text:
_NIGHT TRAIN_ is a 2009 direct-to-video mystery thriller film produced by Rifkin-Eberts Productions and stars Danny Glover, Leelee Sobieski, Steve Zahn and Matthias Schweighöfer. It pays homage to a variety of classic suspense films such as _Strangers on a Train_ (1951), _The Lady Vanishes_ (1938), and _The Maltese Falcon_ (1941), though the plot bears only passing resemblance to any of them. The film did not appear in theaters and was released on DVD for US markets in July 2009.

Plot

A man runs through a forest carrying something. A nearly deserted train pulls into a station and two conductors get out, take a stretch, and kill time as no one seems to board. Just as the train is about to depart, the running man calls out, runs to the train and seems to want to board. He does not speak and, assuming that perhaps he does not know English, the conductors let him on with the intention of getting his money later. He joins two of the only five passengers who appear to be on the train at that point. One of the passengers, an inebriated salesman named Pete (Steve Zahn), offers the man a drink. Downing a mouthful of pills, the man washes them down with the vodka. Soon after, the man dies as a result of ingesting Seconal, combined with alcohol, which causes his heart and lungs to stop working.

Upon this discovery, Pete and another passenger, med student Chloe (Leelee Sobieski), locate the head conductor Miles (Danny Glover) and alert him to what has happened. Miles intends to call the authorities at the next stop, but Pete discovers a mysterious object in the box the dead man was carrying and, peering inside, is intrigued. Chloe also looks inside the object and both, immediately convinced that there is a liberating fortune inside, scheme for ways to keep it. They suggest the idea to Miles, who tells them they're crazy, and takes the object and the box it was in back to his office purportedly to keep it safe and call the authorities, but he too peers inside and his will is overcome.

With a crazed Chloe taking the lead, the three decide to dispose of the man's body and keep the treasure for themselves. Their only problems now are keeping anyone else from finding out, warding off the other suspicious passengers as well as the other conductor and keeping a close eye on one another, as paranoia takes hold and the box's influence continues to do its work.

Eventually, it is revealed that the box contains a supernatural force of some kind, and that whoever looks into it sees what would tempt them the most, dooming them to corruption and death before dawn. The last survivor, Miles, lives only long enough to attempt to destroy the device by placing it in the path of an oncoming train, but dies just after seeing it nudged off the tracks by a curious dog.

Ultimately, a random toddler-age child wandering alone, in the middle of nowhere, miles from any city, town or train station, picks up the box, looks inside, and smiles.

Cast

-   Danny Glover as Miles
-   Leelee Sobieski as Chloe
-   Steve Zahn as Pete
-   Matthias Schweighöfer as Frankie
-   Takatsuna Mukai as Hiro
-   Togo Igawa as Yamashita
-   Richard O'Brien as Mrs. Froy
-   Jo Marr as Mr. Cairo
-   Constantine Gregory as Mr. Gutman
-   Harry Anichkin as Walter
-   Geoff Bell as Detective

title: Night Train (2009 film)

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Summarize the action leading to the death of the man on the train.

answer: The man runs through a forest carrying something. A nearly deserted train pulls into a station and two conductors get out, take a stretch, and kill time as no one seems to board. Just as the train is about to depart, the running man calls out, runs to the train and seems to want to board. He does not speak and, assuming that perhaps he does not know English, the conductors let him on with the intention of getting his money later. He joins two of the only five passengers who appear to be on the train at that point. One of the passengers, an inebriated salesman named Pete, offers the man a drink. Downing a mouthful of pills, the man washes them down with the vodka. Soon after, the man dies as a result of ingesting Seconal, combined with alcohol, which causes his heart and lungs to stop working.

answer: The man runs through the forest carrying something. He boards the nearly deserted train and joins two of the five passengers. He drinks vodka with a passenger and soon dies. The other passengers on the train notice his death and alert the conductor, who takes the man's box and says he will call the authorities at the next stop. The conductor peeks inside the box, and his will is overcome. He takes the box and the man's body back to his office, telling the other passengers that he will call the authorities. The conductor peeks inside the box and his will is overcome.

text: The events that transpire following the man's death are not relevant.

refinement: The man runs through the forest carrying something. He boards the nearly deserted train and joins two of the five passengers. He drinks vodka with a passenger and soon dies.

text: The specifics surrounding what he ingests should be mentioned.

refinement: The man runs through the forest carrying something. He boards the nearly deserted train and joins two of the five passengers. He drinks vodka with a passenger after taking some pills and soon dies from ingesting Seconal combined with alcohol, which causes his heart and lungs to stop working.

answer: The man runs through the forest carrying something. He boards the nearly deserted train and joins two of the five passengers. He drinks vodka with a passenger and soon dies. The other passengers on the train notice his death and alert the conductor, who takes the man's box and says he will call the authorities at the next stop.

answer: The man runs through a forest carrying something. He calls out to the train as it pulls into a station and two conductors get out, take a stretch, and kill time as no one seems to board. Just as the train is about to depart, the running man calls out, runs to the train, and seems to want to board. The conductors let him on with the intention of getting his money later. One of the passengers, an inebriated salesman named Pete, offers the man a drink. Downing a mouthful of pills, the man washes them down with the vodka. He soon dies after ingesting Seconal, combined with alcohol, which causes his heart and lungs to stop working.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Why is the death not reported to the police

answer: The conductors decide to keep the box and the man's body to themselves. They are also afraid that the police will confiscate the box and the man's body because they are not aware of its supernatural powers.

text: The answer is not quite accurate--they dispose of the body rather than keep it.

refinement: They decide to dispose of the man's body so that they can keep the box for themselves.

answer: It is revealed that the box contains a supernatural force that corrupts the person who looks into it, dooming them to corruption and death before dawn.

text: Answer is inaccurate and doesn't get at their motivations.

refinement: They decide to dispose of the man's body so that they can keep the box for themselves.

answer: The conductors decide to keep the box and the man's body to themselves. They are also afraid that the police will confiscate the box and the man's body.

answer: It is revealed that the box contains a supernatural force that corrupts the person who looks into it, dooming them to corruption and death before dawn. The conductor Miles decides to keep the box and the dead man's body to himself.

text: First line is unnecessary.

refinement: The conductor Miles decides to keep the box and the dead man's body to himself.

text: He keeps the box not the body.

refinement: The conductor Miles decides to dispose of the man's body and keep the box to himself.

text: It isn't just Miles who commits this act.

refinement: Chloe, Miles, and Pete decide to dispose of the man's body and keep the box to himself.

answer: The conductor, Miles, decides not to call the authorities and keep the box and its contents to himself.

text: Miles does not act on his own.

refinement: Chloe, Miles, and Pete decide not to call the authorities and keep the box and its contents to themselves.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

Why are the contents of the box so intriguing?

answer: The box contains a supernatural force that whoever looks into it sees what would tempt them the most, dooming them to corruption and death before dawn.

text: Phrasing could be more coherent.

refinement: The box contains a supernatural force. Whoever looks into it sees what would tempt them the most, dooming them to corruption and death before dawn.

answer: The box contains a supernatural force of some kind. Whoever looks into the box sees what would tempt them the most, dooming them to corruption and death before dawn.

answer: The box contains a supernatural force of some kind. Whoever looks into the box sees what would tempt them the most, dooming them to corruption and death before dawn.

answer: The box contains a supernatural force.

text: The answer could mention what happens when someone looks into the box.

refinement: The box contains a supernatural force. Whoever looks into the box sees what would tempt them the most, dooming them to corruption and death before dawn.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What was the ultimate cause of death of the man who brought the box onto the train

answer: It seems likely that the man died from showing temptation that would motivate him to act on it, or wanting to look into the box that contained an evil supernatural device. The item surpassed the box to affect even the train conductor and conductor peer, which only the blind were safe from its sight.

text: This is inaccurate; he died from his heart and lungs stopping.

refinement: The man consumes Seconal combined with alcohol, which causes his heart and lungs to stop working.

answer: The  assailant in possession of the box kills the man by dropping dead in the arms of Pete who picked up the box. The box contains a supernatural force of some kind (associated with a bag of money) and whoever looks into it sees what would tempt them the most and dooming them to corruption and death before dawn.

answer: The man ingested a combination of alcohol and a few pills, which caused his heart and lungs to stop working.

answer: The man himself drops dead, as a result of ingesting Seconal, combined with alcohol, which causes his heart and lungs to stop working.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What is the child doing walking around in the middle of nowhere?

answer: No answer

answer: The Night Train film is centered around a mysterious box that contains a supernatural force, one that can corrupt and kill whoever looks into it. Daytime approach with a toddler-age child who is wandering alone in the middle of nowhere with the box, who opens it and smiles.

text: The text does not answer the question.

answer: Maybe the parents are dead or something?

answer: That information is not mentioned.

text: Should state "No answer"


split: train

text:
Another wet night after another cold day. He had been driving now for hours, aimlessly navigating the same small streets in the same small town. The same streets he had driven down every night for what seemed an eternity. He had always been in this filthy town, always scurried down it's streets in the night like one of its many rats. He drove at a crawl, the dirty yellow streetlights intermittently illuminating his cracked windshield. A lit cigarette hung between his dark lips, lost amidst his unkempt beard. The only source of heat on this cold, dark night.
He looked neither left nor right; he would not see anything he hasn't seen a thousand times before, no pedestrians out for a midnight stroll, no dogs crossing the littered streets, no newspaper, even, fluttering in the wind. He was alone on these streets, alone in this town. He turned a corner, once again ignoring the stop sign, like he had countless times before. There had never been anyone to stop for, never been anyone to stop for him.

