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I've been a long time lurker but haven't made an account until now. I got bored over Spring Break and wrote this, feedback is appreciated.

*Michael*

“Turn right on East 42nd Street.”

“Yeah, yeah, I got it.” Michael Dunham had moved about a month ago, but he still wasn’t comfortable driving without a GPS. He took a right turn as instructed, the fire department building coming into sight. Michael let out a small sigh before pulling in and climbing out of his car. He felt too tired to work, but that was the problem with being a firefighter- one minute you’re relaxing, the next you’re sliding down a pole and speeding off to some emergency. Michael just hoped he wouldn’t be called in too early.

“Hey, Mike,” greeted his friend Andrew. He was a pretty friendly person in Michael’s opinion, but he never spent enough time with him to know anything about the man. “You feeling okay? You don’t look so great.”

“Huh? Yeah, I’m fine. Just… fine…” Michael trailed off. He was doing everything he could not to fall asleep standing up. He couldn’t figure out why he was so tired. He’d gone to bed early, woke up at a reasonable hour… maybe it was that cold that was going around. Regardless, Michael slowly treaded through the department and upstairs, to the beds. Plopping down onto his own, he closed his eyes for a moment. Still, he knew that he had to be prepared for anything, so he took a few minutes to change into his uniform and set his equipment beside the bed. As soon as he lay back down, however, he was fast asleep.

Michael awoke to the sound of a blaring siren and shuffling feet. He felt somewhat well rested, but remained hazy and groggy. He grabbed his gear, stomping along with the rest of the men. He grabbed the fire pole with both hands, quickly sliding down. Seeing Andrew behind the wheel of a truck, he ran to the passenger side and leapt in. “We got a Class A fire at some Cul-De-Sac on Lincoln Avenue,” said Andrew. Class A meant a standard fire from wood, paper, fabric or plastic. Someone might have knocked over a candle or something, but it shouldn’t be too bad.

As they drove, some other information came from the radio. The fire didn’t sound very dangerous, until Michael heard that the family was trapped inside. Some of the ceiling had collapsed due to years of unknown wear, and the main door was blocked. Even worse, the home had those old picture windows, the ones that didn’t open. As the truck eventually pulled up to the home, Andrew ran out and attached a fire hose to a nearby hydrant, beginning to spray down the fire. Michael was preparing to run in and save the family, when he noticed an empty gas can near a vehicle on the house’s driveway. The contents of the can had spilled all over the ground. “Wait!” yelled Michael.

“What is it Mike, we don’t have time for this!” replied Andrew.

“There’s an open gas can, this isn’t a Class A fire!” screamed Michael.

Andrew had a look of horror on his face. He turned to the other firefighters, relaying this information. Michael knew what this all meant. With things like gasoline and liquid fires, spraying it with water only causes the fuel to scatter and spread flames. Now Michael really had to get in and help those people. He strapped on his SCBA (gasmask), grabbed his fire axe, and sprinted into the home. He quickly navigated through the rubble, listening for any coughing or yelling. “Help!” screamed a young woman, her leg trapped by a large wooden plank. Michael knelt down, grabbing the plank with both arms and lifting. It began to rise, but then the wave of tiredness struck Michael again. He couldn’t find the strength to pull the plank off. He tried over and over again, but was startled by a large rumbling from the roof. He looked up to see something falling, and before he could act he completely blacked out.

“Mike… hey, Mike?”

“Michael! Wake up!”

“Mike! Come on, man!”

“I’m up, I’m up,” Michael coughed.

“Hey, man… you survived.” Andrew said to Michael, giving him a pat on the back.

“The… family?” asked Michael.

Andrew just gave him a frown. “They, uh… We were able to get you out, but the girl had been crushed. The rest of the family couldn’t get out before a whole section of the house collapsed.”

Michael stayed silent, but he began to sob.

PATIENT NOTES

MICHAEL JAMES DUNHAM

GENDER: Male

AGE: 31

HEIGHT: 5’10

WEIGHT: 183 lb.

STATUS: Mentally Unstable

Michael is a firefighter who was injured on-duty. He attempted to save a trapped woman whose leg was caught. He was then sent unconscious as some falling rubble hit him and the woman. Michael was saved but the girl and family inside the house were not.

Michael has become a very silent and reserved person, only speaking when I initiate conversation. He is shortening his sentences to only say what needs to be stated. He does not appear to be showering, shaving, or showing any regard for his own personal hygiene.

Michael has shown signs of extreme depression and thoughts of suicide. He continues to tell me that if he is ever going to end his own life, he is going to jump off his own fire department’s building. I have prescribed anti-depressant medication, but it seems to be having no effect.
In short, it would be advised to keep an eye on Michael, especially late at night, when it seems his suicidal tendencies spike. Do not let him operate vehicles or machinery after 10 P.M. unless it is a critical emergency.

-Dr. Ethan McCreary

Michael slowly climbed out of bed, looking at the clock. 11:30 P.M, it read. He remained silent, sauntering out of his bedroom. He moved to the front door, grabbing his car keys and stepping outside. Getting into his vehicle, he turned on the GPS and began speeding off.

“Turn right on East 42nd Street.”

title: [RF] Michael

question: What does the story say about Class B fires?

question: What does the story say about how Michael was feeling the day they responded to the fire on Lincoln Avenue?

answer: Michael felt too tired to work as he got out of his car and hoped he wouldn't be called in too early. He tried hard not to fall asleep standing up and couldn't figure out why he was so tired. He'd gone to bed early and woke up at a reasonable hour, so he thought maybe he had caught a cold. Michael was lethargic and plopped down on his bed at the station, falling asleep instantly. He woke up a little refreshed, but remained hazy, groggy, and had no strength to lift the plank off the trapped young woman in the burning house.

question: What does the story say about the fire Michael and the other firefighters responded to?

answer: The fire was reported as a Class A fire at a Cul-De-Sac on Lincoln Avenue. In firefighting, "Class A" meant a standard fire from wood, paper, plastic, or fabric. They initially thought someone may have knocked over a candle, but the fire shouldn't be too bad until Michael heard that the family was trapped inside. When the team of firefighters got to the house, Michael noticed an empty gas can near a vehicle on the house's driveway. With the gas can's contents spilled all over the ground, the fire wasn't a Class A anymore, and spraying it with water was just going to cause the fuel to scatter, spreading the flames.

question: What does the story say about Michael's condition after the fire?

answer: Michael was injured in the fire but was pulled out before the house collapsed. He can't accept the fact that he failed to save the trapped girl and her family. Michael has become mentally unstable and silent, showing no regard for his personal hygiene anymore. He has shown signs of extreme depression and thoughts of suicide. Michael's anti-depressant medication isn't working and he needs to be monitored, especially at night when his suicidal tendencies spike.


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I knew the location of every gun in my father’s house. I knew the rifle, concealed innocently in a long, red case with a thick black strap that might belong to a guitar or a golf caddy, was lodged in the left-hand corner of the closet in our spare bedroom. I knew the handgun, the infamous Walther PPK, was stored in a locked box in the closet of my parents’ bedroom, placed innocuously beside shoeboxes and old electronics cases.
I spent most of my childhood in my own mind, grandmother strewn across our sofas, hand upon her head, sighing theatrically as if she had just been in a freak car accident that landed her perfectly across the couches in front of the “As the World Turns”. Her house was located directly next to mine and she would often walk back and forth between them to the point where she beat a trail through both of our lawns, leaving me to eat 84 spoonfuls of sugar and bolt around the house, opening each drawer, closet, and box hoping to find *something*.
I could not be blessed enough in that I never found my parents’ 1973 pornos or anything remotely close to that, but I did find many a pair of ridiculously over-sized glasses and a single pair of the most amusing wine-cork-looking clog/platform shoe-embodiment-of-the-70’s that I have ever seen.
My father never talked much about his guns other than to show me what they looked like. I must have been 14 or 15, right about the time my depression hit full force. Perhaps he caught on to this, as we always seemed to have a silent understanding of each other, and perhaps this is why he declined when I asked if he would show me how to shoot a gun, you know, for self-defense.
I tried to have this conversation again at 18, leaving for college with the scars now mostly faded across my arms, wrists, hips, legs, and shoulders. I was turned down again, though my mother backed me up this time, saying I SHOULD know how to use a gun should an intruder take flight and suddenly burst his way through my 4th floor window.
Five more years have passed since then and I have self-destructed in a number of ways, but I am drawn back to the same allure, the same pining curiosity I felt when I saw the deep red rifle bag as a child. Pills crushed and insufflated into my right nostril, more swallowed, and more chewed, I type out a suicide note on my iPhone 5 and can’t help but laugh at the absurdity of what I am actually doing. The horrible, childish font trying so hard to convey the racing thoughts and the complexities of my mind, framed by the obnoxious lined yellow paper pad template, as if anybody uses those in real life anymore. I revised it a few times, cried until I dry heaved and passed out.
This morning, I woke up crying. I scoured the house that isn’t mine, hoping to find my uncle’s guns – if I was lucky, I could finally hold the same Walther that my father has. I opened drawers to auntie’s panties, assorted junk (though I did score a sweet watch and $100), and more church pamphlets than Fred Phelps has on hand, but I finally see a black locked box in the corner of the closet.
I skid on my knees and rip the dusty box out of its home and tug it into my bedroom, where I gingerly place it on my desk and look for any markings that might tell me what’s inside, and how to crack it open. I see the word “Gerlach” on the bottom right corner. Sounds sort of German, hopefully it’ll be a finely crafted handgun. Maybe there will be bullets inside already? I am genuinely giddy with delight, but after 5 minutes of excited google searching, I realize that I have in front of me an apparently *very* fine set of Polish cutlery

title: Misfiring of neuronal triggers

question: Who is the narrator?

answer: The narrator is a 23 year old man suffering from depression, busy with self destructive behavior.

question: Where does the scars on the narrator's arms, wrists, hips, legs and shoulders come from?

answer: It is not stated clearly in the text. It could be from self harm or from abuse.

question: Who looked after the narrator as a child?

answer: It could have been his grandmother.

question: When did his depression hit full force?

answer: His depression hit full force when he was 14 or 15.

question: How old is the narrator when he searches for his uncle's weapon?

answer: He is 23 years old.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator is drawn to his father's guns as a young child. He found his guns because he is bored, but his father did not want to teach him to use it because he suffered from severe depression. Later on in life he searched for his uncle's guns to feed his curiosity and self-destructive behavior. He finds a lockbox containing a very fine set of Polish cutlery.


