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It was strange how the animals acted no differently than they had before it happened.

Squirrels climbed over the piles of rubble, either completely oblivious or simply unconcerned with what that rubble could have been just a couple years back. Blue birds flew in the same patterns they did before, paying no attention to the fact that their shit was landing on history itself: on cobblestones and marble columns that could have been testaments to the collective knowledge of those who were here just a bit ago, yet so long ago as well.

It’s been said that the Earth is resilient and that, when left to run its course, nature fixes all. Perhaps someone would even say that that is exactly what happened, and that although the course can seem amoral and even outright wicked at times, it is nature’s course nonetheless and that it exists in a plane above all questioning. But of course, no one said that.

No one, especially not the only sign of this past world that remained, the sulking frame of muscle and bones and dried-out hair that was currently bathing at the bottom of a nearby waterfall. No, he, (and he is certainly an accurate term to describe this embodiment of animalistic masculinity) was more concerned with removing the foreign, black, sticky thing that seemed to have a death-grip on his foot. The deer were likely to cross the same path they do at this time every day, and he had to be rid of all distractions, poised and ready to pounce. Sadly for our primal protagonist, he was indeed too late and was forced to come to terms with the reality that he would be entering another growling match with his stomach tonight.

But this realization would go on to be as unfulfilled as the aforementioned one, for this night was not like the other nights. The squirrels still climbed and the birds still shit, but a disturbance had come to enter this formerly peaceful land. He was unable to sleep, and found himself staring at the sky, waiting for his fat, yellow friend to come back and tell him that the world was safe again.

Indeed the sun did return, as it always promised it would, even after the End. He did as he always did too, and followed his instincts to the tallest rocks he could see. There, as he approached the peak of the stony mountain before him, did a figure enter his view. It was like him, with meat and bone and hair, but different too. This figure had strange bulges at the chest and in its eyes was a longing that he would have said felt like coming home, if he could remember how to say that or knew what a home was.

And then, something magical happened. For the first time in a very long time, his mouth managed to form a very old word. Finally, he forced his throat to let it out.

	“Adam,” he said.

	She smiled coyly. “Eve.”

And so it Began.

title: A Very Old Story

question: Who or what was sitting under the waterfall?

answer: A sulking frame of muscle and bones and dried-out hair.

question: What kind of protagonist is the man under the waterfall described as?

answer: Primal.

question: What setting is the protagonist in?

answer: Totally immersed in nature, with animals moving about all around.

question: When the figure approached his view, what did they call each other?

answer: Adam and Eve.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: We are given a highly sensory, detailed description of the garden of eden. Adam is bathing under a waterfall listening to the animals move around him, telling him different things by the way they move. A figure approaches Adam and introduces itself as Eve.


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REVELL HOUSE, also known as the HUTCHINSON-REVELL HOUSE,[1] in Burlington, New Jersey, is the oldest building in Burlington County and one of the oldest residences in New Jersey. It was constructed in 1685 by George Hutchinson, a wealthy Quaker distiller, and sold to Thomas Revell who used it as offices from 1696 to 1699. Originally located at 8 East Pearl Street, the building was relocated to 213 Wood Street in 1966.[2]

According to tradition, Benjamin Franklin was sold gingerbread and given supper by a friendly Burlington woman on his way to Philadelphia. This led for the house to sometimes be referred as the Gingerbread House.[3] In 1912, 'Abdu'l-Bahá addressed a group of fifty people, and afterwards conducted interviews at the house.[4] It is a contributing property of the Burlington Historic District bounded by the Delaware River and High, West Broad, Talbot, and Reed Streets listed March 3, 1975.[5]

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title: Revell House

question: What is Revell House?

answer: It is the oldest building in Burlington County and one of the oldest residences in New Jersey.

question: What is the relation between Benjamin Franklin and the Revell House?

answer: Benjamin Franklin was sold gingerbread and given supper by a friendly Burlington woman, presumably from the Revell House on his way to Philadelphia. This led the house to sometimes be referred to as the Gingerbread House.

question: When was the Revell House built?

answer: It was built in 1685.

question: Who was George Hutchinson?

answer: He was a wealthy Quaker distiller who constructed the Revell House.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article is about the Revell House, the oldest building in Burlington County and one of the oldest residences in New Jersey. It was constructed in 1685.


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“We can’t keep meeting this way.”
“Awww why not?” Her cherry red lips pursed into a pout, lipstick so glossy and sleek I swore I could see my reflection shimmering them. My gaze lingered on her mouth and I developed an urge to grab that bottom lip between my teeth but no. No. I was on the job and she burned red-hot with a passion that only grew and I, I was cold as a snowflake’s touch.

She took a step closer to me, her hips swaying with the movement, the vintage wedding dress she wore clinging to her body, nothing more than a transparent whisper of fabric against her deliciously pale skin. “I know you love red. Your job revolves around it. The only question is–do you love red on me?” I glanced at her, suddenly realizing her wedding dress wasn’t traditional at all-it was a deep shade of maroon and I just wanted to reach out and grab at the garment–grab at her, sweep her up and let her melt me against her mouth.

“Where’s the body.” I drawled, forcing my gaze from her enticing figure to the area around her. There had to be a body, there was always a body when it came to her. Always cradled in pools of sweet red with closed eyes framed by blonde eyelashes:just the way I like them. I spotted a curled hand from behind a couch–pink, the bastard son of red and white–painted with red nail polish that was chipped at the nail. I drifted over to find a girl, a girl with blue-green hair, a girl with pink cotton-candy lips, a girl with a body I used to know as well as one would a map, a girl with skin I once kissed and licked and bit and stroked. She really did know me–maybe too well if she managed to track down the only girl I ever loved.

“Maria,” I whispered, kneeling down beside her. I ripped off the sleeves, ripped off my entire robe, placing my hand against hers, pale against pale. “Maria,my Maria, oh god Maria.”
“You like?” I whirled around to see her draped on her couch, a glass of wine dangling from her long pale fingers. “I figured she was your type.”

“No.No I do not like.”
“Why not?”
“She was the only reason I was doing this. After a while, you get to redeem yourself. Take enough lives to make up for taking your own.” I stood up and walked over to her, Converse squeaking against her wooden floor. With each step I took her smile dimmed and she seemed to shrivel away into the couch looking to press herself into it. I leaned into her and spat into her face “I think it’s time for me to take yours.”
Her face turned an ashy white and she started stammering. To me, she suddenly looked like the ugliest creature to ever walk this earth, I couldn’t ever imagine finding her attractive, ever craving her in the way I craved Maria.

“Don’t you want to re-think this? I mean, I love you.” she whimpered, tilting her lips toward mine. I grabbed her by the throat and shoved her down onto the couch. I listened to her choking, her breaths turning into wheezes and gasps.

“No. Because I’m Death.”

title: [FN] Flirting with Death

question: Briefly summarise the use of imagery in this story.

answer: The writer paints a vivid image of what the female characters looked like through visuals. This gives the readers an abstract idea of what the girl looked like and how her looks made the narrator desire her very much. However, at some point, the writer dabbles a bit with tactile imagery when referring to the narrator as ice cold and the girl as red-hot. The writer also plays around with the blend of colors while describing Maria, the only girl the narrator ever loved. Even the character in the story also liked to play around with the narrator's sense of sight to arouse him.

question: What does the story say about the relationship between the narrator and the girl?

answer: The girl and the narrator encountered each other on several occasions. Each time they met, she liked to arouse his fancy in her with her appearance. In all their engagements, she presented a type of body the narrator fancied. On this particular encounter, she brought Maria, the only girl the narrator ever loved, which upset him because she motivated his activities. In anger, he proceeded to kill the girl for bringing Maria's dead body to him.

question: What does the story about why the narrator referred to himself as death?

question: What does the story describe as the nature of the narrator's job?


