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NIMANDA MADUSHANKA (born 27 July 1992) is a Sri Lankan cricketer.[1] He made his first-class debut for Nondescripts Cricket Club in the 2014–15 Premier Trophy on 27 February 2015.[2] He made his List A debut for Ampara District in the 2016–17 Districts One Day Tournament on 15 March 2017.[3] He made his Twenty20 debut for Badureliya Sports Club in the 2017–18 SLC Twenty20 Tournament on 24 February 2018.[4]

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title: Nimanda Madushanka

question: Who is Nimana Madushanka?

answer: a Sri Lankan cricketer

question: When did Nimanda Madushanka make his first-class debut?

answer: 27 February 2015

question: When was Nimanda Madushanka born?

answer: 27 July 1992

question: When did Nimanda Madushanka make his Twenty20 debut?

answer: 24 February 2018

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Nimanda Madushanka is a Sri Lankan cricketer.


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Aonuma wants Link to have a gender-neutral appearance so that anyone can relate to him

__ Posted on June 18, 2016 by (@NE_Brian) in General Nintendo, News

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When Zelda: Breath of the Wild’s was initially announced, there was talk about Link possibly being female. Producer Eiji Aonuma eventually shot down that idea, but speculation had been swirling before this week that the game could include an option that would allow players to choose a gender.

Link may look a bit feminine in Breath of the Wild – or at least slightly less masculine compared to how he looks in Twilight Princess. However, his appearance is intentional.

Aonuma explained to TIME that he “wanted Link to be gender neutral” going all the way back to Ocarina of Time. This was done so that different types of players could relate to the character. Aonuma said that he “went a different route and created a version of Link that was more masculine” with Twilight Princess, but “went back to the drawing board and decided Link should be a more gender-neutral character” after that title.

Aonuma’s comments in full:

  “Back during the Ocarina of Time days, I wanted Link to be gender neutral. I wanted the player to think ‘Maybe Link is a boy or a girl.’ If you saw Link as a guy, he’d have more of a feminine touch. Or vice versa, if you related to Link as a girl, it was with more of a masculine aspect. I really wanted the designer to encompass more of a gender-neutral figure. So I’ve always thought that for either female or male players, I wanted them to be able to relate to Link.”

  “During the development of Twilight Princess, I went a different route and created a version of Link that was more masculine. But after Twilight Princess I went back to the drawing board and decided Link should be a more gender-neutral character. Hence I created the version of Link that you see in Breath of the Wild. As far as gender goes, Link is definitely a male, but I wanted to create a character where anybody would be able to relate to the character.”

  “So that’s why I think the rumor went around that Link could be a female. Because maybe the users were able to relate in that way.”

Source

__ More: Eiji Aonuma, interview, The Legend of Zelda, top

question: What was the rumour being carried around about Link's gender?

answer: There was a rumour about Link, the main protagonist of Zelda: Breath of the Wild, being a female.

question: How does Link look in the game?

answer: He looks gender-neutral.

question: Why did the producer of Zelda, Eiji Aonuma, decided to make Link gender-neutral in appearance?

answer: Eiji wants both male and female Zelda players to be able to relate to Link.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Producer Eiji Aonuma, one of the people working on Zelda: Breath of the Wild, commented on the rumour that Link, the game's protagonist, will be a female. Eiji said the studio is working on making Link look gender-neutral, instead of the masculine appearance he's carried for years. The producer gave the reason for this saying, he wants to create a character that anybody would be able to relate to.


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(First chapter of my up and coming story)

  *Beep Beep Beep Beep Bee-*

  With a crash, the small alarm clock was sent tumbling abruptly down to the floor. With a groan, a hung over and ill tempered figure pushed the covers back, squinting at the light just now creeping through his window. He sits up and swings his legs over the edge of the bed, rubbing his face with one hand. With a grunt, he hoists himself upright and shuffles into the bathroom, rinsing his face and staring at himself in the mirror.

  “James Marshall, you look like hell.”

  He grunts to himself. He always looked like hell, just varying shades, depending on the day. The middle of the week was often unkind at any rate. He strips down and draws a warm shower, stepping in to cleanse the sweat of another fitful night away, relaxing his tense muscles and exhaling slowly. Slowly, he soaps himself, shampoos his unkempt shoulder length hair, and lets the water take the stress and worry away if just for a moment.

  After a scant five minutes, the shower cuts off, his allotted shower ration for the morning expiring. With a short huff, he carefully steps out of the shower to towel himself off. Just as he finishes. The communication console, commonly referred to as a Com-Con, lights up with an incoming message. Reluctantly, the newly washed man makes his way to the screen, keying the green 'Answer' prompt. Immediately, a very irate and very fat man flashes onto the screen, cigar chomped firmly between yellowing teeth.

  “Marshall! Station, thirty minutes! Don't keep me waiting. I mean it this time boy. Do not keep me waiting!”

  A groan and a nod was his answer. He hangs up the Com-Con and dresses quickly, donning a pair of pressed black slacks, a cheap white button-up shirt, a shoulder-strap holster, and his black waistcoat. He grabs his revolver and badge from his nightstand, pocketing the metal and leather shield and slipping the heavy handgun into its holster, securing it into place. He laces up his pair of polished black boots and slips a thin blade into a hidden sheath in the ankle of the boot. Standing, he dusts his pants off, grabs his pack of nicosticks, and heads out the door of his dingy two room apartment.

  With swift feet, he makes his way down two flights of stairs to the parking garage. The lift was busted for the fourth straight month. He felt like he needed the workout anyways. He throws the door to the garage open, nearly smacking a tenant on his way back in directly in the face. James utters an apology and keeps on his way, despite the string of foul words from the other tenant. Quickly, he files down the rows of shining metal and stops at the spot that held his old roadster. He opens the door and lowers himself into the drivers seat.

  Detecting a change in occupancy, a panel slides open, revealing a small glass pane, reading “Identify”. He presses his thumb to it and speaks.

  “Marshall, James Augustus. Civil Identification Oh Three One Two Nine.”

  “Identification confirmed. Welcome back, James.”

  The engine spins to life, the turbine emitting a low whine as it comes to speed. He eases backwards and turns to exit the garage. The gate lifts to allow him to pass, and he steers his way onto the busy highway carefully, heading into the belly of the beast that was Crimson Main, one of the largest cities on the planet of Mir. The city itself held a certain archaic feel, reminding one of the Chicago of the twentieth century, back on Earth, before the trans-planetary acceleration gates failed.

  Ten minutes of driving brings him to the towering spire that was the Central Justice Union. He navigates the aging vehicle into the parking building, nosing it into his assigned space, narrowly avoiding trading paint with the car of fool next to him, who was parked almost a foot off center, almost encroaching into his space. He grumbles loudly to himself as he finishes parking, having needed to realign once to park straight. Still fifteen minutes to go. He makes a quick jaunt down the street to a busy coffee shop. The girl at the counter knew him at once and called an order back to the elderly man making orders for half a dozen people.

  “You're early, Jay. McHanson have something 'Important' for you?”

  She emphasizes  the word important with actual finger quotations. James nods solemnly and sighs slightly.

  “Old bastard probably needs me to investigate his wife for being a harlot. Again.”

  This earns a high pitched giggle from the girl. She turns to accept something from the elderly man and sets it on the counter. A steaming pastry and a cup of scathingly hot coffee, black as night, and sweet as sin. He digs in his pocket and lays a handful of bills on the counter. He always over-payed for this indulgence. The girl was of ill fortune, barely of age to work in the city, but already two years on the job.

  “Be careful today, guy. Talk on the street is nowhere near good. That Ishikawa-Murray blowhard has been stirring up trouble again. Damn corporate backers can't leave the issue alone!”

The girl had slammed her hand down onto the counter, causing a lock of bright green hair to slip out of her cap, gaining a sly grin from James.

“Green this time? That's new.”

  “Shut up, you. I got tired of black again.”

  He answers with a shrug and grabs his coffee and pastry. He takes a sip back and grimaces from the scalding heat.