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[The peaceful part of the demonstration in Ådalen] The ÅDALEN SHOOTINGS () was a series of events in and around the sawmill district of Ådalen, Kramfors Municipality, Ångermanland, Sweden, in May 1931. During a protest on 14 May, five people were killed by bullets fired by troops called in as reinforcements by the police.

Background

As a response to a drawn-out industrial conflict over pay reductions at the pulp factory at Långrör, workers at other plants went on a sympathy strike.[1] The owner of the Graninge company, Gerhard Versteegh, hired around 60 strike-breakers, who arrived in the village of Lunde in Ådalen on 12 May. The workers held a protest rally in Kramfors and marched to the Sandviken plant north of the town, where they approached and attacked some of the strike-breakers.[2] Since the police had not been able to stop the attack, the County Administrative Board asked for the deployment of members of the military from Sollefteå to protect the strike-breakers. When the troops arrived in the late evening of 13 May, they were met by protesters, allegedly throwing stones.[3]

Confrontation

On 14 May the unions held another rally, during which the attending workers decided to stop all work in the timber and pulp industries in Ådalen—a general strike.[4] After the meeting, several thousand participants marched to the strike-breakers' quarters in Lunde, where the troops had been ordered to defend the strike-breakers. When they arrived in the village, a patrol of mounted troops tried unsuccessfully to stop them.[5] In the confusion that followed, at least one man fell off his horse and another drew his pistol and fired warning shots while the patrol withdrew. The military commander, Capt. Nils Mesterton, said later that he believed the demonstrators carried weapons since he heard shots as well as seeing some of the mounted patrol bleeding.[6] At a distance of less than 100 metres he, in accordance with orders from the present policeman in charge, ordered his troops to fire, which they did, aiming as planned at the ground halfway between the line and the demonstrators. However, ricochets hit the gathered demonstrators, who scattered, and the captain ordered the machine gun fired. Five people were shot to death: Oskar Berggren, Erik Bergström, Evert Nygren, Sture Larsson and Eira Söderberg, a 20-year-old bystander. Five people were injured. An inquiry later concluded that there was no evidence that the workers were in fact armed.[7]

On that same day the County Administrative Board had decided to prohibit the strike-breakers from working. Their decision did not reach the demonstrators until after the shooting. It is widely believed that the confrontation could have been avoided if the news had reached the marchers earlier. The Swedish Employers' Association later asked the Swedish Parliamentary Ombudsmen to review the decision.[8]

Aftermath

The events spawned a raging national debate, deeply divided along political lines. The political left called the shootings “murder”, while the right claimed that the military had been forced to open fire to defend themselves and the “willing workers” from the rage of the demonstrators.[9][10] The publishers of several left-wing newspapers were convicted for violations against the limitations in the Freedom of the Press Act.[11] Major demonstrations took place in Stockholm.[12]

The County Governor was tried in court but acquitted. Capt. Mesterton and Capt. Beckman were initially convicted in a court martial, but were acquitted on appeal and that verdict was confirmed by the supreme court. Sgt. Rask and Sgt. Tapper, who were manning the machine gun, were also put on trial since repositioning had been performed with a loaded weapon, which was against army regulations.[13] Rask was acquitted while Tapper was found guilty and sentenced to three days' confined arrest with loss of pay. On the other hand, several demonstrators had to face severe sentences: Axel Nordström, considered to be the leader, was sentenced to two and half years' imprisonment with hard labor. No damages were awarded to the wounded demonstrators or to the families of the five dead.[14]

The government, under the liberal Prime Minister Carl Gustaf Ekman, replaced the County Governor and launched an investigation into the event.[15] The investigation, with representatives from both employers and trade unions, later concluded that the military was highly unfit to uphold public order in similar situations.[16] The use of the military against civilians was more strictly regulated, but the legislation was on the books until it was repealed by the 1969 Riksdag. However, there was broad political agreement not to use military force against civilians.[17] The Ådalen shootings were still a concern in the discussions after the 9/11 events in the US, when military support to the police was considered. Therefore, the subsequent legislation that allowed the military to take part in anti-terrorism actions contained several safeguards. The military must be under command of the police, as they were in Ådalen in 1931, and legislation specifically says that the military cannot be used against demonstrations.[18][19] There was still concern that these safeguards would not be enough.[20][21][22]

At the time of the 1931 events, it was not possible to call in police reinforcements from outside the county.[23] Thus, army assistance was the only recourse available to a county governor when the county's police force would be insufficient to deal with large-scale events. The shootings highlighted the inadequacy of this state of affairs. One effect of the Ådalen shootings was the formation of a national police force in 1933.[24]

The leadership of the Social Democratic banned members to attend the funerals of the killed protesters as they were regarded as collaborators with the revolutionary communist party.

Coverage in film

In 1969 well-known Swedish filmmaker Bo Widerberg told the story of the events in his film _Ådalen 31_ (released as _Adalen Riots_ in the US). Partly thanks to the film and partly through the persistent use of the events in political debate, the Ådalen shootings are still well known in Sweden, and are sometimes referred to in connection with violent clashes between demonstrators and police such as the 2001 EU summit protests in Gothenburg.[25]

The incident is also mentioned several times in the 1979 Swedish comedy film _Repmånad_.[26]

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title: Ådalen shootings

question: What is the main point of paragraph 2?

answer: The main point of paragraph 2 is to introduce the circumstances which led to the Adalen shootings in order to contextualize the event itself.

question: What might have happened if Gerhard Versteegh had not hired any strike-breakers?

answer: The worker's strikes might have been prolonged, therefore shutting his business down longer. However, the striker's protests might not have escalated in fervor, which might have prevented the military from being brought in, and thus the Adalen shootings might have been prevented altogether.

question: Explain why the factory workers went on strike.

answer: They went on strike due to pay reductions; they did not think lowering their pay was fair and the strike was to demonstrate the seriousness of the pay cut and to try to motivate their boss to raise wages.

question: Why did the Adalen shootings come up in discussions following 9/11?

answer: The shootings were referenced after 9/11 because of discussions about the use of military personnel reinforcing local police in combating terrorism. The use of military assistance in the Adalen events was highly criticized and led to policy changes regarding the use of the military for domestic matters in Sweden.


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Checking out at the store, the young cashier suggested to the older woman, that she should bring her own grocery bags because plastic bags weren't good for the environment.
The woman apologized and explained, "We didn't have this green thing back in my earlier days."
The young clerk responded, "That's our problem today. Your generation did not care enough to save our environment f or future generations."
She was right -- our generation didn't have the green thing in its day.
Back then, we returned milk bottles, soda bottles and beer bottles to the store. The store sent them back to the plant to be washed and sterilized and refilled, so it could use the same bottles over and over. So they really were truely recycled.
But we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
Grocery stores bagged our groceries in brown paper bags, that we reused for numerous things, most memorable besides household garbage bags, was the use of brown paper bags as book covers for our schoolbooks. This was to ensure that public property, (the books provided for our use by the school) was not defaced by our scribblings. Then we were able to personalize our books on the brown paper bags.
But too bad we didn't do the green thing back then.
We walked up stairs, because we didn't have an escalator in every store and office building. We walked to the grocery store and didn't climb into a 300-horsepower machine every time we had to go two blocks.
But she was right. We didn't have the green thing in our day.
Back then, we washed the baby's diapers because we didn't have the throwaway kind. We dried clothes on a line, not in an energy-gobbling machine burning up 220 volts -- wind and solar power really did dry our clothes back in our early days. Kids got hand-me-down clothes from their brothers or sisters, not always brand-new clothing.
But that young lady is right; we didn't have the green thing back in our day.
Back then, we had one TV, or radio, in the house -- not a TV in every room. And the TV had a small screen the size of a handkerchief (remember them?), not a screen the size of the state of Montana. In the kitchen, we blended and stirred by hand because we didn't have electric machines to do everything for us. When we packaged a fragile item to send in the mail, we used wadded up old newspapers to cushion it, not Styrofoam or plastic bubble wrap. Back then, we didn't fire up an engine and burn gasoline just to cut the lawn. We used a push mower that ran on human power. We exercised by working so we didn't need to go to a health club to run on treadmills that operate on electricity.
But she's right; we didn't have the green thing back then.
We drank from a fountain when we were thirsty instead of using a cup or a plastic bottle every time we had a drink of water. We refilled writing pens with ink instead of buying a new pen, and we replaced the razor blades in a razor instead of throwing away the whole razor just because the blade got dull.
But we didn't have the green thing back then.
Back then, people took the streetcar or a bus and kids rode their bikes to school or walked instead of turning their moms into a 24-hour taxi service. We had one electrical outlet in a room, not an entire bank of sockets to power a dozen appliances. And we didn't need a computerized gadget to receive a signal beamed from satellites 23,000 miles out in space in order to find the nearest burger joint.
But isn't it sad the current generation laments how wasteful we old folks were just because we didn't have the green thing back then?

