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For Sale: Salt Wholesaler - Long Established - Napa County

POSTING #: 265679

STATUS: Active

REFRESHED: 11/30/2020

CONTACT: Lisa Hemenway

PHONE: 707-290-9337

PHONE: 707-290-9337

PRICE: $99,000

ADJ NET: Call / Email

DOWN: $50,000

SHORT PROFILE: Imported salt business looking for a new owner. The upside could be tremendous as the current owner has the infrastructure in place with packaging & vendors in place. Owner has owned this unique business for 20 years. Developed a strong clientele & streamlined the process of packaging and shipping.

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Wanted: Property Management Service - SF Bay Area, Sacramento

POSTING #: 251617

STATUS: Active

REFRESHED: 11/30/2020

CONTACT: Helen Liu

PHONE: 408-436-1900

PHONE: None Given

SHORT PROFILE: Seeking property management companies with 500 to 3000 units in the SF Bay. Our client, PTLA Real Estate, inc. purchased a property management company in the Greater Bay Area in 2018. They are highly prepared to acquire another in 2019 and another in 2020. Willing to pay broker fees.

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For Sale: Commercial Compliance Industrial Scale Service - Butte County

POSTING #: 247756

STATUS: Active

REFRESHED: 11/30/2020

CONTACT: Brian Bacher

PHONE: 408-436-1900

PHONE: None Given

PRICE: $305,000

ADJ NET: $166,632

DOWN: $75,000

SHORT PROFILE: This offering is presented for a continuously growing business operating in the California Vehicle Code Arena. CA mandates weights & measures compliance for commercial vehicles serving CA's #1, $50 Billion agricultural industry. This business has been SBA pre-approved.

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Wanted: Bar Or Restaurant With Bar - With Liquor License - San Diego Area

POSTING #: 265664

STATUS: Active

REFRESHED: 11/30/2020

CONTACT: Mary (Business Buyer)

PHONE: 619-261-6061

PHONE: None Given

SHORT PROFILE: Looking to purchase an existing Bar or a Restaurant with a Bar Business - ALL CASH - Liquor License Type 48 preferred however, Type 41 & 47 will be considered. An Outdoor area must be included and/or available and imperative to be able serve Food/Alcohol. Desired is Inventory including ...

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For Sale: Liquor Store With Type 21 Liquor License - San Leandro, Alameda County

POSTING #: 265681

STATUS: Active

REFRESHED: 11/30/2020

CONTACT: Navroop Judge

PHONE: 510-589-8488 Cell

PHONE: None Given

PRICE: $200,000

ADJ NET: Call / Email

DOWN: Call / Email

SHORT PROFILE: Great for owner operator. Easy to manage liquor store for sale with low, low rent. Lease terms remaining are 3 years + 5 year option. Landlord will likely sign new lease with tenant. Average $3,000+ monthly lotto/lottery commission. Current opening hours are 10am-8pm. ~$40k monthly sales.

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Wanted: Trucking, Freight, Transportation Company - California

POSTING #: 265487

STATUS: Active

REFRESHED: 11/28/2020

CONTACT: Hazi (Business Buyer)

PHONE: 661-494-0400

PHONE: None Given

SHORT PROFILE: We are in search of an existing trucking, freight, and/or transportation company. Can be a Local or OTR Trucking Company, a freight broker, Courier delivery business, or even a freight forwarder. If business owns its real estate, its a plus, but not required by any means.

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For Sale: Preschools - 3 Units, With Real Estate - Downtown San Jose

POSTING #: 264969

STATUS: Active

REFRESHED: 11/30/2020

CONTACT: Jordan Zweigoron

PHONE: None Given

PHONE: 408-436-1900

PRICE: Call / Email

ADJ NET: Call / Email

DOWN: Call / Email

SHORT PROFILE: 3 operational childcare locations with one prime commercial building. 8,610 sq. ft. property is on a 1/4 acre with two buildings, and includes separated office space. Reduced capacity due to COVID; however, growth indicators point to a gradual return to full capacity.

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Wanted: Security Guard Service - California

POSTING #: 217305

STATUS: Active

REFRESHED: 11/30/2020

CONTACT: William (Business Buyer)

PHONE: 661-803-0574 Cell

PHONE: 661-803-0574 Text

SHORT PROFILE: I am looking to buy an executive security business or security guard service anywhere in California. Have experience in the industry and have financing lined up. Looking to buy this type of business immediately. Will be willing to partner up with firms as well, PPO and PCW in addition.

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For Sale: Wholesale Interior Design Showroom - San Francisco Bay Area

POSTING #: 260815

STATUS: Active

REFRESHED: 11/30/2020

CONTACT: Jordan Zweigoron

PHONE: 408-436-1900

PHONE: None Given

PRICE: $989,655

ADJ NET: $318,275

DOWN: Call / Email

FINANCIAL PROFILE: Gross Earnings: $3.5M. SDE: $318K. Inventory Level: $350K (Included in Asking Price).Furniture Fixtures & Equipment: $50K (Included in Asking Price).

SHORT PROFILE: Company carries an impressive selection of merchandise spanning home design categories from fabric, upholstery, furniture, lighting, area rugs, art accessories, and more. Company has relationships with a broad array of upscale manufacturers. Profitable interior design showroom, direct to the trade.

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Wanted: Service Companies - Recurring Revenue, Flexible - Southern California

POSTING #: 265662

STATUS: Active

REFRESHED: 11/29/2020

CONTACT: John (Business Buyer)

PHONE: 858-848-0089

PHONE: None Given

SHORT PROFILE: $1 Million plus cash Buyer ready to purchase immediately. Your business must generate a minimum $200K NET income. Competent, flexible buyer looking to purchase business with recurring revenues. Sample businesses include commercial maintenance, commercial or residential landscaping, hvac/plumbing

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[Can A Business Seller Back Out Of Escrow If They Simply Change Their Mind?]Can A Business Seller Back Out Of Escrow If They Simply Change Their Mind?
Can a seller of a small business back out of an ongoing escrow? Probably, yes, it all depends how far along the escrow is, which will dictate how messy things will get for both owner & buyer. Joe Ranieri (Southern California Business Broker) gives his feedback with others on this BizBen Discussion.

[8 Tough Questions You Most Likely Will Be Asked When Selling Your Business]8 Tough Questions You Most Likely Will Be Asked When Selling Your Business
When selling your small business, you'll be bombarded with questions - from the brilliant to the ridiculous. You need to be prepared. Here are some of the key questions you can expect to be asked. Tim Cunha (SF Bay Area Business Broker at 650-600-3751) reviews many of these possible questions.

[Selling A Gas Station Successfully: Tips For Gas Station Owners And Sellers]Selling A Gas Station Successfully: Tips For Gas Station Owners And Sellers
Gas station owners often make the process of selling their business longer and more expensive than it needs to be. By accomplishing several important steps before even looking for potential buyers, owners will be able sell their businesses in a fraction of the time it would take them normally.

[Business Sellers: Do Not Make It Hard To Buy Your Small Business: Owner Tips]Business Sellers: Do Not Make It Hard To Buy Your Small Business: Owner Tips
Successful sellers of small businesses need a game plan to sell their California small business for maximum price and for the best terms. Peter Siegel, MBA discusses these seller strategies with BizBen Blog readers based on his experience as the lead Advisor with the ProSell Program on BizBen.com.

[Buying A Liquor Store Small Business: When Do I Perform The Inventory Count?]Buying A Liquor Store Small Business: When Do I Perform The Inventory Count?
The only time to get an exact and accurate inventory count, and valuation, is at the time the business is being transferred. To do so beforehand, would mean that any merchandise sold after inventory is taken, but before close of escrow - Peter Siegel, MBA with BizBen & others discuss this topic.

[Should You Pay Your Business Broker An Upfront Fee To Sell Your Business?]Should You Pay Your Business Broker An Upfront Fee To Sell Your Business?
Are up front fees worth it? In this BizBen Blog post Brian Loring (Business Broker) discusses the pros and cons of owners of small businesses paying business brokers and agents an upfront fee for their services. There are many sides and opinions expressed on this topic by both sellers & brokers!

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question: What is BizBen?

answer: A California based website that lists businesses people wish to sell across the state. The website also allows people seeking to buy businesses to post a request.

question: What kind of businesses can post a listing?

answer: There are a variety of types from small to large independent companies.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: A series of business listings, both for sale and looking to buy. The listings are small businesses based in California on a website called BizBen.


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Yoka Verdoner, a survivor of the Nazi Holocaust, this week condemned President Donald Trump’s policy of separating undocumented immigrant children from their parents.

In a _Guardian_ op-ed titled, “Nazis separated me from my parents as a child. The trauma lasts a lifetime,” Verdoner argued that Trump’s “no tolerance” immigration policy “will scar its child victims for life.”

“I know what they are going through,” Verdoner wrote. “When we were children, my two siblings and I were also taken from our parents. And the problems we’ve experienced since then portend the terrible things that many of these children are bound to suffer.”

Verdoner explained that as a Jewish child living in Nazi-occupied Netherlands, she was separated from her parents and forced into hiding.

“[T]he lasting damage inflicted by that separation reverberates to this day, decades hence,” she recalled, noting that her brother “is almost 80 years old now and is still trying to understand what made him the anxious and dysfunctional person he turned into as a child and has remained for the rest of his life.”

“My younger sister was separated from our parents at five,” Verdoner continued. “She had no understanding of what was going on and why she suddenly had to live with a strange set of adults. She suffered thereafter from lifelong, profound depression.”

Verdoner said that she spent “many years in psychotherapy” to deal with her own “anxiety and depression.”

