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The farmer examined his apple trees. They were withered. Rain that never came teased him now, dabbling his face. But the growing season was over. The crop had failed. Knobby little apples hung from limp branches, the acuity of their thirst long since passed as they had shriveled into hardened corpuscles of seeds, preserving their contents in resignation. Worthless fruit. It was harvest time, and there was nothing to reap.

The farmer looked towards his dilapidated house. His wife watched from the doorway, holding a dirty child. Another clung to her knees. Small voices could be heard from deeper within the sagging, musky hovel. There would be no crop this year. There was nothing to sell. There was nothing to save. His wife's face was empty. She knew. Her arms bounced the baby on her hip, but her eyes betrayed her soul. She held his gaze, and their eyes communicated what they could not say. There was neither a question nor an answer to be had. They simply knew.

The farmer turned back towards the sun-baked, dusty orchard. The sky continued to mock him, sprinkling bits of water over his impotent crop, insolently offering hints of life months past due. The farmer turned his head towards the sky and its wispy clouds. Drops moistened his lips. Even still it did not *rain*. This was an insincere offering, a sadistic intimation of life and happiness when there was already no hope for that. Like asking a dying man to attend a festival as his last breaths rattle through his chest.

The farmer again turned back towards his house. His wife was no longer standing in the doorway. The wind began to pick up, and the sky's final insult was not enough to keep the dust from whipping apart from the ground and stinging his eyes. He covered his face with his collar and walked stiffly towards his home. His bones ached. They had all been rationing as well as they could. They were all skinny. The children cried too much. The baby was sick. There wasn't enough milk for it.

And there was nothing to harvest. There had been no miracle. They had not been saved. He couldn't sell this withered fruit. Nor could they consume it themselves. His mind felt dead. He felt as if he were already gone. He felt so weary. He wondered if there was anything to be done. Anything at all.

He stepped inside, and his family looked at him expectantly. They knew he would provide for them. He was a father. A husband. It was his duty. He was an honorable man. He would do his duty. He looked at each of the small, grimy faces and then to his wife. Her eyes held the same tired pain as his own, he knew. There was no blame in them, no reproach. Just an aching weariness, the final expression of one who is passing beyond their capacity to endure. The look of defeat.

He sat at their table. It was a leaning artifact, an heirloom no one else had wanted. He put his head in his hands for a moment. But he straightened up. He looked again at the faces that surrounded him, looking upon him for their salvation. He told them of the rain outside. It had come at last, he said. There was still some time. In only a little while the fruit would absorb the water, the long-awaited water. They would have fresh apples, and applesauce, and fritters, and pies, and they would sell their surplus and they would eat fresh bread, and would buy a roast from the butcher and display their harvest at festival time. The rain had come, he said. Everything will be alright.

He got up from the table and walked back outside. The rain had stopped, and the wispy clouds were growing thinner as the sun returned, shining down with the warmth of Hell.

He gazed out over his orchard. There was one thing he could do, he thought. He could talk to the Seer. He picked a piece of withered fruit from the nearest tree and put it in his pocket. After pausing for another moment to look once more upon his little dried-up orchard and house, he began to walk purposefully. He walked for hours.

Dusk had begun to fall. He was walking up a hill. There was a crumbling stone tower at the top, and even in the twilight the grass around it was slightly greener than one might consider natural in the midst of such a devastating drought. Or so he supposed. It was hard to tell. He reached the top of the hill, and faced a heavy, oaken door deep-set in the masonry.

He raised the heavy brass knocker and let it fall. The impact boomed through the tower and into the air around him. There was not an immediate answer, so he lifted it again. The second impact rang like the first, and a few bats careened out of the highest portions of the tower, where stones had fallen away and left spaces for them to reside. The door swung open, but no one was there. A steep, winding stairwell led down into the bowels of the hill. The farmer peered into the gloom, and seeing nothing, began making his way down the steps.

The tower went deep. Far more of it existed beneath the earth than above it. As he descended, he thought about his family. His home. His orchard. All was lost. He imagined being the last of them to die. How he would have to bury them all, because he was the strongest. Because that would be his duty. Husband. Father. Mortician. Grave-digger. Priest.

The stairs ended. He could see nothing in the dark, save a bluish glow a short distance ahead of him. A reflecting pool. A small, robed figure hunched over it, silhouetted. The farmer approached the Seer. When he stood at his side, the Seer turned his gaze toward the farmer and faced him with white, marbled eyes which did not see light.

“Give me the apple.”

The farmer was startled, but reached his hand into his pocket. His fingers closed around the gnarled, inedible fruit. He withdrew his hand and presented it into the Seer. The Seer examined it for a moment, then threw it into the pool. The water swirled. The farmer's eyes grew wide as he beheld his house, his orchard, his family. His sagging house. His dry, dead, dust-covered orchard. His starving family. He felt the Seer's gaze upon him.

“What do you want to see?”

The farmer wanted to know if there was a way out. If there was anything to be done. If the orchard could be saved. If there was food anywhere to be found. I there was a way to avoid burying the ones he loved. The Seer reached inside his robes and pulled out a handful of indiscernible matter, which he deposited into the swirling pool.

“Here is the future.”

The scene remained the same for a moment. And then clouds began to roll in. A peal of thunder. The farmer saw his family come out of the house to watch the sky. His wife, still holding the baby, lifted her free arm towards the heavens in rapturous anticipation. The other children ran into the orchard excitedly. The sky turned dark and vital, rich and grey with moisture. The clouds swelled and burst above them. Torrents of life-giving rain drenched them and the orchard. Rivulets of water ran between the parched roots, more than enough. The apples took new shape. The orchard became heavy with ripe fruit, abundant with good apples. They had all been saved.

The farmer continued watching the pool. He watched his family pick the apples. There were so many. They were all laughing in the rain. They were happy. The rain, the rain... His wife turned and looked out of the pool into his eyes. Her face was radiant. She was again the woman he had fallen in love with. Their children danced and played in the puddles, and the fear was gone.

The farmer thanked the Seer. He had been wrong to despair. The rain would come. The rain always came. He should have known. The rain always came. He began running towards the stairs, but the Seer's voice stopped him dead.

“You mustn't go back.”

The farmer slowly turned around. He looked at the Seer with disbelieving eyes. His elation had turned to dread in an instant. He didn't move. His shoulders sagged, and he only waited for the Seer to speak again. The Seer beckoned towards the pool.

“They will only live so long as you watch them from here. If you go back, they will die. They will shrivel into dust. And then you will bury them with your own wasting hands.”

title: Apples

question: Since how long had it not rained?

answer: This information is not mentioned.

question: Explain the effect of no rain on the farmer and his family.

answer: The farmer's family looked pale and disheartened. It may be implied that With hardly any rains to flourish the orchard, it would be difficult for them to make a living. They would have to face the worst of times.

question: Does the farmer still have hope that the apples would ripen?

answer: The farmer, at first, is hopeful that it would rain but then he goes outside and realizes that it won't be a good year for him and his orchard. Hence he decides to go to the Seer to look into the future.

question: What future does the Seer show?

answer: The Seer shows a happy future with his wife gleaming with joy and his kids running through the apple-filled orchard.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer:
The farmer looks at his dry apple orchard and wonders if it would rain enough for the trees to bear the fruit. The little droplets of rain offer a sadistic intimation of life when there is already no hope.

He decides to go to the Seer with his apple. In the pool, the Seer shows a happy future with the farmer's wife who was currently disheartened was gleaming in joy, his once malnourished children were running through the apple-filled orchard. The farmer breathes a sigh of relief and starts to head home when the Seer stops him. The Seer warns him that his family would remain as he saw in the pool only as long as he didn't go back to them.


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*Note: I don't quite know where to go with this piece. I know it is pretty confusing; I did that quite intentionally. But I need it to be confusing in the most lucid way possible to express and expand on the theme/idea, if you know what I mean. Any thoughts or questions would be greatly appreciated!*

**because it is punishing**

Running is poetry, I told her. It is the gravel licking your ankles, valleys sinking into clover dew, fog atop the summit. It is expressions of all that is within human magnificence; puny yet calling out that we are significant, we are changing, we can feel. Exhaustion precedes strength. Each beaten step is there to feel glorious. You like to run because you want to feel golden.

I like to run because it is punishing, she said.

There are two moments after the bloodbath. One is senseless awe, the simultaneous a soulful emptiness. They are entwined as brother and sister, she and I, conjoined as a hairpin twin. I am skin glowing, lean muscle, sinews gentle and strong. She is all angles. The labor may be endured, simply because we both know: there is no other way.

I’ve been hearing there is, I told her. It’s not like old times anymore, I said.

(The wind caught my words and whistled back softly, a chorus like the breaking of small waves on the most weathered pebbles, dirty charcoal: We are young, but we are more weary than the destinies that weigh on our fathers and the clouding cataract that tempers our mothers. We should stand tall to be fearsome, but no, we are aching.)

She smiled and she lit up, bullseye track marks.

Twins, I whispered. They were mine, all mine.

The delivery, she said, it will be hell.

title: because it is punishing

question: What does the narrator mean by "I like to run because it is punishing"?

answer: This information can't be found.

question: What is the theme of this story?

answer: It may be implied that the theme of the story is childbirth.

question: How can the story end?

answer: It may be implied that the story can end with the woman being more supportive towards the narrator about the delivery instead of saying that it would be hell.


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You cut off its foot so you have luck. it grows another and runs away but you have luck on your side and other hunters traps are laden around the forest, waiting for the unique rabbit to get clumsy and fall prey to the traps. You run just as fast as the rabbit, but since it is unique, it can't do the same thing as any other being, so it slows down, already being at its top speed. You catch up to it, never running out of breath and happen to have a water bottle in your pocket to keep hydrated. It takes around 1 hour, 34 minutes and 36 seconds for the rabbit to reach its home, you following close behind.