*I didn't write this story, and I don't know who did. I like it and want to share.

title: Being Green

question: Why does the cashier just assume that the older woman's generation wantonly destroyed the environment?

answer: She knows no better. She just assumes that life has been the same across the generations.

question: What is the moral of the story?

answer: The current culture of consumerism is destroying the environment. people should look to themselves rather than trying to blame previous generations for the current environmental problems.

question: Is it possible to turn back the clock and learn something from previous generations?

answer: People must start to re-use and recycle. It is not necessary for everything to be automated. Manual is good too.

question: Why is different about the younger in their attitude to recycling?

answer: The younger woman has to think about it and she is rather arrogant in her belief that she is a better person because of her attitude. The older woman grew up without all the mod cons of the 21st century and didn't have to think about saving the environment as much because life was simpler and less damaging to the environment

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer:
At the checkout the young cashier tells the older customer that she should bring her own bags next time and save the environment. The old woman apologises and explains that they didn’t have the green thing back in her day.

The cashier tells her that it was her generation that destroyed the environment for future generations. The older woman thinks back to her younger days, to a time when milk bottles and beer bottles were glass and recycled over and over again, when school books were covered with the brown paper bags that the groceries were packed in.

She thinks how they walked rather than drove, used public transport, washed diapers and drank water from a water fountain. Yeah, they didn’t have the green thing back in her day.


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TORONTO – Strict release conditions need to continue for an Egyptian man the federal government has long branded as a potentially dangerous terrorist, a Federal Court judge has ruled.

In rejecting a request from Mohamed Mahjoub to have most conditions lifted, Judge Henry Brown ruled the terms were necessary to ensure public safety.

“No one suggests (he) is currently engaged in activities dangerous to Canadians,” Brown said in his decision.

  “However, his previous active and material support for terrorists – including Mr. (Osama) bin Laden, al-Qaida and others – are facts that lead me to find that his danger is serious.”

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Mahjoub, 57, who has steadfastly denied any terror ties, came to Toronto in December 1995 and was granted refugee status almost a year later. However, he was slapped with a national-security certificate and arrested in June 2000, in part based on secret evidence supplied by foreign agencies linked to torture.

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The federal government has wanted to deport him for years, but he argues he faces a substantial torture risk if sent to Egypt and so he has remained in a limbo that his many efforts have failed to change.

Mahjoub was released in 2007 under conditions he found so onerous – among them almost constant surveillance – that he opted to go back to prison. He was released again in 2009 under conditions the courts eased substantially in 2013 and again in July last year.

While the Federal Court of Appeal continues to deliberate whether his designation as a terrorist threat is reasonable, Mahjoub wanted all but the most basic conditions imposed on his release lifted given his view that there was “no proven danger” justifying the terms now in effect.

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Current conditions include surveillance by security agents of his home and outings and reporting every two weeks to Canada Border Services Agency.

The government objected. Among other things, it cited his alleged membership in the Egyptian terror group Vanguards of Conquest, and the fact that he once ran a bin Laden farm in Sudan. The government also maintained that Mahjoub lied about his terrorist ties and has refused to denounce violent jihad.

Brown sided with the government in upholding the release terms but did clarify some conditions. For one thing, Mahjoub must set his computer to ensure its cache is kept permanently – effectively retaining a digital record of all websites he visits.

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“Neither manual nor automatic deletions may be made at any time,” Brown ruled.

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The judge also said Mahjoub is allowed to have and use a cell phone but may not use it to access the internet.

The court also rejected his previous requests to visit gun stores, shooting clubs or internet cafes.

Overall, Brown ruled, the various restrictions are “proportionate and reasonable” in the circumstances that remain unchanged from a year ago when the terms were last eased.

“I wish to emphasize that they also take into account that CSIS no longer considers the applicant a threat to national security,” Brown said. “(But) here remains a need to prevent the applicant from acquiring or reacquiring terrorist contacts; he had them in the past and has not since disavowed them or their aims and objectives.”

The Federal Court of Appeal has yet to rule on whether to halt proceedings against Mahjoub. He argued in December the government has violated his rights and that the case against him is so error-riddled that it should be tossed as an abuse.

© 2017 The Canadian Press

question: Summarize in one sentence this main purpose of the article.

answer: The article is describing the story and case of an Egyptian man, Mohammed Mahjoub, who is long branded by the federal government of Toronto as a potentially dangerous terrorist.

question: Why does Mahjoub not want to be deported?

answer: He does not want to be deported back to Egypt because he knows he faces a substantial torture risk there.

question: Do you think Mahjoub is buying time?

answer: Mahjoub seems to be buying time and taking the route with least consequences for him, even if it is staying in jail.


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VINCENT “VINNY” ASARO (born 1935) is an American mobster and captain in the Bonanno crime family.[1][2]

Mob career

Asaro was initiated into the Bonnano crime family in August 1977, alongside Peter Monteleone and future Bonanno capo Gerard “Jerry” Chilli. According to Lucchese crime family associate turned informant Henry Hill, Asaro was a caporegime in the Bonanno crime family who oversaw the family's interests in JFK airport.[3] Asaro is the nephew of Michael Zaffarano and since the late 1970s, possibly in 1979 following the murder of Bonanno boss Carmine Galante, has been the capo of a crew in the Queens faction of the Bonanno family. With his father's help, Vinny's son Jerome Asaro also became a captain in the Bonanno family. However, father and son had a falling out in later years and did not speak with each other.[4]

Lufthansa heist accusations

On January 16, 2014 Asaro was indicted on federal racketeering charges stemming from the 1978 Lufthansa heist.[5][6] The charges also included the theft of $1.25 million of gold salts, involvement in the pornography industry, and for the ordering of the murder of a cousin who testified in court.[7] Arrested along with Asaro were his son Jerome, acting boss Thomas DiFiore, acting capo Giacomo Bonventre, and soldier John Ragano.[8][9]

Controversially, author Daniel Simone, Henry Hill's co-writer of their book, _The Lufthansa Heist_, published on August 1, 2015 by Lyons Press, claims that Henry Hill asserted to him that “Asaro had no involvement in the famous robbery.”[10] In fact, Asaro does not appear nor is mentioned in Simone's book. Furthermore, in the Author's Notes and Sources page of _The Lufthansa Heist_, Simone lists numerous law enforcement agents who collaborated with him in the development of the book and, he attests, none of these subjects ever mentioned Asaro in connection with the Lufthansa robbery. More strangely, those investigators had not known about a Gaspar Valenti, the informant who testified against Asaro, his cousin.[11]

In November 2015, Asaro was found not guilty of all charges related to the Lufthansa heist.[12]

Paul Katz murder suspect

Asaro was also a suspect in the 1969 death of Paul Katz. Katz owned a warehouse that Asaro and James Burke used to store stolen goods. When law enforcement raided the warehouse, Asaro and Burke immediately suspected Katz of being a government informant. The two men allegedly killed Katz with a dog chain and buried his remains under a vacant house. When the NYPD reopened the Katz case, Asaro and Burke allegedly moved the remains to the house of Burke's daughter and reburied them there. In 2013, a police search uncovered the remains.[13][14]

Asaro was arrested and tried but acquitted of all charges on November 12, 2015.

Arson order

In June 2017, Asaro pleaded guilty in a case of ordering car arson against a motorist who had cut him off in Howard Beach, Queens on April 1, 2012. Prosecutors allege that Asaro enlisted a Bonanno crime family associate to execute the crime however the associate engaged the grandson of former Gambino crime family boss John Gotti, John J. Gotti (who also pleaded guilty in the case) to instead perform the order. The next day after the incident, Asaro apparently contacted a Gambino crime family associate who had access to a local police department database. The database linked the car plate to the home address of the driver.[15] Prosecutors also alleged that Gotti was the getaway driver during a $6,000 bank robbery in 2012; he and another man pleaded guilty.[16] Asaro was incarcerated at the Metropolitan Detention Center, Brooklyn while awaiting sentencing. He faced the possibility of up to 20 years in prison meanwhile prosecutors were seeking 15 years in prison.[17] The Brooklyn prosecutors said that although Asaro has “participated in racketeering, murder, robbery, extortion, loansharking, gambling and other illegal conduct, he has served less than eight years in jail.”[18] In late December 2017, Asaro was sentenced to eight years in prison.[19] Initially scheduled to be released from the United States Medical Center for Federal Prisoners in 2022, he was granted a compassionate release on April 17, 2020 due to being in a vulnerable state if he catches COVID-19 amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States as he had had a stroke a year earlier.[20]

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title: Vincent Asaro

question: What was the political climate like around the time of the Lufthansa heist, and how might that have affected or influenced the charges brought against Asaro?

answer: Since the heist occurred in the late 1970s, one can assume that there was a lot of drug trafficking happening. It is not clear if the money was owed through dirty DEA connections to the mob family (Lucchese) or if the target was determined by intel alone. Considering the sheer volume of people murdered after Asaro was fingered as having connections to the crime, it seems likely that there had been inside informants.

question: What crime, or alleged crime, of Asaro's, is most indicative of his unfeeling, hot temperament?

answer: That Asaro ordered a car arson against someone for having simply cut him off in traffic stands out as particularly heartless and unnerving, as he had no incentive. He went through the trouble of ordering a serious and violent act be committed against someone whose only crime was a traffic incident in passing. Some may say that is more disturbing than mob crimes, rooted in long-standing disputes and motivated by greed.


