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Chemususu Dam

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The dam is located in Baringo County, Koibatek District and has a capacity of 15 million cubic meters or 15 billion litres. Chemususu Dam discharges 35,000 cubic metres or 35 million litres of water per day. It was designed to serve at least 50% of Baringo County population which includes towns and various institutions within the County.

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Soin-Koru Dam

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The Soin-Koru Dam Development project is proposed to be located on the Nyando River in the vicinity of Muhoroni in the Western part of Kenya. It shall be 60km from Kisumu City and 5km upstream of Muhoroni town. The Dam will be located in Kisumu and Kericho counties.

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Siyoi - Muruny Dam

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The proposed Muruny Dam is located near Kapsait Primary School at Murkokoi Center which is approximately 43km from Kapenguria Town. The site location is covered on SK Map 75/4 Cherangany at GPS coordinates 36 N 0761064 and UTM 0129350, elevation 2690 masl at the riverbed. The project area lies within the Rift Valley Drainage Basin. River Muruny emanates from Cherangany Hills and flows in a North Eastern direction before finally draining into Lake Turkana.

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Kiserian Dam

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Kiserian dam is located along Kiserian River about 2kms from Kiserian Township and will supply water to Kiserian, Ongata Rongai and parts of Ngong’ townships. The present (2010) total population of the area is about 124,000 people with a water demand of 8,450m3   per day. The 18m high dam will store 1.22Mm3 of water and supply 15,700m3  per day of water to the townships which will meet the future (2020) water demand.

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Maruba Dam

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In June 2010, NWCPC finalized rehabilitation of Maruba dam by raising the height of the embankment wall and spillway by 6 m. This increased the dam’s storage capacity from 0.60 Million m3 to 2.45 Million m3.  Increase in storage volume has ensured increase in water supply to Machakos Town and its environs from 2,050 m3/day to 8,700m3/day.

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question: Where is the Chemususu Dam located?

answer: Baringo County, Koibatek District.

question: What is its capacity?

answer: 15 million cubic meters or 15 billion liters.

question: Where is the Soin-Koru development project?

answer: Its proposed location is on the Nyando River near Muhoroni in Kenya.

question: Where is the Muruny Dam to be constructed?

answer: Near Kapsait Primary School at Murkokoi Center.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: There are a number of dams throughout Africa and Asia set to be constructed. Some that are described include the Chemususu Dam in Baringo County, Koibatek Distric; the Soin-Koru development project, to be located on the Nyando River in Kenya; th Muruny Dam, near Kapsait Primary School at Murkokoi Center; and the Kiserian Dam, located along the Kiserian River.


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There is a time that is endless, it is endless. Endlessly running around the other times you endlessly failed to end this.

This is not the time to....

How did you know?

Know what?

It was late in the evening

And?

He was in the study.

What time was it?

It was around the end.

That's a good time.

I would agree.

The two headed monster went on like this for most of my stay in the little room. They refused to let me leave and simply argued about things I couldn't comprehend.

Was it two?

It was four?

For who?

For two.

I listened and would occasionally try to break in to ask when they would move away from the door, but they continued to ignore me.

Employ?

Implore?

It's all the same.

Where was he again?

In the study! It was late!

Hours passed and they would not move. The room was small. The size of a child's room. It could have been my room. I'm not sure. There was a break in my thinking and then I was just in this room with this two-headed dragon keeping me from the outside. I had been meaning to go out into the main hall and mix with the others, but then this thing occurred. It occurred in my room and simply sat there and argued with itself.

That's a silly thing to do.

What's so silly about Billy?

He's deeeeeeeeeeeee

Ranged.

Was I Billy? I began thinking back to the last thing I could remember, which was sitting on the bed and just humming to myself. I did this often before leaving the room. I am sure of that. I am sure that I needed to hum a bit before I got the courage to go outside. I looked around the room for evidence of who I was and there was nothing but a bed and a night stand. I opened the nightstand drawer for more information and found a bible and a coloring book.

We addressed

The address

The address of where Billy is staying.

Billy?

I opened the book and saw my name scrawled across the top. Billy. Yes?

"Billy - do you want to go out?"

"Billy, what if you are out and can't get back in? Billy, have you thought of that?

They spoke in high pitched squeals and when they finally addressed me, I couldn't respond. Until then, I figured they couldn't see me. But then they addressed me. I put down the book and "I would like to go out into the hall."

"You would like to go out into the hall? Dreeble?"

"He would like to go out into the hall. Out into the hall with them all, is that it?"

"I would like to go to the common area. I would like to leave this room and go out to the hall. I want to see the other people."

"Isn't that nice? Be with the other people. That would be swell."

"Swelled right up the last time. Chester hit him with a chair. Wouldn't that be a shame if Chesssssssssss"

"Turd! He called you a turd, and hit you with a chair."

"I don't care. I want to go out with the other people."

"But you're insane."

"He was outsane before, before they locked him up. Now he's insane. Inside the asylum."

"I want to leave the room." I began humming and they went away.

title: [SF] The Dragon

question: What does the story say about Billy's doctor?

question: What does the story say about the Dragon?

answer: The Dragon had two heads that were constantly arguing about random stuff. It was blocking the only door in the room and Billy couldn't get out. The Dragon kept ignoring Billy until he remembered who he was. It reminded Billy of who he was and what happened when he went out of the room to be with the others. The Dragon went away every time Billy hummed.

question: What does the story say about Billy?

answer: Billy is the story's narrator/protagonist. He is trapped inside a small room by a two-headed Dragon blocking the only door. Billy can't remember his name or how he ended up in the room, but it seems he is in an insane asylum. As he hears the Dragon argue with itself, Billy slowly recalls the last thing he did, which was sitting on the bed and humming to himself. Billy finds a coloring book with his name on it and remembers who he is when the Dragon finally acknowledges his presence. He wants to go out of the room, but the Dragon won't let him. Billy hums to himself and the Dragon goes away.

question: What does the story say about the relationship between Billy and the Dragon?

answer: Billy is clearly insane. The Dragon is all in his head. He probably created the Dragon as a defense mechanism or for self-preservation to prevent himself from going out because of what happened the last time. Chester called Billy a turd and hit him in the head with a chair. When Billy forgets who he is, the Dragon seems to appear and he has to hum to himself to make it go away.


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_NEOTEGENARIA_ is a genus of South American funnel weavers containing the single species, _NEOTEGENARIA AGELENOIDES_. It was first described by V. D. Roth in 1967,[1] and has only been found in Guyana.[2]

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title: Neotegenaria

question: What is Neotegenaria?

answer: a genus of South American funnel weavers.

question: Who is V. D. Roth?

answer: He first described the Neotegenaria genus

question: When was Neotegenaria first described?

answer: in 1967

question: Where has Neotegenaria been found?

answer: Only in Guyana.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Neotegenaria is a genus of South American funnel weavers that was first described by V.D. Roth in 1967. It has only been found in Guyana.


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[File photo of CBI headquarters in New Delhi. (PTI)]
File photo of CBI headquarters in New Delhi. (PTI)

Contrary to earlier reports, Nitin Sandesara, owner of Gujarat-based Sterling Biotech and wanted by the CBI and the ED in a Rs 5,000 crore bank fraud, was never detained in Dubai.

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NEW DELHI: Nitin Sandesara, absconding director of a Gujarat-based pharma company which is being probed in a Rs 5,000 crore fraud case, was reported to have been arrested in Dubai last month. But according to sources in the CBI and the ED, Sandesara is not in the UAE and is likely to have fled to Nigeria.

“There were reports that Nitin Sandesara was detained by UAE authorities in Dubai in the second week of August. The information was incorrect. He was never detained in Dubai. He and other family members probably left for Nigeria much before that,” an official was quoted as saying by Times of India.

Sandesara’s other family members, including brother Chetan Sandesara and sister-in-law Diptiben Sandesara are also believed to be hiding in Nigeria.

CBI has booked Vadodara-based Sterling Biotech, its directors Chetan Jayantilal Sandesara, Dipti Chetan Sandesara, Rajbhushan Omprakash Dixit, Nitin Jayantilal Sandesara and Vilas Joshi, chartered accountant Hemant Hathi, former director Andhra Bank Anup Garg and some unidentified persons in connection with the alleged bank fraud case.

It is alleged that the company took loans of over Rs 5,000 crore from a consortium led by Andhra Bank which had turned into non-performing assets. As per the FIR, the total pending dues of the group of companies were Rs 5,383 crore as on December 31, 2016. The ED has taken the FIR into cognisance.

The Enforcement Directorate has arrested few people in this case including Delhi-based businessman Gagan Dhawan, former Andhra Bank director Anup Garg and Sterling Biotech Ltd director Rajbhhushan Dixit.

Multiple prosecution complaints or charge sheets have also been filed by it before a special court. It had also attached assets worth over Rs 4,700 crore of the pharmaceutical firm in June this year.

In August, officials had said that Sandesara was arrested by Dubai police based on a non-bailable arrest warrant issued by an Indian court.

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question: Where was Nitin Sandesara arrested?

answer: Dubai

question: Where are some of his family members hiding?

answer: Nigeria

question: What year was this article written?

answer: 2018

question: What was he arrested for?

answer: Fraud

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Nitin Sandesara has been arrested in Dubai following the probe into a fraud case regarding loans taken out from a consortium led by Andhra Bank. The loans had turns into non-performing assets. Sandesara's relatives are reported to be hiding in Nigeria.


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_THE MEANING OF THE 21ST CENTURY: A VITAL BLUEPRINT FOR ENSURING OUR FUTURE_ is a 2006 nonfiction book by[1] British technology consultant James Martin.