      Now, the rabbits hole isn't just a simple hole in the ground. It has a French Two Door opening with small circular windows in each frame, small ornate handles and inside is something completely intricate I won't even begin to explain. It's beautiful though. A maze of tunnels formed by the rabbit dug like no other rabbit. You follow him inside, get lost, but happen to find the way the rabbit is going, into his secret bunker UNDERNEATH his tunnels. You find it, crawl in the hole and the rabbit is sitting in the corner crying and with his knees to it's chest. You walk over to it, knife in hand, say "why are you crying?" the rabbit says back through its tears, "I am unique, I'm not supposed to die like the rest of my people..." You sit down next to the rabbit, and think for a minute. (should I kill him? I have this deep pit in my stomach that says I shouldn't or else something really bad will happen to ME...)

     You look at the rabbit, and say "so what's your story?" the rabbit looks at you, wide eyed, still scared but kinda happy someone finally took interest in him, and gave him another unique thing, and says "my dearest close-to-be-murderer, I have lived a long time. I have quite a story to tell..." you look around the room, see too fluffy chairs, one small and one close to your size, a fireplace, and a small lamp lit. You stand up, walk over and sit down in the chair, Mel into it a little, and say "well, since I'm gonna be here a while, may I have some tea?" the rabbit hops up, beams at you, "you'll just love my earl grey, I make it with fresh herbs I pick every day." he hops up out of the bunker, makes the tea, and comes back with a tray, tea pot, and two cups waiting to be filled with herbal delight. He sets them down on the small table in between them, pours them both, and begins to tell his tale.....
The End.
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title: When Faced With the Question "How do you catch a unique rabbit?"

question: How many hunters have tried to catch the rabbit?

answer: This information can't be found.

question: Describe the protagonist's emotional journey.

answer: The protagonist at first is determined to catch the rabbit, he/she runs behind the rabbit all the way till its home. At the house, the rabbit cries wanting to share his story, this makes the protagonist feel empathetic, and his/her motive to kill him fades.

question: Would the other hunters have given the rabbit the chance to speak his heart out?

answer: This information can't be found.

question: What made the rabbit unique?

answer: This information can't be found.


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 (Newser) – This wine has subtle earth tones and a hint of online shopping. Amazon launched its wine market yesterday, featuring bottles from more than 1,000 domestic brands, ready to ship to a dozen states and Washington, DC, reports the _Los Angeles Times_. It breaks down the "unusual addition" to Amazon's wares:

-   IT'S GOOD NEWS FOR WINEMAKERS: According to Wine.com, a measly 2% of wine purchases are made online; this could obviously change that.
-   SO HOW MUCH IS SHIPPING? $9.99 for up to six bottles ... of the same wine. Amazon will serve as middleman, with the wineries themselves doing the shipping. So there's no discount if buyers select wines from a number of wineries, and Amazon Prime rates don't apply.

-   THE CHALLENGE FOR AMAZON: It could leave a bad aftertaste in consumers' mouths if it doesn't offer comprehensive tasting notes and keep up-to-date with the ever-changing wine market, instead of just listing page after page of reds and whites, says one aficionado.
-   ARE ONLINE WINE SELLERS WORRIED? Not according to the _Times._ They say that the small number of states Amazon can ship to, lack of international wines, and not-dirt-cheap shipping costs will turn away some buyers.

(Read more Amazon stories.)

question: What is the new market that Amazon launch?

answer: Amazon launches the wine market - they offer more than 1,000 domestic brands and will ship to a dozen states.

question: How many percent of wine purchases are made online?

answer: 2% of wine purchases are made online.

question: Will Amazon's shipping cost will be higher than that of the online wine sellers?

answer: It is not explicitly said, but it can be inferred they might be because the other online wine sellers think that Amazon's shipping costs will turn away some buyers.

question: How much does the shipping cost?

answer: $9.99 for up to six bottles of the same wine.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: Amazon starts selling wine online. They offer more than 1,000 domestic brands and will ship to a dozen states. Amazon is going to change the fact that 2% of wine purchases are made online. Shipping will cost $9.99 for up to six bottles of the same wine. Amazon does not offer discounts if buyers select wines from several wineries because Amazon is the middleman, with the wineries themselves doing the shipping. Other online wine sellers are not worried - after all, Amazon can ship to a small number of states, does not offer international wines, and their shipping is not cheap.


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The GLENN L. MARTIN WIND TUNNEL was founded in 1949 after Glenn L. Martin gave a grant to the University of Maryland, College Park. This grant was used to expand the A. James Clark School of Engineering and build Glenn L. Martin Hall.[1] The tunnel has served many clients over the years, conducting over 2000 tests. The tunnel is a low speed wind tunnel participating in testing ranging from automotive to aviation and more. The current director of the tunnel is Dr. Jewel Barlow. The tunnel is an auxiliary resource to the University of Maryland, generating all necessary income to continue operation of the tunnel. They work primarily with external clients interested in developing products with aerodynamics in mind.

History

The tunnel was built at the University of Maryland after a grant from Glenn L. Martin. The creation of the tunnel was to serve two purposes. First to create a facility where Martin could do testing for his company, Martin Aircraft. The second was to provide a space for students at the university to gain experience and instruction. At time of construction in 1948, the tunnel cost $1.25 Million to build. The tunnel was initially a top secret facility used for government testing. After it was declassified, the facility began working with a wide range of external clients, ranging from Boeing to Ford. During the 1970s, the tunnel aided in the creation of some revolutionary automotive designs. Both the Ford GT40 as well as the original Taurus were designed at the Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel.[2] The GT40 went on to win four 24 Hours of Le Mans races. The Taurus was one of the first production cars designed with aerodynamics as a significant part of the design.

Technical Details

The Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel is the second largest university run tunnel in the United States. It has test section dimensions of 7.75' X 11.04' with corner fillets and a test section area of 85.04 sq. ft. The test section speed ranges from 2 mph to 230 mph. The propeller used has blades modified from that of a B29 Bomber and is driven by a 2250 HP AC synchronous electric motor. The tunnel uses a 6 component external yolk balance to measure the forces and moments acting on models being tested there.

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title: Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel

question: When was the Glenn L. Martin Tunnel founded?

answer: 1949.

question: What kind of tunnel is it?

answer: A low speed wind tunnel participating in testing ranging from automotive to aviation and more.

question: What do wind tunnels do?

answer: My guess it that they conduct government tests on weaponry and other items to which the public isn't privy.

question: From what are the propeller's blades modified?

answer: A B29 bomber.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: The Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel is a low speed wind tunnel participating in testing ranging from automotive to aviation and more. Founded in 1949, its namesake is a man and a company who gave a grant to the University of Maryland with the intention to test his company's equipment. It cost $1.25 to build. Martin's company, Martin Aircraft, created the tunnel to serve two purposes: to create a testing facility for a host of projects, and to provide a space for students at the university to gain experience and instruction. The tunnel was initially a top-secret facility for government testing.


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The 2017 season was the 3rd season of competitive association football and 2nd season in the Liga 1 (previously named Indonesia Super League) played by Bali United Football Club, a professional football club based in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia. As the 2015 Indonesia Super League discontinued, it meant it was their second successive season in Liga 1.

In the transfer window, Bali United surprised the public when they successfully signed Irfan Bachdim and Dutch-born naturalized Stefano Lilipaly. They also signed Sylvano Comvalius and Marcos Flores to filled their foreign players quota. Nick van der Velden, the 2008–09 Eredivisie winner with AZ was signed as marquee player. The club kept hold of Ahn Byung-keon as their Asian quota player. Several players were released before the campaign got under way; defender Bobby Satria left to play for Sriwijaya, Rully Desrian joined Bhayangkara while Zoran Knežević, Nemanja Vidaković, and Daniel Heffernan were without a club. Bali United were also left by their first manager, Indra Sjafri who was appointed as Indonesia national under-19 football team head coach.[1] He was replaced by former Persiba head coach, Hans-Peter Schaller.[2]

Bali United began the season in bad form with two defeats in a row which resulted in the dismissal of Hans-Peter Schaller. They slowly bounce back when Widodo Cahyono Putro took charge in May 2017, and even became runner-ups in the first half of the season. They continued their impressive form until the last match and finishing second in the table, same points with eventual winners Bhayangkara but lost in head-to-head results. Thirty one different players represented the club in the league and there were 12 different goalscorers. Bali United's top goalscorer was Sylvano Comvalius, who scored 37 goals in 34 games. Comvalius also broke the record of Peri Sandria who scored 34 goals in single season which lasted for 22 years and became league top scorer.[3]

Background

The 2016 season was Indra Sjafri's second start to a season as manager of Bali United, having taken charge since the club's founded.[4] They competed in a full season league formatted tournament, Indonesia Soccer Championship A because Indonesia Super League was temporarily-suspended.[5] Bali United completed their first full-season campaign in 12th with 10 wins, 10 draws, 14 loses, and 40 points.[6]

Pre-season and friendlies

Friendlies

  Date   Opponent   Venue   Result   Scorers |- bgcolor = “#FFDDDD”   13 March – 16:30   PSS   Away   1–2   Comvalius |- bgcolor = “#FFDDDD”   3 April – 16:00   Celebest   Neutral   1–2   Martinus |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”   8 April – 18:00   Persib   Away   2–1   Bachdim, Yabes |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”   26 May – 20:30   Indonesia U22s   Home   1–0   Comvalius
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  : Friendlies match details

Piala Presiden

  Date                  Round         Opponent           Venue   Result                                                                                Scorers          Attendance   Referee
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  7 February – 19:30    Group stage   Sriwijaya          Home    [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=SjNlNjMrM3Y0Y2U3TGJGTmErODltV3ZJYWxIM1NOMzg4WkJPeGdlL09FSVFPY2RqcnAvQmI2Tklha1Awa0dManpYNkY5NDlXdFlOZXRXWXhBVVh1S1E9PQ== 2–2]   Marcos, Rahman   18,257       Muslimin
  13 February – 19:30   Group stage   Pusamania Borneo   Home    [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=QnlTdGNkWEZuVUVxcTdVdTRwVUlZMnNWZllQL3Zia1dnSzV5U0o4RUk2ditGcVV6ZUN3c2lBOTZJYXVDaTVIS0owTmtoWElXclAyU2J2ajlLOWlZNGc9PQ== 0–0]                    7,515        Prasetyo Hadi
  18 February – 16:00   Group stage   Barito Putera      Home    [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=WjFNZ2d6MGEyRHNacVRtUjJidFVyT3JqRURXSHN4U3drRXdWU2JmS2o1VnQ1d2FjR1ZaY3p1Wk9xZHJwdXZsbk5TbFdxd3Q1VUo4VlBYN0JQQXFJQXc9PQ== 1–2]   Ahn Byung-keon   7,529        Djumadi Effendi

  : Piala Presiden match details

Trofeo Bali Island Cup

  Date               Round            Opponent         Venue   Result   Scorers                 Referee
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  31 March – 18:30   Trofeo match 1   Celebest         Home    0–0                              I Made Puja
  31 March – 21:30   Trofeo match 3   757 Kepri Jaya   Home    3–1      Rahman (2), Comvalius   Ali Mustofa

  : Trofeo Bali Island Cup match details

Review and events

April–July

[Marcos Flores scored Bali United's winning goal against Persela in April 2017.]