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DOLORES GRAY (June 7, 1924 – June 26, 2002) was an American actress and singer. She was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical twice, winning once.

Early life

She was born as SYLVIA DOLORES FINKELSTEIN[1] (but known by Sylvia Dolores Vernon[2] growing up) to Barbara Marguerite Gray (born Marguerite Gray) and Harry Vernon Finkelstein[3] (stage name Harry Vernon) in Los Angeles, California, although obituaries listed Gray's birthplace as Chicago, as does her biography on the Internet Movie Database. Both her mother and father were vaudeville actors, which is how they met. Gray's parents divorced when she was a young child. Dolores had an older brother, Richard Gray (born Richard Vernon), who also had a career in Hollywood. While attending Polytechnic High School she was in the Girls' Glee Club. She was 'discovered' by Rudy Vallee, who gave her a guest spot on his nationwide radio show. Dolores Gray was briefly signed with MGM, appearing in _Kismet_ (1955) and _It's Always Fair Weather_ (1955).

Career

Her career commenced as a cabaret artist in restaurants and supper clubs in San Francisco, and in Reno, Nevada. [4] In 1945 she appeared in her own radio program.[5] While she was appearing in _Annie Get Your Gun_ in London (1947–1950), she studied at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in 1948. As a fundraiser to help rebuild the RADA theatre, she appeared as Nell Gwyn in _In Good King Charles's Golden Days_ at Drury Lane Theatre (Oct 1948).[6] She appeared at the London Palladium in 1958 while doing a concert tour of Europe and in cabaret at The Talk of the Town in February 1963.[7] Among her many stage roles, she appeared in _Two on the Aisle_ (1951), _Carnival In Flanders_ (1953); _Destry Rides Again_ (1959); _Sherry!_ (1967); and _42nd Street_ (1986). She also performed the lead role in _Annie Get Your Gun_ in its first London production (1947).[8] Gray won the Tony Award for Best Lead Actress in a Musical for her role in _Carnival in Flanders_, even though this Broadway musical, with a script by Preston Sturges, ran for only six performances. She therefore holds a record that is unlikely to be broken: briefest run in a performance which still earned a Tony. She is the first person to have sung the English version of the French song “C'est si bon” in a movie, _Holiday in Paris: Paris_ directed by John Nasht.

Portraying a singing and dancing stage actress, she appeared with Gregory Peck and Lauren Bacall in the highly successful film _Designing Woman_ (1957), as his former romantic interest. During her successful music career, she sang Marilyn Monroe's part on the Decca Records soundtrack album of _There's No Business Like Show Business_ (1954).

She was best known for her theatre roles. She recalled once, “What a gift that would be to have more of a permanent record. A stage performance is just that, then it's lost. When I see movies on TV, I think, 'How great to have that.' But why look back? The decisions I made, I made. I can't change that.” In 1973 she took over from Angela Lansbury in the London production of _Gypsy_ at the Piccadilly Theatre. In 1987 she starred in the London production of Stephen Sondheim's _Follies_ at the Shaftesbury Theatre to great acclaim and appeared in the Royal Variety Performance of that year with a show-stopping performance of the song 'I'm Still Here" from the show. In 1978 she also appeared on BBC TV's long-running variety show _The Good Old Days_ – chairman Leonard Sachs had also appeared in _Follies_ as theatre owner Dimitri Wiseman, introducing Miss Gray, one of “The Wiseman Girls”. Theatre critic Michael Phillips wrote that Gray's voice sounded like “a freight-train slathered in honey.”[9] In 1988 she appeared in the _Doctor Who_ 25th anniversary story “Silver Nemesis,” playing an American tourist.

Apart from the many soundtrack albums she appeared on, Gray recorded one album of songs in 1957 for Capitol Records with the title _Warm Brandy_ (T897).[10]

Marriage

On September 24, 1966, Dolores Gray married Andrew J. Crevolin, a California businessman and Thoroughbred racehorse owner who won the 1954 Kentucky Derby.[11] Despite erroneous reports in the media that they divorced, they remained married until his death in 1992. The union was childless.

Death

Gray died of a heart attack in Manhattan, aged 78.[12] Upon her death, she was cremated and her ashes interred at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.[13]

Filmography

  Year       Title                        Role                 Notes
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  1942       _Lady for a Night_           Dolores, a Singer    Uncredited
  1944       _Mr. Skeffington_            Performer            Uncredited
  1955       _It's Always Fair Weather_   Madeline Bradville
  _Kismet_   Lalume
  1956       _The Opposite Sex_           Sylvia Fowler
  1957       _Designing Woman_            Lori Shannon

Stage work

-   _Seven Lively Arts_ (1944)
-   _Are You With It?_ (1945)
-   _Sweet Bye and Bye_ (1946) (closed on the road)
-   _Annie Get Your Gun_ (1947; 1962)
-   _Two on the Aisle_ (1951)
-   _Pygmalion_ (1952) (summer theatre)[14]
-   _Carnival in Flanders_ (1953)
-   _Can-Can_ (1957) (summer theatre)[15]
-   ''Silk Stockings (1958–59) (summer theatre)[16]
-   _Destry Rides Again_ (1959)
-   _Lady in the Dark_ (1959) (summer theatre)[17]
-   _Sherry!_ (1967)
-   _Gypsy_ (1973, 1976, 1982)
-   _All Dressed Up_ (1982)
-   _Going Hollywood_ (1983) (workshop)
-   _42nd Street_ (1986)
-   _Star Dust_ (1987) (concert reading)
-   _Follies_ (1987)
-   _Broadway at the Bowl_ (1988)

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title: Dolores Gray

question: What was one of Gray's dreams as far as a career is concerned?

answer: She wanted to feature in movies and TV shows.


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QUELA is a town and municipality in Malanje Province in Angola.[1] The municipality has 20,949 inhabitants in 2014.[2] It is bounded to the north by the municipalities of Caombo and Kunda-dia-Base, to the east by the municipality of Xá-Muteba, to the south by the municipality of Cambundi-Catembo, and to the west by the municipalities of Mucari and Cuaba Nzogo. Most of the population are farmers. It comprises the four communes of Quela, Missão dos Bangalas, Xandele, and Moma. The commune of Quela has a population of about 32,000.[3]

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title: Quela

question: Where is Quela?

answer: Quela is found in Angola's Malanje Province.

question: What is the primary industry in Quela?

answer: As most of the population are farmers, farming is the primary livelihood.

question: How many communes are in the municipality?

answer: There are four communes in Quela: Quela, Missão dos Bangalas, Xandele, and Moma.

question: How large is Quela's commune?

answer: It has a population of 32,000

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: Quela, in Angola's Malanje Province, is focused heavily on farming. It is composed of four communes, Quela, Missão dos Bangalas, Xandele, and Moma. The has a commune of Quela has 32,000 people.


text: He slowly walked down the street plastered with posters. Head down in his jacket covered by an old baseball cap. He was wearing a long black trench coat. Heavy wool. It was the end of winter but there were no signs of spring to be found. 7 long years. It had been 7 years since the last spring. The man remembered back to when he was a child. Playing in the warm sun was all but a distant memory. It was only cold and black now. Humanity had done itself in. A dark smog cloud covered the western part of the Rockies. The streetlights were now on 24/7 trying to provide some sort of light on that dark depressing city. New Brooklyn they called it. Trying to model after the old cities after their destruction in the Great Western War. It was to little use. He knew and everybody else did. This city was slipping. It was the end. Soon another Great Migration and when all of those resources were used up another and another until there was nothing left. Humans. The great mighty humans wouldn’t go out with a great loud bang for the universe to hear but a soft sad whimper as industries kept pumping out more and more pollutants. It wasn’t disease or natural disasters killing us, it was our greed and god complexes that did us in. This is the end. We did nothing to prevent it and it can’t be stopped.

title: "The End" What are your thoughts?

question: Why had humanity done itself in?

answer: Humanity used up all its resources

question: Why was the city seen as depressing?

answer: Everyone knows that soon all of its resources will also be used up

question: Who called it New Brooklyn?

answer: Humanity

question: What is the Great Western War?

answer: Unclear

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator walks down the street remembering what the world used to be like before humanity used up all its resources. He knows that everyone will continue to migrate using up everything until there is nothing left. Humanity is its own downfall.


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DoubleFlag, the hacker plus vendor who is known for selling high-profile data on the dark web marketplaces is back at it again, this time, with more data and double the price. In his recent listing, the vendor is claiming to have access to the complete databases of two of the world’s best-known companies Experian and WhoIs.

Experian data:

Experian plc is a major credit reference agency with operations in 40 countries. The hacker claims he has access to the Experian database which contains information of some 203,419,083 accounts and has set the price for this database at Bitcoin 0.8082 (USD 600.00).

