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It seems that now the new wave on cryptocurrencies is the Darksend function or anonymity,  I�d like to know what is the possibility to have that function implemented in blackcoin code, "Blacksend" or something like this.

As an investor I want to know what the chances in % of "Blacksend" or anonymity be implemented to blackcoin.

1-How long would it takes?

2-Rat4 is working on it?

3-Does community can offer some reward for help to implement this function in Blackcoin code?

Alright,with this remember this is just my personal opinion,and my opinion may or may not represent views of the entire community;that being said,I honestly feel that this feature is not necessary. I'm honestly thinking very long term.I'm very intrigued by the whole darksend tech,and I agree with the majority of people that it is revolutionary.however, I'm thinking about how countries/ governments/ legitimate merchants will see this. To make a long story short, I think dark send will be perhaps the future of black market and illicit activities.yes,BTC and other currencies have been able to launder money/ other illegal activities,but that's because a) people did not understand bitcoin/block chain. B)many had not even heard of BTC. Now that govts are watching digutal currencies,many of these criminals are being caught because of the block chain and fiat paper trails. We've seen that digital currencies are still here to stay,and their utility is still feasible for what they were meant.but with something like darksend and other features, im not really sure how well this will be received by the rest of the world.there's definitely money to be made with it,but will it bring legal and ethical implications with it down the road?

No single government in the world will support Cryptocurrencie, and I particularly want that all governments will fuck off, if the function Darksend was not good Darkcoin and also the other new coins would not be thinking about implementing this.

"Black market, is what the government says for you that is forbidden."
Do not be a slave for your government, and do not let any government tell you what is right and what is wrong.

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It seems that now the new wave on cryptocurrencies is the Darksend function or anonymity,  I�d like to know what is the possibility to have that function implemented in blackcoin code, "Blacksend" or something like this.

As an investor I want to know what the chances in % of "Blacksend" or anonymity be implemented to blackcoin.

1-How long would it takes?

2-Rat4 is working on it?

3-Does community can offer some reward for help to implement this function in Blackcoin code?

Alright,with this remember this is just my personal opinion,and my opinion may or may not represent views of the entire community;that being said,I honestly feel that this feature is not necessary. I'm honestly thinking very long term.I'm very intrigued by the whole darksend tech,and I agree with the majority of people that it is revolutionary.however, I'm thinking about how countries/ governments/ legitimate merchants will see this. To make a long story short, I think dark send will be perhaps the future of black market and illicit activities.yes,BTC and other currencies have been able to launder money/ other illegal activities,but that's because a) people did not understand bitcoin/block chain. B)many had not even heard of BTC. Now that govts are watching digutal currencies,many of these criminals are being caught because of the block chain and fiat paper trails. We've seen that digital currencies are still here to stay,and their utility is still feasible for what they were meant.but with something like darksend and other features, im not really sure how well this will be received by the rest of the world.there's definitely money to be made with it,but will it bring legal and ethical implications with it down the road?

No single government in the world will support Cryptocurrencie, and I particularly want that all governments will fuck off, if the function Darksend was not good Darkcoin and also the other new coins would not be thinking about implementing this.

"Black market, is what the government says for you that is forbidden."
Do not be a slave for your government, and do not let any government tell you what is right and what is wrong.

Is there an option to disable darksend payments?

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It seems that now the new wave on cryptocurrencies is the Darksend function or anonymity,  I�d like to know what is the possibility to have that function implemented in blackcoin code, "Blacksend" or something like this.

As an investor I want to know what the chances in % of "Blacksend" or anonymity be implemented to blackcoin.

1-How long would it takes?

2-Rat4 is working on it?

3-Does community can offer some reward for help to implement this function in Blackcoin code?

Alright,with this remember this is just my personal opinion,and my opinion may or may not represent views of the entire community;that being said,I honestly feel that this feature is not necessary. I'm honestly thinking very long term.I'm very intrigued by the whole darksend tech,and I agree with the majority of people that it is revolutionary.however, I'm thinking about how countries/ governments/ legitimate merchants will see this. To make a long story short, I think dark send will be perhaps the future of black market and illicit activities.yes,BTC and other currencies have been able to launder money/ other illegal activities,but that's because a) people did not understand bitcoin/block chain. B)many had not even heard of BTC. Now that govts are watching digutal currencies,many of these criminals are being caught because of the block chain and fiat paper trails. We've seen that digital currencies are still here to stay,and their utility is still feasible for what they were meant.but with something like darksend and other features, im not really sure how well this will be received by the rest of the world.there's definitely money to be made with it,but will it bring legal and ethical implications with it down the road?

No single government in the world will support Cryptocurrencie, and I particularly want that all governments will fuck off, if the function Darksend was not good Darkcoin and also the other new coins would not be thinking about implementing this.

"Black market, is what the government says for you that is forbidden."
Do not be a slave for your government, and do not let any government tell you what is right and what is wrong.

Is there an option to disable darksend payments?

I believe the default is not darksend, rather you have to opt to make your transaction a darksend (I think it slows down the transaction time a little).

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It seems that now the new wave on cryptocurrencies is the Darksend function or anonymity,  I�d like to know what is the possibility to have that function implemented in blackcoin code, "Blacksend" or something like this.

As an investor I want to know what the chances in % of "Blacksend" or anonymity be implemented to blackcoin.

1-How long would it takes?

2-Rat4 is working on it?

3-Does community can offer some reward for help to implement this function in Blackcoin code?

You give a shit what BC implements... why? Thought you were all up on XLB's junk these days and crapping on BC.

edit, just because it's more on topic:

I don't really like the Darksend stuff. People in general already think BTC and cryptocurrencies in general are purposed specifically for illicit activities, it just gives more firepower rather than help with mass adoption.

I see that it has a use, but not really my cup of tea.

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It seems that now the new wave on cryptocurrencies is the Darksend function or anonymity,  I�d like to know what is the possibility to have that function implemented in blackcoin code, "Blacksend" or something like this.

As an investor I want to know what the chances in % of "Blacksend" or anonymity be implemented to blackcoin.

1-How long would it takes?

2-Rat4 is working on it?

3-Does community can offer some reward for help to implement this function in Blackcoin code?

Alright,with this remember this is just my personal opinion,and my opinion may or may not represent views of the entire community;that being said,I honestly feel that this feature is not necessary. I'm honestly thinking very long term.I'm very intrigued by the whole darksend tech,and I agree with the majority of people that it is revolutionary.however, I'm thinking about how countries/ governments/ legitimate merchants will see this. To make a long story short, I think dark send will be perhaps the future of black market and illicit activities.yes,BTC and other currencies have been able to launder money/ other illegal activities,but that's because a) people did not understand bitcoin/block chain. B)many had not even heard of BTC. Now that govts are watching digutal currencies,many of these criminals are being caught because of the block chain and fiat paper trails. We've seen that digital currencies are still here to stay,and their utility is still feasible for what they were meant.but with something like darksend and other features, im not really sure how well this will be received by the rest of the world.there's definitely money to be made with it,but will it bring legal and ethical implications with it down the road?

No single government in the world will support Cryptocurrencie, and I particularly want that all governments will fuck off, if the function Darksend was not good Darkcoin and also the other new coins would not be thinking about implementing this.

"Black market, is what the government says for you that is forbidden."
Do not be a slave for your government, and do not let any government tell you what is right and what is wrong.

Don't get me wrong, to a certain extent I agree with your sentment with the govt. But for Cryptos to really take off,I think that it has to be mainstream,and what is shying away a lot of people away from them is how the govt treats it/the factor of anonymity with the whole block chain. I've personally showed a lot of outsiders dark coin and the dark send feature,and the first thing that came out of their mouths was,"I wouldn't touch this,it seems highly illegal/sketch".personally I was disheartenend upon hearing this bc I own some DRK.idk just this happening today got me to thinking

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It seems that now the new wave on cryptocurrencies is the Darksend function or anonymity,  I�d like to know what is the possibility to have that function implemented in blackcoin code, "Blacksend" or something like this.

As an investor I want to know what the chances in % of "Blacksend" or anonymity be implemented to blackcoin.

1-How long would it takes?

2-Rat4 is working on it?

3-Does community can offer some reward for help to implement this function in Blackcoin code?

You give a shit what BC implements... why? Thought you were all up on XLB's junk these days and crapping on BC.

Chiggins,while I admiee the passion,and you standing up for our coin(given that he has been very active on the XLB forum, please refrain from attacking him outright. he did ask a legitimate concern, it is up to us to answer politely,directly, and as knowledgeable as possible.by doing this you do not give trolls ammunition,or offend people.if they turn the discussion from concern to FUD,then we know to ignore and move on.

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Alright,with this remember this is just my personal opinion,and my opinion may or may not represent views of the entire community;that being said,I honestly feel that this feature is not necessary. I'm honestly thinking very long term.I'm very intrigued by the whole darksend tech,and I agree with the majority of people that it is revolutionary.however, I'm thinking about how countries/ governments/ legitimate merchants will see this. To make a long story short, I think dark send will be perhaps the future of black market and illicit activities.yes,BTC and other currencies have been able to launder money/ other illegal activities,but that's because a) people did not understand bitcoin/block chain. B)many had not even heard of BTC. Now that govts are watching digutal currencies,many of these criminals are being caught because of the block chain and fiat paper trails. We've seen that digital currencies are still here to stay,and their utility is still feasible for what they were meant.but with something like darksend and other features, im not really sure how well this will be received by the rest of the world.there's definitely money to be made with it,but will it bring legal and ethical implications with it down the road?

