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Question: "What is the story behind the mysterious Phantom River stone from the Shenmue games?"

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The mysterious mirrors that lie at the heart of the Shenmue story were crafted from a substance with an equally mysterious-sounding name: "Phantom River stone". (Which is, of course, from where the name of this blog was taken).
Now, although its name is Phantom River stone in the English Shenmue games, in fact this differs slightly from its Japanese name in the games.
In this post we'll look at what it is called in the Japanese version of Shenmue.
Ryo first hears the name of this stone from Master Chen after taking him the Phoenix mirror he discovered hidden at his home. Ryo also later learns that the stone is also particular to a very specific area, namely Bailu village in Guilin.
Master Chen (English version): "Yes, it's made of Phantom River stone..."
Master Chen identifies the stone (English version).
洮河 = Tao River (sometimes written as Taohe River). The meaning of Tao is "cleansing".
...which gives us the meaning in Japanese of "Tao River green stone".
Although the stone is called "green stone", this does not necessarily refer to actual greenstone (i.e. jade), but rather it more generally describes green-colored stone since there is a separate word for greenstone in Japanese: hisui (翡翠).
Master Chen also describes the stone using the word maboroshi (幻) that, in this context, can be taken to mean "extremely rare" or "fabled".
Master Chen (Japanese version): "Without a doubt: the fabled Tao River green stone."
Master Chen in the Japanese version: "Without a doubt: the fabled Tao River green stone."
Notably, it also literally means "phantom". This is surely not a coincidence, and must have served as the inspiration for its name in English. This word is not a part of the stone's actual name in the Japanese game, however.
Examining a map of China turned up a total of 3 rivers named the Tao (洮).
Three rivers named Tao within China (marked with a star).
However, as can be seen on the map, these rivers are located far to the north of the Guilin region and Bailu village. Google Maps is obviously due for an update!
In any case, this completes our brief comparison of the name in each language. Although the English version differs from the Japanese version of the name, the translators chose well in settling on "Phantom River stone" for the English name of the stone, as it lends it an enigmatic aura.
This topic was suggested by Trent, webmaster of the excellent French Shenmue fan site Shenmue Master.
It's in gansu region of China, I'll send you a rough translation later!
Nice find! So a stone with that name actually exists in China! Would love to hear more about it. Around the first Tao river on the blog map, I guess, if it's in the Gansu region? Wouldn't it make a cool addition & story for a Shenmue collection.


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Dr Dong Han Seo: Clean water is a big challenge in the 21st century.
Our team is motivated to solve and tackle this problem.
We’ve found a real-world application of graphene. Last year, we invented a unique graphene production process called Graphair where we can make low cost graphene from renewable materials and using our Graphair film we made a perfect water purification membrane.
We wanted to demonstrate real-world application of graphene.
We took the real contaminated water from the Sydney Harbour and we purified them in a single step to a drinkable water.
Our graphene membrane enables 100% salt rejection as well as 100% rejection of household contaminants such as detergents and oil without fouling which was tested for over many days.
Potential impact of this research is actually enormous because what we are talking about is eliminating all the expensive complex pre-treatment, water treatment process, enabling single step membrane based purification process where, regardless of the different class of, or how heavily contaminated the water is, we will get the pure drinkable water in single step.
CSIRO finds a way to make Sydney Harbour drinkable - and it could save lives. : Sydney’s iconic harbour has played a starring role in the development of new CSIRO technology that could save lives around the world. Using their own specially designed form of graphene, ‘Graphair’, CSIRO scientists have supercharged water purification, making it simpler, more effective and quicker.


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In ancient Roman religion, the dii (also di) Novensiles or Novensides are collective deities of obscure significance found in inscriptions, prayer formulary, and both ancient and early-Christian literary texts.


Question: What do we know about the Amy Rose character in Sonic Xtreme?

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You may remember a report we made a couple of years back about a LinkedIn profile we found for Sonic Xtreme’s Lead Artist Ross Harris which stated he designed character models for the game, including Amy Rose. Well, The Sonic Stadium has now found a portfolio website for the artist which features the above models for Amy Rose as well as models for Sonic and some badniks.
Harris reveals Amy Rose was to be playable and would use rings as a projectile weapon to attack enemies with as long as she held some. Each ring would deplete her overall count, so using that last ring would leave yourself vulnerable since as we know rings in Sonic games are your health.
What would have been the first female playable character in a Sonic game. Amy holds a ring in her hand which could be thrown as a projectile at enemies. As rings equal lives/health, you were literally judging whether to throw your life away or not!
You can check out the other models in our gallery and head over to Ross Harris’ website for more details.
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Wasn’t ring-throwing a thing in the demo for that cancelled SatAM-based Sonic-16 game? I wouldn’t be surprised if they actually considered reusing it for X-treme.
if Mania is actually a success as it promises to be and they go for a sequel, they should definitely consider adding Amy Rose to the roster. She is in every way a classic era character.
I’d rather she wreck things up and smash her opponents to bits with her Hammer.
I so hope they will and Classic Amy into it. She was after Sonic CD, kind of a part of the whole roundabout. To see her in her classic look, would be great and it would fit perfectly.
6 quills on opposed to 5?
So then what’s the deal with the Tina lady? Was she just a proto-Amy Rose?


Question: Describe the "Different Prices for Different Customers" concept at Everytable restaurant.