ALSO READ: FBI arrests Russian hacker behind 117M LinkedIn 2012 Breach

The database as per his claim includes customer’s full name, address, apartment number, city, state, zip code, gender details, telephone numbers, date of birth, marital status, delivery point barcode, Fips state code, Fips county code, Single Family Dwelling, Apartment with unit designator, Rural Route, Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) income classification code, income details, credit rating details, mail delivery records, Assimilation code, details about customer’s ethnicity, religion, language and other personal and financial information of Experian customers.

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Screenshot from the dark web marketplace where Experian data is being sold.

An important point to ponder here is that according to vendor’s claim, this data has never been leaked or sold on the Internet before however in an exclusive conversation with HackRead, the hacker refused to answer or give clues regarding the date and year when the database was stolen from Experian servers.

In Oct 2015 Experian suffered a huge data breach in which 15 million T-Mobile users had their data stolen because T-Mobile used Experian to process its credit applications and perform credit checks on its customers.

Remember, DoubleFlag is the same vendor who was previously found selling data of high-profile companies including DropBox, Brazzers, Epic Games, ClixSence, uTorrent, Mail.ru, Yandex.ru and BitcoinTalk Forum.

WhoIs data:

Before going into details about WhoIs data there are few things that need to be explained and cleared. 1: We at Hackread.com are unable to confirm if this database belongs to Whois.net, whois.com, domaintools.com or whois.icann.org since none of these platforms have replied to our inquiry email. What we can confirm is that this data does not belong to Who.is as they were kind enough to send us a detailed reply confirming that this data does not belong to them neither were they hacked.

So, the WhoIs data that is up for sale includes 88,370,175 records and the price for the data is BTC 0.3896 (USD 300.00). The below given screenshot shows what data is available:

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Screenshot from the dark web marketplace where WhoIs data is being sold.

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Is the WhoIs data sensitive and legitimate?

Although DoubleFlag claims both Experian and WhoIs databases are new and never been leaked on the Internet or were never part of the leaked databases before, we would like to state that there are several other vendors selling the same WhoIs data since the exact same database is available for public download on Bestwhois. In fact, DoubleFlags’s listing description for WhoIs data matches with the publicly available WhoIs database description and also with the data description of other vendors.

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Both descriptions match with each other word by word.

Is the Experian data legit?

When it comes to Experian data there is no indication if it is fake however the description published by DoubleFlag matches with the description available on Poris Data Services, known for selling automotive mailing lists including postal addresses, vehicle information of US vehicle owners and B2B lists. The data may be real and if it is, it’s a massive privacy threat for Experian customers.

Update (4:07 PM Wednesday, December 7, 2016, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT)

We have now received an official response from Experian in which the company has denied its servers being breached by a third party. Over the weekend Experian thoroughly investigated the claims of “DoubleFlag” and concluded that these claims are not true.

_“We’ve seen this unfounded allegation and similar rumors before. We investigated it again – and see no signs that we’ve been compromised based on our research and the type of data involved. Based on our investigations and the lack of credible evidence, we consider this an unsubstantiated claim intended to inflate the value of the data that they are trying to sell – a common practice by hackers selling illegal data.”_

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question: Who is DoubleFlag?

answer: DoubleFlag is a hacker and vendor known for selling high-profile data on dark web marketplaces. He is claiming now that he has access to the complete databases of Experian and Whols, and is asking double the price as before.

question: If DoubleFlag's claims are true, how much data would he have access to in the Experian database alone?

answer: The Experian database contains information of 203,419,083 accounts. He has set his price for this database at 0.8082 Bitcoin, about $600.

question: Has Experian had data breaches in the past?

answer: Yes. In October of 2015, a huge breach befell Experian when 15 million T-Mobile users had their data stolen. T-Mobile used Experian to process its credit applications and perform credit checks on customers.

question: What other data has DoubleFlag sold in the past?

answer: DropBox, Brazzers, Epic Games, ClixSence, uTorrent, Mail.ru, Yandex.ru, and BitcoinTalk Forum.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: DoubleFlag is a notorious hacker and data vendor who claims to have access to the full databases of Experian and Whols, two of the world's best known companies. If DoubleFlag's claims are true, they would have access to 203,419,083 accounts from the Experian database alone. DoubleFlag's current asking price for this data is 0.8082 BTC. Though Experian has suffered large scale data breaches in the past, they do not believe they have had any breach of security like DoubleFlag is suggesting, and after an investigation have determined that the claim is unsubstantiated.


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Ashes, a tee shirt, and a mental slideshow. That's all I have left. I gently pressed my face into the tee shirt, waiting for the scent to take me on a winding trail of memories. Mental snapshots took life, moving slowly, with blissful happiness. That place, those smiles, these uncertain days. I rejected my raging sea of emotions, only hoping to delay the storm surge for a while longer.

Snap me back into my world, how I welcome and despise it. I lifted the plain tee shirt from my face, and put it into a small bag, and sealed it shut. Beside it, a small jar that contained everything I'd ever allowed close. It was the only other part that understood who I was. I gripped it tightly. More memories began to flow, the levees had finally given way.

Beach, stars, gentle rumbling of waves on the smooth white sand. The air was totally still, only gentle wafting scents hinted at the fact the world was still slowly churning on. There, beside me, you sat. I was accepted wholly here, no regrets. A thick band of stars became obscured by soft light, making a thin dotted white strip across the sky. I wish you could still join me on those nights, watching the Milky Way rise. We used to sit here, picking out which stars we would visit before time ended. Everything blurred again.

Face to face, eyes locked. We handed each other ear-buds, small grins traversing our faces. Our song came on, along with all those warm feelings. Late night fields filled with life, grass gently swaying in the midnight breeze. Starlight softly illuminated our world, everything became so tranquil. Peacefulness, happiness.

Sunlight began to warm my cheeks. I furrowed my brows, I wasn't ready to leave just yet. I don't want to let go, I want to stay here. Why can't time grant me this one favor? Just one more experience, one more memory. One last souvenir to bury my stinging emotions with.

I sat, looking over the field. Our field. Painful awareness had taken control for now. A jar of ash and a tee shirt, that's what all of this had been reduced to. No breathing, laughing, heartbeat, smile, watery blue eyes, nothing anymore. Carbon atoms, back to the way we both used to be, before the beginning of the world.

Supernovas, the crucibles of our Universe that finally gave way. Your atoms had begun the journey back without mine to go with them. This haunting scientific realization meshed itself to my feelings. Everything you are to me, everything you were, could be, had been. My thoughts and reality pulsated, briefly merging with each other.

I lost all control. Tears, hurt, and loss all rushed forward from every fiber in my being. I felt myself tear open, shattering into tiny pieces. Fear began to settle in. I fear that this beautiful maze of chance might never repeat itself again.

Supernovas, where it all began. Where the lighter elements were fused into the atoms of life. This is where our story began. We exploded forth into this existence, atoms mashing and combining together. Our Universe ignited these elements in the void, watching as our miracle took place. It haunts me to think about us in this way. How, after all those billions of years, we came into contact, unaware of the framework allowing for this to happen.

All I want when my days come to an end, is to explode with you once more. I want to surge outwards again, your atoms with mine. I want the maze to send us as wanderers across each other's paths again. I want to feel the same instant connection I felt when we met. I want to know that feeling of faint familiarity and unyielding curiosity, and it's absolute pull.

I want to build a home in it all.

-Dedicated to Kathryn

title: Build a Home

question: What does the story say about Supernovas?

answer: The narrator describes Supernovas as the crucibles of their universe and where it all began. They continue to describe them as the place where lighter elements fused into the atoms of life. It is where their story began, where they exploded into existence.


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Care

Weill Cornell Medicine faculty and staff put patients first. WCM physicians are among the top in the nation and stay on the leading edge of new procedures and technologies.

Discover

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers work to advance laboratory breakthroughs in common health challenges, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

Teach

Weill Cornell Medicine educational programs are among the most selective in the nation, with unique international partnerships and comprehensive student services.

Exceptional Patient Care is the Heart and Soul of our Mission

Weill Cornell Medicine faculty and staff put patients first. WCM physicians are among the top in the nation and stay on the leading edge of new procedures and technologies.

We Discover Innovative Cures and Treatments

Weill Cornell Medicine researchers work to advance laboratory breakthroughs in common health challenges, such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, Parkinson's and Alzheimer's.

Training Future Healthcare and Scientific Leaders

Weill Cornell Medicine educational programs are among the most selective in the nation, with unique international partnerships and comprehensive student services.

Our Story

Weill Cornell Medicine is committed to excellence in patient care, scientific discovery and the education of future physicians in New York City and around the world. Since 1898, our doctors and scientists have been engaged in world-class clinical care and cutting-edge research that connect patients to the latest treatment innovations and prevention strategies. Weill Cornell Medicine's powerful network of collaborators extends to its parent university Cornell University; to Qatar, where Weill Cornell Medicine-Qatar offers a Cornell University medical degree; and to programs in Tanzania, Haiti, Brazil, Austria and Turkey. Weill Cornell Medicine faculty provide comprehensive patient care at NewYork-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center, NewYork-Presbyterian Lower Manhattan Hospital, NewYork-Presbyterian Queens and NewYork-Presbyterian Brooklyn Methodist Hospital. Weill Cornell Medicine is also affiliated with Houston Methodist.

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-   Diversity
-   Global Health
-   Innovation
-   Mentorship

Diversity

Diversity is one of Weill Cornell Medicine’s core values and is essential to achieving excellence in patient care, research and education.

Global Health

Weill Cornell Medicine has a legacy of global engagement that is reflected in more than 20 global health programs spanning six continents.

Innovation

Entrepreneurship and innovation enable Weill Cornell Medicine to bring discoveries to patients faster.

