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Patrick was about a mile out to sea in one of those rugged, plastic, yellow kayaks.   He had already had more than a few drinks that afternoon thanks to the all-inclusive food and drink policy at the resort.  Looking back for a second, with the double edged paddle resting over his legs, the shore was distant, and maybe it was the alcohol, but it wasn't that scary to be that removed from the shore's safety.

At that distance, the waves had died down and were rather mild; they were more of a drift than anything else.  The water was a deep blue and the ocean floor was no longer visible.  The air smelled entirely like seawater and really the only sound he could hear was a faint breeze against his ears.  During that moment he realized how alone he was.  A mile away from anyone else, a totally remote maritime vastness, completely unoccupied, lay ahead of him, and he was totally occupying that space individually, and it just felt, well it felt free.

It was like a moment of Zen, or experiencing the Tao; it was a removal from society, at least mentally, and was the first thing he had ever experienced anywhere near those lines.  The sun above was burning his skin, he knew he would have a sunburn after this was all over, but it didn't matter.  Scooping up some of the ocean's water, he cupped it over his head.  The cooling effect was like a physical ecstasy.

It could have been a minute or it could have been thirty minutes but as soon as this bliss started it began to creep back like coming down from a high.  He knew it was an inherently fleeting experience. “What is another mile?” he thought “let's do one more and I'll turn back to shore.”  Some reasoning set in, far, far, back in his consciousnesses, but the experience was too fresh.

“Fuck it” he thought, and started to put his paddle back into the water.

title: A Trip to Jamaica

question: Why does Patrick paddle out a mile from shore?

answer: For the fun of it, because he has had a few alcoholic drinks and his judgement is compromised.

question: What does Patrick feel when he stops to reflect on his journey thus far?

answer: Bliss, a moment of Zen, a feeling of being utterly alone and surrounded by nothing but water.

question: Why is Patrick inebriated?

answer: He's staying at an all-inclusive resort where the alcohol is bottomless.

question: Why does Patrick decide to keep paddling another mile out?

answer: Because "fuck it" "What is another mile?"

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Patrick is out kayaking during a vacation stay at an all-inclusive resort. He's had a few alcoholic drinks and is inebriated. He's paddled out one mile from shore and is all alone surrounded by nothing but water. He has a moment of zen, pure bliss, at being totally disconnected in a remote maritime vastness. Judgement clouded by alcohol, he decides to paddle out one more mile before turning back.


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CENTRAL CITY STADIUM is a multi-purpose stadium in Orsha, Belarus. It is mostly used for football matches and is a home stadium for FC Orsha. The stadium holds 2,582 spectators.[1]

History

Central City Stadium has been a home ground for a local club FC Orsha. During 1998–1999 it also hosted home games of Lokomotiv-96 Vitebsk, whose usual home stadium Dinamo was closed for a long term renovation. Orsha stadium was closed from fall 1999 till summer 2001 due to pitch replacement works. Further renovation works were performed during 2007–2008 as a part of general city renovations works before 2008 Dazhynki festival (which was hosted in Orsha).

At present, the stadium is part of Orsha Physical Culture and Sports Club, an organization which manages several other sport facilities in Orsha and neighboring towns.[2]

[1] FC Orsha profile at football.by

[2] FSK Orsha facilities

title: City Stadium (Orsha)

question: How many people can Central City Stadium hold?

answer: The stadium can hold 2582 spectators

question: Where is Central City Stadium located?

answer: It is located in Orsha, Belarus.

question: When and why was the stadium closed?

answer: The stadium was closed from the fall of 1999 till summer 2001 for renovations of the pitch.

question: What organization is the stadium a part of?

answer: The stadium is a part of Orsha Physical Culture and Spots Club, an organization that manages several other sport facilities in Orsha and neighboring towns.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article summarizes the history and use of the Central City Stadium in Orsha, Belarus. It is the home stadium for FC Orsha and holds 2582 spectators.


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ALEXANDRIA AIRLINES is an Egyptian airline headquartered in Cairo.

Destinations

As of May 2019, Alexandria Airlines operates to the following destinations:[1]

  City              Country   Airport                                 Notes
  ----------------- --------- --------------------------------------- -------
  Aqaba             Jordan    King Hussein International Airport
  Cairo             Egypt     Cairo International Airport
  Sharm El Sheikh   Egypt     Sharm El Sheikh International Airport

Fleet

Current fleet

, Alexandria Airlines operates the following aircraft:[2][3]

  Aircraft         In Service   Orders   Passengers   Notes
  ---------------- ------------ -------- ------------ ------- ----- ----- --
  F                C            Y        Total
  Boeing 777-300   1            —        12           42
  Boeing 737-500   1            —        —            —
  Total            2            —

  : Alexandria Airlines fleet

Former fleet

The airline previously operated 2 Boeing 737-300 (at August 2017).[4]

Partners

Alexandria Airlines Served more than 100 Tour Operators, plus several airlines such as Nas Air, Buraq Air, Marsland aviation, White Airways , Palestinian Airlines.[5]

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title: Alexandria Airlines

question: How many types of aircrafts does Alexandria Airlines currently operate?

answer: Two.

question: Where are the headquartered?

answer: Cairo.

question: Where is Cairo?

answer: Egypt.

question: To how many airport destinations does the airline go?

answer: Three.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Alexandria Airlines is an airline based in Cairo, Egypt. Currently they have flights to three destination: Aqaba Jordan King Hussein International Airport, Cairo Egypt Cairo International Airport, and Sharm El Sheikh Egypt Sharm El Sheikh International Airport. They operate with two different types of aircraft carriers.


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Today we’re going to look at some of the little known details and services surrounding the world of behavioral advertising. And just in case the term “behavioral advertising” is confusing to you, let’s define it real quick:

  Behavioral advertising is a technique used by online advertisers to present targeted ads to consumers by collecting information about their browsing behavior.

Several pieces of data may be used, such as:

-   The pages browsed on a website
-   The time spent on the site
-   The clicks made
-   The recency of the visit
-   The overall interaction with the site

All this data creates a user persona or profile that can be used to segment the audience into certain types. People with similar online behavior can be grouped together into one segment. Then, these segments are shown ads that cater to their interests.

According to a survey by the Network Advertising Initiative, conducted with 12 advertising networks, targeted advertisements based on user behavior converted 6.8% compared with non-targeted ads at 2.8%.

How behavioral advertising works

Lots of platforms work by inserting a cookie into a visitor’s hard drive. Advertising networks have a larger demographic of users at their disposal. Being able to serve different sites, they can easily divide the populace into segments.

The first step in serving behavioral ads is tracking who the users are and what they do online.

_Tracking refers to the process of collecting and processing data, while targeting refers to using that data to offer personalized solutions or advertising._

In order to understand how tracking works, we need to define a few terms:

HTTP REQUEST: Generally a tracking pixel or JavaScript sends client information to the ad serving company.

The user is identified with the help of a cookie in which unique IDs are stored.

Furthermore, combining HTTP request headers with UserAgent strings can lead to even more precise User Identification.

FLASH COOKIES: Flash allows advertisers to place Flash cookies known as local shared objects with the ability to store client information. The information can range from preferred volume settings or even unique identifiers.

One of the notable advantages with Flash cookies is that they are outside the browser. They persist even when the user closes the browser, and they carry through when he/she opens another.

While standard HTML cookies store 4kb of data, Flash cookies can store up to 100kb.

There are mechanisms which keep track of the user even when he/she deletes the cookie. For example, say cookie named 144587 is attached to my IP. Imagine that I delete the cookie. The next time I log in, the server attaches a cookie with a different name, say 8654977, but the software knows that both cookies relate to the same person. This is called _cookie respawning_.

ETAGS: ETags are a feature of the browser cache. The cache saves a previously visited website in the memory, and if a visitor is inclined to visit the site again, the saved site is shown. Advertisers use the cache to store unique identifiers pertaining to the user.

ETags are difficult to remove because deleting the cache would make browsing slower.

HTML5: HTML5 makes use of a cookie called HTML5 local storage. Even if the user closes the browser, the cookie persists until deleted willfully. Compared with Flash and simple HTML cookies, HTML5 cookies can store data up to 5 Mb.

It is preferred because users don’t need any plugins like Flash to run it.

THE EVERCOOKIE: The Evercookie uses the combined features of HTML5 cookies, ETags, Flash cookie, etc. If a user deletes one identifier, say Flash cookie, then the other identifier, say ETags, is enough to activate the Evercookie.

AOL has explained it beautifully with images of a penguin. When you visit a sports site or gourmet site, for example, an ad company sends a cookie to your computer. Later, when you visit some other site, the ad company reads the cookie and displays an ad related to gourmet or sports.

[AOL penguin explanation]

Online behaviors that advertisers use

Let’s go into more detail on two pieces of data that advertisers use to create targeted ads:

IP ADDRESS & GEOLOCATION: Targeting your audience by where they live is one of the most basic segmentations you can make. You can show discounts and sales targeted to a specific region. You also can blend urgency into the messages, such as: “This offer is only for Utah readers and expires in 10 hours.”

There are even more metrics you can add, like the person’s country, state, region, and city.

Studies have found that 70% of marketers use mobile location data to help engage their customers.

THE RECENCY OF VISITS AND WHETHER REPEAT VISITORS OR NEW VISITORS: A repeat visitor can be shown related content based on what they searched for in the past.

You might have seen yourself that when you visit some sites to search for certain things, you later see ads of those sites elsewhere.

Amazon does this. They even email users based on the products they browsed earlier.

Personyze is a platform that offers real-time personalization based on user data.

How does that happen? It’s called retargeting, and we are going to learn a bit more about it.

How advertisers use retargeting

When a user visits a site, he/she is expressing interest in the site. Later, the user can be shown ads related to the site.

Let me clarify with an example. I was searching for a company called Ifeelgoods on Google. Minutes later, I logged into Facebook and found this ad from Ifeelgoods in my news feed.