A trip to the Gelora Ratu Pamelingan Stadium to face Madura United on the opening weekend of the season ended in a 2–0 defeat; the first goals, scored by Bali United's former player Bayu Gatra in the 32nd minute. A handball from Ahn Byung-keon inside the penalty area earn Madura United a penalty, converted by Peter Odemwingie in the 73rd minute.[7] Bali United hosted Persipura a week after. Marinus Wanewar scored after three minutes for the visitors, before Sylvano Comvalius equalized 28 minutes later. But an own goal from Abdul Rahman Sulaiman in the 42nd minute gave Persipura a 2–1 win.[8] That defeat resulted in the dismissal of head coach Hans-Peter Schaller.[9] Eko Purjianto then took charge as caretaker.[10] At the Surajaya Stadium on 30 April 2017, a penalty goal by Marcos Flores earned Bali United a 1–0 win against Persela.[11]

In early May, Flores and Comvalius each scored as Semen Padang were beaten by two goals.[12] Bali United lost their match six days later, away to Mitra Kukar at Aji Imbut Stadium. Comvalius finished off a header to lead for Bali United. Hendra Bayauw and Anindito Wahyu scored and made a comeback for the host to win the match.[13] At the same night in Bali, Bali United introduced their new head coach Widodo Cahyono Putro.[14] In Widodo's first match, Yabes Roni scored twice for Bali United in a 3–0 win against Borneo. The team then played out a goalless draw against Persija, when I Made Wardana successfully thwarting a penalty from Luiz Júnior.[15] Bali United ended May with a 1–0 home win against the defending champions Persib. Flores scored the winning goal in the first half against his former club.[16]

Bali United then faced Perseru on the first weekend of June at their home stadium, but as away team. Comvalius scored an early lead in the 5th minute and then scored again six minutes later. Sílvio Escobar scored for Perseru narrowed the score, but Irfan Bachdim's first goal for Bali United sealed a 3–1 win.[17] They suffered two consecutive defeats: at home to Bhayangkara[18] and away to Arema.[19]

[Nick van der Velden scored his first goal for Bali United in July 2017.]

Due to Lebaran, Bali United did not play another game for two weeks. On the resumption of club football, they faced Persiba at home. Goals from Nick van der Velden and Comvalius earned a 2–0 win for the team.[20] Five days later Bali United faced PS TNI at Pakansari Stadium. Bali United began the match the better of the two teams and took the lead after 19 minutes when Bachdim scored. Three minutes later, Comvalius increase the advantage before Élio Martins scored made it 1–2. Bachdim scored his second goal in this match 10 minutes before half time. Erwin Ramdani and Facundo Talín equalized for PS TNI, and the visitors went in front after Fadil Sausu converted a corner kick right into the goal. The final score was 3–4 for Bali United.[21] Bali United recorded the biggest win in their history so far, against Barito Putera at Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium. Comvalius scored twice in a 5–0 victory.[22] The fourth match of July was against Sriwijaya at Gelora Sriwijaya Stadium. Comvalius scored to put Bali United in front in the 3rd minute. Sriwijaya replied with two goals from Beto Gonçalves and Yanto Basna, but van der Velden in 64th minute equalized for the away team with a volley.[23] At home to PSM on 23 July 2017, the team earned three points courtesy of Comvalius, Flores, and Miftahul Hamdi.[24] Bali United's next game was away to Persegres Gresik United. An own goal in the first half and two second half goals by Comvalius and Fadil gave Bali United a comfortable win. After 17 games, Bali United accumulated 32 points and lay second in the league table.[25]

August–November

[Sylvano Comvalius scored a quin-trick against Mitra Kukar in August 2017.]

Bali United lost their first match of August, away to Persipura at Mandala Stadium. Sylvano Comvalius finished off a one-touch move to narrowed the score for Bali United.[26] Bali United faced Madura United at Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium. Nick van der Velden opened the scoring for the host after five minutes and Comvalius scored twice made it 3–0. In spite of Fabiano Beltrame's penalty narrowed it to 3–1, Comvalius completed his hat-trick in the 62nd minute from a penalty. I Gede Sukadana scored the fifth goal for the home team before Bayu Gatra made it 5–2.[27] As the match against Persela was postponed due to Indonesian Independence Day week, Bali United traveled to Semen Padang on 24 August 2017 and claimed a 3–1 victory.[28] Bali United recorded the second five-goal margin win this season, against Mitra Kukar at Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium. Comvalius scored a quin-trick in a 6–1 victory.[29]

On 3 September 2017, Comvalius scored two goals in Bali United's 5–1 win against Persela in the postponed match.[30] Bali United played out a goalless draw with Borneo on 11 September 2017.[31] Four days later, they faced Persija, where Comvalius and Irfan Bachdim sealed a 2–1 victory.[32] The team then played out a goalless draw against Persib.[33] Goals from Bachdim and midfielder Marcos Flores against Perseru, gave the team an eighth straight unbeaten in the league.[34] At Patriot Chandrabhaga Stadium, Bali United lost 3–2 to the league leaders Bhayangkara; midfielder Paulo Sérgio scored twice and an own goal from I Made Andhika Wijaya widening the gap between two teams.[35]

Bali United again recorded their most goals scored, against Arema at Kapten I Wayan Dipta Stadium. An inspired performance by Stefano Lilipaly helped the team win 6–1; created his first and second goals for the team in the second half.[36] Eight days later, Bali United conceding two in the final four minutes to throw away a 2–1 lead against Persiba.[37] Bali United's form improved as the season drew to a close. At home to PS TNI on 20 October 2017, the team earned three points courtesy of Comvalius' brace.[38] Comvalius scored the goal in Bali United's match against Barito Putera to save the team from losing[39] and the team moved back to first position with a home win against Sriwijaya – Comvalius scored another brace.[40]

Bali United defeated PSM 1–0 on 6 November 2017 in a horror ending as the home supporter went riot after the match. The win made closer to win the title.[41] But the decision from PSSI disciplinary committee to awarded a 3–0 win for Bhayangkara due to Mitra Kukar played an illegal player during the match between the two, made Bali United's chance to win their first major title disappear.[42] Even though Bhayangkara lost their last match against Persija and Bali United won against Persegres Gresik United, Bali United lost the head-to-head results with Bhayangkara.[43]