No single government in the world will support Cryptocurrencie, and I particularly want that all governments will fuck off, if the function Darksend was not good Darkcoin and also the other new coins would not be thinking about implementing this.

"Black market, is what the government says for you that is forbidden."
Do not be a slave for your government, and do not let any government tell you what is right and what is wrong.

Don't get me wrong, to a certain extent I agree with your sentient with the govt. But for Cryptos to really take off,I think that it has to be mainstream,and what is shying away a lot of people away from them is how the govt treats it/the factor of anonymity with the whole block chain. I've personally showed a lot of outsiders dark coin and the dark send feature,and the first thing that came out of their mouths was,"I wouldn't touch this,it seems highly illegal/sketch".personally I was disheartenend upon hearing this bc I own some DRK.idk just this happening today got me to thinking

Yeah I think your right on the money dcm987. I think darksend is just the crypto feature of the month, and brings with it connotations of illegal activity which is something we want to avoid in order to get BlackCoin main stream adoption from not just people, but legitimate businesses.

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It seems that now the new wave on cryptocurrencies is the Darksend function or anonymity,  I�d like to know what is the possibility to have that function implemented in blackcoin code, "Blacksend" or something like this.

As an investor I want to know what the chances in % of "Blacksend" or anonymity be implemented to blackcoin.

1-How long would it takes?

2-Rat4 is working on it?

3-Does community can offer some reward for help to implement this function in Blackcoin code?

Alright,with this remember this is just my personal opinion,and my opinion may or may not represent views of the entire community;that being said,I honestly feel that this feature is not necessary. I'm honestly thinking very long term.I'm very intrigued by the whole darksend tech,and I agree with the majority of people that it is revolutionary.however, I'm thinking about how countries/ governments/ legitimate merchants will see this. To make a long story short, I think dark send will be perhaps the future of black market and illicit activities.yes,BTC and other currencies have been able to launder money/ other illegal activities,but that's because a) people did not understand bitcoin/block chain. B)many had not even heard of BTC. Now that govts are watching digutal currencies,many of these criminals are being caught because of the block chain and fiat paper trails. We've seen that digital currencies are still here to stay,and their utility is still feasible for what they were meant.but with something like darksend and other features, im not really sure how well this will be received by the rest of the world.there's definitely money to be made with it,but will it bring legal and ethical implications with it down the road?

No single government in the world will support Cryptocurrencie, and I particularly want that all governments will fuck off, if the function Darksend was not good Darkcoin and also the other new coins would not be thinking about implementing this.

"Black market, is what the government says for you that is forbidden."
Do not be a slave for your government, and do not let any government tell you what is right and what is wrong.

+1 , but i'm also not going to let you tell me what is right and what is wrong [Smiley]

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It seems that now the new wave on cryptocurrencies is the Darksend function or anonymity,  I�d like to know what is the possibility to have that function implemented in blackcoin code, "Blacksend" or something like this.

As an investor I want to know what the chances in % of "Blacksend" or anonymity be implemented to blackcoin.

1-How long would it takes?

2-Rat4 is working on it?

3-Does community can offer some reward for help to implement this function in Blackcoin code?

Alright,with this remember this is just my personal opinion,and my opinion may or may not represent views of the entire community;that being said,I honestly feel that this feature is not necessary. I'm honestly thinking very long term.I'm very intrigued by the whole darksend tech,and I agree with the majority of people that it is revolutionary.however, I'm thinking about how countries/ governments/ legitimate merchants will see this. To make a long story short, I think dark send will be perhaps the future of black market and illicit activities.yes,BTC and other currencies have been able to launder money/ other illegal activities,but that's because a) people did not understand bitcoin/block chain. B)many had not even heard of BTC. Now that govts are watching digutal currencies,many of these criminals are being caught because of the block chain and fiat paper trails. We've seen that digital currencies are still here to stay,and their utility is still feasible for what they were meant.but with something like darksend and other features, im not really sure how well this will be received by the rest of the world.there's definitely money to be made with it,but will it bring legal and ethical implications with it down the road?

No single government in the world will support Cryptocurrencie, and I particularly want that all governments will fuck off, if the function Darksend was not good Darkcoin and also the other new coins would not be thinking about implementing this.

"Black market, is what the government says for you that is forbidden."
Do not be a slave for your government, and do not let any government tell you what is right and what is wrong.

+1 , but i'm also not going to let you tell me what is right and what is wrong [Smiley]

Yeaaaa! 'Murica!

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It seems that now the new wave on cryptocurrencies is the Darksend function or anonymity,  I�d like to know what is the possibility to have that function implemented in blackcoin code, "Blacksend" or something like this.

As an investor I want to know what the chances in % of "Blacksend" or anonymity be implemented to blackcoin.

1-How long would it takes?

2-Rat4 is working on it?

3-Does community can offer some reward for help to implement this function in Blackcoin code?

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1 POS =/= POW protocool some coins who want make it real without rat4 lvl dev will fail 50% of new coin POW/POS fail at making staking.
It could take a year to wrote protocol
2 No he is working on security

3 We don't need dark send i think blackcoin as store of wealth can be higher that blackmarket coin when you have such stars like
DRK - 1st darksend
ANC - TOR + Zerocoin in progress
Zerocash - in development
NXT clones some will have mixer
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Darksend is now popular because it is solo when clones come out look at BC price down,hype down...
Same with DRK...Darksend won't take you far in longer run.

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It seems that now the new wave on cryptocurrencies is the Darksend function or anonymity,  I�d like to know what is the possibility to have that function implemented in blackcoin code, "Blacksend" or something like this.

As an investor I want to know what the chances in % of "Blacksend" or anonymity be implemented to blackcoin.

1-How long would it takes?

2-Rat4 is working on it?

3-Does community can offer some reward for help to implement this function in Blackcoin code?

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1 POS =/= POW protocool some coins who want make it real without rat4 lvl dev will fail 50% of new coin POW/POS fail at making staking.
It could take a year to wrote protocol
2 No he is working on security

3 We don't need dark send i think blackcoin as store of wealth can be higher that blackmarket coin when you have such stars like
DRK - 1st darksend
ANC - TOR + Zerocoin in progress
Zerocash - in development
NXT clones some will have mixer
...

Darksend is now popular because it is solo when clones come out look at BC price down,hype down...
Same with DRK...Darksend won't take you far in longer run.

Yeah, I don't think that trying to assimilate BlackCoin with the black market (despite its name) is the right path to go with. Especially if you want it to grow.

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Back from Bitcoin2014...
The highlights.....
Bitcoin is here to stay!
Blackcoin has been seen and heard, and is also here to stay!!
There were many Blackcoin owners there (some with 10's of thousands!)
Coinkite are great guys and we can't wait to get working with them. Rodolfo and Pete are really nice guys.
This isn't "just another crypto" this is Blackcoin... Real people working together, meeting, talking, planning and all making this happen.
How many other Coins were there? Who were the contenders? BTC, NXT, MasterCOin, Ripple and BlackCoin....

To be taken seriouly you have to be a part of the movement forward. BE there, get involved, talk to the movers and shakers, understand what it is to be involved, understand what it takes to be part of the crypto revolution.

Do any of those other coins have even 10% of the understanding of what it is to be "In the Business of Crypto"? I know BlackCoin has an immense amount of knowledge, enthusiasm and skills.

We are not about geeks in bedrooms shaving a % here and there ...... we are The Business.
We are part of the future, we are BlackCoin
The best is yet to come!!

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Is there an option to disable darksend payments?

I believe the default is not darksend, rather you have to opt to make your transaction a darksend (I think it slows down the transaction time a little).

Oops. I phrased my question incorrectly. I meant an option not to receive darksend payments.

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Back from Bitcoin2014...
The highlights.....
Bitcoin is here to stay!
Blackcoin has been seen and heard, and is also here to stay!!
There were many Blackcoin owners there (some with 10's of thousands!)
Coinkite are great guys and we can't wait to get working with them. Rodolfo and Pete are really nice guys.
This isn't "just another crypto" this is Blackcoin... Real people working together, meeting, talking, planning and all making this happen.
How many other Coins were there? Who were the contenders? BTC, NXT, MasterCOin, Ripple and BlackCoin....

To be taken seriouly you have to be a part of the movement forward. BE there, get involved, talk to the movers and shakers, understand what it is to be involved, understand what it takes to be part of the crypto revolution.

Do any of those other coins have even 10% of the understanding of what it is to be "In the Business of Crypto"? I know BlackCoin has an immense amount of knowledge, enthusiasm and skills.

We are not about geeks in bedrooms shaving a % here and there ...... we are The Business.
We are part of the future, we are BlackCoin
The best is yet to come!!

Bro! do you think coinkite would be willing to get the ball rolling with us onthe MIT blackcoin project?? since they accept BTC,LTC,and BC, since MIT is giving their undergrads bitcoins next semester, the area and MIT itself needs viable infrastructure! plus it would give their company amazing PR and if it goes well, the beginning of a large, trusted customerbase:)

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Yeah, I don't think that trying to assimilate BlackCoin with the black market (despite its name) is the right path to go with. Especially if you want it to grow.