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The FEDERATION OF BUSINESSES OF THE CONGO () is the main employers' organization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Established in 1997, it had 2, 700 members in 2010.[1] It received financial support from the French Development Agency in 2010.[2] Its president is Louis Kabamba Watum.[3]

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title: Federation of Businesses of the Congo

question: When was the Federation of Businesses of the Congo established?

answer: 1997

question: Who gave financial support to the Federation of Businesses of the Congo?

answer: The French Development Agency

question: Who is the president?

answer: Louis Kabamba Watum

question: What is the purpose of the Federation of Businesses of the Congo?

answer: It is the main employers' organization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article discusses the Federation of Businesses of the Congo. It was established in 1997, and is the main employers' organization in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.


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is a Japanese politician who was Prime Minister of Japan from 1993 to 1994, leading a coalition government which was the first non-Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) government of Japan since 1955. After a funding scandal in early 1994, he was forced to resign. He later ran unsuccessfully as a candidate for Governor of Tokyo in the February 2014 gubernatorial election as an independent supported by the Democratic Party of Japan.[1] He has been, since 2005, the 18th Head of the Kumamoto-Hosokawa clan, one of the noble families of Japan.

Early life

Morihiro Hosokawa was born in Tokyo as the eldest grandson of Moritatsu, 3rd Marquess Hosokawa, and the 16th Head of the Hosokawa clan. His maternal grandfather is the pre-war prime minister Prince Fumimaro Konoe.[2] As a great-great-grandson of Prince Kuni Asahiko, he is a third cousin of the present Emperor, Naruhito.[3] He is also a descendant of Christian heroine Gracia Hosokawa.[4]

Hosokawa received his LL.B. degree from Sophia University in 1961. After working for the newspaper _Asahi Shimbun_ as journalist for five years, he made an unsuccessful run in the 1969 general election. He was elected to the House of Councillors of Japan as an LDP representative of Kumamoto Prefecture in 1971, with his campaign funded by party boss Kakuei Tanaka.[5]

After serving two terms in the National Diet, he left in 1983 to become the governor of Kumamoto, where he served until 1991. During his term as governor, he complained about the powerful bureaucracy of the central government. Hosokawa pursued an aggressive economic policy and strengthened environmental laws.[6] In May 1992, an ongoing campaign contribution scandal inspired him to form the reformist Japan New Party (JNP), which won four seats (one of which Hosokawa assumed) in the 1992 House of Councillors election.[7]

Prime minister

[Morihiro Hosokawa (at the United Nations General Assembly on September 27, 1993)] In the July 1993 general election, in a change very few had foreseen even a year earlier, the LDP lost its majority in the Diet for the first time in thirty-eight years, winning only 223 out of 511 seats in the House of Representatives. The previous LDP government of Kiichi Miyazawa was replaced by an eight-party coalition government which promised a series of social, political, and economic reforms. Excluding the JCP, the coalition was backed by all of the former opposition parties, which included the newly formed JNP, the Japan Socialist Party, the Japan Renewal Party (Shinseito), Komeito, the Democratic Socialist Party, the Socialist Democratic Federation, the RENGO and the New Party Sakigake, who together controlled 243 seats in the House of Representatives. Hosokawa, one of the major voices in forming the coalition, was chosen as the new Prime Minister.

Walter Mondale, then the US ambassador to Japan, characterized Hosokawa as having a “Kennedy-esque” ability to focus on ideals; nonetheless, Hosokawa's coalition had no common ideas other than their opposition to the LDP, which undermined Hosokawa throughout his term as prime minister. He was also at odds with Japan's bureaucracy, which he sought to reform after decades of bureaucratic entrenchment under the LDP.[8]

Foreign policy

[with Boris Yeltsin, Hirohisa Fujii and Masayoshi Takemura (in Tōkyō on October, 1993)] [with Li Peng (in China on March, 1994)] Hosokawa made several unprecedented moves toward atonement with Japan's Asian neighbors during his term as prime minister. In his first news conference in office, he made an unprecedented statement acknowledging that Japan waged a war of aggression in World War II.

He later said: “You can obviously define 'aggression' in any number of ways, depending on context. But if you have any common sense, you just cannot say in good conscience that Japan was not the aggressor when Japan did in fact cause tremendous anguish and loss of life in China, Korea and Southeast Asian nations in order to protect its own interests. I knew my opinion was going to invite heated controversy.”[9]

On 6 November 1993, he visited South Korea, where he had a summit with President Kim Young-sam in Gyeongju and again offered a clear apology to the Korean people for Japan's actions in the war, statements which were widely applauded in Korea. Hosokawa viewed the Japanese annexation of Korea as wrong and rejected the common view in Japan that it was with Korea's consent and was beneficial to Korea.[10] On 19 March 1994, he visited China, and the two governments signed an agreement of cooperation in environmental protection.

In May 1994, right-wing extremist Masakatsu Nozoe fired a gunshot into the ceiling of a Tokyo hotel where Hosokawa was giving a speech, in apparent protest at Hosokawa's statements.[11]

Hosokawa's acts toward China and Korea inspired Russian president Boris Yeltsin to apologize to Hosokawa for the Soviet detention of Japanese prisoners of war in Siberia. Hosokawa later speculated that if both men had remained in office longer Russian-Japanese relations would have improved significantly.[12] Hosokawa also had a good personal relationship with Bill Clinton, but trade disputes between Japan and the United States dominated US-Japan relations during Hosokawa's tenure.[13]

Domestic policy

The Hosokawa government pushed for changes to Japanese election laws intended to fight political corruption, including elimination of corporate political donations to individual candidates and a redrawing of the electoral system, both intended to prevent the LDP from continuing to employ its past electoral practices. After an extended legislative fight, the LDP was able to force several concessions to maintain their advantage, retaining corporate political donations with a cap, while pushing back on some more radical changes to the electoral map and ensuring that most candidates would keep essentially the same seats in the next election.[14] These compromises had a negative impact on the public approval of the Hosokawa coalition.[15]

A law of December 1993 amending the Basic Law on measures for physically and mentally disabled persons of 1970 aimed to promote the independence of disabled people and their participation in activities in any field such as culture, the economy, and community affairs. Amendments made to regulations under the Industrial Safety and Health Law of 1972 on 30 March 1994 included accidents involving the collapsing of cranes and breaking of wires that needed to be reported to the authorities.[16] On 1 April 1994, a 40-hour workweek was introduced.[17]

Hosokawa also enacted cuts in income and resident taxes, intended to help Japan out of the recession that had followed the Japanese asset price bubble of the late 1980s and early 1990s. After pressure from the finance ministry, the government compensated for these cuts by announcing an increase in the consumption tax from 3% to 7%, effective from 1997. The move was controversial within the cabinet, as Ichiro Ozawa favored a 10% rate while the Japan Socialist Party would not agree to an increase. Hosokawa announced the increase but retracted the announcement the next day, leaving the tax at 3%. The government's response to the issue weakened its hold on power and was said to hasten its demise. The tax was eventually increased to 5% in 1997 by LDP Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto.[18][19][20]

Resignation

Hosokawa was forced to resign in April 1994 after it came to light that he had accepted a 100-million-yen loan from a trucking company previously accused of bribery and links to organized crime. Amid allegations of bribery, Hosokawa argued that the money was a loan and produced a receipt to show that he had paid it back; LDP members passed around a copy remarking that it looked like a sloppy fake. Although Hosokawa still had high public approval at the time, opinion was growing that he could not meet the expectations set at the start of his term.[21]

Hosokawa's resignation was abrupt and led to a number of frenzied meetings aimed at saving the coalition, which was torn between the rival camps of Ichiro Ozawa and Masayoshi Takemura.[22] After his resignation, the coalition was taken over by the Shinseito president Tsutomu Hata.