A flash of light sliced through the darkness of the street, a deafening horn tore through the stillness of the night. The cigarette dropped from his lips, he didn't notice. Another car, another driver, another person. He wasn't alone on these streets tonight.
He swerved, the other car carried on its way, he jumped the curb, the other car carried on, he clipped a street light, still the other car carried on. The only other person that existed was quickly fading away into the night. He came to a stop and whipped his head around to see the car turn sharply onto another street in the distance.
He quickly jerked his old truck around, bouncing slowly as he dismounted the curb. He had to follow.  He drove as fast as his rusty pickup would allow and approached the street he had seen the other driver turn down. Looking both ways this time, he turned.
In the distance he could make out the other car. Small, white,  with one tire that was too small, and a taillight that had stopped working.
Who was this other person? The little car drove on and on down the street, past stores no one shopped in, past diners no one ate at, past houses in which it seemed no one lived in. He followed. And just as easily as it passed these houses, diners, and stores, it passed out of the town. And he followed.
He hadn't left the town since he had arrived, those long months ago, it seemed that he had always been there. He realized tonight how easy it was to just leave. He didn't give the town a glance in his mirror, it didn't deserve it.
His eyes remained fixed on the one taillight floating in the distance.
They drove and drove down dark country ways, turning onto ever widening roads. Slowly the roads began to be lit with the all familiar dirty yellow light. Dark and mysterious brush and forest gave way to dark and familiar buildings. Another town. The same empty diners, the same seemingly empty houses. He followed, unphased by the new and all too familiar surroundings.
The little white car was different. It was new. It was mysterious. He knew what he would find down the small side streets they passed, he did not know where this little white car would lead him.
It led him to a strip bar. It turned into a well lit parking lot in a well lite part of the town. Bar, the dirty sign said with "girls" flashing in neon red underneath.
The little car pulled into a parking spot not far from a back door. A rusty white door thrown in amongst the rough gray cinder block. He parked his truck facing away from the building, towards the street. Other cars were scattered throughout the parking lot. A few men wandered among these cars.
He looked out of his trucks window, expecting to see the little white car through his side view mirror. He instead saw only the stub of the mirror attached to the side of his truck. Barely a remnant of the mirror ever having existed. He must have lost when he clipped that streetlight. He looked through his rear view mirror, adjusting it to see the little white car. The driver had turned off the ignition, extinguishing the flame that was its one working taillight.
The door opened. Feet, legs, a torso appeared from inside the car. A woman. A head. Flowing jet black hair. No face. She had her back to him, walking briskly, as if running late toward the white door in the gray wall. The door opened, the door shut. She was gone.

title: Looking for any feedback [MF]

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the story say about the woman the narrator sees?

answer: The woman appears to be in a hurry. She has long, flowing black hair and she disappears inside the strip club without a face, which suggests that she is mysterious to the narrator. The narrator seems curious about what she might be doing inside the strip club.

answer: The narrator doesn't see anyone in town ever. All the stores and streets are empty. Another car appears one night, and the narrator follows it to another town. The car stops in front of a strip bar, and a woman with black hair comes out. The narrator can't see her face. Then, she goes inside.

answer: The woman is hurried and mysterious. The narrator follows her as she goes into a strip club, only discovering she is a woman when she emerges from the white door. The narrator has only seen her back, suggesting that she is scared or secretive in nature. She appears to be a strange and unique presence on the roads of the town.

text: This response has facts written out of order which makes it confusing. The response needs to be edited to include events that occurred in the passage in a cohesive order.

refinement: The narrator notices another car, another driver on the deserted path he is on. The narrator follows a white car going into a strip club, only discovering a woman emerging from the white door. The narrator has only seen her back, suggesting that she is scared or secretive in nature.

answer: The narrator sees a woman exit the car which he has been following. The woman has jet black hair, gray lips and a gray complexion. She walks briskly, as if running late, toward a White door in a gray wall.

text: The details about the woman having gray lips and a gray complexion are incorrect. This description needs to be omitted.

refinement: The narrator sees a woman exit the car which he has been following. She walks briskly, as if running late, toward a white door in a gray wall.

text: Additional detail about where the narrator first saw the women and a basic description of her can be included.

refinement: The narrator sees another car, another driver on the deserted road he is on. The narrator follows this car to a strip club, where he sees a woman stepping out of the car. The woman has jet black hair but he is unable to see her face as she has his back to him. The woman walks briskly, as if running late, toward a white door in a gray wall.

answer: A man gets out of a little white car in a darkened parking lot and a woman gets out. He sees her black hair and she walks away with her back to him. She goes inside the building.

text: There are certain details that are missing from this response that need to be added to make the response stronger.

refinement: The narrator follows a white car to a strip bar. The narrator sees a woman, with jet black hair, step out of the car, and walked hurriedly to the white door in the gray wall.


text:
“Hands”
	It began almost as soon as I woke up. In fact, it was what caused my awakening. It sounded like there was something crawling within the walls of my bedroom. Mice, I thought. I rubbed my eyes and got out of bed.
	I shower silently. I never understood people who listened to music or sang in the shower. Silence is what I liked. Even the sound of the running water made me cringe. The warm water pounded at my back. I felt something soft on my shoulder. I turned around quickly, a chill running up my spine. I turned down the cold water.
	I tried to relax again, but the chill never went away. I stepped out of the shower and over to the sink. I pulled a razor and shaving cream out of the medicine cabinet. As I closed the cabinet, I saw the towel that was hanging up drop to the floor in the mirror. I turned around quizzically. Shaking my head and sighing, I bent down to pick up the towel and put it back on the rack just as I saw something scurry across the tiled floor to the sliver of space between the opened bathroom door and the wall. Fuck, it has to be rats. I quickly finished shaving and went downstairs to the kitchen.
Starting a fresh pot of coffee, I tried to remember if I had any rat traps left somewhere. Maybe that would warm me up. I opened the door to the pantry and stood on my toes so I could see the contents of the top shelf. I saw the outline of something and reached my hand in. I felt around until my fingers ran into something soft. It moved just as I went to grab it. I jumped and stepped back. Instinctively, I put my hand over my chest to calm myself. I heard the last few drops dripping into the coffee pot. I poured myself a cup. As I sat, sipping at my coffee, I convinced myself that it was only my imagination. Imagination? Wow, I haven’t used that in years. It was hard for me to even remember the last time my mind wandered elsewhere. Well, there were those times when I- no, I won’t go into that.
	I heard a child outside, screaming with joy. I stood up and walked to the kitchen window. Pushing back the curtain, I could see the young boy running through a sprinkler. He screamed again, causing my fist to clench and jaws to lock. There was a sudden, loud crash behind me. I whipped around to find the coffee pot lying in hundreds of pieces on the floor. How had it fallen? Did the rat knock it over? I sighed and went to the hallway closet for rags and a broom.
	I threw away the broken glass, and washed the mug I had used. I decided to check the garage for something to kill this rat that kept ruining my morning. I moved past the plastic containers, which were now starting to fill up the garage, to the tools. I really needed to clean them off from the last time I used them. I rustled through a box until I found an old poison rat trap. I opened it and saw it had already been used.
	I heard the clicking of heels on the driveway outside the garage door. I sighed to myself and threw the trap away. I heard the doorbell ring and started making my way to the front door. As I was closing the garage door, I felt a tug at the bottom of my pant leg. I looked down, hoping to catch the rat red-handed, but the doorbell rang again. I huffed and stomped to the front of the house. I opened the door halfway.
	“Hi,” a young blonde woman was standing on the old welcome mat, smiling at me.
	I opened the door fully, “Hello.”
	“I just wanted to introduce myself. I just moved in next door,” she smiled and held her hand out.
	I looked down at her hand for a moment, then back up to meet her eyes. I shook her hand slowly.
	When she pulled away, I noticed her fidgeting with her bracelets, “Well, it was nice meeting you. If you ever need anything, don’t be afraid to ask.”
	I flicked my tongue across my lips, still staring at her hands. I smiled at her, “I’ll be sure to do that.”
	I closed the door silently and wiped my face with my hand. I turned around and saw grey everywhere. Rats weren’t the cause of my shake up this morning. All around me were severed hands. Shit, I left the garage door open. They began to climb up my pant legs. I tried shaking them off, but they held tight. I began swatting at them. They covered my eyes and mouth. There were just too many.