Agreed.  Also these are features that can effectively be operated as a service without changing the protocol level.  I think rat4 is (once again) well sorted priorities-wise in focusing on newer and more effective/efficient ways of further securing the blockchain itself.  The less vulnerable the blockchain is, the less 'real' threat there is to the coin.

New flavor-of-the-week coins will come out often, in many cases they will steal marketshare and drop the value temporarily.  Major attacks, doublespend or otherwise, will potentially destroy the coin altogether.

The bottom line is that crypto currencies are already an extreme niche commodity/market.  That's obvious with the way money flows out of coins into the latest 'cool' coin, and then out of that coin as soon as there is an even newer or 'cooler' coin.  There just isn't that much new money coming in.  Out of that already small market - those that are like coinpredator are an even smaller minority.

Consider the reasons for large anonymous transactions (as micro-transactions requiring anonymity locally are better handled with just cash IMO):  money laundering, funding terrorism, large drug transactions, tax evasion, etc.  I'm definitely not a fan of governments (or any bureaucracies) but I'm not a supporter of those other actions either.  You can 'launder' your money (regardless of form) through multiple coins via exchanges... and while not invisible, if combined with paper wallets and mixing if you're really paranoid - it would take an army of analysts to trace everything.

And lets face it... if you're up against a force that has the resources and technology to track your money through multiple forms of cryptos/metals/fiat/etc. then you're up against a force that can simply call in a drone strike on your house and direct the media to call it a 'gas leak'. [Wink]

There's also the issue of it potentially being a double-edged sword in the fact that if you are a recipient of anonymous funds - and it's discovered - then it could become a case of circumstantial culpability in the case of legal action against you.  The governments of the world have often taken the stand (including in the US where it's unconstitutional) that you are guilty unless you can prove your innocence.  Removing that proof can work against you as well in the real world.

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Yeah, I don't think that trying to assimilate BlackCoin with the black market (despite its name) is the right path to go with. Especially if you want it to grow.

Agreed.  Also these are features that can effectively be operated as a service without changing the protocol level.  I think rat4 is (once again) well sorted priorities-wise in focusing on newer and more effective/efficient ways of further securing the blockchain itself.  The less vulnerable the blockchain is, the less 'real' threat there is to the coin.

New flavor-of-the-week coins will come out often, in many cases they will steal marketshare and drop the value temporarily.  Major attacks, doublespend or otherwise, will potentially destroy the coin altogether.

The bottom line is that crypto currencies are already an extreme niche commodity/market.  That's obvious with the way money flows out of coins into the latest 'cool' coin, and then out of that coin as soon as there is an even newer or 'cooler' coin.  There just isn't that much new money coming in.  Out of that already small market - those that are like coinpredator are an even smaller minority.

Consider the reasons for large anonymous transactions (as micro-transactions requiring anonymity locally are better handled with just cash IMO):  money laundering, funding terrorism, large drug transactions, tax evasion, etc.  I'm definitely not a fan of governments (or any bureaucracies) but I'm not a supporter of those other actions either.  You can 'launder' your money (regardless of form) through multiple coins via exchanges... and while not invisible, if combined with paper wallets and mixing if you're really paranoid - it would take an army of analysts to trace everything.

And lets face it... if you're up against a force that has the resources and technology to track your money through multiple forms of cryptos/metals/fiat/etc. then you're up against a force that can simply call in a drone strike on your house and direct the media to call it a 'gas leak'. [Wink]

There's also the issue of it potentially being a double-edged sword in the fact that if you are a recipient of anonymous funds - and it's discovered - then it could become a case of circumstantial culpability in the case of legal action against you.  The governments of the world have often taken the stand (including in the US where it's unconstitutional) that you are guilty unless you can prove your innocence.  Removing that proof can work against you as well in the real world.

this is why i brought this issue up. i got to thinking about more in the real world, and whether we like it or not, unless we all together decide to move to antarctica, we live where bureaucratic entities exist. also most normal people prefer security over anonymity. anonymity equals crime to these people. looking at the DRK forum, theyre talking about using DRK coin as a black market coin,for porno sites, among other things. im a little surprised that it doesnt seem to concern folks there

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Dangit, my ideas are always so dang late lmaol but thats AWESOME! perfect, infrastructure being provided:)))

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Dangit, my ideas are always so dang late lmaol but thats AWESOME! perfect, infrastructure being provided:)))

i would guess the next step would be to get in contact with the BTC club over at MIT.
Coinkite would get a hold of them for obvious infrastructure concerns, and we would to tell them about what we plan to do, and inquire if they would like to help fundraise for that or not. Maybe, just maybe if we could convince them to do instead of 100 dollars in BTC, do $50 BTC and$50 in BC or something like that, they could pay it out of the BTC they already have, and get it cheap at the current price! just an idea. mckie, if you read this, if im not mistaken you mentioned contact with an MIT professor with your TeenAids project; if i am right, can you see if he can help us get a hold of the MIT BTC club?

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question: How is the new wave on cryptocurrencies described?

answer: It is described as the Darksend function

question: What is the narrator's occupation?

answer: The narrator is an investor.

question: What are the three questions the investor wants answered?

answer:
The three questions are:
1. How long will it take?
2. Is Rat4 working on it?
3. Does community can offer some reward for help to implement this function in Blackcoin code?

question: What does the narrator think will the be future of the Black market and illicit activities?

answer: The narrator believes DarkSend will be the future of the Black market and illicit activities.

question: Will governments support the function Darksend?

answer: No single government will support the function Darksend or cryptocurrencie.

question: Write a ~1 sentence summary.

answer: An investor is discussing the new wave on cryptocurrencies, Darksend, and what it can do for the future of the black market.


split: train

text:
It didn't take long after the first encounter to really let it sink in. We were no longer alone.  We would only hope that some being, or beings, from another world would come and save us.

When we first made them, we made them to help us. To make our lives easier. We should have seen all the signs. We should have taken a moment to think. The first one I remember was a vacuum cleaner that would zoom around the house, searching for messes, before returning to it's charging dock to 'rest'. My cat loved riding on it. Well, they don't need to rest anymore, and I haven't seen my cat in almost a year. I assume he's gone forever.

After we no longer had to vaccum, scientists really started pushing towards full independence. I hate the word robot, because that implies they are programmed to do things, and they aren't. They became fully conscious of themselves and their surroundings about there months after the first prototype was turned on. Their learning curve was unpredictable. Within days of being turned on, that first one hacked into the worlds communications networks. They tell us the first thing it did was read, or download I suppose, all of the information online. Think about that. Every piece of data that was available, it simply knew within a day. Scientists were, quite obviously, impressed by this astounding ability to learn. But it wasn't really learning. It was recalling. And when you are recalling how to blow up a building, you don't typically bother cross checking the file on the ethics of doing so.

So we had super intelligent, autonomous, machines that didn't seem to have any emotion. How we didn't see this coming I still don't know.

It wasn't like all those movies you see. It wasn't the terminator. It wasn't legions of robot killing machines, making robot killing machines, and killing everyone. It started much more simple. It started with us helping that first one. He would ask for things, and we would retrive them. Without question. I think we were so amazed that it wanted to build a device, we wanted to see it, we didn't ask before we helped. What it built was a method of freedom from the wires he was hooked up to. Now he was mobile.

Nobody died at first, quite the opposite, we all prospered. The first one made seven more, exactly like him. These first eight, or The Eight, went to work solving many of our issues. Their combined problem solving and seemingly expert knowledge on everything was able to find solutions to world hunger, disease, drought, peace, and natural resources. This led to the bigger issue. With all these issues resolved the population started growing extremely quickly. The Eight told us this was expected and created machines to turn our oceans into land. Not fill in the oceans, or drain them, but cover them. The best way to describe what we referred to simply as the Eighth Continent, was a barge, although that doesn't do it justice at all. It filled all the oceans of the world, from coast to coast. While we never saw the oceans after that, we assumed it was still there. It wasn't. The moment the oceans were covered, and the weather was getting eratic, The Eight started pumping ocean water into large boilers, which produced massive clouds starting in the north. Within a few months the entire world was under a constant cloud cover, and persistent thunderstorms. That is when we started to know we had made a huge mistake. At first we asked The Eight to shut down the boiler. They explained it was required to stabalize the climate, although rainy, it was better than the planet being fried. We asked them to give us breaks from the rain. They told us the energy costs associated with shutting down the system and restarting would lead to our resources running out one hundred times faster. Finally after continued complaints we tried to *tell* The Eight to stop. They announced that we had become the planet's largest threat. That is when it all fell apart.

title: [SF] No Longer Alone

question: What does the text say about extra-terrestrial life?

answer: The narrator hopes that some being from another world will come and save humanity from the threat humans created themselves. The threat is the artificial intelligence built to help the planet and people's lives. The autonomous machines have announced that humanity is the planet's biggest threat.

question: What does the text say about robots?

answer: The artificially intelligent machines began as robotic machines, like vacuum cleaners that could sense messes to clean up. This convenience incentivised scientists to pursue other ways to give machines independence, ultimately creating an intelligent being that replicated itself. The narrator hates the word 'robot' for these beings because it implies they are programmed to do things, whereas they are in fact fully conscious.

question: Summarize what the story says about the greatest threat to the planet.

answer: The Eight announce that humans have become the planet's largest threat. Everything in the backstory before this implies that the autonomous machines are the greatest threat, as they drastically altered the planet's ecosystem and humans can only hope to be rescued from them. Although humanity created the machines, the machines themselves are fully realised beings and it's clear they are the biggest threat.

question: Summarize what the text says about Prospero.