Synopsis

It assesses technological challenges, dangers and opportunities facing the human race.[2] The book lists and proposes solutions for 17 interlocked upcoming “megaproblems”.[3] Topics include nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, climate change and terrorism.[4] Martin asserts that many global problems have been worsened by past technologies, but could be addressed by new ones.[5] For example, he advocates for “electronic brain appendages” to help think through to a solution to problems such as global warming.[6]

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Martin released a film based on the book, narrated by one of his Bermudan neighbors,[7] Hollywood actor Michael Douglas.[8] __NOTOC__

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title: The Meaning of the 21st Century

question: Who is the author of the nonfiction book addressed in this article?

answer: The author of the book is British technology consultant, James Martin.

question: What is a brief summary of the nonfiction book?

answer: A brief summary of the nonfiction book is that it assesses technological challenges, dangers, and opportunities facing the human race.

question: What topics are included in the book as "mega problems"

answer: The topics in the book listed as "mega problems" are nanotechnology, artificial intelligence, climate change, and terrorism.

question: Who narrated the film based on the book?

answer: Hollywood actor, Michael Douglas, narrates the film based on the book.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article describes a book, THE MEANING OF THE 21ST CENTURY: A VITAL BLUEPRINT FOR ENSURING OUR FUTURE, by James Martin.


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"jesus christ," my mom said. "gary, ask your mother what temperature to cook this turkey to." the tension was thick. she needed an answer and a cigarette. "i have one recipe that says 165 and another that says 180."

i could tell my dad was wondering why she was following two recipes in the first place, but he knew better than to ask. she'd been putting a lot of effort into feeding a proper thanksgiving dinner to a table of six, and a half-spent pack of marlboro 27s proved the point. she took one outside, he went to find his mother.

"ma?" he asked. "krista wants to know what temp the turkey should be at. 165 or 180?"

"she wants to know what type it is?" grandma jan was hard of hearing.

"no," he said, "what temperature to cook it to."

"oh. well i think it depends on how big it is, doesn't it?"

"mom, she wants to know the temperature. not how long to cook it for."

"well, i can't remember... the last year i cooked a turkey was when we were on arlington."

my dad knew that wasn't true, but he didn't follow up on it. he walked back and poked his head out the door to tell my mom. "she doesn't know," he said.

"ahh, shit," she said as she exhaled smoke through her mouth and nose. she took one last puff and snuffed out the cigarette among a dozen others in a red ash tray resting on the deck railing. "well i don't want to send your whole family home sick. 180 it is." she came in, her stress only partly relieved.

"you don't think that's too high? that seems high," my dad said, following her into the kitchen. "we won't eat 'til saturday for crissakes."

"well 165 seems too low, gary."

"well i don't know what to tell you."

"then i don't know what to tell you, either."

their discussion ended there, leaving the problem mostly unresolved.

meanwhile, i had been watching all of this play itself out. first my mom freaking, then my dad asking, then my grandma forgetting, then my dad telling, then my mom freaking again. all the verbage was amusing, but i thought i could do something to put the issue to rest. so i fucking googled that shit.

"hey mom," i said, "google just told me that 165 is the new standard temp for turkey. 180 was the old one."

"oh, google told you?" she asked. i could tell she was a little surprised by my 'ingenuity' and that she was half doubting google.

"uh, yeah," i said. "here. look."

"18 million pages?'

"yeah. and this one is the most visited of all of them. it says 165."

"oh, cool. alright, cool. well it's time to eat then," she said, walking back into the kitchen. "really nate? google? how did you ever think to check google? and, gosh, who makes 18 million sites about safe turkey temperatures? they must be a bunch of weirdos."

title: My Poor Mother

question: What is the relationship between the narrator and the person his dad asks about the turkey?

answer: Grandmother

question: What is the narrator's mother's name?

answer: Krista

question: How does the family settle their argument?

answer: The narrator, Nate, Googles the question.

question: What is the family arguing about?

answer: The temperature to cook a turkey to

question: What is the narrator's name?

answer: Nate

question: What is on the 18 million pages?

answer: Search results about cooking turkey

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: At a Thanksgiving dinner a family has a disagreement about what temperature to cook a turkey to. The narrator Googles the question while his mother, father, and grandmother discuss it.


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The Evil Within 2 on PS4

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before. A gruff and grizzled man spends the last few years of his life coming to terms with the death of his young daughter, only to one day find out that she was actually alive this whole time. He then goes to a quaint, but spooky, little town to find her. If you trim the fat away, the story of The Evil Within 2 is a mishmash of some of the best horror games we’ve ever played. It’s got a dash of the winning “father protects/saves daughter” formula from The Last of Us and The Walking Dead, and some good old-fashioned Silent Hill tossed in there for good measure. There’s also an evil organization called Mobius, led by a menacing suited figure who looks a lot like Half-Life’s G-Man, and a few somewhat surprising story twists that take place in what is essentially the Matrix. But spookier.

No, The Evil Within 2 isn’t exactly a narrative masterpiece in modern horror gaming. Thankfully, almost everything else about the game is superb.

So if you’ve played the first game, you won’t really need any introduction to Sebastian Castellanos or Kidman (not Nicole). After the events at Beacon Mental Hospital, Sebastian’s gone through some intense therapy sessions and ended up leaving the force. Meanwhile, Kidman, who was revealed to be a double agent for Mobius, disappeared. She shows up again in Sebastian’s life to tell him that his daughter, whom he thought had died in a fire, is still alive but she needs him to enter yet another terrifying STEM environment to rescue her. Because things went wrong. As they always do.

This time around, we’re sent into a nice American town named Union. It’s a made-up construct within the STEM system, which is basically a virtual environment where human minds can connect with each other. It’s also a very different atmosphere than what we saw at Beacon. Whereas the mental hospital trapped our heroes in a claustrophobic and confined environment, Union is much more open, and that shows in its gameplay as well.

One of the biggest primary changes made in The Evil Within 2 is the inclusion of semi-open world environments. Right after finishing the prologue chapters, you’re thrust into the residential area of Union, and you’re basically free to explore as you see fit. An NPC in the game’s first safe house gives you a brief rundown of what’s going on in STEM, marks a side mission on your map and other points of interest, and off you go. Putting open world environments into a horror game sounds like a recipe for disaster, but allow me to assuage your fears.

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I, too, was initially put off by the freedom to explore Union. As I begrudgingly set a waypoint for the closest point of interest, I’d felt like The Evil Within 2 had already lost my attention. After all, this seemed like exactly the kind of thing that would break the pacing and completely kill any immersion or engagement you had in the game. But that’s not the case at all. While you do have the freedom to roam about these larger areas, the side objectives placed in the game are very deliberate. It’s not just a case of going to a specified location and picking up resources and collectibles. I mean, yes, that stuff is there, but it’s planned out in a purposeful manner that ensures the player is kept on the edge of their seat every step of the way.

A prime example of this occurs very early on in the game when I wandered aimlessly into a house to scavenge for materials. I picked up a journal on the table, read it, and suddenly the temperature dropped and the room was ice-cold. Trying to leave the house resulted in a terrifying encounter with a Sadako-inspired female wraith who transported Sebastian to another dimension where I had to find a way to escape. Later on, I learned that this encounter was entirely optional and unnecessary for story progression, though it does flesh out the lore quite a bit.

Everything in Union’s two major open environments was carefully constructed. Try to explore an abandoned train, and you might get ambushed by a trap laid out by one of the antagonists. Try to head underground to find a weapons cache, and you’ll get backstabbed by a Hysteric you didn’t know was lurking nearby all this while. The Evil Within 2 rewards exploration, though you won’t be heavily penalized for not wanting to do any of that stuff. So if you’re the kind of player who just wants the plot, you can skip all of that and go straight for the main mission marker.

During my time with the game, I only found three major side missions, and all of them added considerable depth to the STEM world and its inhabitants. I guess my point is this: developer Tango Gameworks didn’t just shoehorn the open world environments into the game. It’s there for a reason, and it holds nice, juicy rewards for the lore buffs. The Evil Within 2’s crafting and weapon upgrading systems have also gotten a lot deeper, so there’s always an incentive to scrounge up more materials in the world to give yourself an edge. Just like the character upgrade system from the first game (which makes a return here, too), weapon upgrades and crafting are all about managing your resources carefully and deciding which piece of gear you want to power up.

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The coolest part about crafting is that you can use a workbench to make more ammo and healing items. But if you’re caught without a syringe in the middle of a fight, you could craft one on the spot as well. The catch is, because you’re out on the field and not at a workbench, crafting a syringe would take twice as many resources as it normally would. It’s a great give-and-take system that forces players to be really prepared before leaving a safe house.

That said, not everything about The Evil Within 2’s world is perfect. When the game funnels you through a well-designed horror movie hall-walking sequence, it works. But when you’re interacting with the AI – both enemies and allies – things get pretty comedic very quickly.

Where do I even begin with the AI in The Evil Within 2? Well, for starters, regular enemies are very silly. They can be a terror when they spot you and start chasing you down, but it’s extremely easy to break line of sight and leave them confused. For instance, I baited one of the zombies to follow me into an area with trees, and I was able to confuse it simply by circling around a tree before sneaking up for a backstab. Other times, enemies would just straight up forget where you were after you ducked behind some waist-high cover. There are also some hilarious AI pathing issues, where enemies would just get stuck on environmental objects while chasing you or attempting to get back to their original location after giving up.

Matters get a little more frustrating when you’re trying to sneak through a level, and AI behavior isn’t consistent with what you’ve come to expect from the game. Sometimes enemies would spot you in their peripheral vision when they didn’t before, or your sneak kills just wouldn’t trigger properly when you felt like they should.