title: "Hands" a short story I wrote for my English class

question: What feeling is the narrator experiencing?

answer: The narrator is experiencing fear, specifically a terror of being attacked or overwhelmed. The feeling of dread is a prominent one throughout the piece, as the protagonist is confronted with small creatures that they are either unable or unwilling to control. The feeling culminates in a gruesome scene where hands begin emerging from seemingly nowhere, overwhelming and suffocating the protagonist.

answer: The narrator is experiencing fear and disgust.

answer: The narrator experiences a chill, and odd things are happening in the house.

question: What does the narrator think in making noise in the wall?

answer: The narrator thinks mice or rats are in the wall and causing the chaos in the house.

answer: The narrator believes that there are mice or rats moving around in the walls, causing a sound like movement.

answer: The narrator believes there are rats in the walls.

question: What is actually in the wall?

answer: Whatever it is comes from the garage

text: Severed hands are in the house

answer: Severed hands are the things making noises in the house.

answer: The narrator believes it is rats but it was only his imagination. The narrator doesn't know what was really in the wall, but it appears to be severed hands.

question: Are there other important characters?

answer: There is one other important character - the young blonde woman who lives next door.

answer: No other important characters.

text: The blonde is important

refinement: The young blonde woman who moves in next door.

answer: There is one significant other character, the young blonde woman who moves in next door. However, she is not featured in the entire piece.

question: Write a ~6 sentence summary.

answer: The narrator wakes to noise in the walls; they think mice or rats must be making the noise. They begin experiencing odd things in the house: towels dropping to the ground, the coffee pot falling off the counter, and seeing things move. The narrator goes to the garage to get a rat trap; they leave the garage in a hurry, forgetting to close the door. A new neighbor is at the front door there to introduce herself. After saying goodbye, the narrator closes the door and is surrounded by severed hands. They realize they forgot to close the garage door.

answer: The narrator wakes up to find that there are rats in his home. He does all he can to clean up his previous mess so that he doesn't get caught for messing with his rat potions. He prepares for a day that he hates, wondering if he's all there in the head. He pours his coffee and curiously investigates the sound of something soft on his shoulders in the shower. Scared by the feel of something crawl which made its way through his fingers when he reached for it, he pulls his hand away and decides to call another time.

answer: The story begins almost as soon as the narrator wakes up. He had just noticed something crawling around the familiar space of his bedroom. When he wakes up and starts shaving, he hears a crash and finds the coffee pot shattered. He later seeks something to put the rodent to death when the blonde woman introduces herself as the new neighbor. Other sounds seem to be everywhere, so he decides to check his garage. The sounds he hears get worse. He smells severed hands growing in his small enclosure.

answer: The narrator is shaving. rats start scurrying across the tiles and dropped the coffee pot on the floor. the narrator decides they need rat traps and tries to find a poison one in the garage. they hear foot steps and open the door. the narrator meets a new neighbor and they close the door. but when they turn around, severed hands begin to cover their eyes and mouth.

answer:
The narrator wakes up in the early morning after he hears a sound that creeps him out. He believes there are rodents at play in the walls because of the sound. He is about to shave and has a sip of coffee when he hears a child outside, probably his neighbor's child. Then suddenly, there is repair required in the kitchen: the narrator steps on a small mouse, and its leavings start to drip into his coffee. He fears there are rats in the house, and when the visitor from next door appears, he sees that the dirty hands it is stretching out to him belong to rodent hands.

Original post google translation

text: "Original post google translation" is not necessary

refinement: The narrator wakes up in the early morning after he hears a sound that creeps him out. He believes there are rodents at play in the walls because of the sound. He is about to shave and has a sip of coffee when he hears a child outside, probably his neighbor's child. Then suddenly, there is repair required in the kitchen: the narrator steps on a small mouse, and its leavings start to drip into his coffee. He fears there are rats in the house, and when the visitor from next door appears, he sees that the dirty hands it is stretching out to him belong to rodent hands.

answer: The narrator wakes up to a crashing sound – a coffee pot has been knocked over. After taking care of that, he resumes cooking breakfast. Digging out some rat traps, he again hears a loud crash - this time the coffee machine gets knocked over. As he goes into the next room, there are sever hands all around him. He closes the kitchen door and returns to the front door.

text: Sever needs an "ed" morpheme to make it a participle

refinement: The narrator wakes up to a crashing sound – a coffee pot has been knocked over. After taking care of that, he resumes cooking breakfast. Digging out some rat traps, he again hears a loud crash - this time the coffee machine gets knocked over. As he goes into the next room, there are severed hands all around him. He closes the kitchen door and returns to the front door.


text:
Jerry Schatzberg first discovered Bob Dylan after his friend, Andy Warhol superstar and Velvet Underground singer Nico, insisted the sought-after photographer should check out “the voice of a generation.”

He had no idea at the time how much his life would change just for taking her advice.

[Nico]

Nico (Jerry Schatzberg)

“I was friendly with a lot of musicians,” he told Fox News. “But I hadn’t gotten into Dylan. Nico kept saying, ‘Oh, you gotta listen to Dylan!’ I was photographing her for a book and she knew him. She kept saying I had to listen to Bob Dylan. I kept telling her I would. And then finally I did. And I was hooked. Hooked to the music and listening to the poetry.”

Back then he had only heard of Dylan. But once he truly explored Dylan's tunes, he became an instant fan and was eager to photograph him. As it happens, Schatzberg would go on to photograph Dylan during one of the singer’s most pivotal moments of his life, when he had shocked his fans by going electric.

[]

(Jerry Schatzberg)

Schatzberg, now 91 year old, recently released a book titled “Dylan by Schatzberg,” which chronicles their relationship over the years in photos and memories.

The freewheeling adventure started in 1964.

“I was photographing some musicians,” he recalled. “I said half-jokingly, ‘If you ever see Dylan, tell him I’d like to photograph him.' And the next day I got a call from his wife Sara [Lownds]. … She said, ‘Bobby hears you want to photograph him.’ … She gave me an address where he was recording ‘Highway 61 Revisited.’ She said, ‘He knows you’re coming.’”

The next day, Schatzberg headed to Dylan’s studio. It was six days after the Newport Folk Festival set where Dylan went electric and was collectively booed. Schatzberg didn’t know what to expect of the singer, who was famously wary of the press and notoriously private.

[]

(Jerry Schatzberg)

Instead, he received a surprising welcome.

“He was just as open as any one of my friends,” said Schatzberg. “He kept saying, ‘Oh you gotta listen to this.’ He loved to have people listen to what he was recording. He played something for me and I was just so impressed. … That’s how it started.”

Schatzberg quickly impressed Dylan with his photographs and the pair found themselves quickly becoming friends. When Schatzberg wasn’t photographing Dylan or listening to a track in progress, the duo would bond over dinner or visit discoteques that the cameraman believed were “fashionable.”

“I was inhibited by the whole situation because by then, everybody knew who Bob Dylan was,” admitted Schatzberg. “I fell in love with his music, as everybody else did. And it just evolved. And we got along personally. … He’s not very open and cordial to the press. He doesn’t like being asked questions and they’re always asking the same ones. It’s just not him. But he knew that he had to put up with it for a while. I’m sure he still does.”

[Edie Sedgwick]

Edie Sedgwick (Jerry Schatzberg)

In 1966, Dylan even asked Schatzberg to photograph his friend, Warhol muse and Vogue It-girl Edie Sedgwick.

“His manager was going to represent her,” said Schatzberg. “When I asked him what they were going to do with her, he said, ‘I don’t know. I just think there’s something there.’ And he was right. Because of all the photographs I sell, other than Dylan, she’s one of the most requested.”

However, it was Schatzberg’s session with Dylan for his 1966 album “Blonde on Blonde” that became one of the most iconic images in music.

“I was asked if I would do the cover,” Schatzberg explained. “… I’m sure to Dylan, the [title] meant something. But I really couldn’t find out. I just took it for what it was. … I shot him in the studio, but I wasn’t really satisfied. Something was just not coming across… Then I asked him if he would mind going out on the streets with me.