  “Take care, Mare”

  “You too, old man”

  He chuckles and shakes his head as he departs. He was barely mid-way through his twenties, but still had ten years on the girl. What a sad ordeal, such a young thing forced to earn a living for a deadbeat mother. A story he himself knew all too well. Without much more hesitation, he makes his way into the spire, taking a vertical lift to the investigations department floor, midway up the lofty structure.

  He had barely stepped off the lift when he was bombarded with the bellowing shouts of the massive man who held domain over him, and signed his paychecks. Impassively, he takes another sip of coffee. It was going to be a long, long day.

title: [SF] Eternity Served Cold: Chapter 1

question: What does the story say about the relationship between James and the girl at the coffee shop?

answer: Whenever James is on his way to work at the Central Justice Union, he stops at a coffee shop to get some coffee and pastry to go. This appears to be his routine because the girl who handles the counter is very familiar with him, and he likewise. She naturally addresses James as Jay because of their familiarity, and James likes to overpay for her service. James is sympathetic toward the girl because she is too young to work in the city and has done so for two years for her deadbeat mother.


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(MISSOULA, MONTANA) – For 2015, Sun Mountain is expanding its collection of top-selling C-130 golf cart bags to include three different models: a stand bag, a version with a 7-way divided top, and the standard 14-way divided top. All three models are in stores now at $239 for the C-130S stand bag and $229 for the C-130 7-way and 14-way. Call 800-227-9224 or visit www.sunmountain.com to find your nearest retailer.

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The C-130S stand bag is for cart-golfers who like to carry their bag to the practice range and enjoy the convenience of the stand. The C-130 7-way has a seven-way divided top for those who don’t care for the individual club dividers. And, the C-130 14-way is the traditional version of the C-130 for golfers who prefer the individual, club-divided top.

All versions of the C-130 are designed to work optimally on a riding cart. Features in common across all C-130 models include the reverse-orientation top and the three utility handles integrated into the top that offer multiple hand-holds for picking the bag up. Each model also has a cart-strap tunnel which allows the cart strap to pass through the bag and not block access to any of the bag’s pockets or crush any of the pockets’ contents.

One of the hallmarks of the C-130 is pocket space. All models of the C-130 feature: two full-length clothing pockets, two velour-lined valuables pockets (including one sized for a rangefinder), a beverage pocket, and several additional pockets for balls and tees and other accessories. C-130 7-way and 14-way also offer an integrated putter well.

For 30 years Sun Mountain has been a pioneer in the golf industry, revolutionizing golf bags, golf outerwear and golf carts. Sun Mountain's many innovations, including the first lightweight golf bag and modern stand bag, have made it the top golf bag company in North America. Within golf outerwear, Sun Mountain redefined golf-specific performance first with the windshirt, then fleece, and again with its four-way stretch, waterproof, and breathable rainwear. The Sun Mountain Speed Cart golf push cart transformed walking carts and created an entirely new category of golf products. Sun Mountain's "Ahead of Time Design" motto drives the company to continually design and refine golf equipment.

For the Sun Mountain retailer nearest you call 800-227-9224 or visit www.sunmountain.com.

question: What is the purpose of this post?

answer: The purpose of this post is an advertisement for Sun Mountain (presumably a store). Sun Mountain is expanding its collection of top-selling golf cart bags.

question: Where is Sun Mountain located?

answer: Missoula, Montana

question: How long has the Sun Mountain been selling golf equipment?

answer: For 30 years.

question: What is Sun Mountain's motto?

answer: "Ahead of the Time Design"

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The purpose of this post is an advertisement for Sun Mountain (presumably a store). Sun Mountain is expanding its collection of top-selling golf cart bags.


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SIGNING UP FOR A TICKET GETS YOU IN THE DOOR MORE QUICKLY SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE TO ENJOY ALL THE MAKER FAIRE FUN! YOU WILL NEED TO GET A WRISTBAND IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE IN WORKSHOPS, HANDS-ON MAKING ACTIVITIES AND OTHER MAKER FAIRE EVENTS. DON'T WASTE YOUR TIME STANDING IN LINE! JUST CHECK IN, GET YOUR WRISTBAND AND START MAKING!

 Registration will also help us to gauge how many people will be coming and will help us plan our exhibits and interactive displays so that we will have enough materials for everyone to take part and enjoy.

FAQ’S:

WHAT DAY(S) AND HOUR(S) WILL CLEVELAND MINI MAKER FAIRE BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC?
Cleveland Mini Maker Faire takes place on Saturday, November 4, 2017 from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. at the Cleveland Public Library's Main Library complex at 325 and 525 Superior Ave., Cleveland, OH 44114

WHERE CAN I PARK?
Visithttp://parking.downtowncleveland.com/civic-center/for an online guide and a map of parking options in the City Center area.

WHERE IS THE HANDICAP PARKING LOCATED?
The Downtown Cleveland Alliance Parking Guide for City Center includes listings of all parking options and facilities. http://parking.downtowncleveland.com/civic-center/ All garages include handicap parking facilities.

WHERE CAN I PARK MY RV?
The Cleveland Municipal Parking Lotis the best place to park RVs or other large vehicles.

IS PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION AVAILABLE?
Yes. The Cleveland Public Library is located a short distance from Public Square and is easily accessible by public transportation. Visithttp://www.riderta.com/ to plan your trip. Riding RTA saves you the hassle of finding and paying for parking and gets you to Maker Faire quickly and easily. Nearly all bus and rapid lines stop within two blocks of the library. The FREE RTA trolleys also make it easy and free to access all of the highlights of Downtown Cleveland.

WILL YOU HAVE BIKE PARKING?
Bike racks are located in front of the library's Eastman Reading Garden on Superior Ave.
Visitors will also find a UH Bikes Cleveland Bike Share rack in the same location.
In addition, The Bike Rack is a short walk away at 2148 East 4th St., providing indoor bike parking, showers and changing facilities and basic maintenance and repair assistance.

WHAT IF IT RAINS?
The show will go on! Bring rain gear to keep you dry when walking outdoors. Fortunately, we will have many indoor exhibits to keep the family dry.

WHAT CAN I EXPECT?
To have a fantastic time! You'll be surprised and intrigued at every corner that you turn. Be prepared for hands-on exploration and Making, exciting exhibits and even a 30-foot fire-breathing dragon!

_RAIN OR SHINE. NO REFUNDS/EXCHANGES. TICKETS CANNOT BE REPLACED._

_Cleveland Mini Maker Faire is independently organized and operated under license from Maker Media, Inc._

I understand that by registering here, Maker Media may provide me with updates and information about Maker Faires, other events, and products of interest to the maker community. I understand that I may opt out of these communications at any time.

_Maker Media Privacy Policy_

question: What is the name of the event>

answer: The Cleveland Mini Maker Faire

question: Why sign up for a ticket if attendance is free?

answer: People who sign up for a ticket don't need to wait in line.

question: Ways to get to the Cleveland Mini Maker Faire.

answer: Visitors can bring their own vehicles or bikes. Public transport is also available via the free RTA trolleys.

question: What should guests do in case it rains?

answer: The show will go on and guests are encouraged to bring rain gear so they can stay dry while walking around outdoors. There will also be many indoor exhibits to keep families dry.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The Cleveland Mini Maker Faire is a free event full of workshops, hands-on making activities, and other Maker Faire events, including a 30-foot fire-breathing dragon. Visitors are urged to get tickets in advance so they don't have to fall in line and bring rain gear in case it rains.


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Marc Kenigsberg - July 9, 2018

[bitcoin mining for dummies]

ONE OF THE MOST COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT BITCOIN AND ONE OF THE MOST MISUNDERSTOOD IS THE IDEA OF MINING FOR BITCOINS. THIS ARTICLE WILL EXPLAIN HOW BITCOIN MINING WORKS IN PLAIN AND SIMPLE ENGLISH.

The first thing we need to address is what actually is Bitcoin? Does it exist anywhere physically?