[ifeelgoods]

It doesn’t end with that. Days later, when I am reading a random piece on Salon, right there before me is an AdSense ad of Ifeelgoods.

[salon advertisement]

Here are a few articles that go over retargeting in detail:

-   An In-Depth Comparison of Remarketing and Retargeting Services
-   How To Use Google AdWords To Reach The People Who Didn’t Click On Your Ad
-   Hacking Paid Media: 5 Little Tweaks That Can Deliver Big
-   How Peak Design Recovers 12% of Abandoned Carts With Email Remarketing

Tools for e-commerce and SaaS businesses

Here are a few tools that e-commerce and SaaS businesses can use for behavioral targeting:

RICHRELEVANCE: RichRelevance has served more than 1 billion personalized product recommendations. It has delivered more than $10 billion in attributable sales to its retail partners like Walmart, Target, Sears, Best Buy, etc. It’s the perfect solution for e-commerce site owners.

[richrecs]

You can sign up for RichRelevance here.

RELATED PRODUCTS MANAGER BY COMMERCESTACK: This is a Magento extension that integrates user data into the shopping experience by generating relevant up-sells, cross-sells, and down-sells. It’s currently offering a free trial.

The below examples show you how the Products Manager can be used to add related products and manage them with a few clicks.

[magento admin panel]

[8 magento admin panel]

Visit the CommerceStack installation page here.

PERSONYZE: Personyze is a behavioral targeting tool that collects and analyzes information on the user and makes real-time recommendations. It can display targeted banner ads from a range of data like the keywords used for search, click behavior, etc.

An example of a site offering personalized recommendations with Personyze is shown below.

Personyze personalizes the webpage for each user, as follows:

1.  Greets the user with his/her name, “ Welcome Brian,” as you can see
2.  Products are shown based on previous searches
3.  Down-sells and cross-sells
4.  Up-sells
5.  User guides
6.  Reduced prices to attract customers

[monkey gadget]

You can sign up for Personyze here.

INTELLIGENT CROSS-SELL BY CNET: This tool is a boon for those in the consumer electronics industry. CNET has partnered with RichRelevance to help merchants optimize their cross-sells. The tool taps into CNET’s database of 5 million digital goods and comes up with relevant recommendations.

The example below shows a product comparison table powered with the rich database of electronic products on CNET.

[e storesite product comparison]

Get started with Intelligent Cross-Sell here.

COREMETRICS INTELLIGENT OFFER BY IBM: The tool generates product recommendations based on past purchases and business rules. It delivers smoothly across email, mobile, and web platforms.

[11 dynamic recommendations emarketing spot integration]

[12 dynamic recommendation storefront]

Get Started with CoreMetrics here.

FACEBOOK INTEREST BASED TARGETING: In a post here, Tommy Walker talks about how a True Value ad got into his news feed. In his own words: “Well … I’m 27, I’m married, I’m a male, I’m a father, and I’ve Liked the pages Saving Money, Super Coupon Lady, and DIY Network, among other things that would signal I’m a responsible adult living on a budget and like to take care of things around the house.” He also suggests the perfect tag cloud to target people who’d be excited about a $5 True Value coupon.

[facebook interest based targeting]

Get started with Facebook Advertising here.

On Facebook, people enter a lot of data that makes it easy to target them with highly personalized offers. They like pages, so that indicates their interest in certain products or businesses, they mention where they live, and so on.

Have you tried behavioral advertising?

As you can see, behavioral advertising helps you provide consumers more personalized offers. It helps you get into their shoes and understand what they need. You can use the tools to better serve your customers.

_How have your experiences been with behavioral advertising?_

ABOUT THE AUTHOR: This article was written by George Mathew.

question: What is behavioral advertising?

answer: A technique used by online advertisers to present targeted ads to consumers by collecting information about their browsing behavior.

question: What are some tools used in behavioral advertising?

answer: HTTP Request, Flash Cookies, Etags, HTML5, the Evercookie, IP Address and Geolocation.

question: What are the effects of behavioral advertising?

answer: When a user browses particular sites or products, they see advertisements related to those searches elsewhere on the web.

question: What are some pieces of data that may be used?

answer: Pages browsed, time spent on a site, clicks made, recency of a visit, and overall interaction with a site.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Behavioral advertising is a technique used by online advertisers to present targeted ads to consumers by collecting information about their browsing behavior. By leveraging pages browsed, time spent on a site, clicks made, recency of a visit, and overall interaction with a site, advertisers create targeted advertisements unique to each user. There are all-inclusive ad products that provide all of these and more to businesses including Personyze, RichRelevance, Related Products Manager, etc.


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THENAE or THENAI (), also written THAENA and THAENAE, was a Carthaginian and Roman town (__) located in or near Thyna, now a suburb of Sfax on the Mediterranean coast of southeastern Tunisia.

Name

The city was founded with the Punic name (), similar to Semitic transcriptions of Tayinat in Turkey. Head also transcribes it as _Thainath_. The Punic name was transcribed into Greek as _Thaína_ ()[1] and THENAE (Θεναί),[2] and into Latin variously as _Thenae_, _Thaena_, and _Thaenae_. Strabo called the town THENA (ἡ Θένα)[3] and Ptolemy called it both Thaina (Θαίνα)[4] and Theaenae (Θέαιναι).[5] At a later period it became a Roman colony with the name of AELIA AUGUSTA MERCURIALIS.[6]

History

Thenae was founded as a Phoenician colony on the Mediterranean coast of what is now southeastern Tunisia. Along with the rest of ancient Tunisia, it passed into Carthaginian and then Roman control during the time of the Punic Wars.

Thenae issued its own bronze coins around the time of Julius Caesar and Augustus, with a female head (either Serapis or Astarte) obverse and a four-columned temple reverse. It also bore the town's name in Punic characters.

In the surviving ruins, there are a bath house, a wealthy house (__), city walls, lower-class housing, and an early Christian basilica.

Bishopric

Thenae was the seat of a Christian bishopric during late antiquity. According to a life of StFulgentius, a council was held at Thenae (). There are six documented bishops of the ancient diocese:

-   Eucrazio, who assisted the 256 council in Carthage called by StCyprian to discuss the question concerning the __;
-   Latonio (Catholic) and Securo (Donatist), competing bishops who appeared at the 411 council in Carthage;
-   Pascasio, who took part in the 484 synod in Carthage convened by the Vandal king Huneric and was afterwards exiled;
-   Pontian, who intervened in the 525 council in Carthage; and
-   Felix, who attended the antimonotelite council of 646.

Today, Thenae survives as a titular see of the Roman Catholic Church. Modern bishops have been:[7]

-   Thomas Franz Xaver Spreiter (19061944)
-   Louis Francis Kelleher (19451946)
-   Thomas Joseph McDonough (19471960)
-   Paolo Ghizzoni (19611972)
-   Andrzej Maria Deskur (19741985)
-   Marian Duś (1985current), former auxiliary bishop of Warsaw

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title: Thenae

question: Where is Thenae located?

answer: It was a Carthaginian and Roman town located near Thyna, now  a suburb of Sfax on the Mediterranean coast of southeastern Tunisia.

question: When was Thenae founded?

answer: It was founded as a Phoenician colony and issued its own bronze coins around the time of Julius Caesar.

question: What are some of the features of Thenae?

answer: In its ruins are a bath house, a wealthy house, city walls, lowr-class housing and an early Christian basilica.

question: Did Thenae ever have any famous inhabitants?

answer: Thenae was the seat of a Christian bishopric during antiquity. Some of the bishops include Eucrazio, Latonio, and Pascasio.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: This article describes Thenae. It was once a Carthaginian and Roman town located near Thyna in Tunisia. It was founded as a Phoenician colony and issued its own bronze coins around the time of Julius Caesar. It also was the seat of a Christian bishopric in its antiquity. Thenae currently has some structures in its surviving ruins.


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A BIG LIE () is a propaganda technique. The expression was coined by Adolf Hitler, when he dictated his 1925 book _Mein Kampf_, about the use of a lie so “colossal” that no one would believe that someone “could have the impudence to distort the truth so infamously”. Hitler believed the technique was used by Jews to blame Germany's loss in World War I on German general Erich Ludendorff, who was a prominent nationalist and antisemitic political leader in the Weimar Republic.

Hitler's use of the expression

The source of the big lie technique is this passage, taken from Chapter 10 of James Murphy's translation of _Mein Kampf_ (the quote is one paragraph in Murphy's translation and in the German original):

Goebbels's use of the expression

Though the following supposed quotation of Joseph Goebbels has been repeated in numerous books and articles and on thousands of web pages, none of them has cited a primary source. According to the research and reasoning of Randall Bytwerk, it is an unlikely thing for Goebbels to have said.[1]

It is verified that Goebbels did put forth a theory which has come to be more commonly associated with the expression “big lie”. Goebbels wrote the following paragraph in an article dated 12 January 1941, 16 years after Hitler's first use of the phrase. The article, titled _Aus Churchills Lügenfabrik_ (English: “From Churchill's Lie Factory”) was published in _Die Zeit ohne Beispiel_.

Holocaust

Jeffrey Herf maintains that Goebbels and the Nazis used the big lie to turn long-standing anti-semitism into mass murder.[2] Herf argues that the big lie was a narrative of an innocent, besieged Germany striking back at an “international Jewry”, which it said started World War I. The propaganda repeated over and over the claim that a conspiracy of Jews was the real power in Britain, Russia and the United States. It went on to state that the Jews had begun a “war of extermination” against Germany, and so Germany had a duty and a right to “exterminate” and “annihilate” the Jews in self-defense.[3]

Usage in Hitler's psychological profile

The phrase was also used in a report prepared during the war by the United States Office of Strategic Services in describing Hitler's psychological profile:[4]

  His primary rules were: never allow the public to cool off; never admit a fault or wrong; never concede that there may be some good in your enemy; never leave room for alternatives; never accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time and blame him for everything that goes wrong; people will believe a big lie sooner than a little one; and if you repeat it frequently enough people will sooner or later believe it.[5]

The above quote appears in the report, _A Psychological Analysis of Adolph Hitler: His Life and Legend,_ by Walter C. Langer,[6][7] which is available from the US National Archives. [8] A somewhat similar quote appears in _Analysis of the Personality of Adolph Hitler: With Predictions of His Future Behaviour and Suggestions for Dealing with Him Now and After Germany's Surrender,_ by Henry A. Murray, October 1943:[9]

  Never to admit a fault or wrong; never to accept blame; concentrate on one enemy at a time; blame that enemy for everything that goes wrong; take advantage of every opportunity to raise a political whirlwind.