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Different Prices for Different Customers: a New Restaurant Concept?
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A restaurant in Los Angeles is launching a brand new dining concept: different prices depending on the area where the venue is hosted. Let's have a look at it.
Flavours inspired by Los Angeles food culture, from Californian BBQ to Vietnamese and Cajun flavours, with forays into Mexican and even Mediterranean cuisines? Plus veggie, vegan and gluten-free options? After opening last summer in South LA with its “classical” menu, Everytable is already set to inaugurate three more venues: in Baldwin Hills, Downtown LA and Santa Monica. So, what’s so special about this eatery? The cheque: a dish of Jamaican smoked chicken and a beer costs ... well, it depends. On what? It would be more appropriate to ask “on whom.” The customer, of course! Or rather, which part of town he or she lives, works and eats in.
It all began three years ago when Sam, fresh from a career in finance, set up a non profit organisation called Groceryships. “The idea and passion for Everytable was first inspired by the moms of Groceryships, a nonprofit I founded in LA that works at the intersection of poverty and food-related illnesses like diabetes and obesity. We kept hearing from moms in the program that between taking care of their kids and working multiple jobs, they simply didn't have time to cook. Although they were grateful for the fresh produce Groceryships provided, they often had no choice but to buy meals on-the-go, which in South LA, means unhealthy and processed fast food. We wanted to create a new healthy, affordable alternative for these moms,” says Sam. In the meantime, David Foster, an equity expert, had joined Sam’s company. Together, they came up with the idea of a new business model: this marked the start of Everytable.
With its slogan, “Every body. Every block. Everytable,” this restaurant is not only engaged in providing nourishment to the body, but the community as well. The model works like this: the restaurant serves take-away food prepared by top notch chefs – professionals who previously worked in the most exclusive restaurants of Los Angeles and New York, starting from the former chef of Le Cirque, certainly one of the best in the country. Chef Jessica Spear recently joined Everytable to head the culinary team and continue creating delicious, locally-inspired dishes. Nothing but well-balanced healthy food. The prices of these dishes? Competitive. But they do vary from district to district.
In fact Everytable is designed to operate as a restaurant chain. The Baldwin Hills restaurant will officially open its doors on Saturday, 4 March, and the other two new locations will follow by the end of the month. The menus and decor are identical, all that differs is the cost: a meal in South LA is less than $4, while the new Baldwin Hills location will also offer healthy grab-and-go meals as low as $4, but two miles away, the professionals living in the Downtown LA area will pay twice as much.
In Santa Monica as well, the average meal will cost $8. The owners have no doubts about it: their prices (prices at this location will average $8) are still competitive for the quality of food being served and the clientele able to afford it will be happy to pay these prices. Having said this, the venue in the 'poor' location is not intended to operate at a loss: there will be profits (mainly because it will attract a good deal of custom), but with modest margins to be offset by the better margins in the 'rich' locations, thanks to which it will be possible to open new venues of both types. The kitchen is centralised to reduce costs and, thanks to Sam and David’s vision, over 50 investors have already decided to back Everytable.
“The unique variable pricing model we developed is built to scale, so 10 years from now, our goal is not only to open dozens of Everytable locations throughout California, but also to expand our presence nationwide – especially in other food deserts – in order to truly make healthy food accessible for all. We’d love to see others in the space come up with solutions to help solve crucial food justice issues."


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Keith Donohue (born 1959) is an American novelist. He is the author of five novels: "The Motion of Puppets" (2016), "The Boy Who Drew Monsters" (2014), "Centuries of June" (2011), "Angels of Destruction" (2009), and "The Stolen Child" (2006). His acclaimed 2006 novel "The Stolen Child", about a changeling, was inspired by the Yeats poem of the same name.
Born and raised in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he earned his B.A. and M.A. from Duquesne University and his Ph.D. in English from The Catholic University of America.


Question: "Describe the legal situation involved in the Asia Bibi blasphemy case in Pakistan."

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The most notorious cases involving Pakistan’s blasphemy laws will be heard by the country’s supreme court on Thursday in a legal showdown that lawyers hope will spare the life of a poor Christian woman and curb future convictions.
Asia Bibi was sentenced to death in 2010 for allegedly insulting the prophet Muhammad following a bad-tempered argument with Muslim women in Itanwali, the small village in Punjab where she used to live.
She became a touchstone for liberals and Islamists alike after her case was linked to the assassination in January 2011 of Salmaan Taseer, then governor of Punjab.
He was shot in the back by Mumtaz Qadri, one of his own police bodyguards, who had been outraged by Taseer’s public support for Bibi. Taseer had lobbied for a presidential pardon for her and publicly denounced the blasphemy legislation as a “black law”.
He echoed criticism of human rights groups which say laws intended to protect Islam have been widely abused, with false or flimsy allegations often levelled against religious minorities as an excuse to settle property disputes.
While liberal activists have called for Bibi’s release, Islamist hardliners have demanded her execution, not least during vast demonstrations that erupted in Rawalpindi in March after Qadri was hanged for Taseer’s murder.
Bibi’s husband, Ashiq Masih, told the Guardian the family has been in hiding ever since Qadri’s execution.
Asad Jamal, a leading human rights lawyer, said the court had no option but to acquit Bibi. Both her original trial and her first appeal in the Lahore high court in 2014, which upheld her conviction, were hopelessly flawed, he said.
Bibi was accused of insulting Islam’s holiest figure after rowing with Muslim women from her village with whom she had been harvesting falsa berries. The argument broke out after the other women refused to take water from the same cup as a Christian.
Bibi was convicted despite the fact that it took five days for a criminal complaint to be lodged against her and that her accusers held grudges against her. Some evidence given by different witnesses in the trial was contradictory.
A relative who did not wish to be named said the family had been continually victimised by Muslim villagers.
Although most blasphemy cases suffer from weak evidence, many police officers and judges are unwilling to put themselves at risk by throwing out the case.
In 1997 a retired high court judge who acquitted two Christians of blasphemy charges was murdered in his office. In 2014 a lawyer was shot dead in the city of Multan after agreeing to defend a man charged with blasphemy.
An acquittal of Bibi by the country’s top judges would be legally momentous.
According to Jamal, it is the first time the supreme court has heard a case under section 295-C of the country’s basic criminal law, which bans insults of the prophet Muhammad.
He said if the court ruled that the prosecution failed to meet the prescribed Islamic method of testing the truthfulness of witnesses – which are so tough as to be practically impossible to achieve – then blasphemy cases would dwindle.
It remains to be seen how far the supreme court will go. It has already angered the religious right by upholding Qadri’s death sentence and ruling that criticism of the blasphemy laws did not itself constitute blasphemy.
Bibi’s husband said the court was “the last ray of hope for me, my children and family members”.
He said the seven years spent behind bars had taken a heavy toll on his wife, mentally and physically. She is held in solitary confinement for her own safety and has no access to reading material.
There were 434 blasphemy cases registered between 1953 and 2012, according to the Legal Aid Society.
A network of lawyers who offer their services for free to people lodging blasphemy cases has helped drive up the number of cases in recent years, with 336 filed in Punjab province alone in 2014.
Although the state has never carried out a death sentence for blasphemy, at least five people accused of blasphemy have reportedly died in custody.