Mining for Bitcoins Basics

Bitcoin is a digital currency which means it exists in digital form only. It is essentially a set of numbers stored on a computer as opposed to physical money which is paper. In today’s world this part is not so difficult to understand, after all when your money is in the bank it’s not physical either. It’s only an amount stored in a computer. The only difference is that you can get the bank to give you the physical equivalent in paper cash.

In both cases, however, the buying power or value of the money is not based on the intrinsic value of the paper or coin but rather what the markets has determined its worth. But that is for a different post, do let’s move on.

The important takeaway here is that Bitcoin is in digital format, made up of numbers. That’s the form it is created in and stays in for its entire life. When Bitcoin was first created it was setup to “mint” or print money at set intervals. And at each interval a certain amount of coins are released in a batch. The interval is roughly every 8 minutes and each batch is called a block. So every 8 minutes a block of coins is released. Each block currently contains 25 BTC (~$19,000) and every four years the amount of coins halves.

What is Mining for Bitcoins Actually

Mining is essentially the act of releasing these blocks. The coins don’t release automatically, they have to be unlocked and that process is what has been termed Bitcoin Mining. Every block of Bitcoin is locked with a series of complex mathematical equations which need to be solved. When these are solved the block is released.

There are millions of these equations surrounding and each block and they are math problems that need massive amounts of computer power to solve. Not every equation has to be solved to free the coins, in each block there is a winning equation that unlocks the block but this could be the first, seventieth or second millionth equation attempted.

A computer takes one equation at a time and solves it, at which point the block either unlocks or says ‘try again.’ The computer then tries the next equation and so on until the block releases the coins. How fast each equation is solved depends on the speed and power of the computer solving the equation. In a nutshell that is all there is to mining cryptocurrency like Bitcoin.

As a user you tell your computer (using a software mining program) that you want to mine and it will take one equation at a time and try and solve it. Today there are thousands of computers working on each block at the same time and most miners have dedicated mining rigs built solely for this purpose which have much more power than an average home computer.

There have been four generations of Bitcoin mining hardware and most mining today is done in a pool where users share their power and split the rewards from blocks, but that’s another article.

How Long Will Bitcoin Mining Last

Mining will continue until all the Bitcoin are finished being created, which is scheduled to be in 2140. Until then people will keep trying to get them through mining. Each day it gets harder and less profitable but that’s a question of margins and economics.

In Simple English

  To mine Bitcoins your computer solves complex math problems one after another until the winning equation is solved and then the block is unlocked and the coins are transferred to you. Simple, right?

LET’S LOOK AT IT BY WAY OF AN ANALOGY.

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Imagine that there was a treasure chest (BLOCK) full of gold coins (BITCOINS) and this chest was locked with a padlock. Next to the chest is a guy with a pile of keys (COMPLEX EQUATIONS) and one of these keys opens the chest.

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Now you and a hundred other people all want the coins inside this chest, so the guy tells you to form a line. The first person steps forward and is given one key to try. When it doesn’t open he goes to the back of the line and waits and the next person tries. This continues until someone’s key opens the chest and they get to keep the gold.

Now, whether mining is profitable or a good idea for the average person is another question entirely. I HOPE THAT HELPS EXPLAIN THINGS A BIT AND WOULD LOVE TO HEAR YOUR COMMENTS, SO PLEASE POST BELOW AND SHARE IN THE DISCUSSION.

question: What is Bitcoin?

answer: It is a digital currency.

question: At the time of the article, how many bitcoins were in each block released?

answer: 25 bitcoins

question: What is bitcoin mining?

answer: It's the act of releasing the bitcoin blocks.

question: How do you release a block of Bitcoin?

answer: By solving a series of complex mathematical equations.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article explains what is bitcoin mining.


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Trump supporters react to early results on election night at the New York Hilton Midtown in NYC.

When Phillip Howell heard Donald Trump supporters grumble about being called racists and misogynists, he wanted to send them a message: you can't be upset about it, and you must own what you did. Two days after the election, the Chicago-based software engineer wrote a Facebook post that has since gone viral for expressing the frustration many feel toward the people who voted for Trump.

"I had some people in my life who were complaining that they were being called names, and I wanted to point out to them that . . . well, everything I said in the post," he told POPSUGAR.

  Not all Trump supporters are racist, misogynist, xenophobes. All Trump supporters saw a racist, misogynist, xenophobe...

  Posted by Phillip Howell on Thursday, November 10, 2016

"You may not have racist, misogynist, xenophobic intent, but you have had racist, misogynist, xenophobic impact. Impact > intent," he wrote on Facebook. "So when you get called racist, misogynist, and xenophobic — understand that your actions have enabled racism, misogyny, and xenophobia in the highest halls of our federal government, regardless of why you voted for him."

The 38-year-old also said Trump supporters "had to own this" and didn't "get to escape it because your feelings are hurt that people are calling you names," even if they voted for Trump for reasons like his job promises rather than his hateful rhetoric. His post now has more than 58,000 reactions and 43,000 shares.

Howell said he's received many comments from people thanking him for the thoughtful post and capturing how they feel. "I've gotten a lot of really nice messages from people, many along the lines of, 'This is what I've been trying to explain, but I couldn't find the words,'" he said.

question: What's Phillips's job?

answer: He's a software engineer.

question: What was his Facebook post about?

answer: It was about his frustration toward the people that voted for trump.

question: On what date did Phillip post on Facebook?

answer: Thursday, November 10, 2016.

question: What's Phillips's opinion on Trump voters?

answer: He thinks that even if they are not racist, misogynistic, and xenophobic, they've voted for someone that is thus having a big impact in bringing these things to the surface.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This snippet is about Phillip Howell's Facebook post regarding what he thinks of trump voters. He thinks that even if they are not racist, misogynistic, and xenophobic, they've voted for someone that is thus having a big impact in bringing these things to the surface.


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Her hands, trembling ever to slightly, as she gripped the cool metal handle, her fingertips dancing delicately across the surface. With a swift motion the barrier was broken and the clear liquid flowed freely, stretching out along the cold porcelain curvature of the bathtub. The water ran, pooling at the end, before rising, rippling under the pressure of its peers, each drop fighting for its own space in the tub. As her own miniature ocean began to lap at the shore of the bath she returned the faucet to its original position, stemming the chaos, only a last few drops escaping. The thoughts in her mind still rippled like the water once had, she only wished for the storm to calm so she could relax. Unscrewing the bottle she poured the pills into her hand, several spilling to the floor, her gaze did not shift her only focus was finding shelter from the hurricane that was raging inside her skull.

Taking a deep breath in the tension eased. Tentatively she stepped into the bath, disturbing the peace that the water had found. For just a moment, her breath caught. Inside her chest her heart was pounding with an ache she had never known. She hesitated, and then calmness washed over her, as the warmth of the water flowed through her. She knew this was what she needed. Her sharp expression smoothed as the water began to calm her, cleansing every part of her being. Giving into the soothing touch of the water she exhaled deeply, breathing out her troubles. Tentatively her mind began to wander, reaching out for a long forgotten moment of bliss to recite endlessly in her thoughts. She painted the scene in her mind, a time without worry or regret, without commitments or disappointment.

Crystal clear dew drops raced down leaf slops, carelessly leaping off the edge, blissful and clear minded, craving adventure, for the excitement and unknown that waited. The wind rang its fingers through her flowing hair, the flowers outstretched, reaching towards her to be picked up like a small child yearning for their mother. The warm touch of the sun cascaded across the meadow, illuminating every minor element, a moment frozen in time; a moment where nothing at all mattered. It was paradise. However the longer she allowed herself to indulge in the memory the more it distorted, twisting against her. The flowers recoiled from her touch, the sky darkened, angered from her presence. The air was cold. The storm had found her, she began to run, and she knew she could not hide for long her but that short moment had been enough, she was confident in her decision.

She let go. The fight inside her was gone, the war was done. No longer was there any pain, or struggle. Calm; at last everything was calm, the storm clouds parting forever. A clang echoed though the bathroom as the cool metal object slipped from her fingertips. The warmth flowed from her, the water around her now tepid and tinged scarlet. Her body was distressed and drained from the battle she had fought. Fought within her, a war which could not be won or lost, for the fight was with her. Water began to fill her lungs, but do not be fooled she was not drowning, for at last, she could finally breathe. At last she could rest.