Cabinet

The Hosokawa cabinet was a product of his multi-party coalition but was dominated by individuals viewed as conservatives. Its key ministers were members of the Shinseito party led by Ichiro Ozawa. Hosokawa's own Japan New Party had no other representatives in the cabinet.[23]

[with the Ministers of Hosokawa Government (at the garden of the Prime Minister's Official Residence on August 9, 1993)]

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| Chief Cabinet Secretary           | Masayoshi Takemura (Sakigake)     |
+===================================+===================================+
| Foreign Affairs                   | Tsutomu Hata (Shinseito)          |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Justice                           | Akira Mikazuki (non-affiliated)   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Finance                           | Hirohisa Fujii (Shinseito)        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Education                         | Yoko Akamatsu (non-affiliated)    |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Health and Welfare                | Keigo Ouchi (Democratic           |
|                                   | Socialist)                        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Labor                             | Chikara Sakaguchi (Komeito)       |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Agriculture, Forestry and         | Eijiro Hata (Shinseito)           |
| Fisheries                         |                                   |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| International Trade and Industry  | Hiroshi Kumagai (Shinseito)       |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Transport                         | Shigeru Ito (Socialist)           |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Construction                      | Kozo Igarashi (Socialist)         |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Home Affairs and National Public  | Kanju Sato (Socialist)            |
| Safety Commission                 |                                   |
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| Posts and Telecommunications      | Takenori Kanzaki (Komeito)        |
+-----------------------------------+-----------------------------------+
| Management and Coordination       | Koshiro Ishida (Komeito)          |
| Agency                            |                                   |
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| Japan Defense Agency              | Hiroyoshi Nakanishi (Shinseito)   |
|                                   | until 1 December 1993             |
|                                   | Kazuo Aichi (Shinseito) after 2   |
|                                   | December 1993                     |
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| Hokkaido and Okinawa Development, | Kosuke Uehara (Socialist)         |
| National Land Agency              |                                   |
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| Economic Planning Agency          | Manae Kubota (Socialist)          |
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| Environment                       | Wakako Hironaka (Komeito)         |
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| Council for Science and           | Satsuki Eda (Democratic           |
| Technology Policy                 | Socialist)                        |
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| Minister of State                 | Sadao Yamahana (Socialist)        |
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: Cabinet of Morihiro Hosokawa

Later political life

Hosokawa joined the New Frontier Party in 1994 but, following further disputes with Ichiro Ozawa, left in 1997 with four other legislators who formed the short-lived From Five party. In 1998, From Five merged into the Good Governance Party, which itself merged into the Democratic Party of Japan (DPJ) later that year.

After the LDP returned to power in 1994, Hosokawa teamed up with Junichiro Koizumi of the LDP and Shusei Tanaka of New Party Sakigake in a strategic dialogue across party lines regarding Japan becoming a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council. Although this idea was not popular within the LDP and never came to fruition, Hosokawa and Koizumi maintained a close working relationship in subsequent years. Hosokawa tacitly served as Koizumi's personal envoy to China at times of strained Sino-Japanese relations during Koizumi's term as prime minister from 2001 to 2006.[24]

Hosokawa retired from politics in 1998 at the age of 60. In his retirement, he took up pottery, studying intensively for 18 months under pottery master Shiro Tsujimura.[25] Hosokawa's pottery has been exhibited in Japan and Europe.[26] He uses his pottery for tea ceremonies at a tea house originally constructed for a visit by Jacques Chirac, which was cancelled due to the outbreak of the Iraq War.[27] He is also a special consultant to _The Japan Times_. Upon his father's death in 2005, Hosokawa succeeded him as the head of the Hosokawa family.

Tokyo gubernatorial bid

[Hosokawa campaigning (at Takadanobaba Station on February 7, 2014)] In 2014, at the age of 75, Hosokawa was approached by the DPJ to run in the Tokyo gubernatorial election. Although Hosokawa initially turned down their request, former Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi encouraged him to run for the primary purpose of gathering public opposition to Prime Minister Shinzō Abe's pro-nuclear policies, and Hosokawa again considered running for the office. This was initially perceived as a blow to Yōichi Masuzoe, the LDP-supported candidate who was also supported by elements within the DPJ and who had previously been considered the lone front-runner in the race;[28] the race between Masuzoe and Hosokawa became widely dubbed as a “proxy contest” between Abe and Koizumi.[29]

Hosokawa announced his candidacy alongside Koizumi on January 14.[30] His campaign was supported by several key members of his 1993-94 coalition: Banri Kaieda and Ichirō Ozawa, who had since become the heads of the Democratic Party of Japan and People's Life Party respectively, threw their support behind Hosokawa, while Shusei Tanaka and Yoriko Madoka were enlisted as his policy advisors.[31]

During his campaign, Hosokawa criticized the Abe government's nuclear policy, stating: “Tokyo is shoving nuclear power plants and nuclear waste to other regions, while enjoying the convenience (of electricity) as a big consumer.” He also criticized Abe's foreign policy in the run-up to the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, questioning “whether pugnacious diplomacy will help the festival of peace to be held smoothly.”[32]

Hosokawa failed to gain momentum and trailed behind Masuzoe in the polls through the final week of the campaign, with only a 30–40% support rating within the DPJ and PLP and particularly low support among women.[33] Masuzoe was declared the winner in exit polls shortly after voting ended on February 9, but Hosokawa vowed to continue anti-nuclear advocacy.[34]

Personal life

Hosokawa lives in Yugawara, Kanagawa.[35] His wife, Kayoko Hosokawa, to whom he has been married since 23 October 1971, served as honorary chair of the Special Olympics Nippon Foundation and headed NPOs devoted to providing vaccines to children in developing nations and helping the intellectually disabled.[36] He and Kayoko have three children: Morimitsu, Satoko and Yūko.[37]

Ancestry

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Patrilineal descent

Hosokawa's patriline is the line from which he is descended father to son.