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(Jerry Schatzberg)

“I remember as a kid, my parents would take me to the Meatpacking District [in New York City] for wonderful steak and potatoes. I was always impressed with how it looked like down there. So we got into a car, looked around, found a location and began photographing. Dylan was famous, but I don’t think it affected people who were walking by.”

It was a wintry February day and both men wore barely-there jackets. Schatzberg snapped away as he shivered in the cold. The blurred image may have been a mistake, but it was the one Dylan chose for his album cover.

“If I didn’t show them to him, I would have taken those images out,” admitted Schatzberg. “The record company would have never published them. They were blurred. But he looked at them and he picked that one out. And what Dylan wants, Dylan gets. … It really does stand out.”

Many have long speculated the hazy aesthetic meant Dylan was on drugs. Schatzberg scoffed at the rumors that have persisted for decades.

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(Jerry Schatzberg)

“That’s why I tell the story,” he said. “[Drugs] had nothing to do with it. … We were cold, we were shivering. … But thank goodness. It’s a wonderful image.”

The famous location where the cover was shot is still there — if you look closely enough.

“The actual spot where I shot Dylan has been totally redone,” he said. “That once small little building is now modern. But if you step back, you can see in the background the buildings are the same buildings that were in the background when I photographed him.”

Schatzberg, who was already well-established by the time he met Dylan, continued to thrive as an in-demand photographer. Some of his subjects over the years included Aretha Franklin, Frank Zappa, Jimi Hendrix and even Fidel Castro, just to name a few.

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(Jerry Schatzberg)

Earlier this year, Schatzberg was in talks with Dylan’s manager about upcoming projects and what the future holds for the pair.

“In my way of thinking, and maybe I met too many people in my life, I don’t find him so inaccessible,” said Schatzberg. “He wasn’t inaccessible to me. Sure, I was intimidated at first… But he’s just a real person with an extraordinary talent.”

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(Jerry Schatzberg)

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answer: He is a 91 year old photographer who discovered Bob Dylan after his friend, Andy Warhol superstar and Velvet Underground singer Nico, insisted the sought-after photographer should check out "the voice of a generation."

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text: Jerry Schatzberg "first discovered Bob Dylan after his friend, Andy Warhol superstar and Velvet Underground singer Nico, insisted the sought-after photographer should check out “the voice of a generation.”"

answer: Jerry Schatzberg is a photographer who has had a long-standing relationship with Bob Dylan. He has photographed Dylan during pivotal moments in his career, including when Dylan went electric at the Newport Folk Festival in 1965.

text: Jerry Schatzberg "first discovered Bob Dylan after his friend, Andy Warhol superstar and Velvet Underground singer Nico, insisted the sought-after photographer should check out “the voice of a generation.”"

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I was having a chat over lunch with my longtime Aussie pal Amir Zoghi about surrender. We were discussing the importance of letting go of attachment especially when we really desire something. Amir dropped this truth bomb:

_“THE BEST WAY TO GET WHAT YOU WANT IS TO NOT WANT IT.”_

There is such wisdom in that simple statement. The more we want something, the more attached we are to getting it and attachment is something that usually LEADS TO AN EXPECTATION HANGOVER.

Why does attachment lead to disappointment?

When we are attached to getting a specific result we put far more pressure on ourselves, another person, or a situation. Instead of being in the flow of life, we put our desires in a pressure cooker and project way too far into the future. For example, you have an idea for a business and you begin to set specific goals that you want to hit. As soon as you believe that hitting those goals is going to make you successful, happy, or whatever it is that you want to feel, you are attached. Or let’s say you are longing for a relationship and someone comes along who has potential. The second you want it to turn into anything more than it is _right in that very moment_ creates attachment.

When we become attached to the outcome of HOW WE _WANT _SOMETHING TO TURN OUT, we miss out on a lot of things. We miss out on clearly hearing the voice of our intuition because we are future focused and intuition resides in the present moment. We miss out on the preciousness of the moment. We get so caught up in an end result that we skip the learning that comes with being right here, right now. We also MISS OUT ON GUIDANCE FROM THE UNIVERSE or possible red flags because we are so tunnel vision focused on what we want.

So does this mean that we should not want things? Or does it mean we should not set goals?

Well first of all I would not dare to “should” all over you but I will offer you my point of view on this that comes from a LOT of life experience of setting goals and wanting things . . . and consequently expectation hangovers!

Desire is not bad or wrong. It is an important feeling to have because it is a compass. Yet we often misunderstand desire. We think we desire a form or result but WE TRULY DESIRE IS THE _FEELING_ THAT WE BELIEVE THAT FORM OR RESULT WILL GIVE US. Going back to the examples from above, if you have a career goal it is actually not the goal your mind came up with that is driving you. You are really chasing the feeling you think achieving that goal will give you. Will achieving a goal make you feel successful, proud, and financially secure? If so, generate those feelings without having to hit any specific goal and allow your plans to unfold. Similarly, if you want a relationship, you are really chasing the feeling you think being in a relationship will give you. Will being in a relationship make you feel loved, validated, and passionate? If so, generate those feelings without needing someone else there.

The way to let go of attachment AND still get what you desire is to cultivate the _feelings _you think what you want will give you without actually having to have it. @ChristinHassler (Click to Tweet!)

Are you willing to let go of your attachment to the belief that you need something _external _to make you feel a certain way?

Back to what Amir said, “The best way to get what you want is not to want it.” If you are currently cultivating the feelings you desire in the future, you would long for nothing because your experience would be one of completeness. Nothing would feel like it was missing. And from this whole place, anything else that happens only enhances the experience you are already having.

You would be able to let go of the energy of attachment, which I assure you will create much more flow, joy and presence in your life. It also will not push away people or opportunities that feel the pressure cooker of your attachment energy.

I get that this is not an easy concept to comprehend, much less practice, because we live in a world where we are very conditioned to be believe our feelings are a result of results, but they are not. Our truest feelings and desires come from our inner truth and the more tapped in we are to the truth of who we are, the more we realize that we truly have everything we need and want.

Much love,

Christine

P.S. I have a new podcast where I coach people LIVE on the air. Head over to Over it and On With It and listen in for inspiration and action steps.

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_CHRISTINE HASSLER has broken down the complex and overwhelming experience of recovering from disappointment into a step-by-step treatment plan in her new book Expectation Hangover. This book reveals the formula for how to process disappointment on the emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual levels to immediately ease suffering. Instead of wallowing in regret, self-recrimination, or anger, we can see these experiences as catalysts for profound transformation and doorways that open to possibility. You can find more info on her website, and follow her on Twitter and FB._

Image courtesy of Gabriel Benois.

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Summarize why the text states attachment leads to disappointment.

answer: When we are attached to getting a specific result we put pressure and focus on it, instead of trusting the process of life. This leads to high expectations and disappointment when things do not go as we hoped or planned. This is because attachment creates a disconnect between what we want and how it could actually feel in the moment. The result is often feelings of unhappiness, dissatisfaction, and confusion.

answer: The text explains the relationship between attachment and disappointment. It describes how our attachment encourages us to put pressure on ourselves, others, or a situation and project to the future when results aren't met. Our projection and expectations for a certain outcome are a frequent area in which we attach ourselves. We attach ourselves to our desires to earn us certain feelings, but we fail to consider that all our emotions are created internally.

answer: When we become attached to an expected outcome, we leave ourselves open for disappointment. Attachment creates a pressure cooker of desire rather than allowing the present moment to unfold. This pressure closes off opportunities and prevents us from hearing our intuition. When we focus on future expectations, we miss out on what is happening right now and potentially unnecessary mistakes. Ultimately, attachment leads to disappointment because it disconnects us from the truth of who we are and what we truly want.

answer: The text states that attachment leads to disappointment because when we are attached to a specific result, we put much more pressure on ourselves or the situation. Reaching those goals becomes the only way to make one feel happy or successful, instead of enjoying the process. It is more important to go with the flow.

answer: According to the text, attachment to a specific result puts far more pressure on ourselves. When the outcome doesn't meet the expectations we feel disappointment. When one is attached to the outcome of how they want something to turn out they ignore the inner voice of intuition and negate the perspective of reality. This is because we are far tunnel vision focused on what we want.

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refinement: According to the text, attachment to a specific result puts far more pressure on ourselves. When the outcome doesn't meet the expectations we feel disappointment. When one is attached to the outcome of how they want something to turn out they ignore the inner voice of intuition and negate the perspective of reality. This is because we are far too focused on what we want.