Match results

Liga 1

  Date   Week   Opponent   Venue   Result   Scorers   Attendance   Referee   Position |- bgcolor = “#FFDDDD”   16 April – 16:00    1  Madura United   Away   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=QSt6NGlxRHBTaHZOVm8rejVHMVcrTlJEQmhGWjZNVUcwZjdLZ25BaURwZHJKdFRXVllJeThjOWttcWFldStlaVhFSkQ3RFEySE9mMFdpSTVnczhQTFE9PQ== 0–2]       6,198  Abdul Rahman Salasa    17 |- bgcolor = “#FFDDDD”  23 April – 16:00    2  Persipura   Home   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=cTRKMHc5QW5EcjBFdXhrOHBIb282Wng0b3V1b3hhbEpLQU4xcTAvUUFpaG9uZ0kvR09YZFdaeHgzMmJXN0pITzR6M0FuNFNKdWhUbHdZV3FzOFZlVWc9PQ== 1–2]   Comvalius    7,417  Bachrul Ulum    17 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  30 April – 16:00    3  Persela   Away   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=MHBkdmZZRGtVZDY4b0NWRjR3ZDlXK010dlVWNElnd0pBSW1oVmEvOWRqb0dsTjdtZk1nRFFoV1cwdFB3ZkgraGhyRmlGVFg2Q3RET0s2cHJSd0xqdVE9PQ== 1–0]   Flores    11,800  Faulur Rosy    15 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  4 May – 16:00    4  Semen Padang   Home   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=ZWl6cXRxOGlGWUR6QmJIUG94VlFUYXRqV1I3SEFPOU1XSTVNZm82cmFjdkRpS2NNN0dzSm1TcTdJVmhSQ2NGU1N0RklVQ1VsUUpKWXp2c25FVTNZcUE9PQ== 2–0]   Flores, Comvalius    6,254  Jerry Elly    9 |- bgcolor = “#FFDDDD”  10 May – 19:30    5  Mitra Kukar   Away   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=b1VMbWNGL2ZXS0dyNjd6WjRxT2p2dklZZEhpWFhsTU1MeE40Sis3WTNOejhxdC9RaXBNSi9BTW9UZS8wL2VtYitxd3RzSVNGSkZxdkpaenRDU3B4S3c9PQ== 1–2]   Comvalius    3,451  Novari Ikhsan    14 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  14 May – 19:30    6  Borneo   Home   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=U2RkaXFZNGRIRVBpVVVoam9yQjNyN3BPRDFIbVBEWlBoeGtqVWMyRzBHNEFBZDQwUWxpOGwwcUVRbCtEN0wxVjBBQmRTYXNvbzJEQTdBeWF0dVpEdHc9PQ== 3–0]   Ahn Byung-keon, Yabes (2)    9,312  Aprisman Aranda    7 |- bgcolor = “#FFFFDD”  21 May – 19:30    7  Persija   Away   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=Y08xZFl6N2FYMlNhTjFSczRUM0tJQUVES3F1Mm1ab1BYNTlPK2l5elJJRFEwZGZVU0hXUytNNm5peW10STVnSlhTZ3RRcTdORS80VFE0QU53ZEh1S3c9PQ== 0–0]       23,200  Kusni    11 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  31 May – 21:30    8  Persib   Home   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=T2R6RVZ3NDN3ZHV1NDlqMzBmejhNOGgzOUphc1FrUUdRTitGRFJMT0RxSzNWUzBObTZhMWJQSk9abkVTMzgwdEFiRHUzSWVyVEZhUmswNkR2VzZ4bVE9PQ== 1–0]   Flores    11,087  Musthofa Umarella    6 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  4 June – 20:15    9  Perseru   Away   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=UUpqVVZoelZaeWVKZ2VyLzRObnhoQkR1NHQzVTFPRVNqU2tseld5UHF5SnRtdVBCTDdUd1JaLzM0bDJ5bzJrVmFzSHpxaGxHQ2VURzZHeFljbmxJQXc9PQ== 3–1]   Comvalius (2), Bachdim    8,311  Ikhsan Prasetya Jati    4 |- bgcolor = “#FFDDDD”  9 June – 21:30    10  Bhayangkara   Home   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=NWkxUWtFd1RLc2pCNW5hSm9PYkZkdGdrZnJja3NjVlY1Uy9SOTBzN25yVHpJdDFCQy80bmJLSEtLV0lQek00czNWRE53MWxjSVh0UHNSaEVtdTBvcXc9PQ== 1–3]   Comvalius    13,937  Rully Ruslin Tambuntina    5 |- bgcolor = “#FFDDDD”  17 June – 21:30    11  Arema   Away   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=RGtOTFNmdlFidXA0eklLUzMzUVk1eC9abVJEekR5Z1Z2TFg4b0t0cUVjVi92Ylk1K2V3TEdET3BIRXMyNEdpQVJyNlc0L3NoWHlqbUVENDJ1YmduVWc9PQ== 0–2]       11,430  Oki Dwi Putra    9 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  5 July – 16:00    12  Persiba   Home   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=dHRqR2d5b09NWXl3TWcwYm40SHMyT2NQTk9wRDdBdFlFN3FveW9vWEJWZENOZUY0SW1pQ1NGM0xiRFNEVXFyaFVMMWVyQytrM1JVT3dlSlY0bGJyRFE9PQ== 2–0]   van der Velden, Comvalius    7,044  Thoriq Alkatiri    7 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  10 July – 19:30    13  PS TNI   Away   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=M2U3Q1BOckxkYTFuRnhnazNnNUFTaTdFVUVRU1NtOFk2MERVZE9wRWVXbGg4bjhVaDA5cXlEYWV2VGZJcmpHMHJ4MnlaOUZ1TFJjSXdXemlqMElEdFE9PQ== 4–3]   Bachdim (2), Comvalius, Fadil    264  Untung    5 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  14 July – 16:00    14  Barito Putera   Home   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=aFlRK2Rnb0pPRStmZmFTdW5od1RQUGI2NngxaUoxSmFRMFovbmNueWJQcU9nUFdTdVdJVWV3OGlET1pvSWFPUmNGbFdRSmhXVFpzK1pwdWxoa1lXcnc9PQ== 5–0]   Fadil, Comvalius (2), Flores, Sukarja    6,042  Rihendra Purba    4 |- bgcolor = “#FFFFDD”  19 July – 19:30    15  Sriwijaya   Away   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=ckprNUxybkdmSEJYWXErNDNhcG5yVDJ2QjNjeWhiWWJHc3VyUnlnZjN3dG9XdFk0Zy9qMkNNMUp5MWhnSGVKRm5FajRMZGlBazNqYUw3dWo3NzBKQWc9PQ== 2–2]   Comvalius, van der Velden    7,120  Annas Apriliandi    5 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  23 July – 19:30    16  PSM   Home   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=VkM2MGFla0VQeEdPeUR0Qm5iYzZuZ1hsbzFDQlk1cGRjdEJXY0FqTjA1MmFFUGlINGttYVluNm05blV5ODFydGtqYmlhSlBuSTFaeHdKTWtyWTJUS0E9PQ== 3–0]   Flores, Comvalius, Hamdi    14,220  Djumadi Effendi    4 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  31 July – 19:30    17  Persegres   Away   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=ZTBTd0labkJnek5HclVkSzNFU09EMHlidnFwUndQMGVTbGFDR1dqNlI2NDdNS2VPbUNLaUNLVDF0bFYxK1FHcis2NmdIbUV3YW91THhkd1dHVHdKSlE9PQ== 3–1]   Faris , Fadil, Comvalius    1,015  Asep Yandis    2 |- bgcolor = “#FFDDDD”  9 August – 14:30    18  Persipura   Away   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=SXRrclhNai9SdFI5RXRMVW5GSmhBUlRRV29PZ25lQmdvVnd0UTBlb08wQzlVOFBUU242TlR0Q05xM2lhOHlXY2MzNDVCVEo5dlNSVEJTaDNKcEVqMXc9PQ== 1–3]   Comvalius    16,128  Agus Fauzan    4 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  13 August – 19:30    19  Madura United   Home   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=Uys4bUZYaThpdlkxK04zZTIrQzBjMXVHZGR4dyswUWhlZUZZN0tmVnJsSjFsb0p3TFVIcWR3ejFNZDNrUnJZVkNoaVk5ZVh5NElONytOa0FEL2IyZHc9PQ== 5–2]   van der Velden, Comvalius (3), Sukadana    21,572  Shaun Evans    2 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  24 August – 19:30    21  Semen Padang   Away   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=OFlXaVQ2ZjZUWmhzWG1sb20rMklaU0s3RUxhLzJDZGowT1lFRllhRG9lT1Y1N3RLNFFqSzRwTndNdVllUGFlWU5Fa1lWeHFybGllM1c2K2RiSXNLSVE9PQ== 3–1]   Comvalius, Flores, Bachdim    6,812  Spartak Danilenko    1 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  27 August – 16:00    22  Mitra Kukar   Home   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=R1pxZUNGZTNrYmtqUkhWeDJudmIxbXR4S3crUE5Zc2twMnd2dithd0ZQUWQ5eGhvRmt4V3QvUHVhenZYVUJjeks2QklrYzgyM050enVUa3kxb3czZUE9PQ== 6–1]   Comvalius (5), van der Velden    10,256  Dodi Setia Purnama    1 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  3 September – 19:30    20  Persela   Home   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=d1RBWlFvYjFWRnRicVFENm1vaXZ4ekdteCtuZUUyOW0vM0xiNmNWZENJWTJNTlJFellnWkJOV29CUEpQazg3NG9xcW5KU05wYUxkeUQ5aDRsd2wyWHc9PQ== 5–1]   Comvalius (2), van der Velden, Bachdim, Taufiq    16,749  Asep Yandis    1 |- bgcolor = “#FFFFDD”  11 September – 19:30    23  Borneo   Away   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=NkVVVSt6V3ltSHdTamdzRTJSVUNPWHBjNDBPdWNkSW4xdmNHa2lTTWZKajFmSjhycTNXSWs1RTNMZElQcUpjTzJldFBGVS9YVnUvdXZNNUY2TWV2d1E9PQ== 0–0]       7,625  Rysbek Shekerbekov    2 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  15 September – 19:30    24  Persija   Home   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=a05xUU5HWHdXeDFLODVlT21TUFdLa0NSZnh6OVQ3WnBMZnl5dkFRNGJ5a250MkdNbnU5cDRONTBMSmNEem9pbjN5azlZZ2NPL01kTUhIWlBPdDVLTlE9PQ== 2–1]   Comvalius, Bachdim    21,439  Yeni Krisdianto    2 |- bgcolor = “#FFFFDD”  21 September – 16:00    25  Persib   Away   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=dC9DTTdoU3RuMEFCMmFLWDJMRXBuSWxIbW5iTXJCa3FCWUxlWm1SbjRqdE4wNEl5Tm9RWktIT09PQXBTeloxQlJzNDRiZEhTeDBwNFYwUGZ5eU9leFE9PQ== 0–0]       23,515  Rysbek Shekerbekov    2 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  25 September – 19:30    26  Perseru   Home   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=WDRZSEowVHJZdUE1UHkwZ21MNzlqazk4Tms4Y2l2eHNYWWVKajBNVTFzejl1U1JhcCtPYVZnYXpkM01xYWxkREliNTJZa084OUNzMDM5VFFZaXAxcHc9PQ== 2–0]   Bachdim, Flores    9,152  Abdul Rahman Salasa    2 |- bgcolor = “#FFDDDD”  29 September – 19:30    27  Bhayangkara   Away   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=aHBzRDRmT3BwZ0x3SkRvcDEwdFIvNWd5VWFucjUxOHROQXkxT2FOQlN0MDZZQWtJR1N3Yk1hQTFjTndwK1BwalNrYzFwVzllU29rby8xSGJZeHZwU1E9PQ== 2–3]   Comvalius (2)    3,977  Rysbek Shekerbekov    2 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  8 October – 19:30    28  Arema   Home   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=TFRGL0dpTG1hcVFuaXNXemwxa2o4RjVuN0lJN3hFTnZqQkpnWW9MdlBXK0dFSTU3bWk2OWhrc1lBUXlabFlmLzhURG15OC9CcUt5eDJDRCtUVTR0Snc9PQ== 6–1]   Bachdim, Comvalius (2), Lilipaly (2), Hamdi    23,220  Hasan Akrami    2 |- bgcolor = “#FFDDDD”  16 October – 19:30    29  Persiba   Away   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=VlVaNjFOS2tyY1hmYjlDOTF1ZDRZcVljQ05zS0lhY3haSmlNQytJY3NZRkpac2tUdUFTTVZSNnI5c2RnRWVlSStXeE9CSHlGMHd1eUJpeDl2Y3h1b0E9PQ== 2–3]   Lilipaly, Bachdim    12,152  Nurgazy Cholponbaev    2 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  20 October – 19:30    30  PS TNI   Home   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=L052MURRTGhjV2NXMVZ4R2x2UkxWRzVTcExWYS80dHl1NTAzTk1IS3BCTFViVk04eFVobGRwcnM0L1lsdkltUFF2YW5CWmJUd1F2Yk94cUFDOGF0ZGc9PQ== 2–1]   Comvalius (2)    14,099  Kris Griffiths-Jones    2 |- bgcolor = “#FFFFDD”  25 October – 16:00    31  Barito Putera   Away   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=SlBIeHg3R2Z0SWpPdW1oUDFZS2V4YlVIdnc0cFhlNDBraUppM2lEM0Z5TWJqZUZDZTNhTTA0amVLM1piWm9aV2Q4MzI1WDBRblJveHc0OHBzdHBrYnc9PQ== 1–1]   Comvalius    7,451  Alireza Faghani    3 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  30 October – 19:30    32  Sriwijaya   Home   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=eklkdEFPSGNlQ2tGSC9QWmxZOXl0bjA5VytoNU85SjE2aWdPQ0FDbEM3WGl5S2RaRHhLR3E0YnFpcU13YVhhMEphWUdDdEEyTVltRnE5aGJlOUh6ZFE9PQ== 3–2]   Comvalius (2), Taufiq    16,350  Thoriq Alkatiri    1 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  6 November – 19:30    33  PSM   Away   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=ODV4b3VwR2F1MHU5QmY3ajFCekZKOFR5ZGtKSm1EVTN3YTQ1c1YvU2Y4YnluKzhySkVmQmxzQ2dzV3Y5bW1WR01XUGFDbHgrMGZnZjdEVG9pc24xRmc9PQ== 1–0]   Lilipaly    14,912  Eldos Murzabekov    1 |- bgcolor = “#DDFCDD”  12 November – 19:30    34  Persegres   Home   [https://liga-indonesia.id/result/detail?param=bXpMajg4RFhmK3owYTRwdGxDcVpHWXdvRVJ1WWRoaDRHTFBsMnorQWNsaGZnYW1FbFpyU0NueEJhaFUwTXMvd25QbWVmbVcwWWdHQnIzSFRYMFlCWVE9PQ== 3–0]   Flores, Comvalius (2)    20,047  Musthofa Umarella    2
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  : Liga 1 match details