1.  Descent prior to Keitai is unclear to modern historians, but traditionally traced back patrilineally to Emperor Jimmu
2.  Emperor Keitai, ca. 450–534
3.  Emperor Kinmei, 509–571
4.  Emperor Bidatsu, 538–585
5.  Prince Oshisaka, ca. 556–???
6.  Emperor Jomei, 593–641
7.  Emperor Tenji, 626–671
8.  Prince Shiki, ???–716
9.  Emperor Kōnin, 709–786
10. Emperor Kanmu, 737–806
11. Emperor Saga, 786–842
12. Emperor Ninmyō, 810–850
13. Emperor Montoku 826-858
14. Emperor Seiwa, 850-881
15. Prince Sadazumi, 873-916
16. Minamoto no Tsunemoto, d. 961
17. Minamoto no Mitsunaka, 912-997
18. Minamoto no Yorinobu, 968-1048
19. Minamoto no Yoriyoshi, 988-1075
20. Minamoto no Yoshiie, 1039-1106
21. Minamoto no Yoshikuni, 1091-1155
22. Minamoto no Yoshiyasu, 1127-1157
23. Minamoto no Yoshikiyo, d. 1183
24. Hirosawa Yoshizane
25. Hosokawa Yoshisue
26. Hosokawa Yoshitoshi
27. Hosokawa Toshiuji
28. Hosokawa Kimiyori
29. Hosokawa Yoriharu, 1304-1352
30. Hosokawa Yoriari, 1332-1391
31. Hosokawa Yorinaga, 1375-1411
32. Hosokawa Mochiari, 1395-1438
33. Hosokawa Tsuneari, 1424-1480
34. Hosokawa Motoari, 1459-1500
35. Mitsubuchi Harukazu, 1500-1570
36. Hosokawa Fujitaka, 1534-1610
37. Hosokawa Tadaoki, 1563-1646
38. Hosokawa Tatsutaka, 1615-1645
39. Hosokawa Yukitaka, 1637-1690
40. Hosokawa Aritaka, 1676-1733
41. Hosokawa Okinari, 1699-1737
42. Hosokawa Okinori, 1723-1785
43. Hosokawa Tatsuhiro, 1754-1835
44. Hosokawa Tatsuyuki,1784-1818
45. Hosokawa Narimori, 1804-1860
46. Hosokawa Morihisa, 1839-1893
47. Moritatsu Hosokawa, 1883-1970
48. Morisada Hosokawa, 1912-2005
49. MORIHIRO HOSOKAWA, born 1938

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title: Morihiro Hosokawa

question: What event may have influenced Hosokawa's decision to advocate against nuclear power?

answer: While not mentioned in the article, it would be reasonable to infer that he was influenced by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster in 2011

question: Summarize why Hosokawa resigned from his position as Prime Minister.

answer: It was revealed that he accepted a 100-million yen loan from a company which had been accused of bribery and links to organized crime. Hosokawa claimed he had paid off the loan, but the opposition party claimed his receipt was a fake, causing him to resign abruptly


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His seventeenth birthday was coming soon. That meant it was almost the tenth anniversary of his first day in the mine.  He was seven the first time he plunged into the darkness. The company needed small bodies that could crawl into tiny compartments and plant dynamite. The boy would do this for six years. Malfunctioning dynamite and tunnel collapses had taken most of his friends. But not him. They told him he was lucky.

On his thirteenth birthday, the boy was old enough to dig and run machinery. He would do this until he died. Many of the other workers his age were maimed or malformed from their years in the tunnels. But not him. They told him he was lucky.

The darkness followed him outside of the mineshaft. The blackness of the coal mine was permanently sunken into his clothes and skin. At night he would cough blackness out of his lungs. Black lung killed dozens every year. But not him. They told him he was lucky.

It was by chance that the boy remembered his approaching birthday. Alone in the shaft, driving his pick into the wall, lost in monotony, he happened upon the thought. At that same moment, he saw a sparkle in the ground. His lamp had given out and he was relying on natural light coming from the shaft exit just overhead. The boy leaned over and looked at the mysterious object. He had never seen a diamond before. All the same, he was hypnotized by its beauty in the blackness of the mine. He felt blessed to see such a beautiful object. Perhaps he was lucky after all.

The boy wrapped his fingers around the object and pulled it from the dirt. Suddenly, the floor gave out below him.  No one had discovered the cavern underneath the tunnel.  He didn't remember screaming as he plunged deeper into the blackness.  The boy landed on his back and felt the wind leave his lungs. He was so far from the light. He knew he would die.  But he did not despair.  As he lay on his back, staring at the small light above him, all he could do was laugh.  He never had to return to the mine again.  He was finally free. For the first time in his life, the boy felt lucky.

title: (Feedback) (<400 words) The Lucky and the Living

question: Why was the boy considered lucky?

answer: He was the only miner who did not die from tunnel collapses, from black lung nor malformations.

question: How did the boy die?

answer: Presumably, when the floor below his gave out and plunged deeper into the blackness.

question: When did the boy finally feel lucky?

answer: He felt blessed when he found a diamond for the first time.

question: When did the boy die?

answer: Presumably before his 17th birthday, almost 10 years after his first day in the mine.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: The boy was only seven years old when he first plunged into the darkness of the mine. The company needed small bodies that could crawl into tiny spaces and plant dynamite. He was considered lucky since most other miners died of tunnel collapses, black lung or malformations. It wasn't until the floor below the boy gave out, plunging deeper into the darkness that he felt lucky. He wouldn't have to return to the mine again, as he would die. He felt free.


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ROY G. GERONEMUS (born March 5, 1953) is an American dermatologist in the field of laser treatment of skin disorders.

Career

Geronemus is the director of the Laser & Skin Surgery Center of New York.[1] He is also Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the New York University Medical Center.

Geronemus has contributed to the clinical development of laser and technology systems for devices for the treatment of skin problems including the pulsed dye laser[2] and the Picosecond laser.[3]

Geronemus' publications have covered treatments for port wine stains,[4][5][6] hemangiomas,[7][8][9] sun damaged skin, wrinkles, telangiectases, birthmarks,[10] skin laxity,[11][12] hair removal, tattoo removal[13] and Nevus of Ota removal.[14][15] Geronemus has advocated the early intervention of vascular birthmarks, encouraging treatment during early infancy.[16]

Awards and service

Geronemus is a past President of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery and the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery.[17]

Geronemus received the 2001 Ellet Drake Memorial Award from the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery.[18]

He received the 2013 Samuel J. Stegman Award for Distinguished Service by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.[19]

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[4] Kauvar A, Geronemus R. “Pulsed dye laser therapy of resistant port-wine stains.” _Dermatol Surg._1995;21:515-21.

[5] Lou W, Geronemus R. “Treatment of port-wine stains by variable pulse width pulsed dye laser with cryogen spray: a preliminary study.” _Dermatol Surg._2001;27:963-5

[6] Geronemus R, Lou W, Quintana A, Kauvar A. “High fluence modified pulsed dye laser photocoagulation with dynamic cooling of port wine stains in infancy.” _Arch Dermatol._2000;136:942-3.

[7] Reddy KK, Blei F, Brauer JA, Waner M, Berstein L, Brightman LA, Hale EK, Karen JK, Weiss ET, Geronemus RG. “Infantile hemangiomas treated with a combination of propranolol and pulsed dye laser.” _Lasers Surg Med._2012;44(S24):3-4.

[8] Geronemus RG, Hunzeker CM. “Letter regarding early laser treatment of periorbital infantile hemangiomas may work, but is it really the best treatment option?” _Dermatol Surg._ 2010; 36(9):1495-97.

[9] Geronemus RG. “Pulsed dye laser treatment of vascular lesions in children.” _J Dermatol Surg Oncol._1993 Apr;19(4):303-10.

[10] Waldorf HA, Kauvar AN, Geronemus RG. “Treatment of small and medium congenital nevi with the Q-switched ruby laser.” _Arch Dermatol._1996 Mar;132(3):301-4.