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Summarize what the text states about the feeling of desire.

answer: Desire is very important to long for something, to be very attached to something external. However, it might cause miscommunication. The true desire always comes from within and the more we tap into it the more readily we realize that we have everything we need.

answer: Desire is an important feeling to have as it serves as a compass to guide us to what we truly desire in our life. However, when we become attached to an outcome, we miss out on important things, like intuition and guidance from the Universe. It is ultimately better not to desire something and instead cultivate the feelings we truly desire. This way we can avoid expectation hangovers and live a more fulfilled life.

answer: The text states that our truest feelings and desires come from our inner truth. Our feelings and desires typically, come from the pursuit of something external to make us feel a certain way, when we can actually generate the feelings ourselves. For example, the feeling of being loved, validated, and passionate are things that the truth of who we are actually gives us. Instead of pursuing someone and a possible relationship, just tap into our inner truth and generate those feelings without needing someone else there.

answer: The text states that desire is neither bad or wrong. Desire is actually an important feeling, it is just misunderstood. Most people usually desire the feeling that will give the result they once, not just a form or the actual result.

answer: Desire is a compass or guidepost in our lives, but we often forget that it is the feeling we ultimately desire, not the form or result we desire. When we attach ourselves too strongly to the outcome and end result, we miss out on valuable things such as the present moment, intuition and guidance. We can let go of attachment and live from a place of completeness by consciously cultivating the feelings we would desire without needing the end result.


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BURBANK CITY HALL is the site of the municipal government of Burbank, California, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.[1]

Designed by architects William Allen and W. George Lutzi in the Moderne or Art Deco style, ground was broken in February 1941 and construction was completed in 1943.[2] The structure was partially funded by the Federal Works Agency, Works Progress Administration (WPA). It was completed at a total cost of $409,000.

Burbank City Councilman Ted McConkey told the Los Angeles _Daily News_ in 1996: “Anyone walking into City Hall would recognize that it's something unique. It's special because of the period in which it was built, because of the way it's been maintained and because of all the murals at City Hall. We get an inordinate number of requests to use City Hall from film companies.”[3] When it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1996, it became the second listed building in Burbank — the first being Burbank's main post office.

The structure's 77-foot tower serves as the main lobby and features art deco detailing and more than 20 types of marble, which can be found in the city seal on the floor, the trim, walls and in the treads and risers of the grand stairway.[4] Its artistic features include several works: cast medallions, one bas-relief sculpture by Bartolo Mako titled 'A Tribute to Craftsmen" along Third Street, two bas-relief sculpture panels on the front facade of an unknown artist and a framed painting titled "Justice, also by Mako, for hanging in the City Attorney's office.

Burbank City Hall's most notable artistic features are the large murals painted by muralist Hugo Ballin. Ballin also painted the murals at the Griffith Observatory and Wilshire Boulevard Temple. There are two major Ballin murals at the Burbank City Hall: “The Four Freedoms” in the Council Chamber and “Burbank Industry” in the rotunda. In 2001, the building underwent a renovation project that included restoration of the Ballin murals.

The Council Chamber located on the second floor is noted for its teakwood-panelled walls and Ballin's “Four Freedoms” mural. The mural was inspired by Franklin Roosevelt's 1941 “Four Freedoms” speech and is considered one of Ballin's finest works. The chamber has built-in rails and tables. In 1978, the original carved wooden pews were replaced by padded theater-style seating, and the checkered floor was carpeted. During the 2001 renovation, the ceiling was returned to its original height revealing the top of the Four Freedoms mural that had been obscured for decades.

The “Burbank Industry” in the rotunda features Burbank-built airplanes, the motion picture industry, agriculture, and a power plant. In 1964, the bottom portion of the Burbank Industry mural was removed to make room for a bridge to an adjacent municipal building. After being stored for 37 years rolled in a plastic sheet at various times under a street bridge at the city's yards, in a bedroom on Amherst Drive, and at the Burbank Historical Society's Gordon Howard Museum, the 1964 building (and the bridge to it) were demolished and the lower section returned to its place and reattached by art conservators. The unveiling ceremony for all the restored art took place on September 10, 2001.

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What kinds of improvements that can be done to the Burbank City Hall?

answer: While it was initially constructed in 1941, the Burbank City Hall has undergone several renovations including a 2001 restoration project. Further renovations could possibly focus on restoring any damaged or missing features, improving the artistic features, or upgrading the building in general.

answer: Since the building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places, the city hall's murals, façade, and general architectural design must be kept intact. The furnishings do not seem to be bound by these rules, as carpeting and similar features have been changed and upgraded over the years. Not mentioned in the article are features that are expected of government offices; which are the infrastructure for work (networks, storage, office spaces), living (electrical, kitchen, plumbing, etc), and security (locks, gates, surveillance, etc). These unmentioned features are likely to be changed and upgraded while trying to preserve as much of the structure's historical features.

answer: The Burbank City Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and is in need of restoration and preservation to maintain its integrity. Potential improvements could include restoring the Ballin murals, replacing the pews, and repairing the lower section of the Burbank Industry mural.

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refinement: The Burbank City Hall is listed on the National Register of Historic Places and requires restoration and preservation to maintain its integrity. Potential improvements could include restoring the Ballin murals, replacing the carpeted floor, and overall general maintenance of the building structure.

answer: While the building itself isn't of concern any longer, the hallway doesn't include any markings or further identifiers. Perhaps directional signage might be useful.

text: The response doesn't indicate why it says the building itself is not of concern any longer.

refinement: The hallway doesn't include any markings or further identifiers. Perhaps directional signage might be useful.

text: The response fails to highlight the listed features of the hall in the article that are susceptible to improvements.

refinement: Since the National Register of Historic Places listed the Burbank City Hall under its register, its murals, façade, and general architectural design must be intact. It also appears that the hallway doesn't include any markings or other identifiers. Perhaps, they can mount various types of directional signages, which might be helpful for tourists.

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refinement: Listed under the National Register of Historic Places, the Burbank City Hall is a government landmark that must be preserved to maintain its integrity. Potential improvements the building can likely undergo could include restoring the Ballin murals, changing the carpeted floors, and overall building maintenance.


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KEVIN RICKS (born 1960) is a convicted sexual predator who targeted mostly high-school age boys from at least the late 1970s until his arrest in 2010.

1970s

Ricks's first known victim was targeted at a summer camp in North Carolina in 1978. This victim, a ten-year-old boy, was attending Camp Holiday Trails, at which Ricks was a counselor. It is also at this summer camps where Ricks met his wife, who would accompany him on his travels around Japan and the United States without discovering Ricks's activities with the boys he mentored.

1980s

After graduating, Ricks worked at four different private schools in the southeastern United States from 1983 to 1987. The private schools at which he was employed include Brandon Hall School in Atlanta, Georgia, where Ricks served in a position that required him to live in the dormitory hall with students. In 1988, Ricks moved to Kyushu, Japan, to teach English in the town of Oguni. While living in Oguni, he was popular with the local students and routinely held gatherings with his students in his private room.

1990s

In December 1992, Ricks's new wife, Abby Ricks, joined him in Aso City, Japan. One victim to come forward, Takashi Kajiwara, says that in 1994, Ricks took him to the United States for a cross country road trip. On this road trip, Kajiwara says that Ricks offered him shots of tequila and he drank until he passed out. Video tapes and photographs of Ricks undressing and molesting Kajiwara were recovered by police. Ricks and his wife left Japan in 1995 after shoplifting accusations made the school officials decide to let his contract lapse.

Ricks taught for one year on a temporary teaching license in North Carolina, and immediately afterwards took a job in Danville, Virginia, even though he did not have a license to teach in that state. Also during this time, Ricks entered into a foreign exchange program, Education First, and hosted young students from all over the world in his home. A Danish student who was hosted by Ricks, Uffe Emborg, says that after drinking with Ricks one night, he discovered nude photographs of himself by Ricks's bedside table. Out of fear, Emborg did not report this to the police, and instead burned the photographs with Ricks in the backyard. Ricks and his wife left Danville after Ricks was fired from Education First after being accused of stealing $2,000 from a student's bank account.

2000s

In 2000, Ricks received a three-year teaching license for the state of Maryland and began teaching English at Colonel Richardson High School in Caroline County. While teaching at Colonel Richardson, Ricks was the head of a group called “Students Helping Other People”. Parents of one group member accused him of stalking, and brought the issue to the school board, who then brought it to Child Protective Services. The school officials allowed Ricks's teaching contract to expire without renewal, referring to a licensing technicality. However, private discussions pointed to the real reason being the accusations of inappropriate behavior against Ricks.

Even after he stopped teaching in Caroline County, Ricks continued to host foreign exchange students, this time with American Scandinavian Student Exchange. After a German exchange student was removed from Ricks's home during the 2003-04 school year, a restraining order was filed against Ricks by the student, who alleged that Ricks frequently called and offered gifts. Although the restraining order was not granted, ASSE fired Ricks.

In 2006, parents of a 13-year-old boy reported that Ricks asked their son to sit on his lap and play video games, although a police investigation resulted in no charges. In the spring of 2007, Ricks was convicted of felony theft. After appealing the conviction, he left to look for a new job.