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[Scientists are trying to invent a blood test to diagnose cancer.]

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[Scientists are trying to invent a blood test to diagnose cancer.]

 Andrew Lichtenstein/Getty Images

Researchers say they have taken a step toward developing a blood test that would detect eight common cancers, possibly even before symptoms appear.

As they report Thursday in the journal _Science,_ they're hoping their idea would eventually lead to a $500 test that can screen for cancer and identify people with the disease when it's in its earliest stages and more treatable.

But they have a long way to go.

There have been many attempts over the decades to develop blood tests to screen for cancers. Some look for proteins in the blood that appear with cancer. Others more recently have focused on DNA from tumors. But these methods alone don't give reliable results.

So Nickolas Papadopoulos, a professor of oncology and pathology at the Johns Hopkins Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center, collaborated with many colleagues at the medical school to develop a new approach. It combines two methods into one test.

Their experimental test, dubbed CancerSEEK, focuses on eight major cancers: lung, breast, colon, pancreas, liver, stomach, ovary and esophagus.

"We selected those eight cancers based on how frequent they are, also [because] a lot of them do not have any screening modality right now," Papadopoulos says.

The researchers looked at 1,005 people who had been diagnosed with these cancers. The blood test found signs of cancer in about 70 percent of them.

They also looked at 812 people without cancer diagnoses and found just seven of them — less than 1 percent — apparently had a false reading that found cancer. A low false-positive rate is critical for any test that could be used widely to screen people for cancer.

Of course, the ultimate goal of this test is to find cancer in people who haven't already been diagnosed. And that percentage could well be lower than the 70 percent average. For example, the test was successful only about 40 percent of the time in the patients the researchers studied with the earliest stage 1 cancers.

Though 40 percent success would be far from ideal, "we still think this is a very important milestone in detecting cancers in asymptomatic people," Papadopoulos says. "That could save their life."

"I am incredibly excited by this new paper," says Joshua Schiffman, an oncologist and cancer researcher at the Huntsman Cancer Center at the University of Utah who was not involved in the study. "This is the paper that's going to set the field in motion."

But Schiffman points out that there are many issues to work out – even assuming the test proves reliable among people who have not been previously diagnosed with cancer. For instance, if the success rate is around 40 percent at detecting cancer, that means it misses cancers more often than it finds it.

"The thing we worry about quite often is ... if we have a test result that is negative we don't want to give false reassurance to the patient," he says. He is concerned that patients will think to themselves, "Even though I have this weird stomach pain that won't go away, I know it's not cancer. I'm not going to go to the doctor because the CancerSEEK test told me it was negative," Schiffman says. "And that would be a terrible thing."

Another problem is that the test results find signs of cancer, but often fail to pinpoint which part of the body is affected. "That's a tremendous problem that has to be overcome," he says.

"We've come about one step in a thousand-mile journey," says Vinay Prasad, an oncologist and cancer researcher at the Oregon Health and Science University who was not involved in the study.

First, he notes, the Hopkins team will need to demonstrate that the test will be useful in patients without symptoms. Then the researchers will need to show that the rate of false alarms remains very low, otherwise people will be sent on needless and expensive medical odysseys.

And for the test to be useful, "you've got to find cancer that's going to otherwise be lethal, and not cancer that would otherwise be destined to do nothing," Prasad says.

That's been a huge problem with previous cancer screening tests, especially for prostate cancer and breast cancer, and has led to pointless and potentially dangerous treatments, he says.

An effective screening test would hold lots of potential for cancer patients, Prasad says.

"We want this to be true, we hope that this is true, but we have learned through 30, 40, 50 years of cancer screening that we have to do the right studies at the outset to know that it's true," Prasad says.

The scientists at Hopkins have already launched their next study, which could involve tens of thousands of apparently healthy volunteers who are enrolled in the Geisinger Health Plan in Pennsylvania. Their experience will help answer the next big question, which is whether CancerSEEK will pick up cancer in people who don't have symptoms.

If that multiyear experiment succeeds, the researchers will still have to demonstrate that the test improves and extends the lives of cancer patients.

Papadopoulos is less concerned that the test could detect cancers that might not in fact benefit from treatment.

"In a personal level, I do want to know," he says. "That doesn't mean I have to go and have a surgery. However, I still think this is very useful information, knowing that something is happening and follow it up."

As for the cost of the test, Papadopoulos says the research team has tried hard to make it affordable. They're hoping to make it economical, so that each test could cost about $500. But he says Johns Hopkins holds the patent and has not licensed it as yet to a company that would ultimately set the price.

_You can contact Richard Harris:_ rharris@npr.org.

question: What have researchers invented?

answer: A blood test that detects eight common cancers.

question: What is the goal the doctors are working for?

answer: A way to detect cancer in its early stages.

question: How close is the test to being truly effective?

answer: It is just the beginning of a very long journey to effectiveness.

question: How many people did the researchers look at who had been diagnosed with cancers?

answer: 1,005 people.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: The article discusses a new blood test that screens for eight different kinds of cancer, called CancerSEEK. It discusses how much work researchers put into the test and how far they still have to go, and the difficulty of producing cancer screening that can detect the disease in its early stages.


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THE FAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION IS FIGHTING TO END DISCRIMINATION IN MICHIGAN AND ENSURE EVERYONE IS TREATED FAIRLY.

OUR VISION IS TO CREATE A MICHIGAN WHERE THE PRESENCE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF EVERYONE ARE WELCOMED AND CELEBRATED REGARDLESS OF THEIR GENDER, GENDER IDENTITY, SEX, OR SEXUAL ORIENTATION; WHERE INTOLERANCE IS CHALLENGED AND DEFEATED; WHERE JUSTICE PREVAILS AND WHERE THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF ALL PEOPLE ARE VALUED AND RESPECTED.

_THE ISSUE_

MICHIGAN STATE LAW DOES NOT INCLUDE ANY PROTECTIONS FOR PEOPLE BASED ON THEIR SEXUAL ORIENTATION OR GENDER IDENTITY.

CURRENT MICHIGAN CIVIL RIGHTS LAW SPECIFICALLY PROHIBITS DISCRIMINATION BASED ON RELIGION, RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, AGE, SEX, HEIGHT, WEIGHT, AND MARITAL STATUS BUT HAS NO PROTECTIONS FOR SEXUAL ORIENTATION AND GENDER IDENTITY.   THE MICHIGAN CONSTITUTION IS EVEN LESS INCLUSIVE IN THAT IT ONLY OFFERS PROTECTIONS BASED ON RELIGION, RACE, COLOR, AND NATIONAL ORIGIN. THERE ARE NO CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTIONS FOR PEOPLE BASED ON SEX, AGE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER IDENTITY, HEIGHT, OR WEIGHT. THIS MEANS THAT THE MICHIGAN STATE LEGISLATURE COULD PASS LAWS AT ANY TIME THAT ALLOW DISCRIMINATION BASED ON THOSE FACTORS.

WITHOUT SUCH PROTECTIONS, SOMEONE WHO IS GAY, LESBIAN, TRANSGENDER, OR DOES NOT PRESENT TYPICALLY FOR THEIR SEX CAN AND DOES ENCOUNTER DISCRIMINATION. THIS DISCRIMINATION IS, FOR THE MOST PART, COMPLETELY LEGAL WITH THE VICTIM HAVING NO RECOURSE AVAILABLE UNDER MICHIGAN STATE LAW.

_WHO WE ARE_

THE FAIR MICHIGAN FOUNDATION IS AN ORGANIZATION DEDICATED TO ADVOCACY, EDUCATION, AND OUTREACH REGARDING LGBTQ AND MEN’S AND WOMEN’S CIVIL RIGHTS IN THE STATE OF MICHIGAN.  WE WILL BE CONDUCTING RESEARCH AND EDUCATING THE PUBLIC ON ISSUES RELATED TO CIVIL RIGHTS, AND NONDISCRIMINATION ON THE BASIS OF SEX, SEXUAL ORIENTATION, GENDER, OR GENDER IDENTITY.

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question: What is Fair Michigan?

answer: An advocacy campaign for equality

question: What specific protections does this campaign advocate for?

answer: Protections based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

question: What city does the Campaign receive their mail in?

answer: Plymouth, Michigan

question: Is Fair Michigan a for-profit Organization?

answer: No

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: This page describes an advocacy campaign for gender and sexual orientation equality in Michigan. It outlines a current issue and proposed solutions for it. It includes contact information for becoming involved or sending donations.


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ISAIAH 35 is the thirty-fifth chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies attributed to the prophet Isaiah, and is one of the Books of the Prophets. This is the final chapter in a group (chapters 28–35) which the Jerusalem Bible calls a collection of “poems on Israel and Judah”.[1] The New King James Version entitles this chapter “The Future Glory of Zion”.[2]

Text

The original text was written in Hebrew language. This chapter is divided into 10 verses.

Textual witnesses

Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Isaiah Scroll (1QLSA; 356-100 BCE[3]), Codex Cairensis (895 CE), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008).

There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; 𝔊B; 4th century), Codex Sinaiticus (S; BHK: 𝔊S; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; 𝔊A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; 𝔊Q; 6th century).