Upon the floor was a lined, crumbled notebook page, ripped out, its edges carelessly torn. Heavy crease lines covered it, each fold line in the page, telling the story of how many times this ended had approached, only for something to change its course. Scrawled across the page in smudged black ink were only two words. The long battle for her life, and this was the result. Just two little words, to express her struggle, express her final wish. Forget me.

title: The World Forgetting by the World Forgot.

question: What drove the protagonist to want to commit suicide?

answer: She seems to be in mental and emotional pain. Even as she is dying, she seems to want to forget her anguish and hold on to the memories of any sliver of peace she had ever enjoyed. She is so much in pain that she does not want any living being to remember her.

question: Does the protagonist have any family members living in close proximity?


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What is the Toronto Craft Beer Festival?

Thanks to all that joined Toronto Craft Beer Festival [TCBF] at our great new venue in 2017! Join us June 22, 23, and 24 to celebrate independent craft brewers. The festival will feature a wide variety of finely made craft beers and ciders, as well as delicious food, fun activities, and live music for 19+ festivalgoers.

Where is the festival located?

Toronto Craft Beer Festival 2018 is conveniently located downtown on the West Island of Ontario Place (955 Lake Shore Blvd West). It will be a mostly outdoor event, just minutes from the CNE, GO, and TTC stops and yes, there should be plenty of parking.

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— 2018 Craft Brewers —

Ace Hill Beer

Anderson Craft Ales

Barnstormer Brewing Company

Beau's Brewing Company

Big Rock Brewing

Broadhead Brewing Company

Cowbell Brewing Co.

Georgian Bay Spirit Co.

Haliburton Highlands Brewing

Hometown Brew Co.

Hill Street Beverage Co.

Left Field Brewery

Maclean's Ales

Market Brewing Co.

Muskoka Brewery

Nickel Brook Brewing Co.

No Boats on Sunday Cider

Northern Maverick Brewing Co.

Powerhouse Brewing Co.

Red Thread Brewing Co.

Saulter Street Brewery

Shawn & Ed Brewing Co.

Shiny Apple Cider

Side Launch Brewing Company

Society of Beer Drinking Ladies

Thornbury Village Craft Beer & Cider

Tobermory Brewing Company

Waterloo Brewing

— 2018 Food Vendors —

TDot's Naansense

CRAFT Beer Market

The Colossal Onion

The Food Dudes

Rebozos Truck

6SpiceRack

Sausage Party

Mustache Burger

Chicken Tenders

Ontario Corn Roasters

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question: What does the article say about the attendees of the Toronto Craft Beer Festival?

answer: The Toronto Craft Beer Festival is for those who love to drink beer listen to live music. Attendees can join fun activities, eat delicious foods, and enjoy fine beers and ciders. There is an early-bird ticket sale, and attendees can pay cashless using Token Mobile.

question: What does the article say about the effects of drinking too much alcohol?


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FLATWOOD is an unincorporated community in Shannon County, in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1]

History

The community once contained a school, the Flatwoods School.[2] The schoolhouse was named for flatwoods in the area.[3]

[1]

[2]

[3]

title: Flatwood, Missouri

question: What county is Flatwood in?

answer: Flatwood is in Shannon County.

question: What state is Flatwood in?

answer: Flatwood is in the state of Missouri.

question: What school used to be in Flatwood?

answer: The Flatwood School used to be in Flatwood.

question: Why was the Flatwood School named that?

answer: The Flatwood School was named after the flatwoods in the area.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Flatwood is an unincorporated community in Missouri. It used to have the Flatwood School in it.


text:
The two soldiers briskly walked down the concrete semicircle of a hallway, one of many connecting the South Suffolk bunkers together. The roaring of Soviet bombs on the surface barely shook the underground structure, but those minor vibrations were enough so that everyone and everything was dusty-even the air was gray. The door at the end of the hallway was simply marked as “101.” One knocked, and the sound echoed through the hall. Quickly, a small latch was slid open, and a single blue eye looked them over, slid it back, and opened the door. The owner of the eye, a young private who would still be in high school if not for the ongoing conflict, saluted the two soldiers. Both returned it.

Inside, an old, grandfatherly man in a loud sweater with a long, white beard was listening to Christmas music. Upon seeing the entering soldiers, he shut off the state-issued radio. For all his apparent jovial nature, the room was darker and dustier than any other. None of the cleaners wanted to come in here, and when they did they attempted to clean it as fast as possible. With the radio off, it was easier to understand why.

The moaning.

It wasn’t loud. In fact, it was just barely audible, to the point where one wouldn’t notice it except with the lack of any other source of noise. The source was a pit with chains leading into it. Inside were but a few small children-or what the State had labeled as ‘The Plague of the Isles.’

Celts.

The old man interrupted the sound of the moaning, with a voice that was much like the soldiers had imagined Santa to sound like when they were but young children.

“Well? What has the Permanent Secretary sent you here for?” One of the soldiers-a young corporal with the name of Benjamin-spoke up.

“Project K6, sir.”

“What about it?”

“Is it ready for use?”

“I wouldn’t use it yet, though it can be tested.”

“Sir... The Soviets have breached the Bodicaea line. They’re less that 10 miles from the outskirts of London.”

“Yes, yes. I know that. But let me show you something.”

He waved them over to the pit. Looking down, they saw four emaciated children, chained together and to the walls.

The Captain spoke up. “Sir, I believe this could be counted as a success.”

The old man-Professor Herbert-looked at him with complete derision.

“Most of that is the joint effects of seeing their parents burnt alive and being underfed for the past month. K6 hasn't changed anything, as far as we know. Still, the rat experiments are promising.”

“Permanent Secretary Ottinger won’t be happy about this.”

“The problem is that we haven’t been given enough time. If you-”

“Sir, the State has given all the time it will. K6 is needed now!”

“I don’t think tha-”

“We are the embodiment of the will of the State, and if you do not follow our instructions, you are going against the State's own will. Hand K6 over.”

Professor Herbert sighed.

“Fine. Mark!”

The private at the door stood and walked to them.

“I want you to give these men... 4 vials of the K6 virus. As for you two,” he said, turning to the pair of soldiers. “I want you to inform the PS that this needs to be dropped far away from the Isles themselves. Berlin or Vienna will give us enough of a buffer that by the time the virus reaches us, if it actually infects anyone that is, we’ll be far enough away that we can successfully inoculate the Anglic population of the Isles.”

The Corporal smiled, giving an affirmative to the professor. “Remember, sir, it’s all for the best. Once the Communists and the Celts are destroyed, the State will thrive.”

“I suppose, but at what price prosperity?”

“Sir...”

“I know, I know. The hypocrisy is astounding. Ah, well, best not to think of it.”

The moans rose again from the pit with the ensuing silence.

“The State must thrive.” The professor saluted.

“The State must thrive.” The soldiers briskly exited.

Behind them, the moans were cut out by the sound of Christmas.

title: The State Must Thrive

question: Why is the old man likened to Santa?

answer: He is being likened due to his voice, which is probably warm and grandfatherly.

question: Describe Project K6.

answer: K6 is a virus that "the State" wants to test and then spread so that it can destroy the Communists and the Celts. This is in order for the State to thrive. "The State", the Anglic population, is supposed to be inoculated.

question: How do the two soldiers feel about Project K6?

answer: It seems that at most they support it, and at the least they go along with it.

question: How would one go against the State's own will?

answer: This happens if someone doesn't follow the instructions or general code of the State.

question: What is the turning point in this story?

answer: The turning point seems to be when K6 is demanded to be used immediately.

question: Why won't Ottinger be happy about K6 not changing anything?

answer: It seems this is because it's not evident that K6 works. If K6 doesn't work, the project won't be effective as the State's enemies won't be eradicated.


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Why you should not understand Internet of Things as merely a telecommunication method.