[1] Bytwerk, Randall. “False Nazi Quotations”, _German Propaganda Archive_, 2008.

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[3] Jeffrey Herf, “The 'Jewish War': Goebbels and the Antisemitic Campaigns of the Nazi Propaganda Ministry”, _Holocaust and Genocide Studies_, (Spring 2005) 19#1 pp. 51–80,

[4] A Psychological Analysis of Adolph Hitler. His Life and Legend by Walter C. Langer. Office of Strategic Services (OSS) Washington, D.C. With the collaboration of Prof. Henry A. Murr, Harvard Psychological Clinic, Dr. Ernst Kris, New School for Social Research, Dr. Bertram D. Lawin, New York Psychoanalytic Institute. p. 219 (Nizkor)

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title: Big lie

question: What makes Joseph Goebbels convince people will buy into the big lie?

answer: Goebbels believes repetition is key to making people believe the big lie.


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LUMIAR SCHOOL is a democratic school for children from 0 to 14 years old created by Brazilian business man Ricardo Semler.[1] There are eight Lumiar schools, such as in the city of São Paulo, Poços de Caldas, Sto Antonio do Pinhal, Porto Alegre in Brazil; Kent and Stowford in UK.

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title: Lumiar School

question: Is Lumiar school a public or private organization?

answer: That information is not known.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This is an article about Lumiar democratic school, created by a Brazilian businessman called Ricardo Semlar.


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If the 25-year-old is to make the World Cup for England, he will have to play regularly and the Hammers could give him that opportunity

David Moyes would like to bring Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere to West Ham during the January transfer window.

West Ham host the Gunners at London Stadium on Wednesday, where a hamstring problem for Aaron Ramsey could mean Wilshere making his first Premier League start of the season.

The England international has been ravaged by injury over recent years and spent a largely uneventful spell on loan at Bournemouth last season.

Editors' Picks

-   Klopp's unsung heroes: Liverpool's backroom staff have become as vital as Salah, Mane and Alisson
-   Man Utd match-winner Cavani risks FA investigation with racially insensitive social media post
-   Chelsea can win the Premier League - but do the Blues truly believe?
-   Arteta must start taking his share of the blame for awful Arsenal displays

Wilshere, 25, has started Arsenal's last five Europa League matches but regular top-flight action is probably required to force his way into Gareth Southgate's plans for the 2018 World Cup.

It seems Moyes would be happy to offer just that.

"You'd hope that if you took a player from another Premier League club it'd be much easier for him to go right into the team and play well," the West Ham manager told reporters.

[Jack Wilshere Arsenal 2017]

"Jack Wilshere would be someone who we'd have to look at if he was available.

"I do believe the transfer window could be the difference between relegation and staying up. If we can get the right players, that's the big part of it.

"I also want to make sure we're looking at players who've got time and who can be at the club for a long period and not just in for a short period.

"Then there's also the short-term fix for me which is, how do we get enough wins between now and the end of the season? There's a balance between that."

Moyes claimed his first win as West Ham boss with a surprise 1-0 triumph over champions Chelsea at the weekend, although they remain in the Premier League relegation zone.

question: Who would David Moyes like to bring back?

answer: Arsenal midfielder Jack Wilshere to West Ham

question: Jack Wilshere is how old?

answer: 25 years old

question: What has Wilshere done in the last five Europa League matches?

answer: He has started the last five Europa League matches

question: What could the transfer window of players mean?

answer: It could mean the difference between relegation and staying up in the game.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Sports talk is discussed as the transfer window is coming up, and Jack Wilshere is hot commodity.


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_LATE FOR A DATE_ (; literally _Girl in a hurry for a date_) is a Soviet comedy film directed by Mikhail Verner. A new print was issued in 1987, completely redubbed apart from the songs performed by Efrem Flaks.

Plot

Professor Leonid S. Fedorov and Nikolai Gurov, a cobbler at “Moskooppromsoyuza”, both set off for the resort at Yessentuki. They have both left their passports at home and their wives both take them into the post-office to send them. The girl addressing the two envelopes is distracted by a phone conversation about a date and mistakenly sends the professor's passport to the cobbler and vice versa. After several comedic misunderstandings, the two men's wives arrive at the resort and clarify everything.

Cast

-   Boris Petker - Professor Fyodorov
-   Mikhail Rostovtsev - Gurov
-   Maria Barabanov - the girl in the post-office
-   Vera Streshneva - Gurov's wife
-   E. Pluta - Fyodorov's wife, Vera
-   Alexander Beniaminov - telegraphist
-   Andrei Kostrichkin
-   Iona Bij-Brodsky - doctor
-   Mikhail Rozanov - bootblack
-   Arnold Arnold - cameo
-   Eugene Golynchik
-   Stepan Kayukov - Fyodorov's colleague
-   Irina Murzaeva - cameo
-   Giorgi Georgiou
-   Erna Mashkevich - girl
-   Petr Hoffmann - cameo
-   Andrei Apsolon - cameo

Sources

-   [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0027522/? Late for a Date] on IMDB
-   http://tvkultura.ru/brand/show/brand_id/27110/

Category:1936 comedy films Category:1936 films Category:Soviet comedy films Category:Soviet films Category:Films scored by Isaak Dunayevsky Category:Soviet-era Belarusian films Category:Belarusfilm films Category:Belarusian films Category:Soviet black-and-white films

title: Late for a Date

question: What is "Late for a Date" about?

answer: "Late for a Date is about Professor Leonid S. Fedorov and Nikolai Gurov, who set off for a resort at Yessentuki.

question: When was it reissued?

answer: It was reissued in 1987.

question: When was it released originally?

answer: Not answered.

question: Who plays Professor Fyodorov?

answer: Boris Petker plays Professor Fyodorov.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article is about the film "Late for a Date," a Soviet comedy film.


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_THE MOMENT OF TRUTH_ is the third installment in _The Emo Diaries_ series of compilation albums, released February 23, 1999 by Deep Elm Records. As with all installments in the series, the label had an open submissions policy for bands to submit material for the compilation, and as a result the music does not all fit within the emo style.[1][2] As with the rest of the series, _The Moment of Truth_ features mostly unsigned bands contributing songs that were previously unreleased.[3][4]

Reviewer Kurt Morris of Allmusic remarks that “this third installment of the _Emo Diaries_ saga is strong from start to finish” and that “Penfold's track should be required listening for all people proclaiming to have a knowledge of what the term emo means.”[5] While criticizing some of the songs towards the middle of the compilation as “a bit weak”, he notes that “Chase Theory, Epstein, and Last Days of April all contribute dynamic and passionate tracks to help close the album out persuasively. A very convincing and solid release, this very well might be the peak of these celebrated compilations.”[6]

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title: The Moment of Truth (compilation album)

question: What is The Moment of Truth?

answer: A compilation album released by Deep Elm Records as the third installment in The Emo Diaries series. It mainly features unsigned bands contributing previously unreleased songs.

question: When was The Moment of Truth released?

answer: February 23, 1999

question: List some artists featured on The Moment of Truth.

answer: Penfold, Chase Theory, Epstein, Last Days of April

question: What did Kurt Morris think of The Moment of Truth?

answer: He thought that it was strong from start to finish and that Penfold's contribution should be required listening for those who claim to understand emo. He thought the middle was a bit weak, but the closing tracks of the album were very dynamic and passionate.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The Moment of Truth is the third installment in The Emo Diaries series of compilation albums. It was released February 23, 1999 by Deep Elm Records and features primarily unreleased songs by unsigned bands. Kurt Morris of Allmusic thought the compilation was strong from start to finish.


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Seattle became the first major U.S. city to ban plastic straws and utensils on Sunday — a conservation move that officials hope will decrease plastic waste and encourage behavioral changes, per the Seattle Times.

WHY IT MATTERS: The idea has been gaining traction worldwide as plastic waste pollutes the world's oceans and harms marine animals, but Seattle is by far the largest U.S. municipality to enact such a ban. Other U.S. towns like Malibu, Davis and San Luis Obispo in California, as well as Miami Beachand Fort Myers in Florida have passed similar ordinances banning plastic straws.

OUTSIDE THE U.S., Scotland plans to ban plastic straws by the end of next year, and Taiwan is banning single-use plastic items, including cups, straws and shopping bags by 2030. British Prime Minister Theresa May made a similar pledge earlier this year to end the nation's avoidable plastic waste within the next 25 years.

-   Per the Strawless Ocean campaign, drinking straws are too lightweight to make it through industrial recycling sorters. They frequently end up getting blown in the wind, ultimately ending up in the ocean.

question: Why did Seattle ban plastic straws and utensils?

answer: They hope it will decrease plastic waste and encourage behavioral changes.

question: Why does it matter that Seattle banned plastic straws and utensils?

answer: Plastic waste pollutes the world's oceans and harms marine animals, and Seattle is by far the lasrgest U.S. municipality to enact such a ban at the time of this document.

question: What's happening outside the U.S.?

answer: Scotland is banning plastic straws by the end of the year after this document. Taiwan is banning single-use plastic items by 2030, and British Prime Minister Theresa May made a similar pledge.

question: What is the Strawless Ocean campaign?

answer: It seems to be a campaign aiming to stop the use of plastic straws.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This document discusses when Seattle became the first major U.S. city to ban plastic straws and utensils. The document continues to discuss other places that have made similar adjustments, and the effects of plastic waste on the oceans.


text:
The British decimal ONE PENNY (1P) coin is a unit of currency equalling one-hundredth of a pound sterling. Its obverse has featured the profile of Queen Elizabeth II since the coin's introduction on 15 February 1971, the day British currency was decimalised. Four different portraits of the Queen have been used on the obverse; the latest design by Jody Clark was introduced in 2015. The second and current reverse, designed by Matthew Dent, features a segment of the Royal Shield and was introduced in 2008.[1] The penny is the lowest value coin (in real terms) ever to circulate in the United Kingdom.