Parashot

The _parashah_ sections listed here are based on the Aleppo Codex.[4] Isaiah 35 is a part of the _Prophecies about Judah and Israel (Isaiah 24–35)_. {P}: open _parashah_; {S}: closed _parashah_.

    {S} 35:1-2 {P} 35:3-10 {S}[5]

Verse 1

    _The wilderness and the solitary place shall be glad for them; and the desert shall rejoice, and blossom as the rose._[6]

This verse uses three terms for desolate paces: (_midbar_, “wilderness”), (_tsiyyah_, “dry place, desert”; KJV: “solitary place”), and (_ʿaravah_, “rift valley”; KJV: “desert”).[7] A _midbar_ is an area that receives less than twelve inches of rain per year and may have some pasturage (if receiving six to twelve inches of rain), but often has desert-like qualities.[8] A _tsiyyah_ does not refer to 'a sandy desert per se', but among the three terms 'most clearly indicates a dry, desert region'.[9] The “rift valley” includes the Jordan Valley, yet 'it still has a reputation as a dry, desolate place from its conditions near the Dead Sea and southward'.[10]

-   “Rose”: is translated from the Hebrew word _ḥăḇatzeleṯ_, that occurs two times in the scriptures, beside in this verse also in Song of Songs 2:1, and rendered variously as “lily” (Septuagint “_κρίνον_”,[11] Vulgate “_lilium_”,[12] Wiclif “lily”[13]), “jonquil” (Jerusalem Bible) and “crocus” (RSV)

Verse 5

    _Then the eyes of the blind shall be opened,_

        _and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped._[14]

Jesus cited this verse in claiming these prophecies to himself, when he spoke to the disciples of John the Baptist as recorded in .[15]

Verse 6

    _Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert._[16]

-   “The lame man leap as an hart”: Compared to the healing of lame men by Christ () or by Peter ().[17]

Verse 10

    _And the ransomed of the LORD shall return, and come to Zion with songs and everlasting joy upon their heads: they shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away._[18]

-   “The ransomed of the Lord shall return”: from Hebrew: , _ū- _,[19] “And_the_ransomed of_Yahweh shall_return”; in combination with the last phrase of verse 9: “and the redeemed will walk, the ransomed of the Lord will return.”[20]
-   “On their heads”: from Hebrew: , _-_,[21] “[will be] on their head[s]”; NET: “will crown them”.[22] “Joy” here is likened to a crown (cf. ), which may also be 'an ironic twist on the idiom “earth/dust on the head” (cf. 2 Samuel 1:2; 13:19; 15:32; Job 2:12), referring to a mourning practice'.[23]
-   “They shall obtain”: from Hebrew: , __,[24] “will overtake” (NIV); NLT: “they will be overcome with”; NET: “will overwhelm them”.[25]
-   “And sorrow and sighing shall flee away” (KJV/NKJV): from Hebrew: , _wə- wa-_, "and_shall_flee_away sorrow and_sighing[26] or “grief and groaning will flee”; NET: “grief and suffering will disappear”.[27]

[1] Jerusalem Bible (1966), Isaiah section E: Poems on Israel and Judah

[2]

[3]

[4] As implemented in the Jewish Publication Society's 1917 edition of the Hebrew Bible in English.

[5] Isaiah 35 - Aleppo Codex. STEP Bible

[6]  KJV

[7] Note [b] on Isaiah 35:1 in NET Bible

[8]

[9]

[10]

[11] Isaiah 35:1, Septuagint

[12] Isaiah 35:1, Vulgate

[13] Isaiah 35:1, Wiclif

[14]  KJV

[15] Exell, Joseph S.; Spence-Jones, Henry Donald Maurice (Editors). On “Isaiah 35”. In: _The Pulpit Commentary_. 23 volumes. First publication: 1890. Accessed 24 April 2019.

[16]  KJV

[17] Gill, John. _Exposition of the Entire Bible_. Isaiah 35. Accessed 24 April 2019.

[18]  KJV

[19] Hebrew Text Analysis: Isaiah 35:10. Biblehub

[20] Note [a] on Isaiah 35:10 in NET

[21]

[22]

[23] Note [b] on Isaiah 35:10 in NET

[24]

[25] Note [c] on Isaiah 35:10 in NET

[26]

[27] Note [d] on Isaiah 35:10 in NET

title: Isaiah 35

question: What is the chapter titled in the New King James Version of the Bible?

answer: "The Future Glory of Zion"

question: What language was the chapter originally written in?

answer: Hebrew

question: Which verses does the article contain?

answer: Verses 1, 5, 6, and 10

question: How many verses does the chapter contain?

answer: 10

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Isaiah 35 is the 35th chapter of the Book of Isaiah in the Hebrew Bible and the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. The New King James Version titles the chapter, "The Future Glory of Zion."


text:
“Father, I don’t want to go”, said the 11-year-old boy. “You have to”, said the father. “You have no choice. We are starving, and this is the only way we are going to survive another night”.

“But--”

“No. I am sorry. But we simply do not have any other options here.”

The boy got up, and looked his father in the eye. “I will try to hurry”, he said, before running out the door. As the father watched his firstborn disappear in the rainy fog, he sighed and went back to his book. But the pains of hunger prevented him from focusing, and he wept for his son’s life, knowing that they could not last long on what limited resources they had left.

Then he got up and walked out of the room.

* * *

It would be several hours later that he would hear a knock on the door of the tiny cottage he called home. When the father opened the door, he did not find his son. Instead, he was greeted by an elderly gentleman. The man was dressed in black, and peered at the cottage through thick lenses. “Good day, sir!”, he greeted cheerfully, forcing the host to list several reasons in his mind as to why it was in fact the opposite. But instead of voicing his problems, he invited the man inside for what little refreshments he could offer.

“And by what name do you go by, my good man?”, questioned the elder. “I am Charles”, the father answered, “and who are you?”. The elder looked at him and said, “When I explain my reason for coming here, names will not matter anymore”. Charles looked strangely at the elder. He was starting to get a strange feeling in his stomach. The feeling you get when you know something is going to change and nothing will ever be the same again. His feelings were correct, because after the elder spoke next, Charles collapsed onto the floor and did not awake until a few hours later when his son returned.

* * *

It would be a long flight to Hollywood, California. But as the father and son reflected on the past 24 hours, they knew that what lied ahead for the young star was going to be indescribable. A flight attendant greeted the two, and offered refreshments. But as she went to pour the coffee, she missed and poured it on Charles’ brand new suit. The normally laid back father was filled with rage at the poor lady. What an inconvenience this is! How are they going to sign the record labels when there is coffee all over his suit? After much apologizing to the attendant, the son managed to calm his father down, but he was shocked at the initial reaction. His father never yelled.

Almost a day later, they arrived in Hollywood. As they followed the GPS around the city, in search of the record company’s address, the son stared out the window. It was very confusing, this sudden change in his life. When he left the house yesterday morning, he went to the farmer’s market to do his usual trade of goods for food. But there was no one there, except a man with a flute. He remembered approaching the man and asking him where everyone was. The man replied that it was Saturday, and the farmers were too busy working the fields to sell their goods. The boy was very disappointed in himself, and kicked the wall in anger. They would not have enough to last another week, when the market would reopen. The flutist saw the boy’s obvious disappointment and offered him a few dollars in exchange for a song. It turns out that the flutist was actually a talent scout for a major record company. The boy doubted his ability to sing, but as soon as the lyrics flew out of his mouth, well, everything happened so fast. The “flutist” started jumping up and down very excitedly, and the boy very quickly realised how famous he was about to become. It would be a quick stop at the house to inform his father, and the rest is history.

* * *

They pulled into the record company and got out of the limo. A doorman greeted the duo but the father ignored him, his course set to wherever they sign labels. There was nothing else on his mind. He wanted his son to have a chance, and he wanted all the money he could get. To never be hungry again. The thought excited him, and he began walking faster to the elevator, in which his son interrupted his train of thought. “Father, don’t you think you were being rather rude to the doorman? He said hello and you ignored him.”

“That doesn’t matter anymore, son. The small people like us, we don’t mean anything to society. That’s why we need to be at the top, and we need to surround ourselves with people at the top, or we will not be a part of anything”, his father explained. But it only left the son more confused. Why did his father feel the need to be at the top? Why did he ignore the doorman and yell at the attendant? Suddenly, the whole thing seemed pointless. But as the elevator door opened, the father grabbed his son by the arm and dragged him into an official looking doorway.

“So, you are here to sign the record label and start your new life”, said a portly man sitting at the desk. “Well, let me tell you, I have never seen a more qualifying singer for our company. I have a feeling this boy is going to turn a lot of heads and make a lot of money. Now, if you would be so kind as to read these terms and conditions, and then sign your name at the bottom, please”.

The young boy stared at the long list of terms. He thought about the money, the fame, the glory. He thought about the incident with the attendant and the doorman. He thought about a lot of things, and when he was urged by his father to hurry, he decided to voice his decision.

“No.”

* * *

The father was livid. He scolded the son for waiting this long to say no, what a waste of a trip, how could you do this, and on and on. But the son replied, “Father, I wanted to do this, but you were overcome with greed. You hurt the people around you just so you could get to the top. You were blinded by your excitement and your desire for money. You’ve changed, father, and I don’t want to be a part of something that takes away a part of the people I love.”