[11] Brightman LA, Brauer J, Geronemus RG, Karen J, Hale E, Bernstein L, Weiss ET, Anolik R, Reddy K. Abstract of “3-dimensional evaluation of a minimally invasive fractional bipolar radiofrequency device for lifting and volumizing of the face.” _Lasers Surg Med._ 2012; 44(S24):12-3.

[12] Brightman L, Weiss E, Chapas A, Karen J, Hale E, Bernstein L, Geronemus RG. “Improvement in arm and post-partum abdominal and flank subcutaneous fat deposits and skin laxity using a bipolar radiofrequency, infrared, vacuum and mechanical massage device.” _Lasers Surg Med._2009;41:791-8.

[13] Brauer JA, Reddy KK, Anolik R, Weiss ET, Karen JK, Hale EK, Brightman LA, Bernstein L, Geronemus RG. “Successful and rapid treatment of blue and green tattoo pigment with a novel picosecond laser.” _Arch Dermatol._ 2012 Jul;148(7):820-3.

[14] Landau JM, Vergilis-Kalner I, Goldberg LH, Geronemus RG, Friedman PM. “Treatment of Nevus of Ota in Fitzpatrick skin type VI with the 1064-nm QS Nd:YAG laser.” _Lasers Surg Med._ 2011 Feb; 43(2):65-7.

[15] Geronemus RG. “Q-switched Ruby Laser Therapy of Nevus of Ota.” _Arch Dermatol._ 1992 Dec; 128(12):1618-22.

[16] Chapas AM, Eickhorst K, Geronemus RG. “Efficacy of early treatment of facial port-wine stains in newborns: A review of 49 Cases.” _Lasers Surg Med._ 2007 Aug;39(7):563-8

[17] Roy Geronemus, Chairman of the Board of NYSCF, profile at the New York Stem Cell Foundation. Accessed 2020-08-20.

[18] Ellet H. Drake Memorial Award, American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. Accessed 2020-08-18

[19] SAMUEL J. STEGMAN, MD, AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE, American Society for Dermatologic Surgery. Accessed 2020-08-18.

title: Roy Geronemus

question: Summarize Geronemus' awards.

answer: Geronemus is a past President of the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery, and the American Society for Laser Medicine and Surgery. He received the 2001 Ellet Drake Memorial Award, from the American society of Laser Medicine and Surgery. He also received the 2013 Samuel J. Stegman Award for Distinguished Service by the American Society for Dermatologic Surgery.

question: Summarize Geronemus' career.

answer: Geronemus is the director of Laser & Skin Care Surgery Center of New York. He is also Clinical Professor of Dermatology at the New York University Medical Center. He contributed to the development of laser and technology devices for skin problems including the pulsed dye laser and the Picosecond laser. His publications have covered treatments for port wine stains, hemangiomas, sun damaged skin, wrinkles, telangiectases, birthmarks, skin laxity, hair removal, tattoo removal, and Nevus of Ota removal. He has advocated for the early intervention of vascular birthmarks, encouraging treatment during early infancy.


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HOWARD BRENNER (16 March 1929 – 17 February 2014) was a professor emeritus of chemical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His research profoundly influenced the field of fluid dynamics, and his research contribution to fundamental principles of fluid dynamics has been deeply honored.[1] His first textbook, Low Reynolds Number Hydrodynamics (with Happel; Prentice-Hall, 1965), earned him a reputation lasting several decades.[2] His profession though fundamental research is on microfluidics, complex liquids, interfacial transport process, emulsion rheology, and multiphase flows.[3] [4]

Career

Brenner earned his bachelor's degree from Pratt Institute (1950), and his master's (1954) and DEngSc (1957) from New York University, both in chemical engineering. He has served on the chemical engineering faculties of New York University (1955–1966), Carnegie Mellon University (1966–1977), University of Rochester (1977–1981, department chair), and MIT (1981–2005). Since 1981, he was a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( William Henry Dow Professor). He was a visiting professor at the University of Minnesota, Caltech (Fairchild Scholar 1975/76, Chevron Visiting Professor 1988/89), and Technion (Visiting Professor of Mechanical Engineering 1996).

Honors and awards

He received the 2001 Fluid Dynamics Prize from the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society,[5] the 1980 Bingham Medal of the Society of Rheology and the Warren K. Lewis Award (1999) from the American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He was a member of the National Academy of Engineering (1980) and National Academy of Sciences (2000).[6] He was elected as the fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1999), the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the American Institute of Chemical Engineers.

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question: Who was Howard Brenner?

answer: a professor emeritus of chemical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

question: What is emulsion rheology?

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question: Who received the 2001 Fluid Dynamic Prize from the Division of Fluid Dynamics of the American Physical Society?

answer: Howard Brenner

question: Who received the 1980 Bingham Medal of the Society of Rheology?

answer: Howard Brenner

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Howard Brenner was a professor emeritus of chemical engineering at Massachusetts Institute of Technology.


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BISSELL PRO CYCLING TEAM, or simply BISSELL, ()[1] was an elite men's cycling team registered in the United States as a UCI Continental. The team competed on the USA Cycling National Racing Calendar and the UCI America Tour.

The team folded at the end of the 2013 season, after Bissell withdrew sponsorship for the team, and sponsored Axel Merckx's Bissell Development Team instead.[2]

Major wins

2005
    Stage 2, Tour of Southland, Karl Menzies
    Stage 5, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Richard England

2006
    [] United States National Under-23 Time Trial Championships, Brent Bookwalter
    1st [] New Zealand National Road Race Championships, Hayden Roulston
    Overall, [] New Zealand Cycle Classic, Hayden Roulston

        Stages 3, 5, 6 & 7, Hayden Roulston

    Overall, [] Tour de Vineyards, Hayden Roulston

        Stages 1, 2 & 3, Hayden Roulston

    Overall, [] Nature Valley Grand Prix, Karl Menzies

        Stage 1, Nathan O'Neill
        Stage 2, Greg Henderson
        Stage 4, Karl Menzies

    Overall, [] Tour of Southland, Hayden Roulston

        Stage 1, Hayden Roulston
        Stage 3, Greg Henderson

    Overall, [] Tour of Utah, Scott Moninger

        Stage 4, Scott Moninger

    Mount Evans Hill Climb, Scott Moninger
    Nevada City Classic, Scott Moninger
    Philadelphia International Championship, Greg Henderson
    Stage 1, Tour de Toona, Karl Menzies
    Stage 2, Herald Sun Tour, Karl Menzies
    Stage 2, Tour of the Gila, Scott Moninger
    Stage 3, Tour of the Gila, Gord Fraser
    Stage 4, Cascade Classic, Nathan O'Neill

2007
    Tour de Leelanau, Garrett Peltonen
    Chrono Champenois, Cameron Wurf
    Stage 1 & 9, Tour of Southland, Tom Zirbel
    Stage 2, Cascade Classic, Ben Jacques-Maynes
    Stage 7, Tour of Southland, Scott Zwizanski

2008
    Stage 1, Tour of Elk Grove, Tom Zirbel
    Stage 3, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Ben Jacques-Maynes
    Stage 3, Tour of the Gila, Tom Zirbel
    Stage 5, Tour of the Gila, Burke Swindlehurst
    Stage 5, Tour de Georgia, Richard England
    Stage 5, Tour of Utah, Tom Zirbel

2009
    [] New Zealand National Time Trial Championships, Jeremy Vennell
    [] Points classification, Tour of Southland, Patrick Bevin