“What is happening in our own backyard today is as evil and criminal as what happened to me and my siblings as children in Nazi Europe,” she concluded. “It needs to be stopped immediately.”

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question: Where is Verdoner originally from?

answer: It might be implied that she is from Netherland.

question: At what age was Verdoner separated from her parents?

answer: That information is not known, but it appears she was a child when she was separated from her parents.

question: Why does President Donald Trump's "no tolerance" immigration policy affect Verdoner very much?

answer: It reminds her of her experience and its lasting effects on young children.

question: Did Verdoner eventually recover from anxiety and depression?

answer: That information is not known.

question: What becomes of the parents that are separated from their children?

answer: That information is not known.

question: Where do separated immigrant children end up?

answer: It appears they are placed under the care of other adults.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The article addresses Nazi holocaust survivor Yoka Verdoner's concerns about Donald Trump's "no tolerance" immigration policy. She recounts what happened to her as a child, and it appears her siblings still suffer the effects of being separated from their parents during the Nazi holocaust. She opined that the parent-child separation going on is as evil as what she experienced, and it had to be stopped.


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JESÚS MANUEL RODRÍGUEZ ESCORCIA (born 27 October 1993), known as JESÚS RODRÍGUEZ (), is a Colombian footballer who plays as a forward for Categoría Primera B club Atlético on loan from Junior.[1]

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title: Jesús Rodríguez Escorcia

question: What is Escorcia's first name?

answer: Jesús

question: When was Escorcia born?

answer: 27 October 1993

question: What is Escorcia's professional position?

answer: A forward in football.

question: With which organizations is Escorcia associated?

answer: Categoría Primera B club Atlético, and Junior

question: What is Escorcia's full name?

answer: Jesús Manuel Rodríguez Escorcia

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: Jesús Manuel Rodríguez Escorcia plays as a forward in football for Categoría Primera B club Atlético.


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_RASTELLUS_ is a genus of African termite hunters first described by Norman I. Platnick & E. Griffin in 1990.[1]

Species

it contains seven species:[2]

-   _Rastellus africanus_ Platnick & Griffin, 1990 – Namibia, Botswana
-   _Rastellus deserticola_ Haddad, 2003 – South Africa
-   _Rastellus florisbad_ Platnick & Griffin, 1990 – South Africa
-   _Rastellus kariba_ Platnick & Griffin, 1990 – Zimbabwe
-   _Rastellus narubis_ Platnick & Griffin, 1990 – Namibia
-   _Rastellus sabulosus_ Platnick & Griffin, 1990 – Namibia
-   _Rastellus struthio_ Platnick & Griffin, 1990 – Namibia, Botswana

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title: Rastellus

question: What is Rastellus?

answer: Rastellus is a genus of African termite hunters.

question: Who was Rastellus first described by?

answer: Rastellus was first described by Norman I. Platnick & E. Griffin.

question: When was Rastellus first described?

answer: Rastellus was first described in 1990.

question: How many species does Rastellus contain?

answer: Rastellus contains seven spacies.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Rastellus is a genus of African termite hunters first described in 1990. It contains seven spacies.


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question: What is the author's stance on the Socialist party?

answer: They think it to be evil, as the enemy, the exact antithesis of their conservative movement which aims to extend Liberty to the next generation by promoting traditional American values.


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A new study examining polar bear attacks on humans over the past 144 years has found that the popular idea of the great Arctic hunters as enthusiastic predators of humans is a myth.

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James Tagalik took this photo of polar bears playing near the community of Arviat, Nunavut. A new study confirms that the bears are not active predators of humans; rather, polar bear attacks overwhelmingly happen when the bears are young and starving. (Submitted by James Tagalik)

Jim Wilder was a young researcher on the frozen Beaufort Sea when he had his first polar bear encounter.

"We were camped out on the sea ice in front of a maternal den waiting for (mama bear) to come out with her cubs," he recalls. "A polar bear came up and sniffed the tent, right where my head was, when I was sleeping in the middle of the night and went on its merry way."

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Wilder, now a scientist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in Alaska, is a co-author of a study analyzing all recorded cases of polar bear attacks on humans in the five countries where the animals live. He said his story shows why the popular idea of the great Arctic hunters as enthusiastic predators of humans is a myth.

"They're portrayed as these extremely dangerous man-eating beasts that are looking to attack people, which I think is fairly inaccurate."

Attacks aren't that common, he said. Although he acknowledges his list is incomplete and doesn't include data from Arctic aboriginals, Wilder's team found only 73 recorded predatory attacks in the 144 years between 1870 and 2014, 20 of them fatal.

The study, published in the Wildlife Society Bulletin, also suggests fat 'n' happy polar bears don't hunt humans.

Nearly two-thirds of the attacks were by young adult bears who were starting to starve.

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The study only found 73 recorded polar bear attacks on humans in a 144-year period. (submitted by Kevin Xu)
Almost all the attacks were by males, usually young. Of the 11 that weren't, most were females defending cubs.

Polar bears, said Wilder, avoid risk. Unlike black or grizzly bears, which can eat plants if necessary, polar bears must hunt.

"If they get injured, that impairs their ability to hunt," he said. "There isn't a lot of incentive for them to be aggressive — unless times are bad.

"That seems to flip a switch. They seem to turn into a different beast."

Even yearling polar bears will hunt people if they're desperate, Wilder said. And more than one-quarter of the attacks in the study occurred in towns.

Both circumstances are almost unheard of in grizzlies or black bears, he said.

Climate change could worsen conflicts

The findings suggest that human-bear conflicts are going to get worse as climate change whittles away at the sea ice the bears use as their main hunting platform for the fat-rich seals that form the biggest part of their diet. The report found that nearly nine in 10 attacks occurred between July and December, when the sea ice was at its lowest.

"If I lived in a coastal community, the things I would be worried about are loss of sea ice — more bears on shore, in poorer condition."

Geoff York, another co-author, said some Canadian Arctic communities have already noticed changes.

"We had stories from northern residents where they said, 'Growing up as kids, we used to go camping on the land in our wall tents. We don't do that any more. We have a fixed cabin with hard walls."'

Many community residents — especially those along the shores of Hudson Bay, where sea ice retreat is extensive and bear health is declining — are asking to be trained as qualified bear spotters to help protect industrial or scientific camps.

People need tools to live with hungrier bears that are going to be on shore longer, York said.

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Polar bears have been known to make their way into Arctic communities on occasion in search of food, like this one in Tuktoyaktuk, Northwest Territories. Researchers suggest that climate change could make human/polar bear conflicts more prevalent in the future. (Kyla Lucas)
Nunavut is issuing kits containing flares, bear bangers and bear spray to help keep hunters safe on the land. But those materials are considered hazardous goods and difficult to ship.

"A lot of the northern communities just don't have access to the less lethal deterrents," York said.

In the future, not all bear encounters will be as benign as the one Wilder recalls from that long-ago den stakeout.

"I look back on that with a little nervousness," he said. "I just thank my lucky stars that bear was probably in good or average body condition."

question: What is the likelihood of being attacked by a polar bear?

answer: Originally, low. In the past 144 years, only 73 attacks have been recorded and only 20 were fatal. However, it is predicted that the likelihood will rise due to climate change.

question: How does climate change affect what polar bears do?

answer: Climate change is reducing the amount of ice where the bears hunt for seals, this reduces the food available for the bears. A starving bear is likely to be desperate enough to attack a human.

question: What are humans doing about in reaction how the polar bears are being affected by climate change?

answer: Some people living in arctic communities are learning how to spot bears and use tools to protect human camps. However, bear deterring tools are not easily acquired.

question: What is the concern about tools used for deterring bears?

answer: Flares, bear bangers, and bear spray are considered as hazardous items and are not shipped easily. This makes acquiring them in arctic communities difficult.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Climate change is making life worse for polar bears by decreasing their sources of food, making them desperate enough to try attacking humans. For the most part, polar bears do not want to risk attacking humans but the current situation is making them more desperate -which increases the likelihood of attacks on humans.


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MATTHIE is a populated place situated in Maricopa County, Arizona.[1] It has an estimated elevation of above sea level.[2]

In 1933, Matthie Station on the Atchison, Topea and Santa Fe railroad was used as a connecting stub from Phoenix, Arizona to the Prescott and Ash Fork line.[3] The service was proposed to be cut in 1934.[4]

Matthie was the location of the nearest train turnaround point to Wickenburg, Arizona in 1950, lying about five miles west of the town.[5]

The Matthie railroad junction was designated as a wildlife refuge in the 1950s by the state department due to drinking troughs laid out by the railroad engineer.[6]

The Arizona & California Railroad Company bought the tracks ending at Matthie in 1991.[7]

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title: Matthie, Arizona

question: What is the population of Matthie, Arizona?

answer: The text doesn't say.

question: What designation did Matthie receive in 1950?

answer: Matthie was designated as a wildlife refuge.

question: According to this article, who is the current owner of the railroad tracks that end in Matthie?

answer: The Arizona & California Railroad Company.

question: When was the town of Matthie established?

answer: The text doesn't say.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: This text provides concise details on the town of Matthie, Arizona, in Maricopa County. Matthie seems to have gained its recognition due to its railroad station which connects it to the Phoenix, Prescott, and Ask Fork rail lines.


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It's been two years; Everyone's confused and no body knows what to do any more. Everyone is just begging praying, for someone else to have the answers. Even our governments have lost control; even they are crying in complete confusion; no plans or back up and the whole world is confused, even the doctors, psychiatrists themselves and that's what I mean, by 'everyone'.

But I'm trying to keep it together; I have done so for the last two years. There has to be someone out their or something, anything that has the answers. I'm driving, with my child at the back seat and I'm trying my best to keep her calm, because she is scared, looking at everyone else outside, being scared and worried.