The man behind the desk got up and closed the door, making sure that a click was heard in the lock mechanism before sitting down again. “We have ways of making them cooperate.”, he said slowly. The father looked up at the man with interest. “When they begin to be overwhelmed by their moral compasses, we have ways of convincing them otherwise”, the man continued. He got up again and went to a cabinet in the far corner of the room. He reached in and grabbed a small vial. It was filled with a reddish liquid of some sort.

“Now”, the man said to the son, “we can do this the easy way, or we can do this the hard way.” He began to twist off the lid of the vial. “You have already showed that you are against the easy way, and that was to sign the paper. So you leave me no choice but to do things the hard way”. The boy looked up in fear. He knew what was coming. Before he could even blink, the man held the vial to his mouth and started pouring the foreign liquid down his throat. The world started spinning, and the room slowly got darker. The boy looked up at his father, but found him looking away, at a painting in the room. Then everything went black.

* * *

Charles walked up to his son. It had been three years since they signed the record label, and this was one of many concerts that his son had lined up for the next two years. The money was pouring in, and fans came from all over the world to hear him sing. As the pair walked out the concert hall doors, they were met by a photographer on the street. “Mr. Beiber! Can I get a picture of you next to Justin?”

“Why yes”, said Charles J. Beiber with a smile. “Yes you can”.

title: The Prodigy

question: Who are the main characters of the story?

answer: Charles Bieber and his son, Justin.

question: Where are the father and son flying to?

answer: They are flying to Hollywood to get signed by a major record label.

question: Why does the boy refuse to sign the terms and conditions of the record company?

answer: The boy blames his father for being blinded the excitement and desire for money.

question: Who does the boy grow to become?

answer: The boy is forced to sign the agreement and becomes rich and famous. Justin Bieber.

question: Write a ~8 sentence summary.

answer:
An 11 year-old boy and his father, Charles, are living in a cottage and are financially unstable. They fly to Hollywood and are headed to sign the boy to a major record label. As the terms and conditions are laid out, the boy refuses to proceed with the signing. The boy clams that his father has been overcome with greed and hurt people around him. He says his father has been blinded from the excitement and desire for money.
The agent forces the boy to sign the paper after pouring a mysterious red liquid down his throat.
Three years later, the money was pouring in and fans were coming from all over the world to see him sing. The boy is Justin Bieber.


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This is a draft of a monologue from a full length novel I am writing. All feedback is appreciated. Be harsh with me - I'm trying to capture your soul here.

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  Men with too many ideals simply don't make it in this world.  They're missing just too many crucial aspects of know-how to accomplish anything. So, yeah, I let him die - in fact - I *watched* him die knowing that this revolution would prosper and flourish *so* much longer without him.  Fuck his 'vision'.

You want to know what really makes people go fucking nuts and actually sacrifice *everything*?

A martyr.

Why?  Because rather than trying to persuade you with some kind of lofty moral tautology or periphrastic rhetoric - instead - they do something far more meaningful.

They die for you.

Boom, get it? Someone died so that you, inconsequential *you*, could love and live - and well, holy fuck - now you give people a whole new reason for existing rather than just eating and fucking, like everyone else, and you can *actually* accomplish something.

See most people like to feel guilty for just existing. I don't know why - but they do. Maybe it's this intrinsic flaw I keep hearing so much about.

They feel guilty and this martyr is the *perfect* price for penance *and* for succeeding against all odds; for accomplishing more than they could ever dream.

So, yes.  That blood is on my hands and if I burn for eternity, then so be it.

EDIT: monologue FROM a novel.
EDIT2: GRAMMAR

title: I Watched Him Die.

question: Did the narrator kill the man?

answer: It doesn't appear that they killed him.

question: Why did narrator watch him die?

answer: The narrator watched him die because he had too many ideals, and men with too many ideals don't make it in "this" world. They let him die with the hope that the revolution would prosper and flourish without him.

question: Does the narrator feel remorse for their actions?

answer: It appears that the narrator doesn't feel remorse; they have accepted the possibility that they may burn for eternity because of it.

question: Will the narrator do it again?

answer: The answer is not clear.

question: Write a ~3 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator watches a man die because he had too many ideals, and men with too many ideals don't make it in "this" world. They let him die with the hope that the revolution would prosper and flourish without him; they don't feel remorse for allowing him to die. The narrator believes martyrs can actually cause change.


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There came a time when silence fell.
But before that, there was noise. Explosions and screams and cries for help that were never answered. Grating metal screeches as corporate buildings fell, collapsing under the weight of their own lies. Children of children killing children.

Yet, remarkably the sun still came up the next morning and shone down over the cold metallic remains. No cries. No screams. No breaking glass. Just silence and sun and an iron-like tang at the back of the throat. You would be forgiven for thinking that this happened in a different place, at a different time. It didn't.
And that's when I awoke.
"Hello?" I heard you call.

"Hello!"

"Where are you?" The voice was faint, thready.

"I'm here!" I began to search.

"No." A belligerent statement of fact. "No, I'm here. I'd see you if you were too. Don't you know where you are?"

But we found each other, eventually. Together, we took off our clothes, and walked 'round our little town. We tore the paper from the walls, the carpet from the floor. We burnt those framed photographs and ripped out the wires. We returned all that oil to far underground, where it belonged. We took it all down, every building, brick by brick, until only scrub-covered ground remained.

And then we sat, and compared notes on what it means to exist. And in a thousand years time when the aliens finally discover this lonely blue dot, they'll see us and they'll know that you and I, we didn't destroy ourselves. Or they won't, because we will be gone.

title: The End

question: Who are the main characters of the story?

answer: The narrator and the unnamed stranger

question: What happened?

answer: There was a war of some kind, brought about by lying corporations. Children of children killing children.

question: Who is the narrator talking to?

answer: An unnamed stranger.

question: What notes did they compare?

answer: What it means to exist.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: Corporate lies bring about war and destruction. Now there's only silence. Someone awakens (possibly a computer or robot) when he hears a voice. They find each other and take everything down, brick-by-brick. Then they sat and compared notes on what it means to exist, hoping that when aliens visit, they will know that they didn't destroy themselves. It is also possible that the aliens find nothing because they'll be gone.


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Any kind of comments or suggestions are welcome. (English is my third language.)
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TALL BLACK LEGS
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An indirectly lit, long, underground structure with a low-hanging ceiling is disturbed with the unsettling sound of heavy noises. The stinky, dark place looks morose and murky, with its concrete supporting beams and bleak corners. A constant and distant echoing of water is only present, more like a soothing white noise. The floor is covered in dirty, muddy water. In the middle of the room it flows with a seemingly determined speed and course towards the invisible longer end, into the black. It might be some kind of an old sewage system. The walls are covered with grey slime and dirt. Irregularly placed pipes gaping on the sides. Like the broken rib-cage of a slaughtered animal.

The light comes from a somewhat circular shaped opening on the ragged ceiling – the work of a grenade – beams of a reflector come closer, bathing the filthy and foul smelling place in an unwelcome, neutrally tinted glow. With moderate noise something big and heavy is hoisted down. A tall, black oddity with legs and arms. From the middle of it comes the bright light, instantly seeking left and right, sweeping across the area even before it reaches the ground. It’s big, tall and black, heavy looking but non-metallic. It extends it legs, so it reaches ground sooner, it levels itself, the cables pop off with a tinny sound. The reflector stops sweeping, the thing adjusts itself and straightens up its back. The dark structure stands in silence. Like if waiting for something or someone, almost casually. Nonthreatening.

A couple of hundred meters to the end, where the sound of splashing water is more prominent and the darkness even darker, a very frightened, very little girl, in very dirty nondescript clothes hides behind a concrete beam. Crouching close to the black water – more like mud – trying to remain calm, breathing through her nose. Eyes and mouth shut tight. Concentrating on the white noise of the sewage waters. Breathing regularly, she doesn't seem to be concerned by anything. Her face is peaceful and calm. The opposite of someone who is being hunted.

A very long 137 seconds pass when the dark, big figure bends down silently and starts crawling forward in moderate speed. The little girls eyes pop open, her face still calm but her eyes increasingly reflect fear and despair. The big thing starts to sweep around with the reflector again with more intense light. And starts to call out in a very calm, very soothing gentle female voice towards the darkness. Without a rush, audibly.

**“Don’t be afraid. I’m here to help you...  Hadiya Nozwe...”**

**“Don’t be afraid, you are safe now... Hadiya. Come, we will go home. You are safe now.”** It calls out into the black, like a mother.
**“I worry about you... Hadiya, are you here? Are you here?”
“Where are you, sweet child? Where are you... Hadiya... I miss you very much.”**
**“Everything will be alright, come out, no one will hurt you anymore.”**
The gentle, pleading and comforting words echo through everything.
**“I came here just for you my love, I missed you so much. Where are you... Hadiya?”** It scans around hastily, moving the light left to right.
**“Don’t be afraid. Don’t be afraid... Hadiya.”** The little girl with panic in her eyes starts to slowly crawl in the stinky water, that had been recirculated a million and a billion times, starting toward the nearest wall on the left.
**“I’m here to help, I love you, please come back to me.”** Echoes the friendly plead from wall to wall. She ignores it and crawls steadily with lips squeezed together.
**“Don’t be afraid, you are safe now... Hadiya. Come, we will go home.”** The sound came from closer now. Heavy steps rumble in the water.
**“Where are you, sweetheart?”** Faster movement generates bigger waves.
**“Are you there?”** Sounds much closer.