        Stages 4 & 7, Patrick Bevin

    [Yellow-bibbed jersey] Team classification, Nature Valley Grand Prix
    [Yellow-bibbed jersey] Team classification, Tour of the Gila
    Stage 1, Cascade Cycling Classic, Ben Jacques-Maynes
    Stage 1, Tour of Elk Grove, Tom Zirbel
    Stage 3, Cascade Cycling Classic, Tom Zirbel
    1st Stage 6, Tour of Wellington, Jeremy Vennell

2010
    [] National Criterium Championships, Daniel Holloway
    [] Young rider classification, Tour of Utah, Ian Boswell
    [Yellow-bibbed jersey] Team classification, Redlands Bicycle Classic
    [Yellow-bibbed jersey] Team classification, Tour of Elk Grove
    Nevada City Classic, Ian Boswell
    Stages, 1 & 2, Tour de Vineyards, Patrick Bevin
    Stages, 2 & 3, Sea Otter Classic, Paul Mach
    Stage, 1, Sea Otter Classic, Jeremy Vennell
    Stage 1, Tour of Southland, Jeremy Vennell
    Stage 1, Tour of Elk Grove, Peter Latham

2011
    [] National Criterium Championships, Eric Young
    Overall, [] Tour de Vineyards, Patrick Bevin

        Stage 1, Patrick Bevin

    [] Mountains classification, Nature Valley Grand Prix, Kyle Wamsley
    [Yellow-bibbed jersey] Team classification, Nature Valley Grand Prix
    [Yellow-bibbed jersey] Team classification, Cascade Cycling Classic
    Prologue, Tour of Southland, Jeremy Vennell
    Stage 2, Tour of the Gila, Frank Pipp
    Stage 8, Tour of Southland, Patrick Bevin

2012
    [] Points classification, Tour of the Gila, Eric Young

        Stage 2, Eric Young

    [] Young rider classification, Cascade Cycling Classic, Carter Jones
    [] Mountains classification, Tour of Utah, Ben Jacques-Maynes
    [Yellow-bibbed jersey] Team classification, Redlands Bicycle Classic
    Univest Grand Prix, Patrick Bevin
    Stages 1, 2 &3, Redlands Bicycle Classic, Patrick Bevin
    Stages 1 & 2, Tour of Southland, Patrick Bevin
    Stage 5, Tour of Southland, Carter Jones

2013
    Overall, [] Sea Otter Classic, Kirk Carlsen

        Stage 3, Kirk Carlsen

    [] Mountains classification, Tour of California, Carter Jones
    [] Mountains classification, Tour de Beauce, Pat McCarty
    [] Mountains classification, Tour of Utah, Michael Torckler
    Stage 1, Cascade Cycling Classic, Phil Gaimon

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question: Describe some of the major wins that Bissell had.

answer: Some of the major wins that Bissell had started in 2005 when they wont the Stage 2, Tour of Southland, and Stage 5, Nature Valley Grand Prix.  Bissell had many major wins dating to 2013. This elite men's cycling team kept having major wins starting from 2005, just to show how dedicated this team was.

question: What cycling team in today's times could find the Bissell cycling team as inspiration?


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OUTER RING ROAD is a long Ring Road being constructed around the South Indian City of Erode in Tamil Nadu. It also acts as an easy roadway for connecting Namakkal district with Erode.

The state Government of Tamil Nadu has sanctioned the project in 2006, with a funding of 85 crore, with a land acquisition of 180acres. Among which, 30 crore will be given as compensation for 120 acres of private patta land.[1]

Traffic in the City

Erode city, being the district headquarters and a major marketing hub in the region, has an extensive network of radial roads originating from core city and the growth of the city is along these transport corridors. This results in the rapid increase in traffic congestion inside the core city. Also, the number of trucks entering the city is significantly high. The narrow and congested city roads does not cater to the increasing traffic needs.[2] This paved the need for developing better road infrastructure for vehicles travelling across Erode.[3]

[Schematic representation of Road network in the city of Erode]

The four-laned National Highway 544 connecting Salem with Cochin has been strategically planned and constructed along the western periphery of the city through Lakshmi Nagar, Chithode, Gangapuram and Nasiyanur areas to reach Perundurai, is a natural bypass for Erode in the west.[4] Due to the presence of this highway, the growth pattern of the city is in North-west direction.[5] Vehicles from Erode city can access this highway through the arterial roads like Sathy road, Bhavani road, Nasiyanur road and Perundurai Road. But still the traffic due to the vehicles flowing from South and East of the City makes traffic worse. So, the demand raised for the construction of Outer Ring Road for the city.

Ring formation around the city

[National Highway 544 Bypass near Chithode] The ring road around the city would be made by connecting the new ring road in south with the NH 544 bypass near Gangapuram,[6] which further connects Chithode, Bhavani and to Komarapalayam in Namakkal district. The road is expected to divert around 2200 trucks and buses away from the city roads.[7] This stretch linking Kokkarayanpet with Bhavani will make a semi-circular ring around the city.

Also, the access to the fast growing urban nodes located in the eastern side of River Kaveri like Pallipalayam, Sankagiri and Tiruchengode is limited with a single Cauvery Bridge. The Comprehensive Mobility Plan submitted by Erode Municipal Corporation suggests networking of road to these areas for better transit.[8] With the networking of these eastern areas, the ring formation would be made complete.

Phases of construction

Erode Ring Road project is being executed in two sectors.

Part-I

This southern section of the Outer Ring road starts from Kokkarayanpet in Namakkal district and ends near Nanjanapuram beyond Thindal along Perundurai Road in Erode. The road is laid for a width of 7 meters (2 lane road) with a provision of expansion for up to 30 meters. This stretch is constructed in three phases

-   Phase-I: The first phase starts at Kokkarayanpet in the east and ends near Lakkapuram along SH 84. This phase of the road has been constructed at a cost of 12 crore. This stretch includes a high-level bridge across Kaveri River and a level-crossing on Erode-Tiruchirappalli line.
-   Phase-II: The second phase of the road connects SH 84 with Anaikkalpalayam on SH 83A through 46 Pudur. This part of the road constructed at a cost of 25 crore, intersects NH-381A near Lakkapuram.
-   Phase-III: The third phase of the road connects Anaikkalapalayam along Poondurai Road with Nanjanapuram along Perundurai Road. This stretch covers a length of 7.2 km including the Railway over bridge near Jeeva Nagar. The Government sanctioned a cost of 69.3 crore and is expected to be completed during Feb-March 2017.[9]

The 7.6 km stretch of the road under phase-I & II has been opened for public to transit between Kokkarayanpet and Anaikalpalayam.[10][11] The phase-III also includes widening of the 2-lane stretch under phase-I & II into a 4-lane road of 30 meters width.[12]

Part-II

This western section of the Outer Ring road is planned to connect Perundurai Road with Bhavani Road. Initially, as per the master plan of Erode LPA drawn in 1996, it was planned to connect Palayapalayam with BP Agraharam through Soolai. Later due to growth of residential areas, it was redrawn to connect Thindal with Villarasampatti(Nasiyanur Road), Periyasemur(Sathy Road) and BP Agraharam(Bhavani Road) for 9.6 km.[13] But later, considering the increasing traffic and population in the areas of Periyasemur and BP Agraharam, the alignment has been restructured.