Question: Provide a summary of "Identity, Migration and the New Security Agenda in Europe" by Ole Wæver, Barry Buzan, Morten Kelstrup and Pierre Lemaitre. Respond in 2 sentences.

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Question: Explain the benefits of grassfed South Poll cattle and why they are important to a successful grassfed operation.

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What makes a successful grassfed operation? Well, one important ingredient is the right kind of cow, and that’s what I’m talking about in this 3:20 minute video. I took it at the end of April just as the green grass was coming on to show you the kind of cows I’m raising so that I can make a profit. These South Poll cows have come through a rough winter, with their calves still on them because we haven’t weaned for about 13 years now.
And the right bull is important to getting to this point. You can’t just get it at the sale barn. Below are some of our South Poll bulls that run about 1200 pounds when mature.
Though the South Poll was bred for the hot humid south, there range is expanding our bulls are doing well from Utah all the way to the east coast and from Nebraska all the way down to the Mexico border. I even have several producers with them in southern Minnesota. If you’re interested, you can learn more about our bulls and how we raise them here.
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Question: Provide a brief biography of Vilde Johansen. Respond briefly.

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Vilde Johansen (born 25 July 1994) is a Norwegian handball player who plays for Tertnes HE.


Question: Have there been any updates on the attorney general candidates' fundraising disclosures?

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Lansing — Democratic attorney general candidate Dana Nessel failed to properly disclose details of several political fundraisers in 2017, but her campaign says it is working to amend state reports to include the publicized events.
Invitations and notices reviewed by The Detroit News show Nessel may have raised campaign cash at as many as nine fundraisers in 2017, including three at addresses associated with private law firms. Her campaign only listed required details for two events in quarterly and year-end reports filed with the state.
Michigan law requires political candidates to document all fundraisers — including the address, venue, expenses and total receipts — rather than just report individual donations from the event.
Current state officeholders reported more than 600 political fundraisers last year, Mauger said. His analysis of state records showed nearly half of those events were held in downtown Lansing on the day the Michigan Legislature was in session.
Nessel used her campaign website to advertise a series of fundraisers that were not properly reported to the state, including October events at the Hertz Schram law firm in Bloomfield Hills and the Nacht & Roumel law firm in Ann Arbor.
Pat Miles, competing with Nessel for the Democratic attorney general nomination, on Tuesday filed a 68-page complaint with the Michigan Secretary of State’s Office, accusing Nessel of violating several provisions of state campaign finance law.
The complaint also accuses Nessel of violating state election law by helping organize a statewide bus program to carry supporters to an upcoming April 15 convention in Detroit, where party members will vote to endorse an attorney general candidate.
The Michigan election code prohibits candidates from paying to transport voters to an election, but the party convention “does not immediately appear” to be an election as defined by state law, Secretary of State Fred Woodhams told The News last week.
The Nessel campaign shot back at Miles for the complaint, suggesting he could improve his candidacy if he spent less time reviewing her financial filings and more time researching issues relevant to the office he’s seeking.
Woodhams previously confirmed that Michigan election law requires political candidates to detail their fundraisers but declined to say what action the state could take against a candidate who doesn’t do so.
A campaign could revise its reports to list fundraisers, which Nessel intends to do, but “Bureau of Elections staff would have to review the new filings before deciding whether it considers the reports late or filed on time with amendments,” Woodhams said Monday, noting that late filings could result in fees.
“I can’t give you a blanket answer because each situation is unique,” he said.
Miles did not hold any fundraisers in 2017 after filing paperwork for the race in August, according to his campaign. He promoted a kickoff fundraiser in January 2018 that would need to be disclosed in a future filing.
In the Republican race for attorney general, House Speaker Tom Leonard of DeWitt reported raising more than $65,000 at three fundraisers between October 21 and the end of 2017, including a $32,000 Troy fundraiser hosted by Chemical Finance Corporation Chairman Gary Torgow.
State Sen. Tonya Schuitmaker, R-Lawton, reported raising $3,350 during a November fundraiser at the Karoub and Associates lobbying firm’s “Governors Room” reception space in downtown Lansing.
March 27, 2019, 10:20 a.m.