I'm determined, I will find the answers and all I can hear from everyone else is "help me please help me I'm so confused" and all over the radios, media; just cries of confusion. My car has ran out of petrol and I start to walk with my child, in my arms to a hospital near by. There has to be at least, some doctors or professionals that have kept it together.

When I get to the hospital: it's just full of people, crying sobbing and mumbling, that they are confused and don't know what to do any more, even the doctors. My daughter starts getting scared and starts to cry and I take her outside somewhere quite.

"daddy why is everyone confused?" my daughter asked crying

"they are not well honey" I tell her

"but even the doctors and other proffessional looking people are also doing the same thing and mommy she is also one of them" my daughter cried out to me

"darling listen to me, the whole world might be confused but not me ok" I tell her firmly

"ok daddy" she replies

I steal another car and going past loads of crying people; hurling out "I'm so confused I don't know what to do any more help me!" wasn't really helping me at all. I drive for hours and hours trying to find anything and I needed a break; so I get out of the car, on my own, just for a moment though. to give my self some time to think.

"I feel so confused...NO NO NO I am not confused I refuse to be confused!" I shout to my self

I get back in the car and when I drive past the white house; so many politicians and leaders yelling, that they are confused and also yelling "the world is rudderless!" and I drive on. I break into a house; so me and my daughter can sleep in and rest for the night. My daughter a sleep soundly; I think to my self constantly, very hard that there has to be something out their, when everything goes upside down, there should be a secret organisation or group, that deals with this sort of thing or is that only in the movies?

The next day I just felt terrible; for some reason and I was in a bad mood. Wherever I went or found, it was always a dead end or a complete fail. Then suddenly: I couldn't take it any more and I got out of the car, screamed angrily and then softly and quietly; started to mutter "I don't know what to do anymore I've tried everything for the last two years can you help me please help me!" my daughter becomes very scared, hearing loud and clear, at what I am saying and not even she knows what to do, because she's just a child.

"Daddy your scaring me what's wrong daddy don't be confused please!" she yells

title: Rudderless

question: What happened two years ago?

answer: The world succumbed to confusion.

question: Why does the narrator go to the hospital?

answer: He hopes that there are some doctors or professionals there who have managed to stay sane.

question: Why are the people all confused?

answer: That information can't be found.

question: Describe the significance of the title.

answer: The politicians and leaders at the White House yell that the world is rudderless, by which they are presumably referring to the fact that the governments have lost control.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Two years prior to the start of the story, the world succumbed to confusion and the governments lost control. A father travels with his daughter in search of someone who else who has managed not to fall into confusion. They visit a hospital, where all the doctors are confused, and pass the White House, where politicians and leaders are also confused. The next day, the father begins to feel confused, and his daughter begs him not to be.


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Joslyn,

I know I’m a bad guy, a jerk, the one you will remember as being the first to betray you. I was the first hand you held. I’m sure that you believe that how I acted was planned and prepared by a creature to be vilified. When I stopped answering your phone calls, stopped being there, you most likely believed it was all because I’m an ass.

You will never forgive me for what I did, letting you fall away from me in that manner and I understand. There is nothing I can do to change any of it. I could tell you I’m sorry, that if I was given the chance again I would do it differently, or that I wouldn’t let you go, but it would be a lie. It wouldn’t change what happened. It wouldn’t make much of a difference.

Explaining it to you in a way that anyone outside of me could understand is difficult. I think my actions were well intended, meant with love and hope for you, but those feelings and intentions won’t survive translation to words, cannot be properly transplanted to paper. Maybe, though, one day you will be able to decipher the thoughts I place on paper along with your own memories and find the meaning that I hoped to give you.

It was something that I felt I had to learn in a much harder way than I wanted you to learn. As I get older and older I am surer that I am better for having learned it. I can only hope that as you weather the years you will feel the same as I do.

When alone everything becomes harder, everywhere becomes colder. Home and heart are emptier. When there is no one to pick up a phone and call, when there is no one there to talk to, when that hand you held is taken away, it feels like losing part of yourself. I know, I’ve been there. I’ve had people who should always be there take their hand from mine and walk away. But as the days pass, cold and lonely days, a person learns how to be stronger, how to not be afraid of trying to move along alone. In time all the insecurities about what you can do, all the worries about letting others see you fall, the fears about what everyone says, and the self-doubts about who you are, all of them will fade away. It’s hard, but hold out, stay strong and bide your time, weather the storm of emotions and thoughts, endure. After you’ve gained your balance, once you feel yourself become steady, then make your break.

You don’t have to trust me, but trust yourself. Don’t give in to the fears of no one being there for you. Don’t be scared of something because you have no one to confirm your thoughts about it. Don’t worry about what other people think, what they say, or who you are. Today, in five minutes from now, or maybe one day in the distant future, all those people will all do the same thing that I did, they will all leave you. You will be the only one who has to live with the decisions that you made, not them. Respect your wishes, not those of others. Live up to your demands, no one else’s.

I am sorry that I had to step away from you. I held you hand for so long that it felt like part of me. I wish that I didn’t want you to be a stronger person. I wish that I didn’t believe making you stronger had to come at such a price. What I did, stepping away, was tougher for me than anything else I’ve ever done.

But, like I said, it was an experience that I grew up with, one that made me stronger. It made me a bigger, better, man than I was before. I would have never been able to become who I am if I had someone there by my side, supporting me, to fall back on, every step of the way. The steps I took in life wouldn’t have been risks. I wouldn’t know myself or have the faith in who I am to the extent that I do today.

I hope you can take everything in stride. Know that you may stumble, but its ok. When you find yourself down on your hands and knees, force yourself back up to your feet and take that step that caused you to trip.  I know that this isn’t how it is written in the stories, but everyone and everything you’ve ever known could never teach you to stand up on your own. It is a lesson you can only learn from the hands that let you go.

You will learn to walk alone.

title: Walking Alone (810 Words)

question: What does the story say about hands?

answer: Hands are mostly discussed in reference to hand-holding but also represent people in the narrator's life. The narrator was the first to hold Joslyn's hands. The story implies that having a hand to hold offers someone strength and not having one to hold is challenging. The author held Joslyn's hand so long it felt like a part of him, implying they were in a relationship for a while. The author refers to Joslyn being down on her hands and knees, probably as a metaphor for feeling defeated.

question: What does the story say about strength?

answer: The strength referred to all seems to be mental or emotional strength. The author believes that having to walk through life alone helps teach someone this kind of strength. The author implies that leaving Joslyn was for her growth in strength and resilience. The experience of separating from Joslyn made the author stronger.

question: What does the story say about learning?

answer: Learning in the story is connected to difficult circumstances. The author learned through hard ways and wants Joslyn to have less difficulty learning the same things. Learning has made the author a better person. The primary thing being learned in the story is how to walk alone in life.

question: What does the story say about Joslyn's appearance?


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The 2017 CME GROUP TOUR CHAMPIONSHIP was the seventh CME Group Tour Championship, a women's professional golf tournament and the season-ending event on the U.S.-based LPGA Tour. It was played at the Gold Course of Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida.

The CME Group Tour Championship also marked the end of the season-long “Race to the CME Globe” in 2017. Each player's season-long “Race to the CME Globe” points were “reset” before the tournament based on their position in the points list. “Championship points” were awarded to the top 40 players in the CME Group Tour Championship which were added to their “reset points” to determine the overall winner of the “Race to the CME Globe”. The event was televised by Golf Channel Thursday through Saturday on a 2-hour delay, and ABC Sunday live.

Format

Qualification

Called the “CME Group Titleholders” for its first three editions, qualification for the tournament changed for 2014.[1] Previously, the top three finishers in each tournament, not previously qualified, earned entry to the tournament. For 2014 the field was determined by a season-long points race, the “Race to the CME Globe”. All players making the cut in a tournament earned points, with 500 points going to the winner. The five major championships had a higher points distribution, with 625 points to the winner. No-cut tournaments only awarded points to the top 40 finishers (top 20 for the Lorena Ochoa Match Play).

Only LPGA members were eligible to earn points. The top 82 players on the “Race to the CME Globe” points list gained entry into the CME Group Titleholders Championship as well as any tournament winners, whether or not an LPGA member, not in the top 82.