Player details

Appearances and goals

|- class=“sortbottom” ! colspan=“14”| Players transferred out during the season |-

Disciplinary record

Transfers

Transfers in

  Date               Pos.               Name                    From             Fee             Ref.
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  5 January 2017     DF                 I Made Andhika Wijaya   Youth sector     Promoted        [44]
  MF                 Samsul Pellu
  MF                 Azka Fauzi
  DF                 Dias Angga Putra   Persib                  Free transfer
  MF                 Muhammad Taufiq
  FW                 Yandi Munawar
  GK                 I Made Wardana     Arema
  12 January 2017    DF                 Ngurah Nanak            Sriwijaya        [45]
  FW                 Irfan Bachdim      Consadole Sapporo
  19 January 2017    MF                 Marcos Flores           Persib           [46]
  27 January 2017    GK                 Alfonsius Kelvan        Persiba          [47]
  1 February 2017    MF                 Jackson Tiwu            PSN              [48]
  10 February 2017   FW                 Ndumba Makeche          Sarawak          [49]
  10 March 2017      FW                 Sylvano Comvalius       Stal Kamianske   [50]
  5 April 2017       GK                 Wawan Hendrawan         Borneo           [51]
  DF                 Amrun Mubarok      Youth sector            Promoted         [52]
  25 April 2017      MF                 Nick van der Velden     Dundee United    Free transfer   [53]
  4 August 2017      MF                 Steven Imbiri           PS TNI           [54]
  12 August 2017     MF                 Stefano Lilipaly        Cambuur          [55]

Transfers out

  Date               Pos.                   Name             To            Fee             Ref.
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  5 January 2017     GK                     Rully Desrian    Bhayangkara   Free transfer   [56]
  MF                 Alsan Sanda
  DF                 Endra Permana          Sriwijaya
  MF                 Hendra Sandi
  MF                 Loudry Setiawan        Persegres
  MF                 Yulius Mauloko         Carsae
  DF                 Bobby Satria           Sriwijaya
  GK                 I Ngurah Komang Arya   Free agent       Released
  MF                 Leo Guntara
  MF                 Zoran Knežević
  FW                 Nemanja Vidaković
  FW                 Daniel Heffernan
  27 February 2017   FW                     Ndumba Makeche   [57]

Loans out

  Start date          Pos.                 Name                    To         End date        Ref.
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  14 April 2017       GK                   I Putu Pager Wirajaya   Persikad   End of season   [58]
  DF                  Adi Parwa
  MF                  Jackson Tiwu
  FW                  Martinus Novianto
  5 July 2017         DF                   Amrun Mubarok           [59]
  MF                  Samsul Pellu
  29 July 2017        MF                   Azka Fauzi              Celebest   [60]
  25 September 2017   FW                   I Made Wirahadi         PSMS       [61]
  26 September 2017   GK                   Diky Indrayana          Celebest   [62]
  DF                  Adi Parwa
  DF                  Junius R. Bate
  DF                  Mahdi Fahri Albaar
  FW                  Martinus Novianto

Awards

-   LIGA 1[63]
    -   Top Goalscorer: Sylvano Comvalius (37 goals)
    -   Best XI: Sylvano Comvalius, Irfan Bachdim

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title: 2017 Bali United F.C. season

question: Which players were signed that surprised the public?

answer: Bali United signed Irfan Bachdim and Dutch-born naturalized Stefano Lilipaly.

question: Where is the Bali United Football Club based?

answer: It is based in Gianyar, Bali, Indonesia.

question: How many players and goalkeepers have represented the Bali United Football Club?

answer: 31 players and 12 different goalkeepers have represented the Bali United Football Club.

question: Which coach was dismissed and why?

answer: Coach Hans-Peter Schaller was dismissed because Bali United started the season in bad form with two defeats in a row.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article describes the Bali United Football Club in great detail, including information on its players, seasonal statistics, as well as the different managers and coaches it has gone through.


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We all want to be happy, and we all want to be inspired. But what if the pursuit of happiness _blocks_ the arousal of inspiration?

One sweltering Tuesday afternoon in the summer of 1776, a thin and lanky young man slumped behind a desk in the tiny second-floor room of a red brick house on the outskirts of Philadelphia. The oppressive humidity made his thick, reddish-brown hair frizzier than usual. He swatted at houseflies buzzing through the window he had propped open in a feeble attempt at colonial-era air-conditioning. He sneered at the stable across the street—the source of both the flying parade of pests, as well as the unpleasant stench of horse dung.

Suddenly, inspiration struck.

Recent events, coupled with his skimming of the timeless treatises of John Locke and David Hume, stirred his imagination. One thought spilled into the next. Ideas poured from his pen.

Barely a day later, Thomas Jefferson had transformed a blank sheet of parchment into one of the most influential documents in Western civilization—a document that immortalized our relentless pursuit of happiness.

But here's the weird thing: When Jefferson felt inspired to promise us that we had the inalienable right to pursue happiness, he was definitely _not_ happy.

Already a sad and shy homebody by nature, the 33-year-old had just found out that his wife, who lived hundreds of miles away on his nearly bankrupt family farm, was gravely ill. Just months before, for the second time in three years, a child had died in infancy. The ambitious junior statesman also firmly believed in the important work that was happening back at the Virginia statehouse. Yet he was trapped up north trying to manage a woefully underfunded and undermanned revolution, which had so far produced nothing but a string of humiliating defeats.

In spite of his misery, Jefferson was unquestionably inspired. But why?

THANK GOD IT'S TUESDAY

Todd Thrash, a professor of psychology at Thomas Jefferson’s alma mater, the College of William and Mary, is a leading researcher on the scientific study of inspiration. A few years ago, Thrash stumbled onto something fascinating: He had rounded up a group of people and tracked how inspired they were, and how happy they were, on each day of the week. He discovered that people are happier on Fridays than they are on Mondays. (Shocking, I know.)

But what about _inspiration_?

It turns out that even though people are most likely to feel happy on Fridays, they are also _least_ likely to feel inspired on Fridays. So on what day of the week are people most inspired? The same day that Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence. The same day that Mark Zuckerberg says he created Facebook. Possibly the most forgettable day of the week—Tuesday—is the king of inspiration. And not just by a little bit: The study found that inspiration is 79 percent more likely to occur on a Tuesday than on a Friday.

Friday is a day for fun. It's the day we cut loose from the cares of the workweek and have a good time. It's a day devoted to pursuing happiness—and that's a good thing.

Tuesdays are different. On Tuesdays, we find ourselves in the thick of the workweek, immersed in the challenging and inconvenient and stressful stuff of everyday life. It's a day for making things happen. That's also a good thing.

DISCOVERING A NEW KIND OF HAPPY

I have nothing against happiness. But the fact is that sometimes pursuing happiness inhibits inspiration. If we spend too much time fantasizing about Fridays, we can miss the unexpected joy of Tuesdays.

Many of the most inspired moments of our lives happen in the muck and mire of mid-week stress, when life is most challenging—when we're laboring to finish an important project at work, rallying a response to an unexpected dip in sales, begrudgingly accepting the coaching job for our kid's soccer team, eating up our leisure time by lending a hand or a heart to people in need, or simply helping a neighbor lug a comically oversized couch up four flights of stairs.

In those moments we don't always harvest happiness, but we do till the soil for inspiration.