Question: What is Judson?

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Judson was a small settlement in Smith County, Kansas, United States.


Question: Describe what happened during the Hawks vs. Hornets game on Friday night.

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Hawks center Dwight Howard was ejected late in the fourth quarter of a key early-season Eastern Conference game in Charlotte after throwing an elbow at the head of Hornets center Cody Zeller.
Friday night's game, a 100-96 Hawks loss, turned with 5:38 remaining when Howard delivered an intentional elbow to Zeller's face and received a flagrant foul 2.
Howard, who had 10 points and 18 rebounds after missing the previous game due to a quad injury, had been a key factor up until that point, but the Hawks seemed to collapse without him. Atlanta led by three at the time of Howard's ejection. The Hornets scored the next nine points and went on to snap Atlanta's six-game winning streak.
Before the possession that ended with the hit on Zeller, Howard appeared to get frustrated with him at the other end of the court when he got boxed out on a free throw.
"It wasn't like I tried to hit him in the face," Howard said after the game, "but my job is to protect my house at all costs. I am making no apologies for it. I can't do nothing but live with it."
Asked if he thought the foul was flagrant, Howard responded, "It's basketball."
Zeller said after the game he didn't think Howard's elbow to the face was a dirty play.
Paul Millsap, who led the Hawks with 22 points and 13 rebounds, said the ejection fueled the home crowd.
"Plays like that are momentum shifts," Millsap said. "It kind of sparked them. They took that and added fuel to the fire."


Question: Respond briefly. What do you know about Joan of Navarre?

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Joan I (14 January 1273 – 31 March/2 April 1305) () was queen regnant of Navarre and countess of Champagne from 1274 until 1305; she was also queen consort of France by marriage to Philip IV of France. She was the daughter of king Henry I of Navarre and Blanche of Artois.


Question: Where can I buy AFL tickets?

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Get closer to the action with $20 tickets to selected 2019 Toyota AFL Premiership matches.
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Telstra mobile customers can stream every AFL game this 2019 season live, fast and data-free.
2019 AFL Tickets: Specially priced tickets available to Telstra customers for Australian games. Excludes any Ticket Vendor delivery and handling fees. Subject to availability. Excludes home games for Adelaide Crows and West Coast Eagles. Excludes ANZAC Day clash, WA derby, Finals Series and Grand Final.
Tickets obtained through this site cannot be re-sold without prior written consent.
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Question: What is Cannole?

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Cannole (Salentino: or ; Griko: "Cànnula") is a town and "comune" in the Italian province of Lecce in the Apulia region of south-east Italy, in what could be the "tip" of the "heel" of Italy. It is south-east of Lecce.


Question: Describe Beechland in Jeffersontown, Kentucky.

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Beechland, near Jeffersontown, Kentucky, was built in 1812. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983. The listing included three contributing buildings.
It is a two-story, three bay, brick side hall plan house with a Flemish bond front facade, with a two-story original ell and a later one-story ell.


Question: Write a summary of the current status of net neutrality in the US.

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 Write a summary of the current status of net neutrality in the US.

As you're all probably aware, the FCC chose to eliminate net neutrality laws on December 14 in a three-two vote. This news came as a pretty big blow to the free and open internet that we've known since 2015, but less than a week after its repeal, a representative from Tennessee already has a bill to restore two of net neutrality's biggest principles.
The bill is called the "Open Internet Preservation Act", and it was introduced by Representative Marsha Blackburn on December 19. With the Open Internet Preservation Act, Blackburn wants to prevent websites from being blocked or throttled by ISPs, in addition to creating an inbox through which the FCC must receive and address any complaints regarding net neutrality.
However, there's something big missing from the bill – a ban on ISPs creating fast lanes for certain sites/customers.
Blackburn says a ban of this nature isn't included in her bill as it's something that focuses too much on a bipartisan agreement, and a quick look through Blackburn's Twitter post announcing the bill makes it easy to see that people aren't happy at all with this omission.
In the video that shows Blackburn signing the bill, she says "we can do this now that Chairman Pai has successfully done his job of getting the net neutrality rules off the books" and that it will "preserve a free and open Internet."
Commenting on Blackburn's bill, Democrat Representative Frank Pallone Jr. said that it's "worse than [he] expected" and that he didn't have any interest to "participate in half-baked Republican efforts."
A restoration of net neutrality is something that we can absolutely stand behind, and while Blackburn's bill would get us part of the way there, the general consensus seems to be that it's simply not enough.


Question: What can you tell me about the 1 kroon coin in Estonia? Respond in 4 sentences.

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 What can you tell me about the 1 kroon coin in Estonia? Respond in 4 sentences.

The 1 kroon coin was put in circulation from 1 August 1934 to 25 March 1941, during the first independence period of Estonia. The exact number of coins minted is not known, as part of the archives was destroyed in the war, but some data indicate that about 3,406,066 pieces were struck. Between 1935 and 1936, 1,586,000 1 kroon coins were minted. Designed by graphic artist Günther Reindorff, it depicts the image of a 13th-century Viking cargo ship.


Question: Describe a recently rediscovered silent film.

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 Describe a recently rediscovered silent film.