Mentorship

Weill Cornell Medicine is fostering a vibrant and dynamic culture of mentorship to nurture the next generation of healthcare leaders.

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Anti-Racism at Weill Cornell Medicine

Weill Cornell Medicine is committed to promoting social justice. As the country continues to confront its legacy of systemic racism, our institution has recently taken concrete steps to ensure greater equity, fairness and belonging within our community.

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Latest News

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Upcoming Events

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Faculty Honors & Awards

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    Zev Rosenwaks, MD

    Director and Physician-in-Chief of the Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine and the Revlon Distinguished Professor of Reproductive Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynecology

    Dr. Zev Rosenwaks, director and physician-in-chief of the Ronald O. Perelman and Claudia Cohen Center for Reproductive Medicine and the Revlon Distinguished Professor of Reproductive Medicine in Obstetrics and Gynecology, has received a 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine. The award is given to a member who has made exemplary contributions to the field of reproduction during their career and demonstrated innovation, leadership and other scholarly accomplishments that have a lasting impact on advancing clinical care, the frontiers of research in reproductive sciences, and the education of the scientific community.

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    Gregory Sonnenberg, PhD

    Associate Professor of Microbiology and Immunology in Medicine

    Dr. Gregory Sonnenberg, an associate professor of microbiology and immunology in medicine, was awarded the inaugural ICIS-LUMINEX John R. Kettman Award for Excellence in Interferon & Cytokine Research from the international Cytokine & Interferon Society. The award, recognizes mid-level investigators who have made outstanding contributions to the field of interferon or cytokine biology. Dr. Sonnenberg was honored for his scientific contributions to the fields of immunology and microbiology, and for his success as an independent, extramurally funded investigator.

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    Rache Simmons, MD

    Associate Dean for Diversity and Inclusion and the Anne K. and Edwin C. Weiskopf Professor of Surgical Oncology

    Dr. Rache Simmons, associate dean for diversity and inclusion and the Anne K. and Edwin C. Weiskopf Professor of Surgical Oncology, has been awarded a 2020 Women in Medicine Summit #SheforShe award. The awards are given to those who exemplify the qualities of perseverance, resilience, leadership and/or allyship in medicine. Dr. Simmons received her award at the summit, held virtually on Oct. 9-10.

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October 6, 2020

As New York City progresses on its path of recovery, slowly but surely, Weill Cornell Medicine is also moving forward in its mission to care, discover, and teach.  One area that we are emphasizing to an even greater extent now is anti-racism and social justice.

question: What does the article say about the quality of patient health care at Weill Cornell Medicine?

answer: Weill Cornell Medicine's primary mission is to deliver excellent care to patients. Patients' well-being is always the top priority. Thus, WCM work hard to stay one of the best in the nation when it comes to medical procedures and research on common deadly diseases.

question: What does the article say about the faculty and physicians at Weill Cornell Medicine?

answer: Weill Cornell Medicine has top physicians and faculty who prioritize health care. They are fully committed to their mission. Having world-class clinical care and being up-to-date with research, they provide patients with quality treatment and exceptional service. Some multi-awarded faculty members are Dr. Zen Rosenwalks, who received a 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, and Dr. Rache Simmons, who has been awarded a 2020 Women in Medicine Summit #SheforShe award.

question: What does the article say about how Weill Cornell Medicine's story?

answer: Weill Cornell Medicine has been in operation since 1898. They have world-class doctors and their healthcare service is exceptional. Their parent university is Cornell University. Besides the US, they also have programs in Qatar, Tanzania, Haiti, Brazil, Austria, and Turkey.

question: What does the article say about how Weill Cornell Medicine differ from other medical schools?


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 By Miranda Green - 02/05/18 11:32 AM EST

[Green group threatens to sue State Dept. over absent climate-change report]

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An environmental group on Monday threatened to sue the State Department if it doesn't produce its overdue U.S. Climate Action Report to the United Nations.

In a letter, the Center for Biological Diversity (CBD) asked Secretary of State Rex Tillerson[]Rex Wayne TillersonBiden looks to career officials to restore trust, morale in government agencies Biden's State Department picks are a diplomatic slam dunk President Trump: To know him is to 'No' him MORE to produce the seventh annual report on climate change that is mandated under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC). The report was due Jan. 1.

"The State Department has failed to submit the Seventh Climate Action Report by the mandated due date, much less issue any statements of the report’s preparation, draft texts, and notifications of public comment opportunities for the report’s final issuance — a process that has, in the past, taken over a year," the letter read.

The report is a requirement for countries that are part of the UNFCCC, which was created with the goal of stabilizing the greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere. Participants, of which the U.S. is one, are obligated to submit “national communications” on their greenhouse gas emission inventories and develop mitigation plans.

This year's Climate Action Report would need to contain both the national communication and a biennial report, according to the letter sent by the CBD.

"Accordingly, unless the State Department commits to complete these steps expeditiously, the Center for Biological Diversity intends to file suit to compel the State Department’s action to issue the final report for UNFCCC compliance," the letter read.

A State Department spokesperson confirmed to The Hill that the report is forthcoming, saying in a statement Monday, “The State Department intends to submit a National Communication to the UNFCCC. The report is under development.”

The State Department has also yet to commence the public comment period necessary before releasing the report.

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question: Why does the Center for Biological Diversity threaten to sue the State Department?

answer: The Center for Biological Diversity threatens to sue the State Department because it did not produce U.S. Climate Action Report to the United Nations.

question: Is producing Climate Action Report to the United Nations mandatory?

answer: It is for countries that are part of the UNFCCC.

question: What else does The State Department have to do considering the report?

answer: The State Department has also yet to commence the public comment period necessary before releasing the report.

question: What was the response of the State Department?

answer: The State Department says that the report is under development and the State Department intends to submit a National Communication to the UNFCCC.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The State Department did not produce U.S. Climate Action Report to the United Nations, and the Center for Biological Diversity threatens to sue it if it doesn't. The State Department says that the report is under development and the State Department intends to submit a National Communication to the UNFCCC.


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LARRY JAMES GRANT (born February 16, 1985) is a former American football linebacker. He was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers in the seventh round of the 2008 NFL Draft. He played college football at Ohio State. Grant also played for the St. Louis Rams and Chicago Bears. He is the former head football coach at Paso Robles High School in California.[1]

Early years

Grant began during his freshman year at Foothill High School in Sacramento, California, where he lettered as a running back and safety (gridiron football position) safety. He then moved to Georgia, attending Meadowcreek High School in Norcross, Georgia for his sophomore and junior years. Grant then transferred to Norcross High School as a senior and lettered as a tailback, rushing for 450 yards with six touchdowns on only 35 carries (12.9 avg) during his senior campaign. He then left Norcross High in the winter, moving back to California, where he re-enrolled and graduated from Foothill High School.

College career

Grant attended City College of San Francisco before finishing his career at Ohio State. In 2005, Larry was named JUCO National Player of the Year. He played in four straight national championship games (two at City College and two at Ohio State). For his entire collegiate career, Grant started 38 of 49 games he played in, registering 244 tackles (162 solos) with 15.5 sacks and 30.5 stops for losses and caused eight fumbles, recovered three others and had nine pass break-ups, Also, he gained 131 yards on eight interception returns and blocked 15 kicks, returning three blocked punts for a total of 84 yards and a touchdown. Following the season, Grant was named the No. 1 junior college prospect from the state of California by JCGridiron.com.

In 25 games at Ohio State, Grant started 14 contests. He recorded 69 tackles (43 solos) with 5.5 sacks for minus-34 yards and 10 stops for losses of 45 yards. He caused a fumble, deflected three passes and intercepted two others for 68 yards in returns. He also blocked three kicks, returning two errant punts for a total of 17 yards. In 24 games at the City College of San Francisco, Grant recorded 175 tackles (119 solos) with 10 sacks and 20.5 stops for losses, as he caused seven fumbles, recovered three others and deflected six passes and also gained 63 yards with a touchdown on six interceptions and set both California junior college and NJCAA career records with 12 blocked kicks, scoring on a 65-yard punt runback. He was a two-time All-Region I, All-COA, All-California and All-NorCal Football Conference selection, adding NJCAA National Defensive Player of the Year, California Junior College Player of the Year and NJCAA First-team All-American honors as a senior while playing at City College of San Francisco (2004–05).

In 2007 at Ohio State, he started all 13 games, recording 51 tackles (35 solo, 16 assisted) along with 9.5 tackles for loss, and one interception that he returned for 19 yards and had Ohio State’s only two blocked kicks of the season. In 2006 at OSU he played in 12 games and started one game and collected 18 tackles on the season and blocked a punt and intercepted pass. In 2005 at the City College of San Francisco he recorded 85 tackles (56 solos) with four sacks and nine stops for losses, caused three fumbles, recovered another and broke up four passes, intercepted 6 passes and also blocked six punts. In 2004, he had 90 tackles (63 solos) with six sacks and 11.5 stops for losses, as he also broke up two passes and blocked six punts, and recovered two fumbles and caused four others

Professional career

San Francisco 49ers

Grant was drafted by the 49ers in the seventh round with the 214th overall pick in the 2008 NFL Draft.[2]

St. Louis Rams

He was signed by the St. Louis Rams at the end of the 2008 season from the 49ers practice squad. In 2010 Grant earned the starting weakside linebacker position for the Rams and ended up losing the position to Chris Chamberlain late in the season.