[Charles Wilson Peale/wikimedia]

Source: Charles Wilson Peale/wikimedia

What would happen if we started looking forward to Tuesdays as much as we do Fridays? What if we pursued humanness with as much vigor as we pursued happiness? Would we feel less sedated and more alive? Would stressful changes start looking more like exciting adventures? Would we have more energy and live longer? Would we discover true happiness right where we least expect it—in the lives we are already living?

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question: What does the text say about Tuesdays?

answer: Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration of Independence on a Tuesday. Psychologist Todd Thrash conducted a scientific study of inspiration in which he discovered that study subjects said Tuesday is the day they experience the most inspiration and they were 79 percent more inspired then than on Friday. This Tuesday inspiration may result from the positioning of Tuesday in the standard workweek. The author proposes that readers should look forward to Tuesday for inspiration in a similar way they look forward to Friday for fun.

question: What does the text say about Thomas Jefferson's personality?

answer: Jefferson was naturally shy and a homebody, and was probably unhappy at the writing of the Declaration of Independence. He was ambitious and held firmly to his beliefs. Although faced with many reasons for discouragement, Jefferson found a way to persist and came across inspiration as he poured into his work.

question: What does the text say about happiness?

answer: Everyone wants to be happy but the author suggests the pursuit of happiness may sometimes hinder inspiration. In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson immortalized the pursuit of happiness for those in the U.S. Happiness is good but a person does not need to be happy to be inspired. The author suggests that readers could pursue inspiration in a similar way they pursue happiness and wonders if they might find happiness in their everyday lives as a result.

question: What does the text say about Jefferson's return to Virginia?


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Rear Admiral DAVYD RHYS THOMAS, (born 2 May 1956) is a senior officer in the Royal Australian Naval Reserve.

Naval career

Davyd Rhys Thomas was born on 2 May 1956 in Newcastle, New South Wales,[1] and joined the Royal Australian Navy College from that city in 1974. After gaining a Bridge Watchkeeping Certificate in 1978, he served as executive officer of HMAS _Aware_, a Darwin-based patrol boat.

Thomas was promoted to lieutenant in 1979, during which time he commenced his warfare training, and served on HMAS _Brisbane_. A short stint on the staff at the RAN Apprentice Training Establishment, prior to professional warfare specialist training in the United Kingdom, followed in 1983.

Upon his return to Australia, Thomas served as the operations officer on HMAS _Vampire_, and later on HMAS _Perth_ as Gunnery Officer. He then completed the RAN Staff Course in 1987, and was subsequently employed as the surface weapons trials officer at the RAN's Test and Evaluation Centre in Sydney.

Thomas was then posted as executive officer of HMAS _Adelaide_, and participated in the first RAN contingent to the Persian Gulf in 1990, as part of Operation Desert Shield; he was promoted to commander in December 1990.

He then served in Western Australia as the operations officer at Fleet Base West. In September 1994, Thomas assumed command of HMAS _Darwin_, based on the West Coast.

In the Australia Day Honour's List of 1997, Thomas was awarded the Conspicuous Service Cross[2] and was promoted to captain in July of the same year. March 1999 saw him posted as Director of Naval Officers' Postings, until assuming command of HMAS _Newcastle_ in March 2001.

As the commanding officer of _Newcastle_ during Operation Slipper in the Persian Gulf, Thomas conducted maritime interdiction in support of coalition forces enforcing United Nations sanctions against Iraq. For this he was awarded a Commendation for Distinguished Service in June 2003.[3]

He was promoted to the rank of commodore and made a Member of the Order of Australia in mid-2002 for “exceptional service to the Royal Australian Navy”.[4] He later assumed the position of Commodore Flotillas and Commander Deployable Joint Force Headquarters (Maritime) in February 2004.

Thomas was promoted to rear admiral and appointed to the position of Maritime Commander Australia (MCAUST) in July 2005; in 2007 this position was renamed Commander Australian Fleet (COMAUSFLT).

On 3 August 2007, Thomas assumed command of the Australian Defence College, which on 14 January 2008 became Joint Education, Training and Warfare (JETW) Command (which encompasses the Australian Defence College Headquarters, the Australian Defence Force Academy, the Australian Command and Staff College, the Centre for Defence and Strategic Studies and the ADF Warfare Centre).[5][6]

Thomas assumed the duties of Deputy Chief of Navy (DCN) on 6 June 2008. In the Australia Day Honours List of 2009, Thomas was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia for his service as Commodore Flotillas, Maritime Commander Australia, Commander Australian Fleet and Commander, Australian Defence College.[7] He relinquished the post of DCN on 18 February 2011 to Rear Admiral Trevor Jones.[8]

Honours and awards

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                    []                         | Officer of the Order of Australia (AO)         Australia Day Honours List 2009[9]
   Member of the Order of Australia (AM)        Queen's Birthday Honours List 2002[10]
                    []                             Conspicuous Service Cross (CSC)             Australia Day Honours List 1997[11]
                    []                          Commendation for Distinguished Service        Queen's Birthday Honours List 2003[12]
                    []                             Australian Active Service Medal                with ICAT and IRAQ 2003 clasps
                    []                                    Afghanistan Medal
                    []                                 Australian Service Medal                         with KUWAIT clasp
                    []                     Defence Force Service Medal with Federation Star           40 plus years service
                    []                                 Australian Defence Medal
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[3] It's an Honour – Commendation for Distinguished Service – 9 June 2003
Citation: _For distinguished performance of duty as the Commanding Officer, HMAS NEWCASTLE, in the Persian Gulf during Operation SLIPPER._

[4] It's an Honour – Member of the Order of Australia – 10 June 2002
Citation: _For exceptional service to the Royal Australian Navy as a senior Naval Officer through personal commitment and dedication to professional excellence._

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title: Davyd Thomas

question: Summarize Davyd Thomas' naval career.

answer: Thomas commenced his journey when he joined the Royal Australian Naval College. He obtained his Bridge Watchkeeping Certificate and served as the executive officer of a patrol boat. After Thomas was promoted to lieutenant, he started his warfare training. He held a lot of positions including those posts at the RAN centers throughout Australia. Thomas tested surface weapons, was involved in combat war on the Gulf, and assumed command of HMS Darwin. He is quite decorated.


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COLETTE YVER (28 July 1874 – 17 March 1953) was a French Roman Catholic writer from Normandy, the winner of the 1907 Prix Femina for her work _Princesses de science_.

Biography

The daughter of a civil servant transferred to Rouen shortly after her birth, Colette Yver was a prolific writer who began publishing, from the age of eighteen, novels for the “Bibliothèque morale de la jeunesse” at in Rouen. She would publish about a book (novels, essays, or hagiographies) a year for the next fifty years of her life. Her works are representative of the anti-feminist fictions which abounded under the Third Republic. Intended for a female audience, these types of novels depicted emancipated women confronted with multiple misfortunes that they would not have suffered had they chosen life at home.

In 1907, she won the prix Femina (then called prix _Vie Heureuse_, présided by Jeanne Lapauze) for _Princesses de science_, A book referring to the difficulties encountered by women in reconciling family and scientific careers. In 1913 she entered the jury of this award, of which she was long the dean, until 1951. In 1917, she was admitted to the Académie des sciences, belles-lettres et arts de Rouen.

Her sister Marguerite (1869-1961), wife of Dr. Guillaume, a young widow with two children in 1896, a professor of French until an advanced age in free education, gave __ tales for children under the pseudonym “Hélène Avril”.

She is buried at cimetière monumental de Rouen next to her brother, painter Édouard de Bergevin.

She was made a chevalier of the Légion d'honneur (decree 11 August 1931).

Essays, novels

-   1907: _Princesses de science_, Calmann-Lévy, (crowned by the Prix Vie Heureuse, previous name of the Prix Femina)
-   1911: _Le Métier de Roi_, Calmann-Lévy
-   1916: _Comment s'en vont les Reines_, Calmann-Lévy,
-   1919: _Les cousins riches_
-   1920: _Dans le jardin du féminisme_
-   1909: _Les Dames du Palais_
-   1926: A_ujourd'hui..._
-   1928: _La Bergerie_
-   1908: _Les Cervelines_, Calmann-lévy
-   1929: _Femmes d'aujourd'hui_
-   1931: _Vincent ou La Solitude_
-   1932: _Le Vote des femmes_
-   1912: _Un coin du voile_
-   1913: _Les sables mouvants_ in _Revue des Deux mondes_
-   1928: _Le mystère des béatitudes_
-   1917: ''Mirabelle de Pampelune
-   1928: _Le festin des autres_
-   1928: _L'homme et le dieu_
-   1928: _Vous serez comme des dieux_
-   1928: _Haudequin de Lyon_

Bibliography

-   Léon Abensour, _Histoire générale du féminisme des origines à nos jours_, Delagrave, Paris, 1921 ; 1979 .
-   Michel Manson, _Colette Yver, jeune auteure pour la jeunesse de 1892 à 1900_, in “Cahiers Robinsons”, n° 5, 2004, _Juvenilia (écritures précoces)_, issue directed by Guillemette Tison, .
-   Rebecca Rogers and , La fabrique des filles. _L'éducation des filles de Jules Ferry à la pilule_, Paris, Éditions Textuel, 2010

title: Colette Yver

question: Where was Colette Yver from?

answer: Normandy.

question: What award did she win in 1907?

answer: The Prix Femina.

question: When was Colette Yver born?

answer: 28 July 1874.

question: Where is Colette Yver buried?

answer: At cimetiere monumental de Rouen next to her brother, painter Edouard de Bergevin.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article is about Colette Yver, a French Roman Catholic writer from the 19th and 20th centuries.


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A SUSPECT has been arrested after a headless and limbless body was found today in the bin of a flat in Scotland.

The torso of a man, believed to be Kevin Bishop, was found at a flat in Schaw Road, in the Gallowhill area of Paisley, near Glasgow.