In 2007, shortly before he was again convicted and spent a weekend in jail, Ricks was hired in Manassas, Virginia. On his application, Ricks stated that he had never been arrested or convicted.

In 2008, Ricks was tutoring a boy in Fauquier County, Virginia, and the boy's parents went to the school with a series of Myspace messages between the boy and Ricks, as well as allegations that Ricks was stalking the boy and his friend, and was a predator. A year after the accusations of stalking, the Manassas school district recommended Ricks for a full five-year teaching permit, despite his ineligibility. This recommendation was denied by the Virginia Department of Education.

The same year he was denied for his teaching license, Ricks molested one of his sixteen-year-old former students during winter break. He would later recount the event in his journals, referring to it as a romantic occasion.

Arrest

On February 18, 2010, Ricks was arrested after reports of inappropriate Facebook messages between the boy and Ricks were received. When his home in Federalsburg, Maryland, was searched by police, dozens of handwritten journals were discovered that detailed more than three decades of Ricks's serial sexual abuse. In addition to the journals, police also recovered numerous pieces of video and photographic evidence of the abuse of many young boys by Ricks.

Conviction

On March 3, 2011, Ricks pleaded guilty to seven charges of producing and possessing child pornography. The U.S. District Court of Alexandria, Virginia, sought the plea to get a long sentence for Ricks and to save the victims the stress of having to testify at a public trial. Over a dozen teenagers had come forward to say that they had been molested or targeted by Ricks. The charges, resulting in a sentence of around twenty-five years, are mostly related to his offenses in Virginia and Maryland, as well as the trips to the West Coast that Ricks invited several students on.

title: Kevin Ricks

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What does the text say about Kevin Ricks?

answer: Ricks is a convicted sexual predator who has been targeting mostly teenage boys since the late 1970s. From the 1980s to 2010, Ricks worked at several private schools, taught cross country road trips, and hosted foreign exchange students in the United States and Japan. In 2007 in Virginia, Ricks molested a teenage boy and was subsequently arrested after accusations surfaced. Ricks pleaded guilty to seven charges of producing and possessing child pornography in March 2011. He has been sentenced to twenty-five years.

answer: Ricks is a convicted sexual predator who targeted mostly high-school-age boys from at least the late 1970s until his arrest in 2010. Ricks's offences include molesting and photographing teens, and entering into a foreign exchange program to prey on young students. Ricks was granted a three-year teaching license for the state of Maryland in 2000, despite being ineligible, and was fired from that position in 2003 for accusations of stalking and molestation. After being convicted of felony theft in 2006, Ricks continued to prey on teenagers and young boys, finally being arrested in 2010. Ricks received a sentence of around twenty-five years for his crimes.

text: Ricks entering into a foreign exchange program to prey on students is his method, not his offense, which is sexual predation on children.

refinement: Ricks is a convicted sexual predator who targeted mostly high-school-age boys from at least the late 1970s until his arrest in 2010. Ricks's offences include molesting and photographing teens. Ricks was granted a three-year teaching license for the state of Maryland in 2000, despite being ineligible, and was fired from that position in 2003 for accusations of stalking and molestation. After being convicted of felony theft in 2006, Ricks continued to prey on teenagers and young boys, finally being arrested in 2010. Ricks received a sentence of around twenty-five years for his crimes.

text: "Offense" is misspelled.

refinement: Ricks is a convicted sexual predator who targeted mostly high-school-age boys from at least the late 1970s until his arrest in 2010. Ricks's offenses include molesting and photographing teens. Ricks was granted a three-year teaching license for the state of Maryland in 2000, despite being ineligible, and was fired from that position in 2003 for accusations of stalking and molestation. After being convicted of felony theft in 2006, Ricks continued to prey on teenagers and young boys, finally being arrested in 2010. Ricks received a sentence of around twenty-five years for his crimes.

text: Ricks was ineligible in 2008 in the state of Virginia, not in 2000.

refinement: Ricks is a convicted sexual predator who targeted mostly high-school-age boys from at least the late 1970s until his arrest in 2010. Ricks's offenses include molesting and photographing teens. Ricks was granted a three-year teaching license for the state of Maryland in 2000 and was fired from that position in 2003 for accusations of stalking and molestation. After being convicted of felony theft in 2006, Ricks continued to prey on teenagers and young boys, finally being arrested in 2010. Ricks received a sentence of around twenty-five years for his crimes.

text: Ricks' conviction of felony theft happened in 2007, not 2006.

refinement: Ricks is a convicted sexual predator who targeted mostly high-school-age boys from at least the late 1970s until his arrest in 2010. Ricks's offenses include molesting and photographing teens. Ricks was granted a three-year teaching license for the state of Maryland in 2000 and was fired from that position in 2003 for accusations of stalking and molestation. After being convicted of felony theft in 2007, Ricks continued to prey on teenagers and young boys, finally being arrested in 2010. Ricks received a sentence of around twenty-five years for his crimes.

answer: Kevin Ricks is a convicted sexual predator who targeted mostly high-school age boys. He graduated from Brown University and began his career as a teacher. He worked at four different private schools in the southeastern United States from 1983 to 1987.  At Camp Holiday Trails where Ricks was a counselor, he met his second wife, Abby Ricks. They worked at schools around the world and when they parted, allegedly had an affair where Abby drugged Uffe Emborg on Ricks's birthday. Ricks went on to be a teacher for many years and was convicted for multiple charges of producing and possessing child pornography.

text: The article doesn't mention where Ricks graduated from.

refinement: Kevin Ricks is a convicted sexual predator who targeted mostly high-school age boys. He worked at four different private schools in the southeastern United States from 1983 to 1987.  At Camp Holiday Trails where Ricks was a counselor, he met his second wife, Abby Ricks. They worked at schools around the world and when they parted, allegedly had an affair where Abby drugged Uffe Emborg on Ricks's birthday. Ricks went on to be a teacher for many years and was convicted for multiple charges of producing and possessing child pornography.

text: Ricks met his first wife at Camp Holiday Trails, who is left unnamed in the article. Abby is his second wife.

refinement: Kevin Ricks is a convicted sexual predator who targeted mostly high-school age boys. He worked at four different private schools in the southeastern United States from 1983 to 1987.  At Camp Holiday Trails where Ricks was a counselor, he met his first wife, who was oblivious to his activities. They worked at schools around the world and when they parted, allegedly had an affair where Abby drugged Uffe Emborg on Ricks's birthday. Ricks went on to be a teacher for many years and was convicted for multiple charges of producing and possessing child pornography.

text: There's no such thing as Abby Ricks committing crimes in the article. Additionally, the article doesn't mention Kevin and Abby Ricks working at the same places.

refinement: Kevin Ricks is a convicted sexual predator who targeted mostly high-school age boys. He worked at four different private schools in the southeastern United States from 1983 to 1987.  At Camp Holiday Trails where Ricks was a counselor, he met his first wife, who was oblivious to his activities. After Ricks married his second wife Abby, sexual abuse allegations against him surfaced without consequence. Sometime around 1996 or 1997, Danish exchange student Uffe Emborg discovered nude photos of himself near Ricks' bed and burnt the photos with Ricks, afraid to speak to anyone. Ricks went on to be a teacher for many years and was convicted for multiple charges of producing and possessing child pornography.

answer: Kevin Ricks is a convicted sexual predator who targeted mostly high-school-age boys from at least the late 1970s until he was arrested in 2010, when police discovered enough evidence to put him behind bars for a very long time -around twenty-five years. Ricks carefully plotted and strategized his crimes. For example, throughout his early career and in the majority of his teaching positions, Ricks' young victims traveled to his homes where he molested them. In 2000, for example, Ricks hosted students in his home as part of a foreign-exchange program,and two high school students who were hosted by him were more than 12 years old. Upon receiving the information that Ricks was convicted of felony theft and possessing child pornography in 2007, the Manassas school district recommended Ricks for a full five-year teaching license, ignoring Ricks' criminal convictions.

text: It's incoherent to say "and two high school students who were hosted by him were more than 12 years old." That was established before.

refinement: Kevin Ricks is a convicted sexual predator who targeted mostly high-school-age boys from at least the late 1970s until he was arrested in 2010, when police discovered enough evidence to put him behind bars for a very long time -around twenty-five years. Ricks carefully plotted and strategized his crimes. For example, throughout his early career and in the majority of his teaching positions, Ricks' young victims traveled to his homes where he molested them. In 2000, for example, Ricks hosted students in his home as part of a foreign-exchange program. Upon receiving the information that Ricks was convicted of felony theft and possessing child pornography in 2007, the Manassas school district recommended Ricks for a full five-year teaching license, ignoring Ricks' criminal convictions.