The penny was originally minted from bronze, but since 1992 has been minted in copper-plated steel due to increasing copper prices.

There are an estimated 10.5 billion 1p coins in circulation as of 2016, with a total face value of around £105,000,000.

1p coins are legal tender for amounts only up to the sum of 20p when offered in repayment of a debt; however, the coin's legal tender status is not normally relevant for everyday transactions.

Etymology

The word _penny_ is derived from the Old English word _penig,_ which itself comes from the proto-Germanic _panninga._[2] The correct plural form for multiple penny coins is _pennies_ (e.g. fifty pennies). The correct term for monetary amounts of pennies greater than one penny is _pence_ (e.g. one pound and twenty pence).[3]

History

Prior to 1971, the United Kingdom had been using the pounds, shillings, and pence currency system. Decimalisation was announced by Chancellor James Callaghan on 1 March 1966; one pound would be subdivided into 100 pence, instead of 240 pence as previously was the case.[4]

This required new coins to be minted, to replace the pre-decimal ones.[5][6] The original specification for the 1p coin was set out in the Decimal Currency Act 1969, which was replaced by the Currency Act 1971. Both mandated the weight of the coin to be 3.564 grammes ±0.000005g, and 2.032 cm ±0.00005 cm in diameter.[7] Subsequently, the Currency Act 1983 allows for the standards of the 1p coin to be changed by Royal Proclamation.[8]

The new 1p coins began production in December 1968 in the newly built Royal Mint facility in Llantrisant, South Wales. 1,521,666,250 1p coins were minted between 1968 and the end of 1971.[9] On 15 February 1971, the United Kingdom officially switched to a decimal currency and the new coins entered circulation.[10] The coins continue to be minted at this facility today.[11]

Metallic composition

The coin was originally minted in bronze (composition 97% copper, 2.5% zinc, 0.5% tin) between 1971 and September 1992. However, increasing world metal prices necessitated a change of composition. Since 1992, the coins are minted in steel and electroplated in copper, making them magnetic.[12] Rising world prices for copper had caused the metal value of the pre-1992 copper 1p coin to exceed 1p. For example, in May 2006, the intrinsic metal value of a pre-1992 1p coin was about 1.5 pence.[13] However, melting coins is illegal in the United Kingdom and is punishable by a fine, or up to 2 years imprisonment.[14][15]

Obverse designs

To date, four different obverses have been used, all of which feature a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II. The outer inscription on the coin is ,[16] where 2013 is replaced by the year of minting. In the original design both sides of the coin are encircled by dots, a common feature on coins, known as beading.

Anticipation of a switch to a decimalised currency led to the commissioning of a new Royal Portrait by artist Arnold Machin, which was approved by the Queen in 1964.[17] This featured the Queen wearing the 'Girls of Great Britain and Ireland' Tiara and was used until 1984.[18] A modified form of this portrait has appeared on British Postage stamps since 1967.[19]

Between 1985 and 1997 a portrait by Raphael Maklouf was used.[20] The portrait is couped, and depicts the Queen wearing the George IV State Diadem. Unlike previous portraits, the Queen is wearing jewellery, earrings and a necklace. The initials of Maklouf are shown below the neck of the Queen. His middle name, David, is included so that the mark is not confused with the initials of the Royal Mint.[21]

In 1997, a competition to design the obverse of the 1997 Golden Wedding crown – a coin issued to celebrate the Queen's and Prince Philip's 50th wedding anniversary – was held. The standard of entry was so high that following this competition, the Royal Mint held another to design the new portrait.[22] Ian Rank-Broadley won this competition, and his design was used between 1998 and 2015.[23] His design again featured the tiara, with a signature-mark below the portrait.[24] The depiction of the Queen was seen as more realistic, with Rank Broadley himself saying “There is no need to flatter her. She is a 70-year-old woman with poise and bearing”.[25][Portcullis reverse: 1982–2008|alt=]In 2014, the Royal Mint again held a competition to design a new portrait.[26] Designer Jody Clark won this competition, with a portrait of the Queen wearing the George IV State Diadem and the initials feature under the neck of the Queen.[27][28] The portrait was sketched without an official sitting, only using reference material for inspiration.[29]

Reverse designs

Despite no official government confirmation of a switch to decimalised currency, the Royal Mint began the design process for decimal coins in 1962. They invited the Royal Academy, the Royal Institute of British Architects, the Faculty of the Royal Designers for Industry and the Royal College of Art to nominate artists to design the hypothetical new coins. British sculptor Christopher Ironside won this competition, and his design was chosen to feature on the potential decimalised currency. His design for the 1p coin featured a Scottish theme, with a coin depicting a thistle above a Scottish flag inside a shield and a Scottish lion inside a shield.[30] However, Chancellor James Callaghan's announcement that the United Kingdom would decimalise its currency included an open competition to find the new designs. Over 80 artists and 900 different designs were submitted.[31] Ironside entered this competition with a further, different style of designs and won.[32][33]

The reverse of the coin, which was minted from 1971 to 2008, featured a crowned portcullis with chains (an adaptation of the Badge of Henry VII which is now the Badge of the Palace of Westminster), with the numeral “1” written below the portcullis, and either (1971–1981) or (1982–2008) above the portcullis.[34]

In August 2005 the Royal Mint launched a competition to find new reverse designs for all circulating coins apart from the £2 coin.[35] The winner, announced in April 2008, was Matthew Dent, whose designs were gradually introduced into circulating British coinage from mid-2008.[36] The designs for the 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p and 50p coins depict sections of the Royal Shield that form much of the whole shield when placed together. The entire shield was featured on the now-obsolete round £1 coin.[37] The 1p coin depicts the left section between the first and third quarter of the shield, representing England and Northern Ireland. The coin's obverse remains largely unchanged, but the beading (the ring of dots around the coin's circumference), which no longer features on the coin's reverse, has also been removed from the obverse.[38]

Status

Legal tender

1p coins are legal tender for amounts up to and including 20 pence.[39][40] However, in the UK, “legal tender” has a very specific and narrow meaning which relates only to the repayment of debt to a creditor, not to everyday shopping or other transactions.[41] Specifically, coins of particular denominations are said to be “legal tender” when a creditor must by law accept them in redemption of a debt.[42] The term does not mean - as is often thought - that a shopkeeper has to accept a particular type of currency in payment.[43] A shopkeeper is under no obligation to accept any specific type of payment, whether legal tender or not; conversely they have the discretion to accept any payment type they wish.[44]

Speculation on withdrawal

The proposed withdrawal of the 1p coins has been subject of media speculation, such as in 2015 when the Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, proposed the withdrawal of the 1p coin. This was vetoed by Prime Minister David Cameron, because of the potential unpopularity with the public.[45]

In March 2018, the Government launched a consultation on the future of payments in the British economy. One question focused on the denominational mix of coins, including 'dormant' denominations.[46] This prompted speculation that the 1p and 2p coins could be withdrawn from circulation.[47][48] Analysis from staff at the Bank of England concluded that fears about the withdrawal were 'unfounded' and that there would be no significant impact on prices if copper coins were scrapped, noting the sharp decline in usage of copper coins. It is estimated that 60% of copper coins are only spent once, before being removed from the cash cycle, as they are saved or binned. Approximately 8% of 1p coins are estimated to be thrown away entirely, requiring the annual minting of new 1p and 2p coins with a face value of £500m to replace coins falling out of circulation.[49] Further, potential inflationary effects from the rounding of prices caused by scrapping the 1p would likely be minimal, given only 3% of payments by value are made in cash and card payments would continue to be made unrounded.[50]

There was concern raised by some charities and businesses over the scrapping of 1p coins. Charities feared that the number of donations made in collection pots would fall and some business models could be severely impacted, for example traditional seaside arcades.[51][52] However, in May 2019 Chancellor Phillip Hammond announced the outcome of a 2018 consultation, suggesting there were no plans to scrap copper coins and that he wanted the public to 'have choice over how they spend their money'.[53][54] No 1p coins were minted in 2018, as the Treasury said that there were already enough in circulation.[55][56]

Value

The penny has the lowest value in real terms of any coin in the history of the United Kingdom, since at least 1707. All previous low-value coins were withdrawn before their purchasing power fell below that of the penny.[57] The purchasing power of previous lowest-value coins is:

+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Coin            | Face value      | Withdrawn       | equivalent      |
|                 | Fraction        |                 | purchasing      |
|                 | of £1           |                 | power           |
|                 |                 |                 | at withdrawal   |
+=================+=================+=================+=================+
| Half farthing   |                 | 1869/1870       | p               |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Farthing        |                 | 1960            | p               |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Pre-decimal     |                 | 1969            | p               |
| halfpenny       |                 |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Pre-decimal     |                 | 1971            | p               |
| penny           |                 |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Decimal         |                 | 1984            | p               |
| halfpenny       |                 |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+

Mintages

Machin portrait

-   1971 ~ 1,521,666,250
-   1972 ~ In proof sets only
-   1973 ~ 280,196,000
-   1974 ~ 330,892,000
-   1975 ~ 221,604,000
-   1976 ~ 300,160,000
-   1977 ~ 285,430,000
-   1978 ~ 292,770,000
-   1979 ~ 459,000,000
-   1980 ~ 416,304,000
-   1981 ~ 301,800,000
-   1982 ~ 100,292,000
-   1983 ~ 243,002,000
-   1984 ~ 154,759,625