San Francisco 49ers (second stint)

Grant re-signed with the San Francisco 49ers on July 30, 2011. He would start 3 games at Inside Linebacker for an injured Patrick Willis late in December and registered a career-high 39 tackles for the season. At the end of the 2012 season, Grant and the 49ers appeared in Super Bowl XLVII. He contributed on special teams, but the 49ers fell to the Baltimore Ravens by a score of 34–31.[3]

Chicago Bears

Grant signed with the Chicago Bears on October 28, 2013.[4] The Bears released him on November 16, 2013.[5]

Cleveland Browns

Grant signed with the Cleveland Browns on May 21, 2014. He was released by the team on June 6.

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title: Larry Grant (American football)

question: Summarize Larry Grant's progression as an American Football player.

answer: Grant started as a running back at Foothill High School as a freshman. Then, he played at Meadowcreek High School team for two years and at Norcross High for a term before returning to Foothill. He played as a tailback at Norcross. He played at City College of San Francisco and Ohio State teams. He was named JUCO National Player of the Year in 2005 and the No. 1 junior college prospect in California in 2006. He set California junior college and NJCAA career records with 12 blocked kicks during his years at San Francisco. He also had a few good years at Ohio State. However, his professional career started with him as the 214th overall pick in 2008 with the San Francisco 49ers before signing for St. Louis Rams at the end of the season. He was a starting weakside linebacker there until the end of the season. After losing his position, he went back to the 49ers, playing for two years from 2011 to 2013 with few starts. His stints at Chicago Bears and Cleveland Browns both lasted for only a few weeks.

question: What does the article say about Grant's life after retirement?


text:
[Ad for the Broadway production, at the Royale Theatre]_ALL IN GOOD TIME_ is a comic play by Bill Naughton based on his 1961 TV play _Honeymoon Postponed_.[1] Originally produced at the Mermaid Theatre in 1963 in London, it subsequently transferred to the Phoenix Theatre, and then to Broadway, where it ran for 44 performances in February and March 1965.[2][3] The Broadway cast included Donald Wolfit, Marjorie Rhodes and Richard Dysart.[4] It received Tony Award Best Actress and Best Featured Actress nominations for Marjorie Rhodes and Alexandra Berlin.[5]

Plot

Teenage newlyweds living with the groom's parents, have difficulties consummating their marriage.

Original production

The play, directed by Josephine Wilson, opened on 6 March 1963 at Bernard Miles' Mermaid Theatre, London, before transferring to the Phoenix Theatre in the West End.[6]

-   Arthur Fitton - John Pickles
-   Eddie Taylor - Laurie Asprey
-   Ezra Fitton - Bernard Miles
-   Geoffrey Fitton - Edward Petherbridge
-   Joe Thompson - Peter Welch
-   Leslie Piper - Donald Eccles
-   Liz Piper - Maureen Pryor
-   Lucy Fitton - Marjorie Rhodes
-   Molly Thompson - Mary Quinn
-   Uncle Fred - John McKelvey
-   Violet Fitton - Lois Daine

Original Broadway production

The play, directed by Donald McWhinnie, opened at the Royale Theatre, New York, on 18 February 1965 and closed on 27 March 1965.[7]

-   Violet Fitton - Alexandra Berlin
-   Liz Piper - Hazel Douglas
-   Uncle Fred - Richard A. Dysart
-   Geoffrey Fitton - John Karlen
-   Eddie Taylor - Terry Lomax
-   Arthur Fitton - Brian Murray
-   Lucy Fitton - Marjorie Rhodes
-   Joe Thompson - Eugene Roche
-   Rosalind Ross - Molly Thompson
-   Leslie Piper - John Sharp
-   Ezra Fitton - Donald Wolfit

Adaptations

The play was adapted for the 1966 film _The Family Way_.[8]

_All in Good Time_ (2011) shares much of the plot of _The Family Way_ but it features a Hindu couple, and their planned honeymoon destination is Goa, not Majorca.

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question: In what genre can the play, All in Good Time, be categorized into?

answer: It can be categorized into a comic play.

question: The play, All in Good Time, is base off of what?

answer: The play is based off of Bill Naughton's TV play, Honeymoon Postponed, in 1961.

question: What is the plot of the play?

answer: The plot of the play can be described as teenage newlyweds living with the groom's parents, have difficulties consummating their marriage.

question: What Broadway cast were included in the play?

answer: The Broadway cast included in the play were Donald Wolfit, Marjorie Rhodes and Richard Dysart.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article describes Broadway plays and their productions, along with adaptations of those plays.


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You dream of things because it is easier than living them. Living is hard. It requires actions and plans, a degree of ambition that you do not have and other things that you are too lazy to work upon. You would rather think of possibilities and live within their fantastical confines. It's easier that way. It's more comfortable. And plus, you are good with excuses and excuses are much easier than the alternative. Excuses only require words and thinking. Not even great thinking, only lazy half-assed thoughts are allowance enough to keep you from doing anything that you should be doing. And, really, fuck, "should." What is "should?" It's nothing. You *shouldn't* have to be doing anything that you don't want to and, dammit it all, there's nothing that you really "should" be doing anyway. It's not a "have to," it's not a "must." And even if it were a "must," it wouldn't really be a "must." There are very few "musts" in life and all the "musts" that you must do, you've already done, so there's nothing really to worry about.

So just sit there. Just sit there and read and write and do nothing. Live in your mind, where all the potential for your greatness is already realized and your fidelity to perfection is never sacrificed. Nobody knows how great you really are. They will never know and it's their loss, really. If someone was able to read your mind and your thoughts, know your emotions, know your opinion on certain matters and everything else you know in your mind, they would see how truly wonderful you really are. Because you really are. If only they could know how wonderful your dreams are. Because that is where you live. Inside your dreams where the world really does revolve around you. Where nothing else matters except you. There really is nothing more important than you. Everyone else just doesn't know it yet. So sit there, continue dreaming. Continue in your fantasy. If they only knew, they would never leave either.

title: You'll Never Grow.

question: What are some themes of this passage?

answer: Lack of growth and laziness.

question: How does the narrator feel about the people they are addressing?

answer: They feel like they are lazy and lack ambition.

question: How does the narrator likely feel about those who have ambition?

answer: They likely feel like those people can and will get things done and fulfill their dreams.

question: What mood is the author trying to evoke in this passage?

answer: One that motivates the reader to stop dreaming and to be productive.


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The South Korean boy band Sechs Kies has released six studio albums, one extended play, four compilation albums, one live album, one musical album, and several singles.

In August 2000, DSP was investigated by the police for allegations of tax evasion, embezzlement, and unequal contracts.[1] DSP was cleared of suspicion. On the other hand, the National Tax Service conducted a tax audit of the corporation and collected additional hundreds of millions of won from it. So there are suspicions that the album sales were underreported in the purpose of tax evasion

The physical sales of SechsKies' albums remain unclear not only because of DSP's under-reporting but also because the official records do not exist for the first two albums. The Recording Industry Association of Korea (hereafter, RIAK)'s official website currently only shows album sales data from the year 1999.[2] 한국영상음반협회 (The Korea Video Record Association), which preceded RIAK, had only announced physical album sales records from September 1998.[3]

The physical album sales for the first album, _School Byeolgok (학원별곡),_ was 600,000 according to newspaper articles.[4][5] Kang Sunghoon has once mentioned that the first album sold 1,200,000 copies.[6] The second album, _Welcome To The Sechskies Land,_ sold 700,000 copies.[7][8][9] In 2012, the former manager of SechsKies stated that their debut album sold between 1.7 and 1.8 million copies, but this may be a combined figure for the first two albums.[10] The third album, _Road Fighter,_ has two separate records. The official record reported by 한국영상음반협회 (The Korea Video Record Association) is 226,569.[11] In contrast, a news report reveals that SechsKies' third album sold more than 700,000 copies.[12] The official sales record for SechsKies' biggest hit, _Special Album,_ is 305,307.[13] As this was the most successful album of SechsKies, this official record seems to be a result of under-reporting. Eun Jiwon has stated the Special album sold approximately a million copies on a TV show.[14] The discrepancy between official and news article is also great for the fourth album, _Com’Back._ The official record is merely 350,128.[15] However, according to news articles, _Com’Back_ seems to have sold for more than 700,000 copies.[16]

However, the above statement is also not a fact. First of all, news articles were inaccurate at that time. There were many cases of exaggerating through the media. This problem received media spotlight by being reported on MBC in 1999.1 DSP media was the subject for that report. Thus high sales in the article are also inaccurate. And the National Tax Service just collected additional hundreds of millions of won, didn't say that it is from underreported album sales.