The ally AI is less problematic, though it’s always funny to see a partner shoot in the opposite direction of where the enemies are coming from, or when their bodies start fusing with the zombies. In-game interactions with ally NPCs are painfully robotic, and their movements are so awkwardly stiff. The AI behavior and animations aren’t that big of a deal in terms of gameplay and progression, but it does give the impression that the game probably could’ve used a bit more development time to iron out those little kinks.

But when the game wants to scare you, it really puts in the work to do so. A big part of what made its predecessor so special was the brilliant use of lighting and cinematography. The Evil Within 2 loves to play visual tricks on players with paintings that turn into hallways, hanging corpses that change positions when you’re not looking, and the game successfully pulls off all these tricks by deliberately directing your attention to certain objects with light sources. You know you’ve got a good horror game when you’re too afraid to even turn around. The game’s best set pieces are the ones where you feel like you’ve been pulled into a creepy and bizarre alternate dimension where no amount of firepower will save you from the psychological terror that awaits. And the game doesn’t hold back on the gore either.

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The Evil Within 2 goes all out with its gnarly imagery, but somehow you can’t help but be mesmerized by it. Many of the game’s early set pieces invoke Hannibal vibes where gore and violence are presented in a sick and twisted ‘artistic’ manner, illustrated by the contrast of flowing red and pure white. The new bosses are disgusting fleshy abominations that only the most imaginative minds could think up. It’s absolutely grotesque but morbidly fascinating at the same time.

Over the course of its 20-hour run time, I was pleasantly surprised (and also completely mortified) by how long the game was able to maintain a persistent sense of eeriness. Like every other horror title that gives you weapons and allows you to fight back against your foes, however, that terror starts to wane as you approach the game’s final act. But for the most part, The Evil Within 2 did a wonderful job of throwing in unexpected surprises, jump scares, and shocking visual presentations that kept me anxious for a very long time indeed.

As it stands, The Evil Within 2 is held back by a forgettable story and annoying AI issues that would probably put a serious damper on your gameplay experience if you were playing on Nightmare difficulty. And yet, it also does exactly what a horror game should do, and it does it well. Despite its flaws, The Evil Within 2 is a thoughtfully constructed horror rollercoaster ride that strikes a delicate balance between giving the player the power to fight back, and also making them realize that sometimes, all those guns and gear won’t save you from the terrors you can’t understand.

Score: 4/5 – Great

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| -   -   The semi-open world       | -   The story is unmemorable.     |
|         environments are a nice   | -   The AI is both hilarious and  |
|         addition that reward      |     frustrating at the same time. |
|         exploration, and don’t    |                                   |
|         ruin the pacing.          |                                   |
|     -   Side objectives are few,  |                                   |
|         but meaningful and feel   |                                   |
|         like part of the story.   |                                   |
|     -   The crafting system has   |                                   |
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|         adds to the tension of    |                                   |
|         resource management.      |                                   |
|     -   Brilliant use of lighting |                                   |
|         and horrific imagery that |                                   |
|         really messes with the    |                                   |
|         player.                   |                                   |
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question: What is "Evil Within 2"?

answer: A horror video game on the PS4

question: What is the game's run time?

answer: 20 hours

question: Explain the setting of the story.

answer: An American town named Union made up of a virtual environment where human minds can connect with each other.

question: Summarize what the author describes as cons of the game.

answer: The author describes it as a forgettable story and having AI issues.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: "Evil Within 2" is a game on PS4 is reviewed and rated a 4 out of 5. Described by the author as a horror game where father must save daughter. The author concludes the entry by highlighting the game's pros and cons.


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This is a throwaway account for a project I've been working on where once every few weeks, I pick a theme and over the next 5 nights, write 5 short stories about that theme. Each story can't take more than a night. This story was drawn from the theme, "Let me think".

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When I was young, I moved. I moved like the ground was being pulled in front of me, and every frantic breath measured a stride. I ran. I lived in a sprint.

From outside Atlanta in the sweaty eves to shivering in the awnings at Gare L’est. I am 15, I am 19. A busker with uneven teeth smiles at me and I think she is the world. Jon, my best friend brushes me with his elbow.

-Not this one, he says.
-Rock, paper, scissors, I joke.

Wait, let me think. It was morning, and I am 43. The island sweats. The dog and I run in silence. The sun has risen and the land heats. We spring up the hill, panting and dizzy. Beyond us in the peninsula, the sea beating foam and white against the granite. I measure sides of granite sliding into the ocean in degrees. 37, 49. It was two years ago since we came here.

-Come on, I say to him.

We cross the end of the of the road and navigate through the boulders and cacti along the path. As we descend, I feel the air thicken. Salt like nettles. Ahead, for some reason, the tide pool is a dark black. I slow, tie the dog to a branch and regard the gleaming layer. For some reason my reflection is nothing more than a dull figurine. The dog whimpers. I reach out with my hand.

And then I vanish.

I am 19, at a horrible electronic music show. The singer pulls a sheet over his body and shrieks into the microphone. I rattle off my list of four letter words and my friends rescue me. They drag me outside where it’s still light and dump me on a curb. I fumble for a cigarette that reaches my lips before I understand how. The light escapes me and suddenly I burn bright. A face, familiar and new acquiesces my premature death. I think I want to marry her and know instinctively that I will never see her again. She gives me a name that I forget and offers a hand. I reach forward.

And then I vanish.

Alexandra always regarded me with caution. We are at dinner. I am 28. I know our marriage won’t last I know she is gaining weight. I know my hair is starting to recede. I am not as fast as I used to be. I still stand straight, but my legs carry more than my frame. She and I once met as youngsters. She and I once fell in and out of love. Now in a different age, we have dinner, forget how we used to be and make vague promises. Land to spread out, air to breathe, a literary life. She turned me to Nabokov and Kinglsey Amis. She taught me that Russian beers are numbered to reflect your drunkenness. She excuses herself from the table, and suddenly the room changes. I see visions of myself stumbling in from every door. I am confused, because just one second ago I was here and I saw this. It lead me to that and now here I am. We shake, trying to clear out the fog. The poor bartender opens a few bottles and slides them down the bar. I am a set of ages and lifetimes. We amble, have the same taste in drinks, love the same songs.

But no, I am 15. Jeff has just run into the street. We’ve been drinking. His sister bought us beer and a couple friends came over. Tonight is sweltering. July, and the Georgia air that stinks of sweat and mosquitos.

We did shots of bad vodka, we swam and goaded the girls to remove their tops before hoping in the pool. The water was warm, and I felt floating through the chlorine and the floodlights that all my senses were deadened. I looked up to see the faint outline of clouds brushing past. Later we lit off fireworks. I remember my trunks still dripping and my feet caked in dirt. The bottle, fully loaded with munitions tips over. Meteors and cannonade stream past me. Jeff is 15 and so am I. He darts into the street hollering. I follow. Two bright stars explode. I pause to think.

The universe tells us that all things are permitted, that in some incarnation I am 37 and swerving along a desert road. That give enough time, maybe not me, but a close approximation is staring down the sights of a rifle at a fine looking doe on a chill November morning. I am one ensemble in the sum of possibility and there are others around me, gathered by the void, we snack on tuna and crackers. We bask in the afternoon sun.

So imagine if you will this. I am in a room at the end of a long day, struggling through drinks, wary that I’ll fail to stomach dinner. Versions of myself meander about. Some grab snacks, others talk quietly. At first, it was such a shock. Even to hear one’s voice projected in a mass, but now after a couple passes, it seems second nature. I converse with myself, I am 45, 52, primes, divisions of 3, dead, mangled, born again.

The maitre d’ announces the first course. We precipitate towards tables, the same habit of crossing left over right and folding the napkin just. But I tarry behind. I think about the time in my youth, a feeling of warmth, sitting on a bed of pine needles. I’ve heard about a distant day from an old friend. About a walk under the Gothic arches of the place I so dearly called home. The creak in my knee is not yet come to pass. The knot in my wrist is only just now begun. I wince at the pinching of nerves and the grinding of joints and the momentary pain awakens me.

I feel as if I can’t breathe, trapped here in this dinner party. Bunel was insufferable enough without himself as a guest. Do you think they remember who it was that told that story? She had brown hair, and I could at least never forget her. I wonder if she would recognize my face now. I wonder if she would notice the difference when I step back into that room. Some things can never be made right. Some things can never be made whole. Many of the others have given up, but I believe the next time through I can get it right.

Around me. Like version of Judas, we conjure and we exist. We permute and arise, crowding an already suffocating room. We sin and we shuffle. God save us in our disgrace, our possibility.

I bound for a door. Who will I be when I return?

title: five stories project: "Let me think"

question: Where did the narrator move to?

answer: To different universes with different versions of himself.

question: Was the narrator moving through time?

answer: No. He was moving through different universes with different versions of himself.

question: Why was the narrator seeing different versions of himself?

answer: Information can't be found.

question: Where does the "door" lead to?

answer: Another universe with a different version of the narrator.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator travels through different universes and sees different versions of himself.