[Taehoon Kim]

Have you heard of Internet of Things (IoT)? This buzzword, which you probably have heard from recent newspapers, TV, or social media, is one of the most popular trends in the world. The concept of IoT is expected to be expanded, beyond IT and electronics, to the scope of dealing with all objects in the world. There are predictions that the company which can dominate this area will dominate the whole industry for the next decade. A huge change is coming to our era.

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We are already facing a huge era of IoT
First of all, let me introduce what IoT is by quoting some existing dictionaries. Naver Dictionary says, “An environment in which everyday objects are connected to each other through network and share information.” Daum Dictionary explains more in detail, “All objects, which are connected to the web, will be enabled to share and process data through their sensors and communication devices independently.”

Is it too hard? To make it easier think of it this way.

  Until now, only humans had access to the web, but in the IoT era, objects will be able to access the web and become “smart”.

What do we humans do on the web? We exchange information, play games, save data, create knowledge, and did so many other activities. Now objects will perform these activities, too. Objects will exchange information, play games, save data, even create knowledge. This kind of world is the era of IoT.

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The era that objects communicate with each other through the web is coming!
Today I would like to talk beyond what is IoT, about what these “things” mean to humanity and how they will influence our lives — thus, the sociological meaning of IoT.

What is sociological meaning?

Sociology may sound very complicated, but it is actually not too hard. For example, let me explain what is the difference of dictionary definition and sociological meaning by the example of Wi-Fi. According to the tech dictionary, Wi-Fi is a close-range telecommunication technology that enables wireless Internet connection. The definition may be an accurate description of the technology, but does not explain anything about what the technology means to us and how it changes our daily lives. Like this example, looking at how our lifestyles and the ways of thinking changed according to the advent of a certain technology is taking a sociological perspective.

How did Wi-Fi affect our lives? Unlike the computers in the past that were limited to be connected to the web through cable, nowadays mobile devices are connected for almost no cost. This dramatically increased the number of people connected and, as a result, led to a huge breakthrough on the amount of information and value in the web. Wi-Fi empowered the web to become the dominant source of information in the modern society. If it were not for Wi-Fi, would such vast amount of information be supplied at such speed and cost? There may be alternatives, but still I doubt it. As for this example of Wi-Fi, the sociological meaning of something is identifying how it affected humans and their lives.

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The Web is available almost everywhere wirelessly through Wi-Fi

Sociological meaning of IoT

What meaning does Internet of Things have in a sociological perspective? Let’s look at how things changed before and after the emerge of IoT. Before IoT, there was a concept of M2M (machine to machine), which means machines communicate with each other. Isn’t it a concept that already existed? Haven’t we been using remote controls to change our channels on TV? Isn’t this M2M? No, M2M is different in that the communication is initiated independently without any human interference. For example, if remote control accordingly tells the TV to turn on, being “smart”, then it is considered M2M.

IoT takes one step further. If M2M focused more on one machine to another, IoT covers many-to-many communication as default and expands the concept from merely “machines” to “things.” Thus, whereas M2M was only about communication among electrical devices like TV and smartphones, IoT makes ordinary objects, such as cups, books, or chairs, into “smart” things that communicate and create information and value.

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M2M to Internet of Things ear

Internet of Things and Humans (IoTH)

How do objects become smart? Even with any great technology, any object can have intelligence or wisdom from scratch. Whether the object tracks user’s behavior to personalize its intelligence or uses artificial intelligence algorithms like deep learning by collecting data, the object needs to collect knowledge and wisdom of humans.

For example, let’s consider a remote control predicting when to turn the TV on at the right time. It needs to track many data like user’s usage patterns, emotions, locations, or other stuff to become intelligent for a specific user or receive data from the server which has accumulated data from other users.

Hence, IoT is possible only with constant interaction with humans. For this reason, to broaden the understanding, IoT should be considered as Internet of Things and Humans. There are already many people who insist this concept. IoT considers all players in the network as the same, human or object. Objects will obtain and save more information and act like humans by making decisions and presenting arguments, and humans will produce more digital data of themselves — speech, behavioral, or biological information — through sensors and computers and communicate more closely with objects.

  IoT should be considered as Internet of Things and Humans.

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Internet of Things to Internet of Things and Humans

What can IoT do?

Until now, there were not many things that an object can do. Books were just left on bookshelves for decades, and the piano that I seldom play just stayed in my room. However, if objects obtain sensors (senses) and data processors & storage (brain) with communication devices (language), then they will start working and produce meaningful value.

For example, let’s say my piano has been collecting my usage patterns, but I recently stopped playing as often. Then the piano can figure out that itself cannot provide meaningful value to the user anymore, search the web for the price of itself on the secondhand market, and propose the user to sell itself if he or she does not want to keep playing. By combing the usage pattern and online market information, the piano can offer a potential option to the user. If the user accepts the offer, it may be able to send a message to the possible buyer. Maybe the piano will ask a down payment for itself.

  Object will utilize data produced by the user, tell opinions, and communicate with humans to create value.

In this future scenario, did the piano behave like an object or a human?

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In the future, the piano might suggest and communicate with you
If the concept of IoT is understood for not only objects but also humans, the scope of one’s thinking can be expanded vastly. It will not merely be a technological issue of how objects communicate, but a different perspective of how objects communicate with humans and how humans will tell objects their intentions as if they were one of us . In a technological perspective, the question becomes, “what kind of objects, sensors, or protocols should be considered?”, but in a sociological perspective, the question changes to, “if objects become like humans, what would be needed and what future would such situation bring?” This kind of approach also corresponds to user experience (UX)and human-centered innovation (HCI) thinking. Now, let’s broaden our imagination to this question.

1. Objects will earn money

Firstly, objects will be able to produce information, just as humans do, so wouldn’t they be able to earn money according to their value? Then, objects should have their own bank (virtual) accounts. Some “competent” objects may get rich.

2. Objects will be involved in financial transactions

Secondly, there may be conflicts of interest between the manufacturer of the object and the owner of the object on the property and ownership rights of the produced data. If a company makes money from those data collected from the users, users may ask for their rights of the data. In this case, the objects may decide the reasonable split of their incomes between the manufacturer and the user.

3. Objects become agents of the online payment market

If the objects earn money and divide the income to the manufacturers and users, then there will be more financial transactions done by objects as agents, much more than the current one which is only by humans. The player who dominates this unique online payment market may be able to acquire enormous wealth through taking commissions from these transactions.

4. Objects need to be identified

To enable all these, objects will need to have identifications as if humans have social security number or passport numbers. Objects need to be identified in the online world, so the identification method should be both unique to avoid overlap and easy for humans to understand. Online security will be another important issue.

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If objects can have virtual bank accounts, they may earn money.
If you look at IoT in not only technological perspective but also sociological perspective, you can easily imagine various “non-Sci-Fi” future images resembling our everyday lives.

  On which perspective and what future do you want to draw? And how will you correspond to this changing future?

question: What is the post all about?

answer: The Internet of Things is more than a telecommunication method.

question: What is IoT?

answer: According to Daum Dictionary: "All objects, which are connected to the web, will be enabled to share and process data through their sensors and communication devices independently.”

question: What can IoT do other than communicate with each other?

answer: According to the author, IoT devices will be able to collect usage data from their owners and provide value by knowing when it's time to sell itself when the owner stops using it.

question: Since IoT devices can only become "smart" with human interaction (data), what name should it be called according to the author?

answer: The Internet of Things and Humans (IoTH)

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: The post's author talks about the Internet of Things (IoT) and how expanding the concept will bring about change in the IoT era. He explains how everyday objects become smart by collecting data and talking to each other via the internet, but it can be more than telecommunication. He also discusses the sociological meaning of connected devices and the difference between IoT and M2M (machine to machine). The author envisions a future where objects will behave more like humans do by gathering data on their owners and taking appropriate steps to provide value. For instance, an old piano can take steps to sell itself when its owner stops playing. The author states that future devices may have the potential to make money and become rich, complete with bank accounts and identification unique to them, like a Social Security Number.


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The MEN'S STANDING HIGH JUMP was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on July 16, 1900. Three athletes, all from the United States, competed in the standing high jump.