Albums

Studio albums

+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Title           | Album details   | Peak            | Sales ¹         |
|                 |                 | positions       |                 |
+=================+=================+=================+=================+
| KOR             | TW              | US              |
|                 | [17]            | World           |
| -               |                 | [18]            |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _School         | -   Released:   | rowspan=“5”     | rowspan=“5”     |
| Byeolgok        |     May 14,     |                 |                 |
| (학원별곡)_     |     1997        |                 |                 |
|                 | -   Label: DSP  |                 |                 |
|                 |     Media       |                 |                 |
|                 | -   Formats: CD |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Welcome To The | -   Released:   | -   KOR:        |
| Sechskies Land_ |     November 1, |     700,000+[20 |
|                 |     1997        | ][21][22]       |
|                 | -   Label: DSP  |                 |
|                 |     Media       |                 |
|                 | -   Formats: CD |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Road Fighter_  | -   Released:   | -   KOR:        |
|                 |     July 15,    |     700,000+[23 |
|                 |     1998        | ]               |
|                 | -   Label: DSP  |                 |
|                 |     Media       |                 |
|                 | -   Formats: CD |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Special Album_ | -   Released:   | -   KOR:        |
|                 |     October 30, |     1,000,000+[ |
|                 |     1998        | 24]             |
|                 | -   Label: DSP  |                 |
|                 |     Media       |                 |
|                 | -   Formats: CD |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Com’Back_      | -   Released:   | -   KOR:        |
|                 |     September   |     700,000+[25 |
|                 |     9, 1999     | ]               |
|                 | -   Label: DSP  |                 |
|                 |     Media       |                 |
|                 | -   Formats: CD |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _Another Light_ | -   Released:   | 2               | 4               |
|                 |     September   |                 |                 |
|                 |     21, 2017    |                 |                 |
|                 | -   Label: YG   |                 |                 |
|                 |     Entertainme |                 |                 |
|                 | nt              |                 |                 |
|                 | -   Formats:    |                 |                 |
|                 |     CD, digital |                 |                 |
|                 |     download    |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| “—” denotes     |
| releases that   |
| did not chart   |
| or were not     |
| released in     |
| that region.    |
| “*” _Gaon       |
| Chart_ was      |
| introduced in   |
| February 2010.  |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+

¹ As there are no official sales records for earlier albums, estimated album sales are given

Compilation albums

  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Title                                                                          Album details                       Sales
  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ----------------------------------- --------------------------
  _1020 Mix_                                                                     -   Released: April 26, 1999        KOR:30,986+[27]
                                                                                -   Label: DSP Media
                                                                                -   Formats: CD

  _Blue Note_                                                                    -   Released: May 31, 2000          KOR:86,900+[28]
                                                                                -   Label: DSP Media
                                                                                -   Formats: CD

  _2016 Re-ALBUM_                                                                -   Released: December 1, 2016      -   KOR: 82,592+[29][30]
                                                                                -   Label: YG Entertainment
                                                                                -   Formats: CD, digital download

  _The 20th Anniversary_                                                         -   Released: April 28, 2017        -   KOR: 75,185+[31]
                                                                                -   Label: YG Entertainment         -   JPN: 2,196+[32]
                                                                                -   Formats: CD, digital download

  “—” denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that region.
  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Live albums

  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Title                                  Album details                 Sales
  -------------------------------------- ----------------------------- -----------------
  scope="row| _Sechskies Live Concert_   -   Released: March 1, 1999   KOR:87,835+[33]
                                         -   Label: DSP Media
                                         -   Formats: CD
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Musical albums

  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  Title                                                   Album details
  ------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------
  scope="row| _Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves Musical OST_   -   Released: April 29, 1998
                                                          -   Label: DSP Media
                                                          -   Formats: CD
  --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Extended plays

+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Title           | Album details   | Peak            | Sales           |
|                 |                 | positions       |                 |
+=================+=================+=================+=================+
| KOR             | US              |
| [34]            | World           |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| _All for You_   | -   Released:   | 2               | —               |
|                 |     January 28, |                 |                 |
|                 |     2020        |                 |                 |
|                 | -   Label: YG   |                 |                 |
|                 |     Entertainme |                 |                 |
|                 | nt              |                 |                 |
|                 | -   Formats:    |                 |                 |
|                 |     CD, digital |                 |                 |
|                 |     download    |                 |                 |
+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+

Singles

As a lead artist

+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Title       | Year        | Peak        | Sales       | Albums      |
|             |             | positions   |             |             |
+=============+=============+=============+=============+=============+
| KOR         |
|             |
| -   -   -   |
|  -          |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| “Three      | 2016        | 1           | -   KOR:    |             |
| Words”      |             |             |     616,583 |             |
|             |             |             | +Total      |             |
|             |             |             |     sales   |             |
|             |             |             |     for     |             |
|             |             |             |     “Three  |             |
|             |             |             |     Words”: |             |
|             |             |             | -   -   -   |             |
|             |             |             |  -   -   -  |             |
|             |             |             |   -   -   - |             |
|             |             |             |    -   -    |             |
|             |             |             | -   -   -   |             |
|             |             |             |  -          |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| “Couple”    | 2           | -   KOR:    | _2016       |
|             |             |     309,731 | Re-ALBUM_   |
|             |             | +Total      |             |
|             |             |     sales   |             |
|             |             |     for     |             |
|             |             |     “Couple |             |
|             |             | ”:          |             |
|             |             | -   -   -   |             |
|             |             |  -   -   -  |             |
|             |             |   -         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| “Heartbreak | 39          | -   KOR:    |
| (연정)”     |             |     58,389+ |
|             |             | -   -       |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| “Chivalry   | 49          | -   KOR:    |
| (기사도)”   |             |     28,709+ |
|             |             | [36]        |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| “Be Well    | 2017        | 1           | -   KOR:    | _The 20th   |
| (아프지     |             |             |     436,441 | Anniversary |
| 마요)”      |             |             | +Total      | _           |
|             |             |             |     sales   |             |
|             |             |             |     for “Be |             |
|             |             |             |     Well”:  |             |
|             |             |             | -   -       |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| “Sad Song   | 14          | -   KOR:    |
| (슬픈       |             |     108,477 |
| 노래)”      |             | +Total      |
|             |             |     sales   |
|             |             |     for     |
|             |             |     “Sad    |
|             |             |     Song”:  |
|             |             | -   -   -   |
|             |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| “Something  | 1           | -   KOR:    | _Another    |
| Special     |             |     570,847 | Light_      |
| (특별해)”   |             | +Total      |             |
|             |             |     sales   |             |
|             |             |     for     |             |
|             |             |     “Someth |             |
|             |             | ing         |             |
|             |             |     Special |             |
|             |             | ”:          |             |
|             |             | -   -   -   |             |
|             |             |  -   -   -  |             |
|             |             |   -         |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| “Smile      | 42          | -   KOR:    |
| (웃어줘)”   |             |     30,640+ |
|             |             | Total       |
|             |             |     sales   |
|             |             |     for     |
|             |             |     “Smile” |
|             |             | :           |
|             |             | -           |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| “All for    | 2020        | 15          |             | _All for    |
| You         |             |             |             | You_        |
| (올포유)”   |             |             |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+

Other charted songs

+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| Title       | Year        | Peak        | Sales       | Album       |
|             |             | positions   |             |             |
+=============+=============+=============+=============+=============+
| KOR         |
| [37]        |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| “Got a      | 2016        | 72          | -   KOR:    | _2016       |
| Feeling     |             |             |     26,221+ | Re-ALBUM_   |
| (예감)”     |             |             |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| “Com' Back” | 83          | -   KOR:    |
|             |             |     22,540+ |
|             |             | [38]        |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| “Dear Love  | 86          | -   KOR:    |
| (사랑하는   |             |     22,033+ |
| 너에게)”    |             | [39]        |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| “Reckless   | 93          | -   KOR:    |
| Love        |             |     20,236+ |
| (무모한     |             | [40]        |
| 사랑)”      |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| “Road       | 94          | -   KOR:    |
| Fighter     |             |     19,999+ |
| (로드       |             | [41]        |
| 파이터)”    |             |             |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+
| “Come to Me | 97          | -   KOR:    |
| Baby”       |             |     19,185+ |
|             |             | [42]        |
+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+-------------+

Music videos

  Year                                                                   Title
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  1997                                                                   _School Byeolgok_ (학원별곡)
  _The Way This Guy Lives - Pomsaengpomsa_ (사나이 가는 길 - 폼생폼사)
  _For you_
  1998                                                                   _Road Fighter_
  _Reckless Love_ (무모한 사랑)
  _Letting You Go_ (너를 보내며)
  _Couple_ (커플)
  _Prayer_ (기도)
  1999                                                                   _Hunch_ (예감)
  _Summer in love_
  2000                                                                   _Thanks_
  2016                                                                   _Three words_ (세 단어)
  _Couple_ (커플) New Ver.
  2017                                                                   _Be Well_ (아프지 마요)
  _Sad Song_ (슬픈 노래)
  _Something Special_ (특별해)
  _Smile_ (웃어줘)
  2020                                                                   _All for You_

Other appearances

-   1999 - 우린 하나되어 이겼어[43]

References and NoteTag

Category:Discographies of South Korean artists Category:Pop music group discographies Discography

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[29] Total sales for “2016 Re-ALBUM” in 2016

[30] Total sales for “2016 Re-ALBUM” in 2017

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title: Sechs Kies discography

question: Explain the context of "the above statement is also not a fact".

answer: A lot of the reports about how many albums were sold by Sechs Kies were underreported by DSP. Also, news articles that reported on the sales were inaccurate at the time by possible exaggeration.

question: What happened in August 2000?

answer: DSP was investigated by the police for allegations of tax evasion, embezzlement, and unequal contracts. However, DSP was cleared of

question: How many albums has Sechs Kies released?

answer: six

question: Which album was the most successful?

answer: The article says it was Special Album.

question: What problem received media spotlight?

answer: There was speculation that album sales were underreported in many cases through the media. Apparently this was so DSP could evade taxes.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: This article discuss the discography of South Korean boy band Sechs Kies. They released six albums, but the number of sales on each album remains unclear. This is due to DSP underreporting their album sales for possible tax evasion, and possible exaggeration through out the media.