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The 2016 NORTH AFRICAN TRI NATIONS was the firsth annual North African Tri Nations rugby union tournament held between the national rugby union teams of Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. The 2016 tournament was held in Oran between 17 and 24 December 2016. Morocco wins this first edition[1]

Venue

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                       Oran
  Stade Ahmed Zabana
  Capacity: 40,000
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Fixtures

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Standings

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| Place                             | Nation  | Games                | Points    | Bonus    | Tabl |
|                                   |         |                      |           | points   | e    |
|                                   |         |                      |           |          | poin |
|                                   |         |                      |           |          | ts   |
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| Played                            | Won     | Drawn                | Lost      | For      | Agai |
|                                   |         |                      |           |          | nst  |
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| 1                                 |         | 2                    | 2         | 0        | 0    |
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| 2                                 |         | 2                    | 1         | 0        | 1    |
+-----------------------------------+---------+----------------------+-----------+----------+------+
| 3                                 |         | 2                    | 0         | 0        | 2    |
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title: 2016 North African Tri Nations

question: Where was the first North African Tri Nations rugby tournament held?

answer: It was in Oran.

question: Who was victorious in the first tournament?

answer: Morocco won.

question: How many matches did the teams play, and how many did the victor win?

answer: They played two games each. The victor won both games.

question: How long did the tournament last?

answer: Eight days, from 17 December to 26 December.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The 2016 North African Tri Nations was the first annual North African Tri Nations rugby union tournament held between Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. The 2016 tournament was held in Oran between 17 and 24 December 2016. Morocco emerged victorious by winning both of their games.


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The NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL YEAR 2017 (; NDAA 2017, Pub.L. 114-328) is a United States federal law specifying the budget and expenditures of the United States Department of Defense (DOD) for Fiscal Year 2017.

History

_National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017_ law also authorizes “Department of Energy national security programs”, benefits for military personnel and their families, and includes “authorities to facilitate” ongoing international operations for the Fiscal Year 2017. It includes a new bill passed against Russian propaganda to counter the spread of biased information. “Also called the Countering Information Warfare Act of 2016 (S. 2692)”. The total of $618.7 billion in spending, over $67 billion of which is destined for the overseas contingency operations account. It notably leaves restrictions in place on transferring Guantanamo Bay detainees to the United States mainland, and elevates Cyber Command to combatant command status.[1][2]

On March 20, 2017, President Donald Trump sent a presidential memorandum to the Secretary of State delegating the functions and authorities vested in the President by section 3132 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 (Public Law 114-328).[3][4] On September 8, 2017, President Trump sent a memorandum to the Secretary of State and Secretary of the Treasury with further delegations to the financial sanctions of certain countries on the list under section 1263 of the Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act.[5][6][7]

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question: What does the acronym NDAA?

answer: The acronym NDAA stands for National Defense Authorization Act.

question: How much money did the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 allocate for spending?

answer: The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 allocated $618.7 billion for spending.

question: How much of the money spent is destined for the overseas contingency operations account?

answer: Over $67 billion is destined for the overseas contingency operations account.

question: What new bill was included in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017?

answer: The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 also included the Countering Information Warfare Act of 2016.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 allocated federal money to the Department of Defense for the 2017 Fiscal Year. Also included in the act was a bill called the Countering Information Warfare Act of 2016 in an attempt to counter the spread of Russian propaganda.


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WATERLOO PUBLIC SQUARE is a stop on the Region of Waterloo's Ion rapid transit system.[1] It is located on the Waterloo Spur rail line in Waterloo, between Willis Way and Erb Street at King Street, and at the north end of its namesake, the Waterloo Public Square. It opened in 2019.

Access to the platform is open from the square itself, or from the north side of the mall to the west of the station.

The station serves northbound trains only; the nearest southbound platform is at Willis Way station, about away.

The station's feature wall consists of dark blue, light blue, and white glass tiles in a pattern.

The station is centrally located in Waterloo's central business district, known as Uptown. Just south of the station is the Shops at Waterloo Square shopping mall; other nearby institutions include the Centre for International Governance Innovation, the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery, and the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics.

History

The area around the station has a long history of passenger rail transport. This began in the 1880s with Waterloo's first railway station, which was part of the Grand Trunk Railway system. Much of the Grand Trunk (and later Canadian National) Waterloo station, including the freight warehouse, was gradually demolished after regular passenger service ended in 1934. The final passenger station, built in 1910 and located slightly to the east along the Waterloo Spur, has survived, and today is a heritage structure.[2] Today, Waterloo's primary intercity hub is at University of Waterloo station, which receives intercity GO and Feds Bus service.

As well, the Grand River Railway, an electric interurban system, had its northern terminus in Waterloo, with its southern terminus in Galt (today a part of Cambridge).[3] This service ended in 1938, presaging the overall end of the system's passenger services in 1955.[4]

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title: Waterloo Public Square station

question: Where is the Waterloo Public Square located?

answer: In Waterloo's central business district on the Waterloo Spur rail line.

question: What is the Waterloo Public Square?

answer: A stop on the Region of Waterloo's Ion rapid transit system.

question: What does the station serve?

answer: The station serves northbound trains only.

question: Summarize everything related to the history of the area around the station.

answer: It has a long history of passenger rail transport. It began in the 1880s with Waterloo's first railway station.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Water Public Square has a long history of passenger rail transport dating back to the 1880's. It is now a stop on the Region of Waterloo's Ion Rapid transit system.


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The contract for Cyprus’ first integrated casino resort, the only one of its kind in Europe, was signed on Monday in Nicosia between the gaming authority and the Melco Hard Rock consortium and is designed to provide for an investment of €500m, attract an extra 300,000 tourists a year, and to add 4,000 jobs.

The contract was signed at the Filoxenia Conference Centre between the president of the National Gaming Authority and Andy Choy, chief gaming officer, of the consortium of Melco International Development Ltd, Seminole HR Holdings LLC (Melco Hard Rock) and CNS Group (Cyprus Phassouri Zakaki Ltd).
Energy, Commerce and Tourism Minister Yiorkos Lakkotrypis, who addressed the event, touted the fact that the Limassol complex would be the only integrated casino resort in Europe, which will be based in Limassol, and will include four satellite casinos in Nicosia, Larnaca, Famagusta and Paphos.

The main resort will also be the largest casino in Europe, the minister said with 136 gaming tables, 1,200 gaming machines, a luxury hotel with 500 rooms with the capacity for expansion, a conference hall spanning 6,000 square metres that can accommodate audiences of 1,500, and a wellness centre covering 4,000 square metres.

“Total investment is expected to exceed half a billion euros and is estimated to create more than 4,000 jobs during the construction phase and the same number during operation,” Lakkotrypis said.
“This is undoubtedly, a project that will enrich our tourism product, attracting an additional 300,000 tourists annually and contributing significantly to combating seasonality,” he added.

The casino licence allows for the operation of an integrated casino resort in Cyprus for 30 years, as a monopoly for the first 15. Finance Minister Harris Georgiades said earlier this year that the casinos would bring in €100m a year in taxes.

The satellite casino in Nicosia is estimated to be up and running this year, and a temporary casino in Limassol – until the full-blown casino resort is ready. This will likely be located at the current premises of the Monte Caputo nightspot on Amathus Avenue. Construction on the resort – which will include a luxury hotel and theme parks – is expected to be completed by late 2019 or early 2020.

Lakkotrypis said that due to its size and importance, the casino was probably the most important project Cyprus has seen in decades.

He also said it was important that part of the government’s vision was that the casino would operate in a controlled manner so that vulnerable groups would be protected.

The previous government under Demetris Christofias had vowed to never allow a casino for social reasons but the financial crisis in 2013 prompted the current government to see it as a way to attract investment. Lakkotrypis said the age restriction has been set at 21.

“Our goal is the improvement of incoming tourism, increasing arrivals, and average spending per capita, and also to see this contribute to the ongoing efforts to address the problem of seasonality in the Cypriot tourism industry,” he said.

“Our other strategic objective was the creation of new jobs and additional tax revenue, supporting sectors that will be associated with the casino, and attracting further foreign investment.”

The casino operations will be overseen by the six-member National Gaming Authority, set up only five months ago, headed by Christos Mavrellis who said during the signing ceremony that its mission would be among other duties, to make sure the operation did not fall under criminal influence or exploitation.

The body will also make sure the games in the casino are conducted honestly, to make sure the operator complies with the terms of the licence and to monitor any negative social consequences.

“We shall exercise our authority and perform our duties and responsibilities in good faith always aiming at making this ambitious project a success,” he said.

question: Who is signing a contract for the first integrated casino resort?

answer: The gaming authority and the Melco Hard Rock consortium.

question: What is the size of the investment?

answer: over 500 million euros

question: How big will the casino be?

answer: The largest casino in Europe with 136 gaming tables, 1,200 gaming machines, a luxury hotel with 500 rooms with the capacity for expansion, a conference hall spanning 6,000 square meters that can accommodate audiences of 1,500

question: How will the project contribute to the economy in Cyprus?

answer: Beside creating 4,000 jobs, it will enrich tourism, attracting an additional 300,000 tourists annually

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer:
A new contract signed between the gaming authority and the Melco Hard Rock will pave the way for the first integrated casino resort in Cyprus.
The main resort will be the largest casino in Europe and its total investment will exceed half a billion euros.


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In shogi, AKUTSU RAPID ATTACK FORTRESS (阿久津流急戦矢倉 _akutsu-ryū kyūsen yagura_) is a Double Fortress (Static Rook) opening.

This style of Fortress was named after professional player Chikara Akutsu who has used this strategy with good results.

Akutsu Rapid Attack Fortress is typically used by White. It is characterized by White keeping their bishop diagonal open so that the central file pawns may be exchanged.

Following the pawn exchange on the fifth file with the bishop, the goal of White is to build a good position with their right silver advanced to the 54 square, so as to later start the fight on the sixth file with a pawn push (☖P-65). The bishop on the 55 square can be pulled back on White's right side to the 73 square or returned its starting square on 22. Depending on Black's response, the goal mentioned above is often rejected and there's a shift to a slow game.

title: Akutsu Rapid Attack Fortress

question: What is an Akutsu Rapid Attack Fortress?

answer: It is a Double Fortress (Static Rook) opening.

question: Who is this style of a fortress named after?

answer: It is named after a professional player, Chikara Akutsu.

question: Describe the attack.

answer: The attack is usually used by White. The White keeps their bishop diagonally open so that the central file pawns may be exchanged.

question: Can the goal of the attack be rejected?

answer: It depends on the Black's response. If the goal is rejected then there is a shift to a slow game.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer:
Akutsu Rapid Attack Fortress is a Double Fortress opening. The style is named after a professional played, Chikara Akutsu.