A scene from the short film "Our Pet."
A reel of film for one of the titles from 1920s silent movie series "Baby Peggy" was recently discovered in Japan after it had been thought lost in the United States for decades.
Silent movie narrator Ichiro Kataoka, 38, who collects silent films as part of his job, bought the film at an auction in September. An American acquaintance who took a look at the film told him that it might be a lost reel from the Baby Peggy franchise. Kataoka's friend checked with New York-based TV producer and film preservationist David Stenn and confirmed that the film was a short titled "Our Pet" released in 1924.
The movie is on 9.5-millimeter film stock made by French firm Pathe. While Kataoka has not screened it to avoid damaging the antique, the length of the film stock suggests the black-and-white movie is 15-20 minutes long. It depicts Peggy warding off thieves.
At the beginning of the reel, "OKITA STUDIO" and "DAIREN - MANCHURIA 1931" appear on screen, pointing to a possibility that "Okita Studio" in Dalian in then-Manchuria (now northeast China) edited and distributed the film in 1931. Moviemaking was a popular business in Manchuria, and the newly discovered film could be an important Japanese cinematic history source.
Diana Serra Cary, the former child actress who played Baby Peggy, says she was surprised to learn that the film for a movie she starred in when she was 5 has been found in Japan. The 97-year-old now lives in California, and is a writer and silent film historian.
Kataoka plans to donate the film to Stenn after making a digital copy. He says, "I had no idea the film was so valuable when I was bidding. I hope the historical film is preserved with care in its original country."


Question: Explain the disciplinary actions taken by the MLS Disciplinary Committee against two LA Galaxy players.

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 Explain the disciplinary actions taken by the MLS Disciplinary Committee against two LA Galaxy players.

The MLS Disciplinary Committee has handed down a suspensions and fines to two players for actions taken during Week 1 of the 2017 season.
The Disciplinary Committee has suspended LA Galaxy midfielder Jermaine Jones one game and fined him an undisclosed amount for his tackle in the 17th minute on FC Dallas striker Cristian Colman. According to the Committee, the tackle was serious foul play and endangered the safety of an opponent.
The Disciplinary Committee has also suspended Galaxy defender Dave Romney one match and fined him an undisclosed amount for an act of embellishment or simulation in the 52nd minute against FC Dallas.
Both Romney and Jones will serve their suspensions during the Galaxy's next match on Sunday, March 12 against the Portland Timbers (7 pm ET | FS1 in the USA, MLS LIVE in Canada).


Question: What is the book A Year of Prophesying by H.G. Wells about? Respond in 2 sentences.

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 What is the book A Year of Prophesying by H.G. Wells about? Respond in 2 sentences.

A Year of Prophesying collects 55 newspaper columns written by H.G. Wells in 1923 and 1924.


Question: Describe George P. Livanos.

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George P. Livanos (9 August 1926 – 1 June 1997) was a Greek shipping magnate born in New Orleans, the son of Peter Livanos from Chios. He is often confused with his distant cousin, George S. Livanos, the sole son of Stavros G. Livanos, a legend in Greek shipping.


Question: Respond in 8 sentences. What is known about Philinus of Agrigentum?

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Philinus of Agrigentum (3rd-century BCE) was a historian who lived during the First Punic War, who is said to have written history from a pro-Carthaginian standpoint. His writings were used as a source by Polybius and Diodorus for their descriptions of the First Punic War. Although Polybius uses Philinus' writings, he also accuses him of being biased and inconsistent. Philinus maintained that the initial Roman intervention in Sicily at the start of the First Punic War violated a treaty between Rome and Carthage from 306 B.C.E. which recognized Roman sovereignty on the Italian peninsula and Carthaginian control in Sicily. Polybius was unable to find this treaty in the treasury of the aediles in the Temple of Jupiter Optimus Maximus alongside other treaties between Rome and Carthage, and claimed that it could not have existed. However, evidence from Servius suggests that there may have been a real treaty, thereby potentially exonerating Philinus' account. There is, as yet, little scholarly consensus about this treaty nor has Philinus' account been thoroughly proven or disproven.


Question: Respond in 19 sentences. Describe the TV Guide Magazine San Diego Comic-Con Fan Favorites 2018 panel.

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Yeah, we’re a little biased by the TV Guide Magazine San Diego Comic-Con Fan Favorites 2018 might be the best panel of the whole weekend!
It’s certainly been the most diverse! The stellar lineup, moderated by TV Guide Magazine’s Damian Holbrook, consisted of Tom Ellis (Lucifer), Eliza Taylor and Bob Morley (The 100), Cameron Cuffe (Krypton), Amber Nash (Archer), Summer Bishil (The Magicians), Robert Buckley (iZombie), Melanie Scrofano (Wynonna Earp), David Mazouz (Gotham), and Kat Graham (The Vampire Diaries and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles).
A variety of questions were asked by both Holbrook as well as some fans, ranging from what it feels like to have such diehard devotees to which celebrities the panelists themselves are fans of!
On how Taylor and Morley navigate fans wanting to see their characters, Clarke and Bellamy, together: “Um, we defer to the writers,” says Morley. “It’s an emotional roller coaster,” says Taylor.
On what panelists think Buckley could do next? “You could be Superman’s great uncle,” suggested Cuffe.
“Last season, I was pregnant; I would let you impregnate me on the show if you need a job,” joked Scrofano.
“My work is here is done. Enjoy your Con,” quipped Holbrook.
“I had a geek out moment backstage and the cast of Preacher walked by; those guys are my favorite,” says Nash.
“I’m a big fan of Brooklyn 99,” says Morley.
“I love everybody,” says Bishil.
On what challenge panelists would like to tackle?
“I’d love to do a comedy,” says Buckley.
“Writing and directing,” says Morley.
“I got to direct a little bit this season,” says Scrofano.
“I’d like to do a musical,” says Ellis.