text: There's no mention of the Manassas school district being aware of the allegations against Ricks.

refinement: Kevin Ricks is a convicted sexual predator who targeted mostly high-school-age boys from at least the late 1970s until he was arrested in 2010, when police discovered enough evidence to put him behind bars for a very long time -around twenty-five years. Ricks carefully plotted and strategized his crimes. For example, throughout his early career and in the majority of his teaching positions, Ricks' young victims traveled to his homes where he molested them. In 2000, for example, Ricks hosted students in his home as part of a foreign-exchange program.

answer: Kevin Ricks is a convicted sexual predator who targeted mostly high-school-age boys.

text: The answer should give more details.

refinement: Ricks is a convicted sexual predator who has been targeting mostly teenage boys since the late 1970s. From the 1980s to 2010, Ricks worked at several private schools, taught cross country road trips, and hosted foreign exchange students in the United States and Japan. In 2007 in Virginia, Ricks molested a teenage boy and was subsequently arrested after accusations surfaced. Ricks pleaded guilty to seven charges of producing and possessing child pornography in March 2011. He has been sentenced to twenty-five years.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the text say about Ricks' arrest?

answer: On February 18, 2010, Ricks was arrested after reports of inappropriate Facebook messages between a boy and Ricks were received. When Ricks' home was searched by police, dozens of handwritten journals were discovered that detailed more than three decades of Ricks's serial sexual abuse. Police also recovered numerous pieces of video and photographic evidence of child pornography. Ricks' home was searched by police.

text: There's no need to repeat that Ricks' home was searched by the police.

refinement: On February 18, 2010, Ricks was arrested after reports of inappropriate Facebook messages between a boy and Ricks were received. When Ricks' home was searched by police, dozens of handwritten journals were discovered that detailed more than three decades of Ricks's serial sexual abuse. Police also recovered numerous pieces of video and photographic evidence of child pornography.

answer: Ricks was arrested at his home in Federalburg, Maryland, after it was discovered that he sent and received inappropriate text messages with one of his students. Police searched his home where they recovered dozens of handwritten journals, as well as video and photographic evidence of his past abuse. Ricks pleaded guilty to seven charges of producing and possessing child pornography and received a twenty-five year sentence that would prohibit him from being able to do the same for forty years.

text: A 25-year sentence doesn't prohibit anyone from acting for 40 years.

refinement: Ricks was arrested at his home in Federalburg, Maryland, after it was discovered that he sent and received inappropriate text messages with one of his students. Police searched his home where they recovered dozens of handwritten journals, as well as video and photographic evidence of his past abuse. Ricks pleaded guilty to seven charges of producing and possessing child pornography and received a twenty-five year sentence that would prohibit him from being able to do the same.

text: "Federalsburg" is misspelled. The comma after "Maryland" is grammatically inappropriate. There's a hyphen missing between "twenty-five" and "year".

refinement: Ricks was arrested at his home in Federalsburg, Maryland after it was discovered that he sent and received inappropriate text messages with one of his students. Police searched his home where they recovered dozens of handwritten journals, as well as video and photographic evidence of his past abuse. Ricks pleaded guilty to seven charges of producing and possessing child pornography and received a twenty-five-year sentence that would prohibit him from being able to do the same.

answer: Ricks was arrested after reports of inappropriate Facebook messages between the boy and Ricks were received. When his home in Federalsburg, Maryland, was searched by police, police recovered numerous pieces of video and photographic evidence of the abuse of many young boys by Ricks. Ricks had pleaded guilty to seven charges of producing and possessing child pornography.

text: Since "the boy" isn't established before, it's better to say "a boy" or something similar.

refinement: Ricks was arrested after reports of inappropriate Facebook messages between a boy and Ricks were received. When his home in Federalsburg, Maryland, was searched by police, police recovered numerous pieces of video and photographic evidence of the abuse of many young boys by Ricks. Ricks had pleaded guilty to seven charges of producing and possessing child pornography.

answer: In 2010, Ricks was arrested after reports of inappropriate Facebook messages between a sixteen-year old boy and Ricks were received. When his home was searched, police discovered numerous pieces of video and photographic evidence of the abuse of young boys by Ricks. Ricks pleaded guilty to seven charges of producing and possessing child pornography.

answer: Ricks was arrested after reports of inappropriate Facebook messages between a boy and him. When his home was searched by the police, dozens of handwritten journals, photographs, and videos were discovered that detailed more than three decades of his serial sexual abuse.

question:
Answer the following question based on the above passage:

What does the text say about Ricks' conviction?

answer: Rick pleaded guilty to seven charges of producing and possessing child pornography and was sentenced to twenty-five years in prison.

answer: Ricks was charged with child pornography and molesting sixteen-year-old students. He pleaded guilty and was convicted to twenty-five years in prison.

text: The charges against Ricks are phrased awkwardly.

refinement: Ricks was charged with seven accounts of producing and possessing child pornography. He pleaded guilty and was convicted to twenty-five years in prison.

answer: On March 3, 2011, Ricks pleaded guilty to seven charges of producing and possessing child pornography. The U.S. District Court of Alexandria, Virginia, sought the plea to get a long sentence for Ricks and to save the victims the stress of having to testify at a public trial. Over a dozen teenagers had come forward to say that they had been molested or targeted by Ricks. The charges, resulting in a sentence of around twenty-five years, are mostly related to his offenses in Virginia and Maryland, as well as the trips to the West Coast that Ricks invited several students on.

answer: Ricks pleaded guilty to seven charges of producing and possessing child pornography and was sentenced to around twenty-five years.

answer: Ricks has been convicted of seven charges of producing and possessing child pornography following reports of inappropriate Facebook messages between a boy and Ricks.


text:
It was the dark end of a bright time. The lights went out at the same time, everywhere. It was strange at first not having any light. Then we became better accustomed to the dark. Slowly, we changed.

In the beginning, many people were angry. Some of them went stumbling around blindly, sometimes dying as a result of it. Their screams seemed to become sharper in the blackness. Cold chills tickled my spine each time. Slowly we learned to avoid movement.

Time loses value in the blackness, as our perception is based on sight. With no light around, we learned to see through other senses. Some said their other senses grew stronger as a result of it. I just started to get pissed.

Living in the blackness caused mild insanity in all of us. We came to expect what could never occur, the light returning to us. I stopped opening my eyes entirely, what was the point? Still more people died.

Starvation, depression, violence, all set in. At least the violence was mostly self-inflicting, not that it was ever intended that way. It's hard to fight when you can't see. We learned how much we needed sight.

I too began suffering from these ailments. My mind created fantasy worlds to fill time. I would doze off and find myself back home again, before the incident. Often, I would wonder where you went that day, the day the light left. Since that day, absolute blackness is all that I've known.

title: Once darkness fell

question: What causes the darkness?

text: Answer missing.

answer: It's not mentioned in the story.

text: Answer missing.

question: Explain the reason behind almost all violence being self-inflicted.

answer: He explains that the blackness is an absolute confinement of sight causing mild insanity.

text: It is omitted that it is hard to fight when you cannot see and that had led to self-inflicting violence.

refinement: He explains that the blackness is an absolute confinement of sight causing mild insanity. He also explains that when it is hard to fight when you cannot see and that led to self-inflicting violence.

answer: It's explained this way: "It's hard to fight when you can't see. We learned how much we needed sight."

answer: People intend for violence to happen to others, but they can't fight well when blind and end up hurting themselves.

question: What does the narrator dream of?

answer: The narrator dreams of home.

text: It is excluded that he had created a fantasy world.

refinement: The narrator dreams of home and the fantasy world that he had created.

answer: The narrator dreams of being back at home before everything went dark.

text: It is omitted that he had created a fantasy world in his mind.

refinement: The narrator dreams of being back at home before everything went dark and the fantasy world that his mind had created.

answer: A fantasy version of the last day before the incident.

text: It is omitted that he dreams of his home before everything went dark.

refinement: A fantasy version of the last day before the incident and his home, before everything went dark.

question: What do people dream of?

answer: Avoiding hoarding other people's food in this case.

text: This response is not related.

text: Refinement empty.

refinement: People would dream of the light coming back.

answer: The people around that narrator think of brighter days gone by, of the light lost and the living that they can see in their head.

text: It is falsely stated that the people dreamed of the living that they can see in their head or the brighter days that had gone by.

refinement: The people around that narrator think of something that would never happen, the light returning.

answer: They dream of the light returning.

question: Write a ~4 sentence summary.

answer: Based on the discussion, the lights went out unexpectedly one day and the main character is the only one who knows the darkness. Many people are starting to lose their sense of reality so the main character creates fantasies of where their loved ones could be. The novel shows how easy it is for humans to adapt.