The style is usually used by White. The White keeps their bishop diagonally open and the central file pawns are exchanged. Depending on Black's response, the goal is often rejected and their is a shift to a slow game.


text: I never properly understood exponential growth until I fell in love. I remember coming to this realization a few months in. I thought about how some mathematicians call formulas and equations beautiful and lovely. I understood. Love helped me to understand financial bubbles too. After being coaxed into making that first, somewhat reluctant investment and then seeing it pay off. Seeing that little investment swell, go up and up and up.... and then that late night phone call... “I don’t love you anymore” “What do you mean the money is gone?” “It’s just gone”. That sinking feeling, despair, all that stuff. The high highs and low lows. In the end, either way, I guess you can’t win if you don’t play the game but sometimes it’s hard to have fun when you aren’t winning.

title: Love and Money

question: What makes the narrator say that love is a lot like exponential growth in financial terms?

answer: The narrator sees the same patterns with love and investments. People make a small, initial investment, and it slowly pays off, going up until it reaching its peak, before the inevitable phone call that says it's all over (or all gone).


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Developer MATTHIAS FRICK has released an updated version of his free MIDI LE app that adds USB MIDI support.

Alongside its MIDI over Bluetooth functionality, MIDI LE now can establish connections to iOS Devices via a USB Lightning or 30-Pin cable. This means that Macs without Bluetooth LE can now make use of low-latency MIDI, without the need for separate hardware.

Here’s how it works:

-   Download and install MIDI LE, along with the free partner app for Mac (available on the MIDI LE website).
-   Connect your iOS Device to your Mac, and launch both apps.
-   MIDI In/Out Ports should now be available in your DAW of choice, as well as in synths on iOS. For those without dedicated MIDI Lists, routing can be done through the MIDI LE app.

According to Frick’s tests, delay is about 1.5 to 2.5ms for a round-trip signal, as shown in the screen capture above, or half that for a one-way trip.

The Mac app is compatible with OS X 10.7 and up.

Frick has also updated his MIDI LE page, which documents his work on MIDI & Bluetooth and also the new MIDI LE USB features.

question: What is the MIDI LE app?

answer: It's not clear exactly, but the app can establish connections to iOS Devices.

question: Who is Frick?

answer: He is the developer of the MIDI LE app.

question: How does the USB MIDI support work?

answer: You are supposed to download and install the app along with the free partner app for Mac. Then you connect the iOS device to the Mac, and launch both apps. After this, MIDI In/Out Ports should now be available in your DAW of choice, as well as in synths on iOS.

question: What devices can the app connect to?

answer: The app can now connect to iOS devices with a USB lightening or 30-Pin cable.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This document discusses when the MIDI LE app added USB MIDI support and provides instructions on how it works.


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[screen-shot-2016-12-21-at-3-55-15-pm]E.J. DIONNE isn’t a lawyer, but he likes to play one at the Washington Post (see tweet below). Hillary’s lead campaign team — after losing the “un-loseable election” — also now declare themselves experts of the law in places like Twitter. They know better than both FBI Director Comey and the federal courts what defines probable cause and whether the affidavit (the need for which triggered Comey’s late October letter to Congress) met that legal standard for looking at the laptop seized in the Weiner investigation concerning Weiner allegedly sexting underage girls in other states. Some in the legal community — notably, many without high profile or known extensive 4th Amendment experience — are even opining on it. Did Comey’s agents have probable cause to look at the emails found on the laptop between Hillary and Huma Abedin?

  The FBI had nothing to justify its election-changing intervention against #Clinton. Zero. Zilch. It was all politicshttps://t.co/9xzY2GNbYt

  — EJ Dionne (@EJDionne) December 21, 2016

  Clinton Spox Brian Fallon Goes on Tweetstorm Blasting FBI After Warrant is Released https://t.co/8nMootLkGg pic.twitter.com/8Lk9y57rqT

  — LawNewz (@law_newz) December 21, 2016

Well, first, let’s break down what happened. Pursuant to a legal warrant, law enforcement agents seized a laptop computer belonging to Weiner in their investigation of him allegedly sexting an underage girl in North Carolina. In searching the laptop, the agents came across emails appearing to relate to the Hillary investigation, which was outside their initial scope of inquiry. The emails at issue were found on that already seized laptop. The emails appeared to be of the same kind of confidential, classified emails from the prior investigation into Hillary’s emails. Many agents would have just searched the emails anyway, using the first warrant as grounds. But, playing by the book, the agents requested a second warrant to search those specific emails, recognizing that is the safer path. The grounds were simple. Confidential, classified emails were located outside the classified servers. This triggered the first investigation. The only cited reason the first investigation did not trigger an indictment recommendation was lack of evidence of intent. The new laptop — also completely unsecured and known to be accessible to people without a right to that access (Weiner) — appeared to have such confidential, classified emails accessible on it.

So what is “probable cause”? All that is needed for probable cause is sufficient circumstances that an officer believe a crime has been committed. What would that be here? Evidence that classified emails were on the laptop. Why did the officers believe that? Because they saw emails of the same kind as had just been investigated between Hillary and Huma on the laptop. To be precise: the email information disclosed “correspondence between one or both of these accounts and State Department email accounts.” Federal law criminalizes anyone having “unauthorized possession of, or access to, or control over” a wide range of classified and national security information, which Weiner clearly appeared to have on his laptop. That is why a near-twenty year federal magistrate Judge in the defendant-friendly Southern District of New York approved the warrant so fast.  Guess whose administration first supported his appointment to be Magistrate Judge? BILL CLINTON.

As a lawyer who actually does 4th Amendment work everyday, the affidavit provided by Comey’s agents would be found to have probable cause by every Judge in the country. E.J. Dionne, and friends, can stay at Holiday Inn Express, but that doesn’t make them lawyers.

_Robert Barnes is a California -based attorney. He is also a contributor to LawNewz.com._

[image via screengrab ABC News]

_This is an opinion piece. The views expressed in this article are those of just the author._

question: Summarize why Weiner was being investigated by the FBI.

answer: He allegedly sexted with an underage girl in North Carolina.

question: Summarize why Clinton was being investigated by the FBI.

answer: Confidential, classified emails were found outside of classified servers. The initial investigation could not find evidence of intent, but then more classified emails were found on a laptop seized from Weiner.

question: Summarize James Comey's life before becoming the director of the FBI.


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My Obama Dream

	You probably felt compelled to read this article because of my fancy title. Well this is actually a story, not an article. This is a short story that is written
using the memories I recollect of my Obama dream last night. While everyone else's dream about Obama is usually glorious and friendly, my Obama dream
leaves me with no cuddly feelings inside. As parts of this dream are fuzzy at best, I have left the dream alone and not attempted to add details, the story may
lack detail but the dream also lacked detail.

My Obama Dream

	I was hanging out with Obama and John Stewart. They were finishing up a rally, for the people.
There was a loud mouthed Mexican person who liked banana pancakes - banana pancakes have nothing to do with the story, but he would appreciate you knowing his
softer side - this Mexican named Hezos was yelling mockeries of Obama. Obama was putting up with Hezos' hecklery, as a tall handsome president should.
The rally came to it's finale. At the very end of the rally Obama, JStew and I started to walk to the First Limousine
when out of no where the heckler yelled "Obama you would look bad in a mullet."

	Obama was angry now, and announced "I am going to get you."

	 As quickly as Obama gave the get-sentence to Hezos, one thousand South-American, not so politically
correct ninjas, jumped from the ceiling. That didn't happen, but I needed something to keep the reader engrossed in this, weird story - based on my dream.

	Obama set out after Hezos and followed him up a set of stairs into an empty hall. Jstew and I were curious so we followed.
Jstew told me to wait behind, and I did, for a time. I snuck up a separate set of stairs and put my ear to the door opposite the far
stair-case Obama went up. All I could hear were faint voices.

	"Listen you taco flavoured cracker, you get 5-10 years for disrespecting. Best respect." said Obama.

	"That is against the constitution" said Hezos.

        "Show me your birth certificate, Hezos" rebut-led Obama. Giving him the most unpleasant face he could conjure. Hezos knew he was cornered.

	I was quick to leave the staircase because I knew I wasn't supposed to overhear the conversation. I hadn't know it at the time, but I dropped my Game Boy.
I quickly went to the car and waited for the president and Jstew. We drove back to their headquarters. When we got to the headquarters Jstew and the Prez went
into the oval office. I went into the room beside the Oval office and put my ear to the wall.

	"I think David was listening in on your dealings with Hezos." said Jstew.

	"I know, the Game Boy we found is overwhelming evidence that he was listening in." replied Obama, the Prez.

	"What are we going to do?" asked Jstew.

	"Let's go have a talk with David." said Obama. I instantly knew I had to make my out of the building before they exited the office, that is oval.
I had enough time to make it to the cliff-side garden that is behind the White House. Obama and Jstew made their way towards me. As soon as Obama
reached me he began speaking "David, did you know if you are patient with your Magikarp, it will grow into a larger more powerful Pokemon?" he paused.
"The secret to life is to hope for the best, even in Chinese carp monsters." He opened his chest vest to reveal my gameboy. I knew I had been caught.
"We need to talk."