[ A forensic investigator at the scene where a headless torso was found at a flat in Paisley, Scotland]

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 A forensic investigator at the scene where a headless torso was found at a flat in Paisley, ScotlandCredit: Watchtower Media
Mr Bishop, 32, was last seen in July and was reported missing on August 4.

Police Scotland made two public appeals to trace him, on August 6 and August 11, after he was last spotted on Friday, July 27, on Well Street, Paisley, walking towards the town's Clavering Street East.

Cops have launched a murder probe and sealed off Schaw Street while masked forensic investigators have been pictured outside the flat.

A post- mortem examination will be carried out on the body later today, local media reports.

The insider said: "Some of the officers involved in the enquiry are pretty shaken up.

[ The body is believed to be Kevin Bishop - who was last seen in July]

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 The body is believed to be Kevin Bishop - who was last seen in July
[ A murder probe has been launched after the gruesome discovery]

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 A murder probe has been launched after the gruesome discoveryCredit: Watchtower Media
[ The headless and limbless body was found in a bin at the property near Glasgow]

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 The headless and limbless body was found in a bin at the property near GlasgowCredit: Watchtower Media
"You certainly don't see a dismembered body every day.

"Only the torso was found in a bin - there were no legs, arms or head attached.

"Not only did that mean the officers on site were unable to identify who it was straight away, it started a frantic search for the rest of the body.

"Officers will now have to trawl landfill sites to try and find his head, arms and legs.

"As the torso was found in a bin, it's thought that's where whoever cut up his body put the rest of him."

A Police Scotland spokesman said: "Officers are currently carrying out enquiries at a house in Schaw Road, Paisley, in connection with an ongoing missing person enquiry.

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"Kevin Bishop, from Paisley was reported as a missing person on August 4, 2018.

"Human remains have been found within the house and a post-mortem will take place to establish the identity.

"We can confirm that the family of Kevin Bishop has been made aware.

"A 46-year-old man has been arrested and enquiries are ongoing."

Man accused of murdering and decapitating own wife in China calmly walks out home holding her head

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question: Who's headless and limbless body was found?

answer: Kevin Bishop, the victim, headless and limbless body was found.

question: Where was the victim's body found?

answer: The victim's body was found at a flat in Schaw Road, in the Gallowhill area of Paisley, near Glasgow.

question: When was Kevin Bishop reported missing?

answer: He was reported missing on August 4th.

question: How many public appeals were made to find Kevin Bishop and when?

answer: Two public appeals were made to find Kevin Bishop, on August 6th and 11th.

question: When and where was Kevin Bishop last spotted?

answer: Kevin Bishop was last spotted on Friday, July 27th on Well Street, Paisley.

question: Where was the dismembered body found?

answer: It was found in a bin at the property near Glasgow Credit.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article reports the details of a headless and limbless body found, attributing to Kevin Bishop as the victim. The Police Scotland are carrying out enquiries on this case.


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We will live in the bush.

Not too far from town but still far enough that our neighbors are a 5 minute drive away, regardless of this we will know them well and we will invite eachothers to partys, bake carrot cake and pumpkin muffins with veges I pulled from the garden patch you put in last summer.
They will always be a little gritty but while they're still warm with a little butter your mother had made they're Saturday morning cake stall worthy which is a-okay because the whole batch would be demolished before they had the chance to get cold.

There will be an endless landscape of trees and shrubs and some wirerly gorse I always say I will pull out but never get around to that hides a little stream and a lake not to far off our property that backs into the complete wilderness. We will always be getting the odd stoat into the chicken pen, which although sad, isn't a huge deal and we're left wondering why those cheeky creatures bother staking out the pen in the first place as I never close the hatch door and they're always roaming free, pecking away at the dirt for worms.

We will have a couple of cats, one that we claim came with the house and a few others including that temperamental ginger tom your sister asked us to mind while she was out of state but just fell oh-so-in-love with the with the big city she had to stay and we kept him on full time.
We will have a few dogs too, never any less than two. They will be mutts that we picked up along the way and the runt from the first litter before we got the old girl fixed because you said he reminded you of yourself as a child so we had to keep. They will be allowed to sit on the furniture and sleep on the edge of the bed but it wont matter because it was all second hand from the salvation army or motley, garish stuff we found on the side of the road. Full of cigarette burns and the smell of a couch well loved in more ways than one.

I will have quit smoking tobacco by then but will obviously favour my dope plant over all my other flowers and I will check it several times a day expecting some new bud to have flourished while I was off baking the bread or getting lost in a foreign film I bought when we first met because I wanted to show you I was artsy. I will turn the leaves into curious cookies I offer to our friends who will gladly accept because, hey, free dope. They wont taste that bad although maybe slightly burnt on the bottom but that's okay because it's come to be expected from our ancient oven that never learned how to fully utilize the fan feature.

You will call our house cozy although I will call it delicate and the narow stairwell up to our loft bed will full a sense of childlike wonder every time I climb up after you've been long asleep, silently humming the words to rupunzel and her tower in my head. The old wooden frame will murmer with any movement and the seemingly endless nooks and crannys will be fulled with spiders webs I refuse to suck up with the vacuume cleaner because spiders have feelings too and a special kind of respect that can only come from being and elder.
It will smell of the incense I insit on burning almost constantly and the wood smoke from the fire we have burning in winter but never really goes away in summer.

Sometimes we will make sweet love wrapped in our sheets, guiding ourselves deeper into eachothers bodys with a hunger that's almost insatiable.
Other times we will fuck. Those are the times I'm watching you over sultry eyes as you cut the wood in the backyard and as I make you a nice cuppa to refresh you after your hard work you will grab my hips and wisper in my ear 'bend over' as you throw all inhibitions aside and taste me with loud gasps and moans, taking me against the table and kissing me like you mean it.

The summers will be far too hot and the winters far too cold but we will never complain as we are always prepared with and iced tea and a spliff (I started smoking tobacco again but only with pot) or a generous glass of merlot by the fire.

We will laugh fondly at the mistakes we made and shared together and separately and I will stop caring about my weight and call my mother more often. I will invite my dad over for tea and he will politely drink our sad attempt at home brewed beer because he loves me and wants to show he approves of our lifestyle.

We will still have sad political yearnings but I will have over come my bitter youth and we will connect all over again with photographs of our mohawks and tartan pants with knee high docs and exemplary teenage "fuck you" attitude.
We will gossip less and listen more realizing that life isn't worth worrying about who's screwing who.

We will spend most of our time laughing and some of our time crying because crying is important too and we will always know how to cheer each other up even if we are the cause of each others problems but we will never be miserable because we simply just don't have time for such nonsense.  I will have learned to love myself and my flaws as well as holding yours precious.

I will flirt with natural therapy and Buddhist ideals while you read Oscar Wilde and Virgina Wolfe and we will appreciate life, our hardships and the really, truly, wonderfully, undying, confusing, muddling, joyous bedazzlement that is this is life.

We will live in the bush.

title: Not sure if this is the right place to post this, but this is the first time I have written anything in over 3 years. "We will live in the bush"

question: Where would the cats come from?

answer: They claim the cats have come with the house but they haven't. They also have another cat that belonged to her sister who asked them to take care of her until she was back in the state but she never came back.

question: Does the narrator grow anything?

answer: Yes, she has a dope plant that she overlooks more than the there plants.

question: Is the narrator actually living in the bush or is this her imagination?

answer: It may be implied that this is her imagination. She is imagining how her life would be living in the bushes with the love of her life.

question: Does the narrator like living in the bush?

answer: Yes. In her imagination, the narrator likes the life she would live in the bushes with her partner. She imagines every little detail possible of her life and is happy knowing how calm and loving her life would be in the bushes.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer:
The narrator is imagining her life living in the bushes with her partner. She imagines the beautiful house situated on an endless landscape of trees and shrubs. She visualizes adopting dogs and cats and smoking from her dope plant.

She pictures the two of them wrapped in the sheets making love. The narrator dreams of calling her parents over to this home and see her father approve of their lifestyle.


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Okay, before you starting reading, please note that this is the first time I have ever wrote a creative writing piece. The reason behind this are my horrible English language skills. I'm not a native speaker, and a horrible non-native one. Please note that my sorry excuse of a story is incomplete and I'm posting it simply to get feedback on my grammar and my story-telling skills.
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Adam leapt over the shrub, a few white-out roses caught in his folded jeans cuffs, but he wasn't paying attention to details--it wasn't the time to pay attention. He managed to land awkwardly on his feet, almost crumpling. The impact was more than he could manage under normal circumstances, only that they weren't normal--he had been shot squarely through his left thigh, and his arms were trembling, enfolded under her back.

"Don't leave me now," he glanced over her face--expressionless--and looked back up, surveying the land before him; looking for a place to hide and take shelter before those arseholes could do any more damage. Luck hadn't left them after all, as he had otherwise thought. A deep, misty forest lay ahead of them, glimmering with greenish light, the colour of poison. Without thinking, he ran for it, losing himself in the grove of trees.

The sky roared with chillingly profound thunder--it had started to drizzle. He could make out her face from the lightening flickering across the sky, filtering through the leaves. She was perfectly immobile, her eyes close shut, her brows relaxed.

title: My first [incomplete] creative writing piece.

question: What happened to Adam?

answer: He was shot and is possibly being chased.

question: What happened to his companion?

answer: Presumably shot as well.

question: Is she dead?

answer: He tells her not to leave him, and she lays "perfectly immobile, her eyes close shut, her brows relaxed," but unclear.

question: Who shot Adam, who's chasing them?

answer: Unclear

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: Adam leaps over a shrub, nearly crumpling on the landing. He has been shot and is carrying her. He looks for somewhere to hide from the arseholes who shot him, running into a grove of trees. It starts to drizzle. She's perfectly immobile, eyes shut, brows relaxed.


