unconstitutional practices. The lawsuit was filed by multiple anonymous plaintiffs, represented by Americans United, alleging official prayers were at school events, many school events being held in churches. Classroom teachers taught creationism and required students to recite prayers. Teachers and coaches also promoted religious student clubs and off-campus religious events. Religious items were displayed in classrooms and offices.,[3]

A joint consent decree between the Bossier Parish School Board and the Bossier parents represented by Americans United was filed with the U.S. District Court for Western Louisiana on January 22, 2018. This consent decree would end official prayers, teacher proselytizing to students, teachings of creationism, religious displays, or staff organizing any religious activities at Bossier Parish Schools. It would also require the district to create a monitoring committee to identify and resolve any future violations.[4][5]

In September 2017 in reaction to the protests by professional athletes during the playing of “The Star Spangled Banner”, the superintendent of the Bossier Parish School Board Scott Smith released a statement requiring all athletes at schools in the parish to stand for during the playing of the anthem. The statement said, “Our principals and their coaching staffs have sole discretion in determining consequences should a student athlete elect not to stand during the National Anthem and they are making their expectations known to players and their families this week.” [6] A letter to parents and students signed by the principal of Parkway High School outlined punishments ranging from a one-game suspension or physical punishments such as extra running for failure to comply to removal from the team for continued protests.[7]

Notable former school board members

-   Henry Burns
-   Jake W. Cameron
-   Joe Waggonner

Schools

6-12 schools

-   Plain Dealing High School 1 (Plain Dealing)

High schools

-   Airline High School (Bossier City)
-   Benton High School 2 (Benton)
-   Bossier High School 3 (Bossier City)
-   Haughton High School (Haughton)
-   Parkway High School 4 (Unincorporated area)
-   Bossier Parish School for Technology and Innovative Learning 5 (Bossier City)

Middle schools

6-8

-   Benton Middle School (Benton)
-   Cope Middle School (Bossier City)
-   Elm Grove Middle School (Bossier City)
-   Greenacres Middle School (Bossier City)
-   Haughton Middle School (Haughton)
-   Rusheon Middle School (Bossier City)

Elementary schools

PK-5

-   Bossier Elementary School (Bossier City)
-   Central Park Elementary School (Bossier City)
-   Carrie Martin Elementary School (Plain Dealing)
-   Plantation Park Elementary School (Bossier City)
-   Meadowview Elementary School (Bossier City)
-   Waller Elementary School (Bossier City)

K-5

-   Apollo Elementary School (Bossier City)
-   Elm Grove Elementary (Elm Grove)
-   R. V. Kerr Elementary School (Bossier City)
-   Stockwell Place Elementary School (Bossier City)
-   Legacy Elementary School (Bossier City)
-   W. T. Lewis Elementary School (Bossier City)

4-5

-   Curtis Elementary School (Bossier City)
-   Princeton Elementary School (Princeton)

K-4

-   Benton Elementary School (Benton)

K-3

-   Bellaire Elementary School (Bossier City)
-   Sun City Elementary School (Bossier City)

2-3

-   Platt Elementary School (South Bossier City)

K-1

-   T. L. Rodes Elementary School (South Bossier City)

[1] “History of Benton High School .” _Benton High School_. Retrieved on February 24, 2009.

[2] The Bible v. the Constitution Slate.com By Zack Kopplin; June 2, 2015

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[6] Bossier schools chief: All athletes should stand for anthem Shreveport Times By Scott Smith; September 27, 2017

[7] Updated: Punishment for protest during anthem outlined in Bossier Shreveport Times By Roy Lang III; September 28, 2017

title: Bossier Parish School Board

question: When was Benton High School Desegregated?

answer: In May 1969 the Supreme Court issued to Desegregation in schools. The only black school in Benton, C.H. Irion High School became Benton Elementary School. For the first time in history blacks and whites went to the same school.

question: Summarize the controversy related to Creationism.

answer: There was a lawsuit filed by "Americans United for Separation of Church and State" alleging unconstitutional practices. Teachers at the school were teaching creationism. Ultimately an agreement was reached which ended official prayers.