	I knew I had to alleviate their anxieties quickly, before things escalated. "I am Probama. I have always supported you. I understand that you have to
 be evil sometimes, for the greater good." I stammered "I know why you had to give the simple heckler 5-10 years imprisonment. I know how hard it is to be president. and to face
ridicule every day." I noticed Obama's grimace fade and quickly regain his magazine cover smile.

	"Correct, I knew I could count on you, David." replied Obama.

	Obama started to turn when out of nowhere came the shrill voice of the gardener "Five to Ten years? Just like my cousin Pedro?"
The gardener walked towards the president with a disappointed and questioning face. As soon as in arms reach, the president grabbed the gardener and threw him off the cliff,
to his certain death.

	"He was a liability." snapped the president. "Something had to be done about that fool, and quickly." Obama nodded and Jstew and myself and casually walked back to the
white house, although I knew it was now stained with blood.

	"I can't sit back and let Obama do this, we need to do something David." said Jstew.

	"You are right, the country needs us, the world needs us." I replied. We took hands and reached to the sky, each shouting a summons to our god.
We rode into the sunset knowing we had to form a team to rid the world of evil.

	I then woke up out of my sleep anticipating a phone call from my co-worker, all the while wondering what the hell my dream was about, and knowing
that people needed to know the truth.

THE END

title: My Obama Dream

question: List the main characters.

answer: Obama, John Stewart, Hezos, and the narrator, David

question: What does the Game Boy do in the story?

answer: Obama finds it and realizes that the narrator was eavesdropping on him

question: Where does the story take place?

answer: At a political rally, and then at the White House

question: Who is the narrator?

answer: David

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator, John Stewart, and Obama are at a political rally when Obama is heckled by Hezos. Obama sends Hezos to prison for 5-10 years. They go to the White House, where Obama confronts the narrator for eavesdropping on him. The narrator regains Obama's favor, but Obama throws the gardener off a cliff. John Stewart and the narrator resolve to form a team to rid the world of evil.


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Detroit Lions defensive tackle Akeem Spence announced on Twitter that his recent protest during the national anthem cost his contractor father a job.

'Got some awful news from my father a contractor [a potential customer denied] giving him a job on doing a house because of my peaceful protest #smh,' Spence wrote on Twitter Thursday.

Spence's father Floyd could not be reached at his home or business for comment.

Spence was one of eight Lions players who took a knee while linking arms with most of their teammates and owner Martha Ford during the playing of the national anthem before Sunday's loss to the Atlanta Falcons.

Detroit Lions defensive tackle Akeem Spence (far left) shared on Twitter earlier Thursday that his father, a contractor, was denied a job on a house due to his protest

Spence was among the eight Lions players who took a knee before their game against the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday

Akeem Spence and his Detroit Lions teammates recently chipped in during a cooking competition at Baker College

He told the Detroit Free Press on Wednesday that his taking a knee was 'no disrespect to the American flag'.

'It's about right and wrong, like I always say,' Spence said.

'And what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong,' he continued. 'It's no offense to nobody, no disrespect. Just like I always tell people, love one another and we'll be alright.'

The ongoing controversy over NFL players protesting police brutality against minorities has had many unintended consequences.

Tennessee Titans star Delanie Walker said he and his family have received death threats since he told fans not to come to games if they felt disrespected by NFL players' protests.

The Pro Bowl tight end shared the 'heartbreaking' threats on Thursday night in a post on Facebook.

'The death threats that my family and I have received since my comments are heartbreaking,' Walker, 33, wrote.

'The racist and violent words directed at me and my son only serve as another reminder that our country remains divided and full of hateful rhetoric.'

Tennessee Titans tight end Delanie Walker said he and his family have received death threats since he told fans not to come to games if they felt disrespected by NFL players' protests (Pictured, left, September 2016, and right, January 2015)

He says the comments have been directed at him and his son, Delanie Walker Jr (pictured together, July 2014)

On Thursday, Walker wrote: 'The death threats that my family and I have received since my comments are heartbreaking. The racist and violent words directed at me and my son only serve as another reminder that our country remains divided and full of hateful rhetoric'

Walker and the Tennessee Titans joined the Seattle Seahawks in staying inside their locker rooms during the national anthem on Sunday, and Walker walked out arm-in-arm with quarterback Marcus Mariota.

The following day, he told fans that if they felt the protests were disrespectful to not come.

'And the fans that don't want to come to the games, OK, bye,' Walker said Monday. 'I mean if you feel that's something where we're disrespecting you, don't come to the games.

'You don't have to. No one is telling you to come to the game. It's your freedom and your choice to do that.'

The Titans had no comment Thursday night.

This spring, Walker took part in the NFL's USO Tour of the Middle East. He said in his Facebook post he gained an even greater appreciation for the men and women who defend American values.

'These words of hate will only fuel me in my efforts to continue my work reaching out to different community groups, listening to opposing voices, and honoring the men and women in the Armed Forces who risk their lives every day so that we may have this dialogue,' he wrote.

Walker and the Titans joined the Seattle Seahawks in staying inside their locker rooms during the national anthem on Sunday, and Walker walked out arm-in-arm with quarterback Marcus Mariota (Pictured left to right: Walker, Mariota, Wesley Woodyard,Jurrell Casey, and Brian Orakpo walk out onto the field with arms linked in the September 24 game against the Seahawks)

The following day, Walker told fans that if they felt the protests were disrespectful to not come (Pictured, Walker, right, in October 2015 playing against the Atlanta Falcons)

This spring, Walker took part in the NFL's USO Tour of the Middle East. He said in his Facebook post he gained an even greater appreciation for the men and women who defend American values

The demonstrations began in 2016 when then-49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick sat for the duration of the anthem before a preseason game to protest police brutality and racism against minorities. The protests gained steam throughout last season and several players continued demonstrating by sitting, kneeling, or raise a fist during the anthem in 2017.

But after Week 2 of this season, when only a handful of players participated, President Donald Trump took aim at the protesters, calling them 'sons of b******' during a speech in Alabama on September 22.

Trump followed with an onslaught of critical tweets throughout the weekend. But if his intention was to dissuade the players from protesting, Trump missed the mark. Over 200 players demonstrated in one way or another in Week 3.

Most NFL sidelines on Sunday featured players standing for the anthem or kneeling in protest, but several teams decided to demonstrate as a team.

For instance, the Dallas Cowboys coaches, players, and even owner Jerry Jones knelt while locking arms before their Monday Night Football game in Arizona on Monday.

Fans booed in response, leading Trump to tweet on Tuesday that the boos were the 'loudest' he had ever heard.

Trump claimed the boos directed at the Dallas Cowboys were the 'loudest I have ever heard.' ESPN earned a 9.3 overnight rating, which is a 63 percent jump from Week 3 last year

The Dallas Cowboys and owner Jerry Jones took a knee while locking arms on Monday night

On Thursday night, the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears all stood for the national anthem, arms linked.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers insisted before the game on Thursday that it was not a protest but 'a unified demonstration of love and solidarity.'

They asked fans to join in on what they described as their 'call to connect', some of whom did.

They were surrounded by others who placed their hands on their hearts, waved American flags and held signs condemning the protests which have swept across the NFL and spread into other pockets of pop culture since President Donald Trump condemned them last week.

Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers (second from left) insisted before the game on Thursday that it was not a protest but 'a unified demonstration of love and solidarity'

They asked fans to join in on what they described as their 'call to connect', some of whom did (pictured)

question: What is the main topic of the article?

answer: The article covers the peaceful protests some NFL players are engaging in by kneeling during the national anthem played before games.

question: Which player's father was denied a contracting job because of his peaceful protest?

answer: Akeem Spence

question: Whose family has received death threats because of his support of the protests?

answer: Delanie Walker

question: Who is quoted as saying, "You don't have to. No one is telling you to come to the game. It's your freedom and your choice to do that."?

answer: Delanie Walker

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The article covers the peaceful protests some NFL players are engaging in by kneeling during the national anthem played before games. Highlighting incidents players Akeem Spence and Delanie Walker have experienced.


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RUE SOUFFLOT is a street in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France, at the border between the quartier de la Sorbonne and the quartier du Val-de-Grâce. It links boulevard Saint-Michel with the Jardin du Luxembourg at place du Panthéon.

History

[Rue Soufflot at night from place du Panthéon] [Rue Soufflot from the boulevard Saint-Michel.] The street follows the ancient Roman decumanus.[1] From the 13th century, the medieval municipal government was based in the “Parloir aux bourgeois”, on the site of what is now 20 rue Soufflot.

The street is named after Jacques-Germain Soufflot (1713-1780), architect of the Panthéon de Paris. It was built to give a perspective towards the Panthéon. It was completed as far as rue Saint-Jacques around 1760 and known as _rue du Panthéon-Français_ during the French Revolution. In 1805 a plan was produce to extend it as far as what is now boulevard Saint-Michel, but it took until the second half of the 19th century for this plan to be carried out. It was renamed Rue Soufflot in 1807.[2]

24 rue Soufflot once housed the bookshop for the publishers éditeur Cotillon and F. Pichon, bookshop of the Conseil d'État in 1889. It also housed the neurophysiologist Alfred Vulpian and bears a plaque to that effect. In the 19th century the street was regularly visited by a celebrity of the Latin Quarter - the femme au perroquet or parrot woman, carrying a macaw and handing out toys and sweets to children.[3] The street is also mentioned in several 20th century chansons such as _Quartier Latin_ by Léo Ferré and _Place des grands hommes_ by Patrick Bruel.

On 21 May 1981 (the day of his investiture as president) François Mitterrand took rue Soufflot from place Edmond-Rostand to get to the Panthéon, where he laid roses on the tombs of Jean Moulin, Victor Schœlcher and Jean Jaurès. It is also usually part of the route used when transferring someone's remains to the Panthéon.