Maklouf portrait

-   1985 ~ 200,605,245
-   1986 ~ 369,989,130
-   1987 ~ 499,946,000
-   1988 ~ 793,492,000
-   1989 ~ 658,142,000
-   1990 ~ 529,047,500
-   1991 ~ 206,457,600

_composition changed to copper-plated steel_

-   1992 ~ 253,867,000
-   1993 ~ 602,590,000
-   1994 ~ 843,834,000
-   1995 ~ 303,314,000
-   1996 ~ 723,840,060
-   1997 ~ 396,874,000

Rank-Broadley portrait

-   1998 ~ 739,770,000
-   1999 ~ 891,392,000
-   2000 ~ 1,060,420,000
-   2001 ~ 928,698,000
-   2002 ~ 601,446,000
-   2003 ~ 539,436,000
-   2004 ~ 739,764,000
-   2005 ~ 536,318,000
-   2006 ~ 524,605,000
-   2007 ~ 548,002,000
-   2008 ~ 180,600,000 (Ironside reverse)
-   2008 ~ 507,952,000 (Dent reverse hereafter)
-   2009 ~ 556,412,800
-   2010 ~ 609,603,000
-   2011 ~ 431,004,000
-   2012 ~ 227,201,000
-   2013 ~ 260,800,000
-   2014 ~ 464,801,520
-   2015 ~ 154,600,000

Clark portrait

-   2015 ~ 418,201,016
-   2016 ~ 368,482,000
-   2017 ~ 240,999,600
-   2018 ~ In proof sets onlyData taken from the Royal Mint mintage statistics.[58] The latest estimate from the Royal Mint of the total number of 1p coins in circulation was in March 2016 and there were an estimated 10.5 billion 1p coins in circulation, with a total face value of around £105,000,000.[59]

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title: Penny (British decimal coin)

question: If metal prices hadn't increased, how would the coin be different?

answer: It would still be minted from bronze.

question: If the 1p coins were worth 3.5p, what would the estimated total face value have been in 2016?

answer: £367,500,000

question: Who might be affected negatively if the penny were to be discontinued?

answer: Charities and arcades

question: What might happen if the prices of steel increase in the future?

answer: The composition of the penny might have to be changed again.


text: The boy walked slowly,alone, one mile then two. After awhile he noticed someone was behind him, however they did not speak and continued together. Soon more and more began to follow the boy. They walked in unison a common path towards an unknown end. The boy led them through the treacherous path and through the easy. Some left him but most stayed on the common path to an unknown end. His path was wide that led through many routes with only one exit. Many passed on searching for the unknown end to the common path. However, the boy continued on. As time passed the followers began to forget why they followed and began to search for an exit from the common path to an unknown end. The followers were lost, now many exits existed that led back to the common path to an unknown end. The true exit was hidden masked by the boy. He loved his followers and he loved the path he had created. There is no exit from the common path to your unknown end. So lets take a trip just follow me.

title: Common path little story nbd

question: Did the boy eventually speak with the person that was behind him?

answer: Information not found.

question: Did they find the exit?

answer: No

question: Does the boy know where the exit is?

answer: yes

question: Why were all the people following him?

answer: Information not found.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: A boy gained a lot of followers. They were just going through a path towards an unknown end that they never reached. The boy was hiding the exit from them.


text:
MATTESE CREEK is a stream in St. Louis County in the U.S. state of Missouri.[1] It is a tributary of the Meramec River.

Mattese Creek most likely is a name derived from the French surname Matis.[2]

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[2]

title: Mattese Creek

question: What stream is being discussed in this article?

answer: Mattese Creek is the stream being discussed in this article.

question: Where is Mattese Creek located?

answer: It is located in St. Louis County in Missouri.

question: To what is Mattese Creek a tributary of?

answer: It is a tributary of the Meramec River.

question: Where was the name of Mattese Creek most likely derived from?

answer: The name Mattese Creek was most likely derived from the French surname, Matis.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This summary describes Mattese Creek, a stream in St. Louis, Missouri.


text:
     I slowly drift off into space, blackness, nothing. The sweet embrace of nothingness, it hugs me ever so gently, caresses my skin ever so softly. The comfort of the feeling is unmatched by anything, more passionate than a lovers embrace, but yet more gentle than a mother holding her new born baby. I am clear; it is an escape from the hustle and bustle of the everyday, the ups and downs, ins and outs, the busy that we all deal with every day. I am floating on a cloud of joy.
     White and fluffy, I float through the sky with the greatest of ease. It dances and prances through the endless blue, no destination in sight no nothing around.  The soft cotton form of the cloud brushes me lulling me into a state of relaxation, the feeling of a warm towel on a cold winter’s day. The dew drops drip down draining away all my daily dilemmas as I slip from consciousness to the world of the unknown where anything is possible and everything is alright.
      Still I am on my cloud, floating free through the sky. But I begin to sink towards the earth away from the warmth of the sun. As I descend the dew drops that dripped away my problems grow cold. The warm towel is gone and along with it the relaxation has disappeared. I am cold. As the cloud deepens in its descent the dew drops drip more and more and they turn into rain. The cloud I am on is no longer alone. Grey ominous clouds surround me on all sides, up, down, left, right, front, back all around.  There is no seeing where I am going. What lies ahead? My soft white cloud begins to shrink and fade into the background of the grey storm clouds. It grows smaller and smaller and I am no longer caressed by its beauty, but frightened by its disappearance as I continue to fall into the grey abyss.
      My cloud is gone, but I am not falling. I am standing. It’s solid ground.  Green grass grows around my bare feet. It is unkempt, filled with weeds and gravel that scratch the bare bottoms of my feet. I am compelled to walk; up a gently sloping hill and with no destination in sight. The storm clouds that surround me open up and the heavens rain down. Still I continue up this hill as my tattered clothes become saturated.  The grass is dying, dying, dead.  Only the weeds remain, through the mud and the gravel that cut my now bloody feet. I continue up the hill as my feet bleed and are rubbed raw.
     All around me are tombstones and I continue up the hill.  First one, two, three, four, five. I loose count. They are all around me on this hill, tombstones for no one. No names, no faces, dates, empty.  They belong to the masses, the nondescript, unoriginal people, who have all died their own individually common horrible death. And I continue on my march.
      I fall to my hands and knees and they both begin to bleed as the gravel rubs them to a state of ground beef, but still I march. My destination is close, although I still do not know what it is. The tombstones grow, what was once small headstones no higher than my knee grow to tower over me like skyscrapers. They look down upon me with their blank nameless faces. Watching me struggle up the hill as my clothes become more tattered and my shirt soaks with blood and rain. Death is watching.
     I find him, my father near the top of the hill, but not quite at the peak. He is not an old man, but not young either. He is how I know him to be, of good health and middle aged. The sides of his hair are white, but on top there remain some black remnants of his youth. He is laying down holding his stomach. Grasping, clutching, pulling at his stomach. I want to run to him, but can’t.  I continue slowly up the hill. Falling, scraping my forearms, then my elbows and up my arms until I finally fall on my face only to arise a bloody mess at my father’s side.
       I see now what he is holding. He looks worse than I. His hands, feet, knees, face, everything is filthy; covered in a combination of both mud and blood. The filth washes down his body until it reaches his hands. His mangled hands that have seen the work of a thousand men. Bent, shaking, cold.  His hands hold, grasp, clutch at his stomach. His black shirt torn open below the navel. His hands cover something and I move closer to see. He is not holding his stomach, but holding it in.  Where am cut with tiny scratches that bleed with the rain he has one stretching from side to side and through pour his entrails. Green, purple, orange, red with blood they pour out as he tries to hold them in. I cradle my father. His head in my right arm as my left hand works with his to keep his intestines inside, but they pour out. And I see my hand it is just as mangled as his. Cut, twisted warped into all shapes; broken one thousand times over; it shivers too much to hold anything and they slip out through our mangled fingers.
     Slowly and painfully through the hands of my father and I they slip out. Pouring onto the filth that now surrounds us they slip out. My father does not make a sound. He is staring straight into my eyes, looking up at me, his only son, holding him as he approaches death in this graveyard of nameless men. There are no words, only the sound of my father taking his last dying breath.
      And I wake up, just like every night, crying, alone in the dark.

title: The first story I've written

question: Where is the narrator located throughout this story?

answer: The narrator is in bed, dreaming.

question: What place does the narrator dream of?

answer: the narrator dreams of a graveyard

question: Why is the narrator's father clutching his stomach?

answer: The narrator's father has a large wound in his abdomen, and is trying to hold his viscera inside.

question: Does the narrator have any brothers?

answer: no

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator goes to sleep and dreams of a graveyard. In this graveyard he meets his father, who has suffered a significant wound to his abdomen. The pair try desperately to keep his father's fiscera in his body, but they fail, and his father dies.


text:
MOHAMED GUILAVOGUI (born 14 November 1996) is a Malian professional footballer who plays as a forward for Villefranche.

Club career

Guilavogui made his professional senior debut with Clermont in a 1–1 tie with Nîmes Olympique on 4 November 2016.[1] In July 2017 he signed for Championnat National side Pau.[2] In July 2019 he moved to fellow Championnat National side Villefranche.[3]

International career

Guilavogui made appearances for the Mali U20s at 2015 African U-20 Championship and the 2016 Toulon Tournament.[4]

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title: Mohamed Guilavogui

question: What club does Guilavogui play for?

answer: He currently plays as a forward for Villefranche.

question: What national team does Guilavogui play for?

answer: Guilavogui has played for the Mali U20 team.

question: On what team did Guilavogui make his professional senior debut?

answer: Guilavogui made his professional senior debut with Nimes Olympique.

question: What is Guilavogui's salary?

answer: Not answered.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article is about Mohamed Guilavogui, a Malian professional footballer who currently plays as a forward for Villefranche.


text:
10/23/12:
I have made the conscious decision to kill myself on November 1st, 2012. I know that most people who know me will not approve of this but there's no other way out of this. I live in a shitty home, have a shitty job and have a shitty life. I have no money whatsoever, my parents are dead, my brother lives in Wyoming, I have nothing to lose.