Results

  Place   Athlete   Height
  ------- --------- ------------
  1                 1.655 m WR
  2                 1.525 m
  3                 1.500 m

Ewry had little difficulty winning this event, setting a world record at 1.630 metres and then another at 1.655 metres, also the first Olympic record.

Sources

-   International Olympic Committee.
-   De Wael, Herman. _Herman's Full Olympians_: “Athletics 1900”. Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at .
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Men's jumping z standing high Category:High jump at the Olympics Olympics

title: Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's standing high jump

question: If Ewry set a world record at 1.655 meters, what was the average standing jump height of all three U.S. athletes who competed at the 1900 Summer Olympics?

answer: 1.56 m


text:
[Meditating on the beach, Vietnam]

© ePi.Longo

Travel doesn’t have to be as complicated as many people make it out to be. In particular, I get kind of annoyed when I hear people book prescriptive or inflexible tours just because they think organising something themselves is too complicated. That’s usually not going to help you enjoy your trip.

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I love to travel, I love to do it the way I want to do it, and I don’t want planning and traveling to be complicated. If you feel the same way but are not quite sure how to go about it, here are a few tips to help simplify your travel planning.

#1: Focus on Key Parts

When you’re planning your travels, keep the big picture in mind — in other words, the key, essential parts of your trip, which will mostly be things like arrival and departure dates and locations. There might be a few others — the date and location of a friend’s wedding, if that’s what prompted your trip, for example — but nearly everything in the middle of your trip can be flexible and may not need to be planned too much ahead of time.

#2: Make Reservations When You Absolutely Need To

A lot of travelers make accommodation and activity booking way too complicated by feeling like absolutely everything needs to be booked in advance. It doesn’t have to be! It is pretty rare that there’s “no room at the inn”?, but do think through your plans and book accommodation when it’s necessary — for example, for late night arrivals, heavily booked festival times or school holiday peaks, and so on.

If you’re traveling to more than a couple destinations during your trip, booking all your accommodation ahead of time can make your trip inflexible or very complicated when you inevitably want to change things up.

[Morning Coffee]
© Yuri Samoilov

#3: Don’t Plan Sightseeing

You do not need to fill up your trip with pre-booked tours or day trips. In fact, sightseeing ideas can wait until you get there. Nearly all destinations will have brochures galore at your arrival point and at your accommodation, so you can pick what’s interesting, as well as ask locals for their recommendations.

Also, bear in mind that “missing”? a big sight is no tragedy. Some travelers need to get over their hangups about having to see _every last famous sight_ just because they’re famous. If you don’t want to visit the Eiffel Tower in Paris (it’s really not that exciting) then you don’t have to!

#4: A Little Help From Your Friends

If you’re able to hang out with friends at your destination then they can make a lot of things easier for you. If you don’t know anyone, consider CouchSurfing or homestaying for your accommodation. Your hosts will likely be keen to help you see the best of their city and provide you with help and tips which will be far superior to any advance planning you could do on your own.

#5: Research What Interests You

Before your trip, read and research what interests you and what you have time for. In other words, explore the art gallery’s website if you’re an art lover, or find out what extreme sports you can try if you’re a daredevil. But just stick to what you enjoy, without making it complicated and essential. And if you don’t have time to do that, don’t worry about it.

[sleep is the enemy]
© hobvias sudoneighm

#6: Simplify Your Packing

The first rule of packing — which everyone knows but almost nobody applies — is to not pack too much. Keep it simple and remember that in most destinations you can always buy something you haven’t included if the need arises.

Another important thing to remember is not to pack complicated equipment that you may not need. Photographers should especially take note here — how many times have you lugged multiple lenses around that you have never used? The same goes for all gadget lovers, and it’s getting harder as we become more reliant on smartphones and computers (and their chargers, cables, accessories and other extras).

#7: Ignore the Expectations of Others

This is one way I’ve seen people add unnecessary complications to their travel plans. Don’t do something on your travels just because someone else said you “should” or because “that’s what everybody does”?. Do what you want! (This applies to life in general, not just traveling!)

Especially when you’re heading for a tourist hotspot like France or Italy, or for us Australians, an island like Bali, every man and his dog will be advise you about places that you “must”? see. Take their suggestions graciously, then decide for yourself if it’s something you’re interested in. If they tell you later that you were crazy to miss some special place, just smile politely and think about all the time you spent on your trip doing and seeing exactly what _you_ wanted.

#8: Don’t Let Complications Be Complicated

You can’t expect perfection on your trip — and this is true whether you start with complicated planning or just a simple up-and-go attitude — but you should expect the unexpected. Delays, getting lost, discovering a museum is closed on Mondays or a cathedral is being renovated and is closed to visitors, are all part of the excitement of traveling.

Don’t let the unexpected become a complicated drama. It is what it is. Be happy about what you do get to see and do — after all, it beats sitting at a computer in a cubical, right? — and philosophical about what you miss out on. Go with the flow and remember that even some of the worst situations often become funny stories once you return home again.

question: Explain the message the final paragraph is trying to get across.

answer: The final paragraph is saying that it isn't necessarily a disaster if things go wrong during a trip. In the end, those things can wind up being positive memories when looked back upon.

question: According to the article, which would be a bigger issue: missing out on a city's most famous attraction or not being able to visit a museum you wanted to visit?

answer: Not being able to visit a museum you wanted to visit.

question: What sort of job does the article assume the average reader has?

answer: An office job.

question: Why might it be more difficult to pack nowadays than in older times?

answer: Because there are more technological devices that people are attached to and will be inclined to bring with them.


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NEW YORK — As the battle in Gaza grinds on, an unprecedented technological skirmish is taking place in cyberspace. On the Israeli side, the IDF’s Wednesday morning tweet announcing the launch of Operation Pillar of Defense marked the first military declaration of hostilities via Twitter in history.

Now the IDF may be facing an organized response from a group of hackers claiming to be part of the international hacker coalition Anonymous, who published on Thursday their own declaration of cyber-war on Israel and its supporters.

In a press release posted Thursday to an Anonymous-affiliated website, the hackers warned Israel not to shut down the Internet in Gaza and to cease its military operations in the coastal strip, which come on the heels of a barrage of hundreds of rockets from Gaza into Israel in recent days.

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“To the IDF and government of Israel we issue you this warning only once,” read the press release. “Do NOT shut down the Internet into the ‘Occupied Territories’, and cease and desist from your terror upon the innocent people of Palestine or you will know the full and unbridled wrath of Anonymous. And like all the other evil governments that have faced our rage, you will NOT survive it unscathed.”

In a widespread effort called #OpIsrael, Anonymous hackers promised to take down over 40 Israeli government and military websites.

  #OpIsrael 40+ Israel'i government & military websites have been taken down in last 3hrs #FreeGaza #Anonymous #FreePalestine V @AnonNewsINT

  — Anonymous Press (@AnonymousPress) November 15, 2012

Despite the IDF’s official blog disappearing for a brief moment on Thursday, it appears the effort has fallen flat, with only a handful of small websites, including falcon-s.co.il and advocate-israel.com, suffering outages.

Shortly after noon on Friday, the group also managed to briefly bring down the website of AIPAC, the influential Washington-based lobby for stronger US-Israel ties, though AIPAC managed to restore the site within the hour.

Anonymous last attacked AIPAC’s website in March, bragging about the feat on Twitter.

  Gosh, the AIPAC website sure looks TANGO DOWN to us. Wonder why? http://t.co/98BANgD0 >> http://t.co/mCZmRTcg

  — Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) March 4, 2012

Israeli hackers appeared to be returning fire Friday, as the Anonymous Twitter feed reported that an Anonymous-affiliated IRC network (which hosts online chat rooms) ”appears to be under heavy attack by pro-Israeli cyber groups.”