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TIMOTHY B. CARROLL (born January 17, 1951) is a Canadian politician and educator. He represented 5th Queens in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1986 to 1996 as a Liberal.[1]

Carroll was born in 1951 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island.[2] He graduated from the University of Prince Edward Island with a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, and the University of Saskatchewan with a Masters of Business Administration degree.[3] He married Kathy Jenkins in 1978.[4] In his early career, he was manager of the Ontario Vegetable Board for five years, worked as a marketing consultant in Western Canada and P.E.I.,[5] and was an assistant professor at St. Francis Xavier University and the University of Prince Edward Island.[6]

Carroll entered provincial politics in 1986, when he was elected a councillor for the electoral district of 5th Queens, defeating Progressive Conservative incumbent Wilfred MacDonald.[7] On May 2, 1986, Carroll was appointed to the Executive Council of Prince Edward Island as Minister of Agriculture.[8] He resigned from cabinet in October 1988,[9] but remained MLA and was re-elected in the 1989,[10] and 1993 elections.[11] He resigned as MLA on October 1, 1996.[12]

Following his political career, Carroll continued to teach at the University of Prince Edward Island, where he is an assistant professor in the School of Business.[13]

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title: Tim Carroll

question: How old is Carroll in 2021?

answer: 70

question: What is Carroll most known for?

answer: He represented 5th Queens in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1986 to 1996 as a Liberal.

question: Is Carroll married?

answer: Yes, he married Kathy Jenkins in 1978.

question: What did Carroll do post political career?

answer: He continued to teach at the University of Prince Edward Island, where he is an assistant professor in the School of Business.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: This article discusses the life and career of Tim Carroll, a Canadian politician and educator. He represented 5th Queens in the Legislative Assembly of Prince Edward Island from 1986 to 1996 as a Liberal. After his political career, he continued teaching at the University of Prince Edward Island.


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Another client was in front of me, filling out the same form they always do. I forgot she was there. Must have only been a few minutes—the paperwork here is simple, concise, and wholly unnecessary for the function of our office. For all I know, it might have been the same woman coming in and writing up fifteen identical forms since 8 A.M. this morning. I hazily recall a man here, but that may have been yesterday.

She paused and looked up. I considered eye contact, but didn't want to risk remembering her face. I mustered the courtesy to gaze briefly through her vague shoulder region before pretending to sort my documents under no organizational guidelines whatsoever.

"Hey, what is today?"

There's a day-to-day calendar between us. Noon had come and gone, so I knew it was current. My supervisor either chirps or grumbles something passive-aggressive at me every day on her way to lunch while she tears off the top leaf. I wanted her to just look at the damned calendar and leave me alone. Still, I stared obliquely at that bold-faced number and failed to derive any meaning from it, so I couldn't very well criticize her.

"I don't know, the usual."

title: Day-to-Day

question: Who is the narrator is looking at?

answer: The narrator is looking at a client who is filling out paperwork.

question: Where is the narrator?

answer: The narrator is at their job.

question: What is the narrator doing?

answer: The narrator is working their job that involves some sort of paperwork.

question: What is the relationship between the narrator and the woman?

answer: The narrator seems to be assisting the woman, as she is described as the client.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: A woman stands in front of the narrator, filling out paperwork. The woman asks the narrator for the date, but the narrator is unable to respond with the correct answer.


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The KASHMIRIS OF PUNJAB are ethnic Kashmiris who have historically migrated from the Kashmir Valley and settled in the Punjab region. Many ethnic Kashmiri Muslims from the Kashmir Valley had migrated to the Punjab region during Dogra and Sikh rule.[1]

History

Pre-independence

Heavy commodifications taxation under the Sikh rule caused many Kashmiri peasants to migrate to the plains of Punjab.[2][3] These claims, made in Kashmiri histories, were corroborated by European travelers.[4] When one such European traveller, Moorcroft, left the Valley in 1823, about 500 emigrants accompanied him across the Pir Panjal Pass.[5] The 1833 famine resulted in many people leaving the Kashmir Valley and migrating to the Punjab, with the majority of weavers leaving Kashmir. Weavers settled down for generations in the cities of Punjab such as Jammu and Nurpur.[6] The 1833 famine led to a large influx of Kashmiris into Amritsar. Kashmir's Muslims in particular suffered and had to leave Kashmir in large numbers, while Hindus were not much affected.[7] The emigration during the Sikh rule resulted in Kashmiris enriching the culture and cuisines of Amritsar, Lahore and Rawalpindi.[8] Sikh rule in Kashmir ended in 1846 and was followed by the rule of Dogra Hindu maharajahs who ruled Kashmir as part of their princely state of Jammu and Kashmir.[9] Muslims faced severe oppression under Hindu rule.[10]

A large number of Muslim Kashmiris migrated from the Kashmir Valley[11] to the Punjab due to conditions in the princely state[12] such as famine, extreme poverty[13] and harsh treatment of Kashmiri Muslims by the Dogra Hindu regime.[14] According to the 1911 Census there were 177,549 Kashmiri Muslims in the Punjab. With the inclusion of Kashmiri settlements in NWFP this figure rose to 206,180.[15]

Scholar Ayesha Jalal states that Kashmiris faced discrimination in the Punjab as well.[16] Kashmiris settled for generations in the Punjab were unable to own land,[17] including the family of Muhammad Iqbal.[18] Scholar Chitralekha Zutshi states that Kashmiri Muslims settled in the Punjab retained emotional and familial links to Kashmir and felt obliged to struggle for the freedom of their brethren in the Valley.[19]

Common _krams_ (surnames) found amongst the Kashmiri Muslims who migrated from the Valley[20] to the Punjab include Butt,[21][22][23] Dar,[24] Lone , Wain (Wani), Mir, Rather, Malik, Shaikh.

Some next generation Kashmiris have also started use Khawaja (Urdu /Persian for Master explaining Brahmin ancestry) however it's not a surname and merely a title adopted late by Muslims.

Post-independence

Kashmiri Muslims constituted an important segment of several Punjabi cities such as Sialkot, Lahore, Amritsar and Ludhiana.[25] Following the partition of India in 1947 and the subsequent communal unrest across Punjab, Muslim Kashmiris living in East Punjab migrated en masse to West Punjab. Kashmiri migrants from Amritsar have had a big influence on Lahore's contemporary cuisine and culture.[26] The Kashmiris of Amritsar were more steeped in their Kashmiri culture than the Kashmiris of Lahore.[27] Ethnic Kashmiris from Amritsar also migrated in large numbers to Rawalpindi,[28] where Kashmiris had already introduced their culinary traditions during the British Raj.[29]

An exclusive research conducted by the “Jang Group and Geo Television Network” showed that the Kashmiri community had been involved in spearheading the power politics of Lahore district since 1947.[30] The Kashmiri diaspora in Punjab also influences politics in the Gujranwala, Gujrat and Sialkot districts.[31]

Notable Kashmiris of Punjab

One of the most highly educated and prominent Kashmiris in Punjab was Muhammad Iqbal, whose poetry displayed a keen sense of belonging to Kashmir Valley.[32] Another member of the Kashmiri diaspora in Punjab was the famous storywriter Saadat Hasan Manto who was proud of his Kashmiri ancestry.[33][34] Notable members of the Kashmiri diaspora in Pakistan also include the former Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif (paternal ancestry from Anantnag), Finance Minister Ishaq Dar, and politician Khawaja Asif.[35] The following is a list of notable Kashmiris in Punjab, Pakistan:

-   Maulana Sanaullah Amritsari
-   Javid Iqbal[36]
-   Shehbaz Sharif,[37] Chief Minister of Punjab
-   Hamza Shahbaz Sharif[38]
-   Khawaja Saad Rafique[39]
-   Abbas Sharif[40]
-   Salmaan Taseer,[41] founder of _Daily Times_
-   Mir Khalil ur Rehman,[42] founder of the _Jang Group_
-   Saifuddin Kitchlew
-   Ali Azmat
-   Ismat Beg

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title: Kashmiris of Punjab

question: Summarize all the information relating to the Kashmir Muslims.

answer: During the 1833 famine Kashmir's Muslims, in particular, suffered and moved to Amritsar. Muslims faced severe oppression under Hindu rule. A large number of Muslim Kashmiris migrated from the Kashmir Valley to the Punjab due to conditions in the princely state such as famine, extreme poverty and harsh treatment of Kashmiri Muslims by the Dogra Hindu regime. Kashmiri Muslims settled in the Punjab and felt obliged to struggle for the freedom of their brethren in the Valley.

question: Summarize all the information relating to the Kashmir Hindu.

answer: The Kashmir Hindu were not much affected by the 1883 famine. The Kashmir Hindu oppressed the Muslims.

question: In which cities did the Kashmiri settle?

answer: Weavers from Kashmir Valley settled down for generations in the cities of Punjab such as Jammu and Nurpur. The emigration during the Sikh rule resulted in Kashmiris enriching the culture and cuisines of Amritsar, Lahore and Rawalpindi. Kashmiri Muslims constituted an important segment of several Punjabi cities such as Sialkot, Lahore, Amritsar and Ludhiana. Ethnic Kashmiris from Amritsar also migrated in large numbers to Rawalpindi. The Kashmiri diaspora in Punjab also influences politics in the Gujranwala, Gujrat and Sialkot districts.

question: Which Kashmiri held onto their culture and heritage?

answer: Kashmiris that settled for generations in the Punjab were unable to own land. Kashmiri Muslims settled in the Punjab retained emotional and familial links to Kashmir and felt obliged to struggle for the freedom of their brethren in the Valley. the Kashmiri community had been involved in spearheading the power politics of Lahore district since 1947.

question: How did the Kashmiri show their connection to the Kashmir Valley?

answer: Kashmiri migrants from Amritsar have had a big influence on Lahore's contemporary cuisine and culture. The Kashmiris of Amritsar were more steeped in their Kashmiri culture than the Kashmiri of Lahore. Ethnic Kashmiris from Amritsar also migrated in large numbers to Rawalpindi, where Kashmiris had already introduced their culinary traditions during the British Raj.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The Kashmiri Muslims emigrated from the Kashmir Valley to the Punjab region during the Dogra and Sikh rule. This exodus caused a diaspora of their culture in all the cities they settled.