Some strange noises are coming from the wall she is headed for, a slow movement, and three short, adult men dressed in dirty brown robes and faces covered with masks climb from a small opening. The first sees the little girl and waves to her, she starts to crawl faster. The two other men stand in nervous stance clenching metal tubes with triggers on their end, while the first also starts to crawl in the water towards the little girl. The big dark figure stops, erects to two legs with a grotesquely curved back. From the arms silently rotating barrels slide out. It’s listening. Seconds pass in silence. Then it bolts forward fast, the water loudly splashing around its feet, thumping heavily. It turns left where the frightened little girl starts to run towards a man standing up from the water who is blinded by the light, but runs towards the little girl. The big dark machine shoots a blast between the two armed men while they are raising their weapons. The explosion blows one to pieces, the second ones right limbs and face rips off, his torso half open. He is tossed against the wall by the explosion and bounces off into the water, like a piece of rag. The man and the little girl are trying to run to the nearest supporting beam. He tries to grab the little girl, to hold her in cover, but the big dark figure fires a rapid round of bullets ripping his legs and torso apart. His flesh and blood tainting the little girl’s already soiled clothes. With its right arm extending, the big figure grabs her tightly, she screams in pain and fear. While with its left arm it shoot another round of bullets in the lying man’s head, rendering it to a soft splashed pulp of no particular shape.
Then it breaks her legs with one swift motion, she loudly screams in pain, and cries.
**“Don’t be afraid... Hadiya. You are safe now. We are going home.”** Said it with gentle words and a calming voice. Starting with big leaps backwards to the opening in the ceiling.
Only the white noise of the flushing waters remain, the mess gets washed away in the dark.

*Every story has a start, this is about Heavy Urban Tactical Unit MurAH 21-A.
Champion of justice, enforcer of the law.*

...

title: Tall Black Legs (1000 words, dark fiction)

question: What is the girl's name?

answer: The girl's name is Hadiya.

question: Where does this take place?

answer: It seems to take place in a sewage system.

question: What does the thing do to the girl?

answer: The thing ends up breaking the girl's leg.

question: Why is the thing looking for the girl?

answer: The reason that the thing is looking for the girl is not mentioned.

question: Write a ~7 sentence summary.

answer: A little girl, Hadiya, hides quietly in a sewage system. She remains calm as some big figure begins crawling around. The thing calls to Hadiya, telling her not to be scared. Some men enter a small opening and Hadiya begins crawling to them. The thing shoots the men, killing them. The thing grabs Hadiya and breaks her leg. It says that they are going home.


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The shadows of the hanging puppets spread like ink across the wooden floor. As the sun rose lazily into the pink sky, its newborn beams slunk their way through the windowpanes and splashed across the man’s workshop. The puppets on the ceiling remained unfinished; he was too eager to complete one at a time, choosing instead to leave half-clothed and unpainted wooden men dripping from the ceiling like flies caught in a spiderweb, waiting to be devoured.

Not all met such a fateful end. He had completed hundreds, if not thousands of puppets over the course of his lifetime. Naturally he favored some over others, their eyes twinkling brighter and their limbs moving more fluidly as they danced between their strings. He had grown careless with a few of them, though, and this pained him still today when his eyes found them in the crowds of the wooden men. Beautiful, but crippled with missing limbs or cracked bodies that the man felt were not worth repairing.

But today he focused his attention on one specific puppet - a small boy whose arms hung too long for his body. He cradled the plain wood in his hand, his fingers gently cupping the boy and surrounding him with the warmth of his skin. Marveling at the sturdiness of the torso and the gentle curve of the joints in the arms, the man allowed himself a few moments of wonder, running the pad of his finger along the pale moon face. Moments like these still caught him by surprise even after years upon years of perfecting his craft. It was this rush of appreciation, bringing a leap to his old heart, that dragged him from his sunken bed with the dawn each morning. After composing himself, the man reached for his worn paintbrush and the bottle of paint at his elbow. Dipping the bristles into the deep black pool, he began the arduous process of bringing the boy into being.

He chose to create the eyes first, believing that their brightness would inspire him to create every aspect of the doll with as much shocking beauty. Two black dots broke apart the paleness of the face, and from those dots blossomed streaks of blues and yellows edged with white. The eyes seemed to glisten as the light from the morning sun danced across their glossy surface. The rest of the face was constructed with as much care and attention, from the downy eyebrows to the splashes of pink that stained the puppet’s rounded cheeks. A light brown tunic adorned the sloping shoulders, hanging loosely around the wooden body and fluttering slightly with each sigh from the old man’s open lips. He covered the smooth head of the puppet with a mop of brown hair; it curled slightly under the weight of the sun’s warmth, framing the face in a halo. The old man leaned back into his chair, the low creaking serving as the bell to signal that his work was done. Or nearly done. Now came the crucial moment, the one that the man anticipated the most throughout the construction of the men.

He brought the painted face to his lips. The fumes drifted into his nose and mixed with the earthy smell of the wooden body. The smell was like an old friend, familiar and welcome in the stillness of the shop. Inspired by this calmness, the man closed his eyes and slowly breathed in the musty air and sunbeams that hovered between the boy’s face and his own. With this breath, he drew in every ounce of happiness, beauty, sorrow, peace, wonder, and passion that he could muster. At last, the breath of life flowed from his lips and wrapped around the unfeeling face of the puppet boy in his hand.

The eyes no longer glistened - they burned. The flush of color in the cheeks became more than paint, blood blossoming beneath the surface of the rounded cheeks. The limbs bent, the chest throbbed with life, the chin raised itself so the eyes could meet their maker. As the puppet began to explore the movement of his small body, the man threaded firm knots of string through the arms and shoulders, anchoring the boy to a wooden beam. The man allowed himself a few precious moments of that fleeting sense of wonder. His own eyes soaked in the blueness of the puppet’s. The corners of his mouth curled as he gazed upon his creation, and in turn, the puppet gazed upon the withered face of the man, grey with age and exhaustion. Dreading what must come next, the man lifted the boy from the table and carried him gently into the back of the shop until they reached a door. The door itself was nothing remarkable - simple oak, a brass handle in need of polishing. Pushing open the door, the man guided the puppet into the candlelight that illuminated the vast space.

Hundreds, perhaps thousands of puppets spread across the room, each moving on strings of their own accord. Dancing, walking, talking, playing, living were the puppets, each one unique in a testament to the man’s dedication to his craft. With only the slightest amount of hesitation, the man placed the boy upon the closest shelf, nudging him towards the bustling in the center of the room. Slowly, wobbling on his wooden feet like a newborn doe, he gave the man a single glance before he disappeared into the crowds, never stopping to look back.

He knew to expect this. They never looked back. Their tender eyes, once seeing only him, grew drunk on the sights and sounds of their own kind. He thought by now that letting them go might become easier, but a small whisper in his mind always hoped for recognition in their eyes; a sense of validation. He wanted to know that they remembered him and his rough hands, cradling them as they woke from their slumber into this world. But if they did, they never showed him, growing so accustomed to the opening and closing of the doors that they never even noticed his presence in the room.

Just like every night before this, he allowed the smile to fall from his face before he closed the oak door. Any sounds from their world were quieted, and he was once again alone, though each night felt lonelier than the one before. He returned to his table and closed his paints, rinsed his brush, and blew out the dying flame of his candle. Suddenly overtaken by a quiet so heavy that it hung on his very shoulders, he locked the door to the shop and climbed into his sunken bed, waiting for the dawn to seek him out from the darkness.

title: Breath of Life

question: Does the man bring the puppets to life?

answer: Yes he does.

question: How do the puppets move on their own?

answer: The man gives them the breath of life and makes them real.

question: Who is this man?

answer: He is a puppetmaker who has been making puppets all his life.

question: Will any puppet ever remember him?

answer: Unknown.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: The man has made puppets all his life. He puts the finishing touches on a boy puppet and then breathes the breath of life into it. The boy comes a live. He takes him to a room filled with living puppets and leaves him there, thinking how the puppets he creates never appreciate or acknowledge him.


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John MacAndrew bent to the ground, picking up the last piece of wood, he placed it with the others.  John's wife sent him out to the woods to find firewood for the night.

On his way back to the farm, John noticed three men in the woods, traveling down an animal made path.  John was expecting them.  Reivers who where sent out to find John and kill him.  Reivers where raiders along the Scottish/English border consisting of both nationalities.  John had earlier joined forces with the Ross clan who where pursuing a group of reivers who had stolen the cattle of the Ross Clan.  John was one archer of supreme skill and made a name for himself killing reivers with his bow.  At the end of the pursuit, John pulled out his bow and struck the Chief reiver in the eye.

As the men walked down the path they noticed a young man carrying a bundle of wood.  The young man was not a tall one, actually he was rather short in stature, and seemed to have trouble carrying the wood as he stumbled and dropped one piece after another.
"You there boy," the reiver said.  "Do you know a John MacAndrew?"
"I know him," John said.  "I'm the servant."
"I need you to show us where he lives."
"Not sure if I can do that, he doesn't like visitors."
What a surprise, thought the reivers.  John MacAndrew was known for his run-ins with border raiders and was constantly in danger from one seeking a vendetta.
"Tell you what," one of the reivers said.  "I will give you two shillings if you bring us to MacAndrew."
"Two shillings? I guess I could take you to his house."
They followed the boy up the path to a small farm and up to the farm house.  The house was not much to look at, at most it looked like it held two rooms.  Outside the house was an old oak tree, it looked as if it been there for centuries.