  #BREAKING – VoxAnon (An IRC network often visited by #Anons) appears to be under heavy attack by pro-Israeli cyber groups. #OpIsrael

  — Anonymous (@YourAnonNews) November 16, 2012

In addition to its attacks on Israel, Anonymous has developed an “Anonymous Gaza Care Package,” a file containing “instructions in Arabic and English that can aid you in the event the Israel government makes good on it’s (sic) threat to attempt to sever your Internet connection.”

The file also contains “useful information on evading IDF surveillance.”

In addition, hackers have worked to provide Gazans with chat rooms and communications channels that are more difficult for Israeli security services to observe. A list of dialup phone connections to European Internet service providers has been published to allow Gazans to access the Internet through regular phone lines in the event that Internet access in the Strip is shut down.

While the Anonymous campaign has yet to score meaningful victories, and Israeli hackers appear to be responding vigorously, Anonymous has vowed the campaign will be long and painful.

“For far to (sic) long, Anonymous has stood by with the rest of the world and watched in despair the barbaric, brutal and despicable treatment of the Palestinian people in the so called ‘Occupied Territories’ by the Israel Defense Force (sic),” it said in the Thursday press release.

“To the people of Gaza and the ‘Occupied Territories’, know that Anonymous stands with you in this fight. … know that tens of thousands of us in Anonymous are with you and working tirelessly around the clock to bring you every aid and assistance that we can.”

AIPAC did not return requests for comment.

question: Who is hacking the IDF?

answer: A group of hackers claiming to be part of the international hacker coalition Anonymous declared a cyber-war on Israel and its supporters.

question: Why is the IDF being hacked?

answer: The IDF is being hacked because they are threatening to shut down the Internet in Gaza. They are also bombing the Gaza strip.

question: What is the Anonymous Gaza Care Package?

answer: The Anonymous Gaza Care package is a file containing “instructions in Arabic and English that can aid you in the event the Israel government makes good on it’s (sic) threat to attempt to sever your Internet connection.”

question: What is AIPAC?

answer: AIPAC is an influential Washington-based lobby that works to create stronger Us-Israel ties.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: After threatening to shut down the Internet in the Gaza Strip, along with its relentless bombings, the IDF is under cyber-attack by a group of hackers who claim to be a part of the international coalition known as Anonymous. However, the attacks have only been temporary, and most of the targeted sites are back online. Anonymous has also developed an "Anonymous Gaza Care Package" a file that contains "instructions in Arabic and English that can aid you in the event the Israel government makes good on it’s (sic) threat to attempt to sever your Internet connection.”


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SABRINA BULJUBAŠIĆ (born 30 September 1988) is a Bosnian retired professional footballer[1] and international lawyer who is the current director of Bosnian Premier League club Sarajevo.

Early life and education

Buljubašić was born in the industrial city of Tuzla, before emigrating with her family to the United States at the age of five during the Bosnian War.[2] Her family settled in Vancouver, Washington, where she was first introduced to football.[3] After captaining her high school varsity team, Buljubašić declined numerous scholarship offers in the United States,[4] choosing to relocate to Bosnia and Herzegovina and continue her studies there, enrolling in the American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina (AUBiH) where she earned a degree in international relations.[5]

She further graduated from the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía (ISDE - the Graduate School of Law and Economy) in Madrid with an international master's degree in Sports Law and Management.[6]

Playing career

While studying, Buljubašić simultaneously established ŽNK Salt City Tuzla,[7] the first women's football club in her home town, going on to captain it and hold the position of vice-chairwoman for three years.[8] In 2012, she joined Bosnian powerhouse SFK 2000 with whom she won a league and cup double and reached the Round of 32 in the UEFA Women's Champions League.[9]

At this time Buljubašić also represented Bosnia and Herzegovina internationally, earning six caps and scoring one goal. Soon after she retired at the age of only 26, wishing to focus only on international sports law.[10]

Administrative career

After working as a sports agent and columnist for varies football organizations including FIFA and the NWSL, as well as being an adviser for women's football in the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Buljubašić was named acting director of Sarajevo upon the request of club owner, billionaire and chairman of Berjaya Group, Vincent Tan in August 2016, thus becoming the first woman to hold a management position in the club's history.[11][12] On 20 December 2016, it was confirmed that Buljubašić became the new club director indefinitely.[13]

Honours

Player

SFK 2000

-   Bosnian Women's Premier League: 2012–13, 2013–14
-   Bosnian Women's Cup: 2012–13, 2013–14

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title: Sabrina Buljubašić

question: Who is Sabrina Buljubašić?

answer: She is a retired professional footballer, international sports lawyer, and current director of the Bosnian Premier League club, Sarajevo.

question: Where was Sabrina born?

answer: She was born in Tuzla, Bosnia, before emigrating with her family to the United States at the age of five during the Bosnian War.

question: Summarize everything relating to Sabrina's education.

answer: Sabrina graduated high school in the US, where she was the captain of the football varsity team. She declined several scholarships in the US and relocated to Bosnia and Herzegovina, where she studied at the American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina (AUBiH) where she earned a degree in international relations. She went to Madrid and earned her master's degree in Sports Law and Management from the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía or ISDE.

question: How far did Sabrina's team go in the UEFA Women's Champions League?

answer: Round 32

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Sabrina Buljubašić is a retired professional footballer, international sports lawyer, and current director of the Bosnian Premier League club, Sarajevo. She has a degree in international relations from the American University in Bosnia and Herzegovina (AUBiH) and a master's degree in Sports Law and Management from the Instituto Superior de Derecho y Economía or ISDE. She joined Bosnian powerhouse SFK 2000, reaching Round 32 in the UEFA Women's Champions League. After retiring at 26, Sabrina became a sports agent, football columnist, and adviser for women's football in the Football Association of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Buljubašić was named acting director of Sarajevo in August 2016.


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PAUL RECLUS (1858–1941) was a French anarchist.

Early life

Paul Reclus was born on May 25, 1858, in Neuilly-sur-Seine to Elie Reclus. Following the Paris Commune, as a young teenager, he and his parents moved to Zurich, where he remained for six years. Reclus attended École Centrale Paris between 1878 and 1881, and worked as an engineer for the next 13 years. His 1885 marriage bore four children, among whom would be the anarchist Jacques Reclus.

Career

Reclus wrote syndicalist propaganda while an engineer at the Gare de Bessèges, from which he was fired in 1886. He formed an anarchist group and about 30 people in the Alès area (southern France) participated. Reclus attended the 1889 International Anarchist Congress in Paris, where advocated for individual reclamation as an expression of propaganda by deed. He later wrote that theft and work greatly overlapped, that presently, work was not honest and theft was not dishonest.

He wrote for anarchist publications including _La Plume_, _La Revue anarchiste_, and _La Revue libertaire_. Reclus wrote Jean Grave's _Revolt_ for half a year during the latter's prison sentence. Reclus also managed two subscription funds, for a press and for families of prisoners.

Reclus came to manage a new factory at Varangéville in 1892 but quit when anarchists he had hired, including Désiré Pauwels, were fired. His family returned to Paris.

The anarchist Auguste Vaillant borrowed money from Reclus's wife and wrote a letter to Reclus outlining his bombing plot. Reclus, in the aftermath, fled Paris after being arrested in suspect of helping Vaillant with chemicals. He subsequently left France altogether after being indicted in the Trial of the Thirty. He assumed the pseudonym Georges Guyon, a modification of a friend's name from whom Reclus borrowed legal documentation. Reclus lived in Britain for nine years and met Kropotkin, Malatesta, and Tcherkesoff in London. Meanwhile in France in 1894, Reclus was tried _in absentia_ and received the default sentence of 20 years' hard labor.

Reclus and his family continued to Scotland in 1896, where he would work with the anarchist geographer Patrick Geddes, who ran the Edinburgh Outlook Tower museum of human geography. Reclus taught at Peebles High School near Edinburgh for a year in 1898. They moved to a suburb of Brussels to assist Reclus's uncle, Élisée Reclus, in publishing _Man and the Earth_. After Élisée's death in 1905, Paul Reclus continued his uncle's work. Reclus taught at the French Lycée in Brussels three years later. He received clearance to return to France from Georges Clemenceau and visited Paris repeatedly. Reclus was forced out of his Brussels school in 1913 after taking students to visit Kropotkin. He moved to France in 1914, and during World War I, he wrote in _La Bataille_, _La Feuille_, Jean Grave's _Bulletin des Temps nouveaux_, and was a signer on the Manifesto of the Sixteen.