In 2015, the Highways department has prepared a proposal to connect Nanjanapuram near Thindal with Chithode via Nasiyanur, which will further connect Bhavani via Lakshmi Nagar.[14] The stretch between Nasiyanur-Chithode and Bhavani road is now part of the National Highway 544 Bypass.

Highways Department is awaiting the financial clearance to take up this project under TNRSP or with World Bank funding. Until execution of this Nanjanapuram-Nasiyanur section, the Highways Department has decided to widen the existing link road connecting Thindal-Villarasampatti-Periyasemur into a 4-lane INNER RING ROAD as a temporary relief.

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question: Where is the Outer Ring Road?

answer: It is around the South Indian City of Erode in Tamil Nadu.

question: Describe the traffic in Erode.

answer: There can be rapid increases in traffic congestion inside the core city, and the narrow and congested city roads don't cater to these increased traffic needs.

question: What is the ring formation around the city?

answer: The proposed ring would be made by connecting the new ring road in south with the NH 544 bypass near Gangapuram, which further connects Chithode, Bhavani and to Komarapalayam in Namakkal district. It would divert around 2200 trucks and buses away from city roads.

question: Describe Part I, Phase I.

answer: This phase starts at Kokkarayanpet and ends near Lakkapuram. The stretch includes a high-level bridge across Kaveri River and a level-crossing on Erode-Tiruchirappalli line.

question: When is the road's construction scheduled to be completed by?

answer: Part I was supposed to be completed during 2017, but its not clear when it will be totally complete.

question: What is the total funding for the road?

answer: 85 crore

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This article describes the construction plan for Outer Ring Road, a long Ring Road being constructed around the South Indian City of Erode in Tamil Nadu. The road is meant to reduce traffic congestion in the city.


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The scale of slavery in the UK is far larger than previously feared, according to figures showing that between 10,000 and 13,000 victims could be trapped.

Imprisoned domestic staff, women forced into prostitution, agricultural and factory workers and trafficked men, women and children are among those counted in analysis for the Home Office.

Data from the National Crime Agency’s Human Trafficking centre last year put the number of slaves in the UK at 2,744,the BBC reported, but the estimate for 2013 is more than quadruple that number.

It is reportedly first time the Government has made an official estimate of the scale of the crime, using statistical methodology and models to estimate a “dark figure” that may not have come to previous attention.

The Home Office told the BBC the “tentative conclusions” of its analysis is that the number of victims is higher than thought.

According to the estimate, the victims included people trafficked from more than 100 countries – most commonly Albania, Nigeria, Vietnam and Romania - as well as British-born adults and children, the BBC reported.

A 57-year-old victim, from Ireland, had secretly accessed a phone and called a charity to say she had been held against her will for decades.

Charities say modern slavery can include forced labour or bonded work, where people have to pay off debts, forced marriages, prostitution and domestic servitude.

The threat of violence against a slave or their loved ones, loss of wages or reports to authorities leading to deportation are frequently used to stop victims leaving.

A case handled by Anti-Slavery International shows how human traffickers lure victims in with the promise of lucrative jobs abroad.

A 26-year-old Lithuanian woman told the charity she saw an advert for cleaning and waitressing jobs in the UK and travelled to England with a man from the “job agency”.

Police stand guard at a property in Brixton, south London, where three women were enslaved in a house in London for 30 years

(REUTERS/Luke MacGregor)

But when she arrived her passport was confiscated and she was forced to work as a prostitute to repay the cost of her travel.

“When we arrived he took my passport away and told me I had to work as a prostitute,” she said. “He said I owed him money for the travel and I would pay him back this way.”

The latest figures come as the Modern Slavery Bill, backed by Theresa May, passes through the House of Lords.

It aims to give law enforcement agencies increased powers to tackle offenders, provide harder punishments and better support victims.

Introducing live sentences for perpetrators, it also created an independent anti-slavery commissioner, Kevin Hyland.

Theresa May, the Home Secretary, has called modern slavery "evil"

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The bill also brings in a new legal defence for victims of slavery who are forced to commit a crime and closes gaps in the law to make it easier to stop boats suspected of carrying trafficked people.

Businesses over a certain size will have to disclose what action they have taken to ensure there is no modern slavery in their business or supply chains, including sweatshops.

The Home Secretary called modern slavery an “appalling crime” that has no place in society in the UK or around the world.

“It is an affront not just to the dignity and humanity of the people crushed by it but to every one of us,” she added.

“Modern slavery is a complex problem and legislation is only part of the solution.

“It also requires tireless and coordinated effort across government and law enforcement, work with other countries to tackle the problem at source, and increased awareness within all communities, including the business community.”

question: What is the main topic of this article?

answer: The slavery in the UK is far larger than previously thought.

question: According to the article, what is considered slavery?

answer: Imprisoned domestic staff, women forced into prostitution, agricultural and factory workers, trafficked men, forced labor and bonded work, and forced marriages.

question: What is the purpose of the Modern Slavery Bill?

answer: Backed by Theresa May, the bill aims to give law enforcement agencies increased powers to tackle offenders, provide harder punishments, and provide better support to victims.

question: The Home Office estimates victims are trafficked from how many countries?

answer: Over 100 countries.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The slavery in the UK is far larger than previously thought. Backed by Theresa May, the Modern Slavery Bill aims to give law enforcement agencies increased powers to tackle offenders, provide harder punishments, and provide better support to victims.


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_ROLLERCOASTER TYCOON CLASSIC_ is a construction and management simulation video game developed by Origin8 Technologies and published by Atari. The game combines features that were first seen in _RollerCoaster Tycoon_ and _RollerCoaster Tycoon 2_, which were both amusement park management simulators created by Chris Sawyer for the PC. The game was released worldwide for iOS and Android in December 2016, while a version for Microsoft Windows and macOS was released in September 2017.

Gameplay

_Classic_ implements the same gameplay as the first two games in the _RollerCoaster Tycoon_ series. Played from an isometric view, players are tasked with building or revitalizing an amusement park by adding rides, attractions, facilities, paths, landscaping, and staff to manage the park. In particular, the game allows players to plan out a wide array of custom roller coasters and other rides using tracks, such as log flumes and go-karts. The player also must manage the park's finances to make sure they bring in sufficient revenues from guests to cover the cost of running the park and installing new features.

Development

Chris Sawyer had developed the original _RollerCoaster Tycoon_ and its sequel _RollerCoaster Tycoon 2_, which released respectively in 1999 and 2002. The games had come out of his work developing a sequel to _Transport Tycoon_, which he released in 1994.[1] Sawyer allowed Frontier Developments to develop _RollerCoaster Tycoon 3_ while he worked on _Locomotion_, a 2004 spiritual successor to _Transport Tycoon_.[2] Following this release, Sawyer had appeared to disappear from the games industry; according to Sawyer in a 2016 interview, he took this absence in part over the legal difficulties he had over securing unpaid royalties from Atari, whom had acquired the rights to publish the _RollerCoaster Tycoon_ series through Infogrames' purchase of Hasbro Interactive. He also stated that he was disappointed with the state of video games during this period which focused too much on violence.[3]