[1] _Le tracé des rues de Paris_, Bernard Rouleau, Presses du CNRS, p.38, 1988

[2] _Dictionnaire historique des rues de Paris_, Jacques Hillairet, éditions de Minuit, p.528

[3] L. de B. _La femme au perroquet_, _Le Monde Illustré_ du 24 octobre 1868, page 272.

title: Rue Soufflot

question: What is Rue Soufflot?

answer: a street in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France, at the border between the quartier de la Sorbonne and the quartier du Val-de-Grâce

question: Who is Rue Soufflot named for?

answer: Jacques-Germain Soufflot, architect of the Panthéon de Paris

question: Where did neurophysiologist Alfred Vulpian live?

answer: Rue Soufflot

question: What is the decumanus?

answer: the article does not answer this question

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Rue Sufflot is a street in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France, at the border between the quartier de la Sorbonne and the quartier du Val-de-Grâce.


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TACTILE is a real-time text-to-braille translation device currently under development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1] It was conceived by a team of undergraduate students, competing as “Team 100% Enthusiasm”, during a 15-hour MIT “hackathon”.[2] The device is slid over printed text and a camera captures images of the words and sends them to a microcontroller. The information moves the pins up and down, translating the text into Braille. Once on the market it is hoped to be much cheaper than existing devices.

People

The six-person development team comprises Chandani Doshi, Grace Li, Jialin Shi, Bonnie Wang, Charlene Xia, and Tania Yu, all undergraduate students at MIT at the time of Tactile's conception.[3] A joint collaboration in materials science, mechanical and electrical engineering, and computer science, Tactile received popular media attention[4] for its rapid pace of development, as well as its inventors all being women in STEM fields with disproportionally low female representation.[5]

Development

Tactile provides real-time translation of English text, captured by integrated camera, into braille dynamically rendered on a refreshable display. The end product is to display 36 braille characters at a time on a 5" x 2" interface{{#tag:ref|Current functioning prototypes are moderately larger; the intended size assumes the ongoing miniaturization of its component systems.|group=note}} with an intended retail price around US$100.[6] With existing braille display devices priced in the range of $1,500 to $2,500, Tactile has been characterized as a potential “quantum leap forward for the blind community.”[7]

The Tactile team was awarded a $10,000 grant in the MIT IDEAS Global Challenge[8] and was accepted into the Microsoft Patent Program, receiving funding and legal counsel from Microsoft to apply for patent protection in the United States. The application was filed on September 16, 2016 and presently has patent pending status.[9]

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title: Tactile (device)

question: What is Tactile?

answer: It is a real-time text-to-braille translation device conceived by a team of undergraduate students and currently under development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

question: Name all the members of the development team.

answer: Chandani Doshi, Grace Li, Jialin Shi, Bonnie Wang, Charlene Xia, and Tania Yu

question: Aside from Tactile's rapid pace of development, what was the other reason the project received popular media attention?

answer: All the inventors were women in STEM fields with disproportionally low female representation.

question: How much is Tactile's intended retail price?

answer: $100

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Tactile is a real-time text-to-braille translation device conceived by an all-woman team of undergraduate students and currently under development at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The device slides over printed text and a camera captures images of the words and sends them to a microcontroller. The information moves the pins up and down, translating the text into Braille. The intended retail price of Tactile is $100, much cheaper than existing devices priced in the range of $1,500 to $2,000.


text:
Where can I find cigarettes at this hour? The party wasn’t that much of a success, the people there didn’t seem to be on the same waves. I did not regret it though, It is was always a good experience to see how the others live. If only I could find a cigarettes somewhere, I would be tempted to say the escapade was a success. Shops closed earlier today and it was dark already. I don’t mind walking at this time. It gives you a blues-like profound feeling. And if not, the view is always nice. Well If I can’t find smokes, at least I could eat something. I was getting closer to the center of the city, to the train station where I was in fact headed…

The hot dog place: “Here that will cheer you up” he said and handed the hotdog. It was a good price, not the I-profit-from-the-lack-of-competition hotdogs that you see around but one fully furnished, with onions and stuff. “They ask me for my biological information, I feel weird about that”. I always appreciated someone who could initiate a conversation and share a human moment. “Trying to become one of them huh?” I said between bites. “I just want to give my kids opportunities”. “So where’s the problem?” “Don’t you find this registering thing disturbing? Your information being stored under a barcode? ” “ If you think about it, we’re already bar codes, since we born, all they do is shorten it to make it more relevant” I thought it was surprising for him to put attention to such a distant thing. Even if a big brother society would occur, he’ll be probably dead by then. If he’d be afraid the information would be used against him, he didn’t realize how improbable that was. Besides, he wasn’t the only foreigner so he had nothing to fear of. Finally, he was useful to society. That made me quite skeptical. The more I thought about it, the more I realized he had no conviction and his thoughts were quite divergent. I wasn’t that interested in his life so I just assumed he got his ideas from someone else and his small talk was just a way to fill the void. But he came here from so far, supported by nothing else than hope. I had admiration for that. One can wonder whether naivety or desperation lead to this choice. Maybe he heard about this place from a relative or some friends that made the trip before. A lot of folks assume that peacefulness will make things better. Well, we got it here and I have to say it’s quite all right. For them it must be a nice contrast, like the feeling of cleanliness after being dirty. But once you start scratching your skin, this situation can become more inconvenient than being dirty. Once the dirt is off, however, what else is there to clean? Freeing the mind from basic needs didn’t really free it. The void had to be filled but the human species wasn’t created to stay in its head. Which reminds me; Breath…

Yeah shit, they stole my phone.

Thinking about it, that’s kind of sad actually. Why would you do that? I mean, it was worth more to me emotionally than to them physically. Anyway, I should remember to call the company to lock it once I get back.

This building looks funny, they’ve built a round tower and conceived it as a parking. I was still at the periphery of the town but there was a club at the tower-shaped building’s side. A small group was present at the entrance. Barricades and security around them. This always fascinated me. There would be so much to write about that. The idea we all heard how it creates a paradise where social norms are relaxed. A place where the working man can escape. There was this singer who criticized how people lived life they don’t like and numbed it in these places. Such hypocrisy of them. Now that I think of it, quite a bunch of people depicted that, mostly in music though. How can one come up with any new idea these days? Everything was already thought through. Every emotion was already described, painted or vocalized. Makes me want to study science, at least there I might feel special if I come up with something. And it’s easier to get credit for scientific findings and offer a gift to future generations. Or maybe I should… Let me think…

The funniest thing about this place is how orchestrated it is. Security has its clear tasks and incentives to realize them. It’s not their first night, you can see how they lost their patience in the customers. They will be quicker to throw away troublemakers than try to resolve the situation. I can’t blame them, it’s more efficient that way; they solve their issue in a short period of time while limiting the damages of escalation. Pretty reasonable even. They don’t have to think about it anymore, when they see a problem, they just have to identify a target and deal with him. It’s pretty straightforward. Throwing them out is also not a difficulty.

I think saying clubs are a place of relaxed norms is quite inaccurate, rather it’s a place where things operate differently. I always liked clubs, life is much less complicated there. Your options as to what to do are quite limited and although there are some unwritten norms, they quite easy to learn. Simplicity is beautiful. You can expect everyone to follow similar norms, I can act there on auto-pilot. Or maybe it’s the effect of booze on people? I should check these ancient Greek guys, one of them must have though this through…

I was actually headed to another train station at this point. It was closer but it wasn’t a central one. It might be closed at this time. But I was willing to accept anything that would push me forward. I didn’t figure this out on my own. The guy from which I extracted the information was actually from the area. I stroke up the conversation and he was very genuinely friendly so I would not doubt his words. He seemed like the folk that tried to add value. I always wondered whether people become friendly when they realize it helps you to fit in society or is it something they have from the beginning. I would not say any of them to be “fake-friendliness” even though in one case it is more instrumental. You can easily make the difference between people who use friendliness as an instrument to get something from you and these people who have friendliness inherent to them. This last type of friendliness, I could see it in a friend of mine. He imposed on himself not to betray anyone but to be as amicable as possible. I always thought it was genuinely part of him; a rule he would never transgress. That made me able to trust him without reserve as, even though I never could comprehend him entirely, I had a model of how his actions would unfold. He was a good pal to balance ideas against. He understood people better than I ever would…

Guess that won’t work, it closed one hour ago. Going back then, the other train station not that far. I’ll probably pass again next to that hotdog place. That’s sentimental. I always was fascinated how human beings can bond. Anyone you’ll meet will have ideas in common with you. And is that not one of the best feelings in the world? It’s very validating to see how others have similar interpretations. You accept this persons as a swordsmen at you side, slicing through the complexity. But sooner or later, you see a disparency. While you challenge your ideas, his seem to stay fix. Why is it so? It does not seem that he’s immune to logic… His new ideas are actually coherent, but they seem old. It confuses you more and more until you decide he’s no longer of help and you separate yourself from him.

title: [RF] Where can I find one at this hour ?

question: Summarize the setting of the story.

answer: The narrator is at a party and leaves it in search of cigarettes, but the shops closed earlier that day and it was already dark. He decides to go looking for food and walks in the direction of the train station. He buys a hot dog fully furnished with onions and stuff and talks a bit with the man who work there. He continues to the train station and passes a round tower at the periphery of town with a club at the building's side. The narrator decides to go to another, closer, train station but it is closed, so he heads back to the first train station.

question: Summarize the society in which this story is set.