text: There is no mention of the main character being the only one to know the darkness.

refinement: Based on the discussion, the lights went out unexpectedly one day. Many people are starting to lose their sense of reality so the main character creates fantasies of where their loved ones could be. The novel shows how easy it is for humans to adapt.

text: It is falsely stated that the main character created fantasies of where people's loved ones could be.

refinement: Based on the discussion, the lights went out unexpectedly one day. Many people are starting to lose their sense of reality. The novel shows how easy it is for humans to adapt.

text: The fact that the lights went out at the same time everywhere goes to show that it was unexpected.

answer: A fictional account of one person's experience of living in absolute blackness following a power outage.

answer: An unknown but calculated agent steals all of the light from earth. An artist paints her thoughts about life in the shadows.

text: There is no evidence of an agent stealing light from the earth.

refinement: An artist paints her thoughts about life in the shadows.

text: There is no evidence that the narrator is an artist.

refinement: The narrator describes her thoughts about life in the shadows.

answer: The entire world succumbs to darkness. Without being able to see, lots of people die. Most violence, while intended for others, ends up causing more harm to the ones initiating it. The narrator dreams of being at home before everything went dark.

answer: The following is a description from a man who lost his sight completely and has now only accumulated anecdotal evidence to learn about the world around him. He speaks of the total darkness surrounding him that leaves his only company to be screams and insanity.

text: It is falsely stated that the man has lost his eyesight.

refinement: The following is a description from a man who sat in complete darkness because the lights had gone off. He has now only accumulated anecdotal evidence to learn about the world around him. He speaks of the total darkness surrounding him that leaves his only company to be screams and insanity.

answer: In a tragic end, the director recounts the beginnings of their reactions to the loss of light, including insane thoughts, starvation, self-harming, and violence. Soon the light returns, deciding the situation is then one of a bright time.

text: There is no evidence that the light has come back.

refinement: In a tragic end, the director recounts the beginnings of their reactions to the loss of light, including insane thoughts, starvation, self-harming, and violence.


text:
-   Scientists found that the slow seismic hum of wind whipping across sheets of frozen ice sound eerie when sped up some 1,200 times.
-   Researchers buried 34 seismic sensors under the deep snow layer that sits atop the Ross Ice Shelf's underlying ice.
-   They found that the snowy cover – known as the firn layer, which insulates the ice below – undergoes constant movement from exposure to the wind above.

The scientists liken it to 'singing', but to our ears the creepy dirge of Antarctic ice shelf vibrations sounds more like the sinister score of a horror movie.

Researchers on Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf have recorded the slow seismic hum generated by wind forces whipping across the ice sheet's frozen landscape.

The frequency detected is far too low for the human ear to hear naturally, but when it's sped up some 1,200 times, what emerges is an eerie soundtrack of restlessness hidden within the bleak polar isolation.

"It's kind of like you're blowing a flute, constantly, on the ice shelf," says geophysicist and mathematician Julien Chaput from Colorado State University.

Once it's rendered audible, here's what the creepy vibration phenomenon sounds like:

Of course, Chaput and his team weren't originally setting out to make the soundtrack to a horror movie.

The purpose of their research was to learn more about the physical properties of the Ross Ice Shelf, Antarctica's (and the world's) largest floating slab of ice, which is roughly the size of Spain.

As the world keeps getting catastrophically hotter, Antarctic ice shelves are beginning to dramatically collapse and break apart.

To better understand the forces at work, Chaput and fellow researchers buried 34 seismic sensors under the deep snow layer that sits atop the Ross Ice Shelf's underlying ice.

These seismic sensors monitored the ice shelf's structure from late 2014 to early 2017, and when the team analyzed the data, they realized this snowy cover – known as the firn layer, which insulates the ice below – undergoes constant movement from exposure to the wind above.

"We discovered that the shelf nearly continuously _sings_ at frequencies of five or more cycles per second," the authors explain, "excited by local and regional winds blowing across its snow dune‐like topography."

According to the researchers, variations in wind strength (due to things like storms) and changes in air temperatures can both impact the snow layer, and in so doing affect the pitch of the seismic hum detected.

"Either you change the velocity of the snow by heating or cooling it, or you change where you blow on the flute, by adding or destroying dunes," Chaput explains.

"And that's essentially the two forcing effects we can observe."

Studying how these vibrations behave and evolve over time could help us learn more about how ice sheets are responding to a world that's getting too hot too fast, researchers think.

"Like the thick, hairy hide of the woolly mammoth, the upper skin of the Antarctic ice sheet … is the most important protection from the ravages of a warming climate," writes glaciologist Douglas MacAyeal, who wasn't involved with the study, but has authored a commentary on it.

"What should concern geoscientists most about Antarctica's protective skin of firn is whether, and how, it will be breached by surface melting and meltwater percolation processes in the coming century."

That's a point Chaput agrees with.

"Melting of the firn is broadly considered one of the most important factors in the destabilisation of an ice shelf," he told Gizmodo, "which then accelerates the streaming of ice into the ocean from abutting ice sheets."

It's a crucial time for this kind of research, as the ice in polar regions undergoes massive shifts glaciologists are struggling to keep track of.

Thanks to Chaput and team, we've now got another means of keeping tabs on these monumental transformations taking place – even if the overall picture is looking grimmer than ever.

Basically, another song nobody wants to hear.

The findings are reported in _Geophysical Research Letters_.

_Visit __INSIDER's homepage__ for more._

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question: How much did the researchers speed up the seismic hum?

answer: 1,200 times

answer: The researchers sped up the seismic hum by 1,200 times.

answer: The researchers sped up the seismic hum about 1,200 times.

answer: 1200 times.

question: How many seismic sensors did the scientists bury?

answer: The scientists buried 34 seismic sensors.

answer: 34

answer: 34

answer: 34

question: How large is the Ross Ice Shelf?

answer: The Ross Ice Shelf is roughly the size of Spain.

answer: The Ross Ice Shelf is approximately the size of Spain.

answer: The Ross Ice Shelf is the size of Spain.

answer: The Ross Ice Shelf is roughly the size of Spain.

question: What frequency does the shelf vibrate at?

answer: The Ross Ice Shelf vibrates at frequencies of five or more cycles per second.

text: "We discovered that the shelf nearly continuously _sings_ at frequencies of five or more cycles per second," the authors explain, "excited by local and regional winds blowing across its snow dune‐like topography."

answer: The frequency detected is far too low for the human ear to hear naturally, but when it's sped up some 1,200 times, what emerges is an eerie soundtrack of restlessness hidden within the bleak polar isolation.

text: While this answer is not incorrect, there is a more appropriate answer that can be found in the passage.

refinement: The frequency detected is far too low for the human ear to hear naturally. The shelf sings at frequencies of five or more cycles per second.

answer: The shelf vibrates at five or more cycles per second.

text: "We discovered that the shelf nearly continuously _sings_ at frequencies of five or more cycles per second," the authors explain, "excited by local and regional winds blowing across its snow dune‐like topography."

answer: The frequency is far too low for the human ear to hear naturally, but when it's sped up some 1,200 times, what emerges is an eerie soundtrack of restlessness hidden within the bleak polar isolation.

text: While this answer is not incorrect, there is a more appropriate answer that can be found in the passage.

refinement: The frequency is far too low for the human ear to hear naturally. The shelf sings at frequencies of five or more cycles per second.

question: Write a ~2 sentence summary.

answer: Researchers have found that the slow seismic hum of wind whipping across the frozen surface of Antarctica's Ross Ice Shelf can be heard when sped up 1,200 times. This eerie soundtrack could help scientists learn more about how ice sheets are responding to global warming.

answer: The Ross Ice Shelf is a large floating slab of ice in Antarctica. It is the largest of its kind in the world.

text: This is not what the focus of the article is on.

refinement: Researchers have been recording the the slow seismic hum generated by wind whipping across Antarctica's Ross Ice shelf. The purpose of the research is to learn more about how ice sheets are responding to global warming.

answer: Scientists found that the slow seismic hum of wind whipping across sheets of frozen ice sound eerie when sped up some 1,200 times.

text: The summary should indicate what ice shelf is being studied.

refinement: Scientists found that the slow seismic hum of wind whipping across the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica sound eerie when sped up some 1,200 times.

text: The summary should include what the purpose of the research is.

refinement: Scientists found that the slow seismic hum of wind whipping across the Ross Ice Shelf in Antarctica sound eerie when sped up some 1,200 times. The purpose of the research is to learn more about how ice sheets are responding to global warming.

answer: Researchers have measured vibrations in the firn layer of the Ross Ice Shelf. These seismic vibrations give scientists valuable insights into how these ice sheets melt and destabilize.