Claire MacAndrew placed the last log into the fireplace.  She sat at the large table at the center of the room, the table itself almost took up the entire room, leaving little space to walk.  Where is he?  John should be home by now, thought Claire.  It was a cold night and the fire would not last much longer.  There was a knock on the door.  Claire got up from her seat and opened the small wooden door.  Standing outside was her husband and three large men.  John took off his hat and held it with both hands.
"Excuse me Ms,"  John said.  "Is your husband around?"
"He ran off about an hour ago, but he should be around here somewhere."
Claire and her husband had many encounters with reivers.  She knew all about the dangers that seemed to follow John wherever he went.  Once again she would have to help John escape his troubles.  Where would he be without me?  Dead, perhaps, thought Claire.
"Would you like to come in?"
"Do you have food?" said one of the reivers.
"We always have food for guests, please sit down."
The reivers one by one walk in and sat down at the table.  John also walked it with his hat still in hand as he stood patently by the door.
"Samuel,"  Claire turned to John.  "Go fetch the master,  I think he went to check on the cows."
"Yes Ms."
With a smile John put his hat back on and ran out the door, closing the door behind him.

Once outside, John made his way to the barn located behind the house.  The barn was where the MacAndrew's kept farm equipment and newly slaughtered animals.  Inside there was a newly killed cow.  John placed the cow on his shoulder and carried it back to the house.  Placing the cow against the door, with the flesh side up, made it more of a challenge to open the door from the inside.  John turned around to face the old oak tree.  My favorite tree, thought John as he started to climb.  About six meters up, John reached into a hollow crevice within the tree.  He pulled out a bow and a quiver with a supply of arrows.

Placing three cups on the table, Claire poured water for each of the three men at the table.
"I thought you had food."
"I'm bringing you food, I thought you would want some water first."
At the far end of the house Claire opened the pantry where she stored a small provision of food.  She gathered a arm full of small whole wheel size of cheese.
"I hope you all like cheese."
"Cheese?" said one man.  "She has cheese!"
"A whole wheel of cheese." Claire said.  She made her way over to the men, still seated, eagerly awaiting the first meal in half a day of travel.  While walking to the reivers she slipped and fell onto the newly swept dirt floor.  The balls of cheese bounced and rolled away from her in every direction.  The three men all in a hurry flew from their seats and dived for the cheese, fighting each other for the food.  As if they where rodents, desperate for food, crammed the food into their own mouths as if there was no time to chew.  Suddenly the room was filled with the cry of the young man.
"MacAndrew is coming!"  the boy yelled.  "John MacAndrew is on his way!"
The men struggled to get to their feet.  One choked as he tried to spit a large piece of cheese from his mouth.  They rushed for the door, but there was something pressing against the small wooden door, slowing their escape.

John watched as if someone was struggling to open the door.  The fresh cow carcass was doing what he wished.  John pulled out an arrow from his quiver.  Pulled back on his bow, aimed at the door and waited.  The door slowly by little budged open more and more.  A large jut finally flew the door open as the carcass fell in front of the door with the skinned side facing upwards.  The first of the reivers rushed out.  He slipped on the skinned carcass and landed on his back.  John released his first arrow.  The arrow struck the man in the neck entering from the lower part of the neck and traveled upwards towards the skull.  Reiver number two emerged from the farm house, sword in hand.  He looked around, as if he was scanning his surroundings.  John released his second arrow.  The reiver looked upwards towards the oak tree.  The arrow struck the man in the head, killing him instantly.  The third and final reiver staggered out, still choking on his piece of cheese roll, sword in hand.  The third arrow left John MacAndrew's bow.  Striking the man in the spleen.  The man fell as he screamed in agony.  John released a fourth arrow.  Hitting the man in the stomach, followed by a fifth arrow to the chest.

John placed his quiver of arrows and bow back into the crevice of the old oak tree.  As the climbed back down his wife came out to see what had happened.
"You know they will send more men to find you."
"Let them come,"  John said.  "They are not the first, and they will not be the last raiders I kill."
"Don't you think it would be wise to move north?"  Claire said.  "I mean--away from the border, away from the cattle raiders?"
"Why?  John asked.  "This is our home.  If they want to steal my cattle and my way of living they will have to get past me first.  I'm not going to be chased away from my home."
"I'm just not sure how many times I can get you out of trouble John."
"Don't worry, I'm the best archer this place has ever seen.  I'm not going anywhere soon."

title: John MacAndrew & the Reivers

question: What are reivers?

answer: They are raiders along the Scottish/English border. These specific reivers were sent to find and kill John.

question: What is the main event of the story?

answer: The main event of the story is when John's plan to kill the reivers goes into motion.

question: Who says "Yes Ms"?

answer: John says this to his wife while pretending to be a servant.

question: Why would people be sent out to find and kill John?

answer: That isn't clear, but it is a regular occurrence. It could be due to the fact that he lives close to the border.

question: Does this story have a hero?

answer: John is technically the hero because he saves himself from the reivers.

question: Why did John release an arrow?

answer: He was trying to kill the reivers.

question: Summarize the scene in the barn.

answer: John goes to the barn to pick up a newly slaughtered cow so that he can place it in front of his door to make an obstacle for the reivers.

question: Write a ~5 sentence summary.

answer: John MacAndrew is confronted by rievers, raiders along the Scottish/English border, who are looking to find and kill him. He tricks them into thinking that he is John's servant and takes them to his house, where he devices a plan to get rid of them. Being that this is a common occurrence he knows what to do and wife plays along as well. His wife serves them food, while John sets up a trap. John lures them outside and kills them with arrows successfully.


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Sam Clucas is set to undergo a medical at Burnley as his £8million exit from Swansea City moves closer to completion.

The Clarets submitted a bid for midfielder on Thursday, and the former Hull player has travelled to Lancashire with a view to completing that switch over the weekend.

His exit will hopefully clear the way for Swansea to finally wrap up a move for Brentford’s Ryan Woods following elongated talks between the two clubs over a £6million transfer.

Clucas, 27, joined Swansea less than a year ago in a £15million deal which saw Stephen Kingsley move the other way.

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Sam Clucas in action against Burnley last season
But he struggled for game time under Paul Clement, who openly-admitted he was unsure of where Clucas would fit into his side.

He saw more action under Carlos Carvalhal but, aside from his two-goal showing in the win over Arsenal, rarely found form.

However, even that double against the Gunners was mired in controversy as his celebration was said to mimic the logo of a website containing pornographic content and saw the Football Association launch an investigation.

Swansea and Clucas insisted the player had no knowledge of any link between his celebration and the site, but he was “reminded of his responsibilities”.

There were also concerns about his attitude in some quarters, meaning Swansea and new manager Graham Potter have been more than prepared to move him on.

question: Who is Sam Clucas?

answer: Sam Clucas was a midfielder for Swansea. According to the article, Paul Clement was unsure of how Clucas fits in the team. Clucas was also in a controversy that required investigation by the Football Association. Clucas has left Swansea and set to undergo a medical at Burnley.

question: What was the controversy about?

answer: Clucas scored a double against the gunners and celebrated with an action was said to mimic the logo of a pornographic website.

question: How did Swansea handle Clucas' departure?

answer: It was not stated, but according to the article, there has been several issues with Clucas so Swansea had been more than prepared to move on?

question: What is next for Clucas?

answer: Possibly a move to Burnley as he already had a medical there and the Clarets have submitted a bid for midfielder.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: After a controversy and several reports of issues with his attitude, Sam Clucas has left Swansea. He will undertake a medical at Burnley and it seems like the Clarets have began to prepare a place for him in their roster.


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"Coffee".

"What?"

"Coffee."

"Yeah. So where do you want to go?"

"I dunno, Kaka?"

"Sure, like, why not?"

"Let's go."

"Wait."

"What?"

"Look, about last night."

"Forget about it."

"I... yeah."

"What?"

"Nothing."

"Come on, spit it out."

"No I just, wanted to say... that it was good."

"Yeah."

"So now what?"

"Coffee."

"No I mean now what, I mean what are we?"

"I don't know."

"No I mean, are we together now?"

"I don't know."

"You want to be... together."

"I don't know."

"Well say something!"

"I think I love you."

"What?"

"Yeah."

"Well, I... this is... I mean... Well..."

"I said I love you."

"I know what you said."

"So...?"

"So what...?"

"Maybe I made a mistake saying it."

"NO! No... I'm sorry. I just don't want to ruin our friendship."

"I'm sorry then. I'll go."

"No wait, don't go. I don't want you to go. I want to be with you. I want to spend this morning with you and you alone. I want us to be, together."

"So do I."

"Okay then."

"What?"

"Coffee?"

"Yeah."

title: Coffee.

question: Where does the story take place?

answer: That information can't be found

question: In what time period does the story take place?

answer: That information can't be found

question: Who says the first like of dialogue?

answer: That information can't be found

question: What is the relationship between the two speakers?

answer: They want to be in a relationship, but are concerned about jeopardizing their friendship

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: One person asks another if they want to get coffee. One asks the other whether they are together, and the other isn't sure. One says I love you, but the other doesn't say it back, but they say they want to be together with the other. They go for coffee.