Field

1. TOP 82 LPGA MEMBERS AND THOSE TIED FOR 82ND ON THE “RACE TO THE CME GLOBE” POINTS STANDINGS

Marina Alex, Brittany Altomare, Aditi Ashok, Nicole Broch Larsen, Pei-Yun Chien, Chun In-gee, Carlota Ciganda, Cydney Clanton, Jacqui Concolino, Lindy Duncan, Austin Ernst, Jodi Ewart Shadoff, Shanshan Feng, Sandra Gal, Jaye Marie Green, Brooke Henderson, Wei-Ling Hsu, Charley Hull, Karine Icher, Jang Ha-na, Ji Eun-hee, Tiffany Joh, Ariya Jutanugarn, Moriya Jutanugarn, Danielle Kang, Kim Kaufman, Cristie Kerr, Megan Khang, In-Kyung Kim, Kim Sei-young, Katherine Kirk, Lydia Ko, Jessica Korda, Nelly Korda, Olafia Kristinsdottir, Candie Kung, Brittany Lang, Lee Jeong-eun, Lee Mi-hyang, Minjee Lee, Mirim Lee, Stacy Lewis, Brittany Lincicome, Pernilla Lindberg, Gaby López, Mo Martin, Caroline Masson, Ally McDonald, Azahara Muñoz, Anna Nordqvist, Ryann O'Toole, Jane Park, Park Sung-hyun, Suzann Pettersen, Pornanong Phatlum, Gerina Piller, Morgan Pressel, Beatriz Recari, Ryu So-yeon, Madelene Sagström, Lizette Salas, Alena Sharp, Jenny Shin, Sarah Jane Smith, Jennifer Song, Angela Stanford, Lexi Thompson, Ayako Uehara, Michelle Wie, Jing Yan, Amy Yang, Angel Yin, Yoo Sun-young

_Qualified but did not play: Ashleigh Buhai, Chella Choi, Laura Gonzalez Escallon, M. J. Hur, Kim Hyo-joo, Haru Nomura, Su-Hyun Oh, Inbee Park, Karrie Webb_

2. LPGA MEMBERS, NOT OTHERWISE QUALIFIED, WHO WON AT LEAST ONE OFFICIAL LPGA TOURNAMENT DURING THE SEASON

_None_

3. NON-MEMBERS WHO WON AT LEAST ONE OFFICIAL LPGA TOURNAMENT DURING THE SEASON

Ko Jin-young

Nationalities in the field

  North America (32)   South America (0)   Europe (14)   Oceania (4)   Asia (24)   Africa (0)
  -------------------- ------------------- ------------- ------------- ----------- ------------
  (2)                                      (1)           (3)           (2)
  (1)                  (2)                 (1)           (1)
  (29)                 (1)                               (1)
                       (2)                 (14)
  (1)                  (3)
  (1)                  (3)
  (3)
  (3)

Race to the CME Globe

Reset points

Each player's “Race to the CME Globe” points were “reset” before the tournament based on their position in the “Race to the CME Globe” points list. The leader was given 5,000 points, the player in second place 4,500 down to 10 points for the player in 72nd place.

  Points   Player              Country   Race Points   Reset points   Events
  -------- ------------------- --------- ------------- -------------- --------
  1        Lexi Thompson                 3,304         5,000          21
  2        Park Sung-hyun                3,219         4,750          23
  3        Shanshan Feng                 3,147         4,500          22
  4        Ryu So-yeon                   3,064         4,250          23
  5        Brooke Henderson              2,785         4,000          30
  6        Chun In-gee                   2,611         3,600          23
  7        Cristie Kerr                  2,583         3,200          23
  8        Moriya Jutanugarn             2,513         2,800          28
  9        Ariya Jutanugarn              2,376         2,400          27
  10       Anna Nordqvist                2,214         2,100          20

Final points

“Championship points” were awarded to the top 40 players in the CME Group Tour Championship which were added to their “reset points” to determine the overall winner. The winner of the CME Group Tour Championship receiver 3,500 points, the second place player 2,450, down to 150 points for the player finishing in 40th place. The effect of the points system is that the top five players in the reset points list prior to the Championship would be guaranteed to win the “Race to the CME Globe” by winning the Championship. The top 12 in the reset points list would have a chance of winning the Race depending on the performances of other players.

+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| Place     | Player    | Country   | Reset     | Champions | Final     |
|           |           |           | points    | hip       | points    |
|           |           |           |           | points    |           |
+===========+===========+===========+===========+===========+===========+
| 1         | Lexi      |           | 5,000     | 2,450     | 7,450     |
|           | Thompson  |           |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 2         | Park      |           | 4,750     | 1,500     | 6,250     |
|           | Sung-hyun |           |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 3         | Ariya     |           | 2,400     | 3,500     | 5,900     |
|           | Jutanugar |           |           |           |           |
|           | n         |           |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 4         | Shanshan  |           | 4,500     | 340       | 4,840     |
|           | Feng      |           |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 5         | Ryu       |           | 4,250     | 250       | 4,500     |
|           | So-yeon   |           |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 6         | Brooke    |           | 4,000     | 300       | 4,300     |
|           | Henderson |           |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 7         | Chun      |           | 3,600     | 0         | 3,600     |
|           | In-gee    |           |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 8         | Cristie   |           | 3,200     | 200       | 3,400     |
|           | Kerr      |           |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 9         | Moriya    |           | 2,800     | 250       | 3,050     |
|           | Jutanugar |           |           |           |           |
|           | n         |           |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+
| 10        | Jessica   |           | 320       | 2,450     | 2,770     |
|           | Korda     |           |           |           |           |
+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+-----------+

Bonus

The winner of the “Race to the CME Globe”, Lexi Thompson, received a $1 million bonus that does not count toward official money list, while Park Sung-hyun in second place and Ariya Jutanugarn in third place received $150,000 and $100,000, respectively.

Final leaderboard

_Sunday, November 19, 2017_

  Place               Player             Country           Score             To par   Money ($)
  ------------------- ------------------ ----------------- ----------------- -------- -----------
  1                   Ariya Jutanugarn                     68-71-67-67=273   −15      500,000
  T2                  Jessica Korda                        69-68-70-67=274   −14      186,576
  Lexi Thompson                          71-67-69-67=274
  T4                  Ji Eun-hee                           69-70-69-67=275   −13      109,523
  Pernilla Lindberg                      69-67-71-68=275
  T6                  Park Sung-hyun                       67-65-75-69=276   −12      73,411
  Michelle Wie                           72-68-66-70=276
  T8                  Kim Kaufman                          70-72-64-71=277   −11      53,085
  In-Kyung Kim                           70-67-71-69=277
  Nelly Korda                            70-66-73-68=277

[1]

title: 2017 CME Group Tour Championship

question: What are the qualification criteria for the 2017 CME Group Tour Championship?

answer: All players making the cut in a tournament earn points. The top 82 players (plus those tying the 82nd place) earned entry.

question: How many players participated in the event?

answer: 74.

question: Can the players who were ranked 13th to 72nd in the reset points list win the championship?

answer: The article implies that they can't.

question: Which continent had the most and least participants in the championship (excluding continents that had no one representing them)?

answer: North America had the most with 32 players and Oceania the least with 4.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The 2017 CME Group Tour Championship was the seventh in the series, a women's professional golf tournament and the season-ending event on the US-based LPGA Tour. It was played at the Gold Course of Tiburón Golf Club in Naples, Florida. The top 82 players in the "Race to the CME Globe" rankings earn entry to the tournament plus any tournament winners not in the top 82. Ariya Jutanugarn won the event while Jessica Corda and Lexi Thompson tied for second place.


text:
RINGLAND is a rural village in Norfolk, England, situated in the valley of the River Wensum, approximately north-west of Norwich. Parts of the Wensum valley within Ringland parish constitute a Site of Special Scientific Interest. The village has a population of 260, and it has an area of .

The parish church of St Peter's has a 13th-century tower and a 14th-15th century nave and chancel.

Some notably hilly terrain (RINGLAND HILLS) lies within the parish to the east of the village and north of the Wensum. The hills are thought to be a glacial terminal moraine, much the same as Cromer ridge. The soil here is extremely sandy and full of smooth flint pebbles. Painter Alfred Munnings produced a work entitled _Ponies on Ringland Hills_.[1]

The village has extensive common land: a lower area on the river Wensum and an upper area with the remains of a Beaker pit in the direction of Weston Longville.

The river was originally crossed by a wooden footbridge (and a ford for horse-drawn traffic). This was replaced in the 1920s with a concrete structure which remains today. Rare concrete 'tank traps' from World War II still exist by the banks of the Wensum.

The village originally had two public houses, the King of Prussia and the Swan Inn. The King of Prussia was renamed 'The Union Jack' during World War I, and finally closed in the 1960s. The Swan remains to this day. Attached to The Swan is a restaurant run by the owners of The Swan.

[1] Ponies on Ringland Hills Retrieved 18 June 2011

title: Ringland, Norfolk

question: Which is older, St Peter's church tower or chancel?

answer: The tower is older.

question: Did horses use to use the wooden footbridge?

answer: No, they used a ford to cross the river.

question: How old is the concrete footbridge?

answer: More than 100 years.

question: Which public house was longer opened, The King of Prussia or The Swan Inn?

answer: The Swan Inn.


text:
Thank you very much for taking the time to read this because I need you to give me constructive criticism on my still in-progress work. I know it is incomplete, but I need advice about my writing style, appeal, etc. so I can better myself. If you like it, great! If you do not like it, tell me why you do not like it in a constructive manner. I hope my paper is free of grammatical errors and I hope you enjoy the first chapter of "The Lone Wolf"!

I pressed the ashes and the dirt together into a neat mound and I stood up to look at it. Tears welled up in my eyes and I wiped them with my sleeve. After only a week’s struggle, both of my parents were dead and I was alone. I looked around at the destruction around me, seeing fires blacken rubble and electric wires sparkling. I looked back down at the grave and my makeshift cross, hoping it would suffice for the sacrifice my parents made to me by protecting me in the last raid. Now, I needed to survive by myself and for myself. I said a few quiet words for my parents and I prepared myself for the road ahead of me.

            My name is Michael Greaves, a seventeen year-old survivor on the road trying to scavenge for food and water. I was a military brat before this cataclysmic event and my parents were military veterans from the Marine Corps. I barely outlasted a bandit raid with my MP5 submachine gun and my P99 pistol, but my parents saved me in the flash of the last moments of their lives. When the marauders stormed the remains of our house and ran down to the cellar, my parents brandished combat knives and they ambushed them. I was told to sit in the corner with my MP5 on my lap and a blanket over my body so the bandits wouldn’t see me, but I watched my parents wrestle them to the ground. I heard a shot ring out in the cellar and my mother screamed. The second shot sounded soon after the first. All was silent and I was trying my hardest not to cry out and tears were falling out of my eyes. I quickly wiped my face and I tore off the blanket, revealing my gun. I shouted my loudest and longest shout as I was unloading all of my bullets uncontrollably on these helpless thieves. I wasted all of my MP5 ammunition on their dead bodies. Once my voice cracked, I stopped screaming and I returned to the cruel reality of my parents’ deaths. I fell to my knees and I slumped over their bodies and I must have cried all night.