I've never been much afraid of dying or death, but learning you have an inoperable brain tumor the size of a small lemon is a pretty scary thing to hear. I guess it all just puts a new perspective on life to most people but not me. This was just my luck. Now I'm going to have to pay hundreds of thousands of dollars in medical bills. Well... they're not going to get it.

I went in to Facey Urgent Care about a week ago trying to solve why I've been having these massive migraines for the past month or so. I get at least four a week. They don't make me vomit or anything, It's just pressure and pain for hours on end.

My doctor referred me to a friend of his at Henry Mayo Hospital just around the corner for the next week to get an MRI to see what was going on. I went there and sat in the waiting room for almost an hour before my name was called.

They had me sit in a cold secondary waiting room when a man came in and sat next to me. He looked familiar to me but I couldn't exactly put my finger on it. He sat there silently looking at a pamphlet about cancer support groups. Now, I'm not one to talk to strangers but I had to know where I had seen this guy from. I asked him if I had met him before and he said no but he introduced himself to me. His name is John. He was really nice. He told me that he's been in Chemo Therapy for about a month now and has a brain tumor. I told him I've been having headaches and he told me it's probably nothing.

It actually felt comforting to hear him say that...
A nurse called me back and I got undressed and into a gown and sat on this table in front of this big machine. After wards I got dressed and was called into the doctors office where he told me the news. As soon as I heard it, "You have cancer.", everything went silent. The doctor continued to talk to me but I couldn't hear anything.

I went back out looking for John but couldn't find him. I asked the nurse where he went and she asked for which patient and I told her John. "We get many patients named John. Sorry hun." I was actually sad. I came home, sat on my computer and here I am now. I know what I'm going to do. I know what it's going to cause. But it's my choice and I'm happy with that.

I'll be updating either tomorrow or the next day for anyone who cares to read a dying mans last words.

EDIT: Just found out my first Chemo session is tomorrow.

title: 10/23/12: Headaches

question: What is causing the narrator's migraines?

answer: A brain tumor the size of a small lemon.

question: Who did the narrator talk to in the waiting room?

answer: He talked to John in the waiting room.

question: What does the narrator want to do, now knowing that he has cancer?

answer: He wants to end his own life.

question: When does the narrator begin chemotherapy?

answer: HE begins chemotherapy tomorrow.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator wants to end his own life. He has been experiencing migraines often now and went to get them checked out. In the waiting room, he meets a cancer patient named John, who tells him not to worry. After a scan, the narrator finds out that he has cancer. HE tries to find John again but can't.


text:
[Roy Roberts performs at _Scripture Cake_ movie premiere] ROY ROBERTS (born February 22, 1943) is an American blues musician, record producer, and singer-songwriter. Roberts grew up in a small town in Livingston, Tennessee, United States, listening to blues and R&B on radio stations. At the age of 14 he worked on a nearby farm to earn the money for his first guitar, a mail order Sears Silvertone.

History

Roberts left farm-life at age 18 to live with an uncle in Greensboro, North Carolina. He was inspired to become a professional musician after he went to a nightclub where Jerry Butler was performing. Roberts worked hard honing his guitar skills while playing in bands until he landed a job with local Greensboro hero, Guitar Kimbers’ Untouchables. Before long, he began backing up major artists who came through town.

One major artist, Solomon Burke, took Roberts under his wing after letting him sit in as a bass player during a local gig. Roberts soon became the guitarist behind Burke on tour. Roberts subsequently picked up touring gigs with Eddie Floyd, “Little” Stevie Wonder, Dee Clark and Otis Redding, while fronting his own band, The Roy Roberts Experience, on the regional club scene and Southeastern beach town circuit.

Roberts began to cut records in the mid-1960s, staying mostly behind the scenes as a session musician with Eddie Floyd, Dee Clark, Stevie Wonder, William Bell, Solomon Burke, and Otis Redding. The death of Otis Redding inspired Roberts to step up to the microphone with a song dedicated to the late crooner. The record was released on Nina Simone’s NinaAndy label. Roberts followed this successful effort with a string of singles that carried him well into the 1970s. During the disco years, Roberts turned his talents to country music, touring with O.B. McClinton and releasing a number of country records. After a brief hiatus from the music scene, Roberts built a recording studio in Virginia in 1989, where he produced records by regional gospel artists and cut a gospel record of his own.

In the early 1990s, Roberts returned to Greensboro, and built Rock House Records recording studio. Besides recording his own material on Rock House, Roberts has produced albums for Priscilla Price, Lou Pride, Chick Willis, Skeeter Brandon, Floyd Miles and Eddie Floyd. He has won numerous awards for his record production and his own music.

Discography

-   _Introducing Roy Roberts_ - 1994
-   _A Woman Needs Love_ - 1995
-   _Roy Roberts Live_ - 1995
-   _Every Shade of Blue_ - 1997
-   _Deeper Shade of Blue_ - 1999
-   _Burnin’ Love_ - 2001
-   _Daylight with a Flashlight_ - 2003
-   _Partners and Friends_ - 2004
-   _By Request -The Best of Roy Roberts_ - 2005
-   _Sicily Moon_ - 2006
-   _Roy Roberts & Friends_ (Blues & Soul Review) - 2006
-   _Man with a Message_ (Gospel) - 2007
-   _It's Only You_ - 2008
-   _Strange Love_ - 2011[1]

Films

_Scripture Cake_,[2] a movie written, directed, and produced by Dr. Emily D. Edwards, contained six songs by Roberts. Four were original material, two were instrumentals only. He also sings a medley of gospel songs.

Awards

-   2001

    Keeping the Blues Alive - Piedmont Blues Preservation Society[3]

-   2002

    Cover of _The Living Blues_ Magazine[4]
    _The Living Blues_ Producer of the Year[5]
    Artist Most Deserving of Wider Recognition[6]
    Best Blues Album - Chick Willis' _From the Heart & Soul_ was produced by Roy Roberts at his Rock House Records Studio[7]

-   2003

    Franco Rubegni Award (For the spreading of soul music)

-   2004

    CBMA Blues Song of the Year for “I Slipped”[8]

-   2006

    CBMA Pioneer Award and induction into the Hall of Fame[9]
    Interstate highway sign dedicated to Roberts by his hometown of Livingston, Tennessee

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title: Roy Roberts (blues artist)

question: Summarize Roberts' collaborations with other musicians.

answer: He initially landed a job with Guitar Kimbers' Untouchables. Solomon Burke let him sit in as a bass player during a local gig. He then fronted his own band, The Roy Roberts Experience. He served as a session musician for Eddit Floyd, Dee Clark, Stevie Wonder, William Bell, Solomon Burke, and Otis Redding. He has also produced albums for Priscilla Price, Lou Pride, Chick Willis, Skeeter Brandon, Floyd Miles, and Eddie Floyd.

question: Summarize everything relating to Roberts' own recording career.

answer: He recorded a song dedicated to Otis Redding following the latter's death. The record was released on Nina Simone's NinaAndy label. He followed this up with a string of singles into the 1970s. He releases a number of country records during the disco years. In the 1990s, he recorded his own material at Rock House Records. His albums discography spans from Introducing Roy Roberts in 1994 to Strange Love in 2011.

question: Summarize everything relating to musical genres.

answer: Roberts grew up listening to blues and R&B on the radio. During the disco years, he turned to country music, releasing a number of country records. He built a recording studio in 1989, where he produced records by gospel artists and released his own gospel record. He also sings a medley of gospel songs in the movie Scripture Cake. He produced the album that won Best Blues Album in 2002, won an award for the spreading of soul music in 2003, and won CBMA Blues Song of the Year in 2004.

question: Summarize Roberts' foray into disco music.


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KATHRYN ANN BARGER-LEIBRICH is an American politician and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors,[1] representing the 5th District.[2] Barger previously served as Chief Deputy Supervisor and Chief of Staff to her predecessor Michael D. Antonovich.[3]

Personal

Barger was born and raised in the 5th District. She is married to a retired Sheriff’s deputy and lives in the San Gabriel Valley.[4]

Early career

Barger began her career in government in 1988 when she interned in the office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich. By 2001 she had risen up the ranks to Antonovich's chief of staff.[5]

Political career

In her role as a county supervisor, Barger has co-authored bills furthering the county’s support for veterans[6] and foster children.[7]

Barger also co-authored motions to address homelessness in LA County, which notably includes a bill passed by the California State Assembly in May 2018 amending the state’s definition of “gravely disabled”, and allowing more state-sponsored medical care to be provided to those who may be suffering from a serious mental illness.[8][9]

Barger coauthored a motion creating the Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Safety, which was intended to explore the impact that Assembly Bill 109, California Proposition 47, and California Proposition 57, which were collectively aimed at converting many nonviolent drug offenses into misdemeanors and allowing for the early release of some inmates, has had inside of Los Angeles County.[10] The formation of the commission was a reaction to the murder of police Officer Keith Boyer, and ultimately passed on a 3-0 vote with abstentions. The commission membership at its inception was controversial, with critics citing that many of the 27 members drafted to the commission were directly affected by Proposition 47, coming from roles within the county’s judicial system.[11][12] Other critics noted that linking the murder of Officer Boyer to the passage of criminal reform efforts was misguided because the error that led to the release of Officer Boyer’s murderer was committed at the county level.[13][14]

In 2017, Barger was the only opposition in a 4-1 vote to eliminate the “registration fee” that the Los Angeles County Public Defender's office and other court-appointed counsel charge defendants before providing them with legal services.[15][16]

In 2017, Barger was the only opposition in a 4-1 vote to establish the Business Registration program, which would levy a fee on businesses to create a registry and connect them with county resources.[17]

On December 3rd, 2019, Barger was elected by a unanimous vote of the Board to become its chair, succeeding Janice Hahn.[18]

Fifth District

The Fifth District is the largest Supervisorial district of Los Angeles County, spanning 2800 square miles, and includes 22 cities and 70 unincorporated communities in the San Gabriel, San Fernando, La Crescenta, Santa Clarita and Antelope Valleys.[19]

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title: Kathryn Barger

question: Where does Barger live?

answer: She lives in San Gabriel Valley.

question: Where did Barger work in her early career?

answer: She interned in the office of Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D.Antonovich in 1988. In 2001 she worked her way up to be Antonovich's chief of staff.

question: What college did Barger go to?

question: What did Barger co-author in 2018?

answer: She coauthored motions to address homelessness in LA County.

question: Summarize the events of 2017.

answer: Barger was the only opposition in a 4-1 vote to eliminate the "registration fee" that the Loss Angeles County Public Defender's office and other court-appointed counsel charge defendants before providing them with legal fees. She was once again the only opposition in an identical ratio to establish the Business Registration program.

question: What is the Fifth District?

answer: The Fifth District is the largest the largest Supervisorial district of Los Angeles County.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article discusses Kathryn Barger, an American politician and a member of the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors, representing the Fifth District. As a county supervisor, Barger has co-authored bills furthering the county’s support for veterans and foster children.