answer: The narrator used the party to see how others live, this can mean that there are major differences in the living conditions of different people. He speaks to an immigrant that is afraid the government will use his biological information against him, while at the same time wanting to provide for his family. It is a peaceful society, while petty theft is prevalent. Clubs exist as an escape to the working man. The whole place is very orchestrated, nothing new can be created and troublesome situations are resolved quickly and quietly. Genuine friendliness seems rare.

question: What does the story say about simplicity?

answer: The narrator sees simplicity as beautiful and looks for people in his life that can cut through complexity. He feels that when your options are limited, you know what to expect and can act on auto-pilot. Although he sees the orchestration in society as negative especially when handling troublesome situations, it fits with his idea of being straightforward. His simplicity in thoughts makes him feel as though everything has been described, painted of vocalized. He places a high value on genuine friendship, especially when it adds value to society.

question: Summarize the reasons the reasons for the party.


text:
The Luggage

From the beginning, I knew I had to sit on my father’s throne but life has played many tricks with me. If I could hop on a time machine, go back in time and wanted something that would have taken my life on a different path, it would have been to spend more time with my father. Fate has kept my father away from me my entire life. Those few months that I have spent with him are hardly registered in my memory anymore. Even if they were, it would have been harder to cope since my father is someone completely different ever since his brain stroke.
It’s unfathomable to imagine one carrying Mt. Everest on its back but if I had to compare, it would be carrying the luggage full of responsibilities of my six membered family that was bestowed upon me after my fathers’ impairment. I was never raised to be someone capable of lifting such a heavy object and I fumbled constantly until my family gave up on me.
If anyone still had hope on me, it was myself. I just knew it, it was written on the imaginary paper in my rich mind (fueled daily to drag my lazy body)  but it never came to fruition until I met her. Memories of her are hard to discern now a days; it’s like a printed paper that has already been printed once before and the letters are deceitful to eyes and mind. I remember meeting her through the tubes that connect the entire world. I reckon she fell in love with me within few minutes of our conversation and didn't hesitate to confess it to me that very same night. I remember talking to her for endless hours on daily basis as if I was born with the intuition like an infant wired to grasp onto its mother's bosom. It was a part of my life, intertwined. But then one day she was gone as fast as she came into my life. There were no traces of her. If there were any, it was my transformation. She helped me build the strength to lift the luggage and carry it many miles.
Many months have past. Now, my family has new found hope and respect for me. Afterall, I am a coolie carrying the luggage that was left by my father on his throne. I stayed awake many a night longing for the angel who helped me attain my strength. One enlightening night wasn’t any different. It was a starry night as I had my back to the red brick wall, sitting next to my dearest cousin, speaking of things only couple of men would do. As the night grew older, so did our conversations. And then for a while I remained silent. taking in the beauty that was rendered upon us. Stars and moons shining in harmony, giving life and light at the same time for us to continue to survive.
I break the silence, "you reckon that song?".
Pointing at the bright light that occupies our retinas from few blocks away.
It was a late night wedding and the music was as loud as an erupting volcano. Some people didn't have any good sense of time or place. At least both of us loved the song and we didn't waste a minute but started to sing along.
♪♪ Maddening wind hardens,
as my old friend returns.
It has been a long while...
To lose her again, frightens. ♪♪
And suddenly I halted, unable to hold back my tears anymore for the song was her favorite as well. My cousin being the dearest as he is, puts his hand upon my shoulder and asks, “what’s the matter, brother?”. I tell him the tale of her and watched his mouth remain open throughout as if he needed more air to aid his lungs to keep running. I wiped off the tears from my cheek, watch my cousin leave my company and continue to gaze on the stars and wondered whether they know where she is. After considerable amount of time and before the stars started to lose its feature my cousin reappears to show me documentation that hinders my cogitation. There were no one on the other end of the conversation with whom I spend countably infinite hours. My body remained inert, my mind wandered around, trapped inside a maze and I felt my luggage getting a few ton heavier.

title: My First Short Story. Feed, Please?!

question: Who is the author?

answer: The text doesn't provide a name.

question: In what era does this story take place?

answer: The text doesn't say.

question: Does the musical notation in this text indicate a song?

answer: Yes, the notes surround song lyrics.

question: What is the name of the narrator's cousin?

answer: The text doesn't say.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator of this story had to assume responsibility for his family following his father's impairment. The load feels too heavy to carry and he feels as though his family has lost hope in him until he meets a woman who talks endlessly with him and helps strengthen him to continue. One day, she disappears and then he grieves her loss, eventually feeling his strength begin to fade again.


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AS SEPTEMBER’S CRISP TEMPERATURES yellowed leaves throughout the Southwest, Paige Claassen stabbed into a shallow pocket, pushed ahead and clipped the chains of what she considers “the hardest route I’ve ever done.” Claassen projected _The Bleeding_ (5.14a/b) in Mill Creek, Utah, for half a decade before she stuck the crux move ground-up.

Five years ago, Claassen began taking weekend trips from University of Colorado in Boulder to Mill Creek. “I would drive six hours, climb on Saturday and half of Sunday, then drive back,” Claassen tells _Rock and Ice_. “ I hopped on _The Bleeding_ and it felt really doable. Five years later… I’d fallen off between 100 and 200 times on one of the last moves.”

Despite Claassen’s recent success on _Just Do It_ (5.14c) in Smith Rock, Oregon, and _Sarchasm_ (5.14a) in Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado, she says her siege on _The Bleeding_ was “the longest I’ve worked on anything in terms of days and number of attempts.” Moves on the route slowly mount in difficulty, presenting its suitors with a low-percentage boulder problem at the final bolt.

“I’d fallen off that move so many times that it just became part of my beta.”

  The Bleeding is finally complete. 5 years, thousands of dollars in expenses, one or two hundred patient belays from @muttstagram a few sets of draws faded, worn, and replaced, one night of no sleep during last night’s insane thunder and lightning storm, humid conditions, and finally it’s done. I’ve never put more effort into a single route as I have this one. Grades aside, it’s the hardest route I’ve ever climbed. It was both an enjoyable and miserable ride, and I’m really glad it’s over. Now I can finally move on to other Mill Creek classics. Here’s a @richcrowder throwback shot from 3 years ago of the move that spit me off 100+ times. See ya later pocket, I never want to touch you again. @thenorthface @lasportivana @camp_usa @maximropes @smithoptics

  A photo posted by Paige Claassen (@paigeclaassen) on Sep 15, 2015 at 2:57pm PDT

LOCALS TOLD CLAASSEN the move thwarting her redpoint was around V9, though Claassen herself says, “I’m not sure it would be that hard off the ground.” Claassen calls _The Bleeding_ 5.14a, but other sources (such as Mountain Project and blog posts by climbers who have repeated _The Bleeding_) suggest 5.14b.

Claassen says the fitness she earned from bouldering in Rocklands, South Africa, and cardio from long hikes into _Sarchasm’s_ alpine venue may have helped her send _The Bleeding,_ but the route’s greatest challenge was psychological, not physical. When she returned to Mill Creek this year, she began to “let go of it.”

“I thought, if I never climb _The Bleeding_ in my life, it’ll be fine. There’s a fine line between pushing yourself and giving yourself some slack.” She says that relieving self-induced stress and pressure was key to success.

Claassen is the first woman to redpoint _The Bleeding_, but she questions whether to define repeats as first female ascents. “Personally, I think [first female ascents] are irrelevant. Some women find them really motivating… but there are some cases in which a woman hasn’t even tried [the route] before.”

Labeling an ascent as a first female ascent reinforces the gender gap, Claassen says. “All other sports divide male and female achievements,” but climbers can interpret routes to play to their own strengths.

Nina Caprez, after her ascent of _Silbergeier_ (5.14a) in Switzerland’s Rätikon range, says, “When I did _Silbergeier_ it was widely called the first female ascent, but that was never my goal. In my eyes there is no difference between girls and boys, especially on vertical and technical faces like the ones in Rätikon. There is only one difference that matters and it’s between the first ascent and all that follow.”

14-year-old Ashima Shiraishi shatters the glass ceiling of climbing’s yesteryear. With numerous 5.14+ ascents, a redpoint of _Open Your Mind Direct_ (5.14d/5.15a) and a repeat of Fred Nicole’s _Golden Shadow_ (V14), Shiraishi has accumulated the most impressive résumé any climber within years of her age has ever had_._

“In the new generation that’s coming up, they don’t consider guys to be stronger [than girls],” Claassen says. “What Ashima has accomplished isn’t impressive because she’s a woman. It’s just amazing that she’s done it.”

_The Bleeding_ under her belt, Claassen is travelling Utah’s desert to sample inspiring lines. While Claassen is committed to no projects on the magnitude of _The Bleeding,_ she may return to the Virgin River Gorge this winter to project _Necessary Evil_ (5.14c). The VRG testpiece still awaits a female ascent, but if Claassen sends _Necessary Evil,_ you might hear the story told differently._ _Claassen says “I’ve arrived at the conclusion that I don’t need to promote my own ascents as first female ascents.”

BEN SPANNUTH CLIMBS _COBRA STRIKE_ (5.14A) AND _THE BLEEDING:_  _ __ _ _ _ _ _

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question: What is the name of the mountain Paige Classen climbed in Mill Creek, Utah?

answer: It is called The Bleeding.

question: How often did Paige climb it while she was at the University of Colorado?

answer: Every weekend.

question: Who was the first woman to redpoint The Bleeding?

answer: Paige Claasen.

question: What is next on Paige's plan after The Bleeding?

answer: She is thinking of returning to the Virgin River Gorge to project Necessary Evil.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer:
Paige Classen is a climber. She has been climbing The Bleeding in Mill Creek, Utah, for many years. She is the first woman to redpoint The Bleeding.

Having conquered The Bleeding, Paige has set her sight on returning to the Virgin River Gorge.