Sawyer re-emerged in 2010 with the opening of 31X Ltd. a holding company for his _Transport Tycoon_ intellectual property. However, he saw there was interest in a mobile version of this game, and took 31X in a direction towards mobile development.[4] In 2013, he announced the mobile version of _Transport Tycoon_, developed with Origin8. With Origin8's help, Sawyer was able to convert the original _Transport Tycoon_ code from a form that relied heavily on assembly code to transfer it into a more portable form.[5] The title was released in late 2013. He considered the mobile release of _Transport Tycoon_ a success, and that Origin8 was willing to continue to help port _RollerCoaster Tycoon_ into a similar mobile format. Sawyer also recognized that there was a demand for a game that used the more simple controls and graphics offered in the original _Tycoon_ games, which worked well for mobile and touch-screen devices.[6]

In March 2016, Sawyer affirmed he had started work on _RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic_ with Origin8, to be released for mobile devices.[7] As with the rework of _Transport Tycoon_, this required Sawyer and Origin8 to rework the assembly code from _RollerCoaster Tycoon 2_ into C. They were also able to add new elements to the game during this period.[8]

The game was released for both Android and iOS devices on December 22, 2016.[9][10] On that same day, Sawyer released a statement explaining his reason for developing the game: “It was my long term ambition to bring the classic game to modern touch screen devices as its visual style and tactile nature are so well suited to smartphones and tablets.” Meanwhile, the CEO of Atari stated that the game should appeal to both long-time fans, as well as new players.[11]

A Microsoft Windows and macOS port of the game was released on September 28, 2017.[12][13]

Reception

Bob Fekete of _iDigitalTimes_ praised the game for faithfully porting the original games on mobile devices for a low price tag, but criticized the game's “cramped” feel and occasionally low framerates.[14]

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question: What type of game is RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic?

answer: A construction and management simulation video game

question: What company developed RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic?

answer: Origin8 Technologies

question: What platforms is RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic available on?

answer: iOS, Android, Microsoft Windows, and macOS

question: When was RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic released?

answer: The mobile versions were released in December 2016 while the desktop versions were released in September 2017.

question: Describe the sales for RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic.

answer: That information can't be found.

question: What was Bob Fekete's opinion of the game?

answer: He praised the game for failthfully porting the originals to mobile devices but criticized the "cramped" feel and occasionally low framerates.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: RollerCoaster Tycoon Classic is a construction and management simulation video game released for iOS and Android in 2016 and macOS and Microsoft Windows in 2017. The game combines elements of the first two games in the series, RollerCoaster Tycoon and RollerCoaster Tycoon 2.


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WASHINGTON — With President Donald Trump’s approval ratings below 50 percent and control of the U.S. House at stake, Republicans are being forced to spend money and time trying to hold two Ohio seats they normally would not have to worry about.

Although the GOP is favored to retain control of the 12th Congressional District seat, left vacant by the retirement of Rep. Pat Tiberi, and the 1st Congressional District slot held by Steve Chabot, political analysts say it will be nearly impossible for the Republicans to retain control of the House if they lose either post.

Because the president’s party traditionally loses seats in off-year elections, Democrats are increasingly confident that Trump’s tariffs-on, tariffs-off decisions on trade, blended with an ongoing investigation into his 2016 campaign, will make it easier for them to win the 23 seats needed to take the House for the first time since 2010.

In addition, national Democrats are kicking the tires on another campaign in northeast Ohio where Rep. Bob Gibbs, R-Lakeville, is fending off an aggressive challenge from Democrat Ken Harbaugh.

>> Join the conversation at Facebook.com/dispatchpolitics and connect with us on Twitter @OhioPoliticsNow

“If the Democrats netted a seat in Ohio, it probably is suggestive they are winning the House,” said Kyle Kondik, managing editor of a major political website at the University of Virginia’s Center for Politics. “The Democrats can win the House without winning any seats in Ohio.”

Rep. Tim Ryan, D-Niles, who has been campaigning for Democratic candidates, said, “We literally may have three shots in Ohio."

To Republicans, Democrats are engaged in wishful thinking. The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office projects the economy will expand at a brisk 3 percent this year, while Ohio’s unemployment rate has tumbled to 4.3 percent with non-farm payrolls at 5.52 million, compared to 5.2 million during the depths of the 2008 recession.

While Trump is unpopular in a number of states, internal polls suggest his approval rating in Ohio has been steady at 46 percent. Ohio Republicans were careful in 2011 to draw congressional districts favorable to their candidates, which makes it difficult for Democrat Susan Moran Palmer to defeat Republican Anthony Gonzalez in the northeast Ohio seat left vacant when Republican Congressman Jim Renacci of Wadsworth decided to run for the U.S. Senate.

“We’re talking about seats which are reliably Republican, and Ohio is seemingly handling Trump’s America with fewer speed bumps than most other states,” said Jeff Sadosky, a Republican consultant in Washington.

Corry Bliss, who directs a political action committee helping Republican House candidates, said “there’s a better chance of (former Gov. Ted Strickland) coming out of retirement and winning a statewide race than us losing any of those seats. I hope the Democrats spend all their money in Ohio.”

Yet, privately, GOP officials acknowledge their party is facing the type of turbulence that often leads to major political defeats. No fewer than 48 House Republicans, including Speaker Paul Ryan of Wisconsin, will not seek re-election, a sure sign they believe their prospects of holding the House are gloomy.

In addition, Chabot and Republican Troy Balderson, who is running for the Tiberi seat, are competing in districts that are home to large numbers of suburbanites, many of whom are women and object to Trump’s style.

The GOP also has to contend with special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into whether the Trump campaign in 2016 colluded with Russian officials to damage Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton’s campaign.

“The map Republicans drew can hold up in good years for their party, but it may be under stress when there is an unpopular president,” said David Wasserman, a congressional analyst for the nonpartisan Cook Political Report in Washington.

To counter potential losses, Republicans sent Ryan into Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati last week to raise money for Republican candidates. He took in about $700,000. Ryan and Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, hosted a $2,700 per person fundraiser Wednesday for Balderson at a lobbyist's home in Dublin.

They also argue the 10-year, $1.5 trillion tax cut Trump signed last year will prove a political plus, with Sadosky saying that “if Republicans can effectively make a case on it and not have their message diluted by the tweet of the day, there is real upside.”

Tim Ryan dismissed the GOP optimism as nonsense. “We’re moving into a newer era of what a good economy means. The question is a good economy for whom? ... It’s not just about employment. It’s about wages, pensions and security. I see it every day. The anxiety is still there.”

A key race to watch is between Gibbs and Harbaugh in the 7th Congressional District, which includes Ashland, Tuscarawas and Holmes counties and part of Stark and Lorain counties. Although Wasserman said “we don’t currently see the Gibbs seat as competitive,” other analysts warn that if a major anti-Trump wave develops, Gibbs could lose.

“To me, the 12th and the 1st clearly stand out, and if I would list a third, it would be the 7th because Harbaugh is running a credible race even though the district is really Republican,” Kondik said.

Jessica Wehrman of the Dispatch Washington Bureau contributed to this story.

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question: Why might the POTUS' party typically lose House seats in non-election years?

answer: Maybe constituents see it as an opportunity to vote in their interest if their preferred candidate lost.

question: Why might it be important to get predictions from a nonpartisan agency?

answer: They are not inherently biased in their reasons for reporting figures.

question: Why might women "object to Trump's style"?

answer: He can be seen as a womanizing businessman more interested in wealth than he is human rights, who also has a dismal track record of supporting women.

question: What is one reason the fiscally conservative might argue against national spending in the favor and interest of social welfare programs?

answer: The wealthy consider the maintenance and retention of assets to be an imperative part of retaining a stable economic infrastructure.