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The sun had decidedly set and dew was already forming on every blade and leaf with its usual impersonal intimacy. Light still remained in the sky, however, and the temperature was warm enough to lull passersby into security. I walked barefoot through the wet grass without purpose or hesitation. A pleasant stasis enveloped me as I ambled along the lawn towards the hill.

It was my feet that realized it first, I think. Deceitful twilight temperature -- No matter, I walked. Even with nothing else left to fight, gravity remains. Fight and bitch all the way up any minor hill or climactic Katahdin, you'll enjoy the salt you can only taste at the top. If you want anything from her, you have to bleed a little.

And so I found myself, at the top of this hill and bottom of the next, in a clearing ancient to me and still ignored by nature. My father and I dragged the trampoline here when we were young. And somehow it was sitting on its haunches in front of me now.

My fingers hooked into the tattered safety netting and my feet found each step of the miniature slide which was pulled up beside the trampoline. The padding around the edges and poles was essentially disintegrated. The surface was a little wet and slippery. But all the springs seemed to be attached -- that was a plus. My steps undulated the trees around me. My knees flexed and I extended into my first

jump: a fleeting instant of parabolic freedom. Everything cascaded from there. The memories melted out of my muscles and I was thrown into the washing machine of spins and frontflips and corkscrews. I tumbled ever forwards until dizziness was content.

It was my feet that figured it out first, I think. Was I afraid to look back? What could possibly be so irreconcilable? I tried to roll heels-over-head, but kept twisting to the side. It was the permanent crick in my neck, or the unfading slump in my posture. I simply couldn't commit. My fingers curled slightly with realization in the cold. Two hesitant steps -- inner ear silenced -- inner voice deadened -- hops crescendo -- suddenly --

Down upside? Certainly floating, airborne, but the sky had faded and at any rate eyelids were shut, content to never decide. My legs kicked out, frantic to find ground. The whole of me answered that question without even falling.    Had I

stopped? I wasn't moving. I was only dripping dew and sweat, pushing in every direction, uncertain of which up to believe, when it occurred to me. Up was simply every direction I was not. I wrapped myself in this thought and, tucked in for the night, slept.

title: Bounce

question: What is the narrator bouncing on?

answer: It appears narrator is bouncing on a trampoline.

question: What was the narrator afraid of?

answer: Attempting front-flips.

question: What does the narrator feel upon first jumping on the trampoline?

answer: Feels a fleeting sense of freedom and as if thrown into a washing machine.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Narrator and father drag a trampoline and narrator attempts front-flips.


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He woke up. The shock and confusion from the pod screaming through space smothered his cry for death. He lost friends, family, he held his own brother in his arms. As the pod started to become faster and faster as he headed toward the gate.
"That god forsaken gate" he muttered to himself as he passed through he left his fleet in a state of despair. Flashes from light cannons and the screams from over the coms is all he heard. "I will have my revenge" he mutters I promise you that

One year ago:

He stood on top of the hill. It was rocky almost like Carrick was trying to move us off. With jagged...his thoughts were cut short. "Tom! HEY TOM!" What? He responded with. Don't forget were graduate today from Fleet Academy. You’re going to be late! We’ll be fine trust me little bro just trust me.

As Tom looked at Anthony his brother cross the platform on the U.E.F Dust Bringer he felt pride. He and his brother survived a lot there short years together. His mom what did their mom look like? He always has a hard remembering with his mom looked like. It wasn't his fault at all; his dad walked out on them when Tom was five Anthony was three. Mom became a drunk and a spice head. She passed away last year. We did man, he thought, we sure did Anthony we sure did

 2) Gods Knowledge

As you jumped out of hyperspace time stops for a split second not enough to mess with the ship electronics or your well-being. But enough to notice that everyone around you has slowed down or somewhat stopped.
Captain we have dropped out of hyperspace Anthony stated we are Bering 2.2.5 with a 45 degree pivot heading toward planet 22-67-83
Captain Bane was a hearty old man been with the United Expansion Fleet since before Tom and Anthony were born.

He sighed Anthony was always so robotic

2nd Lt. Tom of Carrick

Yes sir?

What kind of god forsaken planted has United Space Command sent us to today?

A small planet sir a back water system yellow class sun one planet that holds life, ocean covers 70% land covers30%

How old?

Our A.I. says around 4.54 billion years

Tom always felt proud knowing bullshit knowledge like this. It's what helped him get his 2 LT bars and be right under Captain Bane on the U.E.F ship Gods Knowledge a brand new M Class Destroyer slash stealth ship

Way younger than ours then?

Yes sir

Is there anything other than that planet?

Well there's a gas planet that could be used for helium but besides that nothing sir

Mark 22-67-83 as a U.E.F space.

Yes sir

He gave Anthony a smile he didn't notice Tom felt sadness over come self ever since Anthony got the FTL Nav post he's been over worked. Tom felt like it was his fault in a way. That's bullshit he muttered snapped back to action as a light started pinging at him beckoning his attention. No, that can't be right at all.
CAPTAIN! CAPTAIN BANE!
Nobody on the crew realized it but this back water system was going to be the death of them all

3) The others:

Tom was lying face up awake he didn't get his own room only Captain Bane got his own room and Tom was jealous he had work hard the past year. Him and Anthony both, he sighed rolled over looked at his clock 00:00 time to get up and face the day.

4) Captains log:

Bane faced the holo unit. He was talking with head command High Overseer Christen of Carrick.

Captain what have you found exactly?

We're not sure Overseer

Bane we have been friends for how long you can call me by my birth name

Ah. They have they went through the academy together served on a battleship and explored the stars. But that was another time. Bane went to fleet command made general but hated the routine he gave himself a down grade and here he was flouting through space, in the endless black abyss flouting.

He snapped out of his thoughts well sir there a small civilization there's about eight planets they have colonized two a dead red one and there home planet they have mining stations on at least all the planets.

Hmmm how come they haven't sent a communication run to you yet?

Were just outside there range sir

Ah well I want that system Bane you understand me?

Whys that sir they can't fight back as far as we know it would be against The Word

CAPTAIN Bane that's your rank right? Captain?

Yes Overseer.

Then take it captain. He said it with suck spit and anger like a sword cutting through the air.

There was a knock on his door

Sir? Captain Bane?

Yes Tom?

What are our orders?

Stand fast dreadnoughts are coming to us and will be here in a week.

Yes captain

5) Stand Fast:

Standing fast was always a problem for Anthony with being in a FTL Nav post. His job at the moment was to keep the ship from falling into the hazards that space provides be it gravity well or a black hole or a shot gun blast of tiny god forsaken rocks. But luckily Anthony never had any problems with that. It was just all simple measurements be it up down wait there's no up or down he mutters to himself. He heard a noise in the blackness slightly above the roaring sound of the math forcing its way through his mind. He tried to reach out to it. Tried to answer but couldn't all that matter was the ship 3000 souls were in his hand. This is why FTL Nav post has an 80% suicide rate and a 90% divorce rate. That didn't matter to him though he muttered he didn't have a partner or any kids that he knew of just Tom his brother. He wished he had but again the numbers always about the numbers. Anthony.... He snapped to the voice the nav counsel disappeared around him. He sighed he was so close to the numbers he could feel them that's why they cut him off they were afraid of what he could find. Yes? He respond to the A.I.

Are you okay?

He laughed to himself the A.I.  was his nav partner since the academy. He remember that day when they were joined they share one mind it has so many befits that outweigh the suicides and the mental breaks.

I'm fine Zeus.

You don't seem fine...

I am! He snapped sorry I didn't mean to I’m always so close to the number always about the numbers.

Your sick Anthony can you please talk to your brother

No! He doesn't care he doesn't care about the numbers. There's always more numbers…

Anthony I can't make you chose to talk to your brother but I can talk to him for you if you want?

Zeus do what you want I don't care just get me back to the numbers I need to plan routs for escapes and meet up points if this goes south on us.

Hooking you back in Anthony

Thank you Zeus I'm sorry I'm so fucked up.

You’re a nav officer

Ha-ha yes I am he felt the cold embrace of the numbers overwhelm him in an instant. He felt at home. Lonely sad alone but was home.

title: About 1,500 words out of 11,400 word "Story" I wrote would appreciate feedback

question: What genre would this short story be classified under?

answer: This short story can be classified under the genres of fiction or science-fiction.

question: Who is the main character of this story?

answer: The main character of this story is Tom.

question: Where does this short story take place?

answer: The setting of this story seems to take place in space, or hyperspace, where everyone is in a crew ship.

question: How old is the planet that the crew has landed on, according to the A.I?

answer: The planet is 4.54 billion years old, according to the A.I.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This short story describes a series of events as a crew lands on an unknown planet in space.