            When dawn’s light reached through the cracks of the cellar’s ceiling, I knew what I had to do. When I picked up my mother, I wept hard once again. I tried carrying my mother up the broken stairs and it felt as if all of the world’s weight was put on my arms. When I got outside, my knees broke down in an empty space apart from all of the rubble around me and I set my mother down. This was hard on me both mentally and emotionally and I couldn’t think of an even worse way of their deaths.

I dragged my feet down the stairs and I saw my father lying on his side with his back turned to me. I tried picking up my father, but I was too weak and I cried again. I didn’t even want to drag him up the stairs, pulling his dead arms, but it was the only way. His head was knocked around on the broken stairs and it only made me feel worse about myself. I pulled his body next to my mother and I went back downstairs to get a shovel.

With every scoop of dirt, ash, and rubble, I grunted pathetically every single time. The grunting only got progressively worse when I kept looking at my parents’ peaceful faces. Tears flew out of my eyes with every deliberate scoop. I took a long break to avoid thinking about my parents, but it was the only thing I could think about and I cried silently when I returned to work. I finished digging and I looked at the close sunset on the horizon. I didn’t want to leave my parents out here in the cold, but it was too dangerous to linger out here with raiders lurking about. I placed my parents in one grave together and they looked peaceful together. I put my mother’s right hand in my father’s left hand and it somehow made me feel better, but I ignored the feeling quickly and I garrisoned myself in the cellar.

After dawn made its appearance again the next day, I emerged from the cellar and I found my parents unchanged. I started to drop the dirt on my parents from their feet to their heads. I didn’t cry this time because I knew I needed to become strong from this experience and keep moving forward with my life. The mound was irregularly arranged, but I changed my focus to the headstone for them. I didn’t know how to honor their sacrifice so greatly with only a few words carved in stone, and instead, I took two broken planks and twine and I crafted a makeshift cross. I stuck the cross at the head of their grave and I pressed the dirt and ashes together into a neat mound.

No matter how hungry or thirsty I was, I still took a knee and said a few words for the funeral service:

“Mother and Father, I’m terribly sorry I couldn’t protect you. Your deaths were your ultimate sacrifice to me and I am humbly grateful for all you have done to nurture and protect me. I know you wouldn’t want me to result to vengeance because that is not what God wants. Your sacrifices were intended to keep me alive and I will survive by any means necessary.”

My voice became very dry and I could talk no more. I went inside the cellar to prepare myself for the road ahead of me. I took the marauder’s pistols, the remainder of canned food, the last two bottles of water, my parents’ bloody combat knives and their assault rifles, a bottle of painkillers, and I put them all in my backpack. It was a heavy load, but I knew it would get lighter over time. I emerged from the cellar at around noon and the sun shown brightly on my face. I pulled my ripped handkerchief up to my eyes and I put my sunglasses on. I tightened my backpack’s straps and I started on the road.

title: The Lone Wolf (still in working progress; read description before reading short story)

question: What has caused the surrounding destruction?

answer: Only a war could cause such destruction.

question: Why would military vets allow their only 17-year-old son to hide with the guns when they go to battle with combat knives?

answer: Perhaps they wanted him to have the protection but it really doesn't make sense to leave your son to fend for himself when you could have used the guns to protect him.

question: Why were the parents fighting with combat knives when they had assault rifles?

answer: The parents may have falsely assumed that the bandits could not have had guns and they may have felt that with their training they were well-equipped to defend themselves.

question: Write a ~15 sentence summary.

answer:
Michael Greaves is a 17-year-old trying to survive by scavenging. After just one week’s struggle both his parents are dead and he is alone. Around him destruction, blackened remains and live electric cables. His parents died protecting him. He’s just buried them and put a makeshift cross on their grave.

Michael’s parents were military vets from the Marine Corps. Michael was armed but his parent wouldn’t allow him to face the intruders when they broke into the house. His parents attacked the marauders with combat knives while Michael hid under a blanket.

He heard a shot and his mother screamed. Soon after there was a second shot, then silence. Michael was trying not to cry. He revealed himself and his weapon. He unloaded the bullets uncontrollably into the helpless thieves. He had wasted all his MP5 ammo.
He loaded all the food and weapon into a rucksack after burying his parents and set off on the road.


text: The TARIM BABBLER (_Rhopophilus albosuperciliaris_), also known as the TARIM HILL WARBLER is a species of bird in the genus _Rhopophilus_. Its relationships are uncertain and it has been placed in the families Cisticolidae, Timaliidae or Sylviidae. It is endemic to China.

title: Tarim babbler

question: What are other names for the tarim babbler?

answer: Rhopophilus albosuperciliaris and tarim hill warbler

question: To what genus does the tarim babbler belong?

answer: Rhopophilus

question: To what family does the tarim babbler belong?

answer: Uncertain; it has been placed in the families Cisticolidae, Timaliidae, and Sylviidae.

question: Where does the tarim babbler live?

answer: China

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: The tarim babbler is a Chinese bird species in the genus Rhopophilus.


text:
[William Quan Judge]

WILLIAM QUAN JUDGE (April 13, 1851 – March 21, 1896) was an Irish-American mystic, esotericist, and occultist, and one of the founders of the original Theosophical Society. He was born in Dublin, Ireland. When he was 13 years old, his family emigrated to the United States. He became a naturalized citizen of the USA at age 21 and passed the New York state bar exam, specializing in commercial law.

A vigorous, imaginative, and idealistic young man, he was among the seventeen people who first put the Theosophical Society together. Like Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and Henry Steel Olcott, he stayed in the organization when others left. When Olcott and Blavatsky left the United States for India, Judge stayed behind to manage the Society's work, all the while working as a lawyer.

When Blavatsky and Olcott left America, they left Theosophy in North America in Judge's hands. While Judge kept in close contact with both Blavatsky and Olcott through correspondence, there was little if any organized activity for the next several years. His difficulties over this period of time are illustrated by a biographical passage written by Mrs. Archibald Keightley: “_It was a time when Madame Blavatsky – she who was then the one great exponent, had left the field ... the interest excited by her ... striking mission had died down. The T.S. was henceforth to subsist on its philosophical basis ... From his twenty - third year until his death, (Mr. Judge's) best efforts and all the fiery energies of his undaunted soul were given to this work._”

In 1876, business affairs caused him to visit South America, where he contracted “Chagres fever”,[1] and he was ever after a sufferer from that torturing disease. Other “phases” of his experiences on this journey are recorded in his writings, often allegorical, suggesting the character of the occult contacts which may have been established on this journey.

In India, Blavatsky established a new headquarters. As a European, her efforts to restore respect for the Hindu faith were quite effective. As a result, she made enemies among the missionaries of conventional Christianity. The Theosophical Movement 1875-1950 sets out some of the events that followed: "William Q. Judge, who arrived in India soon after the Coulombs had been sent away from headquarters, made a detailed examination of the false door constructed in Madam Blavatsky's “occult room”. He showed the product of Coulomb's interrupted labours to some three hundred witnesses who signed their names to a description of the place. He removed the “shrine” in which the Coulombs had attempted to plant evidence of fraud. Even many years later, these actions provide cogent evidence of “the Coulomb Conspiracy” and vindicate Madame Blavatsky.

In 1885, after his return to America, Judge set about to revitalize the Movement in the United States. The real beginning of the work of Theosophy in the United States began in 1886, when Judge established The Path, an independent Theosophical magazine. Until this time, not much had been accomplished in the way of growth of the Society in America. Mr. Judge addressed the common man in homely language and with simple reason. The Path showed that he had found himself and was now cultivating the area of his greatest usefulness, as a writer. His natural interest in the welfare of others affected everything he did, so that his articles and Theosophical talks are cast in the idiom of the common man. In his first editorial, he wrote: “_It is not thought that utopia can be established in a day ... Certainly, if we all say that it is useless ... nothing will ever be done. A beginning must be made and it has been made by the Theosophical society ... Riches are accumulating in the hands of the few while the poor are ground harder every day as they increase in number ... All this points unerringly to a vital error somewhere ... What is wanted is true knowledge of the spiritual condition of man, his aim, and destiny ... those who must begin the reform are those who are so fortunate as to be placed in the world where they can see and think out the problems all are endeavouring to solve, even if they know that the great day may not come until after their death._”

He also wrote: “_The Christian nations have dazzled themselves with a baneful glitter of material progress. They are not the peoples who will furnish the clearest clues to the Path ... The Grand Clock of the Universe points to another hour, and now Man must seize the key in his hands and himself – as a whole – open the gate ... Our practice consists in a disregard of any authority in matters of religion and philosophy except such propositions as from their innate quality we feel to be true._”

It has been said of Judge: “_Everything he wrote of a metaphysical nature can be found, directly or indirectly, in the works of Madame Blavatsky. He attempted no new “revelation” but illustrated in his own works the ideal use of the concepts of the Theosophical Teachings._” The Theosophical Mov't, 1875 - 1950. Over the years, Mr. Judge attracted to the Movement a nucleus of devoted followers. The movement grew steadily in America.[2]

Judge wrote theosophical articles for various theosophical magazines, and also the introductory volume, _The Ocean of Theosophy_ in 1893. He became the General Secretary of the American Section of the Theosophical Society in 1884, with Abner Doubleday as President.