Question: Explain computational mechanics.

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Computational mechanics is the discipline concerned with the use of computational methods to study phenomena governed by the principles of mechanics. Before the emergence of computational science (also called scientific computing) as a "third way" besides theoretical and experimental sciences, computational mechanics was widely considered to be a sub-discipline of applied mechanics. It is now considered to be a sub-discipline within computational science.


Question: What is Shogo Nakatsuru's soccer history? Respond in 1 sentences.

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Shogo Nakatsuru played for V-Varen Nagasaki and Fujieda MYFC from 2010 to 2015.


Question: Hey, what did you do to make that new table top?

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 Hey, what did you do to make that new table top?

Its size was determined by 2 factors – storing and mounting place. I didn’t have much choice but to cut the board to ~ 32 cm in width and to keep its original length of 61 cm. It will be mounted in my workbench and it will be stored on a rack while not in use. Slightly smaller than the old one. Anyway, cutting the plywood to width.
The rough shape was cut with a jigsaw and finished with a router. It’s just more perpendicular this way. That was the 1st “layer”. Quite tight looking from the bottom.
The 2nd layer had to be cut for the collar.
The 3rd layer was cut for the acrylic base.
Drilling holes with a self-centering drill bit. I resized them with a regular HSS drill bit later on.
For aesthetic reasons I really had to round up the corners of that table top. First I used (cut) the old table top to upgrade my processing station with a new insert. Then I used a washer to draw a shape and finished the task with my belt sander. Quick sanding with a used sanding disc closed the job.
I installed some plastic spacers to keep it raised above the pegs.
And the view from the top. It’s not intentionally placed in the centre of the table, I had my reason to do so – it’s easier to reach from the side.


Question: Respond in detail. What do you know about Hot Sugar's new project "The Melody of Dust"?

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Nick Koenig is no stranger to musical innovation. The artist, better known as Hot Sugar, has been dabbling in the art of associative music since his teens. As he describes it, the technique involves taking found sounds and "manipulating them into more." Basically, he can turn just about anything into music.
Now with The Melody of Dust, a new project coproduced with Viacom NEXT and premiering at SXSW this week, he's taking that concept into virtual reality. We've seen music videos and other experiences in VR -- most famously from Bjork, one of the most tech-savvy artists working today. But this is notable for being the primary method of hearing an album, instead of a separate VR project. And no, it's not as easy as just hitting "play."
The Melody of Dust starts in a castle-like room. Since it's an HTC Vive experience, your first instinct is to start walking around and interacting with the space. Pretty quickly you'll notice that just about every object you can pick up -- be it a bird, a glass or a vase -- produces a different tone. After some time, a vortex erupts in the room, and you can throw those objects in. For every three things that you toss, you get a different melody.
None of this is spelled out for you. Like a good adventure game, it's up to you to explore The Melody of Dust. Once you've loaded up the vortex enough, you get to hear one of 87 different songs Koenig mixed for the experience. As you can probably guess, the song you get depends on what you've actually thrown in.
"I'm looking at it as a new music listening experience," Koenig said. "It's like jumping into a new venue for listening to the music." While he's planning to release a traditional album with 13 of the experience's songs, Koenig sees The Melody of Dust as his true new album.
It's not the most visually rich experience I've seen, but it's conceptually fascinating. I played through it without hearing about Koenig's grand vision for the future of interactive music, but even without that philosophical setup I still enjoyed exploring the environment and hearing the sounds every object created. I was relying on pure intuition and the minor triggers from the game, but I still got a sense of what Koenig was aiming for. It's the sort of thing that would reward a few plays through it, especially once you know that you're supposed to experiment to hear new songs.
"The technology is constantly evolving; 360-degree video to Vive is already a whole different thing," Koenig said when I asked him about his thoughts on VR's potential as a new medium. "As this continues developing, the future of most media will be some iteration of this sort of thing ... That's why we're not afraid of jumping the gun and doing an album on a platform most music fans don't even own. I have faith in a few years it'll be just as relevant, or at least unique."
Given the expense and scarcity of VR equipment, there's a good chance most of Hot Sugar's fans will hear The Melody of Dust album without even catching a whiff of the virtual component. But Koenig doesn't seem too concerned about that. He's more interested in trying something new than being traditional. And with The Melody of Dust, he has a shot at being a pioneer in a whole new medium.


Question: Explain what happened when a United Airlines plane made an emergency landing at Dover Air Force Base.

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A United Airlines plane made an emergency landing at Dover Air Force Base Monday night to repair a mechanical problem, according to FAA.
A United Airlines plane made an emergency landing at Dover Air Force Base Monday night to repair a mechanical problem, according to the Federal Aviation Administration.
The Boeing 737 made a safe landing at the base about 7:20 p.m. It was United Airlines flight 1559.
"The flight departed from Newark International Airport and was headed to Palm Beach International Airport when the crew decided to divert to Dover," according to a spokesperson for the FAA.
During the five-hour wait, staff at the Air Force base kept the plane's passengers comfortable.
"Team Dover worked with United Airlines to ensure the safety and comfort of all passengers and crew while at Dover AFB," U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Aaron J. Jenne said in an email. "All waited in the installation's passenger terminal, which had access to facilities as well as water and snacks."
The following day, Dallas-bound Southwest Airlines Flight 1380 out of New York made an emergency landing at Philadelphia International Airport with 143 passengers and a crew of five onboard, Southwest said in a statement.
The United flight eventually continued on to its destination in Florida. A new plane was sent to pick up the passengers and took off from Dover just after 1 a.m., according to FlightRadar.
United Airlines released a statement about the flight Tuesday: "Our customers later departed on a different aircraft, arriving in Palm Beach early this morning. We apologize to our customers and have provided a goodwill gesture."