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ASHTON KUTCHER slammed DONALD TRUMP‘s refugee ban on Twitter on Sunday, January 29, pointing out that his wife, MILA KUNIS, emigrated from her native Ukraine to the United States in the early ’90s.

“My wife came to this country on a refugee visa in the middle of the Cold War! My blood is boiling right now!” the _Ranch_ actor, 38, tweeted. “We have never been a nation built on fear. Compassion that is the root ethic of America. Our differences are fundamental 2R sustainability.” (Kutcher also gave an impassioned speech at the Screen Actors Guild Awards later that night – watch what he had to say in the video above!)

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Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis attend the 2016 ‘Billboard’ Music Awards in Las Vegas on May 22, 2016. Todd Williamson/BBMA2016/Getty Images for dcp
Kunis, 33, was born in the Ukrainian city of Chernivtsi and grew up in communist Russia. In 1991, when she was 7 years old, Kunis immigrated to Los Angeles with her parents, Mark and Elvira, and her older brother, Michael.

“My parents both had amazing jobs, and I was very lucky,” she told _The Telegraph_ in September 2011. “We were not poor when we lived in Russia, whereas most people were very unfortunate. My parents thought that my brother and I would have no future there, though, so we moved to the United States.”

The Golden Globe–nominated _Black Swan_ actress’ family arrived in L.A. with just $250. “That was all we were allowed to take with us,” she told the newspaper. “My parents had given up good jobs and degrees, which were not transferable.”

Seven years later, Kunis and Kutcher both landed starring roles in _That ’70s Show._ The costars and onscreen couple started dating in real life in 2012 and married in July 2015. They are the parents of daughter Wyatt, 2, and son Dimitri, 1 month.

Kutcher’s passionate anti-Trump remarks came on the heels of the businessman’s executive order, which indefinitely banned admissions for Syrian refugees, barred citizens of seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the U.S. for at least the next 90 days, and suspended the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days. The controversial order resulted in back-to-back days of protests across major cities, including New York, Boston and Washington, D.C.

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question: How did Ashton Kutcher "slam" Donald Trump's refugee ban?

answer: He mentions his wife had come to America on a refugee visa in the middle of the Cold War. He said that America was not a nation built on fear, but on compassion.

question: Describe Mila Kunis' emigration from her native Ukraine to the United States?

answer: When Kunis was a child she immigrated to Los Angeles with her family from Ukraine during the Cold War.

question: Describe Kutcher's acting career?

answer: The document does not dive into his acting career, but it mentions that he was on That '70s Show.

question: Describe Trump's refugee ban?

answer: Trump's executive order indefinitely banned admissions for Syrian refugees, barred citizens of seven Muslim majority countries from entering the U.S. for at least the next 90 days at the time of this document, and suspended the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program for 120 days.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This document discusses when Ashton Kutcher responded with a tweet to President Donald Trump's refugee ban. Kutcher was against the ban and mentioned how his wife had come to America on a refugee visa.


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I wrote this on the fly last night, may need some editing for grammar and such, but let me know what you think.
It is entitled       **WHOLE**

Not until living about twenty years of life did I realize that I was not alone in this world. I grew up in a Christian home and truly believed in God, I still do, but I never felt like there were people around me. I went to a private high school and was taught by fantastic teachers about all sorts of fascinating topics. I went to gym class and excelled at walking laps while the popular kids played basketball. Don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t an outcast, nor did I believe that I was better than everyone else and thus didn’t participate, it’s just, I once played a game of knockout and when I won against the star basketball player (who later went to play for the best college team in the country), I decided that I didn’t like basketball anymore. That’s in the past though; I am now in college and have nothing to do with the gym.
I guess before continuing with my story I should tell you who I am, but that is no simple task either. My name is, for all intents and purposes of this story, Daniel West. Not only is my name Daniel West, but my father’s name was also Daniel West. You see, my father died well before I was born and my mother named me after him. He didn’t know he was having a son before he died. Having a son was his dream.
Everyone always tells me that I look just like my father, but I have my mother’s smile. It’s the dimples. Sadly, I also inherited my eyesight from my father. My favorite thing in the world is waking up every morning and poking myself in the eyes several times after stubbing my toe on the dresser and nearly falling down the stairs, and all this happens before breakfast. My jet black hair and slim face are some of my favorite features that make me happy to be the descendant of my father.

Jess, my older sister by six years, adds another interesting dynamic to the house. She still lives at home and has two kids, she was raped three years ago; the man was never caught.  She hasn’t been the same since that day, but the twins are just learning to walk so she doesn’t have much time to think about it anymore. I wish she could find a nice guy to marry; she could use a man in her life. I offer to watch my nephews for her so she can go to a bar and meet someone, but she always says I am sweet, but she doesn’t have time to drink and she is too tired because of the kids and work to date. I don’t see why not, once the kids are asleep she sits in the Lazy Boy and drinks a cup of hot tea staring into space. She could stand to be staring into a man’s eyes for once.

My mother is the happiest, most hardworking, woman I know. She works two jobs during the week and another job on weekends, when she isn’t watching the twins. Beautiful as ever, she is. Her grey green eyes and bright smile, dimples as big as the craters on the moon always brightens anyone’s day. I am just glad that I didn’t inherit that hotrod red hair of hers; I like having a soul. Don’t tell her I said that, she always gives me sass when I pull out the ginger jokes. “Daniel that is not a way to treat you mother, or any other women! Red hair does not mean that I do not have a soul. What are they teaching you at that expensive college that you’re going to?” She scolds me, holding back a smile; it’s a little scary, even if she isn’t serious. I sometimes call her just to say something about her hair, because I never get to see her. Except during breakfast.

Breakfast is my favorite ten minutes on weekdays. The family all sits down together, except Tuesdays and Thursdays when my mom has to go into work early and Fridays when my sister takes the kids to daycare early so she can get some shopping done before work. I make us pancakes and eggs and we talk about the weather and what so and so did down the street. The simple conversations are my favorite, because it reminds me that, though we never see each other for more than ten minutes on any given day, we are still alive.

It does make me sad though. If my dad had been allowed to buy the hand gun he had tried to buy the week before he, along with five others, was shot, he would be with us and I would have a father. He had gone with a friend of his, a police officer, to the gun range weekly for months to learn how to handle and shoot a firearm. When he went to the store they informed him that he had to go through several levels of background checks and tests before he could purchase his first handgun. It angers me that the man who shot him had gone through the same process and was still a criminal. You would think that the governments’ strict control over the weapons would ensure that guns were not put into crazy people’s hands.

Growing up without a father and with a mother who works three jobs was tough and still is. I had to teach myself how to cook, shave, and tie a tie for prom. Not that I had a date to prom, I am too quiet and people think that I lack confidence because of that. “No one likes a man who doesn’t have enough confidence.” One girl said to me when I asked her out. The truth is, I am very confident in who I am, it’s just I can’t be loud or attract attention to myself; I never have been able to.  It’s strange, I try to yell and the loudest I can get can be heard no more than across the room, and that is when I am angry. I’m never angry so really, I can only be as loud as a normal conversation tone. That doesn’t explain the lack of appeared confidence. What does explain it is, I am humble, humble to the point that I can’t be mean and I feel prideful if I draw attention to myself in anyway. When I try to I usually get weird looks anyways, so it doesn’t matter to me. Much.
The point I am trying to get at, the one that started this whole rant is. It has been twenty years and I have always felt mostly alone. Despite my mother, sister, and nephews, a few good friends who all go to schools hours away, and a being in a great college, I couldn’t seem to shake my loneliness. That is until now. They thing that makes me feel like I am not alone, the thing that makes me most happy, is the simplest thing of all. It is something that I was born by and born with. It is something that most people spend their whole lives trying to find, but no amount of wealth or power or knowledge can take its place or bring it to a person. It is a four letter word. Love.

When you throw out everything else in my life, three things remain: Faith, Hope, and Love. The greatest of these is Love and it is Love that makes me whole. For I know that when all else fails me, my love for my family, my friends, my god, and all of those around me will never cease. It is my gift of love that holds back the worst this world can give me. And it is Love that makes me whole.

title: Whole

question: Is the narrator the oldest person that lives in their house?

answer: No, They live with two nephews

question: How old are the two nephews?

answer: They are implied to be 3 years old

question: What does the mother do?

answer: She works three jobs but it's not disclosed what they are.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator reflects on their family and their relationships with them.


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CENTRAL ROOK FORTRESS (矢倉中飛車 _yagura nakabisha_) is a Double Fortress (Double Static Rook) shogi opening.

This strategy characteristically swings the player's rook to the central file to support an attack there.

Central Rook Fortress should not be confused with Yagura's Central Rook (矢倉流中飛車 _yagura-ryuu nakabisha_) which is an unrelated Central Rook strategy named after professional player Norihiro Yagura.

title: Central Rook Fortress

question: What is a Central Rook Fortress?

answer: A Double Fortress shogi opening.

question: With what should it not be confused?

answer: Yagura's Central Rook.

question: What is the telling characteristic of the strategy?

answer: To swing the player's rook to the central file to support an attack there.

question: What is another way of saying Double Rook Fortress?

answer: Double Static Rook.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer:
The Central Rook Fortress is is a Double Fortress (Double Static Rook) shogi opening.
This strategy characteristically swings the player's rook to the central file to support an attack there.


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More states are realizing that the road to fiscal hell is paved with progressive intentions.

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California Gov. Jerry Brown

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In his January 2011 inaugural address, California Gov. Jerry Brown declared it a "time to honestly assess our financial condition and make the tough choices." Plainly the choices weren't tough enough: Mr. Brown has just announced that he faces a state budget deficit of $16 billion—nearly twice the $9.2 billion he predicted in January. In Sacramento Monday, he coupled a new round of spending cuts with a call for some hefty new tax hikes.

In his own inaugural address back in January 2010, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie also...

question: Who does the Californian governor, Jerry Brown, blames for the fiscal deficit in the state?

answer: Brown blames the progressive part of the Democratic Party for the deficit.