Judge left no record of the period before the founding of the Theosophical Society but some of his published statements reveal the character of his relationship with Blavatsky during this period. On the occasion of her death in 1891, he referred to their first meeting in her rooms in January 1875. He wrote:[3]

  It was her eye that attracted me, the eye of one whom I must have known in lives long passed away. She looked at me in recognition for that first hour, and never since has that look changed. Not as a questioner of philosophies did I come before her, not as one groping in the dark for lights that schools and fanciful theories had obscured, but as one who, wandering through the corridors of life, was seeking the friends who could show where the designs for the work had been hidden. And, true to the call, she responded, revealing plans once again, and speaking no words to explain, simply pointed them out and went on with the task. It was as if but the evening before we had parted, leaving yet to be done some detail of a task taken up with one common end; it was teacher and pupil, elder brother and younger, both bent on the one single end, but she with the power and knowledge that belong but to lions and sages.

Blavatsky often referred to the founding of the Theosophical Society as coming about as a result of occult direction from her teachers. Judge would later write that the objects of the Society had been given to Olcott by the Masters before the meeting at which they were adopted. Thus, the founding of the Theosophy Society may be seen to have been inspired.

In 1881, looking back on the founding of the Society, Blavatsky wrote: “''Our society as a body might certainly be wrecked by mismanagement or the death of its founders, but the IDEA which it represents and which has gained so wide a currency, will run on like a crested wave of thought until it dashes upon the hard beach where materialism is picking and sorting its pebbles ... ''” At this time, the affairs of the Society were largely in Olcott's hands. Meetings were held irregularly, and many plans for occult experimentation were proposed. Neither Blavatsky nor Judge took any active part in the meetings after the first few sessions. He was busy with his law practice. She was beginning to write her first book, Isis Unveiled.[4]

After Blavatsky died in 1891, Judge became involved in a dispute with Olcott and Annie Besant, whom he considered to have deviated from the original teaching of the Mahatmas. As a result, he ended his association with Olcott and Besant during 1895 and took most of the Society's American Section with him. Despite being hounded by devotees to Besant, Judge managed his new organization for about a year until his death in New York City, whereupon Katherine Tingley became manager. The organization originating from the faction of Olcott and Besant is based nowadays in India and known as the Theosophical Society - Adyar, while the organization managed by Judge is known nowadays simply as the Theosophical Society, but often with the specification, “international headquarters, Pasadena, California”.

Judge died in 1896 in New York City.

In 1898, Ernest Temple Hargrove, who had initially supported Tingley, left with other members to form the Theosophical Society in America (Hargrove) Branch. Other new organizations split off from his, including the Temple of the People (whose library bears his name) during 1898 and the United Lodge of Theosophists or ULT during 1909.

[1] “Chagres fever” is a viral disease of short duration; possibly, Chagas disease, a chronic and debilitating protozoal disease, was intended by the author whose work is replicated in this article.

[2] Theosophical Library; London, Ontario

[3] Theosophical Library; London, Ontario

[4] Theosophical Library; London, Ontario

title: William Quan Judge

question: What is Judge's greatest contribution to Theosophical Society?

answer: He contributed mostly through his writings which were based on Madame Blavatsky's philosophical leanings.


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The WABASH HERITAGE TRAIL is a hiking trail running from Fort Ouiatenon to the Tippecanoe Battlefield Park in Battle Ground, Indiana. It is approximately long and passes along the cities of West Lafayette and Lafayette, Indiana.

The path consists of approximately 5 1/2 miles of paved path and 7.5 miles of unpaved footpath. Bicycles are permitted on paved portions of the trail. Horses and motorized vehicles are not allowed on any portion of the trail.[1]

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title: Wabash Heritage Trail

question: Why aren't horses/motor vehicles allowed on any portion of the trail?

answer: Most likely for safety reasons-- I'd imagine that having horses & motor vehicles on the paved portions of the trail would crowd the trail & make it less safe for runners & bikers. The unpaved trail also might be more dangerous for cars & horses.


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"The strangest thing was, there was no radio. Nothing. Up and down the dial. Just static or silence for months." Said Mike as they slowed to a stop at a four way intersection. Steve sat on the passenger side of the old army cargo truck, jotting on a notepad. The diesel rumbled cantankerously as the the beast lumbered forward.

Annabelle was an two and a half ton U.S. Army M35 truck. Big and square and serious. Or had been. Annabelle had seen better days. Big patches of paint were gone and rust nibbled away where it hadn't plain eaten right through. She had bumps and dings and dents and gouges. Some things were missing. Some were replaced. Some were wedged and hammered on with a wing and a prayer. The passenger side window had a big crack running along the hood and up the side that was covered with duct tape, giving her the look of taped up glasses. She was old and mean and stubborn and beat, but all in all, she was a good girl.

Mike was a bit older, mid fourties maybe. Thin. He was a week or so overdue for a haircut, but not yet shaggy. He juggled the steering wheel and shifter between his good right hand, the stump of his left and his knee. Steve was much younger. A little bit plump. From an easier time. He was writing for a newspaper or something. Who cares. He was company.

"Driving truck was one of the things I could do with this." He held up and waved his left hand. It was roughly a triangle behind where his thumb and knuckles used to be. His amputation scars had healed a long time ago. "It was crushed when a building collapsed right after everything fell apart. I couldn't fight too well, so I did what I could getting stuff to the guys who were. You know they say that the whole thing started with a spelling error? Some guy somewhere made a mistake in a computer code. Started a market panic. Whole thing spread like wildfire. Before you know the whole world was blowing each other up" He hit the clutch and shifted. The original shifter was gone, along with the boot. It was a piece of pipe with a pipe cap on the end dissapearing through a square hole in the floor.

"Like I said, there was no radio. No talk, no music. Nothing. They had the army radios for important stuff, but those were few and far between, all for the higher ups. Once in a while you could scrounge up some AA's for one of those little plastic jobbies, but there was nothing to pick up on it. You had a lot of time to think. Sometimes you'd get antsy for something, anything. Some guys had mp3 players or old phones. You could charge those up at the big bases. Once it was gone it was gone though." The truck swayed on the uneven road. The shock absorbers were useless rotted out tubes now, she wobbled on just her springs.

Annabelle tipped alarmingly to the side as they rounded a corner, swaying back and forth until she settled back onto her haunches. "Then they got the government station. They got enough broadcast towers together to cover most places. Took a long time to get to the more remote places. Instructions, news, things like that, they broadcast important stuff during the day, less so at night. They taught first aid in the morning, news at noon. At dawn they taught school, just to keep things going. A bit of math, a bit of history. Sometimes on slow days they'd play a song or two."

A few moments of silence passed as Steve's pencil scratched on paper. "I don't carry munitions much anymore. Not like the old days when they'd load Annie down untill her tires almost scraped the wells. Food now mostly. Wheat, corn. I carried sheep once. Annie didn't care much for that."

They slowed to a stop. The chain link and razor wire of what had once been a prison stretched off in either direction. Mike rolled down the window and handed a sheaf of papers to the bored man in the corrugated steel guardpost. He didn't bother reading too thoroughly.

"Well kid, end of the line." He said as they rolled into the unloading area, taking a seat in a long line of Annabelles, Betsies and couple of Rachels.

Steve let himself out and said goodbye. Mike sat there, put on the parking brake, patted the scarred up old steering wheel, clicked on the cheap plastic radio taped on top of the dashboard, and listened to the music.

title: Static

question: What does the excerpt say about the monotony of the truck driving job?

answer: Where they're stationed there's no radio, the airwaves are populated with static or silence for months. When a newspaper journalist tags along, the driver is grateful to have company. They have radios for important stuff. Then there's the government station which covers most places. They air instructions, news, important stuff during the day, less so at night. They teach first aid in the morning, news at noon. At dawn they air school just to keep things going. A bit of math, history, on slow days they air a song or two. Some drivers bring mp3 players or old phones. They could charge them at bases, but once they're gone, they're gone.


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 The Answer Thief
     I walked down the hallway, looking at my old watch with a ripped strap. It was 9:41, nine minutes before break ended. I did not know which locker he had, but I followed him from biology class. What if he did not stop at his locker? No, his next class was gym; he had to stop. When he stopped and started to turn the dial, I stood by, looking intimidating. He was humming something, not noticing me until he was putting his binder away. He then had a look of uninterested surprise.
     “Hmm? Eric, what are you doing?” He was speaking in a tone that showed he couldn’t care less. That wouldn’t be for long.
     “You took my homework sheet.” I said, staring him down.
He scratched the back of his left shoulder with his right hand, his eyebrows slowly raising.
     “Oh, yeah. Well, um... I went to the inbox to get my homework sheet to make corrections. I musta... grabbed yours by mistake.” He didn’t even look me in the eye, the phony he was.
     “No,” I said my, voice slowly raising. “You had your homework on your desk. I SAW you copying the answers from my sheet to yours.” He still looked somewhat out of it, and it pissed me off. Was he high? He did look like a stoner, though. He looked like a guy who had no ambition or care for how his life from here on out would be a downward spiral of despair.
     “Well, er, I had to get this homework done. I-I was busy last night.” He looked very nervous, not showing a sign of dignity. This only fueled my rage. I thought about smacking some sense into him.
     I laid my elbow on the locker, allowing me to rest my neck onto my knuckles. I smiled, knowing he wouldn’t try to fight back. I might as well have some fun.
     “What are you-” I interrupted his insensible rambles.
     “You know Newton’s third law of motion states that all force has an equal and opposite reaction. If someone wanted to exert a great amount of force to someone else, say by punching them so hard their teeth fall out, they would feel the same amount of force upon their closed fist, like the recoil of a gun. You want me to show you a demonstration?” I raised my right fist, feeling very, very powerful. A sense of adrenaline rushed into my fist, causing it to slowly vibrate. I was so excited, I WANTED to punch him. I really did. I was at first just trying to intimidate him, maybe get an apology, some respect or even some homework answers to teach him a lesson, but I didn’t care. The lazy jerk deserved it.
     I suddenly remembered a quote from history class, from ancient greece. The scene set before was so awesome, I had to say it. I leaned close and whispered, “The strong do what they can. The weak suffer what they must!”
     His eyes widened, he grabbed his stuff and started some more rambling. “Alright! Okay! Jeez! I won’t do it again, okay?” He fastwalked away, not turning around once.
     That was perfect! I laughed, the anger and tension now gone. I probably got some sense in that loser’s head for once in his life. I wonder what time it is. I looked at my watch. 9:45. “Only four minutes?” I said to no one in paticular. That felt much longer. I guess time doesn’t fly when you have fun! I laughed and walked back to my locker. My laughter stopped suddenly, as I walked along the wall to avoid the three guys walking past me. I needed to teach them a lesson too. Someday, not today.
 (I had to do this short story in english class. The main character, Eric, is a reference to Eric Harris, one of the shooters at Columbine. Since this is for school, I do not say this, and there is no cursing. It would probably take place during freshman or sophomore year, before he planned the massacre.)