Question: Write an essay discussing how LeBron James has pushed the limits of what a basketball player can achieve. Respond in detail.

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The average NBA player’s career lasts only 4.8 years, about the same time it takes for a drink packet to decompose or the lifespan of a guinea pig. Players who choose to endure the relentless mental pressure and physical pounding for 15 or 20 years are rare. Only seven NBA players have made it to 20 or more seasons, myself among them. Those of us who were still playing in our mid-30s faced the endless speculation about whether we were still fit enough, strong enough, and skilled enough to continue to be an imposing force in the game. Every news article or commentary about us was guaranteed to include the qualifier “for his age”. Ageing athletes are treated like terminally ill patients, with everyone speculating when our demise will finally come. LeBron James, 33 years old and finishing his 15th season, continues to break records, including my own all-time field goal postseason record, as he gets ready to play in his eighth straight NBA finals.
I often get asked about LeBron. How does his play now compare to when he was younger? How long can he keep playing? What does it take to stay in the game so long? Is he the best player who ever lived?
LeBron is a much better player today than he was when he was younger. Few can dispute that he was the catalyst who drove the Cavaliers to defeat the Celtics in the playoffs. Having that power isn’t just a matter of skill, it’s a willingness to take on the responsibility of rallying the team and of having the respect of the team as a leader, not just a player. Seizing that responsibility shows a man of confidence, maturity and inner strength. Earning the team’s respect shows a man who is knowledgeable about the game, dedicated to the team as a whole and cares about players as individuals. LeBron is a great individual player, but he’s an even greater team member. And that’s what wins championships.
Based on the fire inside him that we witnessed during the playoffs, LeBron could probably play another seven or eight seasons, during which time he might also break my record and become the NBA’s all-time leading scorer. If he does, my reaction will be the same as when he broke my postseason scoring record: good for him. Any time someone breaks a record, everyone benefits because the limits of what a person can accomplish have been nudged just a little further. The real question isn’t can he, but will he want to continue playing that long. He has nothing left to prove to himself or anyone else. If he walked away today, he would still be considered one of the finest players in history.
Playing professional sports in your mid- to late-30s is not for the faint-hearted. As The Eagles say in After the Thrill Is Gone: “Half the distance takes you twice as long”. When I played at that age, I had to make a conscious effort to stay in shape all year round. I lifted weights for strength, jumped rope for cardio-vascular, and practiced yoga for flexibility. Younger players might be able to fall off the training wagon during off-season, then jump into an intensive fitness regimen before the season to get back in playing shape. That doesn’t work for older players. Will LeBron want to continue with that unrelenting routine for five to seven more years? Especially given the level of his achievements, his wealth, and his young children at home. His skills will eventually deteriorate and there is some nagging frustration at not being able to play at the level you used to, even if it’s at a higher level than most other players.
Fans love to speculate about who’s the greatest player ever. Is LeBron greater than Michael Jordan or Kobe Bryant? Am I better than Wilt Chamberlain or Bill Russell? While this might be a fun pastime for fans and sports journalists, most players find this kind of alternate universe pondering to be fairly boring, somewhere along the lines of who would win in a fight: Hawkeye or Green Arrow? Aquaman or Sub-Mariner?
In sports, a player develops his style, his skills, his sensibilities based on the time period he grew up in. The way basketball is played today is different to what it was 10, 20 or 30 years ago. Then along come game innovators – whether players or coaches – and the sport evolves. LeBron is one of the best players now and his intelligent combination of team leadership, brawny lay-ups, dominating rebounding, and surgical passing is elevating the game to its next level. Just as Michael Jordan, Jerry West, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson and others did. In fact, for those paying attention to the playoffs: Bill Russell went to eight NBA finals in a row, and his teams won all eight.
Basketball may be the only sport in which fans are guaranteed to see an amazing feat of athleticism every minute or so. On Thursday, LeBron James will once again demonstrate why he deserves to be a living legend as he leads his team, regardless of whether they win or lose, further into greatness.


Question: Explain how the Iraq-Syria border is out of the hands of terrorists.

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ISIS is almost entirely destroyed in both Iraq and Syria.
The Iraqi Armed Forces along with Popular Mobilisation Forces have eliminated ISIS in the crucial border town of al Qaim in the western Anbar province.
With al-Qaim now back under Iraqi government control, virtually all of the Syria-Iraq border is out of the hands of terrorists. For years, ISIS has exploited its control over border crossings between the two states to transfer men and arms to their forces on either side of the border.
This phenomenon is now over. All that remains is the much expected meeting of Syrian and Iraqi troops in a widely anticipated display of solidarity between allies.


Question: Give a description of the Hugo Boss Touch smartwatch that was unveiled at Baselworld 2017.

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The Hugo Boss Touch smartwatch, running Android Wear 2.0, has been unveiled at a very busy Baselworld 2017.
The designer watch was announced alongside the Movado Connect and Tommy Hilfiger TH24/7You at the event in Switzerland, and follows last year's Hugo Boss Smart Classic hybrid watch - a tentative but classy first effort that tested well.
Here's what we know so far - the Hugo Boss Touch is constructed of carbon black IP stainless steel and there will be a range of interchangeable straps to mix and match with the five unique digital watch faces the luxury brand has designed. NFC is built in, so Android Pay from your wrist will be an option.
We can also confirm that there's no heart rate monitor on board. On a fashion-focused smartwatch we'd argue that's a good thing - we stated recently in our hands-on review of the Montblanc Summit that an optical HRM on a stylish smartwatch just adds unnecessary bulk.
Hugo Boss watches and accessories are made by Movado, which explains the batch of launches, much like Fossil Group's much larger cohort of new designer smartwatches: the Diesel On, Emporio Armani Connected and Michael Kors Access Grayson & Sofie to name but a few.
Stay tuned for first impressions of the Hugo Boss Touch from Baselworld. The smartwatch will go on sale in August for $395.