He moved to Domme, Dordogne, where he set up a museum. He spent the remainder of his life writing scientific biography, teaching at the Montpellier College of Scots, and writing anarchist propaganda. He advocated for anarcho-communism and participated in the French contingent of Solidarité internationale antifasciste (SIA) in the late 30s.

Reclus died on January 19, 1941, in Montpellier.

title: Paul Reclus (anarchist)

question: Where is Paul Reclus from?

answer: Paul Reclus was born on May 25th, 1858 in Neuilly-sur-Seine. He and his family moved to Zurich when he was a young teenager and lived there for 6 years. He moved back to Paris to attend École Centrale Paris and would work as an engineer in Paris for the next 13 years.

question: What did Reclus do with his time in France?

answer: While working as an engineer he formed an anarchist group with about 30 members in the Alés area in southern France. He attended the 1889 International Anarchist Congress in Paris and advocated for individual reclamation as an expression of propaganda. He strongly believed that work and theft overlapped, and that work was not honest and theft not dishonest.

question: What literary activities did Reclus engage with in France?

answer: He wrote for anarchist publications such as La Plume, La Revue anarchiste, and La Recvue libertaire. While Jean Grave was in prison, Reclus wrote his "Revolt" for 6 months during the sentence.

question: Why did Reclus leave Paris?

answer: Reclus loaned money to the anarchist Auguste Vaillant, who wrote a letter to Reclus outlining his plans to execute a bombing. In the aftermath, Reclus fled paris after he was arrested on suspicion of helping Vaillant get chemicals for the explosives. He assumed the pseydonym Georges Guyon, which was a modification of a friend's name, from whom Reclus would borrow official documentation.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: Paul Reclus is an anarchist and enigneer from France. He moved to Paris when he was a young teenager to study and would work as an engineer there for 13 years. He moved around a bit and returned to Paris to attend an anarchist conference. Reclus strongly believed work and theft greatly overlapped and he would go on to found an anarchist group in the south of France and write for several anarchist publications. He eventually had to leave Paris after living there with his family after being arrested on suspicion of helping Auguste Vaillant acquire chemicals to execute a bombing. Reclus had lent Vaillant money, and he would go on to assume a pseudonym and flee Paris with his family.


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I've never really written anything before, so sorry if it's terrible. Critique is always welcome!

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   It was two in the afternoon when Jack decided to go for a walk. The house was empty, as usual, and loneliness always made him want to be outside. Grabbing his copy of Animal Farm, he threw on a thin sweatshirt and closed the door softly behind him, as if trying to tell his house of his somber mood. Standing just outside his door, he paused only to sigh, and then set forth toward the park.

   The walk was uneventful, but the park was quite the opposite: children chasing squirrels, couples walking dogs and students holding hands filled the cobblestone walkways while a stranger strumming the guitar laid on the grass, humming to himself in self-enjoyment.

   Jack found an empty bench on the far side of the park; he always found that this area was far more enjoyable. There was less noise, less traffic, and the leaves on the trees were always arranged in such a way that they left little patches of light flickering across the ground. It was late August, the weather was beginning to cool, and the crisp autumn air was creeping up on the humidity of summer.

   On the bench, Jack made himself comfortable. He leaned back, draped the ankle of his right foot over the knee of his left, and opened the book. In Jack’s opinion, reading was an activity that was best enjoyed outside in public places. It let him dive deeper into his thoughts, and though he was surrounded by many people, it left that lingering feeling of loneliness. It was a feeling that Jack was so accustomed to that he had convinced himself that he truly enjoyed it.

   Jack was only a quarter of the way down his third page when he first saw the glimmer of light-orange out of the corner of his eye. He didn’t look up, but he could tell that a person was approaching him, a girl. Confidence was in her steps, and when she neared the bench, she stopped.

   “Mind if I sit here?”

   Jack looked up. Her golden hair was the first thing he noticed, followed quickly by her bright orange dress that swayed gently with the wind. Her sudden vibrant appearance caught him so off guard that he almost forgot to reply.

   “Oh, of course!” He slid over to the left, making room for her.

   The girl smiled, a genuine, kind smile, and sat down gracefully. She put her bag down beside her and pulled out a book of her own. Within minutes, the two were completely absorbed in their reading. Any stranger that walked by could have rightfully assumed that they were blissfully unaware of the other.

   Except that Jack wasn’t. He was painfully aware of the girl’s presence, even more so when she pulled out an old copy of 1984. More than once, he debated turning to her and innocently exclaiming, “Orwell!”

   She would look at him with confusion. “Sorry?”

   “George Orwell,” he would say again, motioning toward her novel.

   “Oh, yeah.” She would smile and look at the cover, as if noticing it for the first time.

   “It’s a good one.”

   “Oh it’s my favorite!” She would exclaim. The two would look into each other’s eyes, smile shyly and feel an instant connection.

   Then she would introduce herself, and Jack would shake her hand and introduce himself. And with that small conversation, a friendship would sprout, and from a friendship, perhaps something more.

   However, Jack said none of those things. He sat in silence, pretending to read his book while imagining what fun the two could have if he would just speak to her. But the more he imagined, the more scenarios popped up into his head.

   Perhaps she wasn’t like how he imagined. Perhaps she would hate him, think he was annoying if he tried to talk to her while she was reading.

   He would exclaim, “Orwell!”

   “Sorry?”

   “George Orwell, 1984.”

   The girl would raise her eyebrows in mild annoyance, but remain polite. “Yup!”

   “It’s a good one.”

   Finally, she would sigh and look at him. “Excuse me, but I’m just trying to read.” She’d put her book back up, shielding out Jack, and he’d be left slightly embarrassed, wishing he had never said anything.

   And so, Jack did exactly that: he never said anything. He went back to reading his book and left the girl in the orange dress alone.

   After a long while, when Jack was on page 40 or so, the girl’s cellphone rang. She picked it out of her pocket and read a text, laughing quietly to herself. She tapped out a quick reply, put her phone back and picked up her bag. As she stood up to leave, Jack looked up one last time, pretending that he had just remembered her existence. The girl looked back at him as well, and smiled. Not a big a smile, nor a significant smile, but a smile.

   And with that, she walked away, and in a few minutes, she was out of sight. Jack sighed. He wondered how he always got so attached to these people he met on the street, characters in a story whose names were not even revealed. It tugged at something deep in his heart, and loneliness filled his thoughts for a split moment; but after that moment, it was all gone.

   He convinced himself that people were not as interesting as he made them out to be, that each person's life story was not something he should bother to learn. Not realizing that another opportunity had just passed him by.

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Thanks for reading and alla that

title: [Romance-ish] Missed Chances (876 Words)

question: Who are the main characters of the story?

answer: Jack and the girl in the orange dress.

question: What book was the girl reading?

answer: 1984 by George Orwell.

question: Where does the story take place?

answer: At the park.

question: Why does the girl sound excited one time and annoyed the next?

answer: These are the two scenarios Jack envisioned if he talked to the girl. Scenario #1 is the girl is friendly, and scenario #2 is she gets annoyed and walks away.

question: Write a ~10 sentence summary.

answer: It is two in the afternoon and Jack decides to go reading in the park. He goes to his favorite bench and starts reading. A confident girl in an orange dress approaches Jack and asks if she can sit next to him. Caught almost off guard, Jack says yes and the girl smiles. The girl seems absorbed in her reading, but Jack is painfully aware of her presence. He thinks of different scenarios where he tries to talk to the girl, one with a favorable result where they become friends and another where the girl gets annoyed. None of these scenarios play out, however, when Jack fails to say anything and remains silent. After a while, the girl gets a text and leaves. Jack wonders why he always gets attached to people he meets on the street and convinces himself that people are not as interesting as he thinks. He fails to realize that he just missed another opportunity.