title: The Answer Thief

question: Summarize the answer thief's reactions to Eric.

answer: At first the thief claims to have grabbed Eric's homework sheet by mistake. Then he explains that he stole it because he was busy last night and needed to get the homework done. When Eric threatens him, he admits to what he did and fastwalks away.

question: What does the story say about the type of person Eric is?

answer: Eric finds it fun to intimidate the homework thief. He quotes Newton's third law of motion to the thief. He thinks of the thief as a loser. He plans to teach a lesson to other students as well.

question: Summarize the events in the story related to the Columbine mass shooting.

question: Summarize the main source of tension in the story.

answer: The answer thief stole Eric's worksheet. He initially tries to deny having done so purposefully. Eric decides to teach the thief a lesson. Eric finds it fun to intimidate the thief.


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_THE MALCOLM X JAZZ SUITE_ is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard.[1][2] The album was released on April 20, 1993 via Columbia.[3]

Background

Blanchard acted as the composer and orchestrator for Spike Lee's last two films: _Jungle Fever_ and Malcolm X. Blanchard took the strongest themes from the latter movie and rearranged them for the present jazz quintet sessions.[4] Bassist Tarus Mateen, tenor saxophonist Sam Newsome, pianist Bruce Barth, and drummer Troy Davis each also participated in the original _Malcolm X_ project.[5] In 1994, the album was nominated for Soul Train Music Award for Best Jazz Album.

Critical reception

Scott Yanow of Allmusic stated “Trumpeter Terence Blanchard continues to grow and develop with each year. He wrote the score for Malcolm X and this set finds him exploring 11 of his themes from the movie with his quintet... Many moods are explored and the fresh material really invigorates the quintet. Newsome's Trane-isms blend well with Blanchard (whose range has become quite impressive) and the performances (which easily stand apart from the film) are quite memorable. It's one of Terence Blachard's finest recordings.” David Hajdu of _Entertainment Weekly_ added “Most important, like the rarest of movie music (including the classic jazz soundtracks by Eddie Sauter), The Malcolm X Jazz Suite looks fine without the movie”.[6]

David Hajdu of _Entertainment Weekly_ noted “Adapted from his music for Spike Lee’s Malcolm X, this ambitious suite by young trumpeter Terence Blanchard evokes both X generations: Malcolm’s, by mimicking — I mean, paying homage to — the brooding, modal, small-band jazz that Miles Davis was making at the time of Malcolm’s rise; and Blanchard’s, by meandering along without much regard for structural tradition.” Zan Stewart of _The Los Angeles Times_ commented “Do tunes taken from a movie score serve as a solid basis for a thematic quintet album? Not always, as trumpeter-composer Blanchard's latest project illustrates”.[7]

Track listing

Personnel

-   Bruce Barth – piano
-   Terence Blanchard – composer, producer, trumpet
-   Troy Davis – drums
-   Tarus Mateen – bass
-   Sam Newsome – sax (tenor)

PRODUCTION

-   Joel Zimmerman – art direction, design
-   Robin Burgessco – producer
-   James P. Nichols – engineer
-   Dr. George Butler – executive producer
-   Robin Burgess – management
-   Hans Neleman – photography

Chart performance

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| Chart (1993)                      | Peak                              |
|                                   | position                          |
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| US Traditional Jazz Albums        | 23                                |
| (_Billboard_)[8]                  |                                   |
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title: The Malcolm X Jazz Suite

question: How did the Malcolm X Jazz Suite rank on the Billboard charts?

answer: It reached 8th position.

question: What is the relationship between Stan Lee and the Malcolm X Jazz Suite album?

answer: Terence Blanchard is the composer and orchestrator for Spike Lee's films Jungle Fever and Malcolm X. He took the strongest themes from the Malcolm X film and rearranged them for his jazz quintet. The album Malcolm X Jazz Suite was born.

question: Summarize all the information relating to Terence Blanchard.

answer: Blanchard is an American jazz trumpeter that composed and orchestrated music for two films, viz. Jungle Fever and Malcolm X. Blanchard rearranged the strongest themes in Malcolm X for his jazz quintet. He played the trumpet for the album. His range on the trumpet is impressive. The Malcolm X Jazz Suite album is one of Terence Blanchard's finest recordings.

question: Summarize how the Malcolm X Jazz Suite was received.

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 - It was nominated for a Soul Train Music Award for Best Jazz Album.
 - Allmusic stated that many moods are explored and the fresh material invigorates the quintet on this album. The performances stand well apart from the film and are memorable.
 - Entertainment Weekly feels that the album works well without the movie.
 - LA Times feel that the movie score did not make a solid basis for a thematic quintet album.

question: How are the old and new Malcolm X generations combined in the Malcolm X Jazz Suite?

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David Hajdu of Entertainment Weekly feels that this album evokes both the old and new:
The old generation by mimicking, or paying homage to, the brooding, modal, small-band jass that Miles Davis was making at the time of Malcolm's rise.
The new generation by mimicking, or paying homage to, Blanchard's, by meandering along without much regard for the structural tradition.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The Malcom X Jazz Suite is a studio album by American jazz trumpeter Terence Blanchard. It contains the strongest thematic elements from the film with the same name.


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**The Pro.**

You swing your car into the dingy lot in front of Gutter Ball's and kill the engine. You sit there for a few moments preparing yourself. Almost game time.

You hit the trunk release and get out of the car. The rain stopped about an hour ago and for the first time this week the evening air is cool rather than muggy. Opening the trunk, you retrieve you bag and head toward the entrance, passing Ten Pin's truck on the way.

Gutter Ball's is the kind of place where men take the game of bowling very seriously. Despite it's dim, dingy interior, the lanes are well-kept and gleam with fresh oil. It's like stepping directly into a hurricane sometimes, the balls roaring down the lanes sound like approaching thunder and you can feel the punctuating booms in your chest as they strike the pins.

Classic rock plays nonstop at Gutter Ball's. At the moment Don Henley is lamenting about a certain hotel he never should have stayed in. Gutter Ball is behind the counter chatting up a leggy brunette with an amazing case of acne. Gutter is no prize himself, though at well over 6' 4" his sheer mass seems to cause some women's panties to loosen and from what you can glean from the conversation, it seems to be working for him at the moment.

The place is packed tonight, you knew it would be. Everywhere people are gathered in small groups either at the bar or down in the alley. The chatter is so loud you can barely hear the music. You like it that way though, the chaos helps you concentrate. You can see a much larger crowd than the rest gathered at the far end of the alley, obviously occupying both of the last two lanes. That must be Ten Pin's crowd of admirers. Looking closer, you see him stand up and get into form. He takes a deep breath, moves forward 3 paces and throws a clean strike.

*Good,* you think, *I hope he's already warmed up.*

As you approach the counter Gutter glances at you in annoyance only briefly before resuming his conversation with the brunette.

"I swear. Just by *hearin*,'" he tells her.

"Ain't no way," she says.

Gutter holds up one finger. "Wait for it," he says.

Frustrated, you glance toward Ten Pin's groupies once more and see him going through his motions again. His release is silky smooth, the ball screams down the lane. Gutter stabs his finger in the brunette's direction.

"*That* one's a strike," he says. The brunette whips around to follow the sound. A half-second later Ten Pin's ball slams into the pocket with a crash- not a pin stands. The brunette jumps up and down and giggles with glee.

"AMAZING!" she exclaims. "Do it again! *Please?*" she whines.

"In a sec', sweetheart," he says, finally turning in your direction.

"I don't know you," he says, frowning. "The fuck do you want?"
"I'd like a lane." you tell him. "Down alley next to Ten Pin if you've got one."

Gutter's gaze loosens a bit and he raises an eyebrow at you."Ten Pin, huh?" he eyes you up and down, frowning a little once more. "You for real?" he asks.

You lean over the counter and regard Gutter closely, trying to appear intense.

"You just pay attention," you tell him. "Keep your ears peeled." you smile at Gutter and wink. For a moment he only stares at you and then he cracks a huge grin and slaps you on the shoulder.

"I like you, kid!" he exclaims loudly. Gutter gestures toward the brunette. She smiles at you politely, obviously uninterested. "This here's Sally," he says. She nods in your direction. "What's you name, son?" he asks.

"English," you tell him. "You can call me English."

"English, huh?" Gutter says, his frown returning. Gutter glances at Sally and she giggles once again.