Question: Who was Oktawiusz Wincenty Bourmeister-Radoszkowski? Respond in 1 sentences.

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Oktawiusz Wincenty Bourmeister-Radoszkowski (, 7 August 1820, Łomża – 13 May 1895, Warszawa) was a Polish entomologist who specialised in Hymenoptera and worked in the Russian Empire.


Question: Please provide a brief biography of Hugh Merrill.

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Hugh Merrill is an American artist, recognized internationally in the contemporary printmaking community. He has written articles on the redefinition of art, printmaking, and education and has taught and lectured on printmaking at over 75 universities, colleges, and schools worldwide.
Born in 1949, Hugh Merrill was raised in Washington, D.C. and Alabama. His grandfather, Hugh Davis Merrill, was a state judge and Lieutenant Governor of Alabama. His father worked with the Democratic Party, advising Kennedy, Humphrey and Johnson on agricultural issues. Merrill began his artistic career in 1969 at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA). Within his first year, Merrill flunked out and ended up in Washington D.C., working in the offices of Alabama senator John Sparkman. The following year he returned to MICA, where he discovered printmaking, specifically etching, a medium that would become his primary means of expression for the next four decades. Despite continued academic difficulties, Merrill completed his undergraduate work and was accepted to Yale School of Art. There, he studied with John Cage, Gabor Pederti, William Bailey, Alex Katz, Robert Motherwell, Al Held and others, all of whom would have a profound impact on his thinking and work. After receiving his MFA from Yale in 1975, Merrill taught at Wheaton College (Massachusetts) before being hired to teach printmaking at the Kansas City Art Institute (KCAI) in 1976, where he has been teaching since.


Question: Describe some key points from the 2019 National Defense Authorization Act related to Taiwan and China.

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Among many things, NDAA 2019 recommends closer U.S. military ties with Taiwan and takes a much harsher stance on China, a strategic competitor it now seeks to de-invite from the RIMPAC exercises.
The U.S. House of Representatives on Thursday (July 26) approved the fiscal year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), which includes a number of measures meant to counteract the increasingly aggressive behavior of states like Russia and China. The bill, which passed with a 359-54 vote, will now make its way to the Senate for a final vote as early as next week (on Aug. 1 the U.S. Senate voted 87-10 in favor).
While it addresses a wide range of issues, Taiwan Sentinel has excerpted the key sections of the Conference Report to Accompany H.R. 5515 — John S. McCain National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019 that pertain to Taiwan and China. Particularly salient points appear in bold.
On Taiwan, much of the earlier recommendations for closer ties between the countries’ armed forces remain in the final version. However, direct references to U.S. military participation in Taiwan’s annual Han Kuang exercises have been struck out.
SEC. 1257. STRENGTHENING TAIWAN’S FORCE READINESS.
(1) Personnel management and force development, particularly reserve forces.
(2) Recruitment, training, and military programs.
(3) Command, control, communications and intelligence.
(4) Technology research and development.
(5) Defense article procurement and logistics. (6) Strategic planning and resource management.
(A) A summary of the assessment con-ducted pursuant to subsection (a).
(B) A list of any recommendations resulting from such assessment.
(iii) support United States foreign military sales and other equipment transfers to Taiwan, particularly for developing asymmetric warfare capabilities.
(C) other security cooperation authorities under chapter 16 of such title.
SEC. 1258. SENSE OF CONGRESS ON TAIWAN.
(7) the Secretary of Defense should consider supporting the visit of a United States hospital ship to Taiwan as part of the annual ‘‘Pacific Partnership’’ mission in order to improve disaster response planning and preparedness as well as to strengthen cooperation between the United States and Taiwan.
• Directs a whole-of-government strategy on China to address the Chinese Communist Party’s use of political influence, economic tools, cyber activities, global infrastructure and development projects, and military activities against the United States and allies and partners.
• Requires the Secretary of Defense to submit a 5-year plan for an “Indo-Pacific Stability Initiative” to bolsters DOD’s efforts to plan for and provide the necessary forces and military infrastructure, and logistics capabilities in the Indo-Pacific region.
• Extends authority for the Maritime Security Initiative (MSI) for an additional 5 years, re-designates the Southeast Asia MSI as the Indo-Pacific MSI, includes Bangladesh and Sri Lanka as recipient countries of assistance and training, and adds India as a covered country with the aim to increase maritime security and maritime domain awareness in the South China Sea and Indian Ocean.
• Requires a strategy with specific benchmarks toward enhancing India’s status as major defense partner and defense and security cooperation with India.
• Prohibits China’s participation at the Rim of Pacific (RIMPAC) naval exercises unless the Secretary provides a national security waiver or certification requirements to do so.
information illustrating Chinese activities of concern.
• Modifies the annual report on Chinese military and security developments to include malign influence activities, including efforts to influence media, cultural institutions, business, and academic and policy communities in the United States, and the use of nonmilitary tools, including predatory lending practices, to support its global security and military objectives.
• Limits DOD funds for Chinese language programs at universities that host a Confucius Institute.