"Well, you go ahead and see to your lane," he says, "*Mr.* English." Sally can't help but laugh loudly this time.

"Thank you," you tell him. Part of you really wanted to like Gutter but another part of you wanted to shove his stone face into the counter-top.

You take your score sheet and head down toward the end of the alley.

title: The Pro.(short fiction)

question: Describe the atmosphere at Gutter Ball

answer: Here people take bowling seriously. The place is dim and dingy but the bowling lanes gleam with fresh oil. the place is very noisy. Here classic rock plays non-stop and the balls being played thunder down the lanes. The place is packed and you can barely hear the music above the chatter.

question: Why is Gutter annoyed with the narrator?

answer: Gutter Ball is chatting up a leggy brunette. He's no picture postcard but he seems to be getting her attention. The narrator will interrupt his charm offensive. He's never met the narrator before so he's not sure what the narrator is doing there.

question: Why does is the narrator conflicted in his feelings about gutter?

answer: The narrator is conflicted in that he wants to like Gutter but part of him wants to shove his stone face into the counter. This is likely due to Gutter's attitude to him. The man slaps him on the shoulder and tells him that he likes him but he mocks him constantly so that the girl laughs at him. No doubt English feels like a fool.

question: Where did Gutter meet Sally?


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FREDERICK PERRY FISH (13 January 1855 – 6 November 1930) was an American lawyer and executive who served as president of American Telephone & Telegraph Corporation from 1901 to 1907. One of the leading patent attorneys of his age representing such famous clients as Alexander Graham Bell, Thomas Edison, and The Wright Brothers, by the time of his death he was believed to have appeared in more patent cases at the Supreme Court than any other lawyer. He was the founder of the law firm now known as Fish & Richardson.[1]

Early life

He was born on 13 January 1855 in Taunton, Massachusetts. He was a son of Frederick L. Fish (1813–1892) and Mary Jarvis (née Perry) Fish (1833–1910).[2] Among his siblings were brothers Nathaniel J. W. Fish, the mayor of Taunton, and engineer Charles Henry Fish.[3][4]

His paternal grandparents were Simeon Fish and Judith (née Rayder) Fish and his maternal grandparents were the Rev. Clark Perry and Mary Jarvis (née Stone) Perry.[5]

Fish attended Harvard College and Harvard Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1878.[6]

Career

He worked at the law firm of Thomas L. Livermore and Senator Bainbridge Wadleigh in Boston. During his lifetime, the law firm was successively named Wadleigh & Fish (1878); Livermore & Fish (1885); Livermore, Fish & Richardson (1889); Fish, Richardson & Storrow (1890); Fish, Richardson, Herrick & Storrow (1899); Fish Richardson, Herrick & Neave (1900); Richardson, Herrick & Neave (1901); Fish, Richardson, Herrick & Neave (1907); and Fish, Richardson & Neave (1916). In 1969, after Fish's death, the firm adopted its current name, Fish & Richardson.

Fish's specialty was patent law. He was involved in key patent litigation during development of the telephone, the air brake, the steam turbine, the automobile, the airplane and the radio, as well as other electric appliances.

In 1901, Fish took leave from the law practice to serve as the president of AT&T. During his tenure at AT&T, Fish oversaw completion of a unified network of telephone lines nationwide.

He turned down the presidency of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and returned to law in 1907. That year, Fish first credited Thomas Edison with suggesting “hello” as a more efficient telephone greeting than “Are you there?” or “Are you ready to talk?” Alexander Graham Bell had proposed “ahoy”.[7]

In 1906, Fish helped the Wright Brothers secure their patent on wing warping. In 1913, Fish helped the Wright Brothers prevail over Glenn Curtiss in an infringement case involving the 1906 “Flying Machine” patent. Wilbur Wright's last known letter before his death was to Frederick Fish.[8]

Volunteer work and legacy

He served as Vice-President of the Bar Association of the City of Boston from 1909 to 1920, and President of the Massachusetts State Bar Association for the year 1919–1920. He served on the Corporation of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and the Governing Board of Radcliffe College. He was also an Overseer of Harvard College, a trustee of the American School of Classical Studies in Athens, and Chairman of the Massachusetts State Board of Education.

Firm partner William King Richardson wrote a eulogy about Fish as follows: “He was a great lawyer and a great scholar, but above all he was a great human being. Each of the thousands who came in contact with him during his extraordinarily active life is better for having known him. He radiated kindliness, sympathy and courage.”

Personal life

On April 7, 1880, Fish was married to Clara Perkins Livermore (1851–1914), a daughter of Leonard Jarvis Livermore, a minister, and Mary Ann Catherine (née Perkins) Livermore of Cambridge, Massachusetts.[9] Together, they were the parents of two children, Margaret A. Fish[10] and Erland Frederick Fish (1883–1942), a Major General and commander of the Massachusetts State Guard who served as President of the Massachusetts Senate.[11]

Fish died at his home in Brookline, Massachusetts on November 6, 1930.[12]

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title: Frederick Perry Fish

question: When was Frederick Perry Fish born?

answer: 13 January 1855.

question: What was Frederick Perry Fish?

answer: He was a lawyer and executive.

question: What organization was Frederick Perry Fish president of?

answer: American Telephone & Telegraph Corporation.

question: Where was Frederick Perry Fish born?

answer: Taunton Massachusetts.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: This article is about Frederick Perry Fish, an American lawyer and executive from the 19th and 20th centuries.


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_DATTA PUTRUDU_ ( _Adopted Son_) is a 1972 Telugu-language drama film, produced by Tammareddy Krishna Murthy under the Ravindra Art Pictures banner[1] and directed by T. Lenin Babu.[2] It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao, Vanisri in the lead roles[3] and music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao.[4]

Plot

The film begins, on a couple, Dharmaiah (Mikkilineni) & Parvathamma (Shanta Kumari) who are childless, adopts a kid Ramanna which irks Parvathamma's brother Sheshayya (Nagabhushanam) and develops animosity against them. After the arrival of Ramanna, the house blossoms with joy and the couple is blessed with a baby girl Saroja. Once Sheshayya tries to take hold of Dharmaiah's fields, in that quarrel, due to misfortune Sheshayya's henchmen dies in which Dharmaiah is indicted, thereby, lands in jail. Years roll by, Ramanna (Akkineni Nageswara Rao) takes care of Parvathamma & Saroja (Venneradai Nirmala) and makes her well-educated. In the city, she falls in love with Seshayya's son Raja (Ramakrishna). After completion of studies, they return to the village where the rivalry between two families still continues. Parallelly, Ramanna loves a strong headed girl Rangamma (Vanisri), daughter of their distant relative Bhushaiah (Raavi Kondala Rao). Meanwhile, Seshayya & Ramanna learn regarding the love affair of Raja & Saroja and oppose the alliance. So, Raja & Saroja decides to elope when Ramanna obstructs them and gives an assurance to perform their marriage. Thereafter, Ramanna plays a drama and make Sheshayya realize his mistake, by the time, Dharmaiah also releases. Finally, the movie ends on a happy note with the marriages of Ramanna & Rangamma and Raja & Saroja.

Cast

-   Akkineni Nageswara Rao as Ramanna
-   Vanisri as Rangamma
-   Ramakrishna as Raja
-   Nagabhushanam as Seshayya
-   Satyanarayana as Jaggadu
-   Mikkilineni as Dharmaiah
-   Padmanabham as Abbulu
-   Allu Ramalingaiah as Panthulu
-   Raavi Kondala Rao as Bhushaiah
-   Balakrishna as Pakodi
-   Santha Kumari as Parvathi
-   Vennira Aadai Nirmala as Saroja
-   Suryakantham as Peramma
-   Ramaprabha as Subbulu

Crew

-   ART: GV Subba Rao
-   CHOREOGRAPHY: Chinni - Sampath
-   FIGHTS: Raghavulu
-   DIALOGUES: Pinisetty
-   LYRICS: C. Narayana Reddy, Dasaradhi, Kosaraju
-   PLAYBACK: Ghantasala, P. Susheela, L. R. Eswari, S. P. Balasubrahmanyam
-   MUSIC: T. Chalapathi Rao
-   STORY: VK Rama Swamy, Tammareddy Krishna Murthy
-   EDITING: Akkineni Sanjeeva Rao, TV Balu
-   CINEMATOGRAPHY: S. Venkataratnam
-   PRODUCER: Tammareddy Krishna Murthy
-   SCREENPLAY - DIRECTOR: T. Lenin Babu
-   BANNER: Ravindra Art Pictures
-   RELEASE DATE: 9 June 1972

Soundtrack

Music composed by T. Chalapathi Rao. Music released on Audio Company.

  S. No.   Song Title              Lyrics              Singers                    length
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  1        “Maa Chenu Bangaram”    C. Narayana Reddy   Ghantasala                 4:06
  2        “Chakkani Chinavade”    C. Narayana Reddy   P. Susheela                4:02
  3        “Andaniki Andanivi”     Dasaradhi           SP Balu, P. Susheela       3:56
  4        “Gampa Nettina Petti”   Dasaradhi           Ghantasala, P. Susheela    4:32
  5        “Manasina Chinadana”    Kosaraju            Ghantasala, L. R. Eswari   5:30
  6        “Pilloyi Jagratha”      C. Narayana Reddy   Ghantasala, P. Susheela    4:20

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question: When was the film released?

answer: 1972

question: Who was the director?

answer: T. Lenin Babu

question: What language is the film in?

answer: Telugu

question: Who are the lead actors?

answer: Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Vanisri

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Datta Putrudu is a 1972 Telugu-language drama film directed by T. Lenin Babu. It stars Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Vanisri in the lead roles.